The Signature Moving On

MUSIC: "Yellow" by Coldplay

# Your skin Oh, yeah, your skin and bones

# Turn in to something beautiful

# Do you know... #

-Leave it, I'll do that!

-It's done.

Moira! Just leave it.

What's that? How long has that been there?

I need a new pair.

I know you need a new pair, but we can't afford a new pair.

Look, I haven't got time to stitch it.

-You're going to have to go to school like that.

-Mum.

I haven't got the time.

Are you ready? We have got to go!

-Can I have a packed lunch?

-Summer!

No, you can't, sweetheart.

-Hey, a charity wants me to run a marathon.

-Why not?

Summer, are you ready?

Because your mum cooks your school dinners.

-You have to show some solidarity.

-Last chance, I've got to go!

It wouldn't look very good if you

didn't eat your mum's cooking, would it?

What would the other kids think?

-Shall I enter, then?

-Enter?

This marathon.

You couldn't run a bath.

See you. Come on, you.

What's her problem?

Come on, hurry up.

Summer, please.

What, are we not going in the car?

-No.

-Why?

Because we can't.

Because we can't, why?

Because the petrol costs money.

I've got Mrs Hughes. If I'm late she throws a wobbler.

You'll have to start getting up earlier then.

-Ellie, come on.

-Forget it!

CHILDREN CHATTERING

Ten minutes, girls!

BELL RINGS

Cheers.

Can I have packed lunch next week?

No.

Love you.

Ah, Daniel, what would you like?

Pasta, Mr Croft?

You know me too well, Moira.

It's that or the chicken nuggets.

Goujons.

Goujons?

Oh, chicken goujons.

No nuggets in this school. Save me some rhubarb crumble.

Chicken goujons, Alfie?

Erm, nuggets, please.

TV PLAYS

I've made a curry, just help yourselves.

-I would have made it.

-It's fine.

Come and sit down for five minutes.

I can't. Look, if I'm late again, he'll sack me.

-Hey, did you hear what I said? KIDS:

-Yes.

Well go on, then and get some for your dad.

See you later. Go on...

DOOR CLOSES

OK, and 1.20 change. Thank you.

20 menthol, please.

SHE LAUGHS

Got any ID?

-I can't serve you cigarettes without any ID.

-I'm 18!

You're not! I work at your school.

I take your dinner money off you every week.

Yeah?

SHE CHUCKLES

SHE SPEAKS POLISH

-Three numbers.

-Again?

£25.

SHE SPEAKS POLISH

Just that?

What?!

Is it not working, love?

It must be my card.

Your benefits will have gone in,

it just wouldn't let me withdraw anything.

-Before you say anything...

-Ken!

Before you say anything, I didn't think they'd stop it.

No more bad news, please.

It's OK. I'll go and see them again.

What's stopped?

You know that assessment I went for?

For the new PIP benefit.

They've stopped your benefit? All of it?

They asked me if I could walk over 20 metres.

And you said yes?

-Yes, of course I did.

-Well, you can't!

Some days I can, some days I can walk...

You should have laid it on thick, and milked it!

-I'm not going to lie.

-You're not!

You can't walk more than 20 metres most days.

Your pride won't get us through this, Ken.

It's not about my pride.

Good, cos we are too skint to have any.

Our kids are walking round with holes in their trousers.

They know I have MS.

I didn't think they'd take it literally, did I?

It's an assessment. Of course they'll take it literally!

(I don't believe this.)

OK! OK, I'll go and see them again.

We're juggling money as it is, Ken.

If they take that away, we are juggling fresh air.

I know. I'm sorry. I'll sort it.

We can't juggle fresh air, Ken.

OK. I'll sort it.

I'll sort it.

Here you are.

Lamb, chicken or pasta?

Thanks.

Thanks.

What do you want? Pasta.

Your till was up four quid last night, Moira.

Stick it in my wage packet then.

-LAUGHING:

-Yeah, right.

Number six, please.

SHE SPEAKS POLISH

£10.

I will have a lottery ticket with it, please.

They say luck, it comes in threes?

