:00:13. > :00:19.$:/STARTFEED. This programme contains very strong language.
:00:19. > :00:24.North of Manchester there is a little known sue bush. They say the
:00:24. > :00:29.area is full of rough families, I don't think it is that bad.
:00:29. > :00:36.Government branded it the most deprived area in Britain. Things
:00:36. > :00:41.have got better than 12 years ago, but life around here is no bed of
:00:41. > :00:46.roses. There is an expression, "they will steal the shit out your
:00:46. > :00:50.arse", not because they want it, but just sow don't have it. Anti-
:00:50. > :00:54.social behaviour is rife. People round here might not be the poshest,
:00:54. > :00:58.but they are not lack anything spirit. We call ourselves
:00:58. > :01:05.dysfuntionals. They are trying to get on with life, be themselves.
:01:05. > :01:10.And follow their dreams. I'm a different person while acting.
:01:10. > :01:20.true a good play needs no epilogue. For one summer the people here let
:01:20. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:30.us into their secret world. Sheeb sharing the good times and the bad.
:01:30. > :01:40.Go find another street to terrorise. This is how it is to grow up the
:01:40. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:46.hard way. You don't know nothing yet.
:01:46. > :01:52.This week, market trader Jamie is dreaming of pom stardom, his mum
:01:52. > :01:59.sun happy about his unlikely mentor. I don't give a shit who or what she
:01:59. > :02:04.is, ask Belinda what do you get out of it. At the Wish Washy
:02:04. > :02:08.launderette, burglars broke in through the roof. And the local
:02:08. > :02:18.Dance School is putting on a show. It is hard work for the teacher,
:02:18. > :02:23.
:02:23. > :02:28.Kelly. I'm so stressed out. It is market day in Harpurhey. Bargain-
:02:28. > :02:34.hunting locals four days a week. 19-year-old ladies man Jamie is
:02:34. > :02:37.well known on the market. A weekend of it. Weekend bender. Get a few
:02:37. > :02:45.birds, bang them and go home. works here under the strict
:02:45. > :02:48.supervision of mum, Donna. �35, I need it back today. Jamie hustles a
:02:48. > :02:51.living buying and selling secondhand goods. I will sell
:02:51. > :02:56.anything, I sold a woman three irons once, just because they were
:02:57. > :03:02.different colours. About �50, I sell it for a tenner, come on love,
:03:02. > :03:08.you are having a bargain for Christmas. Watch.
:03:08. > :03:18.Jamie could go and buy �20 worth of DVDs, and sell them for �60,
:03:18. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:26.ducking and diving Jamie. Conman of the year.
:03:26. > :03:31.All the things I buy are legit, you have to buy them and find out for
:03:31. > :03:36.yourself. But Jamie doesn't see himself on
:03:36. > :03:41.the market for the rest of his life. He dreams of becoming a
:03:41. > :03:47.professional singer. Trying to make myself a career in music, but it's
:03:47. > :03:56.not going too well. I love my music, I would be lost without it. All my
:03:56. > :03:59.CDs, my promos, all that, done, Bosch, stuck it in. My Take That
:03:59. > :04:04.autographs, I was always a fan of Robbie Williams, I said have you
:04:04. > :04:11.heard his earlier stuff, and people said Take That, and I liked them
:04:11. > :04:15.since. I have a tattoo done. He's dead proud of his tattoo, I was
:04:15. > :04:20.dead proud when he had it done, because he screamed like a little
:04:20. > :04:24.girl! I could listen to Robbie Williams's albums all day. He went
:04:24. > :04:27.through a phase where he thought he didn't have a good voice or he
:04:27. > :04:32.couldn't dance, he could. That is what I go through. But he can put
:04:32. > :04:42.on a show when he goes for it. I went to see it, I was screaming it,
:04:42. > :04:43.
:04:43. > :04:46.I was like a girl, on my own, I was I was like a girl, on my own, I was
:04:46. > :04:51.like whaaaay. North of Harpurhey Market is Moston
:04:51. > :04:59.Lane, known locally as a crime hot spot. It is also home to the Wish
:04:59. > :05:03.Washy launderette. Run by Amber Wakefield's family. Mum, Karen,
:05:03. > :05:09.step-dad Paul, and sister, Maddie. What is 50 Shades of Grey? A book.
:05:09. > :05:17.I know, but what's it about? your sister, she's the one reading
:05:17. > :05:23.it. It is rude. If it is rude, why the hell would she want to read it?
:05:23. > :05:26.That's what I thought. Awakenings have to deal with
:05:26. > :05:32.bizarre behaviour from their customers, all of which gets
:05:32. > :05:36.recorded on CCTV. The third person we have caught weeing in the shop.
:05:37. > :05:42.There has been a few times someone has weeed in one, I don't know why,
:05:42. > :05:46.they have just come in to wee in the bottle. We will put it back on
:05:46. > :05:51.the side and someone has swilled their washing out with wee. We
:05:51. > :05:55.laugh about it on the camera, but you won't won't be too happy if you
:05:55. > :06:00.found out. You wouldn't believe the stuff that happens in here. I laugh
:06:00. > :06:06.at it really. People come in here and nicked our pictures, I was
:06:06. > :06:09.disgusted. Off goes my pictures, yeah.
:06:09. > :06:16.You get some really weird people in the launderette. Someone once came
:06:16. > :06:19.in and had a fight with the machine, didn't kick it, didn't touch it,
:06:19. > :06:24.just shouted at it. We have had people coming in, taking their old
:06:24. > :06:34.clothes off, putting them in the washing machines, and putting
:06:34. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:40.underwear on from the lost property basket. Down the road is the Boby
:06:40. > :06:44.Matrix gym, where appearances can be disreceiving.
:06:44. > :06:54.It is -- disreceiving. It is not just where lads pump iron, but
:06:54. > :06:56.
:06:56. > :07:01.where local kids come to dance. Kelly Smart has always dreamed of
:07:01. > :07:05.dancing. When I'm not dancing I'm Kelly Smart. When I am dancing I'm
:07:05. > :07:11.someone completely different. Kelly has never had a full-time job.
