Episode 2 Baker Boys

This bakery has seen a good few marriages over the years.

To my baby sister and my best mate. To Shelly and Rich.

-ALL:

-Shelly and Rich.

Are you proposing to me?

-Well, we talked about it before.

-When you said it was a good tax break.

-It's just sometimes, I wonder if you're happy.

-Happy? Why wouldn't I be?

I'm sorry to tell you Valley Bara will close with immediate effect.

You can't just shut us down!

This place will be a ghost town without the bakery.

-Where would we go?

-Glasgow.

-Glasgow?

You're going to go, aren't you?

-So you're going to go home to him as if nothing's happened.

-Nothing has happened.

-Sarah, wait!

-Are you going to tell Rob?

-We're just sat here like bloody sheep.

-What should we be doing?

-I don't know!

-It's not only our jobs, it's our lives!

-Yeah, we know.

I keep losing.

You don't know how easily it all falls apart.

I am not...

bloody...

..losing!

-The bakery's closed.

-And we can get it up and running again.

If we own the place, then we have control. It's obvious.

We have to buy the bakery.

-So you want to buy the bakery?!

-Between us, we know how it all runs.

Manufacture, supply, delivery.

I've sat in that office for years watching how they do it.

-Nothing goes on that I don't know about.

-Apart from it closing down.

Valley Bara is already on the market. Shell rung them.

-They're desperate to sell. They haven't had a sniff so far.

-If they don't think

it'll sell, they'll asset-strip it.

So we have to getting in there quick.

If no-one else is stupid enough to want to buy it, shouldn't that be telling us something?

Only what we already know.

-Valley Bara means nothing to big business.

-But it means a lot to us.

-How much are they asking?

-400 grand.

We could ask for a bit off.

-We haven't got 400 grand! We haven't even got four grand!

-Not between us,

-between everyone.

-Who?

-Everyone who worked at Valley Bara.

-Everyone who lost their job and wants it back.

-Like a co-operative.

Worker owned, worker run.

-It's been done before.

-See?

You want people to put their own money in when they've just lost their job?!

Yeah. Well, that's exactly what I want.

MUSIC: "Gwalch" by Fern Hill

Hi. Sorry to bother you, just wanted to hand you one of these.

Thank you very much. Cheers.

-What's that?

-"Valley Bara employee buyout proposal".

Saves me the effort,

I was just coming to give you one of these.

Sorry, Shell, I can't stop.

I'll come back and buzz for you later.

Moira, is Gwynfor in?

Yeah, he's in.

I've got a pile of ironing that needs doing.

-I should have brought it round.

-Cup of tea, Peter?

-Yep.

-I'm just off.

Feels wrong, leaving you here.

I'll be fine and don't worry.

I'll find something soon.

I'll be back by four. Don't forget your tablets.

I came to give you this.

"For all former workers of the Valley Bara bakery".

Who's bright idea is this(?)

Right, Peter is doing everyone above the High Street.

OK, so we need to do this lot.

I can't find my iPod.

-Have you looked for it?

-Yes.

Well, look again. I thought you wanted to be more independent.

Independent, yes, not neglected.

Who are you phoning? Childline?!

Hi, Mum, it's me. Can you call me back?

-I've got to do the rest of these. Can you give me a hand?

-I've got to go at ten.

-Where?

Training day.

Telesales. I put my name down when we signed on.

It's just a taster.

It probably won't come to anything.

-Don't go then.

-I said I'd take Gwynfor and Karen.

What about the buyout?

I'm just keeping my options open.

Well, thanks a ton.

Oh, come on!

You know what? Shove your options.

If you haven't got the balls for the buyout, I don't need you around.

Come on, US running the bakery?

Why not?

I know Owen.

He's a lad, he's a laugh, but he's not a businessman.

-Well, it's not just him, is it?

-Yeah, there's you and Pete, too.

-And?

And you're out of your depth.

-I'm sorry.

-Owen's right.

We don't need you.

Oh, she won't like that.

-Ah, yeah. Er, she wanted me to drop some of her stuff off at Owen's.

-When's she back here?

-..Next week.

-Good.

It's very quiet without her.

I thought you'd have been glad of the break.