Sorry?

Luck, it comes in threes? Last night a win and today.

I think that it's bad luck that comes in threes, isn't it?

I hope not.

TILL WHIRRS

I'm not a racist.

I'm not.

When someone says, "I'm not a racist," it usually means..

I'm not!

I don't hate her for being Polish or Lithuanian or...

Hate her?

Not hate. Resent.

I don't resent her for being Polish or Lithuanian or whatever.

I resent her spending all that money on lottery tickets

and scratch cards.

Why would you resent someone for spending their own money?

It's not spending, Ken, it's throwing away.

I've got 25 quid in my purse to last all week.

When was the last time we had money to throw away, eh?

She always has.

No, it's taken ten minutes to get through to you,

I should be back at work.

No! You've stopped my husband's Disability Allowance.

PIP benefit, then. No, he's not here, no.

No, he has MS, multiple sclerosis, you know that.

He's had his assessment, yes. That is why I'm calling you.

He lied on his assessment.

Well, he didn't lie, he just exaggerated.

Said that he could walk more than 20 metres, and he can't.

Because he's a proud man, that's why.

His disability has taken any self respect he's ever had,

and now you lot, you lot want him to stand in front of you

and beg for money?

You're penalising him for having the odd good day.

You are!

His good days are all that we have to cling onto.

That give us hope. And now you're condemning that hope.

Look, we can't afford to do without our benefits,

we're struggling as it is.

Please, I'm begging you.

If you were stood in front of me, I'd be on my knees.

Please don't stop our benefits. Please.

Thanks, love.

Sorry! Sorry!

Late again, Moira.

Was held up at the school with our Ellie.

You're paid from 6:00, you should be here at 6:00.

Well, my till was four quid up the other night, so take it from that.

SHE SPEAKS POLISH

MACHINE BEEPS

Again?

Have I won again?

£25?

Er? Yes.

I will have two Lucky Play and three of those, please.

SHE SPEAKS POLISH

Excuse me. Just a bottle of vodka, please.

Vodka.

Sorry?

Oh...

That's erm...

That's...

6.99.

-6.99?

-6.99 for the voddy.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

£3.01 change.

DOG BARKS

WATER RUNS

KNOCK ON DOOR

-KEN:

-Are you going to be long?

No, I've finished.

MOIRA HUMS HAPPILY

Ellie, I'm leaving now if you want a lift.

-Coming.

-Can you give me a lift to Jessica's?

Course I can, babe.

Ellie, I'm in the car.

I'm coming!

You're in a good mood.

Come on, Ellie.

Raj, can I, erm, take a bottle of wine and a chocolate cake

-and pay you back on payday?

-Oh, yeah, go for it.

Oh, not the cheap stuff, then?

Have you won the lottery or something?

I have actually. 1,500 if you must know.

Oh. You're not going to pack your job in, are you?

SHE SCOFFS I'd need a lot more than that, Raj.

Thanks for this.

No problem. Hey, see you tomorrow?

You will.

TV PLAYS IN BACKGROUND

NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE

'PlayDay UK.

'Hello. PlayDay UK. How can I help?'

Hello.

Hi, how can I help?

I think have a winning ticket.

OK, that's great. I just need to take a few details.

OK.

'Great. Can I take your name?'

Are you there?

It's Moira Blaines.

'B-L-A-I-N-E-S.'

Hi, Moira. My name is Adam and I'll be your advisor today.

'Have you got the ticket there?'

Yes.

'OK, can you give me

'the unique reference number on the top right of the ticket, please?'

Yes, it's 8135...

0342...

67550...

086279.

OK, that's great.

I think I have got five numbers.

1,500 quid or something?

You do have five numbers, yes.

But you also have the bonus ball,

so it's a little more than 1,500.

'Your winning amount is £35,172.

'Have you signed the back of the ticket, Moira?'

No, no, I haven't.

'That's the first thing you should do, put your signature on the back.

'Moira, are you there?'

What was that?

Keep out! There's glass everywhere.

I've...I've just spilled my wine.

Are you drunk?

SHE SOBS

Can we leave the table?

