0:00:33 > 0:00:36What's Alia still doing in the bathroom?!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38If she doesn't hurry up, we're going to be late! She won't be long.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41What's she even doing?! She just wants to look her best.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44What, and I don't? You look fine.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Wow!
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Oh. So, she gets, "Wow" and I get, "Fine"?
0:00:52 > 0:00:54My hair's terrible. It's not.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58You both look great.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59OK, this is the mobile I want you to use.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01What's wrong with our own phones?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04We were advised. No giving out your social media contacts
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and no using your own phones to make calls.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Zaroon's already got my number.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11We haven't got a number for Dad.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13OK. I just want to emphasise...
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Mum? We know.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17We're not kids.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Do you think he'll recognise us?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I mean, town's going to be packed
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and he hasn't seen us since we were little.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33'Course he'll recognise you.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Come on, we're going to miss the bus.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38You're the one who took ages in the bathroom!
0:01:38 > 0:01:40You were in there for ages before me. Not as long as you!
0:01:40 > 0:01:43How long does it take to slap on some eyeliner?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46OK, bye, then. Bye! Bye! Take...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55You all set? Yeah, yeah.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I'm just going to get changed, OK?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Can I help? Hiya, Karen!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Rita! What are you doing here?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Cath's off sick, said I'd cover.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Aw, that's nice.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Well, she covered for me for the last two Northern Roars.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11The what?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Northern Roar. It's a bikers' meet-up in Cleethorpes.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Sorry, this is my Ken.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Ah, Ken! I've heard a lot about you.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Oh, yeah. Like what? Er...roadying, gigs, bikes.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Yeah, that's about me.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Right, I'd better get going. I've got a get-in to do for Ultrahell.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Who?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31They're a death metal band from Finland.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Not quite my cup of tea, but they're not a bad bunch of kids when they're not singing about Satan.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Right, I'll pick you up later, babes.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Mmmmmmmmmmm...! Oh, hello!
0:02:41 > 0:02:44See you later, Karen. Bye-bye.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Oh, I say, he's all man!
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Oh, he's a big softie. Insisted on bringing me down.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52But I was coming into the uni, anyway, to pick up my books.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Your books? For my course.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Part-time lifelong learning. I'm doing the Romantics.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03Ooh, romantic what? Poets! Shelley, Coleridge, Byron.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05You're into all that!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Well, I did the foundation course last year.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Oh, it was brilliant! The tutor's amazing!
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Oh! Ooh, hello!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Oh! Professor Julian Darby!
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I swear that Immie did some set-painting for him
0:03:21 > 0:03:23for the amateur dramatics.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25He gave us a talk on live performance.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Asked which was my most memorable.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29So I said, "Sabbath in '86".
0:03:29 > 0:03:31SHE LAUGHS
0:03:31 > 0:03:34My binoculars are somewhere in the garage, so these will have to do.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Well, if the kids burst into La traviata, we're suitably equipped(!)
0:03:40 > 0:03:42How are you feeling about seeing Aamir?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43A bit weird about seeing him.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Frightened? Yeah. For me and the kids.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Oh, I don't know. It was a long time ago, wasn't it?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55People change. Mm.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Is it right to follow them?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02I mean, am I doing it for them, or to reassure me?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04There's nothing wrong with reassurance. No, no.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And they've made the decision to see him, so...
0:04:07 > 0:04:11And like you said, they're not kids, are they?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12And they're not adults.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Right, come on, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it. Let's go, let's go!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Professor Darby? Ah, Rita.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I couldn't print out the reading list for the Romantics. Can I get one from you?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26About that... It's our printer.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30We call it the anti-Ozzy because it'll do any colour except for black!
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Rita, the Romantics will be a challenging course.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I like a challenge.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37And, unlike the foundation,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40the texts will require considerable exegesis.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Critical analysis. Oh, I can be critical!
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Ah... Julie, who does the halls of residence and the union,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52she was only saying the other day how high my standards are.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Er... "You don't miss a thing", she said.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56And I should miss some things.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59The things they get up to in that kitchenette in Sociology!
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Rita, I'm saying the course will be more exacting.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Well, if that's a cross between exciting and taxing, I'm up for it!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Ooh! Is that the reading list? Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Great! Oh, yeah, I baked a cake!
0:05:13 > 0:05:14I didn't know if you like marzipan,
0:05:14 > 0:05:19so I erred on the side of caution and you've just got icing. Huh!
