0:01:02 > 0:01:06And what, in the name of sweet sanity, is drama-therapy?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09It's therapy through...drama?
0:01:09 > 0:01:10I don't know.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12It's a taster session for professionals.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Howard reckons we might want to think about
0:01:14 > 0:01:15referring certain patients.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- I managed to wriggle out of that one.- He asked you first?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Yeah. Sorry you got landed with it.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23OK. I've got a scenario for you.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I am an out-of-work actor and I have a choice.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30My agent says I can go and stand outside the health-food store
0:01:30 > 0:01:34wearing a squirrel outfit handing out free Fairtrade nuts.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Or I can try and convince some gullible person
0:01:36 > 0:01:39like Howard Bellamy that acting has got something to do with therapy.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Now, which would I choose?!
0:01:42 > 0:01:43I'd take the squirrel gig.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45So would I, cos you'd get free nuts!
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Talking of drama, I'm due at the police station. Have fun!
0:01:52 > 0:01:54You think it's a load of old nonsense?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56And you don't?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I suppose... Should I try and get out of it?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Absolutely. You stay here and see patients.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I'll go to the group and act like I'm a tree.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I'm kidding! It's a skive.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Grab that with both hands!
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- Doug!- Hi there!
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- How are you doing?- Fine.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19More to the point, how are you?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22This is what comes of skipping breakfast.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Touch of stage fright?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I haven't felt this nervous since I played Hamlet
0:02:26 > 0:02:28to some school kids in Brooklyn.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I bet they loved it.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32To be honest, they thought he was a bit of a wimp!
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Thanks, Ollie. For coming...and the rest.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Not at all. I'm here to learn.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38I'm looking forward to it.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Hiya.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46I'm Niamh.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Alison.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50So, which kind of tree are you?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51- Tree?- Guess mine. OK...
0:02:54 > 0:02:56SHE SOBS
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Come on, it's easy.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03SHE SOBS
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Weeping willow?- Well done, that man!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- Oh, you're...?- Yup! I'm Doug!
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- I'm Alison.- Hiya.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11I didn't mean to make fun.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Nothing wrong with fun. That was a great tree!
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Morning, everyone, and welcome to this drama-therapy taster workshop.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I'm such an idiot.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Niamh Donoghue, GP, if you can believe that.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Oliver Clarke, Clinical Psychologist. And don't worry,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I think you've made quite a first impression.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32I'm Doug Heatherton, as you've probably gathered.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I'd like to clear up one popular misconception.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I'm not an out-of-work actor...
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Well, I was, but that's rather a painful story!
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Seriously, I've retrained as a drama-therapist.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I'm not in any way biding my time.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49You played Harry Carstairs in At Her Majesty's Service.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51The James Bond film?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53It's a totally different title.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56And, anyway, this one was about tax inspectors.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Moving on! Well-researched, though, Alice.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Alison.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Come on in, grab a seat.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08There you go. Sorry it's not a bit more comfy!
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Who are you?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Doctor Clay. Thank you. Thanks, we'll be OK.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Right, er....
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Do you know where you are?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Letherbridge police station.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Do you remember being pulled over by the police?- No.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28You have been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31So I have to assess you, to see if you're fit to be interviewed.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Do you understand?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Who did you say you were?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Doctor Clay.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37And your name is?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39It's, uh...
0:04:41 > 0:04:42It won't come to me...
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I can't stop my hands shaking.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48It's OK.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Drama-therapy is about using drama techniques
0:04:52 > 0:04:55to help people understand themselves in new ways.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Can I ask you to all find a space, please?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59It's OK, I'm not going to ask you to perform.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Just giving you some play space.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Cos, think about it,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05children often re-enact through play.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Though they may not realise it, they quite literally play stuff out.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Turning it into a game, in other words a drama,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16gives them some control over events and their outcomes.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19So...can I ask you all to walk around for starters?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22It doesn't matter which direction.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27If you see someone coming towards you, say hi!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Introduce yourselves. Why not?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33That's great.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37In a moment, I'll shout "stop" and ask you to do something different.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Doug?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Did you ever play a Norman soldier in a film?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Only, I wasn't sure it was you, because of the helmet.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I may have done. But that's all in the past.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46You must remember.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I'd much rather you asked me about drama-therapy.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52You had a line, "My Lord, the castle is taken."
