A Hero’s Welcome | Valor, Homecoming & Wartime Reality
In A Hero’s Welcome, Season 2, Episode 8 of A Family at War, the return of a soldier brings pride and celebration—but also unexpected tension. As the Ashton family grapples with shifting dynamics and buried emotions, the episode explores the gap between public honor and private hardship. This moving chapter captures the bittersweet truth of coming home in a world still torn by war.
In A Hero’s Welcome, Season 2, Episode 8 of A Family at War, the return of a soldier brings pride and celebration—but also unexpected tension. As the Ashton family grapples with shifting dynamics and buried emotions, the episode explores the gap between public honor and private hardship. This moving chapter captures the bittersweet truth of coming home in a world still torn by war.
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00:58Is he still out there on Century Gove?
01:00Our Peter. Yes, he'll stay there all day.
01:04I think he was waiting for the Germans to march in instead of his father.
01:08Three o'clock this morning he woke me up. Quick, I think my daddy's come home.
01:12Had to go downstairs and open up the door before he was satisfied.
01:15It's funny how the years go. Seems like two minutes since David was that age and now Peter.
01:20Time just gallops away these days.
01:23It's not galloping for Peter, I can tell you.
01:27If he's asked me once today what the time is, he's asked me 20 times.
01:31Oh, it's understandable, love.
01:33Has he seen his dad for a long time and he thinks the world of him?
01:37Just as well, isn't it? Makes up for Janet.
01:40Oh, now come on, Sheila. You're not still worrying about Janet.
01:45Yes, I am. She hasn't seen her dad since July and when I get to the Thomases she bursts into tears
01:50and says she wants to stop there for Christmas.
01:53I couldn't persuade her.
01:55That doesn't mean she's growing away from you if that's what you think.
01:59Well, can you blame me?
02:01They're all like that at that age, love.
02:04Could have made her come with me, I suppose, but oh dear, I could see what it would be like if I had.
02:10It's what David's gonna say.
02:12Same as me, I expect.
02:14She doesn't want to miss a Christmas party with her friends, eh?
02:17What time do you think David will get here, love?
02:20I've no idea. All he said in his letter was sometime today.
02:24Never was much of a lesser writer. Philip's the one in this family.
02:29Mum, that's David.
02:32That's David what, love?
02:34Oh, it doesn't matter.
02:36Go on, what were you going to say?
02:38Well, I just wondered if David wrote to you very much.
02:41Once in a blue moon, if I'm lucky.
02:43I only wondered only if there's so little in his letters to me.
02:46I'm sure he tells you everything he tells me.
02:48I did get a letter from him one day last week.
02:51Dear Mum, everything's much the same. Hope you are well loved, David.
02:55Oh.
02:56You can read that if you like, if I can think where I put it.
02:58Oh, no, don't bother.
03:00I know what you mean.
03:01He never says anything at all, really, does he?
03:06He doesn't write to Peter very much either.
03:09He keeps asking me for news of his daddy and I'm not much wiser than he is.
03:13I make things up sometimes just to give him something to think about.
03:17He ought to write to Peter.
03:19He really ought to write to him.
03:21And you know, it's bad enough him being away from you both, evacuated, but...
03:27Well, what does Peter think of his dad not writing to him?
03:31Well, you've heard him talking about his dad.
03:33He thinks that David's winning the war on his own.
03:36Oh, dear. Oh, I do hope they get on.
03:39Why shouldn't they, love?
03:42I don't know.
03:44We haven't been a family for so long now and...
03:47Well, if Peter and David don't get on, well, I...
03:52I can't hold him on my own.
03:54Now, come on, love.
03:56I can't, Mum, I know that.
03:58And with Janet not coming back...
04:00Well, if they don't get on, I doubt if we'll ever be a family again, ever.
04:03What are you up to?
04:19I'm waiting for me dad.
04:21Your dad?
04:22You're not young Davies lad, are you?
04:25Let's see, what's your name now?
04:27Peter Ashton.
04:28I know it's Ashton.
04:30Peter, aye, that's it.
04:32I didn't know it, but you've shot up since I saw you last.
04:36So you're waiting for your dad, are you?
04:38He's coming home, I'm late. He's in Bombers.
04:41Oh, I know all about your dad, young man.
04:43I'm your dad's uncle.
04:45I always said he'd be a credit to this family.
04:52It doesn't feel like Christmas to me.
04:55I don't care what the government says.
04:57You can't make Christmas dinner out of a ration book.
05:00When I think of all that stuff we used to throw away after our old Christmas dues.
05:05Can I come in?
05:06Hello, Sefton.
05:08You've met Peter then?
05:09Yes, I've found him on your stairs.
05:12How do you do?
05:13Hello, Mr Briggs.
05:15You'd like a cup of tea, eh?
05:17Aye.
05:18Go on, Sheena.
05:20Go and put the kettle on, love. We'll all have a cup.
05:22I wouldn't say no. I can't get a good cup of tea at home these days.
05:26Not what I call a good cup anyway.
05:28If it's Edwin you're after, he's not back from the works yet.
05:32I thought I'd look in on you, you know.
05:34Well, young man, what are you going to be when you grow up?
05:38Going to fly bombers like your dad?
05:40No, of course not. I am, Granny.
05:42Of course he is. He's his dad's lad, I can see that.
05:45Well, the way this war's going on, we'll still be fighting by the time you're old enough.
05:49Don't talk like that, Sefton, please.
05:52Well, it's true. No point in pretending any different.
05:57And what's Father Christmas going to bring for you?
05:59I don't know.
06:00If he comes flying over Liverpool with his reindeer,
06:02he'll have to watch out for the anti-aircraft gunners, won't he?
06:05Not that they've managed to hit many of the Jerrys.
06:08I hear we're losing more planes than they are.
06:10Mother, I want you to go on an errand for me.
06:12Can you go down to the corner shop and get me a tin of condensed milk?
06:16Oh, Mum, they might miss my dad coming.
06:18No, you won't. You won't. Here, go on. I'll be gone.
06:20Just a minute, young man.
06:22In case Father Christmas doesn't get through, here's a Christmas box for you.
06:26Oh, you shouldn't, Mr. Francis. Certainly.
06:28Well, what do you say?
06:30Thank you. I think so.
06:32He's shooting up that lad of young Davies. He is shooting up.
06:36Oh, he's a credit to you, love. Eh?
06:39Yes, of course he is. I know who his mother is.
06:42Yes, he's a fine lad.
