0:00:30 > 0:00:32So, is everybody clear what we're doing?
0:00:32 > 0:00:33We've been through it enough times.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Well, if it's OK with you, Terry, we'll go through it again.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Lyn and I were thinking that...
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- Lyn?- Um, boss, when we're at work.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Sorry. I was just trying to get in the habit.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Andrei approached the previous couple
0:00:50 > 0:00:54after the adoption meeting when they went to a cafe over the road.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Me and Hollins pose as a couple and we do the same.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I don't expect Andrei to be at the meeting himself, he's too clever for that, but...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04he'll probably have someone there, checking everybody out,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06helping him choose his next victim.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11We've got to make sure that they pick us. So we have to be the most desperate couple in the room.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13HE SNIGGERS
0:01:13 > 0:01:15We're the bait.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18If he bites, Terry, you and Lucy follow him.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20If this goes according to plan, we'll find out
0:01:20 > 0:01:23where he's operating from, where he's keeping the children.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Kick-off's at seven, so we're at the church hall at 6.45.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Any questions?
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Look who I found lurking in reception.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- I wasn't lurking.- Aran. What are you doing here?
0:01:35 > 0:01:39- Well, I was trying to call you and...- Aran, you all right, mate?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Yeah, I'm good.- Really nice to see you. Do you want a cup of tea?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Let's go to my room.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- Of course. You two love birds want to be alone together.- Yeah...
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Excuse us.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57It's so romantic.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Love birds?!
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Chris!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Listen, what are you doing tonight?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- I don't know. Just going home, I think.- Want to go for a drink?
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Um. Do you know what? I think I am doing something.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15I need to check my diary at home then I'll give you a call, yeah?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18OK. No pressure.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Would you like to go out this evening?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- For drinks, dinner, whatever. - Well...
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Jas, we don't have to do this.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35How do you mean?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38We don't have to do any of this if you don't want to.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42No.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Why do you think that?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Of course I want to spend time with you.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I wasn't putting you off yesterday. Honestly. I just...
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I was busy all day and then Kevin had planned to cook
0:02:54 > 0:02:56and I couldn't really get out of it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:14I'm finished here anyway. Let's go out, spend some time together.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Yeah. Sounds good to me.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- Evening. You must be Lyn and Robert.- Oh, thanks.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Have some light reading.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- I know it's a lot to take in. - It's all right. We're used to it.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- We've been round all the adoption agencies.- We'll grab a coffee.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Talk to some of the other couples. That's partly what
0:03:36 > 0:03:38the evening's about. Networking, sharing experiences.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I'm the oldest. I helped to raise
0:03:43 > 0:03:45six of my younger brothers and sisters.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02TELEPHONE RINGS
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Hello?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11No. No, Freya Wilson doesn't live here any more.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27TELEPHONE RINGS
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Look. Whatever you're selling, I'm not interested, yeah?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Mandy?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Chris.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Hiya.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36You were going to ring me?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Yeah. Listen, about tonight...
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I don't really fancy it. It's pouring down with rain, I'm tired.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Come on. I'm meeting my old mate Lara from nursing college.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50'She's brilliant, mate. You'll get on with her.'
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I can't. Um...
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I'm in the middle of knitting a jumper.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Sounds thrilling.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It's important. I'm doing it for my dad.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I need to get it ready. It's for Christmas.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Well, bring your knitting with you. Look, we're going to the Icon.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07'Come on. It'll be fun.'
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I should...
0:05:14 > 0:05:17One drink. Then I'm going home.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21When you see the conditions these children grow up in
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and the way some parents treat their children,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28they're so lucky to have them. How dare they mistreat them like that?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30It really upsets me, you know what I mean?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- How's it going?- Oh, fine. I think.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- I'm worried about the boss. - Why?- Look at her.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40She's a loose cannon. She's overdoing it.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Should I have a word? - Someone needs to.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Hey. Shall we get a coffee, love?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Lyn, love.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Don't you think you're being a bit full-on?
