0:00:29 > 0:00:31- Kim, what's happened? - It's Dot, I think.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33What?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39MUSIC BLASTING FROM FLAT
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- Sis, why is there an ambulance? - Dot's had a fall.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- 'Mum, what's going on?' - It's all right. It ain't Old Bill.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Is she all right?
0:00:51 > 0:00:53You don't suppose...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55What?
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Well, it's not like Dot's a spring chicken, is she?
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Do you think she's been there for long?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Hang on, you said she'd gone out. - Did I?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Yeah.- Who saw her last?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Well, I knocked on the door, but there was no answer.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's all right. I'm here.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Oh, Son. I thought you were still in Kettering.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I told you, I'm back now, ain't I?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And by the looks of it, just in the nick of time, eh?
0:01:23 > 0:01:26My bag. My bag. Have you got my bag?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Enjoying the show, are you?
0:01:33 > 0:01:35We're just worried about Dot.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Well, where were you when she was lying in there, eh?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I mean, she's been in there a whole day and not one of you
0:01:42 > 0:01:44has bothered to check on her!
0:01:46 > 0:01:47You want someone to come with you?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I think it's a bit late now, isn't it, caring?
0:01:50 > 0:01:54She could have died in there and not one of you would have noticed!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58At least give me her keys. Let me sort the place out for her.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12She is going to be OK?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Was that sirens I heard earlier? - Yeah.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- They've just taken Dot away in an ambulance.- Poor old girl.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Let's hope she's all right, eh?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Denise, she told me about your little tear up with Derek.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- I'm going to go and find him now. - What happened?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I was too gutless to stand up for what I believe in.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55What sort of lawyer does that make me?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I'm just going to give you some morphine to help with the pain, Mrs Branning.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- Do you hear that? You'll be bouncing off the walls in a minute.- Son?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Who's feeding Dave?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11It's OK. Patrick's looking after everything.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15He's going to see his cake, all in crumbs on the floor.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Could you take me back inside, please?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19We just need to get you checked over first.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21There's nothing wrong with me.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Please, stay still, eh? You'll be all right.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25You'll be back on your feet in no time.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32No, no, no, no.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I mean, this is all my fault, you know?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40You weren't to know she was going to have a fall, were you?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Yeah, but she was making a cake for me and what was I doing, eh?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Chasing after my ex-wife.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47DAVE MEOWS
0:03:47 > 0:03:49How did that get in here?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Go on!
0:03:51 > 0:03:52No, no, no.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55That's Dot's cat, Dave.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56The only friend she's got these days.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Patrick, you've got to stop beating yourself up.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Well, that's easy for you to say. - Where are you going?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I'm just going to see if I can get Denise to come and clean up
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- this place and then I'm going to the hospital.- There's no need. I can call you if there's any news.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Listen, man, I let Dot down once.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I'm going to stay in the hospital all night if I have to.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24MUSIC BLASTS FROM UPSTAIRS FLAT
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Patrick, I've just heard about Dot. Is she all right?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31I don't know, I don't know. I just didn't get the chance to speak to her.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34If that music hadn't been blaring out upstairs, you might have heard her.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I don't suppose you could give the place a tidy for me, please?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Robbie and I need to get over to the hospital.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Of course, of course.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Patrick? I was um... I was hoping you might have an address for Derek.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- Is he still missing? - What do mean, missing?
0:04:49 > 0:04:54- He had a little bit of a meltdown in the market earlier.- It was my fault.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56He had a run in with that Keegan and I didn't say anything.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Look, just give him time to cool off and he'll be fine.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- I'd rather see for myself. - I meant to take down his address.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- I just didn't get round to doing it. - Somebody must have it.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Why don't you ask Martin? Them two go way back.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- Thanks.- Johnny, if you find him, just tell him I was asking after
0:05:16 > 0:05:17him, all right?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Will do.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Where are they taking me?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33The doctor's going to check you over and then probably take you to X-ray.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38- Do I have to?- I think you'd do well to take her advice, Mrs Branning.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Oh, you and all.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43So why don't you just relax and do as you're told for once, eh?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Did you know Sonia was back?- No, mate. I'm the last to know anything.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Dot must have been so scared, bless her.- I know.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55I can't imagine it around here without her.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Talking about her aches and her pains.- And migraines.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Shut up. Dot'll outlive us all. - Maybe we should have a whip round and get her some chocolates
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- or something. - Yeah, we'll have to wait for the Minute Mart to reopen.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- Does anyone know what happened to Derek?- I heard he got the red card.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- What for? Stealing wine gums? - I don't suppose you've got Derek's address, have you?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Oh, talk of the devil. - No, sorry, mate. I was meant to get it, but...- Oh, what?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- You just never got round to it? - Why? Has something happened? - It doesn't matter.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24- Well, obviously it does, Johnny, or you wouldn't be asking, would you? - I just don't understand why no-one
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- bothered to find out where he lived. - Just didn't think to.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Yeah, and people wonder why Dot's been left on the floor on her own.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Mick?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Mick!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42What are you doing? I just put Spring Meadow on here.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45No, no, don't sit down because I've just plumped them.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48What's the matter with you?! She's not coming till tomorrow!
