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MUSIC: "First Day Of School" - Philip Glass | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
'People have always trusted me with their secrets. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
'But who do I trust with mine?' | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
'You. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
'Only you.' | 0:01:09 | 0:01:10 | |
'The first day of a new term.' | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
'Here come the local pubescent proles. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
'The future plumbers and shop assistants | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
'and doubtless the odd terrorist, too.' | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
'In the old days, we confiscated cigarettes and wank mags, | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
'now it's knives and crack cocaine.' | 0:02:02 | 0:02:06 | |
'And they call it progress.' | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
HUBBUB | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
1517, Martin Luther nails his 95 points to a church door | 0:02:19 | 0:02:24 | |
in Wittenberg. BELL SOUNDS | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
Before we begin, for those of you who haven't delivered your reports, | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
please lob in my general direction. Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Marilyn. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
-Thank you, John. Thank you. -DOOR OPENS | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
Ah, has everyone met our new art teacher? Sheba Hart. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:56 | |
-Hello. -I've asked Sheba to sit in on this meeting. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
As you all know, I regard the arts as absolutely essential | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
to our policy of reform through nurture. Thank you, Chris. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
Very good. Thank you, Sue! I say, that's a big one, isn't it? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
-I'll be up till the crack of dawn! -LAUGHS | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
Anyone else not handed in their homework? | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
Thank you. Lovely. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
Barbara? | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
This is your report... on the history department? | 0:03:33 | 0:03:38 | |
On its entire workings | 0:03:38 | 0:03:39 | |
and your general thoughts for its future development? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
You'll find it's quite thorough, headmaster. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
"The history department functions much as one would expect | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
"for a school of this stature and intake. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
"Examination results have been consistent for 30 years, | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
"below the national average | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
"but above the level of catastrophe. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
"Recommendation - no change necessary." | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
Took me most of the summer to write it(!) | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
'Hard to read the wispy novice. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
'Is she a sphinx or simply stupid?' | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
All right, off you go, please, give me the phone. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
'Artfully dishevelled today. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
'The tweedy tramp coat is an abhorrence, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
'it seems to say, "I'm just like you." | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
'But, clearly, she's not.' | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
'A fey person, I suspect. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
'Fey.' | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
FOOTBALLERS CALL TO EACH OTHER | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
Put your shirt on! | 0:04:49 | 0:04:50 | |
-I got the winner, Miss. -Glory be(!) Shirt! | 0:04:50 | 0:04:54 | |
'She has certainly rippled the waters of our stagnant pond. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
'They flock to her. Even limp little Brian had a go. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:07 | |
-'Oh, the horror.' -Hiya! | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
-Oh, hello. -That's a lovely blouse. -What?! Oh! | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
'And Fatty Hodge has pounced on her. A dubious double act - | 0:05:14 | 0:05:20 | |
'the blonde and the pig in knickers.' | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
I just passed the art studio, it's like Lord Of The Flies. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
Have they gone for her? | 0:05:26 | 0:05:27 | |
They tore her posters down. There's a paint fight. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
They're chanting "Get your tits out for the lads." | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
-Girls, too. It's carnage. -How was madam? | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
Completely lost it. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
-"Stop it, you fucking bastards!" -You should have stepped in. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
You don't want to patronise the little lady. She'll be OK. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
-Next year, she'll be headmistress. -Christ, would you shut up! | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
Sorry, sorry. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
Char anyone? Babs? | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
Milk, no sugar. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
-Sweet enough? -Evidently. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
-SNIGGERS -Didn't her father invent inflation? | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
-You what? -Wasn't he that academic, Donald...whatsit? | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
Economics bloke - invented the word "inflation"? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
Oh yeah, I know who you mean. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
I think you'll find that Mrs Hart's father was Professor Ronald Taylor. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
He didn't invent inflation. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
He devised a theory about inflation and consumer expectation. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:21 | |
SHOUTING ABOVE THE HUBBUB | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
PUPILS CHANT: Fight! Fight! Fight! | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
Stop it immediately! | 0:06:38 | 0:06:39 | |
CHANTING CONTINUES | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
Now, stop it! | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
And get off him! | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
Enough! | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
Outside! Now! | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
-You're a wanker. -Fuck off! | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
Absolute silence! Absolute! | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
Why were they fighting, Mrs Hart? | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
The motive was unclear. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
Davis, I know, you're a little thug. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
-Who might you be? -Steven Connolly, Miss. -What? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
-Steven Connolly, Miss. -Year? | 0:07:23 | 0:07:24 | |
-Year 10, Miss. -You're the naked footballer. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:29 | |
Why were you fighting? It's a perfectly simple question. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:33 | |
Dunno, Miss. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:34 | |
You don't know? One minute you're an inert lump, | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
the next you're trying to castrate a fellow pupil. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
-Nothing occurred between these two states? -No, Miss. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
IMITATES HIS IRISH ACCENT: Don't play the hero with me, Connolly. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
Yes! Brain, mouth, speak. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
He was saying stuff about Miss. It was bang out of order. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:54 | |
-What did you say? -I never said nothing, Miss. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
"I didn't say ANYTHING". What did you say? Come on! | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
He said she's a tart. He said he gave her one up the arse. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
Do you, indeed? Odious boy. Apologise at once. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
-Sorry, Miss. -Deputy head in the morning. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:13 | |
Get back inside, both of you. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
Little towers of testosterone, you'll soon get used to them. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
Thank you so much. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
