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00:30So, um, how did you get on with Sam?
00:34Get on?
00:35Well, I mean, it was a bit of a surprise when he asked you to stay over
00:38and Max and I were just wondering.
00:40Oh, so you and Max had a good old chin-wag about it, did he?
00:42Oh, God, no!
00:44Well, I mean, maybe we did just discuss it just a teeny-weeny little bit.
00:48I slept in the spare room, if that's what you want to know.
00:50Oh, well, it did cross my mind briefly.
00:52I mean, he's an attractive guy and...
00:54Oh, don't think I wasn't tempted.
00:55But everything was strictly above board.
00:57Hello? Anyone home?
01:00Ah. Oh, could you make a start
01:02by bringing in the rest of the staff from outside?
01:04And then I've got a whole list of other things for you to be getting on with.
01:07I want this place just right for Christmas.
01:09Hang on, Pen.
01:11If you don't mind me saying, like, Barry's my boss
01:14and he's told me to concentrate on my work at the club.
01:17We've got three office dues on there tonight.
01:19And I've got a job to do at the restaurant and I need help.
01:21I mean, Barry does implore you to help out here, doesn't he?
01:24I don't think this is on.
01:26I'm going to have to mention it to him if he phones again.
01:28He's phoned you? When?
01:30Last night at the club.
01:32Well, did he say if he'd phoned here at all?
01:35No, didn't mention it.
01:37Just said he was trying to get home for Christmas.
01:39Oh, well, in that case, if he's coming home by Friday,
01:42that's all the more reason why I need you to help out here.
01:44So could you get on with it, please?
01:47We've got to get out of here now.
01:49The manager fellow's just stopped me, asked me what's going on.
01:51He's dead suspicious, asked me when my auntie's going to turn up.
01:54Where are we going to go when we've left here?
01:56We'll find somewhere.
01:57Where, though? We've hardly got any money left.
01:59We'll manage somehow.
02:01How?
02:02Leave it to me. I'll find us something.
02:04I got us this place, didn't I?
02:09Erm...
02:11I've got to go.
02:14Er, just come in.
02:17So you were tempted with Sam, then?
02:19Very. I think he was too.
02:21But?
02:22It's Barry.
02:23What about Barry?
02:25Not down there, please. Somebody might tread on it.
02:31I feel guilty, I suppose.
02:38But why?
02:39It's Barry you should feel guilty.
02:41He's just dumped you and gone off to look after his bezzy mate.
02:44And at Christmas, your busiest time.
02:46Yes, but we've made a commitment to each other.
02:48I mean, I know he hasn't phoned or sent a postcard or anything,
02:51but, well, that's just Barry, isn't it?
02:54I shouldn't have stayed with Sam. It seems disloyal.
02:57Do you think Barry Grant would think twice about being disloyal?
03:00I mean, he's dumped Max as well as you.
03:02I'm afraid I shan't be sorry if Sam buys him out.
03:04I feel a bit guilty about that as well.
03:06I mean, I think we all got carried away by the heat of the moment.
03:09Oh, Pen, don't go backsliding now or else I'll have Max doing the same.
03:12You know it makes sense. Dump him on both counts.
03:15Is that it, then?
03:17Um, no. Could you get the steps out? I need you to put some decorations up.
03:21Well, you wouldn't want your employer coming back
03:23to a miserable, undecorated house now, would you?
03:35Mum!
03:36Mum!
03:37Sinbad's here.
03:40What are you doing?
03:43There must be something. There must be some clue to where she's gone.
03:46Mum, there's nothing here. She's taken everything with her.
03:48No, there's got to be!
03:50Mum! Mum, will you stop it? You're wrecking the place!
03:53Just leave me alone! I want to know where she is.
03:55They can't just disappear. I've got to find something.
03:57Mum, stop it! Will you calm down?
04:02Sorry.
04:03She's right, Mandy. You can't carry on like that.
04:07I've got to find her.
04:09I just feel so useless.
04:13Look, I'm going to go and talk to her friends
04:15and Sinbad's going to look round town again, isn't he?
04:19You stay here and wait for her to call.
04:21It's the best thing to do, you know.
04:23You'd better be here just in case the police do call back.
04:29I'd better go.
04:32Bye, love.
04:36Bye.
04:42What would you do without her, eh?
04:44I don't know.
04:46Why did you do it, Mand?
04:48Why did you go with Maguire?
04:51No, I can't talk about that while Rachel's missing.
04:54Yeah, well, I need to.
04:56I need to know why you'd do that to me.
04:58I mean, my head's totally cabbaged about this.
05:01You don't own me, Sinbad.
05:03I know that.
05:07SIGHS
05:12Why do you let these men bully you?
05:15God, I am sick of hearing that old one.
05:18I suppose you think I'm one of these women
05:20who just wants men to control me, abuse me.
05:22You think it's my fault.
05:23I'm not saying that.
05:24I just want to know why you did it, how you could do it.
05:27Anyway, what about you?
05:28Weren't you trying to run my life, control me
05:30when you bought this house from under our feet?
05:32You just presumed I'd agree and go along with it.
05:34Why didn't you even tell me?
05:35You were trying to buy me just as much as Kelly Maguire.
05:37Oh, well, thanks. Thanks a lot.
05:39I wasn't buying you, I was trying to help you.
05:41It's not the same as going with somebody
05:43just because you can't afford to pay off a loan.
