• 2 months ago
First broadcast 11th January 2015.

Whilst Gillian considers Robbie's marriage proposal John arrives at the farm with Alan, who tells her that Celia did not attend Caroline's wedding.

Derek Jacobi ... Alan
Hayley Mason ... Registrar
Sarah Lancashire ... Caroline
Nina Sosanya ... Kate
Anne Reid ... Celia
Louis Greatorex ... Lawrence
Dean Smith ... William
Felix Johnson ... Angus
Tony Gardner ... John
Josh Bolt ... Raff
Nicola Walker ... Gillian
Paul Copley ... Harry
Dean Andrews ... Robbie
Rupert Graves ... Gary
Kate Isitt ... Felicity
Katherine Rose Morley ... Ellie
Kriss Dosanjh ... Jessell Malik
Trevor Howard ... Dr. Alec Harvey (archive footage)
Celia Johnson ... Laura Jesson (archive footage)

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00:00I've heard a bit of news.
00:01What news?
00:02I've got a lad. A son.
00:05Before you were married?
00:07No.
00:08I am so excited that we've met, Ellen.
00:13I've heard the news.
00:14Which?
00:15That you and Robbie's been at it behind me back?
00:17What's up with Celia and me grandad?
00:18You see, this is what adultery does to people.
00:21It turns them into liars.
00:23Can I tell you how grateful I am to you for giving me the strength and the courage to stop hiding?
00:29There's a problem with you, Mum.
00:30I'm not going.
00:31Then there's absolutely no point in pretending that we have any kind of a relationship.
00:36I'm sorry, love. I've tried to persuade you.
00:38Well, there's no point in you being here, then, is there?
01:30I solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment
01:35why I, Caroline Elizabeth Dawson, may not be joined in matrimony to you, Catherine Abike McKenzie.
01:43I solemnly declare.
01:45I solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment
01:49why I, Catherine Abike McKenzie, may not be joined in matrimony to you, Caroline Elizabeth Dawson.
01:57I call upon these persons here present to witness that I, Caroline Elizabeth Dawson,
02:03do take you, Catherine Abike McKenzie, to be my lawfully wedded wife.
02:10Caroline Elizabeth Dawson, will you have this woman to be your wedded wife?
02:16To love her, to comfort her, to honour and keep her, and forsaking all others, as long as you both shall live?
02:25I will.
02:29Catherine Abike McKenzie, will you have this woman to be your wedded wife?
02:35To love her, to comfort her, to honour and keep her, and forsaking all others, as long as you both shall live?
02:43I will.
02:46I, Caroline Elizabeth Dawson, take you, Catherine Abike McKenzie, to be my wedded wife.
02:55To have and to hold, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.
03:05To love and to cherish, from this day forward.
03:16Caroline and Kate have given their consent and made their marriage vows to each other.
03:22They've declared their marriage by the joining of hands and the giving and receiving of rings.
03:28I now pronounce you spouses for life.
03:32Congratulations.
03:45Congratulations.
04:05Oh.
04:08Aren't you at the wedding?
04:10No, I was.
04:11Is everything...
04:12Hey, are you busy?
04:14You couldn't give me a lift down to the railway station, could you, now, would you?
04:18Sure.
04:19If you give me a minute.
04:20Sure.
04:21Is everything... where are you catching the train to?
04:23Home.
04:24Halifax?
04:25Well, Sorby Bridge.
04:26Well, look, why don't I drive you over there?
04:28No, if you can just take me to the railway station here, that'll be more than sufficient.
04:35Hello?
04:37What's he doing back so soon?
04:40You've been quick.
04:42I didn't stop. Didn't see much point in me being there without you.
04:48So...
04:51I'm leaving Karl with you.
04:53Why? Where are you going?
04:55Home. To Halifax.
04:58If that's what you really want.
05:02So, you'll know where I am if you feel like talking to me.
05:06I think I've said all I can say.
05:10Happen you're right.
05:12Up and a bit of distance might focus our thoughts.
05:18Right.
05:36Pissed off with Alan. Where is he?
05:38He's at a dikey lesbian wedding in Aragon.
05:41And you should have told me and all.
05:43About what?
05:44Oh, really.
05:45Dropping out of school to do that bloody silly job in that supermarket.
05:48I only found out about it just now because I went in there to buy some bananas and a four pack of baked beans.
05:53She's 17. I said, I told her, you ring your mother, you talk to her, you tell her.
05:57I can't nanny people.
05:58What's he doing at a lesbian wedding?
06:00Oh, Caroline.
06:02Aren't you there?
06:04Yes, I am. I'm there right now, Harry.
06:06I'm in two places at once.
06:08I don't know why you're being so snippy.
06:11My granddaughter who's chucking her life down the drain.
06:14I've a lot on, haven't I? I've lost my job.
06:16Why weren't we invited?
06:18We were invited.
06:20I told her that we were too busy.
06:23Does Harry know about Gary?
06:25Who?
06:26You. Do you know about Gary?
06:28What was Gary?
06:29See, I'm wondering about asking him if he can give me a job.
06:32Why did you tell Caroline we were too busy?
06:34Why did you tell Caroline we were too busy? I'm not too busy.
06:36You're not asking Gary for a job.
06:38Why not? Which one's Gary?
06:40It's just like a Saturday job, not full time.
