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Hi Steve.

Hi.

Thanks for coming down.

Any problem?

Yeah, take a seat there.

Ok.

I think this is going to put the mic on you.

Ok, I'll stick that on the side.

Ok.

Thank you.

Alright, it's very bad of Steve.

We'll take a sec.

Yeah.

Rolling?

I'm just going to get rid of this.

You ok too?

Mmhmm.

Do this?

I'm probably actually not ok.

Ok.

Would you mind to stop filming for a second?

I'm not sure.

Look, we really don't have to do this now.

No, no, no.

We should, we should wait while we're here.

We should do it.

Yeah.

Ok.

Um, so just tell us a bit about Stanton Wood.

How are you?

Uh,

if Jenny wants to stick around after her sessions, then maybe we can all do a chat.

Try and get him in a room together.

Um, Riley needs an intervention, Stephen.

Fuck's sake, never.

Call the veal's dad.

Ok, four.

Call Mabs' dad.

Basically, Stephen.

Basically, deal with it.

Get through the day.

You're 48 years old.

This is what human beings do.

You're an adult human being.

And then there's the confrontation, which

is what will certainly be out of Euro 96.

Fuck!

Oh my god!

Wanna try?

Wow!

That would be silly, you know.

This isn't great, is it?

What?

Oh, come on, shy.

Please tell me you know it's not alright to be out

here at, like, breakfast time getting fully baked.

Hold it.

Yeah.

What are you doing?

No, wait.

Dark, yeah.

It's quite hard, isn't it?

It's hard.

Yeah, it's so hard.

Well, like, I like, I prefer when it gets a bit

more, when it's spicier in the sense and all that.

I actually get into that.

So, how are you doing?

I've been worried about you.

I just feel a bit more, like, barbed wire and slippy, you know.

Huh?

I hear you.

I'm going to top my list for that, right?

So, we'll find a time to chat.

Someone pissed at my glass and I drank cologne.

It's probably Jamie.

What?

No, that's terrible.

Do you want pissing your mouth?

You have to tell me this stuff looks shy.

It's terrible.

Hey, Steve.

Check this.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah, it's a beauty, isn't it?

Yeah, man.

Love it.

No, you keep it.

Oh, I'm going to sit on the bonnet and you drive me very slowly in the school.

No, absolutely not.

Get off strike.

The film crew can film us arriving.

What did you say?

The film crew can film us arriving when we go in.

Oh, fuck, it's Thursday.

Fuck!

Get off, get off, get off.

I'm following you, Steve, man.

I'm going to be like that.

Get off, get off, get off.

All right.

Get off, get off, get off.

All right.

I listen.

I'm sitting on my foot and start thinking of an action.

A traction.

I got my traction with the ladies.

Like I'm patching Swayze.

I drive the girls crazy.

Shut up, hold on.

I drive a little crazy, unlike Jamie, he's a baby in a dickhead.

Hold on, posh guys, we got posh guys here.

He's got 50 guys.

Good.

Owen, Steve, there he is.

Brilliant, you must be the famous Steve.

Steve, are you ready, mate?

Yeah, have it.

Steve, come in up and points west.

Boys, boys, boys, boys, boys.

Come on, take it down, take it down.

Jamie, give us a second.

Come on, get up.

Come on in now.

Come on, Jamie, just let's go.

And Steve, this is Geoff, who's directing the piece.

Oh, wow, directing.

They said it was just kind of going to be...

just going to go back to school and what we do.

And, you know, like five minutes at the end of the news.

Five minutes at the end of the news, kind of thing.

Well, yeah, points west.

So it is a second after the news.

But he still needs a bit of thinking about it.

Yeah.

This is Angus, he's sound.

Hi.

And Claire is cameras.

Hey, sorry, guys, one second.

Hey, Chola.

Can I have a quick word?

Let's go.

Can we have a look at the staff?

Sorry, it's just crazy this morning.

Are you all good?

All good?

All good, yeah.

Actually, Steve, can we talk about some stuff?

Yes.

Hi, Steve, can I quickly ask, are we going to have a

wander upstairs and get some shots outside in the garden?

No, no, no.

No, no, no.

No one to the boys' rooms.

Yes, to a wander room, but no one to the boys' rooms.

That's OK.

Chola.

Yes, yes, 100%.

Yes, we'll speak.

We're talking about this.

OK.

Sorry, guys.

Excuse me.

Boys!

Boys!

Do you hear me?

I sit down.

Do you hear me?

C'mon, boys!

C'mon, boys.

C'mon!

Whoa!

Yes!

C'mon!

C'mon!

Jesus Christ!

Man, I must have stayed.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, come on.

Don't do that.

Jamie, Jamie, come on.

Scratch my face, little bitch.

Come on, real quick.

What are you up to?

OK.

Okay, we're just gone.

Okay, that's enough.

Fucking idiot, man.

Riley, Riley!

Fucking man.

Riley, what was that?

Nah.

Nah, man.

He's a fucking sicko.

Okay, let's just take it down, will we?

Those deep breaths.

He's a fucking psycho, Steve.

He's a cunt.

You seem to be sad, but we have to live with him.

It's all about us.

Come on, you've got to relax, then.

You've got to relax.

Relax, okay?

You and Jamie are actually friends.

