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Gary, it's started!

Wait. Wait!

Hey, you're in our way.

Well, erm...

KIDS CHATTER

KNOCK AT DOOR

BELL RINGING

Oh, I'll get it, shall I?

Move! You move.

Behave.

KIDS CHATTER

Oh, hi. Good afternoon.

My name's Marion. I live across the street.

Oh! Nice to meet you. I'm Ann.

The thing is, Billingham's a nice area.

I'm sure you're perfectly civil yourself, but...

Ah. Here it is.

As you can see, quite a few of the neighbours have already signed it.

You're trying to get rid of us? It's not you.

It's your husband.

All these foreigners pouring off the boats like rats.

Surely, you could've done better for yourself.

I think you'd be happier elsewhere, don't you?

KIDS CHATTER

TV: 'Oh, can you believe this?' 'That's called character, Alf.'

'Character?! It's a chuffin' health hazard, that's what that is.'

CLATTERING

DOG BARKING

No.

No, I'm not having this. Honestly...

No. Love, it's not worth it.

Hey! You can shove your petition up your arse!

And if you ever try anything like that again, you'll be sorry!

WOMAN: Keep it down, will you?!

MAN: Pack it in, will you?!

HE CHUCKLES Hey.

Sorry. No.

I think I like this side of you.

Really? Well, you'd better get used to it.

MUSIC: 'Pictures Of You' by The Cure

# I've been looking so long At these pictures of you

# That I almost believe That they're real

# I've been living so long With my pictures of you

# That I almost believe

# That the pictures Are all I can feel. #

You've no need to be nervous. He's a very nice fella.

He could be the spawn of Satan for all I care.

As long as he listens to what I have to say.

You don't have to say anything. That's why I'm here.

WOMAN: Hello. Follow me, please. Thanks.

It's just round here.

Let me do the talking. KNOCK AT DOOR

DOOR OPENS

Back to my constituency on Friday. All right.

Mrs Ming. Mr Ming. Come on in.

Thanks, Isabelle.

Frank. Jack.

Thanks for seeing us today. I know how busy you are.

Not at all. Always a pleasure.

So, as I mentioned on the phone, I...

This is our daughter, Mr Straw.

And this? This is the man who murdered her.

That's not an opinion. He confessed to it in a court of law.

Yes, I've been following the case closely, Mrs Ming.

Well, I am not happy with the perjury sentence,

and I wanna know what you're gonna do about it.

Well, there's not a great deal I can do about it, I'm afraid.

Then something needs to be done

about changing the double jeopardy law, doesn't it?

Double jeopardy is a very grey area, Mrs Ming.

I'm not bothered what colour it is, I wanna know what you're gonna do.

Don't bother with that.

There's no case like ours in that book,

or any other, for that matter.

Am I right?

Well, as a matter of fact, you are.

Here's where things currently stand -

the Home Affairs Select Committee are recommending

that the double jeopardy law be changed,

and I've asked the Law Commission to undertake their own review,

but this may take years, I'm afraid.

Well, we... we haven't got years.

He'll be out before too long.

And once he's out, it'll be a bloody sight harder to get him put back in.

It's a general principle of law-making in this country

that any change should only apply to the future, not the past.

So even if their recommendations are enacted,

the chances of it being applied retrospectively

to historic cases such as yours...

pretty slender, I'm afraid.

I'm sorry, I'm just being honest with you.

OK, well, tell me this.

What would you do if you were in our situation?

If you're to have any chance of success,

you'll have to get the Law Commission on your side.

All right, well, give me the name of the person

I need speak to there, then, please.

You've got grit, I'll give you that.

We've been wronged, Jack. How can I stay silent?

My advice? Don't.

In fact, the louder you are, the better.

Bloody hell.

You just had the Home Secretary eating out of your hand.

Well, I don't know what all the fuss is about.

He's just a man in a slightly better suit than yours.