Yeah, of course, go on.

What?

What's up?

I need to tell you summat.

Come on, then.

I've done something.

Obviously.

I...

I paid for all this lot from the electric money.

-Is that it?

-What were you expecting?

Something juicier, to be honest. The window cleaner or the milkman.

Or the window cleaner AND the milkman.

I'm sorry to disappoint.

Thank you.

Can you check, please?

You bring me luck.

TILL BEEPS

No good.

Two Lucky Plays, please.

Just two.

It's OK. Take it.

No, I can't afford...

It's free!

No.

Take it.

Please...just...

ENGINE STOPS

I've been ringing you.

What's wrong?

Have you checked this?

I checked it online.

We've won!

Five numbers and the bonus ball.

£35,000.

I nearly washed it.

In your pocket. I nearly washed it, Moira.

I think we just all need to calm down.

Calm down?

You're just in shock, love.

You're in shock. Come here.

Right, go and get the Bucks Fizz and bring the glasses.

-Are we going to open it?

-Yeah, too right we're opening it.

-Can we stay up a bit longer?

-Yes, of course you can.

It's unbelievable, isn't it?

I nearly washed it, Moira.

Can we have some?

Yeah, just a little bit though.

-I want a new phone.

-So do I.

Well, get a different make.

-I want the same as you.

-What colour?

-What colour are you getting?

-I'm getting white.

-I want white.

-You can't get the same phone as me.

Girls, girls...

No more worrying about money.

No more worrying about benefits being cut,

or mortgage payments, or bills, or cards being declined.

Hey, we will get the girls new clothes and shoes.

No more buying rubbish.

No more cheap coffee!

THEY LAUGH

Right, a toast.

To the winners!

SUMMER AND ELLIE: To the winners!

-I'm going to put it on Facebook.

-Don't!

Not yet.

Can't sleep?

I slept like a baby.

It's amazing how watching the sunrise can clear your brain.

It just gives you time to think.

We don't have good luck, Ken.

People like us.

Good luck doesn't give you MS, debt and constant hardship. Does it?

You have got to work hard for your luck.

The harder you work, the luckier you become, isn't that what they say?

I stole the ticket.

I know! I know it's mad. But I stole it.

-Who from?

-Just this girl who comes in the shop.

Just a girl?

She thought she'd won 25 quid but it was actually a lot more.

So you gave her the 25 quid and kept the ticket?

And you thought you would get away with it?

I didn't think it was that much. I thought it was only 1,500.

And that makes a difference, does it?

Yes! No, look...it...it was just a moment of madness.

I was stressed, and wound up and...

I've done some stupid things, but this beats any of mine hands down.

I can't stop thinking about her.

The Polish girl.

The Polish girl? You stole it from the Polish girl?

Yes.

You're not a thief, Moira.

-I know.

-So why do it?

You saw the girls' faces last night, YOUR face last night

when you thought we had the money.

It changes everything, Ken, money changes everything.

I'd sooner be skint.

Nothing I ever do seems to make a difference.

How hard I work, everything I sacrifice...

never makes a dent. We are always struggling.

We always struggle.

And you think stealing a lottery ticket is the answer?

This is a bit Little House On The Prairie,

but...we have everything we need here.

The four of us, we have everything we need.

Can you claim the money and live with yourself?

Then you've got to give it back.

-I can't.

-You've got to.

£35,000, Ken. She'll kill me. She'll go to the police.

You tell her the truth.

You didn't realise it was 35,000.

You thought it was only 1,500.

"Only 1,500?" She'd go to the police even quicker.

OK, well then we put it in an envelope,

drop it through her letter-box and we walk away.

-That won't work.

-Why not?

I've claimed it. On the phone.

I gave them the number at the top and my name.

They'll say, "Oh, yeah, Moira Blaines. Do you know her?"

"Oh, yeah." I sold her the ticket.

I'm going prison.

-People like us don't go to prison.

-They do.

Right.

You can't claim the money.

You can't give the ticket back.

So we burn it!

What?!

We burn it and all this goes away.

So no-one gets the money?

