1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,560 Is Caroline there? She's had to rush somebody in to hospital. 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,280 I haven't a clue where John is. Celia! Oh, God. 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:09,160 Has something happened with Caroline? 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,520 She's been having it off with another woman! 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:13,280 What woman? 6 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,760 It's out of a machine, I don't know what it'll taste like. 7 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,160 You... Could you do with something to eat? 8 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,280 No. 9 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,520 He's a trouble-maker, that one. 10 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,960 As I say, he'll have got hold of the wrong end o' stick. 11 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,880 Or he's just lashing out, saying... 12 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,880 first damned silly thing that's come into his head. 13 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,480 She... 14 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,320 When she was 18, she told me. 15 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,040 19. End of her first year at Oxford. 16 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,680 She came home. I hardly recognised her. 17 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,440 Skinny as a rake. 18 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,320 And she'd cut all her lovely long hair off. 19 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:34,760 Told you what? 20 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,400 I said, "Well, for God's sake, don't tell your father. 21 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,720 "Or anyone else. Not round here." 22 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,320 No, I didn't want folk pointing, 23 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,800 saying things. 24 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,760 Not for me, not for my sake. For hers. 25 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:58,400 Some folks seemed to think she was enough of an oddity... 26 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,680 having a brain and getting in at Oxford. 27 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,920 What folk? Oh, folk. 28 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,600 So, what happened? 29 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,320 Well, nothing. Nothing. 30 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:10,480 Er... 31 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,720 Did she have...a friend, or...? 32 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,960 There was one girl. I did wonder. 33 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,200 You know when they say a name... 34 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,200 once too often, in a particular way. 35 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,400 But it wasn't anybody she ever brought home. 36 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,160 And then, I don't know, few years passed and she met John. 37 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,480 And that was it. It was forgotten. 38 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,840 It was only ever mentioned that once. 39 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,920 I suppose I imagined she'd got over it. 40 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:45,800 DOOR CLOSES 41 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:50,400 How do you get on? 42 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,320 They stitched her up. Took her back to her flat. 43 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,960 God! What a dump. 44 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,920 He left me and the boys and this house 45 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:02,760 to go and live in that squalid little hovel with her. 46 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,200 Well, love is blind. And a form of madness. 47 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,200 Was William all right? 48 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:11,960 He's asleep. I think they both are. 49 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:16,920 So... 50 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,400 do you want the bad news first, or... 51 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,200 the even worse news? Oh, just as it comes. 52 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,280 Gillian rang. John's been over there, at her place... 53 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,600 John has? Telling your mum all about us. 54 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:31,440 And she got upset, apparently, 55 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,960 your mum did, and she's on her way over here. Now, with Alan. 56 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,720 Well, they can't drive in the dark! 57 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,320 They can't see properly, either of them! Well, I... 58 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,560 And anyway, John doesn't know all about us specifically. I didn't... 59 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,400 Well, my name was mentioned. 60 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,400 And the thing is, Lawrence took the call. 61 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,120 So, now he knows as well. So... 62 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,880 Well, what did he...? 63 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,240 Shocked. Subdued. Certainly didn't want to hang around with me much after that. 64 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,680 I said you'd pop up and look at him when you got in. 65 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,800 He didn't go straight on Facebook? No! No, nothing like that. 66 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,320 But it sounds like your mum took it quite badly. 67 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,960 What the hell was John doing at Gillian's? 68 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,920 Well, shit-stirring, by the sound of it. 69 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,640 It's so far below the belt, it's... 70 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,320 Even for him. I mean, God, she's 75! 71 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,800 Yeah, well, he's lashing out, isn't he? 72 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,800 I'd better go and look at Lawrence. Yeah. 73 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:34,160 Listen, Caroline, I'm going to get off home. 74 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,760 Unless you want me here when your mum... 75 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,240 No. Not yet. 76 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,000 I'm sorry. It's not been much of a birthday. 77 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,000 Doesn't matter. 78 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,840 Night, then. 79 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,400 Night. 80 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,000 Ring me. 81 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,840 DOOR SHUTS 82 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,440 SHE SIGHS 83 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,200 DOOR CREAKS 84 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,680 HE WEEPS SOFTLY 85 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:14,880 Lawrence? 86 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,520 Are you awake? 87 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,760 I love you. 88 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:40,600 I don't want people being mean to you. 89 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:44,760 Nobody's going to be mean to me. I won't let them. 90 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:49,960 I'm big. 91 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,560 Believe me, I can handle mean. 92 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,160 ENGINE RUNS THEN STOPS 93 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,240 CLINKING 94 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,120 Good morning! All right? 95 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,680 Oh. Morning. 96 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,440 Morning, Gillian. How do. 97 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,240 You're up early. Early? 98 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:43,640 It's gone half past seven. 99 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,280 There's a pot of tea on the Aga. 100 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:46,760 How... 101 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,800 How are you this morning? 102 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:52,760 I'll be happier when I've sorted out this pigging clutch! 103 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,080 Is there anything I can do? 104 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,920 How likely is that... on a scale of one to ten? 105 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,120 Yeah. No, fair enough. 106 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,400 We made love. 107 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,280 You were upset, it was my birthday, we were both a bit pissed. 108 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,560 I... Go pour yourself some tea. I... Then you'd better ring Caroline. 109 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,600 Cos I think you owe her one hell of an apology, 110 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,240 trouble you caused last night. 