• 2 months ago
First broadcast 19th December 2012.

Nobody thanks John for his revelation though Caroline's younger son Lawrence accepts the situation.

Derek Jacobi ... Alan
Anne Reid ... Celia
Sarah Lancashire ... Caroline
Louis Greatorex ... Lawrence
Tony Gardner ... John
Nicola Walker ... Gillian
Sacha Dhawan ... Paul
Josh Bolt ... Raff
Edward Ashley ... William
Dean Andrews ... Robbie
Nico Mirallegro ... Young Alan
Amelia Young ... Young Celia
Nina Sosanya ... Kate

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00:00Is Caroline there?
00:01She's had to rush somebody into hospital.
00:03Oh, I have no clue where John is.
00:05Celia!
00:07Has something happened with Caroline?
00:09She's been having it off with another woman!
00:11What woman?
00:30It's out of a machine, I don't know what it'll taste like.
00:55Could you do me something to eat?
00:56No.
00:57He's a troublemaker, that one.
01:04As I say, he'll have got hold of the wrong end of the stick.
01:08Or he's lashing out, saying,
01:10first damsel-y thing that's come into his head.
01:13When she was 18, she told me.
01:2119.
01:22End of her first year at Oxford.
01:25She came home, I hardly recognised her.
01:28Skinny as a rake.
01:30And she cut all her lovely long hair off.
01:33Told you what?
01:37I said, well, for God's sake, don't tell your father.
01:40Or anyone else, not round here.
01:43No, I didn't want folk pointing.
01:46Saying things.
01:48Not for me.
01:50Not for my sake, for hers.
01:54Some folks seem to think she was enough of an oddity.
01:59Having a brain and getting it at Oxford.
02:01What folk?
02:02Oh, folk.
02:05So, what happened?
02:07Nothing.
02:08Nothing.
02:10Did she have a friend, or...?
02:13There was one girl, I did wonder.
02:16You know, when they say a name once too often,
02:20in a particular way,
02:22but it wasn't anybody she ever brought home.
02:26And then, I don't know, a few years passed and she met John.
02:30And that was it.
02:31It was forgotten.
02:35It was only ever mentioned, that once.
02:39I suppose I imagined she got over it.
02:50How'd you get on?
02:51I stitched her up, took her back to her flat.
02:54God!
02:56What a dump!
02:58They left me and the boys in this house
03:00to go and live in that squalid little hovel with her.
03:03Well, love is blind.
03:05And a form of madness.
03:09Is William all right?
03:10He's asleep, I think they're both.
03:16So, do you want the bad news first,
03:19or the even worse news?
03:21Oh, just as it comes.
03:23Gillian rang.
03:24John's been over there at her place.
03:26John has?
03:27Telling your mum all about us.
03:30And she got upset, apparently, your mum did,
03:32and she's on her way over here now, with Alan.
03:35Well, they can't drive in the dark.
03:36They can't see properly, either of them.
03:38Well, I...
03:39And anyway, John doesn't know all about us, specifically.
03:42I didn't...
03:43Well, my name was mentioned.
03:45And the thing is, Lawrence took the call.
03:49So now he knows as well.
03:51So...
03:54Well, what did he...?
03:55Shocked.
03:56Subdued.
03:57Certainly didn't want to hang around with me much after that.
04:00I said you'd pop up and look at him when you got in.
04:02It didn't go straight on Facebook?
04:04No, no, nothing like that.
04:06But it sounds like your mum took it...
04:08quite badly.
04:09What the hell was John doing at Gillian's?
04:11Shit-stirring, by the sounds of it.
04:13I mean, it's so far below the belt, it's...
04:16Even for him, I mean, God, she's 75.
04:19Yeah, well, he's lashing out, isn't he?
04:23You'd better go and look at Lawrence.
04:25Yeah, listen, Caroline, I'm going to get up home.
04:28Unless you want me here when your mum...
04:31No, not yet.
04:39I'm sorry, it's not been much of a birthday.
04:41It doesn't matter.
04:44Night, then.
04:45Night.
04:46Goodnight.
04:47Goodnight.
04:48Goodnight.
04:49Goodnight.
04:50Goodnight.
04:51Night.
04:56Ring me.
05:14Lawrence.
05:16You're awake.
05:22I love you.
05:38I don't want people being mean to you.
05:42Nobody's going to be mean to me, I won't let them.
05:47I'm big.
05:51Believe me, I can handle mean.
06:21Morning.
06:31Good morning.
06:32Hi.
06:34Oh.
06:35Morning.
06:39Morning, Gillian.
06:40How do?
06:41You're up early.
06:42Early?
06:43It's gone half past seven.
06:45There's a pot of tea on the aga.
06:47How...
06:48How are you this morning?
06:50Sorted out this piggy clutch.
06:53Is there anything I can do?
06:58How likely is that?
07:00On a scale of one to ten?
