0:00:51 > 0:00:54You know each chain is supposed to represent a dodgy business deal
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Jacob Marley did in real life?
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Why do you think Dad bottled it?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I'm far too busy to be messing around on stage.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Too scared you'll be pelted with rotten veg, more like.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Right, well, that should hold it, at least for the technical rehearsal.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I'll run it under the machine when I get a bit more time.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11There you go, Mum, this one's for you - it looks official,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13like it's from a solicitors.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- So much for the father-daughter chat.- Thanks.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Talk about moody.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27It's probably just girl stuff. Leave her to me.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28All right. See you later, yeah.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30See you later.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Bex, it's for you.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43It's the Christmas present I got Shaks.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Oh, I take it you two have had a row?
0:01:46 > 0:01:47He, um...
0:01:49 > 0:01:50He dumped me, Stacey.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56And he didn't even have the guts to tell me face-to-face,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59he just changed his status to "single".
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Online?
0:02:00 > 0:02:01In front of everybody.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I even got a sad face from Dennis Rickman.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08I just wish I could disappear.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Come on.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Sign Michelle, Mark and Tim's card, everyone, please.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Probably won't get there till Easter but better late than never, eh?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23- Louise?- I'm busy.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Denny?- You want me to help with your lines for tonight?
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Are you deaf or what?
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Donna, it's Roxy. Yeah, look, I'm sorry to leave you in the lurch.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35I'll sign for you, Phil.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38I've got a taxi booked.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40What?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Tony's going to go along and check West Ham's new ground out.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I said I'd go along.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- On your own? - I won't be on my own, will I?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49I need to get out.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51We've got a visit from the social services today.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54We talked about this. Jay's staying.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I don't want to cause any more hassle.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I'll deal with this, Jay. You just sign the card, yeah.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Ben. Ben.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15You'd better put your football shirt on.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25I'm pushing the boat out a bit here, Abi, but my clients,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29they'll expect a bit of an occasion after 55 years.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31You know, they appreciate the effort.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Grandma...
0:03:33 > 0:03:36It's like the same with Christmas, you know, it's the way you put
0:03:36 > 0:03:41things together, you know, that makes it worth the eating. What?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Um, about Christmas.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Um, Mum wants me to go down to Exeter.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Oh. Oh, I see.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Well, I rather thought she would.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Well, we want you to come, too.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59I mean, we can catch the train down after your retirement do?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Oh, no, I don't think so, thank you.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I can't be bothered with trains.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Anyway, I've got plans of me own.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Have you?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Well, you didn't think I'd be slaving over
0:04:11 > 0:04:15a hot stove the day after me retirement, did you?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Right. See ya.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I found a list of clubs to visit, see which ones offer the best deal,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48and I'll just sort it cash in hand cos there's no other way this time of year.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50You can't take another day off work.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I'm sick, aren't I? Anyway, look, my sister's hen
0:04:54 > 0:04:56is worth one little white lie, isn't it?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Look, don't do anything too fancy. We've got a lot on with the move.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Yeah, all the more reason for a big blow out.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I mean, this is your last Christmas in this place.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Don't you mean OUR last Christmas?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09No, count me out.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10We'll start as we mean to go on.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Rox.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18You're still family - what's Amy going to think?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21She won't even notice as long as Santa's been.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Anyway, there'll be a present from me under the tree.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32She's right, Ron.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34It should just be the kids and us this year.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35I don't know.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Christmas without Amy...
0:05:38 > 0:05:41If that's what she needs to do to get through it.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49He's out there on the stall with Kush. I just blanked him.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- What if he comes in? - He wouldn't dare.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I just can't believe I gotta snog him on stage. Urgh.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- What have you...?- Bex, go and get yourself a blue plaster,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02and YOU come back when her shift is over.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Mum, what time do you want me to take the costumes to St Cuthbert's?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Oh, the ones at the house, 4.30 at the latest.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16I had to drop Mick's off at the Vic so Linda can force him to try it on.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Actually, Ben, listen, I'm glad you came in.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24I wanted to tell you before you found out from Ian.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28The deed poll arrived.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29It's official -
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I'm Kathy Beale again.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Look, you're all right about this, ain't you?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37We've been through all this, it's what you want, innit?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40You'll always be my son, it doesn't matter what I call...
0:06:40 > 0:06:42It's all good, Mum. Whatever.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43I'll see you at four.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I thought it might've been that little toe-rag.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07I tried to speak to her but she wouldn't tell me.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10She doesn't want you kicking off.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13To be honest with you, I'm relieved. Better now.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Least we know what he was after.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Yeah, um, the thing is, Martin...
0:07:19 > 0:07:22She's going to absolutely love that. Merry Christmas.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Oh, man.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Come here!- Martin! Martin!
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Come here!
0:07:34 > 0:07:36You're a big man now, are you?! Come here and face me like a man!
