1 00:00:01,835 --> 00:00:04,236 Have a good day. You be careful. 2 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:35,867 ANNOUNCER: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. 3 00:00:35,969 --> 00:00:41,772 I would like to welcome all passengers to the 7:59 service to Manchester Piccadilly. 4 00:00:41,842 --> 00:00:44,073 I'd like to inform you that this service 5 00:00:44,144 --> 00:00:47,706 is now running approximately 17, one-seven, minutes late. 6 00:00:47,814 --> 00:00:51,945 We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you. 7 00:01:32,225 --> 00:01:33,369 MAN 1: (ON RADIO) Reports are coming in 8 00:01:33,393 --> 00:01:36,557 of a train crash on the Manchester Piccadilly to Preston line. 9 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:40,965 The details are as yet unclear, but we will keep you updated as more news arrives. 10 00:01:41,034 --> 00:01:45,369 And in other news, the government today announced a fall-off of capital bonds. 11 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:48,500 The latest Footsie figures have shown a rise of 30 points 12 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:51,841 bringing the index up to a level of 5,046... 13 00:01:51,912 --> 00:01:56,008 MAN 2: (ON RADIO)...of another major rail crash, the 7:59 from Preston to Manchester 14 00:01:56,083 --> 00:01:59,383 in which reports tell us a commuter train has been cut in half 15 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:03,116 by the impact of an express train which left the rails. 16 00:02:03,190 --> 00:02:06,558 The police as yet have given out no information about casualty numbers, 17 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:08,926 but for those anxious about loved ones... 18 00:02:08,996 --> 00:02:11,207 WOMAN: (ON RADIO) services have been called to the scene 19 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:13,598 on the main line between Preston and Manchester Piccadilly 20 00:02:13,667 --> 00:02:15,656 where early reports say that a derailed 21 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,002 express train has been hit by a freight train 22 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:20,267 travelling in the opposite direction. 23 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:22,366 (PHONE RINGING) 24 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:48,578 ESTATE AGENT: It was bought as an investment originally. 25 00:02:48,602 --> 00:02:51,094 Now the vendor's just decided he wants to sell. 26 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:53,568 I've had a quiet word though 27 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:55,871 and if you only want the use of a room, nonresidential, 28 00:02:55,976 --> 00:02:58,468 he's prepared to rent it to you for a monthly minimum 29 00:02:58,545 --> 00:03:00,605 before the builders get stuck in. 30 00:03:01,615 --> 00:03:04,949 Coming totally clean, some people got in a used it as a squat. 31 00:03:05,052 --> 00:03:07,954 Not that I'm against that in principle, you know what I mean. 32 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:11,116 On the other hand, some people like to live like animals. 33 00:03:12,959 --> 00:03:15,952 That's where they burnt the furniture when the gas was cut off. 34 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:19,056 Who knows what else went on. Obviously, not a lot of hygiene. 35 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:26,001 I'm not doing a very good job of selling this to you, am I? 36 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:27,974 Should have got my dad to show you around. 37 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:30,265 There's another place we've got up at Yate. It's 38 00:03:30,289 --> 00:03:32,536 a little further out, but a lot more salubrious. 39 00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:35,403 Sorry, I was just delivering something and I needed to get my breath back. 40 00:04:35,475 --> 00:04:38,274 Feel free. I've had the chairs reinforced. 41 00:04:45,685 --> 00:04:47,881 That always drove me mad about you. 42 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:51,322 Trying to decide the contents of a letter instead of just opening it. 43 00:04:54,561 --> 00:04:58,157 Thanks. I really fancied an evening with a load of architects. 44 00:04:58,231 --> 00:05:02,396 A whole sea of shaved barnets and collarless shirts. 45 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:06,406 Some of our old friends will be there, too. Janet's doing the catering. 46 00:05:06,473 --> 00:05:09,671 Really, I thought our wedding bash had put her off puff pastry for life. 47 00:05:09,776 --> 00:05:13,736 - Jude! How are you? - Glowing. So everybody says. 48 00:05:13,847 --> 00:05:16,282 Glowing? She's practically Sellafield. 49 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:22,447 I'm trying to get him out to enjoy himself. "Mission Impossible." 