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Coronation Street - Season 66 Episode 143 -
Monday, 8th December 2025
Monday, 8th December 2025
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00:00Music
00:29Morning, Hanson. Good morning, Gorgeous.
00:45What's your, Roy? Good morning, Glenda.
00:59Morning, Glenda. Morning, love.
01:02Just switch your feet to the sunny side of the street.
01:09Hiya, love. Hiya.
01:11I think up a bit more at the left.
01:14Which left? My left.
01:16But we're both pointing in the same direction.
01:19We're starting the celebrations early.
01:21We're under orders for the birthday girl.
01:23Come on, love. You need your hand.
01:26One, two, and three. Off you go.
01:29Yes.
01:30Now, tonight, it's just drinks and nibbles.
01:33I don't like a fuss.
01:35Sixty-five, eh?
01:37Hey, you're nothing but a newborn, babe.
01:40Oh, get away with you.
01:42Listen, I don't tell you the number of times
01:45I've celebrated somewhat or other in the Rovers down the year.
01:50I'll be there. Great.
01:52I'll be more than happy to raise a glass with you.
01:54Fantastic. You know, it just isn't a proper party
01:58unless there are a few fine-looking fellas.
02:01I'll see you later.
02:03You will. Be careful.
02:05Now, you'll be coming to my party later, won't you?
02:09Just drinks and nibbles. I don't like a fuss.
02:12I'm always up for a party, me.
02:14I'd be delighted, Maggie. Thank you.
02:16Ken, do you want me to fetch my grandson to help with this tree?
02:19Oh, yeah, that'd be great. That's...
02:21No, no, no. We're fine. We're fine.
02:22Oh, it's all right for you to say. You're not doing out.
02:25I'm the patriarch of the family. I shouldn't have to.
02:27Exactly, Ken. Why have a dog and bark yourself?
02:32I'll see you all later. Can't stop. I've got a hair appointment.
02:37Bye-bye.
02:38Bye-bye.
02:39Did she just call me a dog?
02:41Oh, my God.
02:46Hey, 50 girl. Ready when you are?
02:48Whee!
02:59Oh, we just put the Christmas decorations up.
03:01Customers won't be able to find the bar through this lot.
03:03Yeah, I'll be there in an hour. Cheers.
03:05Oh, no, you don't. You're not going anywhere.
03:07It was your idea to decorate for your mum's birthday party tonight.
03:11But Ollie can handle that.
03:13Oh, yeah, nothing better for heartbreak than rummaging through
03:15a filthy box of rubbish.
03:17Your mother, your idea, your responsibility.
03:20It'll be fine, night of my life.
03:22I need to pick up the flowers and meet a man got a deal.
03:24Oh, Tracy won't like that.
03:25Well, I couldn't give two oots what Tracy does and doesn't like.
03:28I'm not having this one, propping up a bar while we do all the work.
03:31I'm not scathing. I swear I've got a million things to do.
03:33Well, me and Sean can handle lunch.
03:35Oh, thank you, Glenda.
03:37Now, listen, what would you say to a nice leisurely lunch?
03:41I would say, oh, hi, nice leisurely lunch.
03:44Great. Can you take my ma out?
03:46I beg your pardon?
03:47After she gets her hair done.
03:48Please, I don't want her to see this place until it's done up.
03:50Or worse, directing me from a bar store.
03:53Well, they've spelt anniversary wrong on this one.
03:55Just take her somewhere local. Nice girly lunch, yeah?
03:58Nice girly lunch, me and your mum?
04:00What are we, sex in the city?
04:02I'm going to kill him.
04:04You've done a lovely job there, Maria.
04:07Aw, well, I'm very pleased that you like it.
04:10So convenient to have a salon right across the street.
04:13Eva said this place would soon feel like home.
04:16I'm surprised she came back here at all, to be honest.
04:19How do you mean?
04:21Oh, just ignore me. I'm not one for gossiping.
04:24Since when?
04:26And what is a hairdresser's for but gossip?
04:29Maggie, I am like a priest, me.
04:31Whatever I hear under them dryers goes to me grave.
04:33Ha-ha, I need to believe that.
04:36I meant to say...
04:39Sorry about having words while the lads were fighting.
04:43It's just...
04:45You know...
04:46I'm not one to bear a grudge, so...
04:49We'll say no more about it.
04:50OK?
04:51That's fine by me.
04:52And look, I'm sorry too.
04:53I shouldn't have kicked off like that.
04:55Boys will be boys, eh?
04:57Don't I well know it, with two of me own
04:59and now two grandsons to boot.
05:03Do you know what I'm going to do?
05:04I'm going to go and get you them conditioners I was on about.
05:06Think of it as a birthday present.
05:13What exactly is the beef between Maria and Eva?
05:20I know I am a wee bit psychic
05:22but you don't have to be to get the sense
05:24that there's bad blood between the two of them.
05:27I really shouldn't say.
05:28Oh, come on.
05:30It is my birthday after all.
05:34OK, so Maria and Aidan used to have a bit of a thing.
05:38They never.
05:39While he was with Eva.
05:41I've already said too much.
05:43There you go.
05:44Don't tell the boss.
05:45Oh, you're so kind.
05:47Why don't the two of you come to my birthday due tonight at the Rovers?
05:50It should be great, crack.
05:52Oh, I love a good crack me.
05:53Yeah, we will.
05:54Thanks.
05:55That's dead kind, that.
05:57Bethany, can you start Maggie's payment out?
05:59I just want to tidy the back room.
06:00Yes.
06:01I'll see you later.
06:02See you later.
06:04There you go.
06:05Hiya.
06:06Everything all right over the road?
06:07Yeah, fine.
06:08No, Maria.
06:09What's she doing?
06:10Waxing her tash in the back.
