A History of Violence Doctors

Jenny's in my house, if you want her.

Right, thank you. I do need a quick word.

It's, er...it's not as bad as it looks.

There's no structural damage. It's mainly smoke and water.

Was it really arson?

Yeah.

CSI have confirmed it.

I will need a witness statement at some point,

if there's anything you can tell me?

Well, I didn't see anything. I mean, it all happened so fast.

I don't know who'd do anything like that.

There's some sick people in this world.

There are. Thank you.

I can't believe this is all ending.

This is my last morning rush.

Last cake-shop run.

The last time I'll watch Mrs Tembe make her Redbush.

Hm.

I must say, you've all been very discreet about my leaving do.

I haven't heard a peep out of anyone.

I didn't know there was a leaving do.

Ha-ha! Very good!

Who's organising her leaving do?

Don't worry, Mrs Hollins. Dr Carter is in charge.

Why are you making such a big fuss?

She'll no doubt be back in a couple of weeks.

Oh, Heston? Cough up. Valerie's leaving again.

Sign this.

Oh, yes, it's today, isn't it?

Er...

Yes. Well, so, how are you getting on, Dr Carter,

with organising Miss Pitman's leaving party?

It's all under control.

Good. Good. I'm glad to hear it.

I am sure that you're going to do a wonderful job.

Thanks.

How's Frank?

Stable, the doctor said.

But he's still unconscious.

I've been told it's safe to go into the house,

so I've just come to collect some of his things.

It must have been such a shock. I don't know how you're so calm.

They're for you.

Oh, lovely. Thank you.

It's all right, he's from the police, love.

He's just come to ask about the fire.

Hello. Hi.

Where are you going to stay, Jenny?

You can't stay in that house, it's a mess.

I can put you up here.

You can have my room, I'll go in with Lucy.

Oh, thank you, Cheryl. That would help.

I hadn't even thought.

DOOR CLOSES Abi? Is that you?

Who else would it be?

You've met Sgt Hollins? Yes.

Hello, Abi.

Is that all the change? You saying I nicked off you?

Where're you going now? You've not had any breakfast! To my room.

I'd better be getting back.

I can give you a lift to the hospital, if you want?

Thanks.

That get-together for the mums at Joe's school,

I thought I'd go along and try to make some friends.

I thought you said you wouldn't be seen dead meeting up with the mums?

Well...I didn't actually say that.

You did.

Well, I've changed my mind.

Oh. OK. Coffee mornings, you?

Well, for a start, it's a coffee afternoon,

and secondly, we all have children in common, so there's that. Yeah.

It can't be too gruesome.

Hm. Well, I'm just glad you're making the effort.

It's not going to be a chore!

I think I'll probably have a really great time. Yeah.

MACHINES BEEP

Hi.

He's come round! He's going to be all right.

They're taking him down for a scan.

Well, that is great news.

Well, I'll need to give a statement.

Yeah, but you don't have to do that now. Do that when you're ready.

I want to talk about it now.

Get it straight in my own mind.

I want you to catch whoever did this.

OK. That's good.

Why don't you tell me what you remember?

Well, everything was normal. We were at home.

Lucy came to us after school.

Does she go round to yours often?

Oh, yes. Whenever Cheryl has to work late, we look after her.

It's so nice to have someone young around the place.

Stops us turning into old fogeys.

She seems very fond of you.

She's a lovely little girl.

Thank goodness she wasn't in the house when the fire started!

Frank tried to get to the phone, but it's in the hall.

He got lost in the smoke and he fell.

I couldn't see him.

I shouted out to him, but he didn't hear me.

I've got a mobile, but I never use it.

I didn't even know where it was.

We couldn't ring 999.

Someone must've done, though.

Because the firemen arrived fairly quickly.

If they hadn't...

Have you any idea at all who might have done this?

No! We've lived there for 30 years.

We get on well with our neighbours.

At least, I thought we did.

Someone tried to kill us,

and I don't know why.

It doesn't make sense!

Chocolate fingers. What? I'm making a list.

Balloons, banners. Oh, I'm going to need some money.

Oh. My credit card is at your disposal.

I don't need that, just give me ?40.

What can you get for ?40? Watch and learn.

I've organised a lot of parties on a budget.

Bet you enjoy doing that. Yeah, 'course I do.

Organising it for the kids.

There's not that much to organise now they're teenagers.

You just get out the way and hope they don't wreck the house.

Talking of which, you know I went bowling with Shak...?

You know, that was really good of you.

Yeah. But what I wanted to talk about...

Oh, no!

Why is it always my car?!

Well, it's supposed to be lucky.

Right. Where are you going?

To get something to clean that. I'll see you in a bit.

We've got CCTV cameras covering all these houses,

and someone's checking the footage.