07:02Yeah, no, fair enough.
07:10We made love.
07:12You were upset.
07:14It was my birthday.
07:15We were both a bit pissed.
07:16I...
07:17Go pour yourself some tea.
07:18I...
07:19Caroline.
07:20Because I think you owe her one hell of an apology.
07:23Trouble you caused last night.
07:25They got back safe.
07:26You'll be pleased to hear.
07:28It's ten past midnight.
07:30She texted me.
07:31It's no small thing, you know, finding out that your wife...
07:33Yes, we got the picture.
07:35Very vividly.
07:37Yesterday.
07:38All of us.
07:39Go pour yourself some tea, posh bloke.
07:41Who are you?
07:42It's Paul.
07:43He was here yesterday.
07:44You have met him.
07:45No, I mean, what is he?
07:47I'm Gigolo.
07:50HE SIGHS
07:56You've been at it with him.
07:58What's it to you?
08:00Slap her.
08:01He is a very erudite man.
08:03So am I.
08:04Yeah, you don't know what it means.
08:05Yeah, but if I did, I would be.
08:08Yeah, good point, Paul.
08:10Can't argue with that.
08:15It's a prank.
08:17HE SNORTS
08:33She's in the bathroom.
08:36I'll give her a shout.
08:40Celia?
08:42Caroline's here.
08:47It's all right.
09:02I appreciate you didn't want to talk last night,
09:04but I just wanted to say that I'm sorry that you heard
09:07what you heard the way you heard it.
09:10I wanted to tell you myself properly,
09:12but obviously John...
09:14I don't even know why John was there.
09:16Why was John there?
09:17You know as much as me.
09:19I might wander down the road, see if I can get a newspaper.
09:22No, there's no need.
09:23Can I fetch anything while I'm out?
09:25You don't have to go out.
09:26I fancy a bit of fresh air.
09:28I'd rather you didn't.
09:30Anything you've got to say to me, you can say to Alan.
09:33OK.
09:35Well, look, I don't know exactly what's been said
09:38because I've had it third-hand from Gillian via Lawrence,
09:41via someone else, and...
09:44Well, I'm assuming it's nonsense.
09:50Can I sit down?
09:52It's your house.
09:53Oh, Mum.
09:58OK, so...
10:01When John went to live with Judith,
10:03well, you know, I found it difficult for a while
10:06and some people were very supportive,
10:09you were very kind,
10:11and there was this person at school
10:14who equally was very thoughtful
10:16and went out of her way to cheer me up,
10:19and people don't, as a rule.
10:21I think people are scared of me
10:23or they think I don't need a kind word now and again,
10:26but she didn't think like that and we became close.
10:31And then she told me she had a bit of a crush on me
10:38and one thing led to another.
10:43She thinks the world of me
10:45and I think a lot about her and it's what I want.
10:48Why can't you just be friends?
10:50Mum...
10:51I don't know why there's this sudden...
10:52It's not sudden.
10:53You've been married to that nitwit for the last 20 years.
10:57You can't just switch...
10:59I've known since I was...
11:02I once talked to you about it,
11:04do you remember, when I was at university?
11:07You've probably forgotten.
11:10Why did you marry John?
11:11Because I liked him.
11:13I loved him because he asked me
11:15and I thought we could have a good life together
11:17and we did until he...
11:18Well, I'm sure there's plenty more men out there...
11:21Oh, Mum, just try and get it.
11:26I'm too old to pretend anymore.
11:30I'd like you, both of you, to meet...
11:33Kate.
11:36Is that her name?
11:38No, she's called Zanzibar, Buck, Buck, Buck, Fate,
11:40I just call her Kate for short, it's easier.
11:45No, thank you.
11:47I don't think we do want to meet her.
11:49She's called Kate McKenzie.
11:52She's nice, she's kind, she's thoughtful, she's...
11:56Is she Scottish?
11:57No, she's Nigerian.
12:00No, I mean, she is Nigerian,
12:01that wasn't me being sarcastic.
12:06Well, I think me and Alan
12:10have decided against the school chapel.
12:14Why?
12:15We'll make our own arrangements.
12:18Right.
12:19And I think it would be better if I moved out.
12:22You'll have more space then, anyway, won't you?
12:26You'll have more space then, anyway, won't you?
12:57So, plan.
13:00Plan is...
13:02a registry office in Halifax.
13:05Then she wants me to give
13:08Darren and Kimberly notice to quit cottage.
13:11Either that or rent somewhere.
13:13You don't want to rent.
13:14Not if the long-term plan is to buy.
13:16It's just a waste of money.
13:18I thought she had, like, an allergic reaction
13:20to the registry office.
13:22No, no.
13:24Well, but...
13:25Why does she have to move out so fast?
13:27Is she frightened she's going to get infected
13:29with lesbian spores?
13:32Well, you know as much as me.
