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[Ray sighs]

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[groans]

[Ray muttering]

Ah. Okay.

[drink pouring]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[groans]

[exhales deeply]

[clears throat]

[belches]

[bed creaks]

[grunts]

[train hissing]

[children shouting indistinctly]

[Ray chuckles]

Yeah.

[chuckles] Yeah.

- [birds chirping] - [children shouting indistinctly]

[Ray snoring]

- [train chugging] - [train horn blaring]

Ray.

[sighs]

Fucking Bible bashers.

[door closes]

- [inhales deeply] - [door closes]

[inhales deeply]

[moans]

[sighs]

- [Ray hums] - [drink pouring]

- [Ray inhales] - [bottle cap screwing]

[exhales]

[female radio presenter] ...on Radio Four. It's at six o’clock,

but from me and the entire PM team, that's all until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow.

Hope you can join us then. Until then, have a very good evening.

[male radio presenter] This is BBC Radio Four.

Now at ten to six, the shipping forecast

issued by the Met Office at 1700 today.

There are warnings of gales in Finisterre.

- The general synopsis at 1200... - [opera music playing]

- [opera music continues] - [seagulls screeching]

[hammer tapping]

["Some Of Your Lovin'" by Dusty Springfield playing on radio]

♪ Now I'm not a greedy girl I don't need the world ♪

- [Jason babbling] - Dog hairs...

Look at them.

- [Sooty whimpers] - [tapping continues]

♪ I don't expect you to guarantee ♪

♪ Your faith and devotion to only me ♪

♪ I'm aware you got a lot of wild oats to sow ♪

♪ But baby when I need you Don't you tell me no ♪

♪ You gotta give me some Give me some of your lovin' ♪

♪ You gotta give me Some of your lovin'... ♪

- [hammering continues] - [glasses clattering]

- Where's that tea, Ray? - [drink pouring]

[Ray] Forgot about the tea.

Still warm though.

Thanks, love.

[music continues playing over radio]

Oh. It's bitter, that.

♪ ...before he decides to settle down ♪

♪ I've no doubt some day you're gonna feel that way too ♪

♪ But baby, just remember, until you do ♪

♪ You gotta give me some Give me some of your lovin' ♪

[Liz] Where's that brother of yours, Ray?

- [clock chiming] - The bells. The bells.

The bells made me deaf! Water...

- Water... I want some water! - [tape recorder clicks]

[Lol] I need a glass of water, Esmerelda!

The bells made me deaf!

Esmerelda, don't look at my ugly face! The bells!

The bells have made me deaf!

Was that all right, Richard, eh? Was that all right, Richard, eh? Was it?

[Lol over the tape recorder] Esmerelda!

- The bells have made me deaf! - Is that me?

- Esmerelda... - Is that my voice on there?

Oh, it's good what can be done nowadays, isn't it?

- They can do all sorts nowadays. - [Lol] Yes. Yes, they can.

- Wow. - Can I have some money, Nan?

I've got to keep a bit for me week.

- Come to Mum's. Come on. - Don't want to.

[Hilda] Richard, why don't you go and do a bit of drawing?

Mum says if you don't come, you're going to get pummelled.

- [Hilda sighs] - Oh. I don't want to get pummelled.

I say, I don't want to get pummelled. No, no. Will William be there?

He's at work. Mum says there's a pork dinner you can have.

[whispering] Well, maybe I'll just go down quickly.

See Ray, he is me brother.

- [whispering] Well, keep that close. - [coins jingle]

- I will, Mother. - [tapping]

Come on.

- [Lol] I'm coming. - Hurry up.

- I say goodbye, Mother. Bye. - Bye, dear.

[tapping on the window]

Bye, Mother.

- [indistinct chatter] - [birds chirping]

- [Richard] Come on, soft Lawrence. - Don't call me soft!

[ice cream van jingle playing]

[birds cawing]

[Richard] Come on, soft Lawrence!

You're a little tinker, you are! [chuckles]

[footsteps approaching]

- [knock on the door] - [Lol] Hello, Elizabeth.

[growls and barks]

- [door opening] - Shut up. Shut up, Sooty.

- [Lol] William's not here, is he? - [door closing]

I say, I say, William's not here, is he?

- Hello, Elizabeth. - [Liz] Will's been out all day.

Are you sure Raymond, Elizabeth, William's not here, is he?

[Ray] He's out for the day.

[Sooty barking]

- Sooty, basket! - [Sooty barking]

[Jason imitating a plane]

When are you getting these walls papered, Elizabeth?

- When we get round to it. - [budgie twittering]

Oh.

Ah. It's a lovely photo, that. Yes, lovely.

Yes, it is a lovely photo, eh?

