The Night Children

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0:00:39 > 0:00:41Miss Hitch?

0:00:41 > 0:00:42- Could I have a word? - I'm busy.

0:00:50 > 0:00:51Is that you?

0:00:52 > 0:00:56I heard you crying in the night and I thought you might like this.

0:00:57 > 0:01:00This was my favourite when I was a little girl.

0:01:10 > 0:01:12Well, I'm nearly finished in here.

0:01:12 > 0:01:13Are you indeed?

0:01:13 > 0:01:16That was a nasty old leak, but the place looks as good as new now.

0:01:16 > 0:01:18I'll be the judge of that.

0:01:18 > 0:01:21Some of the work you did last week left a lot to be desired.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23Well, I just wondered, would you like me

0:01:23 > 0:01:25to decorate the rest of your house for you?

0:01:25 > 0:01:28I've got some lovely colours. Misty blue, lemon grass.

0:01:28 > 0:01:31I could go round and give you an estimate.

0:01:31 > 0:01:32I don't want an estimate.

0:01:32 > 0:01:35I don't want any more noise or disruption.

0:01:35 > 0:01:39- I just want you to finish your work, and then leave.- Right.

0:01:39 > 0:01:40By the way...

0:01:41 > 0:01:43..what are all those toys out there?

0:01:43 > 0:01:45- What?- Your garden's full of them.

0:01:45 > 0:01:47Dolls and teddy bears.

0:01:47 > 0:01:48That's none of your business!

0:01:48 > 0:01:52Shut up about my toys, just do the work you've been paid for.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01That's a nutritious breakfast.

0:02:01 > 0:02:03Hi Anthony! Help yourself.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06I'm all right, thanks. What's the occasion?

0:02:06 > 0:02:08I just thought everybody needed cheering up,

0:02:08 > 0:02:11people are dropping like flies, aren't they? Niamh and Heston.

0:02:11 > 0:02:12Don't get too down about it.

0:02:12 > 0:02:15Niamh's gone, but Heston is on long-term leave.

0:02:15 > 0:02:18He'll be back when he feels up to it.

0:02:18 > 0:02:19Right, well, any excuse.

0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Morning!- Morning, Zara, how are you?

0:02:24 > 0:02:27Exhausted. But we're in.

0:02:27 > 0:02:28How is the new place?

0:02:28 > 0:02:29Incredible.

0:02:29 > 0:02:31The place is a tip of course,

0:02:31 > 0:02:34but Daniel has made copious unpacking plans.

0:02:34 > 0:02:36I hope to get an invitation soon.

0:02:36 > 0:02:37Of course!

0:02:37 > 0:02:39The Dorley Hill conservation area?

0:02:39 > 0:02:41Indeed.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43Rob gets called out there all the time.

0:02:43 > 0:02:45It must be quite a crime hot spot,

0:02:45 > 0:02:48and he says some of the houses are really ugly as well.

0:02:48 > 0:02:52Well, it's a good job he's a plod, then, not an estate agent.

0:02:54 > 0:02:55- Oh.- What?

0:02:55 > 0:02:57There's been a really bad burglary.

0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Whole family held up at gunpoint. - Where?

0:03:00 > 0:03:02The Dorley Hill Conservation Area.

0:03:06 > 0:03:08SHE PANTS

0:03:08 > 0:03:10CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER

0:03:15 > 0:03:18CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER

0:03:24 > 0:03:25Miss Hitch?

0:03:25 > 0:03:28- Yes?- I'm just going to nip down to the shops for ten minutes.

0:03:28 > 0:03:31You're not going anywhere till someone has inspected your work.

0:03:31 > 0:03:33Well, if you'd like to come and...

0:03:33 > 0:03:34I can't do it.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37I can't see two inches in front of me.

0:03:37 > 0:03:39But my doctor's coming.

0:03:39 > 0:03:42He can tell me what sort of a job you've done.