I better... I'm sorry we haven't met properly, have we? I'm Sheba Hart. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:31 | |
Barbara Covett. SHEBA LAUGHS NERVOUSLY | 0:08:31 | 0:08:36 | |
'Her voice is pure, as if her mouth were empty and clean. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:41 | |
'As if she'd never had a filling. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
'The complexion of a white peach. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
'One can almost see her veins. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
'Her trendy politics are similarly transparent.' | 0:08:49 | 0:08:54 | |
We serve them best if we teach them to read, write and add. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
'They don't need to know about the basket weavers of Chile.' | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
-Barbara's keen on the basics. -But when you started, didn't you want | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
to give them a REAL education, to help them overcome | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
the poverty of their backgrounds. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
Yes, of course. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:10 | |
But one soon learns that teaching is crowd control. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
Come here! | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
We're a branch of the social services. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
-Put that back, you! -Get off! | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
Console yourself with the gems, that's when it's satisfying. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:28 | |
Then you can make a real difference. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
The rest is just cattle prod and pray. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
'I can see why others are beguiled by her.' | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
Oh, hello. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
'But I wonder if she possesses the requisite heft.' | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
-Do you fancy a coffee? -Yeah. -Sheba! | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
-RINGTONE -Sorry, I... | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
-Sheba! -Year 11s, they're a nightmare. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:50 | |
-Sue! Do you want to join us for a quick coffee? -Great! | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
-I've got a bit of an announcement. -Your leaving St George's? -No. | 0:09:53 | 0:10:00 | |
Oh, you're pregnant? | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
That's fantastic! Oh, congratulations! | 0:10:05 | 0:10:10 | |
-When are you due? -June 7th. -A summer baby, how lovely. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
I can't believe that nobody's noticed. I'm 14 weeks! | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
-Didn't you see how chunky I'm getting? -Didn't like to say. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
-Where are you having it? -Homerton. Really nice there. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
Lovely, friendly nurses. I'm going to find out at the next scan... | 0:10:24 | 0:10:30 | |
Do you want to come to lunch on Sunday? | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
-Where? -To mine, to our house. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
-Won't you be with the family? -Oh yes, but you're very welcome. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:44 | |
It's no big deal, I'll just do a lasagne or something. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
I adore lasagne! | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
'Bliss! | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
'A merry flag on the Arctic wilderness of my calendar. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:57 | |
'One must make an effort when one receives an invitation. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:04 | |
'The art of it is seeming not to.' | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
'Lasagne tends to disagree with my bowels. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:15 | |
'I'll ask for a small portion.' | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
-Oh, I think I've got the wrong house. -No, you're bang on. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:47 | |
I'm Richard, Come in. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:48 | |
Sorry, I thought, um... | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
That I'd be 20 years younger and twice as handsome! | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
-Bash! -The kitchen's on fire! | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
Sorry if you were out there long, the bell's knackered. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
-Hi, Barbara. -Hello! | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
Oh, what a splendid room. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
Er, what can I get you? We're semi-pro drinkers here! You name it. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
I would like a dry sherry, please. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
Erm, I think we might have some apricot brandy knocking around. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
-Erm, dry white wine. -Done. Have a seat. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
-You must be Polly. I'm Barbara. -Hi, Barbara. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:31 | |
-Are you going somewhere? -Excuse me? | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
-You're all poshed up. -Oh, er, I have an appointment. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:45 | |
Er, later. Er, in town. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
-Have you always lived here? -Mum inherited it. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
-It's her little joke. -I only married her for the property. Morning(!) | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
-Did Pete go? He was welcome to stay. -He's not really into lunch. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:05 | |
-Cheers. -Mmm. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
-Are you interested in wine? -Only the drinking part. Are you? | 0:13:11 | 0:13:15 | |
Well, I spent a portion of the summer on the Amalfi coast... | 0:13:15 | 0:13:19 | |
-SHOUTING -Here's trouble. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
-..and I... -No-no-no. Easy! Easy! -LAUGHTER | 0:13:21 | 0:13:26 | |
'I'd anticipated a suave, young lawyer and two perfect poppets. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:32 | |
'Not so. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
'She's married some crumbling patriarch. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
'He's nearly as old as me. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:38 | |
'And then there's the daughter, the pocket princess. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:43 | |
'And finally, a somewhat tiresome court jester.' | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
Ah, lovely, thank you. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:48 | |
-I'm going to be a wizard. -Oh, is that when you're grown up? | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
No, he's just been cast in his school play. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
-Oh! -I'm going to wear a cape! | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
Amongst next month's cultural highlights, | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
I greatly look forward to Benjamin Hart in the key role of the wizard! | 0:14:03 | 0:14:08 | |
Indeed, I find myself beside myself with anticipation. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
'A rogue image swam through me. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
'Hubby's pruny, old mouth pursed at Sheba's breast.' | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
MUSIC: "Funky Kingston" - Toots And The Maytals | 0:14:17 | 0:14:21 | |
'After lunch, a rather mortifying family tradition. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
'They do things differently in bourgeois Bohemia.' | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
# Give it to me | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
# I want you to believe every word I say | 0:14:33 | 0:14:37 | |
# I want you to believe everything I do | 0:14:37 | 0:14:41 | |
Oh! Thank you. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
# And I got to find some way to make it | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
# Music is what I've got baby | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
-Come on, come on. -No! | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
# Shake it, shake it, baby | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
# Oh yeah Yeah | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
#Na na na | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
-# Na na na na... -MOBILE PHONE RINGS | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
# Na na na na Oh yeah | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
# Na na na Na-na na na na na | 0:15:06 | 0:15:12 | |
# Come on Funky, funky, funky # | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
-Ready? -Watch out! | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
Yes! | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
Took me away for our anniversary. It was years ago. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
-When we came back, it was here. -Ah! -As if by magic. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
Ah! | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
It was supposed to be my studio. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
