The Collector

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0:00:30 > 0:00:31I'm nearly done.

0:00:31 > 0:00:34I hope you're not turning me into Frankenstein's monster.

0:00:34 > 0:00:36Well, it's a rather fetching duelling scar.

0:00:36 > 0:00:38En garde!

0:00:38 > 0:00:41- What were they protesting about anyway?- Oh, the usual.

0:00:41 > 0:00:46Anti-austerity, save public services. Eat the rich.

0:00:46 > 0:00:49- Do you know what they hit me with?- Go on?

0:00:49 > 0:00:52A papier-mache puppet of David Cameron.

0:00:52 > 0:00:55There's an example of cuts for you!

0:00:55 > 0:00:58To be honest though, I feel sorry for them.

0:00:58 > 0:01:02- Kids today won't be able to buy a house till they're 102.- No.

0:01:02 > 0:01:06- But whacking you over the head isn't going to help them, is it?- True.

0:01:06 > 0:01:09- At least it gave us a chance to catch up.- Yeah.

0:01:09 > 0:01:11KNOCK AT DOOR Come in.

0:01:11 > 0:01:15Hiya. I've got another customer for you when you've finished here.

0:01:15 > 0:01:16- Protester?- No, a shoplifter.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19A 62-year-old woman got caught shoving a frozen chicken up

0:01:19 > 0:01:23- her jumper. If you could give her the once over.- OK.

0:01:24 > 0:01:29Well, my services are needed elsewhere. So I'll see you later.

0:01:29 > 0:01:30See you.

0:01:34 > 0:01:37Hello. Elizabeth?

0:01:37 > 0:01:39Hello.

0:01:39 > 0:01:43- I'm Dr Reid. - I'm so sorry to be such a nuisance.

0:01:43 > 0:01:46Oh, you're not being a nuisance.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49I'm just here to examine you, make sure you're OK.

0:01:49 > 0:01:52I didn't even need the thing.

0:01:52 > 0:01:55I just had this strange urge to take something.

0:02:01 > 0:02:04- Do you know DC Talbot? - Yes. Yes, I do.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09Well, he'll vouch for me. We're old friends.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11Really?

0:02:13 > 0:02:14It would be so nice to see him.

0:02:16 > 0:02:19It might help me to calm down.

0:02:20 > 0:02:24I tell you what, why don't I examine you and then I'll let him

0:02:24 > 0:02:26know that you're here, all right?

0:02:26 > 0:02:28Good.

0:02:34 > 0:02:36RINGS DOORBELL

0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Hello, Dr Clay. - I almost didn't recognise the place.

0:02:50 > 0:02:54- You been having a clearout or something?- The students had a party.

0:02:54 > 0:02:56They still have some clearing up to do.

0:02:56 > 0:03:00I am refusing to touch it. It is their responsibility.

0:03:04 > 0:03:07Thanks. Hello, there. I believe you wanted to see me.

0:03:09 > 0:03:11Where's my daughter's phone?

0:03:11 > 0:03:14I'm sorry... Do I know you?

0:03:14 > 0:03:17Hang on a minute, I thought you said that you two were friends.

0:03:17 > 0:03:22Oh, I know this man. But we're a long way from friends.

0:03:22 > 0:03:25- It's Mrs...?- Gunn. Elizabeth Gunn.

0:03:25 > 0:03:27- I'm Ellie's mother.- All right.

0:03:27 > 0:03:31Ian, you don't have to talk to this woman if you don't want to.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34No, it's fine. Mrs Gunn, I told you everything I knew at the time.

0:03:34 > 0:03:38We looked inside the car. There was nothing at all there. No phone.

0:03:38 > 0:03:39I don't believe you.

0:03:39 > 0:03:42- She never went anywhere without that phone.- She must have lost it.

0:03:42 > 0:03:46No, if it was lost, the battery would have died.

0:03:46 > 0:03:48I've been dialling the number.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Her phone keeps ringing, so somebody has it!- I can't explain.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54If you wish to make an official complaint, you can.

0:03:54 > 0:03:58You are not going to stitch me up again! You're a liar! A thief!

0:03:58 > 0:04:01- A grave robber!- All right, can we have some help in here, please?

0:04:01 > 0:04:03Calm down. That's enough.