You don't know, but you're actually friends.

You can't keep having these little wars.

It's no use.

Little fucking face, Steve.

It's a little rough.

I know.

I need to roll.

Okay, Riley, I'm going to say something out of here,

and you're probably going to roll and everything.

Oh, you're better on this, Riley.

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

But if you raise your face at me or another member of staff ever again,

then you're gone.

You're out of here.

Okay?

I'm here for you.

I'm here for you.

Okay.

Thanks, Steve.

All right, let's go.

More focus.

Let's fight, yeah?

Let's go.

Some call it another stop.

Yes.

No, Riley.

Riley!

Riley!

I know.

Again, no, no, no, no.

I actually really liked it.

If you could just start a little bit further back

and walk a little bit more before you start talking.

You've got plenty of time.

Some call it a last chance.

Some call it a very expensive dumping ground for society's waste product.

A radical progressive educational intervention or a waiting room for borstal.

Maybe here, at Stantonwood Manor.

It's all of the above.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's great.

Shall we try some more else?

Are we rolling?

Yeah.

Fuck!

Shit!

Riley, 17 and three quarters.

And can you describe yourself in three words?

One, a Cornish legend.

Two, hardcore.

And three, cheeky.

What did Jamie say?

Jamie said charismatic, sexy and irresistible.

He starts as well.

Last question.

If 1996 Riley could say anything to 1990 Riley, what do you think he'd say?

Hello, Riley.

Don't let anyone ever talk down to you.

Remember who you are and get your fucking head up high.

Cos you're Riley, yeah?

You're fucking Riley!

Fuck.

Fuck.

Mum, I'm over there.

I just...

I just lost my temper, that's all it was.

Shai, stop talking and listen.

What are you talking about?

No more phone calls or visits.

What are you saying?

You can't promise to contact me, I'm your son.

Shut up and listen.

It's over.

You ringing and screaming at me, insulting us, threatening us, it is.

You ringing your knives, Shai, it's over.

Ruining your lives?

Mum, you're insane, what?

I never threaten you, that's just what I...

That's what I get like sometimes, you know what I mean?

Exactly.

Am I dreaming this?

This is the best.

What,

wife, I need you.

Shai, I'm 17.

Is Shai your real name?

Who's now?

And if you could describe yourself in three words?

Depressed.

Angry and bored.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

You fucking...

Fucking... Naps!

Naps!

Naps!

I'm not fucking joking.

If you're desperate, here's the other one.

Here's the other one.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, how'd you come?

Fucking hell.

I'm back, jungle, drum and bass, funky house, fashion.

I went to the ladies and all that.

I went to the styling.

It reminded me of the model, you know.

A lot of people say I didn't get into modeling, so...

I can't really blame them, I see where they get it from.

I don't know.

There you are, Steve.

Good, good, good, good.

You're all right.

All good, all good.

Today's the total clusterfuck with no other way around it, OK?

And this documentary crew are going to be filming until

at least the end of Lessons Now, which is a massive help.

Thanks, Steve.

You think it's a good thing for the school?

I think it'll be a good ad, you know?

I think we should embrace it.

Sure, sure.

I mean, they seem like a nice bunch, you know.

I'm fine with it.

But stay there, physio time.

Get yourself lying down.

OK.

But I've told them they've got to be done by five, and they can't interfere with

Lessons and, you know, distract the kids, all right?

Yeah.

Have you had your pills?

Yes.

Oh, I've just got five minutes, guys, and I have to go and deal with Jamie.

Well, the main thing is, 11am, we've got the trust meeting with Julian and Charlotte.

You're coming in and wanging on and telling us we can't keep on next winter?

OK.

I would like for us to get together with the boys'

folders and just find some time to get up to speed, yeah?

And just join the dots and where everyone is and where

Jenny's at and where our plans are for the next term.

Let's just focus on today.

Good speech, boss.

Yeah, thanks.

Go on, tell us what's on the board and let's hear it.

Well, firstly, Andy and Owen.

I'm sorry, but you're covering.

Today, Deafer, tomorrow, likely... Yep.

Chola.

Yep.

You're all set.

No changes.

Tyrone is back in class, back in with Jenny, and then if it's all right with

you, he's going to be back playing football today.

That's all good.

I'll let Owen know if there's any household you're in football.

Yeah.

To be honest, once the boys see me playing... Who's that?

Can we help you?

Yep, just going to grab that powerless again from my battery packs.

Owen, how are you getting on with your surround sound, Steve, audiobooks?

Is he done his takes?

Yeah, very helpful, Steve.

My name's Sherlock Marshall.

I'm 28 years old.

And, yeah, I've been at Stanton Wood for a little over a month now.

We're asking people to describe themselves in three words.

Oh.

I'd say I'm focused, dedicated, flexible.

Now, listen, everyone, remember when they tried to get the

local MP to come in and do a meet-the-your-first photo?

Oh, what's his name?

Right on a little far car, puts his penis in the far yard.

Oh, fuck Jamie!

His name, Stephen, is Hugh Montague Powell.

I see.

Now, he's coming up to 12pm today to be filmed as part of the points West think,

OK?

OK, fine.

He's been in touch with the crew and he's asked to be shown round the school and

we've all got to be on camera shaking his hand

and thanking for fucking our country in half.