:07:11. > :07:17.She has just been taken on for a trial period at Jodie's Dance
:07:17. > :07:22.School. Whack in. Kelly's an old friend from school, we hung out on
:07:22. > :07:27.the streets and get up to naughty things, and misbehave. Then we grew
:07:27. > :07:32.up and lost contact. But I messaged her, and said I have got an opening
:07:32. > :07:37.for another teacher to be tutored, would you like to do it. She was
:07:37. > :07:41.like, yeah. If Jodie wasn't doing what she is doing, what will the
:07:41. > :07:47.young children be doing. They could be on the street, drinking, getting
:07:47. > :07:53.into trouble, so it is good. She's keeping kids off the street.
:07:53. > :07:55.Attitude. Once a year, the school puts on a summer show, where all 50
:07:55. > :08:01.pupils perform. They have been rehearsing for six months, the show
:08:01. > :08:05.is now only weeks away. For Jodie it has to be perfect. What's up
:08:05. > :08:09.with you today, what's going on. Go out that door, I don't know what's
:08:09. > :08:14.going on with you that day. Kelly handles the pressure of the
:08:14. > :08:18.show, Jodie will take her on full- time and pay her a wage. I have
:08:18. > :08:23.never done one of these shows before, this is my first one. Jodie
:08:23. > :08:27.says it is hectic, and some of the children get on late, and some
:08:27. > :08:32.don't get on the stage. I have to be back stage to make sure
:08:32. > :08:37.everything is under control and make sure everything is fine.
:08:37. > :08:40.you teach Tyler. You are going to go like this. We have been doing
:08:40. > :08:44.rehearsals all week and it looks really, really good. There is still
:08:44. > :08:48.a few children that are nervous, and keep forget ago few of their
:08:48. > :08:53.lines and stuff like that. It is going -- forgetting a few of their
:08:53. > :08:56.lines, and stuff like that. I want my full-time job to be a qualified
:08:56. > :09:06.dance teacher. I don't want one job here and there, I want to be a
:09:06. > :09:18.
:09:18. > :09:24.dance teacher, this is what I'm Jamie's taken some time off from
:09:24. > :09:28.the market to pursue his singing career. Nice to be famous, yeah. I
:09:28. > :09:33.don't think I would be arrogant if I was famous, I think I would be
:09:33. > :09:38.cheeky. He has found an unlikely mentor. Hello Belinda. How are you?
:09:38. > :09:43.I'm fine. In the form of singer and drag Queen, Belinda Scandal.
:09:43. > :09:49.you ready, flower? I am. Right then. # Call me good
:09:49. > :09:52.# Call me bad # Call me anything you want to baby
:09:52. > :09:57.# But I know # That you're sad
:09:57. > :10:04.# And I know I made you happy # With the one thing that you never
:10:04. > :10:10.# Baby # I'm your man
:10:10. > :10:17.I met Belinda going into a nightclub for a beer. I saw this
:10:17. > :10:23.drag person on the door, come in free booze, that is the worst thing
:10:23. > :10:27.to say to us, we're in there straight away. We just got chatting
:10:27. > :10:33.about how she could help me, in baby steps into bigger steps. Yeah,
:10:33. > :10:40.it is working for me so far. Let's listen back to it. It will
:10:40. > :10:49.sound awful. # If you want me
:10:49. > :10:58.# I'm you're man Jamie's musical tastes are quite
:10:58. > :11:05.similar to mine. They are campy 80s sort of tunes. It is unusual taste
:11:05. > :11:09.I would say for such a straight, stocky fellow! How did you feel it
:11:09. > :11:14.went? I don't know, it is weird hearing my voice back again. I
:11:14. > :11:24.enjoyed it. Really enjoyed it, yeah. Probably sound like a fucking cat
:11:24. > :11:25.
:11:25. > :11:30.being strangled. No you don't. But Jamie's mum isn't convinced
:11:30. > :11:34.that Belinda's intentions towards Jamie are good. Listen, he's
:11:34. > :11:38.working for a transvestite. could be want to go do him over.
:11:38. > :11:43.I'm telling you, enough is enough. Jamie is back at work, it is time
:11:43. > :11:46.to face the music. I would like to speak to her first and see what
:11:46. > :11:53.this entails? It is my fucking business. It is my business and all,
:11:53. > :11:57.when it is my son. I'm not fucking with her. That word don't mean that,
:11:57. > :12:01.going off with her, you know going off with her. I would give my life
:12:01. > :12:05.for him. If he needed a kidney I would give him a kidney. If he
:12:05. > :12:09.needed my blood to keep him alive, I would do anything for Jamie. You
:12:09. > :12:14.are a young lad, I want to see where it goes. Mam you are not, it
:12:14. > :12:18.is my business. We will discuss it another time. We won't, it is
:12:18. > :12:24.discussed. I want to know what purposes she wants you for?
:12:24. > :12:29.work. To get myself noticed, she's helping me. Whatever. My mam always
:12:29. > :12:33.thinks she's right, she's not all the time. Sometimes she's wrong but
:12:33. > :12:40.she don't admit to it. She's a good mum. That's what she is. She's a
:12:40. > :12:43.good mum. Half a mile away on Moston Lane
:12:43. > :12:47.there has been a burglary at the Wish Washy launderette. There it is,
:12:47. > :12:54.that is the first tile. It is disgusting. You wouldn't think they
:12:54. > :12:58.would do it here. I never dreamt of someone coming through the ceiling.
:12:58. > :13:01.All smashed through, we couldn't see any of the machines through
:13:01. > :13:07.rubble. All over. One minute you were locking the shop and they must
:13:07. > :13:11.have been up there, ready for breaking through. It must have been
:13:11. > :13:15.obviously planned. It must have been planned. As soon as I left
:13:15. > :13:23.here, Ash said, there are three lads outside, two lads there and
:13:23. > :13:25.one on the corner, shouting over to each other. The thieves stole cash
:13:25. > :13:29.and property, leaving The Awakenings thousands out of pocket.
