0:00:23 > 0:00:25Come on, kids.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49You'll not be needing that.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51But, Mum...
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Do as your dad says.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- And you, madam, phone away, yeah? - Why?
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Because it'll only set him off moaning about the other contraption.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02See you at six, yeah?
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Yeah, see you at six.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10You used to love the pictures.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I'm not watching a kids' film, Dad.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14But your brother's too young for a 15.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And so are you for that matter.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Dad, nobody's bothered.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21I'm bothered! Does your mum let you watch stuff like that?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24I could've watched it on my own and met you afterwards.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I see little enough of you as it is.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29We do things together, as a family.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Shouldn't we have invited Mum, then?
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Mum is doing her own thing.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35This is our turn...for fun stuff.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Like baby films. - It's not a baby film, is it, Dad?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- Course it's not, kiddo. - It's a cartoon.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- So? - Cartoons are for kids and babies.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Give it rest, the pair of you.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13What are you banging on the door like that for?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15What are you playing at changing the locks?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- Keep your voice down. The whole street can hear you.- Well?- Well, what?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- You won't get away with this. - Get away with what exactly?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Locking me out of my own house. - Your house?
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Yeah, seeing as I pay for it, and everything else in there...
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- Here we go...- You can't just evict me from my own kids' lives,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33no matter what some stain of a lawyer says.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34I have rights.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Yeah, well, if I want the locks changed on my house that's my right.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Yeah, well, we'll see about that.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Come on, kids, your dad's waiting.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44This is my house too.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47WAS your house, when you were married.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59How about that other one we looked at - make your own fashion jewellery?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Nobody would be seen dead in that, Dad.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04There must be something here that you want.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07I never got anything outside of birthdays and Christmas
0:03:07 > 0:03:08when I was your age.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- Couldn't I just have the money? - No, you can't.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15You can join in for a change and get your head out of that phone.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Dad, can we get this?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19There's not enough room at your mum's, kiddo.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- Couldn't we keep it at your place? - Maybe, when I'm sorted.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25But that's something you ask Father Christmas for.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Go on, take it back and get something smaller.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32KEYPAD BEEPS
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Hey, how about a Furby? You used to love them.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38That was ages ago.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I can remember when I couldn't get either of you to shut up.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44You used to take the batteries out and hide them.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I was on nights. Only way I could get a decent kip.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Mum used to sneak 'em back to me.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Well, she never had to go out and go to work, did she?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00KEYPAD BEEPS
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Here...
0:04:05 > 0:04:08get something if you want, keep the cash if you don't.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30PHONE RINGS
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Hi?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34I'm outside.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- All right?- Yeah.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Hang on, don't forget this.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Just in case he gets bored again.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56What about the charger?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I plugged it in before you went to bed.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Great. I can show you how Minecraft works, Dad.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Great.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05And don't forget to feed them this time.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Meaning?- Meaning don't just drop them off and leave me
0:05:11 > 0:05:12to cook something for them last minute.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I asked them both and they said they weren't bothered.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17We eat at five here, they need their routine.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20What do you suggest, I force-feed them at five on the dot?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22No, I'd suggest not stuffing them full of treats.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Get the basics right instead of buying them off with cash and toys.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- What I do with my kids in my time has got nothing to do with you.- It's got everything to do with me -
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- I'm their mother. - Yeah? And I'm their dad
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and I barely see 'em enough as it is, so when I do,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'll treat them as I damn well see fit.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Where we going, Dad?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Getting something to eat!
0:05:50 > 0:05:51I'll see you at six.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Chloe? - Large. Actually, no, regular.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Regular meal, please. - ON INTERCOM: Anything else?