If 1996 Jamie could say anything to 1990 Jamie, what would he say?

Shit, we'll do this in English.

Right.

Go on.

Jamie, you sexy little bastard.

Give your nan a hug.

Watch out for the little traitor fuckwads and bitches in this place.

Can't trust any of them.

Carry a blade.

You know what, fuck the police, you can't trust any of them.

Erm... Don't let Paul Howarth and Mrs Scarface tape.

That's brilliant.

Hold on a minute.

I have done.

Jamie, don't go for his house party.

Don't do cork.

You're an ecstasy, man.

Fuck it up, I'll write a book on it.

Don't smoke the squallies at the entrance, brother, give you.

Don't let the ginger girl in for it.

And cut.

Detractors of schools like this will often point to the costs.

After all, 30,000 pounds per child per year straight out of the taxpayer's pocket.

Are we paying for badly behaved young men to attend a luxury private school?

Or are we investing in radical societal surgery,

turning rotten apples into valuable fruit?

Critics of a place like this will say it's too expensive.

Too hard to starve.

Too dangerous.

The police are here so often they have a specially assigned officer.

It's so shocking to me, Jamie, that a man of your taste, a man of your

expertise in the field of good music, were you considered too black a decent rapper?

Okay.

Well... That calibrates me.

Ash crazy me.

How the hell are you fucking winding me up, all right?

Posh Karl knows nothing about anything, all right?

Asking Ash, that's like asking a fucking...

You know, I'm shy, he will know to a bathroom guy

fucking bylaw, he just does whatever Benny says.

I wanted you all to fuck with me up.

I get it.

I agree with you.

It's David Dick.

You know, Jamie, you can't, this is the thing, you

can't just casually call me a dick and a poor fuck.

I just can't.

Fuck's sake, you win, all right?

And I'm sorry for spitting in Miley's ugly mouth.

Go on.

I know it's not helpful to wind Miley up, especially

when I said to you and Jenny that I wouldn't.

And I've got a busy day today, and I picked the worst moments to start stuff.

I also know that I'm on my last warning, and you can't

protect me from criminal charges if that happens again.

That's... that's it.

I mean, that's actually it.

And Jamie, it's really simple.

Like, stop fucking with shy, okay?

Because you're going to break him.

And stop trying to murder rhyme all the time, because one day you'll see...

Yeah, because we trouble those Steve.

Yeah, I know.

I hear you.

Listen, I know a little bit about the insult ratios in

this house, and you, my friend, are top of the charts.

So if you give out all the time, sometimes you're

going to have to get some in return, right?

It's fair enough.

Whatever.

Whatever.

Just... just surprise us by not always taking the base.

As if.

As if.

Wow.

Great teaching, Steve.

You're really fucking wise, aren't you?

Come on, come up with me, Jamie.

I'll never keep up with you.

Come on.

I'll have the English now.

Come on.

I'll have the ballads.

Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.

Right.

It's like... Call the body.

And it's fucking beautiful.

So we've got this.

It's called the bicep.

There's two parts for them.

One is shortened.

On the back, we've got the triceps there.

You ought to see something really fucking good.

This... It's called work for now.

Why are you taking your top one?

Oh.

I've taken mad, mad whiz.

I was really into whiz at the time.

Especially with Captain Morgan.

He's not with it.

He's not with it.

Good times.

Anyway, it's quite a long story short.

I drove it into a ticket office on the train station

and very nearly killed a fucking load of people.

But I didn't.

Original glazing.

No, then, no.

They are, they are.

Must be hundreds of years, aren't they?

Yeah.

What was the choice given to the Knight symbolise and how

does Chaucer use irony to develop his characters and themes?

Okay, so where were we in the prologue?

And who is it?

Riley?

Ash?

What's going on?

Holy shit!

Who ate too much, Riley?

Oh my god, don't break them windows.

I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it.

What?

Oh, really?

They're not gonna get it.

We are not gonna get permission.

He's fine, we can blur the faces.

Stop it!

Oh my god, look at him.

I hope this is directed at you and not me.

Why do you hope it's directed at me?

That's really odd, Jack.

Well... Right, so I have a bunch of animals at the zoo.

Morning, Tyrone, nice to have you back.

Okay, very good.

How can you go?

Right, shy.

Are you doing good here, mate?

Just give me a shout for the Jack, okay?

Okay, everybody, ten more minutes and then you all can fly!

I mean, it's... What a number.

It's every time.

Time caps.

There they are, three limes and a shirt.

Jules remains still bleeding.

Great to see you.

And don't worry about no tea, coffee, biscuits or that fancy shirt.

No, there isn't anything.

Although I've lost a campaign with you, don't you know what I mean?

Anyway, it's just, the vibe is just terrific.

Every time I come here, it just feels like Bosch, you know?

This is where the real action happens.

Welcome, good to see you, Trevor.

Julian, thanks for coming.

Of course.

Any time.

Yeah, Julian, this meeting... Yes.

I think I just got... I think I should have been wanted.

We could tell us that.

Yeah, sure.

No, no, no.

It's cool.

No problem.

Well, okay.

Let me just start by saying, as always, go you, Steve.

You know?

And all you guys.

What you have achieved here...