0:06:48 > 0:06:52I don't care. You know what she's like. I want it all perfect.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Are you sure that's all it is? - All itchy, I am.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Look, Mick. All she wants to do is be with you,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59so quit the cleaning and go and go sort your son out.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- He'll be all right. Just needs to let off a bit of steam. Where are you going with that?- To the khazi!
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- You ain't having a pony in there! I've just put bleach in it! - Right, that's it, Mick! Get out!
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- What?- Out!- Where am I supposed to go?- I don't know!
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Go and get your eyebrows plucked and buy yourself a waistcoat! I want five minutes' peace.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Do you know what? I could do with a little spruce up. Don't want her to think I've gone to pot.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Yeah, well, that's the least of our problems.- What do you mean?
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- What if she asks where Whitney is? - Cross that bridge when I come to it.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I just can't believe he closed the shop.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33And if head office find out, it's me they're going to come after.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- People are saying he's been sacked. - Yeah, well, I don't believe that.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38He's always so belligerent.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I mean, but I will be having words with him over his conduct,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44I tell you. I run a very tight ship here.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Right, here we go. Derek Harkinson.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Interests include jam making, that's nice. And amateur dramatics.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- That can't be right, though. - What is it?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59They've got his address down as the Oakhurst Estate.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- You think it's a mistake? - Yeah. It's got to be.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06He's always so well turned out.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Well, maybe...we don't know him as well as we thought.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Thanks, Honey.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Well, can you try orthopaedics then?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Son, how's Dot?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- Don't know. They can't find her on their computer.- What?- What do you mean, they can't find her?
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- They took her down to X-ray and now nobody knows where she is. - Are you saying they've lost Dot?!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34The system probably hasn't been updated yet.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39- So, she could be anywhere?- Why are you still sat there? There's an old woman missing in your hospital!
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Don't talk to her like that! She's doing the best she can. She's already put a call out.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- OK, what are we supposed to do in the meantime?- Just wait here. - No, no, no.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- I want to help.- I think you've done enough already, don't you?- Son.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Fine.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Let's split up.- It's a big hospital.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Well, we'll keep looking until we find her, won't we?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Why didn't you come back with me on Monday?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04I had stuff to sort out.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07You would tell me if you were in trouble, wouldn't you?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Of course I would.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Now, let's just find Dot. All right?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- LAUGHTER - Oh, I was dying of thirst...
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Let's go and get a coffee.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Angels!
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- Don't mind me popping over, do you? - No, mate. No, not at all.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38You come on in. Stacey's just run upstairs to get her gear. She'll be down in a sec.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44- In the meantime, can I offer you a little lager?- No. No, no, no.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I'm cutting down on the old calories before my L gets back.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- What am I talking about? Gives it here.- Thank you, there we go.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Cheers.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Cheers.- Good health.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00I heard my Johnny got a bit mouthy in the bar earlier.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Said something apparently, I don't know.- He's got a lot on his mind, hasn't he,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- what with his exam results and all that, you know?- Yeah.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Still, I bet you're well looking forward to seeing your Linda
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- again, ain't you? - Yeah, yeah. Yeah. I think we've got a lot to talk about.- Yeah.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Oh! Here she is.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- All right?- Old Vidal Sassoon!
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- What are you having? - Well, I know what I'm going to have.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27I'm going to have Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke, is what I'm going to have. So...