Sit your arse down, then.

[exhales]

It's lovely and warm in here, Elizabeth.

I say, it's lovely and warm in here, isn't it?

Will you stop bloody repeating yourself? Soon as you come in here you're doing it.

- Sorry, Elizabeth. - [Ray] We're going out in a minute.

- Out? - Huh. You're staying here, mate! Huh.

- I want you to look after Jason. - [Jason babbling]

Where you going, Elizabeth? Can't you take him with you, eh?

He'll put some time into you when he's older!

You think Will's bad, wait till he grows up!

- And me! - Oh, um,

Richard says you have a pork dinner for me. Is that right, eh?

- [crockery clattering] - Here, look at that, mate.

[Lol sniffs] Yes, lovely. Thank you, Elizabeth.

Put it in the oven with a plate over it.

- So, uh, where are you going to, eh? - [Liz] Will you stop fucking saying "eh"?

[Lol] Sorry, Elizabeth. Where are you going?

[sighs] Really gets me back up, that does.

I'm going to get me, Ray and Richard some new shoes.

So, now you know! Nosy fucker.

- [Jason babbling] - [toys rattling]

[gerbils squeaking]

[Ray] Here, there's a load of drink

- hidden in this house. - [Liz] No. Shut up, Ray.

- [laughs] - [Lol] Woo!

- [Ray laughing] Yeah. - In this house?

Oh, yeah. Vodka, brandy, you name it! All paid for! [laughs]

[Liz] It's hidden, and hidden good!

- [Ray laughs] - I bought it with Ray's redundancy money

and I don't want you touching a drop of it.

In fact...

if you even think about looking for it...

- [Sooty growling] - ...you see this?

[toys rattling]

[groans]

[Jason crying]

[door closes]

If he starts looking for that booze, I'll bloody kill him.

Ah. He's soft, but he's not that soft.

[indistinct chatter]

[cutlery clinking]

[hammer tapping]

What you doing down there, Jason, eh? [chuckles]

Hello, Jason. [chuckles]

[thud]

[Sooty growls]

[Sooty barks]

Oh, I do hope he doesn't cause any trouble. I say,

- I do hope he doesn't cause any trouble. - [door opening]

- I hope he doesn't cause any trouble, no. - [door closing]

[whispering] I do hope he doesn't cause any trouble, no.

[Sooty growls]

[William] It's like the black hole of Calcutta in here, Lol.

What's the matter, Lol? You look like you've seen the Gestapo.

They were terrible weren't they, the Gestapo?

It was terrible what the Germans did to the Jews,

making lampshades out of skin and putting razorblades in the soap.

[chuckles softly] Razorblades?

That's prison, Lol.

- Where's Liz? - They've just gone out.

You've only just missed them, actually. Um, they... they'll only be...

- They won't be long now. - [Jason babbling]

- Where've they gone? - To the shoe shop, Elizabeth said.

They all need new shoes.

New shoes.

Hey William, there's a load of drink in this house.

The big 'un told you that, eh?

- Yes. Yes. - [William laughing]

Elizabeth says if I touch any drink, then she's going to pummel me with her fist.

[twitters]

- Do you know what pummelled means? - Yes.

[Sooty growling]

You know what happened to your mother, eh?

[Sooty whines]

[William chuckling] Yeah.

- Where you going, William, eh? - [footsteps retreating]

[gerbil squeaking]

[light switch clicks]

[bottles clanking]

[William] Hey.

[William sighs]

He's got gin.

We've got whiskey. Vodka.

Rum. Eh?

Bet you'd like some of this,

- wouldn't you, you cunt? - Yes.

It makes my mouth water seeing all that drink together like that.

Oh, there must be some money's worth there.

Fifty pounds worth, I'll bet!

[children screaming in distance]

They wouldn't notice a bit going missing from each bottle, would they?

No. You know what Elizabeth's like. She says I have to look after Jason.

[William] You know Liz has got a bit of Nazi in her, don't you?

Mm. It's where she gets that temper from.

[Lol] They were the worst, weren't they? The Nazis.

Killing and torturing folks.

Devils, they were. [chuckles]

Hello, Jason! You all right, Jason? Yes.

- [William] Let's face it. - [Jason] Ah!

There's no way Ray, or Liz, for that fucking matter,

knows how much is in each one of these bottles.

Would you remember how much was in here, if this was yours?

Well, no. You're right, William. How... How could they?

Put the telly on, Lol.

Right-oh!

[glasses clanking]

No, he's all right, William.

He's not gonna hurt me.

Where's the on button? That's it.

...it's about the press restrictions

- imposed by most of the establishments. - [Lol] Technicolor, yes.

We've only got a black and white one at home.