05:45Isn't it? No. No, it isn't.
05:47I bought this place because...
05:49because of the way I feel about you and the girls.
05:52I wasn't trying to buy you.
05:56After all we've shared, all we've been through together.
05:59I mean, can't you just accept the way I feel about you?
06:02I mean, what is it you're so scared of?
06:05I can't stay here talking about this.
06:08My daughter's missing, that's more important.
06:11Yeah.
06:13Well, we need to talk about you and me sometime.
06:15Yeah, well, not now, please.
06:24We need to find somewhere else to stay.
06:26How can we? We haven't got enough money.
06:28We haven't even got enough money for food.
06:30We'll find some.
06:32I hate this. I want to go home.
06:34No, Liv.
06:35Well, everyone else is getting ready for Christmas
06:37and we're just stuck down here.
06:39Do you want to end up getting caught and get sent away?
06:41That's why we came here, remember?
06:43I don't care. I don't care as long as I'm home.
06:46Don't be stupid. We can't just give ourselves up.
06:49Luckily, I'll get us some money, I promise.
06:52How?
06:53Well, we can go shoplifting and sell the stuff.
06:55No chance. That's why we're down here now.
06:57And I'm not getting caught down here.
06:59If you get caught, we'll be careful.
07:01No, I'm going home.
07:03How? You can't even afford the bus fare.
07:05Well, I'll hitch.
07:07Come on, we can do it together.
07:08No, I'm not going.
07:10If you won't come, I'll go shoplifting on my own.
07:15Well, are you coming or not?
07:19No, I'm going to hitch.
07:21You'll leave me on my own?
07:22Well, come with me then.
07:23No, I don't want to.
07:25I don't want to go back there ever. I want to stay down here.
07:28Well, I'll see you then.
07:31Tell my mum I'm all right and not to worry.
07:36See you then.
07:38Ta-ra.
07:58Joey's excelled himself this year.
08:00He's written the card instead of getting Kav to do it.
08:05Ed.
08:10I'm sorry, Mum.
08:14I just keep imagining all sorts about these kids who run away and never come back.
08:18Oh, leave them to themselves.
08:21How do we know?
08:25Where did we go wrong?
08:27We haven't gone wrong.
08:29Look, you know how he loves Christmas.
08:32He wouldn't want to miss that.
08:36Look, in that good life, why don't you get another kip, eh?
08:40Nah, nah.
08:42I'm going out on the bike.
08:44I'll soon be out looking.
08:47Oh, look, be careful, eh?
08:49Yeah.
08:51I'll see you later.
08:53Yeah.
08:57Yeah.
09:07Hiya.
09:08Hiya.
09:10I was just coming round to see you.
09:12We all were.
09:13Do you want to go and get some sweets from Mr. Dixon's, yeah?
09:20I, um...
09:23I just came round to give you the keys to the house.
09:26What for?
09:27I'm leaving, Mick.
09:29I packed everything in the car and I'm off to Mum's for Christmas.
09:32Then I start my new job on January the 9th.
09:35You know the police have dropped the charge.
09:37Everything's all right now.
09:39I was going to take the for sale sign down off the house and ask if me and you could start again.
09:44I'm sorry, Mick.
09:46I'm not prepared to try any more.
09:48It's not about you being arrested.
09:51It's about you and me.
09:53I don't think me and the Johnsons could ever work.
09:56We don't mix.
09:57Why? You can't say that.
09:59Yes, I can, Mick.
10:01We're totally different.
10:03You're quite happy to plod along, staying put.
10:05I want something more.
10:07I want to get on in life.
10:09I'm prepared to go anywhere to get what I want.
10:13You made it quite clear that you didn't want anything like that.
10:16Look, I was out of my mind with all this robbery stuff hanging over me head.
10:19I didn't know what I was saying half the time.
10:21Does that mean that you changed your mind about Glasgow?
10:24Would you do something decisive for a change?
10:26Would you sell all this and come with me now?
10:30You know how I feel about that.
10:33I couldn't.
10:37That's why we won't work, Mick.
10:40You'd have compromised if you really wanted me.
10:43What about you?
10:45Where's your compromise?
10:48It's too late to argue.
10:52There's some things there for the kids for Christmas.
10:56I have to go.
11:04Look, shouldn't we... shouldn't we talk about this?
11:07What am I going to tell the kids?
11:09Explain it to them after I've gone, Mick.
11:11You're their father. You'll do it better than me.
11:13Please.
11:15Leo, James.
11:17Marianne's got to go now.
11:19She won't be here for Christmas.
11:21Where are you going?
11:24I'm sorry, I won't be coming back.
11:26I'm going to go and live in Scotland.
11:29Forever?
11:31It's what I've decided to do.
11:33Merry Christmas, Marianne.
11:35All right, lad?
11:36Merry Christmas to you, Dad.
11:38Yeah, what did I tell you? She'll be back.
11:40All right, kids?
11:41Where are you?
11:45Bye, Gemma.
11:47Bye, Leo.
11:51Goodbye, Mick.
12:09Wave goodbye to Marianne, kids.
12:14Bye.
12:17Bye.
12:43How about there?
12:45I'm not sure. It feels a bit too symmetrical.
12:48I'll be drawing my flaming pension at this rate.
12:51How about over there?
12:53Oh, good idea, Bev. Let's see what it looks like there.
13:01Um, unless we put it up there.
13:04You what?
