The Child in Time (2017)

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Sir, do you want me
to stay with you? Sir?

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Er, no. No, thank you.

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Once we get to your home,
I'll give it 15 minutes,

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- then I'll follow you inside.
- Yeah.

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DOOR OPENS

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You took your time, didn't you?

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I was about to send out a search party.

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- Where is she?
- She was there.

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She was there.

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Stephen, where is she?

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She was just there.
She was right there...

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- What do you mean?!
- VOICE BREAKING: I don't know.

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What do you mean?! Where is she?!

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Where is she now?!

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- Synced and corrected by chamallow -
akumenang.com

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_

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Oh, erm, I hope you
don't mind me saying,

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but you're telling the
world you're not at home.

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Your note.

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People see your note
and they know you're out.

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- People?
- I'm just saying, why advertise you're out?

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Fucking because.

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Dick.

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Well, just keep going, ploughing on.

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Write reams of the stuff,
if you feel the need,

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cos, hey, your editor will edit.

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Look, trust me, Stephen,

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there are hundreds of
thousands of children out there,

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they're all eagerly waiting the
next Stephen Lewis masterpiece.

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I wish.

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It's true, you know
it is. Myself included.

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That's excellent, Paul, thank you.

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But what I don't want
you to be doing, right,

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is sitting there with your thumb
up your arse, waiting for the muse.

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- I'm having the duck.
- Yep, me too,

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and a fizzy water please, Paul.

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I feel like getting drunk.

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I'm afraid I can't, but
don't let that stop you.

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- Work?
- Reading and, er, an early night.

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I'll have a good drink
with you, Stephen.

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Thank you, Thelma.

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So how's the, er... how's the
committee work progressing?

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It's fine.

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You managing to stay awake?

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I am riveted.

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Drop it, if it's not for you.
Although, you are the poster boy.

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Not really.

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Believe me, when the brave new
report is finally published,

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they are going to
trumpet your involvement.

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- Minimal involvement.
- Well, then drop it.

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I only asked you to
get you out of yourself.

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Erm, you should also know that
I'm... I'm leaving the government.

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And my side-line in
publishing. So there.

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- Why would you want to do that?
- Retiring.

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Retreating.

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To the countryside.

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It's, erm, something we've been
wrestling with for some time.

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Decision's made.

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Well, I don't mind you
giving up running the country,

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but why the books? Why me?

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20 years of 18-hour days have
made Charles a very dull boy.

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But you adore 18-hour days.

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He hasn't even told the
Prime Minister yet...

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- PHONE BUZZES
-... you're very privileged.

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Sorry. I really do have to
take this. It's New York.

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George...

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Yep, all right, ten seconds
while I find some privacy.

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He really does need to stop everything.

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- He's not ill, is he?
- No.

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He's just tired, that's all.

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Of being Charles, of being responsible.

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You can visit, you know.
We're not leaving the country.

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Yeah, but who's going to look after me?

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Who's going to take me out for nice
expensive dinners and get me drunk?

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You'll have to find another companion.

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Perhaps the person who asks me
on a weekly basis how you are.

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You talk to Julie every week?

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You should go and see her.

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I'm waiting for the invitation.

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Maybe she's waiting for a call.

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Or are you planning on avoiding
each other till the end of days?

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Call her.

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Hey. Don't look now, but the table
behind are having jam-roly-poly.

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Ooh! I said not to look! I'm having it.

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- How was New York?
- Rude.

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Yeah, very rude. No longer my problem.

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To another life.

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I'll drink to that.

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Tight hold.

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Now you're not too warm
in that jacket, are you?

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No, not really. No?

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Good. Silly Daddy thought
it was going to rain.

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Please, Daddy, can we go fast?

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How fast? Very, very fast?

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- Yes.
- Stupidly, ridiculously, illegally fast?

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Yes.

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- Hair flying in the wind, fast?
- Yes!

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All right...

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When there's no-one around.

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Now, ready, steady, go!

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SHE SQUEALS AND LAUGHS

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Kate, darling, stand still.

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Wait for Daddy.

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That's £53.76.

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Are you collecting school vouchers?

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No.

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- Do you have a points card?
- No.

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- Cash back?
- No. No, thank you.

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And PIN number please.

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- OK. And remove your card.
- Thank you.

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- Thanks very much.
- Thank you.

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All right, thank you, bye-bye.

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Shit.

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Kate?

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Sorry.

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Kate?! Has anyone seen a little
girl, a four-year-old girl,

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she was wearing a yellow coat?

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She was, er... she's called Kate.

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No? Please? Kate?

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KATE!

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KATE!

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Please, has anyone seen
a four-year-old girl,

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she was wearing a yellow coat?

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Her name is Kate! Please?

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You must have seen her,

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she was standing just
there when I was paying. No?

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KATE?!

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KATE?!

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INAUDIBLE

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We'll find her.

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I promise you.

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INAUDIBLE

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LINE RINGS

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- Hello?
- Hi. It's me.

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We seem to have sleep-walked
our way into a situation

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where we are apparently quite happy

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to hand over our children
to complete strangers.

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- _
- Parenting is being outsourced.

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Parents have more
important things to do.

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Essential things to do,

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like earn money to pay for
housing and food and child-care.

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It used to be that Granny would help,

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but Granny is now miles away,

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and so child-care is being
contracted to a faux-extended family

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of police-checked strangers,

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agency workers

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whose major qualification
is their willingness to work

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for as little as is
legal and often less.

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Financial pressures
are eroding family life

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and threatening the
welfare of our children.

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Families need help, financial help.

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Young families...

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SPEECH FADES OUT

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PHONE RINGS

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Hello.

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JULIE: Hey, it's me. You're
still coming, aren't you?

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Yeah, definitely, yeah.

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Good. Would you mind
bringing my old music sheets?

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They're in the sideboard, I think.

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- OK.
- You don't mind?

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- No, no problem.
- Thank you. Kettle's on.

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HE CHUCKLES

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TV: Now I've got some top
tips on how you can take charge

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of selling your own home

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and save thousands of
pounds in the bargain...

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She's not a cat.

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I know she's not a fucking cat.

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- I'm trying to find her.
- Well, you lost her.

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I didn't mean that.

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Why don't I just sit on my arse
all day and watch TV as well?

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DOOR SLAMS

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HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

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- Morning, morning.
- Prime Minister.

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How are we?

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- Prime Minister.
- Morning.

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Let me read to you an extract.

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It's from the first draft of what
I will be personally recommending

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to be the Authorised Childcare
Handbook. Now just one line.

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"We could do worse than
conclude, as many have before us,

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that from respect for school and home

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we derive our deepest
loyalties for nation."

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Simple and profound.

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Sorry, am I being dim
here? What does it mean?

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Discipline.

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- Respect.
- Doesn't it have a hint of ultra?

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Am I the only one hearing
this? I mean, it sounds harsh.

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Like parents, it's the
responsibility of Government

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to create boundaries.

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Families and schools who...

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... operate within these
boundaries will be rewarded,

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- those who don't...
- The naughty step.

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CHUCKLING

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The naughty step, hmm?

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Keys.

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I love you.

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I love you more.

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I am so competitive.

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DOOR OPENS

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KEYS CLATTER

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DOOR CLOSES

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Not find her, then?

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Play your piano.

203
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What is it you want? Do
you want me to give up?

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Yes.

205
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I want you to give up,
because you always let me down.

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You never bring her home.

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And you're drinking too much.

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I'm supposed to drink too much.

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SHOUTS: I can't live here any more!

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Fuck!

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Oh, fuck!

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Oh, for fuck's sake!

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LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE

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INAUDIBLE

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PHONE RINGS

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Hi. I... I'm here.

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JULIE: Where?

218
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I , erm...

219
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I'm in the village, I think I...

220
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I turned right instead of left.

221
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Oh, you prick.

222
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Er, no, well, I'll be with
you soon. How far is it?

223
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About ten minutes. Everything all right?

224
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Hmm? Yeah. Yeah, no, yeah. I'm
just, er, I'm being a prick.

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Kettle's on.

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- Ta-dah!
- Oh, my goodness.

227
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Yeah.

228
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What happened to you?

229
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Well, I swear to God, when
I left the flat this morning,

230
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I was spotless. You
never said there'd be mud.

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You're covered in it.

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You best get out of those clothes.
I'll put them through the wash.

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- Thank you. Shoes off here?
- Definitely.

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Strip.

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You can wear my dressing gown,

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which fortunately used
to be your dressing gown.

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Yeah, for all of a week.

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You never wore it.

239
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I never had the chance.

240
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This is nice. It's lovely.

241
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I like it.

242
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Thank you.

243
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Been working out?

244
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Being funny?

245
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Have I... have I been here before?

246
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- The village?
- Not that I know. Not with me. Why?

247
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I don't know, really, it looks
familiar. I thought I had.

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Felt familiar.

249
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I'd lose the socks, if I were you.

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OK.

251
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You look nice, by the way.

252
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You look well.

253
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Well?

254
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Lovely. You look lovely.

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Well fit.

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THEY CHUCKLE

257
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How long's it been now?

258
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Almost a year.

259
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Hmm, Christ.

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00:19:12,530 --> 00:19:15,829
Beautiful is the word I was
looking for. You look beautiful.

261
00:19:16,650 --> 00:19:17,778
Thank you.

262
00:19:19,989 --> 00:19:23,178
- You could use a wash.
- Yeah.

263
00:19:23,179 --> 00:19:25,468
It's all in your hair.

264
00:19:25,469 --> 00:19:26,828
Mucky pup.

265
00:19:30,019 --> 00:19:32,358
You've lost weight.

266
00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:33,768
Just a little.

267
00:19:36,859 --> 00:19:38,548
You smell like you.

268
00:19:40,239 --> 00:19:41,968
That's because I am me.

269
00:20:42,169 --> 00:20:44,228
Do you know, I've been
here for almost an hour

270
00:20:44,229 --> 00:20:46,848
and you haven't even offered
me so much as a cup of tea.

271
00:20:52,389 --> 00:20:53,888
Oh, bugger.

272
00:20:53,889 --> 00:20:56,458
- What?
- Need the loo. Don't want to move.

273
00:20:58,149 --> 00:20:59,368
Bugger.

274
00:21:15,869 --> 00:21:18,728
Mummy. Mummy, we're going to the shops.

275
00:21:29,979 --> 00:21:32,328
My turn. Then I'll make you that tea.

276
00:21:32,329 --> 00:21:33,548
It can wait.