She's hard work, but...

It's a difficult age.

She's so smart, I just wanted to take her in the right direction.

It's only going to get harder for her around here.

High unemployment, under-achieving kids, they go together.

That's where we come into it. Responsible parents, setting a good example.

-I haven't had a fag in years.

-Me neither. I could murder one.

Me too.

Have you thought any more about Scotland? I don't want to pressure you.

Yeah, I know, but you know what I'm like, there's just so much to think about.

I do know what you're like. You're my beautiful girl. I'm not even going to mention the M-word either

cos I know you're thinking about that, too.

I'll wait as long as I have to.

Oh, this is very low energy.

SHE CLAPS Everyone on your feet. Let's shake it out.

Yeah? Shake out those blues, those bad feelings.

And breathe in positivity.

Hmm? OK...

So you've had a look at your script.

Let's run an example.

I'm going to go for...Gwynfor.

Gwynfor?

Great name. So, Gwynfor, you're the customer services adviser, yeah?

I'm the "idiot" on the phone. And the call is coming through.

Three, two, one...

Well, finally, is that actually a person I'm talking to or just another machine?

15 minutes I've been waiting for a human being, if that's what you are!

How would you respond to that?

-Well, I...

-Don't look at me.

The answer's not in my face, it's in your script.

Now, being organised and having your script to hand is crucial because the call will continue.

A trained monkey could do better than a useless moron like you.

-All right, love, that's enough.

-Gwynfor?

I think you should learn to keep a civil tongue in your head.

That's not the scripted response.

Sod the script. Anyone talks to me like that, they're getting a slap.

Well, they'll be on the end of a phone, so you'll need long arms.

I meant a verbal slap, which I promise you, I am more than capable of delivering.

I'll show you now, if you want?

Now, the job can be challenging...

It's not a job, being shouted at by idiots.

Karen.

I know times change and we all have to adapt, but with all due respect,

I think you'll agree, this isn't the job for me.

Thank you. Gina.

Anyone else?

Redundancy payout shouldn't take more than a month.

Nearly 30 years you've been there.

-That's a tidy nest egg.

-I know it's asking a lot.

-Is this what you want

to be doing at your age?

It's more than just a job. And there's your heart.

Look, I'm 58 now, not a great age to be entering the job market.

I'm still working and with your redundancy money we could manage.

Don't put me out to grass just yet.

-Hi, I've brought some of Elen's stuff round.

-She's at school.

I know.

Look, I just want to clear the air. What happened between us was a mistake,

it was my fault. It didn't mean anything and I wish it had never happened.

Well?

Thanks for letting me know.

-What?

-You came here to tell me it was nothing, you told me, job done.

Fine.

-Have you told Rob?

-No, not yet.

-So you're going to?

-None of your business.

-It will be when he turns up with a crowbar and a shovel.

-Do you think this is funny?!

-This isn't funny.

-Really?! He asks you to run away to Scotland and marry him

and you jump in bed with your ex-husband, I think it's bloody hilarious.

-This is my life we're talking about, Owen!

-Then why did you do it?

-Why did YOU, Owen?!

-I don't...

-Oh, have a think.

Well, does it matter?

You said it was your fault.

-YOU said you were leaving.

-And?

-I didn't think it was a good idea.

-For who?

-Elen.

-Elen!

-I don't want my daughter moving to Scotland.

I said we'd sort something out because whatever happens between me and you, we've always put Elen first,

so don't you dare say that.

All right.

Why then?

-I just lost my job.

-Mm-hm.

-Shell and Rich were engaged.

-And?

What do want me to say, Sair?

If sleeping with me didn't mean anything,

if it was just a mistake, then it doesn't bloody matter, does it?

Let's just forget all about it.

-You told me you needed to move on from me.

-I know.

-And then you slept with me!

-Then it made me realise how much I love Rob.

Well, good luck explaining that one.

Are you going to tell him here or in Scotland?!

HUM OF CONVERSATION OWEN: Right, OK.

Right, the big idea is...

we'd be in charge. Valley Bara would be worker-owned and worker-run.

It's called a co-operative.

We'd all keep our jobs, we'd be making money for ourselves, no-one else.

