1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,600 HUM OF CHATTER 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,640 Agh! She's here! She's up here now! 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,120 OK, everyone, sh, sh! HUMMING NEARBY 4 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:12,600 ALL: Happy birthday! SHE SCREAMS 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,840 Gosh! This is the best birthday ever! 6 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,360 We haven't done anything yet. 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:18,360 I thought, as a special treat tonight, 8 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:19,920 we could watch your favourite film. 9 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,120 Wizard Of Oz! Yeah! Ah, Dorothy... 10 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,760 Now, come on, let's get on with it, shall we? 11 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:25,800 OK. 12 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,480 ALL: Happy birthday to you... 13 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,800 ONLY ALISON: Happy birthday to you... 14 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:37,640 Happy birthday, dear Kitty... 15 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,400 ALL: Happy birthday... 16 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,480 To you...whoa! 17 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:46,080 Morning. Morning. It's Kitty's birthday. 18 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,720 Yeah, I heard. She's 200 and... 19 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,160 SHE CHUCKLES Come on! What? 20 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:53,600 Well, Julian said... Sorry, he's the one with no trousers. 21 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,080 Yeah, I know which one he is. 22 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,480 Well, he just said... 23 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,720 No, no, I know there's more to you than that. 24 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,920 Are you sure you need a cake? Cos because you can't eat it. 25 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,640 OK. Sorry, what was I saying? 26 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,680 Forget it. What? What? 27 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:06,920 HE SIGHS 28 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,720 I just wish I knew what you and your mates were saying sometimes. 29 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,000 They're not my mates. Not my mates. 30 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,000 OK, but you'd have to fall out of a window and bang your head, 31 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 and I can say, from experience, that 32 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 No... I'm not saying we're not mates, just... 33 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,720 Yes, I know that is what I said, but it's not what I meant. 34 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,600 No, we are not more than mates, Thomas, either. 35 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,520 OK... No, Kitty, obviously... 36 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,080 Yes, of course, we're mates... 37 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,600 That brings our meeting to a close. I have a quick announcement. 38 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,560 We don't know whether we'll be back in the church hall next week, 39 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,400 so we can check the website on the meetings list for details. 40 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,880 Thanks, everyone. Thank you. 41 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:02,800 That was certainly more interesting than the knitting group. 42 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,040 Gary's story was so sad! 43 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,440 Mary, you're supposed to be anonymous. 44 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,360 We're not allowed to say "Gary". 45 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,880 Well, it's not going to leave this house, is it? 46 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,840 He's not a proper alcoholic anyway - he only drinks beer! 47 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,600 Yeah! As long as you've got your seat belt on, 48 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,760 you can have three pints. 49 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,400 Vanessa, on the other hand... Well, she's clearly drinking 50 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,800 because the husband's fornicating with the neighbour. 51 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,880 I mean, what is the point of a bunch of people, 52 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,280 sitting around, telling each other their problems? 53 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,040 I think they're very brave. 54 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,440 What's brave about talking? 55 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,760 Well, talkings can be very dangerous. 56 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,160 ROBIN: No way! 57 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:38,960 There no Zumba today! 58 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,640 THOMAS: Nonsense. I gotta work on my core. 59 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:44,800 How long is this going to go on for, do you think? 60 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,400 I mean, how long does it take to fix a church hall roof? 61 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,560 Hopefully a while, cos we're getting paid. 62 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,040 Some of the delinquents coming through these days! 63 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,720 There was a group yesterday of people addicted to... 64 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,400 ..the act. 65 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,000 You don't have to be there, you know. 66 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,720 Oh, believe me, I don't want to be. 67 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,640 You know, someone's got to keep an eye on things 68 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:03,280 or goodness knows where this will end. 69 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,360 Well, there's a life drawing class later - 70 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,960 you might want to avoid that one. Oh, I will! 71 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,840 What time? ALISON SIGHS 72 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,000 Did you get her WhatsApp? 73 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,720 No. I messaged Lucy last night and she still hasn't replied. 74 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,800 I would have replied straight away. Yeah. 75 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,360 I just want to go out and put it all behind us. 76 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,280 Oh, I wish I could go out with you. 77 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,920 Sister's going out together! 