0:00:21 > 0:00:23FOOTSTEPS
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is a...a poem.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37It was...I found it in the library.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39It's for my son.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43"To A Child Dancing In The Wind.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48"Dance there upon the shore
0:00:49 > 0:00:52"What need have you to care for wind or waters roar
0:00:52 > 0:00:55"Tumble out your hair
0:00:55 > 0:00:57"That the salt drops of wet
0:00:57 > 0:01:00"What need have you to dread
0:01:00 > 0:01:02"The monsters crying on the wind?"
0:01:08 > 0:01:10LAUGHTER
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Excuse me.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Excuse me, excuse me.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Excuse me.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10James?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13James? James! James! Come here.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Stay close, OK?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Give me your hand, tight. Hold it tight.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Sorry, sorry.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Sorry. - Where are they?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Frank, you look after yourself, all right?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Angela, this way. Sorry. Excuse me.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58There she goes, boys.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Look at that, isn't that fantastic?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Rob! - Mum, there you are.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I thought I was going to miss it.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Where's Grandpa? - I don't know.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Pappy won't be coming, he's not here.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Come on, Frank!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58You're missing it, Frank.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- You coming out? - I'll be out in a minute, Danny.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- How can they let someone else build our Navy's ships?- The way it is.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28And you?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30How can they let YOU go?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33You want this?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35No, thanks.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58All right, Gus?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04You all right?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14HISSING BANG
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Joan Redmond? - Yeah, sorry.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Excuse me. Sorry. Excuse me.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Sorry. - Right.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45As I was saying, driving a bus is exactly the same as driving a car
0:05:45 > 0:05:49except for the 50 or so back-seat drivers sitting behind you.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51SHE CHUCKLES
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Rob brought the boys for your last day.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14They were looking for you.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Gus Fuller lost his hand today.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22What? How?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24One of the presses.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Will he get more money?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I watched him do it.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27That's you tidy.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37See you soon, love.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- Hello?- Hey. - JSA, Pensions or Disability?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I'm looking for a job.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- First time? - Yeah.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12You'll need to speak to someone. Let's see who's free.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- Angela. - All right?- You OK?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Look, Frank, you don't have to fill it in here.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00You can do it at home.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02HE PANTS
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Won't be the same at work without Frank.- You got the boot as well,
0:09:43 > 0:09:48- dozy pillock.- He might have a heart attack. That happens, doesn't it?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Work Monday, redundant Tuesday, heart attack Wednesday.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Well, Frank'll be all right then, today's Thursday.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59What in the name of total insanity are you wearing?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Oh, I had nae clean ones.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- Tell me they're not your mother's. - Don't be daft, they're Big Janine's.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- Left them in the pub again on Friday.- Don't let Frank catch you.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- I knew they'd come in handy. - For what?- What if I get run over?
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Frank won't be coming swimming. I'm glad I got out when I did.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- It's nasty.- Frank could have stayed on, like me. The men respect him.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27He just had to let them upstairs think they were running the job.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31The man's too pig-headed for his own good.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Frank, I didn't mean... - Leave it.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49See you in the pool, then.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- SIREN HOOTS - Frank?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Frank!
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Frank? - Excuse me. Frank!
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Frank! Where are you going?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- HE GASPS - Frank.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Oh, my God.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Hey, man.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Get an ambulance, get an ambulance. - Please, no!
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- You're all right, lad. You're all right.- Get out of my way!
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It's OK, he's OK. Dad's fine.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- It was a panic attack, that's what the doctor said.- What?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24A panic attack. Don't mention it when he comes out.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Let's go.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- Eddie rang me.- He's got a big mouth. - He was worried.- I slipped, OK?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Can I get money for can of Coke? - You collapsed.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Mum says you had a panic attack. - I slipped and fell, that happens.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- What you asking me for?- Have you got money for a can of Coke?- No.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- I don't, have you got your purse?- No. - Ask your dad for money.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- How do I get out of here?- Down there? - Where? Right, left, where?- That way!
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- I'll find it. - I'm sorry.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Come on, boys, let's go.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58What's the matter with you? You could have said hello.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01You should not have told him.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Hands.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Is Pappy all right? - Of course he is.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Do you like Pappy?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Pappy and I are just different.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Pappy doesn't like you.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Look who it is. Frank's little girl.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54HE CHUCKLES
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Are our fish suppers ready yet, Chinaman?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Oh, God love us, he's a real chatterbox tonight, isn't he?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Tell you what, I've changed my mind.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08I fancy a curry.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20See you Tuesday.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Just a bag of chips, please, Chan.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Heard about your dad. I'm sorry.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47OK, Chan?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Frank, all right?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Good book?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It's for my wife.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56It's about cooking.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00What are you looking for?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Don't know.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08But whatever it is, it's not in here.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20- He doesn't know what to do. - More than I can say for you,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22driving a bus. Have you told him?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25No. Don't want to give him more to worry about.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27He's gonna find out sooner or later.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32He's shut me out again, Michelle. Like when Stuart... It won't last.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Are things better with him and Rob? - Not really.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- Hey.- Hiya. - Bag of chips, please.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Is your dad around? - No.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- Salt and vinegar? - Please.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Oh, hi, Frank, come on in.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I'm just off to work. Tom Cruise is in the front room.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Eddie, it's Frank. He's got chips.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40'The tiny industrious little beetle is about to meet someone...'
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I've seen this before.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47That wee beetle pushes that big ball of shite
0:16:47 > 0:16:51for what is the equivalent of six miles for him.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Then, just as he gets to where he's going, another beetle comes
0:16:55 > 0:17:00and steals it from under his nose. It's what happens, wait and see.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Six miles. Poor bastard.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07They'll have you shovelling shit, you know that?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I know.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19You still coming on the booze cruise to France? It'll do us good.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I can see myself on the ship now.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Captain Eddie Fraser.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Beer in my hand and the sea air in my lungs.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Oi, Eddie! That seagull's eating your puke.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39He caught it in the air! That seagull caught it in the air!
