0:00:26 > 0:00:30It's freezing out there. I dunno how my fingertips ain't fallen off.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31You've come home to get warm?
0:00:31 > 0:00:34No, I've come home to get my son's backside to school. Liam!
0:00:34 > 0:00:37The stall was really slow yesterday. You can't spend the morning babysitting him.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- Maybe you could do it, then. - Can't. I've got to get to work.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43What's more important - the stupid caff or your grandson?
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Liam messed up, I get it. Don't you think you're overreacting?
0:00:50 > 0:00:52See you later, kids!
0:00:54 > 0:01:00I hope, if I work hard and remain focused,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02to one day...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04become a full-time market inspector.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08See? Flattery, insincerity - everything an employer's looking for.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Think I'll wear that tie that mum bought me.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14You know what she'd say if she were here?
0:01:14 > 0:01:19- AS ZAINAB:- This job is just a tiny pebble in life's golden beach.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21She wouldn't say that.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Oh! Your five-year plan. They always ask you that!
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Dad, it's bad enough I have to go to this interview,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33without pretending it's my life's goal.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36You gotta do what you gotta do.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39OK. How about you? You're a single man now - any long-term plans?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43I haven't had time to, er...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Good job I'm the one with the interview, then.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Finally!
0:01:55 > 0:01:56You look nice.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Yeah, well, I'm going as Nicole Sherbet-dip's body double today.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02I'm being serious!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Don't be a creep, Liam. I'm still fuming with you.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08B, could you run through my interview quickly?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Why didn't you ask me to do this last night?!
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I did try but you were too busy having a go at him, then you fell asleep on the sofa.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- Whit, I'm going to be late for work. - All right, fine.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- You'll nail it. You look beautiful. You're going to school today, Liam. - What d'you think this is for? This?
0:02:21 > 0:02:25- OK.- And you're way prettier than that Nicole bird.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- You all right, Ray?- Yeah. Listen, Morgan's going to need these for tomorrow.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- What's wrong? - SHE SIGHS
0:02:36 > 0:02:37It's just Liam.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40He's been bunking off and he don't realise how serious it is.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Well, tell him.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45What - that I could be sent back to prison?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I don't want to freak the kids out. It's took me this long to put the family back together again.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Let me have a word.- You know what he'll say... "You ain't my dad."
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Nah, nah, I won't give it the old father-and-son chat. This'll be man to man.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Hey, where you going?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- Just going to get me newspaper. - The curtain in the living room is dragging on the floor -
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- can you fix it?- Can it wait until I come back, all right?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- It looks like a crack house from the street! - Yeah, but if it wait until...
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Am I all right to...- Joey! Patrick, you go for your little walk.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- I'm sure Joey will help me out. - What's that?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I need somebody big and handy to sort out my droopy curtain.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- Yeah, look, now, man, I said I'll do it...- There's a breakfast in it for you if you like.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Yeah. Yeah, all right.- Follow me.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30See? Droopy curtains.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Scrambled eggs?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I really have to get to school, you know.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I thought you weren't bothering with all that.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46So, what? You going to go full time at the chicken shop?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Might join the Army.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Go work somewhere hot.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51You're a funny guy.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Look, no offence, yeah?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57You're all right and that but...
0:03:57 > 0:03:58you're not my dad.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Yeah, you're right.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Cos if I was your dad, you'd be too scared to skip school.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Lucky Morgan(!)- Mate, believe it or not, I've been there, yeah?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09No dad. Mum tries her best but gets it wrong.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- You dissing my mum? - Look, let me tell you something.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I'm trying to do her a favour!
0:04:16 > 0:04:18She asked you to talk to me?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21She don't believe a word I say.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I thought you might actually like talking to a man for a change.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26About what?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I dunno. School? Girls? Life?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33There is something, actually.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I hate scrambled eggs.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49You want sauce?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- I'm glad someone's got breakfast. - Toast in the toaster.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54No, it's burnt and there's no more bread.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57What do you want - red or brown? Say brown.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58- How come he gets that?- Milk's off.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Will you lot stop whining? I've been up from stupid o'clock washing your sheets.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- PHONE BLEEPS - This is a bed and breakfast, Kim - the least you can do is breakfast.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Give me a minute - we're doing maintenance.- That's Sharon. I'd better go.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- No, Joey, look, it's still...- I'll sort it later, yeah?- Joey, please!
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Happy now?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Look at that!
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Right, can I have that bacon roll?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23What's all this racket? And what's burning?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Kim's excuse for breakfast.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Patrick, don't start! It's not your problem!