THEY LAUGH CHARLIE: Good one, love.

Have I missed anything?

You must be joking.

I've seen encyclopaedias with less detail than this.

Let's just hope they get back to us quickly.

I'm gonna go to bed.

What are you doing?

Oh, just some paperwork, love. Sleep tight.

Night, Kev. Night.

What is it? Is it Kev?

I don't think he saw anything.

No, erm...

I'm thinking of retiring from the NHS.

What?

Just feels like it's time.

But you love your job.

I know.

But this is gonna need all of my focus and energy now.

What?

You heard what Jack Straw said.

It could take years.

I don't care how long it takes.

What if it's five years?

Ten years, even?

And what if after all those years of fighting,

you still don't get the result you want?

We can't think like that.

Look, I know how you feel about all of this, and that's fine.

I don't need your help, but I do need your support.

DOOR CLOSES Oh, hi, love. How was your week?

DOOR SLAMS

MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH HEADPHONES

KNOCK AT DOOR

Come in.

Mind if I sit?

Is everything OK, love?

You'd tell me if it wasn't, wouldn't you?

Kev, look, whatever it is, you can be honest with me.

SOFTLY: Oh, my God.

Oh, where did you find these? The library.

Some kids at school were saying things.

Oh. Oh, Kev.

I didn't read any more after that one.

No, of course you couldn't.

Look, please let me explain... Why would you lie to me?

I don't know. Why?

I don't know, love. I... I didn't mean to hurt you.

We wanted to protect you, that's all.

Not just your grandad and me, but your dad as well.

You were so young.

But I am sorry. I'm sorry.

It's not fair.

Look, you can ask me anything you like about her,

anything at all, OK?

And I will...

I'll tell you the truth now, I promise. I promise.

She was murdered, wasn't she?

Yes.

By who?

A man she knew.

Is he in prison?

Yeah. For killing my mam?

No.

But I'm fighting to put that right.

What do you mean?

Well, I'm trying to change the law

so that your mam gets the justice she deserves.

And so I can help other people in the same situation as us.

Why did he kill her?

I don't know, love.

I don't think I'll ever know.

But I'm gonna make sure it wasn't for nothing.

EXHALES TEARFULLY

Come here.

TEARFULLY: I'm sorry for lying.

SHE SOBS

Why haven't they replied yet? The Law Commission?

Yes, of course the Law Commission.

Sorry. It's just been weeks, Charlie.

Maybe they're just very busy.

No.

We've been fobbed off yet again.

You don't know that.

Maybe we should go to London.

Get a meeting in person.

Well, that might be easier said than done, love.

Well, what do you suggest? You know I can't just give up.

SIGHS

I haven't the energy any more, love.

I'm sorry.

Told you you should've married someone younger.

Charlie. What?

Give me your hand. No, it's fine...

Give me it.

Oh, darling.

It's getting worse.

There's no definitive test for it,

but based on the physical examination and your symptoms,

so the chronic fatigue and tremors,

then I'm afraid it is highly likely.

Thank you, doctor.

If you have any questions... No. Thank you.

You've been very helpful.

Come on. Mrs Ming.

ANN EXHALES

Thank you.

Charlie, wait.

We will get through this, Charlie.

What about the Law Commission? What are you talking about?

Everything's changed, love. No, it hasn't.

Yes, it has. This is about you now.

It's not, and nor should it be.

Not for a good while anyway.

I don't want you fussing over me.

What I want is for you to keep fighting.

I don't think that's true, Charlie. But it is. You have to, Ann.

Because otherwise, I don't think you'll ever find peace.

If the Law Commission have decided double jeopardy's not a priority,

then you need to do whatever it takes

to make them sit up and take notice.

OK? OK.

And don't stop till the fight is done.

With me on the show today is the mother of Julie Hogg,

a young woman murdered in 1989 by a man who has escaped justice

because of a centuries-old law known as double jeopardy.

