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01:07I see everyone got dressed up, then.
01:10There's no point for me, is there?
01:11I'm not going to wear my best clothes just to have some old fart dribble all down me.
01:15You'll be lucky if it's just dribble.
01:17The museum's provided us with uniforms and everything.
01:19You'll have to wear smart shoes, they said.
01:22So why didn't you then?
01:25Cheeky sod.
01:32You all right, Chloe?
01:33Looking forward to it?
01:35Are we cleaning the salon floor?
01:37Yeah.
01:38I can't wait.
01:39Ah, you're wrong, man.
01:40This is the business.
01:41We're well up for this, aren't we, Sav?
01:43Yeah.
01:43Hot spot travel.
01:45Here we come.
01:46Dante Charles.
01:47Making the holiday of your dreams a reality.
01:56Hiya.
01:57Just wanted to wish you luck.
01:59Better than a day stuck in this dump, eh?
02:01Anywhere is better than listening to Celine and Dante chat about countries they've never
02:04even been to.
02:06Better go.
02:07See you later.
02:08Morning.
02:09Morning, sir.
02:10Listen up, everyone.
02:12I know you're all keen to get to your placements, so I won't keep you long.
02:18Just remember, this is your first step to work.
02:21It's not just dressing up pretending to be someone else for a week.
02:25It's an opportunity to be as good or as bad as you make it.
02:31Don't forget, this is your future.
02:34Good luck.
02:36God, I hope not.
02:37I'm mopping up pensioners for you for the rest of my life.
02:41Do that.
02:52Stuart Holder is here.
02:54Really?
02:54I thought it was odd.
02:56Shall I send him away?
02:57Doesn't seem right.
02:58Not today.
03:00No.
03:00You know what?
03:01It's probably just some technical thing.
03:03Send him in.
03:03It's fine.
03:04OK.
03:07Hi.
03:09I'm glad I caught you before the bid meeting.
03:11I lost a chance to twist the knife.
03:13Come on, don't be so melodramatic.
03:15Just wanted to check in with you and make sure that we're both singing from the same
03:18hymn sheet.
03:18I don't have a choice.
03:20Of course you do.
03:21You can follow your conscience and back whichever bid you like.
03:25But of course if you do, I'll have to follow my conscience and tell everyone that their beloved
03:29headteacher is not quite the woman that she says she is.
03:32It's not easy keeping a secret like that, is it?
03:37Do you know the ironic thing is I would have probably backed your bid anyway without all
03:41this.
03:42Well there you go then.
03:43It's no big deal.
03:44Everyone's happy.
04:06Mr. Dundas.
04:07I'm Janice Bright from Waterloo Road.
04:10I love dinosaurs, they're amazing aren't they?
04:12I've watched Jurassic Park like a million times.
04:14I do get a bit mixed up with the names so if you've got a fact sheet then that's ace.
04:18I don't want the kids to get confused because education is dead important.
04:22If you've quite finished.
04:24Absolutely.
04:25Well we can begin.
04:27It's going to be brilliant.
04:35Right.
04:37The nearest loos are there.
04:39The fire exits are there.
04:44And there.
04:46And visitors are not allowed to touch the exits.
04:49Okay.
04:51That's it.
04:53What?
04:54That's what we do.
04:56What you'll be doing any road.
04:58Sit here.
04:59Shut up.
05:00Stop the punters touching stuff.
05:02You're having a laugh aren't you?
05:04This is supposed to be work related learning.
05:06What did you think you'd be doing?
05:08Excavating fossils?
05:12There you go.
05:14You're a natural.
05:27You off?
05:27Yeah and I'm late already.
05:29Listen I think we might have a problem with the lessons for live group. I've just seen them being taunted
05:33by some other kids.
05:34Really?
05:34Aren't they big enough and ugly enough to look after themselves?
05:36It's hardly the point.
05:37We wouldn't tolerate it with anyone else in the school.
05:39Should we set up a support group?
05:41Let them share?
05:43I just want it sorted.
05:44I want these kids to get the same as everybody else.
05:46Yeah?
05:46And if you can't handle it then I'll sort it out when I get back.
05:48Okay.
05:49You'll have it with me.
05:50Are you alright?
05:51Sorry.
05:51It's just this whole building process is really getting me down.
05:54Well convince the LEA we need it.
05:56This is the easy bit.
05:57It doesn't matter who builds it.
05:58That's easy for you to say.
05:59I've had Stuart Horley knock on my door already this morning.
06:01That's no bad thing.
06:02At least he's keen.
06:04His bid is pretty good.
06:05Yeah.
06:05There you go.
06:06See?
06:06Nice bloke too.
06:07Seems really switched on.
06:08Let's hope the LEA agree, eh?
06:10Oh.