06:45How old will he be now? He's ten.
06:47Time goes on.
06:49Of course, you've got a little girl as well, haven't you?
06:52I thought they were both evacuated.
06:55Yes, sir. Peter's just up for Christmas.
06:58Oh, and have you got the girl with you?
07:00No.
07:02Janet's not come.
07:04Oh?
07:05Do you like a biscuit, Sefton?
07:08Why, is she poorly or something?
07:10No, no, she's quite all right.
07:11Well, won't they let her come home, then?
07:13It seems they'll not do, letting the lad come home and not the girl.
07:17Family should be together at Christmas.
07:19I'll go and set the table for dinner, OK?
07:22Oh, really, Sefton.
07:27I know you're my brother, but really there are times when I could brain you.
07:31What do you mean? What have I said?
07:32She knows family should be together at Christmas. We all do.
07:35It just hasn't worked out that way, that's all.
07:38It hasn't worked out for us, even with Margaret.
07:40I wasn't criticizing her.
07:42Oh, I know you weren't, but I...
07:44I do sometimes wonder if David is altogether fair to Sheila.
07:48Hmm. She married him.
07:50I mean, let's not beat about the bush.
07:52She was obliged to marry him.
07:54You reap what you sow in this world.
07:56Sefton, please!
08:01Looks as if it might be a white Christmas.
08:03Well, it's cold enough, isn't it?
08:05It's cold enough.
08:08Hiya, Grandad.
08:10Peter!
08:11Well, you're a sight for sore eyes.
08:17How are you, son?
08:18All right, Grandad.
08:19Hiya, Robert.
08:20Hiya, Pete.
08:21By the way, you're talking to an old sea dog now,
08:23so you'd better start calling me Uncle Robert.
08:25But if you do, I'll kill you.
08:26Has your dad got here yet?
08:27No, but it won't be long now.
08:28Well, it could be a few hours yet, you know.
08:30He's got a long way to come and the trains are all at sixes and sevens.
08:33Wouldn't it be smashing if he came home and he's bomber?
08:35We'll never get it done in our back garden.
08:37Well, the Air Ministry wouldn't be too pleased if he did.
08:40And how are you liking it at school, eh?
08:42Have they taught you to speak Welsh yet?
08:44I can say some Welsh, Grandad. Yucky dar.
08:46Yucky dar.
08:48Is school all right, then?
08:50It's all right.
08:51You'd rather be at home, eh?
08:52I'd rather be flying bombers like my dad.
08:54Hey, whoa.
08:56Is your mum in the kitchen?
08:58Yeah.
08:59Well, I'll pop in and have a word with her.
09:01Oh, uh, Robert.
09:03If you look in the dressing table in your mother's bedroom,
09:05you'll find a bag of Colesfoot rock. Give it to Peter, eh?
09:07Thanks, Grandad.
09:08Oh, and have some yourself if it's not beneath the notice of an old sea dog.
09:12Okay, mate.
09:17Hello there. How's my favourite daughter-in-law?
09:19Surviving. Hello, Dad.
09:21You've just missed Sefton.
09:23Oh.
09:24Is that a pot of tea?
09:27Oh, now, would you like me to make some more?
09:30No, don't bother.
09:31What did Sefton want?
09:34I think he just wanted someone to talk to.
09:37Oh.
09:38Well, he did go on a bit.
09:40A pretty upset Sheila.
09:41What's he been saying?
09:42Oh, it wasn't intentional. He wasn't to know.
09:44You see, Janet isn't coming up this Christmas.
09:46Oh, she's not ill, I hope.
09:48No, no, she doesn't want to come, Dad.
09:50She wants to stay down there.
09:51Well, it's understandable, isn't it?
09:53Oh, I told her.
09:55You know how children hate missing things.
09:57Love, she...
09:58She just wants to stay and whoop it up with her pals.
10:01Well, I've just seen a Peter.
10:03David will have his hands full just coping with the one.
10:05He's so full of his dad, isn't he?
10:06I just hope he's not disappointed.
10:07He won't be.
10:08Now, come on, cheer up.
10:09It's Christmas.
10:10The family's gathering.
10:11Come on, let's enjoy it.
10:13Is Frida home yet?
10:14No, not yet.
10:16I don't know where Robert's got to.
10:18Oh, he came in with me.
10:19He's keeping Peter amused.
10:20He's getting to be a big lad, isn't he, Sheila?
10:22Yes.
10:23Must be all this Welsh mountaineer.
10:25David will hardly know him.
10:28Hey, shut up, man.
10:29I'm a bummer.
10:30I've got an engine on fire.
10:31Shut up!
10:33Go on.
10:34Put a sock on it, old lad.
10:35Now, how about coming down to the park with me, eh?
10:38My dad'll be here soon.
10:39Not before we get back.
10:41Well, can Robert come?
10:42If he wants to.
10:43Yeah.
10:44But he's on leave, and when you're on leave,
10:45you can please yourself, you know.
10:46I'll come if Robert can come.
10:47Bet you'll wish we're in the RAF.
10:49Course I don't.
10:53The RAF's the best.
10:54And the Army's worse.
10:56And then the Navy.
10:57The RAF is the best.
10:58Rubbish.
10:59The merchant's rubbish, you mean.
11:00They call the Navy the senior service.
11:01That means it's the best.
11:02Yeah, but aeroplanes are tons faster than ships.
11:03The Navy's got planes.
11:04Come to that.
11:05It doesn't.
11:06It does.
11:07The fleet air arm.
11:08Tons of them.
11:09Ah, not proper planes.
11:10Not bombers like my dad flies.
11:11What time is it, Robert?
11:12It's about five minutes later than when you last asked me.
11:15Mum sent me after you for the fresh air.
11:16She did right.
11:17You're looking a bit pasty these days.
11:18Aren't we all?
11:19Has Michael gone down to see Margaret?
11:20Yes.
11:21He's staying at a pub near the hospital.
11:22And the hospital.
11:23And the Navy's got planes.
11:24The Navy's got planes.
11:25Come to that.
11:26It doesn't.
11:27It does.
11:28It does.
11:29The fleet air arm.
11:30Tons of them.
11:31Ah, not proper planes.
11:32Not bombers like my dad flies.
11:33What time is it, Robert?
11:34It's about five minutes later than when you last asked me.
11:36Mum sent me after you for the fresh air.
11:39She did right.
11:40You're looking a bit pasty these days.
11:41Aren't we all?