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Martin, leave him! - What the flaming heck's going on?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41This little scumbag used my daughter for sex,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44and then he just drops her like a piece of dirt!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47What is wrong with you, Martin?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49She's right. You're acting like a nut job, not a father.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53I ain't going to take parenting advice off you, am I?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Stacey, watch the stall.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05You should've seen him, Sharon, he was actually walking, he really was.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06I couldn't believe it.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09That's wonderful, Linda, I'm so pleased for you.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11It's going to be the best Christmas ever.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Oh, Sharon, I'm sorry, it was a stupid thing to say to you.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Don't be daft. It is going to be the best Christmas ever.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21I'll make sure of it.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24So you're all going to Whitney's and Lee's, are you?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27That's the theory, though how they'll do a turkey dinner in a kitchen that size, I don't know.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- That's true.- I'm not giving it the big 'un, L,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34but I think these strides are a little bit tight, don't you?
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Sharon.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43So, the rumours are true then?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Sharon, stop it!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46A vulnerable 16-year-old girl.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50I feel for Bex, obviously, and if Shaki was disrespectful...
0:08:50 > 0:08:51- If!- Just back off, mate.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55They're teenagers, Martin, they're contrary. What can you do?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57You can bring 'em up to know right from wrong.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00At least I'm here. Where's Bex's mum?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Where's Shakil's dad then?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03OK, this is going nowhere. It doesn't justify you
0:09:03 > 0:09:06squaring up to my kid brother, all right - that is assault.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09And we will call the police if we have to.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Right.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20I will thump Shaki myself, so help me.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I just hope he had the good sense to use protection.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Well, he had some.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27You knew they were at it, and you never said?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I will talk to him, Mum, all right. Just leave it with me.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Better be off.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Call it a fiver.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42All right, see you later.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Don't you ever, ever do that again!
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- What, defend my daughter?- No, land me in it with Bex so you can bang
0:09:50 > 0:09:52your chest like some big ape.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I'm angry with Shaki an' all,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57but humiliating Bex in front of the whole market?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Martin, that is just plain cruel.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Go on, go and sort it out with her.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Bex, sweetheart.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Go...away.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And tell Stacey, "Thanks".
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Thank you for ruining my life.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Stacey was just worried about you.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36She was concerned and so am I.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I just...
0:10:39 > 0:10:41dealt with it badly.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43If you two cared about me,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46you would not go telling the whole world my private life.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I will never forgive you.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Martin.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Look, why don't you just give her some space to cool down, eh?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Go on.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Bex.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Sometimes parents get it wrong.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I should know.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21But whatever your dad did,
0:11:21 > 0:11:26he did it because he loves you and you are his number one.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Yeah, right.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Yeah. Right.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Dads have been kicking off about their daughters' boyfriends
0:11:32 > 0:11:33since the dawn of time.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35That's their job.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Just ask Romeo and Juliet.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40And look what happened to them.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42OK. Bad example.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49But trust me, Bex, you've got unconditional love from your family.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56The simplest thing for all involved is for Jay to move out.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59The alternative is re-housing Louise herself.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I'm not leaving, and nor is Jay.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I'm just trying to find the best solution for everyone.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07You ready to go?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Yeah, take Denny to the church hall, will you? Cheers.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16We have to put the needs of your step-daughter first.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20But we trust Jay, and so should you, you've known him nearly as long.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I do know Jay, and I sympathise.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26But he is on the register, and now he's sleeping just doors away
0:12:26 > 0:12:30from a 15-year-old girl, under the supervision of an alcoholic
0:12:30 > 0:12:32with a history of violence, whose wife seems more interested
0:12:32 > 0:12:35in protecting a sex-offender than his potential victim.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Don't put it like that.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38There is no other way to put it, Sharon.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41So let me make it very clear - unless you and Mr Mitchell
0:12:41 > 0:12:44take appropriate action, we will.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50So 9th of Jan, we get the keys - Ongar here we come!
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Your estate agent's lively. We'll miss you, and the little 'uns.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57No, no, come on, we'll be back all the time to see Roxy.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Assuming she stays.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Right, come on, Laurence Olivier, Johnny'll kill you if you're late.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07- Good. He'd be doing me a favour. See you later.- See you later.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Who knows what Roxy'll do when we move.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11It's not our decision, Ron.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I just want to make sure she's OK.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I know.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17You changed your status?!
0:13:17 > 0:13:18I thought she was going to break up with me.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Oh, that's suave, mate. Class.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24She just seemed so annoyed. Kept wanting to talk.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25If you don't know how to talk to each other,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- how do you expect to have an adult relationship?- Bruv...
0:13:28 > 0:13:31You think you feel bad now? Try and imagine how Bex is feeling.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35You dumped her online, no explanation.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36That is low.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39I'm going to be late.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50Oh, it's exactly the way I imagined it.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Oh, Denise, I've got goose bumps!
