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Is Harrison your real name? Every word is a lie.

He wasn't nasty. He'd stolen a square meal.

ELLIE: A Banksy is worth millions.

I get to interview Judith Tyzack.

I didn't realise that you were gay.

It's not why I invited you here. You thought that I'm...?

No!

Ted! How are we all?

We love him! We could put them up

for a couple of nights, couldn't we?

I do think he is losing it a bit.

Where is he?

Ted!

ALAN: Ooh, asparagus! Pushing the boat out.

Thank you.

It's very nice with, um, poached egg.

And a bit of cod. Someone's in for a treat at teatime.

Have you tried asparagus with scrambled eggs and truffle oil

and a bit of Parmesan? No. We had it in Cornwall. Cornwall!

And we had it with a glass of champagne.

HE CHORTLES

You all right, Alan? Oh...!

Well, well, well. Look who's here. You got t'job, then?

You owe me an explanation.

And an apology.

Nice to see you again. Settling in all right?

Are you collecting your vouchers, love? Oh, yeah, thanks.

Do you want a hand bagging up there, missis?

No! Get your mucky hands off.

Do you know him?

No, not... Look, if David cops you, there'll be bother.

Yeah, but I ain't nicked owt.

I don't do that sort of thing any more.

Full of sugar, them. Want to be careful.

What time does your shift finish, Alan? Who wants to know?

I thought we could get hot chocolate together.

Upstairs in t'cafe. With whipped cream and sprinkles.

They do chips as well.

Why aren't you at school?

Oh, that's a waste of time.

I know it all already.

Oh, is that it? I just upset all the other kids.

I make 'em feel, you know...

..inadequate.

There you go, love. Thank you. Thank you.

Take care.

Mind how you go.

Do you like little boys, Alan?

You're targeting the wrong person, Harrison.

Can you lend me 50 pence?

Well...I can give you 50 pence.

Make it a fiver and I'll make sure nobody touches your car.

I can only repeat, you're targeting the wrong fella, Harrison.

I've been on this planet 82 years,

and if there's one thing I've learnt,

it's to not pander to bullies,

who, usually, haven't thought things through.

CHECKOUT BEEPS What you doing? I was only joking.

I'm short of pound coins.

Thought you were getting me chucked out.

David told me that, er, you live at a foster home

up Norland. Do you? Oh, it's just a temporary arrangement

while me dad gets back from Los Angeles. I thought he was in Dubai.

He gets all over.

He said you run away and live in folks' sheds.

Do you?

No.

Why aren't you at school?

A bright lad like you.

I don't fit in. I don't believe that.

I get picked on, and they never know what to do with me.

And they never know me name, cos I'm not there often.

And it'd help if I concentrated...

..apparently, but...

All right, Alan?

Oh, yeah, I'm short of pound coins.

You can get off on your break, actually, if you like.

Ooh, smashing. Can you remember how to log yourself out of your till?

Er, yeah... Oh, I think so.

That's it. Am I having that 50 pence or what?

No, not right now you're not.

We're not allowed cash on us, not on t'shop floor.

Why? Don't they trust you? Is he pestering you?

No! No, not really.

What about that hot chocolate, then?

I've got a phone call to make.

I'll go upstairs and wait for you, Alan.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

No, no, it will be there. I guarantee it. Yeah.

No. Here we go, lads.

Two with sugar, one without.

And some biscuits.

Oh, thanks, Mrs Buttershaw. I like to keep the workers happy.

I can guarantee it will be tomorrow.

Maybe you could collect a payment? Yeah.

Just checking you've not wandered off again.

I shall wander off again if you don't stop mithering me.

Well, if you do, can you leave a note?

So we're not ringing the police.

It's a bugger when a fella can't go for a walk

without folks calling the filth.

It was bucketing down! Not when I set off.

When I set off, it was very fair.

Mm, so you say.

At five o'clock in the morning! Best time of the day.

Look, are we really going back over this again?

PHONE RINGS

Oh.

Oh! Now what?

Hello!

How's it going? Well, they've made a right mess.

And Martin doesn't do anything, he's just on his phone

all day. The other two are very polite.

Still, they've got to rip the old kitchen out

before they put the new one in.

I'm just sitting here twiddling my thumbs.

Aren't we, Ted?

Eh? Well, that's handy.

Can you do summat for me?

Can you nip down here on a bus

and take the Lexus back home with you?

A bus? Yeah.

There'll be one at quarter to, just opposite the gate.

You can be here in 40 minutes. Well, why?

Oh...this little kiddie.

Asking me for money.

I'm sure he wouldn't really...