06:43You're not going begging and scraping at his door.
06:45Nobody's going begging and scraping.
06:47I just thought, like, tomorrow, when they come round for Sunday lunch...
06:50Come round, what?
06:51I could say, here.
06:52Who?
06:53Gary!
06:54What are you on about, come round here?
06:56Do you not remember? You invited him.
06:58I...
06:59She was pissed.
07:00I did... Did I?
07:0212.30 for one. They were thrilled you asked them.
07:05Who is he?
07:06I mean, they probably want to see how the other half live.
07:08He's... He's... He's a millionaire.
07:10He's this multi-millionaire, and I don't have a job.
07:14And now I have to go out and buy enough food to feed him with.
07:18Oh, yeah, that's all I need.
07:20Yeah, that's exactly what needs to happen next.
07:29Who is he?
07:33This is all your fault.
07:35What is?
07:37I should have been on a shift at Greenoff's now.
07:40And then I'd have had enough money for...
07:43Why did you tell Cheryl?
07:45It just... It...
07:46I don't know. It just came out.
07:49I thought you said you were happy to have an excuse to chuck it in.
07:52Yeah, but now the euphoria's died down,
07:54the reality is that in a few short days, I'm going to be skint.
07:58OK, well...
08:00In fact, that's why I'm here.
08:02Is there some way we can talk?
08:06Harry and Raph and Calamity are hogging the sitting room, so...
08:10Fire away.
08:11OK, well, I've suggested this before,
08:15and you know it's a good idea.
08:17But then things got a bit messy because of that John twat.
08:23But, look, I've seen the light with Cheryl.
08:27I don't want to live in a box,
08:29worrying about a new kitchen and a new bathroom and a new carpet.
08:35I know you're... you.
08:39But...
08:41Look...
08:44Why don't we get married?
08:46You can farm and I've got my salary.
08:48And then a good pension. Good enough.
08:53And you won't have to worry about me.
08:56And you won't have to worry about doing anything part-time.
08:59I can help you. Here.
09:01You know I can. I can turn my hand to Holt.
09:07What are you thinking?
09:12I don't like being dependent on people.
09:16I know that, Gillian.
09:19Well, what would...?
09:22You mean, like, you'd sell your house and come and live here and...?
09:26Yeah. Married.
09:29It isn't about being dependent.
09:32It's about sharing.
09:34Everything.
09:35Pooling our resources and, yeah,
09:39being equal.
09:42Partners.
09:48I don't know.
09:50What?
09:55You're a nice fella.
09:58You're a good man.
09:59So?
10:05You think about it.
10:07If you give me the nod, then I can have my house up on the market within a week.
10:20What shall we do?
10:23Granny?
10:30What's going on?
10:33Do you think we should go round?
10:35Do you think we should apologise?
10:45I think I might.
10:50Where the hell were you, penis head?
10:52Hi, Granny. I'm...
10:55Right.
11:20What's going on?
11:22Well, John's kindly driven me over.
11:25He was going to get the train, but, you know, with his...
11:28Has something happened?
11:30Are you not at the wedding?
11:31No.
11:34She just needs time, that's all.
11:37It's been a big shock for her.
11:39For all of us.
11:41And these things just take time, that's all.
11:45Caroline's going to be, like, gutted that her mother didn't...
11:48Yes, yes, I think she was.
11:51You should have gone.
11:52You should have gone to support Caroline, at least.
11:55Yeah, yeah, well...
11:57I did go, in fact. I said to Celia,
11:59I'm going, whether you do or not.
12:02And then when I got there, she told me
12:04there'd be no point in me being there if her mother won't.
12:07So...
12:08She said that?
12:09Did she?
12:10Caroline did?
12:11Yeah.
12:12Well, in front of everybody?
12:13No, outside. Everyone else had gone in.
12:16They were cutting. I was shocked.
12:19Hey.
12:20Bitch.
12:21Well, she was upset, obviously.
12:23I don't care. She's not talking to you like that.
12:25What are you doing?
12:26I'm sending her a text.
12:27F off, bitch. Hope you have a shit day.
12:29Don't do that.
12:31What, I'm tempted?
12:32Yeah, none of it would have happened if Celia had...
12:35Well, then.
12:37Of course, none of any of it would have happened.
12:41Sorry, what...
12:43What did happen?
12:49I've got a half-brother.
12:52I've got a son.
12:54You...
12:56So, he's...
12:58Younger than Gillian.
13:01So...
13:03And it's all been a bit of a surprise.
13:06So...
13:07And it's all been a bit of a surprise.
13:11Uncle Gary.
13:12Ah, gosh.
13:14OK, so...
13:16Yeah, they're coming over for Sunday lunch tomorrow.
13:19Him and Felicity. Did you know?
13:21Of course I knew, I was there when you arranged it.
13:24So, Celia...
13:26Yeah.
13:27Wouldn't like...
13:28No.
13:29So...
13:31So, how do you feel about that, Gillian?
13:34Well, it's complicated, obviously.
13:38So, you had a...
13:40It...
13:41It should never have happened, but it did, so...
13:44God.
13:46That's really...
13:48God.
13:50And this Gary, he's...
13:52He's a nice lad.
13:54He's done very well for himself.
13:56He just...
13:58He...
13:59Wanted to get to know us.
14:02You all right?
14:04Me?
14:05Celia said you were upset about this...