0:04:04 > 0:04:09- Whoa! That is enough for a school night, Mrs Tembe.- Yes, of course.

0:04:09 > 0:04:12Oh, it is very nice to have you here, Dr Clay.

0:04:12 > 0:04:16Of course, I got on very well with my colleagues at King's Green,

0:04:16 > 0:04:19but there was no-one that I really wanted to invite round for supper.

0:04:19 > 0:04:20Well, I'm honoured.

0:04:20 > 0:04:23And it's great to have you back as well.

0:04:23 > 0:04:25You know, these last few months,

0:04:25 > 0:04:29it's almost like it's been a bad dream or something.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31- Yes, indeed.- Wow!

0:04:31 > 0:04:36Now, I was not sure what you wanted to eat, so I have made us

0:04:36 > 0:04:38a smorgasbord.

0:04:38 > 0:04:41When did you have time to make all of this?

0:04:41 > 0:04:43Well, I did not sleep very well last night,

0:04:43 > 0:04:46so I thought I would start the food preparation.

0:04:46 > 0:04:51- Is that because of the students? - Yes, they have been a little...

0:04:51 > 0:04:54THUMPING MUSIC FROM NEXTDOOR

0:04:54 > 0:04:57- KNOCK AT DOOR - Come in.

0:05:00 > 0:05:04Ian, I am so sorry. I thought she was genuine.

0:05:04 > 0:05:07She's genuine. She's just confused.

0:05:07 > 0:05:09Grief does weird things.

0:05:09 > 0:05:12Well, we both know that, don't we?

0:05:12 > 0:05:16- How long is it since you lost Helen? - Five years ago tonight.

0:05:16 > 0:05:17I'm surprised you came in.

0:05:17 > 0:05:21Oh, I could have missiles thrown at me just as well as the next person.

0:05:21 > 0:05:23I know, but... When does your shift end?

0:05:23 > 0:05:26Ten minutes ago. I'm just catching up on paperwork.

0:05:26 > 0:05:31Oh, for goodness' sake. Go home. Take the rest of the night off.

0:05:31 > 0:05:34You've already been beaten to a pulp by the Prime Minister

0:05:34 > 0:05:37- and screamed at... - I'd rather be here.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40Fair enough.

0:05:40 > 0:05:43Well, at least let me get you a fresh cup of coffee.

0:05:48 > 0:05:50That's not actually coffee, is it?

0:05:50 > 0:05:52Been a long day.

0:05:52 > 0:05:54Come on.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56Let me take you home.

0:05:58 > 0:06:01- So, it's Verity and Nicola? - Yeah.- Yeah.- OK.

0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Hi, Karen, Rob. So glad you could make it.- Yeah, so are we.

0:06:06 > 0:06:08We've got tea and coffee over there

0:06:08 > 0:06:10and we'll make a start in five minutes.

0:06:13 > 0:06:15Oh, I don't want anybody picking on me,

0:06:15 > 0:06:18making me stand up and tell my life story.

0:06:18 > 0:06:20Oh, come on. We'll be fine.

0:06:20 > 0:06:22And we can back out at any time.

0:06:29 > 0:06:31I'd forgotten how big your place is.

0:06:31 > 0:06:34Have you ever thought of getting lodgers?

0:06:34 > 0:06:39- I can't think of anything worse. - Really?- Yeah. Sometimes, I think

0:06:39 > 0:06:42having people around can actually make you feel lonelier.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45Especially if they're not the right people.

0:06:47 > 0:06:51- How long were you together? - 22 years.

0:06:51 > 0:06:53I read some article about grief.

0:06:53 > 0:06:57It was calculating how long until it, you know, becomes bearable.

0:06:57 > 0:07:01You have to take your age and then divide your granny's age and...

0:07:01 > 0:07:03Oh, something.

0:07:05 > 0:07:08I'm not sure it really ever does become bearable. It changes.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10But I think it's always with you.

0:07:11 > 0:07:15I'm going to spend the evening in with my opera collection.

0:07:15 > 0:07:21Well, I could maybe stay and listen to a few arias with you.

0:07:21 > 0:07:23Make us a cup of coffee?

0:07:25 > 0:07:26Thank you.

0:07:55 > 0:07:58Now, can I tempt you with a slice of vegetable puff?

0:07:58 > 0:08:01I think it's anatomically impossible.

