Life in a Day

This programme contains some strong language and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting

Isn't he pretty?

WOLF HOWLS

HE HOWLS

Can you speak English?

Yes!

Oh!

-What day is it?

-Yes, I like to move it, move it!

All right! This is best day of my life!

No, I am asking...

-Oh, what day?

-Yeah.

Uh, it's, uh...

Wait a minute!

A stupid question, "What day is it?"

-Oh, sorry.

-OK.

It's 24th July.

And what a day it is!

It's the best day ever!

You might be wondering why I'm up at this ungodly hour.

Like others, I believe that the time between 3am and 4am

is one where the veil

between this world and the next is the thinnest.

Often, during this time of the day,

I hear the sound of my name uttered by an unseen presence.

Good morning!

Whoa!

And here we go into the garage.

That's right.

We're going to ride the elevator.

All right. Let's ride it.

Here it is.

That's right.

This is the elevator at the Market Parking Garage in Roanoke, Virginia.

This elevator is famous, right here. Here we go.

Here we are at six, which is burned out.

Just your basic Dover elevator.

For all of those of you at Dover Elevators,

a good brand of elevator.

Now we're going back down to one.

All right. Now it's time to go off to work.

Wasn't that fun?!

You know how much strength it takes to rebel?

Ha.

So, this is a night in the life of S Gray, man.

You know what I'm saying? Sleeping on the couch.

You know... Grinding my ass off every day.

Shorties not enjoying their mother.

Man not enjoying his wife or his woman, his lady.

Just bullshit, man.

Alpha male

trapped in and locked in through religion and politics.

Soon enough, man, my plans will all...

come into perfection.

WIND HOWLS

BIRDSONG

BIRDSONG

HE SNORES

ALARM CLOCK RINGS

ALARM CLOCK BUZZES

COCKEREL CROWS

ALARM CLOCK BUZZES

CAR HORN BEEPS

I love you.

I love you too.

Hm?

HE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS

Today we're going to videotape Sasha doing his first ever shave.

-Oh, boy.

-Sasha's how old now?

Er...

-15.

-Oh, good.

The first thing Sasha's going to do is get the water hot

for the hot cloth that you're going to put on your face.

Yes.

So that it'll warm up your face and moisturise your skin.

Does he have, like, a nice, warm face now?

-It's always been hot.

-All right. Yes. Whatever you say there, dude.

We should probably do a close-up of those whiskers.

They're really long now.

HE LAUGHS

Thank you.

You need to, like, really lather it up.

-OK.

-I don't think you need to put it up your nose.

-Yeah.

Five-blade razor, which we got as a sample. Schwing! Is it time?

Go ahead.

OK, you're shaving for me. This is embarrassing.

I'm bleeding!

Yes. Don't worry. You will survive it.

Wow.

-Don't worry. It will be all right.

-Oh, wow.

This is torture.

Ow!

-Does it hurt?

-Yes.

-It'll sting for a little while.

All right, just dry yourself off. Let's take a look at the nice...

nice clean shave. Good job, buddy.

-This is not clean.

-Here's what we do. Don't get me... Face the camera.

We put a little piece on there.

See? And it sticks to the bloody part.

And voila, he's done.

Hey, wait. High five, buddy. You survived it.

We're documenting everything.

-Waah!

-Shh!

Dah dah dah dah nah nah nah nah! Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah!

Bobby, let Mommy sleep.

BOBBY LAUGHS

Are you feeling OK?

Yeah, I'm just really tired, you know.

You feel weird? OK, this is how you'll be weirder. Whoa, tch!

OK, let's let Mommy sleep.

OK, Mom. Dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah!

Bobby, get down.

-We're going to let Mommy sleep.

-Son of a cuss!

Thank you. Thank you.

Um, I do have a question, though.

My biggest worry is, you know, of course, my bandages and stuff.

I know I can take a shower, but I haven't.

But I thought maybe I could try to take a shower before you got here.

Is that OK if I just go ahead and do that?