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- Just hang on. Well, Jack?- Jack?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Me son. Jack, hurry up.- I wanted to go to that chicken place.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Well, we're here now. I'm eating their chicken, why don't you?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22All right... No...a cheeseburger.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- A children's cheeseburger meal, please.- No, I don't want the children's meal.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- Chloe's not having the children's meal.- Because I'm not a kid.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- What drink with the children's meal? - Scratch that.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Eh?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36No children's meal. He'll have a regular cheeseburger meal instead.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- Large.- Sorry, mate, make that a large, with fries.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Large, before you ask.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Regular large or extra large? - Large.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45- What drink?- Coke.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- One Coke, and one chocolate milkshake.- Coke.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Make that two Cokes... He usually has a milkshake.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Two Cokes, one chocolate milkshake. - No, two Cokes.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- Regular, large, extra large?- Large.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Extra large.- Extra large. - Will that be all?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05And I'll have a chicken thingamabob, whatever you call it.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Burger or wrap?- You what?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Burger or wrap?- A burger, please.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- Fries?- Yes, please.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Regular, large, or extra large? - Whatever.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- Regular, large, or extra large? - Regular.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- What drink?- I'd like a tea, please.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- Breakfast or decaff? - A tea...a regular tea.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- Milk?- Yes, please.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Sugar or sweeteners? - You know what, just make it a Coke.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Regular, large or extra large? - You know what? Forget it.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Dad...- Don't.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03That's your pudding.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Dad, everybody has Wi-Fi.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Come in, Dad, please.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Another time, kiddo, yeah? - I can't. You don't have Wi-Fi.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Your dad has stuff to do, he doesn't want to come in.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38But, Mum, please?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54You collect different bits so you can mine for stuff to build with.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55I see.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01I've built a house. And I found some diamonds last night.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Yeah, that's great.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10You didn't tell me you were thinking of going on holiday.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Didn't know I was. - So what's with the brochures?
0:09:14 > 0:09:15What's with the third degree?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19It's just funny you screaming poverty half the time
0:09:19 > 0:09:21yet you can afford to be looking through these.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Yeah, well, it costs nothing to look, does it?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Dad, you're missing this. It's a creeper.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Since when did you drink beer?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- Dad! - Hang on a minute Jack. Well?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Since when does anything I do any more
0:09:34 > 0:09:36have anything to do with you?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I'm just saying, it's not like you.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Beers in the fridge,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43all dolled up for a Saturday night in with the kids.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Dad!- Hang on a minute, Jack. Mummy and Daddy are talking.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- No, we're not. Jack, your Dad has to go now.- Why the sudden rush?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51You've obviously no interest in talking to him,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- and I've got to get their tea on so I'd like you to leave.- Hang on... - Now, Andy!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Say goodbye, Jack.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Aw!
0:10:06 > 0:10:08What the hell has got into you?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I've got every right to know what's going on under my own kids' roof.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Yeah, but what you do not have the right to do is to worm your way
0:10:13 > 0:10:17in here via them and interrogate me about what I do in my own time.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19You gave that up the day you decided a wife
0:10:19 > 0:10:21and kids wasn't for you any more!
0:10:48 > 0:10:49HORN HONKS
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Hey, kids, jump in...
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Down the snake for you, Chloe.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20How long does this last?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Until the first person gets to the top.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24And then what?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Nothing, you win. It's fun, and it doesn't need a charger.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31You could get an app for this, if you had...
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Wi-Fi, yes, we know.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Come on, it's your go.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Four! One, two, three, four.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Nearly. My go.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47We've got Wi-Fi at the hotel.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- What hotel? - The one on our holidays.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54And where are you going on this holiday?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Can't remember. We're staying with Mum's new friend.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07What did I miss?
0:12:08 > 0:12:09It's your turn.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11You throw for me.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Bye, Dad.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51See you later, kids, love you!
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- What's up with you? - Who is he?- Excuse me?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16My kids living under that roof gives me the right to know who's coming and going here.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I don't know what's going on in that paranoid little brain of yours but...