0:08:01 > 0:08:04- What about some tortilla? - Do you know what?

0:08:04 > 0:08:08If I eat anything else, I'm going to have to apply for stomach stapling.

0:08:08 > 0:08:11Now, I wanted to talk to you about something.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14Do you think we should have an obesity awareness week at the Mill?

0:08:14 > 0:08:18Um...I'd be careful about starting too many initiatives.

0:08:18 > 0:08:21That was Anthony's problem. Well, one of his many problems.

0:08:21 > 0:08:24- MUSIC PLAYS NEXTDOOR - Yes, indeed.

0:08:24 > 0:08:27VOLUME INCREASES

0:08:27 > 0:08:32- Do they never stop?- It has got steadily worse over the week.

0:08:32 > 0:08:35They must have finished their exams. They are letting off steam.

0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Have you not had a word? - On several occasions.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40Sometimes they pretend to be out.

0:08:40 > 0:08:43Sometimes they promise that they will stop.

0:08:43 > 0:08:46As you can hear, they have broken their promise.

0:08:46 > 0:08:51- I tried not to get angry.- Honestly, that would drive me round the bend.

0:08:51 > 0:08:55Well, enough of them. What about you, Dr Clay?

0:08:55 > 0:09:00- We have not had a chat for a very long time.- Erm...

0:09:00 > 0:09:02I can't complain.

0:09:03 > 0:09:06You don't sound very enthusiastic.

0:09:06 > 0:09:08Mm. You know, life.

0:09:08 > 0:09:12It's a bit like this music sometimes. It just goes on and on.

0:09:12 > 0:09:16SOPRANO SINGS

0:09:21 > 0:09:23Ian?

0:09:23 > 0:09:24Oh!

0:09:24 > 0:09:26Sorry.

0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Isn't she extraordinary?- Mm.

0:09:29 > 0:09:31She might not have the most beautiful voice,

0:09:31 > 0:09:35but she's got a way of just sort of getting inside you,

0:09:35 > 0:09:36make you feel her pain.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Are you all right?- Yes.

0:09:40 > 0:09:44Yeah, I've just had a weird deja vu.

0:09:46 > 0:09:50That plastic sippy cup that you've got in the cupboard.

0:09:50 > 0:09:52I had one very similar for Sam.

0:09:54 > 0:09:55Was it Helen's?

0:09:55 > 0:09:57Yeah, it was.

0:09:58 > 0:10:02I don't know why I kept it. Guess I couldn't keep her.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05We see people in their possessions, don't we?

0:10:05 > 0:10:10It was so painful.

0:10:10 > 0:10:17We never had kids, but I had to feed her as if she was an infant.

0:10:17 > 0:10:21I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23No, it's good to talk about it.

0:10:23 > 0:10:28If I'd talked about it at the time, maybe I wouldn't have...

0:10:28 > 0:10:31Here's to Helen and Sam.

0:10:31 > 0:10:32Yeah.

0:10:32 > 0:10:34Helen and Sam.

0:10:39 > 0:10:43I think it was thinking about, you know, Howard dying, it made me

0:10:43 > 0:10:46think, if I wasn't here now, would it make any difference?

0:10:46 > 0:10:50- Or have I ever made any difference? - Well, of course you have!

0:10:50 > 0:10:55Oh, Dr Clay! You improve the life of everyone you come in contact with!

0:10:55 > 0:10:57Hm.

0:10:57 > 0:11:00Now, can I tempt you with some sticky toffee pudding?

0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Is that just to stop me talking? - No. No, of course not.

0:11:05 > 0:11:08I think you need a challenge.

0:11:08 > 0:11:12When you get stuck in a rut, you have to pick yourself up

0:11:12 > 0:11:13and climb the highest mountain.

0:11:13 > 0:11:16Mm. Yeah. What if you're afraid of heights?

0:11:16 > 0:11:18Then, don't look down.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21You see me? I like to keep myself busy.

0:11:21 > 0:11:25I have the food bank, the hospital library scheme, the Mill,

0:11:25 > 0:11:28the campus and, of course, my church.

0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Don't you think you do too much? - What do you mean?

0:11:31 > 0:11:33Well, I wouldn't want you to burn out.

0:11:33 > 0:11:36We go on about too much alcohol, too much sugar.

