0:00:02 > 0:00:03DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:00:03 > 0:00:08One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Right, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Swing those hips. Five, six, seven, eight.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Right, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Right, clap, clap.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Right, clap, clap.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49It's starting to brighten up a little bit out there now.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Is it?
0:00:53 > 0:00:58It was torrential rain last night. Was it the same here?
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Woke me up.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Oh!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Did you get those photos I sent you?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Yes, thank you.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I can't believe how much Dillon has grown.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Connor looks like he's quite a handful.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20A chip off the old block.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Kills me to think I've got two grandsons that I've never even met.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Oh, well, you will one day.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I'll never get these years back though.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35At least they're too young to understand.
0:01:35 > 0:01:41How did it come to this? One moment of madness and look at us.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43We should be enjoying our retirement,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47spending time with Kerry, spoiling our grandsons rotten...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Well, if it's any consolation,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I only get to see them on Skype myself.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Guilty again.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57I was the one who drove them to the other side of the world.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Oh, you didn't drive them anywhere, there was
0:02:00 > 0:02:03no way Dan could turn down an offer like that.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Oh, come on, we both know the real reason
0:02:06 > 0:02:07they wanted to make a fresh start.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12At least you've never turned your back on me.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Nearly ten years, you've never missed a single visit.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Where would I be without you?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27I'll make it up to you, Madge.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28There's no need.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31When I finally get out of here
0:02:31 > 0:02:34you will never have to lift a finger again.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37That's a promise.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44BELL RINGS
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Same time next week.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I'll be counting down the days. Love you.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52AWKWARDLY: You too.
0:03:06 > 0:03:13# Buy a pretty dress for you to see, buy a pretty dress... #
0:03:13 > 0:03:15He seems very nice.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Just as well because she's totally besotted with him.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Young love.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Well, let them enjoy it while it lasts.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24It won't be long before she's as bitter and twisted as her mother.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25THEY LAUGH
0:03:25 > 0:03:26So you're at St Martin's too?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Yeah, that's where we met.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30We were in the same halls in our foundation year.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33And are you studying graphic design as well?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36No, fashion. Menswear.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Really?- Yeah.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I could listen to her all day.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Me too.- Imagine being blessed with a talent like that.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Oh, speaking of talent,
0:03:48 > 0:03:52how are you getting on with that dating site that you signed up for?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- Oh, well, it's been quite an eye-opener.- I'm all ears...
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Well, I've had a few dates but nothing serious.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00I'm actually supposed to be meeting someone this Friday.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- I'm just not sure I'll have a great deal in common.- Why not?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Well, he lives in the country
0:04:05 > 0:04:07and you'll never guess what he does for a hobby.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Trains falcons.- Really?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13You know me, I'm a city girl,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17if it doesn't have flashing neon lights, I don't want to know.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Well, you've got nothing to lose.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- Yeah.- You deserve a bit of fun after the year you've been through.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I don't know anyone who can afford to live in London nowadays.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Do you always have to bring everything back to money?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32I'm just saying you get more for your dollar north of Watford.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35EXAGGERATED YAWN
0:04:36 > 0:04:38No, no, not for me.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Come on, that's not like you.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I've got an early start.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Madge is a prison visitor.- Really?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48She'll be fraternising with murderers in the morning.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Erm, what are they like?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Most of them are just normal people like you and me.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Except they have a propensity for murder.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Everyone deserves a second chance in my book.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Well, try telling that to the victims.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Thank heavens you were just a magistrate.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06SHE CHUCKLES
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Can you imagine if he'd been a Crown Court judge?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11He'd be dishing out life sentences for dropping litter.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13And quite right, too.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16We're not talking serial killers here. No, most of them
0:05:16 > 0:05:19are just ordinary people who have made one big mistake.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I'd say killing somebody is a pretty big mistake.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25And they're paying the price for it, too.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29SONG ENDS APPLAUSE
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Thank you, I've had a lovely evening.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Haven't you done your bit for the Big Society now?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48We've already been through all this.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52But you should be thinking of slowing down at your time of life.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57At my time of life? You're treading on very thin ice.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59You're just a sucker for a sob story, aren't you?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04How else do you think I ended up with someone like you?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I love you.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I love you.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12So why don't you sell up and move in with me permanently?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15This is hardly the time or the place.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19I want to wake up with you every morning. What's so bad about that?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Surely you don't expect me to live over the brush at "my time of life."