Mother won't let me have a colour set. No.

- [announcer] It's Air Time. - [man on TV] I'd just like to say that

everything the people on Air Time said last week was rubbish.

Their main argument seems to be the DJs in Birmingham

play what they want to hear and not what the customers would like.

Well, surely there must be sufficient people

who like the clubs' type of music for them to make a profit,

- otherwise they would change the style... - What's that shit on the telly, Lol?

[Lol] Shit!

What's that you say? Shit? [laughs]

- They only put shit on the telly, yes. - [William muttering] Fucking telly.

There you are.

We're all right, aren't we? Me and you, William, eh?

[William] Get that down you.

- That's it. - Oh, lovely. Oh, it smells like cherries.

[Lol] Mm.

Yes, lovely. Beautiful. Tastes like a sweet.

[William] Don't fuck about, knock it back!

Here, you're not having one, William?

Whoa!

[William] All in a nice row for you there.

- [Lol] What's this? - [William] It's vodka.

- Vodka? - [William] Yeah.

[grunts]

- [Lol] Pardon me. - [William] Hmm.

- Now you. - Thank you.

- [Lol sighs] - [William] There you go.

- [drink pouring] - [Lol] You don't think they'll notice?

- [William] Don't be soft. - [budgie twittering]

- Do like a drop of whiskey. [laughs] - [William] Yeah.

- [budgie chirping] - Hmm.

They do say it's the strongest of the drinks, don't they? Whiskey.

Hmm.

Cherry brandy, this one. Come on.

Much nicer, I think. Eh?

- That's it. - [drink pouring]

[belching] Yes. Thank you.

Mm.

- [William] Ah? - Tastes like cherries, yes. Lovely.

[Lol] Hmm. Cherries, yes. Ha!

- Lovely. - Fuckin' bird.

[Lol laughs]

I should be more like you, William.

Yes. Yes. I bet you wouldn't let the kids round here throw bricks

- at your head, would you? No. - Throw bricks? [laughs]

Uh, you wanna give them some of this, when they start.

- Eh? - Yes.

- Pummel 'em. - [William] Pummel 'em.

Yes! I will do, one day. Just you watch, William.

Why, I'm Lawrence Billingham, I am. I'm Lawrence Billingham of Bearmore Road.

Who do you think you're messing with, eh? Ha!

- [William] Slowing down a bit, though. - Yes. Thank you.

- Sit. - Cheers.

[bottles clanking]

[belches] Oh.

[bottles rattling]

[cork pops open]

[grunts]

[bottles rattling]

[laughs]

[imitating Tarzan's yell]

[William] Get them down you.

- [imitating Tarzan's yell] - [Sooty barking]

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

[William] Eh, see? You can still drink, you old fucker.

Ah, yes. [sighs]

- Here you are. - Thank you.

Oh!

[grunts]

Oh, thank you.

- Oh, that's it. - [William] There you are.

What does God think about all this, eh? I say, what do you think God thinks?

What do you think God thinks about all this, eh?

[William] Say "fuck God".

- What? - [William] Say it.

No. I couldn't, William. No.

No, no. 'Cause He'd never forgive me, and I want to go to heaven when I die.

Say it.

- Scared to swear, are you? - No. It's not that.

Well, say it then.

Fuck you, God. [laughs] And...

fuck you, Elizabeth, and all. [laughs]

- I don't care if I do die. - No.

- No. [chuckles] - Stand up.

- Yeah, all right. - Yeah, you're all right. Stand up.

- [thud] - [Sooty barking]

[Jason babbling]

[drink pouring]

[coins jingling]

[Sooty growling]

- [gerbils squeaking] - [bottles rattling]

[Jason babbling]

[budgie chirping]

[William] Now, look.

That's for you. Eh?

- A knife. - Yeah, just hold it. Okay? Just hold it.

A... A knife.

[Jason babbling]

[bike revs]

["Happy House" by Siouxsie and the Banshees playing on radio]

♪ This is the happy house We're happy here ♪

♪ In the happy house Oh, it's such fun ♪

♪ Fun ♪

♪ Fun ♪

♪ Whoa! ♪

♪ We've come to play in the happy house ♪

♪ And waste a day in the happy house ♪

♪ It never rains Never rains ♪

♪ We sing along Sing along ♪

♪ This is the happy house We're happy here in the happy house ♪

[Liz] Lawrence?

[Liz yells] Lawrence?

Lawrence?

[Ray] Lawrence!

[Liz] What the bloody hell's been going on?

- Ray? - [Ray] Yes, love?

Put this knife in the kitchen, will you, before I fucking use it on him.

Rich? Rich, do me a favour, love. Take Jason upstairs, will you?

- [Jason crying] - [Richard] Up you get.