06:11Listen, I thought I'd take you for lunch.
06:12Lunch?
06:13Do you hear this one?
06:14Where I come from, we call it dinner.
06:15All right.
06:16Well, something you would eat in the middle of the day.
06:17I'd hate to confuse you.
06:18Not that it takes much.
06:19Well, I never say no to a free meal.
06:20I'll see you later, sweetheart.
06:21Bye, babe.
06:22See you later.
06:23Bye.
06:24Bye.
06:25Oh, lovely woman.
06:26So this is my posh lunch, is it?
06:39Well, you keep telling us you don't want to fuss.
06:42Well, mission accomplished.
06:45Oh, lovely.
06:47So this is my posh lunch, is it?
06:50Well, you keep telling us you don't want to fuss.
06:52Well, mission accomplished.
06:54Oh, look, they do egg and chips.
06:58There's posh for you.
07:00We'll be eating in.
07:01Yeah, please, Roy.
07:03Well, take a seat anywhere, please.
07:05Oh, and a happy birthday, Maggie.
07:07Thank you, Roy.
07:09I wanted to come here for my birthday dinner
07:11because I can't be doing with those fancy restaurants
07:13with the big plates and the tiny bit of food on them
07:16that Eva likes.
07:17Now, will you be coming to my party later?
07:20I will, and I very much appreciate being asked.
07:24Yes, I'll pop to the shoulder as well.
07:27Yeah, good.
07:28Aye, aye.
07:29Showing your mother-in-law local highlights, are you?
07:31I'm being brought out for my birthday.
07:33Aren't I lucky?
07:35How are you settling in?
07:36Really good, thanks, yeah.
07:38Ben's happy.
07:39Mind you, you stand him up somewhere with a pint in his hand
07:41and he's happy anywhere, so...
07:42Don't exaggerate, now.
07:44It's really good to have you back.
07:54See, now, this must be the husband.
08:00I wonder how he died.
08:03Well, I don't know that.
08:04I suppose it wouldn't be in very good taste
08:05to ask her on her birthday.
08:06Yeah, probably not.
08:08We are making a meal of it, though, aren't we?
08:10Well, if you can't go mad on your birthday, Glenda,
08:12when can you go mad?
08:13Hmm, Frenchy.
08:14What do you think of her?
08:15Who?
08:16Maggie.
08:17Oh, oh, I do, yes.
08:18She's like a young Maureen O'Hara.
08:20Could you be any more camper?
08:21Possibly, if I tried.
08:28Hey, just finished school?
08:29Nope.
08:30I'm still there.
08:31This is a hologram.
08:33Ask a stupid question, I suppose.
08:36I won't be a second.
08:37I just need to sort out his training.
08:38Yeah, just knit to the loo.
08:41Will you wind your neck in?
08:43Will you stop flaying with him?
08:45Just stop giving him, and me,
08:47dirty looks every time you set eyes on us.
08:49It's not that easy.
08:50Just fix your face before someone clucks something.
08:54Great, you're back.
08:55Get in here, we're doing presents.
09:01Hey, get your cards and prezzies
09:03ready for inspection by her highness.
09:05I don't have time to get her anything.
09:06Get right in.
09:07And the present I got is from both of us.
09:09Oh, cheers, bro.
09:13Oh, wow.
09:14You look amazing, Eva.
09:16What?
09:17And what am I?
09:18Chopped liver?
09:19You look incredible, ma.
09:21Like a young, er...
09:23Raquel Welch.
09:25It's so unfair that I've got to miss this party.
09:28Oh, papa, there'll be loads more.
09:30Yeah, when you're 25,
09:32you can do whatever you want, love.
09:33Er, no, you're 15.
09:36Oh, the half a glass on my birthday
09:38isn't going to kill him,
09:40seeing as he's a drinker these days.
09:42I'm surprised Uncle Finley isn't here for this.
09:44Well, he's living that big Florida life of his
09:48with his teenage girlfriend.
09:50She's 32.
09:52Anyway, let's not dwell on those who aren't here.
09:57Let's concentrate on those who are.
09:59Although your father would have loved this,
10:02may he rest in peace.
10:03At least until you get there.
10:05Ha!
10:05Ha, ha.
10:07Cheers.
10:08Cheers, ma'am.
10:08Cheers.
10:09Will, you don't downate.
10:13Will you ever stop having to go
10:15for every tiny thing?
10:18Leave it, Ben.
10:19He's got a lot of your dad in him.
10:22He could be a hothead too, you know.
10:24It's not even real.
10:43You found a bottle in the park.
10:45I met rosewater, like he showed me,
10:47with paddles from the garden.
10:49I bet it smells rank.
10:51It has the best smell of all, love.
10:53Thank you, sweetheart.
10:55Shall we tuck in?
10:56The boys are up with us.
10:58Oh, bless you all.
11:00The three men in my life.
11:02Aren't I a lucky woman?
11:07Right, just before we do,
11:08you know I hate all this fuss on my birthday.
11:11So, I got you boys something too.
11:15It's one of them new game things.
11:18Oh, my God.
11:19Hey, watch your language.
11:20And it's to share.
11:22I'm not made of money.
11:24Can we play it now?
11:25You eat your breakfast first.
11:27At least let us try it out.
11:29Please.
11:30Five minutes, then back to the table, all right?
11:32You're the best mum in the world.
11:34Oh, stop.
11:35Go on with cheese.
11:39Where'd you get the money for that?
11:41Discount Dave down the pub.
11:43Did you see their little faces?
11:46Yeah, and I can imagine the carnage
11:47in about three minutes' time
11:48in one chair of the other.
11:50Why did you never mention this to me?
11:52And when was I supposed to do that?
11:54When you were down the rugby club with your pals?
11:57Or glued to the TV watching a match?