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Happy birthday.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Wow, you look stunning. - You don't look so bad yourself.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Come in.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41But I'm afraid your efforts may have been in vain.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- How do you mean?- Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48but the restaurant just phoned, they've only gone and double booked.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Oh, you're kidding?- I'm furious.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I told them it was your birthday but they still refused to squeeze us in.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55But that's outrageous.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58How much money have we spent there over the years?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Don't get me started. In fact, it's put me in such a foul mood
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I don't think I could face eating out.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Do you fancy a takeaway?- A takeaway?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Oh, yes, I'm easy.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Lovely. After you...
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- ALL:- Surprise!
0:08:18 > 0:08:22# Today's the day we'll celebrate your birthday... #
0:08:25 > 0:08:30# Still sombre, comes too late... #
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I can't believe the two of you came up all the way especially.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42There was no way I was going to miss that look on your face.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- You didn't have any suspicions, then?- None whatsoever.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49You'd better watch yourself, they're a pretty sneaky lot.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Happy birthday, Madge.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53I suspect you had something to do with all this.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55A little bit.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58SOFTLY: And how on earth did you manage to get that singer?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I'm absolutely flabbergasted.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Well, enjoy every second, you deserve it.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05TAPPING GLASS
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Hello, everyone. I'd just like to say a few words
0:09:08 > 0:09:11while I'm still capable of stringing a sentence together.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13LAUGHTER
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Firstly, a big thank you to all of you for being a part of this
0:09:16 > 0:09:20marvellous surprise, I think we managed to pull it off.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Pull it off? You nearly finished me off!
0:09:22 > 0:09:23LAUGHTER
0:09:23 > 0:09:25My heart's still pounding.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26LAUGHTER
0:09:26 > 0:09:31Madge, I think it's fair to say that we've both
0:09:31 > 0:09:34had our fair share of pain and heartache in the past.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39After Penny passed away I never dreamt in a million years that
0:09:39 > 0:09:42I would find love again at my time of life.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45And I know you felt the same after losing Mike.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51But not only have we both survived, we've come out the other side
0:09:51 > 0:09:57stronger and with a greater understanding of how precious
0:09:57 > 0:10:00and fleeting life is.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03And I'm sure there are not many people who would begrudge us
0:10:03 > 0:10:06some happiness in our twilight years.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Early evening years, if you don't mind.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10LAUGHTER
0:10:10 > 0:10:17Seriously though, not only have you won my heart...
0:10:18 > 0:10:23..but you've won the hearts of my entire family.
0:10:23 > 0:10:30And I just want to say thank you for all the joy you've brought us.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- To Madge.- ALL:- To Madge.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Thank you.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Now, if we can actually get on with the business of enjoying ourselves...
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Not yet, I still have one surprise.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I don't think my heart can take another.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55LAUGHTER
0:10:55 > 0:11:02Madge, I really think I have never met anyone quite like you.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Your integrity and compassion knows no bounds.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11And at a time in life when most people have long retired,
0:11:11 > 0:11:16you still feel compelled to help others less fortunate than yourself
0:11:16 > 0:11:20with your charity work and your prison visiting.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You put the rest of us to shame, you really do.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24I'll second that.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31These past four years have been some of the happiest in my life.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37And I hope to spend the rest of my life with you.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41This is the moment I'm supposed to get down on one knee
0:11:41 > 0:11:45but I'm afraid that's not an option having had the plastic ones put in.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47LAUGHTER
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Madge...