111 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,880 They got back safe, you'll be pleased to hear. 112 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,560 It was ten past midnight. 113 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,360 She texted me. It's no small thing, you know, finding out that your wife's been... Yes. 114 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,920 We got the picture. Very vividly. 115 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,560 Yesterday. All of us. 116 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,880 Go pour yourself some tea, posh bloke. 117 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,360 Who are you? That's Paul. 118 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,760 He was here yesterday. You have met him. 119 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,600 No, I mean, what is he? 120 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,000 I'm gigolo. 121 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,560 HE SCOFFS 122 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,240 You been at it wi' 'im? What's it to you? 123 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:00,880 Slapper. 124 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,600 He is a very erudite man. So am I. 125 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,560 Yeah, you don't know what it means. Yeah, but if...I did, I would be. 126 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,200 Yeah, good point, Paul. Can't argue with that! 127 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,440 HE SNORTS 128 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,120 KNOCK ON DOOR 129 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:32,760 Hello. 130 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,520 She's in bathroom. 131 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:37,560 I'll give her a shout. 132 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,000 Celia? Caroline's here. 133 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,320 Is she all right? 134 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,600 I appreciate you didn't want to talk last night, 135 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,000 but I just wanted to say that I'm sorry 136 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,840 that you heard what you heard the way you heard it. 137 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:15,040 I wanted to tell you myself properly, but obviously John... 138 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,720 I don't even know why John was there. Why was John there? You know as much as me. 139 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,720 I might wander down road, see if I can get a newspaper. 140 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,480 No, there's no need. 141 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,160 Can I can fetch anything while I'm out? You don't have to go out. 142 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,200 I fancy a bit of fresh air. I'd rather you didn't. 143 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,640 Anything you've got to say to me, you can say to Alan. 144 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,480 OK. 145 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,280 Well, look, I don't know exactly what's been said 146 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:43,000 because I've had it third-hand from Gillian, via Lawrence, via... someone else. 147 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,160 And, um... 148 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,800 Well... I'm assuming it's nonsense. 149 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,040 Can I sit down? It's your house. 150 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,680 Oh, Mum! 151 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,880 OK. So... 152 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:03,400 When John went to live with Judith, 153 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,200 well, you know I found it difficult for a while, and... 154 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:12,080 some people were very supportive - you were, you were very kind - and... 155 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,320 there was this person at school who, equally, was very...thoughtful 156 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,400 and went out of her way to cheer me up. 157 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:23,040 And people don't as a rule. I think...people are scared of me 158 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,480 or they think I don't need a kind word now and again. 159 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,040 But she didn't think like that, and we became close. 160 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,560 And then she told me she had a bit of a... 161 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,120 ..crush on me, 162 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,360 and...one thing led to another. 163 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,800 She thinks the world of me and I think a lot about her, 164 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,480 and it's what I want. 165 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:52,640 Why can't you just be friends? Mum... I don't know why there's this sudden... It's not sudden. 166 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:57,320 You've been married to that nitwit for the last 20 years. 167 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,360 You can't just switch... 168 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:00,840 I've known since I was... 169 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,840 I once talked to you about it. Do you remember, when I was at university? 170 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,680 You've probably forgotten. 171 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:11,600 Why did you marry John? 172 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,640 Because I liked him. 173 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,560 I loved him. Because he asked me. 174 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,680 And I thought we could have a good life together. And we did until he... 175 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,240 Well, I'm sure there's plenty more men out there 176 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:25,320 who'd be more than... Oh, Mum! Just try and get it. 177 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,720 I'm too old to pretend any more. 178 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,840 I'd like you, both of you, to meet... 179 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,560 Kate. 180 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:37,720 Is that her name? 181 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:39,960 No, she's called Zanzibar Buck Buck McFate. 182 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,800 I just call her Kate for short, it's easier! 183 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,080 No, thank you. I don't think we do want to meet her. 184 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,160 She's called Kate McKenzie. 185 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,800 She's nice, she's kind, she's thoughtful, she's... 186 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,480 Is she Scottish? No, she's Nigerian. 187 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:01,600 No, I mean she is Nigerian. 188 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,680 That wasn't me being...sarcastic. 189 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,120 Well, I think me and Alan... 190 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,480 have decided against the school chapel. 191 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,880 Why? We'll make our own arrangements. 192 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,480 Right. 193 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,200 And I think it would be better if I moved out. 194 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,040 You'll have more space then anyway, won't you? 195 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,320 So...plan. Plan is... 196 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:08,200 er, Registry Office. In Halifax. Then... 197 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,680 She wants me to give Darren and Kimberley notice to quit cottage. 198 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,400 Either that or rent somewhere. You don't want to rent. 199 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:20,080 Not if the long-term plan is to buy. It's just a waste of money. 200 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,280 And I thought she had, like, an allergic reaction to the Registry Office. 201 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,000 Yeah, I know. Well, but... 202 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:31,800 Why does she have to move out so fast? Is she frightened she's going to get infected with lesbian spores? 203 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,280 Well, you know as much as me. 204 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,400 Well, I don't know that I do, Dad, but... 205 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,560 What's up with Caroline being a bit of a dyke anyway? 206 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,800 Well, I did raise that question. 207 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,560 Not quite in so many words. 208 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:47,840 And what did she say? 209 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,240 You'd not be saying that if it was your Gillian. 