11:59We need to discuss this stuff, Maggie.
12:02You're ruining them.
12:03Do not tell me how to raise my boys.
12:06Everybody's waiting.
12:21I'll be right there.
12:33It's showtime.
12:36I'm not one to bear a grudge.
12:55Everyone is welcome tonight.
12:57So, how are you finding it round here, then, Maggie?
12:59Grand, thank you.
13:00The thing I can't get used to is all the pigeons.
13:03I do not have pigeons in it all.
13:05No, the seagulls ate them all.
13:08Most of them are drones.
13:10Eh?
13:10They're mixed with the real pigeons
13:11are spying us from China.
13:13What?
13:13Chinese pigeon drones?
13:15I read about it.
13:16In the Beano?
13:17Online.
13:19Well, think about it.
13:20Have you ever seen a baby pigeon?
13:22How does that daft lad
13:24even dress himself in the mornings?
13:26We've often wondered.
13:28Stick around, there'll be bubbles later.
13:31Unless you have other plans.
13:32I'll let you know when I do.
13:34Buffet coming through.
13:36Oh, what we having?
13:36Oh, you keep your hands to yourself
13:38until the clean filling comes after me, girl.
13:40Is that supposed to be me, Benjamin Driscoll?
13:42There you are, ladies.
13:43I need a pint.
13:44Yeah, you read my mane.
13:45Well, she seems to be going down well
13:48with the Pontus.
13:49Oh, are you?
13:50She's all sweetness and light in public.
13:52An absolute countenny in private.
13:55Right, you wouldn't be the first woman
13:56at odds with the mother-in-law.
13:58Well, the thing is,
13:59if I wasn't with her precious Ben,
14:00I actually think we'd get on great.
14:03Just do like every other woman's done
14:05with her mother-in-law since she adored.
14:07What's that?
14:08Put on a smile,
14:09agree with everything she says,
14:11then complain to anyone that'll listen.
14:13So, er,
14:25is it a private party
14:26or can anyone join?
14:33How'd you get them?
14:35You know, I live in a pub.
14:39Oh, yeah, fair point.
14:41Talking about pubs,
14:42I start a shift in 15 minutes,
14:43so why don't you get yourself cleaned up,
14:45get some coffee down on you
14:45before you bring your dad seizure?
14:47Does that sober you up?
14:50Never worked for me, like,
14:51but it's what they do in the movies, innit?
14:54Come on, then.
14:57You're going the wrong way.
14:59Get your bag, Will.
15:02That's it.
15:02Come on.
15:03Off you go.
15:03Well, long ago,
15:13women would have been well retired at 65.
15:16Well, you're still working well into your 90s.
15:19Thanks for the reminder.
15:21In fact,
15:22I think I'm the only retiree here.
15:25Oh, yeah?
15:25Yeah, um,
15:27have you got any words of wisdom, Ken,
15:29for those of us approaching it?
15:31Don't get old.
15:33Can I get a tray, please?
15:34You don't need a tray, Brian.
15:37Not when I have a big lump of the sun
15:39drinking my barrels dry here.
15:40Oh!
15:41Now,
15:42help the gentleman, please, Benjamin.
15:44Ah,
15:48Deirdre had a friend
15:50who sold her house
15:51and bought her cabin on the cruise ship.
15:54How do you mean?
15:55Bought?
15:56I've read about this.
15:58They sell cabins,
15:59light flats.
16:00Oh.
16:00Perpetual travel
16:02for the rest of one's days.
16:04It has a certain romantic appeal.
16:06Not to mention state-of-the-art medical care,
16:09free food,
16:09free booze,
16:10and nightly entertainment.
16:11Oh.
16:12What do you reckon, Ken?
16:14Cell number one
16:16and
16:16sail the Mediterranean
16:18for the rest of your life.
16:20How does it feel?
16:21Well,
16:21I'm working on a counter-argument
16:23and failing.
16:25Well,
16:26if you do decide to sell next door,
16:27let me know.
16:28I'll knock through
16:28and put on a pool table.
16:32Hey,
16:33jeans,
16:33he, please.
16:34Oh,
16:34make that two.
16:36What are you doing here?
16:37I invited her.
16:39Did you not hear the girl?
16:40Gin and tonics, Eva.
16:42Chop,
16:42chop.
16:50Everyone just treats me like a kid.
16:53Yeah.
16:56Do you know who always says that?
16:58Hmm.
16:59Kids.
17:01Connie.
17:04Look,
17:05Will,
17:05I know how hard it is
17:07uprooting your life.
17:08I get it.
17:09I've been there myself.
17:12But, you know,
17:13like me,
17:14you'll
17:14find your feet with it all.
17:17You'll settle in,
17:18you'll meet new friends
17:19and
17:20you'll meet a good girl.
17:23Hey,
17:24come on.
17:25You're a dead nice lad.
17:26Whoa,
17:30what in God's name
17:31is going on here?
17:33Well,
17:34it's a thing.
17:34He was really,
17:35really drunk
17:35and I was just trying
17:36to sober him up.
17:37Oh,
17:37I saw what you were
17:38trying to do.
17:38Just,
17:39just chill on.
17:41It's my birthday.
17:43You stop making
17:44a show of yourself.
17:45Get out in that bar
17:46and sober up.
17:48Sober up in the bar.
17:49Don't get smart
17:49with me,
17:50boy.
17:50Go.
17:56Don't blame him.
17:57I don't.
17:58I blame you.
18:01Me?
18:02Hang on a minute.
18:03He was drinking
18:04in the guinol.
18:04I was trying to help him.
18:05If you want to hang
18:06on to your job,
18:08you'll keep your mouth shut
18:09and stay well away
18:10from my grandson.
18:12Do you hear me?