78 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,440 I was invited to a ball once with my sister, 79 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,520 but...there was an incident. 80 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:31,800 Mm... 81 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,280 I've noticed you often talk about your sister 82 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,000 and it seems like maybe... 83 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,640 OTHERS MURMUR AND CLEAR THEIR THROATS 84 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,600 Kitty, uh, there is a balloon upstairs! 85 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,680 Balloon! 86 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,320 Balloon! Not you, Robin. 87 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,040 But I want to see balloon! There is no balloon. Well, then... 88 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:47,880 OK, what was that about? 89 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,400 Could not have escaped your attention that Kitty's sister 90 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,920 was not as nice as Kitty would like to remember? 91 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,520 She was a horrible wench. 92 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,800 Real cow. Not a real cow, but... 93 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,000 We just think it's best not to rock the boat. 94 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,680 Yes. If she realised the truth, 95 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,640 goodness knows how it would affect her. 96 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,240 I mean, do you remember how she reacted 97 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,040 when they cleared out her old teddy bear? 98 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,720 CRIES: No! 99 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,440 Bunty bear! 100 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,520 I mean, she cried for a week! 101 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:15,600 Was it only a week? Seemed longer. 102 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,120 So just don't ever talk about it? Mm-hm. 103 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,600 Let her...lock it up? MURMURS OF AGREEMENT 104 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,680 It's actually really good to talk about things. 105 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,400 I know it might seem alien to you, but to my generation, 106 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,080 talking about our problems is... 107 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,640 It's not the talking - it's the crying. 108 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,000 Well, I... PHONE RINGS 109 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,280 Ooh! 110 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:33,840 Oh... Hello. 111 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,400 CHATTER Yeah, speaking. Um... 112 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:49,800 ALISON, ECHOES: You'd have to fall out the window and bang your head... 113 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,280 Nah. 114 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,800 "Your cats can see ghosts"? 115 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,120 MAN: People will tell you you're crazy, 116 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,160 but if you believe in ghosts at all, 117 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,400 is it really so crazy to believe that certain people are able 118 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,040 to communicate with them? 119 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,400 ALISON: Robin, can you keep the noise down? 120 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,840 Not crazy at all. Yes, I know! 121 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,280 Oh... 122 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:45,040 There was no balloon. 123 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,000 Oh, well, you never know. 124 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,600 Maybe later. 125 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:53,840 Uh, Kitty, you do know that if you ever wanted to share 126 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:56,080 anything with me, you know you can? 127 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,080 Like a yoghurt? 128 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,880 Um, no, because you can't share a yoghurt with me, can you? 129 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,240 Oh, yes. Yeah. 130 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,960 I meant sharing your thoughts. 131 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,080 Like, you were starting to tell me about your sister and a ball. 132 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,960 Yes, I was. Yeah. 133 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,360 You often mention your sister. 134 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,840 Yes, we were very close. 135 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:17,440 She was terribly pretty and terribly nice. 136 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,120 A bit like you, actually. 137 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,920 Kitty, what an absolutely splendid house of cards! 138 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,560 It's taken me hours. 139 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,240 You're so talented - and so pretty! 140 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,360 Goodness. Thank you, Ellie! 141 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,640 You are the kindest sister in the world. 142 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,280 Oh! 143 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:37,080 CARDS FLUTTER 144 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,800 Oh, no! 145 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,760 Oh, a gust of wind must've blown it down. 146 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,040 Oh, how simply awful, dear sister. 147 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:46,440 Never mind. 148 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,680 It was then we were summoned by our strict old governess. 149 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,720 Girls. Your father wants to see you in his library. Quick, quick! 150 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,280 THEY GASP 151 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:56,480 Father was very formal. 152 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,160 He liked to be in charge and to be respected, 153 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,360 but he was very kind of heart. 154 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,600 Ah, girls! My dear girls. 