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[ Indistinct talking ]

[ Indistinct talking ]

Donating.

Oh, thank you, Alya!

-Such a kind girl. -Oh!

Second time this week, Auntie.

You're a very good Muslim.

-Hey. -Thank you.

No problem.

[ Woman speaking indistinctly ]

I'm afraid we can't give you a parcel without a voucher.

-It's all right. -Wait.

Take these for now.

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

See ya.

CHILD: Mummy.

Mummy?

NAVEED: Mate!

[ Laughs ]

-Good to have you back, man. -How are ya?

AMIN: Skiver.

It's public speaking, not reading.

-Mate. -Hey.

Mate.

[ Laughs ]

You stink.

Hey, I'm just...

I mean, come on...

Let's just say Cory did not have time for a shower this morning.

-RIZ: You're unbelievable. -NEIL: How was she?

You got any photographic evidence?

ALYA: Wow.

Taking after-school activities to a whole new level.

What? I was just, you know, doing my biology homework.

I didn't see that on the syllabus.

Well, that's because you're all theory

and no practice, Alya, aren't you?

[ Laughter ]

Here he is, risen from the dead.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

[ Moaning softly ]

[ Whistle blowing ]

Girls, this is netball. You can't bounce the ball.

Come on! The ball! Come on!

Netball's rubbish, sir.

How come the boys don't have to play? It's well sexist.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

-[ Whistle blows ] -Sir!

Give -- Give me the ball!

Come on, Amina.

Get the ball! Get the ball, Tahira!

Tahira!

Get it!

Oh, I broke a nail!

I don't want it.

[ Whistle blows ]

Seriously? Can you not see that I'm stood here?

You totally did that on purpose.

Not my fault you're a clumsy cow.

Get your lezzer hands off me!

Right, that's it. You and her.

-Yeah, I'll fight you. -Bring it on!

MANDY: So, ladies, the three P's of public speaking...

Prepare, practice, present.

EMMA: And remember, it's not all about the winning.

It's about taking part.

It's all about winning, miss.

Miss, is this really about public speaking,

or improving the image of the school?

MANDY: Uh, well, Nasreen,

the school could always do with improving its image.

However, this competition is a platform

for my brightest Year 12s to shine.

We won't let you down, miss.

I've got this, miss.

Yeah, there's -- there's no "I" in "team," Alya.

Yes, miss. But there is in "win."

LORRAINE: The Hebden Park lot are here.

Oh! They're here.

Good luck.

Hello.

What are you doing here?

Ah, the powers that be decided to send my head of English

to one of the other schools in the trust,

leaving me to run today.

Still, that's life working at the Valley Trust for you.

Suck the life out of you.

-Darren, this is... -Javid Shah. Deputy head.

Yeah, Mr. Shah, why don't you show

the Hebden Park pupils to the hall?

Thanks.

-He's a bit... -MANDY: Tell me about it.

And as Anne Frank said, "No one has ever become poor by giving."

[ Cheers and applause ]

Charity.

-Does charity start at home? -[ Feedback whining ]

On the one hand, there are those who would argue that...

There -- There are those who would argue that

because times are rough, that...

Does charity start at home?

Now, as someone who regularly volunteers at food banks,

I can pick up on what my lovely teammate...

-Don't worry about it. -...was trying to say

before she sadly dropped her notes.

[ Laughter ]

If, like me, she spent all her spare time helping others,

she would know that in an economically deprived town

like Ackley Bridge, charity is vital

and should most definitely start at home.

Yeah, give us a tenner, then, love.

It's not as simple as just handing out cash.

A recent government poll showed that,

as well as turning to benefits,

a large majority of low-income families

are even forced to use food banks.

Don't leave charity up to other people.

Every single day, I ask myself,

what more can I do to help those in need?

[ Cheering ]

Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam.

I -- I need to talk to you about Razia.

Oh, so nowyou want to talk to me?

Razia needs to watch her mouth.

Hey up, guys.

What's up?

Aren't you gonna congratulate me?

Congratulate you? For what?

This?

-How did you get that? -Leave it, Riz.

All that talk about charity.

Look at you.