14:09Baby business.
14:11Oh, well, yes.
14:13Um, it's been...
14:16Yeah.
14:18And Judith's...
14:20Gone.
14:22To stay with her sister.
14:24In St Albans.
14:26So that's...
14:27Good.
14:28Yeah.
14:29I think for everyone.
14:31I mean, none of us know what's just round the corner, do we?
14:37There's some soup and some bread.
14:40For dinner.
14:42If you fancy stopping.
14:44Dinner?
14:46Um, lunch.
14:49Lunch.
15:04Please.
15:07Quiet now, please.
15:11Hello.
15:13Hello.
15:15I know my mum and Kate aren't making any speeches,
15:17but I'd just like to say thank you to everyone for coming.
15:21And I'd like to propose a toast.
15:24To my mum.
15:26To Caroline and...
15:28No.
15:29To Kate and Caroline.
15:32Every happiness.
15:33Kate and Caroline.
15:34To Kate and Caroline.
15:41I think that was lovely.
15:44It was lovely.
15:46Welcome to the family.
15:50Lawrence is over there.
15:51I noticed.
15:52Don't make a fuss.
15:53I didn't, I haven't.
15:54I'm pleased.
15:55Why don't they pop round to see you?
15:56Just try and persuade her to come round.
15:58No.
16:00Shall I take Granny some cake and champagne?
16:02No.
16:08You're not angry with me, are you?
16:10No, I'm not angry.
16:12I don't think I'm anything really, I just feel tired.
16:14Forgive me?
16:16Forgive you for what?
16:18For everything.
16:20For meeting you in the first place.
16:22For taking a piece of grit out of your eye.
16:25For loving you.
16:26For bringing you so much misery.
16:28Gosh.
16:29Yep.
16:30So how did she find out, Cheryl?
16:32That you and Robbie had...
16:33He told her.
16:34And Robbie did.
16:36Well, I can't say I'm sorry.
16:38A woman like you shouldn't have to work at a checkout.
16:41There's nothing wrong with working at a checkout.
16:44If people didn't work at checkouts,
16:45snobby pissers like you wouldn't have anyone to buy their Rioja off.
16:48This is undoubtedly true.
16:50In fact, people like you only exist to keep the checkout assistant amused.
16:55Did you not know that?
16:57Paying £14.99, la-dee-da, for something a French pays man wouldn't chuck over a casserole.
17:05Ooh, listen to you.
17:08I was doing French A-level.
17:10Yeah?
17:11Yeah, till I had to drop out.
17:13Cos of...
17:14Oh, yeah.
17:15Not being pregnant and...
17:19Not that...
17:21Not that...
17:22Not that what?
17:23Not that it'd have done me any good, finishing my A-levels.
17:25You don't know that.
17:26You don't know what you might have done.
17:32Hmm.
17:34I love drinking too much at lunchtime.
17:40Sod it.
17:41I mean, you know, like...
17:45I've lost my job.
17:47I've no money.
17:49My dad's fallen out with his girlfriend, lady's wife, woman.
17:54My son's, God knows, he's thrown his future away
18:00and chucked his lot in with...
18:02Actually, you know what?
18:04I like Ellie.
18:07But the bigger point is why bother pretending?
18:12Just go with the flow.
18:14Just stop trying to imagine you can resist the onslaught, the inevitable.
18:20Just give in to the gentle whittling away
18:26of anything you imagined resembling a life or a personality.
18:33Yeah, I know.
18:35It's just that waking up feeling like shit thing later.
18:41A thousand and one things I want to ask you.
18:44Oh, gosh, well, plunge in.
18:48OK.
18:50One.
18:51One.
18:53Did you have no idea that Caroline wanted to bat for...
19:00..the other county before, you know, she announced it?
19:05Don't know, Sod.
19:07Looking back, you do wonder...
19:12What?
19:13..how much I didn't know her, really.
19:18I was in love with her. I fell in love with her.
19:21My God, was I in love with her. Couldn't believe she existed.
19:24She was so, you know, Caroline.
19:29But then you realise all you've fallen in love with is this face,
19:33this lip, this eye, this nostril.
19:36It took me ten years to realise that, actually,
19:39when you get beyond the tantalising exterior,
19:43she's actually pretty boring.
19:47I mean, who the shit reads chemistry, for God's sake?
19:56I just think that people have a shelf life with each other
20:00and we should just accept that and learn to move on
20:03so we can enjoy...
20:07What? The next thing.
20:11Marriage vows, they're so ancient, they're so elderly,
20:15they're so...
20:16Actually, today, those two, she's 47, Kate's 43,
20:22maybe that works.
20:24Maybe they will forsake all others till death do they part.
20:28But come on, you can't say that at 24 and know what you're buying into.
20:33Not when people live to be 90.
20:35It's all right when you drop dead at 27 of plague or smallpox.
20:42Shows a built-in exit to the whole damn pantomime, but come on.
20:49I know what you're saying.
20:50You do, of course you do.
20:53You're an adventurer.
20:55You're a buccaneer.
20:57You live life, that's why you're so exciting, you silly bitch.
21:00Yeah, till the next thing comes along.
21:04Yeah, but as long as we both understand that, isn't that...
21:09You know, I've got all this money.
21:11They bought out my half of the house, the lesbians did.
21:14Oh, I...
21:17I think you and me could be very good for each other.