:13:29. > :13:35.They went through everything, and emptied all the service washes, and
:13:35. > :13:40.took the customers' bags as well. It was totally different when I was
:13:40. > :13:43.a child, then suddenly kids got given more rights from adults. When
:13:43. > :13:47.authority was taken away from police, teachers and parents, the
:13:47. > :13:51.world went crap. We used to get strapped, I did personally, we had
:13:51. > :13:56.the strap, it was legal in schools. I always say, bring the strap back.
:13:56. > :14:03.It has become downhill now any way. It is hanging, Moston has got a
:14:03. > :14:06.really bad lane, it is a mess. crime has just gone up. Well Karma,
:14:06. > :14:12.what goes around comes around, they will get their comeuppance, won't
:14:12. > :14:16.they. With Harpurhey classed as a high-
:14:16. > :14:24.crime, high-poverty area, everyone has their own interpretation of the
:14:24. > :14:29.law. Dodgy is where you buy a tele, and you plug it in and it goes boom,
:14:29. > :14:32.that is dodgy. Dodgy notes are they pay you with dodgy notes, and the
:14:32. > :14:38.Queen's head isn't on it, that is dodgey. You have to do what you do
:14:38. > :14:41.to get by. If I was running the country, I would stop crime by 80%.
:14:41. > :14:44.Robberies, really bad ones would have their hands chopped off f they
:14:44. > :14:48.did it again they would have the other hand chopped off. They can't
:14:48. > :14:52.do it a third time, they wouldn't be able to nick anything. I would
:14:52. > :14:56.be horrible. I would be assassinated! I think because some
:14:56. > :14:59.areas look rough, I think just the way it looks people go, I don't
:14:59. > :15:04.like the look of that. But you can't judge a book by its cover.
:15:04. > :15:08.You have to get to know people in there. There will be rough people
:15:08. > :15:18.and scumy people everywhere you go. It is not just our area, you get it
:15:18. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:25.in posh areas. Kelly has lived in Harpurhey all her life. Growing up
:15:25. > :15:29.wasn't always easy. You have to learn how to fend for yourself, and
:15:29. > :15:34.what not. I got a big chip on my shoulder. I had a really bad
:15:34. > :15:41.attitude. I was getting into trouble all the time. I just was
:15:41. > :15:46.with the wrong people who were always stood on street corners.
:15:46. > :15:55.Under-age drinking and smoking, and young guys would rob car, we would
:15:55. > :15:58.joy ride round estates in cars. Stuff like that. Kelly still lives
:15:58. > :16:03.on the estate, just ten minutes walk from the house she grew up in.
:16:03. > :16:09.This up here is my mum. And this is my dad, when he was in the Fire
:16:09. > :16:13.Service. That means a lot to me that. My mum died 12 years ago. You
:16:13. > :16:18.know it has been hard, it has been hard for me without her. My dad has
:16:18. > :16:23.had to be my mum and dad, you know. It was just basically me and Kelly
:16:23. > :16:29.since her mam died. Everything that her mam used to do, I had had to
:16:29. > :16:33.take it on. So there is a special bond, I think, between me and Kelly.
:16:33. > :16:38.She had cervical cancer, she fought it for years as well. One year she
:16:38. > :16:42.would find out she was in the clear, a few months later it would come
:16:42. > :16:46.back. Then she was clear for a few more months, then a year later she
:16:46. > :16:50.found out it came back. When I got to the age of nine or ten, it got
:16:50. > :16:54.worse and worse from then. My mum was just getting really
:16:54. > :17:04.tired of all these operations and medication, in and out of hospital.
:17:04. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:10.She just wanted to be left. She died when I was 12. The only that
:17:10. > :17:20.upsets me now is I don't remember the sound of her voice, at all, at
:17:20. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:36.all, I try to think of it and I can't. I'm getting emotional. I'm
:17:36. > :17:36.
:17:36. > :17:40.OK. I know that she had a tough time with her mum passing away. And
:17:40. > :17:44.she kind of got into bad crowds and things, when she first started with
:17:44. > :17:48.me, she was one of those people that would get up and it didn't
:17:48. > :17:58.really matter what she did for the rest of the day. I think her coming
:17:58. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:03.to us has kind of helped her have a purpose.
:18:03. > :18:08.As night falls on Harpurhey Market, the stalls are packed away and the
:18:08. > :18:18.area is deserted. But three miles away in Manchester's gay district,
:18:18. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:26.the fun is only just beginning. Despite his mum's concerns, Jamie
:18:26. > :18:33.is spending even more time in the gay village with his mentor,
:18:33. > :18:41.Belinda. Come on girls, free shots, free entry girls. She runs a busy
:18:41. > :18:45.cabaret bar, and Jamie has come to pick up some performing tips.
:18:45. > :18:51.# It's me not you # You told me not to love
:18:51. > :18:55.# Rain on my parade For straight people who don't like
:18:55. > :19:00.all this thing, they have the idea that all these faggots and poofs
:19:00. > :19:09.and gays are going to try it on you, they couldn't be further from the
:19:09. > :19:14.truth. It's killing my bollocks. Scream if you want me to go faster!
:19:14. > :19:20.If you want to be surrounded by knob sheds and dickheads trying to
:19:20. > :19:25.make a name for -- knobheads and dickheads trying to make a name for
:19:25. > :19:28.themselves, then go elsewhere, but if you want a good laugh, go to the
:19:28. > :19:34.village. # You got to have boobs
:19:34. > :19:38.# You need boobs # To fill out a sweater
:19:38. > :19:42.# You need two # But three might be better
:19:42. > :19:49.Some of the transvestites and transsexuals look a lot more
:19:49. > :19:59.natural. I have made a point every time I do anything, not looking
:19:59. > :20:06.natural! Nothing worse than a builder in drag!
:20:06. > :20:12.M tes fun to stay at the -- # It's fun to stay at the YMCA
:20:12. > :20:18.I was rat-arsed and I was fucked, so I went in. And yeah, I started
:20:18. > :20:21.going in again after that bit, that's how I got to nobel Linda.