0:11:53 > 0:11:54..will you marry me?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Yes, of course I will.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11CROWD CHEER
0:12:11 > 0:12:15# The day I said I'd marry you... #
0:12:15 > 0:12:19You have just made me the happiest man in the world.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24How was your birthday?
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Oh, quiet, you know.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28You didn't go out celebrating?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30What's there to celebrate?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32You should be proud, Mum.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Hope I look as good as you when I'm your age.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Although chance will be a fine thing
0:12:36 > 0:12:38if these two have anything to do with it.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Look, it's Grandma, say hi.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Hi, Grandma.- Hello, boys.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Hi!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48And no running in the house, what have I told you?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52You should think about coming over here soon.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54There's nothing I'd like more,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56but you know how complicated everything is.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I know, I know. How's Dad?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Just the same, bearing up.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05And no other news?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Erm, no, nothing I can think of.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11THE CHILDREN SHOUT
0:13:11 > 0:13:12What is it now?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Sorry, Mum, I'll have to go.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Oh, dear, everything OK?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Love you.- Love...
0:13:20 > 0:13:22SHE SIGHS
0:13:25 > 0:13:27..you too.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I can't believe you're actually going to be my stepmum.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41No, me neither.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43THEY LAUGH
0:13:43 > 0:13:48Anyway, you never told me how your date with the falcon trainer went?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Well, let's just say I don't think it'll be a double wedding.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Oh, dear, that bad?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Oh, no, no, don't get me wrong, he was a nice enough guy,
0:13:55 > 0:13:56it's just there were no...
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Well, no butterflies, do you know what I mean?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01And it really goes to show that anyone can take a good
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- photo because he looked nothing like that in real life.- Oh, no, really?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06He had these really weird eyes,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09they were just far to close together for my liking.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- But, did you...?- Yeah, yeah.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15ROARS OF LAUGHTER
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Well, I wasn't prepared to come away empty handed
0:14:18 > 0:14:19after driving all that way.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21LAUGHTER
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I'm proud of you, Sam.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28It's not easy bouncing back after the year you've had.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Well, a divorce is nothing compared to what you've been through.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34You're an inspiration, you really are.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42At least with Mum's illness we had time to say our goodbyes,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44but to lose your husband so suddenly
0:14:44 > 0:14:47in a car crash like that, it doesn't bear thinking about.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50When my mum died I never thought I'd get over it,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53let alone accept Dad with somebody else,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55but now I couldn't be happier for you both.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59And, what's more, I know you'd have Mum's blessing, too.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Madge Hill?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Yes.- I knew it was you.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22It's me, Sheila. Sheila Henderson.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Sheila!
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't recognise you.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33I said to Tina, I could swear that's Madge Hill sitting over there.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37You look fantastic, what's your secret?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Oh, I wish.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Well, what are you doing around here?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Oh, Tina works here now. I'm just up for the weekend.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Oh, right.- So, this is where you've been hiding all these years?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50You just vanished off the face of the earth.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Well, I just needed to make a fresh start.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Oh, I understand. The Chesham set can be very judgmental.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Listen, I hope you never thought I was involved in any of
0:16:01 > 0:16:03that gossip and nastiness.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06How is Mike? Is he out yet?
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Oh, Madge, my heart goes out to you. Really, it does.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15But are you still married?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Yes.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19For better or for worse, at least some of us
0:16:19 > 0:16:21take our wedding vows seriously.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25That's not Kerry I saw you're with, is it?
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- Oh, no, no. Kerry's in New Zealand now.- Really?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Look, why don't we come over and join you?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Well, the thing is...
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Oh, come on, I insist, one drink for old time's sake.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I'd love to hear all your news.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Well, yes, why not? That'd be lovely.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Great, see you in two ticks, then.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Thank you, that was lovely.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09FIRE ALARM BEEPS
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Samantha!- What's going on?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I could smell smoke back there, must be a fire in the kitchen.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Oh, gosh! - We'd better get out of here.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21How's Kerry?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Fine. She sends her love.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Are you OK?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Yes, why do you ask?