21:21I think you know that.
21:25You'd never have to worry where the next five quid was coming from ever again.
21:29I'm serious.
21:32You could farm.
21:34I could commute to the university and write my novel.
21:37I think life could be, I don't know, pretty good.
21:48Who's that?
21:50Is that you, Dad?
21:53Hmm?
21:56Oh.
21:58Hmm?
22:05Oh.
22:06Er, Gillian?
22:08Yes, Father?
22:09Can I borrow a lander over for an hour or so this evening?
22:14Oh.
22:24So you're in the doghouse.
22:26But who told you?
22:28Your wife.
22:29Oh.
22:30It wasn't going to. I had to squeeze it out of him.
22:37And it's true, is it?
22:44Is that why you're being so miserable?
22:51Why did you tell her?
22:53Oh, I had to.
22:56Gillian told Caroline and Caroline's all,
22:59oh, you're not going to tell him, I will.
23:02Not that I wouldn't have told her.
23:04I just...
23:07wanted to do it in my own time.
23:14What's she bothered about?
23:16It's not like you were married to her, is it, at the time?
23:21Oh.
23:25They can't let things lie, women, can they?
23:33Good night.
23:34Safe journey.
23:35Bye.
23:45DOOR CLOSES
23:48I'm going upstairs.
24:07I was going to make a start out of your kitchen.
24:10No, I'm just...
24:12just going to get the dishwater on,
24:14and then I won't be worrying about it.
24:19Five minutes.
24:42DOOR CLOSES
24:58Hello.
25:02Have I not knocked up?
25:05Are you speaking to me?
25:08Have I got anything to say to you?
25:12How did it go?
25:16It, um...
25:18Well, it doesn't really matter how it went, does it?
25:21Oh, don't be like that.
25:26What do you want?
25:28Just to say I hope it all went off all right.
25:31It isn't that I don't wish you both well, I do.
25:35I just... You know, with Alan and all that business going on,
25:38I just... I found it difficult.
25:41Everyone asked where you were.
25:44Everyone wanted to meet you.
25:46Who's everyone?
25:49Our colleagues, my friends from Oxford.
25:52A few people wanted to pop round and say hello,
25:55but we didn't know what sort of a reception they'd get, so...
25:58Oh, they should have done.
26:00We advised them not to.
26:02We advised them not to.
26:04And what did you say?
26:07That you're rather...
26:11..narrow-minded,
26:12and you didn't want to be a part of what was going on.
26:15Why did you say that?
26:17Why?!
26:18Well, what did they say?
26:20Nothing!
26:21What do you expect people to say when they hear something like that?
26:25But you could have said I was ill.
26:27Yes, I could, but it wouldn't have been true, would it?
26:29You could have said I'd had an upset.
26:31Yes, yes, I could have said that.
26:34But Kate's mother wasn't here.
26:37Only because she's working in New York
26:39and couldn't get away at such short notice.
26:42She would have liked to have been here!
26:45Look, I don't want to fall out with you.
26:52I'm going to bed.
26:58He's gone over to Halifax.
27:00Alan?
27:02I'm not really interested.
27:04He said he didn't want to take the Lexus,
27:06so he must have gone on the train.
27:08Kate's waiting for me in bed, so...
27:11I don't know if he's coming back.
27:16I don't have an opinion on that.
27:23I do love you, you know.
27:30I love you too.
27:32Hmm.
27:57Your mother's car's gone.
28:00Don't forget to get the mail on Sunday.
28:02A bit early.
28:04She's the sort that sits outside in the car till they open.
28:07OK.
28:09She's your mother.
28:14What's up?
28:20Piss off, you muddle.
28:23That's a bit...
28:26Maybe it's a joke.
28:27Maybe she thinks she's being funny.
28:29Ironic.
28:30You know, maybe in Halifax that's how they say,
28:32congratulations.
28:34Kind of thing.
28:58Oh.
29:06Oh, shit.
29:08No.
29:09Oh, shit.
29:11No!
29:13Oh, I did not send that.
29:15Oh, oh, oh.
29:17Oh.
29:19You...
29:20Wanker!
29:28Ah.
29:34Ah.
29:35Morning.
29:36How do.
29:38Morning.
29:39Should I...
29:40Can I put the kettle on?
29:42Aye, you can do when I've made up baby's bottle.
29:46Ah.
29:48Where's Gillian?
29:50Out.
29:51In the fields.
29:54This obviously must seem rather odd to you, me.
29:58Um...
30:00But obviously...
30:02She does what she wants.
30:03I wouldn't want you to think...
30:05I don't think anything.
30:07No, no, no, OK.
30:12I'm very fond of Gillian.
30:14Good.
30:15I would hope so.
30:16Yeah.
30:17Given that you're...
30:18Sleeping in her bedroom.
30:20And I'm serious.
30:22And I'm serious too.
30:24I've made that very clear to her.
30:32Is Ellie having a lie-in?
30:34No.
30:35She's at work.
30:36Gosh.
30:43I might pop outside.
30:45Get some...
30:47See where Gillian is.
30:49Yeah.
30:52Yeah.
31:08Hello.
31:11I drove Alan over here yesterday.
31:14He asked me to drive him to the railway station,
31:16but what with his...
31:17I thought...
31:19Is he inside?
31:20Yes.
31:21Is he about?