0:05:19 > 0:05:21See you at the first seminar.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26OPERA MUSIC
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Think he might already be here?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Didn't you say 11:00? We're early.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Yeah, well, he could still be here. Let's sit down.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42He might not be able to see us from here!
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Yeah, well, he knows what he's looking for - a boy and a girl.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53THEY SIGH
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Hello! 10 minutes to make a change...?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Didn't think you could make a difference when you woke up this morning? Well...!
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Come on, Pitman!
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Faint heart never won fair...donations.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17HELLO! Oh. Sorry! Sorry!
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Probably too big an opening.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21SHE SIGHS
0:06:23 > 0:06:25OPERA MUSIC
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I don't think you need those indoors.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I'm trying to look inconspicuous.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I think that's what the kids would term as an epic fail.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I've recced us a vantage point. OK.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47This is a good spot. Yeah.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51There they are! Oh, right.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I reread Day of the Jackal to tighten up on my surveillance techniques.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I'm not planning to assassinate him, you know.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00No, but I've never surveilled anyone before.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Or even used the verb.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Do you think we should have a drink of tea?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Well, library rules do not allow refreshments.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Yeah, well, we can't pop down for one, can we? We might miss Aamir.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17But rules would not stymie the Jackal.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Actually, I think you're more like Edward Woodward out of The Equalizer.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Really? Yeah. Either that or a flasher.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27OPERA MUSIC
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I'd like these, please.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37All of them.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Tosca. You what?
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Last time I used these. Touring production at The Hippodrome.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Very fine baritone playing Scarpia.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56Always considered Grand-Guignol, though, even at the time.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Yeah, well, I prefer something a bit lighter.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00That's why you prefer La boheme.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Mimi, tu piu non torni.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Doesn't Rodolfo encourage her
0:08:05 > 0:08:08to leave their relationship, and find a better life?
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Sorry, I didn't mean...
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I wasn't drawing a comparison.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Oh, there's someone!
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Do you know where Victoria Square is, mate?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22SHAK SIGHS Oh, yeah. Um...just back down there, mate.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Directions. We can breathe again.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I was breathing...just.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37OPERA MUSIC
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Rita? Pretty much stripped the shelves.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Got the lot. Collected Coleridge, collected Wordsworth.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Rita, I think you should put your energies in another direction.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48What do you mean?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I mean, I can't accept you on the course.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Why not? I don't think you are of the required standard.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58But I did all right on the foundation. About that...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01You said yourself, you said I tried really hard! I did, but...
0:09:01 > 0:09:04But you didn't mean it? No, I did mean it! But I did OK!
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I don't think you did enough to go to the next level.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10As I was trying to tell you, the study will be more in-depth.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12You're saying you don't want me to do it.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14No, I'm just saying...! You've got no right!
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Actually, as course tutor, I have every...
0:09:17 > 0:09:19You've got no right!
0:09:19 > 0:09:21No right to tell me I can't do it!
0:09:21 > 0:09:23OPERA MUSIC CONTINUES
0:09:32 > 0:09:35What if he's held up in traffic?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Might be. Or parking.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39What if he can't find somewhere to park?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41I mean, it's mad around here.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Are you sure he's even driving? Wouldn't you, if you had a car?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Maybe he's just late.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Aamir was never late.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Never? Never.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Well, people can change.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Punctuality is a habit.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Was he obsessive?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Yeah. He was a stickler for lots of things.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Punctuality, behaviour.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Your behaviour?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17There were always boundaries.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Here you are.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25It's funny, this morning, I thought how grown-up they looked,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27but now, down there...
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Maybe Aamir's got cold feet.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33If he's said he's coming, he'll be here.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36He always did what he said.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38OPERA MUSIC
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Rita! You've got some reading there!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48He won't let me do the course!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Who?! Professor Darby.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53He doesn't think I'm suitable.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Suitable? He says this course is much more intensive.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Well, you did all right on the course last time, didn't you?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I really think it's because my face doesn't fit.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05How? Well, I'm not like the others, am I?
0:11:05 > 0:11:09They're all ladies of leisure and yummy mummies.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Oh, I'm sure it's not that. Yes, it is.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15To people like that, I'm just a cleaner.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18You're not just a cleaner. I am around here.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I'd better get this lot back. It's no use to me now.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Aw!
0:11:26 > 0:11:27You've...