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Beer in the fridge, you all dolled up like a dog's dinner.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25He's got his feet right under the table, hasn't he?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I'm going inside. I suggest you leave now,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30before you cause yourself any more trouble.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Do they know him?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Does he play Dad, or does he sneak in after they've gone to bed?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40- Mum's dirty little secret. - Go home.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43If you think I'm going to let some bit on the side
0:13:43 > 0:13:44take my kids on holiday
0:13:44 > 0:13:48while you all play happy families, you've got another thing coming.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I won't have it! Do you hear me?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I'm not slogging my guts out so you can parade 'em
0:13:53 > 0:13:56on some beach in Spain with your new toy boy in tow.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- You can go and jump. - You're pathetic.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01The kids can come away with me,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04go see the grandparents they've not seen for a year and a half.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Better off there than seeing you making
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- a fool of yourself down the Costa del Sol.- You're not taking my kids anywhere.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Not while the courts have any say in the matter,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14and not until I'm satisfied that you're capable of looking
0:14:14 > 0:14:17after them for more than a couple hours every other weekend. Me, their full-time mum,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20so if I decide we're going away on holiday then we're going,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23wherever, whenever and with whoever I please.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Because, like it or not,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I'm the one who's raising them and I'm the one the courts decided
0:14:27 > 0:14:30was responsible enough to make those decisions on their behalf.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Not you, Andy, me.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02"Since when does anything I do any more
0:15:02 > 0:15:03"have anything to do with you?"
0:15:05 > 0:15:07"You gave that up the day you decided a wife
0:15:07 > 0:15:09"and kids wasn't for you any more."
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Eat them, don't play with them.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18- Hiya.- Hiya.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- I hope you saved us some? - You can have my peas.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- No, she cannot.- We're going to my room.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Thanks for dropping her back.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31It's as easy collecting two as one. So, you all set?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- I'm going to have to cancel. - What do you mean? It's all booked.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38No, not the holiday, Saturday.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Mum called, she's having a family thing, wants everyone over.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45I'm going to have to call Andy, shift some dates.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Jack. Spellings.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57PHONE RINGS
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Here you go, mate, cheers, thank you. Have a good night.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19"Look, something's come up
0:16:19 > 0:16:21"so this Saturday's not really going to work for the kids or me.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23"Give me a call.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26"Maybe we'll talk about rescheduling when you've calmed down.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28"Just don't go showing up at the house in the state
0:16:28 > 0:16:30"you were in last time, OK?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32"It's not fair on any of us, especially them."
0:17:12 > 0:17:13BUZZER RINGS
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Hello, it's Andrew Riley.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17ON INTERCOM: Sorry?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Jack Riley's Dad? - Oh, your turn today, is it, Mr Riley?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Jack?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Chloe?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53CHLOE'S PHONE RINGS ON MANTELPIECE
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Hi, Maxine, it's Sarah.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Listen, you don't have Chloe with you by any chance?
0:18:08 > 0:18:14'No, Janine's sleeping over at her pal's tonight, why?'
0:18:14 > 0:18:16You haven't got your car, have you?
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- What's the matter? - I'll tell you on the way.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I've told you, we're off on holiday.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30We're going to go and see Nan and Grandad.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- On the Isle of Man? Cool! - PHONE RINGS
0:18:32 > 0:18:34And Mum's all right with that?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Of course she is, why wouldn't she be?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Does that mean we get to go on the ferry?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Yep, the big one.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47Hey, they've even got a cinema on board.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48What about the party?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50What party?
0:18:50 > 0:18:54The surprise party this Saturday? We're supposed to be going.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Does that mean we're going to miss it?
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Course we're not. Your mum must have got her dates mixed up.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02- That doesn't sound like Mum.- Yeah?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04She's not always right, you know.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07She is capable of making the odd mistake every now and again.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12You know, I mean, she has that much on with you two.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14It can't be easy keeping track of things.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16And there's no way she'd send you off
0:19:16 > 0:19:18on holiday the same weekend, is there?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Anyway, you see loads of her family.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Just imagine how surprised Nana and Grandad'll be
0:19:25 > 0:19:26when we turn up on their doorstep.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38His cab's not here. Let's try the cinema.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Has Mum packed my computer?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44What?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- My computer. Has she packed it? - No, she didn't.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Oh, why not?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54I dunno. You'll have to ask her why when you see her.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Can you call Mum? - No. Not while I'm driving.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Not you. Chloe.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- Nothing.- Ah, look, maybe they're back home now.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- I do not snore! - You do!- Ha!
