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Riot Women S01E02 (2025)
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00:30So let's go.
02:00Um, so the solicitor...
02:01She's not going to live that long.
02:02Well, we don't know how long she's going to live.
02:05But the point is, for however long she does live, she's covered.
02:09So she's got good care and a good home and...
02:12And neither of us need to worry our frazzled little heads about any of it anymore.
02:16That's £240,000 that we would have inherited, eventually.
02:21It should have been discussed.
02:22Did discuss it with her solicitor.
02:24With me.
02:26Discussed with me.
02:27And Abigail.
02:30It's got nothing to do with Abigail.
02:32And you know, she was a saver mum all her life.
02:35She's saved for a rainy day.
02:37Well, this is her rainy day.
02:39It costs £5,000 a month in that care home.
02:42And if she lives for more than three years, which she could easily do...
02:45How much?
02:45She's covered.
02:47This is 24-hour round-the-clock dementia care, Nick.
02:52This is someone who is doubly incontinent and regularly wide awake at 3 o'clock in the morning
02:57singing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Company B
03:00and insisting she has to get to Marks & Spencer before they close.
03:04It never stops.
03:06And it doesn't come cheap.
03:08Could you not find somewhere cheaper?
03:10No.
03:11What about the NHS?
03:13What planet do you live on?
03:15So, well, what do ordinary people do?
03:17We are ordinary people.
03:19They sell the houses and spend their savings and give up their careers and do it themselves.
03:24That's what ordinary people do, so fuck your inheritance.
03:28Because this is the way the cookie crumbles when you don't visit your own mother for six years.
03:34Arsehole!
03:34Arsehole!
03:35Arsehole!
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03:58Arsehole!
03:59Arsehole!
04:00Arsehole!
04:01Arsehole!
04:04No.
04:06No.
04:18Fuck.
04:30Jess.
04:31Oh, snotty.
04:32Sorry.
04:34I thought you were Nick.
04:35What are you doing?
04:37Nothing.
04:39Why?
04:40Do you want to be in my rock band?
04:42You what?
04:43Let's start a riot.
04:45We won't be quiet.
04:47Riot women gonna set this world on fire.
04:51My rock band. I'm gonna form a rock band.
04:53Why?
04:54For fun.
04:55For the refugees.
04:56There's a talent contest.
04:57The school are organising the talent contest for the parents, not the nippers.
05:01And I thought we could enter.
05:02So I need you on board because you can play the piano.
05:04Yeah, I got it.
05:06What?
05:07Right, so.
05:08I went to school assembly this morning because Rocco was being a tree.
05:10It was very good, actually.
05:11And it was all about the refugee crisis.
05:13Which one?
05:15Oh, er...
05:16Ukraine.
05:17Syria.
05:18Yemen.
05:19Sudan.
05:20One of them.
05:21It was all about what can I do?
05:22What can I do to help?
05:23And then Charlie, the head, said that the parent governors had decided on a talent contest.
05:27Why was Rocco a tree?
05:28A tree?
05:29Before an explosion and after.
05:31It was heartbreaking.
05:32Yeah.
05:33Well...
05:34It would be.
05:35Yeah.
05:36So, anyway, there'll be a bit of all sorts, you know, like, um...
05:39Singing, stand-up, ventriloquism.
05:41Oh, really?
05:42I thought...
05:43Rock band.
05:44Why not?
05:45Steve left his drum kit when he cleared off.
05:46It's been very mouldy in the garage for God knows how long.
05:48And I've always fancied a crack.
05:50So, erm...
05:51So, I thought we could do a cover.
05:52You know, like, er...
05:53Like, maybe ABBA.
05:54Waterloo.
05:55Something like that.
05:56Take a chance on me.
05:58I thought you said rock band.
06:00Yeah, well, not ABBA.
06:01I just thought it'd be easy.
06:02Well, easier than, you know, Nirvana.
06:05But Beth, it can be anything.
06:07Anything we can get our heads around.
06:10Sorry, how's you, Mum?
06:11Same.
06:12Same.
06:13Oh, bless.
06:14Anyway, come on, lovely.
06:15What do you think?
06:16Oh, please say yes.
06:17I could do with a bit of a laugh, and I know you could.
06:19Beth?
06:20Beth, you still there?
06:21I'm only happy when it rains.
06:23I'm only happy when it rains.
06:25I'm only happy when it rains.
06:28I'm only happy when it rains.
06:30I'm only happy when it rains.
06:33I'm only happy when it rains.
06:35I'm only happy when it rains.
06:36I'm only happy when it rains.
06:37I'm only happy when it's complicated.
06:41I know, I know you can't appreciate it.
06:44I'm only happy when it rains.
06:46Yeah, I've passed!
06:47You know, I love it when the news is bad.
06:52Why it feels so good to feel so sad.
06:54I'm only happy when it rains.