So if anyone was hanging around...

Will they be in?

Cheryl's given me a key.

Answer me, Abi. Don't you walk away from me!

It's none of your business! Is this a bad time?

No. Do you mind?

Oh, White Britain. Lovely(!)

We know all about White Britain. Are these yours, Cheryl?

No! I wouldn't dream of...! Where did you find them?

In Abi's room.

In her bag. What are you thinking?!

Are these yours, Abi?

Cheryl, I can stay somewhere else, if...

No! Jenny, I want you to stay. You are welcome here!

Just because she doesn't have the sense she was born with...!

Why do you pick on me? You always pick on me!

All right, let's just calm down. I'm going out!

Actually, I want a word. Why? I haven't done anything!

Then you've got nothing to be frightened off. I just want to ask you a few questions.

Yeah, so would I! Get off me! Get your hands off me!

Whoa-whoa! Now, that looks sore.

Where'd you get that, Abi?

Where did you get those burns on your hands, Abi?

Something you want to tell me?

No?

OK, let's take it down the station.

Sarge? Can you sign that? Yeah.

Thanks.

So, what happens now?

I suppose you have to question Abi?

Yeah. She's been arrested.

Frank and Jenny are lovely.

They've been so good to us ever since we got here.

How could she do this?

I'm not assuming she has.

You mean, she might be innocent?

What makes you think she's guilty?

The burns on her hands...

..I noticed them this morning.

I tried to look at them, she wouldn't let me.

She didn't have them yesterday.

And last night...

What? Go on, tell me.

She came in about...8:20.

She had bottles. Something clinking in her bag.

I thought it was booze. It usually is.

I told her off about it, she stormed out again.

And just after that...the fire started.

When the firemen turned up...she took off.

I had to know, so...

I looked in her room.

Found the leaflets.

I didn't bring her up to be a racist, violent!

But she's just so angry.

More and more, all the time!

I didn't do it! Why would I?

You've got yourself involved with an openly racist organisation.

You were at a pub meeting yesterday, The White Bull.

How do you know? It's my job to know!

I've talked to them. They remember you.

I've had a look at their website. Have you?

Because it's nasty.

It's inflammatory.

I went to one meeting, OK?

I didn't even know they were racists.

Oh, come on, Abi, you're not stupid, and neither am I!

OK. So, how did you get involved?

There's this girl at college, Gemma.

She invited me.

She said they were campaigning on local issues.

I've been at college a year

and no-one's ever invited me to anything.

They've all got their own little gangs.

She was friendly.

She said they needed people like me. I'd be an asset.

Of course she did.

I thought I'd finally made friends with someone, so I went.

What did you make of our local, friendly racists?

They make it sound all nice.

And then they started the meeting.

Talked about cleaning up the area. I thought they were environmental.

And then they started going on about the blacks and Asians,

and I realised!

I said, "This is crap"!

She didn't like that. Looked at me as if I was dirt.

Said they didn't need people like me!

And I said, "Fine! I don't want to join!"

I told them exactly where they could go

and what they could do with themselves!

I can imagine.

I'm not racist.

I told them that. I said...

You said what?

I said, "Our neighbours are black and we get on with them".

I was just making a point. I-I didn't mean... OK, OK.

Excuse me. Hi. Is this free?

Yes, come and sit. I'm Caitlin.

Zara Carmichael.

I have a son, Joe. He's in the reception class.

Same as mine. I've got twin girls. Summer and August.

Seriously?!

Oh, I-I mean, um...great!

No prizes for guessing when they were born. Ha-ha!

Bex! We've got company.

Hi! Bex.

Zara Carmichael.

For the tape, I am showing the suspect IP3, 4 and 5.

Which are a hoody, a T-shirt and some jeans

which were found in a Section 18 search of your room.

Are these your clothes? Yeah.

Yeah. Well, they stink of smoke and lighter fluid.

And the CSI think these were used to start the fire.

I don't know anything!

I wasn't there. I wasn't anywhere near!

Then why do you have burns on your hands

and why were you hiding these clothes?

You left the White Britain meeting at 7:30

and you claim you didn't go back home until after midnight.

Where were you? Dunno. Just...walking around.

For five hours?!

Abi, this is serious!

Whoever set fire to that house was trying to kill your neighbours!

But they...but they didn't!

Jenny's OK, isn't she? And Frank's going to be all right.

That's not the point. It's the intention.

Whoever did this is looking at attempted murder.

Anyone who helped them, or tries to protect them, is an accessory.

I didn't do it! It's nothing to do with me!

Do you know who did? Or do you suspect someone?

Because if you do, you need to tell me.

What's the point?

You already think I did it. Like everyone else.

Well, if I'm wrong, now's your chance.

Hm?

All right, you have it your way.