Ann Ming, welcome to News Hour. Thanks, Penny. It's good to be here.

I should start by talking about double jeopardy,

which some people claim is there to prevent endless trials

of the same person.

'Now, I can understand why it was created more than 800 years ago,

'but today, it's not fit for purpose.'

It shouldn't apply to someone

who's openly boasted about committing a murder,

and that's exactly what my daughter's killer did.

He bragged about pulling off the perfect crime.

Now, if that's not a reason to change the law,

then I don't know what is.

You've embarked on quite a campaign, haven't you?

'Yes. Yes, I have, Penny.

'I'm doing newspapers and radio, a TV documentary,

'I'm talking to politicians, you name it.'

If you could follow me, Mrs Ming.

It must be painful, though.

'It is. But my daughter has been denied justice,

'and I won't stop until it's been rectified.'

I hear you're also going to be on national television

to debate Imran Khan, the lawyer for Stephen Lawrence's family?

'Yes, that's right.

'For some reason, he believes the law should stay as it is.

'So I'll have to change his mind, won't I?'

CREW MEMBER: 15 seconds. Stand by, please.

With all its power and resources,

the state shouldn't be permitted to make repeated,

theoretically unlimited attempts

to convict a man when he doesn't have the analogous resources

to find the evidence that clears him.

REPORTER: Would you agree, Mrs Ming?

Look, well, I don't know all these fancy words.

I just know that the law's unfair, and it needs to be changed.

Look, the real problem here's ineffectual police investigations.

Now, without double jeopardy, you'd just get sloppy police work

because they'd know they could just try again

if things didn't go their way.

But surely, there'd be safeguards for... to prevent that...

And where would that leave us?

With an individual living in a state of constant anxiety and insecurity,

subjected to embarrassment, expense and ordeal

and the police disincentivised to be rigorous or proficient.

Mrs Ming?

Er, you have a daughter, I believe, Mr Khan?

Yes, I do.

Well, if your daughter had been murdered

and a man had confessed to killing her in a court of law,

would you be happy with a perjury sentence?

Well, legally speaking...

No, I'm not talking as a lawyer, I'm talking as a father.

Well, I wouldn't say... Would you be happy with a perjury sentence?

Of course I wouldn't.

You wouldn't. Well, that says it all.

You can stop the cameras now because that says it all.

He wouldn't be happy with a perjury sentence, and we're not.

And we'll go to the European Court of Human Rights if we have to

for justice for our daughter.

BREATHES HEAVILY

Mr Khan, Mrs Ming. Thank you very much for your time.

Yes, that's correct. How can I help you?

WOMAN: 'Is Mrs Ming there?'

No, I'm sorry, she's not here right now.

Can I give her a message?

'Oh, I'm calling from the Law Commission.'

Oh. 'Mr Wilkie would like to meet her.'

I see.

Right, I'll be sure to pass that on to her.

'Thank you very much.' Ta-ra.

That was them. Who?

The Law Commission.

Alan Wilkie saw the debate on the telly.

Says he wants to meet you.

SHE CHUCKLES

I'm sorry for the delay

in responding to your thorough and very moving letter.

So you did read it, then? Yes.

Let's just say you've made yourself hard to ignore.

We know there are several other families around the country

in your situation, and we were hoping...

35. I beg your pardon?

Other cases, that is. I've met most of them.

They are just as desperate for the law to be changed as us.

I'll get to the point, Ann.

Erm... We agree wholeheartedly

that a review should be a priority.

Good.

But it needs to be retrospective.

Otherwise, it's of no bloody use to us.

We'll do what we can.

He's out in a few years, you see... the man who murdered our Julie.

So I hope you mean that.

It's understandable that you're keen to get things moving,

especially in the light of his appeal.

He's appealing?

Yes. Against his perjury sentence?

I'm sorry, I assumed you'd have heard.

Well, then...

then that's even more reason to get your skates on, isn't it?

No time for messing around!