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Puke again, Eddie! Go on, puke again.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- HE LAUGHS - That's brilliant, that.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06All right?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Bloody hell.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12You can see France already. Isn't very far, is it?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- Near enough to swim. - I wish I had.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Frank?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Frank?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49You all right?
0:18:53 > 0:18:57How mad would you have to be to swim this?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Totally.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- How far is it to France? - We're in France, you dipstick.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Yeah, I know we're in France but how far is it, from Britain?
0:19:14 > 0:19:1720 miles, give or take the odd oil tanker.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22- 20? How do they measure?- They look very small from here, don't they?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23They are very small, love.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26We just like to shrink when we get near them.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30You can't swim one of the busiest shipping routes cos the fancy takes.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- Who'd you show your passport to? Punch and Judy?- The deckchair man.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37I was a deckchair man for a day.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- Only a day? - It wasn't what I was expecting.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Did you tell him yet? - No, God, no.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49I will. He won't like it. He'll think it's to do losing his job.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53And he'll like it even less when he finds out the truth,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57that it's got absolutely nothing to do with him at all.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Sorry to call you back to the yard like this, Frank.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19It's a small legal matter. I just need to prove something.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I know you must be busy.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25You know these guys, Frank.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- So? - I told you.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30I didn't see anything.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33He must have been desperate.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36He's going to get nothing.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38He used the wrong hand.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41He's right-handed.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Duncan?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48He crossed hands...
0:20:48 > 0:20:51to operate the press.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56OK.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02You should have been more loyal to the company, Frank.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05You wouldn't know what loyalty is.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Loyalty is a full wage packet at the end of the week.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Loyalty is being valued,
0:21:12 > 0:21:17being happy with yourself. You happy with yourself, Frank?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Who do you think you are?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25You seriously think you can intimidate people
0:21:25 > 0:21:27into being loyal to you?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33There's not a man in this yard would piss on you if you were on fire.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Hi, Frank!
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- Cannae keep away, hey? - Frank!
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- I knocked a vase over. - Which one?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- The one with the crack in it? - No, the other one.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Will it fix?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07I need to go and get changed.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18So what if you swam the Clyde? The Channel's completely different.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Do you think you could, then, Frank?
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- I know I could. - Look! You got made redundant.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29You should just face up to it like everyone else.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Face up to it?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Like you did, Eddie?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- That's a lot of reading. - That's a lot of swimming.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- You think I'm wasting my time?- A gem cannot be polished without friction,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21nor man perfected without trials.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Is that a yes or a no?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27When do we start?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Hey, hey, hey. What have we forgotten?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56What's this?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58You know we're not allowed.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02In you go. I'll see you at 3.30.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- Bye! - Bye!
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- Hi, son. - Dad.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23- OK? - You?
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Yeah, good. - Busy?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Aye.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35You used to have one of them, remember?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Yeah.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41They had one each but they're always losing them.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I was gonna go for a coffee. Wanna come?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48I'd better not, I've got to get on.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Maybe next time?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Aye.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I promised Michelle I'd fix this for her.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20I wanted to see what was inside. It doesn't want to go back together.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Things aren't meant to be fixed nowadays.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26No.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Not by you, anyway.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35How's work?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40HE SIGHS
0:26:40 > 0:26:44What was it Sausage Fingers said today? Something funny.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51No, I can't remember. It was funny, anyway, whatever it was.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53The thing that he said.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55It was funny.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I'm gonna swim it, Ed.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04I know you are.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- Oh, my, that's a lot of reading. - It's a lot of swimming.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Probably mentions sharks. Does it?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- There's no sharks in the Channel. - One shark, they opened it up,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39- they found a telly.- Did not.- Don't tell me, the telly was still on.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43It's important to take it seriously or you may as well not bother.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Bloody hell. - Bugger me.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Are you coming or are you going?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- ALL:- Sorry, Frank.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55To start with, there's the training schedule.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- I don't mean to be rude, Chan... - Things we need to do to set the swim up.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- I didn't think you spoke English. - I didn't think you could speak.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- Danny.- First, we need to register the swim.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09I've only heard you say three words and two were "salt" and "vinegar".
0:28:09 > 0:28:12For the love of God, will you let the man speak? Sorry, Chan.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Next, we have to get a boat and an experienced pilot.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19How about Merv, he's got a boat?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- Merv the Perv's got a boat? - One of them daft pointy ones,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- all chrome and shiny plastic. - I don't wanna talk to Merv.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29- Dinky wee bar.- Does it go fast, though?- Like shit off a stick.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Two years is what it takes.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49I wanna do it in six months.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Do you have time to help me?
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Aye.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Ed, I would have asked you but I didn't think you'd have the time.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Aye, well... Chan's probably better at this sort of thing than me.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Look, guys, do me a favour, can we just keep this to ourselves?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- Sure. - Aye.- Aye.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- Is he in?- Aye, he's in the kitchen. - Right.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23DOORBELL RINGS
0:29:27 > 0:29:29- Good evening. - Hello, Norman.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- I've got a cake. - Oh, very nice.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37DOORBELL RINGS
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- Hello, Mrs Redmond.- Hello. - It's Danny, Danny Campbell.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Ah, right. You want Frank? He's...in the kitchen.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52DOORBELL RINGS
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Come in.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00He's in the kitchen.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09Keep your eyes open, James. Here.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Here you go.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- All right, Rob? - Danny, how's things?