06:10There we go.
06:11The Wanderer returns.
06:13Bonjour tout le monde et comment allez-vous?
06:16Someone's had a good time.
06:18Good, Eddie, but busy.
06:20Captains of industry, cultural ambassadors, educationalists.
06:24All of them very interested in our proposals.
06:26Very interested?
06:27As opposed to signed on the dotted line?
06:29Well we'll have to see.
06:30There was one of them, Claude, from the Cultural Exchange Commission.
06:33He is as good as in the bag.
06:35Handsome devil to boot.
06:37I wouldn't be surprised if a hefty cheque isn't winging its way to us as we speak.
06:41I hope so, given the cost for the trip.
06:43Oh!
06:44Talking of which.
06:46My expenses.
06:47Well, I can't just rely on me feminine wiles.
06:50Even though they have served me well up to this point.
06:52If the trip's anything to go by.
06:55Anyway, I shall be in my office if you need me.
07:00My office?
07:02I hope she doesn't mean pastoral care or she's in for a bit of a shock.
07:04No wrong to worry that Steph sees fundraising as a form of speed dating.
07:09I wonder if this guy Claude actually exists.
07:12Well, she's finally found something she can put her back into.
07:16Let's see.
07:17I've really got to go.
07:18Do you know, I feel like getting in that car and just keep on driving.
07:21It'll be fine.
07:22Besides, if you don't go, they'll choose the cheapest option and we'll end up with a shed.
07:25Come on.
07:26We'll hold the fort.
07:41Hey.
07:46You okay?
07:47Yeah.
07:49Why?
07:50Did you look awful or something?
07:52No, of course not.
07:55You don't need to keep looking out for me, Tom.
07:57I thought that was what our friends did.
08:00Yeah.
08:01Yeah, it is.
08:03Okay.
08:06Um, if you want to help me, you could fill in for me this morning.
08:11That good.
08:12I'm just kicking off with Brantley on the comedy of errors.
08:16Barrel, the lads.
08:18Yeah.
08:19I haven't finished reading it.
08:22I don't know.
08:23I'm just snowed under at the moment.
08:26What with Carla's GCSEs and then the admin and...
08:29Besides, Brantley acts like I'm not there, so what's the point?
08:34Well, fair enough.
08:35It's not like you have to teach it.
08:38No.
08:39No, it isn't.
08:40I mean, what I meant is, I mean, you're there to support Carla.
08:44I mean, you don't have to know absolutely everything about it, do you?
08:48Well, in that case, I'm glad I didn't finish reading it.
08:54Anyway.
08:55Aren't you supposed to be being nice to me?
08:58That's being friends and all that.
09:00Hmm.
09:01As you insist.
09:03Well, you can start by making me another cup of coffee.
09:07I hope to at least be awake.
09:14I hope to at least be awake.
09:24I don't believe it fades
09:27Another one gone
09:29Another one lost
09:31Another one ran away
09:33Another mistake
09:36Another heartbreak
09:38Another wasted day
09:40And I don't know what you believe
09:44But I believe in love
09:47And I believe
09:49It's starting to tell
10:07Can you not touch dead to bits, please?
10:11I said please
10:14Sadie
10:15Touch more you want for all I care
10:29He said I'd find you here
10:30Why are you a man in your post?
10:31Because it's rubbish
10:32And maybe because I'm into dinosaurs and all done
10:34He'd sit down till my arse went bust
10:36I told you what you'd be doing
10:38There's plenty of people who'd kill for a cushy job like this
10:41But oh no, not you
10:43No, you're obviously destined for greatness
10:46Sod off
11:06I wasn't on holiday
11:07I mean the wining and dining might look like fun
11:10But actually it was quite punishing
11:11Try doing Shakespeare with this lot
11:13Yeah, well sadly
11:14The rewards of teaching at the Chalk Face
11:17Will soon be nothing but a distant memory for me
11:19It's a shame really
11:21Pressing administrative issues
11:24Conferring with a colleague
11:25Can it not wait till break?
11:33I presume the laughter is because you have finally understood the nuances of Shakespearean comedy
11:40No sir, it's because you got told off by Mr Lawson
11:46Miss Shackleton, you're here to help Carla, not laugh at her
11:52Or perhaps you would like to take the class
11:54And give us the benefit of your expert opinion on the comedy of errors
12:10Well erm
12:12It's a comedy
12:13You don't say
12:20And it's about these people who erm
12:24Who pretend to be someone else and
12:26These people?