A little kiddie? Well, yeah.

He wouldn't do anything. I just don't want

to risk it, and I know you'd be upset if it got scratched.

What, you mean protection money?

Well, yeah, but... The little sod.

Er, yeah... Well, ring the police.

Oh, well, they never turn up, apparently.

See, this is what happens when folk start working in supermarkets.

Is Ted all right?

Yeah, he's fine. He's here.

Well, bring him down with you on the bus.

We don't want him wandering off again.

How do you fancy getting a bus down to Sowerby Bridge, Ted?

Oh, I like a bus ride.

PUPILS AND TEACHER CHATTER

Caroline!

Judith Tyzack's PA's just texted to say they've set off,

so they should be here in 40 minutes.

Oh, thanks. So exciting!

Everyone's absolutely buzzing!

That's good. Good.

I know I am.

Helen? Yeah.

Just out of interest... Yeah.

..did you, erm...

..did you know that I'm gay?

I think I did.

Yeah. It's not a conversation we've ever had, but, er...

No, but, er...

Now you've said it. Mmm.

See, I thought everyone knew. I've never hidden it, have I?

I mean, I've never made a song and dance about it, cos I'm... Cos I'm not...

Well, just cos I'm not with anyone at the moment. But I've never hidden it.

My cousin's gay. Him and his boyfr...

Well, he would be, wouldn't he? His boyfriend.

You see, I just... I mentioned it to someone the other day.

And this someone was really shocked,

in a bad way, and it's shaken me, because...

Well, I thought people just weren't

funny about things like that any more,

and I just thought that people knew anyway.

Anyway, thank you.

I'll catch you later.

Do you want me to tell people?

Er, yeah. No. Yeah, whatever.

If it arises, sure. Not that it...

Well, why, would it? But, yeah. If... Yeah.

Sure.

Perfect. Thank you.

Oh, hi, Ruth!

Gosh, you must be excited! Good luck!

Thanks.

I don't think I should do this.

Why? Why not? What do you mean?

I should've said it sooner,

I shouldn't have left it till now, but... Yeah, it's...

These are the questions that I compiled, if they're any help.

Probably best if you do it.

Why? "Why?"

Well, you know her work. You love her work.

That's why I asked you. Why is it better if I do it?

No, that's not why you asked me. No, it is.

No, you asked me so that I'd be grateful to you.

Wow.

Be honest.

Right. And because it was

a handy excuse to invite me round to your house. Oh, for fuck's...

I asked you because you know her work better,

a lot better, than I do.

I asked you because I thought you'd be good at it,

and because I thought you'd be thrilled by the idea, and you were!

And I asked you because... You asked me because

you had ulterior motives.

God, you even called your dog after me!

I did not call my dog after you.

And that's why I'm not doing it.

Because you made me feel cheap.

So thanks, but...

..I'm better than that.

And you know that I am such a big fan of hers,

of her work. This could have meant so much.

Don't make me run after you.

I can't do this, not at this late stage.

I don't know enough!

It's not fair on the students, and it's not fair on Judith.

I was so happy, I was so touched

when you invited me round for dinner.

I thought you were being a friend.

And God knows I could do with one right now.

I've had such a shit time lately with that bastard,

and I thought you were being kind

and supportive and a good boss. I-I-I was.

I am. I am a good... No! You weren't.

You just wanted to...hit on me,

like all the other creeps

when they can see that you're not in a good place.

Oh, that's... That... That's, er... And even apart from that...

..you're 50-odd. I'm 38.

Look at yourself.

Is that water?

Or vodka?

Don't be pathetic.

You're not going to make a fool of y...

I mean, by all means make a fool of yourself,

but don't humiliate Caroline.

SHE SCOFFS

Not in front of her students.

I'm doing Caroline a huge favour

just by turning up, so don't tell me how to behave.

It's water, all right?

If I say it's water, why don't we just accept that?

All right?

It's water.

We ought to get a little present while we're here,

for that fella and his dog.

What fella?

The fella that found you wandering about up Norland

and rang the police. I wasn't wandering about!

I just wanted to see Ladstone Rock. I told you.

It's a wonder you're not riddled with pneumonia.

What a bloody lot of fuss about nowt.

It's no wonder Alan's gone and got himself

that little job, if you go on at him the way you go on at me.

We used to walk up to Ladstone Rock.

Me and Alice.

Did you? From Elland.

When we were courting.

On a Sunday.

She liked it up there.

We both did.

Alan told me you'd brought her ashes back with you.

Yeah.

HE MUMBLES

Yeah.

We're going to have to talk properly, Ted,

about where you're going to live.

