0:00:26 > 0:00:29Come on, what's wrong?
0:00:29 > 0:00:34You want to have time for a nice little bath before I go to work, don't you?
0:00:37 > 0:00:41I can run you a bath before I take Lily to school, if you like?
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Where's my shoes?
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Bex, you need to eat. You're going to make yourself ill.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Please, Mum?
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Shirley will be back soon and your programme's on at half past.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And it's chocolate.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And you like chocolate, don't you, huh?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Mm.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Hey?
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Don't you patronise me, you silly cow!
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- WHISTLES - Very nice!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- Where did you get them from? - Delivered this morning.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19- They're all right. I'm going to get some new ones tonight. - Old money bags here!
0:01:19 > 0:01:24- Well, I'm not sure Sharon's transfer's going to stretch that far.- Yeah, there you go.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Sharon spoils him.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31How's Bex?
0:01:31 > 0:01:34They're not prosecuting her, Martin. That's a good thing.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38We, er, had our interview yesterday.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Some of them questions the Old Bill were asking,
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- Michelle, I don't think I've ever been so embarrassed.- Poor girl.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Selfish. It's not just about her. It's hitting all of us.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50What am I supposed to say to Lily?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- They took my phone and all.- What?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Just in case I was some sort of paedo.- Oh, Martin, no!
0:01:56 > 0:01:59How long did they say to keep Bex off school?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01External isolation.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I don't know.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Whatever happened to innocence?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I can't get my head round it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Stuck down that police station all yesterday afternoon.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16I could have wept, Dee.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22We think we can sit back and relax.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25We think we've moved on because no-one pinches our bums any
0:02:25 > 0:02:27more, or calls us "sweetheart".
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I thought it was just me.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33And all the time, we're just raising a sexist bunch of little gits,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36who think that sending a photo or a film...
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Oh! All right.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Yeah, some of them, according to the police, of their privates,
0:02:40 > 0:02:45uninvited, to any girl who takes their fancy is actually flattering.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Yeah, but you know, Shakil ain't a bad lad.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52- He's an idiot.- Yeah, but they can be far worse, Carmel.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54It can't be easy growing up nowadays, you know.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57At least in our day, our mistakes weren't permanently recorded.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Couldn't imagine it, could you?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02A world where kids are regularly gossiping about photos of
0:03:02 > 0:03:04each other's bums.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08I've told him, just because the police have let him off with
0:03:08 > 0:03:11a warning, doesn't mean he's not getting punished.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15While he's at home, he does his schoolwork, keeps his head down, and
0:03:15 > 0:03:19keeps doing the jobs that I've given him, until I tell him he can stop.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22It's awkward, though.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I don't blame Martin for getting angry.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Mind you, Bex doesn't come out of this smelling of roses.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Definite vicious streak.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33It's always the quiet ones.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Mm.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Honestly.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39You finally get to the point where you can trust them to make
0:03:39 > 0:03:43their own choices and then they straight off cock it up.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Literally.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Stop!
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Stop!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52It's totally up to you, of course.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54But Jack just wanted me to let you know we've all got to work.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57You do know I didn't send Whitney over on Tuesday, don't you?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Whatever. Point is, he's been doing a bit of digging.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Well, you know, I talked to the boss.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- It's your court deadline tomorrow, ain't it?- Yeah.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Well, how about you walk away, having paid what you owed,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and your bank account will be in the black?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Go on.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Well, his boss, sometimes, not often,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19he buys up business freeholds.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22You know, a bit of persuading, I'm sure he'll be able to um,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24you know, give this place the once over.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Could be the out you're looking for, Mick.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30No.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- What?- Why?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I seriously do appreciate it, Jack.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Don't think I ain't thought about selling the freehold of this pub,
0:04:37 > 0:04:38cos I have.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Your Nan, she's on a lease. Makes no odds.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43You sell your freehold, you lose control.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47See, the mother-in-law, she's got no say in her pricing, she's got no say in her stock.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52She's still got to cover the repairs and all that, and when the lease is up, no guarantee of renewal.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54So this is our dream.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56So the Vic, it stays family-owned.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- What sort of money are we talking here?- Mum, it's just a rough patch.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01So, I'll turn it round, don't worry.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Yeah, you will.- All right, no worries.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Probably right, you know. Best to keep it in the family, if you can. - Yeah, cheers, boys, anyway.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- Thank you.- Good luck, yeah? - See you later.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- You didn't even let them give you a price.- Have you done the barrels?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17You seriously need a reality check, Mick.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Dreams - they don't keep a roof over your head, or stop it from leaking.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Money means nothing, if it's all tied up.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25And seriously, what control have you got over everything at the moment?
