The Story of Tracy Beaker Series 4 -06. Testing Times /Best of Enemies
The Story of Tracy Beaker Series 4 -06. Testing Times /Best of Enemies
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00:00SONG PLAYS
00:24SALLY Is that your impression of a door stop, Rio?
00:25RIAH Tracey Beaker, you can't come out unless
00:27Tracy, please, Lord Rio, may I enter your residence?
00:31OK, I'll say it if you can spell it.
00:34And wow, you've got your trousers on the way round, Rio.
00:37Special day, is it?
00:39Tracy, I'm afraid you can't stay. We're expecting an inspector.
00:42Yes, that's why you look so worried.
00:44The annual review by the National Care Standards Commission
00:47can identify areas of concern in a care home.
00:50OK, I'm going.
00:52See, when you get fostered, you don't have to worry about inspections.
00:56I've got it made living with Cam.
00:58So how come you're always round here, then, hey?
01:01Because I feel sorry for everyone else having to live with you little muggots.
01:05See you later.
01:10Right, now all we have to do is make sure Elaine doesn't talk to him.
01:26Oh, hi, Tracy. Anything wrong at the dumping ground?
01:45They had to come back, so they're having their inspection.
01:48Residence only, Sid said.
01:50Oh, shame. Look what I got down at the charity shop.
01:53Two quid, this cost.
01:55Wow.
01:56Don't ever, ever wear that top. Not even to scare people with.
02:00How did I end up with you as a foster mum?
02:02If I was a care home inspector, I'd close you down.
02:06Oh, no point asking me to help with your maths homework.
02:10Actually, this chart is to measure your progress.
02:12My progress?
02:13Yeah, and putting you on review.
02:15I used to get reviewed every year when I was at the dumping ground
02:17just to see how I was getting on.
02:19Oh.
02:20Oh, Cam, squish my chart.
02:22OK, so you haven't been a total disaster as a foster parent,
02:26but I have identified areas of concern.
02:29So I will be rewarding points for quality of meals,
02:33personal style, and most important, QTT, quality Tracy time.
02:38Right.
02:39And you'll see I've started off at minus ten for that top.
02:46No, no, Mr Rooney, I'll find my own way.
02:49I prefer to look around without the staff.
02:51Of course. Have you seen the kitchen?
02:53No.
02:54Ah, Elaine, you're early. I've got something to show you in my office.
02:57Yeah, in my office, quick.
03:00So, who wants to try and get this care home closed down as well?
03:06This form goes on and on.
03:08Does Mr Pincher really need all this information before he can talk to me?
03:11Yep, me and Duke have filled one out.
03:13It's going to take me ages.
03:15Mm, an hour and 47 minutes.
03:17Yeah, I'm guessing.
03:21Does that look mouldy to you?
03:24You're an artist, you are.
03:27Can you just tell me how you look after the children's emotional welfare?
03:31Mr Rooney was a bit vague.
03:34Is your social worker here today?
03:37Mini Muffin?
03:40Well, we do have a social worker,
03:44but that's only one way that we...
03:47Personally, I find a nice tea usually fixes everything.
03:51You use food as a substitute for counselling?
03:54Oh, no, no.
03:56No, no, no.
03:58No, I just meant...
04:00Well, everybody likes a tasty treat.
04:05Except you, apparently.
04:07Hello, Mr Pincher.
04:08Would you like to come and have a look around the home with me and my sister?
04:11Yes, I think I will.
04:18This isn't exactly what I was expecting.
04:22You don't all share this room, I hope?
04:24No.
04:25Remember what Sid said.
04:27We're not the same.
04:28Hmm.
04:30What the...
04:31This bedding isn't very thick.
04:33I'm very grateful for you, Mr Pincher.
04:35We just stick it out as best we can.
04:37Good thing we've got one another.
04:39Not like that poor kid.
04:40Ribbit, ribbit.
04:42He was all right before he came here.
04:44Carrot and pumpkin seed salad.
04:48Do I look like a hamster?
04:50Hey, I can't be doing that badly.
04:54But I made you that mango pineapple smoothie.
04:56You love them.
04:58What does that say?
04:59Ham?
05:00Why do I lose points for ham?
05:02I don't even have ham.
05:03I'm vegetarian.
05:04It's not ham.