06:58Oh, my misery's down
07:05Oh, your misery's down on me
07:10Oh, your misery's down
07:13Oh, your misery's down on me
07:18I'm only happy when it rains
07:22Feel good when things are going wrong
07:26I'm only happy when it rains
07:30Oh, your misery's down on me
07:34Feel good when it rains
07:38Oh, your misery's down on me
07:42Oh, your misery's down on me
07:51I'm only smiling in the dark
07:54My only comfort is the night cold
07:58Emergency for which service is required
07:59I'm only happy when it rains
08:04Oh, your misery's down on me
08:08Oh, your misery's down on me
08:10Oh, your misery's down on me
08:12Oh, your misery's down on me
08:14Oh, your misery's down on me
08:16You on a bass guitar
08:21Oh, my bloody god
08:22Get a couple of watch
08:23No, my memory's all in a good cause
08:25Can you actually play her, though?
08:27This lad on it for twop
08:28So lend me his hand
08:30Give me a few tips
08:31Then you know if the worst comes to the worst
08:32I can just stand there looking cool
08:33Jiggling about for three and a half minutes
08:35You ought to look cool, though, Holly
08:36You look like a dick
08:36Thank you
08:37Who's on drums?
08:38Jess
08:38Do I know her?
08:40Landlady, down the Duke
08:41Purple hair or is it green?
08:42Oh, I love her. She's off her nut.
08:44She can play it.
08:46She's...
08:47No, but she knows something.
08:49You can play keyboard a bit.
08:52Do you need a singer?
08:5594-2-code-6.
08:56Cos I am properly crack at singing, so it sounds like I fit right in.
08:59We're not going to be crap. We're going to be...
09:01We're going to be OK, so you just keep your negative nobses in a little box
09:04on a little shelf inside your little hairdo, all right?
09:06My sister's shit at singing as well, so should we both turn up?
09:08You all right, love?
09:09She's down here.
09:09Somebody says she's got hold of a load of knives.
09:11Yeah, they're still in the packaging.
09:13Right, well, can you clear the store for me? I want everybody outside.
09:15She's a regular, love? Do you know a name?
09:16No, sorry.
09:20This customer's bleeding and carpeting away from the exit.
09:23Oh, my God.
09:24We're all shopping and trolling where they are.
09:27This is due to ongoing incidents and required to be your face.
09:31We appreciate your cooperation and apologise for any inconvenience.
09:36Oh, my love, you all right?
09:38I'm going to need you to put the knife down.
09:42You don't want to be coming any closer because it's all broken.
09:45Do I sort it down here?
09:46You can sort everything out, but first things first, I need you to put the knife down.
09:49What's your name, love?
09:50Who's?
09:51Yours.
09:52Why?
09:52Just asking.
09:53I'm just stupid.
09:54What is your name on them for?
09:56Just put the knife on the floor, nudge it towards me, and then we'll deal with everything else.
10:00What's happened, lovely?
10:01I just dropped my vodka.
10:03OK, but you've been behaving erratically and people are concerned, so...
10:07Oh, yeah.
10:08Yeah, and you've clearly had a bit to drink, so...
10:10I wasn't nicking it.
10:11I was going to pay for it.
10:12Are you thinking I was nicking it?
10:13Oh, man, I don't like a criminal.
10:15Is that what you think I look like?
10:16How many pills have you taken?
10:17Seriously, none.
10:18There was tic-tac.
10:19So, concentrate.
10:20I want you to put the knife down because it's upsetting people.
10:23I haven't got a knife.
10:25You've got a knife in your hand.
10:28That other hand.
10:29There it is.
10:30So, I want you to put it down onto the floor, gently, and kick it towards me.
10:35I would, but I might be needing it.
10:37The present is taking long enough to get this little sod out of the packet.
10:40What are you going to be needing it for?
10:42Well, between you and me and the gatepost, I've been having a bit of a shit day.
10:48Yeah?
10:49Yeah.
10:50I had some bad news last Tuesday, and there was some more excrement on top of that on Friday,
10:57and there's just some other stuff that occurred this afternoon.
11:00It's just all gone downhill from there.
11:05Well, we want to help you, all right?
11:06Nothing so bad that we can't sort it out, so...
11:08Yeah, when you say that, I've been a fuck-full bitch, so don't be so glim.
11:13Do you want to talk about it?
11:15Oh, are you all right?
11:16I'm all right now.
11:17Oh, gosh.
11:18Now, you're a bit young for that.
11:19My fucking best has started early, didn't it?
11:21Have you considered HRT?
11:22I'm ready.
11:23Drop the knife, drop the knife.
11:28Let go.
11:29Drop it.
11:32Ah, you fucker!
11:41I'm arresting you for section five, public order.
11:44I do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence.
11:47You do not mention, when questioned, something you'll later rely on in court.
11:52Anything you do say, it may be given in evidence.
11:55Do you understand?
11:56Nine, six, seven, five.
11:57We've got a one, one, two, female.
11:59No one in.
11:59Don't think so.
12:07Do you want to do, Sheikh, binwana, don't know who it is?
12:08Oh, my God.
12:21Hey, my God.
12:23So, Princess Peach, are you going to tell me your real name?
12:33Christ, you still here.
12:36Just because the custody sergeant wouldn't let you into his cells
12:37with all that painkiller vodka cocktail inside you
12:40doesn't mean you're not still under arrest.
12:42Give me a break.
12:49What are we waiting for now? Mental health?
12:53It's better, sir.
12:57Where's the other fella?
12:59Nisha, gone home.
13:01Her shift finished.