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Oh, and you will thank Kush, won't you,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57for stepping in at the last minute?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01He's only got to point, thankfully, but still.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Oh, Lil, look at the snow!
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Thank you, Johnny.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09How are we supposed to have a technical rehearsal
0:14:09 > 0:14:10without the flaming technicians?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I'm so sorry, Derek, it just slipped my mind.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Mum.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23That's the costumes all in.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Johnny wants me to repaint Fezziwig's fireplace.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Johnny seems to have a lot of odd jobs for you today.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Funny that.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33No, it ain't, he's short staffed.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- I was only saying... - I know what you were saying,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41and Paul's only been gone a few months, so have some respect.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Kathy.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Kathy! Erm, you're needed out the back.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57- All right?- Yeah.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Yeah, she's giving me the body-swerve 'n all.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05I'm sorry. I'm an idiot.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Well, it's not just me and Bex you need to apologise to, Martin.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Over my dead body.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Check you out, Scrooge.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Wow! I actually feel like the man.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I'm all right now, but when I go on stage and the lights go down...
0:15:23 > 0:15:25If they go down.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Been a bit of a rick with personnel, down to Johnny, to be fair.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Right, here you go. Try 'em now.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Oh, Mick, I've had two sons and three husbands. I've seen it all before.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Yeah, all right. Thank you.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Lovely, lovely.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Right.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46I love this.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Yeah, well, just make sure that this doesn't get stuck in the motor.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Will you give us a minute, Louise?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Sure.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Bex, I'm sorry.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05I don't want to talk about it.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Maybe you should give your mum a call?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10All I want is for everyone to just stop banging on about it.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Girls, girls, check this out...
0:16:20 > 0:16:21I slipped.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23As if.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25My crutch!
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- It will be. - He was watching us undress!
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- You better be kidding me. - Shame on you, Dennis!
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- Oh, leave him.- He's a Peeping Tom!
0:16:31 > 0:16:34If you don't sack him, we're walking!
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Spare me from working with teenage girls.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Now wait just a minute... - That's not very nice, Derek.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Ever heard of "victim blaming"?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43He's all right, you know, just young, ain't he?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Just natural curiosity, eh?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Would you be saying that if it was your daughter?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49For goodness' sake, we're due to start in five.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Come on, guys, places, please.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- What, he just gets to get away with it?- Please, please, please.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Let's not ruin things with a storm in a teacup now, man.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01I mean, we've all worked too hard for this.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Dennis.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Your mother will be informed, and I am giving you a formal warning.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10And you can apologise to the girls.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12It was an accident.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15I'm sorry, all right.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Right. Right, places, boys and girls.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28You got anything else to say, you have to go through me.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Shaki. Come here.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Have you any idea the position you've put me in with the Fowlers?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Yeah, I think I get the picture.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Jay, call me when you get this.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Hey.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54You look done in.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Was it a good day at any rate?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Yeah.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Well, tell me all about it when you've had a good rest, yeah.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Just come to pick up my drill. The gravestone's a bit skew-whiff.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Oh, and heads up, Dennis has been perving at the girls.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Yellow card.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18It's what normal boys do, ain't it?
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Normal boys?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Normal?!- Ben...
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Can't you see when he's had enough?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28It's not all about you.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- SHARON:- Jay, call me when you get this.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08MUSIC STARTS SUDDENLY
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Sorry, slip of the wrist.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Fezziwig partygoers?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Partygoers! Come on, cast.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Couple of minutes, it's a quick change.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24It won't do on the night.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27OK, while we wait, let's check lighting for the kiss.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Young Scrooge and Belle, hit your mark.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36MUSIC STARTS SUDDENLY
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Sorry!
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Oh, thanks, love.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Listen, about what I said earlier.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48I know how much you miss Paul...
0:19:48 > 0:19:51No, Mum, I overreacted.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Look, how about I buy you a drink in the Vic after this, clear the air?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Yeah. I'll see you over there.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03And cue the kiss.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08I hope you snog better than you do it,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11cos by all accounts you're a massive fail.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21MUSIC STARTS SUDDENLY
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Sorry!
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Yeah, there wasn't really much in it,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28the club in Shoreditch had a cancellation
0:20:28 > 0:20:31but they throw in a floor show, so...
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Roxy, have you been drinking?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38I might have sampled a few cocktails as part of my research, why not?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Oh, ooh, Amy's Christmas presents.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42She asked for this doll.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45She asked Santa for it so I thought I'd...
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Why don't you want to come round on Christmas morning
0:20:59 > 0:21:01and watch her open it?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Nah, you're all right.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I'll be sleeping off a hangover, anyway.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Well, what about the afternoon then?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15No, I best not.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Roxy.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24If you don't want to go through with this adoption,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27then I won't do it. Not if you're not happy.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29I owe it to Amy.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Happy?