11:42Has Michael gone down to see Margaret?
11:43Yes.
11:44Well, it seems a bit strange not having her home at Christmas.
11:49Oh, she's better off out of the raids.
11:51Yes, and she was practically walking straight again when Jean and I were down there.
11:54Oh, good.
11:58It's done him good going away, hasn't it?
12:02Who, Peter?
12:03Hmm.
12:05Yes, in a way.
12:07And he's got this picture in his mind, you see, Dad.
12:11David.
12:12What, um, hero worship?
12:14Yes, I suppose it is.
12:15Yes, I suppose it is.
12:19Oh, it'll be all right, won't it?
12:21Of course it will.
12:23Are you sure the boys are coming?
12:24I don't want the parties for her.
12:25They'll be right behind us.
12:26Those lads will eat anything.
12:27They'll bang it down so fast they won't even know what they've had.
12:29Maybe, but I don't want them to have it dried out.
12:30Mum, you're fussing.
12:31I'm allowed to fuss.
12:32It's my privilege.
12:33It's not compulsory, then.
12:34No, no, madam.
12:35Oh, that'll be all boys.
12:36David!
12:37David!
12:38Hello!
12:39Happy Christmas!
12:40Merry Christmas!
12:41How are you?
12:42Oh, fine.
12:43How's the old love life, then?
12:44Still driving a fella's mad?
12:45How's the old love life, then?
12:46Still driving a fella's mad?
12:47No, no, madam.
12:48You're fussing.
12:49Mum, you're fussing.
12:50I'm allowed to fuss.
12:51It's my privilege.
12:52It's not compulsory, then.
12:53No, no, madam.
12:54Oh, that'll be all boys.
13:01David!
13:02Hello!
13:03Happy Christmas!
13:04Merry Christmas!
13:05How are you?
13:06Oh, fine.
13:10How's the old love life, then?
13:12Still driving a fella's mad?
13:14Everyone's home for Christmas, except our Phil.
13:17Oh, correction.
13:19Except our David, too.
13:20What do you mean?
13:22Oh, I've got to be back in camp by midnight, Christmas Eve.
13:25Oh, David.
13:26What'll Mum do?
13:27She's expecting you for Christmas dinner.
13:28We'll have to have two now.
13:30Well, it can't be helped, Freddie.
13:32Somebody's got to do a bit Christmas or no Christmas.
13:34I'll probably be delivering presents to the Jerrys.
13:37Ah, come on, Fredo.
13:40It's not all that bad.
13:42Some blokes won't get home at all.
13:46Poor old Sheila.
13:50Oh, come on.
13:51I shouldn't be keeping you out here.
13:52Come on in.
13:57Look who's here!
13:58Hello.
13:59David!
14:00Hello, Mum.
14:01How are you?
14:02Hello, friend.
14:03Hello, Dad.
14:04Oh, Merry Christmas.
14:06Oh.
14:09Hello, Sheila.
14:10Hello.
14:19Well, let's celebrate the Warriors' term.
14:21I've got a bottle of scotch.
14:23The real stuff, a present from one of the clients.
14:25I've been serving in for weeks.
14:27I reckon this is the time to open it.
14:29That's fine with me, Dad.
14:30Are you hungry, love?
14:31Oh, I'm starving.
14:32Well, I'll go and do some more potatoes.
14:33No, no, no.
14:34You sit there and stay with David, eh, love?
14:35Come and sit down, David.
14:36Oh, that's what I like to see.
14:38All the women fighting to look after me.
14:40Here we are.
14:42Where would you give that to David?
14:44There.
14:45Oh, that's the stuff.
14:46Cheers, Dad.
14:47Cheers, son.
14:48Take your coat off, Peter.
14:49My dad's come home.
14:50Oh, that's great.
14:51Hiya, Dad.
14:52It can't be.
14:55It isn't.
14:56Come here.
14:58Oh, we've been on pins for you, David.
14:59Oh, look at this!
15:00Oh, look at this one.
15:01Oh, no.
15:02Oh, there's no pins for you, David.
15:03Look at this!
15:04Oh, no, I've got a pin.
15:06Oh, no.
15:07Oh, no.
15:08Oh, no!
15:09It's been on pins for you, David.
15:10Look at this!
15:11Oh, no, no.
15:12Oh, no.
15:13Oh, no, no, no!
15:14Oh, no.
15:15Oh, no.
15:16Oh, no.
15:17Oh, no, no.
15:18Look at the size of you. I thought you was a red cap coming to run me in.
15:23Where's our Janet? Let's go home. Where's Janet?
15:48Hiya, Dad.
16:16Oh, it's you. You're getting up?
16:22Am I what? Getting up.
16:25Getting up? You mean getting up.
16:29Well, getting up, are you? Er, no.
16:34What time is it? About past eight. Oh, Peter.
16:38No, I think I'll have a lie in the swine. I'm a bit tired.
16:42Give us a camel ride. No. Go on.
16:45I don't feel like a camel ride this morning, Peace.
16:49Oh, please.
16:51All right. Come on, then.
16:54Right. Ready? Yep.
16:57Right. Yes. Break the bed. Break the bed.
17:02Oh, no. Another one? No. Go on.
17:06No, you're too old for camel rides.
17:09Oh.
17:10Hmm.
17:11You're too old, you mean.
17:13Oh, woken up, haven't we?
17:15I've been awake for hours, I have.
17:17Get out of it.
17:18I'm snoring your head off.
17:20Was she, Dad? Was she snoring?
17:21Snoring?
17:22I thought I was back in the old Wellington.
17:25Tell us about when you go bombing.
17:28Eh?
17:29No, I'll tell you later, Peter.
17:33Er, listen, son.
17:35Run down to Garsides for me.
17:37Will you get me a box of matches?
17:39Some here.
17:40Yes, I know that, but I want some more.
17:43Go on, you can have a tanner for going.
17:46You'll find the money in me coat popping downstairs.
17:48Hey, look, there's no point going to Garsides.
17:50Why not?
17:51Sunday morning, they're not open.
17:53I think I trust you to remember that.
17:55All right, well, er, put the kettle on, Peter.
17:59You can make a cup of tea, can't you?
18:00Oh, I'll do it.
18:01It's all right, Peter can do it.
18:03Oh, I'm up now.
18:04Yeah, so I see.
18:06Come on, Peter.
18:07I want to stop with Dad.
18:08No, let your daddy have a lie in.
18:10Don't pester him.
18:11He's tired.