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Now I come to think of it, you're absolutely right.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Stop walking.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00The floor is yours. Total freedom.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03That's the idea. Great.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I wanted to dance when I was a kid. Never got lessons, though.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Oh, that's a pity. You're doing it now, though.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Making up for lost time.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17NIAMH GIGGLES
0:06:17 > 0:06:19OK, OK, what's so funny?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21You, Prince Charles.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Thanks very much.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I just mean with the hands behind your back.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Well, we can't all have your sylph-like grace.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Sylph-like grace? That's a first!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Good. I'm original, then, if nothing else.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36That's great. Thanks, everyone!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Quick breather and then one more exercise.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Could you spell the word "world" for me,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44W-O-R-L-D, backwards, please?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46W...erm...
0:06:50 > 0:06:51I went and got my Lion.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Sorry, did you just say lion?
0:06:55 > 0:06:59News Of The World for my dad and the Lion for me.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Right, so that's a comic.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01What year is it?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05She always keeps one back for me. Mrs Mattingley.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08That's very kind of her. What does she call you?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Sonny. She calls me Sonny.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Have you got a plaster?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Yeah, I think I should take a look at that.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Just turn your head this way. Thank you.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Do you remember how you got those scratches on your neck?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Did someone attack you?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39KNOCK AT DOOR
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Sorry, excuse me. Come on in.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52This exercise is called "mirroring".
0:07:53 > 0:07:57It encourages empathy within the group and helps us to focus.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00We do this with a partner. So, Niamh, would you mind?
0:08:00 > 0:08:01OK.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Now, one of you takes the lead.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Better be you. I'm hopeless at leading.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Actually, that's not true. In the last exercise,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09you commanded the floor!
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- I second that.- Really?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14OK, so your movements need to be slow.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17The idea is to allow your partner to follow them, not catch them out.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18OK, when you're ready.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Notice Niamh is using her right arm, I'm using my left
0:08:27 > 0:08:30because this is meant to be through a mirror.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38You get the idea.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- I want a go.- Of course. Everyone will get the opportunity to try it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44No, I meant with you.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45OK...
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Ah, I see you've started. - Ah, I see you've started.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Actually, we're not mimicking speech. - Actually, we're not mimicking speech.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Alison, stop!- Alison, stop!
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Are you OK?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04It was a joke!
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Where's your sense of humour?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11OK, everyone, carry on.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Is it me, or was that a TINY bit weird?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23It was a joke.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Drama-therapy isn't about performing.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Why did you pick Mrs Doyle, then?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28She's been showing off from the start.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31She was confident enough to help me with the demonstration.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Not because you fancy her?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Absolutely not. Let's be clear on that.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Alison, many of us suffer from low self-esteem.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Do WE?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45These sessions bring things to the surface, often unexpectedly.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Has that ever happened to you?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48It's always a possibility.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51But, as the therapist, I have to try and stay neutral.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52What about today?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54We should talk about you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57What you did in there seemed childlike.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01There might be something in your childhood you need to look at.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Such as?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Well, we can't explore that now.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06But if you think I can help, we could always book a session?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Book a session? Is that it?!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11SHE SCOFFS
0:10:18 > 0:10:22These look quite nasty. You can't remember how you got them?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24No. What did the policeman want?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Er...
0:10:28 > 0:10:31The car that you were driving has been reported stolen.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Wasn't me. I told you, I was at the paper shop.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40So you have no idea how you ended up in the car?
0:10:40 > 0:10:45I bought some pear drops as well. She'll tell you, Mrs Mattingley!
0:10:45 > 0:10:46You don't remember stealing the car?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I didn't steal it, I just...