18:20Will,
18:31why didn't you come
18:31and help me
18:32take the clean film
18:32off the food?
18:33You sure I won't
18:34mess up again?
18:35It's not that hard.
18:41Boy,
18:41do I love working
18:42with teenagers.
18:44Tell me about him.
18:46Oh,
18:46here they are,
18:47the life and souls.
18:49Now we can really
18:49start the party.
18:51I'll see you too.
18:52Tonight is not
18:53about you,
18:54Leanne.
18:55Toya,
18:56don't you look lovely?
18:58Oh,
18:58thanks,
18:59Maggie.
18:59You really light
19:00up a room.
19:01When you walk
19:02out of it.
19:04Hey,
19:04I thought you two
19:04had made up.
19:05This is us made up.
19:06It's the Battersby Way,
19:07isn't it?
19:10Hey,
19:11what have I missed?
19:12Oh,
19:12come on,
19:13love,
19:13sit down.
19:14Your father's
19:15gone mad.
19:16He's sole number
19:16one to the new
19:18landlord who wants
19:19it so that he
19:20can knock through
19:20to put a pool
19:22table in it.
19:23What?
19:25Two more G&Ts,
19:27please,
19:27Eva.
19:29Lauren,
19:29could you serve
19:30this customer
19:31for me,
19:31please?
19:32Oh,
19:33fine.
19:35Lovely customer
19:35service.
19:37Well,
19:37if you don't like it,
19:38you know what you can do.
19:39Oh,
19:40well,
19:40you just let it go.
19:42You've got Ben now
19:42and I'm married.
19:44Do you still dabble
19:45in home wrecking
19:46or...
19:46I don't know
19:48what you're laughing
19:49at with your
19:49colourful history.
19:50Er,
19:51no,
19:51don't talk to her
19:52like that.
19:52Get out.
19:53You're bad.
19:54Oh,
19:54what for?
19:55For sleeping
19:55with your boyfriend
19:56150 years ago?
19:58What's going on?
19:59She just said
19:59I'm bad.
20:00Eva,
20:01what has got
20:01into you?
20:02She is my guest.
20:04Ben,
20:05I don't want her
20:05in.
20:05And as landlady,
20:06it is my prerogative,
20:07so...
20:07Tonight is my birthday
20:10and I am the
20:11co-owner.
20:12You wouldn't have
20:13got near this place
20:13without my money.
20:15She stays.
20:17Thank you,
20:17Maggie.
20:18We spoke about this,
20:19babe.
20:20You know,
20:20this is a fresh start.
20:22You shouldn't go up
20:22resurrecting old grudges
20:24from years ago.
20:25So you're going to
20:25agree with your mum?
20:26What?
20:27Again.
20:27All right,
20:28fine.
20:35You could have
20:36encouraged him.
20:37Don't go lecturing me.
20:38There's plenty I could say.
20:40They lost the game.
20:41It's not the end of the world.
20:42We need to teach them
20:43about life.
20:44About winning.
20:45Or do you want to leave it
20:46to those imbecile teachers
20:47at his school?
20:48I'd rather them
20:49than you.
20:50Filling his head
20:51with unrealistic rubbish!
20:53No.
20:56Dad!
20:57What are you doing?
21:01Is this because
21:02we lost the match?
21:04You know how seriously
21:05your father
21:06takes his rugby, son?
21:08It's a bit too much
21:09sometimes.
21:10I'll do better.
21:13So,
21:14I know you will,
21:16son.
21:26Thank you all
21:27for coming
21:28and for making
21:29my family so welcome.
21:30I know it hasn't
21:32been long
21:33but I feel certain
21:35we made the right
21:36decision moving
21:37to this street
21:38and this wonderful
21:39community full
21:41of close,
21:42loving families.
21:43So,
21:45let's fill
21:45our bellies
21:46and our glasses
21:47and celebrate
21:4865 years
21:51and still going strong.
21:52goodnight, Ken.
22:13goodnight.
22:17Happy?
22:18Happy?
22:19Yes,
22:19I am.
22:21Do you know
22:21I'm saving the story
22:22about the time
22:23I bumped off school
22:24with my mates
22:24and went to the pictures
22:25and you were outside
22:26the exit waiting for me?
22:26I needed eyes
22:28in the back
22:28of me head
22:29with you two
22:29especially after
22:31Dad?
22:32I suppose
22:35there's times
22:35like this
22:36doing family stuff
22:37I'm missing the most.
22:39Me too.
22:40He'd have been
22:41dead proud of the way
22:42you stepped up though.
22:43I know that.
22:45Come here
22:46and give your old mum
22:47a big hug.
22:5460
22:54flaming
22:55five.
22:56Much better
22:57than the alternative.
22:58Am I the only one
22:59working here?
23:00Alright.
23:02She has done that
23:08to wind me up.
23:09Oh,
23:09don't let it get to you.
23:10She doesn't even know Maria.
23:11Why is she acting
23:12like their best friends
23:13all of a sudden?
23:14She hates me.
23:16Maria or Maggie?
23:17Both.
23:17Oh look,
23:18I've already told you
23:19mother-in-laws
23:20never think that
23:20anybody's good enough
23:21for the precious little boys.
23:22You've been talking
23:23to Glenda?
23:24Trust me,
23:25she is not
23:25a normal mother-in-law.
23:26She is deranged.
23:28This one time,
23:29right,
23:29I'd bought Ben
23:29a cashmere jumper
23:30beautiful,
23:31well it was a
23:32cashmere
23:32mix,
23:32but anyway,
23:33you loved it.
23:34What did she go and do?
23:36Accidentally
23:36put it on a hot wash.
23:38When that jumper
23:39came out,
23:39Susie'd have been
23:40hard-pushed
23:40to fit in that.
23:41Well,
23:42it could have been
23:42a genuine mistake.
