0:00:27 > 0:00:33- He's with her.- What? No, don't be stupid. Just try him again.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37How hard, Abs? How hard have I got to try?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39It's Uncle Derek's funeral.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Lauren's down the police station, God knows why,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45last thing I need is a paranoid mum!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48RINGING
0:00:51 > 0:00:53I can hear a phone. Can you hear a phone?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55There's hundreds of phones in Walford, Abs.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59No, no, no, I can hear Dad's phone!
0:00:59 > 0:01:03I love him, Lucy. I do! I'm completely in love with him.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05I only said that stuff to make you feel better.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Lucy, Lucy, listen to me, right, you cannot prove anything!
0:01:10 > 0:01:12So if you go in there, I...
0:01:12 > 0:01:14We will both just say that you're lying.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Caught me.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Have you got heating in this car?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I hope someone's keeping their eye on the time.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Where are they all?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- Joey, Joey, come here. - There a problem?
0:01:50 > 0:01:57- DOOR SLAMS - Carol, look, whatever you've forgotten, it'll keep. Carol?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59HE SIGHS
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Look, all we need to do is be there for Derek now, like you said.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Abi!
0:02:15 > 0:02:17What's the hold-up?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I don't know. Lauren's having some sort of drama.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Another one?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Well, you could borrow Whitney's.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Yeah, I'm sure it's just been a mix-up, darling.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Oh, yeah. Lauren and Lucy. And a police mix-up.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39Right, I'm going to have to go, Al. But I'll be back, don't worry.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44- Oh, Joey, promise me?- All right.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50- Fatboy can drive. - Whatever, mate. Trust me, won't you?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Everything is about you, isn't it, Lauren?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I mean, you sit on your backside doing nothing all day,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02just drinking your pocket money...
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I don't have to listen to this!
0:03:04 > 0:03:05You have no idea!
0:03:05 > 0:03:10Getting up when it is still dark, falling asleep over the accounts...
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Look, I wake up every morning still and I don't know
0:03:14 > 0:03:16if my dad's going to be there.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Lauren, the one thing that I had to hang on to is that...
0:03:20 > 0:03:24I don't know, maybe once I get my head straight...
0:03:26 > 0:03:29He's not just a bloke, Lauren.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31What?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34You said... you said you didn't want Joey back.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Yeah, and you said you were my friend!
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Lucy, please. Please, please don't wreck my whole life.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44You said you were my best friend.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Carol, will you put your coat on, please, and do that later?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Will you just shut up!
0:03:58 > 0:04:00BEEPING
0:04:08 > 0:04:12'I'm sorry. The number you have dialled has been disconnected.'
0:04:21 > 0:04:26I thought you were with her, you know?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Yeah, I was.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31But it's fine. She's gone.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Good.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- Look, Carol had a word with her an' all.- Oh, right, Carol did?
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Yeah. What was she sticking her nose in for? I was always going to tell her to go.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Don't need Carol forcing my hand. - Oh, don't you?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Did you think I was going to spend my life biting my tongue?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54None of us know how long we got, Max.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Ain't it about time that sunk in?
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Our daughter is down the police station.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05If you ask me, Carol wants thanking, not bad-mouthing. I mean,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07you give a woman like Kirsty the tiniest bit of hope, right,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09the slightest bit of encouragement,
0:05:09 > 0:05:13and we are talking bunny boiler here, they never leave.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Babe, all I gave her was her train fare home.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Good. Finally.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Maybe you give your wife a divorce and you and me
0:05:23 > 0:05:25could do more than just sleep in the same bed.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Will you two hurry up!- No, I can't. Lauren's at the police station.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Joey's gone. He'll sort it.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Can't you let Lauren just stand on her own two feet for once?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38I have to be there.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Do what you want. I'm going to find Jack.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Uncle Derek cannot be late for his own funeral, Mum.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49See, even today, even today that man is pulling your father's strings
0:05:49 > 0:05:50like he's some sort of puppet.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Right, we'll ring her in the car. Come on, we'll ring her in the car.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Alice, you will be all right.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04A friend of mine once told me that
0:06:04 > 0:06:07the trick with funerals is to take one step at a time.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11You're so kind.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13No.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Dad knew you were kind.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Alice, you really...