277
00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:40,388
You must be hungry.

278
00:21:46,619 --> 00:21:49,478
I teach a few hours at
a few schools locally.

279
00:21:49,479 --> 00:21:53,278
I play Saturdays at a hotel
about five miles from here,

280
00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:55,668
and I give lessons.

281
00:21:55,669 --> 00:21:56,608
I make ends meet.

282
00:21:57,779 --> 00:21:59,888
- What else is there?
- Sounds good.

283
00:22:01,109 --> 00:22:04,248
It's nice. I like it.

284
00:22:04,249 --> 00:22:08,278
And the train's just a muddy field
away, the village ten minutes' walk.

285
00:22:10,669 --> 00:22:13,628
So how did you manage to
turn right instead of left?

286
00:22:15,779 --> 00:22:17,558
Disorientated by my fall.

287
00:22:19,249 --> 00:22:20,988
And how did you manage to fall?

288
00:22:27,829 --> 00:22:31,298
Er, I was running because
I thought I'd seen her.

289
00:22:34,439 --> 00:22:36,738
A girl in a yellow rain-coat.

290
00:22:36,739 --> 00:22:39,218
I'd turned the corner out
of the station and I, er...

291
00:22:39,219 --> 00:22:41,938
She went towards the
village, so I followed her.

292
00:22:43,909 --> 00:22:45,788
You followed her?

293
00:22:45,789 --> 00:22:46,908
I'm an idiot.

294
00:22:48,929 --> 00:22:50,328
I'm still looking for her.

295
00:22:51,789 --> 00:22:54,688
Not actively, just out
of the corner of my eye.

296
00:22:57,599 --> 00:22:58,908
I am a little bit better.

297
00:23:03,789 --> 00:23:05,708
Have you still got
your private detective?

298
00:23:05,709 --> 00:23:09,178
No. No, no, he gave up. I think
he got bored of taking my money.

299
00:23:09,179 --> 00:23:10,628
That was good of him.

300
00:23:10,629 --> 00:23:13,438
- After he'd finished paying off his mortgage.
- Probably.

301
00:23:18,509 --> 00:23:20,848
If it's any consolation, I see her too.

302
00:23:22,209 --> 00:23:25,348
But I make sure I'm doing
other things as well.

303
00:23:25,349 --> 00:23:26,708
She is out there.

304
00:23:28,069 --> 00:23:29,148
Yes.

305
00:23:38,899 --> 00:23:41,708
Are you busy? Writing?

306
00:23:41,709 --> 00:23:43,208
Yeah. Yeah, er...

307
00:23:43,209 --> 00:23:46,868
I'm writing a story about a
boy who wants to become a fish.

308
00:23:46,869 --> 00:23:48,628
Why does he want to become a fish?

309
00:23:48,629 --> 00:23:51,178
I can't tell you that,
it's top, top secret.

310
00:23:51,179 --> 00:23:52,488
Why not a dog?

311
00:23:52,489 --> 00:23:54,648
That's been done before.

312
00:23:54,649 --> 00:23:59,198
Dogs sniff other dogs' balls,
arses. Who'd want to do that?

313
00:23:59,199 --> 00:24:01,068
It's gross, kids would love it.

314
00:24:01,069 --> 00:24:02,808
Yeah, yeah, they would.

315
00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:10,678
I'll just check on your clothes.
Wouldn't want them to shrink.

316
00:24:13,499 --> 00:24:14,998
What time's your train?

317
00:24:17,249 --> 00:24:20,428
Four o'clock and then there's
another at sixish, I think.

318
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,838
- Dry as a bone.
- Thank you.

319
00:24:32,389 --> 00:24:35,008
- Are you finished with that?
- Yeah, yes.

320
00:24:38,619 --> 00:24:41,808
Are we going to talk about
what happened just now?

321
00:24:41,809 --> 00:24:43,398
Did I miss something?

322
00:24:49,639 --> 00:24:53,758
It was very nice, and that's
all I have to say on the matter.

323
00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:55,828
I'm surprised I remembered what to do.

324
00:24:57,089 --> 00:25:00,048
Which is my way of saying
there hasn't been anyone else.

325
00:25:00,049 --> 00:25:02,338
Same. There's no-one else.

326
00:25:03,609 --> 00:25:07,828
- Just me.
- Good. I mean, if, you're happy.

327
00:25:07,829 --> 00:25:09,378
I know what you mean.

328
00:25:23,299 --> 00:25:25,878
PHONE RINGS

329
00:25:31,779 --> 00:25:34,078
- Hello?
- It's me.

330
00:25:34,079 --> 00:25:38,208
Er, question... what would you
say if I asked to stay the night?

331
00:25:40,079 --> 00:25:42,888
- Not a good idea?
- Not really.

332
00:25:42,889 --> 00:25:45,048
Well, what if I threw
myself in another puddle?

333
00:25:45,049 --> 00:25:47,388
It seemed to make me
irresistible last time.

334
00:25:48,799 --> 00:25:51,138
Still not a good idea.

335
00:25:51,139 --> 00:25:52,688
Sorry.

336
00:25:52,689 --> 00:25:54,378
Thought I'd ask. But you're right.

337
00:25:59,719 --> 00:26:02,858
Is it always going to be like this...

338
00:26:02,859 --> 00:26:04,648
between us?

339
00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:08,628
Yes, of course it is.

340
00:26:08,629 --> 00:26:09,708
It has to be.

341
00:26:12,709 --> 00:26:15,708
Yes, it will always be like this.

342
00:26:17,399 --> 00:26:19,878
But maybe that doesn't
have to be a bad thing.

343
00:26:21,329 --> 00:26:24,008
A bad thing happened and
we've got to live with it.

344
00:26:24,009 --> 00:26:25,738
Move on?

345
00:26:25,739 --> 00:26:27,188
Is that possible?

346
00:26:28,649 --> 00:26:30,288
Do we want to do that?

347
00:26:33,799 --> 00:26:35,438
Still there?

348
00:26:35,439 --> 00:26:36,848
Yeah, still here.

349
00:26:39,339 --> 00:26:40,978
It was lovely to see you.

350
00:26:42,519 --> 00:26:43,878
And you.

351
00:26:45,849 --> 00:26:48,198
I'll call you.

352
00:26:48,199 --> 00:26:49,648
Soon.

353
00:27:08,820 --> 00:27:12,799
It has been shown, proven
that we use but a fraction

354
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:17,209
of our intellectual, emotional
and intuitive resource.

355
00:27:17,210 --> 00:27:20,119
Now it's clear we get by on
very little of our grey matter.

356
00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:24,199
Members of the committee,
we have undernourished our

357
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,209
- capacity for empathic...
- SPEECH FADES

358
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,769
... by forcing literacy on to children

359
00:27:39,770 --> 00:27:41,489
between the ages of five and seven

360
00:27:41,490 --> 00:27:44,779
we are shattering the unity
of the child's world view.

361
00:27:44,780 --> 00:27:48,099
Madam Chairman, literacy should
not be introduced to a child

362
00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:50,729
until the ages of 11 or 12,

363
00:27:50,730 --> 00:27:53,309
corresponding with the brain's
natural and important surge...

364
00:27:53,310 --> 00:27:54,669
11 or 12?

365
00:27:54,670 --> 00:27:57,099
You're saying that we shouldn't
introduce the written word

366
00:27:57,100 --> 00:27:59,209
- to children until they're 11 or 12?
- Correct.

367
00:27:59,210 --> 00:28:01,229
That's... No, I don't
think that's correct.

368
00:28:01,230 --> 00:28:02,819
That's most definitely incorrect.

369
00:28:02,820 --> 00:28:05,779
(HE LAUGHS) Based on what evidence?

370
00:28:05,780 --> 00:28:08,679
Well, experience.

371
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,089
An anecdote, then.

372
00:28:10,090 --> 00:28:12,249
There have been trials in
Sweden that have proven...

373
00:28:12,250 --> 00:28:15,389
Based on the joy of
a three-year-old child

374
00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:18,109
when she almost writes her
name for the first time.

375
00:28:18,110 --> 00:28:21,529
Or the joy of a four-year-old
when she picks words

376
00:28:21,530 --> 00:28:26,309
or parts of words from
a sign or a poster,

377
00:28:26,310 --> 00:28:30,009
which then in turn leads to the most
wonderful, wondrous conversations.

378
00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:35,219
Or imagine the child
sitting on a parents' knee

379
00:28:35,220 --> 00:28:38,079
when it's having a
story read aloud to it

380
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,219
and tracing all the words
on the page, quite wrongly,

381
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:44,969
and marvelling at those
meaningless black splodges,

382
00:28:44,970 --> 00:28:50,639
which somehow enable closeness.

383
00:28:51,810 --> 00:28:52,979
Bring...

384
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,189
... warmth, happiness and comfort and...

385
00:29:00,060 --> 00:29:02,409
... ease the separation at night.

386
00:29:08,450 --> 00:29:10,749
I suggest that you are
looking at the scenario

387
00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:13,089
from the adult's perspective
and not the child's.

388
00:29:13,090 --> 00:29:15,159
You can suggest what you
want, but I know what I saw

389
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,549
and I know how she felt, so...

390
00:29:17,550 --> 00:29:21,019
that's how I know for certain that
you're talking complete bollocks.

391
00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:26,879
What a brilliant way to
finish the day. Well done, you.

392
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,769
I wasn't too rude, was I?

393
00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:32,079
Not at all.

394
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,779
And if you were, he deserved
it. I've never heard such tripe.

395
00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:37,659
Could I treat you to a coffee?

396
00:29:37,660 --> 00:29:41,739
- Erm, yeah. Why not?
- Good.

397
00:29:41,740 --> 00:29:44,029
- Are you writing at the moment?
- Yes. Yes, I am.

398
00:29:44,030 --> 00:29:45,819
- A book?
- Yes.

399
00:29:45,820 --> 00:29:48,249
Of course, a book. About what?

400
00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:50,689
Can you tell me, or
would you have to kill me?

401
00:29:50,690 --> 00:29:53,789
No, it's about a boy who
wants to become a fish.

402
00:29:53,790 --> 00:29:55,519
Oh, what kind of fish?

403
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,749
Well, a colourful fish,
a tropical fish actually.

404
00:29:58,750 --> 00:30:00,209
How lovely. How far have you got?

405
00:30:00,210 --> 00:30:02,499
He holds his breath under
the water for about 43 seconds

406
00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:05,179
- in the bath tub, so...
- Excuse me, Mr Lewis?