0:03:42 > 0:03:44Well, if I could just nip to the shops.

0:03:44 > 0:03:46You're not going anywhere!

0:03:46 > 0:03:49Go and sit in the drawing room until the doctor comes.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54Miss Hitch, you can't keep me prisoner.

0:03:54 > 0:03:57I think you've made yourself a prisoner.

0:03:57 > 0:04:00What with your shoddy work and your poor life choices.

0:04:00 > 0:04:01What do you mean?

0:04:01 > 0:04:03Well, if you'd worked harder at school,

0:04:03 > 0:04:06you wouldn't be doing such a menial job, would you?

0:04:10 > 0:04:14There you go, that is the bathroom.

0:04:14 > 0:04:15That looks draughty.

0:04:15 > 0:04:17How can you tell? It's a photograph.

0:04:17 > 0:04:20Is that mould?

0:04:20 > 0:04:23- No, it's a shadow!- Really?

0:04:23 > 0:04:26Well, if it makes you happy, that's the main thing.

0:04:26 > 0:04:29Of course it makes me happy. This is a superb house.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31In your opinion.

0:04:31 > 0:04:33All right, then, why don't you come and see for yourself?

0:04:33 > 0:04:35We're having a house-warming.

0:04:35 > 0:04:38As if that's going to happen! You've got to unpack,

0:04:38 > 0:04:41you've probably got to scrape mould off the bathroom.

0:04:41 > 0:04:43I'm excellent at multitasking,

0:04:43 > 0:04:45and Daniel has made copious unpacking lists.

0:04:45 > 0:04:48It's on Wednesday. So hopefully see you there.

0:04:58 > 0:05:00Who are you?

0:05:00 > 0:05:02Nurse Lee. I've come to change your dressing.

0:05:02 > 0:05:04I was expecting Dr Carter.

0:05:04 > 0:05:07Afraid not. You'll have to make do with me.

0:05:07 > 0:05:09SIGHING: Oh, all right, come on in.

0:05:12 > 0:05:14So how are you doing?

0:05:15 > 0:05:18I've got pains in every part of my body.

0:05:18 > 0:05:21All I can see is a blur.

0:05:21 > 0:05:24And the only thing I want to do is sleep,

0:05:24 > 0:05:26and I can't seem to do that any more.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. - Where's Dr Carter?

0:05:29 > 0:05:32- He's taking some time off at the moment.- Oh, typical!

0:05:32 > 0:05:34He's probably going to leave.

0:05:34 > 0:05:36All the good ones do.

0:05:37 > 0:05:38Mmm.

0:05:40 > 0:05:43'With your palms holding the ball, breathe deeply...'

0:05:45 > 0:05:47'..and lift your head to the heavens.'

0:05:47 > 0:05:49OK.

0:05:50 > 0:05:54'Lower your right hand down and lift your left hand up,

0:05:54 > 0:05:57'as if to catch an imaginary bird.'

0:05:57 > 0:05:58Right.

0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Heston?- 'Now cradle the bird...' - Oh, Jimmi!- '..and hold it gently...'

0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Sorry, I was miles away. - Where, on a mountain in Tibet?

0:06:05 > 0:06:07Something like that. It was Rhuma's idea.

0:06:07 > 0:06:10Apparently two things really good for the heart -

0:06:10 > 0:06:11exercise and laughter.

0:06:11 > 0:06:14So, er, I'll do the exercise, you can do the laughter.

0:06:14 > 0:06:16- How is the heart? - It's still beating.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19But Rhuma's threatening to put me on a diet,

0:06:19 > 0:06:22so you'll have to smuggle in some steak-and-kidney pie.

0:06:22 > 0:06:23Well, I'll do my best, I...

0:06:24 > 0:06:26How's it going at The Mill?

0:06:26 > 0:06:30Oh, you know, ticking along. It's much the same.

0:06:31 > 0:06:33Oh, dear.

0:06:33 > 0:06:36I'm just going to give it a clean.