[bottles clanking]

- [bike revs] - [Liz] Ray?

[Ray grunts]

[Ray] Leave him to sober up a bit.

What's happening?

I've just come back from market, and Jason's running around

with a fucking carving knife, looking like a pygmy.

Fuck me. Look at how much he's drunk.

- [Ray] I could've had that. - [Liz] Yeah?

Half a bottle of brandy, a whole bottle of whiskey and all my fucking vodka.

[Ray] Might be able to fix that arm.

There's no way of fixing that now. He's snapped the wood right through.

Are you gonna stand for this, Liz?

- I fucking ain't. - [Ray] I know.

Would your mother have it? Eh?

- [Liz] What? No fucking way! - Bang him one.

Yeah, well he won't fucking feel it, though, will he?

[Liz] Just wait till he wakes up.

[William] Well, bang him one now for starters. Look, I'll hold his head up.

He might not feel it, but...

[Liz] Yeah, good idea. Put the kettle on, Ray.

All right.

Here, watch you don't get any sick on you.

I won't.

Make him clean that up, and all later.

And he can buy me a new fucking settee,

- as well. - [William] Yeah.

In fact, Ray...

- Yeah? - [Liz] Check his pockets, will you?

- Nothing. - I could fucking kill him.

[kettle whistling]

[gerbils squeaking]

[toys rattling]

[footsteps approaching]

Ray's at the pub already.

[William] Right. Mind out, Jason.

Here you are.

Rent.

- Oh. I know you always pay eventually. - Oh, I had to look at that earlier.

I think the stitching... It's getting a bit big in the letters, like.

- Here, I'll show you. - All right.

Here. You see what I mean? Look.

If he was stood against a pole or something and there was a nail, right,

like that, it would catch on the threading.

- Yeah. - You see?

You see with mine, you did, look, smaller stitching on the letters and that.

- Oh. - Yeah?

- I'll double them, perhaps. - Yeah.

Hope you bloody wear this one, Rich.

[William] Is he staying there all night?

Not for much longer, don't worry.

- [William] Runners then. - See you, Will.

[door opens]

[door closes]

- [bike revs] - [Jason babbling]

[Lol snoring]

[lighter clicks]

Get out the way, you two.

- [Richard] What are you going to do? - Watch out, Rich.

[grunts]

Drunken... fucking... bastard.

Huh? Oh, awake now, are we?

I come back here to find that you've drunk half our spirits...

- [Sooty barks] - [Jason cries]

...and Jason's covered in boot polish and he's holding a fucking carving knife!

You will never step foot in this house again!

- Why can't he feel it? - [Liz] He will.

Here, see if you feel this.

[Liz grunts]

[breathes heavily]

Now get out of my house.

- [metal clanking] - Make sure he's gone, Rich.

[trees rustling]

[twigs cracking]

[toys rattling]

You ready to take Jason up in a minute?

[Lol speaking on recorder] Water!

Hello, Jason! Hello, Jason! Yes. Hello, Jason.

[William speaking on recorder] Let's face it.

There's no way Ray, or Liz, for that fucking matter,

knows how much is in each one of these bottles.

Would you remember how much was in here, if this was yours?

[Lol] Well, no. You're right William.

How... How could they?

We're all right aren't we, me and you, William? Eh?

[William] Get that down you.

[Lol sighs contentedly] Oh, thank you.

[Jason babbling]

[Lol] Yes. Lovely. Beautiful, tastes like a sweet.

[William] Don't fuck about, knock it back!

[Lol] Hmm!

[William] All in a nice row for you there.

[Lol] What's this?

[Richard] But that's mine.

I'll give you another one to play with tomorrow.

Go on to bed, you two!

I said bed.

[Jason moans]

[Lol speaking on recorder] Yes. Lovely. Beautiful, tastes like a sweet.

[William speaking on recorder] Don't fuck about, knock it back.

They wouldn't notice a bit going missing from each bottle, would they?

[Lol] Oh, no.

You know what Elizabeth's like. She says I have to look after Jason.

[William] You know Liz's got a bit of Nazi in her, don't you?

Yeah. It's where she gets that temper from.

[cassette tape rattling]

[Liz sniffles]

[opera music playing]

[distant siren wailing]

Oi! Oi! Up here!

I'll be over Thursday morning, Ray.

- What about later? - [Liz] I'm going the doctors.

- [Ray] Doctors? - Yeah. Me back's playing up again.

- What about after? - I said Thursday morning, Ray.

[Ray] What day is it?

- [Liz] Tuesday! - Okay.

[birds chirping]

[fly buzzing]

- [sighs] Fucking flies. - Oh!

[chuckles] Ah, I didn't know you were there.