You're just so full of yourself.

Just a stuck-up, spoiled little brat.

First we need to identify the cells of the rhubarb.

Can't see anything through this piece of crap.

They're all the same and, well, everyone else's works, so...

-So, what? You saying I'm thick? -Shut up.

Well, what if I am?

What are you gonna do about it?

You and me, after school.

She's a Murgatroyd.

Well, I'm a Paracha.

RASHID: Excuse me.

This conversation concerning the vacuole, is it?

HAYLEY: No, sir.

It's about the difference

between the living and the dead.

Lovely.

Can anyone remind me of the purpose of the nucleus?

[ Indistinct talking ]

[ Talking stops ]

That was meant for a private WhatsApp group.

Now you know how it feels to be publicly humiliated.

Is this about that competition?

No, it's about you laughing at people's desperate situations.

[ Up-tempo music playing through earbuds]

Least now, everyone can see what you are.

[ Students clapping ]

BOY: Stuck-up cow. Get lost.

Ken, come on. I need this.

Come on. Whatever happened to loyalty?

I've been supplying you for 10 years.

I'm sorry, Sadiq, but business is business.

-[ Engine starts ] -Ken.

[ Sighs ]

Dad? Why are you home? What's going on?

Nothing. Why aren't you at school?

'Cause the school's a joke.

I can't stay there.

Please, can I go to private school? I just can't do it.

That school, it's special to me.

How's it gonna look if my own daughter

doesn't want to study there?

But what's more important?

My happiness or your community project?

[ Chanting ] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

-[ Chanting continues ] -[ Indistinct shouting ]

It's not too late, you know?

This is what happens when you mess with a Murgatroyd.

-Come on. -Please.

Please.

-I'm not doing this. -You what?!

BOY: Come on! Hit her!

What you doing? Smack her.

-Bawk, bawk! -Chicken!

Just go home.

Bawk, bawk!

SAM: I'm not fighting you.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

-Go home! -Get off me.

HAYLEY: Sam, let's go.

Raz!

Ow! [ Gasps ]

[ Shouting stops ]

Oh, my God!

-Are you okay? -Nas?

You'd better have a very good explanation for this.

Nas, you all right? What's happened?

JAVID: We'll get you to hospital.

Have you even been out today?

[ Footsteps ascending ]

CASHIER: Hi.

Is that all for you?

See ya.

GIRL: Mum!

Mum!

Mum!

Wait till I get my hand on that Sam girl.

I knew she were trouble when she walked in.

Like your Taylor Swifty. Come.

Hmm!

I mean, what kind of parent bring up their children

thinking it's okay to carry a weapon, huh?

That song's well old.

Three hours in casualty. Three hours.

Bloody government. More cutting than in hair salon.

Lucky it was just a scratch.

A week?

Miss Carter, is this really necessary?

Sadiq, she humiliated Cory Wilson

in front of the entire school.

I am not staying in isolation for a week.

I have exams to pass.

Don't I, Miss Carter?

RIZ: She won't be here long.

She's asked Dad to send her to private school.

Full of stuck-up cows. She'll fit right in.

Seriously? My dad literally puts food in your mouth.

We all know who gets the free school meals

around here, don't we?

Do you never learn?

Bunch of sheep, the lot of you.

But it's all right when they're following you,isn't it, Alya?

Oh! So you're speaking to me now?

I thought you only had time for white girls.

Don't you think you should be quiet, young lady?

Oh, come on, it's embarrassing watching you crawl.

Alya, that's enough.

Mr. Simpson, if you want to be taken seriously 'round here,

you might want to grow a pair.

And as for you,

surely that care in the community scheme

has come to an end.

[ Students gasping and laughing ]

You need to stop your mouth now, young lady.

Come back to me when you've learned

how to speak English properly.

-Ohh! -Ohh!

[ Indistinct talking ]

Mate, I am literally a foot away from you.

-It's hard. -This one's gonna go in.

-[ Thud ] -Oh!

Wait till me dad finds out!

Not only have you had me mum,

nicked our food out of the fridge an' all!

RIZ: You okay? What was all that about?