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Aye, not bad. Skint, no job, no girlfriend, and I've been wearing
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Big Janine's knickers since last February. I can't complain.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Aaargh!- No' easy that, doing a woman's job.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28I'll leave you to it. Rather you than me!
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- You OK? - Yeah.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36Leave it alone, you big numpty. And try to stay on your feet.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39I saw Dad down the pool again. What's he up to?
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- Swimming.- Seems he's there all the time.- Does him good. Away you go.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48- How did they both manage to fall over?- Practice.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52- SHE LAUGHS - Can we go up to our room? - Yes, you can.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55I didn't know you had this.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Angela dug it out. It's a good sand boat.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Hmmm. That's all you ever wanted to make, both of you.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- Must be in your blood. - Biscuit?
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- I go up there every now and then. - I know.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Mum?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I failed my bus test.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40That's not bad.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44The time's faster and you're getting more distance from the strokes.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47But it's still a long way from the real thing.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- You'd be better at bus driving than me.- I thought about it.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57Kept seeing those ads. So, why didn't you tell us?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01There's no sugar in this.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06- Can you take it again? - You get three go's.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08You should try for it, you'd be good.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12What, and have Angela give up work? She earns twice what I could.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- I said before, I can help with the twins.- I've said before,
0:33:16 > 0:33:19they're my kids. If I'm not prepared to look after them,
0:33:19 > 0:33:23- we shouldn't have had them. What? - You're like your dad.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Aaron, when you get to the side, just stop and wait.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- You OK?- It's all right, he's fine! - I'm all right.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13That's the way he swims. It's OK, leave him. Thank you.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Thank you.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Yes!
0:34:29 > 0:34:31- Yes! - Did you see that, big man?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59You call that swimming?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Aye.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- You got a name? - Aaron.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Good name.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Good swimmer.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Rob, hurry up.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38- Let's go.- He's probably not here. - You said he comes all the time.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- Unless you don't want to. - I didn't say all the time,
0:35:41 > 0:35:44I said some of time, smartarse.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- All right, Frank. - All right, Danny.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- Who's that? - I used to work with him.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08OK, OK.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18I'm gonna be first! No cheating.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23- You got a head start. - Ow, my toe. I stubbed my toe.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- Who won the race? - THEY LAUGH
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Right, whose clothes are who here?
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- Is there anyone else in here? - No, you're safe.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Come out! Why are you hiding in there? You've got the shampoo.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- Have I?- Why do men's changing rooms always smell of P-I-S-S?
0:36:42 > 0:36:46You're lucky, normally they smell of S-H-I-T.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- What does that spell? - THEY ALL LAUGH
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Right, clothes on.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Come on, let's get dressed.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57THEY CHAT
0:37:25 > 0:37:27See you Monday.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Excuse me.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34See you Monday.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- Just a three. - Danny.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Get his change right, Shirley, he'll be watching the pennies.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22It's not even May. You can't go swimming outdoors this time of year.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I've got to get colder. I'm going to Loch Lomond tomorrow.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- There's frost forecast.- We should all do it, lend a bit of morale.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- I'll do it, sounds like a laugh. What about you, Eddie?- Count me in.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36I support much better when I'm dry. I'm a dry kind of supporter.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- Nice cake, Norman. - Yeah, less salt this time.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42ALL SHOUT
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Where are you going?
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- No!- Eddie, come on! - I can't do this!
0:38:57 > 0:39:00ALL SHOUT
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Hold on, Frank! I'll be right with you!
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Don't worry, son, it'll grow back.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- It better had. I'm playing football later on.- Here we go, lads.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Nice cold beers to warm you up. - Cheers, guys.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- Slainte. ALL:- Slainte.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29The fire of the crucible.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- What is the fire of the crucible? - Chinese proverb.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34From now on, you train in the cold.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Plus you have to swim 25 miles a week, six days a week.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Here, I've got one for you, Chan. Man who walks through
0:39:40 > 0:39:43airport turnstile sideways, is going to bang cock.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45ALL LAUGH
0:39:49 > 0:39:52How do you know he's going to Bangkok?
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Bang cock. Bang...cock.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Listen, we still need to get a hold of a boat so we can support Frank.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- Merv the Perv's got a boat.- Do you think he'd let us have a go?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I don't see why not, he'd let you have a go with his wife.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- ALL LAUGH - Bangkok! Bang...
0:40:24 > 0:40:29I can't. I thought I could but I can't. I'll see you at the bus stop!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Hey! Over here.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Come on.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Don't be shy.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Give it a try.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Merv, it's Frank. Can I have a word?
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Oh, hiya, Frank.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47- Vera, it's Frank. - VERA'S VOICE IS MUFFLED
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- Hi, Vera. - How's Joan?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Joan's...she's fine, yeah.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54VERA'S MUFFLED VOICE
0:40:54 > 0:40:58Oh, she's still after Joan's recipe for that lemon cheesecake.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59I'll remind her.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Listen, I'm sorry, is this a bad time?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- I could come back later. - No, no, it's great, Frank.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Norman says you've got a boat.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12I was wondering if maybe we could... borrow it?
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- I wanna shag it! - Merv probably has.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- You sure you know what you're doing? - Of course I do!
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- I was in Sea Cadets!- Bit different to a leaky canoe on the Clyde.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27- Don't worry, I'll be careful. - Just make sure you are.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Are you not coming, Norman?
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Get on there with the missing link at the helm? You're joking!
0:41:33 > 0:41:38No, I'll leave it till I find my sea legs. Next time.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40ALL SHOUT
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Right, then.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51ENGINE STRUGGLES TO START
0:41:52 > 0:41:56- Oh, you flooded it. - I'll fix it. Just give us a minute.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Help!
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- Norman! - ENGINE STARTS
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Aaargh! Oh, shite!
