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dear Izzy I spent all night thinking

things over

Tom and I were never going to work deep

down I've always known that

I'm so sorry for the way I've treated

you you and Tom have a real chance to be

happy don't throw that away because of

me please know that I am happy and I

will make a new life for myself hey I

might even go to Australia and meet mr.

right

whatever happens let's all stay friends

we need each other

Lorna

look at that 31 degrees in Sydney Lorna

will be sunning herself on a beach right

now - no she's gonna manage out they

were her skin

Jenny think that's where she's gone

Australia excuse the fantasize about it

all the time must be somewhere nice or

would hear about it yeah here we are

with rainy rock do romance it rocks Dale

alright you have to keep doing that in

front of us honestly I will be glad to

get back to school

on the street

hello

looking forward to me in the stuff for

sure I'd like you to meet my senior

management team first hi how is Randa

I'm going to get back a couple of days

ago didn't you get my letter I'll be

whatever around Christmas doing really

great stuff out there now I told the

kids all about you

what about you good holidays

yeah yeah would you know just co-op

Andria's I've missed out all the friends

and celebrate me divorce coming through

divorce I didn't even know your marriage

no do not tell you well why should ever

sorry

no no reason so have to meet our new

sponsor governor then I've got a helpful

spring news isn't it Kim what what you

think it's okay for someone just going

by a slice of the school all right well

I'll take a couple of pound of teachers

and a couple of bags of pupils can you

not see how forget I spoke okay Kim I I

really missed you

please

impressive results you've been achieving

air jack 100% improvement in our air 2

secrets and now we're offerin ailable

never seen an electric Waterloo Road a

hundred King mr. Aspinall Roger pleasure

to meet you what you're doing here we're

all really grateful you want to put

something back don't you look your nose

is what I say mister aspinall was a

former people here himself it's all red

worst days of my life if you want to

know but well now I've made also heard

you're gonna be the new chair of the

Board of Governors the only volunteer

great a board that's gonna get involved

which brings me neatly to the question

of my contract yeah I've called an

extraordinary meeting for this afternoon

sort out this whole headteacher issue

now the discipline committees found in

my favor let me show you something jack

the Aspen or thermal coated lw7 not

titanium cobalt alloy can be used in

temperatures exceeding four hundred and

fifty degrees if this didn't do its job

flames had fall out the sky and I need

the right components to up the school

take off another year and not a day

older a grant like will you speak for

yourself I felt my life boards slipping

away the minute I walk back through

those gates

Oh stranger yeah I want to hear all

about your holiday maybe over uh ladies

yeah well I hope he's not gonna be mr.