13:02So didn't mind, but we tossed a coin to see we got the pleasure.
13:04And hey, I won.
13:05It's all wasted on me, all this sarcasm.
13:11Do you want to know a secret?
13:12Yeah.
13:12Today's my last day.
13:14When I finally finish this shift, if ever I do, that's me done forever.
13:17Yeah.
13:1930 years.
13:20So what?
13:21Big fat pension.
13:24Well, hardly.
13:26A pension, yeah.
13:29Yeah, you paid off your mortgage.
13:30Almost.
13:31My mum chipped in, so I was lucky.
13:34And freedom?
13:35Well, I say freedom.
13:36She's got dementia, so...
13:37Any with your mother?
13:38No, she's round the corner.
13:39What about yourself?
13:42What about myself?
13:43Today.
13:46I'm not judging you.
13:49From a police point of view, I really don't give a toss.
13:51I'm hoping when mental health turn up, they'll advise me.
13:53You're not fit to be detained.
13:54I'm just asking, as one menopausal woman to another.
13:58Well, I ain't got a mother, because she died when I was nine.
14:08I ain't got a mortgage, either.
14:09Are you Kitty Eckersley?
14:23As in, your dad is Keith Eckersley?
14:25Well, he was.
14:34If he's alive.
14:38Last I heard, he was in Spain.
14:42If you're gonna run a police check on me, just do bear in mind, most of it's made up by you lot.
14:49Wow.
14:52Keith Eckersley.
14:55So, so what about today, Kitty?
15:00What happened today?
15:01Change your fucking record.
15:04You're still feeling suicidal?
15:06Well, I guess I'll be discussing that with my mental health team.
15:10If they have a shot.
15:13Jesus Christ.
15:14You're gonna be sick again?
15:15No.
15:17What are we doing right now?
15:18I'll karaoke with his throat.
15:25What are we doing right now?
15:26What are we doing right now?
15:27What are we doing right now?
15:28What are we doing right now?
15:28What are we doing right now?
15:29What are we doing right now?
15:30What are we doing right now?
15:30What are we doing right now?
15:31What are we doing right now?
15:32What are we doing right now?
15:33What are we doing right now?
15:34What are we doing right now?
15:35What are we doing right now?
15:36What are we doing right now?
15:37What are we doing right now?
15:38What are we doing right now?
15:39What are we doing right now?
15:40What are we doing right now?
15:41What are we doing right now?
15:42What are we doing right now?
15:43What are we doing right now?
15:44What are we doing right now?
15:45What are we doing right now?
15:46What are we doing right now?
15:47Oh, shut me up if I've said it before.
16:16I've said it before.
16:17No, but I can't stand to even listen to the reviews anymore.
16:19Mum, you say it every day.
16:20Do I?
16:21Every other day.
16:22No, but it's true though, Gerry.
16:24It started during the pandemic when we were all waiting to hear how many people had died the day before.
16:28And then one day, I just switched it off.
16:31Because when you look at it, it's all bombs, rocket attacks, refugees, poverty, inequality, exploitation, hunger, anger, shootings, torture, hatred, abuse, misery.
16:41And do you know what's behind it all, Gerry?
16:43It's men.
16:44Yeah, Mum.
16:45Every time, men.
16:46Mum, I'm going out tonight.
16:47Can you look after the babies?
16:48We're not babies.
16:49And it's just getting worse.
16:50Mum?
16:51Tonight, no one busy.
16:52It is.
16:53I agree.
16:54It's all men.
16:55Doing what?
16:56Shut up, Gerry.
16:57Oh, my God.
16:58This band meeting practice, don't tell Gerry to shut up.
17:00The band practice for this charity bash, I have told you.
17:02You're not serious.
17:03Of course I'm serious.
17:04In fact, I was going to ask you if you can keep an eye on Auntie Mary, Miranda.
17:07Why does somebody have to keep an eye on me?
17:08Miranda?
17:09Yeah.
17:10Sure.
17:11Of course.
17:12Oh, my God.
17:13Actually, I did have a panic attack in the middle of the night thinking, blimey, what have I gone and said I'll do now?
17:18But it'll be fine.
17:19It'll be fine.
17:20And here's the thing, Gerry.
17:22Men make wars.
17:23Women pick up the pieces.
17:24This is it.
17:25So, Putin starts this war in Ukraine and you're going to sort it all out by making a fanny of yourself in a talent contest?
17:32Correct.
17:33Shit.
17:34Bet Vladimir Zelensky wishes he'd thought of that.
17:36What a numpty.
17:37Then he's kicking himself.
17:38You can check the mickey all you like.
17:39I'll be the one on the right side of history.
17:41Who's doing behind the bar if you're doing that and Miranda's keeping an eye on Auntie Mary?
17:45I don't need anyone keeping an eye on me.
17:48You are.
17:49You're on the rotor.
17:50I've just told you.
17:51I'm going out.
17:52You haven't told us where.
17:53Like, that's relevant.
17:54Your mum just likes to know it.
17:55Oh, Jesus, Gerry.
17:56You don't even live here.
17:57Don't get involved.
17:58Dyson's coming round tonight, so me and him can do the bar and keep an eye on Auntie Mary.
18:02We do need keeping an eye on Mary.