18:12Sheila.
18:13Hmm?
18:14I'm not that tired, you know.
18:29Thanks.
18:30A cup of tea for you.
18:32I didn't wake you up, did I?
18:34I was awake.
18:36Thanks.
18:37What brought this on?
18:40Oh, it's not all that much of an occasion.
18:42I often bring you a cup of tea on a Sunday morning.
18:45You mean you used to?
18:47Yes.
18:48Well, er, you seemed a bit low last night.
18:52After David and Sheila had gone home, you seemed to sort of slump a bit.
18:58It was a long day.
19:00Um, nothing bothering you, is there?
19:01Oh, no.
19:02We're an unlucky family.
19:03Sometimes.
19:04Don't you think?
19:05How do you mean?
19:06David, Margaret.
19:07Oh, what was it Sefton said yesterday?
19:08You reap what you sow.
19:09Rubbish.
19:10Well, it's rubbish.
19:11Well, it's rubbish as far as Margaret's concerned, anyway.
19:13And David?
19:14Your own bright star.
19:15Isn't that what you used to call him?
19:17He has been unlucky.
19:18Yes, you could be right about that.
19:19Or was it my fault?
19:20I have spoiled him.
19:21A little.
19:22Now, listen to me.
19:23I know the family's got its troubles, but you talk about us being unlucky.
19:25Oh, no.
19:26Oh, no.
19:27No.
19:28No.
19:29No.
19:30No.
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20:00No.
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20:12No.
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20:14No.
20:15No.
20:16No.
20:17you'll get more love and attention from strangers than you'll ever get from David.
20:28Well, what would you like to do today?
20:32Oh, I'm being consulted, am I?
20:35What's your ringing?
20:37Well, you weren't too bothered about what I wanted first thing this morning.
20:42What with Peter about?
20:44Well, if you hadn't been so quick off the mark, he wouldn't have been about.
20:48Come on, David.
20:50He's not stupid, you know.
20:52He knows when you're trying to get rid of him.
20:55Anyway, there's plenty of time for that, isn't there?
21:00No.
21:02No, it isn't.
21:07Look, Sheila, I didn't want to tell you this last night
21:11but I haven't got as much leave as I thought I'd be getting.
21:14Well, how long?
21:16A 72.
21:18That means I've got to be back in camp by midnight tomorrow.
21:21Christmas Eve?
21:23Oh, David.
21:25Yeah.
21:27So now you know.
21:29Oh, it'll break Peter's heart.
21:35Won't break anybody else's, though, will it?
21:37What am I supposed to say to that, eh?
21:40What do you want me to do?
21:41Burst into tears or something?
21:44Oh, forget it.
21:46Oh, look, David, you know I want you here.
21:49Of course I do.
21:50I want you here all the time, not just on leave.
21:52Honestly, if you don't know that now, you never will.
21:55How do you think I feel about having to go back, Sheila?
21:59Do you think I want to get on a bloody train on Christmas Eve?
22:02I mean, you know, it's not a holiday camp I'm going to.
22:05I know that.
22:06Well, you don't show it, Sheila.
22:08I mean, I tell you, I've got to go back.
22:13And what's the first thing you say, eh?
22:15Our Peter won't like it.
22:17Well, I don't like it either.
22:18I know, David, honestly.
22:19I didn't...
22:20You think more about Peter's feelings than you do about mine.
22:23Or anybody else's come to that.
22:25Maybe if you thought a bit more about our Janet.
22:27Oh?
22:28And what's that supposed to mean?
22:30It's supposed to mean that she should be here.
22:33You had no right letting her stop at the Thomas' for Christmas.
22:37She should be home at Christmas.
22:39All this bloody nonsense about her not wanting to come.
22:42I mean, you are her mother.
22:44Yeah, and you're her father.
22:46When was the last time you wrote her a letter, eh?
22:49Or to Peter?
22:50Leave everything to me and then everything I do is wrong.
22:55Oh.
22:56I thought you were playing out.
22:58It's raining.
23:02Oh, yeah.
23:04It's chucking it down, isn't it?
23:06Shall we have a game of cards?
23:08Eh?
23:09Yeah.
23:10All right.
23:11Get the cards.
23:12What do you fancy doing today?
23:14Oh, we'll have to get out of here for a start.
23:17We could go round to me mother's.
23:19No, we couldn't.
23:20Well, it's better than this, Hope.
23:22Thank you very much.
23:23Look, I'm not having a go at you.
23:25It's this place.
23:26We'll have to get out of here.
23:28You're hardly ever in it, David.
23:30I'll have to live here.
23:31Well, let's go round to me mother's.
23:33We're not going to your mother's.
23:35We're going round there tomorrow anyway.
23:37We can't be round there every day.
23:39She won't mind.
23:40I mind.
23:41Can we get the pictures?
23:42Yeah, that's a good idea.
23:43What's on then?
23:44Smashing world film called Target for tonight.
23:45All about bombers.
23:46Oh, no, Peter.
23:47You've had that.
23:48Oh, Harry Jones has seen it and he says it's smashing.
23:49Look, I've just come away from it.
23:50I don't want to go to the pictures to see it, now do I?
23:51Go on.
23:52For the last time, no.
24:10Look, it'll be a load of old rubbish anyway.
24:12Stiff upper lips, and bloody heroes.
24:15We don't want to see that.
24:21Go on.
24:25Look, Peter, it's not like you think it is, you know.
24:29I mean, it's not cowboys and Indians. There are no heroes.
24:33We're all scared.
24:35I bet you're not scared, though, are you?
24:38I'm just like everybody else.
24:40Can we go and see it, then?
24:42Look, how many more times? No!
24:44Peter, drop it.
24:46Look, I'll tell you what.
24:51We'll go to a caf and we'll have a snap-up feed. How about that?
24:55Oh, yes, you'd like that, wouldn't you? I'd sooner get the pictures.
24:58Well, you're not going. Come on, Peter. You'll enjoy it.
25:01You can get those shoes clean for a kick-off. They're filthy.
25:05Come on, Peter, shake yourself up a bit.
25:08I'm telling you, you're not going anywhere looking like that.
25:16Are you awake now?
25:17Yes, I thought I would. You don't mind, do you?
25:18No. No, you're on leave, aren't you? Enjoy yourself.
25:33Oh, Jenny asked to be remembered to you, by the way.
25:36Oh, did she? I was going to ask you how she was, but I wasn't quite sure.
25:41Sure about what?