0:11:36 > 0:11:39Too much stress can cause real damage to the body.

0:11:44 > 0:11:47I wanted to grow old with Helen.

0:11:47 > 0:11:49Just the two of us.

0:11:49 > 0:11:53Pottering about in some seaside town.

0:11:53 > 0:11:56But she was old and wizened by the time she was 42.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58I'm sorry.

0:11:58 > 0:12:01I wish I'd done more to support you at the time.

0:12:01 > 0:12:02No, I kept pushing people away.

0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Did some really stupid things. - Haven't we all?

0:12:07 > 0:12:09No.

0:12:09 > 0:12:14- No, not like this. I... - DOORBELL

0:12:14 > 0:12:17Hang on.

0:12:22 > 0:12:23Please!

0:12:23 > 0:12:27- I don't want to row. I just... - How did you get my address?

0:12:27 > 0:12:29You're not the only one who is devious.

0:12:29 > 0:12:31You've got no right to be here.

0:12:31 > 0:12:34I just want five minutes to talk with you.

0:12:35 > 0:12:38Look, you know you could go to prison for being here.

0:12:38 > 0:12:40I'm in prison now.

0:12:40 > 0:12:43Look, I've told you all I know.

0:12:43 > 0:12:48We looked in the car, checked her handbag. No phone.

0:12:48 > 0:12:50I don't believe you.

0:12:50 > 0:12:55Mrs Gunn, I don't think anything my colleague says is going to

0:12:55 > 0:12:58persuade you. Please go home.

0:12:58 > 0:12:59Of course.

0:12:59 > 0:13:02Might have known you'd be in cahoots.

0:13:03 > 0:13:05Thanks.

0:13:12 > 0:13:15You do know that your story keeps changing, don't you?

0:13:15 > 0:13:19- What?- Well, at the police station, you said the car was empty

0:13:19 > 0:13:22and now you've just said that you checked her handbag.

0:13:22 > 0:13:24Which is it?

0:13:28 > 0:13:30So, one thing I can tell you.

0:13:30 > 0:13:33There's nothing as rewarding as looking after children.

0:13:33 > 0:13:37It's a job that loves you back. Sometimes with a great big hug.

0:13:37 > 0:13:40But sometimes, it can push you right to the limit.

0:13:40 > 0:13:44At the moment, there are 2,000 children in Birmingham

0:13:44 > 0:13:47either in foster care or in need of foster families.

0:13:47 > 0:13:51And some of these children have been let down time and time again.

0:13:52 > 0:13:54But that's enough of the waffle.

0:13:54 > 0:13:57We'll take a quick break and then we'll do some exercises.

0:14:01 > 0:14:04- OK?- Everybody seems so confident.

0:14:04 > 0:14:07Oh, it's the confident ones that you need to watch out for.

0:14:07 > 0:14:10Best to be a bit cautious. Do you want a coffee?

0:14:17 > 0:14:19I was with Helen at her bedside.

0:14:21 > 0:14:23When she died.

0:14:24 > 0:14:28And then suddenly, 42 years of life over.

0:14:33 > 0:14:40She had this book by her bedside. It was...Three Men In A Boat.

0:14:40 > 0:14:43She'd only got to chapter four.

0:14:43 > 0:14:49And I thought, I want to keep this. I want to keep the moment.

0:14:50 > 0:14:56No-one can blame you for taking the book, but what else have you taken?

0:14:56 > 0:15:01Sometimes, at an RTC or a suspicious death,

0:15:01 > 0:15:03I nearly always take something.

0:15:03 > 0:15:05A keepsake.

0:15:05 > 0:15:06What sort of something?

0:15:06 > 0:15:08Tiny things, trivial.

0:15:10 > 0:15:12But they mean so much.

0:15:12 > 0:15:13Do you remember Old Bill,

0:15:13 > 0:15:17who used to beg at the bus shelter on Pond Street?

0:15:17 > 0:15:19- The guy with the dog? - Yeah, that's it.

0:15:19 > 0:15:24The dog died a few years ago. Bill died last year of hypothermia.

0:15:25 > 0:15:28I was called to the scene.

0:15:29 > 0:15:31When I got there, I found this.

0:15:32 > 0:15:34It was in his pocket.

0:15:34 > 0:15:37It's his lead. It was the only thing he owned.