155 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,480 Now, since you have both come of age, 156 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,520 I've decided to get my affairs in order. 157 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:16,160 As you know, your dear mother and I raised you equally as our own 158 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,160 and I have continued to do the same ever since she passed. 159 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,040 And I just wanted you to know that in the event 160 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,320 of my, um...death... GASPS 161 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,400 ..I have given you equal inheritance, 162 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,440 as I'm sure you would expect. 163 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:29,680 BOTH: Yes, Father. 164 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:34,440 Now, in happier matters, we have been invited to a ball. 165 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:35,880 THEY GASP 166 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,160 It is to be held by Lord Bummenbach, 167 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,200 whose balls are the most magnificent in the county. 168 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:42,800 I rather think it's time that you 169 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,720 ventured out into society, don't you? 170 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,480 Oh, yes! My goodness, yes! 171 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,840 And I'm delighted to be sharing this moment equally 172 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,080 with my sister, as equals. 173 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,440 If anything, I wish she could have more inheritance than I. 174 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,480 No, you should have more than I! THEY CHUCKLE 175 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,280 Girls, girls... 176 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:03,960 Well... 177 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,960 ECHOES: ..I suppose...I mean, I don't want to, 178 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,080 but perhaps I should. 179 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,600 Since I am her true daughter. 180 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,760 Kitty? Kitty? 181 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,080 It's fine to explore this, you know? 182 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,440 It's important to be honest about how... 183 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,320 What's going on? 184 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,480 Nothing. Uh... 185 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,560 Kitty's just sharing some memories... 186 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:32,840 THEY INTERRUPT 187 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,760 Well, I hardly think it's fair to single out Kitty now, is it? 188 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,080 Well, quite! 189 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,720 Well, do you have something you'd like to share? 190 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,080 Uh, what? 191 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,000 I once stole a key ring from the gift shop 192 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,240 at the Amberley chalk pits. 193 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:45,480 Goodness gracious! 194 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,920 Well, we all did stuff like that when we were kids. 195 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:49,520 I was 36, Alison! 196 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,120 Ah... I put it on my keys to see what it would look like 197 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,880 with my other key rings from the Wensleydale Creamery 198 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:56,720 and Huddersfield Town. 199 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,840 And then I had to take Duncan Leach to the toilet 200 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,040 and, after he'd done his business, we were 12 minutes behind schedule, 201 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,280 so we had to run to the bus. 202 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,840 And it was only when I put my keys in the ignition that I realised 203 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,600 what I'd done, but we couldn't stop because we had to get home by four 204 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,600 for parents' pick-up. 205 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,320 Well, I would never have had you down for a thief! Mm! 206 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,280 Would it have mattered to be a few minutes late? 207 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,920 Well, then that would've just thrown the whole day out of whack! 208 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:19,520 You scheduled your whole day? Oh, yes. 209 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,280 It's the best way to make use of your time. You're quite right. 210 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,280 6.30 - wake, ablutions. 211 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,720 7.00 - breakfast, read paper. 212 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,240 7.30 - shower with a show tune, 213 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,840 something from Annie or Guys and Dolls. 214 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,320 HE SNIFFS AND GROANS 215 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,800 9.30 - a chapter of Sharpe, cocoa and bed. 216 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,120 Didn't you ever do anything spontaneous? 217 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:05,720 Like, unplanned? 218 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,800 Yeah. That's it, Sheriff. 219 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,400 You watch out and don't get stuck on that ring road. 220 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,800 OVER CB RADIO: Well, I'll try the toll road. 221 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,080 That's a big 10-4. 222 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,120 WOMAN, SHOUTING: Pat? Pat, love? 223 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:19,400 Standby, Sheriff. 224 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:20,800 What is it, petal? 225 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,200 I was just thinking about that new Italian on the high street. 226 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,960 I thought we could try it tonight. 227 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,320 Friday night's fish and chips night, Carol. 228 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,040 Oh... How about Wednesday, then? 229 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,600 Shepherd's pie night?! Are you mad? 230 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,000 HE CHUCKLES 231 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,960 OK... Well, I might go to bingo, then? 232 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:37,320 OK, love. 233 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,840 This is The Big Bad Butcher Man, come alive. 