210 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,080 I stopped worrying about who our Gillian slept with years ago. 211 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,640 I had to. 212 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:57,960 I'd have had a nervous breakdown if I hadn't! 213 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:04,120 Except you never do stop worrying. I know, I understand that, but... 214 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,200 ..if this Kate's a nice person, 215 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,000 and it sounds very much like she is, 216 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,240 well, surely that's what matters. 217 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:14,600 Eh? Isn't it? 218 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,840 I think you just need time to get used to it. 219 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,640 That's all. Surely. 220 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,120 Celia? 221 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,800 It's nowt these days! Nobody bats an eyelid. 222 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,560 Oh, they do. THEY do. 223 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,000 People like to pretend they don't, but they do. 224 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,960 But I tried to persuade her that she should meet this Kate. 225 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,080 But she wouldn't even entertain the idea. 226 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,360 Course, none of it would've arisen if that dozy bugger 227 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,880 hadn't been round her house last night... 228 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,000 shooting his mouth off. 229 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,000 DOOR SHUTS 230 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,440 I specifically asked you not to tell my mum. 231 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,960 I said, "Tell who the hell you like, but let me tell the boys and my mum." 232 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,520 I didn't plan it. 233 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,600 You didn't plan it? What do you mean, you didn't plan it? 234 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,800 You drove 60 miles over to Halifax - how is that not planning it? 235 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,200 I...I wanted to talk to Gillian. Gillian. 236 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,960 Gillian and I... that time you drove off without me, after the engagement party, 237 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,560 she...we... 238 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,600 She was very supportive and sympathetic, 239 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,840 and I needed someone to talk to. I knew you were infatuated with her. 240 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,560 She's very... 241 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,160 Look, I went to talk to Gillian. 242 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,160 I didn't go to talk to Celia. That's the point. 243 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,800 You probably don't believe me, but I forgot Celia was there. 244 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,760 Is she all right? 245 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,480 No, she isn't. 246 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,880 And I knew she wouldn't be, which was why I wanted to... 247 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,400 What's the point? 248 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,280 OK, well, look... 249 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,240 I'm sorry, I am sorry, but... 250 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,840 ..I was upset. 251 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,720 Would it help if I apologised to her? 252 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,480 No, it wouldn't. It'd make things worse. 253 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,800 And I'd like it if you kept right out of anything to do with me from now on, OK? 254 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,520 Where are the boys? 255 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,480 Cinema. 256 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,040 Can I ask you something, just... 257 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,680 out of interest? 258 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,240 Out of all the...hundreds... 259 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,520 thousands of times we had sex... 260 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,040 ..what were you thinking about? 261 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,760 Do you mean, was I dreaming about other people? 262 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,240 I don't know. I can't remember. Possibly. 263 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,440 You know when you were screwing me at the same time you were screwing Judith? 264 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,320 What were you thinking about? Yes, OK, but the point I... I was a good wife. 265 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,240 You were the one who blew it, John, not me. 266 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:00,680 How long have you known this thing about yourself? I assume it's not something you cooked up last week. 267 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,480 John, this is no reflection on you, if that's what you're bothered about. 268 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,840 I married you because I liked you. 269 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,320 A lot. I liked having sex with you. 270 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:13,040 I'm sorry if that doesn't compute, but it's true. I liked you, I loved you! 271 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:17,200 I wanted to have children with you and I wanted to grow old with you. 272 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,360 You see... 273 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:20,520 I feel used. 274 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,960 Used? You feel used? 275 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:30,520 I'll tell you something. I was round at Judith's flat last night, 276 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,440 bizarrely, not through choice - I'll explain why in a minute. 277 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,680 You left me and the boys and this house 278 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,040 to go and live in that shit-hole with, I think, 279 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,360 possibly one of the most vulnerable women I've ever met. 280 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,160 How useless, how drab do you think that makes me feel? 281 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,360 You always manage to twist everything round to you. 282 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,080 Yes, well, I have the great advantage of having me on my side. 283 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:54,720 What were you doing round at her flat? I was having sex with her. 284 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:56,640 That was a joke. 285 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,920 She slashed one of her wrists in the front garden. Here? 286 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:03,040 Mm. Not intentionally. She was just pissed, it wasn't that dramatic. 287 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,000 Well, actually, it was. William fainted. 288 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:09,320 She was looking for you. She thought she'd upset you. She said she wanted to apologise to you. 289 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:13,840 Oh, God. At nine o'clock last night, I was propping her up in casualty, covered in blood. 290 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,240 As birthdays go, it was one of the more memorable ones. 291 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,720 Oh, no! It was your... Don't bother. 292 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,040 Will Celia be all right? I don't know. She's not speaking to me. 293 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,160 Yeah! Die, boy, die! 294 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,320 Oi! How did you do that? Numb nuts. 295 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:37,200 Grandad's back! Grandad! 296 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,600 Mr Buttershaw! 297 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:42,160 You can play me, Grandad, when I've slaughtered this dilbert. 298 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,000 No, no! You're all right. I'll get the kettle on. 299 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:46,360 Is Celia all right? 300 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,760 Hm? Er, well... 301 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,600 Ah-ha-ha-ha! 302 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:01,680 She reads Daily Mail, Celia. Did I tell you? 303 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,520 How long have you known this? 304 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,520 Oh, first time I went over, I spotted one. 305 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,040 She says she only buys it for telly page, but... 306 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,560 I'm not convinced. 307 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,360 Jesus, Dad! 308 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,000 SHE CHUCKLES 309 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,120 HE CHORTLES 310 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,360 It doesn't surprise me, if I'm being honest. 311 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,520 Her buying Daily Mail. 312 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:29,800 HE SIGHS 313 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:32,680 This morning... 