0:42:16 > 0:42:19HE LAUGHS
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Bollocks! Aaargh!
0:42:24 > 0:42:26HE SCREAMS
0:42:28 > 0:42:30SILENCE FALLS
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Keep your eye on that, will you?
0:42:55 > 0:42:58What's on your mind, son?
0:42:58 > 0:43:01- I've been thinking. - What with?
0:43:01 > 0:43:06I was thinking... I could have a go at the Channel too.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- Yeah? - Yeah. What do you think?
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- You think you're up to it? - Oh, yeah.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17- Definitely. - Yeah?- Definitely.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- Hi. - All right, Rob?
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Evening, Janine. Pint of lager, please.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36Eight packets of crisps, assorted flavours, no prawn cocktail,
0:43:36 > 0:43:39two pork pies, three ham sandwiches and a pint of Guinness, please.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43I'm in training. Swimming. I've got to bulk up.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- You're swimming? - Training.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50But I'm getting mentally prepared. I'm in mental training.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- How's things with you, then? - The same.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56How's the big fella?
0:43:56 > 0:44:01- What?- Your little boy, he fell on his arse the last time I saw you.
0:44:01 > 0:44:06Oh, yeah. He's all right. He...does it all the time. Bounces back.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Oh, yeah, they're very bouncy, kids.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11Like balls. Or castles.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15It's gotta be the most difficult job in the world, being a dad.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18Probably why mine left us.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22But you don't miss what you never had, do you?
0:44:25 > 0:44:29You stay in front of him, Frank. If the water suddenly gets warm,
0:44:29 > 0:44:34- that'll be Danny. - How many of those have you eaten?
0:44:34 > 0:44:36- Just the one. - Well, get rid of it.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Right, OK.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Don't do anything stupid. Get into trouble,
0:44:43 > 0:44:45what do you do? Go to the boat, yeah?
0:44:45 > 0:44:48All right, now remember, we're not superheroes.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51- I hear you. I'm good.- Let's go. - What's that?
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Jellyfish.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56They're fine, they're fine.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Come on!
0:45:05 > 0:45:08- Colder than last time! - Danny, go down.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11- Come on, here we go! - Danny!
0:45:11 > 0:45:13- Watch this. - Pace yourself.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39'You are king of the jungle.'
0:45:39 > 0:45:42I'm a lion.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46- HE GROWLS - 'Now, repeat after me...'
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Right, there you go, Frank.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Why can't he just hold onto the boat and get it?
0:46:07 > 0:46:11He wants to do it right. Touch the boat, and the swim won't count.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Aargh!
0:46:28 > 0:46:30TAPE SLOWS DOWN AND SPEEDS UP
0:46:35 > 0:46:38HORN BLARES
0:46:41 > 0:46:43SCREAMS: Eddie!
0:46:43 > 0:46:46- He's got cramp!- Start the boat, Chan, start the boat!
0:46:46 > 0:46:49Danny! Danny, hold on!
0:46:49 > 0:46:51- Dan!- Hold on! - ENGINE LABOURS
0:46:54 > 0:46:57It won't start.
0:47:02 > 0:47:07It's OK, it's OK. Calm down. Easy.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09COUGHS
0:47:36 > 0:47:41- What did the doctor say?- The doctor says he's gonna be all right.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44No thanks to you. He looks to you like a dad.
0:47:44 > 0:47:49- You should have stopped him. - It wasn't Frank's fault, Mum.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53- I will not have him go in the water again.- Ma, it was my own fault.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01I just wanted to be the man for once.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Olympic superstar,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06Nike sponsorship.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Just...be the man, you know?
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Like you.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18I didn't want you to be disappointed.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22I was when I found out it was Eddie that gave me the kiss of life.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24LAUGHS
0:48:25 > 0:48:28Are you going training now?
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Put some down for me, will you?
0:48:32 > 0:48:34You can help out.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37On the boat or something.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40But he wears a life jacket if he's anywhere near you.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47- So his mother's not too happy then? - I should have stopped him.
0:48:47 > 0:48:51- Remember you stopped Rob swimming in here that time?- Yeah, he was seven.
0:48:51 > 0:48:56He cursed like mad when I pulled him out cos his mates were watching.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59- Jumped right back in.- If I'd disobeyed my father at that age,
0:48:59 > 0:49:04he'd have beat the hell outta me. But I loved him.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07I've never hit Rob.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10Ever. Not once.
0:49:10 > 0:49:14Yet now we can't find two words to say to each other.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19Seems like everything's backwards.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24MUFFLED VOICES
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Why don't we just take a chance? Go to Dover?
0:49:36 > 0:49:40Long way to go for nothing if we don't find somebody.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43You said yourself, you don't find a pilot, you can't swim.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46- OK. I'll go later this week. - I'll come for the ride.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50- Get a saver, should be cheap enough. - Take Danny too.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54- Make sure he brings his water wings this time. - SNORES
0:50:02 > 0:50:07- It said apply thickly. - Maybe we overdid it.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22- I'm sorry. - SIGHS
0:50:22 > 0:50:26Was it the lorry? But he swerved first.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30- Lunatic. - Mrs Redmond, you need to be more...
0:50:30 > 0:50:32I'll let you go one more time.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Here we are. Right.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46I've just had a word with the barmaid.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Apparently, there is a guy that can do it.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Goes by the name of Mad Bob.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Mad Bob?
0:50:54 > 0:50:56He doesn't sound normal.
0:50:56 > 0:51:01- He sounds frigging nuts. Is he here? - You looking for a boat?