0:17:30 > 0:17:34I don't know, you seem a bit distant, that's all.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40You're allowed to get things off your chest too, you know?
0:17:40 > 0:17:44You've sat there listening to me moaning on often enough.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51OK, if you must know, there is something.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Go on.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- This is so hard...- What is it?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05You know I would never do anything to deliberately
0:18:05 > 0:18:07hurt you, don't you? You know that, don't you?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Of course I do.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Everything's just snowballed so fast, in my head I knew I couldn't
0:18:15 > 0:18:18possibly go through with it but then I just heard myself saying yes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Yes to what?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23I...I...I'm...
0:18:23 > 0:18:24You're what?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- I'm going to New Zealand.- What?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Kerry invited me and I said yes.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Is that it?
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Jesus, Madge, I thought you were about to tell me you were dying.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48When are you going?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Going where?- New Zealand.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59Oh, I don't know, next summer perhaps.
0:18:59 > 0:19:05In that case, I could be on that plane with you.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- What?- I'm applying for parole.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- Again?- It's different this time.- Why?
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Because finally I've "accepted responsibility
0:19:17 > 0:19:19"for my actions," haven't I?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20And have you?
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Oh, come on, we both know that idiot was asking for it,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26but they don't need to know that, do they?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Asking for it?
0:19:28 > 0:19:32No-one deserves to die for cutting somebody up on a motorway.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34He grabbed me, remember!
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Only because you ran him off the road first.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Please, Madge, don't dredge all that up again.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52How long before you hear?
0:19:54 > 0:20:00Well, it can take the parole board six months to decide the evidence
0:20:00 > 0:20:06but if they find in my favour, I could be out any time after that.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Six months?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10There's no need to seem so happy about it.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14I'm sorry, it's just a bit of a shock.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I thought you'd be over the moon.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17I am, I really am.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23I would never have got through it without you, Madge.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29You've been an like rock to me. You really have.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32BELL RINGS
0:20:44 > 0:20:47BREATHING UNSTEADILY
0:20:47 > 0:20:50'Just take a moment and close your eyes.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57'Inhale deeply through the nose,
0:20:57 > 0:21:01'and feel the breath circulating all the way down to the lower belly.'
0:21:03 > 0:21:06BREATHING DEEPLY
0:21:09 > 0:21:13The number one key to calming yourself and relieving
0:21:13 > 0:21:19and releasing tension is to allow the breath to open up the body.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25So this is why we are establishing this connection.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Eric.- Yes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- There's something I must tell you.- What?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- PHONE RINGS - Oh, I'd better take this.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Hello. Yes, speaking.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Oh, hi, how are you?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Really? Oh, that's wonderful news.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Yes, yes, she'll be thrilled.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Thank you, yes. Bye-bye.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Who was it?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05The registry office. They've had a cancellation.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06For when?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- End of the month.- This month?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Sooner the better, as far as I'm concerned.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19And I've been thinking...
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Why not invite Kerry and her family?
0:22:21 > 0:22:24What? All the way from New Zealand?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Why not? After all, I'm about to become her stepfather
0:22:26 > 0:22:28and I've never even spoken to her.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- No, we can't. - I'm quite happy to pay.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Look, she's your only daughter, she should be there.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It's not about the money, I've got my own money,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40we can't expect them to just drop everything at the drop of a hat.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- She does approve, doesn't she? - Of course she does.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49But I thought we agreed it was just going to be small affair.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just getting carried away again.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59I can't remember the last time I felt this excited about anything.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Now what did you want to say?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Only that I love you so much.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16And I love you, too.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Oh, Madge.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE
0:23:43 > 0:23:45You look beautiful.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00But don't you think it's a little large?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03No, not at all. No, it's perfect for 30 guests.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- 30?- That's what Dad told me this morning.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08But it's only supposed to be immediate family.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Try not to burst his bubble, he just wants everything to be perfect.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Hi, Dad.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Do you like it?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I knew you would.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21And when Jeffrey had his 70th here the food was sensational.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Well, it's all finally falling into place.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28And now for the piece de resistance...