314 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,800 ..she disappointed me, way she spoke to Caroline. 315 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,440 I was shocked. 316 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,440 I know she likes to call a spade a bloody shovel now and again, 317 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,880 and... well, it is part of her charm... 318 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,640 but it obviously wasn't easy for lass, saying what she had to say, 319 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,640 and it was just so unkind. 320 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,000 So unthinking. 321 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,240 So deep-rooted. 322 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:05,040 You're not going to fall out with her, though, are you? 323 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,680 Dad? 324 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,840 RADIO 325 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,160 Is Dad going to move out? 326 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,120 I don't know. 327 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,680 Is Miss McKenzie going to move in? I don't know. 328 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,240 Do people at school know about you and Miss McKenzie? No. Mum. Granny. 329 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,720 Can I help you? Can I have a word with you? 330 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,160 Alan rang last night. 331 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,240 I drove him to the station on Thursday morning 332 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,120 and then he didn't ring till last night. 333 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,920 That's the longest we've gone not speaking to each other since we met up again. 334 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,600 Do you want to get to the point? 335 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,720 He thinks I should meet Kate. 336 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,720 OK. 337 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,720 Well, I'll see if Kate wants to meet you. 338 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,680 Has John gone? No! He's still in the spare room. 339 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,480 Do William and Lawrence know about...? 340 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,120 Kate? Yeah, they're fine. You're the only fly in the ointment as far as I'm concerned. 341 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:33,880 I know you won't believe me, 342 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,440 but I only ever have your best interests at heart, you know. 343 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,880 I can cook dinner on Wednesday evening, 344 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,800 assuming Kate's not busy. 345 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,720 How would that fit in with you and Alan? 346 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,160 I'll ask him. 347 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Oh, God. 348 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,080 Will...will John be there? God, no. I've taken care of John. 349 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:01,280 How? Judith. 350 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,120 She came round on Saturday afternoon 351 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,320 offering to clean all the blood out of my car, 352 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:06,800 by which time I'd already done it. 353 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,000 So, she said, "Well, if ever there's anything else I can do for you." 354 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,080 So, I've just texted her just now 355 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:16,840 and asked her if she can keep him occupied on Wednesday evening. 356 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,760 She just texted me back saying... 357 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,320 "Consider it done." 358 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:22,560 RAISED VOICES 359 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:29,120 What part of "Felicitas, Sapientia et Integritas" 360 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,240 do you people not understand?! 361 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,800 GENTLE CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS 362 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,480 I wonder what Alan said to her, 363 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,640 to make her change her mind. 364 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,600 I'm not bigoted. 365 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,920 Good. 366 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,640 Or small-minded. Right. 367 00:22:54,840 --> 00:23:00,000 I think, reading between the lines, he threatened to dump her. No! Yep. 368 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,520 So, I reckon she's got some pretty smart talking to do this evening. 369 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,880 And I'm certainly not old-fashioned. 370 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:16,280 And the suggestion that my attitude towards my own daughter is distasteful... 371 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,440 I find bewildering. 372 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,840 See, the thing she hasn't twigged 373 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,720 is that I no longer need her permission, approval, anything. 374 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,480 So, the only one who's got anything to lose this evening, 375 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,760 whether she realises it or not, is her. 376 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,640 Shall we set off? 377 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,480 If I don't like her, I shan't pretend. 378 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,360 KNOCK ON DOOR 379 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:55,320 Come in. 380 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,600 Thanks. 381 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:04,840 GUNFIRE ON COMPUTER GAME 382 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:06,960 Supper's ready, lads! 383 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,040 All right? All right. 384 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,840 All right? 385 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,880 It's wonderful. 386 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,200 It's delightful. 387 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:28,200 I told all my mates at school and they think it's brilliant. Oh! It's just so uplifting. 388 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,480 It's just so...extraordinary. 389 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,880 Well, I suppose we're just lucky we came across each other again, 390 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,240 after so many years. 391 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:40,120 Yes. And...it's all thanks to William. 392 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,320 And your Raff! 393 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,320 Yeah, and our Raff. I'll drink to that. 394 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:48,800 They put our names on Facebook for us, you see. Oh, I know! I know. Caroline told me all about it. 395 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,720 Oh. Well, there you go, then. And the rest is history. 396 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,160 It's beautiful. You must feel... 397 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,200 I don't know, just so special and happy, and... 398 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,080 Don't you? 399 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:03,400 Do we? 400 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,520 I don't know. I suppose so, yes. 401 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:17,720 Did you, er, ask Caroline about chapel again? 402 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,680 Oh, yes. 403 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,680 Caroline, we were thinking... 404 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,960 we might like to get married in the chapel after all. 405 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,600 If we've not missed the boat. 406 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,640 Right. Well, I'll... have another look in the diary. 407 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,840 Well, as I say, if we've missed the boat, we'll have to make alternative arrangements. 408 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,600 Do you need a choir? 409 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,120 Oh, a choir! I run a choir, at school. Well, there are two - 410 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,120 there's the school choir, and then there's the staff choir, so... 411 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,000 Kate teaches music as well as modern languages. Oh, you must be very clever. 412 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,360 I'm in the school choir. That's because you're a poof. 413 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,200 He is. He fainted last week. 414 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,240 He didn't. He just went a bit wobbly. 415 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,440 He fell over and lost consciousness! Why, what happened? 416 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:04,680 Nothing. 417 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,320 We were talking about music for the wedding. 