It's more of a refuge, really. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
A room of one's own. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
LAUGHS Is this you? | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
Mmm. It was. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
Oh! I love these. Such vibrant colours. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:55 | |
Take one. Take two. Have the lot, actually. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
-I couldn't possibly. -Honestly, no one else wants them. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
I'll treasure them. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
Must be exhausting, running a family and teaching as well. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
I can't wait for term to end. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
Roll on Christmas and a month of sod all. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:16 | |
I shouldn't have kidded myself I could teach. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
It's just that I spent the last ten years looking after Ben, | 0:16:23 | 0:16:28 | |
and I was desperate to get out and do something, | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
and finally we get him into this great local school | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
and I am free to work and... | 0:16:34 | 0:16:35 | |
-You're going to be a terrific teacher. -Thanks. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:40 | |
But I'm bloody hopeless and everyone knows it. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
Children are feral. Don't let them sense your anxiety. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
How do you cope? | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
Oh, I'm just a battleaxe. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
Not popular but they respect me. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
Well, you're popular with me. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
It's strange, but I can talk to you. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
'She spoke of her vile mother. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
'Her grief over the death of her father. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
'The glory days when Richard scooped her up | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
'and then jettisoned wife and children | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
'for what she called "a non-stop fuckfest." | 0:17:16 | 0:17:20 | |
'It's a peculiar trait of the privileged - | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
'immediate incautious intimacy. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
'But Sheba went well beyond the tendencies of her class. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
'She was utterly candid. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
'A novice, confessing to the mother superior.' | 0:17:34 | 0:17:38 | |
Do you know, marriage and kids, I mean it's wonderful, but... | 0:17:38 | 0:17:43 | |
..it doesn't give you meaning. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
It gives you an imperative, but it doesn't help you... | 0:17:46 | 0:17:51 | |
My father always used to say, you know, on the Tube, "Mind the gap!" | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
Um... | 0:17:55 | 0:17:56 | |
Um, I don't know, it's just... | 0:17:56 | 0:18:00 | |
the distance between life as you dream it... | 0:18:00 | 0:18:06 | |
and life as it is. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
I know exactly what you mean. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
'A gold-star day. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
'I always knew we'd be friends. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
'Our mutual reserve inhibited us, but now it is manifest. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
'A spiritual recognition.' | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
At the end of this year, many of you will enjoy Christmas... | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
' "S" and I share the ability | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
'to see through the quotidian awfulness of things.' | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
'In a different, better age, we would be ladies of leisure, | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
'lunching together, visiting galleries, travelling, | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
'putting the world to rights. We would be...companions.' | 0:18:57 | 0:19:02 | |
# Christ by highest Heaven adored | 0:19:09 | 0:19:12 | |
# Christ the everlasting Lord | 0:19:12 | 0:19:16 | |
# Late in time behold him come | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
# Offspring off the virgin's womb... | 0:19:18 | 0:19:22 | |
It's taken. I'm saving it for Sheba. Sorry. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
# ..the incarnate Deity | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
# As man with man to dwell | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
# Jesus, Emmanuel | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
# Hark the herald angels sing | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
# Glory to... # | 0:19:38 | 0:19:39 | |
MUSIC: "Discovery" - Philip Glass | 0:19:39 | 0:19:43 | |
HE WHISPERS | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
ENTHUSIASTIC APPLAUSE | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
Very good! Well done! | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
CHILDREN CHANT: # Hark the herald angels sing | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
# Glory to the newborn King | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
# Hark the herald angels sing | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
# Glory to the newborn King | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
# Hark the herald angels sing | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
# Glory to the newborn King. # | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
BIRDSONG | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
Darling, put it in the car. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
-Pop it in the car, sweetheart. -PHONE RINGS | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
Hello! | 0:21:48 | 0:21:49 | |
I need to speak to you about Steven Connolly. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
-Who? -Let's not, shall we? | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
Doubtless you're aware you committed a criminal offence. | 0:21:56 | 0:22:01 | |
I'll be with you at five. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
(Let's go to the pub, OK?) | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
When - when will you tell them? | 0:22:12 | 0:22:13 | |
I need to know the circumstances. You must inform me of everything. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:19 | |
Actually, you were there when I first saw him. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
I think you gave him a telling off. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
I gave him a slight ticking off. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
He dedicated his goal to me. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
It amused me. Nothing more. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
A few days later, he came to see me. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
-Miss, would you look at me drawings, please. -I'll look at them in class. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
-You do art, don't you? -I'm not allowed, I'm special needs, | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
I've got to do extra reading instead. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
Did you do these at home? | 0:22:54 | 0:22:56 | |
These are good. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
You can draw. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:09 | |
If we pull strings for one child, the whole system will unravel. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
But he's talented! He's actually found something he believes in. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
They're all talented. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
You found your "gem", as Sue would say. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
I said that I would teach him after school, but only if he felt like it. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
-It's the job, isn't it? -Within specified hours and a specified curriculum. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:33 | |
Barbara, he came every day for two weeks. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:38 | |
Yes, I was flattered. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
And more than that, I was excited to find someone who wanted to learn. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:45 | |
He imagined a sort of helicopter 500 years ago. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:49 | |
It does your brain in. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
Surely must have suspected his motives? | 0:23:51 | 0:23:55 | |
I sensed he had a little crush on me, but so what? | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
It was innocent. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:00 | |
-That's so much better. You've got that knuckle. -I've nailed it. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:06 | |
-Do that again, Miss. -Don't be silly! Off you go. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:12 | |
What are you having for tea, Miss? | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
I don't know, I'll buy something on the way home. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