Oh, good. OK.

Mom, can I come down?

Bobby, can we have a talk, though, please? Please.

I just need to have a talk, OK?

Grandma is telling me, all the grandmas, all the friends are saying

what a great boy you are.

And of course I know that.

And I know it's hard. I've never been in a hospital.

I've never been like this before.

I just need us all to help each other, OK?

I know that sometimes when we ask you to do something to help,

sometimes it's cos you don't want to go upstairs cos you're scared,

-and that's fine, I understand that.

-Dad's fault.

If it's because you're scared to go upstairs by yourself

or downstairs by yourself, just tell me that.

I will. Sometimes...

HE WAILS

And stop videotaping!

Bobby.

I was going to give you the camera too.

We're going to do a project, a family project, OK?

Can we all agree to do the project?

-If not, then we can't do it.

-Do you want a camera?

-What?

-Do you want a camera to videotape me?

-Mm-hmm.

-It's going to be a family project.

I need to have a happy boy today, OK?

You have to be happy if you have the video camera.

-Why?

-Because it's a happy film.

-All right?

-And it has a happy ending.

OK, we're coming in.

First of all, and I'm sure he hears me by now,

let me explain something to you.

Everyone, can you hear me loud and clear?

My son was supposed to be cleaning his room yesterday.

Come on, boy!

-Woman!

-Woman.

Oh, this is going to be a long day, as most are.

HE GROANS

He's always a bundle of joy when he wakes up.

Come on, get in the shower, get the day going.

We got things to do, places to go.

Yeah.

People to see, futures to make.

I had a major heart operation.

I'm very thankful to the beautiful staff.

No job is too big or too small.

And even down to, a few minutes ago, just wiping my bum,

because I had my first poop...

HE LAUGHS

..in about a week or so.

So, one of them came to the rescue and said,

"Listen, would you like me to trim that up for you, sir?"

So I said, "Yes."

And a very, very, very, um...

courageous young lady in my case, I think,

did the job.

And just all in a day's work.

I'm very, very grateful for these people

that have treated me like...

Just treated me so well.

In a short...short while...

..I-II will be on the road to recovery,

and I'll be out there again doing crazy things

and enjoying life.

Just move forward for me.

HUBBUB

HEARTBEAT THUMPS

I'm Amanda.

What makes me joyful this Saturday is this.

And a little terrified and really excited.

CLATTERING

PANICKED HUBBUB

# I wanna drink from the clearest water

# I wanna eat the things I ought to

# I'm just one, I know

# But I feel strong, you know

# I wanna reach the greatest mountain

# Climb, if I want Without all the shouting

# I'm just one, I know

# But I feel strong, you know

# And clouds really should be white at least

# And oceans should meet us at the beach

# And I don't want to overreach

# When I know what's in store

# Raw love

# Life, a day at a time, my love

# Life, a day at a time Called love

# I wanna drink from the clearest water

# I wanna eat the things I ought to

# I'm just one, I know

# But I feel strong, you know

# I wanna reach the greatest mountain

# Climb, if I want Without all the shouting

# I'm just one, I know

# But I feel strong, you know

# And clouds really should be white at least

# And oceans should meet us at the beach

# And I don't want to overreach

# When I know what's in store Raw love. #

Good morning, everyone.

Bonjour. Buenos dias.

Namaste. Salaam alaikum.

Travel toothbrush and toothpaste.

Essential if you're spending a night with the goats.

50 pesos. Sweet.

A 500 rupee note. 2BA596135.

I still remember the number.

First is a Canadian flag,

because some of my ancestors were from Nova Scotia, Canada.

Next is a German flag,

because some of my ancestors were from Germany.

Some of my ancestors lived in Wisconsin.

Some of my ancestors were from Poland.

Altai man that came in a chocolate egg.

An electric die.

It's an anti-evil eye protector.

Metal saw. Metal eagle.

Metal wheels.

Anybody want some granite?

My name is Randy Raisides,

and this is Kenneth V Fletcher's house.