50 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:25,617 - Sociophobe. - Hey, I haven't said no, have I? 51 00:05:25,725 --> 00:05:27,956 No, but we know what you're like. 52 00:05:28,395 --> 00:05:32,457 - Go, you miserable fart. - I will. I will. 53 00:07:40,927 --> 00:07:43,863 (FUNKY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) 54 00:07:49,269 --> 00:07:51,033 (PHONE RINGING) 55 00:07:51,104 --> 00:07:52,970 (SLOW JAZZ PIANO PLAYING) 56 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:57,675 Hi, this is Robert. Leave a message after the beep. Thanks. 57 00:07:58,611 --> 00:08:01,342 Robert? It's Alison. 58 00:08:01,448 --> 00:08:03,542 Please will you get in touch? You've got my number. 59 00:08:03,650 --> 00:08:06,643 Will you please give me a call? Thank you. 60 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:12,415 I thought that I could cope, but I need to talk to you. I can't. 61 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:19,121 Will you help me? Will you call me? 62 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:22,028 Please? Help me. 63 00:08:42,789 --> 00:08:44,417 Excuse me. 64 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:52,227 But unhappiness can make some people happy. Suffering can self-justify. 65 00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:56,328 Why haven't you returned my calls? Am I some kind of a joke to you? 66 00:08:56,403 --> 00:08:59,771 Whoa! Alison, calm down. You can't just come barging into... 67 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:03,105 Oh, I can, I have. Look at me, I'm here. I exist, at least I think I do. 68 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:06,202 Maybe you can put me straight on that since you obviously know better. 69 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:08,908 No. No, stay. No way, sit. She's the one that has to go. 70 00:09:09,015 --> 00:09:11,382 No, I'm not going. I'm not going anywhere, actually. 71 00:09:11,484 --> 00:09:13,112 I'm going to sit right here. 72 00:09:19,492 --> 00:09:23,293 This is totally unacceptable. You have no business invading a tutorial like this. 73 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:25,628 What choice do I have when you ignore me? 74 00:09:25,732 --> 00:09:29,032 Our project together is over. I'm entitled to ignore you. 75 00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:31,502 - Why shouldn't I? - Because I'm going out of my mind! 76 00:09:31,604 --> 00:09:34,369 Well, hallelujah! A breakthrough! 77 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:43,046 I'm sorry. 78 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:47,717 (ALISON SIGHING) 79 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:49,983 Screw you, Robert. 80 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:53,620 - Alison, wait. - Screw you. 81 00:09:53,726 --> 00:09:54,887 Alison? 82 00:09:58,164 --> 00:10:00,861 Alison? Are you all right? Are you in pain? 83 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:03,928 I can get an ambulance. 84 00:10:05,371 --> 00:10:10,036 - I'll get an ambulance. - No, don't call an ambulance. 85 00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:13,078 An ambulance is no good. They won't find anything. 86 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:14,739 There's nothing there. 87 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:19,379 In the crash, in the... 88 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:22,988 In the train crash, 89 00:10:24,090 --> 00:10:29,119 there was this big thing, this metal spike 90 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:33,360 and it went in there and it came out here. 91 00:10:37,604 --> 00:10:43,635 And it tore through my womb, and, erm... 92 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:46,639 (SOBBING) 93 00:11:48,908 --> 00:11:50,570 (ALISON GASPING) 94 00:11:56,282 --> 00:11:57,511 Oh, God. 95 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:19,563 Alison, don't be afraid. We're your friends. All we want to do is talk to you. 96 00:12:20,707 --> 00:12:23,404 We've been looking for you for some time, you know. 97 00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:26,275 You've made yourself very hard to find, naughty girl. 98 00:12:27,814 --> 00:12:31,273 Your family up north weren't very forthcoming. 99 00:12:31,351 --> 00:12:35,118 We found someone else though, who told us the area of Bristol you'd moved to. 100 00:12:35,188 --> 00:12:37,282 They just didn't know the exact address. 101 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:40,816 - What do you want with me? - Help. 102 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:45,364 The kind of help, we've come to the conclusion, only you can give. 103 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:48,560 Do you mind if Abel joins us? He's not as fearsome as he seems. 104 00:12:52,305 --> 00:12:55,366 He suffered more than most of us, physically and mentally. 105 00:12:56,209 --> 00:13:00,112 His larynx was burnt away. He can't speak. 106 00:13:01,814 --> 00:13:06,479 When you were recommended to us as a practising medium 107 00:13:07,086 --> 00:13:10,682 we recognised your name immediately from the passenger list. 108 00:13:11,991 --> 00:13:13,983 We couldn't believe it. It was fate. 109 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:19,154 We realised this had to be the person who could help us at last. 110 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:22,163 That's why we've come all this way. 111 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,798 We have a lot in common. 