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I'll probably just have a trim, Stace. Probably.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33You, um... You heard Sonia's back?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Oh, she kept that quiet.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- What's going to happen to Bex?- Yeah, well, that's what I'd like to know.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Doctor! I'm looking for an old lady!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Could you be more specific?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Well, she's about this tall, brown hair... Well, it's more red, really.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Her name's Dorothy Branning. She went down to X-ray after a fall and now nobody can tell us
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- where she is.- That's probably because our orthopaedic department
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- is full to capacity. - Where is she supposed to be, then?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Well, it's a case of waiting until a bed becomes available, I'm afraid.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- Oh, this is ridiculous!- Welcome to my world! We have an overspill of patients and a shortage of beds.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- You do the maths.- Listen, man, we just want to find out to make sure she's safe, that is all.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20Let me put a call in to our radiology department and see if they know where she was taken.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Thank you.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Er, did you say you were looking for an old woman? Reddish hair?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29- That's right. - She was talking to some drunk in the corridor, down by X-ray.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31What was she doing down there?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Trying to confiscate his can of lager.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35She gave him a right telling off!
0:11:40 > 0:11:43You know what? If Sonia thinks that she can just waltz back in here with all
0:11:43 > 0:11:46her demands, then she can, you know, think again.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Will you stop getting so worked up? You haven't even spoken to her yet.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Mind your hand.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- I always have a scratch up when I'm nervous.- What are you nervous about?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Aw, I bet Linda can't wait to see you.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Just that a lot's happened since she was last here.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Ain't it nice you're together for her birthday?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Ah, you wait till she finds out about our little trip to
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Klosters next year.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Yeah, that's where Charles used to take Diana on holiday.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I didn't know you could ski.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13What? What do you mean "ski"?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Well, it's covered in snow, isn't it? Klosters.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Ah...
0:12:18 > 0:12:21It's only standing about on a couple of old sticks, isn't it?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Mick, you seen the back of your head?- No, Stace. Never seen it.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26What, is he going bald?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- No, it's where it's parted. - You've got spots.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34- You what?- Yeah, on your neck, down your back, on the back of your arms.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Well, what are they?
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Don't know.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39You ever had chicken pox?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- I can't remember. - Well, Amy's had them.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- Is that what you think they are, yeah?- Maybe measles or shingles.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Well, make your mind up, Stace, will you?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- I don't know, Mick! I ain't a doctor!- What do you do? Whack lotion on them or what?- No, mate.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- Not if they're contagious, mate, no. - You're going to have to go into quarantine,
0:12:56 > 0:13:01- especially if Ollie ain't had them. - Leave off! They're coming tomorrow! - Sorry, Mick.- I don't believe this.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Honestly, on my life, I don't believe it. Ta-da.- Ta-da.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Dot?
0:13:14 > 0:13:19- Oh, Sonia. I was wondering where you was.- What are you doing here?
0:13:19 > 0:13:26A nice nurse put me here and she's gone off to find a bed.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Robbie? But you're in India!
0:13:31 > 0:13:34No, I've been staying in Kettering with Son.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39- Oh, right.- I moved up from Milton Keynes, remember?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I've lost track.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- So, how are you feeling now? - Oh! Patrick!- Sorry.
0:13:46 > 0:13:52I'm fine. I've been talking to that young man over there, you know.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57He's intoxicated.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Beer.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I got him to give me his can.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04And what did the doctor say?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Oh, some nonsense about a hip operation,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10when it's my hand what's hurting me.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Good night's sleep, see me as right as rain.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Are you still in pain?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19What?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Are you still in pain?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Oh. I'm bruised all over.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26You know me, Son. I ain't one to grumble.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Excuse me. - Have you managed to find a bed?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Excuse me!
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- My grandma has been left in a corridor.- I'm sorry.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40We tried to find her a bed, but we're full to capacity.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43So she's just supposed to sit out here with a load of drunks, is she?
0:14:45 > 0:14:49We're doing our best to make her as comfortable as possible.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53She is old. She has been on the floor all night.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59All I can offer you is somewhere quiet until a bed becomes available.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Well, I suppose that's better than nothing.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Let me just find a porter.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Shirl, you got Linda?- Yup. I got her here.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Dying to do that for years!
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Mother! Have I ever had chicken pox?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- What are you on about?- Or the measles, or...?- I don't know. Why?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Why? Why?! Get on that! Look! - Tina had them once.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39You remember Dad tried your hands behind your back, so you couldn't scratch yourself?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- That sounds about right.- What? So I must have had them round the same time, yeah?