0:05:57 > 0:05:58I know what I'm doing, Rob.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05OK, everyone.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10If you'd like to take a seat, Graham and I will get started.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13If you're adopting a child today,
0:06:13 > 0:06:18you almost certainly won't get a beautiful newborn baby
0:06:18 > 0:06:20with no history, no baggage.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24You're likely to get a child,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26or a teenager,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29who's had a very difficult start in life
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and may not have had the best parenting.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34The result is...
0:06:34 > 0:06:37they can have some very challenging behaviour.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Hiya.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Hey! You made it. This is Mandy who I work with.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- This is Lara who I trained with. - Hiya, babe. Chris has been telling me all about you.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Um, good.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55- Lara's at a conference in Birmingham. - So I thought I'd give Chris a ring and go out on the town.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Anyway. It's my round. That barmaid's been giving me the eye.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I reckon I can get us some free drinks. Bottle?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- You are such a tart. - Takes one to know one, dear.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Sorry the food's taking so long.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23It's not your fault.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Anyway, we've got all evening.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28How was your day? How's work?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Finally.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Is it OK?- It's not what I ordered.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- I'm going to go and have a word with him.- No, leave it, Aran. Honestly. It doesn't matter.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44This'll be fine.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Yes?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I wanted to ask...
0:07:58 > 0:08:01What if one of you has a criminal record?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05You really didn't have to mention it in front of everybody.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06They might as well know now.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08It depends on the circumstances.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09And on the crime.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Well, er, it wasn't Lyn. It was me.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17She didn't do anything.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21It wasn't a violent crime, was it? But I did go to prison.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24He's served his time.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I know he's a great dad.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29We've got so much love to give a child.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31I have to be honest with you.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34A criminal record could present problems.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36That's a no then.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39The best thing to do is be open and honest,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42disclose it as part of your assessment process. Look...
0:08:42 > 0:08:45One of us will talk to you about it afterwards.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46What's the point?
0:08:46 > 0:08:50You're going to turn us down, just like everybody else.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51- Come on, love.- Don't.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54We don't stand a chance and it's all your fault.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Leave me alone.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05You shouldn't be working with your mum!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I've no choice. She got me the job.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- That's even worse! I'm right, aren't I?- Well...
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Cut those apron strings. It's the best thing I ever did.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15But we can't all leave home when we're 17.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Ah, you left home when you were 17?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20No. You didn't see my home.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23You think Letherbridge is dull, try coming from Skipton.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- The point is, we're all young, free and single.- And broke.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30We can go anywhere we like. Nurses can work anywhere in the world.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Some of us can't. Some of us have got responsibilities here.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37I'm thinking of going to New Zealand. New Zealand's fantastic.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Have you been?- No. But I saw this documentary.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Wait. I see documentaries about the South Pole.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Doesn't mean I want to go there.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46It's my round. Same again?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48You're a gem.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Are you all right, love?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Yeah.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Come here.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07What the hell do you think you're playing at?!
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I thought I'd try something.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13See if I could flush out Andrei's contact, whoever it is.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I thought if I came out alone, someone might approach me.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17It was worth a try.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Couldn't you have told me that's what you were planning?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Couldn't you have trusted me?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Don't you think you might...
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Don't you think you might be a little bit too emotionally involved?
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Oh, well, of course, as a woman,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I'm always an emotional wreck(!)
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I can't think rationally, I can't plan,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39what with all those female hormones washing around...
0:10:39 > 0:10:41No, no, I didn't mean that...
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Yes, you did. That's exactly what you meant.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44We're supposed to be a team.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- If you keep on questioning my judgement...- If we're supposed to be a team,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49how about working WITH me,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52instead of going off on your own...
0:10:52 > 0:10:53boss?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00LAUGHTER
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Shall we get some food? I'm starving.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Good idea.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I'll get some menus.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Lara's great, isn't she? - Yeah, she's really nice.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10PHONE RINGS
0:11:10 > 0:11:11That's me.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Hello, Mum. You all right?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19No, if it's flooded, don't do anything.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Well, just switch if off...
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Have you switched it off?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26You won't get an engineer this time of night.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30All right, I'll come home and have a look at it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31All right. Bye.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Mum's having a crisis with a washing machine. I'm going to have to go. - Aw...