0:21:33 > 0:21:34I'm working on it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I will get there in the end if you just let me.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Rox.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Santa doesn't come until Christmas Eve.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Oh. Yeah.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50DOOR OPENS
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Hey, here's trouble.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Hey Amy, are you looking forward to Santa?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Listen, because you're such a lucky girl,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09you're going to get an extra present in the afternoon.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11I love you.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Bye.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Bye.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Everything OK?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Yeah, it will be.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Who's for fish fingers?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Yay!
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Eggnog?
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Thank you, yeah.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34So we simplify the costume changes, cut down
0:22:34 > 0:22:38on the number of partygoers, keep the snow until the first night
0:22:38 > 0:22:40otherwise we're going to run out,
0:22:40 > 0:22:44and under no circumstances do we let your mother near the music.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45She was only trying to help.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49I know. Oh, and last but not least,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51make sure we've got a technical crew.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Man, I tell you, I can still feel the adrenaline, you know.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Yeah, and that's without an audience.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Sounds like it was a triumph.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Yeah, apart from the missing crew.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- And the Peeping Tom. - And the angry director.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Erm, Carmel.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14About this morning, I just wanted to say...
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Yeah? That you were bang out of order and you're sorry?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Well, I wouldn't put it quite...
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Yeah, yeah.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Well, if you must know, I'm ashamed of Shaki.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30- I raised him better, and I'll be having a word.- OK.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Maybe I should go straight back and have it out with him now.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Give him some space, Mum, all right.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40I'm only staying here for one - I'll look in on him on my way home.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Wake me up when Bex is 25.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45You were a teenager once, remember?
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Considering what I got up to as a teenager, doesn't really fill me full of confidence.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Well, Bex is a smart cookie.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53So long as she's got parents she can talk to, she'll be all right.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55- Bruv.- Cheers, mate.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Stace.- Oh, thanks.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Right, everyone raise your glasses - I've got a toast to make.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04To my mum, Kathy Beale.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07ALL: Kathy Beale.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Look at that, Gran can rest easily in her grave now.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Well, when me and Pete first got together,
0:24:14 > 0:24:15I thought she was going to eat me alive.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Gran was a pussycat.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20She could be a battle-axe if she wanted to be, take it from me.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21That's where Pauline got it from, I suppose.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23You calling my mum a battle-axe?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I'm just glad she was on my side.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27- I wish I'd met Lou.- Me too.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30You did. All right, you were just too young to remember it,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33but I tell you, you were the apple of her eye.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34All us Beale boys were.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35Well, I'm a Fowler.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Try telling Lou that.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40She gave poor old Arthur a hard time, didn't she?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42To the Beales and the Fowlers.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44And...
0:24:44 > 0:24:45the Mitchells.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52- ALL:- To the Beales, the Fowlers and the Mitchells.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Hey.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Where is everyone?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Phil's asleep. Denny's been sent to bed
0:25:03 > 0:25:08for bad behaviour. Rox has gone AWOL, Louise is with Bex,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and Ben, well, who knows?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Been a bit of a long day.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Sharon, I'm going to make life easier for you.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I'm going to move in to a hostel, first thing.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24You listen to me, Jay.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Social Services have got their priorities, and I've got mine.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Now this could be Phil's last Christmas and I want all
0:25:33 > 0:25:35his family around him, OK.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Yeah?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Hey.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Come on.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Yeah, Ibiza-themed cocktails, tapas, male strippers.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Well, make it equal opportunity strippers, and I'll come.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Yeah, all right. It's Ronnie's last chance to cut loose.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54She's going to thank me, you know.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- Feeling better, Rox?- Yeah!
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Yeah, thankfully.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Good. Cos you're going to need all your energy to find another job.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Listen, you bought the last round.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I don't mind, you've all got things to talk about.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20I'm going to head off after this one anyway.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Ben, son, there's something I want to ask you.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Thought so.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I was just curious what he wanted.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Doesn't matter what he wanted, he's not getting it.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Which is why I'm deleting him from your contacts
0:26:45 > 0:26:47and un-friending him on everything.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Did you talk to her?
0:27:03 > 0:27:07I apologised, but Bex ain't interested.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10It's over.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Probably for the best.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15At least you did the right thing in the end, mate.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Hey, it'll get easier.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20I'll stick the kettle on, yeah.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- SHARON:- He just seemed so broken tonight.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36What if he gives up hope?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- JAY:- We won't let him.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39I'll stay, I promise.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44We'll deal with everything after the holidays, yeah.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48But this Christmas, it has to be perfect for Phil's sake.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50And it will be.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Thanks.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Well, enjoy yourselves without me.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59Mum's asked me to Ian's for Christmas. I said yes.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Ben!
0:28:00 > 0:28:02This family don't need me.