[ Groans ]

Mate, do you want me to see if Mrs. Paracha

has got some frozen peas for that?

-[ Laughs ] -No. No, it's okay.

I don't think there's any lasting damage, anyway.

Is it true, though, what she said?

I mean, that's like using women for food.

Pretty messed up.

Mate, things can't be that bad.

Can they?

Mate?

Everything all right?

No. No, it isn't.

What's wrong?

I've lost my factory.

My business. I've lost everything.

I've been trying so hard to keep things going,

but then this week I-I lost a big contract.

Well, how long's this been going on for?

-Six months. -Six months?

Sadiq, why didn't you come and see me earlier?

I haven't even told my family yet.

-I still want to be sponsor. -What?

We both know this is about more than just the money.

I've invested years into this school.

It's important to me.

The mattress business I inherited from my father,

but -- but this place, I built it from scratch.

If I lose this, I'll be a laughingstock.

How's the school supposed to survive with a bankrupt sponsor?

I'll be letting all the families down.

I promised them a better future for their kids.

We don't need my money.

We can just make the government money go further.

[ Exhales sharply ] I need -- I need to think.

-[ Knock on door ] -I just need to think.

Mandy? The Paracha-Murgatroyd meeting?

Yes. Thank you, Javid.

JAVID: Fighting.

Again.

And you're no better with your bullying.

Well, for three girls who are never short of conversation,

you're suspiciously quiet.

We can sit here all day if you want.

Oh, hang on, sweetheart. I've got things to do.

MANDY: Fine, right, well, in that case,

Sam, I'm going to make arrangements

for you to be transferred to a pupil referral unit.

A what?

JAVID: We should be calling the police.

Yeah. I'll call them for you, huh?

I knew this was a mistake,

you coming to this school with that lot.

"That lot"?

You can't say stuff like that, Grandpa.

My granddaughter has been radicalized

by you bloody Muslims.

You don't even know what radicalized means, huh?

You're happy to eat our curry

or have the doctor save your life.

I hate curry, and I wouldn't have a Muslim doctor

anywhere near me, love.

Grandpa, that's racist.

Call yourself a Murgatroyd?

KANEEZ: I know what I'd call you.

Oh, please stop! It was not Sam's fault!

Look, she's just confused, miss.

It must be...

Must be all the blood she's lost.

Miss Carter, Sam didn't stab me.

Razia did.

GRANDPA: Yes!

MANDY: Razia?

You're a snitch, and I hate you!

MANDY: She'll, um -- She'll be transferred to a pupil referral.

I'm sorry.

Razia! How could you do such a thing?!

I didn't know we had guests.

I invited him.

CORY: Mmm!

Mr. and Mrs. Nawaz, this is amazing.

Really good.

How do you eat this stuff?

With these.

No, seriously, Mrs. Nawaz.

You should go on "MasterChef" or something.

I mean, this is amazing.

-I have to go. -What?

-I've got a meeting. -But what about dinner?

Sadiq!

Could I, uh, use your bathroom?

Yeah.

Thanks.

This isn't "Through the Keyhole."

Toilet's that way.

You just think you're so much better

than everyone else, don't you?

NASREEN: What are you saying, that you expected me to lie?!

-RAZIA: Yeah, for your sister! -You actually stabbed me!

RAZIA: I didn't do it on purpose!

Soon only dogs will be able to hear them, huh?

-With any luck. -This is all your fault!

How's this all my fault? Youstabbed me!

And you got me put in a pupil referral unit!

What is going on with you two and this girl?!

Missy Booth, tell me. What is happening?

-That Sam girl, she's a violent. -Well violent.

And she's a moody.

-Well moody. -And she's...

Sam's my girlfriend.

She's your girlfriend?

Ohh.

Mum? How are you not kicking off?

It's all right, puttari.

I been to Hebden Bridge.

Sam Murgatroyd's your girlfriend?

You're a lesbian?

Raz, come on. This isn't easy for her.

Are you a lesbian as well?

What the...? No. What? Shut up.

Look she isn't exactly

my number one choice for you either, but...

[ Sighs ]

You can't help who you fall for, can you?