About this appeal, Ann,

you might consider writing to the justices.

We're seeing some compelling evidence

that something called a victim impact statement

can influence the court.

I wrote one of those for his perjury case.

Didn't make a blind bit of difference.

You wrote an impact statement for the perjury sentencing?

Took years off my life, it did. Why?

No, I've read that file from cover to cover.

I'm sorry to say that there was no such statement in there.

What? But I... I handed it in at the CPS personally.

I can only imagine it's some sort of bureaucratic oversight.

Oh, for God's sake. No wonder he only got six years!

I was told it would play a big role in the judge's sentencing.

That's certainly how it's supposed to work.

God, it's like we don't bloody matter!

You must have a very low opinion of the legal establishment.

Honestly, Alan, it's been like this from the start.

The police not listening to me,

Julie's reputation dragged through the mud,

and now no-one's bothered to even read my statement.

I realise you probably won't want to write another impact statement.

But if you do, I will make sure that the justices read it.

You have my word on that.

You're writing another one? Yeah.

He's appealing his perjury sentence. Oh, for...

Yeah, you haven't forgotten we're out for Gary's birthday tonight?

No, course not.

A CPS courier's picking it up from the house at 4:30.

I'll have plenty of time.

All right. I'll do you a coffee.

Yeah. Thanks, love.

TV PLAYS

What time's the taxi coming? 15 minutes.

You look very nice. Thank you.

They said they'd call to confirm they received it.

Hm?

I'm gonna have to call them, Charlie.

KEYPAD TONES

MAN: 'Royal Courts of Justice.' Hello. Yeah, erm, it's Ann Ming.

Case number 201208.

I'm calling to check that you received my impact statement.

'No, we haven't received anything for that case, I'm afraid.'

What? No, are you sure?

It should've been faxed over in the last hour or so.

'No, I can't see anything here.' Unbelievable. All right.

'I'll get them to send it again.'

Yeah, well, thanks. 'Thank you.'

They haven't bloody sent it. Who?

The CPS! How hard is it to send a fax?

Where you going? You go ahead.

I'll just get there when I can.

Surely, you don't have to drive round there? Can't you just...?

Yes, I do! Look, I don't trust them to do anything after the last time.

Ann. Ann!

Just, er, tell Gary not to open his presents without me.

DOOR CLOSES

Is it finished? Sorry?

The meeting? Excuse me, miss, you can't go in there!

Oh, can't I? He's in the middle of a...

I'm sorry, sir. We've met before.

Excuse me. Do you remember?

A year or so ago. Mrs Ming...

I was promised that the judge at the perjury sentencing

would get my victim statement.

He never received it. As you can see...

And now the man who killed my daughter

is appealing against his poxy six-year sentence.

So do you know what I did? I wrote another one.

I went through the torture of reliving our Julie's murder,

and I wrote another very detailed statement.

A statement I was promised would be in London before six o'clock today.

And guess what? You lot have bloody well let me down again!

Mrs Ming! No!

I will call Frank Cook, Alan Wilkie, Jack bleedin' Straw if I have to!

I am not leaving this room

until you call the clerk of court in London and fax him my document!

I think I'd listen to Mrs Ming if I were you.

KEYPAD TONES Thank you.

Where is everyone?

They left already? They waited as long as they could.

They've got their own lives, Ann.

I thought I'd make it.

I didn't know what to order, so...

No, this is fine, thanks. Yeah.

If it's cold, I can ask them that... It's fine, thanks.

I wish I could be in two places at once.

But you can't, Ann.

It's not for nothing, Charlie.

I hope you're right.

Now, remember, it really isn't the end of the world

if this appeal is successful and his sentence is reduced.

Anything that puts that man back on the streets

is catastrophic in my book.

Well, let's keep everything crossed.

Having considered the evidence,

and especially in light of the, er...

thorough and affecting victim impact statement

supplied by Mrs Ming, we are unanimous in our judgement

that a sentence of six years was not manifestly excessive,

and we do not seek to interfere with the judge's ruling.