25:43Well, that you were still seeing her, shall we say.
25:47I am.
25:49Good. Good, I'm glad to hear that.
25:52You got on quite well, you two, didn't you?
25:55Yes, I suppose we did.
25:57You'll be quite a charmer, wouldn't you like?
26:00You don't have to laugh at me.
26:03I wasn't.
26:05I was your age once, you know.
26:07Look, I meant that she liked you.
26:09Well, you sound surprised.
26:12Father, it's Christmas.
26:18Well, where were you thinking of going?
26:21Well, I thought I'd go round to Aunt Jean's.
26:23If Frieda's there, I thought I might take her out for a drink.
26:25Oh, we're invited there for dinner tomorrow, by the way.
26:27I called round to see them yesterday.
26:29Your Aunt Jean was asking after you.
26:31Oh, I wish she could.
26:32How is everybody?
26:33Oh, they seem all right.
26:35Oh, your cousin Davey's expected home.
26:39His lad, what's his name?
26:41Peter.
26:42Aye, Peter.
26:43He was there yesterday with his mother.
26:45She's as sour as ever.
26:47Couldn't get a word out of her.
26:49I think she's always felt a bit outside the family somehow.
26:51Whose fault is that if she has?
26:54My father was a docker.
26:56Something like that, I believe.
26:58Never went to that wedding, did you?
27:00No, I didn't.
27:02More like a wake than a wedding.
27:04Everybody trying to pretend that they'd got married anyway.
27:08I had the odd feeling it mattered more to her lot than it did to ours.
27:11Even if her father did turn up in brown boots.
27:14It brought your Aunt Jean's heart, that did you know?
27:16She's not forgotten.
27:18I said to her yesterday, you reap what you sow, I said.
27:21Nice.
27:23What a question of what you've been brought up to, I dare say.
27:26It takes a lot of shaking off what you've been brought up to.
27:32Well, don't wait up for me, father.
27:34No, I'll not.
27:35See you in the morning, then.
27:37It's feeding.
27:51Peter, sit over there.
27:56It's nice.
27:59Hey, Peter, what's what you're doing?
28:04Peter.
28:08Best behaviour now.
28:09Can we afford this, David?
28:11Yes, of course we can.
28:14Oh, yes, please.
28:15Can I have the menu?
28:16Oh, we don't have a menu on Sundays.
28:18Oh, erm, what have you got?
28:21Fish and chips.
28:22Oh, yes, Dad, let's have fish and chips.
28:24Look, just be quiet.
28:26I'm sorry, what else?
28:27Sausages.
28:28Oh, and there might be some rabbit pie left.
28:30Oh, yes, there's rabbit's pie!
28:31Shh!
28:35Er, what do you fancy, Sheila?
28:37I'll have the fish.
28:38Yes, er, me too.
28:41That's two fish and chips, please.
28:43Are you having fish and chips, Peter?
28:44Oh, rabbit's pie!
28:45I don't think you'll like it.
28:46I will!
28:47I'll let him have it if he wants it.
28:49Yes, all right.
28:50Er, rabbit pie for the little boy, please.
28:57Hey, have you ever had rabbit pie?
28:59No.
29:00Well, you'd better eat it.
29:02David, do you remember the last meal we had in the cafe?
29:06No, can't say I do.
29:07I'm not surprised it was before we got married.
29:09That place in Southport.
29:12We had strawberries and cream.
29:14Yeah, I remember.
29:15You were sick coming home on the train.
29:18Hey.
29:19What?
29:20You've got a lot to answer for, young man.
29:22Keep over.
29:23Dad.
29:24What?
29:25I haven't got the love.
29:27Why didn't you go before we came out?
29:29Go on, then.
29:30It's at the top of the stairs as we came in.
29:31Will you take me?
29:32You don't have to be taken.
29:33You're not a baby.
29:34Oh, go with him.
29:35Go on.
29:36He's shy.
29:37It's time he could take himself, Sheila.
29:38Well, go on.
29:39Off you go.
29:40I don't want to go.
29:41Fish and chips twice.
29:42Oh, thank you.
29:43That's nice.
29:44And one rabbit pie.
29:45Tea, bread and butter?
29:46Oh, er, yes.
29:47Er, yes, please.
29:48Yes, please.
29:49Yes.
29:50Can I have a bite?
29:51Yes, please.
29:52Can I have a bite?
29:53Yes, please.
29:54Yes, please.
29:55Yes, please.
29:56Yes, please.
29:57Can I have an ice cream soda?
29:59And an ice cream soda.
30:00Oh, we haven't got any.
30:02It'll have to be lemonade.
30:04Look, Peter, perhaps you'd better go to the toilet if you're going to have a lemonade.
30:08Look, Sheila, just leave him alone.
30:10If he doesn't want to go, he doesn't want to go.
30:12Hey!
30:13Peter Manners, pass it to your mother first.
30:14You might not want any salt.
30:15I'd try it first.
30:19Salt.
30:20Go easy with that, Peter.
30:21It's the only one you get in.
30:22Hey, Peter, just look at the way you're holding that knife.
30:39Now come along.
30:42Just look at the way you're holding that knife.
30:45Now, come along. Look, hold it like the way I'm doing.
30:50What do they teach them at that school he goes to?
30:52The dinner's getting cold. This table man is a-shocking.
30:55Stop picking on him, will you? I'm not picking on him.
30:58I just want him to shape up a bit better and behave properly.
31:04What's the matter? Don't you like it?
31:06I told you you wouldn't like it. You're eating it.
31:09Look, he wanted rabbit pie and he's going to eat it.
31:11I tell you that, darling, why don't you swap with Mummy, eh?
31:14I'll have your rabbit pie and you can have my fish.
31:16She's eating that pie.
31:21For God's sake, Sheila, you're showing me up.
31:28Come on, Peter. I want you in bed.
31:33What? Come on, bed.
31:35It's a bit soon for him to go to bed.
31:37Look, stop arguing about everything I tell you to do, all right?
31:40Go to bed.
31:53Do you want a cup of tea?
31:55No, thanks.
32:11Well, that was a lovely outing. That was lovely.
32:15What was that?
32:16It wasn't my fault.
32:17I suppose it was mine, then, was it?
32:19I've never been so embarrassed as I was in that cafe.
32:22You were embarrassed?
32:24Swapping your food about all over the table.
32:26I wouldn't have needed to if you hadn't kept on picking on Peter.
32:28What do you keep nagging at him for, David?