23:43Oh please,
23:44whose side are you on?
23:46It's bad enough
23:46that Ben thinks
23:47the sun shines
23:47out of a hacienda.
23:49It is like living
23:50with the Sopranos.
23:51And manipulate.
23:53Don't get me started
23:54on how much
23:54that woman manipulates him.
23:56And he's all like,
23:57oh yes mum,
23:58great mum,
23:58three bags pig in full mum.
24:00Before you ask,
24:04Leon,
24:05castration was
24:06pretty painless.
24:0965 though,
24:11I mean 50s,
24:11you can still have it.
24:13Matt Damon,
24:14he's hot.
24:15Jamie Fox,
24:16he is hot.
24:17Three more years
24:18and I'll be the
24:18ripe old age,
24:19my son.
24:20Are you going to
24:20hate him or shall I?
24:22What?
24:23George Clooney,
24:24he's hot.
24:25Yeah.
24:27Where did my dad go?
24:28Oh,
24:29he's gone home.
24:29He was feeling a little...
24:30He was upset.
24:32By what?
24:32By you.
24:34Kicking off
24:34when you thought
24:35he'd blown your inheritance.
24:37Which he was never
24:37going to do anyway.
24:38I think the landlord
24:39might have trouble
24:40getting a change
24:41of use permission anyway.
24:43Fair point.
24:44Yes,
24:44but it's not the point
24:45I want to make.
24:47It's like this,
24:48Tracy.
24:49As you get older,
24:51you cherish
24:51your relationships
24:52more and more.
24:54Especially the ones
24:55that are close to us.
24:57I miss Jenny
24:58every day.
25:00Same for me
25:00with Julie.
25:02Hayley.
25:03And I miss Gran.
25:05Believe me,
25:06money
25:06means nothing
25:08compared
25:09to spending time
25:10with a loved one.
25:12And on that point,
25:14I'm off to my bed.
25:15Or
25:16time.
25:18Don't take it
25:19for granted.
25:21Right,
25:22Rita,
25:22I'll walk you.
25:23Come on, you.
25:23We're going this way.
25:25Good night.
25:27So anything else
25:28you want to get
25:28off your chest?
25:29Right,
25:29I'd better get back
25:30to work.
25:30See you.
25:34Look,
25:35I know you're
25:35going to defend her.
25:36It's fine.
25:37I get it.
25:38But babe,
25:39she has turned you
25:40into a right mummy's boy.
25:42And it's not just you,
25:43it's Will and Ollie and all.
25:44Cheers.
25:45Oh, come on.
25:46You can't be acting
25:47all hurt now.
25:47You love it.
25:49That woman
25:49worships you.
25:51And meanwhile,
25:52I feel like
25:53it's a life's mission
25:54to make me feel
25:54as much use
25:55as a cardboard
25:56chip pan.
25:57Babe,
25:58you've got to remember,
25:58things weren't easy
25:59after my dad ate.
26:01It was just the three of us.
26:03She had to take care
26:04of everything.
26:05I'm sorry, babe,
26:05you can't keep
26:06using that excuse.
26:07I was raised
26:08by a single mum too,
26:09you know.
26:10Look,
26:10what do you want?
26:12I,
26:12I would just like it
26:14if you would occasionally
26:16take my side,
26:17please.
26:18Can she be difficult?
26:19Yes.
26:20But she can also
26:22be really generous.
26:24And if it wasn't
26:24for her chipping in
26:25big time,
26:25we wouldn't have been
26:26able to get this place.
26:29I'm going to go
26:29and grab some plates.
26:30And with our Ben,
26:37it was all sport,
26:38sport,
26:39sport,
26:39morning,
26:40noon and night.
26:41Rugby,
26:42I take it.
26:42Yes.
26:43Captain in primary,
26:45house captain in secondary,
26:48then school captain
26:49and captain of the county team.
26:51Your other son?
26:52Finlay.
26:53Oh,
26:54could charm the birds
26:55out of the trees,
26:56that fella.
26:57Well,
26:57you're very fortunate
26:58to have such a
26:59a loving family.
27:00I am.
27:01Although,
27:02you wouldn't think it
27:03to hear us kicking off.
27:04I suspect Audrey
27:06and Ken may empathise,
27:08but then that's
27:09a whole part of life's
27:10reached tapestry
27:10full of surprises.
27:12Oh,
27:12I'm not so keen on those.
27:14I prefer to read
27:15the cards.
27:17All right,
27:18let's have a look at you.
27:19Right,
27:19you two.
27:20No sloping off
27:21like your mates.
27:23The night is young,
27:24even if I'm not.
27:26Well?
27:28Well,
27:29I just wanted
27:29to let you know
27:30that it wasn't me
27:30coming on to Will before.
27:32Look,
27:32I'm not having a go,
27:33but he's just a kid.
27:35So you're saying
27:36that Will
27:36came on to you?
27:38Well,
27:38yeah,
27:39obviously.
27:41Look,
27:42Drew Bittall,
27:43I don't want you
27:44to think bad of me.
27:44I absolutely love
27:45working here.
27:46Oh,
27:46for pity's sake,
27:47he'll be crying next.
27:48Just stop it.
27:50It's okay.
27:51We're sorted.
27:52You mentioned cards.
27:58It's not tarot,
27:59though,
27:59is it?
27:59Because that is
28:00dead scaring.
28:01Oh,
28:01I'll have nothing
28:01to do with that
28:02hanged man stuff.
28:03Well,
28:04like most forms
28:06of fortune telling,
28:08it relies on belief
28:10and,
28:11well,
28:12selective memory
28:13and a willingness
28:15to augment
28:16predictions
28:18that have
28:19a certain base
28:20in fact
28:21and ignore the rest.