And consequently, we dismiss the appeal against the sentence.

EXHALES

Thank goodness for that.

So, what happens next, about double jeopardy?

Well, that's a small matter

of unpicking 800 years of legal history.

But, you know, it's in the hands of the Home Secretary

and the Lord Chancellor now.

They have our report, and they'll give it their consideration.

How long will that take? Shouldn't be too long.

Right.

Thanks for coming with me. I wouldn't miss it for anything.

I know it's not easy for you.

You know, it will be quite something if they overturn the law.

Well, unless it's retrospective, it's all been for nothing.

No.

Whatever happens, you've done her proud.

Government white paper, and all because of you.

We best get going. Aye.

Right, you look after Angela for us, won't you?

Mwah. Got everything.

I wanna come too.

Oh, no, darling, I don't think that's a good idea.

Why not? Why shouldn't I be there?

I wanna be there to support you.

And for my mam.

I'm just... I'm getting nervous now. Ah, don't be nervous.

Does my hair look all right in this wind?

Your hair looks great. You look very nice.

It's blowing everywhere. You look very nice.

REPORTERS CLAMOUR

No.

Thank you.

Hello.

Hello. My name's Ann Ming. I'm here...

This is for you, Mrs Ming. Oh, thank you.

GASPS

Oh, God, it's retrospective!

The double jeopardy law's being overturned,

and it's gonna be retrospective.

Oh, I can't believe it.

REPORTER: It's a monumental moment for you, Ann.

It is, yeah. I'm shaking. God!

I just can't believe it. ANN LAUGHS

REPORTERS CHATTER

Well, I suppose the lesson is...

being a bloody-minded pain in the arse can pay off sometimes.

MARK LAUGHS Yes.

Here's to you. Frank! Hiya. Aw.

Sorry I couldn't be there.

But you probably heard me cheering from the other end of the A1.

Do you know Mark Braithwaite? He's another one of the good guys.

Nice to meet you, Mark. Likewise. Take a seat.

Without fellas like you, we'd never have achieved what we have.

Well, we're not quite there yet.

Which is not to say we shouldn't celebrate.

You've got to recognise your victories

along the way, haven't you?

Well, I... I mean, I know it needs to be debated, but I...

From what I understand, after a bit of back and forth,

it is likely to get the votes, isn't it?

In the Commons, yes.

But remember, the Lords is a different matter.

There you go. Thanks.

They're a bunch of old conservative white men in the main.

They're not generally keen on dismantling ancient English laws.

Well, do you think they'll block it?

I won't lie.

I think it'll be tough to get through.

Well, who do I talk to? About what?

Speaking to the Lords. Would they allow it?

It's very unconventional.

But it is allowed? You'd really do that?

Make a speech to the Lords?

Can you help me or not?

HE SCOFFS

I know Lord Falconer a little. Let me speak to him.

Thanks.

Don't screw it up. I'll try not to.

Good luck with that. FRANK CHUCKLES

Safe and sober or bold and red? Hmm.

I'd play it safe if I were you.

Are you sure you don't wanna come with me?

I'd love to.

I just...

Right.

Now some shoes.

You'll look great whatever you wear.

MAN: Good morning.

This must all seem rather grand to you, but don't worry.

The committee room isn't quite as medieval.

MAN: Morning. Morning.

MAN: Morning. Morning? It's 2:30 in the afternoon.

Well, it's always morning here until the House sits.

One of our little conventions. BELL RINGS

Now, when we vote, we queue in two lines,

either the content or the not-content corridor,

and we are counted off by a peer holding a drumstick.

Musical or chicken?

HE CHUCKLES Right, here we are.

You ready? Er... yeah.

You do have a speech, don't you?

I've made some notes, but I don't think I'll need them.

Mrs Ming, these are some of the most powerful

and respected people in the country.