112 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:29,606 Because you've been waiting for us too in a way, haven't you? 113 00:14:28,835 --> 00:14:30,030 Alison? 114 00:14:34,006 --> 00:14:35,201 Alison. 115 00:14:41,247 --> 00:14:46,550 They want to hold a seance tomorrow night. It's ironic isn't it? 116 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:49,144 They'd give anything to be able to contact the dead 117 00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:51,690 and I'd give anything not to be able to. 118 00:14:51,758 --> 00:14:55,354 Alison, I seriously think this is a very bad idea. 119 00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:58,796 You're being asked to return to the most traumatic event of your life. 120 00:14:58,865 --> 00:15:01,027 You're so great, Robert. 121 00:15:01,067 --> 00:15:03,330 I phone you up and you don't return my calls, 122 00:15:03,354 --> 00:15:05,437 I turn up to see you and you send me away 123 00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:09,601 and now you come here just to tell me that what I'm doing is wrong. 124 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:15,143 - I know what I'm doing. - Do you? 125 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:18,776 You almost died for God's sake. You don't have to help these people. 126 00:15:18,885 --> 00:15:22,652 It's not just for them. It's for me as well. 127 00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:25,522 You see, I've worked it all out. 128 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:29,585 Maybe if I go back to that day, maybe they'll set me free. 129 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:31,357 What do you mean? 130 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:32,763 (ALISON SIGHING) 131 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:36,398 Maybe the spirits will have done with me. 132 00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:38,803 (ROBERT SIGHING) 133 00:15:38,871 --> 00:15:42,706 Alison, if you're gonna choose to do this, I'll come with you. 134 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:46,876 - I can do it by myself. - Well, I know you can but I want to. 135 00:15:51,918 --> 00:15:55,946 One knock for yes, two for no. Alison? Mark Garrelly. 136 00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:59,820 Apologies, the electrics here are appalling. 137 00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:05,465 Jean Fast. Welcome. 138 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:08,125 I'm Eddie. Eddie Balfour. 139 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:10,764 We're down here. 140 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:35,321 - Erm... Irene Moser, Robert Bridge. - How do you do? 141 00:16:35,394 --> 00:16:38,057 Robert's a doctor of psychology at the University 142 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:41,328 and I'd like him to be a sitter tomorrow night. 143 00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:46,438 Really? Traditionally, it's an extremely bad idea to have a sceptic present. 144 00:16:48,074 --> 00:16:50,840 Well, I'm sorry, Irene. It's non-negotiable. 145 00:16:50,864 --> 00:16:53,274 I want Robert to be there as a friend. 146 00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:01,916 Abel you've met. And this is Louise. 147 00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:06,092 I remember you from television. 148 00:17:06,158 --> 00:17:10,027 Probably. I was part of a survivor group lobbying for a public enquiry. 149 00:17:10,129 --> 00:17:13,827 Not that it did any good. Two years later nobody admitted sod all. 150 00:17:13,933 --> 00:17:17,597 Same old boys' network, just a lot of hot air and buck-passing. 151 00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:20,573 Faced with what you'd all been through, 152 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,439 naturally you must have thought, "Where is God in this"? 153 00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:26,877 You do, when the police take you into this marquee 154 00:17:26,946 --> 00:17:31,577 and you look at 16, 17 bodies, not even bodies... 155 00:17:32,752 --> 00:17:34,482 until you get to your son. 156 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:37,814 (EXPRESS TRAIN SPEEDING PAST) 157 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:48,926 I'm a stonemason. So was he. 158 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,581 He'd always slag off my letter carving but I 159 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:56,473 wanted to do just one thing where he'd say, 160 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:59,740 "Dad, that's not bad, that." 161 00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:05,643 Alison is the one who needs to get to know us better. 162 00:18:06,118 --> 00:18:08,713 It was a signalling fault. Wasn't it? 163 00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:12,725 No. It was human error. The driver didn't react correctly. 