Must be a nest of them in here.

I remember once...

down the old house...

going back ages.

There was a fly’s nest down the back of the sofa. This is nothing.

[Ray coughs]

Wouldn't like them in my flat.

[Ray sighs]

I bet they're fruit flies. It'll be the beer.

They're after the carbon dioxide.

They're nothing like these fuckers.

Anyway...

Spiders, I don't like.

Jason put one in a matchbox once when he was little.

I opened the box to light a fag, nearly jumped out of me skin. [laughs]

You can do without that for a minute, can't you?

Oh.

[sighs contentedly]

[pneumatic drill rattling]

[woman speaking on radio]

[Sid sighs]

Well, everything's gotta live.

Except the blacks, of course.

- [woman on radio] If the CSA is unable... - [Sid] Anyway,

you'll have money this week.

- Yeah. - Paid the water. Your electric.

And the community charge or the poll tax or whatever the fuck they want to call it.

- Twelve pound eighty left. - Uh.

Don't spend it all at once.

[chuckling] Don't... spend it all at once!

- Oh. - [both chuckling]

I could go out on that.

Give it to the big 'un, more like.

No. She might have a shock this time.

Why should I keep giving her all my money, in the hope she'll come back?

[Sid] You do it every week, Ray.

Well, I'm not gonna keep bastard doing it.

Sod her this time.

I don't know why she left though. Sod... Sod me, I don't.

You've done nothing but moan ever since I've known you.

Always saying that you want to live on your own.

Wonder what her flat's like over there.

I bet it's all been decorated by the council.

[Sid] Hmm.

That's it.

[fly buzzing]

I can't hate her for it, see.

- I can't hate her. - Look at you, you little bugger.

Look at you.

- Go on. Out you go. - [pneumatic drill rattling]

They've been fucking about down there for three fucking months.

Useless bastards. And everywhere there's piles of fucking dirt and mud.

[Ray chuckles and coughs]

Ah.

When I look at Jason up there...

I keep thinking that's what he looks like now.

You know, three or a four-year-old.

But that picture was taken years... Bastard years ago. Yeah. [laughs]

[Ray sighs]

[door opening]

- [Ray sighs] - [door closing]

[rain pattering]

[Ray snoring]

[fireworks exploding]

[fireworks continue]

[fireworks continue]

[train chugging]

[indistinct chatter]

[water dripping]

[Ray snoring]

[dog whimpers]

[Jason continues tapping]

[man] Oi! Bastard!

[train chugging]

- [letterbox clangs] - [dog barking]

- What you doing? - Go and see what that is.

[dog barking]

[dog whimpers]

[coins jingling]

[Richard whispering] Jason.

Jason.

[Ray snoring]

[Ray coughs]

[door opening]

[hurried footsteps]

[Ray splutters and retches]

- Get fucking off! - Oh, God. Bastard!

What the fuck are you hitting me for? Fuck off!

- [dog barking] - [Liz] Out! Fuck off, out.

[coughing]

[water running]

[door creaks]

[squelch]

[Liz] Ray...

- Ray? - [Ray] My bastard mouth's burning here.

- [Liz] Well, put the kettle on, will you? - [Richard] I’ll have a cup too.

- [Liz] No school today, Rich? - [Richard] No.

- It's a study period. - [Ray muttering] Study period!

- [boy] How did you do on the maths test? - [Tony] I got a hundred.

[boy 1] Oh, I only got ten, and I still cheated.

[Tony] You're not gonna get very far then.

- [boy 1] Not the consequences. - [boy 2] Oh, yeah.

See ya.

Hey, Jay.

We're having a bonfire at mine tonight, you should come.

- [boy 1] Come on. - [boy 2] Come on.

See you tonight!

[train chugging]

[exhales]

Come on, chap. There you go.

[dog whimpering]

[whimpering continues]

[seagulls cawing]

[radio static]

[indistinct chatter on the radio]

[Liz] On the side.

On the side.

[man 1 over radio] ...so I stopped having them since last year.

I told them to piss off. I scared them.

Gypsy Rose on the side.

[man 2 over radio] Hold on the side, Gypsy Rose. We hear you, love.

Did you hear about the couple who won the pools?

Nearly half a million. Over.

[man 1] I heard something about it

- up in Sunderland or Newcastle way... - The pools,

- that's what we... - Shh.

[man 1] ...over.

[man 2] Six months and they'd blown the blinking lot. Over.

[Ray] Like my redundancy money.

[man 1] Half a million quid in six months?

- [Ray] Huh? - [man 1] That's disgusting...

That's why we're living like this now.

[man 1] What on earth would they have spent that on? Over.

- [door shuts] - [man 2] God knows.