Well, you know, I was just saying to Charlotte in the car over.

What these guys have achieved is...

I'm rambling.

Charlotte, please.

Yeah, okay.

So, we had previously talked about two distinct phases last time we met.

And actually, it seemed like, for various reasons, those two phases can become one.

So, Stanton would be on the market has meant that...

So, we vacate the site in December.

So, can I just start with that example?

What are you saying?

What?

What are you saying?

What are you saying?

Are you talking about the trust selling the school?

Yes.

What's happened is that...

We've been able to... No, wait a second.

Wait a second.

I can't really believe what I'm hearing here.

So, wait a second.

You guys have, on various occasions, speculatively discussed how a closure

might be approached long-term, logistically.

That's it.

Yeah?

Is that true?

Yeah.

Right, but now you're saying, all of a sudden, what you're just saying is...

What you're just saying is just doing it?

Am I?

You said vacate the site in December.

So, are you...

Are you talking about closing the school in less than 18 months' time?

Is that what you're saying?

Oh, my God.

Steven, we're talking about December 1996.

We're going to be... What's the... What's the... What's the... What's the...

No, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no.

You could just let me speak.

You could just let me speak.

Tell us a bit about Stanton Wood.

It's sort of like a prototype, you know?

It's been kind of more of a rehabilitative approach to residential schooling.

You know, it's based off a finished model, actually.

Sorry, Steve, sorry.

Can we just go again, because you still look quite emotional.

No, no, I'm fine.

Spectacularly unsustainable in today's climate.

Shut up, man.

Sorry?

Just shut up.

Steve, come on, buddy.

Just stop.

Just stop talking.

Just stop talking.

Stop talking.

Or I'll climb over to the table and I'll strangle you with my bare hands.

How would you like that?

I think death threats are not much here, Steve.

Shut up!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Wow.

Oh, my God.

I can't.

Steven.

Gotcha.

These are extraordinarily complex young people, these lads.

Extraordinarily complex.

And as you know, we have zero legal jurisdiction to keep them here.

So on top of every moral and logistical and emotional and educational catastrophe,

you're about to visit on them.

I think that if you say the school is closing in the middle of the school time,

then they're gone.

We have to care for these kids.

This is their home.

This is a place that's in the process of saving their lives, you know?

There is busy, messy, wildly complex shit going on

here, there and everywhere, each day, every day.

I mean, you cannot just stop.

You can't press a button and say no more, you know?

I mean, we need much, much more time.

Okay.

Charlotte, go on.

It's... it's too late.

It's happening.

We've solved Stattamwood.

I'm sorry.

Why don't we start with you summarising your relationship with the boys?

What do you think of them?

Official answer.

They are hugely complicated, intricate human beings who require enormous amounts

of what we now call special educational care.

It's exhausting, complicated, demanding work, and it's just destroying us.

We are underpaid, we're understaffed, we are chronically under-resourced.

I am part prison guard, I'm part of nurse, I'm part baflax, I'm part mummy,

I'm part... you know, you get me.

Unofficial answer.

Go on.

Unofficial answer.

Hey, Steve.

I'm so so angry.

I know.

I've got you.

I'm so angry, I don't know what to do.

You're beautiful.

You're fucking terrible, boys.

I know.

Steve.

I'm a boy.

And we came to this one by one, yeah.

Like we always have.

Like we always have.

You know, they won't let us anywhere near them.

You know, Steve, in a minute, in a minute, we're gonna be out on our horses.

Unemployed fucking strangers, you know.

Where are you now?

We've got till, like, Christmas.

We'll never see you again.

Give me a shout if you need her.

So it's Shai and Benny, yeah?

The Drum and Bass Nerve Center on... Nah, listen, listen.

I've told him that bass recorded, yeah?

And it'd be bigger than anything you've ever seen.

You see Shai, he's the CEO.

He'll run like the label setters, don't you see me?

I'm in a day-to-day box at the club.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's all in one huge building.

Offices upstairs.

Shopping studio.

And then there's a club in the basement.

Fucking poly tunnels on the roof going across.

Yeah, yeah.

This is in London, yeah?

Yeah, yeah.

100%.

Yeah, listen.

Also, I'd like to build like a fortress in it, because he's shy.

I kind of want to know where he's from.

So we have to protect the governor, the shy one, the jungle one.

Why is that?

Sorry, do you mind me asking Shai what happened?

He cut his face.

Stop talking.

This is not okay.

Please, please stop filming.

Please, no, like we said, even if you brag on to faces

legally, you cannot have been talking about that.

The pass is not appropriate.

I told you, I told you.

Okay, okay.

All right, guys, please stop filming.

I'm not happy with this.

None of that's staying in.

I'm not happy with it, okay?

It's not staying in.

Stay, stay.

I'm so sorry.

Well, he's cool.

Well, I'm very sorry.

He's not cool, actually.

You have an absolute choice.

This guy is coming now.

He's going to be here because you guys are here.

And then we're done.

Oh, shit.

Hello there.

Hi there.

I'm Stephen.

Hello.

Nice to meet you.

Amanda.

This is Amanda.

Welcome to Santon Woods.

Amanda.

This is Sarah.

She's part of our wonderful team.

Let's go this way.

This is, um... So, uh...