-I can't.

-What she doesn't know won't hurt her.

You could burn £35,000?

We don't have the money though, do we?

You have a ticket. A piece of paper. That's all.

Burn it!

Don't be silly.

Go on! It's only a piece of paper.

Burn it!

You can't burn one, Ken.

A tenner is a lot of money to us. A lot!

Imagine 3,500 of them sat here on table.

What you did was stupid, yes?

Yeah.

And it's left you like this, distraught.

Yeah.

Well, we can go back to how we were before you did that stupid thing.

Burn it. Burn it and everything goes back to normal.

I can't.

What do we tell the kids?

Your mum's got something to say.

What?

We didn't win the lottery.

But we saw the ticket.

It weren't mine.

Well then, whose was it?

A friend's.

-Helen MacDonald?

-No.

-Mary Dee?

-No.

You haven't got any other friends.

I've got plenty of other friends.

What were you doing with it?

-Just minding it.

-Why?

She didn't want her family to know that she'd won.

Why?

I don't know why.

Why are you lying?

I'm not lying. We didn't win it.

Well I've told everyone at school that we did.

Well, un-tell them then!

There you are.

Pasta, Mr Croft?

I'll have the stew today, Moira.

I hear congratulations are in order.

Really?

Your win?

No. No, no, I didn't win.

It's all around the school.

No, my friend won.

I was just minding the ticket.

The kids found the ticket and jumped to conclusions.

You know what they're like.

You can't win unless you got a ticket,

and I've never bought a ticket so...

Too late, Moira.

Too late?

I've already sent you a begging letter.

What would you like?

Thank you.

SHE YAWNS

Daniel?

You're Daniel's mum?

Yes.

And these two?

Mine also. You know my Daniel?

I'm his dinner lady, yeah.

You work at the school?

I serve his dinners. He's one of my favourites.

Is he a happy boy?

I don't know.

Can I...

Can I ask...?

Do you see him...przesladowane?

-HALTINGLY:

-Persecuted?

Bullied?

Yes, bullied.

No, he's a quiet boy.

He spends a lot of time on his own, though.

He is Polish.

Have you not spoken to the head about it?

No.

Your husband? Daniel's dad? Can he not...?

My husband has gone back to Poland. How much?

How do you cope?

Cope?

I don't. How much?

You can get help? Surely you can...get help with...?

Are you OK?

I'm fine.

TEARFULLY: I'm sorry...

I am so...so sorry.

SHE SOBS

TV PLAYS SOFTLY

Tea?

Is Ellie asleep?

Yeah. Summer's on her phone again.

You know Daniel, the kid at school that I like?

Yeah.

She's his mum.

Who's his mum?

The Polish woman.

She's got two other kids. And her husband's left her.

What are you doing?

I'd like to speak to someone about a stolen ticket, please.

Thanks.

Police?

PlayDay UK.

Ken...

I went mad when they stopped your money but that is nothing.

Nothing compared to £35,000,

three kids and a husband that's left her.

What have I done to her?

Hi. Yes, I have a friend.

She stole a ticket.

She didn't cash it, she didn't have the guts to.

£35,000.

If she tells you all about it, what will you do?

Yeah, I understand the police have got to be involved

-with that kind of money.

-Hey, put it down.

The thing is...

..will the other woman that she stole it from get the money?

If she tells you everything, will the other woman get the money?

Yes?!

Thanks.

Thank you. I'll get my friend to phone you.

Thanks.

I wanted to tell you before you heard from someone else.

I wanted you to understand what really happened

because if the local paper gets hold of it...

Why would they get hold of it?

Mr Croft, I stole £35,000.

Have you told all this to Mrs Plovenska?

Is that's Daniel's mum?

-Yes.

-No, after this, I'm going round to tell Raj at the shop.

Then I'm going to hers.

That'll take guts.

Moira, you didn't steal anything.

I did. I've just told you all about it.

You were tempted to steal, but you didn't succumb.

You could have had £35,000 and no-one any the wiser,

yet you turned it down because of...

What?

Compassion.

Compassion for another human being.