0:51:01 > 0:51:05- We might be. - Either you are or you're not.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08We are.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11- So it's you that's gonna be swimming?- Hmm-mm.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22If you can't beat me... you ain't the man to do the swim.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26And I ain't the man to take you.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30I take it you're Mad Bob.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41We go on three.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48One,...two,...
0:51:49 > 0:51:51..three.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55850 the crossing, 200 deposit, no refunds.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58Will we get to see your boat?
0:51:58 > 0:52:00- What for? - We get to see the boat.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Righty-ho, you get to see the boat.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09Shark. 35 footer.
0:52:14 > 0:52:18Fell off my bike. Two wheeler.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Let's go.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25There she is.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Is this yours?
0:52:29 > 0:52:32It's all right.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38- It's good. - Yeah. Very nice.
0:52:39 > 0:52:43- There you go, fellas, tea's up. - What date is it today?- 22nd June.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47- Aye, it's the 22nd.- You sure? - Is that a two or a five?
0:52:47 > 0:52:50Yeah, it's the 22nd.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55One, two, three!
0:52:57 > 0:52:59ALL CHEER
0:52:59 > 0:53:01- ALL:- # For they are jolly good fellows
0:53:01 > 0:53:03# For they are jolly good fellows
0:53:03 > 0:53:06# For they are jolly good fellows
0:53:06 > 0:53:09# And so say all of us. #
0:53:09 > 0:53:13- Where were you?- Sorry, I got held up.- I'll get you some food.
0:53:13 > 0:53:17- No, it's fine, I've... - And a nice big piece of cake.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22- Were you waiting for me? - They were.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25It's fine, it worked out better. Come on, let's go crazy!
0:53:25 > 0:53:28CHILDREN SCREAM
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Hey.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39Here you are. So what did you get them?
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Since when did I do the shopping?
0:53:42 > 0:53:46- Your mother likes to get those things.- You got them the racetracks.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50Mum still likes to do that thing where she signs the card
0:53:50 > 0:53:53and makes it look like you've signed it too.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58How's the swimming coming on?
0:53:58 > 0:54:02I heard you were gonna swim the English Channel.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09- I didn't tell her. - You were right not to.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11- Why? - Because you heard wrong.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15I heard that Danny parked Merv's boat halfway up the beach.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19And I heard that you're planning to swim the Channel this summer.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Danny gets carried away.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30- Saw you down the library.- I like reading.- Saw you down the pool.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33I like swimming. What?
0:54:34 > 0:54:38I'm gonna get some jelly before it's all gone.
0:54:46 > 0:54:50- You can have another go, can't you? - I can't seem to concentrate lately.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54- You told him at last then? - No, it's not that.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56It's something else.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59I think he might be having an affair.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01LAUGHS
0:55:01 > 0:55:04But he's acting so odd.
0:55:04 > 0:55:09I'm sorry, that's just daft. I mean - Well, there's Vera.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11It's not funny. She rang last weekend.
0:55:11 > 0:55:15- It's probably just got something to do with the boat.- What boat?
0:55:15 > 0:55:20The boat! The lads are borrowing a boat to help Frank swim the Channel.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22What channel?
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Thank you.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Nice.
0:55:57 > 0:56:01You know we were talking about buying a car?
0:56:01 > 0:56:05Hmm. I fixed the wing mirror back on.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08Michelle said Arthur Hall's selling his Metro. It's red.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12- I thought we said a new car could wait?- We didn't, you did.
0:56:12 > 0:56:16We have to be careful with the money from now on.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Michelle says the insides are just like new.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23She also says you've been borrowing Merv's boat
0:56:23 > 0:56:26to help you train to swim the Channel
0:56:26 > 0:56:30and I was wondering when you were thinking about telling me.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40I was also wondering how it is we can't afford a new car
0:56:40 > 0:56:44but you can afford a boat to show you the way to bloody France.
0:56:44 > 0:56:48I'd be worried about you trying to swim all that way, Frank,
0:56:48 > 0:56:50if I wasn't so angry.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57I've never asked you for anything, Frank,
0:56:57 > 0:57:01but honesty was something I took for granted.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33TAPPING
0:57:50 > 0:57:53Look who it is, the three wise monkeys.
0:57:53 > 0:57:57Your dad's just got a few more lengths to do. Why don't we wait -
0:57:57 > 0:58:00I know about his secret, I wanna talk to him, is that all right?
0:58:00 > 0:58:03- Come on. - Eddie.- Hey!
0:58:08 > 0:58:10You're a liar, Dad.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15You lied to me about swimming the Channel.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19Maybe I did.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21Why?
0:58:22 > 0:58:26- Is it because I don't have a job? - It's not about you.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29Because I look after the twins? I'm not ashamed of that, Dad!
0:58:29 > 0:58:34- I'm not ashamed, like you think I should be!- Good! You're not ashamed.
0:58:34 > 0:58:36No, but you are.
0:58:38 > 0:58:41You're the one who's ashamed!
0:58:41 > 0:58:44- I'm not listening to this. - Why? What are you afraid of?
0:58:44 > 0:58:47Afraid I'll drown?! Look at me, I'm drowning!
0:58:54 > 0:58:5736 years! 36 years.
0:58:57 > 0:59:0012 hours a day, five days a week.
0:59:00 > 0:59:04Now, you tell me, when was I supposed to go shopping?!
0:59:12 > 0:59:15COUGHS
0:59:42 > 0:59:46He'll be OK, Just needs time to cool off.
0:59:46 > 0:59:49- We need to make sure you keep up the times tomorrow.- No.
0:59:49 > 0:59:52- What? - No.
0:59:59 > 1:00:01I can't do it.
1:00:01 > 1:00:04- Frank - - I can't do it.
1:00:04 > 1:00:08- He's right. - Come on, Frank, come on.
1:00:08 > 1:00:10I'm not going to be swimming.