234 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,800 RADIO STATIC 235 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,280 Hello from the Big Bad Butcher Man. 236 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:46,640 Oh, my God. 237 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,720 What did I do? 238 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,440 I drove her into Maurice's arms! 239 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,240 I mean, literally. I gave her a lift to bingo. 240 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,200 You've had quite a breakthrough there, Pat. Well done. 241 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,040 Kitty, were you...? Oh, hello. 242 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,440 We're doing this, are we? Fine, I'll go first. 243 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,080 HE CLEARS THROAT 244 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,320 My name is Julian Fawcett 245 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,360 and I've been sober now for 27 years, 246 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,880 three months and 11 days. 247 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,600 Uh, no, that's not what we... 248 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,720 Hold on. Isn't that just how long you've been dead? 249 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,040 Uh, it's a technicality. 250 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,280 Can't take credit for not drinking when you can't drink. 251 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,040 I've been sober for over 27 years - 252 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,360 and you can't take that away from me! 253 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,720 OK. Well done, Julian. We're very proud of you. 254 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,880 Yeah, well, thanks, actually. APPLAUSE 255 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,200 Yeah. 256 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,200 Before you got here, Kitty was actually sharing something. 257 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,240 Oh, yes. About when I was invited to a ball. 258 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,040 Oh, you don't have to tell! MURMURS OF AGREEMENT 259 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,120 That's all right. I want to. 260 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,640 ALL: Mm... 261 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,960 I remember the day before the ball, my father gave a little party. 262 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,240 Everyone was there. 263 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,800 Father Matthews enjoying the wine, as usual... 264 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,920 Which isn't exactly what she told me in confession! 265 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,160 ..and enjoying the company of my aunts Iris and Biddy. 266 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,000 Yeah, she's not all innocent I'm afraid. 267 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,400 Just this morning, I saw her with a new pig. 268 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,560 Want some? Here, are you trying to get me tipsy? 269 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:09,000 Oh, I wouldn't dare! Oh, you are saucy! 270 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,360 Isn't he saucy! 271 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,400 I am saucy. 272 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,400 And two gentlemen who'd come from town to do business with father. 273 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,360 WOMEN GIGGLE 274 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,600 Will you be attending the ball? 275 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:21,880 We certainly shall. 276 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,040 I do hope to be on your dance card, Lady Katherine, if I may. 277 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,960 Why, of course you may! 278 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,080 THEY CHUCKLE 279 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,400 I'm so excited about tomorrow evening, I can hardly contain it! 280 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,040 What are you doing, Kitty? I'm going to look at my dress! 281 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,680 It's very late. I know, but I just want to see it 282 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:44,240 and dream about wearing it. 283 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,320 SHE GASPS 284 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,560 My goodness, what has happened? 285 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:51,840 My dress! 286 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,720 You poor thing! Those beastly moths! 287 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,880 At least they've left yours. 288 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,600 That's lucky. 289 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,160 Yes. 290 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,360 KITTY SOBS 291 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,720 It was the moths... 292 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,720 There, there. Dry your eyes, my child, 293 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,160 WHISPERS: I have just the thing. 294 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,040 I can't believe it! It's beautiful! 295 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,520 She would have been very happy to see you wear it. 296 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,640 It is even better than mine! 297 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,240 Thank you, moths! 298 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,320 Well... 299 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,160 What is it, Eleanor? 300 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,480 ECHOES: Would it not be more appropriate that I should wear it? 301 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,760 She was my mother, after all. 302 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,040 Ha! Well, that was bally good thinking of your father! 303 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,320 Those greedy moths! 304 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,320 MURMURS OF AGREEMENT 305 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,040 Kitty, do you think it was a coincidence that your sister...? 306 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,280 Yes, well, it's funny, isn't it, 307 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,480 how things work out sometimes? HE CLEARS THROAT 308 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,960 Was there something you wanted to share? 