0:05:25 > 0:05:30- Mick is still in charge though, Shirley.- Listen, we've managed to pull in two and a half grand,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33ain't we? That shows willing, so I'm going to take that cash down to the
0:05:33 > 0:05:35court and I'm just going to be straight with them.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38This is a solid business. They ain't going to want to see it fail.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42We cooperate. So we suss out a way we can repay what we owe.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45We do whatever it takes. We'll work it out.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Sounds great.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Sounds like way too little, way too late. They told you at the hearing.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54If you don't pay tomorrow, it is prison, Dad!
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Running out of options and burying your head ain't going to change that.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Up to your old tricks again?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- What?- I saw you on Tuesday.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Offering Mick a shoulder to cry on.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Have you come off your HRT or something?- Yeah!
0:06:16 > 0:06:18And I'm watching you, lady!
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Seriously? Are you for real? Talk about pick your time.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Look, I know how stressed you lot have been, right?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Ain't you supposed to be on your own son's side,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30instead of standing there, stirring things up with me?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33You know how drunk Mick got on Tuesday. Do you know why?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Because he blames himself for everything.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38And by the way, Mick is a middle-aged man, for God's sake!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40He's been like a dad to me.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42All I'm trying to do is support him.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44All right? Maybe you should try it.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55# When it's spring again, I'll bring again
0:06:55 > 0:06:58# Tulips from Amsterdam
0:06:58 > 0:07:01# With a heart that's true, I'll give to you
0:07:01 > 0:07:05# Tulips from Amsterdam... #
0:07:15 > 0:07:17DOORBELL
0:07:19 > 0:07:22# Tulips from Amsterdam
0:07:22 > 0:07:27# With a heart that's true, I'll give to you
0:07:27 > 0:07:29# Tulips from Amsterdam
0:07:31 > 0:07:35# I can't wait until the day you'll feel
0:07:35 > 0:07:37# These eager arms of mine... #
0:07:41 > 0:07:43KNOCK AT DOOR
0:07:45 > 0:07:48KNOCKING CONTINUES
0:07:48 > 0:07:50DOORBELL
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Bex?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I thought you had your headphones in.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06What are you calling over for?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Just came to see how you are, babes. Come here.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I mean, where the hell does she get off?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19I know this sounds pathetic,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22but I actually look forward to going in to work.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25They've called me up, I'm on the cake run.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27You know, Shirley's always at the pub.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30She's always at the pub, even if she's not on the rota.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34She should be at home, looking after her own mother, not stirring things and sticking her
0:08:34 > 0:08:38nose in other people's business. And like I'm in any frame of mind to get with any bloke at the
0:08:38 > 0:08:41moment, let alone my ex's dad, for Pete's sake!
0:08:41 > 0:08:43He has got nice eyes, though.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45What?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I mean, I know he's old and that, but...I bet Linda ain't got
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- no complaints.- Lauren!
0:08:50 > 0:08:52What?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53I'm allowed to look, ain't I?
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Just because I'm stuck in the House of Beale with a baby and
0:08:57 > 0:09:01a bloke who thinks a fun night is a bar of chocolate and a box set.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04OK, so Steven still ain't taken you out, then?
0:09:04 > 0:09:05He's turned middle-aged, Whit.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08We've gone from saving for Christmas, now saving for
0:09:08 > 0:09:12a summer holiday, but clearly that's never going to happen anyway, so...
0:09:12 > 0:09:15My whole life is just a long list of routines. It's just...
0:09:15 > 0:09:21I mean, I know we have a baby, but it shouldn't be...