grumpy drawers or two more in everybody

welcome back to Waterloo Road now I know

that some of you have heard something

about the new school well this is the

man behind it all mr. Aspinall and all

that each and every one of you is gonna

do your best to make it work because

what we got here is the future for some

of the poorest kids in Britain a

state-of-the-art Academy with playing

fields and windows that can short and

you should see the staff room it's like

an airport lounge so let's hear it for

our new sponsor governor mr. Roger

astronaut I'm a man of precious few

words not being intellectual like

yourselves but I know how to run a

successful business and that's why the

Roger aspinall Academy is going to the

top the best stuff for the job given the

best working environment get the best

results and I'm sure none of you want to

work out you days catching rainwater in

your litter bins

I hope this here meets with your

approval

right well it's that time of year again

let's open out in May

would you stop smiling nice a change

doesn't it somebody telling us how

special we are

what's the points made to be a teacher

some widget making egomaniacs gonna come

along and tell us all what to do came

over as quite humble to me yeah too

humble they'll be after a seat in the

House of Lords like the rest of them

next thing you know we'll be making laws

governing our working conditions you're

all talking nonsense Jack still in

charge of spending and staffing marga

food league um hold him I meant what I

said I really missed you are you up for

going out tonight I'm eating it with

some mates we're just gonna go enough

some piece or something just have

thought you might wanna come a lovely

great I love Italian food yeah it's just

pizza isn't that Italian yet just don't

bang on yeah cuz they just told me

people

jocks buying into this another choice

Lorna I gather I missed an important

meeting

I wasn't copied in on the notice I said

we're doing back to there especially do

a levels I'm Brittany used her sees if

you can go in it helping mr. Clarkson as

well as your mom 12 yo now

yeah well it's tell me this gotta put

the words hard warfare just make you got

someone to correct it five why you

wandered in I mean my mom works in a

bakery yeah well I'd rather do my

homework at your

help each other yeah

we thought you'd gone to Australia

Australia I did a bit of traveling but I

wasn't that adventurous anyway you two

look really great

I know I did the right thing taking

myself away for a bit I thought you said

you were gonna make a whole new life for

yourself love it you know I found that

bloody gorgeous new husband yet I'm

hoping to get some tips from Steph hey

Doc well I think we look fabulous

darling I'm really glad to see you back

you look so worried Tom you couldn't

lift have given her a [ __ ]

this isn't starting a new life this is

crushing buck in on ours so what do you

think she should have given up a job for

us as well as everything else you don't

know her like I do this is all an act

keV Neil Tom's as if she'd waste our

time so what you're thinking you knew

hang out then police eh ah say the knife

is real in the school well this is a man

you've got to thank for it all mr.