0:24:29 > 0:24:30What's that?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Tickets for our honeymoon, they arrived this morning.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Honeymoon?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Yes, we fly out the day after the ceremony.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- Where to?- Well, if the mountain won't come to Muhammad...
0:24:41 > 0:24:45How does madam fancy a month rubbing noses with the Maori?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47What?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Two business class tickets to Auckland.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53You're not serious?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56It's a win-win situation, we get to have a wonderful honeymoon
0:24:56 > 0:24:58and I get to finally meet your family.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01No, no, we can't.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Well, why not?
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Well, you just expect me to drop everything
0:25:08 > 0:25:11and go away for a whole month at a moment's notice?
0:25:11 > 0:25:16I mean, I've got my responsibilities, Eric. What about my prison visiting?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Well, it's only voluntary.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20That's not the point, you should have consulted me first.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Well, that would have somewhat ruined the element of surprise.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26And it's too expensive. That must have cost you an arm and a leg.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I have no desire to be the richest man in the cemetery.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33I want us to live our lives to the full while we still can.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35I thought you'd be ecstatic.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Ecstatic? Ecstatic? How can I possibly be ecstatic
0:25:40 > 0:25:43when I'm careering along on this farcical runaway train!
0:25:43 > 0:25:46The whole thing has got completely out of control.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Just leave her.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- What have I done wrong? - Nothing. Nothing.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Believe me, she's not the first bride to suffer from pre-wedding
0:26:00 > 0:26:02jitters and she won't be the last.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04She'll be fine, I promise you.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Eric, there's no easy way of saying this...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28..but there's no way I can go ahead with this wedding.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31You see the thing is...
0:26:34 > 0:26:36The thing is...
0:26:37 > 0:26:39..I'm already married.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Madge, the car's here. >
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Steady, Madge, or I'll be carrying you down the aisle.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03It's my wedding day for goodness' sake.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Stop the car! Stop the car!
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Are you OK?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20I just need some air.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- You're not going to be sick, are you?- No.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Well, maybe, I don't know.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Madge, we're cutting it fine as it is.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- It's at least 45 minutes from here. - I'm sorry but it can't be helped.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31All right, I'll come with you.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- No, you stay here. I'm fine. - No, I insist.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- No! I said no!- Madge, I don't want you getting vomit on your dress.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- I'm not going to be sick!- Then why do you want to get out of the car?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I just need some time on my own if that's all right with you!
0:27:42 > 0:27:43OK, I'm sorry.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Madge, are you all right? You're not having second thoughts, are you?
0:27:52 > 0:27:53No, of course not.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Then what is it?
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Well, if you must know, we've just passed the spot where Mike was...
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Oh...
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Madge, I'm so sorry.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07You weren't to know.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11I would just like a few minutes with my thoughts,
0:28:11 > 0:28:16and perhaps leave a flower from my bouquet.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Of course, take as long as you need.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22After all, it's the bride's prerogative to be late.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51What's going on?
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Dad, what's happening?
0:29:05 > 0:29:07There's been some sort of bomb threat.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- What, a bomb threat?- They are cordoning off the whole area.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11How long is it going to take?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Madge, honey pie, I don't know how to say this,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17but I don't think there are going be any weddings today.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18I'm so sorry.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21You mustn't blame yourself. These things can't be helped.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24I don't get it. Who'd want to bomb a registry office?