-Are you a good cook? -Not really. -You suck? | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
Go home, Steven. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:26 | |
-Well, that's when you should have stopped it. -I did. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:41 | |
I told him I wouldn't teach him any more. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
He refused to accept it, he just kept coming back. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
Miss! | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
'It began to feel like our secret and secrets can be seductive.' | 0:24:52 | 0:25:00 | |
-Do you wanna come for a walk? -Absolutely not. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
-I'm going home to my family, as should you. -Miss! | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
My dad's got the sack. He's been taking it out on me. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
'His father had been hitting him, | 0:25:26 | 0:25:27 | |
'he didn't want to tell his mum because she was ill.' | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
Does your mother know? | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
'Kidney disease.' | 0:25:33 | 0:25:34 | |
It's taken months for an operation. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
'He was so vulnerable.' | 0:25:36 | 0:25:38 | |
-If he does it again, you tell me. -Thanks, Miss. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
You're beautiful, Miss. You don't know how beautiful you are. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
I hadn't been pursued like this for years. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
I knew it was wrong and immoral and completely ridiculous, | 0:25:58 | 0:26:03 | |
but, I don't know, I just allowed it to happen. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:09 | |
The boy is 15! | 0:26:09 | 0:26:10 | |
-But he's quite mature for his age. -"But" is not a helpful word here. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
This is going to sound sick. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:20 | |
But something in me felt...entitled. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:25 | |
I've been good all my adult life, I've been a decent wife, | 0:26:25 | 0:26:30 | |
a dutiful mother, coping with Ben. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
This voice inside me kept saying, "Why shouldn't you be bad?" | 0:26:33 | 0:26:37 | |
"Why shouldn't you transgress? You've earned the right." | 0:26:37 | 0:26:41 | |
I said get out. The rest of you get on with your work, please. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:45 | |
-HUBBUB THROUGHOUT -Hurry up! | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
TELEVISION PLAYS | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
BEN LAUGHS | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
Sue phoned. OK if I meet her for a drink? | 0:27:15 | 0:27:19 | |
Sure, I'll put bugalugs to bed. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:23 | |
Evening, Miss. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
Make yourself comfortable. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:10 | |
It's incredibly important we keep this secret. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
-Does anyone know you're here? -No. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
Miss, I'm no genius. But I ain't a dickhead. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:30 | |
I won't tell no one. You can trust me. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:34 | |
We'd both get into terrible trouble. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
TRAIN RUMBLES BY | 0:28:51 | 0:28:54 | |
It was easy. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
Like having another drink when you know you know you shouldn't. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:10 | |
Can I smoke, Miss? | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
You can do what you want. Enough of this "Miss". | 0:29:15 | 0:29:20 | |
Were you a model once? | 0:29:28 | 0:29:32 | |
Well, you should've been. You're well fit. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:36 | |
-Gosh, but don't I know it! -You're into The Streets?! | 0:29:36 | 0:29:40 | |
Well, my daughter is. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:43 | |
Is she the same age as me? | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
None of your beeswax. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:50 | |
Well, anyway, the point is, you're fit. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
-Well, so are you. -Do you reckon? | 0:29:59 | 0:30:03 | |
My sister thinks I look like a bollock with measles. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:07 | |
You've done my brain in. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:12 | |
HE LAUGHS QUIETLY | 0:30:12 | 0:30:14 | |
SHE SIGHS | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
-Want to do it again? -SHE LAUGHS | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
-What? -SHE LAUGHS | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
Yes. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:50 | |
I want to do it again. (I want to do it again.) | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
The day we met, | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
it had already begun? | 0:31:02 | 0:31:04 | |
Yes. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
Deputy head in the morning. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
Noble sentiment, Connolly, next time words, not fists. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:15 | |
Get inside, both of you. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:17 | |
'And you had further relations that day?' | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
We went to the art room. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:23 | |
I'm glad I was such an aphrodisiac. I was trying to help you. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
You did. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:28 | |
I'm incredibly grateful, you've been such a good friend. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:32 | |
Not reciprocated, it seems. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
I desperately wanted to confess to you. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:43 | |
But how could I? | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
Barbara. It would have put you in an impossible situation. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:51 | |
I so wish I had. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:55 | |
You would have made me see sense. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
'And then I realised my fury had blinded me. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:03 | |
'There was a magnificent opportunity here.' | 0:32:03 | 0:32:07 | |
Can we go inside? I'm absolutely freezing. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
'With stealth, | 0:32:12 | 0:32:13 | |
'I might secure the prize long-term - forever in my debt. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:20 | |
'I could gain everything by doing nothing.' | 0:32:20 | 0:32:26 | |
Look. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
I know you have to tell them, you know the head, the school. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:36 | |
All I ask is that you wait till the New Year. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:39 | |
Please, I'm begging you, | 0:32:41 | 0:32:43 | |
-please let me have this Christmas with my family. -Oh, you poor thing. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:49 | |
You got yourself into a state. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:51 | |
I'm not going to report you. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:55 | |
I want to help you, to support you through this. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
You're not...not going to tell? | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
-You won't tell anyone? -Who would it benefit? | 0:33:08 | 0:33:12 | |
Not you, or the boy, certainly not the school. | 0:33:12 | 0:33:16 | |
No, this is a private matter and we must keep it so. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:20 | |
-Yes. -SOBS | 0:33:22 | 0:33:24 | |
-Maybe I should resign. -Oh no! That might alert suspicion. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:33 | |
No, you must stay at school but the affair must end. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:36 | |
Your solemn promise. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:41 | |
I can't help you if you don't promise. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
I promise. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
So you'll tell him straight after Christmas? | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
-It's all for the best. -I know. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
Thank you SO much, you've been SO brilliant. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
You tell me when it's done. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
Oh! You never said. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:09 | |
Standard issue for spinsters. SHEBA LAUGHS | 0:34:09 | 0:34:13 | |
She's been off her food, I've been worried about her. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
There's a terrific vet up the road, he was great with Ben's rabbit. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
Got many people coming tomorrow? | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
-Mmm. My lot, Richard's lot - including first wife. -Oh. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:27 | |
-And your mother? -Oh yes. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