05:05It's hair.
05:06And I shnuck off points for you being a fudgie.
05:08Well, ham is ham.
05:10Ham is ham.
05:12And I shnuck off points for you being a fudgie.
05:14Well, hold it right there, Tracy Bega.
05:16If you get to review my progress,
05:18I'm going to review yours.
05:19Review me?
05:20But there's nothing wrong with me.
05:22I'm the world's perfect foster daughter.
05:24Well, we'll see, won't we?
05:26Game on.
05:29Well,
05:31I hope Mr Pincher appreciates this.
05:34Oh, Elaine.
05:36Would you give me a hand?
05:37I've got to plant some herbs in the vegetable patch
05:40and your advice would be priceless.
05:42I'm waiting for the inspector, Duke.
05:44Oh, he'll be ages yet.
05:46Tell you what, I'll give you a shout when he's done.
05:48And what you don't know about parsley isn't worth knowing.
05:53Oh.
05:55All right.
06:01I want you to feel that you can be completely honest with me.
06:05Now, is there anything you're not happy about here in Cliffside?
06:11Well, it'd be nice not to have to wash in cold water.
06:14You mean hot water is rationed?
06:16No, it's just a dodgy boiler.
06:19And it would be nice not to have to share a room with this spanner.
06:22Spanner?
06:23Yeah.
06:24I call it spanner.
06:28Yes, overcrowding does seem to be an issue here.
06:31Not really.
06:36Hello, little boy.
06:39I'm not a little boy. I'm a frog.
06:42Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.
06:50It's a voucher for the IMAX cinema.
06:52I know what it is, Cam. I can read.
06:54Oh, if you don't want it.
06:55No, no, I want it. Bye.
06:58Yay, points to me.
07:03What have you done to your room?
07:05Do you like it?
07:06We're trying to show that inspector what a rubbish care home this is.
07:08What for? He can close us down if he fails inspection.
07:11Yeah, it's what we do when we don't like somewhere.
07:14And we don't like a lot of places.
07:16If they close the DG down, they'll move us.
07:18Then we'll have to try and fit in somewhere else with kids like you.
07:21So?
07:22We don't care.
07:23We've got each other.
07:24Well, I care. Another place might be ten times worse.
07:28You could be messing up all our lives again, just for a laugh.
07:32Obviously, I'm always really pleased to help,
07:34but I'm a social worker, not a gardener,
07:36and I really wasn't appropriately...
07:38Thank you so much, Elaine.
07:40If you'd just put these away in the pantry, that'd be lovely.
07:49There he is.
07:50Um, Mr Pinchot, it's really nice here.
07:53Yeah, we're all really happy. We've got loads to eat.
07:56And we can watch telly and everything.
07:58That wasn't what some of you said before.
08:00Someone been talking to you?
08:02Yeah.
08:03Oh, I mean, no.
08:05Sid and Duke have been talking to us,
08:07and they definitely haven't been telling us what to say or anything.
08:11What?
08:12What?
08:16I just wish that sometimes it wasn't so curly.
08:19At least it's not like yours, though.
08:21Well, I think your hair's lovely, Tracy.
08:25Hope you feel a bit better after that little chat.
08:28What do you mean?
08:29Well, I've helped you get something off your chest.
08:31That's therapy, which has got to be worth at least 20 points.
08:36Oh, yeah? Well, get this, Miss Sneaky.
08:39I hate therapy, so that's minus 20 points.
08:45Help!
08:48Thank you, Roxy.
08:50I don't know what happened to Duke.
08:53Elaine, one of your therapy sessions would be really good with that inspector.
08:57What a good idea.
09:00I suppose you'd better let her out.
09:02Just keep her out of you-know-who's way.
09:05I'll gather everyone together after lunch, Mr Pinch.
09:08My therapy sessions always seem to help the children express themselves.
09:16She must have escaped.
09:18OK.
09:20Who's got something they'd like to say?
09:23Anyone?
09:27Anyone at all?
09:29Don't be shy.
09:32Elaine?
09:33Yes, Roxy, what is it?
09:35Do you know Cutty, my pet caterpillar?
09:40Duke took him away.
09:42Oh, dear.
09:44Were you close?
09:46Cutty was my very, very, very best friend, and I loved him.
09:57Cutty!