28:23Well,
28:26all I know
28:27is
28:27I did predict
28:29my friend
28:30Jeannie's divorce,
28:32my cousin
28:33losing his business
28:34and me auntie
28:36Nuala
28:36meeting a fair-haired
28:38man.
28:38And she hadn't
28:39had any man
28:40at all
28:40since before
28:41decimalisation.
28:42What's decimalisation?
28:44What's all this?
28:45Oh,
28:46Maggie's claiming
28:47to predict
28:48the future
28:48of the pack of cards.
28:49Why do I think
28:50that your tongue
28:51is firmly stuck
28:52in your cheek?
28:54You two are barred.
28:57Just that you know,
28:58I'm a believer.
29:01In what?
29:02In the future.
29:03You know,
29:03in a higher plane,
29:05healing,
29:06namaste.
29:07Right.
29:08Well,
29:09the next time
29:09we bunions
29:10are playing up.
29:12Well,
29:13I thought you'd
29:13gone to China
29:14to make those yourself.
29:15Now,
29:16they were in your cauldron.
29:18Ooh,
29:19party tricks.
29:20It's no trick.
29:22She could predict
29:22your future.
29:23Yes,
29:24please.
29:25I thought you
29:25might have told
29:25that,
29:26councilman.
29:27Right.
29:28The four suits.
29:30Hearts,
29:31diamonds,
29:31spades,
29:32clubs,
29:33representing
29:34water,
29:35fire,
29:36earth,
29:36and air.
29:39Pick two cards
29:40and place them
29:41face down.
29:41What would you like
29:49to know?
29:50Um,
29:51what does
29:52the future hold?
29:53Oh,
29:54classic.
29:55Yeah.
29:57Oh,
29:57it seems you
30:00will be having
30:01an unexpected
30:02visit.
30:03Oh,
30:04or an invitation.
30:07I was going to
30:08suggest the cabana.
30:10Next.
30:11Um,
30:12okay,
30:13well,
30:13I've got to ask.
30:14Am I going to be
30:15lucky in love?
30:16What is it?
30:24Is it bad news?
30:26I say jealousy.
30:27I'm not a jealous type.
30:29Oh,
30:29not you.
30:30Someone else
30:31who's jealous
30:32and means you
30:34ill will.
30:35Oh,
30:36I hope you've not
30:36been a naughty boy.
30:38He values his life
30:39too much.
30:40Yeah.
30:41Don't I just?
30:42Oh.
30:43Oh.
30:43Lovely couple,
30:44aren't they?
30:45Jesus.
30:47Don't suppose
30:48I can tempt you?
30:49Thanks,
30:49but not.
30:50Coward.
30:58Shift your booty,
30:59then.
31:00Oh,
31:00sorry.
31:02You skiving off
31:03while you're keeping
31:04the stairs warm?
31:05On my break,
31:05actually.
31:06Partly that bad,
31:07eh?
31:08Nah.
31:09Well,
31:10I don't know.
31:12Don't worry,
31:12I won't tell my nan.
31:14Yeah,
31:14cheers.
31:15I'm not my biggest
31:15fan at the minute,
31:16anyway.
31:17Any reason in particular?
31:20You know,
31:20I love that you think
31:21me just being me
31:21would be enough.
31:23Not for me.
31:27Will tried to kiss me
31:28earlier.
31:29He never.
31:30Yeah,
31:30and then your nan
31:31walked in on us
31:31thinking it was me
31:32throwing myself at him.
31:33Oh,
31:33brilliant.
31:34Yeah,
31:34well,
31:34I'm glad you found it funny.
31:36She's been around the block
31:36enough to know it's
31:37probably just a 15-year-old
31:38boy trying it on
31:39rather than you
31:40fancying a kid.
31:41Yeah,
31:41well,
31:41she had a good job
31:42at hiding it.
31:42She's probably just
31:43shocked to discover
31:44her little precious
31:44will has discovered
31:45sex.
31:47Seriously,
31:48her bark is worse
31:49than her bite.
31:49You'll be fine.
31:51I've got to go
31:52sort the cake,
31:52so if you're done
31:53skiving...
31:54the king of spades,
32:06you will meet
32:07a dark-haired man.
32:10Or someone
32:12who has a fire
32:12in his chart.
32:13There's a chart.
32:15He'll be ambitious.
32:16Or lack ambition.
32:17And could be
32:18self-serving.
32:20So,
32:21let's be clear.
32:22I'm going to get
32:23a legal letter,
32:24encounter danger,
32:26and make your heart
32:26selfish a donut.
32:28I didn't hear
32:28mention of a donut.
32:29A girl can dream.
32:32I'll just be
32:32getting off now.
32:33Oh, dear.
32:34No, you will not.
32:36There's cake coming.
32:43I had my fortune
32:44tall once in Blackpool.
32:45They said I'd marry,
32:46but the marriage
32:47would end in sadness.
32:49Don't they all?
32:50Oh, do I take it
32:51you're divorced, or...?
32:52No, actually.
32:54The boy's father
32:55is dead.
32:58And, um...
33:00What's that
33:00recent thing?
33:02Ben was 11.
33:04Happened on my birthday,
33:05as it goes, so...
33:07I'm sorry, I don't know.
33:08Happy birthday
33:09to you.
33:13Happy birthday
33:14to you.
33:17Happy birthday, dear
33:21mum.
33:22Happy birthday
33:24to you.
33:30Did you make a wish?
33:32I did.
33:34Right, now,
33:35who wants the first slice?
33:37Hey!
33:38It's your mum's birthday,
33:39so maybe she should have...
33:40Tuck in, darling.
33:44Here,
33:44I gave that to you.
33:46In this world,
33:47you need to look after
33:48number one,
33:49all right?
33:50Because I'm telling you,
33:51no other beggar will.