407
00:30:05,180 --> 00:30:07,099
My name is Joanna Buckley,
I work at Number Ten.

408
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,969
The Prime Minister would
like to see you, please.

409
00:30:08,970 --> 00:30:10,189
- The Prime Minister?
- Yes.

410
00:30:10,190 --> 00:30:12,259
- What, here? Now?
- Yes, he's not far.

411
00:30:13,660 --> 00:30:17,129
Looks like I'm out-ranked.
Another time maybe?

412
00:30:17,130 --> 00:30:19,939
Er, yes, definitely. Another
time. That would be nice.

413
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:27,729
You address him as Prime Minister,
unless he tells you differently.

414
00:30:27,730 --> 00:30:29,269
- Right.
- He's just here.

415
00:30:30,870 --> 00:30:34,379
Mr Lewis, thank you so
much for sparing the time.

416
00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:35,599
Prime Minister.

417
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,319
The Home Secretary.

418
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,659
- His children are avid readers of yours.
- Oh, thank you.

419
00:30:40,660 --> 00:30:43,199
Oh, it's nothing to do
with me, it's their nanny.

420
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,309
Important work, happening
on your committee.

421
00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:46,849
Well, I hope so. Hopefully.

422
00:30:46,850 --> 00:30:50,739
It's vital that someone
like yourself is involved.

423
00:30:50,740 --> 00:30:53,039
We've a mutual good friend, I believe.

424
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,629
- Charles Darke.
- Yes.

425
00:30:54,630 --> 00:30:57,629
- When did you see him last?
- Oh, er...

426
00:30:57,630 --> 00:31:00,489
- Some time ago? We had dinner.
- How was he?

427
00:31:01,620 --> 00:31:03,629
He was Charles.

428
00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:05,319
Erm, can I ask why?

429
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,699
Did he mention... discontent at all?

430
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,229
No. No, he was on good form. Erm...

431
00:31:14,230 --> 00:31:15,639
We talked books.

432
00:31:19,430 --> 00:31:22,199
- He was himself.
- Will you be seeing him any time soon?

433
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,389
I'm sure.

434
00:31:28,390 --> 00:31:31,059
Yes, I'll... I'll visit
him once he's settled in.

435
00:31:31,060 --> 00:31:33,539
Right. I'd like to know how he is.

436
00:31:33,540 --> 00:31:34,759
In... in himself.

437
00:31:36,030 --> 00:31:38,319
In... in confidence.
Could... could you do that?

438
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,399
I can't... I can't spy on him, no.

439
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,509
And we wouldn't dream of asking.

440
00:31:44,510 --> 00:31:49,439
But you can let concerned
colleagues know how he is, can't you?

441
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,999
Charles is important to me, personally.

442
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,009
And I believe to the country.

443
00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:00,259
OK.

444
00:32:00,260 --> 00:32:03,549
Good man. As soon as you can manage.

445
00:32:03,550 --> 00:32:05,609
I'd very much appreciate your opinion.

446
00:32:07,620 --> 00:32:08,799
Right.

447
00:32:40,060 --> 00:32:41,279
BELL RINGS IN DISTANCE

448
00:32:54,030 --> 00:32:56,709
Charles, don't bolt your food.

449
00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:58,769
- You'll give yourself indigestion.
- Sorry.

450
00:33:00,030 --> 00:33:02,379
- Had a good day?
- Hmm.

451
00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:03,969
Very.

452
00:33:03,970 --> 00:33:05,329
I got blisters on my hands, look.

453
00:33:05,330 --> 00:33:08,469
Oh? Well, don't do too much.

454
00:33:08,470 --> 00:33:10,629
It doesn't hurt.

455
00:33:10,630 --> 00:33:13,629
I'm building a shelter. It's like a den.

456
00:33:13,630 --> 00:33:15,409
I thought about...

457
00:33:15,410 --> 00:33:18,549
Like a tree house, but
then you'd need ropes,

458
00:33:18,550 --> 00:33:21,649
pulleys, tools, none of which you're
going to find on a desert island,

459
00:33:21,650 --> 00:33:23,609
or a jungle forest.

460
00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:26,609
Yes, well, you'll have to
watch out for wild cats.

461
00:33:27,650 --> 00:33:29,049
Wolves.

462
00:33:33,180 --> 00:33:34,819
I mean, you don't have to force it.

463
00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:40,069
Is it forced at all?

464
00:33:40,070 --> 00:33:41,619
Your behaviour?

465
00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:45,269
Or is it natural?

466
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,599
That.

467
00:33:49,820 --> 00:33:51,319
Natural.

468
00:34:14,900 --> 00:34:16,259
What are you looking at?

469
00:34:16,260 --> 00:34:17,849
You.

470
00:34:17,850 --> 00:34:20,099
- What are you going to do about it?
- SHE GIGGLES

471
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:21,319
What was that?

472
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,119
Oh, it's, er, Mum. I was just, er...

473
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,069
She's doing five things at
once as usual, making dinner.

474
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,449
I met the PM the other week.

475
00:34:33,650 --> 00:34:36,689
- The Prime Minister.
- He's an arsehole.

476
00:34:36,690 --> 00:34:37,690
A very charming arsehole.

477
00:34:37,770 --> 00:34:38,809
(HE SNORTS) Aren't they all?

478
00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:40,359
What did he want you for?

479
00:34:41,710 --> 00:34:43,869
Charles Darke, my
publisher - ex publisher -

480
00:34:43,870 --> 00:34:45,229
is also retiring from government

481
00:34:45,230 --> 00:34:48,319
and the Prime Minister wants
to know if I can find out why.

482
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,569
Well, maybe he's developed a conscience,

483
00:34:50,570 --> 00:34:52,679
taken an anti-twat pill.

484
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:54,649
I want to see him - Charles, I mean -

485
00:34:54,650 --> 00:34:57,089
but I feel like now, if I
do, I'd be spying on him.

486
00:34:57,090 --> 00:34:59,669
If you want to see Charles,
you should go and see him.

487
00:35:00,980 --> 00:35:05,289
Don't let some ponce dictate when
you should go and see a friend.

488
00:35:12,050 --> 00:35:14,249
PHONE RINGS

489
00:36:29,819 --> 00:36:32,068
That's it, all done.

490
00:36:32,069 --> 00:36:33,668
It's nice.

491
00:36:33,669 --> 00:36:35,218
Very nice.

492
00:36:35,219 --> 00:36:37,978
I think we can be pretty
bullish on the asking price.

493
00:36:37,979 --> 00:36:40,088
Can you not say how much it's worth?

494
00:36:41,359 --> 00:36:44,028
Not out loud. Could you
write it down, please?

495
00:36:44,029 --> 00:36:46,088
Yeah, if that's what you'd like, sure.

496
00:36:55,749 --> 00:36:57,618
That's my card.

497
00:36:57,619 --> 00:36:58,938
If you do decide to go with us,

498
00:36:58,939 --> 00:37:01,648
- we can send a photographer round any time.
- Thank you.

499
00:37:03,479 --> 00:37:04,798
I'm sorry, can I just say...

500
00:37:06,059 --> 00:37:09,248
... that I'm sorry. You're the
writer and wife, aren't you?

501
00:37:09,249 --> 00:37:12,438
I remember you from the news and
when I saw the... the bedroom...

502
00:37:13,939 --> 00:37:16,698
I don't know where you
get your strength from.

503
00:37:16,699 --> 00:37:18,108
My wife cried buckets.

504
00:37:18,109 --> 00:37:20,588
And those fuckers on social
media - excuse my French -

505
00:37:20,589 --> 00:37:23,498
- but "trolls" doesn't quite cover it.
- Thank you.

506
00:37:25,089 --> 00:37:27,058
Anyway...

507
00:37:27,059 --> 00:37:30,628
Don't, for a second, blame
yourselves. Not for a nanosecond.

508
00:37:32,309 --> 00:37:33,578
Thank you.

509
00:37:40,519 --> 00:37:42,018
I went to see Julie.

510
00:37:43,889 --> 00:37:45,958
- Saw her, when?
- Where?

511
00:37:45,959 --> 00:37:47,408
At her cottage.

512
00:37:47,409 --> 00:37:50,358
It's just outside a
village called Stanton Low.

513
00:37:50,419 --> 00:37:51,728
In Kent?

514
00:37:51,729 --> 00:37:53,938
- Nice?
- Very nice. Peaceful.

515
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:55,438
Hm. How's she doing?

516
00:37:56,699 --> 00:37:59,188
Oh, she's doing well.
She's doing bits and bobs.

517
00:37:59,189 --> 00:38:02,558
We just had a cup of
tea. She sends her love.

518
00:38:02,559 --> 00:38:04,858
Will you be seeing her again?

519
00:38:04,859 --> 00:38:05,838
As and when. Yeah.

520
00:38:07,019 --> 00:38:08,468
Good.

521
00:38:11,939 --> 00:38:13,488
The village was really familiar.

522
00:38:13,489 --> 00:38:16,058
Um, there was a pub
there called The Bell.

523
00:38:17,939 --> 00:38:19,718
Did we ever go there, before?

524
00:38:19,759 --> 00:38:22,528
- Together, I mean, when I was little, younger?
- Stanton Low.

525
00:38:22,529 --> 00:38:25,158
- Yeah.
- No.

526
00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:28,488
I remember a pub called The
Bell, but from years ago.

527
00:38:28,489 --> 00:38:32,608
Remember our one-and-only bike
ride, Geoff? We stopped off at a pub.

528
00:38:32,609 --> 00:38:36,178
- Stanton Low?
- I don't remember the name of the village.

529
00:38:36,179 --> 00:38:38,463
- When did we go on a bike ride?
- Before we were married.

530
00:38:38,464 --> 00:38:39,548
Christ!

531
00:38:39,549 --> 00:38:42,498
We borrowed the bikes from
your shifty friend, Paul.

532
00:38:42,499 --> 00:38:45,128
And we stopped off at
a pub called The Bell.

533
00:38:45,129 --> 00:38:46,628
Definitely.

534
00:38:49,859 --> 00:38:53,238
Did you give her our love? Julie?

535
00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:56,798
Stephen.

536
00:38:56,799 --> 00:38:59,798
Did you tell Julie we're
always thinking about her?

537
00:38:59,799 --> 00:39:02,328
- Yeah. Yes.
- Good.

538
00:39:03,649 --> 00:39:05,148
I feel for that girl.