I have seen seasoned speakers go completely dry.

Look, I may not be hoity-toity like you lot,

but I know what I wanna say.

I've had 13 years to think about it.

All right. All right.

My most noble and learned Lords,

may I introduce my guest today...

Mrs Ann Ming, who'll be talking to us

with regards to the Criminal Justice Bill,

specifically part 10,

which concerns the so-called double jeopardy rule.

LORDS CHATTER

Thank you.

ANN CLEARS THROAT

My Lords and Ladies, erm...

thank you most humbly for, erm, letting me speak today.

I'll try not to take up too much of your time.

On November 16th, 1989,

our eldest daughter, Julie, went missing.

The police, when I spoke to them...

We hadn't seen her, you see, since the previous day,

and she was due in court in Stockton the next morning...

Speak up.

SHE CLEARS THROAT

Anyway, I had a gut...

a gut feeling that something dreadful had happened to her.

The police spent a week searching her home, and they found nothing.

Look, I'm gonna tell you how it feels to lose a child.

And how it feels to be shafted by the law.

There have been two moments of deep trauma in my life.

One was the moment I found my daughter's body under the bath.

13 years later, I still have nightmares.

The second was the moment

I had to watch my daughter's murderer walk free.

Nobody here will ever, ever know how that feels.

Trusting the state to bring you justice and peace...

..only to find yourself marginalised and betrayed.

For you, the law is just something you make for others

in this ivory tower with your inherited privileges.

But for me, it's a cancer.

For the last 13 years, I have fought to get justice for Julie.

I've had to deal with rank police incompetence,

two mistrials, two home secretaries

and a CPS who didn't even seem to care about us victims.

On top of all that...

..I had to figure out a way

of telling my grandson what happened to his mammy...

..and how to keep my marriage together

when me and my husband, Charlie, were drowning in grief.

EXHALES

No, look, I don't want your sympathy, I just...

I just need you to listen.

If someone is sent to prison for a crime

and new evidence proves that they were innocent all along,

well, it's only right that they should walk free.

Well, surely, it should work the other way round, too.

If someone is acquitted

and new evidence proves that they were guilty all along,

well, then they should take the rap for it.

Look, I'm not...

I'm not interested in revenge or even compensation.

I just want the man who took our little girl from us

to pay for his crime.

Our daughter's right to life was stolen from her.

The only way we can get justice

is by changing the double jeopardy law retrospectively.

LORDS: Hear, hear.

Thank you.

Fancy seeing you here.

I'm here all the time.

You are? I didn't know that.

There's a lot you don't know, Mam.

I don't think I've got the energy to keep on fighting, you know.

If the Lords block it...

SHE EXHALES DEEPLY

Do you ever see her? Who?

Our Julie.

I miss her so much. SHE SIGHS

I don't care... who she was with,

what she went through in her private life.

I just...

I just wish I could tell her that I love her.

Mam. What?

I miss her too.

But I think you need to move on, Mam.

I think you need to let her go.

What do you mean?

I'm saying, Mam, that you've got two living children.

Gary, love... Bye, Mam.

DOOR CLOSES

Where have you been? Huh?

We've been waiting for hours! Who's been waiting?

Well, come and see. What?

Through here, love.

SHE CHUCKLES Frank.

It's my birthday today.

And it's the best one I've ever had. BOTTLE POPS

Congratulations.

The bill's gone through, love. It's got through the Lords.

And it's retrospective.

What? It is true, Ann.

SHE MUMBLES Really?

We've done it.

You've done it.

SHE SOBS

Really, has it happened? Oh, God.

Oh, my God, I can't believe it. It's over.

Oh, no, really? Yeah.

SHE SOBS

TEARFULLY: Charlie, we did it. No, you did it. You did.

We did.

Oh, God, it's all over.

We've won.

SHE SOBS We did it.

You did it, it was all you.