32:30I am not nagging him, Sheila.
32:32He's got to learn not to be so fatty about his food.
32:35Well, weren't you ever fatty about your food when you were his age?
32:38Yes, maybe I was, but there wasn't a war on.
32:40People have to eat things they don't much like.
32:42He's got to learn that.
32:43It was supposed to be a treat for him.
32:45It was your idea, remember?
32:46Well, he needs a bit of discipline.
32:47It won't do him any harm.
32:48Discipline?
32:49He doesn't need discipline.
32:50He gets enough of that at school.
32:51What he needs from you is a bit more love.
32:53Well, it's no good spoiling him.
32:54Spoiling him?
32:55What chance has that kid got of being spoiled, eh?
32:57He sees me once a fortnight if he's lucky
32:59and he sees you about once a year.
33:01There's a war on.
33:02Spoiling him.
33:03You must be mad.
33:04Now, look, don't start shouting the odds at me
33:06just because you give in to him and I pull him up once or twice.
33:09Hello.
33:11Briggs Printing Works?
33:26Yes.
33:27Mr Ashton, please.
33:29It's Mrs Ashton.
33:33Edwin?
33:34Would you call in at Fletcher's on your way back
33:36and see if they've got any nuts or anything?
33:38Get back as soon as you can, will you?
33:41David's got to catch the four o'clock.
33:43Yes.
33:44Yes, all right.
33:45Yes, I'll see you later.
33:47Goodbye.
33:53Did you get through?
33:55Hmm.
33:56Just as I was ready to put the phone down.
33:59Well, I sometimes think we'd be better off keeping pigeons.
34:02I suppose if we did the home go, I'd be around looking for spies under the beds.
34:05Oh, dear.
34:06Do plenty of potatoes, love.
34:08Wasn't that enough?
34:09This chicken won't go far.
34:12They said it was a roaster, but it's more like an old boiler to me.
34:17Do you think I ought to do some more sausages, eh?
34:19Oh, Mum, don't flap.
34:21Sorry while you saying don't flap with an iron sitting down.
34:24I'll say one thing for this family.
34:26They're handy with an open fork.
34:28Hmm.
34:33Come on, Sheila.
34:34We're waiting.
34:36She's painting her face.
34:39Mrs. Thomas' painting faces is wicked.
34:43Does she?
34:44Hmm.
34:48So, er, what do you do at school, then?
34:51Oh, you know.
34:53Well, what are you good at?
34:55Nothing much.
34:56Hey, you'll have to pass exams, you know, if you want to go in the Air Force.
35:03Where is she?
35:04Women.
35:09They always keep you waiting, eh?
35:14Anyway, we'll have a good time at your granny's today.
35:16She always puts on a good dinner.
35:22Well, answer me, Peter.
35:23Yeah.
35:27Look.
35:29When I get annoyed with you sometimes and I shout at you...
35:34I'm only shouting because I...
35:37I think a lot about you.
35:38You know that, don't you?
35:43Look.
35:44With me not, you know, being able to be here on Christmas morning,
35:47you can have your present now, if you like.
35:50Or would you rather wait till tomorrow?
35:52Tomorrow.
35:54All right.
35:55I'll give it to Mummy and she can give it to you in the morning.
36:00Are you sure you wouldn't like it now?
36:02No.
36:04All right, please yourself.
36:09Where the heck is your mother?
36:11Come on, Sheila.
36:12You'll have it dark.
36:16Hey, you've time to clean those shoes while we're waiting.
36:19I cleaned them yesterday.
36:20Well, it's today now, isn't it?
36:23Come on now, there's a good lad.
36:24Give him a quick polish.
36:32And for God's sake, Peter, give over sulking.
36:36Come on, buck up a bit.
36:41I hope your father remembers to bring those nuts.
36:43It won't be the end of the world if he doesn't.
36:46Before the war, the nuts used to get left along with half the Christmas cake.
36:50I shall be glad of them this year.
36:53He won't forget.
36:55I'm not so sure.
36:57He'll be taking all the work staff to drinks this Christmas time.
37:00Hello, Mum.
37:02Hello.
37:03Can I have a sandwich? I'm starving.
37:05No, not time. You spoil your dinner.
37:07And you keep your hands off that chicken, eh?
37:11You call that a chicken? It looks more like an overweight sparrow.
37:15Oh, Robert, love, go and open the door. That'll be David.
37:23Here.
37:24That chicken is rather small.
37:25Oh, Mum, it was a joke.
37:28Oh, hello, Uncle Sefton. Hello, Terry.
37:30Hello, Robert. Where's your mother?
37:32She's in the kitchen.
37:33Just the place.
37:35What's all this about?
37:37It's one of his surprises.
37:38He wants to make a big production out of it.
37:41Merry Christmas.
37:42Hello, Sefton.
37:43That's the first Merry Christmas I've heard this year.
37:45Yes, there's not the same spirit about.
37:48Ah, talking of spirit.
37:49Two bottles of the right stuff, aren't you?
37:50Happy Christmas.
37:51Oh, Tony, love, thank you.
37:52And a kiss for Frida, too, I think.
37:54Oh, Merry Christmas.
37:55Been at the bottle already, have you?
37:56I don't have to be totally drunk to kiss a pretty girl, you know?
37:59Nah, nah, Tony.
38:00You get your coat off.
38:01You as well, Sefton.
38:03Oh, I brought this for you.
38:04Hmm? What's that?
38:05Oh, it's a bundle of dirty washing he's been saving, especially.
38:08Don't talk so daft, Tony.
38:10Go on, open it.
38:11Hey.
38:12Gee, what's that?
38:15Oh, Sefton.
38:17Yeah, it's a turkey.
38:18Oh, I can see that.
38:20I say, it's a whopper.
38:21I say, Mum, you couldn't stop it without chicken.
38:24Well, where did you get that?
38:26Ah, ask no questions.
38:28You might not get any lies.
38:29I don't know what you're looking down your nose for.
38:31Somebody's got to eat it, it might as well be us.
38:33Oh, dear, I wish you'd brought it sooner, Sefton.
38:36I haven't time to cook it today.
38:38Well, we'll have it tomorrow.
38:40You'll invite us, I hope.
38:41Oh, my God, not another bucket of potatoes to pee you.
38:44I wish you could have got it here sooner.
38:46You know, I'd like David to have had some of it and that poor bird I've got.
38:49Anyway, thank you very much, Sefton.
38:51Yeah, it's £5, that cost.