0:09:21 > 0:09:25We.. It's just... It's a little bit boring, Whit.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32You ain't thinking about going to New Zealand, are you?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34No.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Well, there is some things you can do to spice it up a bit.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I mean... 99p.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Bit of imagination and some of those leopard print pants from the market.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Oh, please!- What?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51You're the one who told me Ian's got a doctor's appointment tomorrow,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53so Jane will probably be hanging round with Stacey.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56You'll have the whole house to yourself, all afternoon.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- Leopard print pants?! - Yeah, and edible bras, three quid.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Oh, I don't know. I don't think Steven will wear any of that.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- LAUGHTER - All right?- All right, Dad?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16GIGGLING
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Maybe it is my fault. - Isn't that just like a woman?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Always blaming ourselves.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Maybe a kid needs his father's influence.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Not in my experience, Carmel.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Come on, you know, Shakil's a teenage kid,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34they're going to make mistakes.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Do you think I'm being too harsh?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Oh, Carmel, what do I know?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Maybe I'll get him a sticky bun.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45I'm still trying to get my head around Brexit, never mind
0:10:45 > 0:10:49getting suspended from my job and being fined and an assault charge.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54And don't get me started on the state of this place.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58I don't want to sound like that Walford Facebook lot,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02but what are the council actually doing?
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Well, they did an amazing job after the bus crash, but now, they're
0:11:06 > 0:11:10just holding online consultations about where to put the train tracks.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13It annoys me, these people that are hiding behind their computers,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17faking it, like it's going to make a difference.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20And what is actually needed is a face to face community meeting.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Well, go on then.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26It's no good moaning to the papers, Denise.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Like I keep saying to Shaki, you're in charge of your own destiny.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Not the other way round.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35All right. See you later.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Oh, sorry.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39It's all right, don't be.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44No, just...
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Madison wants to know if you told the Old Bill on them.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Well, Bex, what was I supposed to do? She asked.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54I couldn't not warn her.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Bex...
0:11:56 > 0:11:59If you've got something to say, do you want to say it to my face?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Don't have to cry about it!
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Look at her, she's legit going to cry about it.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I did try to say it, actually. Thank you.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- She called you yesterday morning. - Yeah.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10She called you and you never picked up.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Cos I think that's, like, really disrespectful.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Because they took my phone.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18On account of the photo that you made her post.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23- Is that what she said to the police? - That better not be what you told the police!- No, I didn't.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26I said it was me, all right?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32And I am the only one anything is being pinned on.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36I'm the only one that's done absolutely nothing wrong!
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- Are you going to cry about it? - CHUCKLING
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Look, I've got to go. Michelle will tell my dad if I get another late.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47You know Libby Walker?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51She said she saw her coming out of school Tuesday, crying about it.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Is this cos you still love Shakil?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Do you still love Shakil?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57That is what this is all about, isn't it?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59You do know he's seeing someone else?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Wow!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Oh!
0:13:03 > 0:13:05LAUGHTER
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Then, Lewis Terry said that Jaden Watson said that Libby Walker
0:13:09 > 0:13:12saw her coming out of school Tuesday in handcuffs,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15like proper screaming at the police!
0:13:15 > 0:13:19So then, I go to Miles Kingman, and Bex wants to watch it,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23cos mate, that's the next best meme right there, innit?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26She's such a mess. Literally, no-one likes her.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Are you having a laugh?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Are you having a laugh, bruv? You messed her up!
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- All right, mate. Back off, yeah? - Just cos they can't pin nothing on you. All right?
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Have you been interviewed? Had a formal caution, Keegan? Had your mum crying at you?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Had your ex not even allowed in the same room? - God, you still like her?!
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- You done this!- You mug!
0:13:42 > 0:13:44You done this!
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Oi!
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Miss Canning Town 1958. Can you see? Cos I'm wearing it there.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58My sash with it written on.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Miss Canning Town. They give us a prize and all.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Cos my best pal, Moira Dunn, she was a dab hand on a sewing machine.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08That's her! Look, that's Moira.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12What happened to Moira?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- What happened after they took your photo?- We got chips.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I shouldn't have.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21I got to watch my figure, now I'm famous!
0:14:21 > 0:14:26Pub opposite, it's got its doors open. That song about the daffs.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31No, no. it's tulips, ain't it? That tulip song, what is it?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- # La la-la... # - Tulips From Amsterdam.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Oh, yeah! On the jukebox!