418 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:11,160 Hymns always sound better with a bit of volume. 419 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,120 And we can rehearse a nice choral piece for you as well, if you like. 420 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,040 Oh, that would be smashing, wouldn't it, Celia? 421 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,600 Did you have anything in mind? 422 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,000 Ah...Celia's more up on those sort of things than me. 423 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,680 She wants to arrive to The Arrival Of The Queen of Sheba! 424 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,720 Wow! 425 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:34,360 Did we? Have anything in mind as regards choral music? 426 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,200 Well, there's no point in worrying about the details of what music we're having 427 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,600 till people have checked their diaries, is there? It'll be fine, surely. 428 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,360 Won't it, Caroline? 429 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,080 I'll discuss it with the Bursar. 430 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:49,280 What's it got to do with him? I thought you reckoned to be the boss. 431 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,720 He's responsible for the bookings. 432 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,360 And he's not very keen on people who blow hot and cold. 433 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,640 Well, as I say, 434 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,680 if it's any trouble, forget it. 435 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:03,800 OK. 436 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,800 We would like to be married in chapel, 437 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,760 Caroline, if it's still an option. 438 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,200 Perhaps you could tell the Bursar that we're very sorry 439 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,000 if he thinks we've messed him about. 440 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,680 SHE MOUTHS 441 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,920 What were you doing fainting, William? I didn't. 442 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,640 Judith slashed an artery 443 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,320 and Ma got sprayed in mad alky woman bloo-ood. 444 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:31,400 Tell him to shut up. An artery?! 445 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,480 Not on purpose. What was she doing here? 446 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,520 I think she was just drunk. Like a skunk. 447 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,440 Oh. Were you here? 448 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,640 Pussy. Idiot! 449 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:48,280 Can we just all calm down, please, because I'm going to get angry in a minute. We wouldn't want that. 450 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:51,920 Sorry, did you say something? 451 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,600 Nope. 452 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:54,720 HE SNIGGERS 453 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,960 Where are you going on your honeymoon? Um... 454 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,240 Well, we haven't discussed it, but, um... 455 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,560 Will you go abroad, or...? Um, I don't know. 456 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:10,160 Well, we could. Yeah, I'm easy. It depends what Celia wants. 457 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:14,080 Can I have a word with you in another room, please? 458 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:15,720 Certainly. 459 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:23,960 Excuse me. 460 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,000 Can you just for once in your life make a bit of effort? 461 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,840 What is the point of you being here if you're just going to sit there 462 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,120 like a wet weekend every time Kate opens her mouth? 463 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,560 You wanted me to meet her. He wanted me to meet her. 464 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,480 I have. Big deal. Can I go now? 465 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,440 Why are you being like this? 466 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:50,720 Because I can't stand seeing you make a fool of yourself. 467 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,360 Mum, I'm not making a fool of myself. Only you think that. 468 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,000 No, love. I'm the only one that'll tell you. 469 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,760 Oh, Mum, this is going to end really badly. You're... It's going to... 470 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,080 This is how people fall out with each other. 471 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:06,080 Mm. Well, on your head be it. 472 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,240 No. No. No. Look... 473 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,280 You've got Alan. 474 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,640 Why can't you just accept that I want to be with Kate, 475 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,600 that I'm old enough to know what I want 476 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:21,000 and accept it and be civilised about it instead of this excruciating pantomime? 477 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,680 You're not in love with her. 478 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,040 Why are you saying that? 479 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,800 Because you told me. No, I didn't. The other morning. 480 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,760 What are you talking about? 481 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,400 You said, "She thinks the world of me." 482 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,120 And I didn't hear you say, "And I think 483 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,800 "the world of her back" or anything remotely like it. 484 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,400 All I heard was, "And I quite like her." 485 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,560 I said I like her a lot! 486 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,600 She's having you on. Having me on?! 487 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,960 She just wants to get promoted, reckoning to gaze at you. 488 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,680 Yeah, that's right, cos nobody could like me just for being me, could they? 489 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,520 It turned my stomach when I saw her touch you. 490 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,280 Turned your...?! 491 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,200 She touched my hand. 492 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,680 Well, God knows what else you've been up to. 493 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,840 Oh, this was a mistake, wasn't it? 494 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:10,800 Look, like I said, you wanted me to meet her. I have. 495 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,720 You'd better go. 496 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,880 I'll be next door. 497 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:31,600 ALAN SIGHS 498 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,880 You all right, love? Yeah. 499 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,880 Tough as old boots, me. 500 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,720 Resilient, bombproof, fireproof, you name it. 501 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,240 I'm...going upstairs. 502 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,200 I'm just going to make a quick call. 503 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,240 Yeah, can I order a cab, please? 504 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:15,440 I'll, um... 505 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,080 She's, er, gone back round next door. 506 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:20,720 I'll, er... 507 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,640 I'll go and see if, er... 508 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:24,720 what she's, er... 509 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,400 ALAN SIGHS 510 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,600 I haven't even served the second course. 511 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,600 Hardly anything to eat. 512 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,080 Well, it were very nice, the starter. 513 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,520 Where's Lawrence? 514 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,800 Um, I think he's, um... 515 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,360 And, er, look, thank you, Caroline. 516 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,800 And, er... 517 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,520 I'm sorry. 518 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,960 I'll, um... I'll... 519 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,800 Yeah. 520 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,000 Thanks for... No, that's... 521 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,560 Night-night, love. 522 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,920 Yeah. 523 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,200 Sorry. Thank you. Night-night. 