We'll put you back in your cell and I will go through the CCTV.

And I will find out where you were and when.

But if you change your mind and you want to talk to me...

..I'm here.

Interview concluded 15:52.

Result! Right, we've got everything.

Ooo, Mrs Tembe, can you keep Valerie out of here for an hour or so?

Well, it will not be easy, but I think I can manage.

Great, thanks. So we've got food, we've got drink.

I'm going to make my famous non-alcoholic punch.

We've got decorations. And the piece de resistance.

Ooo! Now, what is that?

Er...it's a secret. Quite.

Right, let's get on with it. Oh, Mrs Tembe?

(Valerie.) (Oh, yes, of course.)

Er...right, you grab hold of that one.

So, how did you two meet?

Antenatal classes. And we had our babies on the same day.

It's a real bonding experience, don't you find?

It...it wasn't like that for me.

Joe was premature. It was ages before we could take him home.

We didn't know if he was going to make it.

It was a bit of a crisis mode, really, all a bit of a blur.

What about your antenatal group? You must still see them.

We've kind of lost touch.

That's a shame. Giving birth is such a wonderful experience.

Yeah. Having stitches in unmentionable places, haemorrhoids.

It's magical(!) THEY LAUGH

I was, like, "I want every painkiller there is".

But she wouldn't even have an epidural! Just music.

You're not one of those mums who likes wind chimes, are you?

Worse. It was nature sounds.

Can you imagine? 12 hours of flipping whale music!

At least it drowned out your complaining and the language.

THEY CHUCKLE

We both breast-fed our babies. I loved doing that.

I breast-fed Saskia. Never again.

If I have another one, it's going to be bottle-feeding all the way.

But it's not the same, is it?

I mean, breast-feeding, the bond between mother and baby,

it's irreplaceable.

Breast-feeding Joe really helped me bond with him.

Plus, it helps with the baby's immune system.

And I don't just speak personally, I'm a GP.

All right, but I've done my time.

Anyway, look at these.

Richard gave me a boob job last Christmas.

Ten grand, they cost.

I'm not having them ruined.

You're 25. You don't need plastic surgery.

You tell her, you're a doctor.

Actually, my partner, Daniel, runs a cosmetic clinic.

Does he? You should give me the name.

It's unethical and completely exploitative, so...

Daniel is completely ethical

and he's also an excellent family doctor.

Pumping snake venom or whatever into people's faces to paralyse the muscles?

It's grotesque. You've set her off now.

You know I'm right.

I'm sorry. I'm sure your husband's a good doctor,

but the whole so-called beauty industry,

it's just about ripping women off.

And making a fortune selling whale music and crystals

to gullible, middle-class hippies is just fine, is it?

I mean... Huh!

Another coffee, ladies. On me? Skinny lattes?

THEY LAUGH

Sarge. Thank you.

Right, I would like you to take a look at this footage

and tell me who you see.

That's Abi.

She was there earlier, before I came home?

Yeah. She passes the house, but doesn't go in.

But that is definitely her? Yeah, that's her.

Stop! Stop it! Go back!

There! Look!

Who's that?

That's my ex-husband!

But it can't be!

He's in prison!

So, what are we doing?

Well, we're just going for a few drinks at the Icon.

Everybody's there. Get your coat.

CHEERING

VALERIE LAUGHS

Whoo-hoo!

Aw!

Fooled you!

Right, I've checked and your ex-husband was released from prison a week ago.

But he got ten years. He's only been in prison for five.

He's served half his sentence, he's out on licence.

That's pretty common. No-one told us!

Yeah. I don't know how that happened. That is an oversight.

Sorry. You should have been informed.

He was convicted of GBH with intent. What did he do, Cheryl?

Tried to kill me.

He'd always been violent.

We thought he'd be inside for ten years.

We thought we'd be safe.

Lucy!

She's with Jenny. I have to warn them!

Don't worry, that's been sorted.

We are going to protect you.

How?! What are you going to do?

Have police outside the house 24/7?!

No, we'll do better than that.

Abi's here, so we know that she's OK,

and once Jenny's been contacted, we will take you to a safe place

until we have picked up your ex-husband.

And if you don't? We will.

We've got him on CCTV, we know his car registration.

Every officer out there is looking.

Does Jenny know about him? No.

I've never told anyone here.

Why would I? I thought all that was over.

Yeah, there is another thing that you should know.

We've also got him on CCTV waiting outside the house for hours.

He didn't leave until he'd seen Lucy come home from school just before 4:00.

He watched her go into the house.

But it wasn't our house, it was the Harrisons'.

They'd given her a key. She could let herself in. Yeah.

I think that your ex-husband assumed that you all lived there.

So it was never meant to be Frank and Jenny!

It was meant to be us!

And I thought it was Abi!