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Yeah, because you're too busy making eyes at the young boy.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31I said, mind your business!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Lauren!- What are you doing?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Are you going to clear this place up? I've got homework to do. - Yeah, so have I.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I heard you tell Whitney you've got none all week.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I'll ring Mum.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58She's gone, remember? They both have.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I'm going back to sleep.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Who lives in a B&B anyway? - You what?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Oh. Yeah, well, you run it - that's different.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I kinda like living there, you know?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17There ain't no cooking, no cleaning, no taking out the bins.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20They're places people pass through. Give us that chair, will you?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Oh. Yo, yo, yo... Wait, wait.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Come on now, man, I can lift a chair, you know.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- I know, but why should you? - Because it's my job.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33But they only give you a couple of rums - they're paying me.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35You just take it easy, Mr T, all right?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39I can't wait to retire. I'm going to spend my whole time sunbathing and watching horror films.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Look, now, man, I am not retired -
0:06:41 > 0:06:42it's my job!
0:06:42 > 0:06:44So can I get on with it, please?
0:06:46 > 0:06:47There you are.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52All right, darling.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55We'd better do something quick or we're going to lose this pitch.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Liam moans about not having the right clobber, the right trainers.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- I reckon that's why he don't like school.- Kids always find something to moan about -
0:07:02 > 0:07:04the colour of your hair, your mum's wallpaper.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06My mum had really bad taste in wallpaper.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- I do reckon if I had loads of cash and he looked the part, he'd behave himself.- You reckon(?)
0:07:11 > 0:07:15When they're Tommy's age, you can't believe they could give you this much grief.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17The amount of things that Tommy's been through, yeah,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20he's going to grow up to be a teenager from hell.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23You are lucky that Alfie's there to keep him on the straight and narrow.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I'm lucky that Alfie's there? Yeah(!)
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I'm only joking! You're a great mum.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30No wonder we're not shifting this stuff!
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Just hope he knows that I tried my best.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Me too.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Listen, you be all right here for a minute?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Well, it's not exactly the January sales at Harrods, is it? Where you going?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00All right?
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Hi.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Now, er...
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Now, either you can't tell the time or you've got a drinking problem.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08I'm not here for a mojito.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I definitely know the big hand from the little hand.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Right. So, what? You lost, then, are you?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15I'm here to make you very happy.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19I'm very hard to please.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21And I don't give up easy.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Joey, I've got a few calls to make and then...
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Er, yeah.- You all right?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Yeah. Yeah, yeah, no, I reckon I've got this one covered. Thanks, Sharon.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38So, er, tell me more.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39I've survived childbirth
0:08:39 > 0:08:43and God knows how many Royal Variety Performances - I think I can cope.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- OK, well, I'll be back for the lunch rush.- Yes.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- You OK?- Yeah, I guess.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51When did kids get to be so cocky?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Bianca practically told me I was a loser earlier.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Tamwar asked me about my five-year plan.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- And?- I'll start with a cup of tea, please.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Sweeping the streets? I can't imagine you sweeping the streets.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05It's just a small fraction of the job.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- How small a fraction?- Massive!
0:09:09 > 0:09:11You know what? A job's a job, innit?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12They're paying you, so who cares?
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Yeah, but you've always wanted to be a...
0:09:15 > 0:09:17play worker person.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I'm so nervous.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Dunno why - it's only a week's work at the play centre.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- What about you? How you feeling? - Um...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28like my life is over before it started.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Drama queen!
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Er, can you learn to knock? I could've been doing anything.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Oh, yeah, like what?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Sorry. But listen, this girl outside...
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Where are the Valentine's flyers?
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Eh? Er...
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Cos there's none out on the Square
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- and we've sold eight tickets, Joey. Eight.- Yeah. No, I know, Sharon,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53but I was going to do it on the way to work but then Kim stopped me...
0:09:53 > 0:09:54- Oh, Kim?- Yeah.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- If you spent less time flirting with the customers..- Yeah, that...
0:09:58 > 0:10:01..and messing about with Kim when you should be doing your job,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I wouldn't have to tell you off, would I?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Are you telling me off?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08You know, this job ain't some place you use to jazz up your social life.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12The way you carry on, you're losing me cash rather than making it.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Oh. Is that right, is it, yeah?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Right now, Joey, you might be a luxury I can't afford.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Thank you.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Yeah, right.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Door!