Aspinall so why don't some of you from

Fairview school introduce yourselves

yeah I'm Daniel Foxton Kate appeal

pallbearer across Maurice ugh done Emily

dyson abigail wodsworth you got song in

your head uh yes I do

we'll use it then for anything in

particular I asked you to introduce

yourself actually strictly speaking

you're us two peoples from Fairview to

introduce themselves

I'm from Kings Mir College there's

always one pain in the backside isn't it

I think I'd better introduce him this is

my son Brett Aspinall prove how much I'm

committed to bringing the best of this

school left King's Mia cuz I wanted to

brett is it we'll have a catch-up later

Brett

thought you were jammy meek Avenue mom

and your mom's boyfriend being teachers

idiot sure

well fancier from you dad run the play

look can we not even talk about my dad

there's an embarrassment don't worry I

know what you mean don't get into an

argument with him he'll win every time

I've learned just to back off and then

do his own thing

no this school he won't we'll soon have

him slip linen well you can try well but

I checked the registers it's usually

pretty near hundred percent and first

thing then it tails up not this year it

won't

so should I see you off last have a

little wonder shouldn't I get to know

the place the stuff see what's working

off more importantly what isn't and I've

got to stick around to chair this extra

board meeting about the head sugar shoes

right well I'll show you around r1 what

you're getting lost I'll be fine

at least I can do

you're also in need of a new secretary

yeah I've got temp in for my PA is

looking for the new challenge

Davina Shackleton highly recommended

I've asked her to pop by and see you

this afternoon

if she don't sue right well yeah I'll

give her the once-over good

Brian Noland Janet Seymour and clone

Granger yes miss right that's it

well two final GCSE you there'll be a

couple of new faces joining us to do

resuts it's gonna be a lot of hard work

for everybody so I hope you're all

prepared miss we don't know what sky

miss Nikki are miss Clarkson

life

yes

just went Chalmette

okay anybody tell me what we mean by the

word for

you can use textures look miss I'm a now

John and tip so now it's an eye because

that's what you made it in to help you

mr. Aspinall was just interested in

seeing what swap around the school

don't mind us just carry on whatever it

is you're doing uh it's an art class

really yeah you know creative stuff

thinking out of the box learning to

express themselves play along okay we'll

take his money and run now he's gone

something

you'll find out ahead of English has a

very traditional approach mr. budget

well you can't still be here grandly

budget you two know each other

you taught me get up you and a few

hundred thousand dollars

well you must remember me Shirley Roger

the Dodger Braille is not known for his

political correctness

don't you remember telling me I was the

thickest people you'd ever come across

ah I'll tell it like it is I was

dyslexic I still AM look I can see that

grant is offended you in the past just

looking at and the fence me she'd be

sacked years ago shouldn't be sad what

you think that's the kind of teacher we

want on our payroll

he's not perfect no he's the same lazy

cynical bully always was you can control

the flaming class I know that's not to

be on an end all look Roger obviously

I'll take your concerns on board but

stuffings my remate yeah well I'm

concerned about Jackie's getting the

best for the school which is why it's

paramount for the governor's that we can

trust I had masters judgment sir sir

you're busy I'll catch up with you later

ah coffee not if it makes Tom feel I'm

cold

it was just a bit of a shock that's all

I don't want any of us to feel guilty

about anything is he life's too short

I know that better than anyone took me a

bit longer than you thought to get over

it all the day I posted those letters to

you and Tom ended up jumping into the

canal oh my god Lana

oh it's fine I can talk about it now

because I'm in such a different place

thanks to some very expensive therapy

hang on a minute

you tried to kill yourself I knew I

didn't want to as soon as I went under

Lorna

luckily for me these two lovely gay guys

jumped in and saved me I was so worried

the police to try and contact Tom I

can't bear it I meant everything I wrote

about being friends I realized the only

thing that made me sad was thinking I'd

lost you both Lorna me and Tom have

lived off those letters for months

telling each other that you are glad to

get away just kidding ourselves though

it's me who's kidding myself

trying to be Noble that's why I'm

telling you about my journey see you and

tal really believe I've come out the

other end of it

Tom's gonna be devastated you can't tell

him is he I have to

he won't how to handle it just reassure

him I really am happy please

Lona

there's something else I have to tell

you about me and Tom I'm pregnant

Bonjour like glass right let's find out

what you all got up to in the holidays

Iliad calico kia pass a look over course

on floors where mais je passe Keiko Joe

Perry super a come off was up a level

Brett aspinall oh so you're Bistro a

spin old son matters ma and pas moi

oh Allah

let's do some verbs what you say it I'm

just talking about my dad to give

lessons could do you want can L make it

get all the perks corny I know how young

can live were self to watch did to poor

miss deke she ran off with her husband

you know mr. Clarkson your you then sex

police here we go

Lorna what a surprise