:20:21. > :20:26.She's a very trusting kind of person, willing to help you in
:20:27. > :20:30.every way she can. So many young people want to be
:20:30. > :20:33.famous these days, because they see the celebrity side of it, not the
:20:33. > :20:39.work side of it. They think celebrity is the answer. I don't
:20:39. > :20:49.know why they come to me, because I'm just a drag Queen in the middle
:20:49. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:04.What we need to do is this Jamie. We need to see what you want to do
:21:04. > :21:12.with your life. I want to be on the stage. Jamie's convinced with
:21:12. > :21:16.Belinda's help, he will get his 15- minutes of fame. But mum, Donna, is
:21:16. > :21:22.suspicious about Belinda's motivation. How can she help you?
:21:22. > :21:26.To get me the first step on the stool. I'm not saying I will be a
:21:26. > :21:30.big-named pop star, but I want to be good enough to keep doing it.
:21:30. > :21:37.What does she get out of it? percentage of what I make.
:21:37. > :21:41.wants to be your manager. I don't give a shit of who or what she is,
:21:41. > :21:45.I'm not bothered about that what she chooses to do with her time.
:21:45. > :21:50.You're always the fucking hard man. Let me speak, you need to ask
:21:50. > :21:55.Belinda what do you get out of this and what do I get out of it? Will
:21:55. > :21:59.it be Belinda and Jamie, or Jamie and Belinda. You are not letting me
:21:59. > :22:02.fucking speak. It is a simple question I asked. I'm trying to
:22:02. > :22:07.answer it, if you let me speak, you ask one question and ten fucking
:22:07. > :22:11.others after it. Go on. We're not saying what is she going to make,
:22:11. > :22:16.we don't know anything yet. Who says she is even going to promote
:22:16. > :22:20.me, I do know how it works. If you raise your voice you won't have tea.
:22:20. > :22:24.You are tormenting me, you are not understanding my point. I will see
:22:24. > :22:33.Belinda next week. Don't kick off like you do. I'm not going to kick
:22:33. > :22:43.off, Jamie. I'm just telling you, so you know. My mam is a tosser at
:22:43. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:54.times, for fuck's sake I'm 20 years A mile down the road lives 24-year-
:22:54. > :23:01.old Anthony and his girlfriend Renika.
:23:01. > :23:11.Are you coming with daddy? Anthony has three kid, Lenaya, step-Bonn
:23:11. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:22.Levion, and Lezayga. I did always want to be a dad. I don't know, I
:23:22. > :23:26.just think, because of my accident and stuff, I when I was a kid and
:23:26. > :23:32.that, I didn't think I would ever have any kids. Now I have them, I
:23:32. > :23:38.wouldn't change them for the world. Unemployed Anthony does the
:23:38. > :23:43.majority of the childcare. I found it pretty hard to get a job. I
:23:43. > :23:52.wanted to do kitchen fitting, I have level 2 in carpentry and level
:23:52. > :24:00.2 in kitchen fitting. Every time I have gone for a job or interview.
:24:00. > :24:04.It has never gone too good. I think because I have only half an arm
:24:04. > :24:09.they think it won't be good. Since he was 20 months old, Anthony has
:24:09. > :24:14.had over 20 operations. My mum thought I was downstairs with my
:24:14. > :24:18.nana, and my nana thought I was upstairs with my mum. I was in the
:24:18. > :24:26.hallway, and near the electric fire, and I was mad for the colour red,
:24:26. > :24:33.and I pressed the red button on, and when the bars went red hot, I
:24:33. > :24:39.grabbed hold of it with my left hand, and I was left-handed. I fell
:24:39. > :24:42.in inbetween the metal and the wood and burned my feet. My left hand
:24:42. > :24:51.has been amputated, because it was so badly burned. I don't remember
:24:51. > :24:57.nothing of it or anything. Are these the only nappies you have
:24:57. > :25:07.got? Yes. �2.80. With less than �100 benefit as week, money is
:25:07. > :25:12.tight. Anthony has an idea about how to save for the children's
:25:12. > :25:16.futures. Someone said to put them in for modelling. I got in touch
:25:16. > :25:20.with a modelling agency recently and they said take some pictures
:25:20. > :25:23.and send them in. We are going to Harpurhey to get a camera. We are
:25:23. > :25:27.hoping something comes out of it, so I can give my kids a better life.
:25:27. > :25:37.If they ask for anything, at least they can get it and I don't have to
:25:37. > :25:39.
:25:39. > :25:44.say no because I haven't got it. Down at the Wish Washy, The
:25:44. > :25:47.Awakenings are repairing the damage from the burglary -- the Wakefields
:25:47. > :25:51.are retairg the damage from the burglary. Since break-in, the
:25:51. > :25:55.family are on the look out for crime in the area. Maddie is like
:25:55. > :25:59.an investigator, she takes after my mum. She went out with a phone and
:25:59. > :26:03.filmed these three guys peeing up the entry. They stood there, in
:26:03. > :26:12.broad daylight, in front of absolutely everybody, just there,
:26:12. > :26:16.blatantly. They aren't just using the alleyway
:26:16. > :26:22.during daylight hours, Karen has caught them at night. I don't know
:26:22. > :26:30.if they had a watch-out, there was a little black kid shouting out the
:26:30. > :26:35.door going "enemy"! "enemy! Therapying, dirty, dirty ones.
:26:36. > :26:39.Karen is so insensed she has gone to the police, who have agreed to
:26:39. > :26:43.stake out the alleyway later that day. It is crime, it is a proper
:26:43. > :26:47.bad crime to pee on the street. They get away with it, it is just
:26:47. > :26:54.annoying me. It is hanging, it is horrible. It is disgraceful. It
:26:54. > :26:58.looks like the Bronx round here! Evans has been fighting crime in
:26:58. > :27:05.Harpurhey for the past two-and-a- half years. So we will head up to
:27:05. > :27:10.Moston Lane. Park outside Wish Washy and we will see if there is
:27:10. > :27:14.any gentlemen urinating in the street. On the face of things you
:27:14. > :27:18.think it is not crime of the century, but if that's making her
:27:18. > :27:21.life a bit of a misery, or that's affecting her life to the point
:27:21. > :27:31.that she has had to speak to the police about it, then, you know, we
:27:31. > :27:59.