0:06:36 > 0:06:39Ha. I don't need cleaning any more, I need dusting.

0:06:40 > 0:06:42Have you been drinking alcohol?

0:06:42 > 0:06:44No.

0:06:44 > 0:06:46Er, I had a drink last night...

0:06:46 > 0:06:48Yes, I thought so.

0:06:48 > 0:06:52Yes, my father used to say anyone drinking alcohol

0:06:52 > 0:06:54was suckling at Satan's teat.

0:06:54 > 0:06:57Each to their own.

0:06:57 > 0:06:59I find the odd drink can actually help you relax.

0:06:59 > 0:07:03It helps relax moral standards.

0:07:03 > 0:07:07If I were ever to drink, it would be the last thing I do.

0:07:07 > 0:07:09Right.

0:07:09 > 0:07:11- There's something I need you to do for me.- Yes?

0:07:13 > 0:07:18I have a workman, supposedly doing repairs in my drawing room.

0:07:18 > 0:07:21We had a flood last week, a burst pipe.

0:07:22 > 0:07:25And I need you to inspect his so-called handiwork.

0:07:25 > 0:07:26Me?

0:07:26 > 0:07:30Well, I can't do it, I'm losing my sight, everything's a blur.

0:07:30 > 0:07:33Look, I'm really not sure that I...

0:07:33 > 0:07:35Well, Dr Carter would have done it!

0:07:35 > 0:07:38"Nothing is too much trouble," he used to say to me.

0:07:38 > 0:07:40Fine.

0:07:45 > 0:07:47So what's Anthony up to now?

0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Getting rid of any patient over the age of 40?- No.

0:07:50 > 0:07:54OK, look, I spoke to him on Friday, I gave him my concerns,

0:07:54 > 0:07:57and he said if I wasn't happy at The Mill, I could find another practice.

0:07:57 > 0:08:00That is outrageous! You've been there longer than anyone else!

0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Watch your heart...- Yeah, well, at least I've still got one!

0:08:03 > 0:08:06Well, you must have enough evidence now of bad practice?

0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Can't make anything stick. The guy's like an eel.- Yeah.

0:08:10 > 0:08:14Well, until Anthony goes, I'm not coming back to work.

0:08:14 > 0:08:15- Really?- Really.

0:08:17 > 0:08:18So it's up to you, Jimmi.

0:08:22 > 0:08:24Hello? Are you there?

0:08:24 > 0:08:27- IRRITABLY:- Yes, I'm here, Miss Hitch.

0:08:27 > 0:08:30I want you to inspect his workmanship.

0:08:30 > 0:08:32Has he restored the wall to its former state?

0:08:32 > 0:08:36Has he left my house pristine?

0:08:36 > 0:08:39Has he splashed paint on my Persian rug?

0:08:39 > 0:08:42No. It's all good, he's done a...

0:08:43 > 0:08:44..great job.

0:08:45 > 0:08:49What are all those splodges up there?

0:08:49 > 0:08:52That's a paint effect. It's very fashionable these days.

0:08:52 > 0:08:54What?! I didn't ask for that! Get it off!

0:08:54 > 0:08:56FAITH FAKES A COUGHING FIT

0:08:56 > 0:08:58What's the matter with you?

0:08:58 > 0:09:01Sorry, I think it's just the paint fumes...

0:09:01 > 0:09:04- Can you, um, help me outside for a second, please?- Of course.

0:09:04 > 0:09:07SHE CONTINUES COUGHING

0:09:08 > 0:09:09MUTTERS: Paint effect...

0:09:11 > 0:09:13What do you think you're playing at?

0:09:13 > 0:09:16She wanted the paint up on the wall and that's where she got it.

0:09:16 > 0:09:19Look, I know she can be a pain in the bum, but to do that to someone who's half-blind...

0:09:19 > 0:09:22I've had ten days of her nagging me, niggling me,

0:09:22 > 0:09:24getting under my skin.