524 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,520 Night-night, William. Night. 525 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,840 When you were shouting, we could hear every word you and Granny said. 526 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,880 Kate? What are you doing?! 527 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,040 I called a cab. Why? I'm going home. 528 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,280 Well, why? I thought you were going to stay the night. 529 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,080 Yeah, well, I'm not now, so... 530 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,480 Oh, look... 531 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:29,320 Wow, she's hardcore, isn't she, your mum? I don't know what you heard... It's fine. 532 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:33,760 It's fine. I always knew you didn't feel the same way about me as I did about you. 533 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,720 But telling her that before she's even met me? 534 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,920 No, I was just trying to explain how it...started. 535 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,400 Caroline, it's fine, honestly. I'm just going home. 536 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,120 Oh, come back inside. No. 537 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,760 Please. No. I'm freezing. 538 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:51,120 I'll see you tomorrow. The cab'll be here in a minute. Nobody's eaten anything. It'll save. 539 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,440 Come back inside. 540 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:56,360 I've got stuff to do. No, you haven't! No, I have. 541 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,640 Fine. Then I'll wait with you. 542 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,120 You'll freeze. I don't care. 543 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,560 I might as well be dead anyway. 544 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,120 Caroline, go back inside. 545 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:08,520 Well, don't go. 546 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,360 Oh, well... 547 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,080 That's that done. 548 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:27,480 Yeah. Yeah, that's that done. 549 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,120 Are you all right? 550 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,760 No, Celia, I'm not. 551 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,760 I'm disappointed. 552 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,040 How can you sit there and say you're not bigoted 553 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:47,200 and not small-minded, and then carry on like you just did? 554 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,840 Then what did she say? 555 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,000 Dad? 556 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,480 Nothing. 557 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,520 So, I said... 558 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:36,480 "When I said, 'I think you ought to meet Kate,' 559 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:40,240 "what I meant was that I think you ought to... 560 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,320 "try to get on with Kate." 561 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,880 Then she said, "Oh, well, you didn't make that clear." 562 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,960 And I said, "Well, I shouldn't have to!" 563 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:57,000 And she said, "Well, Alan... 564 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,560 "at the end of the day... 565 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,920 "it's not really any of your business." 566 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,880 She spoke to you like that? 567 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,040 And what did you say? 568 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,000 That we'd reached end o' line. 569 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,280 Well... 570 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:27,760 It's up to you. 571 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,040 Well, I've made it as plain as I can. 572 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:37,360 I can't pretend to be happy about something if I'm not. 573 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,040 I mean, it'd be dishonest. 574 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:43,920 It'd be deceitful. 575 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,480 She can't see how destructive it is. 576 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:54,760 HE SIGHS 577 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,280 Well, you know... 578 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,480 Doesn't she have a point? 579 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,880 It is between them, isn't it, really? 580 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,640 How can it make her happy, 581 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:13,800 alienating herself from her own people, her own family, 582 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,520 people who care about her? 583 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,840 I'm not defending her. I'm just trying to... 584 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,320 I don't know. 585 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,200 When you love someone, isn't it like warts and all? 586 00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:27,840 Come hell or high water? 587 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,160 So, how have you left it? 588 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,880 I think we've acknowledged that... 589 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,680 ..we've reached the end o' road. 590 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:43,800 Oh, God, that's... 591 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,960 I'm really sorry. 592 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,960 Dad, I'm really sorry. 593 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:55,320 KNOCK ON WINDOW 594 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,320 Mum? 595 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,600 Let her in. 596 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:23,960 Have you got a minute? 597 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,280 What do you want? 598 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:41,000 He's finished with me. Alan. 599 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:45,640 Oh. 600 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,800 So, you'll be satisfied. 601 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,800 Will I? Why? 602 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,800 Well, it's all because of this business. 603 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:06,200 How? 604 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:12,280 How? Well...who'd want to marry into a family like this? 605 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,840 Alan didn't say that. You embarrassed him last night. 606 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,800 No-one else. Don't you dare blame me. 607 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,160 I don't think I can carry on. 608 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:23,720 Join the club. Caroline, you have no idea. 609 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:27,320 Haven't I? I've been so happy. 610 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,600 Happier than I've been for years. 611 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,480 Decades! Half a bloody century! 612 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,400 Well, if it's any consolation, Kate's finished with me. 613 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,480 In fact, this morning... 614 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,320 ..she handed her resignation in. 615 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:52,000 And that's how much she can't stand being near me any more. So, ten out of ten. 616 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,360 Bingo! Hit the jackpot, got what you wanted. 617 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,920 "I don't want to be a nuisance. I'd hate to be a nuisance. 618 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:03,520 "No, I'll just bugger everyone's life up for them instead by being a nasty, small-minded old bitch!" 619 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,920 You are going to die very bitter and very, very, very lonely. 620 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,800 You know that, don't you? 621 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,400 I'm heartbroken! 622 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:16,720 Good! You deserve to be. You don't deserve Alan. He's worth a thousand of you. 623 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,080 Caroline! 624 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:19,760 Oh, fuck off. 625 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:24,600 What's going on? Mind your own business. Caroline, don't speak to your mother like that! 626 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,400 She's not my mother. I haven't got a mother! 627 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,160 What's happened? 628 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,040 SHE SOBS 629 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,840 Why don't you...? Sit down. 630 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,560 Can I...? 631 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,160 Shall I...? Do you want some tea? No, I...I don't want anything. 