:27:59. > :28:05.In, in, get in. There's not been much. Nothing at all, not even been
:28:05. > :28:15.outside have they? You could be more discreet! I wouldn't say
:28:15. > :28:16.
:28:16. > :28:20.that's a police van, would you? I got the smallest car I could!
:28:20. > :28:22.it prevent them from doing, as long as they know there is a police
:28:22. > :28:26.presence now. It is a good feeling if you have
:28:26. > :28:29.had a good day and you can get home and think I have made a bit of a
:28:29. > :28:38.difference today. It is not a huge difference, but I have done
:28:38. > :28:43.something to help the area. Three miles north of Harpurhey, it
:28:43. > :28:50.is the final rehearsal of the dance show. All the tickets have been
:28:50. > :28:53.sold, and in only two days time, 100 friends and family will watch
:28:53. > :28:57.the kids perform. Kelly knows she will have to impress, if she will
:28:57. > :29:01.turn a volunteer job into a paid one. For me it is all about
:29:01. > :29:07.responsibility. If I get the responsibility I can prove to Jodie
:29:07. > :29:11.I can do it. If you are a Pink Lady go up the stairs. I care about all
:29:11. > :29:19.the kids and love them dearly. I look after them, and the fact that
:29:19. > :29:24.they get the opportunity to come to the class and to be out of being on
:29:24. > :29:29.the streets, it makes me feel good. You need to be where Sam is back
:29:29. > :29:32.stage looking after the children. When Sam comes to you and says I
:29:32. > :29:37.need Sweet, it is your responsibility to get it ready.
:29:37. > :29:40.don't want to mess it up and get shouted at. I have never done one
:29:40. > :29:44.of these shows before, this will be my first one. It will be a bit
:29:44. > :29:53.crazy. But as a newcomer to working life,
:29:53. > :30:01.it will be a tough day ahead for Kelly. This is going to be a long
:30:01. > :30:09.night, I can feel it. Denise, get on stage, you are the ones that
:30:09. > :30:13.will look silly, not me, you should know this. Back stage, the heat is
:30:13. > :30:19.on, and rehearsals are running late. The pressure finally gets too much
:30:19. > :30:24.for Kelly and she walks out. I was livid, I was annoyed that she just
:30:24. > :30:27.kind of buckled under the pressure, and then rather than staying around
:30:27. > :30:33.and helping and doing what she should have done, she got off and
:30:33. > :30:37.went. It was just so unprofessional. With Jodie and the kids left in the
:30:37. > :30:41.lurch, Kelly only has two days to get her act together for the big
:30:41. > :30:49.show. My head isn't fully screwed on, I know it's not, you know. I
:30:49. > :30:59.can still do stupid things, I can still say stupid things and act in
:30:59. > :31:02.
:31:02. > :31:05.stupid ways, but I hope dance plays We're going outside and take a few
:31:05. > :31:09.pictures with you while you are playing with toys and stuff.
:31:09. > :31:18.Anthony is taking some photos of his kids that he hopes will get
:31:18. > :31:28.them signed up to a modelling agency.
:31:28. > :31:28.
:31:28. > :31:34.Shy cheese, you can't have it. is not too spicy is it? No, I have
:31:34. > :31:37.only put milk in it. Anthony's mum, Maria, lives ten minutes down the
:31:37. > :31:42.road, and often comes down for lunch.
:31:42. > :31:50.That was in our first flat. Before he had the accident, Maria tried to
:31:50. > :31:52.get Anthony into modelling. I think it was Littlewoods, and they took
:31:52. > :31:59.the picture if you won you went through to modelling. Another
:31:59. > :32:03.picture. He is good looking. still are, aren't you son. That is
:32:03. > :32:12.what all the neighbours used to saying, still good looking, isn't
:32:12. > :32:17.he. There, wouldn't cut it! We used to call him the Mad Professor.
:32:17. > :32:22.stuck a combover on me. There was one night you did a combover.
:32:22. > :32:25.was about three week before you got burned. Maria and Renika have never
:32:25. > :32:30.spoken about the details surrounding Anthony's accident.
:32:31. > :32:35.What happened to Anthony on the day he got burnt. I I put boiled eggs
:32:35. > :32:42.on for me and him, I went to wash my hair. The time you shoom pooed
:32:42. > :32:47.your hair and rinsing it, -- shampooed your hair and rinsing it,
:32:47. > :32:54.he burnt himself, I smelt it, I thought it was the panhandle, I
:32:54. > :33:04.shouted to mum to take the panhandle off. And then she
:33:04. > :33:05.
:33:05. > :33:12.screamed (cries) and then I come down and she had him in her arms,
:33:12. > :33:17.but he was like zonked out. So you didn't notice anything at first,
:33:17. > :33:23.then she turned him over and nose was a bit burned there, like
:33:23. > :33:30.charred, but his face wasn't. His face just had two white lines. When
:33:30. > :33:34.you looked at his hand, you could see where he had basically grabbed
:33:34. > :33:41.the bar, it was burnt in. It was one of those days you wish you
:33:41. > :33:45.could turn the clock back. But you always had a smile on your face,
:33:45. > :33:49.didn't you. You just always got on with things. Just as a little kid,
:33:49. > :33:53.it never bothered him. He didn't have a complex about himself. It
:33:53. > :33:57.wasn't an issue his burns. You knew he was scarred, but it wasn't an
:33:57. > :34:02.issue for him. He always had a smile on his face. Always joined in,
:34:02. > :34:08.he done swimming, he done sports. He never let anything trouble him.
:34:08. > :34:12.Not when he was young. But when Anthony got into his teens, his
:34:12. > :34:16.attitude changed and he started to feel angry. On his 19th birthday he
:34:16. > :34:23.made a terrible decision that would change his life forever.
:34:23. > :34:33.I had been out all day drinking, it was like 12.00 that night. As I was
:34:33. > :34:33.