I suppose this is kind of a social area and a recreation area.

Everyone's waiting.

Here we are.

Right, everybody take a seat.

There should be enough seats.

Great.

Uh, so, everyone, this is, um, Hugh Montague...

Sorry, I'm not quite sure of the question.

Sir, Hugh Montague...

Montague Pole.

Spelt pal pronounced pole like, uh, Anthony.

Oh, but who cares, eh?

Well, welcome to Santon Woods.

Thank you.

Well, Mr. Pole.

Sir, Benjamin Griffith.

Very good.

Well, well, then, Benjamin.

Now, boys, you all know this because you're all bright young chaps,

but, uh, I'm your local parliamentary representative.

You're MP.

So, uh, I toil away Westminster making decisions about, um, everything from

foreign wars to, uh, the price of beans to, uh, teachers pay.

Ah!

And very soon, uh, you'll be getting a vote, provided you stay out of prison.

And you'll want to use that vote very wisely.

You'll want to think about who will protect your money, your possessions,

your freedoms.

Are we in government or not?

Sorry, say again.

Come on.

But the lads have been doing, uh, democracy.

You know, just, uh, just discussing democracy, uh,

unpacking in their Russia and communism, of course.

Ah, well, there you have it.

I've been working when I'm not whizzing around meeting people like you.

I'm working hard to make sure we don't go down that route.

Communist Britain would not be the green and pleasant land we currently also enjoy.

Hey, brilliant.

That was... that was great.

That's fine for the lads.

Um, thank you for... Any questions about what goes on up in the snow?

Come on, lads, you're not usually back or anything coming forward.

Princess, dying, gossip, state secrets.

Come on, gents.

Ask away.

Yes, young man.

I wondered if, sir, is it a part of the training for, like, becoming an MP,

or have you always been a cunt?

You won't be using that.

It's bullshit.

It's fucking racist.

That's interesting, Jerome.

Why do you think it's racist?

I don't know what you told me.

Okay, that's what you want to do.

Fine.

Maybe that's a good idea.

Um, perhaps you feel that if one of the other boys had spoken to shoulder in the

way that you spoke to her, said those things to

her, they would be punished in a different way.

You get me.

Because I'm black.

And she's black.

And they don't know what the fuck to do.

And they think I'm some fucking weirdo and rapist, yeah?

Hey, I'm gonna stop you there.

I disagree.

I quite strongly disagree.

Jenny, of course you do.

Because you're all the exact fucking same.

Be careful, Jerome.

I'll say how it looks for me, may I?

Go on, Tom.

One month's special detention and extra sessions with me for repeated instances of

sexual innuendo, abuse, and one instance of severely

inappropriate physical behaviour toward shoulder.

You know, if you've been hauled out here and the police have been called,

I might wonder if they were being even-handed.

But look at Riley.

Look at Jamie earlier this year.

I think the punishments are extremely even-handed, thoughtful, mild even.

In a normal school, if you'd said those things to

shoulder, you would have been expelled, no question.

And should have could have pressed charges.

Oh.

Oh, Sarah, this was a good one.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Come on, please, get down.

You're not allowing me to move on over.

No, no, no, no.

What the fuck?

I feel like a baby.

No, bro, I'll take it.

Stop.

Fuck, man.

Yeah, for sure.

Well, I can't get rid of people's shoulder, I can say.

Yeah.

I'm sure they'll fuck Fanny, don't you?

Hey, whoa.

You got this?

Yeah?

Why do you have to be such a prick all the time?

What?

Why do you have to be such a prick all the time?

I'll fuck him early.

No!

I'll fuck him early!

Enough, enough!

If 1996 shy could say anything to 1990 shy, what would he say?

Well, let's see, I just can't be honest with you.

Okay, let's stop.

No, I want to do the thing I just meant for myself, I just hate it.

My, myself sometimes.

Ah, well, okay, let's stop then.

I want to do it.

Okay.

I was so obsessed with getting weed and fags and lemon juice and rum.

I wanted to get wasted all the time and be acting my mum and stepdad.

I hurt a kid really badly.

And I stepped my stepdad.

Oh shit.

The only other thing, it's fine, it actually ended up...

It ended up being an abundant thing.

And he's got chubby fingers anyway.

Yeah, he's a prick.

Steve told us specifically not to do this.

I think he meant when the boys ended up coming.

I think he told the boys, right?

He doesn't like to talk about it, but Steve was in a very serious car

accident about two... Actually, it's like more than three years ago now.

And it was not good, I mean, like literally, you

know, cutting him out of the car on a roundabout.

Right, shall we go now?

Oh my God.

God.

Shy.

Just looks like a nice kid, doesn't it?

Jeff, can you clear the frame?

I'm not sure about coming through the drawers, to be honest.

Maybe just while it's gone show.

Did you get them posters?

Hell, what's in here?

Have you seen how heavy this is?

Come on, have a look.

Literally a bag of rocks.

Please respect me enough to listen to what I have to say.

And you know, actually, I'm thinking, if we're looking for a reason,

you're not going to have an REM sleep.

We need look no further than this music, right?

It's very fast and choppy and metallic, it's very on, isn't it, Shy?

We've been making such good progress recently.

Oh dear, okay.

Has something happened with you my money?