-But we have to put money into start with.

-We've all just lost our jobs.

And we're all waiting for our redundancy payout.

-If we pool that, we can buy Valley Bara ourselves.

-How many of us get redundancy?

-34.

-How much does it come to?

GWYNFOR: Entitlement to statutory redundancy is calculated according to age and length of service.

-So we all get different amounts?

-I've only been there four years

-and you have been there for ever.

-Well, there's an old saying, from each according to his ability...

..To each according to his need.

-What does that mean?

-Well, those who get more, have to pay more in.

But then do you get more say? Get paid more?

The stake stays the same. One man, one vote.

-How is that fair?

-Because everybody is still giving everything they've got, even if it's not much.

If you want part of this, you put in your whole redundancy, whatever it is.

MURMURING

-It's all nothing.

-It's still not going to be enough, though, is it?

No, we need to raise funds elsewhere, but the capital will help us do that.

-There are risks, of course.

-Like what?

Like if you put your money in and it doesn't work out, then that's your money gone.

And we would get nothing back.

< When you say "raise money elsewhere", what d'you mean?

Why would they invest in us?

Until recently, overseas companies were given big incentives to come here and they did.

They stayed a few years, raking it in, then when the incentives ran out,

they buggered off.

The assembly is changing its game-plan now.

"Indigenous investment" they're calling it.

That means help for people who can't just bugger off, people like us.

MURMURING VOICES

If we can raise half the fund, we can go to the bank to loan the rest.

And whose name would be on that?

We could lose all our money and end up owing even more.

Or you could be taking charge.

Look, you, me, all of us here,

we're the bottom of the food chain.

Our jobs went like that. And why?

Because somebody, somewhere, in another country...

decided we weren't worth it.

We've been thrown on the scrap heap like so many others.

But WE'VE got the chance to do something about it.

So how long would we have to raise the money?

Two months.

-After that, they'll asset strip.

-How would it work?

Day-to-day?

Who gets to decide stuff?

Oh, sorry, Shell, I can't.

I've never done a business plan.

The bank needs one, everything you apply for needs one.

-I don't want to mess this up.

-You need an accountant.

-That will cost a fortune.

Look, you do this sort of thing all the time for Rob.

I know it's asking a lot.

-No, it's not that.

-You don't think we can do it, do you?

You've got so little time and such a huge amount of money.

Are people really going to put in their redundancy?

And Owen? I mean, how is Owen behind this?!

-He was never keen on the bakery or Trefynydd.

-Or anything that's not rugby or beer, I know.

He doesn't like being pushed around.

Well, he's not going to be wanting me to help.

Why not? Have you had an argument?

Well, look, it's not up to him.

This is a co-operative and I'll make sure he co-operates.

I know some of the older blokes are screwed, but I'm young, single, no kids, no mortgage.

I'll find something.

-Where?

-Cardiff.

That's expensive. I paid £4 for a pint last international.

Yeah, well, I've a little bit of redundancy to get me started, won't I, if I don't give it to you.

But you love it here, Ka, you do. Can you at least think about it? Please?

So there's no guarantee of work and we'd lose all our money if we didn't.

-It's a risk.

-We've got kids. We can't take risks.

-I've got a kid.

-Sarah's hardly going to let her starve, is she?

-Found any work yet?

-You know I haven't.

-Look, I know...

-Everything is a risk, we know.

This redundancy money is all we've got coming.

OK, you've got two little ones and, yeah, that makes things hard for you,

-but we all want the same thing.

-Do we?

Work, to look after a family, more than that.

We could have some control over our lives.

If we can afford it.

SHELL: So, um, we can show you a projection

of the... Oh, sorry, I've skipped a bit...

Well, is it in here?

Yes, just give me a minute.

Well, why don't I just...?

Yeah, well, I'm looking for it.

If we can assume stability in the first six months,

our turnover in the third quarter should allow us a profit, which is the bit I know you're interested in.

Well, I certainly am.

This is all pretty ambitious.

-It's a viable model.

-Up and running, yeah.

I notice you've skimmed over the strength of your order book.

We're working on it.

And you're also reliant on a lot of grants and incentives, which you simply don't have yet.