13:06Oh, yeah, Pam, definitely.
13:08OK, let's try it.
13:15A little higher, please.
13:18You've not put that in the middle.
13:20Haven't you got anything better to do?
13:22Penny asked my advice, actually, didn't you, Pam?
13:24No, I think it's best if we take it back to the first place, if you don't mind.
13:39Thank you, Jimmy.
13:41Right, well, time for me to go.
13:43Oh, I've left a list for you on the kitchen table.
13:45Oh, what?
13:46Oh, just a few things that need doing before Barry gets back.
13:49And what about me work at the club?
13:51Oh, I'm sure there's plenty of time for you to do whatever it is you do at the club.
13:55Bye.
13:57Don't worry, Pam. I'll keep his nose to the grindstone.
14:00Oh, there's a list for you, too, as well, Bev.
14:13Bye.
14:15Bye.
14:41Hey.
14:42What?
14:43I wasn't doing anything.
14:45I was going to pay for it, honest. I just forgot, that's all.
14:47You mad chocolate in there. I nearly nicked you in five minutes flat.
14:50Are you the store detective?
14:52No.
14:53No, I'm just someone who doesn't like to see a young girl get herself into trouble, that's all.
14:57I'm sort of a social worker. I try and help homeless kids.
15:00Oh, right. I'd better get off, then.
15:02Are you... Are you hungry?
15:04A bit, yeah.
15:05How do you fancy egg and chips or something?
15:07I can't go with you. I don't know who you are.
15:09Anyway, I haven't got any money.
15:11Come and have something to eat.
15:13I don't want to see a young girl going hungry with no money in her pocket.
15:16I don't know.
15:18Come on. It's only round the corner.
15:21All right.
15:23Hey.
15:24Better put these back, haven't I?
15:31Hello, Mandy.
15:33Oh, it's you.
15:34Well, that's not a very nice welcome during this time of goodwill.
15:37Yeah, well...
15:38Yeah, well, I'll be spending Christmas with my mother.
15:40So I thought I might spend an hour or so with you before the holidays.
15:43Please don't. I can't think about anything like that while my daughter's missing.
15:46Missing?
15:47Yeah, Rachel.
15:49She ran away cos she was in trouble for shoplifting.
15:51The boy next door's gone too. I mean, I'm worried sick.
15:53I can't cope with any arrangements.
15:55Hey, of course, of course.
15:56Why didn't you tell me?
15:58Well, why should I tell you?
16:00Because I care.
16:01And I'm not without contacts, you know.
16:03I could put the word around for a couple of kids on the run in town.
16:06Would you?
16:07That's the very least I can do.
16:09Now, is there anything else? Anything at all?
16:11Do you need money?
16:12Are you sure?
16:13No, I'll be fine.
16:14Honestly, Mandy, I don't think there's any need to worry.
16:17I mean, what kid wants to be hanging around the streets at Christmas?
16:22I'm only here to give your mother my office number.
16:25Well, don't waste your breath.
16:27She's already paid for your new office.
16:30Merry Christmas, Mandy.
16:31I hope you hear from Rachel.
16:33Bye.
16:35So what did he want? I thought you'd paid him in full.
16:38Well, look, he said he wanted to tell me about his new office.
16:41Oh, come off it, Mum. You know that's not the truth.
16:43It is.
16:45Well, what was he doing here?
16:47Is he trying to get you in debt again?
16:49Well, he wondered if I wanted a new loan for Christmas presents and that.
16:53Well, you didn't agree?
16:54No, of course not.
16:55But he said he might have contacts, might be able to find Rachel.
16:58Mum, he's just saying that.
17:00All he wants is for you to be in debt to him again.
17:02All he wants is for you to be in debt to him again.
17:04No, you don't take another penny off that man, do you hear me?
17:16We don't even know each other's names, do we?
17:19I'm Nick.
17:22So go on, what's yours then?
17:24I'm Beth.
17:26That's a nice name.
17:28So what are you doing down here then?
17:30I was fed up at home.
17:31Why's that?
17:32Well, we never have any money.
17:34And then we've got these two fellas always coming round.
17:36It's not like when my dad was alive.
17:39So, did you do a bit of shoplifting down in Liverpool?
17:42Till I got caught, yeah.
17:44Did you go to court?
17:45Well, that's why I'm here. I decided to get away before all that.
17:49That's amazing, that is.
17:50I mean, I came down here when I got caught shoplifting in Manchester.
17:53Hey, fancy us both coming down here for the same reason.
17:56And we're both manks, eh?
17:58What is it you do for a job?
18:00A sort of social worker, is it?
18:02Yeah, sort of, yeah.
18:04Yeah, I try and help young people get started out down here.
18:06Find them flats, find them jobs if I can.
18:09Well, can you find me something?
18:11Isn't it more important to find someone to stay first?
18:13I'll be all right.
18:14Yeah, well, there's plenty of shop doorways.
18:19If you want to stay at mine, you're welcome.
18:22It'll be a room of your own in that.
18:25It's starting to rain out there.
18:28Well, I wouldn't mind staying just one night.
18:31Great.
18:32Well, look, I'll just pay for this little lot and then we can go.
18:35OK, Beth?
18:44Don't lose your toilet.
18:46I've looked everywhere.
18:48I can think of nothing here.
18:55There you are.
18:56You've been sneaking a look at this while your sister's out.
18:59What are you, one of these trannies?