13:34I don't know that I do, Dad, but...
13:38What's up with Caroline being a bit of a dyke, anyway?
13:41Well, I did raise that question.
13:43Not quite, in so many words.
13:46And what did she say?
13:47You'd not be saying that if it was your Gillian.
13:50I stopped worrying about you while Gillian slept with you years ago.
13:53I had to.
13:55I'd have had a nervous breakdown if I hadn't.
14:00Except you never do stop worrying.
14:02I know, I understand that, but...
14:05If this Kate's a nice person
14:08and it sounds very much like she is,
14:10well, surely that's what matters.
14:13Eh, isn't it?
14:15I think you just need time to get used to it.
14:20That's all, surely.
14:23See, Leah, it's now these days, nobody bats an eyelid.
14:27Oh, they do. They do.
14:30People like to pretend they don't, but they do.
14:34Well, I tried to persuade her that she should meet this Kate,
14:38but she wouldn't even entertain the idea.
14:41Of course, none of it would have arisen
14:43if that dozy bugger hadn't been round her house last night...
14:48..shooting his mouth off.
14:50WHIRRING
15:13I specifically asked you not to tell my mum.
15:16I said, tell who the hell you like,
15:18but let me tell the boys and my mum.
15:20I didn't plan it. You didn't plan it.
15:22What do you mean, you didn't plan it?
15:24You drove 60 miles over to Halifax.
15:26How is that not planning it?
15:28I... I wanted to talk to Gillian. Gillian.
15:31Gillian and I...
15:33That time you drove off without me after the engagement party.
15:36She... We...
15:38She was very supportive and sympathetic
15:41and I needed someone to talk to.
15:43I knew you were infatuated with her.
15:45She's very...
15:47Look, I went to talk to Gillian. I didn't go to talk to Celia.
15:50That's the point. You probably don't believe me,
15:52but I'd forgotten Celia was even there.
15:54Is she all right?
15:56No, she isn't.
15:58And I knew she wouldn't be, which was why I wanted to...
16:02What's the point?
16:04OK, well, look, I'm sorry.
16:06I am sorry, but...
16:09..I was upset.
16:11Would it help if I apologised to her?
16:13No, it wouldn't.
16:15It would make things worse.
16:17And I'd like it if you kept right out of anything to do with me from now on, OK?
16:22Where are the boys?
16:24Cinema.
16:28Can I ask you something, just...
16:30..out of interest?
16:33Out of all the...
16:35..hundreds, thousands of times we had sex...
16:40..what were you thinking about?
16:42Do you mean, was I dreaming about other people?
16:44I don't know. I can't remember. Possibly.
16:47You know, when you were screwing me at the same time you were screwing Judith,
16:50what were you thinking about?
16:52Yes, OK, but the point... I was a good wife.
16:54You were the one who blew it, John, not me.
16:56How long have you known this thing about yourself?
16:58I'm assuming it's not just something you cooked up last week.
17:01John, this is no reflection on you, if that's what you're bothered about.
17:05I married you because I liked you. A lot.
17:08I liked having sex with you. I'm sorry if that doesn't compute,
17:11but it's true, I liked you. I loved you.
17:13I wanted to have children with you and I wanted to grow old with you.
17:17You see...
17:19..I feel used.
17:22Used?
17:24You feel used?
17:27I'll tell you something.
17:29I was round at Judith's flat last night, bizarrely, not through choice.
17:32I'll explain why in a minute.
17:34She wanted me and the boys and this house to go and live in that shithole
17:39with, I think, possibly one of the most vulnerable women I've ever met.
17:43How useless, how drab do you think that makes me feel?
17:46You always manage to twist everything round to you, don't you?
17:49Yes, well, I have the great advantage of having me on my side.
17:52What were you doing round to her flat? I was having sex with her.
17:55That was a joke.
17:57She slashed one of her wrists in the front garden. Here?
18:00Not intentionally, she was just pissed, it wasn't that dramatic.
18:03Well, actually it was, William fainted.
18:05She was looking for you, she thought she'd upset you,
18:08she said she wanted to apologise to you.
18:10At nine o'clock last night, I was propping her up in casualty, covered in blood.
18:14As birthdays go, it was one of the more memorable ones.
18:17Oh, no, it was... Don't bother.
18:24Will Celia be all right? I don't know, she's not speaking to me.
18:30Yeah, die, boy, die.
18:32Oi, how do you do that?
18:34I'm not nuts. Grandad's back.
18:36Grandad! Mr Buttershaw.
18:38You can play me, Grandad, when I've slarted this Dilbert.
18:41Oh, no, you're all right.
18:43I'll get Kevin.
18:45Celia all right? Mm-hm.
18:47Yeah, well...
18:51Ah-ha-ha-ha.
18:56She reads Daily Mail, Celia, did I tell you?
19:02How long have you known this?
19:04First time I went over, I spotted one.