If you are stopping.

I thought I was stopping with you.

Did Alan not tell you? CHERYL: Hello-hello-hello!

We meet again. Hiya!

I thought that were you, Mr Buttershaw!

LOUDLY: Have you recovered?

HE SIGHS

Mrs Buttershaw.

What are you doing here? Well, we came to collect the car.

We're waiting for Alan. Apparently, some little kid

has threatened to damage it if he doesn't give him some money.

I said, "This is what happens

"when folk start working in supermarkets."

Yeah, have you seen him?

Well, someone said they'd seen him up here.

No, I don't think so. Why isn't he in school?

Oh, er, he's a bit of character...is Harrison.

I'll cop him. He won't damage your car, he's all mouth.

Do you want a cup of tea, or...? Not when I'm on duty.

Go on, then.

I was, er, saying to Ellie, t'size of her,

she wants to get off home on maternity leave.

Can you get us two teas, Jamie? Yeah, sure.

Ah! Here he is.

Hey. Car keys!

There you go.

Oh, hello. Mr Buttershaw.

Well, how was the bus?

Not unpleasant.

Except it went round about the houses and kept stopping.

Well, they do.

Ted's been telling me that you've said he can stop with us.

When have I said that? Eh?

I've said that is a conversation we need to have.

Right.

Eh, what's all this about this Banksy

that's appeared on Slack Alice's barn?

Sorry? Oh, it isn't a real one.

I mean, it's very good, but I think he'd have claimed it by now

if it were a real one.

You don't know. It's been five days.

It's very good. All this to draw attention to herself,

hasn't she, eh? Your Gillian?

It could be worth a lot of money.

You'd think she'd know better.

HELICOPTER OVERHEAD

Fuck off!

ALL: What?

You! Sorry, love.

Twats.

Take your time!

Morons.

Morning.

Afternoon.

Have you seen Angus?

He's gone.

They've gone.

Gone? Both of them? Yeah, yeah, they left. Drove off.

Where? York, I think.

Alyssa said she wanted to see something in York.

And I think Angus was just off home

when he'd dropped her off at the station.

Bitch! I know!

She never said anything! Squeamish!

Not wanting to listen to other folk shagging...

..all night.

They were knocking on t'door at three o'clock this morning.

They didn't need to, cos I never lock up.

Yeah, keep walking!

Sorry, love!

Tossers.

KNOCKING

Can I make some tea for me and Mia?

What's mine is yours, I've told you. You help yourself.

I wish that helicopter'd fuck off.

Did you ring Sotheby's? Yeah.

Yeah, I e-mailed 'em a picture.

And?

SHE SIGHS

They'll be in touch if it turns out to be real.

"Don't hold your breath," I think, was their parting sentiment.

RIPS ENVELOPE OPEN

SHE SIGHS

Everything all right? Hmm. Bank kindly offering

to extend my loan, so I can get the roof fixed,

and in return they'll cripple me

slowly with increased monthly repayments.

And I've got a mural outside that may, just may, be worth

a million quid, except it probably isn't. Isn't life full of....

..shit little ironies?

Here's a career tip for you.

What? Sheep farming.

Just...

..don't.

SHEEP BLEAT

Don't.

OK.

SHEEP BLEAT

You couldn't drive me...? I was doing all right, you know.

For once in my life.

Then this.

Can I do anything? Like what? To help. Like what, though?

You couldn't give us a lift over to my mum's house, could you?

Just stick to those five main characters, all right?

Ruth Ben Reuben, Robin - of Loxley, obviously -

er, then there's Malbisse - he's the baddie. You know that.

Ket the Trow - he's one of the Little People.

And Will Scarlett. Stick to those five,

you can't go wrong.

Ask her about language. She loves language.

Metaphors, similes, all that. Alliteration.

The odd bit of assonance.

She thinks she's a grown-up,

so she likes to talk about the use of language.

Yeah. Er, kick off by commenting on how poetic her prose is,

on how particular her vocabulary is,

and you'll have her eating out of your hand.

Seriously, she's such a tart.

Yeah.

QUIETLY: There you go. Thank you.

I mean, she is good, she can use language.

It's just not quite as, er, Hilary Mantel as she thinks it is.

Oh, er, and tell her she writes like Rose Tremain!

She'll love you for ever if you say that.

Hi.

Oh, hi. Er...

Yeah, your dad's here - she must be here. I'm going to have to go.

OK. Thank you. Good luck!

Thank you. I love you. Love you. Bye.

She's a bit pissed. Oh, good.

Are you all right? Er...yeah.