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Well, it's been really nice... - No, you can stay and have dinner or whatever.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I'm up for that if you are.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Um...
0:11:46 > 0:11:48I know it must seem unfair to you.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49You're right, it does.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52But where children are concerned, we can't bend the rules.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Well, we're not giving up.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56It's just we're comfortably well off.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57We don't struggle for money,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00we could give a child everything that it needs.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01I do understand.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I doubt it.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Come on, there's a cafe over the road. Let's go there.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07I could do with a decent coffee.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13HE SIGHS
0:12:13 > 0:12:1540 minutes we've been waiting for the bill.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I bet they think if we wait long enough, we'll order more food.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Still, the night is young.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Youngish.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27When we've paid, shall we go?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Yeah. I'm quite tired, actually...
0:12:29 > 0:12:30I meant go for a drink.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Oh, OK. If you want.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36What do YOU want, though?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Let's go for a drink. I don't mind.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Shall we go somewhere quieter?
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Um...
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I really like you, Mandy. OK?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50This is supposed to be a date, right?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52It can be.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I don't know what Chris was thinking, setting the two of us up.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56He didn't.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Not as such.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00But he told me about you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02What did he say?
0:13:02 > 0:13:06That you're single, that you're lovely, and that you like women.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Look, I do not want a relationship, I'm sorry.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13It doesn't have to be a relationship.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16It can just be a bit of fun, no strings, I'm fine with that.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18No. No.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I'm sorry.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Why don't you want me? What's wrong with me?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Oh, nothing.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Oh, please don't get upset.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I just don't know how to do this.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36It's so long since I've been single.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Chris said you'd broken up with someone.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Yeah.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43What happened?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46It was my lecturer at college.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48I moved in with her when I was 19
0:13:48 > 0:13:50and I've never really been with anybody else.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53And then she dumped me for someone younger.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Sounds like a right cow.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58No. You don't know her.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02She's a really lovely, caring person.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- She sounds it(!)- She is.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09She's older than me, she's in her 40s,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11so I reckon this is just a midlife crisis.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14You know, she'll have a fling, get it out of her system
0:14:14 > 0:14:17and then realise that it's me she wants and come back.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I mean, it is possible, isn't it?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Sounds like you're better off without her.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23But I really love her.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Then what are you doing here with me?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Everyone says I should get over her and find somebody else.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Oh, right! So, what, I was just like a rebound thing?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37No! I didn't mean that,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40but if I'm not supposed to be with her and I can't be with you,
0:14:40 > 0:14:41then what AM I supposed to do?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Learn to live alone.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Just...give it time.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Somebody else will come along.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49That works for you, does it?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53My partner died...
0:14:55 > 0:14:56..a few months back.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I don't...I don't want anybody else.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I'm not ready.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Chris never said. I'm sorry. If he'd have said...
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Yeah, but this whole relationship thing - or whatever it is -
0:15:09 > 0:15:11it's not going to help either of us.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13You do see that?
0:15:14 > 0:15:18All right, you made your point. Just go.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26OK.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Thanks.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Bye.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Terry.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Nothing.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34No sign of Andrei.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37He may still turn up.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40He might have moved on. He could be targeting someone else.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42He could be anywhere.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44He could even be out of the country.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46I mean, no-one's approached us, no-one's even vaguely interested.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Yeah, but Andrei's smart. He's going to be subtle.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52He's not exactly going to sidle up to us and say,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55"And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square."
0:15:55 > 0:15:58What about the Eastern European girl you were talking to?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Beata?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02She's just a nice Polish woman
0:16:02 > 0:16:05who married an English bloke from a dating agency.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Terry's checking her out, but I don't think
0:16:07 > 0:16:08she's anything to do with this.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Maybe it's just not happening.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Or maybe someone's rumbled us.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Oh...damn it.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23PHONE RINGS
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Chris.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26'You all right?'
0:16:26 > 0:16:27No, not really.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Mum said Lara phoned me. She's really upset.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Yeah, I noticed.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Well, she's had a hard time lately, Mandy.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36What, and you think I haven't?!