0:06:18 > 0:06:19That's it, right?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22All else fails, you take a sniff of the lavender oil, yeah?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Good girl.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32At last.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37If your beau gets a wriggle on, we'll nearly have a full house.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Perhaps they're having a couple of private minutes together,
0:06:41 > 0:06:42brother and sister.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49It's traditional to follow the hearse at five miles an hour.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53If Jack walks fast, he can catch us up.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Oh, come on. Drive on, eh?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Carol, do me a favour. Can you deal with this later, please?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11How could he do that? Have you seen the date on this?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Not to tell me. I mean, how could he?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16He knew how I felt. And Bianca. And the kids.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20David needed my help. He virtually begs!
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Do you know what kind of state he must be in to write this?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Listen, we're going to leave the house now!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Get off! All the times that I forgave Derek.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32All the allowances and the second chances. Poor little kid!
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Poor little kid, my eye! He was a spiteful bully.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I mean, Derek got off on throwing his weight around, didn't he?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I mean, seriously, Jack. Was there something mentally wrong with him?
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Yes, all right. Quite probably, Carol. It's quite probable, innit?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49But we can't go back, can we?
0:08:49 > 0:08:50And wishing it was any different.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52We only get one shot at it, don't we?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I can't forgive him for this. I can't. I'm not coming.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- You're not coming?- No.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Right, fine. That's your choice.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Just remember. Regret ain't just a word, is it?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Everything all right, Jay?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Yeah.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Er, a small tea, please?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Cheers.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Could try reversing, bruv.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Going down one of the one-ways if you want.- No. No.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02No? OK. Do you want a mint?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Here, man, you could have a mint. - I can drive myself.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08All right. It's OK, brother. Chill out. It's not a problem.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I like a good conversation.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I'm not saying I expect a conversation, you know.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22On a day like today. Your mind's in other places and that.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25And we don't want another crash, do we, so...
0:10:28 > 0:10:31You know, if you was Mo Farah, you could sprint that.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41So, why do you think Lauren's gone to the police station?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Not that it's any of my business, you know.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46On a day like today.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Brother, the amount of times I've wished my dad dead.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Not really dead, obviously, you know.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57There is a big difference between wishing it
0:10:57 > 0:10:59and wanting it, ain't there?
0:10:59 > 0:11:03But my dad, man, he's a wreck.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06You know, I don't care what my life turns into
0:11:06 > 0:11:09as long as I don't turn into him.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I texted him at Christmas, you know.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Poppy made me so I texted him at Christmas.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15She's got the family and the socks and the cake and that.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20And I thought maybe, just maybe I could have a slice of that.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Cos I think that she could be it, you know?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29I think that she could be... Do you get what I'm saying?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I mean, how could he not want to meet her?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34You cannot not like her if you meet her.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I mean, he might not be bothered about
0:11:36 > 0:11:39me, but you'd go the extra mile for Poppy, man!
0:11:39 > 0:11:41You know, you'd climb a mountain, bruv.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44You'd brave the burning building.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47You'd meet me halfway at least for a slice of pizza or something.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48But no. Nothing. No reply.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Man didn't even text back.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- You all right, mate?- Hm.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59You didn't choke on a mint, did you?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I owe him. I owe him.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03OK. Joey?
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Oh, OK.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19# And now the end is here
0:12:19 > 0:12:25# And so I face the final curtain
0:12:26 > 0:12:32# My friend, I'll say it clear
0:12:32 > 0:12:38# I'll state my case of which I'm certain
0:12:38 > 0:12:44# I've lived a life that's full
0:12:44 > 0:12:51# I travelled each and every highway
0:12:51 > 0:12:57# And more Much more than this
0:12:57 > 0:13:03# I did it my way. #
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Please be seated.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Where is she? Where's Nan?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Where've you been?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39He'll be here, all right?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41And thank you for coming here today
0:13:41 > 0:13:46to say goodbye to a loving father, brother and son.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Derek Branning.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Lauren!