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Where am I anyway? Who are you?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Oh, come on. Why are you lying to me?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Who are you trying to get away from?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02You can't let whoever did this to you get away with it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Tell the police what happened.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08OK, fine. I'm going to tell them you're fit to be interviewed, then.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10You mustn't do that!
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Just tell them I've lost my memory!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14No, sorry, I can't do that.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Please!
0:11:15 > 0:11:17You've got to help me!
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Are you OK?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Don't pretend you care.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I just wanted to see if I could help, is all.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30It's so artificial.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32All this caring and sharing
0:11:32 > 0:11:34for people you wouldn't be seen dead with normally.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Thanks!
0:11:35 > 0:11:36I meant me.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Why would you think that?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Well, would you? Everyone else thinks I'm weird.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45No, they don't... Look, why don't we pair up for the next one?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I'd only cramp your style.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I don't have any style!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Easy to say, when you've got men throwing themselves at you.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53As if!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Well, Doug's not interested, OK?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Excuse me?- So just back off!
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Worth dying for, is it, your precious job?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- This is only going to make things worse for you.- I don't care.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Look, someone is going to come in and check on us in a minute,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13or I could shout and then all hell will break loose.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Which is a shame for you
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- because I don't think you intend to actually hurt me.- How do you know?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Because I see violent people all the time in this place.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23And I don't think you're one of them.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24You sure of that?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Yeah. In fact, I think you're probably a decent guy.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32I am.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Any chance of a name, then?
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Clive.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Clive, OK.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Would you like to tell me what happened, Clive?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Are you married, Doctor Clay?
0:12:50 > 0:12:51No.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55But used to be, eh? Me, too.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58As from today.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01What do you mean?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Margaret told me she was leaving me for another man.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Ten years younger than her.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12How long have you been married?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16It would have been our Golden Wedding next year.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23How could she throw that away?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24How could she?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30She seems to believe we have a connection.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34You know, years ago, I had a thing about Toyah.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Toyah Wilcox? You kept that quiet!
0:13:37 > 0:13:38I was young!
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Anyway, the point is, I once asked her for an autograph after a gig
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and part of me was surprised that she didn't recognise me.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Because I felt I knew her so well...
0:13:50 > 0:13:52You think that's the case with Alison?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55She seems to have followed your career very closely.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Oh, no. I suggested she book a session with me.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Really?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01I'd better mingle.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I've just had a really odd conversation with Alison.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Oh, you too?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13I think she's left in a huff.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- RINGTONE:- # Hey, I just met you and this is crazy... #
0:14:15 > 0:14:17What's that?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19# But here's my number... #
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Ah, of course. That one.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Unwanted admirer?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29My mother. I'll keep her in suspense.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Anyway, what's your ringtone?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Ring ring...
0:14:34 > 0:14:36OK, everyone ready?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Objects can stimulate memories
0:14:42 > 0:14:45and not just in memory-impaired patients.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48This helped a young offender to remember his grandmother
0:14:48 > 0:14:49brushing her hair.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52It was a time he felt safe, secure and wanted.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Textures evoke feelings in us.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Perhaps they can coax someone who's been abused to trust again.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02And we've all experienced how smells and sounds
0:15:02 > 0:15:05can whisk us back to the moment we thought we had forgotten.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10This takes me back to my dad and me
0:15:10 > 0:15:12supporting our local team on a Saturday
0:15:12 > 0:15:13not long before he died.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Netball on a freezing-cold morning.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23My knees knocking together.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Praying that they wouldn't pass the ball to me,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27because I am rubbish at all sports!
0:15:28 > 0:15:30For me, a plastic whistle
0:15:30 > 0:15:34my daughter found in a Christmas cracker.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38She drove us mad, blowing it all day long...