0:11:30 > 0:11:32SHE SIGHS
0:11:41 > 0:11:42I had to leave.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I knew what it would mean, that it would be my fault.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49I'd be the bad wife that left and ran.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53The mother that ran for the sake of her children.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I didn't feel like I had a choice.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Aamir's family, they knew that he was an alcoholic,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00they knew that he had a temper.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03But they just ignored me.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06And it was so hard to say anything in the first place.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11It's hard to tell anyone about something like that.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I hate what Marina did to you.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Well, I hate that I allowed it.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I was silenced by my shame.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Yeah. But you did something.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28You took Shak and Alia and made your life better.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Yeah, and now they're hanging on the clock, waiting for him.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36I'm going to send them a text.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Well, make it something innocuous.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Like, "I can see you're feeling cold sitting on a bench"(?)
0:12:46 > 0:12:47TEXT ALERT
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Mum.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55What's she saying?
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Just asking if we're all right.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00TEXT ALERT
0:13:01 > 0:13:03"We're fine. We're waiting."
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I think we should eat something.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10You know, I thought I was going to be too nervous to be hungry.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Maybe that's a good sign.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14What if he's got another family?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18What?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21He was still, I don't know, young when we went away.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Suppose.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32Maybe he's got another family and doesn't want to mess it up.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35How would it mess it up?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38By them finding out about us.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Maybe...he hasn't told them.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49I shouldn't laugh! Well, it is morbidly comic.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Lebkuchen and pepparkakor.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54An insane argument over baking biscuits.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56What a Christmas! Yeah.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58And now you've got cheese and pickle.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I do! And I'm very grateful.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06I sometimes used to wonder what it'd be like if I'd stayed with Aamir.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Really?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I was feeling so isolated.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13And when you've got no money, no company
0:14:13 > 0:14:16and you're thinking raising two kids on your own is impossible...
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Did you think about going back?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It crossed my mind.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26With Marina, at some level, I think I thought
0:14:26 > 0:14:30being with her was better than being on my own.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32But it wasn't.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35No, it wasn't.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39We've moved on.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40We have.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48KAREN KNOCKS ON DOOR Hello.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Hello. Er...Professor Darby? Mm-hm.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Ah, right. Well, you won't remember me because we've never actually met,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57but I'm Imogen's mum, Imogen Hollins.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01She used to help with the set-decorating on Letherbridge Amateur Dramatics.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04The...punky-haired girl?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Yeah. Hair could be any colour, yes.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Yes. Well, she was a great help.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Especially when I was directing The Tempest.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12She had a great sense of colour.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15What's she up to now? Oh, she went to art school in London
0:15:15 > 0:15:18and now she's working in one of those trendy galleries down there.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Earning a living until her undoubted talent breaks through.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24So, how can I help?
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Um...actually, I'm here about a friend, Rita Holdswell.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Ah. Rita.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Yeah. I've just seen her and she's, er...she's a bit upset.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Well, she's a lot upset.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37It wasn't my intention to upset her.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38No, but you did.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42I don't know what she told you, but, really, the course isn't for her.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45That she isn't suitable.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49What do you mean by suitable?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Well, you tell me.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00I won't be needing these after all.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06It's not because she isn't a yummy-mummy or a lady who lunches.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09No, she's a cleaner. I know. She told me.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12She also told me about the early albums of Hawkwind
0:16:12 > 0:16:14and the later albums of Black Sabbath,
0:16:14 > 0:16:19or the time when Ken had to strip out a carburettor on the hard shoulder of the M6.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Yeah. She is chatty.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Which is delightful.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27If not always germane to the subject under discussion.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30She does have a habit of digressing completely,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32which is a big distraction for everyone else.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35But you did tell her that she did OK last year, so...
0:16:35 > 0:16:39She tried, but she just wasn't up to the standard of the others on the course.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43I was able to cover her a bit, move along to someone else in the discussion,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45but that's going to be harder this year.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49I don't want her to feel out of place, or even humiliated.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Right. Well, I'm very sorry to have interrupted, um...
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I'll, um...I'll go.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Please give my regards to Imogen.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03I look forward to seeing an exhibition of hers one day. Right.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Even if he does show up, we don't know what he looks like. He could be fat, bald.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12He wasn't in the photo.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Yeah, but we don't know how recent that was.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Anyway, I don't think he's going to...
0:17:17 > 0:17:19It's him! He's there! Are you sure?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I hope they're not giving him any details!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I'm sure they'll remember the advice.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Sami's Samosas? Just over there. Thanks.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30I'm going to get some.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32We've got snacks in the bag.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I need proper food. What if he turns up?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36You'll be here. Want anything?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Why's Alia following him?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Shak's staying! Why's Alia following him?!