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Who knows? We're living through the most precarious of times.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30It's just so unfair, you look amazing.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Well, I don't know about the rest of you,
0:29:32 > 0:29:35but I'm not about to let a bunch of silly terrorists ruin my day.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I think they've already achieved that.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Oh, come on, Eric, no-one's died.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42We're all here together and there is a function room full of food and
0:29:42 > 0:29:46drink waiting for us. And I for one am not about to let it go to waste.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48How do you manage to stay so positive?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51I don't need a piece of paper to prove how much
0:29:51 > 0:29:53I love your grandad.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54Marjorie Hill?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I'm arresting you on suspicion of communicating false information.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59What do you think you are playing at?
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- You do not have to say anything... - This is her wedding day!
0:30:01 > 0:30:04..but it may harm your defence if you do not mention something that
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- may later be relied upon as evidence in court.- Get your hands off her!
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I wouldn't do that unless you want to join her.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Don't you threaten him, he used to be a magistrate.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13I couldn't care less if he used to be Judge Judy,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16if he continues I will have no option but to arrest him
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- for obstruction.- You can't do this, she's nearly 70 for God's sake!
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Eric!
0:30:25 > 0:30:27SIREN WAILS
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Is this really happening?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49When a bomb threat is made on one of the city's major
0:30:49 > 0:30:53civic buildings, we have no option but to treat it as a major incident.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57You do realise what a serious offence this is?
0:30:58 > 0:31:01You really believe I had something to do with all this?
0:31:06 > 0:31:10I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my whole life.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Why would a bride want to sabotage her own wedding day?
0:31:16 > 0:31:17- CHUCKLING:- You tell us.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22MADGE WITH IRISH ACCENT: 'This is not a hoax.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25'There is a bomb in St Jonas Hall
0:31:25 > 0:31:29'and it'll blow the place sky-high in 15 minutes.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32'Ignore this message at your own peril.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36'I repeat, this is not a hoax.'
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Are you denying that is you?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Of course I am!
0:31:42 > 0:31:44The call was traced to a public call box
0:31:44 > 0:31:47on Elliott Road at 2:15pm this afternoon.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51CCTV footage makes a positive identification of your wedding car
0:31:51 > 0:31:54as it passes the call box several minutes earlier.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Moments later, you emerge wearing your wedding dress
0:31:58 > 0:31:59and enter the call box.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Would you like to see that footage?
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Maybe I ought to see a solicitor after all.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14You are already married?
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Who to?
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Mike.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23Mike?
0:32:25 > 0:32:30The same Mike who was killed in a tragic car accident 11 years ago?
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Why would any sane person lie about something like that?
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- Because it was easier than telling the truth.- Which is?
0:32:44 > 0:32:49That he was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for manslaughter.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Manslaughter?
0:32:52 > 0:32:55It was a quintessential case of road rage.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58He always did have a very short fuse.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03A driver cut him up on the motorway and he saw red.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07It was just one punch, he never meant to kill him.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14For a long time I played the dutiful prison wife,
0:33:14 > 0:33:17even moved up here to be closer to him.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Promised I would be waiting for him when he came out. And I meant it.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25But as the years rolled by,
0:33:25 > 0:33:29I got used to being on my own and made a new life for myself.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32And then I met you.
0:33:34 > 0:33:40At first, I just assumed it was just a bit of harmless fun, a fling.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45I never in a million years imagined that it would lead to this.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51All this time you've been letting everyone believe
0:33:51 > 0:33:57you're some bloody saint, going off volunteering
0:33:57 > 0:34:00when you were going to see your jailbird husband?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04I know that this must be a terrible shock for you,
0:34:04 > 0:34:08but you must know that I don't love him, Eric. I just...
0:34:08 > 0:34:14I just couldn't bring myself to break his heart while he was in that place.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17So you thought it would be easier to string us both along?
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Do you really believe that any of this has been easy?