Moira, you haven't gone down in my estimation, you've gone up in it.

So I can keep my job?

On one condition.

What?

You make a lot more rhubarb crumble.

Raj, I'll understand if you have to sack me,

I really will. But as soon as I walk out that door, I'm going round

-to the Polish girl's house. I'm going to tell her everything.

-Moira...

And I know it's going to cost you.

The lottery will get the police involved,

-they will be round here in no time.

-Moira...

"Oh, you know that girl that works in Raj's.

"She stole a winning ticket from a woman who had three kids..."

-Moira!

-They will be round here in no time.

-Moira! Let's...

-"I'm not going in that shop."

Let's just see what happens, see how it plays out.

If it goes the way you think,

then, yeah, I probably will have to sack you, but until then,

-let's just wait and see. Yes?

-Thanks, Raj.

Right, who's the woman?

The Polish girl. Daniel's mum.

The Head told me her name, but I've forgotten.

-Plovenska?

-Yes!

It's Anna Plovenska.

I didn't know that were her first name either.

Because she's Polish?

Oh, come on, Raj, don't be like that.

You know all the locals' names.

I'm feeling guilty enough as it is, OK?

Ken, you stay in the car.

No chance.

Look, I was big enough to steal it on my own.

I should be big enough to tell her on my own, eh!

Yes?

Hello, Anna.

You, Moira. From the shop.

Yes. And this is Ken, my husband. Ken, Anna.

How do you do?

Hello, Ken.

Can we come in?

Why?

I've got something to tell you.

I don't want anything from you.

-I know.

-I don't want any charity. Last time you tried to...

It's not charity. God help us, it's not charity.

Look, please, can we come in?

It's untidy.

We've got kids, it's...

I have MS.

Multiple sclerosis.

Would you like something to drink?

BOTH: No thanks.

The one thing that I want to say in my own defence, Anna,

is that I didn't have to come here.

Well, that's not quite true

because I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't.

The other thing I wanted to say is that...

I didn't even dream you had kids.

A woman that has children doesn't spend all her money on scratch cards.

Unless she's got plenty of it, of course,

but I didn't think you had plenty of it.

-You are criticising me?

-No.

It has nothing to do with you what I spend my money on.

Yeah, I know that, I know that.

I just want to make sure you know why I did what I did.

And why I didn't think that you had children.

You think I spend all my money on the lottery and forget my children?

I'm not saying that.

I don't spend money on that because I have forgotten my children.

I do it because of my children.

I'm not saying...

Two pounds, two British pounds won't feed them,

but those two pounds can be made into

ten, 20, 25, and that will feed them.

I am not poor because I spend money on scratch cards.

I spend my money on scratch cards because I am poor.

I know, and what I said was wrong. I am so sorry.

We didn't come here to upset you.

Why did you come?

I took your ticket.

You thought you had won £25 but the machine, it was signalling more.

You took it?

Took my ticket?

A winning ticket?

How much?

£35,000.

£35,000?

Well, where is it?

-The ticket?

-Yes.

I burnt it.

You...

You burnt it?!

You know how much money this is to us?

You know how much money this is to us?!

Yes, and that's why I'm here.

Because I know how much it means to you.

Well why...why did you burn it?

I couldn't claim it.

Why did you not give it back to me?

I just couldn't.

£35,000!

Yeah, but the money is yours.

I've been on to PlayDay UK. And the £35,000, it's yours.

It's burnt.

But you can claim it.

I've told them everything and you can claim it, look...

This is the number that you need to call.

Please go.

Please go. Now!

I'm sorry. I really... I am so, so sorry.

You know, Moira,

I have always been proud to call myself your husband.

Ever since the day we were married.

But I've never been as proud as I am right now.

Girls! Hurry up!

Shall we get a takeaway tonight?

I've got the time, I can make a proper meal.

I thought we could watch a film together.

Oh, that's nice.

I make a mean pizza. And it's cheaper.

Look, pick something good, eh, nothing scary.

It's a date.

I'll go and hurry the girls up.

Thank you.

Thank you.

THEY SOB