hey you've got got seven year and some a

Tom what do you think isn't she a star

Yeah right you never guess what card

I've been caught now aspinall used to be

a pupil of mine you're kidding

mmm so he tells me hope you're up for a

pie lunchtime deaf oh you've um you've

got to sell your place haven't you Lana

oh and booked into a B&B in the moment

but I really want to buy somewhere well

if you want someone to help you look oh

yes please I don't think I'll be able to

afford a house but I think going back to

flat land will be fun as long as it's

totally Marquand yeah Tom will be a

great dad he must be so thrilled yeah

yes but well he can see why you might

feel a bit nervous now you can tell him

to stop worrying on you all right

put your books away and stand behind

your chairs

it's right you

and you

well I hope you'll be teaching my son is

English a level he's just joined the six

for me that's the header departments job

I'm afraid grandly Bojan

I know mr. Bachchan it's just the desk I

used to sit up when he was standing up

there telling the old class what a

thicky I was what's your professional

opinion of him Andrey we've had our

differences

don't pull he punches frankly I've

already given him a verbal warning how

did he take that he's a union

representative big deal

soon off 100 union reps in my time and

if he's not up to the job well there's

no denying he's enough for the wrong

reasons

he's regularly laid to his lessons

doesn't teach low ability children takes

free lunches for doing a duty then

doesn't it duty it seems belligerently

indifferent

or maintain the status quo

Tom going out from as far away as

possible

she's been brilliant Tom I told her I

was pregnant she couldn't invite him

about it yeah yeah so you can untwist

your knickers and start being nice to a

prime you sure there's no hidden agenda

Oh what to try and win you back well I'm

sorry to crush your evil but I think

she's looking forward to not having you

and your sloppy habits in a new plant

wisely did you think with the tape

player for the girls tonight so I can

tell my wife to be out for dinner just

the tools see

know how day I will I'm long forward to

this evening isn't it gonna be a

nightmare having to face Lorna every day

I'm sure she feels the same which don't

look like it bothers her too much I'll

speak to you later

well if I had to work with my ex and his

girlfriend well I know I just borrow

write out your divorce come through yeah

thank God my self all ready to play the

field again then see Andrew for instance

Oh on my antenna all over the place

we're actually going out for a meal

tonight I thought I'd give him a chance

yikes Oh want me to hold down yeah

please

he just so wise me up sometimes he's

probably gonna turn me mates right off

at brothers a whole crowd was going out

right

it's about wise and Andrew handle crowds

so coming back to me now Bonjour

aspinall he little swine then and he

still is not looking for a fire yeah

mm-hmm

it's a you've come looking for one

obviously be nurturing a grievance for

the last 25 years usually she done

another but I need one number Hey drown

my sorrows at what a so-called Labour

government has done first-rate education

just alpha me please selling off schools

to chippy little sharp stiff like

aspinall but maybe you should make an

excuse say afternoon not go on ah we'd

love that wouldn't think in he'd got me

on the back foot

same again love

flaming over on me I can smell you

Amarillo excuse me you're looking didn't

pop into hospital that's

Annette cornelisz that smile again

oh I was what you a lot um it's not for

an English teacher not very good at

saying what you mean I don't know what

it is about you that makes you lose the

power of speech yes I've got a prepare

my lesson right I'm Angie by the way

tonight it'll just be the tools I think

you can tell from the broken syntax and

the repetition of the word nothing just

builds and builds

oh we still my beating heart

how is this possible you're Roger

aspinall son we've got the same genes

not the same personality hmm right I

want you in pairs to take these first

two scenes and transcribe them into

contemporary language as you day your

characters talking in your television

soaps now you get on with that with a

bit of mark not wanting uh I got it this

stuff well you could change nothing so

now first up speak now now you taking

the piss now uh well makes sense anymore

does it

well what would you really say no way

mum probably now no you taking the piss

no wait man don't you now me or I'll

give you sobbing now

what's going on what is so funny hey

have you finished that seriously though

if you fancy a French lesson want to

come round tonight

oh well I'm really crap well yeah that'd

be great

make it like ten times better at French

than me so justice really may need

Salama

get a license

you

yes want to pull me off or something

Brantley watch for me have them have you

looked in the mirror recently mm-hmm

what I'll kill me get down forget

Jack Grantley butchered look my job said

all I'm gonna say on the subject okay

what does a teacher after do to get sack

these days more than get up you know so

forget about it know even if he's just

been caught drunk on the job snoring at

his desk and turns out he's already had

a verbal warning doesn't he obviously

I'll need to look into this not let's

skip the rigamarole here's what I'll do

I'll give him money to walk out that you

cannot just throw money at everything

teachers are human beings you want to

keep teachers like him it's gonna

undermine any investment I'm likely to