19:01Oh, go away, will you?
19:02I'm just getting some ideas for a crimbo, please, for Beth.
19:05Are you going to buy her some sexy stuff like this?
19:07Yeah, well, I was thinking of getting her one of them silky camisole things.
19:11Mike, we were both there that time.
19:13She told us she was a lesbo.
19:15So?
19:16I like her and I want to get her something.
19:18Yeah, but if you're buying a bird something like this,
19:20you want to make sure there's some return.
19:22You're wasting your dosh, mate, so you'll never get her in the sack.
19:25I've already slept with her.
19:26Honest?
19:27And you're like...
19:29You know, I thought she was only into women.
19:32Well, nothing happened, like, but...
19:35I don't know, I like her.
19:37I fancy her and I know that she was on with the fella who used to live in your house.
19:41What?
19:42You mean she's both ways, like?
19:44Yeah, and I think if I stick around,
19:46then maybe she might start feeling something for me.
19:49And I'll take it from there.
19:51You've really got a thing for her, haven't you?
19:54I suppose I have, yeah.
19:57Look, that'll be here.
19:58Don't say anything about this, OK?
20:00Line up's a seal, lover boy.
20:02Hey, you don't think she's into threesomes, do you?
20:04Who's into threesomes?
20:06Er, nothing, that's just Carl fantasising, as usual.
20:17Well, look, I know it's not exactly the Hilton,
20:19a cardboard box or a shop doorway,
20:21but it's got a lock and key here, so you can have a bit of privacy in that.
20:25Right, well, er, I was going to have a drink.
20:28Don't you fancy beer or cider?
20:30Cider, please.
20:37Put the telly on, if you like. Make yourself at home, eh?
20:44No!
20:45What is this do, exactly?
20:47It's a 12-night med ball.
20:49Dinner jackets, long frocks, strip the ballroom.
20:52You fancy all that?
20:53Yeah, well, I've got a few tickets, I can't refuse, can I?
20:57And, ladies and gents, our first competitors in the Come Dancing competition
21:01are Beth Jordache and Mike Dixon.
21:04Beth is a medical student from Manor Park,
21:07while Michael is a doelite with two left feet.
21:11No!
21:14God, you're useless, you.
21:15If you want to be my partner,
21:16we're going to have to take some proper dance lessons, right?
21:18OK.
21:19Promise?
21:20Yeah, come on.
21:21You don't want to pull me up?
21:25You know, I shouldn't be enjoying myself.
21:27I should be out with Sinbad looking for Rachel.
21:29I've tried that. It's a needle in a haystack.
21:31It's like trying to find a job.
21:32You should ask Max Farnham.
21:33They're looking for dishwashers at the restaurant over Christmas.
21:36That stuck-up sod knocked me back last time I asked.
21:39Well, ask again. They need the staff.
21:41Oh, God, I need this work, actually. I'm going to be late.
21:46Do you think he'd take me on?
21:47Well, it's worth a try, isn't it?
21:49I wouldn't bother with that, mate. It's a give you.
21:51See you later.
21:55Er...
21:57Listen, mate, if you put a wee bob in my back pocket, I'm not moaning.
22:01Did you see that, then, on the couch?
22:03She was all over me. I'm in there, I'm telling you.
22:06Are you sure, mate?
22:07Look, I've been invited to this ball thing.
22:09You saw what she was like.
22:11I reckon I'm deffo getting the green light.
22:15Don't you ever go back to Manchester?
22:19What's the point?
22:21You've never seen your family since you were 15.
22:23You don't need families, Beth, not down here.
22:25I mean, there's loads to do and you can make your own life.
22:28You just need a start. Friends down here.
22:31Oh, you make it sound dead easy.
22:33Well, it is, if you know people.
22:35And I can help you meet them.
22:39Don't do that!
22:40Look, it's all right, it's all right. I'm sorry.
22:42I just want you to feel welcome. It was just a friendly kiss, you know.
22:44I hardly know you.
22:46I shouldn't have done that, I'm sorry.
22:48You're a nice-looking girl, I just had a bit to drink, that's all.
22:50It won't happen again, I promise.
22:52I'm sorry.
22:54I'm going to bed now.
22:56Yeah, yeah, you've had a long day.
22:58Night, then.
23:00Goodnight.
23:14Goodnight.
23:44Goodnight.
24:14Goodnight.
24:36Come round any time you like, OK?
24:38Yeah.
24:44Goodnight.
24:54Oh, for goodness sake, David, keep still.
24:56You are worse than a child.
24:58The police car's just gone.
25:00Oh, I wonder if there's any news.
25:02Keep still!
25:04This is preposterous.
25:06I'm supposed to be producing the pantom, I'm not playing the dame.
25:09There's no choice now, Mr Brennan's ill, Major.
25:12Who else is going to fill the breach at such short notice?
25:15I'm sorry, but the whole idea is ridiculous.
25:17Oh, don't be so excitable, David.
25:19Look, there are two young children out there missing.
25:22It's my duty as chairman of the BRA
25:25to get some sort of proper search party organised.
25:27We need a strategy.
25:29A military approach, eh, Major?
25:31Absolutely.
25:33You must admit, Jean, it is a wonderful idea.
25:35I'm sure the police can handle it in their own way.
25:38That is where you are wrong, Jean.
25:40They are already overworked.
25:42It's up to decent citizens like myself to give them a helping hand.
25:45I, er...