Giant I-beam.

Basket with grapes.

Pipe bender.

Billion boxes.

(He's kind of a hoarder.)

I moved here four years ago, a terrible drug addict.

And in four years, Ken has done two things.

He has sobered me up, and he has lost everything.

-Good morning.

-Good morning.

Kenneth V Fletcher.

Tomorrow, Ken leaves for the Canary Islands,

where he has gotten a job as a massage therapist.

And I go back to Nebraska,

where I'm going to be living with my folks.

He's one of those guys that has a billion ideas

and never completes any of them.

Ken wanted a piano as a kid.

Ken couldn't get a piano as a kid.

So, three years ago, we looked on craigslist all summer

and went over to the Twin Cities and got pianos!

KEN PLAYS PIANO

The man's a genius. He just never quite had the time.

It looks like the auctioneer's here.

CRASH!

What's in my pocket?

Well, it's a...it's a key.

And it's got a really neat little logo there.

ENGINE REVS

This is a Lamborghini.

And this is my life in a day.

Here's my wallet from Marc Jacobs.

There's a Marc Jacobs key chain that I love.

Mirror.

My iPod, which is my soul.

Rosary. Very good way of spending your time profitably

in the eternal dimension.

Telephone headset.

Extremely good way of wasting your time

in the earthly dimension.

What do you have in your pockets?

It's my knife.

OK, you can go ahead and judge me all you want,

but there are some crazy people in the world.

My Ruger P94 .40-calibre handgun.

I take this with me wherever I go.

THEY TALK IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

THEY TALK IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

BELLS JANGLE

RHYTHMIC THUMPING

THEY SING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

SINGING CONTINUES

This is balut.

Only in the Philippines.

You see that?

-Eugh.

-Oh, gross, huh?

Look, let's put some salt right there.

That's salt. And then watch this.

THEY SING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

SINGING CONTINUES

Today is Saturday, the 24th of July.

For the last three years, I've been away from home to do my degree.

And as soon as that finished,

I ended up getting a job at a very demanding company.

So, I don't really get to see my old man that much.

But whenever I do see him, we always go to the same place

and do the same thing and have a catch-up.

-I just phoned you.

-Yeah, I just got it, actually.

-I was about to phone you back.

-How you doing? All right?

-Yeah, not bad.

-Mouthful?

-I'll have a mouthful.

-You sorted the tyre out?

-Um...

-That tyre's fucked.

-Haven't had time.

-That tyre's fucked.

You get done for that. Seen it? It's got a rip in it.

Your car's a right mess.

-Is there a rip?

-Yeah.

Why don't you film down there, Jack? Let's see if we see a cup. Come on, that's it. Jesus.

You're not a student now, you know. You're a working man.

-There's no excuse.

-JACK CHUCKLES

Small beefburgers, believe it or not. Imagine what the large ones are like, or medium.

Ridiculous, isn't it? Unbelievable. Anyway, here you go, Jack.

This way. I'm going to sit in the car.

SEAGULLS CRY

-What you got?

-This.

-Oh.

-Is this a photograph of you at uni?

-Yeah.

-Fantastic.

That's fantastic. I'm going to get a lovely frame on that,

cos Nina's got a frame like that.

Hey, that's really cool, Jack. Thank you.

You should be very proud of yourself, Jack,

considering you almost got chucked out of school.

You was lucky there, weren't you?

Yeah, you've matured, actually, in the last year or so,

quite good, into a real proper lad.

A real gentleman and a nice boy.

ENGINE STARTS

Thanks for that, Jack.

I love being me. I love life.

It's all such fun.

Grass, dirt...

Dirty river smell.

Mmm, the smell of a campfire that gets stuck in your hair.

Coated chicken baked in the oven with seasonings.

What do I love the most?

CAT PURRS

Well...

..you're looking at her.

PURRING CONTINUES

HE SNIFFS

I really love my family,

my brothers and sisters.

What do you love the most?

Women. So much.

I love you, Uliya.