309 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,000 W... W...Well... 310 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,040 Um... 311 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,440 I'm, uh... 312 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,680 I'm... 313 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:16,800 ..unable to think of anything that would merit sharing. 314 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,680 Perhaps Thomas could... Oh... 315 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:20,760 Oh, here we go. 316 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,960 I remember one night in my cot in the nursery. 317 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:30,120 Her hands clenched around the bars of my prison, 318 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,200 crying. 319 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,880 Crying out for mother. 320 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,600 Imagine being a baby 321 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,840 and knowing your mother isn't coming... 322 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:42,920 ..is gone forever. 323 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,000 Oh, Thomas, I had no idea you lost your mother so young. 324 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,680 Oh, no, she came eventually and she fed me 325 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,480 and she cuddled me and sung me a lullaby, 326 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,120 but the damage was done. 327 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,760 The seed was sown. 328 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:56,480 She was there, but she wasn't really there, you see? 329 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,160 And, yes, she gave me allowance, ample allowance, 330 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,840 and she did make introductions for me with publishers in London, 331 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,400 but she never really believed in my work. 332 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,400 She hung it up in frames about the house 333 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,240 as though it were mere decoration. 334 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,000 My mother had face bitten off by wolf in front of me. 335 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,000 So you know how I feel. 336 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,400 Still nothing? No. 337 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,960 I know she read it last night cos there's two blue ticks. Mm. 338 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,160 What's that? Uh, just a smoothie. 339 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,080 Hm! What's in it? 340 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,600 It's berries... 341 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,720 ..and stuff. 342 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,080 Can I have some? 343 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,960 Nah. Cos, um... 344 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,760 HE GULPS LOUDLY 345 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:54,080 It's a... 346 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,640 ..it's all gone, so... 347 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:06,920 HE BURPS 348 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:08,280 Oh... 349 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,960 Yeah, I can make another one, if you like. 350 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,640 Sure. 351 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:13,760 Oh... 352 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,400 HE RETCHES AND BURPS 353 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,200 Right, what's next? 354 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:21,920 LADY BUTTON: So, let me get this clear. 355 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,720 She was your sister... ROBIN: Yeah. 356 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,360 ..and the two of you were...? 357 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:26,560 Right, where were we? 358 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,320 Oh, Fanny want to know everything. 359 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,520 Uh, no, not at all. I couldn't care less, actually. 360 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,440 This is your enterprise, Alison. 361 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:33,840 Thank you. 362 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,960 Um, well, I was just going to ask Kitty... 363 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,080 JULIAN: About her dreams. 364 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:39,680 Erm, no. 365 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,120 That's what shrinks do, isn't it? 366 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,000 Interpret your dreams like they're messages 367 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,680 from your subconscious or something. 368 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,320 Well, some people do think you can learn from dreams, yeah. 369 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:48,680 Well, if you say so. 370 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,520 I mean, I have this dream where I take my daughter to the zoo, 371 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:56,320 but when we get to the ticket booth, the ticket person is Samantha Fox, 372 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:00,200 and she tells me I can "come in" for free. Yeah. 373 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,800 So she leads me in and then, boom, I'm alone in this pen 374 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,640 and my daughter's gone. 375 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,160 Good luck working that one out. 376 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,960 HE SNORTS LAUGHING 377 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,440 Maybe you feel guilty that your affair 378 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,760 separated you from your daughter. 379 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,640 Oh, right. 380 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,920 I have dreams. Strap in. Same one every night. 381 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,840 I'm working in the fields, like, digging up the carrots, 382 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,960 when, in the distance, I see a man. 383 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:31,520 His eyes and his mouth are wide open and he's pointing at me. 384 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,920 And then I feel something moving in my hand and I look down... 385 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,160 It is the carrots. 386 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,080 They have become like newborn babes, 387 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,200 crying and squirming their roots around my fingers. 