539
00:39:07,349 --> 00:39:11,098
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

540
00:39:23,899 --> 00:39:26,238
HE YAWNS

541
00:39:27,649 --> 00:39:29,988
RAIN PATTERS

542
00:39:43,399 --> 00:39:46,018
HE PANTS

543
00:39:52,119 --> 00:39:54,838
WOLVES HOWL NEARBY

544
00:39:56,809 --> 00:39:58,208
"It was not always the case

545
00:39:58,209 --> 00:40:01,728
that a large minority comprising
the weakest members of society

546
00:40:01,729 --> 00:40:04,448
were able to devote much
of their time to play.

547
00:40:04,449 --> 00:40:05,948
It should be remembered

548
00:40:05,949 --> 00:40:08,288
that childhood is not
a natural occurrence.

549
00:40:08,289 --> 00:40:09,698
Childhood is an invention.

550
00:40:09,699 --> 00:40:11,948
Above all, childhood is a privilege.

551
00:40:11,949 --> 00:40:13,538
Albeit a necessary privilege."

552
00:40:14,759 --> 00:40:17,148
Prime Minister, I say
a childhood is a right.

553
00:40:18,559 --> 00:40:19,818
Prime Minister?

554
00:40:24,279 --> 00:40:25,918
Hey.

555
00:40:25,919 --> 00:40:27,418
What brings you to the big city?

556
00:40:27,419 --> 00:40:28,868
You do.

557
00:40:28,869 --> 00:40:31,968
It was a very nice
surprise, to get your call.

558
00:40:31,969 --> 00:40:35,248
I needed provisions and
I have a proposition.

559
00:40:35,249 --> 00:40:37,118
- Intriguing. Hm.
- Mm-hm.

560
00:40:40,029 --> 00:40:41,808
Is this you pausing for effect?

561
00:40:41,809 --> 00:40:42,938
Is it working?

562
00:40:44,249 --> 00:40:45,798
This way.

563
00:40:45,799 --> 00:40:47,008
OK.

564
00:40:48,419 --> 00:40:51,698
So, how would you like
to learn to play piano?

565
00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:53,058
Piano? Why?

566
00:40:53,059 --> 00:40:56,478
I mean, do you think I need
to learn to play the piano?

567
00:40:56,479 --> 00:41:00,558
You don't need to, no. But it
might be something you'd enjoy.

568
00:41:00,559 --> 00:41:02,018
Do you want to give it a try?

569
00:41:03,189 --> 00:41:04,868
Er, I don't know.

570
00:41:04,869 --> 00:41:06,368
You don't have to,

571
00:41:06,369 --> 00:41:08,198
but you always threatened to.

572
00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:11,478
- It's your call.
- Are you suggesting it would be therapeutic?

573
00:41:12,839 --> 00:41:15,938
It's just something for
us to do, maybe. Together.

574
00:41:16,969 --> 00:41:20,298
I'd teach you. And if
you hate it, we stop.

575
00:41:20,299 --> 00:41:21,558
No pressure.

576
00:41:22,919 --> 00:41:24,938
- If you're too busy... ?
- No.

577
00:41:25,919 --> 00:41:26,998
No, not at all.

578
00:41:28,129 --> 00:41:29,578
Good.

579
00:41:29,579 --> 00:41:31,128
We'll make a start, shall we?

580
00:41:32,249 --> 00:41:35,018
SHE PLAYS UP SCALE

581
00:41:35,019 --> 00:41:37,548
SHE PLAYS DOWN SCALE

582
00:41:40,779 --> 00:41:42,098
Now you.

583
00:41:42,099 --> 00:41:45,798
Nice and slowly at
first, there's no rush.

584
00:41:45,799 --> 00:41:48,188
HE PLAYS SCALE HALTINGLY

585
00:41:48,189 --> 00:41:50,108
HE HITS KEYS HARD

586
00:41:50,109 --> 00:41:52,028
Try not to hit the keys so hard.

587
00:41:54,749 --> 00:41:56,438
That's not bad...

588
00:41:56,439 --> 00:41:58,078
PLAYS MORE FLUENTLY

589
00:41:58,079 --> 00:41:59,488
... that's good.

590
00:41:59,489 --> 00:42:01,318
Am I a natural?

591
00:42:01,319 --> 00:42:02,628
You could say that.

592
00:42:02,629 --> 00:42:03,988
If you were a liar.

593
00:42:15,849 --> 00:42:17,108
SNIPPING

594
00:42:18,429 --> 00:42:20,818
Charles, what on earth are you doing?

595
00:42:20,819 --> 00:42:22,508
I don't like it, the fuzz.

596
00:42:22,509 --> 00:42:24,048
Some of it's old-man grey!

597
00:42:25,319 --> 00:42:27,938
Well, be careful with those scissors!

598
00:42:27,939 --> 00:42:29,578
One false move...

599
00:42:30,939 --> 00:42:33,938
Yeah, I wouldn't want
to chop off Mr Thing.

600
00:42:35,869 --> 00:42:38,068
HE LAUGHS AND SNORTS

601
00:42:38,069 --> 00:42:40,878
HE PLAYS HALTINGLY:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

602
00:43:19,269 --> 00:43:24,528
PIANO MUSIC PLAYS:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

603
00:43:36,619 --> 00:43:40,838
HE PLAYS MORE FLUENTLY

604
00:43:48,389 --> 00:43:50,028
HE CHUCKLES

605
00:43:59,029 --> 00:44:00,808
Ah! You found us!

606
00:44:00,809 --> 00:44:01,932
Eventually.

607
00:44:01,933 --> 00:44:03,152
You're well hidden.

608
00:44:03,153 --> 00:44:05,822
You didn't see the yellow
ribbon I tied around the tree?

609
00:44:07,183 --> 00:44:09,862
Oh, it's so good to see you.

610
00:44:09,863 --> 00:44:11,172
Have you lost weight?

611
00:44:11,173 --> 00:44:13,752
Of course I have, you buggered
off and stopped feeding me!

612
00:44:13,753 --> 00:44:16,092
- SHE CHUCKLES
- Where is he?

613
00:44:16,093 --> 00:44:18,722
He's out, in the woods. He loves it.

614
00:44:18,723 --> 00:44:20,822
Oh... Lord of the manor?

615
00:44:20,823 --> 00:44:24,392
- You're to find him. Go to him, after you've eaten.
- All right.

616
00:44:24,393 --> 00:44:27,672
He was so pleased to
hear you were coming.

617
00:44:27,673 --> 00:44:28,652
He's changed.

618
00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:32,542
So have you. Is that
a twinkle in your eye?

619
00:44:32,543 --> 00:44:34,702
No. No, it's just conjunctivitis.

620
00:44:34,703 --> 00:44:37,092
She's started to teach
me how to play the piano

621
00:44:37,093 --> 00:44:40,372
and I'm finding myself
desperate to impress her.

622
00:44:40,373 --> 00:44:41,872
Why is that, I wonder?

623
00:44:41,873 --> 00:44:44,502
Who knows? What's your news?

624
00:44:44,503 --> 00:44:46,612
Oh, reading mostly.

625
00:44:46,613 --> 00:44:48,722
You know,

626
00:44:48,723 --> 00:44:52,192
books I've always wanted
to read. Bit of writing...

627
00:44:54,303 --> 00:44:57,912
... while, um, Charles
is off enjoying himself.

628
00:44:57,913 --> 00:45:01,982
- How long is it going to be? His exile?
- I wish I knew.

629
00:45:01,983 --> 00:45:04,612
Well, the PM no less wants to know.

630
00:45:06,163 --> 00:45:09,632
The PM can go fuck himself!
It's none of his business.

631
00:45:11,783 --> 00:45:13,892
They've been here snooping.

632
00:45:13,893 --> 00:45:15,392
I've asked them not to.

633
00:45:15,433 --> 00:45:16,992
Anything I can do?

634
00:45:18,493 --> 00:45:19,752
You're here.

635
00:45:22,103 --> 00:45:23,502
Charles!

636
00:45:28,523 --> 00:45:29,742
Charles?

637
00:45:34,423 --> 00:45:35,502
Charles?

638
00:45:40,243 --> 00:45:41,642
Charles?

639
00:45:43,143 --> 00:45:44,412
Hellooo?

640
00:45:51,683 --> 00:45:54,022
- Over here!
- Oh?

641
00:45:54,023 --> 00:45:57,112
- You walked straight past me!
- Didn't see you.

642
00:45:57,113 --> 00:45:59,462
THEY GRUNT AND LAUGH

643
00:46:02,553 --> 00:46:06,352
Well... Look at you, Boyz in the Woodz.

644
00:46:06,353 --> 00:46:07,662
Do you want to see my place? My den.

645
00:46:08,973 --> 00:46:10,382
What? You've got a den?

646
00:46:10,383 --> 00:46:11,692
This way.

647
00:46:11,693 --> 00:46:12,862
Keep up!

648
00:46:15,213 --> 00:46:17,602
It's amazing! I've been
building it for weeks!

649
00:46:18,683 --> 00:46:21,352
It could be worse. We could
easily say he was out jogging.

650
00:46:21,353 --> 00:46:24,262
But he's not out
jogging, he's out playing.

651
00:46:24,263 --> 00:46:26,652
Could be worse.

652
00:46:26,653 --> 00:46:29,042
It could destroy the
report, if it continues.

653
00:46:30,683 --> 00:46:32,132
Then put a stop to it.

654
00:46:33,493 --> 00:46:35,372
Tell him he's grounded.

655
00:46:42,823 --> 00:46:44,182
Oh, for... !

656
00:46:52,383 --> 00:46:56,232
- You're not very good at this sort of thing, are you?
- I used to be.

657
00:46:56,233 --> 00:46:57,492
We're here. Come on.

658
00:46:59,043 --> 00:47:01,672
It's bigger on the
inside, like the thingy.

659
00:47:01,673 --> 00:47:03,312
Come on.

660
00:47:03,313 --> 00:47:04,622
Wow.

661
00:47:04,623 --> 00:47:06,212
Yeah. It's got everything.

662
00:47:06,213 --> 00:47:08,422
Cool box, tool box. There's a fool box.

663
00:47:08,423 --> 00:47:09,682
"Fool box"?

664
00:47:09,723 --> 00:47:12,542
Yeah. Games. Puzzles. Drink?

665
00:47:12,543 --> 00:47:14,652
Er, no, thanks, I just had
a cup of tea with Thelma.

666
00:47:14,653 --> 00:47:16,852
Try some. I made it myself.

667
00:47:18,213 --> 00:47:19,532
OK.