But which we've applied for and are confident about.

Just at the bottom.

I know you know your stuff.

-How is, Rob, by the way? I haven't seen him at golf for a while.

-Busy.

Busy work.

So are you going to lend us the money, or not?

Look, this is off the record, you understand.

The only reason this branch is here in Trefynydd is because of the bakery.

And because of the mini-mart, the garage, the Chinese, the Social Club,

all those little businesses Valley Bara supports.

They all trot in here on Monday morning wanting to bank their cash.

Look, if Valley Bara stays closed, it's not just 50 jobs gone, it's 50 families leaving.

Or cutting back to the bone, and that means

that's the end of the Chinese, the pub, this branch.

Look, I'd have to get it approved,

but if you can bring me a good strong order book, then I can use this as leverage.

-With you in charge financially, that's a big plus.

-Well, I...

Are you going to give us 200 grand?

Well, if you lot can come up with the other 200 grand.

Thank you.

I said I'd help, Shelly, just for this meeting.

Look, it's not ideal for either of us but, clearly, we need you.

-It didn't think you'd want me involved.

-It's not about me.

It's about all of us.

As far as the buyout is concerned, you're a gift horse.

And I won't look you in the mouth.

Honey!

-I'm home!

-Cutting it a bit fine.

Am I?

Oh, God!

You forgot.

The opera.

-Well, it's all right, there's still time to change.

-I can't.

-Why not?

Um, I got some work to do.

-Well, if it's late, I can manage.

-It's for Shelly, the bakery and the buyout.

Sorry, I didn't tell you.

What are you doing for them?

-Finance packaging, funding applications...

-Are they other paying you?

I'm just helping out.

And it has to be done tonight?

I'm sorry, I have a meeting tomorrow.

-I said I'd have all the work done.

-Meeting?

-Mm-hm.

-Better get a move on.

-OK.

Do you have to go?

Well, it sponsor's night. Good networking.

That's why I booked it.

-I'm so...

-Sorry?

-Sorry.

-Me too.

I knew you were helping them out.

I had an e-mail from Dan at the bank.

-He said you'd been in with the buyout brigade.

-Oh.

He assumed I knew.

Word gets round.

TV PLAYS IN BACKGROUND

DOOR OPENS >

Hi.

Sorry, I think I got the wrong house.

-I did a bit of cleaning and tidying.

-A bit(?)

-Well, how did it go?

-Good. Brilliant.

You should have been there.

How long is it going to be like this?

-Like what?

-You're acting like I'm not here.

-I ring Owen, he doesn't answer.

-What do you expect, Rich?

We're out there, working our arses off, and what are you doing?

-I cleaned the whole house today.

-Yeah, and the bad news is you don't get paid for that.

If you did, I'd be a millionaire.

Hardly.

Talking of money,

the bank is lending us 200 grand.

-How much?

-Sarah knocked them for six.

Sarah's on board now?

She's giving us a hand, yeah, cos she thinks we can do it.

So why don't you?

I don't want the responsibility.

I just want a job where I turn up, do the work, get paid, go home. That's all.

-I had a job like that.

-Yeah, me too.

I'm starting work tomorrow.

Call centre down in Treforest.

Doing what?

Customer complaints.

Getting shouted at all day.

I've had enough practice with you.

-Shell...?

-I've got to go to bed. I've got lots to do tomorrow so...

I thought, er...

I could stay at my mum's tonight.

She's right by the station and maybe a bit of a breather might be a good thing for us.

OK. Yeah.

FOOTSTEPS CLIMB STAIRS

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Ah, Sleeping Beauty awakes.

A bit early for you, isn't it?

Hasn't gone midday yet.

-Got any spare?

-I knew it would get you up.

Get yourself a plate.

Frying bacon can raise the dead.

Ta.

Hang on a minute, I want to talk to you about this buyout.

You'll be getting a redundancy payout and you need a job. I want you to put in.

-I'll only get a couple of hundred.

-Yeah, we need all we can get.

-That's my money. I want to buy a car.

-What, for 200 quid?!

-I can do it up.

-No.

-I've already said.

-You what?