388 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,960 And I look back up and now, very slowly, the man comes 389 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,640 towards me, but he does not walk. 390 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,480 His feet, stay together, dragging through the soil. 391 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,240 And still he's pointing at me. 392 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,120 And I try to breathe in to scream, but I cannot, 393 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:56,600 and my mouth fills with dirt. 394 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,400 And now the man's on fire. 395 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,320 And that's when I wake up. 396 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,080 Yeah, sorry, Mary, I don't think I can help with that one. 397 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,680 OK, never mind. 398 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,880 Can we play with balloon now? 399 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,200 Kitty, did you want to tell us what happened at the ball? 400 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:14,520 Oh, yes. 401 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:18,240 THEY ALL TALK OVER EACH OTHER 402 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:19,960 ALISON SHUSHES THEM 403 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:21,600 Let her speak. 404 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,240 Well, it was just more and more bad luck. 405 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,640 Look, Katherine. Oysters for breakfast! 406 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,920 It is a special occasion, after all. 407 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,200 And they're lovely and warm. They are! 408 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,400 Aren't you having one? 409 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:41,000 Oh, I've already had mine downstairs - I couldn't wait! 410 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,480 They were delicious, but I must have had a sensitive tummy 411 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,680 from all the excitement because... 412 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:47,880 ..I was very sick. 413 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,080 SHE RETCHES 414 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,640 Oh, you poor thing. 415 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,640 It's all right. In fact... 416 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:53,840 SHE RETCHES LOUDLY 417 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,440 KNOCK AT DOOR 418 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,920 ELEANOR, THROUGH DOOR: Kitty, are you all right in there? 419 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,400 If anything, I actually feel better than before. 420 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,200 Are you sure? Yes, I feel cleansed and refreshed. 421 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,680 Oh, I am pleased! 422 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,680 We're going to a ball 423 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,240 We're going to a... 424 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,320 Oh... 425 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,120 Oh... Eleanor? 426 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,200 The door won't open. 427 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:19,840 Eleanor? 428 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,480 Let this, my solemn oath, be clear 429 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,640 For all unquiet souls to hear 430 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,400 I know this power cannot be unsaid 431 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,800 I open my eyes to the plain of the dead. 432 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,680 Hi. Hey. 433 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:10,960 Are they here? 434 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,520 Yeah. OK. 435 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,560 Even after Carruthers let me out, the wait for the ball seemed to take 436 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:24,240 forever, so to pass the time we decided to play one of our games, 437 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,360 which are always such fun. 438 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,200 Eleanor, let me go first. 439 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,360 I can't see a thing! 440 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:35,280 Well, that's the idea, silly! 441 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:36,840 Round you go! 442 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,840 THEY LAUGH 443 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,440 Over here! Woo-oo! 444 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,800 KITTY LAUGHS 445 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,920 Behind you! 446 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,680 Whoops! 447 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,000 Over here! 448 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,840 VOICES DISTORT AND ECHO 449 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,160 THEY GASP 450 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Mama! 451 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,640 My goodness, Kitty! 452 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,280 Oh...! 453 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,640 Papa! Papa! 454 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,280 I couldn't believe it! 455 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:12,960 I was so upset. 456 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,720 The bust was usually on a high shelf. 457 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,440 Perhaps the maid had brought it down to clean it. 458 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,960 No, she knew it was never to be touched. 459 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,480 Or perhaps father had decided to rearrange the room. 460 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,920 But now that I'm saying it out loud, 461 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,640 now that I'm really talking about it... 462 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:42,960 ..perhaps... 463 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,080 INAUDIBLE 464 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:50,880 ..she wanted me to break it. 465 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,040 She wanted father to be angry. 466 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,320 She wanted to stop me from going to the ball. 467 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,320 It was a mean thing to do. 468 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,240 So very mean. 469 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,480 Oh, well, at least she was nice the rest of the time. 470 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,280 MURMURS OF AGREEMENT 471 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,680 Yeah. Yeah. 472 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,600 Oh...! 473 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,760 It's you, I can totally see you! 474 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,600 I thought it hadn't worked. 