0:15:37 > 0:15:41If I hadn't have taken it, it would have been incinerated.

0:15:41 > 0:15:43But why do you do it?

0:15:43 > 0:15:45Why do we do anything?

0:15:45 > 0:15:48It's to keep the moment.

0:15:48 > 0:15:51If I can't save them, I can save the moment.

0:15:51 > 0:15:56- But you must know that this is wrong?- Of course I do.

0:15:56 > 0:15:59I've tormented myself. I feel so lonely.

0:15:59 > 0:16:03It's like being in a room full of people and I'm invisible.

0:16:06 > 0:16:12And then I come back here and I remember Helen, Bill, Daniel,

0:16:12 > 0:16:14Mohammed, and I feel alive.

0:16:14 > 0:16:17What about the phone?

0:16:17 > 0:16:19That's the one thing I regret.

0:16:20 > 0:16:21It was devastating.

0:16:25 > 0:16:29Ellie was the same age as Helen, 42, and I couldn't save her.

0:16:34 > 0:16:37But I could save this.

0:16:37 > 0:16:40It wasn't yours to take.

0:16:40 > 0:16:43Oh, that woman has had months of sleepness nights.

0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Oh!- I know. What am I going to do now?

0:16:48 > 0:16:50The damage is done.

0:16:50 > 0:16:52You have to give it back to her.

0:16:55 > 0:16:59Now, I've asked you all to write down the ten most important

0:16:59 > 0:17:02things in your life at the moment.

0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Rob, can I hear some of your list? - Yeah.

0:17:05 > 0:17:10Well, number one, my wife, obviously. Family, kids, fishing...

0:17:10 > 0:17:12That's great.

0:17:12 > 0:17:17Now, I want you all to cross out number one. Cross it out.

0:17:17 > 0:17:24Numbers two, three, four, five, keep number six.

0:17:24 > 0:17:27Cross out seven to ten.

0:17:27 > 0:17:31That's it. Cross it all out.

0:17:31 > 0:17:36Imagine you have to get rid of 90% of what you value the most.

0:17:36 > 0:17:39Family, friends,

0:17:39 > 0:17:43hobbies, pets. This is what foster children have to do.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46For reasons they may not understand, they're taken away

0:17:46 > 0:17:51from their old lives and put into the hands of complete strangers.

0:17:51 > 0:17:54And some of them feel as though they've been dumped.

0:17:54 > 0:17:57As foster carers, you'll have to get used to losing things.

0:17:57 > 0:18:00Losing sleep, losing order in your life,

0:18:00 > 0:18:05so you really have to ask - am I doing this for the right reasons?

0:18:05 > 0:18:07And am I ready for it?

0:18:08 > 0:18:11I couldn't do it. How can I explain?

0:18:13 > 0:18:15- Ian...- I'm just looking after it.

0:18:16 > 0:18:20- Keeping it clean. Dust-free. - No, it's not yours to keep.

0:18:20 > 0:18:22You could lose your job over this.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25You do know what they do to police officers in prison, don't you?

0:18:25 > 0:18:29- It can hardly be worse than what I'm doing to myself. - MOBILE RINGS

0:18:29 > 0:18:31Oh, my goodness! You keep it charged?

0:18:31 > 0:18:33I'm keeping it alive.

0:18:33 > 0:18:37No, you're keeping that woman in limbo. You're tormenting her.

0:18:46 > 0:18:48Hello?

0:18:48 > 0:18:49Hello.

0:18:49 > 0:18:51Who is that?

0:18:51 > 0:18:53You know who it is.

0:18:53 > 0:18:54- Sorry.- I knew it!

0:18:54 > 0:18:56'I knew it!'

0:18:57 > 0:19:00I want my daughter's phone back!

0:19:00 > 0:19:03Please, you can come back round.

0:19:10 > 0:19:12Mm.

0:19:12 > 0:19:15Mm-mm-mm-mm!

0:19:16 > 0:19:18Mm!

0:19:18 > 0:19:21MUSIC THUMPS FROM NEXTDOOR

0:19:28 > 0:19:32Mrs Tembe, if ever I was on death row,

0:19:32 > 0:19:34I would like you to cook my last meal for me.

0:19:34 > 0:19:38Well, I hope it does not come to that, Dr Clay.