put into this school look Roger if it's

an apology you want I'll get you one

okay we want a total change of attitude

from him Jack we want him out and I

should hope you want the same if you

rock do you leave me

I hope you're not expecting payment for

today been talking to Roger of it our

brownie pushin what you think it playing

outside I'm leaving it's made and he

ridiculous

I'm trying to help you achieve my

targets you'll never get Ronnie pulling

his weight he's a drag on the whole

department

look mate just face facts you've cocked

up at the worst possible time for me

here though we know the full facts do we

such as who's described it assaulted me

because my money's on it being a spinels

cocky little son it doesn't matter a

damn who did it

Brantly obviously this and big change is

coming round here it's not an option to

sit it out and snipe if you want red

jack just be brave enough to say listen

to me no one needs to tell me that

Aspinall is a pompous ass but he's a

rich pompous ass and i can't afford to

lose his money all you've got to do is

shape the blocks and and tell him you're

onboard Trenholm ins broken your spine

isn't he

well that's me off to take a well-earned

rest what I consider myself effectively

dismissed and God help the rest of you

he did the right thing Jack give me a

break

what's happened to Graham Lee he's

walked isn't that a good thing one day

that's all Aspen all spent at this

school and we're already a teacher down

I did my best to talk sense to Graham we

do I gather bhajans parties banks

well I've had a good day but I get to

that board meeting right actually Jack

they've requested governors only on this

one soon as I will discuss in your

contract I'll give you a bell how it

goes right good love your contract

assirram oh yeah i'm davina Shackleton

mr. aspinall said I should look in on

you oh yeah

Jack come in take a seat not your

typical school sake what's typical no

mr. aspen along with you know enough

look Davina

between you and me uh I'm looking for

someone who's gonna be dedicated to this

job and I'm just not getting the

impression that's gonna be you right

well at least let me help you out of

your present crisis

Jack Rimmer should he be made permanent

head that's the question

know why we're here for those of you

have met behind

he had that misconduct Harry

is you're not gonna believe this

well I've just had a call from my BMV

they've got a plumbing problem it's all

coming back up the sewage Oh No

yeah they can't get it fixed till

tomorrow so I've got to go and get my

stuff out of there what you have to move

out I couldn't spend the night at yours

could I you've got that little box room

you know where you keep all your crap

still got a spare bed in it hasn't it

yeah it has but honestly I don't mind if

it's a squash I don't think it's a good

idea oh well you know what I mean I just

I don't want to make things awkward

between us again and it's not just us

it's the girls I don't know how they'd

feel it's only for one night but um no

I'm really sorry is I didn't think

please don't worry about it

let me just want it past Tom no no no

honestly I'd go to a motel you're joking

there's no ways it's only for one night

I don't care you don't think we should

care look alessandra percent happy once

your ass

she shouldn't have asked you search it

where are friends I said that I didn't

think it was a good idea but well no I

just thought they're guilty normal just

saving up to buy your flan we're

supposed to come out for dinner tonight

I can't work tomorrow night it's your

house I'll go along with whatever you

want I just have to walk through the in

paranoid

look forward to working with you Davina

and like I said what goes on inside that

office stays between us only yeah see

you next weekend who's that fellow my

new second one of our spinel stuff

Foster on to me yeah doesn't look very

professional to me you sure he's not

trying to been off his bit on the side

this don't left me in the lurch don't

have much of a choice about it yeah I

just hope I can keep my own job what do

you mean I thought it was all sorted

yeah well they're keeping me waiting up

the contracts are they bought in a

meeting about it now well why don't you

wait in the pub hey let me buy you a

large one

oh come on come on three English

teachers in the one out it's only for

one night

everyone's gonna speak my right bunch of

weird and we are I get enough snotty

comments already

Lana's our friend mica you said you

thought she won't even quit back

nevermind she's moving it so we just get

in the car it's nobody else's business

you mad anyway I'm going out tonight so

I won't be there to see ya fine

I've been trying to call you on your Oh

Bob I'm still gonna switched off tricky

situation Andrew oh you know I'm very

impressed with you and I understand

you've already completed your

qualification for headship my mpq a yes

you have whereas Rimmer still working on

his yeah well the board's concluded his

sir komlin shall be terminated the

headship will be advertised nationally

he'll be free to pull himself up for it

if he wants says Jack know about this

I'll be giving him a call and I hope

he'll be happy to resume his permanent

position as deputy without any loss of

salary sorry

in the meantime Andrew I want you to

take over the reins as acting head sorry

but it's out of the question

Jack employed me as his deputy look

Andrew I can't do that just to ask

yourself this did you join Waterloo Road

to save jack Rimmer or save the school

I'm so glad I got this new top morrow