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Is that what you think of me?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06What, do you think I ain't honest?
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Listen to me, all right? I know I don't say... I have...
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I have missed you every single day.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20I'm not even a mate. That's what she said.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Let alone good enough to be with you.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Every day, Lauren.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30I'm a drunk, Joey. That's what she reckons.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Always looking for something to take the edge off.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Do you think I'm a drunk?- No.
0:14:35 > 0:14:42No, no, I'm not. OK, it was one drink!
0:14:42 > 0:14:44It weren't like I was smashed, was it?
0:14:44 > 0:14:51And yes, I know I risked us both but...your dad's right.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57I shouldn't even be allowed out. We shouldn't be together.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59You think it too, don't you?
0:14:59 > 0:15:04Lauren, he saved you! He saved you, Lauren. And me.
0:15:04 > 0:15:11When it came down to it, Lauren, he stepped up for us, didn't he, eh?
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Yeah, he gloated. He used it.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23But he risked everything.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Everything for us...
0:15:27 > 0:15:29like a dad.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Lauren...
0:15:35 > 0:15:40he was more of a man than I ever thought.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Don't... Don't go. Don't go in there.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Please.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Please, Lauren.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Not today.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00I can't say goodbye to you an' all.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09There we go.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12To bad rubbish.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13- Bad rubbish.- Hm.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Feels good, that feels good. I feel good.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23I feel happy, you know, like when the doctor gave you those pills.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- No. My doc didn't give me no pills.- Medication, yes.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29I feel good, you know.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34I don't know, no more of them relationship conversations.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36You know, or going through your wife's knicker drawer
0:16:36 > 0:16:38looking for clues.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39No. No, no, no. I'm happy now.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I'm in a good place now, you see. That's where I'm at.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47Cos I'm uncomplicatedly happy with an uncomplicatedly lovely girl.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Alfie, uncomplicatedly, right, it ain't a word.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Let me stop you right there.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Cos jealousy is a very destructive emotion, young man.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Look at me, look. I'm living proof.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Look how happy I am. Living proof, eh?
0:16:59 > 0:17:04Will you stop it with the self-satisfied smug grin?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Listen, mate, it's only a matter of time
0:17:06 > 0:17:08till another Mrs Beale comes through...
0:17:08 > 0:17:10What number is it again?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Mrs Beale, we are looking for... it's got to be number 87.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Number 87, come through that door right now. Yeah.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19No. No, no, no.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Even better though, I've got a beautiful blonde girl who can
0:17:21 > 0:17:24introduce you to her beautiful blonde sister.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I think you already know her, don't you?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29She's off her nut and banged up somewhere.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- Cheers.- Cheers.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41What, your horse come last, did it?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45What have I told you about throwing your money away, son?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47You on your own?
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Yeah. Yeah. Abi's, uh... Well, it's the funeral and that, innit?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Right.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Derek's a pillock anyway. Abs don't need me there stating the obvious.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Tell me about it. He's a grade one, ain't he?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01I ain't applied for any of them.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Care assistant? Means night shifts.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05I can't apply for any of them,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08cos I ain't got the NVQ, whatever that is.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Well I didn't really have you down
0:18:10 > 0:18:15as the sensitive bum-wiping type, really.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16What?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Well, you... With your house, and your business,
0:18:19 > 0:18:21and all your other stuff.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24What? You pay off your mortgage and your memory gets wiped?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26You think being broke only happens somewhere else?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Do I look like I can afford a sensitive side?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Do you want a bit of dinner?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Marie, do us a favour, get him a bit of dinner, will ya?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36No, I'm all right, thanks, I'm all right.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38You've had Lexi to sort, ain't you?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41And I ain't actually your son, am I?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44So, it's all right, something will turn up.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I can sort my own dinner, thanks.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Jay.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Do you want your old job back?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Well, yeah.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days
0:19:03 > 0:19:07of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Amen.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10ALL: Amen.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14And now, a few personal words from Derek's sister, Carol.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24OK. How about Joey?