33:53Apart from me,
33:54a mother's love
33:55beats everything and anything.
33:57Remember that?
33:59I thought you had to work?
34:01Swap chest at the new lad.
34:03Thought we could go
34:03to the park or something.
34:04Oh,
34:05master the big spenders.
34:08You know I don't get paid
34:09till next Friday.
34:10Life lesson for you lads.
34:12If there's one thing
34:13worse than a whiner,
34:14it's a cheapskate.
34:16Right, now,
34:17who wants to go
34:17and get a big,
34:18fat ice cream?
34:19Yes!
34:20With a plane?
34:21Yes!
34:22Go on,
34:22get your coats on.
34:28It's God coming.
34:30Oh,
34:30there's something
34:30he wants to watch
34:31on telly.
34:32And let's not forget
34:36my da.
34:38To Alan.
34:40Miss you.
34:41It's always.
34:57Come on,
34:58everyone,
34:58eat up.
34:59We don't want
35:00to be working
35:00our way through this
35:01for weeks to come.
35:02Cheers, Nana.
35:03You know I love it.
35:04I'm just watching
35:05my waistline.
35:07He made it himself.
35:08Thanks.
35:09I love cake, mate.
35:10Good.
35:11And as for our wheels
35:13fry up this morning,
35:15oh,
35:15regular little
35:17Von Trapp family.
35:18Diamonds,
35:19every one of them.
35:20My boy.
35:21Oh.
35:22Oh.
35:23I wonder if I might
35:26talk.
35:26I wonder if I might talk.
35:26Oh,
35:26seconds,
35:27is it?
35:27No,
35:27no,
35:27no,
35:27no,
35:27I just want you
35:28to apologise.
35:30I had no idea
35:31your husband died
35:31so suddenly.
35:33It was crass of me
35:34to bring you up
35:34on such a happy occasion.
35:36It was a long time ago.
35:39Obviously,
35:39it must have been
35:40a traumatic experience
35:42for you being so young.
35:43Oh,
35:43my ma said
35:44it was a long time ago.
35:45If anybody should be traumatised,
35:47it's her.
35:47At least I didn't have to witness it.
35:48Oh, dear.
35:49Eva,
35:50put on some tunes there
35:52and let that be an end to it.
35:55It's my birthday.
35:57Ramp up the volume.
36:01Wake up, Maggie,
36:02I think I've got something
36:04to say to you.
36:08She's late to send
36:09to my brother
36:10and I think she should
36:12be back at school.
36:15We need to speak
36:16on the side of me now.
36:19Oh, Maggie,
36:20I couldn't have to try
36:26anymore.
36:33Having a nice time?
36:36As nice as you
36:37but what I just heard.
36:38What?
36:40You tried to kiss Lauren?
36:42No, I didn't.
36:43Oh, so she's lying, is she?
36:45All right, yeah, I did.
36:48What?
36:48To get back at me, or?
36:50A bit like you and Daniel,
36:51I suppose.
36:52Trying to stop people
36:52being suspicious.
36:53All the jokes are childish.
36:54Okay, so it's okay
36:55for you to run off, mate?
36:56I know this is hard.
36:57So why don't we just
36:58tell everyone then?
36:59Will, you are 15
37:00and I am your coach.
37:03So, okay,
37:04so you're saying
37:05we can't be seen
37:06in the open together?
37:06No, no.
37:07No, that's not
37:08what I'm saying.
37:11Believe me,
37:12I want it
37:13just as much
37:14as you do
37:14but
37:14look,
37:16if we want to
37:17stay together
37:17we need to plan it properly.
37:24You do want us
37:25to stay together.
37:28Yeah.
37:30Yeah, yeah,
37:31me too,
37:31more than anything.
37:35Look,
37:36you should go in first
37:37and no more
37:39kissing girls,
37:40right?
37:57Only me!
38:00Still in the land
38:01of the living then?
38:02You know,
38:03I'm beginning to think
38:04that if you ever
38:05played word of association,
38:06the first thing
38:07that would spring to mind
38:08for Dad
38:08would be dead.
38:10That is really harsh.
38:13Actually,
38:14it would be difficult
38:15or deirdre.
38:17Oh,
38:17nicely played.
38:19You know,
38:20Tracey,
38:20there never was
38:21any serious intent
38:22to sell to the Rovers.
38:24Why did you say it then?
38:25Nor was there
38:26a serious offer.
38:28But what is
38:29so dismaying
38:31and so predictable
38:32is that your
38:34initial feelings
38:35weren't for my
38:36well-being
38:37but for your
38:38inheritance?
38:39That is a terrible
38:40thing to say.
38:42Oh,
38:43go on.
38:44I admit it.
38:46You sailing
38:46the seven seas
38:47with a load
38:48of geriatric
38:49widows
38:50didn't immediately
38:51strike me
38:51as the best use
38:52of the money.
38:53My money.
38:54Let me finish.
38:55But I realise
38:58the money's
39:00not important.
39:02You're here
39:03and you're
39:04relatively healthy
39:05although goodness
39:06knows how
39:07with Cassie
39:07as nursemaid.
39:10I've kind of
39:11taken that
39:12for granted.
39:15Do you know what I do
39:16first thing
39:17every morning
39:17when I wake up?
39:19Say a little prayer?
39:20Sorry.
39:21I smile.
39:23Time
39:24is the precious
39:25thing,
39:25Tracey.
39:27You're right.
39:29And from now
39:30on
39:30we're going to
39:31spend as much
39:32time together
39:33as we can.
39:34Nothing will
39:35please me more.
39:35Right,
39:36well,
39:36starting from now,
39:37come on,
39:37put your book
39:38down,
39:39grab your coat,
39:39going back
39:40to the rovers.
39:41Oh,
39:42really?