19:06She says she only buys it for Telly Page, but...
19:09I'm not convinced.
19:11Jesus, Dad.
19:21It doesn't surprise me, if I'm being honest.
19:25I buy Daily Mail...
19:28SIGHS
19:31This morning...
19:35..she disappointed me when she talked to Caroline.
19:38I was shocked.
19:40I know she likes to call a spade a bloody shovel now and again,
19:44and it is part of her charm.
19:48But it obviously wasn't easy for her, saying what she had to say,
19:52and it was just so unkind.
19:54So unthinking.
19:58So deep-rooted.
20:00You're not going to fall out with her, though, are you?
20:05Dad?
20:20Is Dad going to move out?
20:22I don't know.
20:25Is Miss McKenzie going to move in?
20:27I don't know.
20:31Do people at school know about you and Miss McKenzie?
20:33No.
20:34Mum, Granny.
20:42Can I help you? Can I have a word with you?
20:55Alan rang last night.
21:00I drove him to the station on Thursday morning,
21:03and then he didn't ring till last night.
21:06That's the longest we've gone not speaking to each other
21:08since we met up again.
21:10Do you want to get to the point?
21:12He thinks I should meet Kate.
21:15OK.
21:17Well, I'll see if Kate wants to meet you.
21:20Has John gone?
21:22No, he's still in the spare room.
21:24Do William and Lawrence know about...
21:26Kate, yeah, they're fine.
21:27You're the only fly in the ointment as far as I'm concerned.
21:33I know you won't believe me,
21:34but I only ever have your best interests at heart, you know.
21:38I can cook dinner on Wednesday evening,
21:40assuming Kate's not busy.
21:42How would that fit in with you and Alan?
21:45I'll ask him.
21:52Oh, God.
21:54Will John be there?
21:56God, no. I've taken care of John.
21:59How?
22:00Judith.
22:01She came round on Saturday afternoon
22:03offering to clean all the blood out of my car,
22:05by which time I'd already done it.
22:07So she said, well,
22:09if ever there's anything else I can do for you,
22:11so I've just texted her, just now,
22:14and asked her if she can keep an occupied on Wednesday evening.
22:17She does text me back saying...
22:20Consider it done.
22:24What part of felicitas sapientia et integritas
22:29do you people not understand?!
22:41I wonder what Alan said to her, to make a change in life.
22:45I'm not bigoted.
22:47Good.
22:50I was small-minded.
22:52Right.
22:54I think, reading between the lines,
22:56he threatened to dump her.
22:58No.
22:59Yep.
23:00So I reckon she's got some pretty smart talking to do this evening.
23:05And I'm certainly not old-fashioned.
23:09And the suggestion
23:11that my attitude towards my own daughter is distasteful
23:16I find bewildering.
23:18The thing she hasn't twigged
23:20is that I no longer need her permission, approval, anything.
23:25So the only one who's got anything to lose this evening,
23:29whether she realises it or not,
23:31is her.
23:35Shall we set off?
23:40If I don't like her, I shan't pretend.
23:48Come in.
23:58Supper's ready, lads.
24:01All right?
24:02All right.
24:07All right.
24:12I've got to go.
24:15It's wonderful.
24:17It's delightful.
24:18I told all my mates at school and they think it's brilliant.
24:21Talk!
24:22It's just so uplifting.
24:24It's just so extraordinary.
24:27Well, I suppose we're just lucky we came across each other again
24:31after so many years.
24:33Yes.
24:34And it's all thanks to William.
24:37And your Ralph.
24:38Yeah, and our Ralph. I'll drink to that.
24:40They put us up against each other.
24:42I'll drink to that.
24:44They put our names on Facebook for us, you see.
24:46Oh, I know, I know. Caroline told me all about it.
24:49Oh, well, there you go, then.
24:51The rest is history.
24:53It's beautiful.
24:54Oh, you must feel, I don't know, just so special and happy and...
25:00Don't you?
25:03Do we?
25:05I don't know. I suppose so, yes.
25:13Did you ask Caroline about chapel again?
25:18Oh, yes.
25:20Caroline, we were thinking
25:22we might like to get married in the chapel after all,
25:26if we've not missed the boat.
25:28Right, well, I'll have another look in the diary.
25:32Well, as I say, if we miss the boat,
25:34we'll have to make alternative arrangements.
25:39Do you need a choir?
25:40Oh, a choir!
25:41I run a choir at school.
25:43Well, there are two.
25:44There's the school choir and then there's the staff choir, so...
25:47Kate teaches music as well as modern languages.
25:49Oh, you must be very clever.
25:51I'm in the school choir.
25:52That's because you're a puff.
25:55He is.
25:56He fainted last week.
25:58He didn't. He just went a bit wobbly.
26:00He fell over and lost consciousness.
26:02Why? What happened?
26:04Nothing.
26:06We were talking about music for the wedding.