You are my only love.

You are my first love.

For me, love is all about you.

I love my wife. I love my son.

I love my land. I love my animals -

my dogs, my ferret, my chickens, my horses in the background.

I love my life.

But what do I love the most?

I love my Lord, my heavenly Father,

my Creator, from whom all blessings flow.

I love doing about 150 miles an hour

down a motorway in a good car.

I love football.

I think football is the only sport that brings people together.

What do you love?

Women.

-What do you love?

-Freedom.

-What do you love?

-Power!

I love the word "mamihlapinatapai".

It's from the Yaghan language,

which is now a dead language.

But it was spoken in Tierra del Fuego,

the very southernmost point of South America.

I've never heard the word said properly,

so I could be pronouncing it wrong.

But the meaning is quite beautiful.

It means...that moment or feeling

when two people both want to initiate something,

but neither wants to be the one to start it.

It can be perhaps two tribal leaders both wanting to make peace,

but neither wanting to be the one to begin it.

Or it could be two people at a party wanting to approach each other

and neither quite brave enough to make the first move.

BIRDS CALL

Can hear the kookaburras now.

PHONE RINGS

Currently, I'm calling my mom to ask her what I should say to Emily today.

-'Hello?'

-Do you have a second to talk to me?

'Sure.'

Tonight I am hanging out with Emily.

But I was planning on telling her exactly how I feel about her, and...

And then I don't know. So I was calling my mother to see what should I say to this woman?

SHE LAUGHS

'OK.

'I don't know, I guess just concentrate on the fact that, you know,

'you have very, very high feelings of esteem for her,

'and she's somebody that you've always admired.'

Esteem? Is that the word I should use? Esteem?

-You think she'll like that?

-'Yeah. Whatever.'

-I just don't know if that's...

-'You hold her in very high regard.'

-OK. I don't...

-'She's a special person in your life.'

OK. I'll try all that.

'And that, you know, you think that there's...

'You would like to find out if there's a possibility of being with her.

Hey. I am on the train now.

This is my friend Emily.

Uh, hello, Life In A Day. I'm still with Emily, and we're still hanging out in Chicago.

Um...this is...

We just came out of this place, which was cool.

But...uh...I'm going to leave this thing on in case anything gets climactic.

Theresa, look at me.

Oh, my God.

SHE SCREAMS

Well, so here's the deal.

I asked her if she wanted to go on a romantic date with me sometime,

and she says, "No." Just no.

That's really all she said. Just no. She didn't want any of that.

Ever, possibly. Never, ever. And so...uh...

Well, actually, I said, "What about the possibility of a possibility?"

And she said no to that. No possibility. None.

OK, let me say that it is meant for women to kneel down.

For example, a woman is supposed to kneel down for a man.

Mmm-hmm.

-Do you want to show us how you do it?

-Yes.

So you greet Moses, like, traditionally?

THEY SPEAK IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

Wow. Wow.

Moses, how do you feel about it?

She comes, and she kneels down every day?

Yes, because I'm a man.

She has to respect.

It's the culture.

MUSIC PLAYS

CHEERING

MUSIC PLAYS

# White wedding day... #

HE CONTINUES TO SING

Hi, Grandma. It's David. How are you?

I'm good. I'm still... Yeah, I'm in New York.

Yeah, it's been really hot here, but I'm having fun.

Uh...anyway, I wanted to call you because...

You know my friend Nick that you've met a lot?

Yeah. Yeah, I know. He's a very nice boy.

Um...

Well, I wanted to tell you that he's...um...

not just my friend. He's my boyfriend.

Um.... And it's something that I've wanted to tell you for a while,

but I wasn't really sure how you would react,

so I was a little nervous to tell you. Um...

I love you too. Yeah.

I love you too. And I'm hoping that maybe you can love Nick too,

because he's really important to me.

So, I'm hoping he can be really important to you too.

Yeah. Well, that... that means a lot to me.

Yeah. Thank you.

Yeah, I love you too.

I do. Yeah.