31:22Yes.
31:33Hello.
31:35Hello.
31:37Look, I'm sorry about yesterday.
31:43Do you want to come through?
31:46Hi, Celia.
31:47Hello, love.
31:50Hello.
31:52Hello.
31:53I'll just take her upstairs and change her.
31:55Right.
31:56Well, you don't have to run off because of me.
31:58It's nice to see you.
32:08I don't want to.
32:11I don't want to.
32:19Well, I've not slept again.
32:22Oh, yes, I thought when I saw you,
32:24you must have set up early.
32:29I wonder if, looking back,
32:32I was more bothered that you went and met him
32:35without telling me than the thing itself.
32:38I don't know.
32:39I've no idea.
32:41And that and going on about how wonderful he is
32:44when you could see I was struggling with it all.
32:48He's a nice fella.
32:49I'd be lying if I said otherwise.
32:54And do you want me to go away again?
33:01Ask Caroline.
33:03Oh, she's not speaking to me.
33:06No.
33:07No?
33:09And do you wonder?
33:11I would have been at that wedding if none of this had happened.
33:14You were wrong to take it out on Caroline.
33:16I was upset.
33:18Oh, yes, I think we all got that, Celia.
33:20Loud and clear.
33:27I want to move on.
33:31And I don't want to fall out with you.
33:34You're your own worst enemy.
33:36You can't help how I am.
33:38You should never have taken it out on Caroline.
33:41I went round last night to apologise and she wouldn't listen.
33:44Did you?
33:46And now you've fallen out with me.
33:49I don't want to fall out with you.
33:54It's the last thing I want.
33:58Is it?
34:00You know it is.
34:03So I'm sorry.
34:06I am sorry.
34:09I'm just...
34:11You know, it takes time sometimes to deal with something.
34:15I know that.
34:23Do you round for Cindy dinner today?
34:26Him and his wife?
34:28I can put them off.
34:30Put them off?
34:31No, don't do that.
34:33I think perhaps it's time I met him.
34:37Are you sure?
34:40I'm sure.
34:42Interestingly, oddly,
34:45when we went round there for tea the other night,
34:49as evening wore on,
34:51well, Julian drank too much, like she does,
34:54and his wife, Felicity,
34:56she went knocking it back as well.
34:59I sensed an undercurrent.
35:01I don't think it were to do with us being there.
35:03She seemed perfectly happy with us.
35:05I sensed it were more between them.
35:08So much...
35:10I don't know.
35:14He probably isn't perfect.
35:24Hi.
35:30How pissed were we yesterday?
35:32Oh.
35:35I've done something really stupid.
35:41I sent Caroline a text.
35:43Oh, yeah.
35:44Jesus.
35:45She won't care.
35:46I care.
35:47Oh.
35:48Why didn't you stop me?
35:50Well, I did try to.
35:52I said probably best not to,
35:54but you called me a limp-wristed twat, so...
35:57I've got to stop drinking.
35:59I really have got to stop drinking.
36:02Celia's turned up.
36:03Has she?
36:04Looks like you're going to have a full house for lunch.
36:06Did... Are you...
36:08Did I invite you to stay for lunch?
36:10Oh, I did, didn't I?
36:11Yeah.
36:13OK, well, the thing is, you can't,
36:15because yesterday I invited Robbie as well.
36:18You... When?
36:20Before you turned up. He came over.
36:23And, look, whatever the hell we were...
36:26we were talking about yesterday,
36:29when we'd had a few,
36:31it's not going to work.
36:35It's not ever going to be a good idea, is it?
36:38OK, so...
36:39Why isn't it? Why not?
36:40Thank you for driving my dad over.
36:43I meant what I said about helping out financially.
36:47I didn't just say it because we'd had a few.
36:49I know, I know, I know that.
36:51But in the sober light of day, it's not what I want, all right?
36:55Why? Why not?
36:56We can be friends.
36:58But that's got to be it.
36:59No, why?
37:01You're...
37:02When you turn up,
37:04you go out and you buy a load of wine.
37:06At lunchtime.
37:07I didn't get anything done yesterday afternoon.
37:09Well, it's nice occasionally to...
37:11I can't be getting into all that.
37:12I didn't physically pour it down your neck.
37:14I know.
37:16I did.
37:17I'm not blaming you.
37:18Not beyond the point of bringing this stuff in.
37:20It's me.
37:21I'm ridiculous.
37:23I'm rubbish.
37:25I can't be trusted.
37:26But what I don't need is someone who's no better than I am.
37:30We're very alike, you and me.
37:32No. I mean, yeah, in a bad way.
37:34No, Gillian.
37:35You know...
37:38You've just got to like yourself more.
37:41I don't even know what that means.
37:43If I liked myself more, I wouldn't drink so bloody much.
37:46If I'd liked myself more,
37:48I'd be able to be more grown-up about everything,
37:50like Caroline is.
37:54I can't cope with you and Robbie,
37:56not with every bloody body else I've got coming today.
37:59And then there's this...
38:01stupid text I've gone and sent.
38:05You sent that text because she'd upset your dad.
38:07That wasn't very grown-up, was it?
38:08Yeah, but I didn't have to be childish back, did I?
38:12She wouldn't have been, would she?
38:16She goes,
38:18thank you, kiss.
38:20Like, she thinks I'm...
38:25She thinks I was joking.