-Well, happy Christmas. -Yeah, you too, thank you so much. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:35 | |
Courage, mon brave! | 0:34:36 | 0:34:37 | |
'And bon voyage to her little leprechaun.' | 0:34:37 | 0:34:42 | |
'Sheba and I share a deep understanding now. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:48 | |
'No one can violate our magnificent complicity.' | 0:34:50 | 0:34:55 | |
No, no, no. Wait till tomorrow! Stop! | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
-THEY LAUGH -You've been gone ages. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:02 | |
Barbara was...some school thing. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
How's his nibs? | 0:35:06 | 0:35:08 | |
Still awake. He's madly excited. I said he could stay up for you. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
And Polly? | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
Depressed. Er, Pete phoned, they had a row. | 0:35:14 | 0:35:21 | |
And he's not coming tomorrow. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
You think it's bad news? | 0:35:23 | 0:35:26 | |
Well, these older men can be very dodgy! | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
LAUGHS | 0:35:31 | 0:35:32 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR DOOR OPENS | 0:35:43 | 0:35:45 | |
Did Daddy tell you? | 0:35:46 | 0:35:48 | |
-SOBS -He's going to bin me. I know it. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:55 | |
You're lovely darling, he's clever enough to appreciate it. | 0:35:55 | 0:36:00 | |
I'm fat as fuck, Mum. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
He'll be back. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
-SOBS -I can't live without him. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
Oh. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:11 | |
'Her fetish for the boy was simply her snobbery manifested. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:17 | |
'He's working class and he likes art, | 0:36:17 | 0:36:19 | |
'as if he were a monkey who'd just strolled out of the rainforest | 0:36:19 | 0:36:23 | |
'and asked for a gin and tonic.' | 0:36:23 | 0:36:26 | |
Have you heard from that friend of yours, Barbara? | 0:36:30 | 0:36:34 | |
Bar, wakey, wakey! | 0:36:34 | 0:36:38 | |
-Lorraine was asking if you'd heard from that nice friend of yours. -Who? | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
Jennifer Dodd. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:43 | |
Oh, she left the school. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:48 | |
She's teaching in a primary at Stoke. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:51 | |
There's a chap apparently, I heard they're engaged. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:55 | |
-LOUD HUBBUB -But it's true, it would be insane. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:02 | |
-Is the most ridiculous time for him to sell. -That's what I said. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:06 | |
-ALL TALKING -..you should give me a ring. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:10 | |
It's absolute madness for him,. I am happy to speak to him... | 0:37:10 | 0:37:14 | |
..a parent or something, I am nothing of the kind. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:18 | |
Can we have gravy, darling? | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
Why can't we just have it delivered? | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
MOBILE PHONE BEEPS | 0:37:25 | 0:37:28 | |
-With the market where it is... -SCREAMS PLAYFULLY | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
This is what she's like. > | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
Ever since Ronald died she's drifted inexorably. > | 0:37:52 | 0:37:56 | |
You see her father was an exceptional man, exceptional. | 0:37:56 | 0:38:00 | |
Bathsheba's a loner, I'm afraid. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
She's beautiful, thank God, and it got her through, | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
but it's not quite the same as possessing substance. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:10 | |
Happy Christmas. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
What are you doing here? Everyone's inside. | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
Aren't you going to open it? | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
It's made of real fake gold! | 0:38:30 | 0:38:34 | |
Thank you. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:38 | |
What's up? I haven't heard from you. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
I can't see you any more. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
Sorry. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:50 | |
I just can't. It's over. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:53 | |
Why? | 0:38:53 | 0:38:54 | |
-RICHARD: -Bash! Bash! | 0:38:54 | 0:38:58 | |
-She's not here! -DROPS BIN BAG | 0:38:58 | 0:39:03 | |
DOOR SHUTS | 0:39:03 | 0:39:05 | |
Was that your dad? | 0:39:05 | 0:39:07 | |
No, it's an uncle. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:12 | |
Do you wanna end it? | 0:39:14 | 0:39:16 | |
Please don't look at me like that. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
-Have you gone off me? -No! | 0:39:18 | 0:39:22 | |
You should go. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:23 | |
Please! Don't make... | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
Just go. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
-POLLY LAUGHS -What colour are they? -Is it Pete? | 0:39:49 | 0:39:53 | |
SHE SOBS | 0:40:05 | 0:40:08 | |
'I long to phone "S", but it's late.' | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
'Poor girl. All alone with her awful family. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:27 | |
'Our lives are acutely similar in so many respects.' | 0:40:27 | 0:40:31 | |
Sis! | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
Writing the old diary? I can't imagine how you keep at it. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:42 | |
-LAUGHS -I'd have nothing to say. | 0:40:42 | 0:40:45 | |
-CAT MEWS -Ah! | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
You know you're welcome whenever you want, not just once a year. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:56 | |
It's just that I'm rather busy at the moment. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
Racy London life! | 0:41:01 | 0:41:04 | |
I'm glad it's so full. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:06 | |
I'm sorry about Jennifer, she was lovely. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
Is there anyone else? Someone else who's special? | 0:41:15 | 0:41:20 | |
-I don't know what you mean. -I didn't mean to pry. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:26 | |
SHEBA MOANS | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
-Belated Christmas present. -Thank you. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
Oh my word! Asprey. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:56 | |
How is she? | 0:42:09 | 0:42:10 | |
You are the most wonderful friend. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:16 | |
Any good? | 0:42:32 | 0:42:34 | |
It's a masterpiece. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
Don't they teach you anything? | 0:42:38 | 0:42:42 | |
I used to worship her. | 0:42:55 | 0:42:57 | |
-Take it off. -What's it for? | 0:43:06 | 0:43:08 | |
-Just take it off, please, erm, I'm still making it. -Yeah, but why? | 0:43:08 | 0:43:13 | |
-I-it's for my son. -But he's 12, isn't he? | 0:43:15 | 0:43:18 | |
He's got Down's syndrome. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:19 | |
You never said. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:26 | |
Sorry. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:30 | |
Sorry. | 0:43:31 | 0:43:33 | |
CAT RETCHES | 0:43:45 | 0:43:46 | |
Oh! | 0:43:46 | 0:43:48 | |
Oh! | 0:43:48 | 0:43:50 | |
-I'm sure, she's had a very happy life. -Oh yes, she has. Thank you. | 0:43:50 | 0:43:56 | |
We could make her feel more comfortable for the next few weeks, | 0:43:56 | 0:44:00 | |
but it will be weeks rather than months. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:04 | |
You've had a terrible shock. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
Where's Richard? I don't want to disturb your weekend. | 0:44:08 | 0:44:11 | |
-It's fine, everyone's out. -MOBILE PHONE RINGS | 0:44:11 | 0:44:16 | |
Can they treat her? | 0:44:18 | 0:44:21 | |
He says it's just a matter of weeks. | 0:44:21 | 0:44:23 | |
SHE SOBS She's only a pet. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:27 | |
Oh no! I cried for weeks when our dog died. Weeks. | 0:44:27 | 0:44:31 | |
One does get so attached. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:33 | |
-I should leave you in peace. -Yeah. | 0:44:44 | 0:44:49 | |
I like that top, it suits you. | 0:44:59 | 0:45:01 | |
-Oh, thanks. -MOBILE BEEPS | 0:45:01 | 0:45:04 | |
When I was at school, if one of us had had some bad news | 0:45:07 | 0:45:12 | |
or was a bit down, | 0:45:12 | 0:45:16 | |
we used to stroke each other. | 0:45:16 | 0:45:18 | |
You know, someone would do one arm, and someone else the other. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:23 | |
It's a wonderful sensation. Did you do that at your school? | 0:45:24 | 0:45:28 | |
No. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:31 | |
It's incredibly relaxing. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:34 | |
For the giver and the receiver. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:38 | |
-Close your eyes. -Oh! | 0:45:44 | 0:45:46 | |
No really, it doesn't work if you don't. | 0:45:46 | 0:45:48 | |
-(There's a good girl.) -I think that's enough. | 0:46:26 | 0:46:28 | |