25:47I got these for Josh.
25:49A card for his birthday and one for Crimbo.
25:51Oh, you needn't have bothered, you know.
25:54Well, they had to get him something, didn't they?
25:57Yeah, but...
25:59Well, do you really think you should be buying Josh any?
26:01I'm buying them for me half-brother, Dad.
26:03No-one else.
26:05Anyway, much appreciated.
26:07And I, er...
26:09I got this for you.
26:11Happy birthday on Crimbo Day.
26:14What can I say? Thanks, son.
26:16I couldn't exactly say I forgot your birthday
26:18on the biggest day of the year, could I?
26:20I suppose not.
26:22Is, erm...
26:24Is this just from you or from our Jackie as well?
26:27Erm...
26:29It's just from me, Dad.
26:32She only comes in here when she knows I'm not around, you know.
26:35Otherwise it's Katie that comes in.
26:39Do you see much of her, son? Do you talk to her?
26:41Well, I think she's going to take a bit of time to come round, Dad.
26:44She hates what's happened between Beth and you and me, Mum.
26:48Yeah, well...
26:50Maybe next Christmas, eh?
26:52Anyway, thanks for these.
26:54No probs.
26:56I was going to get you a few presents and stuff,
26:58and for me mum and Jackie, but...
27:00But you're skint.
27:02And tell me, would, erm...
27:05£40 come in handy?
27:07Well, seeing as I haven't won the lottery yet, that'd be nice, yeah.
27:10There you go.
27:12Now I really know me and you are getting on better.
27:15Merry Christmas, son.
27:17All the best.
27:21Why won't you visit me, David?
27:23You know, we could have a wonderful evening together
27:26under the mistletoe.
27:28You know, we could have a wonderful evening together
27:31under the mistletoe.
27:33Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
27:35That's not all that'll be roasting if Jean discovers us.
27:38Audrey, I'm trying to tell you, I can't.
27:41I cannot go on deceiving Jean any more.
27:44But she's going to find out if I start telling tales out of school, isn't she?
27:48Visit me.
27:50Look, I'm sorry, I really can't.
27:53I can't allow myself to make the same mistake again.
27:55But it wasn't a mistake.
27:57Far from it.
27:58The other week was just the beginning.
28:01I'm Scarlett O'Hara and you're my Rhett Butler.
28:05Please visit me tonight.
28:08I can't, Audrey.
28:09Give me something to remember when I'm alone
28:11with my Tio Peppy and my Matt Munro Christmas long play.
28:15I can't bear the thought of Christmas knowing you don't want me.
28:20Tonight, David.
28:21Or I might just have to tell Jean.
28:24I'll be waiting.
28:28Well, have you managed to persuade her?
28:30No, I'm afraid she hasn't.
28:32Look, I'm going out.
28:34David, the costume!
28:42Aye, aye, Bing. What's this?
28:44Jean.
28:45Secret cross-dresser, are you?
28:46Let me in, please.
28:58What are you doing down there, kid?
29:03You're the bank's lad, aren't you?
29:05The one that ran away?
29:06Don't tell anyone I'm here, will you?
29:08Oh, why?
29:09Thinking of staying here for keeps, are you?
29:11Do you know what I reckon?
29:13I think you've come back and you're too scared
29:15to knock on your mam and dad's door, am I right?
29:17My dad will kill me.
29:18Don't behave, he won't do that.
29:20Well, you don't know him.
29:21Listen, you can't run away forever, you know.
29:25And I should know.
29:26I've tried it myself.
29:28Sooner or later, you've got to face up to things,
29:30get it over with.
29:31Hey, I'll tell you what.
29:33Here.
29:35You get that down you while you're having a think, eh?
29:37See what's best.
29:39Staying on the run or having crimbo at home, eh?
29:43What are you doing?
29:45I'm sorry, I didn't think you'd mind.
29:47Oh, no, no problem.
29:49I just wanted to do your ringing.
29:51My mum.
29:52Oh, yeah?
29:54What for?
29:55I've decided to let her know that I'm OK
29:57and I'm going to stay in here and get a job.
29:59Oh, yeah?
30:00Yeah.
30:01Well, I'll see you later.
30:02Bye.
30:03Bye.
30:04Bye.
30:05Bye.
30:06Bye.
30:07Bye.
30:08Bye.
30:09Bye.
30:10Bye.
30:11I'm going to stay down here and get a job.
30:12Oh, great.
30:14But the thing is, well, do you mind if I stay down here a bit
30:16just until I get a job and everything?
30:18Er...
30:20Yeah.
30:21Yeah, all right.
30:22Just until you've got yourself settled, all right?
30:23Oh, thanks, Nick.
30:24Can I go and ring her then?
30:25I'll only be a minute and I'll pay you back when I can.
30:27Look, it's not that bad.
30:28Think about your mum.
30:30What if she gets upset?
30:31She'll only try and talk you into going home.
30:33You don't want that, do you?
30:34I've got to let her know before Christmas, though.
30:36Well, why don't you write her?
30:38I know, send her a Christmas card.
30:40Can I not get there in time?
30:41You can send it first class.
30:43She'll be on the clock and on my phone, Billy.
30:46All right, now.
30:47Ta-da.
30:50Hello, Bing.
30:51What can I do you for?
30:52Don't tell me.
30:53Sellotape and drawing pins.
30:54Everybody is after sellotape and drawing pins today.