My mate Steve, he's, um, he's selling his. A bit of a wreck, got a week left on the MoT.

-Yeah, but the buyout will get you a job.

-I'll get a job.

-Where?

-With a car I can go all over.

-With your one GCSE?

Listen, I got you that job with the bakery and I want you to put into this buyout.

-So the good news is the Community Finance Initiative have agreed to loan us 50 grand.

-That's brilliant.

That's a quarter of what we need to raise.

I mean, that's fantastic, but the bad news is everyone else is going to need longer than three weeks.

Plenty of goodwill, just no cash.

But if we know they're going to give it to us, can't we ask the bank to cover the shortfall,

-just until it all comes through?

-Yeah, we can try,

but I can't see that happening.

I've got more bad news.

About our order book.

Valley Bara closing overnight left our customers high and dry. They had to find other suppliers.

-And they're not interested in coming back.

-What, none of them?

-Well, um...

-one canteen and a burger van.

-That's not enough.

Nowhere near enough.

All right, well, you're going to have to try and find new buyers, aren't you? And quickly.

-Shell, we can put our heads together on that.

-OK.

-OK.

-Sair?

-Mm-hm?

-There is one other thing.

-What?

Um, if we manage to do this, buy the bakery and get in there,

please will you be our finance manager?

Please?

I mean, you know we need one, it's in the business plan. You said it. And you're doing so much already.

-Hang on.

-We couldn't have done this without you, Sair.

I said now might not be the time to ask, but I was outvoted.

Well, it's not just my decision, is it?

No, but you could, couldn't you?

-I mean, would you like to, if you can?

-I'll think about it.

Meanwhile, there are bigger things to be thinking about. OK, where your customers are.

So who did Valley Bara sell to before?

-Service stations.

-Prisons, hospitals.

Captive audiences.

-Which makes sense. Our pies were awful.

-No, they weren't awful.

Oh, they were.

Scrag ends of lamb, flour from China, stock from a chicken from God knows where.

It wasn't a bakery, it was an assembly line and you could taste it.

Whereas THIS...

See for yourself.

-They look good.

-Lamb from Brecon, beef from Hereford, spuds from Pembrokeshire.

-How much does it cost?

-More per unit, but not as much as you think.

Mmm...

Every local supplier we contacted was dying to do a deal. They're desperate for business.

Local produce.

-It's a marketing opportunity.

-So why weren't we doing this before?

Well, it wasn't up to you. The parent company had Valley Bara

on the same deal as all their other bakeries all over Europe. The cheapest option for them.

We're too small to do that, so with our own recipes and local suppliers, we do it better.

-That's the gap in the market. And that's how we win new customers.

-How long have we got?

Three weeks.

Hello, I'm phoning from Valley Bara head office. I was just wondering...

The new management is a damn sight better...

There are special offers for new customers..

So can one of our sales team come in and discuss it? Great, we're on our way.

So, you sell produce to us, we make you some of our famous rustic pies...

-Then you sell it here as a unique farm line.

-Plus you get our friendly, personal service.

So, how big is your order?

What's a beautiful woman like you doing in a place like this?

Don't tell me, you're only in it for the bread.

I'm from Valley Bara local bakery.

Excuse me, young lady, you wouldn't have honey-baked rolls with mixed seeds, would you?

Or, um, soda bread, or walnut and rye,

or, um, focaccia?

Um, I'll just ask.

Gay couple on table nine want some poncey bread.

Told you not to wear that shirt.

I know you're upset.

I'm sorry, I really do apologise.

Yeah, I appreciate you feel let down and that you expect better.

Yeah, and that you want to speak to someone more important.

I can only apologise.

I'm sorry.

You've got one grant through and in the bank, the promise of redundancy money - the amount to be confirmed -

and more promises from these other backers.

Time was always going to be your problem.

-That's why we need to extend our loan.

-It's for a couple of weeks. A month, tops.

And what if your grants don't come through?

-Half these agencies might not exist next month.

-Well, they will.

Well, they promised.

It's not enough.

I'm sorry, but the loan stands at £200,000.

DOOR SHUTS

Oh...

KNOCKING

Hi, honey.

-Another day of work?