18:04You go wandering.
18:05And the babies.
18:06Why have you fixed up to go out when you know you're on the rotor?
18:08You do know you can't just call up your mates and be a band, don't you?
18:12You do know people spend years of their lives learning to play an instrument.
18:16And you do know that, traditionally, there is talent involved.
18:20It's for fun.
18:21It's for charity.
18:22You don't need to be that good.
18:23Well, we has got a point, though.
18:25You probably do have to know what you're doing just to sound, you know, bad.
18:29Well, I've got Beth.
18:30She's musical.
18:31Which one's Beth?
18:32Beth.
18:33Old friend.
18:34From school.
18:35Actually, her mum and my mum were at Greenham Common together and Auntie Mary.
18:39She was there for four years.
18:40They're going to change the world.
18:42Yeah.
18:43Look how that turned out.
18:44Right.
18:45I'm off.
18:46Oh, bye, Gerry.
18:47I'll see you.
18:48I'll see you.
18:49Mwah.
18:50You drive safely, all right?
18:51See you.
18:52See you later.
18:53Have you seen you already, Gerry?
18:54Geriatric.
18:55Oh, my God.
18:56What have I said?
18:57She's kidding.
18:58No.
18:59See you later.
19:00See you.
19:01See you, love.
19:02Where'd you find her mother?
19:04What's your band going to be called, Granny?
19:06Thank you, Rocco, for asking such a lovely can-do question.
19:10Well, so far, we're all women of a certain age, so...
19:14The old bags department?
19:15See, I quite like that.
19:18The bin bags.
19:20Bim bar.
19:21Bin bags.
19:22Get it?
19:23Ooh, she's on fire.
19:25Oh, my God!
19:43Això arsenal.
19:45I don't want to make sure you do it.
19:47Hey!
19:48Take care!
19:50Call us to your table.
19:52elementos, the chick's chicken.
19:53Don't let anyone go.
19:54Don't let anyone go there.
19:55Maybe you feel nice to me, I'm going to tell you.
20:16Let it go, seriously. She's miserable with everyone.
20:19She's miserable because her husband left her,
20:21because her son has a crush on his in-laws,
20:23so she barely gets her luck in even at Christmas.
20:25And because she's not getting any younger.
20:27Oh, and her mother's got dementia, so...
20:29And just because she's head of department,
20:32don't run away with the idea that she's some genius teacher
20:35with a mad infectious passion for the written wire.
20:38Kids think she's a boring old...
20:42Morning, Beth.
20:43Morning.
20:44Morning.
20:45Morning.
20:46Morning, Beth.
20:50Amy.
20:51You've printed out your worksheets.
20:54Oh.
21:03You made her cry.
21:05She's not three.
21:06Or 16 even, or 17.
21:08Or 23.
21:09She's 26.
21:10She's got a master's degree.
21:11I shouldn't have to point out every morning
21:13that she has to print out her worksheets.
21:15Yes, but there are ways of saying things.
21:17On three occasions she's wasted valuable lesson time
21:19because she's failed to print out worksheets.
21:21Or printed out the wrong sheets.
21:22Twice.
21:23Twice she's done that.
21:24I just simply pointed it out, which is my job.
21:26She might be 26, but you're twice her age.
21:29More.
21:30And we have a duty of care.
21:32You have a duty of care.
21:33You interviewed her.
21:34You chose her.
21:35I liked her.
21:36I still like her.
21:37I just find her a bit...
21:38You have a responsibility towards her.
21:40And you have a duty of care to me.
21:43As well.
21:45In fact.
21:47And I'm not too great right now.
21:49It's a tonal thing, Beth.
21:57I nearly killed myself last night.
22:00I was there with a blue nylon rope.
22:03I poured myself a very large G&T.
22:06I'd written a note to...
22:11To my son.
22:12Tom.
22:14I had the thing around my neck.
22:16I was ready to go.
22:18And the phone rang.
22:20Twice.
22:23Can you believe that?
22:27I'm like Uncle fucking Vanya.
22:28I can't even kill myself properly.
22:30What I'm going to do, Beth.
22:35And this isn't to humiliate you.
22:36And I don't want you to hear it like that.
22:39I'm going to ask Barnaby to mentor Amy.
22:42Going forward.
22:43It's a step up for him.
22:44It's one less thing for you to worry about.
22:46An apology wouldn't go amiss.
22:47But I can see that might not be where you are.
22:50Just now.
22:51Just yet.
22:53But...
22:54Yeah.
22:55That's where we are now.
22:56Do you think that women of a certain age can become...
23:01You know...
23:03Invisible?
23:06I mean seriously.
23:08Couldn't someone say I nearly killed myself last night.
23:11And you don't even kind of...
23:13Hear it.
23:14Have you been to the doctor?
23:15What doctor?
23:16Your doctor.
23:17Oh.
23:18Oh, well a while ago.
23:20He put me on antidepressants.
23:22He said they won't work for three months, so I didn't bother with them.
23:25I know you've had things to deal with over the last year.
23:27With your marriage and so forth.
23:29And I sympathise with that.
23:30I do.
23:31Of course I do.
23:32But...
23:33There's only so many times you can bring it into work with you.
23:36And Beth, you shouldn't exaggerate.