0:09:24 > 0:09:25And she is actually evil.

0:09:25 > 0:09:27- Oh, Really? - Oh, yes.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30You can see it in her eyes.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32Her cold, empty eyes.

0:09:34 > 0:09:35Just take a look around you.

0:09:35 > 0:09:39Dolls and toys and teddy bears, twisted and torn.

0:09:39 > 0:09:41She talks to them.

0:09:41 > 0:09:43Sometimes she screams at them,

0:09:43 > 0:09:45tells them to shut up and not move a muscle.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48And if I have to stay here one more minute,

0:09:48 > 0:09:49I'll end up demented as well.

0:10:29 > 0:10:32- So I'll see you next week.- OK.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37- Daniel.- Yes?

0:10:37 > 0:10:42What would you say to a house-warming party?

0:10:43 > 0:10:45I'd say, no, don't even think about it.

0:10:45 > 0:10:47What?! Why not?

0:10:47 > 0:10:51Well, because it's not a home yet, we're still living out of cardboard boxes.

0:10:51 > 0:10:55Well, yes, having a party would encourage us to unpack and get ready.

0:10:55 > 0:10:56No, it's not fair on Joe.

0:10:56 > 0:11:00- We need to settle him into a new routine, all that stuff. - It's only for one night.

0:11:00 > 0:11:02And you can invite your golfing buddies,

0:11:02 > 0:11:04or drum up business for the Granger Clinic.

0:11:04 > 0:11:09After the stress of the weekend, I'm not up to networking.

0:11:09 > 0:11:12Yes, well...I've already invited people.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14When for?

0:11:14 > 0:11:15Wednesday.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21What were you thinking?

0:11:21 > 0:11:24Well, I was thinking we could have some fun, Daniel. Remember fun?

0:11:24 > 0:11:27It's what we used to have before we had responsibilities.

0:11:27 > 0:11:29Oh, OK, and who have you told?

0:11:29 > 0:11:32No-one, really. Just...Karen.

0:11:32 > 0:11:35Oh, Karen with the biggest mouth in the West Midlands, Karen?

0:11:35 > 0:11:37No, Daniel, it's not...

0:11:37 > 0:11:38Can I have a word?

0:11:45 > 0:11:47Miss Hitch?

0:11:49 > 0:11:52Oh, hello! There you are. I thought you'd gone, that I was on my own.

0:11:54 > 0:11:56I thought perhaps it was Judgment Day.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58Not as far as I know.

0:11:58 > 0:12:02"For the hour is come, and all are not yet saved."

0:12:03 > 0:12:08Miss Hitch, you know there's a load of toys in your garden?

0:12:08 > 0:12:09Yes?

0:12:10 > 0:12:12What are they for, exactly?

0:12:12 > 0:12:13Well, it's none of your business.

0:12:13 > 0:12:17Cos if you want, I could ring the council and ask them to come and...

0:12:17 > 0:12:18No, no, no, no, no! Don't touch them!

0:12:18 > 0:12:20They belong to the night children.

0:12:20 > 0:12:21The what?

0:12:24 > 0:12:25Oh...

0:12:25 > 0:12:31Every night when I'm trying to go to sleep, I hear them, playing.

0:12:31 > 0:12:34So of course, I put out toys for them.

0:12:34 > 0:12:36I've done it all my life.

0:12:36 > 0:12:37Who are they exactly?

0:12:38 > 0:12:42The world is full of lost children, night children.

0:12:44 > 0:12:46I try to do my best for them, but they're never happy.

0:12:46 > 0:12:48And...

0:12:48 > 0:12:50now I'm getting old.

0:12:51 > 0:12:54Miss Hitch, have you ever had children?

0:12:56 > 0:12:58Where is that young man who was painting?

0:12:58 > 0:13:00Oh, he's just tidying up.

0:13:00 > 0:13:03He made a pig's ear of it, didn't he?