38:29She thinks it's a joke.
38:31She thinks it's my daft way of saying congratulations.
38:36Let me read it again.
38:38I think you see Caroline through rose-tinted glasses sometimes.
38:41I don't know why you give a toss what she thinks.
38:44She's not perfect, you know, far from it.
38:48Yeah, she may have thought it was a joke.
38:52She's still upset Alan.
38:55Yeah, well,
38:57maybe Alan's asked for it a bit, you know?
38:59I mean,
39:02I don't know.
39:03Maybe Alan's asked for it a bit, you know?
39:05I mean,
39:07he was unfaithful to my mother.
39:10Lest we forget.
39:12And for once,
39:13for once I don't blame Celia for being pissed off with him.
39:16I suppose nobody's taken your feelings into account in all this, have they?
39:20Not properly.
39:23It's all been about him and her.
39:28You're a nice fella.
39:30But I really don't want you and Robbie at the same dinner party.
39:34Well, tell him not to come then.
39:35I can't do that.
39:36Why?
39:39Because
39:41yesterday morning, before you turned up,
39:45he asked me to marry him.
39:48And then,
39:49God knows how many hours later, I'm in bed with you.
39:53Because I'm stupid,
39:55flaky and
39:56fed up of being those things.
39:59You don't want to marry him.
40:01Don't I?
40:03I asked you to marry me,
40:05more or less.
40:08Well, what if I did want to marry him?
40:11What if I do?
40:12You don't.
40:15I do.
40:17I do, actually.
40:20I need you to leave,
40:21John.
40:22I need you to go.
40:24Just go.
40:25And stop coming here.
40:27Stop thinking you can come here.
40:28I've brought your dad.
40:29My dad
40:30asked for a lift to the station
40:32in Harrogate.
40:34He told me.
40:43Are you sure about this?
40:44What?
40:45You can get on with your work.
40:46I'll only be half an hour, 40 minutes.
40:48Are you going to the station?
40:49Yeah.
40:50Can you drop me and Angus off round at his?
40:51It's on the way.
40:52John, hang on a minute.
40:54I've not got any homework.
40:55That's just not true.
40:57It's only maths
40:59and history and science.
41:01I can do it tonight after tea
41:02if you come pick me up at seven.
41:04Five.
41:05Half six?
41:06Five.
41:07All right, five, whatever.
41:10Thank you for coming to the wedding yesterday, Angus.
41:12It was an honour
41:13and a privilege.
41:14Right, come on.
41:15I haven't got all day.
41:16I'll take the jeep.
41:17I'll never squeeze this lot in my car.
41:18Sure.
41:20Oh, it's been lovely to see you.
41:22You're not going on any sort of
41:23honeymoon?
41:24After the baby's born,
41:25we might do something nice.
41:26We might
41:27hop down to Oxford
41:28for the weekend
41:29and see you.
41:31Give my love to Roxy.
41:32Tell her I'm sorry
41:33she couldn't be here.
41:34I will.
41:37It's nice to see you so happy.
41:40Wow, it'd have been better
41:41if your granny had been here,
41:42but, yeah.
41:43Yeah, I am happy.
41:45I'm
41:46very happy.
41:49See you.
41:57Yeah, sure.
41:58Yes!
42:00I told you not to ask.
42:01He's not got a driving licence.
42:03Well, so am I.
42:04We'll sort something for you.
42:05Is it just a Saturday job?
42:07Well, at the moment...
42:08Oh, it is.
42:09He's not leaving school.
42:10Well, you'll want to learn
42:11to drive, though,
42:12irrespective of...
42:13Tell her.
42:14She won't pay for lessons.
42:15He doesn't need lessons.
42:16He's been driving a tractor
42:17since he was 13.
42:18I'm damn sure
42:19he can drive a car.
42:20He had to.
42:21I could teach him.
42:22Can you teach me?
42:23She has these medieval ideas
42:24about everything.
42:25We can sort you out
42:26with driving lessons.
42:27How?
42:28When's your birthday?
42:29Oh.
42:31You're not, Gary.
42:32I'm not having you
42:33going down that route.
42:34He'll take over
42:35your whole life for you
42:36if you let him.
42:37Shut up, Mum.
42:39Stop it.
42:40Celia.
42:41Let me chop you up.
42:42Oh, I'm getting squiffy.
42:45Tell me about your family.
42:48Oh, well, um...
42:49There's William.
42:50He's in his first year at Oxford.
42:52He's my grandson,
42:53my eldest grandson.
42:55And he's studying
42:57English literature,
42:58and he's doing very well.
43:00And your daughter, Caroline.
43:01She was the one
43:02who got married yesterday.
43:03Harry was telling me.
43:05Yes.
43:06To another woman.
43:07Really?
43:08Mm.
43:09Good.
43:10Wow.
43:11Good for her.
43:12That's a good idea.
43:13I think I'll do that next time.
43:16Can you pass the, um...
43:18So,
43:19she was married to a man.
43:22John.
43:23Yeah.
43:24Yeah.
43:25For years.
43:26John.
43:27And then...
43:28Ben.
43:29Yeah.
43:30God, that's really brave.
43:32That's really exciting.
43:33And she's a headteacher.
43:35Well, it's something.
43:37It's a damn good idea.
43:38That's what it is.
43:39But you're not comfortable with that?
43:41Oh, yes, I am.