[Liz] Kevin?

[man 1] You know what they say, money don't buy you happiness. Over.

- Told you. - You got a spare ciggy, Liz?

[man 2] I tell you what, mate, half a million would make me happy. Over.

Just what's in the jar.

[man 1] Oh, fuck it, it'd make me happy and all. [laughs] Over.

Here you are.

[man 2] I went up there last year.

It rained right. Don't bother. Over.

Fuck me.

[man] Do you know anyone going...

- [Kevin] Cor, look at that one. - [Liz] Yeah, I know.

There's an inch of white left on some of them.

[indistinct chatter on the radio]

[Kevin] You found all of these under the subway?

[Ray] Yep.

Can't believe what some people chuck away these days.

[Kevin] Oh.

[man 1] I'm gonna have to put the heating on again. Over.

[man 2] Oh, it's not January yet, is it? Over. [laughs]

On the side, love.

[indistinct chatter on the radio]

Give us a bit of your home brew.

I haven't got much left.

Here... Give it here.

[man 2] What couldn't you do with that, eh? [laughs]

[straw rustling]

[giraffe croaks]

[music playing on TV]

[boy on TV] We weren't the only ones who thought Isaac was weird.

One day Joseph told us he was running away.

That he couldn't take it anymore. He was pretty scared.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

[door opens]

Good day at school, Jay?

[Jason] Yep.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

Anybody'd think they didn't feed you at school.

[Ray] Ravenous.

- [dog whining] - [Kevin] Just like the dog.

[music playing on TV]

[boy giggles on TV]

[boy screams on TV]

[Ray] Bloody hell!

[Liz] Yeah, I told you the power would go out tonight, didn't I?

[Ray] Have you got any change left for the meter?

[Liz] No. Not if you want me to phone Boris after.

[Ray] That bastard!

Phone him instead, get some money off him.

[Richard] I'm off down Lol's now.

[Liz] Will I see you tomorrow?

[Richard] Yeah, probably.

[door opening]

[door shuts]

[water dripping]

[Liz sighs]

[clattering]

[dog whimpers]

[tap running]

[door shuts]

[church bell tolls]

[dialling tone]

[beeping tone]

- [woman] Hello? - Hi, hello. It's Elizabeth calling.

[woman] Oh. Not you again. He's not here.

Oh, oh.

- When will he be back, love? - I've no idea. But I've told you before,

I don't know anything about your money or your problems.

You always phone up when you're broke, don't you?

All I know is I need to get the kids bathed and into bed.

- [beeping tone] - Oh.

- Uh, sorry. I... I... I just wondered if... - I just told you,

I don't know. Now stop bothering me or I'll call the police.

[phone disconnects]

[sniffs]

[sighs]

[door opens]

[door shuts]

What did Boris say then?

He wasn't in.

He's never in.

That's what she says, anyway.

[Liz] I'll try him again tomorrow.

Did you ask her about the money?

[Liz] She doesn't have anything to do with it.

She must know something. She's his... She's his wife.

Well, why don't you go and bastard phone then?

Eh?

No.

You don't know how to use a bloody phone, do you?

[fireworks whistling and exploding]

[fireworks continue]

[children laughing]

["Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth playing]

♪ Sounds to really make you rub and scrub ♪

- [fireworks whistling] - [fire crackling]

♪ I say ♪

♪ Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side ♪

♪ Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side It gonna burn... ♪

- [Tony] Let me tell it. - [Salah] Go on then.

[Tony] There was this guy, he was like, he used to dig up people from the graves.

One day his foot got chopped off.

Then his foot ran away and started kicking people.

- [Salah] Yeah. - [Cahill] Seriously?

♪ So I left my gate and went out... ♪

Do you want some toast, Jay?

♪ How does it feel when you've got no food? ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ How does it feel when you've got no food? ♪

♪ Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side ♪

- ♪ It a gonna burn ♪ - ♪ Give me the music ♪

- ♪ Make me jump and prance ♪ - ♪ It a go done ♪

♪ Give me the music Make me rock in the dance ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ So I stopped to find out what was going on ♪

♪ How does it feel when you've got no food? ♪

♪ 'Cause the spirit of Jah, you know He leads you on ♪

♪ How does it feel when you've got no food? ♪

- [fireworks whistling] - [all] Yay!