-Close your eyes. -Look, I really think that's enough, Barbara. | 0:46:28 | 0:46:33 | |
There's someone in your garden! | 0:46:40 | 0:46:43 | |
He came over the wall. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:44 | |
It's probably the neighbour's boy - lost his football. | 0:46:44 | 0:46:48 | |
-He's going into the summer house. Call the police! -It's the kid from next door, forget it. | 0:46:48 | 0:46:53 | |
MOBILE PHONE RINGS | 0:46:53 | 0:46:55 | |
"Where are you?" | 0:46:59 | 0:47:00 | |
"I've been dreaming about your hot, sweet cunt all morning." | 0:47:00 | 0:47:04 | |
"Hello." | 0:47:04 | 0:47:06 | |
"Hello." | 0:47:07 | 0:47:09 | |
Richard's on his way home. | 0:47:09 | 0:47:10 | |
No, I can't. I can't. I'll call you. Barbara! Barbara! I'm sorry! | 0:47:10 | 0:47:16 | |
I'm so sorry! Bar! | 0:47:16 | 0:47:19 | |
Please, I tried, honestly. I just couldn't. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:22 | |
I risked everything for you and in return you humiliate me. | 0:47:22 | 0:47:25 | |
I didn't mean to upset you. I need your help more than ever. Don't go like this! | 0:47:25 | 0:47:30 | |
-You promised to end it, why didn't you? -Because I... -What? | 0:47:30 | 0:47:34 | |
You're in love? | 0:47:34 | 0:47:35 | |
And the child, do you imagine he reciprocates your soppy feelings? | 0:47:35 | 0:47:39 | |
I dare say he's fascinated by the neurotic | 0:47:39 | 0:47:42 | |
compulsions of a middle-class lady with marital problems. | 0:47:42 | 0:47:46 | |
-Bar! -There's nothing crueller than the adolescent boy. I know them. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
Once he's had his fill, he'll discard you like a rag. You're not young! | 0:47:49 | 0:47:54 | |
I say this to help you, end it now. | 0:47:54 | 0:47:57 | |
-Yes...yes, I'm thinking. -Don't think, do. Do, do, do, do! | 0:47:58 | 0:48:03 | |
Or shall I just sit here doing my nails till your husband returns? | 0:48:03 | 0:48:06 | |
-No, I'll do it. -What are you waiting for? | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
RINGS DOORBELL | 0:48:24 | 0:48:25 | |
Mr Connolly, I'm Mrs Hart - from St George's. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:36 | |
Steven's not in trouble, I just need to talk to him about an art project. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:40 | |
-Come in, come in. -Thank you. -He's just upstairs. | 0:48:40 | 0:48:44 | |
It's very good of you to give him the extra lessons. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:51 | |
It's the first on the left, it's probably best to knock! | 0:48:51 | 0:48:55 | |
So that's your vicious father? | 0:49:03 | 0:49:04 | |
You wanted a sob story, I gave it to you. | 0:49:04 | 0:49:06 | |
-Made you feel like Bob Geldof. -You lied to me! | 0:49:06 | 0:49:09 | |
Ooh, sorry, Miss! What? Would you prefer I lived in a shithole? | 0:49:09 | 0:49:12 | |
-And your mother? -I think she's going to pull through(!) | 0:49:12 | 0:49:16 | |
What do you want? What are you doing here? | 0:49:16 | 0:49:19 | |
They're going to expel me now! | 0:49:22 | 0:49:24 | |
-No, they won't. I'll get the blame if she tells. -As if she won't! | 0:49:24 | 0:49:28 | |
-She likes me, she might not. -Likes you how? Like that? | 0:49:30 | 0:49:33 | |
You're giving her one an' all? | 0:49:33 | 0:49:35 | |
Why are you being so cruel? | 0:49:35 | 0:49:37 | |
Why, Steven? | 0:49:37 | 0:49:39 | |
I really like you. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:42 | |
You're a nice person and you've been cool, and it's been great. OK? | 0:49:42 | 0:49:46 | |
It was supposed to be fun, and now it's a serious thing. | 0:49:46 | 0:49:51 | |
Whatever shit you're working out, | 0:49:53 | 0:49:55 | |
you know, your husband, your kid, you. | 0:49:55 | 0:49:59 | |
I don't know. I can't help you. | 0:49:59 | 0:50:04 | |
'As my mother would have said, "The boy done her like a kipper." ' | 0:50:54 | 0:50:59 | |
'She has nowhere to turn but trusty, old Bar.' | 0:51:01 | 0:51:05 | |
'She mopes and mourns for her pubescent paramour.' | 0:51:12 | 0:51:16 | |
'But she knows my interventions have saved her life.' | 0:51:18 | 0:51:22 | |
'And she is sweetly grateful.' | 0:51:24 | 0:51:26 | |
'Her betrayal hurt me more than I dare show, | 0:51:27 | 0:51:31 | |
'but I will forgive her, and heal myself in private.' | 0:51:31 | 0:51:36 | |
'She's worth it, this one. | 0:51:37 | 0:51:39 | |
'She's the one I've waited for.' | 0:51:39 | 0:51:42 | |
'She's beginning to understand that her dalliance with Master Connolly | 0:51:45 | 0:51:50 | |
'was a consequence of her dead marriage. It's a sham, | 0:51:50 | 0:51:53 | |
'fuelled only by the memory of former glories.' | 0:51:53 | 0:51:57 | |
'Whereas we are going through the fire, | 0:51:59 | 0:52:02 | |
'forging our friendship with a stronger bond each day.' | 0:52:02 | 0:52:07 | |
'In fact, we are now entering a delicate, new phase. | 0:52:08 | 0:52:14 | |
'We are silently and stealthily | 0:52:14 | 0:52:18 | |
'negotiating the terms of a life lived together. | 0:52:18 | 0:52:24 | |
'Now, more than ever, we are bound by the secrets we share.' | 0:52:24 | 0:52:30 | |
'I'm invited to drop in on them this summer, | 0:52:32 | 0:52:35 | |
'at their house in the Dordogne.' | 0:52:35 | 0:52:38 | |
'I might just do that.' | 0:52:40 | 0:52:42 | |
I once sat here discussing Elgar for three hours. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:52 | |
God, who with? | 0:52:52 | 0:52:54 | |
Just a friend, Jennifer. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:57 | |
This was our haunt. | 0:52:57 | 0:52:59 | |
We were quite chummy for a while, | 0:53:02 | 0:53:04 | |
-but, poor thing, she suffered from a terrible depression. -Oh. | 0:53:04 | 0:53:10 | |
I tried to help but she rather unravelled. | 0:53:10 | 0:53:14 | |
-She became alarmingly deluded. -Did she go to hospital? | 0:53:14 | 0:53:19 | |
No. No, she got a job in Stoke. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:22 | |
-When was this? -Last summer. But I feel I should have done more. | 0:53:22 | 0:53:28 | |
I'm sure she knows you did your best. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:30 | |
-You're such a sensitive person. -One conceals it, of course. | 0:53:32 | 0:53:36 | |
People languish for years with partners | 0:53:40 | 0:53:44 | |
-who are clearly from another planet. -Mmm. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:48 | |
We want so much to believe that we've found our other. | 0:53:48 | 0:53:51 | |
It takes courage to recognise the real as opposed to the convenient. | 0:53:51 | 0:53:57 | |
When I was young, I had such a vision of myself. | 0:54:00 | 0:54:04 | |
I dreamt I'd be someone to be reckoned with, | 0:54:05 | 0:54:08 | |
you know, in the world. | 0:54:08 | 0:54:09 | |
But one learns one's scale. | 0:54:11 | 0:54:14 | |
-Hmm. -I've such a dread of ending my days alone. -Yes. We all... | 0:54:17 | 0:54:24 | |
But recently, I've allowed myself to think that I may not be... | 0:54:24 | 0:54:29 | |
Am I wrong? | 0:54:32 | 0:54:34 | |
No! | 0:54:37 | 0:54:40 | |
-Do you want to stay? -Yes. | 0:54:52 | 0:54:55 | |
Sometimes people find it comforting to see them at peace. | 0:54:55 | 0:55:00 | |
Would you like to come back, in 20 minutes, to say goodbye? | 0:55:00 | 0:55:04 | |
SHE SOBS | 0:55:04 | 0:55:06 | |
Have you got your seatbelt on, darling? | 0:55:13 | 0:55:15 | |
-Oh, no, what the fuck? -Oh God, not her! -Shut up! | 0:55:15 | 0:55:19 | |
-Mum, don't get out of the car! -Is it Portia? Oh no! | 0:55:19 | 0:55:24 | |
I've got to go back to the vet's after it is done. | 0:55:26 | 0:55:29 | |
-Will you come with me, I just can't on my own? -Of course, I would, | 0:55:29 | 0:55:33 | |
-it's just that Ben's doing his play at his school. -Play? | 0:55:33 | 0:55:36 | |
-We're all going, we're a bit late actually. -Hurry up, Mum! | 0:55:36 | 0:55:39 | |
Someone has died! | 0:55:39 | 0:55:40 | |
-I know, and it's terribly sad. -Mum! | 0:55:40 | 0:55:45 | |
-You owe me this. -Come on! -RICHARD: -Ben, you make her vanish. | 0:55:45 | 0:55:48 | |
-Use your wand or something! -He's doing a show, | 0:55:48 | 0:55:51 | |
-for the first time in his life. -That's your choice, is it? | 0:55:51 | 0:55:54 | |
-CAR HORN -Why not come? You'd be very welcome. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:58 | |
I thought you understood what friendship means. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
But he's my child, he's my son. He's just a little boy. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:05 | |
Don't play the good mother with me. | 0:56:05 | 0:56:08 | |
Excuse me, what's going on? Is this some kind of coven? | 0:56:08 | 0:56:10 | |
-I can explain. Would you like me to? -Bar's had bad news about her cat. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:14 | |
My condolences. Poor pussy(!) Now, can I have my wife back, please. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:18 | |
-I don't like your tone. -Why is she always here? | 0:56:18 | 0:56:20 | |
What kind of fucking spell has she cast on you? | 0:56:20 | 0:56:23 | |
-BEN SHOUTS -Ben is getting stressed. He's going to blow! | 0:56:23 | 0:56:26 | |
For God's sake, get in the bloody car! | 0:56:26 | 0:56:28 | |
Give me a minute, will you? I can handle this. | 0:56:28 | 0:56:30 | |
Oh, I'm to be handled am I, like toxic waste? | 0:56:30 | 0:56:34 | |
You see me on sufferance, I'm an imposition to be tolerated? | 0:56:34 | 0:56:37 | |
No, of course not. I love our time together. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:40 | |
I'm you're good, good friend. | 0:56:40 | 0:56:41 | |
Then stay with me. | 0:56:41 | 0:56:43 | |
-CAR HORN -I would if I could. | 0:56:43 | 0:56:44 | |
I am desperately sorry about Portia but you can see I have to go. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:48 | |
Think very carefully, madam. Be aware of the consequences. | 0:56:48 | 0:56:52 | |