164 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:16,024 He was supposed to slow down, but in fact he speeded up. 165 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:19,122 He walked away with cuts and bruises 166 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:24,037 but 35 people didn't walk away at all. 167 00:18:33,145 --> 00:18:35,410 Who's for a peshwari naan? 168 00:18:35,481 --> 00:18:37,643 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 169 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:38,912 Oh, no, not for me. 170 00:18:46,392 --> 00:18:47,985 Blimey, Jean. 171 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:51,255 That's one hell of an onion bhaji. 172 00:18:53,766 --> 00:18:57,066 My mum was mad about Wimbledon. 173 00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:01,398 I held her hand while she slipped away. 174 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:07,146 I could feel her gone, but I didn't want to let go. That's why I'm here. 175 00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:11,475 I'd like to feel that she's watching over me and that she's proud of me, that's all. 176 00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:14,179 I just need her to tell me that I'm doing okay. 177 00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:21,184 We've all brought things that mean something to us, for tomorrow. 178 00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:27,127 Laurence had thousands of books. 179 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:31,260 I gave them all away to charity shops. 180 00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:35,461 My son and daughter thought I'd lost my marbles. 181 00:19:35,485 --> 00:19:38,436 They sent a rabbi round to talk sense into me. 182 00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:44,246 But spiritualism had the answers I wanted, and he didn't, and I told him so. 183 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:47,144 I know... 184 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:53,385 that when the day comes, Laurence and I will meet face to face in the next life. 185 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:59,465 But before then, there's something I have to tell him. 186 00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:03,930 Something he needs to know. 187 00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:19,051 Abel has brought some favourite toys his children used to play with. 188 00:20:20,086 --> 00:20:25,423 Knowing Alison was coming he's written a poem he wants me to read out. 189 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:27,789 It's called Fading Light. 190 00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:34,561 "Under my skin I boil with rage 191 00:20:35,668 --> 00:20:39,799 "Under my skin is the silence before knowing 192 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:43,842 "Under my skin is human error 193 00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:49,147 "Under my skin is the value of lives 194 00:20:51,016 --> 00:20:53,110 "But I have no skin 195 00:20:53,886 --> 00:20:56,754 "I have no skin, so who can touch me? 196 00:20:57,857 --> 00:21:01,692 "Who can feel if not I?" 197 00:21:08,534 --> 00:21:12,869 Excuse me... I need some air. 198 00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:28,886 Alison, these people need proper counselling, not table-tilting. 199 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:31,662 They're united in grief. It isn't a crime. 200 00:21:31,686 --> 00:21:34,791 But is it doing them any good? I don't think so. 201 00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:38,856 Irene, please. This seance tomorrow. Can you delay it? 202 00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:42,025 - I don't think Alison... - No. It has to be tomorrow. 203 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:44,000 You haven't told him. 204 00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:46,561 Tomorrow's March 25th. 205 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,771 The anniversary of the rail crash. 206 00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:52,671 Six years ago to the day. 207 00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:01,346 (SIGHING) 208 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:06,420 (PHONE RINGING) 209 00:22:07,726 --> 00:22:09,092 Yeah. 210 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:11,426 ALISON: I couldn't sleep a wink. 211 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:12,793 How are you? 212 00:22:12,865 --> 00:22:16,734 Look. If you can't be there, I understand. I'll be fine. 213 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,996 - No, I'll be there. - Are you sure? 214 00:22:21,073 --> 00:22:23,702 Yeah, I'm sure. I've got to go. 215 00:22:25,110 --> 00:22:29,673 Good. What else would you be doing except going home to a saddo ready meal for one? 216 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,827 Bit of social intercourse, do you the world of good. 217 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:34,343 Oh, yeah. You're right. 