27/08/2012 EastEnders

RADIO PLAYS

-28th of August tomorrow, baby.

-Our special day?

And what do we do for that special day - do you remember?

-We make a cake.

-SHARON CHUCKLES

Oh, Patrick, could we use the kitchen later, please?

Lola! Lola!

Wow!

Aw! Aw, she's beautiful!

Lexi. Her name's Lexi.

Lexi - that's lovely. So, how are you? How's everyone? How's Jay?

Well, how was Costa Rica?

Oh. Yeah, totally brilliant. Awesome.

So, Jay, he's OK? He's not still annoyed with me?

I've got to go. I've got to get to my parent and baby course.

Sorry, I'll get in trouble if I'm late.

Did Phil say something to you on Saturday?

He didn't even come.

Well, wasn't he supposed to take you to your dad's grave?

Hm, but he never showed up.

Don't care, does he?

TV: 'It's papier-mache.

-'It's rather a sweet little thing - do you like it?

-How much is it?

'It's marked at £32.

-'He'll come down on that a bit.

-I don't think that's very expensive.'

You don't have to visit somebody's grave to remember them, you know.

Why do you think I go and watch Dagenham & Redbridge play?

It's because my son, Paul - that was his team.

Yeah, you just have to try and remember a place

where you were both happy. Hmm?

Go and get some flowers.

You can choose a place where you want to put them.

-What if Andrew sees me?

-Ah, he's gone. Left last week.

You can do it, son.

Hello! Mum? Dad? Lauren?

Hello?

PHONE VIBRATES

Mum, I'm home. I got an earlier flight. I wanted to surprise you.

I hope you haven't left for the airport.

-86p.

-CHANGE RATTLES

-Seriously?

-MASOOD CLEARS HIS THROAT

Zainab.

Tamwar's taken Kamil to the zoo.

They're going to be out all afternoon.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

-Don't forget the chocolate!

-Masood, stop it!

-HE PURRS

-Ain't seen you smile all day.

-It's not illegal, is it(?)

-It should be.

All right, Alice, look at me.

Whatever you do, right now,

whatever you do, promise me you won't smile.

-Alice, what did I say, eh?

-I'm not five years old any more.

-OK, it still works, though, doesn't it?

-Two pence short.

Yeah. Um... Hang on. Lucky sock.

Hey-hey! Oh.

And I'll have a scratchcard as well, please.

-You're going to gamble away your last pound?

-Got to be in it to win it, haven't you?

Oh...

Why don't you just get that one? It's half the price.

-Which means it's rubbish.

-What, because it doesn't have a fancy logo

-and a massive marketing budget?

-Exactly.

I've won! I've actually won!

-£10?

-Yeah, I'll have another ten scratchcards, please.

-I am on a winning streak.

-SHE SIGHS

Nah, it's all too cheap. Come on, Al, let's go.

Thank you!

Nope... Nope.

Oh!

You'll get us a drink, won't you?

I think you've had enough, don't you?

SHE COUGHS

Shirley, come here. Come on, come with me.

SHIRLEY GROANS

See this? Hm? It's off! Cos if I keep it on, Mum will only call me

to say that she's missing that one crucial streamer for Abi.

She's doing my head in.

Well, it is a bank holiday. I deserve time off!

-She excited to see Abi?

-She's brickin' it a bit, but...

You should have some time off, you know, Al.

You work too hard. And they don't pay you enough,

which is why she's always got to buy the cheap stuff,

so do me a favour, Al. Take that. Take it.

-And go enjoy yourself, all right?

-What are you going to do?

I don't know. Girls, make sure she smiles, will you?

Yeah.

Aw, I would love a big brother like that. Wouldn't you?

Listen, Alice, I'm really sorry for telling Anthony that you like him.

It was really out of order.

You know, I don't think Anthony did try it on with Whitney.

Listen! You're too good for him. Take it from me - I know.

You can't help who you like, though. He still makes my tummy feel funny.

You sure it ain't a bug?

My Auntie Eileen married my Uncle John cos he made her tummy go funny.

Turns out she had gastroenteritis.

Er, Mr Mitchell!

Hello.

-Is Jay in? I've got him a present.

-Jay don't live here any more.

Oh. Where's he gone?

SHE SCOFFS

Did Daddy ever make cakes?

-SHARON CHUCKLES

-No, baby. Daddy never made cake.

-Bobby was really impressed.

-Yeah? When was that?

When I told him Daddy was a helicopter pilot.

And was Uncle Ian there when you told Bobby?

Uncle Ian didn't even know what had happened to him.

I said everybody knows.

Daddy died in a helicopter crash at sea. Rescuing people.

Can I show them his medal?

Sharon, I'm just here sorting out rooms. Are you staying?

-Yes.

-No!

I don't know yet.

-Nearly finished, Syed?

-Yeah, nearly.

-Good.

I let the stall go.

-But that's your future, Papoo.

-It's too small-time, it always was.

-What will you do?

-I've reinvested the profit into cleaning products.

-What?!

-What do people always need? A clean house. You taught me that.

-Er, are you nearly finished?

-Yeah, nearly!