:34:33. > :34:39.riding back home, I come past two lads and they have said, give
:34:39. > :34:47.Freddie Kruger back his mass. I jumped off the bike, and -- mask. I
:34:47. > :34:52.jumped off the bike and had a fight, I came home and winding myself. I
:34:52. > :34:55.got a knife, come back and ended up stabbing him. For Anthony to be
:34:55. > :34:59.arrested for stabbing somebody, it was not him. I couldn't believe he
:34:59. > :35:04.would do something like that. I thought surely he has not got to
:35:04. > :35:08.the point of this now. To find out he stabbed the lad four times, and
:35:08. > :35:14.the lad would never walk again. Because Anthony spent his life in
:35:14. > :35:21.hospitals. So now this lad is going to spend his life in a wheelchair,
:35:21. > :35:26.so it just didn't make sense. I ended up getting six-and-a-half
:35:26. > :35:31.years for grievous bodliy harm. Which I done three years three
:35:31. > :35:36.months in jail for. I do feel guilty about it. Obviously I went
:35:36. > :35:46.over the top. Anyone calls me names now I just let it blow over my head,
:35:46. > :35:55.
:35:55. > :35:58.really. I have got too much to lose if I it did go back to jail.
:35:58. > :36:03.Concerned about Belinda's intentions towards Jamie, mum,
:36:03. > :36:08.Donna, has insisted on meeting the new woman in her son's life.
:36:09. > :36:12.Jamie's a good lad. I know lots of people that like Jamie, of both
:36:13. > :36:16.genders. I was a bit like did she want Jamie, because of his voice
:36:16. > :36:21.and his looks? I'm his mother at the end of the day, I'm going to
:36:21. > :36:30.think these things. Hiya, are you all right? Yeah. Nice to meet you.
:36:30. > :36:33.Nice to meet you too. I'm Belinda. I'm Donna, Jamie's mum. Before I
:36:33. > :36:39.start Belinda, I wanted to thank you for already dealing with Jamie.
:36:39. > :36:42.And not a lot, but it is my way of saying thank you. Well I have only
:36:42. > :36:46.looked after him and pursued his little dream a little bit more.
:36:46. > :36:52.That is why I want to speak to you, not to be disrespectful to you
:36:52. > :36:57.Belinda, I found it a bit strange him coming here. The gay village is
:36:57. > :37:00.Jamie's night out, but to actually get attached to someone that is
:37:00. > :37:03.associated. That is just even in the gay village we don't judge
:37:03. > :37:07.nobody for nothing. I don't ask that of anybody. I don't know if
:37:07. > :37:10.Jamie has told you, he has had so many people use him for what he's
:37:10. > :37:16.good at. You believe in his singing? I believe in my son very
:37:16. > :37:22.much. Good. He can do anything. I'm not kidding you, he could do Mr
:37:22. > :37:26.Bean at three years old. Really. But I know he has something. He has,
:37:26. > :37:30.without a doubt. I wouldn't be spending my time if I didn't think
:37:30. > :37:34.he did. The one thing the two women in his life agree on, is Jamie
:37:34. > :37:39.isn't reaching his full potential. To get further on he has to start
:37:39. > :37:45.pushing himself more. We need to push him I can push him as much as
:37:45. > :37:49.you can, and you can push him, he has to pull his socks up. It is
:37:49. > :37:57.time to grow up, there is only so much you and I can do, that is
:37:57. > :38:02.being honest. He has to do it himself. That's lovely. Thank you
:38:02. > :38:07.so very much, if you want my number, get it off Jamie. I appreciate 100%,
:38:07. > :38:14.on my mum's life what you have done. I will keep doing t I believe in
:38:14. > :38:18.him. I believe in him. With two of us he can't go wrong. He's in shit
:38:18. > :38:22.now, isn't he. There is a lot of mothering go on, some would say
:38:22. > :38:32.smoothering, I think he just wants to be loved and liked, I think he
:38:32. > :38:35.
:38:35. > :38:42.has problems. I think he has been too smothered, and needs to go for
:38:42. > :38:46.his pursue his dreams. I did think, transvestite, with a club, what is
:38:46. > :38:53.going on. I thought did she want a young Jamie to bring it up, fresh
:38:53. > :38:59.meat in the club. I'm quite happy with Belinda now. She's lovely. And
:38:59. > :39:07.I took her chocolates. I expected all the diva bit, and it's nothing
:39:07. > :39:17.like that. She's absolutely lovely. She's got a lot of confidence in
:39:17. > :39:20.yer. She has a lot of faith in yer. I haven't. Listen. You have got to
:39:20. > :39:24.start helping yourself for her to help yer, she really wants to help
:39:24. > :39:28.yer. Jo what is doing my head in, it is my business, it needs to stay
:39:28. > :39:38.my business until I'm comfortable with everything, you know what I
:39:38. > :39:41.
:39:41. > :39:51.mean. Yeah. She fucks dives in too Today Anthony and Renika are taking
:39:51. > :39:57.
:39:57. > :40:01.the kids to a model agency for a test photo shoot. Hello, I'm Julie.
:40:01. > :40:06.So today what we are going to do is just do a little bit of a mini-
:40:06. > :40:12.shoot with him. And just maybe see how they perform in front of the
:40:12. > :40:16.camera. Hiya. If they photograph well, Anthony
:40:16. > :40:26.hopes it may lead to paid work and a career in modelling for the kids.
:40:26. > :40:31.
:40:31. > :40:37.Good lad. Show me your teeth! 1-2-3 jump.
:40:37. > :40:43.Look at your pictures. Who is that? Me. Look how cool you look. I have
:40:43. > :40:46.just put them in for it, because obviously when they get older it
:40:46. > :40:49.might be something they want to do. Not only that, in the meantime
:40:49. > :40:56.while they are doing it they get paid for it. You can save that
:40:57. > :41:06.money up for them as well. Look at the man. Say cheese to the man,
:41:07. > :41:15.
:41:16. > :41:22.cheese. Smile. Do what he's doing. Smile. Keep your face straight.
:41:22. > :41:26.wouldn't really push them into any job particularly meself. I hope
:41:26. > :41:36.they get a good job with a good income, so that they can have a
:41:36. > :41:39.
:41:39. > :41:43.good way of living, really. Squeeze in, squeeze in. Thank you, see you
:41:43. > :41:53.later. The family now have to wait and see if the agency want to take
:41:53. > :41:56.