23:39When did I exaggerate?
23:41Not about self-harm.
23:44I wonder why you think I'm exaggerating.
23:47Again, maybe it's a tone.
23:49Let's keep talking.
23:51And do remember our new policy of maintaining a community of trust.
24:00Do you ever feel like you're living in an alternative universe?
24:03To be honest.
24:05No.
24:06I'm not a fan of you.
24:07No.
24:08To be honest.
24:09No.
24:10If...
24:11No.
24:12No.
24:13No.
24:14No.
24:15No.
24:16No.
24:17No.
24:18No.
24:22No.
24:23No.
24:25No.
24:26No.
24:27No.
24:28No.
24:29No.
24:30No.
24:31Shit!
25:01Kitty, I made you some tea. Come on, it's half past one. I need you to get moving. I need you to be out of here.
25:24I feel like shit.
25:25Yeah, well, let's get some breakfast inside you and then you need to get down into Hebden Bridge and get on a bus and...
25:30I need a shower.
25:31You have another shower and then you've got to get up to the council offices in Halifax.
25:34Why?
25:35We talked about this last night. So they can sort you out with a temporary address and put you on a waiting list for something more permanent.
25:41You know, it'll be like some shitty infested bed and breakfast.
25:43Only till you're eligible for something more permanent.
25:45In two years, fuck that.
25:47Yeah, obviously it's better if you can persuade a friend to let you have a room or a settee for a bit.
25:52Do you want some muesli?
25:53God, no.
25:54Tea?
25:55Thanks.
25:56Has he got...
25:57500 sugars. Yeah, come on.
25:59One of your boys came in earlier to find his shoes. Adam. I think I shocked him.
26:05Yep.
26:06He's fit, isn't he?
26:08Who'd you get that off them?
26:10So, I'm going out in about half an hour to see a fella about a guitar. So you need to get your backside into gear.
26:16Do you know what? I'm alright, I'll stay here.
26:18No, Kitty. I took you in because all the hostels were full last night and because I personally would never see a woman who's bleeding as heavily as you are.
26:25It's just tried to end it all, sleep on the street.
26:27But I've got a house full with both boys still at home and I need my settee, I need my front room.
26:31I've done what I can, it was an emergency, but you've got to help yourself now, alright?
26:43Mum, hi.
26:44These aren't my biscuits.
26:46Sorry, but what, what biscuits?
26:48No, I don't give this sort of cupboard space. It's a mystery how they got in here at all.
26:52Right, I'll tell you what, I'll be round in a bit. I was in A&E all night with...
26:56Anyway, I ended up doing overtime and didn't get back in until four in the morning, so...
27:00It'll be that Veronica.
27:02Anyway, I've told her not to come again. I'm sick of her.
27:06Mum, she comes round to help you.
27:08She's just doing her job.
27:09I'm gonna put the chain on in future and then she won't be able to get in.
27:12No, Mum.
27:13Well, I said I'll put the chain on.
27:14You know, she can get through it.
27:16What do you mean?
27:17She brings a fella in, during the night.
27:20And they have sex in my little back bedroom.
27:22Sorry, who...
27:23What?
27:24Veronica.
27:25She doesn't.
27:26Oh, no, she does. I've heard them. What fella?
27:29Well, I don't know.
27:31Mum.
27:32Why would Veronica sneak into your house in the middle of the night to have sex with a fella?
27:35Well, she'd be having a fling.
27:37Mum, she...
27:38She can't go home if they're cheating on the partners, can they?
27:42Think it through.
27:43She's a carer.
27:44She's a professional carer.
27:46She'd lose a job. She wouldn't do that.
27:48Says you.
27:51Nobody can get into your house at night if you lock up properly, Mum.
27:56Well, she can.
27:58Well, have you seen them?
28:00No, I hear them.
28:02Well, so, how do you know it's Veronica?
28:04I recognise her voice.
28:06Have you said anything to her?
28:07No.
28:08She's a big woman.
28:10I thought she turns nasty.
28:12I'm coming round.
28:13When?
28:14Yeah, now.
28:15Oh, OK.
28:16So, what are we doing about these biscuits?
28:19I'll deal with the biscuits.
28:21See you later.
28:22Bye, bye, bye.
28:24Right, come on, shower, whatever.
28:26I need you to be heading down to that bus stop because I've got things to do.
28:33I mean now!
28:35I don't need another shower.
28:38Fucking hell.
28:39Not your shit shampoo.
28:40Cruelty-free shampoo.
28:41And you do need another shower, love.
28:43I've got a bit of business to see to myself, in fact, so no problem.
28:46So grateful.
28:47Thank you so much.
28:48No, the pleasure was all mine.
28:53Oh, Kitty!
28:54Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:56Hi, this is Tom.
29:06Please leave a message.
29:15You can fuck off.
29:18Right, fuck it.
29:26No.
29:27No.
29:29No.
29:31No.
29:32It's just the old pain.
29:33No, no, no.
29:36No.
29:38No.
29:40No.
29:43No, no.
29:45No, no.
29:47No, no, no.
29:49No, no, no.
29:51No, no.
30:22How are you, Miss?
30:31Calvin.
30:32Do you play?
30:33Guitar? No.