30:56No, no, I just wanted to have a word with you, actually, Ron.
30:59It's about the pantomime.
31:00Oh, you want to sack Bev for singing like a strangled cat
31:02and you're after my blessing, aren't you?
31:04No, no, no.
31:05Beverly's been doing splendidly.
31:06No, the thing is that, um,
31:08we've been having enormous problems
31:10casting one of the major roles.
31:12It's been impossible to find anyone suitable.
31:14And, well, the right man for the job
31:16has been staring us in the face all the time.
31:19Your good self.
31:21Who, me?
31:22Absolutely.
31:23You see, we need someone who can tell a good joke,
31:26sing a song,
31:27someone who can establish an instant rapport with an audience,
31:29someone, in fact, with showbiz in their veins.
31:32And it's by public demand, Ron.
31:34The over-55s have talked of practically nothing else
31:36since you graced us with your performance last time.
31:39Well...
31:40You see, if I can't cast you,
31:43I might have to cancel the show, and that'd be a great loss,
31:46because it is for charity, you see.
31:48It's the Down Syndrome Association.
31:50Ooh.
31:52Er...
31:53When is it being?
31:55It's Boxing Day in the church hall.
31:57Ah.
31:58It's a very important part, Ron.
32:00It's a major role, and if you could see your way,
32:03I'd be terribly grateful.
32:06All right, Bing, I'll do it.
32:08Oh, marvellous, marvellous.
32:10A star is born.
32:12Hey, hang on, Bing, do I get to see a script?
32:15And, you know, do I get a cosy and all that?
32:17Oh, yes, yes, of course. I'll be in touch very soon. Bye.
32:19Yeah, but, Bing...
32:21Bing!
32:24Right, I've done it.
32:26Well, I'll tell you what, I've got to nip down the street,
32:29so a poster, please, if you like.
32:31Oh, will you?
32:32Yeah, no problems. It won't be a minute.
32:34Get yourself some toast, eh?
32:36Hey, erm, how do you fancy doing a bit of Christmas shopping
32:39down Oxford Street?
32:40Look, I know you haven't got any money,
32:42but you must need a few things.
32:44You can always pay me back.
32:46Are you sure?
32:47I would have offered if I wasn't, would I?
32:50Thanks, Nick.
32:51Right, I'll see you later.
33:00Come on, kid, don't be worrying.
33:02It'll be all right.
33:07Oh, hey!
33:09Oh, God! Eddie!
33:11Oh, Lee's back!
33:13Oh, dear.
33:14Lee?
33:16Come in, the pair of you.
33:18Oh, God, we were so worried we couldn't sleep.
33:21We've had the police look and everyone's been looking.
33:29How come he's with you?
33:30How come he's with you?
33:32Er, found him hanging around, top of the coast.
33:35Well, I couldn't just leave him, could I?
33:37Well, er...
33:38Thanks.
33:39Oh, no sweat.
33:42Now, I told him best thing to do was to come back.
33:44You know, face up to things, make a clean breast of it.
33:47Well, when you've done something wrong,
33:49got to take your punishments, haven't you?
33:51Thanks.
33:52Getting to be a bit of a thing with me, this, isn't it?
33:54I was the one that found the, er, Farnham kid.
33:56You know, Tommy, when he got lost.
33:58Do you remember?
33:59Esther Manson's going to be wanting to pin one of those awards on me, isn't she?
34:02Where have you been, son?
34:04London.
34:05Oh, my God.
34:06What the hell have you been doing down there?
34:08And where's Rachel?
34:10She stayed down there.
34:12You are?
34:14Hey, listen, I'd better get off.
34:18DOORBELL RINGS
34:20Rachel! Rachel!
34:26Where is she? You said they were back.
34:28I'm sorry, I assumed that they were together.
34:30Where is she?
34:31I'll get going.
34:32At least I found one of them, eh?
34:34I hope everything works out OK.
34:36Where is she?
34:37I'm sorry, love, but she's down in London.
34:41London?
34:43You just left her in London?
34:45Why did you leave her? How can you be so stupid?
34:47Come on, now, love, you can't be blaming him.
34:49She wouldn't come with me.
34:52Well, where? Where did you leave her?
34:55On the street.
34:56Which street?
34:57Try and think where, Sue.
34:59I don't know. I can't remember.
35:01Oh, God.
35:04She's all on her own down there. Anything could happen.
35:06No, it's all right, it's all right. Get him upstairs, love.
35:14Look, I'll stay with Mandy for the moment.
35:16Find out everything you can from the lad, eh?
35:18All right, thanks, Dave.
35:19Come on.
35:25See you later.
35:26Bye, Dave.
35:27I've got to find her. Anything could happen to her down there.
35:30I mean, why did he leave her?
35:31Try and calm down, please. At least we know where she is.
35:34She's in London, for God's sake.
35:36Mandy...
35:37Jimmy's just told me.
35:39I've got to go down there now. I've got to find her.
35:41I really don't think...
35:42No, look, you stay here, just in case she rings.
35:44I'll go down.
35:45We'll both go down.
35:46No, stay here in case she turns up.
35:50Look, I'll go with you.
35:52At least we can start looking and aim to be back late tonight.
35:54I can't let you do that, Mr Crosby.
35:56No, no, no, I feel it's my duty as Chairman of the Residents' Association.
36:00Look, Sinbad, get Mandy home and settled, right?