:41:56. > :42:00.the kids on to their books. Back at the Wish Washy there has been a
:42:00. > :42:05.breakthrough in catching the lads who burgled the launderette. When
:42:05. > :42:12.they broke in, turned the cameras round, to face the wall, yeah,
:42:12. > :42:16.clear footage of them doing it. We actually got their faces on the
:42:16. > :42:20.camera, fucking knobheads. One of the lads I actually knew, I have
:42:20. > :42:26.known him since 1997. The lads are local to the area, and a couple of
:42:26. > :42:31.weeks ago Karen came face-to-face with the burglars. When I saw him I
:42:31. > :42:36.wanted to kill him. He was like Paul, Paul, we didn't mean to do
:42:36. > :42:43.the shop, we only meant to do the flat. I said you have taken food
:42:43. > :42:49.out of my kids' mouths. I'm not violent but I wanted to throttle
:42:49. > :42:52.him. It has affected the shop. really affected my mum, I remember
:42:52. > :42:56.her going to work and as soon as they pulled the shutters up
:42:56. > :42:59.everything smashed in. My mum cried. It was a really hard time, I
:42:59. > :43:04.remember her thinking, what the hell is she going to do.
:43:04. > :43:11.With the help of the CCTV evidence, the police brought a case against
:43:11. > :43:15.one of the men and today the Wakefields are getting their day in
:43:15. > :43:25.court. These are people who sit behind desks pushing pens all day.
:43:25. > :43:27.
:43:27. > :43:32.They haven't got a clue what crime is all about. Yeah! Yeah! Brilliant
:43:32. > :43:36.weren't it. We thought he would be out in two weeks, he got two years.
:43:36. > :43:41.Two years, he will only serve half of that. Out next year, sounds
:43:41. > :43:47.better saying that. I was expecting him to be out in two-to-three week.
:43:47. > :43:52.Jiefs proud of that judge today, I thought he would be a soft touch. I
:43:52. > :43:56.did. Two days later the Wakefields received a letter saying the judge
:43:56. > :44:06.had reconsidered his decision, and the robber had his sentence reduced
:44:06. > :44:09.
:44:09. > :44:15.from two years to 14 months. Sit, Snoopy sit. Since walking out
:44:15. > :44:19.of the dress rehearsal, Kelly only has one chance left to prove she
:44:19. > :44:25.can do it. At the show itself. When she needs a pep talk, she always
:44:25. > :44:29.turns to dad Sam. My dad has had to be me mum and dad for the past 14
:44:29. > :44:34.years. He was there with a cuddle within I needed it and to reassure
:44:34. > :44:38.-- when I needed it, and reassure me it was going to be all right.
:44:38. > :44:42.And now, today, me and my dad have the most open conversations, and
:44:42. > :44:48.people look at us and think, are you having that conversation with
:44:49. > :44:52.your dad, really? That is why he's my best friend, I love him to
:44:52. > :44:57.pieces and I don't know what I would do without him. It is about
:44:57. > :45:04.time at 25 you got something there. I know. I want to. It is just you
:45:04. > :45:08.know what I'm like sometimes. your mam had been here she would be
:45:08. > :45:13.on you a lot more than me, all the time. You have your own flat now
:45:13. > :45:17.and independent, you can't keep relying on me. I know, I know I
:45:18. > :45:21.rely on you sometimes and I shouldn't do. You always do Kelly
:45:21. > :45:26.because you're my little girl innit. Kelly's mannerisms are very much
:45:26. > :45:30.like her mam's. In fact the other day she did something her man did
:45:30. > :45:35.and I burst out laughing. She ask what I was laughing about it,
:45:35. > :45:39.before I even said it, she said, don't tell me my mam did that, and
:45:39. > :45:49.I say just like it. Health and happiness is all I wanted for kel
:45:49. > :45:52.hey. If she make me a granddad on the way, fair enough.
:45:52. > :45:59.If there is anybody doing gymnastics you need to get ready
:45:59. > :46:03.now. Quick, quick, quick. Molly, why have you got a pink thing in
:46:03. > :46:07.your hair, you are a boy. It is the day of the dance show, the parents
:46:07. > :46:12.are arriving, and the curtain will go up in less than an hour. Jodie
:46:12. > :46:15.is giving Kelly one last chance to prove she's up to the job. Back in
:46:15. > :46:19.the room, everybody back in the room. Over the past few months she
:46:19. > :46:26.has tested Jodie's patience to the limits. There are only so many
:46:26. > :46:30.chances I would give someone before it would be a waste of my time.
:46:30. > :46:33.main thing I have to think about what I'm doing, and take my time
:46:33. > :46:38.and try my best. All you can do is try your best. Rome weren't built
:46:38. > :46:45.in a day. I think it will be a success, we have been working on it
:46:45. > :46:55.for six months now. What time is it? We need to start. Cue music,
:46:55. > :47:03.
:47:03. > :47:07.It is going well, but it is children, not putting the right
:47:07. > :47:10.outfits on, and children going missing. So I'm stood at the other
:47:10. > :47:17.side, I'm like I need this person and this person, and everyone's all
:47:17. > :47:20.over it at the moment, it is a bit crazy. I don't even know.
:47:20. > :47:23.There is people missing, there is children missing, there is people
:47:24. > :47:31.who don't know where they are supposed to be. I don't know where
:47:31. > :47:36.I'm supposed to be now. It is a lot of pressure to be under to do a
:47:36. > :47:40.show like that. I thought, God, no wonder Jodie stresses so much.
:47:40. > :47:50.Because it is just, she's just a legend being able to do something
:47:50. > :47:55.
:47:55. > :47:58.like that, because I couldn't do it. So I take my hat off to her. It was
:47:58. > :48:04.really good. When you have worked with kids for so long and you see
:48:04. > :48:07.them perform, you just want to cry, because it is so good. It is like
:48:07. > :48:12.how you would be proud of your child. It makes you feel proud that
:48:12. > :48:17.you have taught them what they know. The Dance School is giving me an
:48:17. > :48:20.opportunity to do what I want to do. Be a qualified dance teacher, be
:48:20. > :48:30.successful, and it is actually helping to keep children off the
:48:30. > :48:31.