ANIMATED CHATTER

Cheers! Ruhma, this punch is delicious!

And I love the wigs! Where did you get them?

Ooh, I've got contacts. What's that?

Um...just lemonade. Vodka-flavoured lemonade.

Why can't non-alcoholic punch just stay non-alcoholic?

That wouldn't be any fun, would it! Really?

Unlike you, Sid, I can have a good time without alcohol.

Oh, really? Really.

Mrs Tembe, Marilyn to a T!

Oh, come on, Jimmi, if Mrs T can do it, you can.

Yeah, but it's going to look stupid. That's the point!

Oh, go on, Jimmi, for me! Come on! You know you want to.

A-ha! THEY LAUGH

It's like she was in the room! Ooo! Can we have a photo?

Yes, what a good idea. I'll do it.

Mrs T? Group together!

That's it.

Tall ones at the back.

Ruhma? Excellent! Just in a tiny bit. Good.

Er...now, say "CCG"!

ALL: CCG!

Yay! All right! Oh!

THEY LAUGH

Remember the NCT picnic?

Oh, God, yes! TEXT ALERT

And Mona brought that cooked chicken.

And Nazreen said, "Is it halal?" And Mona said...

BOTH: "No, but it's from Waitrose!" THEY LAUGH

I'm sorry, I've got to go.

It's a...a problem. With the baby-sitter.

Oh, shame. Aw! Thanks for the coffees.

It's been lovely to meet you both.

Right. OK.

So... I want to tell you something, all right?

I was there when the fire started.

I tried to fight it.

So, why didn't you say anything?

I thought it was my fault.

I thought maybe someone attacked them because of what I said.

What?! You said tell the truth and now I am!

You could look interested!

OK, thanks, Abi, but we are now pursuing another line of inquiry.

So you will be released on bail for the moment.

You found out who did it? We think so.

I'm going to take you to your mum in a minute,

but first of all, I need to tell you something.

I have survived cancer,

which I could never have done without you.

And you planned the most beautiful wedding for me,

even though I didn't actually get married.

I love you all so much.

And I don't want to leave, but I...

..I've got to think about my career, so...

No, no. No, I'm not going to cry.

APPLAUSE

Um...can I just say, Valerie,

you are the most remarkable receptionist in Letherbridge,

if not the world. Oh! Really.

Your inimitable flapjacks,

your innate sense of drama,

your...your love of modern art installations,

a brief foray into local politics.

Zara! Oh!

VALERIE CHUCKLES

Thank you so much for coming!

It wouldn't have been the same without you!

Well, I wasn't going to miss this, was I?

That's pretty, isn't it?

Where's Mum and Abi? Oh, I'm sure they'll be back soon. Don't worry.

BANGING

Oh! Lucy!

Mum? Lucy!

Wait! No!

Guys? Is that him?

Get off! Is that him? Get off! Get off!

Yeah, that's him. On your feet.

Sean Bradman, I'm arresting you on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you don't mention when questioned

something you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Get him out of here!

Lucy! Oh, God! Jenny, are you all right?!

CHERYL SOBS

# Diamonds are a girl's best friend Whoo-hoo!

# A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental

# On your humble flat

# Diamonds are a girl's best friend

# Men grow cold as girls grow old

# And we all lose our charms in the end

# But square-cut or pear-shaped

# These rocks don't lose their shape. #

We were phoning and phoning and there was no reply. We thought...

I'm so sorry. We went shopping. We'd just got back.

What'll happen to him?

He'll go back to prison, hopefully.

And with any luck, he'll be there a lot longer this time.

You could've been killed! You and Frank!

It's not your fault! How were you to know?

Now, Lucy, are you going to show me your new books?

Abi, love...are you all right?

You thought it was me.

All of you.

You thought I could do that?!

You've been so angry. And the drinking!

Sometimes I've looked at you and thought...

..you're going to end up like him!

But you're not, Abi.

You're not like him.

You're not like your dad.

CHEERING

Karen? Hugs.

CHEERING

Oh, I love you all!

I love Karen and her gossiping.

Oh, thank you! I love Al and his relentless sarcasm.

This is the fourth time you've left.

And, Sid,

I always felt there was some chemistry between us.

OK, Valerie, time to go home.

I'll go with her, see she gets home OK. Come on.

Bye! ALL: Bye, Valerie!

Goodbye!

Goodbye, Mill Health Centre!

Have some of that!

Goodbye! Love you!

Good luck! Bye!

Our dad's in Lahore. The family business is in Coventry.

It's being run by his brother, Zaroon.

The social workers need to know that you're in good health.

These children have been through quite enough,

without you keeling over with a heart attack.

She needs medication.

Why don't you leave the medication to me?

So, are you up for it, then?

We're going to call?