The, er... The member of staff I asked to do the interview

has, er, thrown in the towel,

so... Oh, no!

Yeah, so now I'm doing it, and I have read one of her books, once,

and I have seen one of the films, once,

and I kind of know who everyone is, so, er...

How's the wedding plans going?

Er...urgh.

How's your...?

My...?

Lawrence said you had a new... No. ..woman? No.

Oh. He said... No.

So you're not...? No.

Oh.

Are you all right? Yes! Look, it's only Judith you're interviewing.

This isn't attractive.

Judith, these are impressionable young people.

You are a role model.

They adore you.

They're not from privileged homes.

You have a lot of power here. You can do a lot of good.

What you cannot do, however, Judith, is to...

Listen, Emily fucking Dickinson...

Go into that auditorium

and fill that water in that jug on that stage

with this water from this bottle here,

and your career at MetaFable

will be bright, shiny,

and guaranteed.

You keep going on at me like this,

and you'll be lucky to find a job shovelling shit

from Siberia to Outer Mongolia.

All right?

Judith!

Caroline! How are you?

Oh. Yeah, I'm, er...

Do you want to, er, go and sit in the assembly hall?

I'll take it from here.

Are you sure?

Yeah. Helen!

Could you show John through to the hall, please? The VIP seats.

Absolutely!

So excited.

WHISPERS: You sure? Yeah.

So, how's it hanging?

Yeah, it's good.

Caroline?

No, I... I'm, er...

It's just, er...

Darling, what's happened?

Nothing. Er...

I've done so much for this school, I've really turned it round,

and it was hard. I was bereaved.

And things like this are so important for the students.

Getting someone like you here, it means they matter.

And now I'm just going to let them down. How? No, you're not.

The problem... The immediate problem

is that the person who was supposed to be interviewing you...isn't.

Why?

Because, oh...

Because she's accused me of something...

..tawdry.

Which, you know me, I just wouldn't.

No! Would I?

Yeah, no. Course you wouldn't.

I would. You wouldn't.

And she really got the wrong end of the stick. Well, not...

Not... But I didn't do anything, for goodness' sake.

And then she said she's not doing it, this, the interview,

so I'm doing it, and I'm not prepared.

Not that I don't love your work and your books, Judith, I...

I... I do. Er... No, I do.

You inspire children to read in a way that's...

that's breathtaking. I'd have reread them all

if I'd known that I was going to, but... So it's shoddy.

And it's not fair on you, it's not fair on the students,

it's not fair on me, because I've not prepped,

and I've been made to feel like some...some...

Well, I don't know what. Some kind of a...

And I'm not, am I?

Or maybe I am? Jesus!

No, Caroline.

Whatever's gone on, this person needs their arse kicked.

You are the most decent person I know.

Is that vodka?

No!

Could I have a swig?

Listen, babe, we can do this.

We can knock this little fella outta the ball park.

Yeah, don't swear when you get out there. Yeah. Don't swear.

Yeah. I won't swear.

Oh!

I thought they'd be here all day.

Who?

What d'you mean, who? Oh.

Oh, hell! Now what?

I've got to pick our Flora and Calamity up from school.

So don't get settled. Oh, I'll be all right, I'll stop here.

You will not!

I can't have you wandering off again.

Oh, er, here we go! Bristol Live.

"On his Instagram account,

"the artist known as Banksy

"has finally denied..." What? What?

What's he saying? Eh? "Denied.

"Denied being behind the striking giraffe image

"that appeared on a barn at Far Slack Farm in Soyland, West Yorkshire,

"over the weekend." Oh! Well, that sucks!

What an A-hole! Is that definitely, definitely, like,

how he tells people stuff?

Is that... Is that, like, for definite?

Dunno, dunno. I dunno.

Yeah, looks like there's a whole, like, gallery of stuff

he's denied being responsible for.

That's a big load of old pants, innit?

Yeah, he could've pretended, hey? At least.

It's no skin off his nose.

SHEEP BLEAT

What's happened? What's happening?

What's she doing, angel? Dunno, babe.

GILLIAN GROANS

Gillian?

What's happening?

There were 30 ewes and nearly 60 lambs in this field.

And now some rubber-necking, trespassing...

..has gone and left the gate...

..wide open!

Gillian.

Yeah, right.

Obviously, that's exactly what needs to happen next.

Aye-aye.

What do you want? Come on, I'm busy,

I've got stuff to...

PHONE RINGS

In your own time.

Afternoon?

BOTH: Hello. Fred.

Have a load of your sheep got out?

Yeah. Yeah, they have.

I've just found t'gate open, just now.