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- No, not necessarily. - Oh, cheers(!) Double helpful(!)
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Mick!
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Spotty!
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- Do you fancy a pint? - No, I got them chops defrosting.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Are you serious? - Yeah, I'm not wasting them.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10So much for living in the fast lane, eh?
0:16:13 > 0:16:17To think that Dot was lying there on the floor, on her own.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Well, she's in safe hands now, isn't she?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Well, this wouldn't have happened at the old flats.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24People looked out for each other there.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Look, we'll be on our feet soon, don't you worry.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30It's not as though she's going to hear anything, is it?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I mean, all that music going on upstairs.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Good job you've got me, then, isn't it?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I don't suppose you've seen Dot, have you?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42We just went round to drop these off, but there was no answer.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- Told you we should have gone last night.- She's been a bit low since her great-grandson left.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- Haven't you heard? - She had a nasty fall.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- They took her to the hospital. - Thanks.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14What's this? A cupboard?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Just somewhere to tide you over until they find you a bed.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- Who's feeding Dave? - Listen, don't you worry about him.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Let's just concentrate on getting you better, shall we?
0:17:27 > 0:17:32I don't know what I'd have done if you hadn't turned up, Son.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35You must have been very scared.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40I prayed to Jesus for strength.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- And he answered me, didn't he?- How?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46He sent you.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53You're a good girl, Son.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Am I?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Urgh!
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Right, that's it. You ain't staying in here!
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Listen, I've been here three hours now and nothing's happened.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I need someone to come down and have a look at my wife, all right?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Find someone who knows what they're doing!
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I came to kick off,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14but it looks like you've had quite a day of it already.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I'd like to say I missed all this, but I'd be lying.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Well, if I'd known you were coming, I'd have tidied up a bit.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34What did you expect? A pied-a-terre down by the river?
0:18:35 > 0:18:39I'm sorry. I just assumed...
0:18:39 > 0:18:42That a man my age wouldn't be living out of one room?
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Let's just say my pension fund didn't stretch that far, shall we?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Why did you shut the shop like that?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Didn't seem much point in carrying on after I was sacked.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Try as I might,
0:18:57 > 0:19:02it always seems that my past has a habit of catching up with me.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Would you like to come through? - Absolutely.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Think I should check up on Patrick? - No.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24He said he'd come and find us if Dot needed anything.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I'm not surprised you went private!
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Talk about chaos!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33They're doing their best, Robbie.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35MOBILE ALERT
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Oh, it's from the estate agent.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- We've passed the credit check. Yes! - Oh, that's good, isn't it?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Oh, wow!
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Who'd have thought it, sis?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Me with a managerial job, plush new apartment by the station.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01You do know that every room has got underfloor heating, don't you?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- And an en-suite. - Bex is going to love it.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08You have asked her if she wants to move in, haven't you?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Haven't you?
0:20:16 > 0:20:20- You can't just make the decision for her!- She's my daughter, Rob.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22And what about Martin?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Sonia. Oh, hello, Robbie.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30- So how's Dot doing?- As comfortable as you can be with a fractured hip.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Oh, right. Well, where is she?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- Still trying to find her a bed in orthopaedics.- That is ridiculous!
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- Have you spoken to someone? - Of course I have!- Well, you obviously haven't tried hard enough,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- otherwise she'd be in a ward by now! - Who do you think you are, waltzing in here, giving it the big "I am"?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Look around you, Ian! People are run off their feet!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Dot has paid her taxes, like everyone else,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- and she's entitled to a bed! - She shouldn't even be here!
0:20:52 > 0:20:54If she had friends and neighbours looking out for her,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- she wouldn't even be in this mess! - Now, hang on a minute!
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- Then again, she's not the first person you've neglected lately, is she?- I beg your pardon?
0:21:02 > 0:21:06From what I heard, Louise is lucky she didn't die from alcohol poisoning!
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Mrs Fowler, we managed to find your grandmother a bed.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Thank you.- Can we see her?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14It's a bit late to start caring now!
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Don't you think?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20'Could you describe the spots, please?'
0:21:20 > 0:21:23What do you mean, describe them? They're red.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25They're itchy, they're... They're blotchy.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27I mean, I could ask them if they've got any names.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30'I can't help you, unless you can provide me with more details.'
0:21:30 > 0:21:33All I need to know, darling, is if they're contagious. That's all I want from you.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- 'I'm afraid I can't help you, unless you can describe...'- You know what? Just forget about it, all right?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40And let's hope I don't scratch myself to death!