26:09Hymns always sound better with a bit of volume.
26:11And we can rehearse a nice choral piece for you as well, if you like.
26:14Oh, that would be smashing, wouldn't it, Celia?
26:17Did you have anything in mind?
26:19I...
26:20Well, Celia's more up on those sort of things than me.
26:23She wants to arrive to the arrival of the Queen of Sheba.
26:27Oh, wow!
26:30Did we?
26:31Have anything in mind as regards choral music?
26:34Well, there's no point in worrying about the details
26:37of what music we're having till people check the diaries, is there?
26:41It'll be fine, surely. Won't it, Caroline?
26:44I discussed it with the bursar.
26:46What's it got to do with him? I thought you reckoned to be the boss.
26:50He's responsible for the bookings.
26:52And he's not very keen on people who blow hot and cold.
26:58Well, as I say,
27:00if there's any trouble, forget it.
27:03OK.
27:07We would like to be married in chapel, Caroline,
27:10if it's still an option.
27:12Perhaps you could tell the bursar that we're very sorry
27:15if he thinks we've messed him about.
27:21What were you doing fainting, William?
27:23I didn't.
27:24Judith slashed an artery and Ma got sprayed in mad alky woman blood.
27:29Tell him to shut up.
27:30An artery?
27:31Not on purpose.
27:32What was she doing here?
27:33I think she was just drunk.
27:35Like a scum.
27:36Oh.
27:37Were you here?
27:40Posse.
27:41Idiot.
27:43Can we all just calm down, please?
27:45Because I'm going to get angry in a minute.
27:47Oh, we wouldn't want that.
27:50Sorry, did you say something?
27:52Nope.
27:58Where are you going on your honeymoon?
28:00Um...
28:01Well, we haven't discussed it, but, um...
28:03Will you go abroad?
28:05I don't know.
28:06Well, we could.
28:07You know, I'm easy.
28:08It depends what Celia wants.
28:11Can I have a word with you in another room, please?
28:14Certainly.
28:23Excuse me.
28:29Can you just, for once in your life, make a bit of effort?
28:32What is the point of you being here
28:34if you're just going to sit there like a wet weekend
28:36every time Kate opens her mouth?
28:38You wanted me to meet her.
28:39He wanted me to meet her.
28:40I have.
28:41Big deal.
28:42Can I go now?
28:43Why are you being like this?
28:46Because I can't stand seeing you make a fool of yourself.
28:50Mum, I'm not making a fool of myself.
28:52Only you think that.
28:53No, love.
28:54I'm the only one that'll tell you.
28:56Oh, Mum, this is going to end really badly.
28:58It's going to...
28:59This is how people fall out with each other.
29:01Mm.
29:02Well, on your head be it.
29:04No, no, no.
29:06Look.
29:08You've got Alan.
29:09Why can't you just accept that I want to be with Kate,
29:12that I'm old enough to know what I want
29:14and accept it and be civilised about it
29:16instead of this excruciating pantomime?
29:20You're not in love with her.
29:21Why are you saying that?
29:22Because you told me.
29:23No, I didn't.
29:24The other morning.
29:26What are you talking about?
29:27What are you talking about?
29:28You said she thinks the world of me.
29:31And I didn't hear you say,
29:32and I think the world of her back
29:34or anything remotely like it.
29:37All I heard was,
29:38and I quite like her.
29:40I said I like her a lot.
29:42She's having you on.
29:43Having me on.
29:44She just wants to get promoted,
29:46reckoning to gaze at you.
29:48Yeah, that's right,
29:49because nobody could like me just for being me, could they?
29:52Oh, God, it turned my stomach when I saw it touch you.
29:56Ginger?
29:58She touched my hand.
30:00Well, God knows what else you've been up to.
30:04Oh, this was a mistake, wasn't it?
30:06Look, like I said,
30:08you wanted me to meet her.
30:10I have.
30:11You'd better go.
30:14DOOR OPENS
30:25I'll be next door.
30:34You all right, love?
30:36Yeah.
30:37Tough as old boots, me.
30:39Resilient, unproof, fireproof, you name it.
30:44I'm...
30:46going upstairs.
30:52I'm just going to make a quick call.
30:55Call.
31:12Yeah, can I order a cab, please?
31:14I'll, um...
31:16She's gone back round next door.
31:19I'll, er...
31:21I'll go and see if, er...
31:23Oh, she's, er...
31:26Haven't even served the second course.
31:29Hardly anything to eat.
31:31Well, it were very nice, the starter.
31:35Where's Lawrence?
31:37Um, I think he's, um...
31:41And, er, look, thank you, Caroline,
31:44and, er...
31:46I'm sorry.
31:48I'll, um...
31:50I'll...
31:51Yeah.
31:52Thanks for...
31:53Yeah, no, that's...
31:55I'm out, love.
31:56Yeah.