♪ How does it feel when you've got no food? ♪

♪ You could feel the chill as I seen and heard them say ♪

♪ How does it feel when you've got no food? ♪

♪ Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side ♪

- ♪ It a gonna burn ♪ - ♪ Give me the music ♪

- ♪ Make me jump and prance ♪ - ♪ It a gonna burn ♪

♪ Give me the music Make me rock in the dance ♪

♪ 'Cause me say listen to the drummer Me say listen to the bass ♪

♪ Give me little music Make me wind up me waist ♪

♪ Me say listen to the drummer Me say listen to the bass ♪

♪ Give me little music Make me wind up me waist, I say ♪

♪ Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side ♪

- ♪ It a gonna burn ♪ - ♪ Give me the music ♪

- ♪ Make me jump and prance ♪ - ♪ It a go done ♪

♪ Give me the music Make me rock in the dance ♪

♪ You play it on the radio a so me say We a go hear it on the stereo ♪

♪ A so me know we a go play it on the disco ♪

♪ A so me say we a go hear it... ♪

[Cahill's mother] Cahill, bath, pyjamas, bed.

Cahill, come on.

♪ Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side ♪

- ♪ It a gonna burn ♪ - ♪ Give me the music ♪

- ♪ Make me jump and prance ♪ - ♪ It a go done ♪

♪ Give me the music Make me rock in the dance... ♪

[Salah] Look, come here.

[Zineb] Time for bed.

[Jason] Cheers, then.

♪ On the left-hand side ♪

♪ On the left-hand side ♪

♪ On the left-hand side ♪

♪ I say east, say west Say north and south ♪

♪ This is gonna really make us jump and shout ♪

♪ Say east, say west Say north and south... ♪

[Tony] See you, Jay, watch how you go.

[Jason] Okay.

[wind howling]

[trees rustling]

[steel can clanking and rolling]

[wind howling]

[fox screaming]

[branches creaking]

[wind whistling]

[wind whistling]

Thanks, love.

[Liz sighs]

[birds squawking]

[dogs barking]

[thunder rumbling]

- [wind howling] - [trees rustling]

[birds squawking]

[people speaking indistinctly]

- [woman] Can you hear us? - [man] Stand up, stand up.

[man grunts]

- [woman] Oh gosh, he's so cold. - [man] Okay, mate.

- [woman] He's freezing. - [man] Get him warm, get him warm.

Are you okay?

[woman] Can you hear us? Mate, are you all right?

[woman] He's freezing.

[both] Can you hear us?

- Hey. He was at our bonfire last night. - [woman] Do you know him?

- He was in the shed all night. - [Zineb] In there?

- [woman] Yeah. He's... He's freezing. - [man] Yeah. Stone cold.

Pass him. Pass him... Pass him over here.

- Come. - [woman grunts] Okay.

- Oh. - [man grunts] You okay?

[Zineb] Oh. Oh, oh, I've got you. I've got you.

[man] Okay.

[whistles]

[Zineb shouting] Tony, Salah, get down here now!

Okay, little boy, sit you on here.

Turn that kettle off, somebody!

[Zineb whispers] Okay... Oh, God.

[sighs] Oh, God.

I'll be all right in a minute.

[Zineb] You're okay.

Okay... Oh... God.

[Zineb breathes deeply]

Come on, let's warm you up.

[whispers] Okay.

You are okay.

Oh, thanks, Tony.

[Zineb] Why didn't you tell me you were still out there last night?

[Tony] Thought you went home, Jay.

- I forgot my way home. - [Tony] Can Jason stay tonight?

Of course... As long as he asks his mother first.

And you don't have to sleep in no shed this time.

- You'll share Tony's room. Right, Tony? - [Tony] Yeah, Jay.

[indistinct chatter]

[Jason] Yeah...

[indistinct chatter]

[Jason] ...what are the best? Toast with butter on. Amazing.

[Tony] Yeah, it tastes good.

- It's freezing, isn't it? - [Jason] Yeah, it's freezing.

- [Tony] My mum said it was gonna snow. - [Jason] Snow? Blooming heck.

- Y... You wait there, okay? - [Tony] Okay.

[door opening]

[door closing]

- [Tony] Did you ask her? - [Jason] Yeah, it's all fine.

- [Tony] Sure? - [Jason] Don't worry.

[Tony] Great.

- [computer game beeping] - [Tony] See, you've got him. Keep going.

That way. That way.

- Oh, that's defeated me. Great. - Try again.

[beeping continues]

- You can keep it if you want, Jay. - Seriously?

Yeah, we got Pong anyway.

- [Zineb] Bed! - [beeping]

[Zineb] Lights out, now.

[beeping]

[Zineb] Bed time, boys!

- That was really fun, wasn't it? - [Tony] Yeah.

- Do you wanna play it tomorrow? - [Jason] Yeah.

- [speaking indistinctly] - [birds squawking]

[Jason] You're not gonna get me. You're not gonna get me.

[Liz] There he is. New clothes?

- Where have you been? - [Jason] Just staying at a friend's house.

[Liz] Huh? Coppers have been out looking for you.

- [Jason] The police? - [Liz] Aye.