No.

No, you can't.

[ Speaking native language ]

What does that mean?

"Follow your heart and take your head with you."

That's what that means.

MISSY: That's beautiful.

That one of them ancient sayings?

No. Fridge magnet.

[ Laughs ]

Well, I'm going to pack anyways.

NASREEN: What? Why?

RAZIA: 'Cause I'm moving into Nana's room!

Raz!

I'm gay! Get over it!

RAZIA: Shut up!

My jewelry! It's gone! All of it!

Even the ring Dadi left me.

Cory. He was upstairs.

-I-I caught him snooping around. -Where's my phone?

-RIZ: Where are you going? -ALYA: To Cory's.

You know where he lives, don't you? Call Dad.

[ Line ringing ]

[ Knocking ]

Where is it?

Mum's jewelry's been nicked.

And you think I took it?

ALYA: You've done it to get back at me.

What's she on about?

I didn't take your poxy jewelry, okay?

Then why does she think you did?

Because you're skint.

Yeah.

Yeah, we are.

Why is that, Dad?

Eh?

It's 'cause you just sit on your backside and do nothing.

You've got one kid in foster care and another one

picking up women and nicking their food.

We'd be better off without you.

SADIQ: Hang on.

Cory didn't take the jewelry.

How could you let it get to this?

You pawned the ring Dadi left me.

I was trying to save our home.

I needed the money to keep up with the mortgage payments.

But we paid off the mortgage.

You remortgaged without telling me?

SADIQ: [ Sighs ]

I was trying to make both the business

and the school a success.

You overpromised, Sadiq.

You always do.

I'm sorry.

I really am sorry.

I'll make it right.

You'd better tell your sister we're on our way.

Auntie Zehra?

We can't go there.

Come, all of you. I've made chai.

Welcome home.

[ Babies crying ]

-Allahu akbar. -Allahu akbar.

Mand?

You've put yourself in isolation?

Sadiq's gone bust.

What?!

[ Gasps ]

What do I do?

Find another sponsor?

You're joking, aren't you? Who? Where?

Keep him without the cash?

I don't know. Maybe?

What's the alternative?

We get taken over by a multiacademy trust?

They won't care about you or me or any of the staff

who've worked so hard to give these kids a chance.

You heard Darren. It's all about money with them.

What are you gonna do?

JORDAN: Miss Carter!

Miss Carter! Miss Carter!

Jordan?

Miss Carter, it's me dad.

Dad!

SHANNON: Get down from there, you daft git!

What is he doing?

Dad! Get down!

Get down now!

Has anyone called the police?

CORY: Come on, Dad. What you doing up there?

Please just get down, will you?

CLINT: What's he doing up there?

Well, I don't think he's fixing the roof.

Do you remember when Mum left us?

You know, when she walked out.

Do you remember what you said to us?

I said I'd never leave you.

Can someone do something, man?!

I'm sorry for what I said before, okay?

We do need you.

Just come down, Dad.

All right.

I'll come down.

-Oh! -[ Crowd gasps ]

[ Body thuds ]

Send an ambulance, please.

Dad?

Dad?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, lads.

Come on. Come on, Dad.

[ Siren wails ]

ALYA: Auntie Zehra?

What's your Wi-Fi code?

Shh!

Wi-Fi.

[ Indistinct talking on television]

-What's your Wi-Fi code? -Shh.

We don't have it, sweetie.

But everybody's got Wi-Fi.

You okay, puttar?

Cory's dad just tried to kill himself.

I'm getting a jumbo battered sausage.

I'm done in after all that.

I'll have meat and potato pie, chips, peas, gravy,

and a buttered teacake.

-Diet going well, then, Gramps? -Yeah, very funny.

Don't even.

I wasn't even gonna say a word.

I didn't mean for any of this to happen.

Ta.

So how was the hospital?

Yeah, he, uh...

He's been -- been sectioned.

-So... -Oh.

How is the new place?

Well...

I mean, I'm sharing what can only be described as a shed

with my dad, mum, brother, uncle,

heavily pregnant auntie, three cousins,

and some random old lady that I'm probably related to,

but I have no idea who she is.