31:58Sorry, thank you. Night-night.
32:01Night-night, William. Night.
32:03When you were shouting,
32:05we could hear every word you and Granny said.
32:14Kate?
32:15What are you doing?
32:17I called a cab.
32:18Why?
32:19I'm going home.
32:20Why? I thought you were going to stay the night.
32:22Yeah, well, I'm not now, so...
32:24Oh, look.
32:25Wow, she's hardcore, isn't she, your mum?
32:27I don't know what you're hearing.
32:28It's fine.
32:29It's fine.
32:30I always knew you didn't feel the same way about me as I did about you.
32:33We're telling her that before she's even met me.
32:36No, I was just trying to explain how it...
32:39started.
32:40Caroline, it's fine, honestly.
32:41I'm just going home.
32:42Well, come back inside.
32:43No.
32:44Please. No.
32:45I'm freezing.
32:46I'll see you tomorrow.
32:47The cab will be here in a minute.
32:48Nobody's eaten anything.
32:50It'll save.
32:51Come back inside.
32:52I've got stuff to do.
32:53No, you haven't.
32:54No, I have.
32:57Fine.
32:59I'll wait with you.
33:00You'll freeze.
33:01I don't care.
33:03I might as well be dead anyway.
33:05Caroline, go back inside.
33:07Don't go.
33:18Oh, well.
33:21That's that done.
33:24Yeah.
33:25Yeah, that's that done.
33:29You all right?
33:32No, Celia, I'm not.
33:35I'm disappointed.
33:39How can you sit there and say you're not bigoted...
33:42and not small-minded and then carry on like you just did?
33:48I'm sorry.
34:18Then what did she say?
34:22Dad?
34:24Nothing.
34:29So I said...
34:31When I said I think you ought to meet Kate...
34:36what I meant was that I think you ought to...
34:40try to get on with Kate.
34:44And she said,
34:45''Oh, but you didn't make that clear.''
34:47And I said, ''Well, I shouldn't have to.''
34:52And she said,
34:54''Well, Alan...
34:56''at the end of the day...
35:00''it's not really any of your business.''
35:04She spoke to you like that?
35:12What did you say?
35:15Have we reached end of line?
35:26It's up to you.
35:30I've made it as plain as I can.
35:33I can't pretend to be happy about something if I'm not.
35:38And I've been just a bit dishonest.
35:42A bit deceitful.
35:46She can't see how destructive it is.
35:55But...
35:57you know...
35:59doesn't she have a point?
36:02It is between them, isn't it?
36:04I'm really...
36:06How can you make her happy?
36:09Alienating herself from her own people, her own family,
36:13people who care about her.
36:15I'm not defending her, I'm just trying to...
36:21I don't know.
36:22When you love someone, isn't it like warts and all?
36:25Come hell or high water.
36:30So how have you left it?
36:33I think we've acknowledged that...
36:37we've reached the end of the road.
36:39We've reached the end of the road.
36:43Oh, God, Dad.
36:49I'm really sorry.
36:54Dad...
36:55I'm really sorry.
37:09I'm really sorry.
37:39I'm really sorry.
37:57Mum.
38:01Let Sharon in.
38:10Come on.
38:23Have you got a minute?
38:25What do you want?
38:27Come on.
38:38He's finished with me.
38:40Alan.
38:44Oh.
38:46So...
38:47you'll be satisfied.
38:50Will I?
38:52Why?
38:53Well...
38:55it's all because of this business.
38:59How?
39:01How?
39:02Well...
39:03who'd want to marry into a family like this?
39:06Alan didn't say that.
39:07You embarrassed him last night.
39:09I didn't.
39:10I didn't.
39:11I didn't.
39:12I didn't.
39:13I didn't.
39:14You embarrassed him last night.
39:15No one else.
39:16Don't you dare blame me.
39:17I don't think I can carry on.
39:19Join the club.
39:20Caroline.
39:22You have no idea, haven't I?
39:25I've been so happy.
39:28Happier than I've been for years.
39:32Decades.
39:33I'm a bloody century.
39:35Well, if it's any consolation, Kate's finished with me.
39:38In fact, this morning.
39:44She handed her resignation in.
39:47Then that's how much you can't stand being near me anymore.
39:50So, ten out of ten.
39:52Bingo.
39:53Hit the jackpot.
39:54Got what you wanted.
39:55I don't want to be a nuisance.
39:57I'd hate to be a nuisance.
39:58No, I'll just bugger everyone's life up for them instead
40:01by being a nasty, small-minded old bitch.
40:04You are going to die very bitter
40:06and very, very, very lonely.
40:08You know that, don't you?
40:10I'm heartbroken.
40:12Good.
40:13You deserve to be.
40:14You don't deserve Alan.
40:15He's worth a thousand of you.
40:17Caroline.
40:18Oh, fuck off.
40:19What's going on?
40:20Mind your own business.