:48:32. > :48:37.streets. Some parents were still crying, everybody was saying how
:48:37. > :48:41.fantastic it was, amazing, awesome, brilliant. It really paid off.
:48:41. > :48:44.show has been a triumph, but the success is bitter sweet for Kelly,
:48:44. > :48:48.Jodie feels she is not quite ready to take on the responsibility of a
:48:48. > :48:58.teaching job, but she will try again at the next school show in
:48:58. > :49:05.
:49:05. > :49:11.six months time. It has been two weeks since Anthony's children did
:49:11. > :49:15.their modelling test shoot. He has had some good news. The modelling
:49:15. > :49:23.agency have given me a ring and said the kids are up on the website.
:49:23. > :49:33.I'm going to go and have a look on the website.
:49:33. > :49:33.
:49:33. > :49:37.Is it all right if I jump on a computer, mate, yeah? That's a nice
:49:37. > :49:41.one, that is a really nice picture that one. The children are now
:49:41. > :49:49.licensed to work, and ready to take on their first professional
:49:49. > :49:56.assignment. Definitely feel proud. She got some really nice pictures.
:49:56. > :50:02.Got to be from me with the good looks, can't be Renika. If I didn't
:50:02. > :50:04.have my scars that a lot of people that I have met through my life I
:50:04. > :50:08.probably wouldn't have met. Just because something has happened to
:50:08. > :50:14.you, it doesn't mean that is the end of your world. You can go on
:50:14. > :50:19.and live your life, or sit in your bedroom and dwell what if I didn't
:50:19. > :50:24.have scars and what if this and that? I suppose if I did do that I
:50:24. > :50:34.wouldn't have my kids that I have today, really. I wouldn't change
:50:34. > :50:37.
:50:38. > :50:43.them for the world. There are big changes on the estate where Jamie
:50:44. > :50:48.spent his entire life. It is not what we grew up in.
:50:48. > :50:53.a ghost town. You knew everything everybody in the maisonettes.
:50:53. > :51:01.I ever leave the estate I have grown up on? No, I don't think I
:51:01. > :51:05.could. It is home. There is also change in Jamie's life, in just a
:51:05. > :51:12.few hours he will perform his first professional gig at Belinda
:51:12. > :51:18.Scandal's cabaret bar. I know you can do it, I don't need to say
:51:18. > :51:22.anything else, I know you can do it, nothing tells me that you can't. I
:51:22. > :51:29.wish you the best of luck. Everybody wants to be famous and
:51:29. > :51:39.the 15-minutes. As long as I get lots of fandangle, loads of girls,
:51:39. > :51:39.
:51:39. > :51:47.we love you, on your boobs, fucking pleasure! How are you feeling?
:51:47. > :51:52.Nervous, excite. Are you very scared -- Extriteed. Are you
:51:52. > :51:56.scared? My arse is fucking on fire. Thanks for telling me. Are you
:51:57. > :52:06.warmed up, give me a scream. Look me in the eyes and scream in my
:52:07. > :52:11.face. I can't do that. Scream at me. Ahhhh. Louder. Ahhhh. That's the
:52:11. > :52:17.shizzle. Despite her doubts, Donna has overcome her reservations about
:52:17. > :52:22.Belinda and has gone to the gay village to support her son. He just
:52:22. > :52:25.wants something to grab hold of in life, he cherishes what he has got,
:52:25. > :52:31.he cherishes his family. He has been a brilliant kid, I would have
:52:31. > :52:35.another kid like Jamie. He's coming your way in just a few seconds time,
:52:35. > :52:42.before we do that, because it is nervous tonight, I want each of you
:52:42. > :52:52.to look at me and scream your face to have. 1-2-3 scream! Please
:52:52. > :52:55.
:52:55. > :53:05.welcome to the stage, the sensationally fantastic, Mr Jamie.
:53:05. > :53:20.
:53:20. > :53:27.How are we doing everybody. # She's taking me places
:53:27. > :53:37.# I should never have been # She's showing me faces
:53:37. > :53:45.# I should never have seen When I go to my grave, I would like
:53:45. > :53:55.on my gravestone, "went with a smile", and a picture of me on that
:53:55. > :53:56.
:53:56. > :54:02.with the cheesiest grin I can do. # Oh Lord when he shook his head
:54:02. > :54:11.# I could swear I could hear someone
:54:11. > :54:21.I felt so proud of him. And that boy can sing.
:54:21. > :54:22.
:54:22. > :54:32.# That's Mr Bojangles # We call him Mr Bojangles
:54:32. > :54:35.
:54:35. > :54:45.Mr Bojangles # Come back to me
:54:45. > :54:51.
:54:51. > :54:57.Sensational Jamie. Very, very good, did you enjoy it? It was a new
:54:57. > :55:04.experience for me, yeah, yeah. Come on in. We have a new fan, I
:55:04. > :55:08.have never seen you before. That were brilliant. Give a hug for your
:55:08. > :55:15.mother. Well done. You made me proud. Thank you Belinda. Thank you
:55:15. > :55:20.for coming. Thank you. He did good. Seeing the chance that Belinda has
:55:20. > :55:25.given Jamie has finally allayed her fears. She has surprised me, she's
:55:25. > :55:33.down to earth and genuine. I'm happy for Jamie to be with Belinda,
:55:33. > :55:39.in a career way. She's now the best person for Jamie. You what know,
:55:39. > :55:44.you kicked his arse, nobody else has done that. Some arses need
:55:44. > :55:48.kicking, don't they flower. Do a Christmas CD and I will buy it.
:55:48. > :55:53.is Jamie's first taste of the high life, now the sky is the limit.
:55:53. > :56:03.know I said I didn't want you there, but I'm glad to see you. You know I
:56:03. > :56:04.
:56:04. > :56:07.love you, don't you Jamie. Yeah. Next week, the Wakefields have to
:56:07. > :56:13.contend with an unwelcome house guest. If you don't like us then
:56:13. > :56:17.get out of our house. She said, no! Likely lads Arron and Mikey, are
:56:17. > :56:20.trying not to let partying get in the way of their new business plans.