-All right.

Right, I'm going to go and see some potential investors. They'll know a good deal when they see one.

A-ha. No more interruptions!

Absolutely not.

Just you, me, the chocolate...

-and Umrao Jaan.

-THEY LAUGH

-Did you get some kip?

-I need a drink.

You need a bath. I'll run you one.

I know how to run a bath - I'm not stupid.

I can do it.

Oh, sorry, darling.

Listen, I know what you're up to, Kat, OK?

With Shenice being away and you wanting to look after someone.

I don't like it when one of the kids ain't here. It don't feel right.

Darling, I know, but she's with her mum, OK?

You've got to let her be with her mum.

-Why don't we go out tonight?

-I promised Fats I'd go over some footy statistics with him. Oh!

-There you are, you beauty!

-You're like a big kid yourself.

-Yes, but you love it!

-I'm starting to feel surrounded by 'em!

ALFIE LAUGHS

-HE SIGHS

-I miss you, Dad.

-Excuse me, have you seen Jay?

-No.

Lola?

Lola! Lola!

-Ah.

-Where is he? Where's Jay?

-He...

-I know he's not at Phil's.

Lola, has something happened to him?

I gotta... I'm sorry. Sorry.

Come on, Michael, it's a great deal.

You've got a cleaning business, I've got product at half the price.

I've got people queuing to be involved.

You don't need me, then.

I'm doing you a favour. But if you're not interested, then...

Ah, reverse psychology. It's a bit transparent, isn't it, Syed?

-I'm supposed to be interested now, am I?

-No. I...

See you later.

-I can do this if you're busy.

-No, he's just chancing his arm.

-Thought you'd be on holiday with your boy.

-Thought you'd be with your girls.

-I'm busy.

-Yeah? Me too.

-You know, I used to own this place.

-Yeah?

-Mm.

It was Angie's Den. Named after Mum and Dad. Family business.

Yeah, that's right. You ran it with your geezer, didn't you? Dennis.

You've got it bad, don't you?

I'm going to talk to him.

-Tomorrow. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow.

-Right(!)

I don't know how he's got the bottle.

-Hey, it wasn't him that murdered Heather.

-Abs dodged a bullet there.

I tell you, he is not going anywhere near her ever again.

He wasn't the murderer, he was just covering for a friend/brother.

-Doesn't make it right.

-I ain't saying it makes it right.

I'm saying that it's Jay, innit?

I mean, what if he tried to tell someone? Huh?

-I mean, what if he was scared?

-He looks sad. Doesn't he look sad?

-I should invite him over.

-No way!

-All right, go on, then. But I ain't coming.

-No, we should invite him over.

-Whitney!

-Cast the first stone and all that.

Come on. Come on, girl.

Lauren!

Lauren!

Er, you all right, Jay?

Crab stick?

-I was looking for Uncle Jack.

-Well, he's not here.

-Do you know where he is?

-Well, your guess is as good as mine

because he didn't come home last night - again.

Only no-one's around and I think something's happened to Jay.

I don't know if he's got a new girlfriend or ill or missing, but no-one will say where he is.

Have you just got back?

Y-Yeah. I know everyone's angry with me because I left him,

but I really care about him.

And I haven't slept in two days because of travelling and...

OK, OK. It's OK.

Um, look, why don't you come in and you can tell Amy

-all about the tortoises, yeah?

-Turtles.

Yeah, turtles(!)

-So are you staying here?

-No. Yeah. No. Sort of.

So is Jay OK?

Yeah, he's fine. He's just had a little bust-up with Phil, that's all.

Is Ben still there?

Do you know what I think we should do?

I think you should phone your dad, yeah?

Oh, Dad, it's me. I'm home. Well, at Jack's with Roxy.

So I got an earlier flight.

He wants to talk to you.

Oh. He's probably got a surprise lined up or something, ain't you?

(Look, she keeps asking about Jay. Do I tell her? Where are you?)

All right, all right, you just hurry up and get back.

Um, you never said where Jay was.

Do you know, I've left something at the salon

and she's due a nap any minute. So why don't you go and look after her for me, yeah?

Roxy, I don't...

DOOR SLAMS

TV PLAYS

KNOCK ON DOOR

Oh, for goodness' sake!

What?!

Hey, Basanti!

Hey, Jai! You missed me?

-Yeah.

-Now, I took your advice.

I told Aliyah how I felt and we're getting a divorce.

That's awful.

-So, I left.

-You left?! What do you mean, you left?

If I'm getting a divorce, I ain't going to live with her, am I?

SHE SIGHS

It's OK. I feel liberated.

It's about time I had a bit of freedom.

-Ah...

-Oh.

May I?

Yeah.

Look at that. HE CHUCKLES

We're slightly more upmarket now, ain't we?

Good job you left.

Dennis got his pilot's licence.

More money in flying helicopters than running nightclubs.

More dangerous, too.

-Guess that's why they pay them more.

-So he...?

Mm.

Oh. That explains it.

I heard he got murdered outside the Vic.

I couldn't see why you would come back to that.

Why? Why did you come back?

I needed Phil.