668
00:47:19,533 --> 00:47:21,122
Go on.

669
00:47:23,563 --> 00:47:25,762
Guess what's in it?

670
00:47:25,763 --> 00:47:28,202
- Lemons and piss, going by the taste.
- CHARLES LAUGHS

671
00:47:28,203 --> 00:47:30,072
Half right.

672
00:47:36,543 --> 00:47:39,082
(HE BELCHES) Oh, my God.

673
00:47:41,983 --> 00:47:44,842
When the weather improves,
I'm going to sleep out.

674
00:47:47,473 --> 00:47:51,402
- I should tell you I've written a book.
- Any good?

675
00:47:51,403 --> 00:47:52,952
Not really.

676
00:47:52,953 --> 00:47:54,402
Might even become a joke book.

677
00:47:59,093 --> 00:48:00,592
Climb a tree?

678
00:48:00,593 --> 00:48:02,982
In these shoes? No, thanks.

679
00:48:02,983 --> 00:48:05,329
- You can see for miles.
- I'll give it a miss.

680
00:48:05,330 --> 00:48:08,842
- You'll love it.
- No, I won't.

681
00:48:08,843 --> 00:48:11,052
What, are you chicken?

682
00:48:11,053 --> 00:48:13,112
Chicken. HE CLUCKS

683
00:48:13,113 --> 00:48:15,222
- Chicken.
- What's going on?

684
00:48:17,843 --> 00:48:19,632
What is it that you're doing here?

685
00:48:21,643 --> 00:48:22,952
Just having fun.

686
00:48:24,783 --> 00:48:26,802
I'm being myself here.

687
00:48:26,803 --> 00:48:28,342
This is you?

688
00:48:28,343 --> 00:48:30,132
Yeah, it's a part of me, yeah.

689
00:48:34,303 --> 00:48:35,852
It's mixed up.

690
00:48:35,853 --> 00:48:37,912
I mean, it's complicated.

691
00:48:40,353 --> 00:48:44,192
At the same time, you know, it's
really easy. I understand it...

692
00:48:45,883 --> 00:48:48,462
... and I expect you'll get it, easy.

693
00:48:52,533 --> 00:48:54,692
I'm searching for a child...

694
00:48:56,053 --> 00:48:58,912
... and he wasn't taken, I
mean, he was sort of... he...

695
00:49:00,693 --> 00:49:02,382
... was forbidden.

696
00:49:04,213 --> 00:49:05,662
He was denied and...

697
00:49:09,933 --> 00:49:11,432
... I need to find him.

698
00:49:13,163 --> 00:49:14,802
You understand that, don't you?

699
00:49:14,803 --> 00:49:17,432
I haven't got a fucking clue
what you're going on about.

700
00:49:17,433 --> 00:49:19,542
- Are you angry with me?
- Can you even hear yourself?

701
00:49:19,543 --> 00:49:21,222
Sitting there with your bottle of piss

702
00:49:21,223 --> 00:49:23,522
and talking about
"searching for a child"?

703
00:49:26,803 --> 00:49:28,262
Are you disgusted by me?

704
00:49:28,263 --> 00:49:29,662
Yeah.

705
00:49:29,663 --> 00:49:31,872
I am disgusted, I'm disappointed,

706
00:49:31,873 --> 00:49:33,412
I'm disillusioned,

707
00:49:33,413 --> 00:49:34,872
I'm every "dis-" under the sun.

708
00:49:34,873 --> 00:49:36,412
- Why?
- Why do you think?!

709
00:49:39,553 --> 00:49:42,412
You need a shave, Charles.

710
00:49:42,413 --> 00:49:45,132
You have a man's stubble. Look
down the front of your pants

711
00:49:45,133 --> 00:49:47,292
and you'll find you have
a hairy pair of bollocks.

712
00:49:47,293 --> 00:49:49,442
Yeah, well, that is where
you're wrong, so there.

713
00:49:49,443 --> 00:49:51,742
- BLOWS RASPBERRY
- Where are you going now?

714
00:49:51,743 --> 00:49:53,052
To climb a tree.

715
00:49:53,093 --> 00:49:54,272
Charles!

716
00:49:58,403 --> 00:50:00,982
Charles, this is ridiculous!

717
00:50:00,983 --> 00:50:02,662
Charles!

718
00:50:03,983 --> 00:50:05,622
For fuck's sake! Be careful!

719
00:50:05,623 --> 00:50:08,342
It's easy with practice!

720
00:50:09,843 --> 00:50:12,882
Charles! Charles, that's high enough!

721
00:50:16,923 --> 00:50:18,282
QUIETLY: Wolves.

722
00:50:21,563 --> 00:50:24,182
Where does all this
leave you, now, Thelma?

723
00:50:26,483 --> 00:50:28,592
What are you? Are you his wife?

724
00:50:28,593 --> 00:50:29,992
Yes, I'm his wife.

725
00:50:29,993 --> 00:50:32,712
Of course I'm his wife.
That's why I'm still here.

726
00:50:34,263 --> 00:50:35,392
Putting up with it.

727
00:50:36,793 --> 00:50:38,012
Waiting.

728
00:50:41,953 --> 00:50:43,402
Thank you.

729
00:50:43,403 --> 00:50:47,392
Every day, I remind myself
that it's what he wants.

730
00:50:49,683 --> 00:50:51,932
And he's out of time...

731
00:50:53,343 --> 00:50:55,140
- ... and that's all.
- Not out of his mind?

732
00:50:55,141 --> 00:50:56,762
Why can't it be real?

733
00:50:59,583 --> 00:51:02,862
I mean, we all look older, but
how many of us actually grow up?

734
00:51:02,863 --> 00:51:05,152
- Look at the books you write.
- He's a grown man.

735
00:51:06,473 --> 00:51:09,422
He's a brilliant and sophisticated MAN.

736
00:51:11,013 --> 00:51:12,652
And you want him back.

737
00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:29,532
He'll be disappointed
that you won't stay longer.

738
00:51:30,423 --> 00:51:33,472
SARCASTICALLY: Oh, well,
I'm sure he'll get over it.

739
00:51:35,393 --> 00:51:36,982
Sorry.

740
00:51:36,983 --> 00:51:38,772
I really am being... an arsehole.

741
00:51:38,773 --> 00:51:40,272
Yes. You are.

742
00:51:42,383 --> 00:51:45,332
Well, you're right, I just...
I want him back and you.

743
00:51:45,333 --> 00:51:49,082
I'm feeling very sorry for myself.
So, there you go, being childish.

744
00:51:50,443 --> 00:51:51,852
Must be contagious.

745
00:51:55,643 --> 00:51:57,102
I'm sorry.

746
00:52:00,053 --> 00:52:01,412
I was, um...

747
00:52:02,633 --> 00:52:04,412
... a bit of a bully to
him, out in the woods.

748
00:52:04,413 --> 00:52:07,692
- I should tell him I'm sorry.
- Hmm, you are the grown-up.

749
00:52:07,693 --> 00:52:09,332
HE CHUCKLES

750
00:52:11,823 --> 00:52:12,992
Charles?

751
00:52:15,433 --> 00:52:17,162
Charles?

752
00:52:17,163 --> 00:52:18,522
Busy.

753
00:52:22,603 --> 00:52:24,942
Charles, look, I'm, I'm
sorry. When we were in the den,

754
00:52:24,943 --> 00:52:27,142
and you were talking about
finding a missing child,

755
00:52:27,143 --> 00:52:29,352
all I could do was think of Kate. And...

756
00:52:30,853 --> 00:52:32,682
... and I thought you were comparing.

757
00:52:32,683 --> 00:52:34,182
DOOR OPENS

758
00:52:35,823 --> 00:52:38,352
- I would never do that.
- I know. I know.

759
00:52:39,713 --> 00:52:42,432
It's my fault. I'm sorry.

760
00:52:45,243 --> 00:52:46,692
It's OK.

761
00:52:48,577 --> 00:52:49,976
It's fine.

762
00:52:52,187 --> 00:52:53,776
Shall I come in?

763
00:52:53,777 --> 00:52:55,226
Um...

764
00:52:57,577 --> 00:53:00,106
- I've betrayed you.
- What?

765
00:53:00,107 --> 00:53:02,076
- No, you haven't.
- I have.

766
00:53:03,297 --> 00:53:05,306
- You'll see.
- Bollocks!

767
00:53:05,307 --> 00:53:06,856
Hairy or otherwise.

768
00:53:09,437 --> 00:53:10,886
I should walk the plank.

769
00:53:15,337 --> 00:53:17,076
Do you think you'll ever find Kate?

770
00:53:20,447 --> 00:53:22,416
I... hope I will.

771
00:53:25,557 --> 00:53:28,516
I'll never believe that
I'll never find her, so...

772
00:53:28,517 --> 00:53:30,196
She'll have grown.

773
00:53:31,237 --> 00:53:32,916
Yes.

774
00:53:32,917 --> 00:53:35,446
And if you find her...

775
00:53:35,447 --> 00:53:38,356
... ten years from now, she'll
be a young woman almost.

776
00:53:39,487 --> 00:53:41,216
Yes, but she'll still be Kate.

777
00:53:42,947 --> 00:53:44,736
She'll still be my little girl.

778
00:53:47,167 --> 00:53:49,136
Will you want to take her to the park?

779
00:53:50,407 --> 00:53:52,516
To the slide and swings and just...

780
00:53:54,627 --> 00:53:57,296
... catch up on all
those things you missed?

781
00:54:00,157 --> 00:54:02,876
- I'm not comparing, you understand.
- No, I understand.

782
00:54:05,547 --> 00:54:07,846
And, um,

783
00:54:07,847 --> 00:54:09,766
I'll try to understand.

784
00:54:11,317 --> 00:54:12,576
I promise.

785
00:54:18,677 --> 00:54:20,216
Thanks for coming, Stephen.

786
00:54:21,817 --> 00:54:23,316
You're my best friend.

787
00:54:25,797 --> 00:54:27,156
Charles...

788
00:54:30,297 --> 00:54:31,516
What?

789
00:54:38,877 --> 00:54:40,186
Night-night.

790
00:54:41,317 --> 00:54:42,396
Night.

791
00:55:59,087 --> 00:56:02,276
CHILDREN CHATTER

792
00:56:27,257 --> 00:56:28,946
Stop the car.

793
00:56:28,947 --> 00:56:30,356
- What?
- Stop the car!

794
00:56:30,357 --> 00:56:31,766
I can't, mate. I'm on a Red Route.