I'm sane must be posh I don't cave

losing a caravan is gorgeous must really

like you he's asked you out already it

does it's making the young caller wait

so jealous yeah wish I could go out just

gonna stay in my room watched early keep

out of their way you told anyone one was

pregnant no I don't even want Dante

knowing I don't mind having a little

brother or sister but yeah well well

they could have at least waited till he

got divorced

yeah don't care it makes one's look

anyway how do I look

banging

what's taking him so long she'll be a

case adjust rubber-stamping the contract

I'm pretty confident I've got a split on

support well I'm just hoping I've got

yours jack

I mean you do owe me a bit of gratitude

after saving your life

fancy another than mess it up oh here we

go

frenemy Jack if you don't want to you

know run into any of the other teachers

right now my place is just around the

corner with a free bar

for the house Oh cloud in Iceland Adam

thank you can you believe this

thanks get around the school they think

Tom was running a hurry Oh Eddie's

dreams you got all you stuff out the B&B

okay then

yes apart from the towels I donated to

the mopping up operation I only hope you

can't smell it on me

actually Lorna you do with a bit I don't

do I owe you it was wash it off with

this I know a girl with the golden touch

she's got enough she's got too much

but I know you will if you wanna get

hey this is where you live it's amazing

turn the gun through maybe the Greta

Brett's from back it's over

yeah great for me you both came

mr. Whitman

I was just a little bit jack

Roger all side bad news I'm afraid jack

the committee's ruled against you you

can always reapply for the job but in

the meantime we've asked Andrew

tournament to stand in as acting head

you gotta be joking

this is it wow this is prune cocktails

you name I'll mix it well over between

the sheets and please cool me too mica

atcase have Diet Coke okay Diet Coke

come on mica this is a fiower I don't

need alcohol to be happy when bets off

from his cocktails uh make a wheat one

if you like yak one gret what's not

gonna work you was at Meeker yeah all

right hey we should be speaking French

shortly

okay know what we're supposed to be Fr

isn't it okay well I would just say

between the sheets and French bread on

trail Indra on Electra and now would you

say it can I ever go out shaking the

jacket be my guest

how are you guys - lectures were lucky I

talked to him at all yeah but they'll

give you a hard time about in the

morning it forget about a Myka this is

my space and then we rule in my spaces

sorry it's anything to do with work

oh he's right okay absolutely

so do you were wanna decide what you're

gonna happen right how are we doing

starters well we've got olives so right

I will have an Italian hot oh really

mmm now I was absolutely dead sure that

you were gonna have a class in to polit

Anna and sugars well obviously I haven't

got your sister at all thought he

reckoned I loved him I think you are

having well I think you'll say you're

having anything other than what I'm I

guess because you'd Amy to be right

you've got me so wrong well here's

hoping to get to know you better

maybe I've been here too long the song

was on the radio sound the same

last night so much fun and now you

sheets up to me let's I'm a bit overdone

but leave my head this is my dream Hey

I read Dada Dada Dada laughs I'm not

it's only bad you do the same funny to

wet your Nick is given evil cow hey I

want to go home

it's okay to rush off I told you I

didn't want to drink but with all of its

who wants just yeah

did you get nasty with us I'm not issue

why should your friend Lisa Dieker

wait

I was actually gonna cast budgetary

Arnott mm-hmm can I ask you about your

marriage it's my best friend's brother

Tony I only really married into please

me mama she's having a tough time with

my brother Chris being gay

there's loads of rubbish no family no

stupid religion anyway big mistake

sorted learn blessing mm-hmm I suppose

I'm lucky in that respect my parents

have always been much more interested in

their own love life than their children

so if you don't mind me asking any

significant relationships you of us hmm

well significant for me not so

significant for them but then I'm just

the one biggie my first intern Rwanda

she's happily married now living in

America

message from Jack to call him oh god the

governor's me

no I'm sure call him you said you didn't

want to talk about work I like good news

they're not renewing Josh contract

hospital wants me to take over as Acting

of it I'll get real I couldn't tell you

before Jack knee you mean you've agreed

to it I couldn't not agree to take

Jack's job

I felt duty-bound duty what to stab jack

in the back to please somewhat pompous a

pain in the neck businessman don't go

over the table

the man's triumph over dyslexia he's

helping disadvantaged kids come on Kimmy

it's about what's best for the school

you're a total alien Kim Jack she's on

our way Oh Lorna leave that I'll do in

the morning no it's all right it's you

two going up my lights they a little

weaker Oh Cheers night

call Ospital telling me about a rethink

and we discuss this rush there's no

cameras Cassandra call him now look

you're drunk you're not taking my bloody

job

Anamika

you're right something happened

wha what I'm gonna tell you

James

it is classy there is no way she's

staying at Matalan now why don't you

clear off the bloody Australia

oh no no no no no you were right

you're right come on let's get you oh I

can't miss my leg