0:16:36 > 0:16:39How dare you try and sort out my love life!
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Did I ask you to set me up on a blind date(?)
0:16:42 > 0:16:43It wasn't really a date.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Well, Lara obviously thought it was.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47I just thought I'd introduce you,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50and then if you got on, then great.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52So you thought, we're both gay,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54we're both nurses, we're both single,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56we're bound to fancy each other?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00And you've both been through stuff.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Chris, Lara has been dumped.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Yeah, it's not fair and, you know, she didn't deserve it,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09but it doesn't compare!
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Not to losing your partner.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16I'm sorry. I...I thought you could cheer her up.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17And vice versa.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20'Mandy.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23'Are you all right?'
0:17:24 > 0:17:27I'm not going to do anything stupid.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Can I come round, please?
0:17:33 > 0:17:34'Look, have you eaten?'
0:17:34 > 0:17:38What? Erm...no.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41All right, I'll bring a balti. Peace offering.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44And then you can throw things at me if you like.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Vegetable biryani...
0:17:48 > 0:17:50and a coriander naan.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51'All right. I'll see you in a bit.'
0:17:52 > 0:17:54See ya.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I always wanted kids, you know.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I really have thought about adopting, fostering.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07But with this job...
0:18:07 > 0:18:11So you obviously didn't have kids of your own?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12No.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I can thank my ex for that.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18He kept giving me the Big Kid speech.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20What's the Big Kid speech?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Oh, you know...
0:18:22 > 0:18:26"I'm just a big kid myself, I'm not mature enough to be a dad,"
0:18:26 > 0:18:27blah-blah blah-blah-blah.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I waited years for him to change his mind.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Eventually, he decides he WAS grown up enough
0:18:34 > 0:18:37and was mature enough to be a dad,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39just not with me.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42So he dumped me and went off with someone ten years younger
0:18:42 > 0:18:46and started playing happy families with her.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48They've got three kids now.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I'm really sorry.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54You're lucky - you and Karen - with your two.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Yeah, we are.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I tell you what... I'll get you another coffee.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Excuse me.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Are you all right?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Erm, yeah, thanks, I'm...
0:19:17 > 0:19:19..I'm fine.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Well, you don't seem fine. Can I help?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I shouldn't think so.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I don't even know who you are.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Andrei Mitkov.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Well, Andrei Mitkov,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35me and my husband want to adopt a child.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I shouldn't think you can help with that.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Maybe I could help.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42How about this one?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Go on.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48"After having her heart broken, Kristen swears off romance forever.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51"Unfortunately, she's a wedding cake designer.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54"Handsome bridegroom Jack comes along
0:19:54 > 0:19:56"demanding the most elaborate cake she's ever made.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59"The two of them clash constantly..."
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Yeah. Sounds OK.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Do you want to see a film?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08No. Not really.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10OK, then.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21So, go on, Mr Mitkov, how can you help us?
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Every adoption agency we've tried has turned us down.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- Because Rob was once in prison?- Mm.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28And this is where you tell us we've got no chance.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30That's what everyone else says.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Well, it wasn't an offence against children.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35It was a long time ago.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37So I don't have a problem with that.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40So tell us about your business.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Just wait a minute. How do we know we can trust you?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Rob!
0:20:44 > 0:20:48It's a fair point and one that I'd ask in Rob's position.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I will give you all the bona fides you need.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Yeah, if you let him get a word in edgeways.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54I'm from Kovenia.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55I've never heard of it.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Well, not many people have.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59It's one of the old Eastern bloc countries.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Tiny, very poor.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Now, we have thousands of young children, babies,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06who've been abandoned.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08No-one wants them.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11And they're put into these orphanages -
0:21:11 > 0:21:13terrible places.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15They just need parents to love them.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Now, in this country,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19we have thousands of couples that can't have children,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22people that would make good parents, yet the authorities don't allow it.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24I run a private adoption agency,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27and try and bring those two things...together.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Now, that all sounds very impressive, but...