0:20:44 > 0:20:45When you slept on the couch
0:20:45 > 0:20:48me and Mum used to put tissue on your face and watch you blow it off.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- You rotters. - Don't fall asleep on the ferry, Dad!
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- Don't worry, kid, I won't. - What time does it leave?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Not for a while yet, we've got loads of time.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02How lucky are you, eh, getting two holidays?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04We're going on a plane with Mum.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Very posh.- It's only Ryanair.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Mum said she could only afford it cos Maxine's letting us
0:21:11 > 0:21:12go with them in her apartment.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Maxine?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Mum's friend. Well, they're only friends because of my friend Janine.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Her mum got it when her dad left.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Your mother never said anything about who she was going with.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Well, she was going to, but...
0:21:28 > 0:21:29But what?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I heard her talking to Maxine the other night,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37saying she felt bad that you couldn't go anywhere yourself.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41She should've said something.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Well, big mouth here went and told you before she could,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47and then you both had that big row in the street about it.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Sorry, Dad.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I don't know what you're playing at, Andy,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59but this has gone way beyond a joke now. I mean it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01You're putting your whole access to the kids in jeopardy with
0:22:01 > 0:22:02this stupid stunt.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Just bring them back and we'll say no more about it.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08OK?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09You've made your point.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Nothing?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24What's up, Dad?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26No. No!
0:22:36 > 0:22:37It's all right, kids.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- You don't think...- What?
0:22:42 > 0:22:46That he...you know...could have done them any real harm?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Maxine, things are bad enough without you putting
0:22:48 > 0:22:49stuff like that in my head.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Sorry, but you hear them horrible stories, don't you?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56What must be going through someone's mind
0:22:56 > 0:22:59to take their kids off and do something like that?
0:22:59 > 0:23:00He might be mad at me at the moment
0:23:00 > 0:23:03but he'd never do anything to hurt the kids.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05He dotes on them.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Don't give him the right to play silly buggers like this.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12No, I'm not saying it does but...I didn't help matters, did I?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Letting him think there was another man around.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18You can't blame yourself for what's going on inside his soft head.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20No, but I could have set him straight.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23He thought I'd changed the locks just to spite him
0:23:23 > 0:23:25and I let him believe it.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28I'd just locked myself out.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36What's up with it, Dad?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Well, if I knew that, Jack, we wouldn't be stranded here, would we?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41You picked a right back-of-beyond spot to break down in, didn't you?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I didn't choose to break down anywhere, did I? It just happened!
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Sorry it took so long. Satnav took me down some dirt track.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- What seems to be the problem? - I was hoping you'd tell me that.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Can you fix it in time for the ferry, Dad?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Hello, didn't see you there. You all right?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Can you fix it in time for the ferry?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Only we're going on holiday to the Isle of Man.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02In your school uniform?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05It's a last minute-thing, going to see his grandparents.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08But he's got a point, we don't want to miss the ferry
0:24:08 > 0:24:09so...get on with it, yeah?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Right, well, let's see what we can do, then, eh?
0:24:14 > 0:24:20Look, mate, they're your kids and that, and I'm no fan of busybodies meself, so...
0:24:20 > 0:24:24feel free to tell me to bog off and keep me nose out, but...
0:24:24 > 0:24:25But what?
0:24:25 > 0:24:30Them kids should not be sat in a broken down stationary vehicle.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Common practice is to stay by it but at a safe distance from the road.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Well, seeing as you're the only vehicle I've seen
0:24:36 > 0:24:38come down here in the last 45 minutes
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I think they're safe enough in there for now, OK?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- Thanks.- Right, suit yourself, mate. It's just you'd be surprised how many folk get
0:24:44 > 0:24:47cautioned by the Old Bill nowadays for minor safety stuff like that.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Kids, get out of the cab. - Why?- Now!