632 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,160 I'm sorry I said what I said at Gillian's. It was stupid 633 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,320 and selfish and horrible. 634 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,840 But true. Yes. 635 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,200 Did you know? No. 636 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,120 I did. 637 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,280 Are you all right? 638 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,760 Can I get you anything? Is there anything I can do for you? No. 639 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,720 Well, look, just ring. I'm just next door if... 640 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,480 Yeah. ..there's anything. 641 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,400 TV IS ON 642 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:00,840 Dad? Mm? 643 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,240 You know Robbie? Yeah. 644 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:13,000 He's asked me out with him. I mean, like, properly. 645 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,760 Like...an item. 646 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,280 Robbie? You know that night you went missing? 647 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:25,200 You know I told you how good he was? Yeah. 648 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,840 He kind of... 649 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:34,000 Well, he said he thought we'd make a good team. 650 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:35,920 Me and him and Raff. 651 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:41,640 And you know I told you he apologised for all the crap? 652 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,360 And you know, I used to see him a bit. 653 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,760 Before I went out with Eddie. Did you? Yeah. 654 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,960 It was only cos of Robbie I ever met Eddie. 655 00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:58,800 Don't you remember? 656 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,280 I think... 657 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,120 I sometimes think... 658 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:09,080 that's why he got vindictive like he did when Eddie died. 659 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,800 Cos he'd never forgiven me for that. 660 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:13,600 Well, I don't know. 661 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,480 I do like him. 662 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,560 I've always liked him. 663 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,160 Do you think I'm mad? 664 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,760 Are you all right? 665 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,240 Oh, yeah, it'll be indigestion. 666 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,280 DOORBELL RINGS 667 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,040 DOOR OPENS 668 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,440 Hello. Hello. 669 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,880 Have you got a minute? 670 00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,040 I love Caroline. 671 00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,360 Of course you do. She's your daughter. 672 00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,600 I had an unhappy marriage. 673 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,920 Did you? 674 00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,080 Well, he was unfaithful. 675 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:41,000 I'm sorry. 676 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,160 I should have left him, but... 677 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:46,480 people didn't so much in those days. 678 00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,240 No. 679 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:53,920 I stuck it out with as much dignity as I could. 680 00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:56,800 But it was all pretty joyless. 681 00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:02,800 And she was the one thing that kept me going. 682 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:08,000 We used to be pals. We always had a laugh... 683 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:13,320 ..when she was at home, before she went off to college. 684 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,160 And after, now and again. 685 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:23,080 She always had a look of my dad. 686 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:24,880 I loved my dad. 687 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,080 He was very tall. Very good-looking. 688 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,280 I still miss my dad every day. 689 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,640 It's daft, isn't it? 690 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:44,840 People say that you marry someone who reminds you of your dad, 691 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,080 but I don't think I did. 692 00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:52,840 The thing that worries me... 693 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,160 The thing that worried me... 694 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:04,040 When she told me, when she was 18, 695 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:07,720 what worried me was...I thought... 696 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,600 You see, I thought it was my fault. Why? 697 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:16,840 Projecting things onto her. Expectations, ideas. 698 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:22,080 I don't know, with being so disappointed in Kenneth. 699 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:23,440 I mean, not on purpose. 700 00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:27,400 No, Celia, listen, that's not how it works. 701 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:31,320 And then that, I thought, was my fault. 702 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,960 Celia... Yes, stupid. I know now. I do. 703 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:38,000 But then I couldn't. 704 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:45,480 I'm sorry I've been so... 705 00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:46,680 blinkered. 706 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,800 I've caused a lot of trouble, I know. 707 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:55,680 I...I just want her to be happy. 708 00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:59,840 I know she doesn't believe that. 709 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:06,760 Don't leave her. 710 00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:33,920 THEY LAUGH 711 00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:39,760 Oh! 712 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:45,880 When did you come back? 713 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:47,840 Alan? 714 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,320 Alan! 715 00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,520 Oh, hello, love. Oh, hiya. 716 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:46,520 I'm looking for Alan. Didn't Gillian ring you? 717 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:50,760 He's in hospital. He were rushed in last night. 718 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,600 He had a heart attack. 719 00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:54,760 Did you know he had a funny heart? 720 00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:58,200 He was sat there. He just went funny. It were horrible. 721 00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:01,440 And his heart stopped once over, but they got it going again, the paramedics. 722 00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:04,440 They were amazing. I was right impressed. 723 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,680 But yeah, technically, for a few seconds he were dead. 724 00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,520 Oh, Jesus... 725 00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,120 Are you all right? 726 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:32,480 Can I help you? I'm looking for, er, Al... Er, Mr Buttershaw. Alan Buttershaw. 727 00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:34,360 He was brought in with a heart attack. 728 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,680 And who are you? I'm his best friend. 729 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:56,120 Celia... 730 00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,040 I'd have rung, but... 731 00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:03,880 ..I didn't know how things were between you. I mean, he told me you'd split up. And then... 732 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:05,120 SHE SOBS 733 00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:09,840 He's been... so unhappy, and then... 734 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,880 Mum... 735 00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:20,480 You haven't really fallen out, have you? 736 00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,480 Oh, it was all my fault. 737 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:26,560 But I've put everything right now. 738 00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:29,280 And I need him to know I've put everything right. 739 00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:33,280 Come out here. 740 00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:47,080 I, um... Paul told me what happened. 