0:13:03 > 0:13:05I could tell by your tone of your voice.

0:13:05 > 0:13:06Well, he made a bit of mess,

0:13:06 > 0:13:09- but he's just sorting it now. - Yes, I thought so.

0:13:09 > 0:13:11Come with me.

0:13:21 > 0:13:23Oh, hello there.

0:13:23 > 0:13:24Hello, Mr Maynard?

0:13:24 > 0:13:26It's Miss Hitch here.

0:13:26 > 0:13:28Yes, that painter you sent me,

0:13:28 > 0:13:30I want him removed from my house.

0:13:30 > 0:13:31That's not fair!

0:13:31 > 0:13:34He wrote graffiti on my wall, of a personal nature.

0:13:34 > 0:13:36I was only messing!

0:13:36 > 0:13:38Yes, I'll tell him.

0:13:38 > 0:13:41Yes, he wants you to leave. He wants you to go and see him.

0:13:41 > 0:13:44N-No, I'm nearly done! I can clean this up!

0:13:44 > 0:13:46Go on, run along, out of my house,

0:13:46 > 0:13:48all the way to the job centre!

0:13:48 > 0:13:50If you give me another chance, I can put this right!

0:13:50 > 0:13:52There'll be no other chances.

0:13:52 > 0:13:54You shall reap what you have sown!

0:14:05 > 0:14:07Stupid man!

0:14:07 > 0:14:09So he's not coming back till Anthony's gone?

0:14:09 > 0:14:11I knew nothing of this.

0:14:11 > 0:14:14Look, it's probably too early for Heston to come back to work anyway,

0:14:14 > 0:14:17and he's just a bit wound up maybe, because of his condition.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19Well, do you blame him? On Friday, Anthony said

0:14:19 > 0:14:21if I didn't like things, I could find another practice.

0:14:21 > 0:14:24- You sure you're not being paranoid? - No, this is real

0:14:24 > 0:14:26and I'm starting to see a pattern.

0:14:26 > 0:14:28- That's what paranoid people always say.- OK, you two,

0:14:28 > 0:14:31can you stop bickering? You need to sort out a meeting with Anthony.

0:14:31 > 0:14:34You have to sit down and get some answers.

0:14:36 > 0:14:38So, yeah, she just threw him out of the house.

0:14:38 > 0:14:40He was really upset,

0:14:40 > 0:14:43and she looked like she was about to spontaneously combust.

0:14:43 > 0:14:46- 'Night children'? - Yeah. Weird.

0:14:46 > 0:14:48She said that when she's in bed,

0:14:48 > 0:14:51she hears them playing in the garden, every night.

0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Maybe she does. - What?

0:14:54 > 0:14:56Well, I mean, it's such an old creepy house,

0:14:56 > 0:14:58with that garden that goes on forever...

0:14:58 > 0:15:00I mean, maybe kids do climb in, or use it as a short cut.

0:15:00 > 0:15:04- I mean, who knows what goes on at the bottom of the garden? - HE CHUCKLES

0:15:08 > 0:15:11They've started asking me questions.

0:15:11 > 0:15:13That wretched nurse!

0:15:14 > 0:15:17And I know I said I'd never tell, but...

0:15:17 > 0:15:19Oh!

0:15:19 > 0:15:22This is all your fault!

0:15:22 > 0:15:26Why did you have to tell those stupid lies?!

0:15:26 > 0:15:27Oh!

0:15:30 > 0:15:31I couldn't do anything else.

0:15:31 > 0:15:34I didn't want to hurt anybody.

0:15:34 > 0:15:36SHE SOBS

0:15:40 > 0:15:43SHE SOBS

0:15:46 > 0:15:47Hello?

0:15:49 > 0:15:51Who's that?

0:15:51 > 0:15:53Who is it?

0:16:14 > 0:16:15Hello?

0:16:18 > 0:16:20Who is it? Where are you?

0:16:26 > 0:16:27Oh!