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I know he's going to turn up with some sorry excuse that'll make me want to kill him.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- And if he doesn't? - Then I'll call the police.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06I've told you he's not the type to...
0:25:06 > 0:25:09You don't honestly think I'd delay for a second
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- if I thought they were in any real danger?- I didn't mean that,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15but what if they've been in a genuine accident or something?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- You're meant to be helping, Maxine! - I'm sorry.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23I just don't know what good it would do bringing the police in.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25That'd be access stopped indefinitely,
0:25:25 > 0:25:30and I feel guilty enough them seeing so little of him as it is.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32They see more than Janine does her dad.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I've made it clear to him he can see her whenever, wherever he wants.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Even offered to drop her off and pick her up but he doesn't want to know.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Just throws money at us. We don't actually see him.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55I always thought seeing Andy was the hardest bit of splitting up.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57What do you mean?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Well, you know, when you break up with someone, that's it.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01You never have to see them again.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05When there's kids involved, you've got to deal with them,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08week in, week out, for the rest of your life.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I'd be happy never seeing him,
0:26:13 > 0:26:15it's his daughter I worry about.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22Well, she gets on with it. She's fine. Like kids do,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24they're the resilient ones.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28But on them Saturdays when Chloe's off with Andy
0:26:28 > 0:26:32and I'm...thinking of stuff to do with her,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35I just know she's wondering why she's not with her own dad.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50But what about the ferry?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54There'll be one leaving first thing, we'll catch that. Here we are.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58There you go, in you go.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Right, you two, into bed.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- I'm not sharing a room with him. - What do you mean?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Yeah, it's Dad who snores, not me.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12You as well? Where are you going to sleep?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13I'll have one of these.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15You and Jack can top and tail in this one.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- I can't share a bed with Jack.- You shared a tent together in France.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21I was a little kid then. This isn't the same.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Well, we are on holiday.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25I haven't got a nightdress or pyjamas. Dad, it's wrong!
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Right, OK. You take that bed, Jack'll take the other,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33and I'll take the couch.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Now, into bed, the pair of you.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38I can't get undressed in front of him.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- We'll hide in the bathroom until you're done.- Dad, no!
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Right, fine, OK. We'll wait outside.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Just give us a shout when you're done.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Women.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05↑ OK.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Get yourself to bed, kiddo, and I'll see you in a little while.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Do I not have to brush my teeth first?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14No, not on the first night of your holiday.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Do it in the morning. Off to bed.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Little 'uns all settled?
0:28:28 > 0:28:33They'll be fast asleep by now. How's it looking?
0:28:33 > 0:28:34It's like I said, it's mendable
0:28:34 > 0:28:37but I won't be able to get the part before the morning.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41As long as we make the first ferry. Or the whole trip's a write-off.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47What I wouldn't give to be taking my little girl on holiday.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Or just spend some time with her, full stop.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52But her mum's having none of it.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Divorced from her and me daughter, and neither by choice.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Isn't that what the courts are for?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Ah, I've been there, done that, bought the T-shirt, wore it grey.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05Doesn't make a blind bit of difference.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07I turn up, she's not there.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12I go back to court and they buy any old excuse she gives 'em.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14I've had Christmas,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17birthday presents dumped back on the doorstep.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20And the best of it is, she's the one who upped and left me.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Still, I'm the villain in her eyes
0:29:23 > 0:29:27and it's the little ones who suffer, isn't it...?
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Sorry to hear that.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Don't be daft. I'm sorry for prattling on.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Look, you get back up there and check they're safe.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I'll get back here first thing in the morning
0:29:35 > 0:29:36and you can box me off then.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38How's that, yeah?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Where the hell is he?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51There's nowhere open now he could take a nine- and a 13-year-old.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55I thought he was just reacting to not seeing them on Saturday.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- What are you going to do? - What I should have done hours ago...
0:29:58 > 0:30:02I'm going to call the police. PHONE RINGS
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Hello?
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Is it them?
0:30:42 > 0:30:43Dad?
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Yeah, love?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Are you all right?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Go back to sleep.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55You look worried, is it the taxi?