Ah, and we only have one toilet.

[ Chuckles ]

So no pool, then?

Over swimming.

Chlorine dries the skin.

Anyway, I'm -- I'm glad you came.

Cory, you and me, we could...

I just -- I came to say that I -- I really...

-[ Door opens ] -Do you want gravy with these?

CORY: Nice!

[ Baby fusses ]

Um, what did she want?

She just came to say sorry.

Dad, why are you doing this?

The governors are meeting today.

I need Mandy to back me.

I've put so much into this place.

But you've got nothing.

Your granddad, when he started the factory, had nothing.

Me, I'm building back up.

Everybody knows what's happened.

So?

All the more reason to show them

that I'm serious about getting back on my feet.

You do the same.

Hmm?

I shouldn't have made you look bad at the competition.

I'm sorry.

I'm sticking around, so...

[ Sighs ]

You've got way too much attitude for private school anyway.

-[ Laughter ] -So, what did I miss?

Another episode of "Tahira's Hideous Hijabs."

-Take a look at that. -Oh, my God.

-It's disgusting. -Yeah, I know.

-Missed you guys. -We missed you.

-Aww. -Yeah.

ANEESA: It is. It is just hideous.

Hey, bro.

Hey, you ought to see the amount of food at ours.

Whole estate's been round.

We've got all sorts there.

Lasagna. Cake. Some weird soup kind of thing.

Can't eat it all by myself, like.

Jord, you belong at home.

With me.

What about Dad?

He's getting fixed.

He's gonna be okay.

What type of cake is it?

Carrot cake.

No, I'm all right, then. I'll stay out, mate.

Not if I have anything to do with it.

[ Both laugh ]

[ Laughter ]

Look at that mardy face.

Come on.

Come on.

Where -- Do you want to tell me where you're taking me?

Oh, love it when the sun's out.

-Where are we going, Missy? -You'll see.

I'm really not in the moo--

No, I know exactly what you're doing.

Come on.

[ Clears throat ]

See if you can do something about this, will you, eh?

[ School bell rings ]

Come on. Have fun.

Sorry about my grandpa.

He's old school.

You mean a racist.

Well...

-Yeah. -Mm.

I told my family that you're my girlfriend.

[ Both chuckle ]

-What? -Okay.

It's not funny.

JAVID: No, you can't seriously be considering this.

The governors aren't going to agree

to a bankrupt businessman as a credible sponsor.

-Now, just a second. -No.

Our best bet is to put ourselves forward

for a multiacademy trust.

They pick up failing schools all the time.

We are not a failing school.

You run this place like it's social services.

Now, hold on a minute.

A trust have the talent and the resources.

They could make this place a real success.

What, some corporate type in an office

who doesn't understand the kids like we do?

To them, they're just numbers.

[ Knock on door ]

The governors are here.

I am gonna do everything in my power to save this school.

Now, if you truly believe that,

you'll go out there and beg a trust to take us on.

Javid Shah. I'm here for a meeting with the CEO.

[ Baby crying in distance ]

-Hi. -Hi.

I've convinced the governors we need to stick with you.

[ Sighs ]

It's a huge risk I'm taking, Sadiq,

but you took a gamble on me when we first started all this so...

-I really appreciate it. -Yeah, well...

Now we just need to make it work somehow.

Look, I know we've got our work cut out,

but I'm gonna get back on my feet, and you and me,

we're a team and a really good one.

Well, we'd better be because, uh,

I'm gonna need a school to come back to

when I finish my maternity leave.

Wow.

-Congratulations. -Yeah.

What's one more challenge, eh? [ Laughs ]

-Thanks, Mandy. -Yeah.

Give me two seconds, give me two seconds

Hey, Alya.

-Hi, Cory. -So, um...

So I was just thinking, you know,

seeing as though you're not

going to private school or anything...

...well, I just sort of maybe...

Oh, you know this whole integration thing

that everyone bangs on about.

Mm, you know what?

Integration, it's overrated.

Some things just don't go together.

[ Chuckles ]

Hey, mate.

-Yeah! -What?!

[ Cheering ]