0:17:42 > 0:17:44I'll go. Be quick! Be quick! Don't let them see you!
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I'll be discreet!
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Zaroon, it's Shak. What's my dad playing at? We've been waiting here for hours!
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Tell him to call me back.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Karen, have you seen Rita?
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Not since lunchtime.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I was supposed to pick her up at 2:00. I can't find her anywhere.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I'm worried something might have happened to her.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I don't know if this is my place.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Um...I think something might have happened.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10What? It's her course.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12What, her English course?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15The tutor said she wasn't going to be able to do it.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Professor Darby? Yeah.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21He said that she was out of her depth academically on the foundation,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24so she couldn't do the Romantics course. She was ever so upset.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Does he know how hard she's worked on this?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30No. He can't know how hard she's worked on it! Right!
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Where you going, Ken?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33I'm off to see Darby.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Nobody upsets my Rita!
0:18:35 > 0:18:38No, no, I think there's a bit more to it, than... Ken! Ken!
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Ken! Oh, blimey!
0:18:40 > 0:18:42OPERA MUSIC
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I called Zaroon.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58What did he say? He didn't pick up.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Maybe he's hiding, like Dad.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01I don't think Dad's hiding.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03What's he doing, then?!
0:19:03 > 0:19:05He isn't coming, Shak.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07If he was going to, he'd be here.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09He probably didn't want to come in the first place.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10He said he would!
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Why are you so surprised?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15He hasn't seen us in all these years!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Exactly! He's not bothered, Shak, and this proves it!
0:19:18 > 0:19:21But why? He's our dad!
0:19:21 > 0:19:23We're his kids!
0:19:23 > 0:19:24I don't know.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I've thought about him all my life!
0:19:29 > 0:19:30I know.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32You're tired. Let's go home.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38You're just like Mum.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Oh! You, sir, that's a compassionate face. A face born of compassion.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Would you like to put that compassion to good use?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Oh! What about you, madam?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Ah! A visage sculpted of empathy!
0:19:59 > 0:20:00And empathy is what we need...!
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Empathy is what we need.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07BREATHLESS: They're...! They're...!
0:20:07 > 0:20:10They're leaving, I know. They just text.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14I wouldn't put this past Aamir to do this deliberately to get at me.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16We'd better get... Get going.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Yeah. Get home before they do. Here you are. Come on.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Ah!
0:20:26 > 0:20:27The sequel's better.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Is this him? Will you just listen...?! Darby?
0:20:32 > 0:20:36You've got no idea! No idea how much she's put into that course!
0:20:36 > 0:20:38He's not knocking her efforts, he's saying that's she's...
0:20:38 > 0:20:40She's thick! I wouldn't say that!
0:20:40 > 0:20:42He didn't say that. No, I mean... I meant...
0:20:42 > 0:20:44You mean she's just...! What's going on?!
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Er...a slight difference of opinion. What about?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Your prof here says you're too thick to do his course! I didn't...! What?!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52He didn't use that word! But that's what he meant.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Wrapping it all up in all his posho university talk!
0:20:54 > 0:20:58No! I...! I think what he was saying is that the course is difficult.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Yes, difficult! You were saying she's stupid! No, I wouldn't...!
0:21:01 > 0:21:03You were saying she's not good enough! That's not...!
0:21:03 > 0:21:04I can't read!
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Change the world? You, sir, with the handsomely piratical demeanour?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Ooo! How about you, sir, with the eyes of burning umber
0:21:21 > 0:21:24and locks that would make Ross Poldark run to the barber? Huh-huh!
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Do I really have eyes of burning umber?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Absolutely. Have you got a minute? Sure.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Oh, thank you!
0:21:32 > 0:21:34So, what's your name? Patrick.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37OK, lovely. Patrick. Right, first of all,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40could I just give you an overall picture of what we do?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I'd always been able to hide it.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Bluffing, getting by.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Course, I picked up stuff, but it wasn't until I met Ken that...
0:21:52 > 0:21:54..that I had someone to tell.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58And he helped me manage bills and stuff like that.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Dyslexic. She's dyslexic.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05I tried to get her some professional help, but...
0:22:05 > 0:22:07I was ashamed. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Well, that's what I've always said.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15But you took the English foundation course?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Well, my usual gig is the library, cleaning it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21All those shelves, and...