218 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,213 I've got a meeting at 7:00, so I'll see you there, 9:30, 10:00? 219 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:40,589 You will, absolutely. 220 00:22:53,839 --> 00:22:56,151 ROBERT: (VOICEOVER) To be within a hair's-breadth of death, 221 00:22:56,175 --> 00:22:59,009 to feel you had died... 222 00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:11,419 and after wards, that feeling of worthlessness that you had survived. 223 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:15,227 You think, but why? Why me? 224 00:23:17,529 --> 00:23:21,466 Add to that, the trauma of learning that you can never have children, 225 00:23:21,934 --> 00:23:24,335 it had to be for a purpose. 226 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:27,168 Alison Mundy had to validate her life. 227 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,202 Make it worth something, mean something. 228 00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:35,313 And the meaning is, the spirits. 229 00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:53,023 (UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING) 230 00:24:02,408 --> 00:24:03,899 - Hi. - Hi. 231 00:24:06,312 --> 00:24:08,645 - Thanks. - That's a new dress. 232 00:24:08,714 --> 00:24:10,808 You never used to notice if I was in a bin bag. 233 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:13,583 - That's untrue. - I know. 234 00:24:14,053 --> 00:24:16,545 Come in. Guess who's here? 235 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:18,886 Archbishop Desmond Tutu? 236 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:25,161 Thanks. 237 00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:26,664 Darling. 238 00:24:28,734 --> 00:24:32,466 - Robert. How the hell are you? - Fine. 239 00:24:32,838 --> 00:24:35,398 Hi. Lovely to see you. 240 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:37,602 We haven't seen you since... 241 00:24:37,876 --> 00:24:41,074 Blimey, how long is it since the old London crowd last met up? 242 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:43,274 It must've been a wedding, or a... 243 00:24:46,385 --> 00:24:50,186 - So, how are you these days? - Fine, fine. 244 00:25:48,313 --> 00:25:52,045 - I always liked that watch. - I bet you picked it, really. 245 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:55,178 No. He picked it all by himself. 246 00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:57,882 He said, "I want Dad to look cool." 247 00:26:04,596 --> 00:26:05,825 Please. 248 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:28,353 Happy Birthday, Daddy. 249 00:26:39,565 --> 00:26:41,796 Thanks. Thank you. 250 00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:44,125 Welshback, near Radcliffe Bridge. Thanks. 251 00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:57,971 Who touched my arm? 252 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:07,351 Someone touched my arm. 253 00:28:08,587 --> 00:28:10,112 IRENE: Don't worry. 254 00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:15,352 No harm will come here tonight. 255 00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:18,521 They're all our friends, remember? 256 00:28:25,671 --> 00:28:27,003 (ALISON RETCHING) 257 00:28:29,641 --> 00:28:30,870 Nerves. 258 00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:33,101 Understandable. 259 00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:22,090 Sorry, mate. Change of plan. Take me to Filton. 260 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,924 - Okay. - Thanks. 261 00:29:45,884 --> 00:29:47,853 Thought you weren't coming. 262 00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:04,796 You're just in time. We're about to begin. 263 00:30:11,176 --> 00:30:12,610 Medium dies. 264 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:23,349 "death still remain mysterious. 265 00:30:23,455 --> 00:30:26,391 "The sitters were named as Eddie Balfour, 266 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:28,392 "Louise Gill, 267 00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:36,395 "Abel Ngowi, Mark Garrelly, Jean Fast and Irene Moser." 268 00:30:49,948 --> 00:30:53,316 Hi, this is Robert. Leave a message after the beep. Thanks. 269 00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:22,208 Home movies? 270 00:31:22,948 --> 00:31:26,043 We record weddings, births. Why not this? 271 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:35,720 Irene? 272 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:40,063 I'm sorry. Mark and I have decided... 273 00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:50,601 We've thought about this long and hard, Irene, and we can't go through with it. 274 00:31:50,675 --> 00:31:55,807 I know, but, the good thing that's come out of this for us 275 00:31:55,881 --> 00:31:59,147 is not making contact with someone in the next world 276 00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:02,779 it's finding someone here, now, in this one. 277 00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:08,725 We have all worked so hard towards tonight, how can you throw that away? 278 00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:13,731 I'm sorry. We've come to realise that our partners have moved on 279 00:32:13,799 --> 00:32:16,598 and we need to move on, too. I'm sorry. 