36:04I'll meet you at the taxi rank in half an hour.
36:06Oh, and we're going to need a couple of photographs of Rachel.
36:09OK, thanks, Bing.
36:16Will we be seeing you later?
36:17I think I'll just have a quiet night in with the archers.
36:20Unless I happen to get any surprise visitors.
36:23Ah, good news. Young Lee Banks is back.
36:26Oh, that's wonderful.
36:28Unfortunately, young Rachel is still on the loose in London.
36:31Have the police been told?
36:32Just about to do that.
36:33What's it got to do with you?
36:35Well, I'm afraid that I've got to go down to London immediately with Sinbad to try and help him find her.
36:40But it's Christmas Eve tomorrow. You can't just go off and leave.
36:44I have to go, Jean.
36:45As Chairman of the BRA, how can I refuse a request from Mandy Geordash for help when her daughter might be in danger?
36:51Don't worry. We'll be home tonight.
36:53Although I'm afraid it does mean that I won't be available for the rest of the day.
36:57It'll cost a fortune going down there.
37:00No, no. As Chairman, I'm authorising the payment of all expenses from association funds.
37:04What can you and Sinbad hope to do on your own in London?
37:08Well, at least we can try, Jean.
37:10I could go with you, Major. Maybe I could be of assistance.
37:13No, I'm afraid the BRA funds wouldn't quite stretch to that order, thank you.
37:17Oh, well, I suppose if you have to go...
37:20You are lucky, Jean, to have such a decisive man of action.
37:28Aren't I just?
37:29I think you can expect a hero's welcome from the over-55s after an initiative like this.
37:51Cheers, Max. Here's to a record-breaking Christmas collection.
37:54Cheers. It'd be a nice bit of kudos for you to bow to the round table on.
37:58I'd be sorry to see you go.
37:59Mind you, you might be seeing a lot more of me.
38:01I want to get cracking and make this Mr Grant an offer for his share.
38:04So quickly?
38:05I prefer to move fast. I don't want to get stung for capital gains.
38:09Do you think there's a chance I'll get to see Grant before Christmas?
38:12Well, Penny is expecting him back Christmas Eve, I think.
38:16Actually, I'm not looking forward to it. He's a bit of a hothead.
38:19When he finds out about this bid, he'll probably take it out on me.
38:22How do you mean, a hothead?
38:25He's a bit of a man of action.
38:28We had this protection racketeer when we first started out with the restaurant
38:32and Barry got shut of him by filling his car full of cement.
38:35You're joking.
38:36Oh, yeah, yeah. I saw it with my own eyes. Did Penny not tell you about him?
38:40A little, not much.
38:41You seem to have hit it off, you two.
38:46I enjoyed her company, if that's what you mean.
38:48We do seem to have a lot in common.
38:51Will you be seeing her again?
38:53I suppose I will, if she's going to be working in our restaurant.
39:01She's never been to London in her life. She won't be able to cope on her own.
39:04Oh, it'll be all right, you know. You should tell her to worry.
39:07Yeah, well, I am worried, Mike. I'm really worried.
39:10Oh, come here. She'll be OK.
39:13She's probably on her way back from London now, wanting to get back for Christmas.
39:17Oh, I hope so.
39:21One pint of milk.
39:23Here, I'll take over there.
39:25Thanks.
39:27I'm just never used to live.
39:32I'm sorry about that. Did I interrupt something?
39:34Just a bit, yeah.
39:36I didn't know you and Beth were, you know...
39:38Well, it's getting that way. You must have noticed.
39:41Well, now you mention it, yeah.
39:43Hey, Beth tells me you and her are going to take some ballroom lessons.
39:46Yeah, yeah, mad, innit?
39:48I used to do a bit myself. Waltz, tango.
39:51My dad taught me when I was about 12.
39:53He put me in for all kinds of lessons. I won medals.
39:56Did your dad do lessons?
39:57No, he was all talk and no legs.
39:59Hey, Beth, Emma does ballroom.
40:01Really?
40:02Go on, show us.
40:03Well, you know, hold me lightly. I'm going to try a box.
40:07Oh, I can't do it.
40:08You can, come on.
40:09What, like this?
40:10Uh-huh.
40:11OK.
40:12And that's it.
40:18Woo!
40:21Hey, you're really good, aren't you?
40:23Look, why don't you come to the med ball with me and Mike?
40:25Well, if I can find a partner, yeah.
40:28Look, I've got to get back to work.
40:31Maybe I can show you a few steps another time?
40:33Yeah, definitely.
40:34OK, ta-ra.
40:35See you.
40:36Ta-ra.
40:37Look, Mike, I'd better get going myself.
40:39Oh, listen, why don't you stay for a meal?
40:41You know, we can get a video on, take your mind off things.
40:43Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I should be with Mum, really.
40:48Thanks for being there. I really appreciate it.
40:51See you soon.
40:54That is not a Christmas tree.
40:56It'll last for years. It only cost half what you gave me.
40:59It was a bargain off a mate.
41:01I don't want a bargain.
41:02I want a real traditional pine tree with needles
41:04that makes a home look complete,
41:06not this dreadful, tacky excuse for a living thing.
41:08All right, all right, back it goes.
41:11Oh, Sam. Hello again.
41:13Still have problems?
41:14Nothing I can't handle.
41:16You got a minute?
41:17Yes, of course. Come on in.
41:27Just trying to get the place ready for Christmas.