Yeah, my parents know. Yes.

Well, Grandma, they call it being gay now. You don't have to say "homosexual".

It's not... Yeah.

Yes, it's not a disease. Thank you.

Here, throw some cheese to those ducks. Get closer to them.

-I'm taking a video, Sarah.

-They might bite me.

No, they won't bite. Ducks don't bite.

Come on. I'm making a video.

Walk on out into them. It'll be a good video.

-Would you like me to take both of you? A picture of you?

-Oh.

-Thank you.

-What do you want me to do?

-Just...just...

'Marriage truth number one. Love is a battlefield.'

LAUGHTER

Listen, you two are going to fight like hooded roosters.

Let's just get it out there. It's science.

You know, place any two animals in a contained area together,

you know, there will be awesome tenderness,

-but also there will be blood.

-LAUGHTER

That is my pocket Walt Whitman.

He was surely one of the greatest poets that ever lived,

and if my babies can read Walt Whitman day and night

and learn from him, I'll be very happy.

After all, babies, he did say,

"I am August.

"I do not trouble my soul to vindicate itself."

-No, he didn't say "soul". He said, "I do not trouble..."

-Please, that's enough, Tristram,

you'll use up all the memory. This is self-indulgent. Please stop.

-"I do not..."

-They need winding. Please stop, Tristram.

-"I do not trouble my spirit..."

-Stop being so selfish and putting yourself first.

Please, I've been looking after them all day. Just stop it.

"I do not trouble my soul...my spirit

-"to vindicate itself or be understood."

-OK, fine.

Ann and John are today renewing their vows

in the light of their 50 years experience of marriage.

Rather unusually, each of this special couple

has agreed to write the vows of the other.

That is, Ann has written John's vows,

and John has written Ann's.

John, it is necessary to address one or two shortcomings in...uh...

-the physical side of marriage.

-LAUGHTER

Surely no-one would argue that there are certain physical demands a wife can request of a husband,

and Ann asks you that you address these issues right now.

LAUGHTER

Do you agree to wash the windows inside and out?

LAUGHTER

Ann, John asks if you will agree to let him do that thing

you once told him you would let him do on his 40th birthday,

but still not have yet done.

LAUGHTER

So, Ann, in anticipation of your previous answer,

John says, "I suppose an occasional blow job is..."

LAUGHTER

Finally, in spite of men obviously being from Mars

and women from Venus,

do you both promise to love and treasure each other

and enjoy your lovely family life together here at Appletree Cottage

for as long as you both shall live?

BOTH: We do.

APPLAUSE

MICROWAVE BEEPS

Woo!

Do the jerk. Please, do the jerk.

I'm going to get the commander to do the jerk.

-Aah!

-Why you always got to stick your tongue out?

Punch Eason in the face right now.

Oh, my God!

That's the Rebel Alliance.

And there's the Empire.

Hi. This is my room.

And this is our garden.

So, my name is Masood.

I live in Afghanistan, Kabul, and I'm a news photographer.

Here is my house. And here's my father, drinking tea.

My mother is praying.

My brother again is just, again,

staring in the refrigerator, as always.

Right now, I'm in my car,

going to Kabul's old city, to take some pictures.

Sometimes, I like to just walk around there

looking for a good shot.

These are like my two babies.

I carry them everywhere.

Here I am by myself,

because my husband is a half a world away,

going to work, fighting for us.

What shirt should I wear?

Which one do you think will Phil like better?

Hmm? Which one do you think?

That one?

Is that one the best?

Here is the market in the old city.

Most foreigners think that it is dangerous

to walk around the streets of Kabul,

but as you can see, there is no danger, for us, anyway.

# Waiting game

# Waiting game. #

So, this is a street that's normally selling birds like this.

They call them lovebirds because they are always kissing each other.

Oh.

Where are you?

-Ooh.

-Hi, Sharon.

-Hi!

-Hi.

How's it goin'?

Do you see me?