0:10:22 > 0:10:24DOOR SLAMS
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Coffee when you're ready, Carol.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34And for me, as well. Working hard again?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I've been grafting all morning, actually.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38What you going to do now?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Pick a winner in the 2.15 from who knows where?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Oi, Patrick's worked his whole life for the right to take it easy.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Yeah, retirement's the reward for all that graft.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Hey, I'm not in the knacker's yard yet, you know.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59There's Kim complaining about having too much work and I can't get enough.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01It's not easy these days, is it?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Look at your Tamwar - it's a real shame, isn't it?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Boy with his brains sweeping the streets.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Mm. Means to an end.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I might get that tattooed on my forehead - keep him going. And me.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15It's like Bianca - rubbish boyfriends, rubbish jobs.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Prison. Feel like I've failed. It's like history repeating itself.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Is this where you tell me you've served time?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24You know what? I think I'd enjoy the break!
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Anyway, she seems determined to make a go of this stall.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29So maybe things are on the up. There you go.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Is, er... Is that burning?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Oh, no!
0:11:32 > 0:11:36I'll have to start all over again! Lucy is going to go mad.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37You...
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Oh!
0:11:39 > 0:11:44You're forgetting, you are in the company of an experienced purveyor of aromatic delicacies.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Oh!
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Told you I'd make you happy.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Yeah, I know.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Right, come on, then.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Unbelievable.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Oh, Sharon, this is Meesha.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Yeah, I remember from when you were entertaining her earlier on my time.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Now you're doing it with my champagne!- Just listen to me for a second, please, Sharon.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08You wanted me to earn my wages, yeah? Tell her, please, Meesha.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Wedding planning. Top to toe, from hen dos through to honeymoons.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14We'd love to have R&R on board as a venue.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Weddings?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Yeah. Why not? We can get ourselves a wedding licence.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22But for now, Meesha's just sorted us out a joint do, for stag and hen, for 40 people.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26They're local and don't want to be trekking into town and back. This place is perfect.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Really? When?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Tomorrow.- We can't. Tomorrow's the Valentine's party.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- That we've sold eight tickets for. - But there's too much to organise -
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- we'd have to get it decorated, bring in loads of...- All you need to do is keep the drinks flowing.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42And enjoy the sound of money going into the till.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Think you'd better get me a glass, Joey. Well done, babe.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57When we make our first mill,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Terri Singlehurst'll be the first one to get a free drink.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Who's Terri Singlehurst?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04This girl who used to go to my school. She had a massive crush on my stepdad.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09She married this geezer with a warehouse in Hackney. She's only given me the whole lot for 50 quid.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10You're kidding!
0:13:12 > 0:13:16We shift these, Liam can get them silly trainers he wants, no problem.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- Look at that - that's lovely. - I know! 50 quid!- 50 quid!
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Tam needs to start studying now - better himself.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31A little bit of sugar.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- Really?- Yeah.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I feel so guilty.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37It's not your fault.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Only loaded people can put their kids through college these days.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43My Anthony couldn't have made it through medical school
0:13:43 > 0:13:46without his student grant, you know. See you.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- See you later.- Er...salt.- Yeah.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56Thank you. So I sit and watch my son rot in a dead-end job until he can afford it too?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57It gets me so angry!
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Stir.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04What you doing?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Hungry? Want something to eat?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08I'm fine.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I'm skint anyway.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Get a chicken pie or something?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Why does no-one listen to me? I'm not hungry!
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Er, I do nothing but listen to you.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22I know how many guinea pigs you've had,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I know how long turtles are pregnant for...
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I meant no-one cares what I want.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29You don't want a pie?!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Jay, I've got all this to do, the house is a tip,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Lauren doesn't give a damn.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38My dad obviously doesn't, and my mum - my mother - won't even answer her phone.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Starting to realise you're the odd one out in the family. - That meant to make me feel better?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Because you're beautiful...
0:14:50 > 0:14:54..and brainy and more mature than all of them put together.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Keep talking.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00It ain't going to be for ever.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03We'll have our own place soon, then you can have all the peace you want.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Yeah, until you get home.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Just...take a deep breath
0:15:10 > 0:15:12and rise above it.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Carol, can I have a chicken pie with two forks, please?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Yeah, yeah. In a minute.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20I'm starving.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23That is actually lovely curry.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Told you - it's Zee's family recipe.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28You got to stop looking at what you can't do...