-Please don't make this any more than it is. -Stay with me! | 0:56:52 | 0:56:56 | |
CAR HORN I don't know what I'll do. | 0:56:56 | 0:56:58 | |
-Come on, let's go! -Look, I'll call you, I promise. | 0:56:58 | 0:57:01 | |
'They always let you down, in the end. | 0:57:07 | 0:57:09 | |
'Jennifer said I was too intense. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:13 | |
'Meaning what, exactly? That I'm loyal in my friendships?' | 0:57:13 | 0:57:16 | |
'That I will go to the ends of the Earth for someone I admire?' | 0:57:18 | 0:57:21 | |
-Shazam! -APPLAUSE | 0:57:21 | 0:57:24 | |
RICHARD CHEERS | 0:57:24 | 0:57:26 | |
DOORBELL | 0:57:34 | 0:57:36 | |
Not disturbing you, am I? | 0:57:47 | 0:57:49 | |
It's just, er, I need to talk to you about Mrs Hart. | 0:57:51 | 0:57:57 | |
-Sheba. -Ah. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:02 | |
It's a bit delicate. Can I come in? | 0:58:02 | 0:58:05 | |
-Tea? -Oh, lovely, thanks. | 0:58:19 | 0:58:21 | |
You haven't got a biscuit? | 0:58:25 | 0:58:27 | |
Cheers. | 0:58:34 | 0:58:35 | |
Would you like me to take your hat? | 0:58:38 | 0:58:39 | |
Ah! Been up the Lane, White Hart Lane, home of the mighty Spurs. | 0:58:39 | 0:58:44 | |
-Were you victorious? -3-0. Jermain Defoe. Get in there! | 0:58:44 | 0:58:47 | |
My father was a supporter of Charlton Athletic. | 0:58:50 | 0:58:53 | |
It never seemed to give him any pleasure. | 0:58:53 | 0:58:58 | |
-Where's the moggy? -She's dead. | 0:58:58 | 0:59:01 | |
Oh, dear. | 0:59:03 | 0:59:05 | |
My condolences. | 0:59:05 | 0:59:07 | |
-Oh, is this not a good time? -It's a very good time. | 0:59:11 | 0:59:16 | |
Mrs Hart? | 0:59:27 | 0:59:29 | |
Yeah. Erm, it's just... | 0:59:29 | 0:59:33 | |
Anything you tell me will be in strictest confidence. | 0:59:33 | 0:59:36 | |
The thing is, I was wondering if she's, um, | 0:59:38 | 0:59:42 | |
ever mentioned me. | 0:59:42 | 0:59:46 | |
Does she ever mention me? | 0:59:47 | 0:59:49 | |
Let me think. | 0:59:50 | 0:59:52 | |
No, never. | 0:59:52 | 0:59:53 | |
Actually, yes. She mentioned you had invested in a new shirt. | 0:59:53 | 0:59:58 | |
-I think it was last term. -Lashed out on Nicole Farhi. | 0:59:58 | 1:00:02 | |
Thing is, over the last few months, | 1:00:03 | 1:00:06 | |
well, ever since I met her, really, I've... | 1:00:06 | 1:00:09 | |
Brian, are you in love? | 1:00:09 | 1:00:11 | |
-I've been a bit bloody obvious, haven't I? -Utterly clandestine. | 1:00:14 | 1:00:18 | |
So she mentioned this shirt, then? | 1:00:19 | 1:00:21 | |
You do know she's married? | 1:00:21 | 1:00:23 | |
Yes, but she's quite flirty and you never know with people, do you? | 1:00:23 | 1:00:26 | |
Indeed you don't. | 1:00:26 | 1:00:29 | |
I wouldn't want to make a move if I'm just going to get knocked back, | 1:00:29 | 1:00:32 | |
what with staff politics and the head being such a stickler. | 1:00:32 | 1:00:35 | |
-You have to be really careful with these things. -It's a minefield. | 1:00:35 | 1:00:40 | |
So would... I mean, do you think you could have a word with her | 1:00:40 | 1:00:46 | |
and just suss the lie of the land? | 1:00:46 | 1:00:50 | |
You'd like me to ask Mrs Hart | 1:00:50 | 1:00:54 | |
if she's inclined to commit adultery with you? | 1:00:54 | 1:00:57 | |
I don't want you to suffer more than is necessary, no one should. | 1:01:00 | 1:01:06 | |
I couldn't possibly speak for Mrs Hart, but | 1:01:06 | 1:01:09 | |
instinct tells me you might not be her type. | 1:01:09 | 1:01:13 | |
-She's got a type, then? -It's no reflection on your attractiveness. | 1:01:15 | 1:01:20 | |
But my impression is that her preference is for the younger man. | 1:01:22 | 1:01:27 | |
Surprisingly young. | 1:01:30 | 1:01:32 | |
Boys, I'm told. | 1:01:33 | 1:01:34 | |
Naturally, she doesn't discuss any of this with me, | 1:01:34 | 1:01:38 | |
but I've been hearing rather alarming rumours about one in particular, | 1:01:38 | 1:01:43 | |
playground gossip, staff-room whispers and so on. | 1:01:43 | 1:01:48 | |
You might know the boy in question. | 1:01:48 | 1:01:53 | |
Erm... | 1:01:53 | 1:01:56 | |
Steven Connolly. | 1:01:56 | 1:01:58 | |
Year 10? | 1:01:59 | 1:02:00 | |
I think the kettle's boiled. | 1:02:02 | 1:02:05 | |
'You say the words and it's done. Easy.' | 1:02:06 | 1:02:10 | |
'Judas had the grace to hang himself. | 1:02:15 | 1:02:18 | |
'But only according to Matthew, the most sentimental of the apostles.' | 1:02:18 | 1:02:23 | |
'Is this the last night of our old life?' | 1:02:25 | 1:02:28 | |
'I wonder how long my messenger will take.' | 1:02:30 | 1:02:34 | |
'People like Sheba think they know what it is to be lonely. | 1:02:39 | 1:02:43 | |
'But of the drip, drip of long-haul, no-end-in-sight solitude, | 1:02:43 | 1:02:49 | |
'they know nothing. | 1:02:49 | 1:02:51 | |
'What it's like to construct an entire weekend | 1:02:51 | 1:02:54 | |
'around a visit to the laundrette. | 1:02:54 | 1:02:56 | |
'Or to be so chronically untouched, | 1:02:56 | 1:03:00 | |
'that the accidental brush of a bus conductor's hand | 1:03:00 | 1:03:04 | |
'sends a jilt of longing | 1:03:04 | 1:03:06 | |
'straight to your groin. | 1:03:06 | 1:03:08 | |
'Of this, Sheba and her like have no clue.' | 1:03:08 | 1:03:15 | |
PHONE RINGS | 1:03:15 | 1:03:20 | |
ANSWERPHONE BEEPS | 1:03:20 | 1:03:22 | |
"Bar, I'm SO sorry about today. It was an impossible situation." | 1:03:22 | 1:03:28 | |
"Richard's really sorry, too. Poor you." | 1:03:28 | 1:03:32 | |
"Look, why don't you come for supper?" | 1:03:32 | 1:03:35 | |
Actually, I write quite quickly, | 1:03:36 | 1:03:39 | |
It's the thinking that takes an eternity. | 1:03:39 | 1:03:41 | |
But you're never satisfied, | 1:03:41 | 1:03:43 | |
when your lecturing, you long for time to write | 1:03:43 | 1:03:46 | |
and when you've got it, you yearn to be back with your students. | 1:03:46 | 1:03:50 | |
-More coffee anyone? -I'll have a slug, please. | 1:03:53 | 1:03:57 | |
Barbara? | 1:03:57 | 1:03:59 | |
Er, no, thank you. | 1:04:01 | 1:04:02 | |
LOUD KNOCKING | 1:04:06 | 1:04:08 | |
KNOCKING RESUMES | 1:04:10 | 1:04:14 | |
KNOCKING | 1:04:16 | 1:04:21 | |
-Yes? -Are you her husband? -What? Whose? | 1:04:21 | 1:04:23 | |
-Don't you dick with me, mister. Don't dick me around. Where is she? -I don't... | 1:04:23 | 1:04:28 | |
Tell her Steven Conolly's mother wants to see her right now! | 1:04:28 | 1:04:31 | |
-Excuse me! -Get... | 1:04:31 | 1:04:34 | |
-Slut! -Argh! | 1:04:34 | 1:04:35 | |
-How could you?! -Maggie! -How could you?! -Maggie! | 1:04:37 | 1:04:40 | |
He's only a child! My wee boy is a child! | 1:04:40 | 1:04:43 | |
-What the hell is going on? -Ask her what's going on. Ask her! | 1:04:43 | 1:04:47 | |
-Bitch! Bitch! -Maggie! Come on, leave them! | 1:04:49 | 1:04:53 | |
-Bitch! -Leave them alone, Maggie! | 1:04:54 | 1:04:57 | |
Leave them alone, hey? | 1:05:00 | 1:05:02 | |
There's nothing for us here. | 1:05:02 | 1:05:04 | |
It happened, it just happened. | 1:05:21 | 1:05:23 | |
Things don't. People make things happen! | 1:05:23 | 1:05:27 | |
Do you think you're the only one who's wanted someone who's young? | 1:05:27 | 1:05:30 | |
Everyone... Everyone thinks about it, but they deal with it! | 1:05:30 | 1:05:34 | |
'By the time I took my seat in the gods, | 1:05:34 | 1:05:38 | |
'the opera was well into its final act.' | 1:05:38 | 1:05:41 | |
-You're his teacher! -And you were mine! | 1:05:41 | 1:05:44 | |
-I'm not trying to justify it. -THEY BOTH SHOUT | 1:05:44 | 1:05:48 | |
It's totally different, you were 20! | 1:05:48 | 1:05:51 | |
Well, he's 16 in May, he's not some innocent. | 1:05:51 | 1:05:54 | |
Of course he's innocent, he's fucking 15! | 1:05:54 | 1:05:58 | |
Are you insane? | 1:05:58 | 1:06:00 | |
If you meant to destroy us, why not do it with an adult? | 1:06:00 | 1:06:03 | |
-That's the convention. It's worked for centuries. -It wasn't about us. | 1:06:03 | 1:06:07 | |
-Why? -I just wanted him. | 1:06:07 | 1:06:11 | |
-WHY? -I DON'T KNOW! | 1:06:11 | 1:06:15 | |
Well, find out! | 1:06:15 | 1:06:16 | |
MUSIC: "It's Your Choice" - Philip Glass | 1:06:16 | 1:06:19 | |
'My guilt is tempered with relief.' | 1:06:44 | 1:06:47 | |
'She assumes the boy cracked and told his mother all.' | 1:06:48 | 1:06:51 | |
'Who am I to disabuse her?' | 1:06:52 | 1:06:55 | |
Brian! Brian! Brian! | 1:06:55 | 1:06:59 | |
Brian, do stop a minute, please! | 1:06:59 | 1:07:01 | |
Today, St George's School is a solemn place. | 1:07:01 | 1:07:04 | |
A source close to the school has indicated that | 1:07:04 | 1:07:06 | |
another member of staff may have known of the relationship. | 1:07:06 | 1:07:10 | |
This is categorically denied by the local authority. | 1:07:10 | 1:07:14 | |
I've told you, Headmaster, had I known anything, | 1:07:14 | 1:07:16 | |
I would have informed you immediately. My loyalty's to the school. | 1:07:16 | 1:07:20 | |
-Brian thinks you've known for months. -Oh, Brian thinks! | 1:07:20 | 1:07:23 | |
-And Sue Hodge. -Will you be running through the entire staffroom? | 1:07:23 | 1:07:26 | |
If you knew and turned a blind eye, you have enabled a crime. | 1:07:26 | 1:07:29 | |
-I didn't, so I haven't. Your point? -You're due to retire next year. | 1:07:29 | 1:07:33 | |
It would benefit everyone if you go early, with immediate effect. | 1:07:33 | 1:07:36 | |
So it's a witch-hunt. Salem comes to Islington! | 1:07:36 | 1:07:39 | |
The stress of the job, radical ideas in teaching not to your taste. | 1:07:39 | 1:07:42 | |
I've got a radical idea, your school, your disaster, why don't you resign? | 1:07:42 | 1:07:47 | |
Because I am not the confidant of a criminal! | 1:07:47 | 1:07:49 | |
Now, tell me about your friendship with Mrs Hart. | 1:07:49 | 1:07:53 | |
I think you'll find that a close friendship | 1:07:53 | 1:07:55 | |
between two consenting adults is perfectly legal, | 1:07:55 | 1:07:58 | |
even under your regime. | 1:07:58 | 1:07:59 | |
My record here is beyond reproach. | 1:07:59 | 1:08:01 | |