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I've been a good husband to her.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Anything she wanted, my hand went straight in my pocket.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I worshipped the ground she walked on, I really did.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Maybe she'll change her mind?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Would you forgive that sort of behaviour -
0:15:56 > 0:15:58playing away behind your back?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I know it's hard, but that's a lot of years together.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07People, when they get older, sometimes they panic.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10They think there's not a lot of time left.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12That's because there isn't.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16You get to my age and you realise this is your lot.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19That's kind of my point. Margaret probably feels that way too.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I know you're trying to help, but you don't understand!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29OK, fair enough.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31But that's why you got drunk and you stole a car
0:16:31 > 0:16:33and you went a bit crazy, yeah?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35A bit crazy.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38That's about right.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43You still haven't explained who attacked you.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Who do you think?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I suppose the next stage is to interpret the memory.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Absolutely. Any thoughts, anyone?
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Yeah. I hate being in competitive situations.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59And I think the netball thing is showing me that.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02And you've realised your daughter gets on your nerves?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04No, not at all.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07It's just that she lives with her mum now
0:17:07 > 0:17:10and I miss seeing her every day.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Oh, my heart bleeds.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Alison, that's harsh.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Imagine how SHE must feel.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18She probably thinks blowing that whistle drove you away.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- We should move on.- Fine by me.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23This is my object.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25My dad gave it to my mum.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29I'm not sure it's the appropriate time for this, Alison.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31He bought it to celebrate my birth.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34My mum was so proud because all the other women on the ward
0:17:34 > 0:17:36got flowers if they were lucky.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39What's your interpretation of that memory?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Obviously, you were very much wanted.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Not only that, he was a bit of a celebrity.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46And, so he signed autographs for everyone.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49It was the happiest day of my mum's life.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Little did she know it would be downhill from then on.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Perhaps you should leave it there.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Why?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It's just getting interesting! Because a few weeks later
0:17:57 > 0:17:58you moved to America.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01You said you'd send for us when you got settled.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03We'd be living in Hollywood
0:18:03 > 0:18:05and driving down the boulevard in a Cadillac.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07This is total fantasy.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Alison, Doug is not your father.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Really?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Or does he need his memory stimulated?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Take a closer look.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18You lying hypocrite!
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Please believe me. I'm not your father.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22You recognised this. I could see it in your face.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Yes...I've seen one... very much like it.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Doug, are you all right? - You can drop dead for all I care!
0:18:28 > 0:18:31You deserve it. You killed my mother.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Doug.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Niamh, there's no pulse.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Someone call an ambulance!
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Niamh. Niamh!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43ABC - Airways, Breathing, Circulation...
0:18:49 > 0:18:52People don't always want to admit to domestic abuse.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Especially if they're blokes.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57That's not it.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Well, it looks to me as if she meant to hurt you.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Why would she do that?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12She was defending herself.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16She was defending herself?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I walk in and she's packing her bags.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I'm begging her not to go
0:19:26 > 0:19:32and she's telling me how I'm old before my time...
0:19:32 > 0:19:36and boring...
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and she just can't stick any more of me...
0:19:41 > 0:19:42..and then...
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I've...
0:19:46 > 0:19:48put my hands around her neck.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53She's had one of those French manicures.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58And I'm thinking what a waste of money.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02What a waste...!
0:20:05 > 0:20:08HE SOBS
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Well, that was a close call.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18What have they said?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Not a lot. They've been running tests.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Alison, I'm not sure this is a good time.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- I am his daughter!- It's OK, Ollie.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30We have unfinished business.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Even so, at least wait.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34I can't wait, Ollie. I need to speak to her.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37For my own peace of mind.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Just remember his condition.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41We'll just be outside.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50He's under close observation.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- If she kicks off, they'll have her out of there anyway.- Yeah.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Look, um...
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Niamh,
0:20:59 > 0:21:00this may not be the best time...
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Sounds ominous.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06No, not at all... At least, I hope not.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08I just wondered if...
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Oh. Can you hang on one second?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- I want to see if I can find anything out.- Um...