0:16:30 > 0:16:32Oh!

0:16:32 > 0:16:34Where are you?

0:16:42 > 0:16:44SHE GASPS

0:16:47 > 0:16:48Get out of my house!

0:16:49 > 0:16:52Your place is in the garden!

0:16:52 > 0:16:55You must never, never come into the house!

0:16:58 > 0:17:00SHE SCREAMS

0:17:37 > 0:17:41I'm sorry, could you slow down a bit?

0:17:41 > 0:17:44No, Dr Carter's not here. He's... Well, he's not here.

0:17:44 > 0:17:48Would you mind speaking to the nurse that you saw earlier?

0:17:48 > 0:17:49Please, she's in a right state.

0:17:49 > 0:17:51It's Miss Hitch.

0:17:51 > 0:17:53Course it is.

0:17:53 > 0:17:54Hello?

0:17:54 > 0:17:56I want to speak to Dr Carter.

0:17:56 > 0:17:58Well, you've got me, Nurse Lee.

0:17:58 > 0:18:02I want Dr Carter!

0:18:02 > 0:18:04Yeah, well, I want Idris Elba, but we can't have everything.

0:18:04 > 0:18:06No, but I...

0:18:07 > 0:18:09Hello?

0:18:10 > 0:18:14You did this to yourself, you stupid man!

0:18:14 > 0:18:17I don't care if you die!

0:18:17 > 0:18:21And in the last days, the glutton shall be consumed

0:18:21 > 0:18:23by his unnatural appetite...

0:18:24 > 0:18:28..and the drunkard drown in his debauchery.

0:18:28 > 0:18:31Hello? Miss Hitch? Miss Hitch?

0:18:34 > 0:18:36DIALLING TONE

0:18:36 > 0:18:38What's that about?

0:18:38 > 0:18:40I don't know, but it doesn't sound good.

0:18:43 > 0:18:45Oh, come on, you've become so boring.

0:18:45 > 0:18:47Fine, fine.

0:18:47 > 0:18:50Look, if this is the only way to shut you up, have your party.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52Excellent. I will get e-mailing.

0:18:52 > 0:18:54I think you're mad, though.

0:18:54 > 0:18:56We've just got our foot through the front door,

0:18:56 > 0:18:59and already you're giving yourself all this extra work.

0:18:59 > 0:19:01It'll be fine.

0:19:01 > 0:19:05We will get caterers in and they will do all of the tidying up.

0:19:05 > 0:19:09It'll just be a few friends, some neighbours and some colleagues.

0:19:09 > 0:19:11What's the worst that could happen?

0:19:19 > 0:19:22KNOCK ON DOOR

0:19:22 > 0:19:23Go away! Go away!

0:19:28 > 0:19:30Miss Hitch?

0:19:31 > 0:19:33This was not my fault.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35He did it to himself, you know.

0:19:35 > 0:19:36Hello? Can you hear me?

0:19:36 > 0:19:38What have you done?

0:19:38 > 0:19:41He broke into my house, he stole my whisky.

0:19:41 > 0:19:42I thought you didn't drink.

0:19:42 > 0:19:45I won it at the church tombola.

0:19:45 > 0:19:47Has he had anything else?

0:19:48 > 0:19:50Yes.

0:19:50 > 0:19:51Pills, sleeping pills.

0:19:51 > 0:19:53What?!

0:19:53 > 0:19:56I was hoarding them in case things got too much for me.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58I put some in the whisky,

0:19:58 > 0:20:01I thought if ever I have to leave this world...

0:20:02 > 0:20:06OK, Connor, I need you to stay awake for me, please.

0:20:06 > 0:20:09Hello? Ambulance. The address is...

0:20:09 > 0:20:10Agh!

0:20:15 > 0:20:17Miss Hitch!

0:20:17 > 0:20:19Give me the phone!

0:20:19 > 0:20:21Please give me the phone!