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Look, if you're not interested, I won't waste your time.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I am truly sorry for interrupting you.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Oh, no, please tell us, we want to hear.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Oh, you've tidied up. You didn't have to.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48And I didn't. It's always like this now -
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Freya was a right slob.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54Never washed up, picked her clothes up off the floor...
0:21:55 > 0:21:58It must be so tough, losing her like that.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59I didn't lose her.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01She died.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06You think, after all that, I'd be ready to play the field again?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Mandy, I really am sorry.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18And I'm sorry for Lara.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19But even if I was available,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23you can't go out with someone just cos you feel sorry for them.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25So how are things with you?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I never thought I'd get through the last few months, but...I have.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36So things must be getting better.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38At some point.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I just want to get through Christmas.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Well, I'd never have known.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50You always seem so cheerful.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Great! Well, maybe sometimes I feel like having a day off.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Maybe sometimes I feel like being sodding miserable!
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Would it help to talk about it?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01No.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Thank you.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09What can I do?
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Grab some plates. Watch a film with me.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16You got any beer?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Mm-hm.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30This is going to cost quite a lot of money, isn't it?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32But it's what we've always wanted!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Look, I'm really not doing this for the money.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I'm just trying to find out how much it's going to cost.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It's what we've always wanted, and you're picking holes in it!
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Yeah, and you're telling him our business straight off.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Look, maybe I should go.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Give you two time to discuss it on your own.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49No, no, we've decided, we want to do it.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Yeah. This has been breaking her heart, all this.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54And if you really can do what you're saying...
0:23:54 > 0:23:58OK, I'll need to assess you both, separately and together.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Your home, your circumstances.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I can't hand a child over to complete strangers
0:24:02 > 0:24:04without knowing that child's going to be safe.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Fine, that sounds fair enough to me. When can we start?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Soon. Very soon.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I have your details.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12I will be in touch.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Right. Shall we go?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Your place or mine?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Oh, well...
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Let's just go home,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34go to bed.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37The thing is...I've got to be up really early tomorrow morning,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39and...
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Come back for a bit. If you want. I don't mind.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45You don't mind?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Jas, this isn't working, is it?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Us.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57So let's just call it a day.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00No, no, no. I was wrong, and you were right.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03It doesn't matter. What matters is, it worked.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07- Now we've just got to reel him in. - Lyn, you were brilliant.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Stop it. We've got work to do.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Fancy another coffee?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13No, it's my round. And I think I should buy you something stronger.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Well, if you're going to buy me a proper drink, I must have done something right.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Terry, what are you doing here?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21I'm sorry, boss.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Spit it out.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24We lost him.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Right.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31- Boss, I...- Oh, save it, Terry. I don't want to hear your excuses.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33We've made contact.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34We'll get him.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37You don't want me, you never have.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40You didn't before and you don't now.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41I DO want you.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Look, I'm sorry.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45I've been a miserable cow all evening.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48You're not listening to what I'm saying! It's because...
0:25:49 > 0:25:51The meal was a disaster,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53the whole evening has been, but you won't admit that.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56You can't just be honest.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57I AM honest.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Not with me, not with anything, cos if you were,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02you would have to admit...
0:26:03 > 0:26:05..you don't love me.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I do love you.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08No, you don't.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11You don't even like being with me, but you won't leave me...
0:26:11 > 0:26:13so I have to leave you.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Please, Aran. Can't we just try again?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20We just have.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22You're a good man.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24I know I'm lucky to have you.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27That sounds like your mother talking.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31I love you, Jas.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Well, then, why?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35You're settling with me
0:26:35 > 0:26:38because you're scared of being alone, and I want more than that.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43You take care, OK?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I hope you find someone that makes you happy.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Well, if she's easy to get on with,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04and I hear nothing but good things from the patients.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- She's flighty and unreliable. - Really?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Word on the grapevine is that you're off on holiday.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Have you come to whisk me away?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13No.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- That's the end of it. What do you think?- Now!
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Or I'm calling the police!
0:27:19 > 0:27:21I just thought you'd like to know,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I've been offered a permanent job here.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24What?
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