1:00:34 > 1:00:37Your father didn't mean to hurt you.
1:00:39 > 1:00:42I was married once.
1:00:46 > 1:00:48Her name was Bridget.
1:00:48 > 1:00:50She left me for a jam salesman.
1:00:53 > 1:00:55She never even liked jam.
1:00:58 > 1:01:00I didn't bother with women again after that.
1:01:00 > 1:01:04I was always too scared the same thing would happen all over.
1:01:04 > 1:01:08If anyone tried to get close, I just pushed them away.
1:01:12 > 1:01:16Your father did the same thing with you after the accident.
1:01:16 > 1:01:18Pushed you away.
1:01:19 > 1:01:21He blames me.
1:01:21 > 1:01:24No, he doesn't.
1:01:24 > 1:01:27He blames himself. Always has.
1:01:30 > 1:01:35Now, you're soaking the seat and it's leather. It'll stain.
1:02:23 > 1:02:26All that way, Frank.
1:02:34 > 1:02:37I thought we were too old for secrets.
1:02:41 > 1:02:44Like learning how to drive a bus?
1:02:54 > 1:02:57There was an ad.
1:02:57 > 1:02:59In the paper.
1:02:59 > 1:03:02I failed twice.
1:03:02 > 1:03:06But I'm going to take it again. I'm not giving up.
1:03:37 > 1:03:39You ready?
1:03:52 > 1:03:55We're not the train.
1:03:55 > 1:03:59There's no point in waiting, I've got the keys, remember?
1:04:03 > 1:04:05- (Pappy.) - Shh.
1:04:07 > 1:04:11- (Are you playing a game?)- (Yeah.) - Don't make me come back out.
1:04:11 > 1:04:14You'd better go inside.
1:04:16 > 1:04:19(Is it a secret?)
1:04:19 > 1:04:22- (Yeah.) - (Like Daddy's wee brother?)
1:04:22 > 1:04:27(He says we must not talk about him. That it makes you sad.)
1:04:27 > 1:04:30(Does it make you sad?)
1:04:30 > 1:04:32Sometimes.
1:04:33 > 1:04:36I won't too.
1:04:36 > 1:04:38Good boy.
1:04:41 > 1:04:43Are you going to swim the Channel?
1:04:43 > 1:04:46I don't know.
1:04:46 > 1:04:50- What do you think? - Dad says it's too dangerous.
1:04:53 > 1:04:55What is the Channel?
1:04:55 > 1:04:59It's the sea between England and France.
1:04:59 > 1:05:03- SIGHS - Are there any...sharks?
1:05:03 > 1:05:07- No sharks. - Crocodiles?
1:05:07 > 1:05:09- Uh-uh. - Piranhas?
1:05:09 > 1:05:11- Bananas? - Piranhas.
1:05:11 > 1:05:14Piranhas!
1:05:14 > 1:05:16No, no piranhas.
1:05:16 > 1:05:19It doesn't sound too dangerous to me then.
1:05:19 > 1:05:21OK, bye!
1:05:31 > 1:05:34I can swim like a fish.
1:05:43 > 1:05:46Are you stopping out here all day or are you planning to come in?
1:06:19 > 1:06:22Hey, big man, you not swimming?!
1:06:46 > 1:06:49Yes!
1:06:52 > 1:06:55That's £5 you owe me. I told you he'd be here.
1:07:00 > 1:07:03We're a delegation.
1:07:03 > 1:07:05A delegation?
1:07:05 > 1:07:08It's a kind of a gang.
1:07:08 > 1:07:10Thanks for that, Dan.
1:07:12 > 1:07:15Does the delegation have a proposal?
1:07:15 > 1:07:19Yeah. We think you're wrong to give up
1:07:19 > 1:07:23- now we've come this far.- We also think you're a big daft bollocks -
1:07:23 > 1:07:28See that? See that little lad with the red hair?
1:07:29 > 1:07:34It takes everything out of him just to swim one width, just one.
1:07:34 > 1:07:37He won't take any help
1:07:37 > 1:07:39and he never gives up.
1:07:39 > 1:07:41Ever.
1:07:46 > 1:07:49- And when he gets to the other side... - Yes!
1:07:51 > 1:07:54I'm not giving up.
1:08:14 > 1:08:16That toilet needs cleaning again.
1:08:21 > 1:08:23Do it yourself.
1:08:37 > 1:08:40BOTH LAUGH
1:08:40 > 1:08:44Hi, Davey. All right, ladies? Pat.
1:08:44 > 1:08:48- My God. - All right, love? Nearly finished?
1:08:50 > 1:08:53Only I thought we might go out.
1:08:53 > 1:08:56You mean together?
1:08:59 > 1:09:03Oh, aye. You and me, me and you.
1:09:10 > 1:09:13Excuse me.
1:09:13 > 1:09:16Please don't drop the bags, they split.
1:09:16 > 1:09:18Oh, aye?
1:09:18 > 1:09:20Sorry, pal.
1:09:26 > 1:09:29- See you Wednesday. - See you Wednesday.
1:09:41 > 1:09:44I nearly drowned.
1:09:44 > 1:09:48- We heard.- In the sea. What were you doing in the sea?
1:09:48 > 1:09:52I don't know. Do you wanna go out with me?
1:09:54 > 1:09:56Yeah.
1:09:56 > 1:10:00Good. That's good.
1:10:01 > 1:10:03Happy days.
1:10:08 > 1:10:11"North westerly, south westerly,
1:10:11 > 1:10:13"five or six."
1:10:18 > 1:10:21You smell of chlorine.
1:10:21 > 1:10:24Like Dad when he was laid out.
1:10:27 > 1:10:30He used to smell of oil and Woodbines.
1:10:34 > 1:10:37I was 16.