40:21Caroline, don't speak to your mother like that.
40:24She's not my mother.
40:26I haven't got a mother.
40:29What's happened?
40:43Why don't you...
40:44Sit down.
40:45Can I...
40:47Shall I...
40:48Do you want some tea?
40:49No, I can't.
40:50I don't want anything.
40:54I'm sorry I said what I said at Julian's.
40:56It was stupid and selfish and horrible.
41:00But true.
41:02Yes.
41:06Did you know?
41:07No.
41:08No.
41:12I did.
41:17Are you all right?
41:19Can I get you anything?
41:20Is there anything I can do for you?
41:21No.
41:24Well, look, just ring.
41:25I'm just next door.
41:26If there's anything...
41:27Yeah.
41:38Yeah.
41:59Dad.
42:00Hmm?
42:02You know Robbie?
42:04Yeah.
42:08He's asked me out with him.
42:11I mean, like, properly.
42:14Like...
42:16An item.
42:17Robbie?
42:18You know that night you went missing?
42:21You know I told you how good he was?
42:24Yeah.
42:27He kind of...
42:31Well, he said he thought we'd make a good team.
42:34Me and him and Raph.
42:37And, you know, I told you he apologised for all the crap.
42:43And, you know, I used to see him a bit.
42:47Before I went out with Eddie.
42:49Did you?
42:50Yeah.
42:53It was only because of Robbie I ever met Eddie.
42:57Don't you remember?
43:00I think...
43:02I sometimes think...
43:03that's why he got vindictive.
43:05Like he did when Eddie died.
43:08Cos he'd never forgiven me for that.
43:11I don't know.
43:12I do like him.
43:15I've always liked him.
43:21Do you think I'm mad?
43:26Are you all right?
43:28Oh, yeah. It'll be indigestion.
43:30Yeah, it'll be indigestion.
44:01Hello.
44:03Hello.
44:05Have you got a minute?
44:20I love Caroline.
44:22Of course you do. She's your daughter.
44:31I had an unhappy marriage.
44:34Did you?
44:36I was unfaithful.
44:39Sorry.
44:40I should have left him, but...
44:43people didn't so much in those days.
44:47No.
44:49I stuck it out with as much dignity as I could.
44:54But it was all pretty joyless.
44:56And she was the one thing that kept me going.
45:02We used to be pals. We always had a laugh.
45:06When she was...
45:08at home, before she went off to college.
45:12And after, now and again.
45:17She always had a look at my dad.
45:20I loved my dad.
45:23I loved my dad.
45:26He was very tall, very good looking.
45:33I still miss my dad every day.
45:37It's daft, isn't it?
45:40People say that you marry someone who reminds you of your dad,
45:44but I don't think I did.
45:46The thing that worries me...
45:51The thing that worried me...
45:55When she told me, when she was 18,
45:59what worried me was...
46:02I thought...
46:05You see, I thought it was my fault.
46:07Why?
46:08Projecting things onto her.
46:10Expecting things to happen.
46:12Why?
46:13Projecting things onto her.
46:15Expectations, ideas.
46:18I don't know.
46:20With being so disappointed in Kenneth.
46:22I mean, not on purpose.
46:24No, Celia, listen.
46:26That's not how it works.
46:28And then...
46:30that I thought was my fault.
46:32Celia...
46:33Yes, stupid. I know now, I do.
46:36But then I couldn't.
46:42I'm sorry I've been so...
46:45linkered.
46:48I've caused a lot of trouble, I know.
46:52I...
46:53I just wanted to be happy.
46:57I know she doesn't believe that.
47:05Don't leave her.
47:12Don't leave her.
47:38Ow.
47:43When did you come back?
47:46Alan?
47:48Alan!
48:12Hello, love.
48:13How are you?
48:14I'm fine.
48:15How are you?
48:16I'm fine.
48:17How are you?
48:18I'm fine.
48:19How are you?
48:20I'm fine.
48:21How are you?
48:22I'm fine.
48:23How are you?
48:24I'm fine.
48:25How are you?
48:26I'm fine.
48:27How are you?
48:28I'm fine.
48:29How are you?
48:30I'm fine.
48:31How are you?
48:32I'm fine.
48:33How are you?
48:34I'm fine.
48:35How are you?
48:36I'm fine.
48:37How are you?
48:38I'm fine.
48:39How are you?
48:40I'm fine.
48:41Hello, love.
48:42Oh, hiya.
48:43I'm looking for Alan.
48:45Didn't Gillian ring you?
48:47He's in hospital.
48:49He were rushed in last night.
48:51He had a heart attack.
48:53Did you know he had a funny heart?
48:55He was sat there, he just went funny, it were horrible.
48:57His heart stopped once over, but they got it going again.
49:00Paramedics, they were amazing.
49:02I was right impressed.
49:05Yeah, technically for a few seconds he was dead.