0:19:38 > 0:19:41Me too, but if you've got to go!

0:19:41 > 0:19:46You know? I have been thinking about having a summer fete at the Mill.

0:19:46 > 0:19:52We could raise some money for Miss Pitman and her Hodgkin's lymphoma.

0:19:52 > 0:19:56It would raise the profile of both surgeries.

0:19:56 > 0:20:02- The ones at the church, they are so much fun.- Mrs Tembe?- Yes.

0:20:02 > 0:20:05What was I just saying about you not taking on too much?

0:20:06 > 0:20:10MUSIC VOLUME INCREASES

0:20:14 > 0:20:16Please sit down.

0:20:20 > 0:20:21I've kept it safe.

0:20:23 > 0:20:24It's never been used.

0:20:31 > 0:20:32So you say.

0:20:32 > 0:20:34No, no. Really.

0:20:36 > 0:20:38I should have given it back to you.

0:20:38 > 0:20:39But I just couldn't bear it.

0:20:41 > 0:20:43It was my last call of the evening.

0:20:44 > 0:20:48I'd spent the day giving a talk on road safety.

0:20:48 > 0:20:51And then I was called to this...horrendous,

0:20:51 > 0:20:53soul-destroying accident.

0:20:56 > 0:20:58I couldn't save anyone.

0:20:58 > 0:21:01They were all long gone by the time I got there.

0:21:01 > 0:21:03The car was a wreck.

0:21:03 > 0:21:08There was this phone. It was perfectly preserved.

0:21:09 > 0:21:14- And I felt this urge to look after it.- It wasn't yours to take.

0:21:14 > 0:21:15I just felt an urge to protect it.

0:21:19 > 0:21:21The night she died,

0:21:21 > 0:21:25I wanted to protect everything she had.

0:21:25 > 0:21:30I went to her room and there was the dent in her bed where

0:21:30 > 0:21:32she used to sleep.

0:21:33 > 0:21:37I'm never going to let anyone sleep in that bed.

0:21:37 > 0:21:39But the thing I wanted was her phone.

0:21:41 > 0:21:43With all her contacts.

0:21:44 > 0:21:46All her photos.

0:21:47 > 0:21:49Her breath.

0:21:49 > 0:21:51Her fingerprints.

0:21:51 > 0:21:52I'm sorry.

0:21:54 > 0:21:56You lied to me.

0:21:56 > 0:21:58I wasn't thinking straight.

0:21:58 > 0:22:01- You lied. - I just couldn't bear to let it go.

0:22:03 > 0:22:05Ian, are you all right?

0:22:05 > 0:22:09- I need some water.- Let me get you some.- No, no. I'll get it.

0:22:09 > 0:22:11You look after Elizabeth.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13I'll be back in a moment.

0:22:19 > 0:22:23Now, having looked after the child, you then have to hand him

0:22:23 > 0:22:25or her back to their birth parents.

0:22:25 > 0:22:28However hard, you mustn't say anything negative

0:22:28 > 0:22:32about the parents, even if you think they've let their child down.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35You would usually have a social worker to help you with this.

0:22:35 > 0:22:37But not today.

0:22:37 > 0:22:39And instead of using a child,

0:22:39 > 0:22:44we're going to use this rather beautiful...

0:22:44 > 0:22:46flower!

0:22:46 > 0:22:48- Karen and Rob.- Yeah.

0:22:48 > 0:22:51I would like you to play the foster carers.

0:22:57 > 0:23:01OPERA MUSIC PLAYS

0:23:19 > 0:23:22'I know what he did was...'

0:23:22 > 0:23:27Well, I'm struggling to get my head around it.

0:23:27 > 0:23:29But believe me

0:23:29 > 0:23:33when I tell you he's been going through hell the last few years.

0:23:33 > 0:23:35We're all in hell.

0:23:35 > 0:23:39I've spent months wanting an answer.

0:23:41 > 0:23:42Where's the phone?

0:23:42 > 0:23:44What's happened to it?

0:23:44 > 0:23:49Now I've got it in my hand, and I feel utterly empty.

0:23:49 > 0:23:52THUD

0:23:52 > 0:23:54MUSIC POUNDS FROM NEXTDOOR

0:23:54 > 0:23:57It has been a most memorable evening, Dr Clay.