43:43I am, you know.
43:44I'm on some...
43:46In some ways.
43:47In lots of ways.
43:48And she's a very nice woman.
43:50The woman is, um...
43:52She's...
43:53Yeah, Kate.
43:54Kate.
43:57Well, she's obviously very intelligent.
43:59Oh, yes.
44:00She's very intelligent.
44:01It's the way forward.
44:02It's the future.
44:03Well, technically it wouldn't be, would it?
44:05No.
44:06Yes, it is.
44:07Technically.
44:08Women could do without men.
44:10Men couldn't reproduce without women.
44:12Look at chickens.
44:14The way chickens are farmed.
44:15Chickens?
44:16Yeah, they gas them.
44:18At birth.
44:19And they just keep one or two to do the necessary.
44:22It's the same with sheep and cattle.
44:24Only...
44:25Well, we don't gas the boys.
44:26We...
44:27We eat them.
44:28Can you stop waving that carving knife around
44:30when you've got so much to drink?
44:32I don't know what men are for, do you, Gillian?
44:34I...
44:35They're...
44:36Um...
44:37I don't mind them.
44:39On the other hand, if you gassed us all at birth,
44:42who'd deal with a puncture?
44:44Oh, that old chestnut.
44:46All right.
44:47Yeah.
44:48I know you'd know what to do
44:50if you like getting your hands mucky.
44:52Anything's technical.
44:53Women, the normal women,
44:56they just stand there, holding their handbag, going,
44:59Can you do it?
45:01You're going to have to leave the room.
45:03Sorry, but you're going to have to go and stand outside.
45:07He just said, you're not normal, Mum.
45:10Did you hear him?
45:11I know, I was here.
45:12I've dealt with more punctures than you've had hot dinners, Harry.
45:15Yeah, you get the picture, though.
45:16No.
45:17So, how would Caroline deal with a puncture, Sylvia?
45:19Caroline?
45:20She'd just buy a new car.
45:50Gary, what was I saying?
45:52Your dad.
45:53Oh, my dad.
45:54You wouldn't believe.
45:55He's a district judge.
45:57Three weeks ago...
45:59Yeah.
46:00..he sits in Halifax.
46:01There's this little old man in his 70s.
46:04This little old man managed, God knows how, somehow,
46:08to get his narrowboat, a 60-, 70-foot narrowboat,
46:12wedged at a 90-degree angle.
46:1490 degrees.
46:15Not quite 90 degrees.
46:16Oh, nearly 90 degrees.
46:17As good as.
46:18Wedged in a lock.
46:20The boat was a write-off.
46:21It was trashed.
46:23Wrecked.
46:24£60,000 worth of narrowboat.
46:26They had to hire two cranes, two huge, enormous, ridiculous cranes
46:30for something like four or five days.
46:33And it was awful, actually,
46:35cos the waterways had brought the action.
46:37It's a civil action.
46:38And the insurance is out the window cos he's drunk.
46:41But the point is, my dad has to make a decision.
46:45Costs were involved.
46:47Horrendous costs.
46:48And the point I'm making is that everybody's feeling sorry
46:52for this little old man,
46:54cos he had to sell his house to pay the costs.
46:56Does he ever have a drink, your dad?
46:59Of course he does.
47:01So you like a drink?
47:03Yeah, but I'm not driving a narrowboat, Harry.
47:06He's drinking.
47:08How are you getting home?
47:10Well, we've got... I've got a driver.
47:13Well, you know, obviously.
47:15And I'm not drinking, Harry.
47:17He'd have had a driver, this chap,
47:20if he were living in them sort of circles.
47:23Yeah, but he didn't.
47:25So the point is, the point is...
47:29Oh, God.
47:30Is he a friend of yours?
47:33Yeah, we know him.
47:37Oh.
47:39PHONE RINGS
47:42Hello.
47:43Hi, it's me, Mum.
47:45Did you get the train all right?
47:47Yep.
47:48OK.
47:49Did Kate say she was going anywhere after?
47:52It's just she's not come back and she's not answering her phone
47:55and it's been nearly an hour and a half.
47:57I think she said someone might stop to get some milk.
48:00Oh, OK.
48:03You all right?
48:04Oh, yeah, I just thought she'd be back by now.
48:07PHONE RINGS
48:08I've got to go, love. Someone at the door.
48:10OK.
48:11Bye.
48:12Bye.
48:13Bye-bye.
48:22Now I was having a senior moment.
48:24She was having a blonde moment between us.
48:26We were hopeless.
48:28Oh, she sounds larger than life.
48:30Oh, she can be.
48:32Between you and me, she's not actually speaking to me at the moment.
48:36No, no, why?
48:37I didn't go to the wedding.
48:39Why not?
48:40I don't think she's speaking to me either.
48:43Why?
48:45Why?
48:54Hey, lady.
48:55You and me need to have a conversation about school.
48:59Yeah, we don't.
49:00It's happened.
49:02I've left.
49:03It'll be the right choice.
49:05Have you spoken to your mother?
49:06Mm, I've had her on the phone.
49:07She's livid.
49:08Yeah, well, she needs to wake up.
49:11I've moved on.
49:12I need an income.
49:14Especially since you.
49:17You dozy old sod.
49:20Riding your boat off and having to sell your house.
49:28Coffee's ready.
49:32All right.