30:35Do you?
30:38Calvin, you know this morning when you held open the door for Alia and Jo?
30:42Quarter past eight this morning, heading in through the science block door.
30:46Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:47Did you not see me?
30:49Loaded with books and bags just behind you?
30:51Was you?
30:53Yeah, or did you see me and think, oh, whatever, she can manage?
30:58Or did you just not see me?
31:02There's no wrong answers.
31:04I'm just doing some research.
31:06The last one, obviously, because of course I would have held the door open for a lovely lady like yourself, if I'd seen you.
31:11I was less than ten feet away and closing in.
31:15Probably gazing at Alia's assets.
31:16Of course you were.
31:20Sorry.
31:22Okay.
31:25I'd sell my granny's arse for that, Gibson.
31:28Mmm.
31:28Hello, hello.
31:31You just looking, guys, or?
31:34I was thinking about buying a new keyboard.
31:36Sure.
31:36Do you want to?
31:37This way.
31:39Is it for yourself?
31:41For myself.
31:41Right, so, we've got these models start around the 350 mark.
31:46Very popular with people such as yourself.
31:49I'm in a rock band.
31:50I need something a bit more dangerous than that.
31:53Okay, what kind of...?
31:54I was thinking of a more proper, big, digital doodah.
31:59Oh, nice.
32:00Miss, did you see you're in a band?
32:02Yeah.
32:02What, um, sort of stuff do you play?
32:05Punk-ish.
32:07Mainly, that kind of vibe.
32:09You don't normally get keys and synths in punk bands?
32:11Yeah, well, we're kind of experimental.
32:13Although, Devo, The Screamer's a tiring teenage riot.
32:17Yeah, nice.
32:19Exciting.
32:20What's your band called, miss?
32:24Riot Women.
32:25We sing songs about being middle-aged and menopausal
32:28and more or less invisible.
32:30Wow.
32:30Yeah, and you thought The Clash were angry.
32:44Lost in time, I can't count the words
32:49I said when I thought they went unheard
32:53All of those harsh thoughts, so unkind
32:58Cause I wanted you
33:00And now I sit here, I'm all alone
33:08So here sits a bloody mess
33:11Tears fly, oh-oh-oh-oh
33:13A circle of angels
33:16Deep in war
33:18Cause I wanted you
33:20Weak as I am
33:21Weak as I am
33:25No tears for you
33:27Weak as I am
33:30No tears for you
33:32Deep as I am
33:34I'm no one's fool
33:36Weak as I am
33:41Weak as I am
33:45Weak as I am
33:48Weak as I am
33:52Am I too much for you
33:55Weak as I am
33:57Am I too much for you
34:00Weak as I am
34:02Am I too much for you
34:05Weak as I am
34:07Help!
35:07Hey! I'm calling the police right now!
35:20Oh, my thing!
35:21Did you hear me? I said I'm calling...
35:23No, you know how the fuck is it? It's 9-9-9.
35:25I want my things, you lying, two-faced bastard!
35:27I don't know this.
35:28Yeah, I think I might be interested in your little habit.
35:30Shut the fuck up.
35:31Oh, is she?
35:32Hearing down.
35:33Not just shit from your grubby little shad pad.
35:35Now, you, stay away from my husband, you two-bit whore!
35:39Oh, shit.
35:44An asshole!
35:45We're the fire!
35:50We're the fire!
35:53Fucking disgust me.
35:56Right foot down for Kia.
35:59It's one!
36:05We're the fire!
36:08PHONE RINGS
36:38Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, thanks for calling me back.
36:41I don't know who that was.
36:42Yeah, called you about an hour ago.
36:44Ah, OK. Well, I was just ringing...
36:46Hang on, what are you ringing me for?
36:48Well, I was just wondering about whether you've heard anything
36:51from the adoption services about...
36:53about your birth mother?
36:55Oh, er...
36:56No, I've not heard anything there.
36:59It's been four weeks.
37:01I know, yeah. That's, um...
37:04Well, they're probably as short-stuffed as everybody else, aren't they?
37:07I will let you know, Mum, if I hear anything.
37:10Yeah, yeah, sure. I...
37:12Obviously, I'd like to know.
37:14Yeah, of course.
37:16OK, so... So?
37:18Yes, so, er...
37:20I was ringing you because, um...
37:24You know how we were coming over for Sunday lunch
37:26at the end of next month, on the 27th?
37:29Yeah, for my belated Mother's Day.
37:31Is it possible that we could push it on till the 17th of the month after?
37:34We've been invited to an engagement thing
37:37with Fern's friend Alicia.
37:38So, obviously, it's a big one-off thing in Surrey, so...
37:43And all of our Durham friends will be there as well.
37:46So, if we miss it, we miss it, whereas, erm...
37:49Yeah, I... I'm just...
37:53I'm just going to go now because, erm...
37:54I've literally just got back from work
37:56and I'm still sitting in the car.
37:58Oh, sorry.
38:00No, no.
38:01Well, look, let me know when you get to a minute, won't you?
38:03Yeah, yeah.
38:04I will, I will.
38:06Bye!
38:07Bye, bye, bye, bye.
38:10No.
38:11No, you did well.
38:13That was really bad. You did well.
38:14No.