0:15:28 > 0:15:30and focus on what you can.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Are we still talking curry here?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34We are most definitely talking curry.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37There you go. Cheers, darling.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Here y'are. Few more months of this and I reckon we can have ourselves a little holiday.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- How about Marbella? - You been on the alcopops again?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49I'm going to make my little man proud of his mum. You got to aim high, Bianca Butcher.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I'll go and get us a couple of little jacket spuds then, shall I?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- That's aiming high! - PHONE RINGS
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Hello.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Yeah.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03OK.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08SHE SIGHS I'm going to kill him.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Right. I think we're done.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Yeah. I'll have a little bit.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- Mm!- What do you think?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Now, what would that Jamie Oliver say? Pukka.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Ha-ha! Pukka.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Do you think Lucy'll go for it?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28She's her father's daughter - long as there's a few quid in it, of course she will.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- I hope so.- You know, me and you are going to show our kids -
0:16:32 > 0:16:34they're not the only ones going places.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- You seen Liam? - Why, ain't he at school?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44No, he seems to have an allergy to the place.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- He having problems?- He will have!
0:16:46 > 0:16:48He swore to me - he promised me - he'd go there today.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Come on, Bianca. All kids bunk off now and again. I did it.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Don't tell me Carol never had a visit from the wag man.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- Think you know it all, don't you, Shirl?- You know what, I'm going to say it before you do, yeah?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I was a rubbish mum. But this? This is no big deal.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Well, it is to me!
0:17:02 > 0:17:04You on some kind of mission to prove you're mum of the year?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- You're winding me up, ain't you? I'm going.- Your kids have paid for what you did
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and now you're making 'em pay again, going all Gestapo on them.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15No wonder Liam's skipping school. Next thing, he'll be skipping your house.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- Yeah, he will. That's right, cos the social'll be slinging 'em in a kids' home!- What?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I'm on probation, Shirl. And if he carries on the way he does,
0:17:22 > 0:17:27they're going to end up putting me back in prison, if you really want to know why I'm angry!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Come on, it's all right. Sit down.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35STEREO PLAYS: # I won't think about
0:17:35 > 0:17:38# All the things that could go wrong
0:17:38 > 0:17:40# Nothing left to shout... #
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Yes! Come on, you want some? Get it down you.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Look, we're on our own now. Let your hair down.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Do you not miss them?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Do you not care that we're totally ripped apart?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Again.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Least we agree on one thing, eh?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Our family is completely screwed.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06It's not like they ain't tried to work it out, Abi.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10I've got friends and they don't even remember their parents ever being together.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- And that's horrible.- That's what I'm saying. Dad's only over the road,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Nan's in the laundrette and Mum and Oscar will be back.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22The way we've grown up - all together, well...
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- ..it's over.- Don't say that.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30I hate it, too. Course I do. But...
0:18:32 > 0:18:34..now the only thing we can actually do is just...
0:18:36 > 0:18:38..carry on as normal.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50That boy thinks the world of you.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Otherwise he'd have done what I asked.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59Then maybe you should have a chat with him about prison. Bet that'd get his bum back there.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Just cuts me up even thinking about it.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I'd never want the kids to know what it's really like in there.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Being inside?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13I still have nightmares about being in there.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I mean, I wake up...
0:19:17 > 0:19:19I never thought I'd say this,
0:19:19 > 0:19:24but I am just so happy to be back in my house on my Square.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And not in that place.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32You have a little bit of a laugh and a joke in there - you have to.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38But there are people...
0:19:40 > 0:19:42..that are just going to be in there for years.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48That just really, really gets to you - y'know what I mean?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I just want to wake up in my bed
0:19:54 > 0:19:58with my kids screaming and arguing over the telly,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Whitney nicking my perfume
0:20:00 > 0:20:03and my mum moaning like she's always done.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09I will do anything not to go back to that place. I mean it.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14You ain't going nowhere.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21- If you see him, will you tell him I'm looking for him, yeah?- Yeah.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Thanks, Shirl.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Thanks.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Mm!
0:20:36 > 0:20:39It's wicked - and the market traders will love it in this weather.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- And all the numbers work out for you?- Yeah, definitely.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- I mean, if you can cope with demand if it takes off.- I'm born ready.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I am trying to hold it together for my kids, including your son,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52and you go and stick a time bomb under it!
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Whatever you said to Liam, he didn't turn up at school again today!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58The boy's just trying to test you, find his way.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00If he's disrespecting you, then that's not my fault.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Right, come on. Let's go home...
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Er, Carol?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11"Free period", eh?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Oh, I hate school. No-one knows what it's like.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16You ever wondered what it's like for your mum?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Sometimes you don't know the full picture. You understand?
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Bianca - she would never have kicked off like that for nothing.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Think about it, Liam.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Now go home.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35And be nice.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51For as far back as I can remember, you've always said,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55"Don't do what I do. Study, see the world, have a life."
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Yeah. So what did you do?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02I didn't listen to my mum and dad either.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06And look at us. We both left school with no qualifications
0:22:06 > 0:22:09and ended up having kids when we were still kids.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- I want better for him, Mum. For all of them.- So do I.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15But, you know, you're really busy on that market stall.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18What am I meant to do - sit about all day watching Escape To The Country?