0:30:57 > 0:31:00No, it'll be up and running again soon.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02Then what?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Ah, nothing.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Everything. Grown-up rubbish.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Nowt to bother your pretty little head with.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Is it Mum?
0:31:25 > 0:31:26You don't give up, do you?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31You're just like her, you know.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37She missed you, you know, when you first moved out.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41She'd go mad at me for telling you but she cried a lot, at night,
0:31:42 > 0:31:43when she thought we were asleep.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47I missed her too.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I missed all of you.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56I never wanted to leave you or Jack, it's just...
0:31:57 > 0:32:00It's a lot more complicated between your mum and me.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03We married young
0:32:03 > 0:32:07and never really got to know each other before you two came along.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12But that doesn't mean I'm blaming you, you must never think that.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15We loved you two to bits.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18It's just...
0:32:20 > 0:32:23..I dunno, it's like we were better parents than
0:32:23 > 0:32:24we were friends.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Still are.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Was that what all the fighting was about?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I don't know, I can't remember.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41You know the mad thing, Dad?
0:32:41 > 0:32:42What, love?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Even with the crying, Mum was happier,
0:32:45 > 0:32:49most of the time, without the arguing.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50She's happier now.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54And even though we stopped being a family like most others,
0:32:54 > 0:32:57it's like we're better off not being.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03Or at least we were until you both started arguing again.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05That's just because we're both convinced
0:33:05 > 0:33:07we know what's best for you.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09I'd feel better if you didn't fight. So would Jack.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13I'm sorry.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18It's just my stupid way of trying to show how much
0:33:18 > 0:33:20I still love the pair of you.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I know you love me, Dad, we both do.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39You all right? You knackered?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42I'm fine. We'll be there soon anyway.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47He doesn't do things by half, your ex.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48I mean, Isle of Man.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51He's never had them overnight before on his own.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54How the hell did he think he was going to get away with it?
0:33:54 > 0:33:57You'll have to ask him that when you see him.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02He's just so angry at the moment. At everything.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06The house, money, kids.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07It's hard for both of you.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10To have to go and do something like this...
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Where's Jack?
0:34:22 > 0:34:25He's in the cab waiting for you. Go on, hurry up...
0:34:25 > 0:34:29So that's £50 for the room with just one extra.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Extra? Everything was shut when we got here.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37A phone call. Made from the room yesterday evening.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59When he called it a day, as much as I hated him at the time,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01a big part of me was relieved, you know?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05But then I started hating myself
0:35:05 > 0:35:07because I thought, "I want what he has."
0:35:07 > 0:35:11I was stuck at home with two kids and he had this new life.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13But when I saw how angry he got at the thought of me
0:35:13 > 0:35:16having something outside of the house, you know.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Something outside of being mother to his kids, I thought,
0:35:19 > 0:35:21"Well, now you know how I feel.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24"Now you know what it's like to be me."
0:35:26 > 0:35:29I never thought it would make him do something like this.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33How many times? You can't blame yourself for his mistakes.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35It's not about who's to blame.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36We wouldn't be in this mess
0:35:36 > 0:35:39if we'd stopped looking for someone to blame.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Can we stop for breakfast, Dad? I'm hungry!
0:35:45 > 0:35:47We haven't got time.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Can't we just pull over and get something to eat in the car?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- No, we can't!- Sorry.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56- Yeah, so you should be. - So much for happy holidays.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58We've all got you to thank for that, haven't we?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- What have I done? - You know exactly what you have done!
0:36:00 > 0:36:03I was going to call your mum from the ferry, give her an update then.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06But, no, you had to go telling her what had happened and where we were.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09I haven't spoke to Mum since before school yesterday.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- Don't come that with me, madam. - Come what?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Come the wide-eyed innocent with me. You called home last night.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17I didn't call her, I didn't call anyone.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Mum's got my phone, I told you. - The one in the room,
0:36:19 > 0:36:21when you were supposed to be getting changed for bed!
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- That was me. - I didn't, honest.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- Well, it certainly wasn't me. - It was me, Dad.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29I called Mum.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33What?