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Right.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- Grab a chair.- I'm not staying.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25I only came back to make sure you were alive.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Well, it's a start.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Not that I care either way.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31I just...needed to know.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38I bought that pendant for a woman called Sandra. Sandra Steele.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- Is she your mum? - You know she is.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Was.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Can't believe she's dead.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47How did it happen?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- Overdose.- I'm so sorry.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55They said it was accidental,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58like she was some sort of hopeless junkie.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01It was your fault.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04How could you abandon us like that? What kind of man are you?
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Alison, please.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08I used to have this dream that I'd come out of school one day
0:22:08 > 0:22:09and you'd be waiting for me.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12My film-star dad.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17And finally, finally, all the other kids would believe me.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- Alison...- When I heard you came back, I waited for you to get in touch.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22But you didn't.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26I felt sure some paternal instinct would kick in as soon as you saw me.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- Pathetic, isn't it...- Please.- ..how much faith I still had in you...?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Please, let me try to explain!
0:22:34 > 0:22:37In spite of all the Christmases you forgot...
0:22:38 > 0:22:42..all the birthdays you've ignored...
0:22:42 > 0:22:44A cheap little card would have done!
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Signed, "love, Dad."
0:22:47 > 0:22:50I don't even know when your birthday is!
0:22:50 > 0:22:51You've forgotten!
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Just tell me what date you were born.
0:22:56 > 0:23:0017th of September, 1993.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01OK.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04So...Sandra and I went out together for a couple of months.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07We split in December '92, just before I went to the States.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11We parted as friends, or so I thought.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15You're trying to say you're not my dad.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17No, I'm telling you I MIGHT be.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20But I didn't abandon you, because I didn't know you existed.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23My mum wouldn't lie.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28We'd watch the video and she'd tell me how you were coming home.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30And that everything would be OK.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I'm telling you the truth. On my life.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I never heard from her again.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Why would she let me believe you'd abandoned me?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42She loved me, she wouldn't be that cruel!
0:23:42 > 0:23:45This makes no sense to me either.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47But you and I have to deal with the here and now.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Don't pretend this isn't the worst news you've ever had.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53The most astonishing, certainly, but not the worst!
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- You mean that?- Of course.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02When I get out of here we'll do a DNA test, we'll sort it out.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05You still can't accept you're my dad?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08We both have to find out for sure, don't we?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11If I'm not your dad, then the real one is out there somewhere
0:24:11 > 0:24:13and I'll help you with that.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17If I am, then you and I have got a lot of catching up to do.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Sorry.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44He's got ischaemic heart disease.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48The chest pains he thought were indigestion were actually angina.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50But with the right treatment he'll be OK.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Good.- I've got to get back to work.
0:24:52 > 0:24:58Oh, right. You go ahead. I'd better hang around here a bit longer.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00OK. Bye, then.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Bye.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Actually...Niamh...
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Yes?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11I'm divorced,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13as you know.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15And, uh...
0:25:17 > 0:25:19..I'd like to start dating again.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Oh, you should. You definitely should.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Oh...
0:25:28 > 0:25:29you mean, with me?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Well...yes.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Is that too horrifying a prospect?
0:25:33 > 0:25:34No. It's just ...
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Oh, you're seeing someone.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Of course, bound to be. Sorry. I should have realised!
0:25:40 > 0:25:42No, I'm not. Honestly, I'm not.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43And it sounds like fun.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45I'd love to.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Oh!
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Great.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53What about dinner, then? Savoureux's?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55THE Savoureux's?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Are there two? - Not that I know of!
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Right...
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I'll call you, then, shall I?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Brilliant. I'll look forward to it.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You're, um... going to need my number.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17So I will.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18See ya.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Very soon, I hope.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Aren't you the least bit bothered
0:26:28 > 0:26:31that I'm going to be spending the next couple of days in a hotel?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34With Toni?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35I couldn't care less.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Have you got a hot date or something?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I do actually. He's picking me up from work.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Hi, it's me. Sorry I haven't caught you in.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47I love you and I'll speak to you in a bit.