0:19:26 > 0:19:32No? Well, erm, that's...
0:19:32 > 0:19:37So, if no-one has any readings, a few words...
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Poem?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Mum!
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Mum! What are you doing? Sit down.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Someone's got to speak up for him.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35Derek Branning was an obnoxious, difficult, pig-headed little man.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Yeah! He was!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I'd have cheerfully swung for him this Christmas.
0:20:43 > 0:20:49One of those people it's best knowing at a distance.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Close up, they give you a headache.
0:20:53 > 0:20:59That's all well and good, but it's got to be lonely, ain't it?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05The thing about Derek was he knew...
0:21:07 > 0:21:09..he knew what he stood for
0:21:09 > 0:21:13and he had the courage to say his piece and be damned.
0:21:13 > 0:21:19Which as a matter of fact he often was, really, wasn't he?
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Come on, all you lot had a pop. Don't be shy.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Put your hand up, anyone here ain't fell out with Derek Branning.
0:21:36 > 0:21:43One thing we can't argue about, he touched all our lives.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Made an impact.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49You know there was a time
0:21:49 > 0:21:52when the East End was full of men like that.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Proper East End gents like Derek.
0:21:56 > 0:22:03Men in their prime. Men getting involved. Principles.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Loyalty.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Guidance, like it or lump it.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Yeah.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14You can call that arrogance if you like.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Sexist.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I call it manners.
0:22:21 > 0:22:27Arm across the road and a nice little drop of malt whisky.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Just like our dads.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Protecting his nearest and dearest.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40And he did love you, Alice. More than words can say.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Ten years.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00A decade. That's a long time.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Missing out at Her Majesty's Pleasure. Locked out.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Everyone carrying on without you.
0:23:23 > 0:23:29You know, Derek told me he kept going all those years, ten years.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40He hoped that one day he'd get a chance to make it up to you all.
0:23:42 > 0:23:48Derek shouted so much cos he wanted someone to give a monkey's.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52He wanted to be at the head of your table, Max.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Because he wanted to be part of it.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00He wanted to be at the centre.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Derek Branning.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Loud, sentimental, old-fashioned fool.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15He wanted his family to respect him and love him.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21He wanted to be at the heart of it.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24And at last...
0:24:25 > 0:24:28..just for a moment...
0:24:31 > 0:24:34..they're all here for you, Derek.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37They're all gathered round.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Please stand.
0:24:56 > 0:25:02We now commit Derek's body to be cremated. Earth to earth,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04ashes to ashes,
0:25:04 > 0:25:05dust to dust.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10In the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14# That's life
0:25:14 > 0:25:17# That's life
0:25:17 > 0:25:19# All the people say
0:25:21 > 0:25:25# You're riding high in April
0:25:25 > 0:25:27# Shot down in May
0:25:27 > 0:25:31# But I know I'm gonna change that tune
0:25:33 > 0:25:35# When I'm back on top
0:25:35 > 0:25:39# Back on top in June
0:25:39 > 0:25:40# I said that's life
0:25:40 > 0:25:43# That's life
0:25:43 > 0:25:46# And as funny as it may seem
0:25:46 > 0:25:49# Some people get their kicks
0:25:49 > 0:25:53# Stomping on a dream
0:25:53 > 0:25:56# But I don't let it get me down... #
0:25:56 > 0:25:59You said she was gone!
0:25:59 > 0:26:02# Cos this fine old world
0:26:02 > 0:26:05# It keeps spinning around... #
0:26:07 > 0:26:12Joey, it's OK. Joey, come on, breathe with me.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18It's OK. It's going to be all right.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20It's going to get easier... apparently.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Come on, it's OK. He loved you.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31And he knew that you loved him, really. It's all right.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37- You made it, Joey, you were there. At the funeral, you made it.- No!
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- It's OK.- No!
0:26:44 > 0:26:48No. I let him die. I let him die!
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