795
00:56:31,767 --> 00:56:32,746
SHOUTING: Stop!

796
00:56:32,747 --> 00:56:35,606
- Mate, it's cameras!
- Stop the car! Stop it!

797
00:56:48,267 --> 00:56:51,076
BUSTLE OF VOICES

798
00:57:02,707 --> 00:57:04,296
Too young, too young...

799
00:57:25,577 --> 00:57:27,316
WOMAN: Great. Show me this one?

800
00:57:28,627 --> 00:57:31,716
And this one? And where
did we see this one?

801
00:57:31,717 --> 00:57:34,396
ALL SPEAK AT ONCE

802
00:57:34,397 --> 00:57:36,736
So, your creative-writing exercise

803
00:57:36,737 --> 00:57:38,466
is to write about your day at the zoo.

804
00:57:38,467 --> 00:57:41,606
So, if you can get to your tables
please. Thank you, everyone.

805
00:57:41,607 --> 00:57:43,346
And you can do some pictures, too.

806
00:57:45,077 --> 00:57:47,326
CHAIRS CLATTER

807
00:58:00,457 --> 00:58:02,616
Hello.

808
00:58:02,617 --> 00:58:04,066
Do you know who I am?

809
00:58:05,377 --> 00:58:07,256
Excuse me, can I help you?

810
00:58:07,257 --> 00:58:09,786
- What are you doing?
- I'm saying hello.

811
00:58:09,787 --> 00:58:11,146
Now's not the time or place.

812
00:58:11,147 --> 00:58:13,296
No, I don't think you
understand. I'm her...

813
00:58:14,897 --> 00:58:17,896
Sorry, can I speak to you in
private? Please, outside. Please?

814
00:58:20,197 --> 00:58:22,626
Children, on with our work, please.

815
00:58:30,027 --> 00:58:31,536
I might as well just say it.

816
00:58:31,537 --> 00:58:33,736
The girl that I was
just talking to just now,

817
00:58:33,737 --> 00:58:36,456
that girl sitting right
there, she's my daughter.

818
00:58:36,457 --> 00:58:39,786
- Ruth?
- No, her name's Kate, her REAL name is Kate.

819
00:58:41,097 --> 00:58:43,256
And... she's my daughter.

820
00:58:45,787 --> 00:58:47,236
I think I should call the Head.

821
00:58:47,237 --> 00:58:49,636
She's my daughter, and she
was abducted three years ago,

822
00:58:49,637 --> 00:58:52,026
which is probably why, why
she doesn't recognise me,

823
00:58:52,027 --> 00:58:54,506
but she will... she will! I
know she will because it's her...

824
00:58:54,507 --> 00:58:56,476
HE GASPS

825
00:58:56,477 --> 00:58:57,886
It's Kate!

826
00:58:59,287 --> 00:59:03,226
Mr Lewis, I do remember
your daughter going missing.

827
00:59:03,227 --> 00:59:08,336
The girl you say is your
daughter, is Ruth Lyle.

828
00:59:08,337 --> 00:59:11,426
If that's what they've called her, yes.

829
00:59:11,427 --> 00:59:13,306
Can I say I know who they are?

830
00:59:14,857 --> 00:59:16,866
I've known Ruth's father, Jason Lyle,

831
00:59:16,867 --> 00:59:19,116
for many years, he's a parent-governor.

832
00:59:22,167 --> 00:59:26,386
I know my daughter and I know
that, that little girl out there,

833
00:59:26,387 --> 00:59:28,256
is my daughter.

834
00:59:28,257 --> 00:59:31,586
Now, look, I'm not going to shout,
I'm not going to make a fuss,

835
00:59:31,627 --> 00:59:33,326
I just want her back.

836
00:59:36,227 --> 00:59:39,226
If I bring Ruth into this office,

837
00:59:39,227 --> 00:59:41,856
you're not going to make
a scene or interrupt.

838
00:59:41,857 --> 00:59:43,586
I'd rather not involve the police.

839
00:59:43,587 --> 00:59:45,746
By all means involve the police but, no,

840
00:59:45,747 --> 00:59:47,246
I'm not going to make a fuss.

841
00:59:55,127 --> 00:59:58,586
- KNOCK AT DOOR
- Come in, Mrs Forrester.

842
00:59:58,587 --> 01:00:00,086
Come in, Ruth.

843
01:00:01,407 --> 01:00:04,306
We won't keep you a moment and
then you can get back to class.

844
01:00:04,307 --> 01:00:06,326
And if you could stay, Mrs Forrester.

845
01:00:07,587 --> 01:00:11,906
Ruth, I wonder if you could
tell me your full name, please?

846
01:00:11,907 --> 01:00:14,946
Ruth Elspeth Lyle.

847
01:00:14,947 --> 01:00:16,596
And how old are you?

848
01:00:16,597 --> 01:00:18,606
Eight, Miss.

849
01:00:18,607 --> 01:00:22,266
And what's the name of your
older sister at this school?

850
01:00:22,267 --> 01:00:24,466
Chloe. She's ten, Miss.

851
01:00:25,827 --> 01:00:28,736
And when did you first
come to St Edwards?

852
01:00:28,737 --> 01:00:31,636
To the school or to nursery?

853
01:00:31,637 --> 01:00:32,906
Nursery.

854
01:00:32,907 --> 01:00:34,316
When I was two.

855
01:00:35,677 --> 01:00:41,114
- Mrs Forrester, and how long have you known Ruth?
- Since nursery.

856
01:00:41,115 --> 01:00:44,114
No, no, no, that's not right,
that's... that's not right...

857
01:00:44,115 --> 01:00:46,594
Thank you, Mrs Forrester.
Thank you, Ruth.

858
01:00:48,945 --> 01:00:51,754
We have school records,

859
01:00:51,755 --> 01:00:53,634
school photographs.

860
01:00:54,995 --> 01:00:56,444
Would you like to see?

861
01:01:00,525 --> 01:01:03,854
I'm good friends with Ruth's family.

862
01:01:05,395 --> 01:01:09,894
I remember her mother, Jacqueline,
being pregnant with Ruthie,

863
01:01:09,895 --> 01:01:11,724
that's what they call her...

864
01:01:13,135 --> 01:01:14,864
... and have always called her.

865
01:01:18,715 --> 01:01:21,614
Is there going to be
a problem, Mr Lewis?

866
01:01:25,085 --> 01:01:26,444
No.

867
01:01:29,025 --> 01:01:30,994
Sit here as long as you need.

868
01:02:17,965 --> 01:02:19,274
No...

869
01:02:19,275 --> 01:02:21,854
HE SOBS

870
01:02:25,185 --> 01:02:27,344
Oh, Kate!

871
01:02:27,345 --> 01:02:29,784
HE SOBS

872
01:02:57,155 --> 01:02:59,404
KNOCK AT DOOR

873
01:03:23,175 --> 01:03:26,084
- MAN: Taxi for Julie?
- Yes.

874
01:03:26,085 --> 01:03:30,154
- Yeah, almost there.
- OK. No rush, I'm a bit early anyway.

875
01:03:46,665 --> 01:03:50,084
Five minutes or more,
I thought I'd found her.

876
01:03:50,085 --> 01:03:53,174
Five minutes at least of euphoria.
I thought, "I've done it."

877
01:03:53,175 --> 01:03:55,704
And I thought of you and telling you.

878
01:03:59,135 --> 01:04:00,724
Lucky I wasn't arrested.

879
01:04:04,285 --> 01:04:07,244
I think she might have
to be the one to find us.

880
01:04:10,525 --> 01:04:12,354
Can't give up?

881
01:04:12,355 --> 01:04:14,644
Can't give up hope, no.

882
01:04:22,285 --> 01:04:24,864
How certain are you that she's alive?

883
01:04:29,745 --> 01:04:32,134
I know that if she wasn't, I'd feel it.

884
01:04:34,525 --> 01:04:35,974
Yeah.

885
01:04:37,575 --> 01:04:39,024
I would, too.

886
01:04:42,025 --> 01:04:43,804
I know that she's out there.

887
01:04:45,635 --> 01:04:50,084
I have no idea where or
where to begin looking.

888
01:04:51,725 --> 01:04:55,294
It's hard to accept that
we're helpless, but we are.

889
01:04:57,355 --> 01:05:00,724
And all we can do is be here, ready.

890
01:05:02,275 --> 01:05:03,544
And sane.

891
01:05:12,595 --> 01:05:15,684
You should know I'm going
away for a while. A few months.

892
01:05:18,075 --> 01:05:19,854
Going where?

893
01:05:19,855 --> 01:05:21,964
Undecided.

894
01:05:21,965 --> 01:05:23,654
Somewhere warm.

895
01:05:23,655 --> 01:05:26,094
Somewhere I can get to by train.

896
01:05:26,095 --> 01:05:27,774
France? Not sure.

897
01:05:30,595 --> 01:05:32,094
Why? Why now?

898
01:05:33,775 --> 01:05:35,564
I want to.

899
01:05:37,855 --> 01:05:41,234
What if I asked you to stay, a
while? A while longer, I mean.

900
01:05:41,235 --> 01:05:42,734
I need to.

901
01:05:50,235 --> 01:05:52,104
Want me to send a postcard?

902
01:05:54,075 --> 01:05:55,244
You'd better.

903
01:06:13,345 --> 01:06:15,074
Dinner's almost ready.

904
01:06:15,075 --> 01:06:17,234
Just waiting on the potatoes.

905
01:06:17,235 --> 01:06:19,114
Why don't you wait in the warm?

906
01:06:19,115 --> 01:06:22,114
I am warm. Besides, I
need to tell you something.

907
01:06:22,115 --> 01:06:24,034
Oh, ominous... !

908
01:06:25,345 --> 01:06:29,424
I took a trip out to that pub... The Bell.

909
01:06:30,315 --> 01:06:31,584
When?

910
01:06:31,585 --> 01:06:35,094
A few weeks ago. I had to,
couldn't get it out of my head.

911
01:06:37,345 --> 01:06:38,754
You have been there before.

912
01:06:38,755 --> 01:06:40,304
In a way.

913
01:06:41,655 --> 01:06:42,874
In what way?

914
01:06:44,285 --> 01:06:48,224
You... were with me, love.

915
01:06:48,225 --> 01:06:50,284
Very much with me.

916
01:06:51,555 --> 01:06:53,194
I remember it so well,

917
01:06:53,195 --> 01:06:55,864
because that was the day I
told your father I was pregnant.