475 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,040 Isn't it...isn't it weird that I'm talking to you? 476 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,360 Yeah, it is a bit. 477 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,880 Ah! Where are the others? 478 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,520 They're probably on their way. 479 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,400 We don't start for another five minutes. 480 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,080 Oh, are you doing your group thing? 481 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,440 Well, I guess I'm going to be seeing a lot more of you! 482 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:25,920 Yeah, you are. 483 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,880 Yeah, I am! Yeah! 484 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:30,840 Oh! 485 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,640 Well, it's been very interesting listening to you all share, 486 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:39,520 and, yes, perhaps there is something I'd like to share. 487 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,720 Um... DOOR OPENS 488 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,760 No, it's the art class! I'd lost track of the time. 489 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,360 Right. Well, um, perhaps another time. 490 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,760 Food club time! 491 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,640 Oh! Or maybe we should do something completely spontaneous, you know? 492 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:54,960 Why not? 493 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,040 Why don't we go outside and dance around a tree, 494 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,440 just for the hell of it? Huh? Huh?! 495 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,640 But it's food club at one, so... 496 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,320 Yeah, you're right. It is food club, isn't it? 497 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,640 Art class. Hm! 498 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,920 Absolutely nothing of interest for me here. 499 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:13,360 Didn't you say you'd been drinking champagne the day he died. 500 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:14,720 Of course. Why? 501 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,680 Well, you stay how you died, 502 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,360 so you haven't been sober for 27 years - 503 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:21,560 you've been tipsy for 27 years. 504 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,600 My God, you're right. 505 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,080 I suppose, thinking about it, it was the dream death. 506 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,560 Booze, bit of rumpy pumpy and out. Ha! 507 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,640 There are worse ways to go, eh? 508 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,440 ROBIN: Hey, guys, come quick! 509 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:39,840 Balloon! 510 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,440 How wonderful! 511 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:42,800 Surprise! 512 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,000 I want like these on my birthday! 513 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,840 Oh, I don't think I can afford that many balloons, Robin. Sorry. 514 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,280 NOTIFICATION TONE Oh... 515 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,480 Oh... Hm? I thought it would be Lucy. 516 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,280 OK, so it looks like they fixed the roof on the hall, so... 517 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,960 No more Zumba? 518 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:58,200 Sorry, Robin. 519 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,560 And, oh, well, no more sordid life stories, or whatever you call them. 520 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,160 SHE GASPS 521 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,520 What is it? 522 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,800 I'm an addict, Alison. 523 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,040 I'm addicted to gossip, to other people's problems - 524 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:16,240 the worse, the better - to distract me from my own concerns. 525 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,440 Well, you know all about that, anyway. 526 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,080 What? Well, isn't that what you've been doing all day, 527 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,840 digging around in Kitty's relationship with her sister 528 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,800 to take your mind off your own one? 529 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,640 NOTIFICATION TONE 530 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,520 Yes! There you are. Good, you're alone. 531 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,560 Listen, you know, you asked about that drink? Oh, the smoothie? 532 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,040 Except it wasn't a smoothie. It was a real-life potion. 533 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,360 I found a spiritualist online 534 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:41,400 and they had these mad instructions to follow, 535 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:42,760 and I can see ghosts. 536 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,920 Can he? I saw the one with no trousers upstairs 537 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,000 and I'm going to go and find the others, 538 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,880 see them with my own eyes. Ah! 539 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,040 Ah! Mi... I'm going to see a caveman! 540 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:54,640 That guy needs help. 541 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:55,840 Mm. 542 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:21,000 WIND BLOWS 543 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,280 SHRIEKING, BABIES CRY 544 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,520 SHE GASPS AND PANTS 545 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,520 I had Mary's dream. 546 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,200 I'm glad I can't see them. 547 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,320 THOMAS: Agh! I had Mary's dream! 548 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,040 PAT: Me too! 549 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,200 ROBIN: I had it too!