10:06Stop lying. Duke would never do anything like that.
10:09And you've never had a caterpillar anyway.
10:12What's so mean since Duke took away his weasel?
10:18Never mind about homework for now.
10:20Let's have some quality Tracy time.
10:22What do you want to do?
10:24What do you want to do?
10:25No, I mean it. What do you want to do?
10:27No, what do you want to do?
10:28Oh, you're freaking me out.
10:30Can we just forget about earning points?
10:32I knew it.
10:34You only want to stop because you're lazy.
10:36Don't take it so seriously.
10:39And that's minus 50 points for getting a cob on.
10:43And minus 30 for slamming the door.
10:52Tracy Beaker, just in time. Come on.
10:56And what about the state of the children's bedrooms?
10:58And that poor boy who thinks he's a frog?
11:01Now, the changes I'm going to recommend are...
11:12And you are...?
11:15Tracy Beaker. Gorgeous, super cool, used to live here, now in a foster home.
11:20I understand. You're scared to admit what it's really like here in front of Mr Rooney.
11:24Why would I be scared of Sid? I don't even live here anymore.
11:27You've been scammed by these amateurs.
11:30Don't know what you mean.
11:32Mr Pinscher, let me tell you about the Wellhards.
11:35Face it, views are a complete waste of time.
11:40Well, thank you, Mr Pinscher.
11:43And I must say, you were a hit with the Wellhards.
11:46They only tease people that they really, really like.
11:49Yes, a very good joke.
11:52The children's high spiritedness clearly shows they must be comfortable here.
11:57Yes. Well, goodbye, Mr Rooney.
12:01Goodbye, Mr Pinscher.
12:06Having a little bit of fun at the inspector's expense, were we?
12:09It's like you said, Sid. We must have really, really liked him.
12:12Well, let's see how you really like repainting your room, shall we?
12:17Well, let's see how you really like repainting your room, shall we?
12:47Ah!
12:56Why did you do that? You were winning.
12:58Refusal for losers. Quite honestly, I don't know why you went along with it.
13:02I thought it really mattered to you.
13:04Well, it's rubbish. There's no point in trying to change you.
13:07I am lumbered with you the way you are.
13:09But next time you go shopping at charity shops, at least take me with you.
13:13Well, thanks, Tracy.
13:15Of course, you do have your faults too.
13:18Yeah, I said that.
13:20No, you didn't.
13:22Yeah, I did.
13:23No, I don't think you did, Tracy.
13:25I think you've won. I did count.
13:26No, you didn't.
13:27Yes, I did.
13:28You didn't.
13:29You did not.
13:30You did not.
13:33Did you know the dictionary definition of beaker is clever, funny and gorgeous?
13:38It's not.
13:40Well, it should be.
13:46Are you sure this is supposed to be fun?
13:48Tracy, this is what families do. It's not about fun.
13:51But why can't we just phone for a pizza like normal people?
13:55Because normal people are boring.
13:59You did that on purpose.
14:01If only I could be so accurate.
14:04Let's get that scraped off.
14:07Ooh, visitors.
14:09Kam?
14:11Hi, Kam.
14:12Hello.
14:13Don't worry, I'm not checking up on you or...
14:37It's tomato sauce, Elaine.
14:40Of course.
14:42I knew that.
14:47Was that in the letter your mum sent?
14:49It's her engagement ring.
14:51She doesn't want it anymore.
14:53Reminder of my dad.
14:54Um, it's a nice big stone.
14:58Diamond?
14:59Glass.
15:00Cheap, nasty and tasteless.
15:01My dad all over.
15:07Let me get this straight.
15:09You want me to spend the whole afternoon
15:12with a load of scuzzy social workers and weirdo care kids?
15:15It's a party.
15:16A special reception organised by Kids in Care magazine
15:19at the Saracen Hotel.
15:21It's very posh.
15:22And they do most delightful cakes and all you have to do is...
15:25What?
15:26You mean on top of everything else there's a catch?
15:30All you have to do is mention how pleased you are
15:33that I've finally managed to get you both in a successful fostering situation.
15:40MUSIC PLAYS
16:06But I...
16:08Sorry, Elaine, but today is Saturday.
16:10And thanks to your wonderfully successful handling of my fostering
16:13I don't need to listen to people like you on a Saturday.
16:15But I...
16:17I thought you might like these.
16:20This reception is being sponsored by a firm that makes training shoes.
16:23Bribery, Elaine.
16:25It's not bribery, it's a free gift.
16:27You don't have to come, Tracy.
16:29It's just that...
16:31I always thought of you as...
16:33special.
16:39MUSIC PLAYS
16:45Well, it's working then.
16:46What?
16:47Elaine's bribe.
16:48Sorry, gift.
16:50Cam, I'd rather eat a dog bogey sandwich than go to Elaine's shipping.
16:56Is something burning?
16:58Oh, the pizza!
17:02Oh!
17:04What are we going to do for lunch?
17:06Well, where are you going?
17:08Well, I'm having my lunch at a posh hotel.
17:10Apparently they do the most delightful cakes.
17:16Far be it from me to state the obvious,
17:18but won't all that tugging make your fingers swell up?
17:23What are you up to?
17:24Shutting tails.
17:25Got this stupid ring.
17:27Stuck on her finger.
17:29But that's Crash's mum's ring!
17:31No, it isn't, it's mine!
17:32Liar, it's mine!
17:33Oi, if my sister says it's hers, it's hers.
17:35It's hers!
17:38Even though I've never seen it before.
17:40Whoa!
17:41People, people, people.
17:44I'm sure we can sort this out in a calm and rational manner.
17:52Welcome to the Lawrence Blackammer Show!
17:55Protector of the Peace,
17:57Fighter of Fights,
17:58Soother of Sorrows.
18:00Now, please welcome your host,
18:03Lawrence Blackammer!
18:14Go Lawrence! Go Lawrence!
18:16He accuses her of trespassing and theft.
18:18She says, that's crazy talk.
18:20Who's right? You decide.
18:22Go Lawrence! Go Lawrence!
18:24Go, go, go Lawrence!
18:26This is stupid.
18:27Chantel, so, you say this ring is yours?
18:30Yeah, I found it.
18:31Yeah, I found it.
18:32Finders keepers.
18:33Not when you find things in other people's rooms.
18:35Honestly, details, details, details.
18:38Boo!
18:39Boo!
18:40Boo!
18:41Boo!
18:48Guys, guys, you must try to understand one another.
18:51This meaningless aggression is not healthy.
19:02Isn't that shop a little too stylish for your beacon?
19:08Well, well, well.
19:10Justine Littlewood.
19:32What's that make-up you're wearing?
19:33Why are you on your way to a clown's convention?
19:35I hear the dumping ground finally managed to get rid of you.
19:38I wish I'd been at the party afterwards.
19:40Oh, you were.
19:42Haven't you heard of the Justine Littlewood dartboard?
19:44They only bring it out on special occasions.
19:46It tends to scare the younger kids.
19:48Well, it's been wonderful catching up,
19:50but some of us have more important things to do.
19:53Yeah, some of us do.
19:58Look, Crash's door was open.
20:00I might have seen the ring out of the corner of my eye.
20:03I might have wandered in and...
20:07...accidentally tried it on.
20:10Boo!
20:11Boo!
20:12Boo!
20:13I don't have very many nice things.
20:15Aw.
20:16Aw.
20:21Cheek.
20:22Tracy!
20:23Elaine's sucking you into this one as well, has she?
20:26No-one suckers the beaker into anything.
20:28Whatever you say.
20:30Nice trainers.
20:33Juke.
20:34Beaker.
20:35Justine!
20:36Oh, this is like a school reunion.
20:38I may have cried.
20:40But Elaine personally invited me to this official reception.
20:45This official reception where Kids in Care magazine
20:48are doing a big photo shoot on your favourite social worker.
20:51But I don't have a...
20:53Elaine the Pain.
20:55Elaine in a magazine?
20:57With pictures?
20:59But what happened to all those laws about taste and decency?
21:17There are at least half a dozen of Elaine to the kids in there.
21:20I don't know if she does it.
21:21Half a dozen?
21:23Elaine said I was special.
21:25And you believed her.
21:27You must be even dumber than...
21:28Dumber than you?
21:29Now that's a frightening thought.
21:45Delightful.
21:46That's Elaine with an I.
21:48Obviously.
21:49And the surname's spelt...
21:51Of course you know that.