0:20:21 > 0:20:23So you can snitch and telltale tit?

0:20:23 > 0:20:26If we don't get help, that man could die.

0:20:26 > 0:20:28We're all going to die.

0:20:28 > 0:20:31He's a drunken swell going to hell.

0:20:31 > 0:20:33Please, just give me the phone.

0:20:33 > 0:20:34No!

0:20:34 > 0:20:38There will be no ambulance, no interference,

0:20:38 > 0:20:40no more strangers.

0:20:40 > 0:20:42Please, it's going to be OK.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44We just need to get a doctor here.

0:20:46 > 0:20:48And then you'll go away?

0:20:50 > 0:20:51What are you so afraid of?

0:20:52 > 0:20:55Is it to do with the night children?

0:20:56 > 0:20:57Are they real children?

0:21:00 > 0:21:02Miss Hitch, do you know where they actually are?

0:21:16 > 0:21:18To what do I owe the pleasure?

0:21:18 > 0:21:21Well, Jimmi has something...

0:21:21 > 0:21:24Oh, before I forget, I've had a letter from a patient about you.

0:21:24 > 0:21:26I've been meaning to pass it on.

0:21:30 > 0:21:34"Happy Easter, to my favourite doctor in the world, Dr Jimmi."

0:21:34 > 0:21:37That's from Ellie McGoohan, aged seven.

0:21:37 > 0:21:38Right.

0:21:38 > 0:21:40It's so nice when we get something like that.

0:21:40 > 0:21:42It shows how valued you are.

0:21:42 > 0:21:44Yeah.

0:21:44 > 0:21:46See, the thing is that not many people at The Mill are

0:21:46 > 0:21:48feeling valued right now.

0:21:51 > 0:21:55They came to live with us during the war, evacuees.

0:21:55 > 0:21:57Sarah and Susan Knight.

0:21:58 > 0:22:00The Knight children.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03And when the war was over, my daddy said they could stay with us

0:22:03 > 0:22:05cos they had nowhere else to go.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08What happened to them?

0:22:08 > 0:22:11Well, they lived with us.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13They were like sisters to me.

0:22:14 > 0:22:16And then...

0:22:16 > 0:22:20Then one day, they told terrible lies about my daddy.

0:22:21 > 0:22:23He didn't do the things they said he did.

0:22:24 > 0:22:28But he couldn't let them go on spreading lies about him.

0:22:30 > 0:22:31Did he do this?

0:22:33 > 0:22:34Did he actually kill them?

0:22:38 > 0:22:43He said it was the best thing for everyone,

0:22:43 > 0:22:45that nobody really dies.

0:22:47 > 0:22:50And I must pray for their poor, lost souls...

0:22:52 > 0:22:55..which I've been doing for 60 years.

0:22:56 > 0:22:59Miss Hitch, please just give me the phone

0:22:59 > 0:23:00and I'll get help.

0:23:00 > 0:23:02You won't get in any trouble.

0:23:03 > 0:23:05I don't want any more strangers.

0:23:05 > 0:23:08And I don't want anyone to die.

0:23:09 > 0:23:11I know none of this was your fault,

0:23:11 > 0:23:13but we need to get help.

0:23:16 > 0:23:19Please will you let them stay in the garden?

0:23:25 > 0:23:28I need someone to play with.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32Hello.

0:23:32 > 0:23:33Ambulance.

0:23:33 > 0:23:36Heston certainly doesn't feel valued, and at the moment,

0:23:36 > 0:23:37he doesn't even want to come back to work.

0:23:41 > 0:23:43Jimmi...

0:23:43 > 0:23:46thank you so much for bringing this to me.

0:23:46 > 0:23:49And of course I value Heston. He's a complete one-off.

0:23:49 > 0:23:51You say that now that he's gone.

0:23:51 > 0:23:53I very much hope that he'll return.

0:23:54 > 0:23:57Heston brought me the Mental Health Project.