0:21:40 > 0:21:44You know what? I think you did have chicken pox when you were little, cos you
0:21:44 > 0:21:47tried to drink a bottle of calamine lotion.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- What are they though, Mother? What are they?- Kids ever had it?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53I don't know. L used to sort all that stuff out.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- Probably gone by the morning.- I look like Spotty Man from SuperTed!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00It's not funny.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02What do you want me to tell Linda?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08I can't risk Ollie getting it, so tell Tina to bin them decorations.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10There ain't going to be no party, is there?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- There you go. - They can't just sack you.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18There's a statutory notice period.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21They can do what they like.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24But it's unfair dismissal.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28If an employer sacks you or forces you to leave,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- then they're breaking the law. - I lied on my application form.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Well, that's still not enough reason to fire you.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38It is, if you fail to disclose a criminal conviction.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Right, we're going to try and fix that hip for you tomorrow,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- Mrs Branning.- You sure you're old enough to be a doctor?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Well, I've got my driving licence here, if you'd like to see it.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03My Dr Legg, he trained at one of them university hospitals.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Ever such a good bedside manner, he had.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08So, what's the procedure?
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Well, we're going to be performing what we call a DHS operation.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- What's that, when it's at home? - We'll insert a screw into the...
0:23:15 > 0:23:18A screw?! I shall be like the Tin Man!
0:23:18 > 0:23:20You've got a nasty fracture, Mrs Branning.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23This operation's imperative if we're going to get you mobile again.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26You have to listen to the doctor. He knows what he's doing, Dot.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27It's all very well for you, Robbie.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30That's what they said about your grandfather.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33And look what happened to him. He went downhill.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Oh, I shouldn't be here.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I should be at home, feeding my Dave his kippers.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Dot, Dot, the sooner you have the operation, the sooner you'll go home.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Why don't I let you sleep on it? - Sleep?!
0:23:42 > 0:23:45You don't get much sleep in here,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47not with all that racket in the corridor.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50I can feel one of my migraines coming on.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57And I shall probably be struck down by one of them germs.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59You know, them MDMAs.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02You'd better bring the vinegar in next time you come, Son,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04and a cloth, and wipe down my surfaces.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Oh! Talking to me as if I'm senile.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11I shall decide if I'm going to be stapled together!
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Whatever it is you've done, I'm sure we can sort it.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- It's too late.- At least let me try.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23You wouldn't understand, Johnny.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- It was a different world back then. - There you go again.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Why can't you just accept help when it's offered?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33You know what? Forget it!
0:24:35 > 0:24:36I was 22.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43I'd just left the Army to go into teacher training.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45And I was living in a flat in Deptford.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48With Pip.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50My partner at the time.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Things were all going very smoothly, until we had a break-in.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00I knew better than to call the police, but Pip, well,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04he just assumed they were there to help.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06What happened?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Oh, they came to the flat, took some statements.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Then they arrested me.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Why? You'd done nothing wrong.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- Pip was 20, Johnny.- And?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24The homosexual age of consent was 21 at the time.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29As far as they were concerned, it was just gross indecency.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I was sentenced to nine months.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36By the time I got out, Pip was married.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Wouldn't even acknowledge me when we passed on the street.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46That's terrible.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48That's life.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Just had to get on with it.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54What about the teaching?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Oh, once you've been branded a pervert, there was no going back.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00So I just did the best with what I'd got.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I got married.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Had a family.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11I did what every red-blooded male was supposed to do.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Seems so unfair.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19No point in getting angry about it. The show must go on.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24So, what will you do now?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I'm thinking Eastbourne.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Must be some summer season I can help prepare.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31You're leaving?
0:26:31 > 0:26:35As my friend Pauline once said, no good ever comes from looking back.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40So, if you don't mind now, Johnny, I've got some packing to do.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51ALARM SOUNDS
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- Yeah, well, you'd better get used to that sound.- What?
0:26:56 > 0:27:00That's the trouble with this place, once you get in, you never get out.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Oh, no. Not me.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- I won't be here long.- Oh, yeah. Well, that's what I thought.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09A month on and I'm still stuck here.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Got family at home, have you?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15No.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19No, not since Abi, my granddaughter, left, no.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Oh, yeah. Well, you're the same as me.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24No use to anyone any more.