1:10:37 > 1:10:40You came down to talk to Dad about something.
1:10:40 > 1:10:44I couldn't believe how handsome you were.
1:10:52 > 1:10:55I'm learning to drive a bus.
1:10:55 > 1:10:58And then, if I pass,
1:10:58 > 1:11:00I'm going to drive a bus.
1:11:00 > 1:11:03It'll be my job. A proper job.
1:11:03 > 1:11:05Driving a bus.
1:11:08 > 1:11:10I'm going up.
1:11:10 > 1:11:13So should you.
1:11:13 > 1:11:15You have a big day tomorrow.
1:11:52 > 1:11:54Thanks for the sandwiches.
1:11:55 > 1:11:57Good luck.
1:11:57 > 1:12:01That, er...time,
1:12:01 > 1:12:04when I came to see your father. I didn't.
1:12:06 > 1:12:09I came to see you.
1:12:16 > 1:12:18I spy with my little eye something beginning with...
1:12:18 > 1:12:22- You'll never get this. A. - Air freshener.- No.- Ambulance.- No.
1:12:22 > 1:12:25- You might get it, Norman. - Why?- Cos you're nearer it.
1:12:25 > 1:12:29- You could say you're on it. - I'm on it?- Kinda.
1:12:29 > 1:12:33- Arse.- No, cos you'd have that as well. Unless it was Norman's arse.
1:12:33 > 1:12:36- Leave my arse outta this. - And that would be N-A.
1:13:21 > 1:13:24- You OK with heights? - Yeah.
1:13:24 > 1:13:27- You? - Oh, yeah.
1:13:27 > 1:13:29- You sure? - Hmm-mm.
1:13:31 > 1:13:34I was thinking about Joan.
1:13:34 > 1:13:36I should have told her.
1:13:36 > 1:13:40What I was hiding.
1:13:42 > 1:13:46- Maybe we should leave him alone? - Why? We should be there for him.
1:13:46 > 1:13:50- What if he doesn't want us there? - You're as pig-headed as your father.
1:13:50 > 1:13:54Of course he wants us there. He just doesn't know how to ask.
1:13:54 > 1:13:57- But he's not gonna achieve anything by it.- How do you know?!
1:13:57 > 1:14:01Because he's not gonna bring Stuart back by swimming the Channel.
1:14:02 > 1:14:04Oh, God.
1:14:04 > 1:14:07It's not Stuart he wants back.
1:14:11 > 1:14:13I'm away.
1:14:19 > 1:14:22Mum. Thanks for the toys.
1:14:22 > 1:14:24It's OK.
1:14:26 > 1:14:28What toys?
1:14:34 > 1:14:37- LOUD FARTING - Better out than in, right?
1:14:37 > 1:14:40- For God's sake. - One more of them
1:14:40 > 1:14:43and you're sleeping in the car.
1:14:43 > 1:14:45LAUGHTER
1:14:45 > 1:14:47I knew a guy once,
1:14:47 > 1:14:50could fart in German. ALL LAUGH
1:14:54 > 1:14:56SIREN BLARES
1:15:01 > 1:15:04You took your time.
1:15:05 > 1:15:07I'm sitting in the front.
1:15:11 > 1:15:14The observer fella seems all right.
1:15:23 > 1:15:27Right, it's five o'clock, let's get cracking. Don't forget,
1:15:27 > 1:15:30don't touch the boat or it will invalidate your swim.
1:15:30 > 1:15:34When you get to France, pick up a stone and bring it back to the boat.
1:15:34 > 1:15:37- OK. - Good luck.
1:15:37 > 1:15:39Thank you. Thank you.
1:15:39 > 1:15:41Go on.
1:15:41 > 1:15:46- Good luck, mate.- Good luck, Frank. - Thanks, lads.
1:15:46 > 1:15:48Right.
1:15:49 > 1:15:52See youse.
1:15:52 > 1:15:56- You not joining us? - No, I don't float very well.
1:15:56 > 1:15:58Me neither.
1:16:00 > 1:16:02OK.
1:17:03 > 1:17:05Come on, Frank!
1:17:05 > 1:17:07That's the way!
1:17:52 > 1:17:55We'll be there in no time, Frank.
1:17:57 > 1:17:59Nice rhythm, that.
1:17:59 > 1:18:01One, two,
1:18:01 > 1:18:03three, four.
1:18:03 > 1:18:06Oh! I'm all right, Frank!
1:18:06 > 1:18:08I'm all right. Carry on.
1:18:11 > 1:18:13You passed, didn't you?
1:18:13 > 1:18:17- I thought you'd never ask. - Well done, Mum!
1:18:17 > 1:18:21- Congratulations, that's brilliant! - We should celebrate with a gum drop.
1:18:40 > 1:18:43- The fumes are killing me. - I can't help that.
1:18:44 > 1:18:47I'm keeping this close to keep you on course.
1:18:49 > 1:18:53I can't breathe. I'll go ahead.
1:18:53 > 1:18:55What bloody use will I be then?
1:18:56 > 1:18:59Stupid bastard. Bloody fool!
1:19:07 > 1:19:09"I am confident."
1:19:09 > 1:19:14- I am confident. - "I am a lion."- I am a lion.
1:19:14 > 1:19:17I'm not a timorous beastie, I'm a lion!
1:19:23 > 1:19:26WHIMPERS
1:19:35 > 1:19:38He's doing great, isn't he?
1:19:38 > 1:19:42No. At this rate, he's not gonna make it before ebb tide and if he
1:19:42 > 1:19:46- doesn't, he's gonna get swept back out to sea.- Isn't that a bit bleak?
1:19:46 > 1:19:50- No, he's right.- I'll pick up the pace and he'll have to keep up.