918
01:06:57,125 --> 01:07:00,454
You weren't planned and
you know we weren't married.

919
01:07:00,455 --> 01:07:03,274
I was dreading telling him,

920
01:07:03,275 --> 01:07:05,754
but it turned out to be a wonderful day.

921
01:07:07,535 --> 01:07:10,304
It was the first time I saw you.

922
01:07:11,385 --> 01:07:12,554
It's true.

923
01:07:14,335 --> 01:07:16,494
I was sick with nerves,

924
01:07:16,495 --> 01:07:20,004
I wasn't sure how your
father would react.

925
01:07:20,005 --> 01:07:22,164
Being pregnant was bad news, really.

926
01:07:23,565 --> 01:07:25,064
We'd made plans...

927
01:07:26,945 --> 01:07:29,804
... and then,

928
01:07:29,805 --> 01:07:31,304
I saw you.

929
01:07:33,275 --> 01:07:37,254
This... beautiful child,

930
01:07:37,255 --> 01:07:40,824
at the window, looking in, face.

931
01:07:42,975 --> 01:07:44,664
I knew it was you.

932
01:07:45,835 --> 01:07:47,714
That's why I remember.

933
01:07:49,165 --> 01:07:50,944
I'm not mad

934
01:07:50,945 --> 01:07:52,774
and it wasn't the lights,

935
01:07:52,775 --> 01:07:55,354
- or hormones...
- No, no, no, no, no...

936
01:07:56,565 --> 01:07:57,884
I believe you.

937
01:08:00,135 --> 01:08:01,354
I do.

938
01:08:01,355 --> 01:08:03,224
Oh!

939
01:08:03,225 --> 01:08:09,324
Oh, I am glad. Because it made
me think, and this is important.

940
01:08:10,725 --> 01:08:15,184
If it WAS you that I saw...

941
01:08:16,585 --> 01:08:20,154
... if you were actually there,
before you were even born,

942
01:08:20,155 --> 01:08:25,024
then Kate must be somewhere...

943
01:08:26,995 --> 01:08:28,964
... and you have to keep on loving her.

944
01:08:30,515 --> 01:08:33,044
Loving her is different to missing her.

945
01:08:37,165 --> 01:08:38,574
It will find her.

946
01:08:40,025 --> 01:08:41,344
She is...

947
01:08:42,555 --> 01:08:43,684
... somewhere.

948
01:08:46,081 --> 01:08:48,000
HE SIGHS SHARPLY

949
01:09:25,461 --> 01:09:29,720
PIANO AND CELLO PLAYS

950
01:10:06,921 --> 01:10:10,790
If you're in a book shop, do you
ever sneak a peek at your own books?

951
01:10:10,791 --> 01:10:12,520
- Oh, yeah. Every time.
- Do you?

952
01:10:12,521 --> 01:10:14,630
Yes, of course I do. If they're hidden,

953
01:10:14,631 --> 01:10:17,680
I make them more visible
and cover up the competition.

954
01:10:17,681 --> 01:10:20,210
SHE LAUGHS

955
01:10:20,211 --> 01:10:21,800
How long have you been a teacher?

956
01:10:23,211 --> 01:10:25,550
I've already asked that
question. I'm sorry.

957
01:10:25,551 --> 01:10:28,510
You have. Er, the answer is forever.

958
01:10:28,511 --> 01:10:29,820
Sorry.

959
01:10:29,821 --> 01:10:30,990
I am good at it.

960
01:10:32,121 --> 01:10:35,870
I made the mistake of becoming Head
of Department a few years back...

961
01:10:35,871 --> 01:10:38,450
- "Mistake"?
- Well, that can be hard work.

962
01:10:38,451 --> 01:10:41,770
- The staff are more difficult than the children.
- I can believe it.

963
01:10:43,091 --> 01:10:45,520
So, how's your boy who
wants to be a fish doing?

964
01:10:45,521 --> 01:10:48,570
- How long can he hold his breath for now?
- 51 seconds.

965
01:10:48,571 --> 01:10:50,400
SHE GIGGLES

966
01:10:50,401 --> 01:10:51,760
What's funny?

967
01:10:51,801 --> 01:10:53,400
You're so certain!

968
01:10:53,401 --> 01:10:56,640
It's a fact. Last bath-time, he
held his breath for 51 seconds.

969
01:10:58,141 --> 01:11:00,010
I look forward to reading it.

970
01:11:00,011 --> 01:11:01,740
If I ever finish it.

971
01:11:03,101 --> 01:11:04,650
Do you not think you will?

972
01:11:04,651 --> 01:11:06,620
Hopefully. But it can happen.

973
01:11:16,981 --> 01:11:19,700
It's... train time.

974
01:11:22,321 --> 01:11:24,150
It's been nice.

975
01:11:24,151 --> 01:11:25,560
Yes. It has been nice.

976
01:11:28,371 --> 01:11:30,150
I'll walk you.

977
01:11:30,151 --> 01:11:31,560
I know the way, um...

978
01:11:32,921 --> 01:11:34,560
I'll see you at the next meeting.

979
01:11:34,561 --> 01:11:35,970
Yes.

980
01:11:39,441 --> 01:11:40,790
Bye.

981
01:11:40,791 --> 01:11:42,200
Bye.

982
01:11:53,121 --> 01:11:54,620
VOICEOVER: "What's your name?"

983
01:11:54,621 --> 01:11:56,690
said the curly-haired
boy in the red T-shirt.

984
01:11:56,691 --> 01:11:59,120
"Fish," said Fish.

985
01:11:59,121 --> 01:12:04,750
"Cool!" said boy. "Why
Fish? What's it short for?"

986
01:12:06,161 --> 01:12:10,280
"I forget," said Fish.
"I forget everything."

987
01:12:12,771 --> 01:12:15,770
"Every day I wake up is
like a brand-new life!"

988
01:12:15,771 --> 01:12:19,420
He was telling lies, of course.

989
01:12:20,741 --> 01:12:22,800
Big, fat lies.

990
01:12:22,801 --> 01:12:24,200
He wanted it to be true.

991
01:12:26,971 --> 01:12:30,580
Fish had so many memories
that he wanted to forget...

992
01:12:30,581 --> 01:12:32,310
even the good ones.

993
01:12:39,491 --> 01:12:41,880
"That's fucking perverse,"

994
01:12:41,881 --> 01:12:43,990
said the almost middle-aged man...

995
01:12:47,081 --> 01:12:50,130
... who wouldn't climb a tree
due to unsuitable footwear.

996
01:12:52,051 --> 01:12:54,110
Are you working, Daddy?

997
01:12:57,211 --> 01:12:59,220
Does it look like I'm working?

998
01:13:09,111 --> 01:13:11,930
I want to remember everything about you.

999
01:13:22,471 --> 01:13:23,970
Everything.

1000
01:13:42,871 --> 01:13:47,180
- Hi. I'm so sorry to be bothering you like this...
- You're bleeding!

1001
01:13:47,181 --> 01:13:50,130
- I'm sorry. Do you have a cloth, or a flannel?
- Yeah, of course, I do.

1002
01:13:50,131 --> 01:13:52,620
- Come in. What happened?
- Oh, I tripped and fell.

1003
01:13:52,621 --> 01:13:55,010
Not looking where I was going.

1004
01:13:56,371 --> 01:13:58,380
Useless on dancefloors and pavement.

1005
01:13:58,381 --> 01:14:02,130
- You might need a trip to A&E.
- No, no, no, no. No hospitals.

1006
01:14:02,131 --> 01:14:04,670
I'll reconsider in the morning.

1007
01:14:04,671 --> 01:14:08,980
- You weren't at the Committee meeting.
- Er, no, no.

1008
01:14:08,981 --> 01:14:12,070
Well, that's what I
came to see you about.

1009
01:14:12,071 --> 01:14:13,570
It's all a waste of time.

1010
01:14:14,701 --> 01:14:16,240
Well, probably.

1011
01:14:16,241 --> 01:14:18,450
No, no, it is. It's a sham!

1012
01:14:18,451 --> 01:14:20,090
It's already written.

1013
01:14:20,091 --> 01:14:23,280
The Authorised Childcare Handbook.

1014
01:14:23,281 --> 01:14:26,919
It doesn't matter what we
recommend, it's already been written!

1015
01:14:26,920 --> 01:14:29,129
- Authorised by who?
- Government.

1016
01:14:29,130 --> 01:14:32,129
- Not that we have a government, we have a politburo.
- Have you read it?

1017
01:14:32,130 --> 01:14:33,769
Oh, it's a love letter to the past.

1018
01:14:33,770 --> 01:14:36,439
It's impossible to implement.

1019
01:14:36,440 --> 01:14:38,549
I mean, pass it to the press,

1020
01:14:38,550 --> 01:14:42,059
they'll lap it up like
matrons on the ward.

1021
01:14:42,060 --> 01:14:45,069
Nothing will change,
it's a fucking joke!

1022
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:49,609
- I... I... I didn't know who else to come to.
- No.

1023
01:14:51,530 --> 01:14:52,749
Can I, um...

1024
01:14:54,020 --> 01:14:55,659
Can I use your bathroom?

1025
01:14:55,660 --> 01:14:59,269
- Yeah, sure, of course, it's just first on the left.
- Thank you.

1026
01:15:00,720 --> 01:15:04,239
I know it's not... it's not
Watergate, but it's still a sham.

1027
01:15:04,240 --> 01:15:05,549
And with children!

1028
01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:11,359
Oh, my Lord...

1029
01:15:11,360 --> 01:15:14,129
Why can't they get on with
doing something worthwhile

1030
01:15:14,130 --> 01:15:16,149
instead of all this posturing?

1031
01:15:16,150 --> 01:15:19,049
Why go into politics in the first place?

1032
01:15:44,460 --> 01:15:45,909
I'm not going mad.

1033
01:15:47,410 --> 01:15:48,769
It's just...

1034
01:15:49,950 --> 01:15:51,769
... something that got out of control.

1035
01:15:51,770 --> 01:15:56,319
I'm sorry, I... I saw the
lights and had to look,

1036
01:15:56,320 --> 01:15:59,129
- I shouldn't have.
- No, don't worry about it.

1037
01:16:00,680 --> 01:16:02,419
It's me...

1038
01:16:02,420 --> 01:16:04,339
self-harming.

1039
01:16:04,340 --> 01:16:06,119
It looks very lovely.

1040
01:16:07,380 --> 01:16:09,399
She'd have been ecstatic seeing this.

1041
01:16:10,760 --> 01:16:11,979
Yes, she would.