Excuse me.

I can't just kick him out. You're the one who said he said he had to speak to Aliyah.

-All right, fine. But with a time limit.

-All right.

Umrao Jaan! You're watching Umrao Jaan. I love that film. I love it.

Mum and Dad, eh?

Hey, heads you get popcorn, tails I do.

-Yes!

-I get popcorn. (Popcorn!)

I need to see you. About Dennis.

Sharon, this...

Sharon, it's not a good time.

Phil?

TV PLAYS

DIAL TONE

-VOICEMAIL:

-'Y'all right? It's Jay. Leave a message. Cheers.'

SHE TUTS

Hold tight, man, hold tight. Wait a minute, wait a minute.

You've never been to Notting Hill Carnival?

That is it. You're coming with me, all right? Time to dirty wind and expand your cultural mind, yeah?

-Come on, man.

-GIRLS GIGGLE

-What do you think?

-I will if you will.

-Come on, then.

-Yeah! Good times.

-Liking that. Luce, what about you, babe?

-I can't, I'm baby-sitting Bobby.

-No? Guys?

-No.

-All right. Laters, lightweights.

-HE LAUGHS

-Come on then, girls.

-Should probably get off as well, really.

-No, stick around,

-enjoy being lazy!

-Yeah, it must've been hard, the past few months.

-Yeah. It's... It's like a nightmare that you never wake up from.

-Mm.

I couldn't believe it. I still can't.

Must be easier, though, knowing it's out, eh?

Yeah. Yeah, it is, yeah.

So is it true, then, that Ben hit her over the head with a hammer?

-Whit!

-What? Everyone's talking about it.

-Not me.

I don't want to talk about it and I don't want to think about it either.

I'm not judging you, Jay. I'm just asking -

-was it or wasn't it?

-Just leave him alone!

I ain't some sort of freak!

-I was only asking.

-Yeah, well, nice one(!)

-Whoa...

-Here's to Andrew! Another one that left me.

Oi, oi, you're not on your own, all right? You got me, Kat.

What you need to do, Shirl, is to keep busy. Why don't you come and work here for a bit, eh?

Shirley don't need a job, cos Phil's loaded.

He owes you something, doesn't he?

Yeah.

Yeah, you're right, he does.

You've always got to go a bit too far, ain't you?

HE SIGHS

Ben, he...

He's pleading guilty.

-He wants to do it on his own.

-Brave boy.

Well, he's lucky he don't have to come back here.

This place, it's...

It's not good for people.

There's always something, you know, something to remind you that...

you did something wrong. A bad thing.

I don't know if I want to be here any more.

Why would you come here, Sharon? Why would you come back here?

-Walford's home.

-HE SCOFFS

Well, it ain't the Walford you knew.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

This is cosy.

The door was open.

Sharon, just go. Just go.

-Shirl...

-I haven't come for a chat.

I've come for money.

Where shall we start? Shall we say...

200 quid?

I know you got it, Phil.

You owe me.

You don't want me to let out your dirty little secret, do you?

Ben's...

Ben's pleading guilty to murder.

Shirl, I...

I need you.

I need you.

Shirley!

DOOR OPENS

DOOR SLAMS

HE SIGHS

Hey-hey. You all right there, princess?

All right, darling? You want a hand?

-I've got it. Cheers.

-Here you go.

-Thanks.

-See you later.

-Yeah.

Alfie? Alfie.

Is that job still going?

Yeah, yeah, course it is, darling, yeah.

-Great, I'll see you tomorrow.

-All right, darling.

Fat Boy, Shirley. How many other strays you going to give jobs to?

Kat, come on, sweetheart. She needs the money, doesn't she, eh?

Why are you always so lovely?

How'd it go with Abi?

-Abi?

-Yeah, she's back. She got back a couple of hours ago.

Abi's back?

Yeah, she don't know nothing - her mum and dad ain't around

and I didn't say anything.

Hey!

I thought you might be hungry.

-Another time, yeah?

-No, no, no, Abi! Abi, wait! Abi!

CAR HORN TOOTS

Abi! Oh, darling.

Come here. Oh, I've missed you. Come here, darling.

You all right, Abs? Where'd you get to, babe?

Where's Jay?

# There's a spark in you You just gotta ignite the light... #

-What's happened? He's dead. He's dead, isn't he?

-Of course he ain't dead.

What? Of course not. No.

Will someone speak to me?!

# Cos, baby, you're a firework... #

No!

# Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"

# As you shoot across the sky

# Baby, you're a firework... #

Come on, let's go inside.

But I like it here. I like Uncle Ian, I like Bobby.

-You'll make new friends.

-Why can't I keep my old ones?

Why are we always leaving everywhere?

Denny, we can't stay here. OK?

There's too many memories, too many sad memories.

-But I like it! It's not fair!

-We're going tomorrow and that's that!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, darling.

We'll find somewhere new and we'll stay, I promise.

No more moving around. Promise.

I don't want you to be sad.

Is it true?

Abi, please don't be like that.

Abi, I love you, all right?

Abi, I'm sorry.

Come here.

SHE SOBS

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