38:15Oh, no.
38:28Oh...
38:33Oh my god...
38:38I just got your message just now and I was just passing so I left that message you like
38:56two o'clock this afternoon I've been stuck in theatre all day first with a woman who came
39:00in with a cord prolapse then I had a woman with a retained placenta after the cord snap
39:05and then I had a woman with a third-degree tear yeah seriously when I started this job 200 years
39:09ago he delivered one baby at once now I'm racing between three different women in three different
39:13recovery rooms and breeze what's that for oh this ladder arrested a couple of months ago he lent
39:19me his base Jess ran the dude asked me to do this charity thing so tell me about mum so yeah so I
39:26went around to mum's no sign of any break-ins or anybody doing anything they shouldn't be doing
39:30in a back bedroom so I finally got to speak to the doctor and apparently oh just this guy and that
39:46on my gator nap you did it yeah seen a couple of times and yeah he's still living with his wife
39:55home like a hamster collects bus tickets yeah he's all right actually seems quite normal compared to
40:01you know some of the others so yeah anyway apparently this is one of the things that can happen when they
40:07get dementia what is you get people coming having sex in your back bedroom no they get auditory
40:12hallucinations okay yeah look it up nurse I deliver babies I don't know anything about geriatrics
40:20I was slow when she said it I mean she's deaf she couldn't hear if Veronica was having sex with a
40:25giraffe in a back bedroom never mind some fella anyway the point is for her it's real and she's
40:35frightened and I know you don't want to think about it but I'm wondering if it's time she came to live
40:46with one of us because she's not coping properly anymore Yvonne
40:55do you want to be in a rock band
41:04and you're busy the world's their oyster I understand it would just be nice once in a while
41:20not to always be the one being shuffled off onto the back burner again and I know it's silly but
41:26my worry he might not tell me even if his birth mother did get in touch with him
41:30well why wouldn't he I don't know to protect my feelings I can imagine him saying I just
41:37what
41:39I worry she'd be such a novelty and he'd be so taken up with her that
41:46she might be a novelty for five minutes why shouldn't he have a relationship with her if
41:55that's what he wants I just sometimes feel that they've all had the best of me for years
42:03and now that I've got nothing left to give I'm dispensable
42:06boring and dispensable
42:09no you're not oh god look and whoever the hell she is she's not going to replace you Beth
42:14sorry going on hey I've got a secret you have have you just the one
42:24okay I bought a subscription to these online drumming lessons about 67 months ago and they're
42:33really good right it's all pre-recorded so you know you don't have to talk to anyone or anything
42:37and I play with these like dampener pads on the head so no one can actually hear me in the garage
42:44so you can already play yeah well badly yeah so when they mentioned the tank contest I thought this
42:50is it this is me chance to come out the closet I can be as bad as I like and everyone will actually
42:55think I've done quite well considering I've only been at it a few short weeks let's have a look
42:59why is that a secret can't exactly practice in the house can I and some area think the aliens
43:20had landed you should though it's not nice it's all the smart-arse comments I get from bloody Chloe
43:26whenever trying to anything a bit different she's so rude about Jerry honestly bless him I mean I
43:31know he's a bit bloody ordinary but so am I Chloe tell her to fuck off I know I do now and then it
43:40doesn't make any difference you're not ordinary by the way steady far from it I am a bit weird but
43:48I remembered something today I was in a music shop in Leeds and it all came back years ago I bought
43:54an electric guitar I was in sixth form I think you must have just dropped out I had a Saturday job
44:00and I saved 120 quid and I bought an electric guitar and a little lamp and I had completely forgotten
44:07I'd done that so you can play oh no no no no I didn't persevere I don't even remember what
44:14happened to it must have sold it could never fathom the manual beyond the basics and it never
44:19occurred to me to get lessons but I had that desire and so did you didn't you way back then why do you
44:27think we never talked about it we listened to enough music yeah it'd have been all right if we were lads
44:31if we'd have been lads it'd have been cool Jess I bought a keyboard this afternoon a serious keyboard
44:38seriously oh my god was it expensive I thought fuck it why not I've been so low lately with a
44:48moment Martin decided to bugger off for some reason that's never been clear to me and Tom and work but
44:55this this really fired my imagination this really made me think yes for the first time in longer than
45:01I care to remember a buzz of something not unlike actual joy can I say something yeah I'm not sure
45:12about Waterloo oh we don't have to do Waterloo I think we could do something much angrier something
45:18more about us women like us who are where they are in the world and then suddenly all this nonsense
45:23happens but they never even saw coming yeah difficult parents I can see Mary midlife crisis
45:29husbands and your child still doing your head in still and then the menopause oh oh okay menopause
45:34tearful every tiny stupid thing the anxiety the brain fog in the middle of a lot you become
45:42invisible even to yourself you're right even when you're screaming and shouting you're invisible I
45:47know how does that happen I don't know just what you thought you've got traction in the world just
45:52when you finally think I've got it sorted I know so I think whatever we do we should do it with
46:00attitude we can do whatever we want
46:01Miranda Miranda where have you gone mum there's a couple of ladies asking after you at the bar