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- That's it, yeah. - FRONT DOOR OPENS
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Do you know it?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41We sat on the wall, me and Moira.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45I goes, don't tell my mum, we've got fellas queuing round the block.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46I thought we were doing a bath.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- I thought you were getting ready for work.- You must have been well proud.
0:14:50 > 0:14:56No. Well... I was only 16. Only probably the best day of my life.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Marilyn Monroe, my dad calls us, when we got home.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Right Bobby Dazzler.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Mum wouldn't like that.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Giving myself airs.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I knew what was coming.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16I tried to hide in the lav, but she took the key out of the door as soon as dad went up the club.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18What did she do?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19She burnt my sash.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21No!
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Made me scrub my face. What's that soap? Smells like, you know, petrol.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Clipped me round the ear.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Told me that over her dead body,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32no daughter of hers was going to make a show.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33She hit you?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Told me not to answer back. She dragged me outside.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40I was giving as good. I'm Miss Canning Town 1958.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Didn't need to see Babe watching from our bedroom window to
0:15:43 > 0:15:46know she was laughing. Nasty cow!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Bruises all the way up my arm.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53She locked me in the coal shed.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Whole night in the coal shed.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Oh, Mum! That's awful!
0:15:57 > 0:15:59What?
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Yes, my mum, yes.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04But I made my fingers bleed, trying to get that door open because
0:16:04 > 0:16:07there was no latch on the inside, you see?
0:16:07 > 0:16:08It was so black.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Took your breath.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Why would she do that?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Yeah, I did say, you know?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Must have been later. Was it a lot later?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Oh, cos she was old, she weren't very well, she was in the bungalow.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21I don't know where my dad had gone.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23On her last legs.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I said...
0:16:28 > 0:16:32"That was one of the best days of my life. Why did you ruin it?"
0:16:32 > 0:16:34She said, "Did I? Don't know. Can't remember."
0:16:38 > 0:16:40DOOR SLAMS
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Will you just take some responsibility?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- I never asked Keegan over. - You opened the door.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04You let him in. You chose to be friends with the boy!
0:17:04 > 0:17:07And then you thumped him all over my living room!
0:17:09 > 0:17:11He's involved, isn't he?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Was it his idea? The video?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Did he tell you to send dirty pictures to your ex-girlfriend?
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Just give it a rest.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Well, he is banned. He is banned from this house! Do you hear me?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28You know, maybe your dad's right.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Letting you think the world revolves around you, breaking my back to sort
0:17:33 > 0:17:37you out, while you make one stupid, stupid mistake after another!
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Can you just for five minutes stop having a go at me, please?
0:17:40 > 0:17:44You are so self-obsessed! All you think about is yourself!
0:17:44 > 0:17:46All anyone thinks about is themselves!
0:17:56 > 0:18:02I get up 40 minutes earlier than I need to
0:18:02 > 0:18:04to iron your school uniform.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Every morning.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10I leave your shoes by the door.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Put money in your jacket pocket.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Make sure you don't forget that rotten phone.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Put breakfast by your bag. Get your water from the fridge.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Find your locker key.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29And twice a week, I pack the half of your PE kit you haven't
0:18:29 > 0:18:32bothered to find the night before.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Then, I wake you up.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38I start my job on the market.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Then, I come home.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45And wake you up again, then I wake you up again,
0:18:45 > 0:18:50and you fall out of bed, moaning because you can't find whatever.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Dive into the shower, leave your wet towel on the floor,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57get dressed, and you walk out the door.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02And sometimes, you say "bye".
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Then I make myself a cup of tea.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12And go back to my job.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15And I do it because I want to.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I want to take care of you.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23I do it
0:19:23 > 0:19:25because I love you.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32What about me?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39TV ON
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I don't know.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44It's just like for a minute then, we got her back, didn't we?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46And she remembered it all so clearly.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I ain't never heard none of that before.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Poor Mum.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56She ain't had much of a life, has she?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57No.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02That's why you would have thought that she could have tried
0:20:02 > 0:20:03a bit harder.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I mean, seriously, Tina, if her mum was that bad to her,
0:20:06 > 0:20:09why the hell did she have to pass it on?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12She never locked you in the coal shed, Shirl.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- She never beat you up.- No. She chucked me down the stairs.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22You know? They should have sterilised her.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Some people should never have kids.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27And just because she's old now,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30don't you go forgetting that she was a cow!