-Oh, I'm just trying to make these numbers add up to more than they do.

-Spending a fair bit of time up in the buy-out brigade.

-And?

It's very good of you.

Actually, I've been offered a job

with the buy-out brigade.

To help run the bakery, as finance manager.

For a moment, I thought you meant a proper job.

Well, it's the same sort of work as I do for you.

It's just they don't have anybody with my skills.

I bet they don't.

It'd be good for me, too, you know, a job.

Responsibilities and...

Look, it might never happen. The bid might not be successful.

-Please tell me you're not serious.

-Why wouldn't I be?

-I thought you wanted to do more with your life?

-Yeah, I do.

What about Glasgow?

Why does wanting to do more mean moving away?

This place is finished. There was precious little here to start with.

Which is why they're going for the buyout.

Oh, come on. What?

Business isn't social work, Sarah.

I know that.

-Well, can we have a Plan B for when the buyout fails?

-Why would you say that?

-They don't know what they're doing.

-Which is why they've asked me to help.

-They'll need more than you.

Yeah, I'm sure they will.

-So we're putting Glasgow on hold, is it?

-Oh, I don't want to move to Glasgow.

This is where my friends are, where my family are.

I don't want to see this place become a ghost town. This is where I'm from, and you, too.

I am only here because of you.

I have waited and waited for you, for Elen to grow up.

-When I heard that the bakery was closing, I was glad.

-What?!

-I thought, "Finally something'll change."

-How can you be so selfish?

I'm not the one being selfish, Sarah.

MUSIC: "The Hitcher" by The Gentle Good

Hello?

Er, will you put some clothes on?

-No. Today I am driving you to school in my pants.

-Ew!

And then I'm going to walk into your school assembly in my pants.

And I'm going to say, "Hello, everyone, I'm Elen's dad."

Er, someone's towing your car.

OK, take it away.

-What the hell are you doing? That's my car.

-Not any more.

Oi! Stop that! Put that back! Oi!

-Mr Price, I take it?

-What's this?

Your car is being repossessed owing to non-payment.

The vendor has made several attempts to contact you.

-Two months, two months, I've missed payments.

-Not like the old days.

-I'll write you a cheque now.

-Sorry.

What kind of job you call this, huh?

Taking things away from innocent people.

Stealing, it is! You're no better than a thief!

There's a full tank of petrol in there. Are you going to pay me back?

-Dad!

-Oh, what are you looking at?

Owen.

-Rob.

-Just dropping some of Elen's things off.

Can I have a lift? To school?

Yeah, yeah, sure.

-Sorry about your car.

-Really?!

PHONE RINGS

You had any mail yet?

'No, why?'

Redundancy's been paid.

So that's in our accounts now?

'Yep.'

It's crunch time.

Bills, bills...

-..Bills.

-Give them to Bill, then!

Well, well.

Thanks for the lift.

See you later, alligator.

-I'm 15!

-Sorry.

-Elen, do you think your mum's all right?

-What do you mean?

Is she happy?

Don't know.

-Yeah, she is now.

-Now?

Cos she's busy with the buyout.

Not stuck in the house all the time.

Hey.

Yeah, well, you better go.

You got a car, then?

Yep. Well, it's a bit battered but I can fix it up.

-It smells.

-I thought that was you.

-Shut up!

-Oh, come on, it's one more car than your dad's got.

-Shut up!

What are you going to do now you've got it?

Don't know. Get another job.

-In Cardiff?

-Maybe.

Will it get that far?

Oi!

Dad told me to put the money into the buyout.

He thinks the bakery's as good as I'll get.

It's not up to him.

No.

I'm not much on paper, though.

No qualifications. I wouldn't know what to put on a CV.

-You could lie.

-They'd rumble me.

-You're 19, you can do what you want.

-It's not that easy.

-Why not?

Hello, you're speaking to Rich. Can I take...?

Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry, I just need to take...

I need to take... Yes, I'm sorry, I just need to take YOUR NAME!

Right, just so we know where we are, these are the customers who've agreed to make us their main supplier.

Now, if we're successful,

this is work we've got for definite for the next three months.

And there are people out there willing to back us.

So we need to decide,

are we willing to back ourselves?