It's been some kind of trouble I've not been made aware of.

Everything all right with Benny, that's the label?

You're still enjoying science?

Geology?

Why don't we get out one of your chores?

Stop pretending you know me!

You don't know me!

I already know what I tell you!

Okay, Shy.

Thanks, thanks so much.

Um, so... I heard about what happened with Jenny.

Good news is the chair is in present charges.

So funny, man.

Shy.

Okay, that was a bad guy, right?

That was not.

Listen, I think we've always been honest with each other.

I can tell her there's something up with you

and all I want for you to do is to just use us.

You know, use the people here that care for you.

Speak to us.

Just me or Amanda or even the lines.

Whoever.

Because you're not alone, Shy.

That's the whole point.

Come on.

I don't know what I called him on and then she'd

come with you and look at her and have a discussion.

Oh my God.

Just actually fuck off, Steve!

Dude, I don't want to talk.

I'm sick of talking.

I'm sick of Jenny.

And I'm sick of you.

I'm gonna get that.

What about you, Steve?

Let's talk about you.

Why do you fucking give a shit?

You weirdo.

Why are you anyway?

Are you fucking out here or something?

So, what we're doing is we're asking everyone to describe themselves in three words.

Okay.

Erm... Very, very dark.

And erm... What about the boys?

What do they think of you?

How the fuck do they feel about you?

All right, gentlemen.

Boys, come on, please.

Erm... Okay, so today has slipped out of shape for various reasons.

I think they think I'm all right.

Ash, you good?

I mean, I'm a dickhead and a wanker and a duster and not a bed.

And I can have more rest for...

for a bit of peace and anti-Irish bigotry.

But I think that they maybe... I hope that they trust me.

So, remember I was talking about the age in Plarnia?

So, this line that I drew here, that's okay?

So, this... this always had the age in the plan.

All in, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah.

All the way, all the way, all the way.

Way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way into town.

You know, we get involved in some explosive situations because the kids are

angry with each other or they're angry with the authority or...

But we're here... To mum and dad.

This is humanity.

Did you get it?

So, that's what I'm trying to... People have bailed on them for various reasons.

So, all my staff are here because they want to be here.

You know?

That's what I'm trying to... That means something.

How old do we think these rocks are, lads?

What?

No, chalk, Jamie, chalk, chalk.

Just regular old chalk.

You know?

No.

Yeah, many.

And...

Anyone?

Shut up, man.

Shut up.

Billions are a little crushed up.

What, sir?

Billions are a little crushed up.

Yes.

That's it?

No, I don't know.

Have you got it?

I don't know.

Have you got it?

So, it's like millions and billions of crushed up.

They're awesome, basically.

Like... Like...

If your teachers could describe you in three words, what do you think they'd say?

That's what I'm saying, like...

One day it's an accident, not different, like... Some days they say...

Chaddy...

Clever, chilled, and then...

The next they say...

Miserable, disruptive... Pissy.

You seem like someone very emotionally intelligent, if you don't mind saying.

Well... Well, it's like looking at the night sky, trying to hold on to your head.

Well, I don't have to eat.

You've seen this.

I mean, it's chaotic, right?

Okay.

The way you think it's working, and you can lock

these kids up and you can throw away the cable.

But we feel we're doing something.

There's an alternative.

All right.

Can you describe your colleagues in three words?

Love it.

Off the record?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally, totally.

It's just for fun and therapy.

Okay.

Steve.

Steve is... proper.

The

good guys, you know?

He's authentic.

Yeah.

Here's the boss.

I get it.

Okay.

I hate class.

Yeah.

Being mad stressed out.

Missing out on pool table with privileges.

Basically ruining my fucking life.

Yeah, I miss drugs.

I miss pussy.

Okay.

Thank you.

Oi.

You know, he might actually like this journey.

I was trying to jungle bunny.

Journey?

Yeah.

And he was saying how our mums always used to be up in our shit.

You know?

That's it enough.

Stop this.

Stop that.

Don't do this.

Don't do that.

You ruined his family.

He said to me, bro, I miss that.

I told him, look, I'm...

I miss that tune.

I miss her.

Ah.

My mum.

I ruined her life, Philip.

But there it is.

Jenny.

There you go.

Jenny.

Jenny, Benny, Benny.

Take that.

Put your pipe in the fucking smoke.

It's pretty much exactly what I said to Tyrone this afternoon.

In a normal school.

He'd be arrested.

Sorry to be blunt.

Well, quite.

That's what I've been trying to say to you.

But from Sherra's point of view, if, when I say we, I mean you,

the school would have been remiss to the point of negligence.

They're not... Sorry.

Sorry, Jenny.

There's a bloody film crew hiding in here.

I think they're done.

God, I've been everywhere.

Hope so.

Well, hello, Steve.

Like the day you've all been, haven't you?

Yes.

Shy, narrowly escaped, getting carted off to the

Tower of London profoundly assaulting a board.

Is it, sir?

What do you say?

Yeah, Amanda was selling me.

Oh, fucking no.

I've never disliked a person as much in my entire life and I'm smiling, you know.

Poor old shy.

He's up, he's down, and then, bam, he's a comedy genius.

Yeah, I really want to discuss that.

Well, Steve, do you want to, um...

No, you go.