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Unpredictable and you never knew where you were with her!
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Don't you think that had something to do with the fact she was married to Dad?
0:20:37 > 0:20:38I remember...
0:20:41 > 0:20:43I must have been about six...
0:20:45 > 0:20:48..and she sent me down the corner shop to get her fags.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52I knew it was late because it was dark outside.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57But off I went with a smile on my face, a pat on the head and a penny,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59to get some sweets.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02And when I come home...
0:21:04 > 0:21:09..she left me, sitting on the front doorstep in the pouring rain
0:21:09 > 0:21:11for 20 minutes, while she finished her bath.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I was six years of age, Tina!
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Then maybe it's genetic.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Yeah? Maybe some women just ain't born maternal.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- I was never like her. - You weren't there, Shirley.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Neither of us was.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36No mum to tuck them in, to give them dinner,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39to hold their hand when they're ill.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- You was hardly kind, was you? - I did my best.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Really, Shirley?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- Really?- I'm not pretending that I like her, Tina, end of.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50We should never have taken her on.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Everything. Everything's gone on hold.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Someone has to be here to guard her all the time.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58The house smells of old woman and her poxy quiz shows!
0:22:00 > 0:22:04You know what your life's like since she's been here.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Senile or not,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10I am not going to humour that old cow.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I would rather move out of my own flat.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Then, why don't you just do that?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17I'm sick of you slating her.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Finally, the perfect excuse to save you pretending that you live here,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24pretending that you're helping.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- Drugging her with alcohol. - Oh, will you drop it?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29You have always got a good reason to be out of the house,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31from first thing in the morning till last thing at night!
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Do you honestly think I would notice the difference?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Right.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Right.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Shirley, I can't call in sick again.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Shirley! I'm meant to be working! FRONT DOOR CLOSES
0:22:55 > 0:22:58No, I am sorry, but the plan is half-baked.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03It doesn't hold up. Judges don't make random threats and not carry them out.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05He said payment or prison.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07That's what he meant.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Well, I can't pay.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13And you don't think Mum will worry when you go silent for six weeks?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16How are you going to explain that? A nasty case of laryngitis?!
0:23:16 > 0:23:20And what are you going to do about this place? Write us a list?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22And you really think me and you are up to it?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I have got my finals, Whitney. My dissertation.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Your mum can't do nothing.- Yeah, but she has the right to know, though.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Doesn't she?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35What I don't get is why you both are killing yourselves over Lee.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36What?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39You think if you don't say it out loud, you'll save her feelings?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43That Mum somehow won't find out he's left us in several tonnes of debt?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47She has a right to try, Dad.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51OK, OK.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Well, if you don't want to tell her the truth,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I'll go round there myself and I'll do it.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49You forgotten how the key works?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Where are you going?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Prison.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I've let her down again, Mum.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Linda.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I've got to tell her.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I've got to warn her.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11No. It'll be all right.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16You call her tonight at the usual time.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19You have a little chat, you tell her that you miss her.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24You do miss her, don't you?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27It'll be fine.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Look, Mick,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38there is a difference between lying and bending the truth just a bit.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41And what's the truth going to do to her?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45She's going to worry and then you two are going to be at each other.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51You know, there's a lot riding on finding the right partner in life.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54And when you're married to them...
0:25:55 > 0:25:58..it's what makes you who you are.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Just a bit. Don't you think?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04And you've got a good one there.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08She's your best mate.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11That's precious, Mick. It's worth fighting for.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18So you don't tell Linda anything until tomorrow.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20We don't want her to worry.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23And then, you tell her exactly what I'm going to tell them at the
0:26:23 > 0:26:27police station. With a bit of luck, it might not even go to court.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28What?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31It's my fault.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34I knew Babe was selling the booze.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36And you didn't have a clue.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39No.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44That's why... That's why I'm finally stepping up, Mick.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48No.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I'm not asking you, I'm telling you, son.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I am going to get you out of this mess.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Whether you like it or not.