49:34I might go home.
49:35Okay.
49:37I might sleep out.
49:38Okay.
49:51We'll see you.
49:52Hello.
49:53Me dad'll...
49:54Yeah.
49:55...ring you.
49:59You had time to give any thought to what I said yesterday morning?
50:04No.
50:06Are you serious?
50:10Do you really want to marry me?
50:12Gillian, I've wanted to marry you since I was 16.
50:17You know,
50:20I try not to be mad.
50:22Okay.
50:25And I really do want to stop drinking so much.
50:28Well, that's up to you.
50:31What if I'm...
50:33...disappointing?
50:35We'll muddle through.
50:36We always seem to.
50:40Rather likely.
50:43So...
50:45...is that a yes, then?
50:48Yeah.
50:50Yeah, okay.
51:00Oh, shit.
51:02Caroline.
51:03Oh, it's only Caroline again.
51:04Nothing, just...
51:07Caroline.
51:09How was yesterday?
51:12Um...
51:13Did you...
51:14You got my text?
51:15Yeah, it was just meant to be a bit of fun.
51:17It was just meant to be a laugh.
51:19Only I realised afterwards you might think I was being serious.
51:25No, it's fine.
51:26Forget it.
51:27Listen, is my mother there?
51:28Yeah.
51:29Yeah, yeah, so...
51:30Did you have a nice day?
51:31Yesterday?
51:33Um...
51:34Yeah, but, uh...
51:36Now Kate's in hospital.
51:38Oh, my God!
51:39She got into labour!
51:40Oh!
51:41No, no, no.
51:42No, no.
51:43She's unconscious.
51:44She's in labour.
51:45She's in labour.
51:46She's been hit by a car.
51:47She's in an operating theatre.
51:49She's, uh...
51:50I don't know.
51:51I don't know, but it's not good.
51:54Uh...
51:55I need to speak to my mother.
51:57Oh, my God.
51:58Are you all right?
51:59Yeah.
52:00I don't know.
52:01Is my mother there?
52:02Oh, yeah, yeah.
52:03Hold on.
52:04What?
52:06Celia, Caroline wants to talk to you.
52:09Oh!
52:10Is she speaking to me?
52:15Oh, you might be better coming through here.
52:18Why?
52:20Kate's been in an accident.
52:22Caroline?
52:25Mum.
52:27What's happened?
52:28I don't know, uh...
52:30Kate's been hit by a car.
52:32I don't know what happened.
52:34Were you all right?
52:36No.
52:38Well, what happened?
52:40I don't know.
52:41I just had the police knocking on the door.
52:43She'd gone.
52:44She'd taken, uh...
52:45The boy, she'd taken William to the station
52:48so that I could stay at home and do some work.
52:51Are the boys all right?
52:52Yeah, yeah, they weren't there.
52:54No-one was there.
52:55No-one was there.
52:56She'd already dropped them off and, um...
52:58And, uh...
53:00I don't know.
53:01She got knocked down, apparently,
53:03um, coming out of a shop.
53:06She wasn't conscious when they brought her in.
53:09Oh, God.
53:11What about the baby?
53:13I don't know.
53:14I don't know.
53:15I don't know anything.
53:16But...
53:17I'm at Gillian's.
53:18Do you want her to come over?
53:19Well, I don't know.
53:20You can't do anything.
53:21She's in an operating theatre.
53:23Oh, what...
53:24Uh...
53:25How...
53:26Uh...
53:31Right, well, we're coming over.
53:35Which hospital is it?
53:37St. Mary's.
53:53Where's Henny?
53:54Just over there.
53:55Oh, thank you.
54:01Caroline.
54:08Has there been any developments?
54:10They've delivered the baby.
54:12They've taken the baby out and they're still operating on her.
54:16Where is it?
54:18She's in an incubator.
54:20Little girl.
54:22Yeah.
54:23We knew that.
54:25Are you all right, love?
54:28Alan, I am so sorry.
54:31I said that stupid thing to you.
54:33Oh, it's forgotten.
54:35And I don't even know why I did.
54:37It's forgotten.
54:38Come on.
54:40Oh.
54:43What about Kate?
54:45Oh, well, they're still...
54:47She's...
54:48She's still got nerves, I think.
54:50I think.
54:53It's amazing what they can do these days.
54:56Do you watch any of those medical programmes?
54:59No.
55:00Well, we do.
55:01It's marvellous what they can do.
55:03It's wonderful.
55:04They can do all sorts.
55:06She'll be all right, love.
55:08She was so excited at the idea of giving birth.
55:11She got it all planned and now it's just been ripped out.
55:15Oh, this is Gary.
55:17He drove us over here.
55:18We thought we'd get here quicker with someone else driving.
55:21Hi.
55:23Hello.
55:24You all right?
55:25What's happened?
55:26Caroline?
55:27Yeah.
55:29Hi, I'm Jaisal Malik.
55:31I'm the senior consultant surgeon here at St Mary's.
55:34Do you want to come through here now?
55:37We'll have a chat.
55:38Yeah.
55:39Is this your mum and dad?
55:43Yeah.
55:44Do you want them to come through as well?
55:47Come on.
55:48Come on.
55:51I'll stay.
55:52No.
56:18No.
56:49Bye.
56:50Bye.
56:51Bye.
56:52Bye.
56:53Bye.
56:54Bye.