Who is it? Old lad lives down t'road.

Right, because they've been at all them cannabis plants

that were fly-tipped down Hollin Lane,

and they've been on t'main road.

Oh, God. OK. Er, thanks, Fred. Thanks for letting me know.

You want to get down there and round 'em up, love,

before they cause an accident. I will, I am doing.

Ta-ta. Ta-ta.

Yeah, so...

..we've got half a tonne of mutton off their tits on cannabis

down in Millbank.

Have you ever seen a sheep off its tits on cannabis?

No. No. No.

Lose all their inhibitions.

You see, normally, your average Swaledale is fairly docile.

Meek. Self-effacing. Shy.

Not disposed to create anything much in the way of drama.

They've terrorised the pre-school.

Six of 'em got on a bus, held the driver up at gunpoint,

made him drive 'em into Halifax.

Six more went into the Old Bridge Inn,

trashed the place with baseball bats.

No, they didn't.

They've been mugging pensioners. Fuck off, Cheryl.

Well, one of 'em got on a bus and shat everywhere.

Several people's gardens have been trashed, aggressively,

including the beer garden down at the Old Bridge Inn.

One very unhappy 6'3", 18-stone landlord

who was formerly very proud of his geraniums.

And, yeah, a couple of 'em got into the pre-school

and upset the little 'uns. Really upset them. We're talking tears.

Vomit and shit everywhere. And...

..a pensioner's been knocked to the ground outside the post office.

That's when I got called in.

So I suggest you get down there with your trailer ASAP.

Then I suggest a few snivelling apologies might not go amiss.

INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER

I'm going to have to sort this out.

Yeah. No, it's fine. We'll, er, we'll help.

I'll bring my camera.

This gate...

..was left open...

..by some...

..coming to goggle at the vandalism someone's done to my barn,

which I haven't even bothered reporting to you lot

cos I know how not interested you'll be.

SHE SCOFFS

And, also,

why aren't you lot doing anything

about the outlaws that...that fly-tip the contents

of their nasty little cannabis farms everywhere?

Happens all the time round here!

It's a... It's a weekly occurrence!

And you never catch 'em, because they always seem to know

when you're going to bust 'em, cos they always get tipped off,

probably by one o' your dippy lot, and then this happens!

SHE SIGHS It's a good job it's me on duty

and not Sergeant Cawood,

cos she'd rip your spleen out through your nose for you,

speaking to a police officer like that.

Ooh, scary.

Shaking. Look.

Go and get your trailer, and I'll meet you down in Millbank.

You murdering bitch.

SHE SNIFFS

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

JOHN: Well done! Well done!

That was terrific!

CAROLINE SIGHS

Both of you, absolutely splendid.

Oh, shut up. Was it?

I've heard it all before, obviously, but somehow, I don't know,

it all came up fresh. Well done. Well done, Caroline.

You didn't mind me dropping that into the conversation, did you?

Sorry.

About you being gay.

Oh! It just came out.

I assume they all know anyway.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, they all... Yeah. And they all cheered

and applauded when I said it.

Oh. God, they love you, don't they, those kids?

God, they do! They really do, Caroline.

Yes. Yes.

And I love them.

What super kids.

Oh, yes, they are. They... They are.

Did you say that you wanted me to do some photographs?

Oh, if you wouldn't mind. Oh, I'd love to.

Oh, that would be so generous of your time.

BELL DINGS

BELL DINGS

DOOR OPENS

Granny, wake up. Grandad's here.

HE CHUCKLES

SHE GROANS

TED SNORES

We're going to have to get some fish and chips for tea.

Can you pick some up on your way back from Gillian's

when you take Calamity home?

I shall sleep well tonight!

Well, I hope I will.

It's been nonstop since you walked out of that door this morning.

And I've had him to trail round with me again.

All day.

Shh-shh! Oh, he's asleep.

And then I've been trying to get hold of Martin,

but there's no reply.

We got back here at ten to three, and they'd gone.

I assumed they were coming back, but they haven't.

I'll have to have a sit-down and a cup of tea

before I start taxiing people about.

You used to be able to rely on workmen.

He said ten days - max -

and we'd have a fully functioning kitchen.

If he doesn't stick to that, he's for the high-jump.

Where's t'kettle? It's outside the bathroom.

Is it on? Oh, you want me to put it on?

No, I'll do it.

Where are the mugs?

In the bedroom.

And the teabags are on the windowsill in the living room.

And the milk's in the bathroom.

There's some teaspoons chucking about somewhere.

Oh, I'll do it. No, I'll do it.

No, you sit down.