You go.

All right.

Um, well, I had...

I had a disastrous session with him this afternoon.

He attacked a chair.

But I think I need to go back further than that,

to last Thursday, or even the Thursday before.

I have noticed a distinct change in his receptiveness

to the things that we do here, week in, week out.

He's completely stopped his diary.

He's completely stopped his warning sentences, his breathing.

He says it's all pointless.

And he's previously been so eloquent about his night terrors and his...

his world worry feeling.

And just in the last month... Yeah, it feels like he's backed out of the room.

Yeah, Steve, he has.

And I'm worried.

I mean, I think things are OK within the group.

You know, the drum and bass crew.

Yeah, it seems to be.

Oh, yeah.

Yes, sit down.

Look at that.

Oh, yeah.

He's... He takes it hard.

But he's... I mean, he's been here fine.

He's been callified, you know.

I mean, he's been quiet.

Yeah, um... He, um...

He, um...

I asked if his folks would want to come up for

the weekend and he reacted very badly to that.

But he's been very, very quiet, mostly up until contecation.

You know, I know you adopted an out of psych policy here.

I thought I'm back marijuana.

Oh, bloody hell, I wouldn't go back for it.

I mean, you know... Most of the boys are social users, but...

I think Shai would rather snuff alone.

We can confirm on the week.

Me and... me and... me and on can do better.

We're on it.

Um... But it's, you know, it's always been a tricky aspect of this site.

He has a genuine desire, you know.

And I fully fucking feel for him, you know.

He has a genuine desire to clamber out of himself.

Look, I mean...

I promise I'm not criticising anybody personally here, but...

I've never felt like this at Stanford before.

I asked her to speak to you about Shai two weeks ago.

And I asked her again, twice, this week.

That is your basic, basic duty of care.

Jenny, it's been a bit mental.

You know that I adore coming here, and I respect what you all do so much,

but Steve, you can't do it all.

And we're someone like Shai.

Well, why don't you just magic up some more stuff, Jenny?

Look, I'm not casting expressions on Steve.

Perhaps there's a limit to what you...

I'm gonna stop you there before you offend anyone.

It's over anyway.

What do you mean, it's over, Amanda?

They're closing the school.

I wanna be here, like, standing with, but

sometimes I just wanna be four years old and...

start again and not fuck it up.

I have another run at it, but not in my head.

I don't fuck so much stuff, I don't feel like all

the things I fucked up on me, like... stuck to me.

What about you, Steve?

What about you, why do you fucking give me shit?

Why are you anyway, you fucking help me or something?

It's over.

No more phone calls or visits.

You can't call as a contact me, I mean, son.

Shut up and listen.

I'm gonna get all this stuff.

I'll see you soon, Jenny, alright?

Steve?

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

You okay?

Here, discuss.

It's okay.

Bye.

Okay.

Fuck up!

Fuck up!

You're all good, you're okay, Shiloh?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Amanda, can you go to science, please?

Okay, yeah.

Wasn't there any shit during the football?

No.

Yeah, I think I kind of told him, to be honest.

That's not being naive, but everyone was pretty well behaved and Tyrone hasn't.

Alright, I'm gonna go do the rounds and smoke a roll-up.

Alright.

Yeah.

It's a great poem.

It said, we must smoke while we still have mouths to fuck with.

Oh, Shiloh, Shiloh, can you just hang on for a minute?

We'll have that chat.

Right now?

If that's okay, yeah.

Yeah, come into my office.

I'm fucking dead.

Yeah, well, up until that whole Chicken Kiev warzone, it was okay, I sound like it

was a pretty chill day, I think.

Right, so first and first.

Yeah, so these...

stupid tapes, I know they're really silly, but I know I'm

running out of time for a briefing, so that's why I'm doing them.

They're great.

Really?

Yeah.

Shiloh says she actually likes tapes.

Good,

and the rotor, the rotor, is the rotor better?

Yeah.

Love in the near days, so thank you.

I know...

I know Amanda doesn't think I'm up for this already, or...

I didn't mean up for that.

This, the teaching, this place...

Then now that's Amanda.

That's Amanda.

I mean, she literally said that.

No, Amanda.

Amanda, like, she'll say she's stressed, you know?

Like, I don't know if I can...

None of us are, like, paid enough or trained enough or good enough.

None of us are.

So don't... That's not enough.

That's, like, not reason to...

I can just jack it in.

It's all fucked.

Yeah, it's just, um...

I really want to be here, Steve.

I'm really good at this.

You really are, Shiloh.

Just the whole Tyrone situation.

It was just... It was just bad timing, and...

I feel like if I was here maybe a year ago, I would have panelled it differently,

you know?

And look, if I...

I feel like I wasn't on that quick enough, and I... And if you felt unsupported or...

alone at any point, I truly, truly am sorry.

Don't, Steve.

It made me cry.

It's all good, it's...

a massive learning curve.

Well, we're really looking at it.

I mean, then.

Thank you.

Something else I'd like to ask, if that's OK?

Maybe you don't know, or...

What the fuck?

December?

Yeah.

What does that mean, exactly?

Do we have to start looking at the jobs, or...?

Well, I don't know, Shiloh.

And, um... I don't know, I don't know.

Well, at least...

At least we met an MP.