39:44I was hoping
39:45to watch a
39:45documentary
39:46on the
39:46science of
39:47decay.
39:48Hmm.
39:48there's free
39:49booze.
39:52Oh,
39:52right,
39:53well,
39:54we'll start
39:54tomorrow.
39:55How about
39:55that?
39:58I hang on
39:59every word
40:00you say
40:01Oh,
40:02baggy!
40:03Turn us apart
40:05Oh,
40:05no,
40:06no,
40:06no
40:07Baby,
40:08I would
40:09rather be
40:10dead
40:11Oh,
40:11you're the
40:14babe!
40:15Oh,
40:15no,
40:16baggy!
40:16Please,
40:17just dust
40:17off your
40:18repertoire,
40:18she'll end
40:19up doing
40:19a jolly
40:20pattern medley.
40:21Oh,
40:21I don't
40:21think I'd
40:22do much
40:22better.
40:23Oh,
40:23stop
40:23selling
40:23yourself,
40:24short,
40:24you've
40:24got a
40:24beautiful
40:25voice here.
40:26Don't
40:26make me
40:27sing.
40:27Oh,
40:28hey,
40:28just missed
40:28the singing,
40:29it was,
40:30um,
40:30well,
40:31it was
40:31something.
40:32I just,
40:32I needed
40:33some air.
40:34You
40:34okay?
40:35Yeah,
40:36yeah,
40:36I'm fine.
40:38Hey!
40:41That's
40:41lovely.
40:42Did you say
40:42that?
40:42What's
40:47going on
40:48between you
40:48and that
40:49Adam?
40:50What?
40:51Nothing's
40:51going on.
40:52I have
40:52eyes in
40:53my head.
40:54Well,
40:54I don't
40:54know what
40:55you think
40:55you've seen,
40:56but me and
40:56Adam were
40:56way in the
40:57past.
40:58And FYI,
40:59Ben knows
40:59all about
41:00what happened.
41:02Maggie,
41:02I love Ben
41:03to bits.
41:04I would never
41:04do anything
41:04to hurt him.
41:05It would be
41:06a brave woman
41:07who did.
41:07What are
41:09you two
41:09up to?
41:10We were
41:10just talking
41:11about the
41:12party,
41:12babe.
41:12Well done.
41:13Well,
41:13come on,
41:13it's not
41:14over yet.
41:14Get your
41:15backsides
41:15into the
41:15dance floor
41:15if you
41:16heard us
41:16playing.
41:17No!
41:20Two more
41:21hours,
41:22and then
41:22you're done
41:22for another
41:23year.
41:23Praise
41:24be.
41:24Oh,
41:28hurry
41:28and squeeze
41:30of time
41:32Find out
41:33what you
41:34want to do
41:36if it's
41:37love,
41:38if it
41:38really
41:39is
41:40He's
41:41there
41:42in his
41:42tears
41:43about the
41:45way he
41:45acts.
41:46Oh,
41:47no,
41:47that's not
41:48the way
41:48you're
41:49not
41:50the
41:51world.
41:54My
41:54voice,
41:55my
41:55voice,
41:57oh,
41:57my
41:58voice.
42:00You mean
42:01everything to me,
42:03everything.
42:04Do you know
42:04that?
42:05We love you
42:05too,
42:05ma.
42:07Oh,
42:07Dad would've
42:08loved this,
42:08wouldn't he?
42:14I washed
42:14up.
42:15Don't go
42:15waking them
42:16up.
42:17I just
42:17woke my
42:17head in.
42:18I told you,
42:18they're
42:19asleep.
42:20Why'd you
42:20always do
42:21this?
42:21Oh,
42:22here we
42:22go.
42:23What
42:23exactly
42:23am I
42:24here
42:24for?
42:24Tell
42:25me.
42:26Well,
42:26there's
42:27the
42:27door.
42:28Leave.
42:29Believe
42:29me,
42:30it's
42:30what I
42:30should've
42:30done
42:30years
42:31ago.
42:32Should've
42:32done.
42:33Tell
42:33us
42:33both
42:34a
42:34favour.
42:35What?
42:35I'll
42:36leave you
42:37alone with
42:37my kids.
42:38I love
42:39those boys.
42:40Love?
42:41You don't know
42:42the meaning of
42:43the word?
42:43Maybe that's why
42:44he didn't want
42:45you.
42:46It's all
42:46for the
42:46controlling,
42:47manipulative
42:48cow you
42:48really are.
42:49it's been
42:49ten years.
42:51Ten years.
42:51You
42:52had an
42:52affair.
42:53I wonder
42:53why.
42:55I was
42:55sad.
42:56I was
42:57miserable.
42:57Just
42:57shut
42:58you
42:58up.
42:58I'm
42:58not
42:59using
42:59those
43:00boys
43:00to
43:00punish
43:01me.
43:02You
43:02want to
43:03talk
43:03about
43:03being
43:03punished?
43:05Every
43:06time you
43:06look at
43:07me it's
43:07like
43:08I'm
43:10not the
43:10reason he
43:11didn't
43:11want
43:11you.
43:11But
43:11you
43:12are
43:12the
43:12reason
43:13I
43:13wanted
43:14him
43:14to.
43:16I
43:16said
43:16no.
43:17to
43:34Maggie.
43:36Who's
43:36had to
43:37be
43:37both
43:37ma
43:38and
43:38da
43:38and
43:40nana
43:40and
43:40grandpa.
43:42You're
43:42the
43:42best.
43:44To
43:44nana.
43:45To
43:45nana.
43:47I'll
43:48be
43:48birthday.
44:17nana.
44:18I'll
44:18be
44:19a
44:19nana.
44:20I'll
44:20be
44:21a
44:22nana.
44:23I'll
44:24be
44:25a
44:26nana.
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