0:23:57 > 0:24:01I thought it was a wonderful idea, I got Sid in to assist him.

0:24:01 > 0:24:02Thank goodness I did,

0:24:02 > 0:24:05or his heart problem could have been a lot worse.

0:24:05 > 0:24:08If Heston wants to take time off to make a recovery,

0:24:08 > 0:24:10that seems entirely sensible.

0:24:10 > 0:24:13But I will let him know that we miss him

0:24:13 > 0:24:16and that the door is always open whenever he wants to return.

0:24:16 > 0:24:18Well, that's entirely satisfactory.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20I don't think there's anything more that we can add.

0:24:20 > 0:24:21Hang on a second.

0:24:21 > 0:24:25Last week, you said that if I didn't like the way you did things,

0:24:25 > 0:24:28I could find another practice.

0:24:28 > 0:24:32So, first, it was Mrs Tembe, then Heston and now me.

0:24:39 > 0:24:42So, are you going to dig up the garden?

0:24:42 > 0:24:43Maybe.

0:24:43 > 0:24:47They'll send a CSI team at some point.

0:24:47 > 0:24:48Who knows what they'll find?

0:24:48 > 0:24:51This place hasn't been touched for 60 years.

0:24:51 > 0:24:53I don't get it.

0:24:53 > 0:24:56If it is true, how could you keep a secret like that for so long?

0:24:56 > 0:24:58She was just a kid, too.

0:24:58 > 0:25:00Under the thumb of her evil dad.

0:25:00 > 0:25:03I don't think she hurt them.

0:25:03 > 0:25:06In fact, I think she was probably their only friend.

0:25:06 > 0:25:10Can I go out in the garden for a few moments?

0:25:10 > 0:25:11No, I'm sorry.

0:25:13 > 0:25:16Well, you see, I need to turn the outside light on

0:25:16 > 0:25:19cos they don't like being left in the dark and I...

0:25:21 > 0:25:24Oh, what a lovely perfume.

0:25:24 > 0:25:26It smells like honeysuckle.

0:25:27 > 0:25:29Could I have a little, please?

0:25:29 > 0:25:32I'd like to sprinkle it on their graves.

0:25:36 > 0:25:40OK, look, regarding Mrs Tembe, she saw an opportunity

0:25:40 > 0:25:43and I said, "If you really want, you should go for it."

0:25:43 > 0:25:46I could hardly prevent her from following her dream.

0:25:46 > 0:25:48And I didn't mean to imply that I wanted you to leave.

0:25:48 > 0:25:51I just meant it was your prerogative.

0:25:51 > 0:25:54Unfortunately, I cannot prevent talented members of staff

0:25:54 > 0:25:58from going elsewhere, although I very much hope that you will stay.

0:26:01 > 0:26:03I think it's great that we've cleared the air here today.

0:26:03 > 0:26:07Yeah, exactly, and maybe I am guilty of not communicating how much

0:26:07 > 0:26:09I value people.

0:26:09 > 0:26:12Well, come on, we're all guilty of that at times,

0:26:12 > 0:26:14and maybe we're guilty of not appreciating how hard

0:26:14 > 0:26:16you've worked to turn this place around.

0:26:16 > 0:26:19Well, I couldn't have done it without an incredible team.

0:26:19 > 0:26:21I know, but we don't operate in a vacuum.

0:26:21 > 0:26:24For a team to work, it needs strong leadership.

0:26:33 > 0:26:34'You've done well today.'

0:26:34 > 0:26:36Are you suggesting I become a full time FME?

0:26:36 > 0:26:39If you're up for it, yes.

0:26:39 > 0:26:44I will speak to Sid, Ayesha, Al and turn on the charm.

0:26:44 > 0:26:48I have ways of making you come to my party.

0:26:48 > 0:26:51We've got a problem - none of them can make it tomorrow.

0:26:51 > 0:26:52What have you done?

0:26:52 > 0:26:54This is now officially a crisis!