0:23:57 > 0:24:01I am sorry about the noise, but we all have our cross to bear.

0:24:01 > 0:24:03Oh, hi. Hi?

0:24:03 > 0:24:08Yes, could I order a cab, please? VOLUME INCREASES

0:24:08 > 0:24:1022 Brunswick Street.

0:24:10 > 0:24:15- BANGS ON WALL - Will you please be quiet?

0:24:15 > 0:24:19Morning, noon and night! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

0:24:19 > 0:24:22- You are selfish, ignorant...! - Mrs Tembe.

0:24:22 > 0:24:27SILENCE

0:24:30 > 0:24:32OPERA PLAYS

0:24:32 > 0:24:35KNOCKING ON DOOR Ian? Can you let me in?

0:24:37 > 0:24:39KNOCKING ON DOOR

0:24:39 > 0:24:41Ian?

0:24:41 > 0:24:44Oh, no!

0:24:44 > 0:24:46Ian?

0:24:46 > 0:24:48Can you hear me?

0:24:48 > 0:24:50Oh, no! No!

0:24:50 > 0:24:52I only wanted the phone back!

0:24:52 > 0:24:54Ian, stay with me. All right?

0:24:54 > 0:24:55You stay with me!

0:24:55 > 0:24:58I think he's left a note.

0:24:59 > 0:25:01"Dear Emma,

0:25:01 > 0:25:06"thank you for listening and thank you for believing in me,

0:25:06 > 0:25:10"but I've hurt too many people and I'm tired now."

0:25:10 > 0:25:13Look after him. I need to phone an ambulance.

0:25:13 > 0:25:15Oh, please.

0:25:17 > 0:25:19I didn't want you to do this.

0:25:41 > 0:25:45Oh! Thank you ever so much for coming and having fun

0:25:45 > 0:25:48and I promise that I'll get you some fish fingers next time.

0:25:48 > 0:25:52- LAUGHTER - I don't know what to say. - That's all right. That's OK.

0:25:52 > 0:25:56Well, bye-bye, Susan. It's been really lovely to meet you.

0:25:56 > 0:25:58Oi! Where's my kid?

0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Sorry?- I haven't got time for this. Come on.

0:26:01 > 0:26:03Oh. Right. We're just saying goodbye.

0:26:03 > 0:26:06- Well, you've said it now. Come on. - We just need another minute.

0:26:06 > 0:26:08Is that OK?

0:26:08 > 0:26:12Oh, you think you're so high and mighty, don't you? Give me her.

0:26:12 > 0:26:14- No, I don't think I'm going to do that.- What?

0:26:14 > 0:26:16You're being rude and aggressive,

0:26:16 > 0:26:19so Susan is going to stay here with us until you've calmed down.

0:26:19 > 0:26:21- You've no right to do that! - You think I'm going to give

0:26:21 > 0:26:24a little girl back to an abusive parent?

0:26:24 > 0:26:27I think Social Services might have something to say about that.

0:26:27 > 0:26:30Actually, Rob, you need to find a way of handing the child over.

0:26:30 > 0:26:33The way you've behaved, that is not going to happen!

0:26:33 > 0:26:36So you think that having the child taken away from you by force

0:26:36 > 0:26:41- will help her?- By force? I'd like to see you try that!- Rob!

0:26:41 > 0:26:44OK. I think this is something we all need to talk about.

0:26:44 > 0:26:48Sometimes, you don't always go with rules and regulations. If I...

0:26:48 > 0:26:52Or if we are responsible for a child, then

0:26:52 > 0:26:55I am going to do everything in my power to make sure it's kept safe!

0:27:02 > 0:27:06- You've got some moves on the dance floor for a...- Man of my age?

0:27:06 > 0:27:07I did not say that.

0:27:07 > 0:27:09I hadn't planned on it being a musical presentation,

0:27:09 > 0:27:12but I could easily throw in a few woo-hoo-hoos.

0:27:12 > 0:27:14Everything about your symptoms suggests substance abuse.

0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Great talk! Absolutely brilliant! - Thank you very much.

0:27:17 > 0:27:20She might as well have had a sign on her neck saying,

0:27:20 > 0:27:21"Al, I fancy the pants off you!"

0:27:21 > 0:27:24You don't have to change for my sake.

0:27:24 > 0:27:25I love you just the way you are.