You see, I hadn't budgeted mentally

for me having to start picking them two up on my own.

They're no trouble, but they just never stop,

and it's easier to manage them when there's two of you.

And Ted - bless him - he's clueless with 'em.

And what was that in the cafe?

Him saying that you said he could stay here indefinitely.

That, I'm telling you, is not a conversation we've had.

He's come up with that himself.

He's in a world of his own.

You need to talk to him.

You need to find out what's happening.

If I start digging for information, he just grunts.

Who are you ringing? Gillian.

See if she can come over and fetch Calamity.

Well, we'll still need to fetch some fish and chips.

Caroline's here now, see?

CAR APPROACHES

Flora! Your mother's here.

GILLIAN: No, no. Right, listen... PHONE BUZZES

No, no, no, the buck does stop wi' you,

because if there's a right o' way through your field,

you know you're more than likely to get idiots leaving the gates open.

Oh, my God, they're so fast, angel!

This is for your benefit, not mine.

As a responsible landowner, you need to be anticipating that.

You should be providing a stile, which will allow them easy access,

and not let these evil little bastards escape.

And look at Mrs Peacock. She's traumatised!

She's distressed.

Oh, blimey.

HE CHUCKLES

Another few days, and you won't recognise it!

It's gone to voicemail.

Are you all right, Alan?

Mm. He's exhausted.

..Flora!

TV ON

Are you all right? Yeah.

Yes.

Yes, I hope I'm fit to drive.

I was knocking back the vodka this afternoon.

You were? At school?

It was only a nip. Well, it was two nips.

The second was an accident, but it's Judith.

You know what Judith's like.

Judith? Oh, she, erm... Yes, she came to do this talk.

Well, it was a Q&A.

And somehow, God knows,

she managed to replace the water in the jug

on the stage with vodka.

How?

So that took me by surprise about halfway through the proceedings,

when my throat got a bit dry...

Anyway, it went very well, vodka or no vodka.

Maybe because of the vodka.

Come on!

FLORA: Uncle Ted's snoring.

SHE CHUCKLES

You couldn't take Calamity back to Gillian's for us, could you?

Yeah! It's the opposite direction. ..Shh.

Well, not if you went over the tops.

Yes, but I never go over the tops,

because it's another 20 minutes.

It's all right. I'll take her. I think, realistically,

we're going to have to rethink this arrangement.

What arrangement? Us picking them up after school.

BOTH: Why?

Because it's not us any more, is it? It's me, on my own,

lugging him, Ted - bless him. You know, since his escapade...

And then no kitchen to come home to - not this week, nor next week.

Right. OK.

Well, that's going to be...

What? Difficult. But, yes. Yes. OK.

I'll sort something else out, then.

Come on, Calamity. Get your stuff. I'll drive you home.

It's this damned job.

I've said everything I'm going to say to him on the subject.

Come along, Flora.

Judith.

Judith. Judith!

We're back.

Oh.

I was thinking...

What? Well...

Do we NEED to get married?

I mean, I just think, you know,

aren't we all right as we are?

You mean, carry on? Yeah.

Like this? Yeah.

It works, doesn't it?

DOOR CLOSES

I realised something today.

Did you? Mm.

Something really quite...profound.

What?

I don't love you.

Never loved you.

We just...drifted into this mess together

blindfolded, didn't we?

So yes, you're right -

we shouldn't get married.

In fact...

..you should leave.

Should I? What?

Well, I can't leave.

It's my house.

Was anyone hurt?

No. No, it was PC Nitwit exaggerating.

ALAN CHUCKLES

I just had to spend the afternoon apologising.

And people were kind, on the whole, considering the damage.

Even the bloke at the pub...

..eventually.

I offered to do a couple of hours in his garden for him.

And then I said I'd pop in on Beryl, the pensioner,

and do a bit of shopping for her, summat.

She wasn't hurt, she was just shaken.

And the school, er, they...

..they want to bring a bunch of kids up to look at the lambs

next season. So that's all right, I can do that.

If I'm still here.

What do you mean? Seven of 'em are still missing.

That's not including the two that were knocked down and killed

on the main road, so that's...

..600 quid. It's gone.

And it isn't like I ever make any money on the sheep.

Even at the best of times, they only ever break even.

But that's...

SHE SIGHS

Oh, I thought it was such a good move buying those ten acres,

but, of course, obviously not.

600 quid down and...

..I just can't face...

..the debt, the stress every day.

I could sell up, pay it all off.

Get a little place down in Ripponden, little flat.

Couple of part-time jobs. I'd be all right.

What about Raff and Ellie?