41:29And the elusive Mr Grant's return, eh?
41:31Hopefully, yes.
41:32Um, would you like a coffee or anything?
41:34No, no, nothing for me, thanks.
41:36Max was telling me about that business of filling the car with concrete.
41:39Oh, what has he been saying?
41:41Just acquainting me with the opposition, as it were.
41:44I must say, this guy interests me.
41:46I'm sure you'll meet him soon enough.
41:48So, um, what can I do for you?
41:51All right, cards on the table.
41:53I came round to ask you to spend Christmas at my place.
41:57I've got some friends staying, and I thought it might be a good idea.
42:00Oh, thank you very much.
42:02I came round to ask you to spend Christmas at my place.
42:05I've got some friends staying, and I think you'd enjoy it.
42:08Oh, I'm sorry, Sam. Thank you, but Barry expects me here,
42:12and I really can't let him down.
42:14Oh, fair enough.
42:19I don't know where to start.
42:21I haven't got a clue, either.
42:23Perhaps we should be checking hostels for the homeless.
42:26Social Security, B&Bs, that sort of thing.
42:28It's getting a bit late in Old Booth.
42:30Do you think we should stay here tonight,
42:32and have another good look round tomorrow?
42:34It's Christmas Eve tomorrow, Simba. We've got to get back sometime.
42:37We've got to do something to find Rachel.
42:39Look at it, all these people. She could be anywhere.
42:42And she could be in trouble.
42:44Look, let's book into a hotel for tonight,
42:46and have another good look round tomorrow, OK?
42:48Come on.
42:50All right.
42:55Feel better now?
42:56Yeah, thanks.
42:58Do you know how much worry you've caused me and your mother?
43:01I'm sorry.
43:06So, why did you do it, Lee?
43:08Hmm?
43:10Why?
43:13I was scared.
43:14You had nothing to be scared of.
43:16The police are only going to give you the telling off.
43:18Well, I didn't know that, did I?
43:20You told me I was going to go back to the secure unit.
43:23I was scared.
43:24I didn't want to get locked away.
43:26Didn't want to get locked away again.
43:28Yeah, well, we shouldn't have frightened you like that.
43:31But the fact still remains, you went shoplifting.
43:35It was her next door, wasn't it?
43:37She led you wrong.
43:39Why can't you have a mind of your own, lad?
43:41It was the same with that joyriding thing.
43:43Them other lads egged you on and you did it.
43:46If other kids told you to put your hand in the fire, would you do it?
43:49We're worried about you, son.
43:51What are you going to grow up like, eh?
43:53What's going to happen?
43:55Are me and your dad going to get a phone call saying you've been joyriding again?
43:58That you've been arrested for stealing?
44:00I'm sorry.
44:02It's no good being sorry if you aren't going to change.
44:06So, are you going to change? Change for the better?
44:10I'll try, yeah.
44:12Right, then.
44:13Let's try and have some sort of a Christmas, then, shall we?
44:16Hmm?
44:18Oh.
44:21Ah.
44:22This is it.
44:24Oh.
44:25I wonder if Chris Bonnington ever stayed here.
44:28Happened to be with Flaming Oxygen.
44:30Mind you, we were lucky finding this place.
44:32We'd have found somewhere a bit more salubrious.
44:34Oh, yeah, with more salubrious prices and all.
44:37It's crimbo, bing.
44:38All that's left is the stable.
44:42A double bed?
44:44I thought you asked for a twin-bedded room.
44:46Yeah, well, this is all I had left.
44:48Well, it's better than sleeping in a cardboard box, isn't it?
44:52My God.
44:53It's hardly the Dorchester, is it?
44:55Hey, it's comfy, though, isn't it?
44:57It's better than my little flat.
44:59You don't snore or anything, do you, bing?
45:06I don't snore.
45:09Come on, let's have a look at you.
45:14Do you like it?
45:16You look brilliant.
45:17I'll pay you back, you know, just as soon as I've found a job.
45:20I think you're being a bit too confident about getting a job, you know.
45:23There must be loads of jobs.
45:25There isn't.
45:26Why do you think I have to help people hanging around stations
45:29and living in cardboard boxes with nowhere to go?
45:31You will let me stay here, won't you?
45:33Well, I'd love to, but...
45:35I don't get paid that much.
45:37I can help with money. I'm good at shoplifting. We can sell that again.
45:40Oh, don't be daft. You'll get nicked in no time.
45:44Look, if you do want to earn a bit of money, I can give you some work.
45:49Doing what?
45:51Well, I'm throwing a bit of a party at one of the hotels down the street.
45:54A sort of Christmas do for colleagues in there.
45:57I need someone to go around and have a bit of fun with, I guess.
46:00Like being a waitress, you mean?
46:03Like a waitress, yeah.
46:05Like a waitress, yeah.
46:09Are you sure?
46:11Beth, this is your new life, remember?
46:16You'll be brilliant.
46:22Do you want a coffee or something?
46:25Here.
46:31Mum, come and sit down. Come on.
46:35Have you made something to eat or something?
46:37I can't eat anything.
46:40I'm so worried about her.
46:42She's all on her own down there.
46:45Well, try not to worry. She can look after herself.
46:48And anyway, she'll be back.
46:50She has to be. It's Christmas.
46:54Come here.
47:13A Channel 4 book entitled Brookside, Life and the Close
47:16is out now in bookshops, priced at £14.99.
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