0:22:23 > 0:22:25..every day, I'd see them sat there.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Students reading,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31professors reading.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33And I thought, "I'd love that!
0:22:33 > 0:22:37"I'd love to learn what's in them books."
0:22:37 > 0:22:41And with the kids gone and the house empty and me getting on a bit...
0:22:44 > 0:22:46..I needed to be good at something.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Sorry, Rita.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53I marked all your work. How did you...? Ken.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Ken read the books to me.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00The poems.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Recorded them and I listened to them over and over.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06And then he helped me with the essays.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10It was your ideas, wasn't it? I was just writing down what you were saying.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14I wish some of my undergraduates made that kind of effort.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17It's not much use now, though, is it? Why?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Well, now you know I can't read properly.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Well, that does explain why you found it hard in seminars
0:23:22 > 0:23:25when you had to read and analyse.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27And why you kept talking about anything but the text.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29But we can deal with that.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33How? A friend of mine, a colleague,
0:23:33 > 0:23:34is an expert in working with dyslexia.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Achieves great results. And they'd help me? I'm sure.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40But what about the course, the Romantics?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Actually, I think we would welcome your contribution.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Oh!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I'm, er...I'm sorry about the, er...
0:23:51 > 0:23:54"So quick bright things come to confusion."
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Shakespeare. THEY CHUCKLE
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Anyone for cake?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01THEY LAUGH
0:24:04 > 0:24:06That's great, Patrick. Now all we need to do is get your bank details
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and then we can set up a direct debit.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Actually, I can't.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13But you liked what I was saying?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Just not the way you were saying it.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Sorry, I don't know what you mean.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I'm not a prospective punter, I'm from the agency.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24I...I...
0:24:24 > 0:24:27We've received some complaints from the charity about you.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29What sort of complaints?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Sign-up rates. They're far too low.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I've been watching the way you approach people.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Well, I'm always very pleasant.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39It's too much. Over the top, clownish.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Clownish? Yes!
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I mean, it's about how you effectively engage with people.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47You're not putting on some circus act!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I hate this job!
0:24:51 > 0:24:53I hate it!
0:24:53 > 0:24:57I've had cancer and I've got no money and I need it and I...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00SHE SOBS
0:25:01 > 0:25:03They're coming, they're coming!
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Heston, come on, get rid of the bag!
0:25:06 > 0:25:08DOOR CLOSES (OK.)
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Hey. How'd it go?
0:25:14 > 0:25:18He was a no-show. Oh, well. I'm sorry.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21What's for tea? You've not long had samosas!
0:25:21 > 0:25:25You've been having a go at me all the way home. It's not my fault he didn't turn up!
0:25:25 > 0:25:27OK, please... Why don't we order pizza?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Mine's a margherita. I'll get changed.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Hey. I'm sorry.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39What are YOU sorry for?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Because I know how much you wanted to see him.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Yeah, but he obviously didn't want to see us!
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Well, maybe something happened. Yeah, right(!)
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Perhaps there'll be another time.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52No, Mum, forget it! This was it!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54He's made his decision.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Well, stuff him! Hey.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00And Zaroon! Shak? And the rest of them.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03SHE SIGHS
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I hate seeing him disappointed.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11They had to try. Hm.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Perhaps I should be pleased. For what?
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Aamir not showing means I don't have to face my past.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23OK, Quattro formaggi, or fig and dolcelatte?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25You decide.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35It's clean. Thank you.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I'm sorry. Ooh, no.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39No, it's your job.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41And if I'm not performing, then...
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I didn't know about the cancer.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Oh, well, it's gone now.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52So, what were you doing before this?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Well, I've had lots of jobs.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Admin's my forte.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I was working at the Mill Health Centre.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I had quite a lot of responsibility there.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04So, this isn't really your thing? No. Huh!
0:27:06 > 0:27:09What if we can find you something back in the office?
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Really?! Yeah.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14We've taken on some extra contracts and we could do with the admin support. Oh, thank you!
0:27:14 > 0:27:16You are my saviour!
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Cometh the hour, cometh Valerie Pitman!
0:27:26 > 0:27:29But the flipping Icon bar? Why on earth did I say that?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Well, you probably feel safer on home territory.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36You want me to pay to upgrade my office skills just so I can apply for jobs?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Well, surely it will benefit you in the long run?
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Weren't you listening?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41No, I don't want to worry the kids.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Ruhma.