Hmm. They earn more than I do.

Not just between 'em.

Each.

You'd be miserable.

Not waking up to that view every morning?

I think it only ever worked before because you were here.

Before you married Celia.

Then Robbie came. And now...

..I feel like it's all slipping through my fingers.

It's like every day I'm fighting a losing battle.

And that...

VEHICLE APPROACHES

..barn...

VEHICLE STOPS

Oh, I wouldn't be sad to get away from that.

ALAN STAMMERS

DOOR OPENS

Have you seen Instagram? Yeah, yeah.

Right. Come on, you two. We can get off now they're here.

There's no tea cooked -

I've been rounding up escaped sheep all afternoon.

And I've said I'd drive these two over to Caroline's.

How... How did they escape?

Folk coming to gawp at that daub, leaving t'gate open.

Two of 'em are dead, knocked down.

I've reported it now anyway, officially, to the police,

as an act of vandalism.

RAFF: See ya. Bye.

MIA: Thanks for having us. ELLIE: Pleasure.

Bye, Grandad. Thanks for driving me home.

Bye-bye, love. Ta-ta.

See you.

DOOR CLOSES

I wish I could do something for you. Yeah. Well...

How's your kitchen? Oh!

Are they an item?

Come on! I haven't got all week.

See you. Bye-bye, love. Don't work too hard.

I enjoy it! They're nice folk. It keeps me young.

Gets me out of the house.

CAR DOOR SHUTS

Right!

Let's try again, shall we?

PHONE RINGS

Hello? Celia? It's Nadine.

Oh, Nadine!

Hello, love! How are you?

Is it your dad you're after? He's in the garden.

No, no, look. Listen, Celia.

No, I'm just, er, just phoning to see if he's OK, that's all.

Yeah, he's fine.

Well, he's all right.

Well, he's a bit vague.

He wandered off the other day, but we found him.

Well, a fella and his dog did.

Shall I fetch him? No, no, no.

Celia, he won't want to talk to me. Just, erm...

I just want to know, you know, what the arrangement is.

Just so that I know he's all right.

What arrangement?

There.

With him.

And you and Uncle Alan.

Well, there isn't one, as such.

I mean, he's said he wants to stop.

And he can, but, er,

if it's going to be more permanent,

well, you know, I mean,

I'm assuming he's not short of money...

Nadine?

And he'll be able to buy himself a little house.

You need to ask him about Angelina.

Who?

He should tell you himself.

SHE SIGHS You should hear his side of it.

Just ask him to tell you about Angelina.

So, she's saying she's not going to pick them up any more.

Either of them. How's that going to work?

I've got a shift at Patterson's.

Me dad never said owt, and I've just seen him!

Well, because he'll be in denial, won't he?

Because he knows she'll be saying it to guilt-trip him.

So, so... Sorry, is it OK if Mia stays...

..here as well? As well as me?

Mm? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yay! I'll show you upstairs.

What happened to Alyssa?

Oh, erm, went to York with Angus.

FLORA: This way. Yeah, we know where we're going!

I'm showing Mia! Mind the step.

My room's at the top of the stairs.

Why's your dad got this job?

Oh, I think...

..to get out of the house.

To get away from my mother?

Are they an item?

She's about ten years older than him.

Mmm. Three.

It's since Brexit, isn't it - me dad and your mum?

They were never going to see eye to eye about that,

and then it's just gone from bad to worse,

as the months have dragged on and on

into years.

The whole world's unravelling.

Mine is.

Is it? Is it? Mine is!

John and Judith are getting married.

SHE CHUCKLES

Wow.

That's a special kind of crazy.

Why? It's her. It's her idea.

I think she's deluded.

I think she thinks they're like that couple

out of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.

You know, the ones who hate each other and drink a lot.

The weird thing is, I think she thinks it's romantic, or desirable,

or inevitable, or...

SHE SIGHS DEEPLY

OK.

I need a wife.

I need a husband.

It's odd.

When I saw John today,

it's the first time since we got divorced that I realised

that...

..that just now and again I almost miss him. Do you? Hmm.

Well, he was very sensible, occasionally.

Occasionally, he'd put a perspective on something

that made you realise it was nowhere near as...

..worth committing suicide over

as you'd worked yourself up into thinking it was.

So why's your world unravelling?

SHE SIGHS

Isn't it stupid how...

..one thing can undermine your whole sense of...

..who you are, however smart you think you are,

however resilient you try and be?

Yeah.

Yeah! Yeah, that's me.

I don't know how much longer I can do this,

being a single parent.

Even with them picking her up every day, it still feels like

it's just... It's juggling...