We're so close now.

And I just want to say,

look how far we've come. The money we've raised and the work we've found.

It's a big risk, we all know that.

You've all had your redundancy paid, and I know what you're thinking.

Few thousand quid each just to have a job, except it isn't just a job.

It's a chance to do something for ourselves.

To take control.

For our families, our community, our lives.

And everyone who's pledged money to pay it in, for real.

So, please, remember why you're here.

And what we stand to gain.

Tomorrow, we need those cheques.

-Hello.

-Hello.

Found your mail, then?

Yeah.

-Redundancy money got paid.

-Yeah.

How's work?

Er, I go off on my own,

I come back on my own.

I hate it there and nobody's talking to me either.

I haven't seen you for two weeks.

-I can't do it.

-Well, you said we needed a breather.

-I didn't mean it.

-Then why did you say it?

-You said you didn't need me.

-Well, I didn't mean it.

-Then why did you say it?

-I was angry at you.

I felt like everything was against us and then you were too.

I just... I just thought

that if I got a job, then I could put the redundancy

towards the wedding and that would be the right thing to do.

-It wasn't.

-I know, I'm an idiot.

-No, I'm a cow.

-No, you're not.

Stop arguing with me. Look, I don't want you taking any old job.

I want you doing the job you want.

-That's gone.

-Look, I don't want to push you into anything...

But you want me to join the buyout?

I want you to join the buyout.

-So you just want me for my money, then?

-Oh, always.

-And the wedding?

-It'll have to wait.

If that's what it takes to make things right between us...

..you can count me in.

-Owen's not going to be an arse, is he?

-Course he is. He's Owen.

RICH CHUCKLES

DOORBELL RINGS

Come in. It's not locked.

-You're in, then?

-Yeah.

Shell said you would be.

Right, well, if you've come here to talk my ear off, I got work.

Shut up a minute!

I left messages for you.

Is that the deal, then? If I'm not in on the buyout, we're not mates any more?

I've got to believe that this is going to work and I do, mostly.

But then there's this voice in the back of my head telling me that I'm an idiot for even trying it

and it's all going to fail.

And I can't afford to listen to that or anyone else who thinks that.

It wasn't about trusting you or Shell or anyone.

I was just scared.

And now?

The thought of you in charge,

I'm terrified.

But I'm in.

Shelly said I should probably stay and get drunk with you.

Well, if Shelly said...

So, how's it going to go tomorrow?

Do you think everyone will put in?

I don't know.

Room service.

-Oh, what's all this?

-Oh, just breakfast.

And an olive branch. We haven't been talking to each other.

I know, I'm sorry.

No, no, no, I need to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I've taken you for granted,

-that I haven't valued you enough. I haven't told you or Elen how much I love you.

-Rob.

If you want to take that job at Valley Bara, take it.

I just want you to be happy.

What about you? You don't want to stay here.

-You said you belonged here, I've just never felt like that.

-Why not?

I don't fit in.

-Huh?

-I don't wear my heart on my sleeve,

I don't like rugby, I can't even sing.

Why I was born Welsh I have no idea.

I only stayed because of you.

-Oh.

-But I've never made any effort to be part of your life, I've just wanted you to be part of mine.

Now I want to belong.

-Can I talk now?

-No, not yet.

-OK.

I asked you to marry before, but it wasn't...

really much of a proposal.

Sarah...will you be my wife?

Look...I know it hasn't been good between us recently.

But I just want to forget all that and start now as we mean to go on.

And whatever's happened, can we just wipe the slate clean?

Please?

Yes.

Yes, we can.

Me first.

This is for me and Nathan.

-Is it him putting in or you?

-He'll pay me back.

Early doors yet.

KNOCKING ON WINDSCREEN

-All right, darling, give us a ride.

-Where you going?

-Down the club.

A bit early, even for you.

I'll need a drink after handing this over. My buyout stake.

-I wasted three cheques, kept messing them up. You been down then?

-No.

-Plenty of time, I just don't trust myself to wait.

-I'm not going.

I thought you were in.

-I thought everyone was.

-It's too much.

-Tell me about it.

You haven't got family, Ka.