Yes. Of course. It's our date night! SHE LAUGHS

Afghanistan comes, the name of my country

comes with the conflict, war, suicide attack,

and all the negative points that we, I mean, hear

and listen in the news.

But there is another side of Afghanistan

that you don't normally see.

These girls make me feel optimistic about the future of my country.

I love you.

I love you too. Stay safe.

I will, honey. You too, OK?

OK.

-Bye.

-Bye.

SHE SOBS

'Dad, do you see my war?'

Oh, and the red is bad,

the white is good, of the helmets.

HE MIMICS SOUND OF WARFARE

Oh!

-That's not so bad.

-No?

Is there something that's bleeding under my arm?

-Let's see if we can just get this.

-Ew!

-Oh, oh, oh! Oh, what is it?

What is it? Did that come out of your hair?

-No, it was on my bag. It's a ladybug.

-Oh.

Any kind of monster or ghosts or...a witch.

What do zombies do?

OK. You do a great zombie.

I have a fear of dogs.

-Wasps.

-Spiders.

I fear...robbers...

rapers...

I fear growing up.

I'm afraid of losing this place.

I afraid of homosexuality. Homosexuality is like...

is like disease, and I'm afraid of disease.

I stay in my room, and all I can think about

is whether in a couple of years someone else is going to live here,

someone who is not Israeli. Maybe... Maybe someone Palestinian.

I guess politics scares me more than anything.

I wonder if we're going to get in another war.

One of the things I fear more than anything right now

is that my hair's starting to fall out.

This is me.

This is what I'm afraid of.

That my husband will leave me for another wife

because of a lack of you know what.

I fear...loneliness.

'Not waking up one morning,'

and nobody finding you for a week. That'd be interesting.

That's why I find it very hard

to really, really connect with someone.

Because, what do you do when they're gone?

And that's what I'm afraid of,

being in this grave.

Life is so freakin' short, you know?

Dying, I guess.

CROWD: Three...two...one!

CHEERING

Welcome to The Love Parade!

Many of the hundreds of thousands of revellers

were unaware of the tragedy unfolding at the tunnel entrance.

MUSIC: "Penny At A Time" by Matthew Herbert

# I want to drink from the greatest water

# I want to have all the things I ought to

# I just want I know

# That I feel strong, you know

# I want to reach the golden fountain

# Beat everyone without all the doubting

# I just want I know

# That I feel strong, you know

# And clouds really should be white at least

# And oceans should be there at the beach

# And who needs books when we've got speech?

# Cos who knows what's in store for raw love?

# Life, a penny at a time Oh, love, life, a penny at a time

# Love, life, a penny at a time

# Oh, love. #

Who do you love?

My silly boys, the Bobby-ells.

OK. What do you fear?

Well, I guess...

I'm fearless now.

I guess my fear was that you'd get cancer, and you did.

That you'd get it again, I mean. And you did. But it's over with.

So, I'm fearless.

July 24th, 2010.

It's nearly midnight now,

and I'm running out of time to make this.

I worked all day long, on a Saturday, yeah, I know.

The sad part is...

I spent all day long hoping for something amazing to happen,

something great, something to appreciate this day

and to be a part of it and to...

show the world that there's something great

that can happen every day of your life, in everyone's life.

But the truth is, it doesn't always happen.

And for me, today...

..all day long, nothing really happened.

I want people to know that I'm here.

I don't want to cease to exist.

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I'm this great person, because...

I don't think I am...at all.

I think I'm a normal girl... normal life.

Not interesting enough... to know anything about.

But I want to be.

And today...

..even though...

SHE SIGHS ..even though nothing great really happened,

tonight I feel as if something great happened.

MUSIC: "A Day At A Time" by Matthew Herbert feat Baaba Maal

# I want to drink from the clearest water

# I want to eat the things I know to

# I just want I know That I feel strong, you know

# I want to reach the greatest mountain

# Climb, if I want Without all the shouting

# I just want I know That I feel strong, you know... #

BAABA MAAL SINGS IN PULAAR

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