..too many things all the time.

And you cope, and you cope, and then one thing...

How was your date?

It wasn't a date.

Ah. I see.

Is that...?

Move on. Rise above it.

You liked her. No, I didn't.

What happened?

You need a night out.

No. That's the last thing I need. You do, you need...

No, I'm not going to Hebden Women's Disco,

I've told you. Don't.

Why don't we just get pissed together one night?

Because we'd wake up the next day feeling worse.

I can't even afford to get pissed. What am I talking about?

Oh, it's not a Banksy, then?

Mm.

I'm the same as you.

I was doing all right - coping, managing,

even convincing myself I was halfway to being happy.

And then just...

..one thing, one...

..dumb, random, idiotic thing.

And it's not even a Banksy!

I'm thinking I might sell up.

And do what?

Nothing. Just...

..call it a day, find something else to do.

You can't do that.

No, I can.

CAR APPROACHES

CAR DOOR OPENS

He's here.

Do you want me to tell him?

Yeah.

We've had a phone call.

Oh? Nadine. Ringing to see what the "arrangement" was.

I said, "What arrangement?"

And she said, "Tell him to tell you about Angelina." He has no money.

He did sell the house for 1.5 million, but it's gone.

All of it. On a woman.

Eh? He met her on a dating site for older folk.

Except that she was 54.

30 years younger than him!

It sounds like he went silly over her.

She persuaded him to sell the house

and buy somewhere smaller to free up some money.

Only she liked spending -

holidays, cruises...

And then she asked him to invest in her brother's business - boats.

And that was when the rot set in, apparently.

Anyway, it's all gone.

Got about 20 grand left. 20?!

And Nadine's had her fair share.

Before they tell you any different, the little bastards.

And then there's none of 'em will have me!

So you've got nothing left - at all -

except this 20 grand?

And where is she,

this...Angelina?

Well, it all ended rather acrimoniously.

She moved on.

So...

..can I stop?

ROCK MUSIC BLARES UPSTAIRS

BED THUMPS

CAR APPROACHES

DOG BARKS

DOG WHIMPERS

Hello. She's thrown me...

Well, she asked me to leave, so I wasn't going to hang around.

I thought you were getting married.

HE SCOFFS

And so why are you here? Well, because she's thrown me...

Asked me to leave!

Well, so can I come in, then? It's freezing!

But why are you here?

PHONE RINGS

Sorry?

They have hotels. Who do?

People. People have hotels. For people.

Hello?

I'm coming in. Caroline?

Hello?

It's Judith.

Oh, hi.

..I am not your mother.

Sorry? Yeah, listen.

I'm just ringing to say thanks for today.

I really enjoyed it.

And I don't always, doing things like that.

And I just wanted to say thank you.

Oh, well, it was a pleasure.

..You can't just turn up here

thinking you've got a God-given right to move in.

Yes, but...

No, I know that.

Yeah, and I just wanted to, erm... Oh, why did I ever...?

Listen.

I realised something...

..really big today...

..when I saw you.

What?

Why did I ever look at anyone else when I had you?

You wouldn't like to go...

..out for dinner with me, would you?

She was a lovely person.

She fair cheered me up.

I'd got that used to being lonely, I'd forgotten about being happy -

how it changes you, lifts you up.

She liked doing stuff, living life...

..having adventures.

It was my idea to put the house on the market.

It made sense -

it was worth so much by then.

And the only cash I had was my pension,

so it seemed daft sitting on it.

So...

..we were happy...

..for, what...

..about 18 months or so?

Until that business with her brother cropped up.

KNOCK ON DOOR

I'll go.

Well, did you go to the police?

Yes.

Turns out, they think it's not the first time

that they've taken someone for a ride... Oh...

..these two. Do you mean, right from the beginning, it was a scam?!

Hello, Rick. Mrs Buttershaw, erm, I'm sorry about this,

but we think he's gone bust - Martin.

He owes us six weeks' wages, me and Adam, and he's disappeared.

We think he's gone bust.

Morning! Is this a bad time to be calling?

Starting a relationship with an alcoholic

is not at the top of my list of things to do.

500 grand, all in. All 35 acres, the house...

Is that what it's worth? I am worried you're going to regret it.

I'd like to go to Bridlington. I could drive you. I have a car.

We'd have to get the bus down to Sowerby Bridge,

though, to pick it up. Ted?

HARRY: Ted's gone AWOL again.

He is not all there, is he? Hey...

I don't remember any of this.

As well as that, they think he's vulnerable.

We need to find him. Yes, I think that's why we're all here.