The majority of staff regard me as a moral guardian. | 1:08:01 | 1:08:04 | |
I've just spoken to an ex-member of our staff, | 1:08:04 | 1:08:08 | |
another of your "close friends" - | 1:08:08 | 1:08:10 | |
Jennifer Dodd. | 1:08:10 | 1:08:12 | |
As you are aware, Jennifer became unwell. | 1:08:14 | 1:08:17 | |
That's why she had to leave the school. | 1:08:17 | 1:08:19 | |
-Jennifer threatened you with a restraining order, didn't she? -That's nonsense! | 1:08:19 | 1:08:24 | |
A fax from her solicitor - | 1:08:25 | 1:08:27 | |
she didn't want you within 500 yards of her | 1:08:27 | 1:08:30 | |
BY LAW! | 1:08:30 | 1:08:32 | |
You call that a friendship? | 1:08:32 | 1:08:33 | |
She told me that you sent her fiance a wreath. | 1:08:33 | 1:08:38 | |
Now, we wouldn't want all this to come out, would we? | 1:08:39 | 1:08:44 | |
A lifetime of dedicated service ending in shame and humiliation. | 1:08:45 | 1:08:49 | |
It's your choice, Barbara. | 1:08:51 | 1:08:54 | |
WHISPERING | 1:08:55 | 1:08:59 | |
RETCHES | 1:09:12 | 1:09:13 | |
Ah! | 1:09:46 | 1:09:48 | |
BANGING ON DOOR | 1:09:49 | 1:09:51 | |
BREATHES DEEPLY | 1:09:57 | 1:09:58 | |
'He knows it was me. Does she know, too?' | 1:09:58 | 1:10:01 | |
'More than I can bear. | 1:10:03 | 1:10:04 | |
'Is that why she's not returned my calls?' | 1:10:04 | 1:10:07 | |
TELEPHONE RINGS | 1:10:18 | 1:10:19 | |
-SHOUTING AND HUBBUB -When's she coming out? | 1:10:19 | 1:10:22 | |
Barbara! Barbara! Have you spoken to Sheba Hart yet? | 1:10:22 | 1:10:27 | |
When's she coming out? | 1:10:29 | 1:10:31 | |
Tell us why you're friends with a paedophile! | 1:10:31 | 1:10:34 | |
Did you teach the boy at all? | 1:10:34 | 1:10:36 | |
Barbara! Barbara! | 1:10:36 | 1:10:38 | |
Barbara, how has Sheba's husband taken all this? | 1:10:38 | 1:10:41 | |
Barbarians. | 1:10:41 | 1:10:44 | |
Sorry about your job. | 1:10:46 | 1:10:48 | |
You see, the headmaster thought I knew. | 1:10:48 | 1:10:50 | |
-Did you? -No! | 1:10:50 | 1:10:54 | |
-Where is she? -In her lair. | 1:10:56 | 1:11:00 | |
-Your boyfriend is younger than mine! -He's not my boyfriend. | 1:11:04 | 1:11:08 | |
You slept with a child! | 1:11:08 | 1:11:10 | |
Oh, Jesus wept! The spectre at the feast. | 1:11:13 | 1:11:18 | |
-Watch your tongue, madam. -Frigging freak! | 1:11:18 | 1:11:20 | |
Oh, there, there. | 1:11:24 | 1:11:26 | |
Thanks for coming. | 1:11:29 | 1:11:31 | |
I'm so sorry about school. | 1:11:33 | 1:11:35 | |
Was he... thank you. | 1:11:37 | 1:11:39 | |
Was he awful to you? | 1:11:39 | 1:11:40 | |
Listen, you could say no, I completely understand, | 1:11:47 | 1:11:53 | |
but Richard, he needs time alone. | 1:11:53 | 1:11:56 | |
He's asked me to leave. | 1:11:56 | 1:11:58 | |
Can I come and stay with you, just for a few days? | 1:11:58 | 1:12:01 | |
You're welcome for as long as you like. | 1:12:05 | 1:12:07 | |
-PRESS PACK SHOUT FROM OUTSIDE -When's she coming out?! | 1:12:16 | 1:12:20 | |
When's she coming out?! | 1:12:25 | 1:12:26 | |
Is Ben at school? | 1:12:26 | 1:12:27 | |
-Does he know what's happening? -It's REALLY none of your business. | 1:12:32 | 1:12:36 | |
DOOR OPENS UPSTAIRS | 1:12:36 | 1:12:38 | |
-PRESS PACK: -What about the kids? | 1:12:38 | 1:12:41 | |
-PRESS PACK SHOUT: -Barbara! -There she is! | 1:12:51 | 1:12:53 | |
I knew who you were when we met. | 1:13:00 | 1:13:04 | |
You were young. | 1:13:04 | 1:13:07 | |
I knew it might get tough, but I was prepared. | 1:13:07 | 1:13:10 | |
You're a good mother. | 1:13:13 | 1:13:15 | |
But at times you've been a fucking lousy wife. | 1:13:15 | 1:13:18 | |
Why didn't you come to me? You could have told me how lonely you were. | 1:13:18 | 1:13:23 | |
You never trusted me to help you. | 1:13:23 | 1:13:25 | |
I'm not saying I was so fucking fabulous, but I was here. | 1:13:25 | 1:13:31 | |
-PRESS PACK SHOUT: -There she is! There she is! Sheba! | 1:13:40 | 1:13:44 | |
'This last month has been the most delicious time of my life.' | 1:13:48 | 1:13:53 | |
'Of course, we've had our ups and downs. | 1:13:56 | 1:13:59 | |
'The pressure is intense when two women share their lives. | 1:13:59 | 1:14:05 | |
'But, oh, what marvellous intensity it is.' | 1:14:05 | 1:14:10 | |
-It's the crone! -LAUGHTER | 1:14:15 | 1:14:17 | |
PRESS SHOUT QUESTIONS | 1:14:17 | 1:14:20 | |
Barbara, is Sheba coming out? | 1:14:20 | 1:14:23 | |
'Circumstances are not always ideal. | 1:14:25 | 1:14:29 | |
'The swinish press, | 1:14:31 | 1:14:34 | |
'the stringent bail terms, meetings with lawyers, and so on. | 1:14:34 | 1:14:39 | |
'But all things considered, we're coping admirably. | 1:14:39 | 1:14:43 | |
'In fact, gold stars abundant.' | 1:14:43 | 1:14:47 | |
'The cuckold permits her to see their children once a week. | 1:14:49 | 1:14:54 | |
'There are usually tears and fits of teenage tantrums, too. | 1:14:54 | 1:15:00 | |
'In time, she'll recognise she's just not the mothering kind. | 1:15:00 | 1:15:06 | |
'And then Barbara will be there to comfort her - | 1:15:06 | 1:15:09 | |
'nurse, beloved friend and wise counsel.' | 1:15:09 | 1:15:14 | |
-PRESS: -Barbara, were you pushed or did you jump? | 1:16:37 | 1:16:39 | |
If you jumped, was it into a dyke(?) | 1:16:39 | 1:16:41 | |
Is Sheba still alive? What have you done with her? | 1:16:41 | 1:16:44 | |
How's the family coping, Barbara? | 1:16:44 | 1:16:46 | |
Barbara! Barbara! Barbara! | 1:16:46 | 1:16:49 | |
Sheba? | 1:16:51 | 1:16:53 | |
What you say about me, | 1:17:04 | 1:17:07 | |
about Richard... | 1:17:07 | 1:17:12 | |
You're not fit to shine his shoes. | 1:17:12 | 1:17:16 | |
And Ben and Polly, | 1:17:17 | 1:17:21 | |
that I'd be happier without them! | 1:17:21 | 1:17:24 | |
Why did you do it? | 1:17:29 | 1:17:30 | |
Because I didn't help you collect your cat? | 1:17:32 | 1:17:35 | |
-You cost me my family. -Take some responsibility. | 1:17:35 | 1:17:38 | |
I gave you exactly what you wanted. | 1:17:38 | 1:17:43 | |
-You'd still be stuck in that marriage without me. -What?! | 1:17:43 | 1:17:46 | |
-You can't accept it, yet. -You think I wanted to be here with you?! | 1:17:46 | 1:17:49 | |
You need me, I'm you friend. | 1:17:49 | 1:17:51 | |
You've put me in prison, I could get two years! | 1:17:51 | 1:17:54 | |
They'll fly by, I'll visit you every week. | 1:17:54 | 1:17:57 | |
We've so much life to live together. | 1:17:57 | 1:17:59 | |
You think this is a love affair, a relationship?! | 1:17:59 | 1:18:03 | |
What? Sticky gold stars | 1:18:03 | 1:18:05 | |
-and a strand of my hair and a receipt from Pizza Express? -No, no. | 1:18:05 | 1:18:09 | |
It's a flat in the Archway Road | 1:18:09 | 1:18:11 | |
and you think you're Virginia frigging Woolf! | 1:18:11 | 1:18:14 | |
Where did you get my hair? | 1:18:14 | 1:18:15 | |
Did you pluck it from the bath with special fucking tweezers? | 1:18:15 | 1:18:19 | |
It's rude to read a diary! It's private! | 1:18:19 | 1:18:21 | |
We're not companions, we're not friends. You don't even like me! | 1:18:21 | 1:18:24 | |
That's not true, I only have tender feelings for you, only love. No! | 1:18:24 | 1:18:28 | |
You're barking, fucking mad. You don't know how to love. | 1:18:28 | 1:18:31 | |
You've never, your whole life... | 1:18:31 | 1:18:33 | |
Me, Jennifer Dodd, | 1:18:33 | 1:18:36 | |
you're nothing but waste and disappointment! | 1:18:36 | 1:18:38 | |
You bitter old virgin! | 1:18:38 | 1:18:41 | |
You're lonely for a reason. | 1:18:41 | 1:18:42 | |
They loathed you at school, all of them. | 1:18:42 | 1:18:45 | |
I was the idiot who bothered, | 1:18:45 | 1:18:47 | |
but only because nobody told me you're a fucking vampire! | 1:18:47 | 1:18:49 | |
So what is it, Bar? You want to roll around the floor like lovers? | 1:18:49 | 1:18:53 | |
You want to fuck me, Barbara? | 1:18:53 | 1:18:54 | |
-Please don't diminish our... -Our what? What?! | 1:18:54 | 1:18:58 | |
Give it back! I know you. | 1:18:58 | 1:19:01 | |
Selfish and vain, you think you have a divine right. | 1:19:01 | 1:19:04 | |
You don't belong in the world, you belong here! | 1:19:04 | 1:19:07 | |
You big baby! | 1:19:07 | 1:19:08 | |
SHOUTING FROM THE PRESS PACK | 1:19:08 | 1:19:11 | |
Here I a-a-a-m! | 1:19:11 | 1:19:13 | |
Here I a-a-a-a-m! | 1:19:16 | 1:19:20 | |
We never invited you to the fucking Dordogne. | 1:19:57 | 1:20:01 | |
I'm sorry. But you specifically said if I happened to be in France, | 1:20:04 | 1:20:07 | |
I should drop in. | 1:20:07 | 1:20:09 | |
We didn't mean it! | 1:20:09 | 1:20:11 | |
Well, fine. | 1:20:12 | 1:20:14 | |
I won't come, then. | 1:20:14 | 1:20:17 | |
I asked you to lunch because I liked you. | 1:20:19 | 1:20:22 | |
I would have been your FRIEND. | 1:20:22 | 1:20:25 | |
I need more than a friend. | 1:20:33 | 1:20:35 | |
I knew her. | 1:22:48 | 1:22:50 | |
Sorry? | 1:22:50 | 1:22:51 | |
-I knew her. -Really?! -Mmm. | 1:22:51 | 1:22:56 | |
-We taught at the same school. -God. What was she like? | 1:22:56 | 1:23:01 | |
A bit... | 1:23:02 | 1:23:05 | |
chilly. | 1:23:05 | 1:23:06 | |
A touch furtive. | 1:23:08 | 1:23:11 | |
A sort of absent person. | 1:23:12 | 1:23:15 | |
Oh, but I didn't know her well. May I? | 1:23:15 | 1:23:19 | |
-Do you still teach? -No, no. | 1:23:26 | 1:23:29 | |
Retired. | 1:23:29 | 1:23:31 | |
LAUGHS Thank goodness. | 1:23:31 | 1:23:34 | |
LAUGHS You... | 1:23:34 | 1:23:37 | |
-Oh! -LAUGHS | 1:23:37 | 1:23:39 | |
Here. | 1:23:39 | 1:23:41 | |
Thanks. | 1:23:41 | 1:23:43 | |
-I love it here. -Mmm. | 1:23:48 | 1:23:50 | |
Spectacular at dusk. | 1:23:50 | 1:23:53 | |
I'm Barbara. | 1:23:59 | 1:24:02 | |
Annabel. | 1:24:07 | 1:24:09 | |
I wonder, Annabel, do you like music? | 1:24:13 | 1:24:17 | |
Oh. Yes. | 1:24:17 | 1:24:19 | |
-I've got tickets for Handel's Water Music at the Albert Hall. -Oh. | 1:24:19 | 1:24:24 | |
On Saturday - you could bring a friend, if there's someone. | 1:24:24 | 1:24:27 | |
Oh no, there isn't. | 1:24:27 | 1:24:29 | |
Well, there we are. | 1:24:29 | 1:24:31 | |
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