I've got a chicken dinner being cooked for me, I'll be back after.

[Liz] Well, make sure you do. You've school tomorrow.

Okay.

[Liz] No. Put that up a bit.

[Tony] Got you. You're it.

[Jason] Anyway, tag. [laughs]

- [children shouting indistinctly] - [school bell ringing]

Do you realise you could have frozen to death?

Sleeping rough all night in a shed?

Weren't you scared?

What have you got to say for yourself, eh?

When you leave school today, I'm gonna take you to a new home.

A home with foster parents, who are gonna look after you.

They're gonna give you nice clean clothes.

You're gonna get all your meals that you need,

and they're gonna make sure you can come to school on time.

It's only temporary. How do you feel about that?

- Yeah, it's all fine. - [social worker] Good.

[trees rustling]

[water trickling]

[social worker] We can’t have children Jason's age sleeping rough.

He's only a short bus ride away, up at Cherry Orchard.

Just make sure you phone Jan and Dave, his foster parents, first.

Just to make sure they're in.

I thought you'd come to get us some more money.

I've looked at your benefits, and at the moment,

you're getting the correct amount of money for the number of dependents you've got.

But when Jason leaves, you'll lose 25 pound a week.

Cor!

[social worker] I suppose you heard all that, then?

Could... Can I be put up with foster parents too?

[man] No, it's Jason we're most concerned with at the moment, so...

You're nearly an adult, you'll be getting out of here soon,

so you focus on that. Okay?

Bye.

- [footsteps receding] - [door opening]

[door closing]

[sniffles]

[Ray] What about all those kids on the telly...

from Ethiopia with nothing to eat?

Pass me a fag, Ray.

[sighs] Thanks, love.

- [traffic rumbling in the distance] - [children shouting indistinctly]

[door closing]

[fly buzzes]

[coughing]

[Liz] Pissed again? You drunken, fucking bastard!

Go on. Up on your feet, if you can.

[Ray moans]

[Ray grunts]

You're gonna kill yourself if you keep this up.

You know that, don't you, Ray?

It's half nine in the morning and you're fucking pissed already.

It's your fault I'm like this... Drinking to excess. I never used to do it.

Anyway... I might not be in that flat for much longer.

- Eh? - If I can't pay the bills.

Gas is being cut off next week.

- Where will they put you? - Fuck knows.

How much do you need? I don't need money anyway.

Because you don't eat anything. You never go outside this block.

In fact, you don't even go outside this room.

I'm surprised you even go to the toilet.

[Ray laughing]

What sort of a life's that, Ray?

As long as Sid... cashes my dole down that post office,

pays my bills and brings me this strong home brew,

I'm happy as... a pig in shit.

[laughs]

Oh yeah, I've got more than 12 quid in my pocket.

Twelve quid more than what you've got, I'll bet! Not that much of a fool!

Lend me some money, then, Ray.

I'm asking you a fucking question, bollock brain!

Here... Have the bloody money!

I don't need it... not really.

[coins jingling]

[door closing]

- [door opening] - [door closing]

- [birds chirping] - [dogs barking]

[train chugging]

[radio tuning]

["Some Of Your Lovin'" by Dusty Springfield playing on radio]

♪ You gotta give me some Give me some of your lovin' ♪

♪ You gotta give me some of your lovin' ♪

♪ Now I'm not a greedy girl I don't need the world ♪

- ♪ Just give me some ♪ - ♪ Some of your lovin' now, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Now I don't expect you to guarantee ♪

♪ Your faith and devotion to only me ♪

♪ I'm aware you got a lot of wild oats to sow ♪

♪ But baby when I need you Don't you tell me no ♪

♪ You gotta give me some Give me some of your lovin' ♪

♪ You gotta give me some of your lovin' ♪

♪ Now I'm not a jealous child My demands are mild ♪

- ♪ Just give me some ♪ - ♪ Some of your lovin' now, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ I know a man likes to feel That he's been around ♪

♪ Before he decides to settle down ♪

♪ I've no doubt Someday you're gonna feel that way too ♪

♪ But baby, just remember, until you do ♪

♪ You gotta give me some Oh yes, you do now ♪

- ♪ I mean to tell you ♪ - ♪ You gotta give me some of your lovin' ♪

♪ Now I'm not a greedy girl I don't need the world ♪

- ♪ Just give me some ♪ - ♪ Some of your lovin' now, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ You gotta give me some Give me some of your lovin' ♪

♪ I mean to tell you ♪

♪ Oh, don't forget about me now ♪

- ♪ You gotta give me some ♪ - ♪ I mean to tell you, oh ♪

[train chugging]

["Good Thing" by Fine Young Cannibals playing]

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