I've still got to live. I've got bills and rent to pay, same as you.

I can get agency work driving. It's not great but it doesn't cost me anything.

The buyout doesn't make sense for me.

Well, what about the rest of us?

What happens if you not putting in screws it up for everyone else?

I won't be the only one, Karen.

Sometimes I wonder how much time we've got left.

How we should spend it.

You know I'd do anything for you.

Two hours, no-one.

Well, give them a chance.

Kitchen drawer of all places.

-I can't remember the last time I wrote a cheque.

-It's not too late.

We can still change our minds, that money's in the bank now.

We used to talk about going back to college, when we were back on our feet with the kids.

Yeah, we never have been.

Until now.

We have money now.

DOOR HINGES SQUEAK >

APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS

Slept a bit late, did you?

We had things to talk about.

-Had many in yet?

-No, not many.

-Just us.

-I see.

Well, er, in that case, it is my privilege

to be the first to make my payment

into the Valley Bara Employees Buyout.

Cash it quick mind,

I keep thinking I could be in the Caribbean tomorrow.

SHELL CHUCKLES

Here we go.

-Please, God, tell me it's enough.

-OK.

We are...

£15,000 short. Not everyone who pledged came forward.

We're so close.

DOOR OPENS

Hi.

-Owen.

-Rob.

-How's it gone today?

-Great.

So, you got everything you needed?

No.

How much are you short?

SHE MOUTHS

Plus the grants that didn't come in -

£40,000.

OK, um,

there has got to be something we haven't thought of. There's got to be something that we haven't done.

OK.

OK.

What do you mean, OK?

I can put in £40,000.

-What?!

-You want Sarah on board, you can have me too.

-I know how to build a business. I'd be keeping an eye on my investment.

-You can't.

-Why not.

-It's too much. It's too much money, Rob, you can't.

-Sarah,

some of the others have put in everything they've got.

-The bakery is everything they've got.

-You're everything I've got.

-No, I don't want you doing this for me.

Why not?

All right. It's not just for you. It's for everyone. For everyone who has lot their jobs and want it back.

OK, is that better?

-What's the catch?

-There's no catch.

Obviously, as a major investor, I want a say in how it's run.

One man, one stake, one vote. It's a co-operative.

-It's not your thing.

-Owen.

-It's not just your decision.

-Are you mad?

You can't throw this away.

Rob's offering what we need.

-PETER:

-This has to be a group decision, everyone's livelihood's at stake.

You said this wasn't about you. The bid - it's about everyone.

So we have to do what's best for everyone.

Thank you.

Thank you.

CHEERING

Right. I'm not one for long speeches.

No(?)

I just want to say...

we did it!

And this is just the beginning!

I suppose I should do the honourable thing

and say thank you for helping us out.

Thank Sarah.

You, er, you can do one thing for me, though.

Stay away from her.

I will break every bone in your body if you so much as touch her.

OWEN: 'We know it's going to be hard.

'And we know there's going to be a lot of people looking at us

'and thinking, "Can they do it?" '

'Well, this is our chance...'

CHEERING AND WHOOPING '..to step up to the plate

'and prove to them and ourselves that we can.'

'We spend so much of our lives dancing to someone else's tune.

'Now we've got the chance to make our own music.'

'God knows what it'll sound like!'

'But we'll find out.'

And when we do,

we'll be able to say hand on heart, "That's ours."

"We made it. We own it."

Now there's something to be proud of.

Now, come on, let's get started. CHEERING

You're not serious?!

We can't make everyone work like dogs, because HE screwed up.

-Maybe if you go out and sell it to them.

-Lie to them?!

What happens if we say no?

Then we run out of money.

-Hey, come back here!

-Get off me.

-Hey!

You report me for being late and now you're sending me home?!

Don't get lippy with me, boy!

Those hours were ridiculous.

He was working himself into the ground and you were union,

you should have protected him.

-Me and Rob are getting married at the end of the month.

-Right.

Now I will still be living here, me and you, him.

-You don't love him.

-Don't be ridiculous, of course I do.

Then why did you shag Owen? What is it?

One for fun, one to pay the bills?

As long as you're happy.

You're not going to make things awkward are you?

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