My government will continue to make the reduction of crime

and the fear of crime a priority.

The government will be implementing the Criminal Justice Act

to ensure the effective punishment

of dangerous and persistent offenders.

REPORTER: It took the High Court only a matter of minutes

to quash the original acquittal of October 1991,

opening the door to today's historic retrial

in the case of Julie Hogg's murder. REPORTERS CLAMOUR

Mrs Ming, do you think they'll let him off the hook?

What do you mean, "let him off the hook"?

Well, the judge might decide he's spent long enough in prison.

He's done nearly ten years.

What does she mean by that? Let's get you inside.

In deciding your sentence,

I have borne in mind your guilty plea,

which has saved Julie Hogg's family and friends

from enduring a further trial.

Before I come to sentence you, I should like to read an extract

from Mrs Ming's impact statement,

a harrowing and moving account

of the harm you have done to the family.

"As a family, we are damaged beyond repair

"and will never be the same again as Julie will never return home.

"The love we feel for Julie

"means it is we who are serving the life sentence.

"Julie's son, Kevin, has missed out on a mother's love.

"He has missed out on a childhood.

"All he has left of her are a few photographs."

Notwithstanding your guilty plea...

..I have seen no evidence of genuine contrition on your part

as opposed to evident self-pity...

..and attempts by you to avoid or minimise

the proper consequences of what you have done.

Those consequences are that on the count of murder,

you will be imprisoned for life

with a minimum tariff of 17 years.

Mm.

Take him down.

REPORTER: Ann! Ann!

I... I just can't believe what's happened today.

I can't believe that we've finally got justice for our daughter.

I'd, erm...

Mrs Ming, this is the first person in Britain to be convicted

of a crime for which they'd previously been acquitted.

It's historic, isn't it?

Yeah, I suppose. Suppose it is, really, yeah.

Sorry, it's not often that I'm speechless.

Your campaign, it has taken up so much of your life.

What will you do now?

Erm, more line dancing, probably.

Ann, I don't think you realise quite what you've achieved.

Don't be daft.

To overturn one of the most established legal principles

in Western democracy.

People talk about speaking truth to power.

Well, you've made history today.

I just hope he never gets out.

You've ignited a debate around the world.

Every country with double jeopardy laws

has been watching us very closely indeed.

Here, Mark's got us another round to celebrate. You deserve that.

It's the least we deserve.

To Ann! MEN: To Ann.

Cheers.

COUNTRY POP MUSIC PLAYS

Do people do this sober?

Nothing to be worried about.

I'm getting a drink. A large one. What do you want?

Whatever they've got.

# This used to be my heart

# I was torn apart

# And I'm fading

# Deeper in my soul

# Blackening, so cold

# I'm fading away. #

LAUGHS TEARFULLY

Queue was too long. I'll go back in a few minutes.

What's wrong? Is everything OK?

MAN: 'All right, everyone, are we all ready? Grab your favourite...'

You all right? '..pair of cowboy boots, it's time.'

Yeah. I'm OK. 'A-five, six...'

I'm OK.

'A-five, six, seven, eight.' You sure?

COUNTRY POP MUSIC PLAYS

I love you. Gosh, that's nice.

Oh, it's starting.

Bloody hell, is that it? Let's have a go.

# Out on the road for sunrise

# Another town left behind

# Opened up the throttle On this old big rig

# And tried to make up A little time

# If I can drop this load off early

# I'll pick another one up tonight

# Make it to the woods And keep the end of the road

# Only just out of sight

# I'ma clicking those miles... #

Oh, you came! I can't believe that you came.

All right, Dad? Hi, Dad.

Hiya, Mam, all right?

I think I need my head checking. Come on, it'll be fun.

Come on.

You know the moves, Mam!

# Everything's all right

# And I always keep The end of the road

# Just out of sight

# I'ma clicking those miles

# There ain't no reason To count... #

MUSIC FADES

APPLAUSE

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