0:22:18 > 0:22:22No! I'm just saying, running a business is really hard - it's time-consuming.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24He just needs you around.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26So what do I do?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Just listen to him. You know, he's... He's still Liam -
0:22:29 > 0:22:30he's still your little boy.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39It's Zainab's recipe.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I get 50p for every curry sold and Lucy pays for all the stock.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- Sounds good.- I've been working out ways to cut back.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49We can save up to £130 a month -
0:22:49 > 0:22:51that's nearly two grand a year!
0:22:51 > 0:22:52- How?- Ah!
0:22:54 > 0:22:59No satellite TV, value-line toilet roll, value-line bleach,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02washing-up liquid, shower gel - which doubles for shampoo.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07No takeaways, no DVDs, computer games, music downloads.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- No magazines, newspapers, cinema, theme parks...- Dad, stop!
0:23:12 > 0:23:13OK?
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Why don't we just steal a police car and then just drive it into a court?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Because prison sounds better than that.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24It's not for ever. If you get this job and this cafe thing works out,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27we'll get you to university in no time.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It's a high-vis vest.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37It's MY high-vis vest.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I got the job. I start next week.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Why didn't you say anything?! Well done!
0:23:44 > 0:23:47How do you feel?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Relieved. Cos if I hadn't got the job,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53you would have had us wearing bin bags for boxer shorts.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58You know...Lucy's given me some cash up front.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05This is for your first textbook.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- I thought you'd be at work. - Kat can cope on her own for a couple of hours.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Oh, no, no, no. Smell.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Can't you smell? It's your favourite. Lasagne.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- What, you made it?- Yep. - Not from a packet?- No.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- You put baked beans in?- Yep. I told you. It's your favourite.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35And Ray's got the kids for a little while,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37so it's just me and you.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Sit down.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56DANCE MUSIC PLAYS UPSTAIRS
0:25:03 > 0:25:06MUSIC QUIETENS
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Well, me and Kat sold about 20 of them.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18So was thinking, I'll use my share to buy them new trainers that you want.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- Really?- Yeah. Want some more?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Nah.- You did like it though, yeah?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Yeah, it was well nice.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Been ages since we done this - just me and you - ain't it?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I was thinking before -
0:25:30 > 0:25:34we were together on our own a long time before Tiff was born, weren't we?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39I used to think it was funny, having a boy as my best mate.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41You're so lame.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42What? You were.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44You thought I was the bees knees, innit?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Still do, though, don't you?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52PATRICK HUMS
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Sorry I've been a cow.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59You've got a lot on your plate.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Unlike me.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Look at that! Eh?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I mean, these young people nowadays -
0:26:07 > 0:26:10they don't know how to do a job properly.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Just leave it. I'll get someone in.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Don't tell me you think that I have gone past it and I can't hang up a curtain, huh?
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- You're just like the rest of them. - All I'm saying is, just leave it, you don't need to bother yourself.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Patrick!
0:26:31 > 0:26:33HE WHIMPERS
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Patrick. Patrick!
0:26:35 > 0:26:38You're a good kid, Liam. All right - you're not a kid.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41I know that. I know you better than anyone.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45In a few more years, if you want to chuck it all away, that's up to you, but not while you're living here.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48One afternoon off school and all this?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51And what about today?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55D'you want to know about today?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I told you I was going to school. But you didn't trust me, did you?
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Do you know, that copper said if you don't go school, I could go back to prison?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05They might have a welcome-home party.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08What did you just say?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10I didn't go cos I thought
0:27:10 > 0:27:11I may as well be the loser
0:27:11 > 0:27:13you think I am.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14I don't think you're a loser.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Runs in the family, don't it?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Don't you EVER talk to me like that!
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Why? What are YOU going to do?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I'll tell you what I'm going to do!
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Tomorrow, I will take you to school
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- and I will walk you in that flipping classroom if I have to.- Yeah?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Try it.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Why are you doing this?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36You don't know me better than anyone.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38You've been banged up half my life.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40You don't know nothing about me!
0:27:40 > 0:27:42And if anyone is a waster, chucked their life away,
0:27:42 > 0:27:43it ain't me.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45It's you.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- I'm warning you now, Liam... - For my trainers -
0:27:50 > 0:27:52you know, I'll buy them myself.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55I probably earn more money than you anyway.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58And actually, next time, get the proper beans,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00not that cheap rubbish.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- That is it! Don't ever talk to me like that!- Bianca?!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Bianca!
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