741 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:49,920 OK. Well, um... 742 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:54,680 The thing is, it's bad... 743 00:50:54,720 --> 00:50:56,360 what happened. 744 00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:04,120 They're worried that there was, er, a lot of damage done, and, um... 745 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:12,120 They're saying that... 746 00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:17,960 ..we've got to be brave, because it's probably just a matter of... 747 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,920 ..time. 748 00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:33,080 Has he been conscious? 749 00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:35,680 At all? 750 00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:40,640 Have you been here all night? 751 00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:46,040 Can I sit with him for a bit? 752 00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:48,160 I've things I need to tell him. 753 00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,000 Of course. 754 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:54,000 He was disappointed with me. I know he was. 755 00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:57,240 But I've made everything right now. 756 00:51:57,280 --> 00:51:59,280 Tell him. 757 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:25,320 Don't go. 758 00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:28,520 Not yet. 759 00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:33,520 We've still got to have a lot of laughs, you and me. 760 00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:45,160 Right, well... 761 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:49,320 ..the good news is... 762 00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:53,920 that I'm not bigoted or small-minded, as it turns out. 763 00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:58,240 What it was was...it was me. 764 00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:03,680 It's all psychobabble and rubbish, probably, but... 765 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:10,160 ..I was blaming myself for her being the other way inclined. 766 00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:14,920 That was why I was hoping it would go away if... 767 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:17,320 I played hardball long enough. 768 00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:22,640 But I've been on the road to Damascus and come out the other side. 769 00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:27,760 They're back together, anyway, the ladies. 770 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:31,120 So, I'm hoping that... 771 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,640 I'm assuming... 772 00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:37,160 that you and I are back on vis-a-vis the wedding. 773 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,640 So, I just... 774 00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:43,000 thought I'd take you through the itinerary, Mr Buttershaw. 775 00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:50,120 Just speak up if there's anything you're not happy with. 776 00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:56,680 What's she talking to him about? 777 00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:00,120 God knows. 778 00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:32,720 Mum... 779 00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:33,960 Hello, love. 780 00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:48,760 I love you. 781 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:50,360 I know you do. 782 00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:55,400 I am sorry about all those things I said to you yesterday. 783 00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,400 It doesn't matter. 784 00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:59,480 It's forgotten. 785 00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:01,480 How is he? 786 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,760 Not good. 787 00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:11,160 I've brought you some things. 788 00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:15,360 A flask. 789 00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:17,360 I made you some sandwiches. 790 00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:20,560 And a Daily Mail. 791 00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:23,960 Oh... Aren't you...? 792 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:26,040 You are, you know. 793 00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:30,560 You're perfect. 794 00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:32,040 So are you. 795 00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:34,800 No, I'm not. 796 00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:36,560 I think you are. 797 00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:41,640 Well, you're not, but you're very entertaining. 798 00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:45,320 Yeah. Never a dull moment. 799 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:48,760 Hey, Alan? 800 00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:51,480 'Celia! Celia! 801 00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:54,560 'Hello, Alan! Are you doing owt next Tuesday?' 802 00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:56,400 HORN BLARES 803 00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:06,920 Celia! I didn't see you there. 804 00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:09,560 Oh, hello, Alan! How's things? 805 00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,680 I'm just going up to corner shop. I could walk up wi' you. 806 00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:13,840 What you fetching? 807 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:18,160 Oh, I don't know. A tin of peas and some firelighters for me mother. 808 00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:21,560 Is that what you're having for your tea? Yeah! Not the firelighters! 809 00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:22,600 THEY LAUGH 810 00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:24,080 What are you having? 811 00:56:24,120 --> 00:56:28,720 Oh, I don't know. What day is it? Wednesday. It'll be sausages. 812 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,840 Burnt, no doubt, if me mother's got anything to do with it! 813 00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:36,480 How's Jessops? Yeah, great, I love it. 814 00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:39,800 How's Co-op? Not so bad. 815 00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:41,440 Well, see you, then. 816 00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:43,080 Yeah, I'll see you, then. 817 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:47,640 Celia? Yeah? 818 00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:50,920 Are... Are you doing owt next Tuesday? 819 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:54,120 Only there's... We could... 820 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:57,680 If you fancied... Tuesday? What time? 821 00:56:57,720 --> 00:56:58,960 Six o'clock? 822 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,000 I could meet you by bridge, or... 823 00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:03,040 we could go and see summat at flicks. 824 00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:05,200 Smashing. 825 00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:10,800 I always knew you'd turn up... eventually. 826 00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:16,360 Even if it took you 60 years. 827 00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:18,760 Hello! 828 00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:21,200 I think... I thought... 829 00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,800 Did I come to see you last night? 830 00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:28,520 Or were I dreaming? 831 00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:32,120 Yes! You did! 832 00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:36,120 You came to see me. 833 00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:38,480 I wanted to say sorry. 834 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:42,720 And I love you. 835 00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:47,840 And I don't care. 836 00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:52,680 You've a lovely face. 837 00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:55,600 Oh, so have you. 838 00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:03,200 I went round to Kate's house last night. 839 00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:05,040 Kate? 840 00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:07,880 They're back together. 841 00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:10,160 Oh! 842 00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:12,280 And you'll never guess... 843 00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:14,280 What? 844 00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:16,720 You can play the organ? 845 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:19,320 What, like the full, big... Grade 8. 846 00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:26,480 So, I said to her, "Oh, you'll know The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba, then. 847 00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:29,080 "That'll be coming in handy!" 848 00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:31,000 HE LAUGHS 849 00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:35,360 MUSIC: "The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba" by Handel 850 00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:39,000 THEY LAUGH 851 00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,680 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd