The Story of Tracy Beaker Series 4- 07. The Finishing Line /Dear Dad
The Story of Tracy Beaker Series 4- 07. The Finishing Line /Dear Dad
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00:00And then she said that she hadn't said that and I said that I know she didn't because
00:22I was there and it was so funny.
00:25Are you and Jackie going to natter all night?
00:27That's what sleepovers are for, that and pillow fights.
00:34Gotcha!
00:35Ow!
00:36Jackie?
00:37Jackie?
00:38Jackie?
00:39It's your grandpa.
00:40He's very poorly.
00:41The hospital rang.
00:42Would you like to go to him?
00:43He seems to know you're here.
01:00Of course he does.
01:05You're his only family.
01:06We're a team.
01:07We ran everywhere together.
01:08He brought me here.
01:09He brought me here.
01:10We ran everywhere together.
01:13He brought me my first pair of running shoes.
01:17He had a proper training programme for me and everything.
01:21He helped me to be a real athlete like he was.
01:30I got older and faster, but grandpa got older and slower.
01:48You must be very tired.
01:50You know, some people, they hold on.
01:54They don't want to let go, even when they really need to.
01:58Why?
01:59They don't want to leave their loved ones alone.
02:03I'll be all right, grandpa.
02:11Honest.
02:13Grandpa's gone.
02:17Where is she?
02:26Did you manage to get some sleep?
02:29I am here, you know.
02:30Sorry, kiddo.
02:31You don't have to worry about a thing.
02:32The funeral's being arranged.
02:33I'll take it myself.
02:34No.
02:35Sweetheart.
02:36These things have got to be done.
02:37Get him some nice flowers.
02:38He'd like that.
02:39You don't know what my grandpa would like.
02:40He'd like a proper send-off with all his old friends.
02:42Who's that one?
02:43Arthur something.
02:44Grandpa's old running mate.
02:45He talks about him all the time.
02:46Don't you have an address for him?
02:47Well, grandpa got sick.
02:48He couldn't remember things like that.
02:49I should have made him write it down.
02:50I'm sorry, dad.
02:51I am sorry.
02:52It's all right.
02:53I'll get it.
02:54I'm sorry.
02:55I'm sorry.
02:56I'll get it.
02:57I'll get it.
02:58I'll get it.
02:59I'll get it.
03:00I'll get it.
03:01I'll get it.
03:02I'll get it.
03:03I'll get it.
03:04I'll get it.
03:05I'll get it.
03:06I'll get it.
03:07I'll get it.
03:08I'll get it.
03:09I'll get it.
03:10It's my fault. I left nobody to say a proper goodbye to him.
03:23Look. Stated the year they won the medals.
03:27A proper champion runner like Arthur Watts's name.
03:31There must be a way to find him.
03:41Oi! I always win in the 1952 marathon.
03:44Run your eyes to those and look for local athletics clubs.
03:49Name and numbers of national running associations.
03:55Hello? Hi. I need some information about some championship runners from the past.
04:11I'm not hungry.
04:13Try and eat some later, then. Just for me?
04:26OK, Tracy, it's getting late. I think it's time to call it a day.
04:30I have got an address and phone number for Arthur.
04:34I think Jackie's still up.
04:40KNOCK AT DOOR
04:47Arthur McDonald.
04:49What?
04:51His last known address and phone number. He's not that far away.
04:54How did you do that?
04:56Internet, phone book, athletic associations, super intelligence.
05:11He's not in.
05:13It's too late. The funeral's tomorrow.
05:16He might be back soon.
05:18I'll keep trying for you.
05:31Still no answer.
05:33Face it, guys.
05:35Arthur McDonald doesn't have that address any more.
05:37I can't find Jackie.
05:39Does anyone know where she is or why she might have run off?
05:42We'll split up. You take the minibus.
05:44No, let me look for her.
05:46She's just going to get more upset if she thinks everyone's on her case.
05:49I've got an idea where she might be.
05:51OK, you go with her.
05:53And I want a phone call when you find her.
05:59So where do you think she is?
06:01Where does she always go when she's missing her grandpa?
06:03I'll meet you there later.
06:05I have to try and find Arthur for Jackie and for her grandpa.
06:11There'd have been loads of trouble if I hadn't found you.
06:13I'm not going back with you.
06:15But you have to. You can't pass funerals in a couple of hours.
06:18I'm not going to the funeral.
06:21What? She's just going to let Elaine the Pain say goodbye to her grandpa.
06:36Oi! What do you think you're doing?
06:38Does Arthur Macdonald live here?
06:40Nobody lives here anymore. Clear off!
06:44Shut up!
06:46I just want to talk to you!
06:56We live just round the corner, number 17.
07:06Let me pass!
07:08Explain why you're not going to your grandpa's funeral!
07:10It's none of your business!
07:22Come on, Arthur.
07:26Er, it's a funeral, not a race meeting.
07:29Don't you have a suit?
07:31It's a fellow athlete's funeral. I'm going in uniform.
07:34OK, fine. It's that way.
07:36We're going this way.
07:38But it's the wrong way.
07:40The old team that used to run with us in the games are still around.
07:43They'd never forgive me if I didn't round them up for Jack's funeral.
07:48I said they ran with us. Ran behind us, I should say.
07:52I remember...
07:54We don't have time for this.
07:56Not if you stand around yakking all day.
07:59If you stand around yakking all day, move your carcass, lad!
08:12Now, um, this lad calls himself Crash.
08:16And this is Freddy.
08:18Flying Freddy Mercer.
08:20Pleased to meet you.
08:22Hi. Can we go now?
08:24Just one more stop.
08:29You know as well as I do.
08:31But if I'd have run on the inside, I'd have bitten the pants off you.
08:34Rubbish. Your motor was dead at the last lap.
08:37Can we please go?
08:42So, this is the granddaughter that Jack went off to bring up.
08:47I imagine she'd be taller.
08:49Compact, though. A sprinter, I bet.
08:52Why do people talk like I'm invisible?
08:54I'm not a sprinter. I'm a distance runner.
08:57You remember that marathon?
08:59What year was it? Jack and me.
09:01Were you there that year?
09:03Can you save the memories till after the funeral? We're going to be late.
09:06We're not all going to fit into the car, you know.
09:08You guys go with Jackie. We'll walk home.
09:10I said I'm not going to the funeral.
09:12Why can't you just leave me alone?
09:14Jack's temper.
09:16Here's the red hair.
09:24We were just trying to help.
09:27We thought you wanted us old friends there.
09:29I do.
09:31And so will Grandpa.
09:33Will you take him?
09:35You'll regret it for the rest of your life if you don't go.
09:38Please.
09:40I can't.
09:42Why not?
09:44Because the last thing I ever said to my Grandpa was a big, fat lie.
09:48What lie?
09:50I told him I'd be all right without him.
09:52And you will be.
09:54I can't watch him go away forever.
09:56He's the only person I've got in the whole world.
09:59I'll never be all right without him.
10:01You know why I made it as a champion runner?
10:05No.
10:07Because of your Grandpa.
10:10I was plagued with injuries.
10:13Thought I'd never make it.
10:15We didn't have personal physiotherapists in those days.
10:19But Jack hacked me.
10:22Exercised me.
10:24Trained me.
10:36I'd never have made it without him.
10:39He was my friend.
10:41Like these two.
10:44Your friends.
10:46You're not alone, girl.
10:48I didn't think...
10:50Now.
10:52Shall we go and say a proper goodbye to Jack, then?
10:58Great.
11:00But can we please get him... Move on!
11:11Are we never gonna make it now?
11:13Ring Sid, time to get the minibus.
11:15Battery's gone. Well, there must be a bus.
11:17Oh, even if we find one, it'll go all round the houses.
11:20We'll never get there in time.
11:22Looks like we're going to let old Jack down.
11:24Not on your nelly.
11:26But you can't. You're...
11:28Old? You're not wrong.
11:30But I've still got some breath left in me.
11:32And flying Freddy Mercer is going to that funeral if it kills him.
11:37Great. Triple funeral.
11:39No offence.
11:41Watch out for him, lad.
11:43He'll still make it.
11:45Oh, not me.
11:47Leg's gone.
11:49You go without me.
11:51But you're Grandpa's best friend.
11:53Tell him to roar from me.
11:55Go on.
11:59We're all here, then.
12:01Wait!
12:05I knew I could beat you.
12:10Oh, I don't believe it.
12:12It can't be true.
12:14Flying Freddy Mercer and George Divine.
12:17Do you know, I followed your careers when I was a boy.
12:20How wonderful.
12:22Anyway, we'd best get on with it.
12:24Follow me, gentlemen.
12:26Wait!
12:30It's Arthur MacDonald!
12:32What an honour, sir. What an honour.
12:34Let's get on with it, then.
12:36With pleasure. With pleasure.
12:48CHEERING
13:04We're gathered here today to say goodbye to Jack Hopper.
13:12Athlete, friend and beloved grandfather.
13:18You do know that every Chasey Beaker episode starts with a...
13:22Bang!
13:30Looks like the pressure of the grand finals gets to someone.
13:33Like your friend, Teeth, do you?
13:38You put me off!
13:40I'm not playing.
13:42I'm not playing.
13:45You put me off!
13:47I'd have beaten him if you hadn't put me off.
13:49You tell her, Rio. I didn't do anything.
13:51Yeah, I won, fair and square.
13:53You didn't! Jack, you put me off!
13:55Put a sock in it. Typical, that lad. Bad loser.
13:58Come on, lads. Come on.
14:00Come on, Crash.
14:05Crash, my office. Now.
14:08Isn't it about time you started using your brain instead of your fists?
14:12You'll have to find it first.
14:38Don't let him get to you.
14:40Yeah, they're losers, Rio. Losers.
14:42She put me off!
14:44Face facts, Rio. When it comes to games, well...
14:46Well, you're just rubbish.
14:48Shut it! Shut it, or I'll...
14:50You'll what? Report me to Elaine?
14:52Oh, Rio, I'm so scared.
14:54You'll be laughing on the other side of your face
14:57when I tell my dad what you said.
14:59When my dad gets out of prison, I'm going to tell him about you.
15:03When my dad gets out of prison, I'm going to tell him about you.
15:06And when he finds you, you're going to be sorry.
15:09Very sorry you ever made a fool out of me.
15:12You're bluffing. He isn't.
15:14Rio's dad is a very...
15:16Very. ..nasty piece of work.
15:19Ask the last man he put in hospital.
15:27Rio started it. It wasn't my fault.
15:29Crash, I haven't called you in here to talk about Rio.
15:32You got a letter.
15:35It's from your dad.
15:56What are you doing?
15:58Looking for spiders. What are you doing?
16:00I'm looking for my chocolate cake.
16:02If I didn't know any better, I'd say it had been...
16:07..stolen.
16:15Don't let Rio wind you up. He's bad news.
16:18Who's the letter from?
16:20My dad.
16:21Isn't he in...?
16:22No. He's out.
16:24He wants me to write to him.
16:26Are you going to?
16:28Why should I?
16:30But he's your...
16:31It's no big deal, is it?
16:35You say it was a chocolate cake?
16:37Yes, Marco.
16:39When did you last see it?
16:41This morning.
16:43Right, I'm going to have to take your fingerprints.
16:45It's for the investigation.
16:47Hmm.
16:49Interesting.
17:03I was thinking...
17:04He makes a change.
17:06Rio's dad.
17:07Spit it out, lollipop.
17:11I don't know.
17:13I don't know.
17:16Why is he in jail?
17:18Erm...
17:20Er, teacher abuse.
17:22Rio's teacher gave him a detention,
17:24so his dad paid him a visit and tied him to the seat with sticky tape.
17:27It's not so bad, though, is it?
17:29It is when it happens to be the last day before the summer holidays.
17:32They found him six weeks later.
17:37What's she banging on about?
17:39Rio's dad. He's the right heart case.
17:41No wonder he's in jail.
17:43No wonder he's in jail.
17:45Jail?
17:57Yeah.
17:59The sooner some of Foster's you weirdos, the better.
18:08What's wrong with you?
18:10Nothing.
18:12Why didn't you tell me when you won?
18:14Cos Jackie put me off.
18:16Darts, football, pool.
18:18I'd thrash you, anywhere, anytime.
18:23What, you read it?
18:24Get off!
18:25Weirdo.
18:27Game of pool?
18:29But I don't want you throwing the wobbler when I beat you again, OK?
18:34As if.
18:38What are you doing?
18:41I could help you, for a price.
18:43I'm an expert in thieves. Rio's dad's a thief. Peppys.
18:51He snatches cute little doggies when their owners aren't looking.
18:55He tries to sell them.
18:58And the winners nobody wants. Well...
19:03So what do you do with them?
19:05When the cops caught him, he was in the middle of boiling up a big bowl of Peppys soup.
19:09Stop it!
19:10I'm only telling my Rio's dad behind bars.
19:12You're frightening him.
19:14It's true, sorry.
19:18Red ball. Bottom left pocket.
19:23Yes!
19:24Said I was good, didn't I?
19:26Did your dad teach you?
19:27He gave me a few tips.
19:29I don't remember much about my dad.
19:31Why? Is he dead?
19:33No. He was in jail for ages.
19:35Jail?
19:37Yeah, like yours.
19:39Right, Rio.
19:41Your shot.
19:45What do you want now, freak boy?
19:48Roxy said Rio's dad's in jail for stealing.
19:51So?
19:52Did he ever steal cakes?
19:53Oh yeah, the police caught him with two donuts and a jam sponge hidden in his pockets.
19:58Really?
19:59No, Rio's dad was a big time thief.
20:04He used to break into the world's biggest banks.
20:06He'd be flown in by helicopter in the dead of night
20:08and blow open safes with dynamite to get at the money.
20:16He's in jail for stealing gold bars, not Mars bars.
20:23But I thought he was a...
20:24Chantelle, a word?
20:30Well, hey!
20:31No hard feelings there.
20:33You weren't to know you were playing a future world champion.
20:35I know loads of wicked trick shots.
20:37Did your dad teach you those too?
20:38Uh, yeah.
20:40There's one where you line up the reds and...
20:42Do you ever hear from him?
20:44Sometimes.
20:45Another game?
20:46Do you write to him in jail?
20:47Um...
20:49I'll go and see if Duke's got any chalk.
20:59Very cosy.
21:00I thought you couldn't stand him.
21:02He's alright.
21:04That's not what you said earlier.
21:06Cratch is OK!
21:07Leave him alone!
21:13I've been looking for you everywhere.
21:17Do you want a break?
21:18Uh, I'm sort of playing with someone.
21:21Who?
21:22Duke hasn't got any chalk, but...
21:24Him? But you hate him!
21:25Oi!
21:26If you don't mind, we're busy.
21:28It's boys' stuff.
21:29You know?
21:35Hey!
21:36What are you doing?
21:37Looking for this stone and chocolate cake.
21:39You're the prime suspect.
21:40Why?
21:43It's probably in there.
21:50I think it's in the drawer.
21:53Quick then, before Sid comes back.
21:56Aha!
21:57What?
21:59You hungry?
22:00Hungry?
22:02Have I had a penny for every time I've heard that?
22:10Yes?
22:13I'm investigating the mystery of the stolen chocolate cake.
22:16Well, I can assure you it's not in here.
22:19Shall we try the garden?
22:21Mm-hm.
22:23How's the investigation going?
22:25Rubbish.
22:26No-one to help me with my inquiries,
22:28and I haven't even questioned Crash yet.
22:30He's playing pool with his new friend, Rio.
22:32Rio?
22:33Who'd want to be friends with him?
22:35He's horrible.
22:36I think it's because Rio's dad's in jail,
22:38so Crash thinks they've got something in common.
22:41Rio's dad sounds even worse than Rio.
22:44Chantal says he's in jail for robbing banks,
22:46and he nicked the chocolate cake.
22:48Jackie, I haven't got anything to say to Vision.
22:50Yeah, shift your big bum.
22:51Rio's dad.
22:52What about him?
22:53Why's he in prison?
22:54Cos the police caught him, stupid.
22:56For stealing?
22:57Yeah.
22:58What's it got to do with you anyway?
23:00Stealing?
23:01You said Rio's dad was in prison for teacher abuse.
23:03Stole dogs as well.
23:04And robbed banks.
23:06Rio's dad isn't even in jail at all.
23:08He's in jail for stealing.
23:10He's in jail for stealing.
23:12He's in jail for stealing.
23:13He's in jail for stealing.
23:14He's in jail for stealing.
23:15He's in jail for stealing.
23:17He's not even in jail at all.
23:22What's going on?
23:23Rio lied about his dad being in prison.
23:25I haven't.
23:26Then why is your dad in jail?
23:28Don't have to tell him.
23:29If he hasn't got anything to hide, he'll tell us.
23:32Well, spit it out.
23:36My dad's in jail.
23:38Because...
23:41Because he stole...
23:44Stole a car.
23:46And he drove this to this big bank.
23:48And then he went inside and nicked all this stuff.
23:52Stuff, you know, from the safe.
23:54Money and jewels.
23:57Money and stuff.
23:58Everything.
23:59He stole everything in the whole place.
24:01The lot.
24:02Dad didn't flinch.
24:03Not even when the big hungry guard dogs started growling and showing their teeth.
24:09That's my dad, see.
24:11Not frightened of anything.
24:12Nothing at all.
24:14He's a hard man.
24:16A tough nut.
24:17A real hero.
24:24He's making it up!
24:26I'm not!
24:32Happy now?
24:36I knew you weren't telling the truth.
24:37Get a life, lollipop.
24:38They're losers.
24:40Especially Jackie.
24:41She's not!
24:42She's just sticking up for her meat.
24:45Like we would.
24:55What's up, buddy?
24:56I don't want to be a detective anymore.
24:58Why?
24:59I'm not very good at it.
25:01I didn't find your cake.
25:02Well, that's alright.
25:04I made another one.
25:07And this time, I'm going to keep it in a very safe place.
25:11Where?
25:23Thought you might fancy playing cards later?
25:25You could teach me.
25:29Or we could go on the computer.
25:31If you want.
25:36I only said my dad was in jail.
25:38To frighten Loll.
25:41I didn't know your dad had...
25:43I...
25:44I didn't know...
25:48At least you know where your dad is.
25:51I don't even know who mine is.
26:02Maybe tomorrow.
26:03What?
26:04Cards.
26:12Crash!
26:15I was just, erm...
26:17What can I do for you?
26:19Have you got a stamp?
26:21I need to send a letter.
26:41I can see a better place.
26:43Doesn't matter what may come my way.
26:46Believe me now, I'll win someday.