1:19:50 > 1:19:54Better do some hypothermia checks. Can we get closer?
1:19:57 > 1:20:00Frank! Where are you swimming from?
1:20:00 > 1:20:04- England. - Where in England?
1:20:04 > 1:20:08- Dover. - What day is it?
1:20:08 > 1:20:11- What? - What day is it?!
1:20:12 > 1:20:14- Thursday. - He seems all right.
1:20:26 > 1:20:29Come on.
1:20:29 > 1:20:33I didn't think to ask where in France he was swimming to.
1:20:33 > 1:20:36- There, that's where he's swimming to.- How do you know?
1:20:36 > 1:20:40- Pappy showed me.- When did Pappy show you?- I'm not telling you.
1:20:42 > 1:20:45"RADIO CHATTER"
1:20:45 > 1:20:47How many times you try yourself?
1:20:47 > 1:20:51- Three.- Did you ever make it? - Third time lucky.
1:21:04 > 1:21:06There it is. Sortie, way out.
1:21:26 > 1:21:30- What is it? - Ebb tide.
1:21:30 > 1:21:32It's dragging him back out.
1:21:32 > 1:21:36What if he can't beat it? Can't we do anything?
1:21:36 > 1:21:40- He's in for the long haul. - He won't be able to last that long.
1:21:40 > 1:21:43- Yes, he will.- He won't. His body temperature's dropping.
1:21:43 > 1:21:47If he doesn't make this beach, he won't make it at all.
1:21:47 > 1:21:51Frank! You've only three miles to go, Frank!
1:21:51 > 1:21:55I know you're hurting but you gotta swim faster, the tide's against you.
1:21:55 > 1:21:57Frank, you've gotta swim faster!
1:22:04 > 1:22:07You can do it, Frank.
1:22:07 > 1:22:09You can do it.
1:22:34 > 1:22:38Aaargh! Stay there! Stay there, don't move! Don't move from there!
1:22:40 > 1:22:42TAPPING
1:22:48 > 1:22:50Stop that.
1:22:50 > 1:22:52Stop it.
1:23:06 > 1:23:09Come on, Frank, come on.
1:23:46 > 1:23:48- Is he all right? - SCREAMS
1:23:48 > 1:23:50SCREAMING
1:23:55 > 1:23:57Bloody hell.
1:24:15 > 1:24:18I need to get out, lads.
1:24:18 > 1:24:21What do you think you're doing?
1:24:21 > 1:24:25Why don't you just take it slow for a wee while, see if it passes.
1:24:25 > 1:24:28Sorry, Chan, I can't do it, mate.
1:24:28 > 1:24:31You're nearly there. It's not far.
1:24:31 > 1:24:34- I can't do it.- Frank, your body's hurting because you're beginning
1:24:34 > 1:24:38to burn fat. It won't last. If you carry on, you'll get through it.
1:24:38 > 1:24:41- It's just the pain barrier, it's all in your mind.- Get me out!
1:24:41 > 1:24:45- It's too far.- Bollocks, it's always been this far.- You swim it then!
1:24:45 > 1:24:48Fine. Get on board, we can all go home.
1:24:48 > 1:24:52All my life I've looked up to you, Frank. All my life.
1:24:52 > 1:24:56- I never saw you back down from anything.- It's too far.
1:24:56 > 1:25:00I'm nobody me, I know that. But I'm not daft.
1:25:00 > 1:25:03I see what's going on here,
1:25:03 > 1:25:06out here in the middle of nowhere.
1:25:07 > 1:25:10But he's not here, is he, Frank?
1:25:10 > 1:25:13He never was.
1:25:14 > 1:25:18It has taken you 23 years to find that out.
1:25:21 > 1:25:23So, what now?
1:25:26 > 1:25:29Well, I'll tell you what now.
1:25:29 > 1:25:34You get back to swimming and you shut up about how far it is.
1:25:34 > 1:25:37Shut up about how much it hurts cos you don't have a choice.
1:25:37 > 1:25:39You never did!
1:25:39 > 1:25:43So come on,
1:25:43 > 1:25:45get stuck in!
1:25:45 > 1:25:48We're wasting time.
1:25:58 > 1:26:02I'll go on then.
1:26:09 > 1:26:12It's him! I can't see for sure, but...
1:26:12 > 1:26:16Yeah, that's Frank! That's Frank in the water!
1:26:34 > 1:26:37There, lads, look! See him?
1:26:39 > 1:26:43Come on, let's go.
1:26:43 > 1:26:45Come on, I need to be there, Mum!
1:26:45 > 1:26:49- Come on! - My gawd!
1:28:17 > 1:28:20GASPS FOR AIR
1:28:27 > 1:28:29CHEER
1:28:29 > 1:28:32Yes!
1:28:33 > 1:28:37If he touches him before he gets out the swim won't be recognised.
1:28:37 > 1:28:41ALL SHOUT: Don't!
1:28:44 > 1:28:46Let him get out of the water!
1:29:05 > 1:29:07What's he...?
1:29:18 > 1:29:20- CRIES - Come on.
1:29:36 > 1:29:39What?!
1:29:39 > 1:29:41Did I miss something?
1:29:43 > 1:29:46LAUGHS, ALL CHEER
1:29:49 > 1:29:50Yes!
1:29:52 > 1:29:54Come on.
1:29:54 > 1:29:56Come on!
1:30:12 > 1:30:14LAUGHS
1:30:15 > 1:30:19We did it! We swam the Channel!
1:30:28 > 1:30:30CHEER
1:30:30 > 1:30:32I took the ferry!
1:30:35 > 1:30:36Get the stone.
1:30:36 > 1:30:39Get the stone.
1:30:40 > 1:30:43CHEER
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