0:36:33 > 0:36:36I called Mum when Chloe got up to go the loo.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41I just wanted to tell her we was OK and say good night to Mum.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47I'm sorry, but I didn't want her making fun of me
0:36:47 > 0:36:51for acting like a baby and getting homesick.
0:36:52 > 0:36:58I want to go on holiday but I've never had Mum not tuck me in before.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59I'm sorry.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07No, I'm sorry, to the pair of you.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11I haven't thought this through properly,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14I didn't think anything through properly.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20It's all your stupid, stupid dad's fault, not yours.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50I'll wait here. Call if there's any news.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37No, they definitely didn't get on.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Because there's no passengers registered under that name.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44They haven't boarded any black cabs. Of course I doubled checked!
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Where have they gone, Maxine?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Where is he? Why isn't he here?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Jack, Chloe!
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Sarah, they're fine, the kids are safe! They're fine.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- Hold on, hold on!- Get out of my way. Where are my kids?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08They're asleep in the back, they're fine.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- There is nothing wrong with them, OK?- Get off me!
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- You'll scare them.- I'll scare them? You bloody kidnapped them!
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Look, I lost the plot, I'm sorry, OK?
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Listen to me and I'll do whatever you want and I'll be fine with it. I'm sorry, OK?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Just open the door. Let me see my kids.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23I'm sorry. Do you understand me? I am sorry.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- Just open the door and let me see my kids.- I'm sorry.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Hi, guys, hiya. Come on in, snuggle up.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50OK, I'll be back in a minute.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13What if I'd called the police?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19What would that do to Jack and Chloe, seeing their dad carted off
0:40:19 > 0:40:23in the back of a police car and prosecuted for God knows what?
0:40:24 > 0:40:27I was going to call you
0:40:27 > 0:40:29but all I could think about was how fed up I was
0:40:29 > 0:40:30being dictated to by everyone.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36By the time I'd got me head together the damage was done.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I didn't know what else to do.
0:40:45 > 0:40:51I'll keep my distance, whatever you think's best for them I'll stick by.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55I don't want you to keep your distance from your children.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58I don't want them growing up barely knowing who their dad is.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I don't want to be the one who gets the blame for that.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04We walked into that courtroom
0:41:04 > 0:41:08and we let complete strangers make decisions for our kids' welfare
0:41:08 > 0:41:11just because we were too pig-headed to sort it out for ourselves.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17And all we've done since is hide behind bad decisions
0:41:17 > 0:41:18and attack each other.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22They deserve better than that.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31I only did it to prove to them that they still mattered to me,
0:41:31 > 0:41:32that I'd never stopped loving them
0:41:32 > 0:41:36just cos we didn't feel that way about each other any more.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41But they were never themselves with me after that.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45There was never enough time for us just to be us, you know,
0:41:45 > 0:41:46like we used to be.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54I always felt like you were lording it up over me, week in, week out,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57enjoying seeing me fail as a dad as I had as a husband.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06You have no idea what it's like - folk telling you
0:42:06 > 0:42:09you're better at raising the kids,
0:42:09 > 0:42:12you're better at loving the kids,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15you're better at making decisions for the kids than I am.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20And knowing there's no second chances to get things right
0:42:20 > 0:42:22because they've got to be home by six.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32We need to talk to each other, OK, from now on, properly.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35About things. About them, not just arguing
0:42:35 > 0:42:38over whatever it is that's eating us.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Yeah.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Cos if we can't learn to do that, in the long run,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48are either of us really fit to call ourselves parents?
0:42:57 > 0:43:02# Me and my family are not friendly any more
0:43:02 > 0:43:05# We have not talked for so long
0:43:06 > 0:43:11# And if we had to talk what could we say
0:43:11 > 0:43:14# Sitting side-by-side?
0:43:17 > 0:43:22# So long ago we were dancing and singing
0:43:22 > 0:43:26# We could be together and say nothing
0:43:26 > 0:43:32# So long ago, it all meant much more than this. #
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