38:53It's daylight robbery.
38:54But if you want something, you've got to pay for it, as I know to my cost.
38:58I'll go.
38:59Now, go on, you men.
39:00You go and make yourselves more comfortable.
39:01Right.
39:02Robert, love, you do the honours, will you?
39:03Well, we'll make a start in the booze, if you like.
39:05Robert, come watch us.
39:06What do you mean I can watch us?
39:07Now then, now then.
39:09Hello, come in.
39:10Happy Christmas.
39:11Hey, Christmas!
39:12Father Christmas.
39:13Oh, happy Christmas.
39:15Oh, David.
39:16Come and have a drink.
39:17First kind words I've heard today.
39:19See you later.
39:20Are we the last?
39:21Oh, Dad's yet to come.
39:22He shouldn't be long.
39:23Mum's in the kitchen.
39:24Oh, I'll go and see if she needs any help.
39:25OK.
39:26Hey, Peter, I've got some showy.
39:27Come upstairs.
39:30Ah, David, lads.
39:32I'm glad to see you're doing so well.
39:35Ah.
39:36Oh, yes, I'm going up in the world, you know.
39:38Yes.
39:39Yeah, too often for comfort.
39:41Ah.
39:42I'd like to see a chap proud of his uniform.
39:45As soon as Tony's home, he's out of his and into civvies.
39:48Can't wait to get out of it for a day or two.
39:50Well, I'll tell you why I'm still wearing mine, shall I?
39:52It's because I still haven't got a decent bloody suit.
39:54Oh, dear.
39:55Have a drink.
39:56Cheers.
39:58Ah, me.
39:59You know, then, young Robert.
40:00I'm not so sure you...
40:01Oh, come on.
40:02Come on, now.
40:03Give the man a drink.
40:04Come on, kid.
40:05Come on, kid.
40:06Cheers, Tony.
40:07Cheers, Tony.
40:08Cheers, Tony.
40:09Mmm.
40:10I'm beginning to think this is a waste of time.
40:12I'd have done better making soup out of it.
40:14Ugh.
40:15Only sefton.
40:16I bought that turkey sooner.
40:18I wanted David to have some of it.
40:20You and Peter will have to come tomorrow, love, and help us eat it up, won't you?
40:25Oh.
40:26You're depressed, aren't you?
40:29It's a shame he has to go back so soon.
40:32I don't believe he does have to go back.
40:35What do you mean, love?
40:36I just don't think he likes it at home with me and Peter.
40:39Oh, come on, sheep.
40:41Anyway, how do I know he's going back to camp?
40:43He could be going anywhere, couldn't he?
40:45Spend Christmas in company likes a bit better.
40:47He wouldn't do that, love.
40:49David wouldn't pretend.
40:50You know that.
40:51Wouldn't he?
40:52I honestly don't know, Mum.
40:53But I do know this.
40:54He's changed towards me and Peter.
40:56Oh, now, come on, Sheila, love.
40:57You've got yourself upset.
40:58Oh, he has.
40:59We were walking from the bus just now, and he met somebody he knew, an officer.
41:03They must have been talking for five or ten minutes, and we just stood there, Peter and me.
41:06He didn't say who we were.
41:07He didn't introduce us or anything.
41:08Oh, maybe, lovey...
41:09Yeah, maybe he's ashamed of us.
41:11Right.
41:12Down in one.
41:13Oh, my God.
41:14Don't they give me a rum rat in the van?
41:16Nuts.
41:17Do that again.
41:18Eh?
41:19Nuts.
41:20I get nuts for the festive pour.
41:21Merry Christmas, Tony.
41:22David.
41:23Merry Christmas, Dad.
41:24I won't say no.
41:25In fact, I'll confess, I've already had one or two.
41:28I took the staff out to the pub.
41:30There won't be any work done this afternoon, then.
41:32Well, there wouldn't have been much done anyway, Sefton.
41:35You can't get much out of them on Christmas Eve, even in wartime, so there's no use pretending otherwise.
41:40Bye.
41:41Bye.
41:42That's a drop of good stuff.
41:44Oh, very good.
41:45Great stuff, isn't it, eh?
41:46Oh, yes.
41:47Very good stuff.
41:48Oh, yeah.
41:49How much does he have?
41:50Not enough.
41:51What was that?
41:53Oh, Larry.
41:55Hey, come here, you.
41:56Hey, where'd you get that?
41:58Auntie Frieda gave it me for Christmas.
42:00Oh.
42:01You wait till you've got kids, Frieda.
42:03Hey, get over.
42:04Do you want locking up?
42:06Come on, now, you men.
42:07Sit down.
42:08Come on, Peter.
42:09Come on.
42:10Come on, Peter.
42:11I'll sit next to Jean.
42:12Come on, my girl.
42:13Tony, sit next to me and Annie.
42:15Granny's a lovely cook, you know.
42:17He was sort of a knife at his house.
42:19There, Jesus.
42:24So, how was that there, Peter?
42:26That was very nice, Jean.
42:27Very nice.
42:28I'll start on the washing up, Mum.
42:29No, you don't.
42:30And that's an order.
42:31Tony and Frieda are doing that for me, love.
42:33Oh.
42:34Come on, Robert.
42:35Fill it up.
42:36Hey, don't play that in here.
42:37Come on.
42:38You've broken your arm or something.
42:39Yes, thanks, Danny.
42:40Good.
42:41Now, look, you heard what your mother said.
42:43I'll put that thing away if you don't stop it.
42:45Come on.
42:46Come into the front room with me.
42:47We'll play a game of cards or something.
42:48Come on.
42:49Oh, that's a great run.
42:52Are you coming, David?
42:53Eh?
42:54Er, yeah, yeah, OK.
42:56Sit right, David, lad.
42:57Er, no thanks, sir.
42:58Edward.
42:59Oh, thanks.
43:00Oh, thanks.
43:01Sir.
43:02David.
43:03Love, I wanted a word with you.
43:05It's so difficult with everyone around.
43:06What's the matter, love?
43:07What do you mean, what's the matter?
43:08You know what I mean.
43:09What's wrong?
43:10Oh, hello.
43:11Has Sheila been grumbling?
43:12Has she a little heart to heart behind my back?
43:14She doesn't have to grumble, love.
43:15It's obvious something's wrong.
43:16Look, Mum, there's nothing wrong except there is a war on.
43:18I know it's hard.
43:19It's hard for everybody, love, not only for you.
43:20But you've changed.