49:12Oh, Jim.
49:15You all right?
49:27Can I help you?
49:28I'm looking for Mr. Buttershaw, Alan Buttershaw.
49:32He was brought in with a heart attack.
49:34And who are you?
49:35I'm his best friend.
49:41Hi.
49:55Gillian.
49:57I don't know if I'm wrong, but...
49:59I didn't know how things were between you.
50:01I mean, he told me you'd split up, and then...
50:06He's been so unhappy, and then...
50:11Mum.
50:18You haven't really fallen out, have you?
50:20No, it was all my fault.
50:23But I've put everything right now.
50:26And I need him to know I've put everything right.
50:31Will you come out here?
50:42I, um...
50:44Paul told me. What happened?
50:46OK. Well, um...
50:50The thing is, it's bad.
50:54What happened?
50:57They're worried that there was a lot of damage done.
51:02And, um...
51:05They're saying that, um...
51:10We've got to be brave,
51:12because it's probably just a matter of...
51:15I can't...
51:19Well...
51:21Time.
51:28Has he been conscious?
51:31Has he been conscious?
51:34At all?
51:39Have you been here all night?
51:43Can I sit with him for a bit?
51:46I've things I need to tell him.
51:48Of course.
51:50He was disappointed with me.
51:52I know he was.
51:54But I've made everything right now.
51:57Tell him.
52:01OK.
52:24Don't go.
52:27Not yet.
52:29We've still got to have a lot of laughs, you and me.
52:43Right, well...
52:46The good news is...
52:49that I'm not bigoted or small-minded, as it turns out.
52:55What it was, was...
52:57It was me.
52:59It's all psychobabble and rubbish, probably, but...
53:05I was blaming myself for her being the other way inclined.
53:11That was why I was hoping it would go away,
53:14if I played hardball long enough.
53:18But I've been on the road to Damascus, come out the other side.
53:24They're back together, anyway, the ladies.
53:28So I'm hoping that...
53:31I'm assuming...
53:33that you and I are back on vis-à-vis the wedding.
53:37So I just thought I'd take you through the itinerary, Mr Buttershaw.
53:45Just speak up if there's anything you're not happy with.
53:54What's she talking to him about?
53:58God knows.
54:23Come on.
54:26Hello, love.
54:39I love you.
54:41I know you do.
54:44I am sorry about all this.
54:47I love you.
54:49I know you do.
54:52I am sorry about all those things I said to you yesterday.
54:56It doesn't matter.
54:58It's forgotten.
55:01How is he?
55:04Not good.
55:09I've brought you some things.
55:13A flask.
55:15Made you some sandwiches.
55:19A daily mail.
55:21Oh, aren't you...
55:24You are, you know...
55:28You're perfect.
55:31So are you.
55:33No, I'm not.
55:35I think you are.
55:38Well, you're not, but you're very entertaining.
55:41Yeah.
55:43Never a dull moment.
55:47Hey, Alan.
55:49Celia!
55:51Celia!
55:52Hello, Alan.
55:53What are you doing on it?
56:04Celia!
56:06I didn't see you there.
56:07Hello, Alan.
56:09How's things?
56:10Just going up to the corner shop.
56:11I can walk up with you.
56:12What are you fetching?
56:14Oh, I don't know.
56:15A tin of peas and some firelighters from your mother.
56:18Is that what you're having for your tea?
56:20Yeah.
56:21Not the firelighters.
56:22What are you having?
56:24Oh, I don't know.
56:25What day is it?
56:26Wednesday.
56:27It'll be sausages.
56:29Burnt in a doubt if me and mother's got anything to do with it.
56:33How's Jessops?
56:35Yeah, great.
56:36I love it.
56:37How's co-op?
56:38Not so bad.
56:40I'll see you then.
56:42I'll see you then.
56:44Celia!
56:46Yeah?
56:49Are you going out next Tuesday?
56:51Only there's...
56:53We could...
56:54If you fancied.
56:56Tuesday?
56:57What time?
56:58Six o'clock.
57:00I could meet you by a bridge or we could go see some Netflix.
57:03Smashing.
57:06I always knew you'd turn up eventually.
57:12Even if it took you 60 years.
57:16Hello.
57:19I think. I thought.
57:22Did I come to see you last night?
57:25Or were I dreaming?
57:29Yes.
57:31You did.
57:34You came to see me.
57:36I want you to say sorry.
57:41And I love you.
57:45And I don't care.
57:50You've a lovely face.
57:53So have you.
57:56I went round to Kate's house last night.
58:00Kate?
58:02They're back together.
58:06And you'll never guess.
58:09What?
58:10You can play the organ.
58:12What, like the four big grade eight?
58:15So I said to her,
58:18Oh, you'll know the arrival of the Queen if she comes.
58:22Oh, you'll know the arrival of the Queen of Sheba then.
58:26That'll be coming in handy.

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