0:34:23 > 0:34:29Telling you that Mike was dead is...is unforgivable.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37But, if it's any consolation, in my heart it was true.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43I've wanted to tell you the truth so many times
0:34:43 > 0:34:47but the longer I left it, the more impossible it became.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51And besides, you're a former magistrate for heaven's sake,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53I didn't want to compromise you.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56It's a pity you didn't consider that before accepting
0:34:56 > 0:34:58my marriage proposal.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59I didn't want to humiliate you
0:34:59 > 0:35:01in front of all your family and friends.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Oh, no, you thought you'd leave that to the entire nation!
0:35:04 > 0:35:08The press will have field day when they get hold of this.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I will be a laughing stock.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14I'm so sorry, Eric, I really am.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21I know you may find it hard to believe now,
0:35:21 > 0:35:27but deep down I am a woman of integrity. I believe in truth,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30but circumstances conspired against me.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Please don't insult my intelligence by trying to
0:35:36 > 0:35:38justify your actions.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42You'd be surprised at how quickly the phone stops
0:35:42 > 0:35:45ringing once your husband is being sent to prison.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50I soon learnt the best way to protect myself was by keeping my mouth shut.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Evading the truth became second nature to me.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02He's still never taken responsibility for his actions.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04That's just the kind of man he is.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Hot-headed, selfish, and stubborn as a mule.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13The complete opposite of you.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21Mike may still be my husband, but you are my soul mate,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24and meeting you was the best thing that ever happened to me.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28And the last thing I ever wanted to do was to hurt you.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Get out.
0:36:43 > 0:36:49Get out of my house and don't ever contact me or my family again.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Do I make myself clear?
0:37:39 > 0:37:42SHE SOBS
0:38:10 > 0:38:11You look well.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15When you ignored my letters
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I just assumed you never wanted to see me again.
0:38:18 > 0:38:23I had to take some time to cool down, get some perspective.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Well, an awful lot of water has passed under the bridge
0:38:28 > 0:38:29these past few months.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Just as well,
0:38:31 > 0:38:35not sure I could be responsible for my actions otherwise.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Well, I'm pleased to hear that all those years
0:38:38 > 0:38:41of anger management classes has not been in vain.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50I'm so sorry you had to find out the way you did.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Yes, seeing you on the news in your wedding dress.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Hardly the most subtle way of being dumped.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02All those years you sat opposite me, filling my head
0:39:02 > 0:39:05full of false hopes, all the time you were with someone else.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08How could you lie to me like that? I love you.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10No, you don't.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12You don't put someone you love on the witness stand
0:39:12 > 0:39:16and make them lie under oath to save your own skin.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17You just don't.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22If I became a consummate liar it's only because that's what you made me.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24I went through hell for you.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28I lost my friends, my family, even our only daughter moved to the
0:39:28 > 0:39:32other side of the world because she couldn't handle the shame.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35So don't you dare sit there and play the injured party because the
0:39:35 > 0:39:40truth is, our marriage was over long before you were even sentenced.
0:39:46 > 0:39:51I regret hurting you and I'm sorry for lying to you
0:39:51 > 0:39:53but I was only trying to protect you.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Protect me?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57I may have given you false hope,
0:39:57 > 0:40:01but I convinced myself that was better than no hope at all.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07I'm sorry. You have every right to hate me.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09I could never hate you, Madge.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Yes, I felt betrayed, I felt humiliated,
0:40:14 > 0:40:18but you're right, believing that you were waiting for me
0:40:18 > 0:40:20was the only thing that kept me going.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32I would like to think that at some point in the future
0:40:32 > 0:40:37we could still be friends, for Kerry's sake at least.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39And there is one other thing.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42I'd like a divorce.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47You mean he's forgiven you?
0:40:49 > 0:40:54Not exactly. But we are slowly working through everything.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00He's a very lucky man to have you, Madge.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05BELL RINGS
0:41:09 > 0:41:15I'm just so relieved that it's all finally out in the open.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18No more lies.
0:41:20 > 0:41:26Ironically, I can't remember the last time I felt so free.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- You take care of yourself.- You too.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44'Will all inmates please remain seated.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48'All inmates please remain seated.'