43:21Look at the way you are with Peter, love.
43:22Now, what does that mean?
43:23You're too hard on him.
43:24Look.
43:25Always finding fault with him, love.
43:26The boy thinks the world of you.
43:27Mum, I'm his father.
43:28I love him.
43:29I just want him to grow up all right.
43:30That's all.
43:31The trouble is, love.
43:32The trouble is, love.
43:33The trouble is, love.
43:34The trouble is, love.
43:35She doesn't have to grumble, love.
43:36It's obvious something's wrong.
43:37Look, Mum, there's nothing wrong except there is a war on.
43:38I know it's hard.
43:39It's hard.
43:40It's hard for everybody, love, not only for you.
43:41But you've changed.
43:42Look at the way you are with Peter, love.
43:43What does that mean?
43:44You're too hard on him.
43:45Always finding fault with him, love.
43:46The boy thinks the world of you.
43:47I'm his...
43:48I'm his father.
43:49I love him.
43:50I just want him to grow up all right.
43:51That's all.
43:52The trouble is, everybody spoils him.
43:54Sheila spoils him and so do you.
43:56That's ridiculous, love.
43:57You know that.
43:58Yes, you do.
43:59You do.
44:00You spoil him, Mum.
44:02Our grannies always do, don't they?
44:05Eh?
44:06David.
44:07Aren't you going to Sheila, love?
44:17That's not clear for a start.
44:18Mm-hm.
44:19Oh, it's strange the way people change.
44:24You know that turkey your dad bought for Mum?
44:27She'd never have touched anything that was black market a year ago.
44:30Well, not without a conscience.
44:31I shouldn't mention black market the father, especially with a reference to bacon.
44:35What was that?
44:39David's changed, too.
44:41He's much more cynical.
44:42Bet you think so?
44:43You've changed yourself.
44:46In what way?
44:47Oh, I've grown up a lot.
44:51A bit frightened.
44:53Yes, it frightens me, too.
44:56Hello.
44:57Enjoy yourself?
44:58Yeah.
44:59Come on, Rob.
45:00You're all right.
45:01That's it.
45:02Well, that didn't last long.
45:03No, but I think he wanted to be with his daddy, didn't you, Peter?
45:07From what they say on the news, things look bad for home.
45:10No, I think he wanted to be with his daddy, didn't you, Peter?
45:13What they say on the news, things look bad for Hong Kong.
45:16Don't let's talk about the war.
45:18Can't we forget it for a day or two?
45:20You can't forget it, Gene.
45:21Things do look bad for Hong Kong.
45:23But only temporarily.
45:25The Japs have bitten off more than they can chew.
45:28Well, they took a few bites out of Pearl Harbor.
45:30Aye, but the Yanks weren't ready.
45:32They'll not catch us, nothing.
45:34You're not telling me that the Japs are a proper power like Germany or us.
45:38They've got a big navy.
45:39I think they'll go for Singapore next.
45:41They'll be stupid if they do.
45:43Singapore, it's impregnable.
45:45A natural fortress.
45:46Hey, Robert, you've been to Singapore, haven't you?
45:49Singapore.
45:50Yes, you've been there.
45:52No.
45:53Oh?
45:54Lagos.
45:55Oh.
45:56The main thing is the Americans are in the war.
45:58What was it Churchill said?
46:00Calling in the new world to redress the balance of the old.
46:03I think with them in, we must win in the long run.
46:08What do you think, David?
46:10Oh, they don't pay me to think, Dad.
46:11I just do as I'm told.
46:12But I hear the Yanks are building some damn good bombers, yeah.
46:13Can't we talk about something else, please?
46:14Um.
46:15Excuse me.
46:16I'll just be back.
46:17He's had a few too many, hasn't he?
46:18Well, I'd sooner he found out what drink can do in his own home than some dockside pub.
46:23It's something bad.
46:24Well, I'd sooner he'd find out what drink can do in his own home than some dockside pub.
46:27It's something bad.
46:28Well, I'd sooner he'd find out what drink can do in his own home than some dockside pub.
46:39It's something he's got to learn.
46:41Sooner or later.
46:42Hey, what's up with Robert?
46:43He just shut up the stairs like a rocket.
46:45Yeah, I think he went to see a man about a dog, love.
46:48Yeah, well, it's time I was on my way anyway.
46:54Oh, dearly, good love.
46:56Do you have to go so soon, Ed?
46:58Yeah, I've got to be on the four o'clock, Mum.
47:01I'd sooner stay here, I can tell you.
47:04Sorry you've got to go, son.
47:09Not much of a way to spend Christmas Eve.
47:11No, not to mention Christmas Day.
47:14Yes, I'll probably be dropping bombs on little Jerry Santa Claus.
47:20Oh, David, that's a horrible thought.
47:23It's a horrible war, love.
47:25Yeah.
47:26Well, er, my country needs me.
47:31We'll come to the station with you.
47:32No, no, there's no need.
47:34No, look, just stop here and enjoy yourselves.
47:36Er, no, we'll see you on to the train.
47:38There's no need, love.
47:39I want to.
47:40All right, have it your own way.
47:42Come on, Peter.
48:12Three, four, three, four.
48:19The train's in.
48:22Uh, look, love, don't hang around.
48:24I'll get on the train.
48:25No, no, no.
48:26We'll see you on the train.
48:28Look, there's no need.
48:29Well, I'll get two platform tickets.
48:34Get the flying boys.
48:36Got their own bands now to see them off.
48:42Very quiet today.
48:47What's up, then?
48:53Well, you, uh, gonna look after Mummy for me while I'm away, eh?
48:59See she doesn't get up to any mischief.
49:01We are.
49:12Go, go, go!
49:18No.
49:19Well, it hasn't been much of a Christmas, has it?
49:46Not much.
49:49Oh, I nearly forgot.
49:55A present.
49:57Well, you might as well have it now.
50:02Aren't you going to say anything?
50:04No.
50:06Well, come on.
50:07Open it.
50:11Oh, she's going, huh?
50:14Well, goodbye, love.
50:16I'm sorry it's been...
50:19Bye, David.
50:22Take care.
50:24Bye, Peter.
50:27You're a good lad at school, eh?
50:38Come home, son.
50:39We're good.
50:49Come home.
50:51Good lady.
50:52Good lady.
50:54Good lady.
50:57Well, open up your present.
51:13Let's see what you've got.
51:27Peter, I hate my dad.
51:31What did you do with that?
51:57What did you do with that?