280 00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:20,165 People get obsessed with whether we survive death. 281 00:32:20,238 --> 00:32:22,503 But that's not the real question, is it? 282 00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:26,806 The real question is how we survive life. But we do. 283 00:32:51,937 --> 00:32:53,098 Now... 284 00:32:54,239 --> 00:32:58,506 on no account must anyone switch on the lights 285 00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:02,911 or break the circle when the medium's in a trance. Is that understood? 286 00:33:07,652 --> 00:33:11,453 Ectoplasm is a very volatile, light-sensitive substance 287 00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:15,585 that the spirits extract from the medium's nervous system 288 00:33:15,694 --> 00:33:18,129 in order to manifest themselves. 289 00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:22,025 If it recoils too quickly 290 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:26,764 it can do irreparable damage to the medium's brain. 291 00:33:27,272 --> 00:33:29,798 Do you have a spirit guide, Alison? 292 00:33:29,875 --> 00:33:33,710 The only guides I know of wear berets and sit around with Brown Owl. 293 00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:47,281 Robert, your hand please? Abel? 294 00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:01,773 IRENE: Let's all breathe deeply and relax. 295 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,041 In... 296 00:34:06,511 --> 00:34:08,343 and out. 297 00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:10,039 (EXHALING DEEPLY) 298 00:34:12,017 --> 00:34:13,315 And in... 299 00:34:15,554 --> 00:34:17,580 and out. 300 00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:20,949 In... 301 00:34:23,495 --> 00:34:25,293 and out. 302 00:34:26,031 --> 00:34:32,267 By the power of light by the gift of karma and of love 303 00:34:32,370 --> 00:34:34,703 grace us with your presence. 304 00:34:48,687 --> 00:34:52,715 (SCOTTISH ACCENT) What you doing in my house? 305 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,425 Don't be afraid. 306 00:34:58,630 --> 00:35:00,656 We welcome you. 307 00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:04,224 - We welcome you. - ALL: We welcome you. 308 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:08,568 We welcome you. We welcome you. 309 00:35:10,075 --> 00:35:14,445 If there is a spirit in this room... 310 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,613 make yourself known to us. 311 00:35:18,717 --> 00:35:23,712 (SCOTTISH ACCENT) ♪ Polly, put the kettle on Polly, put the kettle on 312 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:26,189 ♪ Polly, put the kettle on 313 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:29,625 ♪ We'll all have smack ♪ 314 00:35:31,196 --> 00:35:33,062 Hello, Polly. 315 00:35:33,164 --> 00:35:36,862 This is my house. I died here. 316 00:35:40,238 --> 00:35:43,037 This is a good trick. Watch this. 317 00:35:47,712 --> 00:35:49,112 (GASPING) 318 00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:53,878 (ALISON GROANING SOFTLY) 319 00:36:06,765 --> 00:36:09,360 IRENE: Don't break the circle! 320 00:36:10,969 --> 00:36:12,904 Don't break the circle. 321 00:36:14,439 --> 00:36:18,706 She's cold. 322 00:36:19,878 --> 00:36:22,245 Jean's gone cold and Alison is burning up. 323 00:36:22,313 --> 00:36:24,873 Who wants to see another trick? 324 00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:28,720 Polly? Polly? You can go now. 325 00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:32,088 (WAILING) 326 00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:26,868 (ALISON GROANING) 327 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:41,218 (GRUFF VOICE) Where is she? 328 00:37:43,728 --> 00:37:48,063 Where are you? 329 00:37:51,169 --> 00:37:52,831 Laurence? 330 00:37:54,672 --> 00:37:59,007 There you are. 331 00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:03,811 I... I've wanted to tell you something. 332 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:06,716 Hush. 333 00:38:07,752 --> 00:38:12,713 Did you really think I didn't know? 334 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:17,023 Rose. 335 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:19,563 Rose. 336 00:38:19,631 --> 00:38:26,435 You blushed every time her name was mentioned. 337 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:31,306 You loved her. 338 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:33,711 I know. 339 00:38:33,812 --> 00:38:39,274 You worried that you never showed me enough love. 340 00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:43,279 Well, you did. 341 00:38:43,788 --> 00:38:47,190 I was blessed... 342 00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:49,523 blessed... 