1042
01:16:13,950 --> 01:16:15,629
How long's it been?

1043
01:16:15,630 --> 01:16:17,889
Three years... just.

1044
01:16:19,850 --> 01:16:22,149
She'll be seven... somewhere.

1045
01:16:22,150 --> 01:16:23,419
"Somewhere".

1046
01:16:24,500 --> 01:16:26,319
I like that.

1047
01:16:26,320 --> 01:16:28,149
She could be somewhere,

1048
01:16:28,150 --> 01:16:29,559
she could be loved.

1049
01:16:29,560 --> 01:16:31,059
She IS loved.

1050
01:16:32,700 --> 01:16:34,249
Of course she is.

1051
01:16:38,090 --> 01:16:42,679
Are you able to think of
anything else, besides her?

1052
01:16:44,090 --> 01:16:46,339
I must, and I do, yes.

1053
01:16:49,810 --> 01:16:51,639
Although I do live in a rare world.

1054
01:16:55,200 --> 01:16:56,229
Yes.

1055
01:16:58,340 --> 01:17:01,669
I think I know who wrote
the joke book, the report.

1056
01:17:01,670 --> 01:17:02,799
Who?

1057
01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:04,199
He's a friend.

1058
01:17:05,939 --> 01:17:07,158
Best friend.

1059
01:17:11,289 --> 01:17:14,758
SHE RINGS BELL

1060
01:17:14,759 --> 01:17:16,068
Charles!

1061
01:17:21,079 --> 01:17:22,768
Charles!

1062
01:17:26,849 --> 01:17:29,008
Charles, I'm not leaving the track!

1063
01:17:33,689 --> 01:17:35,148
Charles!

1064
01:17:38,659 --> 01:17:41,378
OK, game's over. You win!

1065
01:17:47,379 --> 01:17:49,068
Charles!

1066
01:17:54,929 --> 01:17:56,478
Fuck!

1067
01:17:56,479 --> 01:17:57,738
Charles!

1068
01:17:59,759 --> 01:18:00,978
Charles!

1069
01:18:00,979 --> 01:18:03,458
Show yourself! Come on!

1070
01:18:04,589 --> 01:18:07,118
Please, please, please,
please, please...

1071
01:18:07,119 --> 01:18:08,708
SHOUTING: Charles!

1072
01:18:35,059 --> 01:18:36,978
Oh, sweet Jesus, no...

1073
01:18:39,419 --> 01:18:41,578
Oh... Oh, shit...

1074
01:18:42,789 --> 01:18:44,288
Oh, shit...

1075
01:18:44,289 --> 01:18:46,968
HE BREATHES HEAVILY

1076
01:18:46,969 --> 01:18:48,648
HE SAWS

1077
01:18:48,649 --> 01:18:50,288
ROPE CREAKS

1078
01:18:50,289 --> 01:18:51,748
LOUD THUD

1079
01:19:08,159 --> 01:19:10,588
HE TAKES DEEP BREATHS

1080
01:19:20,669 --> 01:19:22,728
HE SOBS

1081
01:19:24,989 --> 01:19:28,218
HE PATS CHARLES BODY

1082
01:19:34,169 --> 01:19:37,968
Charles George Andrew Darke was...

1083
01:19:39,749 --> 01:19:43,688
... quite simply, too good a
man to be a man in this world.

1084
01:19:46,689 --> 01:19:49,918
Because what he had
managed to hold on to...

1085
01:19:51,139 --> 01:19:52,688
... was the honesty...

1086
01:19:52,689 --> 01:19:56,438
and the purity that
we are all born with.

1087
01:19:57,889 --> 01:19:59,678
But that, in time, we lose...

1088
01:20:01,029 --> 01:20:03,468
... without noticing, and
often, without caring.

1089
01:20:05,679 --> 01:20:08,348
And like a child, he
was without cynicism.

1090
01:20:10,549 --> 01:20:11,828
First and foremost,

1091
01:20:11,829 --> 01:20:13,828
he would always see the
good in people, he would...

1092
01:20:15,469 --> 01:20:17,958
... place his trust in
them, he would care.

1093
01:20:20,719 --> 01:20:24,518
His love was his
ever-loving wife, Thelma.

1094
01:20:27,189 --> 01:20:30,468
And his passion was literature

1095
01:20:30,469 --> 01:20:34,128
and, in particular,
children's literature.

1096
01:20:34,129 --> 01:20:36,938
He recognised how precious those...

1097
01:20:38,299 --> 01:20:40,038
... early years are...

1098
01:20:43,319 --> 01:20:47,728
... and he often spoke of the
importance of a supportive,

1099
01:20:47,769 --> 01:20:50,258
stimulating, caring
and loving environment.

1100
01:20:54,849 --> 01:20:57,008
Well, the very last
time I saw him, in fact,

1101
01:20:57,009 --> 01:21:00,288
he told me he had
written a book himself.

1102
01:21:02,399 --> 01:21:05,068
A "joke book", he called it.

1103
01:21:09,289 --> 01:21:10,698
I've often wondered...

1104
01:21:12,009 --> 01:21:14,308
... about finding that
joke book, and if...

1105
01:21:16,459 --> 01:21:18,988
... if I did, if there would
be any clues in there,

1106
01:21:18,989 --> 01:21:20,448
as to why he took his own life.

1107
01:21:23,169 --> 01:21:25,598
Something we've all pondered, I'm sure.

1108
01:21:28,889 --> 01:21:31,558
But I won't do that. I have decided...

1109
01:21:32,959 --> 01:21:35,118
... to remember Charles as I loved him.

1110
01:21:36,899 --> 01:21:38,498
For his warmth,

1111
01:21:38,499 --> 01:21:40,088
his smile...

1112
01:21:41,209 --> 01:21:43,088
... his generosity...

1113
01:21:45,009 --> 01:21:46,838
... and his brilliance, his...

1114
01:21:50,029 --> 01:21:53,968
... his ability to make my world
appear to be a better place.

1115
01:21:58,609 --> 01:22:01,038
I will remember him as my friend,

1116
01:22:01,039 --> 01:22:02,728
my best friend...

1117
01:22:04,139 --> 01:22:05,638
... forever.

1118
01:22:07,979 --> 01:22:09,388
The end.

1119
01:22:17,169 --> 01:22:20,168
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

1120
01:23:11,459 --> 01:23:13,378
Dad to Kate.

1121
01:23:17,319 --> 01:23:18,768
Dad to Kate.

1122
01:23:21,249 --> 01:23:23,218
I just wanted to tell you that we...

1123
01:23:24,909 --> 01:23:26,738
... love you,

1124
01:23:26,739 --> 01:23:29,218
very much

1125
01:23:29,219 --> 01:23:31,288
and we miss you.

1126
01:23:36,159 --> 01:23:38,458
And that we hope to see you,

1127
01:23:38,459 --> 01:23:40,378
very, very soon...

1128
01:23:44,649 --> 01:23:48,488
... for lots of hugs and games...

1129
01:23:48,489 --> 01:23:49,428
Over.

1130
01:23:57,679 --> 01:23:59,508
Take your time.

1131
01:24:02,549 --> 01:24:04,238
We'll be here.

1132
01:24:12,259 --> 01:24:15,308
KATE, OVER RADIO:
Daddy... Daddy, I'm here!

1133
01:24:15,309 --> 01:24:16,898
Look at me! I'm here with Mummy...

1134
01:24:16,899 --> 01:24:18,538
HE GASPS

1135
01:24:26,509 --> 01:24:29,458
PHONE RINGS

1136
01:24:34,379 --> 01:24:35,598
Julie?

1137
01:24:36,959 --> 01:24:39,068
How are you doing?

1138
01:24:39,069 --> 01:24:41,228
I'm so sorry about Charles.

1139
01:24:42,679 --> 01:24:45,258
I'm... I'm OK. Thank you, I'm OK.

1140
01:24:45,259 --> 01:24:47,178
Um,

1141
01:24:47,179 --> 01:24:49,388
I saw you yesterday at the church,

1142
01:24:49,389 --> 01:24:51,958
well, glimpsed you briefly
and then you were gone.

1143
01:24:51,959 --> 01:24:55,528
- How are you?
- I'm good. I'm fine.

1144
01:24:55,529 --> 01:24:57,258
I've not been back for long.

1145
01:24:57,259 --> 01:24:59,838
I've been wanting to
call you for a while.

1146
01:24:59,839 --> 01:25:04,568
- Where are you? Are you at the cottage? I'll come.
- I'm in town.

1147
01:25:04,569 --> 01:25:08,468
There's nothing to worry
about, but I'm in the hospital.

1148
01:25:08,469 --> 01:25:10,148
I was hoping you would come?

1149
01:25:10,149 --> 01:25:12,448
Which hospital? Are you hurt?

1150
01:25:12,449 --> 01:25:15,828
No, I'm fine, really.

1151
01:25:15,829 --> 01:25:17,188
I'm good.

1152
01:25:19,149 --> 01:25:21,538
I'm in Ward 17.

1153
01:25:21,539 --> 01:25:23,368
The Alexandra Wing.

1154
01:25:24,589 --> 01:25:27,078
You will come, won't you?

1155
01:27:27,129 --> 01:27:30,127
- You're doing really well.
- GROANING

1156
01:27:31,818 --> 01:27:33,217
JULIE YELLS

1157
01:27:33,218 --> 01:27:34,677
Julie?

1158
01:27:36,738 --> 01:27:38,147
Stephen?

1159
01:27:39,548 --> 01:27:42,547
- My husband.
- You took your time, Mr Lewis!

1160
01:27:45,508 --> 01:27:48,507
JULIE GASPS WITH PAIN

1161
01:27:48,508 --> 01:27:51,037
We're having a baby.

1162
01:27:51,038 --> 01:27:52,397
A brother.

1163
01:27:52,398 --> 01:27:53,937
The baby's nearly here.

1164
01:27:53,938 --> 01:27:55,297
Just breathe.

1165
01:27:55,298 --> 01:27:58,537
SHE YELLS

1166
01:27:58,538 --> 01:28:00,547
It's OK, it's OK. It's all right.

1167
01:28:00,548 --> 01:28:02,097
You're nearly there.

1168
01:28:02,098 --> 01:28:03,787
It's OK. Keep breathing.

1169
01:28:03,788 --> 01:28:05,237
- Keep breathing.
- SHE GROANS

1170
01:28:06,318 --> 01:28:08,057
Keep breathing.

1171
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:15,000
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