A real life MP.

Yeah.

That was a true honour.

I really like that, P.

Was there anything else?

No, OK.

Cool.

Well, I'm off.

I'll see you bright and early.

Yeah, see you.

You overnight?

Yeah, me and my night.

OK, get some rest.

All good, yeah.

OK.

Call Shai's moment, stepdad, and not file full disclosure on his behaviour.

No concerns.

A full written report from Ginny.

And follow me, a call back from me.

We reset on the meds with GP.

Try and start out the fucking rooms with... I just fucking do it, Stephen.

You fucking, fucking animal.

That's a fucking stupid fucking roundabout of doom.

They're closing their schools, Stephen.

Are

you working hard?

You're drinking.

Yeah.

You're drinking.

Just having a glass of wine.

It's not a big deal.

Having a glass of... there's loads over there for Christmas red.

You should have a glass, Amanda.

You've taken some.

No.

No, Amanda, come on.

Just leave me.

Like, I'm just having a glass of wine.

Really?

Just having a glass of wine, you should have a glass.

You know, none of this is your fault.

Hmm?

Same.

Yeah, but it is.

No, it's not.

But it is.

That's not.

Stephen, it's not your fault.

The school closing, not your fault.

The car crash.

The little girl dying.

Please, please, please.

No, I mean, look, I'm... No, no, no, no.

Why don't you talk about it?

Amanda, I'm not doing this now.

Somebody's dying.

Please, I'm not doing this now.

And if you're numbing... No, no, no, no.

And you're... No.

I want you to talk about it.

I want you to say it's not your fault.

I want you to acknowledge it.

I want you to look at me and acknowledge it.

Because you're in agony, mate.

You're in fucking agony.

You really are.

And you can't numb it.

And you can't stop it.

Because you don't fucking deal with it, Steve.

You don't fucking deal with it.

Me and Steve, you know, we expected something quite different here.

Two four-year groups, you know, 60-year-old kids and almost as many teachers.

And it was supposed to be the center of excellence.

And cut after cut, we are down to the bare bones.

And we're just limping along in a sort of permanent crisis mode.

And Steve feels bad about it and he shouldn't, you know.

And I get it because I feel bad about it and I shouldn't.

But I think that's why we work because both of us, you know,

we're really locked into this place for better or worse.

And it's almost always worse.

And I'm fine.

Where's Jo's gun?

Jo's gun.

Jo's gun.

Lightning,

you're letting me go.

What are you doing?

I'm going to look around here.

If

I could go back, I would go to my nan's house and just spend time.

I would sit in my nan's house

and just listen to a channel.

Just smell her house.

Eat a soft monkey bubble biscuit.

Just pack it all up.

Pack it into a caravan and take it out the road.

And I'll tell him the Louis style joke in class.

Full speed into the abyss.

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!

So money.

Come on, guys.

Hey!

Oh, right.

Is that look sad?

It's a fucking bath.

Everyone OK?

Oh, good.

How come you're not my lead?

Everyone OK?

One of those?

Yeah, one of those.

OK, come on girls.

We'll be good, we'll be kind, we'll be brilliant at everything especially...

no especially... not especially science.

And inventions.

It's Steve, you already know that, so go ahead.

Look, ignore this or listen to it as you please.

There's absolutely no pressure for me.

So, Ash, you love Ash.

He's one of those kids who's all chipping

grift and he'd like Nick to shut off your back.

He's a proud fucking scally, but he's so smart and funny.

And he's a student.

And you need Benny on your side in the crisis.

Cause he can sort stuff.

You know?

He lasted a while ago and he never got to say goodbye.

I think his dad was inside.

So, in there there's a grieving kid.

Riley, oh man, this kid, this kid, Riley is powered

by a different kind of engine to the rest of us.

He is a fascinating, beautiful kid.

And he's relentless.

He's fighting all the time with himself, with the others.

He's got this kind of mad momentum.

Attack, attack, attack all the time.

And he's always on.

He's like a wild boy, you know?

It's like he'd acknowledge corners are proud.

So clever.

Nabeel.

You're gonna love Nabeel, Shona.

He's Mr. Cool, Mr. Smooth.

He's very strong academically when he tries.

Jamie.

I earned my fucking salary on Jamie alone.

If there's a fight, he started it.

If there's a weakness, he'll find it.

But I adore him.

He's very insightful and wise and he can read people.

That's how he pushes their buttons, I think.

And I'd like him to knock it down, obviously, because he could get very good results.

He's talking a bit of business studies or something like that.

But he can remember insane details.

Ask him anything about hip hop.

Anything.

Alright, Shai.

It seems like I've known Shai forever.

Where it starts, oh boy.

It's hard to argue with him.

There's so much and it's a lot but whole type

because you won't always feel like this, you know?

And I'm lying to him, of course.

You know what I'm saying?

I want all these lads.

I've had my own kids, my little girls, you know?

It's the same.

I want them to know that there's something else.

There's like infinite things, music.

You can't even imagine in other places and the

weather and love and maybe nothing but ruin.

But who knows?

Who knows?

The disaster changes shape and it becomes tomorrow's joy or whatever.

And there's someone you haven't met and it's... You know what I'm saying?

Anyway, I'm rambling.

But it's enough, isn't it?