343 00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:53,928 blessed. 344 00:38:59,037 --> 00:39:01,597 (WHIMPERING AND GROANING) 345 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:12,279 By the power of the Holy Spirit... 346 00:39:13,384 --> 00:39:17,913 are there any other messages for anyone here present? 347 00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:22,760 (SPEAKING AFRICAN LANGUAGE) 348 00:39:42,313 --> 00:39:44,339 Something's gone wrong, I think. 349 00:39:44,449 --> 00:39:48,978 I think something's gone through me. 350 00:39:49,087 --> 00:39:52,285 I don't know, I can feel something very strange... 351 00:39:52,357 --> 00:39:54,383 Please don't pick me up... 352 00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:58,827 please don't pick me up, it hurts. It hurts! (SOBBING) 353 00:39:59,964 --> 00:40:02,991 Alison, listen to me. You're safe. 354 00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:06,060 Look, nothing can harm you or hurt you here. Listen to me. 355 00:40:06,170 --> 00:40:11,473 Alison, this is Robert, you're safe here. Nothing can harm you. 356 00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:14,944 Okay, that's it. It's over, it's finished. That's enough. 357 00:40:15,046 --> 00:40:17,345 I said that's enough! 358 00:40:26,357 --> 00:40:28,485 Someone passed behind me. 359 00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:44,768 I can feel someone looking over my shoulder. 360 00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:50,046 The feeling's really strong now. 361 00:40:51,215 --> 00:40:52,410 (GROANING) 362 00:40:52,483 --> 00:40:53,678 Alison? 363 00:40:55,086 --> 00:40:56,714 (ALISON MOANING) 364 00:41:01,526 --> 00:41:03,188 (CHILDLIKE VOICE) Daddy? 365 00:41:03,695 --> 00:41:06,927 Peter? Son. 366 00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:11,136 You're not my daddy. 367 00:41:17,442 --> 00:41:20,139 You're not my daddy. 368 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,515 You're my daddy. 369 00:41:31,589 --> 00:41:33,353 Alison, stop it. 370 00:41:34,092 --> 00:41:35,958 I'm sorry. 371 00:41:36,627 --> 00:41:40,189 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. 372 00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:47,161 No. 373 00:41:48,573 --> 00:41:50,064 No. 374 00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:56,212 Joshie? 375 00:41:56,914 --> 00:41:58,906 It was just for a second. 376 00:41:59,250 --> 00:42:02,846 I just bent down to pick up my stegosaurus. 377 00:42:03,121 --> 00:42:04,919 And you said, "Seat belt." 378 00:42:04,989 --> 00:42:06,548 I just... 379 00:42:06,624 --> 00:42:10,391 - It wasn't your fault, Joshie. - But it was. 380 00:42:10,828 --> 00:42:14,663 'Cause you looked back. 'Cause you turned around and if... 381 00:42:14,766 --> 00:42:16,462 Don't. 382 00:42:20,171 --> 00:42:22,766 Don't, please don't. 383 00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:26,503 I made you sad, Daddy. 384 00:42:29,747 --> 00:42:33,343 I made you sad and I don't like to. 385 00:42:38,589 --> 00:42:41,616 You don't make me sad, Joshie. 386 00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:45,958 - I make myself sad. - Why? 387 00:42:49,434 --> 00:42:52,632 Because you're not here with me any more. 388 00:42:54,839 --> 00:42:58,833 But I am. I am here now. 389 00:43:00,745 --> 00:43:04,045 If you're sad, Daddy... 390 00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:08,980 is it because you don't love me any more? 391 00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:12,113 I love you. 392 00:43:13,157 --> 00:43:17,492 I love you more than anything. 393 00:43:29,574 --> 00:43:32,942 Then can I go now, Daddy? 394 00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:43,512 Yes. 395 00:43:52,396 --> 00:43:55,195 It's a bit scary. 396 00:43:56,734 --> 00:43:59,704 I want the nice lady to take me. 397 00:44:00,505 --> 00:44:02,599 She's holding my hand 398 00:44:02,673 --> 00:44:06,906 and she's going to come with me and stay with me. 399 00:44:08,746 --> 00:44:12,444 No! No, don't go there! Alison! 400 00:44:12,517 --> 00:44:14,179 (ALISON WAILING) 401 00:44:14,285 --> 00:44:18,381 MARK: Oh, no. JEAN: Don't touch her! 402 00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:21,891 - Switch on the lights. - No, you mustn't. 403 00:44:21,959 --> 00:44:23,928 ROBERT: Switch on the lights! 404 00:44:25,630 --> 00:44:27,792 MARK: Get back! Get off! 405 00:44:27,865 --> 00:44:29,834 Take her outside. She needs some air. 406 00:44:45,082 --> 00:44:46,710 Yes, ambulance. 407 00:44:48,352 --> 00:44:50,719 Yes, emergency. 408 00:44:51,189 --> 00:44:54,387 29 Sapphire Lane, Filton. Quickly. Please. 409 00:44:55,293 --> 00:44:58,923 Yes, I think so. I don't know, I... 410 00:44:58,996 --> 00:45:01,989 Robert Bridge. Robert Bridge. 411 00:45:02,066 --> 00:45:06,060 - Yes! Yes. - MARK: Help! Somebody help! 412 00:45:06,170 --> 00:45:07,399 Just please... 413 00:45:35,066 --> 00:45:38,798 How quickly is that? How quickly is that? How quickly? 414 00:45:42,206 --> 00:45:44,903 Just get here now. Just get here, please! 415 00:45:48,446 --> 00:45:50,108 Oh, no. 416 00:45:52,917 --> 00:45:54,510 Jesus Christ!