21:52You silly old woman.
21:53It's just that...
21:54Well, I just feel so honoured to be here...
21:56Hey, Elaine!
21:57You said that I was the only one here.
21:59Justine.
22:00Tracy, how lovely to see you.
22:01So glad you could make it.
22:03My other success stories are over there.
22:05But Elaine, you said that...
22:07Tracy, dear.
22:08Can't you see we're talking?
22:10He's writing an article and it's all about me.
22:13So leave us in peace, will you?
22:15He's a good girl.
22:17Of course it's all about the children.
22:19I mean, their welfare is central to every single decision I make.
22:22I really can't stress that strongly.
22:24And it's a question of experience, you see.
22:26If it wasn't me...
22:28I'm sorry.
22:29I thought I saw you talking to Elaine Boyack.
22:31Is she a social worker?
22:32Well, I...
22:34I'm a journalist with Kids in Care magazine, you see.
22:36And I was wondering whether you could talk to me about your relationship with her.
22:41You can't mess with other people's property!
22:43Those are the rules!
22:44Look, you can have your stupid ring back as soon as I get it off, OK?
22:47I don't want it back!
22:49I mean, I do.
22:51It just...
22:53It just brings back bad memories.
22:56You can throw it in the bin for all I care!
22:59Crash?
23:02Does this mean I can keep it?
23:08And then there were those stupid activity days she made us do.
23:11And of course one of my strengths has always been organising activity days.
23:19You remember the time she drove us 20 miles
23:22so we could sit in a field and think about nothingness?
23:25And teaching meditation.
23:27Encouraging the children to be as one with nature.
23:41We had to go to the toilet in a hedge.
23:43With nettles.
23:44First aid.
23:45First aid?
23:46Oh, and a wide range of alternative therapies.
23:49No, no, no.
23:50The worst one was when she brought in those big spongy hammers
23:53so the kids could work out their aggressions on one another.
23:56And then she wondered why they went after her.
23:59Not to mention conflict resolution.
24:01We're a team and all good teams work well together.
24:04So let's show everyone what a great team we are!
24:09Oh.
24:10In fact, I've got some letters here from some children
24:12who've really appreciated the way I've helped them change and develop.
24:17I'm sure they'd have given you a doggy bag if you'd asked.
24:20Well, you could say that I'm the cream of the crop.
24:24You can quote me on that if you like.
24:26Quote you?
24:27Yes, you know, in your article.
24:29I don't know anything about any article.
24:33I just heard there were some delightful free cakes going in here.
24:37I had been hoping to enjoy them in peace and quiet.
24:42LAUGHTER
24:50I have nothing else worth stealing.
24:53We got it off.
24:55So...
24:58It hurt, actually.
25:00Good.
25:02Listen, I didn't mean to upset you.
25:05I mean, we've all got bad memories, haven't we?
25:09LAUGHTER
25:13But, er...
25:14Of course, on the whole, Elaine's a highly effective
25:19and professional social worker.
25:24Wouldn't you say so, ladies?
25:27Anyway, let's be off home.
25:30Bye, girls.
25:31See you, Duke.
25:32Bye.
25:33He's got so many great stories, hasn't he?
25:35And so much experience as well.
25:37Yeah, he's much more interesting than Elaine.
25:40I, er, wonder if anyone's ever written an article about him.
25:44I wonder.
25:47Bye, girls.
25:48Bye.
25:51See, leaving the dumping ground hasn't made you any less evil.
25:54I'm not evil, Justine. I'm misunderstood.
25:57I'm not evil.
25:58I'm not evil.
25:59I'm not evil.
26:00I'm not evil, Justine. I'm misunderstood.
26:04Mind you, the thing about the DG is,
26:08well, there was always something happening.
26:11I mean, I love living with Dad and Carrie and the baby,
26:15but sometimes, well, you just get the teeniest bit...
26:21boring.
26:25That was a journalist from Kids in Care magazine, wasn't it?
26:28I don't know. We didn't ask.
26:29I know what you've been doing.
26:31Saying mean things about me.
26:33She'll be back.
26:34Because I'm a professional.
26:36The story is right here.
26:38Sure is.
26:46Delightful.
26:59Delightful.
27:00Delightful.
27:02Delightful.
27:04Delightful.
27:06Delightful.