46:08right okay come on oh hi Beth Chloe you look don't wait up another new fella god knows
46:30thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you yes yes we're the singers I'm Nisha
46:45yeah this is my sister this is Beth Beth playing piano keyboards um and these are friends of Holly's
46:55Holly's playing bass you've not met Holly yet so yeah you work with Holly I do yeah Cam's a hairdresser
47:00hi and we're both tone deaf so we're gonna nail it oh yeah we do out for a laugh you're tone deaf
47:04waterloo couldn't escape if I wanted to waterloo well my baby's to be with you I had a thought
47:12about that actually in fact what I was wondering was instead of doing waterloo we could sing
47:16something else yeah like what well um for instance I was thinking of it she is the newly retired lady
47:21of leisure Holly Gaskill get out the champagne Miranda no no no no no oh yes yes yes come on 30
47:29years it's the end of an era you can't retire from the force without a glass of champagne we've got it
47:34already not for me I'm gassing tommy and I brought Yvonne my sister she did guitar years ago when we
47:39were young so hello hello hi Beth Holly Yvonne so what's the plan exactly need to know what nights
47:46you're rehearsing how long for because I've got a lot of other commitments also when is this event
47:51um and have you got someone who can actually sing because that's the key to something like this
47:55they don't want someone to come and sing they want someone who's shit well hang on we don't want
47:59someone who's shit we just don't mind if they aren't perfect I thought it was a lack of talent
48:03contest like a talent contest she said no that was a joke it's it's a it's a talent contest but
48:08it's local so it'll all probably be a bit you know that's what that meant and we're performing
48:13what oh let's get it on the karaoke can we turn the karaoke no no no no it's board games not this
48:18little panic and clear off if you think it's karaoke night we're not rehearsing we're not
48:22having a boogie no no we're just discussing yeah I can I suggest champagne champagne oh can
48:28I just suggest that we don't get too hung up on waterloo what I was wondering was whether we
48:32shouldn't cover something a bit edgier I like waterloo oh it's a good pop song but if you're
48:38talking about being in a rock band then surely you want to be doing something a bit more more um yeah
48:43I mean wouldn't it be kind of cool if we if we could do well well what is the ultimate rock and
48:51roll song pass smoke on the water Layla back in black all night long age of 17 it smells like teen
49:02armpits I'm talking about satisfaction can you imagine satisfaction sung by women women of a
49:10certain age well most of us isn't that interesting yeah I'd do anything here as long as I know which
49:17um strings to twang pluck pick pickle think it through the words it's all wrong we can't sing that
49:25why not we're women well so what it's funny because we're women is it oh well poignant then like we're
49:34still up for it I think it's funny and poignant but not nearly as funny as a bunch of eight-year-old
49:40bloke singing it but you don't it's stupid it's not stupid it's it's challenging it's a suggestion
49:49look if we don't want to do waterloo why don't we do well ring ring honey honey money money money
49:56oh give me give me give me yeah that's still kind of missing the point I was trying to make about edgier
50:01but um is it meant to be edgy though is it not just meant to be a laugh sure I'm just suggesting
50:06that we can be edgy if we choose to be let's just stick with waterloo for god's sake I need to know
50:11dates I need to know what nights you're rehearsing where how long for and the date of the actual thing
50:15yeah let's not try and actually enjoy ourselvesy what by being angry Yvonne just actually pin things
50:22down be clear about dates it's her way of enjoying herself sure well I've got things I could be doing
50:28myself this evening I just don't think we should be doing waterloo just because it's the first thing
50:31that Jess thought of which she admits might not be the right thing yeah yes yeah absolutely champagne
50:37no I'm driving oh okay so look I think the the date the PTA are working towards is the 17th of next
50:44moment why is she wait why are you even here Yvonne is it if all you care about is how much this is
50:49going to inconvenience you because I don't like letting people down at a later date if I haven't
50:53established all the facts in the first place thought that was a bit of a no-brainer so can I
51:01just say congratulations to Holly uh-huh no 30 years of public service come on
51:09cheers sweetheart it's amazing amazing thanks not all good at all fine whatever let's sing a song
51:15that makes us all look like lesbians I don't mind looking like a lesbian I don't mind looking like a
51:20lesbian she is a lesbian actually right okay tell you what yes you feel me when you have decided what
51:29we're doing because I've got a pile of marking that I need to be doing so I'll see you later
51:59people
52:03you
52:05you
52:10I
52:12I
52:14I
52:15I
52:16I
52:18I
52:20I
52:22I
52:22I
52:24I
52:24I
52:26But I miss all of you, they can't, they won't, they can never want it again.
52:34They can't, they won't, they can never want it again.
52:40Oh, take everything, take everything I want you to.
52:45No, take everything, take everything I want you to.
52:52And the sky was all fine
52:57I want to get more violent, more violent
53:03And I'm one with no soul
53:09One above and one below
53:13My last day
53:18My last day
53:22Mine is forever
53:27My last day
53:32Mine is forever
53:34When they get what they want
53:37And they never want it again
53:40They get what they want
53:43And they never want it again
53:46Go on, take her in it, take her in it
53:50I want you tomorrow
53:52Take everything, take everything
53:55How dare you to
53:57Don't throw my start
53:59Just how this would end
54:02When I get what I want
54:04And I never want it again
54:08I want you to
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