12:30She hasn't finished reading it yet
12:32Carla, I
12:33You said you didn't have time, you told me
12:35Oh dear, oh dear, I don't know
12:37Thank you
12:41Yes
12:43At this rate we will need assistance for the assistant
12:55Bonjour
12:59Er, Steph
13:01This is pastoral care
13:03Yeah
13:04Well that's me
13:07Temporarily
13:08Come on, Tom
13:10I'm sure you can work around little old me
13:13Well it's not ideal
13:15I'll manage
13:17The modern finance director enjoys a nomadic existence
13:22Living out of a suitcase
13:23Wi-Fi this, Bluetooth that, catching up on sleeping, business class
13:28It's a tough life
13:29It is Tom, it is
13:32But for someone like me
13:34It's better than being in the confines of Waterloo Road
13:39Some of us are meant to roam the world
13:42And others
13:44Others are happier at home
13:53Right, there's no point in us hanging about
13:56I suggest we make a start
13:57And Miss Mason will have to catch up as best she can
14:13Hi, Eddie
14:17Oh, she did what?
14:21Er, no
14:22Let me deal with Janice
14:23I'll speak to you later
14:33Janice
14:34Where the hell are you going?
14:37Oh, Miss, it's not my fault
14:39All they've wanted me to do is sit on a bloody chair
14:47Look
14:48I may have just been a classroom assistant
14:51But I will not be spoken to like that in front of the children
14:54You undermined my authority during my lesson
14:58I simply made you aware of it
15:00Try to be more professional
15:02Then we won't have a problem
15:05You're an assistant
15:07Assist
15:08Don't hinder
15:15Yo, Paul
15:16Get those posters down, man
15:17Stop putting those stickles
15:18Or I will smack you
15:19Do you think that's funny?
15:21Do you think that's funny?
15:23Stop putting flyers
15:24And put down on who do you think you are
15:25Who do you think you're talking to at all?
15:27I do not
15:29What do you think you're doing?
15:30Nothing
15:31Yeah, show him them
15:37You've lot have done this
15:38Putting us in the subnormal group thing
15:40They've labelled us divs
15:42Might as well tattoo it on me forehead
15:44Spaz Squad
15:45Retard United
15:46Even all the little kids are calling us it
15:49How old are you, Paul?
15:51This can't be the first time you've been called names
15:57Okay
15:58It's not right
15:59But that's no excuse to behave like a thug
16:02So we should leave it to you, should we?
16:04Because we can't see you stopping it
16:05Well, we will
16:06Just trust us
16:13He said I was useless and I'd never amount to anything
16:16Well, you've just about proved him right, haven't you?
16:19At school, you can get away with a lot
16:22Outside, you've just got to
16:25You've got to grow up and be responsible
16:27You're saying this is my fault?
16:28Look, work is not going to be fair
16:31Some of it will be boring
16:32Some of it will be hard
16:35And you'll meet people who will think the worst of you
16:37And if you let them write you off, they will
16:41So you want me to go and apologise to Mr Dumbass?
16:44You better believe it
16:46Although I don't think they'll want to see you for quite some time
16:49And I'm not about to beg them to change your mind
16:51Because they took an awful lot of pleading to get you in in the first place
16:53But, miss, this is my future
16:55Well, prove to me that you're serious about that
16:57I am
16:59Okay
17:00Okay, well, we will go back to square one
17:03You can join Maxine at Kirby Mills
17:04Are you kidding?
17:06Is there nothing else?
17:08There was somewhere else, Janice, and you blew it
17:13Yes, hello
17:14Yes, I know
17:16I've been unavoidably detained
17:18Urgent school business
17:22I'm sorry, I will get there as soon as I can
17:24Thank you
17:27What's the point?
17:29Might as well wag off school for all the good it's worth
17:31You will not
17:33If you've embarrassed us all enough for one day
17:36I'll drive you there myself if that's what it's going to take
17:38Put your seatbelt on
17:42It's always a risk with special ability groups
17:45The kids feel stigmatised
17:46It's not so much that
17:47I think our kids can look after themselves
17:49It's more that we need to do something to redress the balance
17:52Show them we're on their side
17:54Give them something, then
17:55What, like a cuddly toy or a badge saying, I'm special?
18:00Responsibility
18:00A role within the school
18:03Like prefects?
18:04Adam in my school
18:06Are you serious?
18:08Give that lot power?
18:10That's just it, though
18:13If you want to give them something
18:14Give them trust
18:16And it's up to them what they do with it
18:20You can get changed in here
18:22Oh, it's minging
18:24Smells like someone's died in here
18:26Yeah, someone probably did
18:27Happens all the time
18:28Some old guy went this morning, apparently
18:31I heard right
18:32That there's this one corridor
18:34Where they put all their mental ones
18:35And they're like zombies
18:36And they have to tie them to the bed and stuff
18:38And one of the cleaners said
18:40You can hear them moaning down the air vents
18:42It sounds dead spooky
18:43Oh
18:46Well, quick as you can
18:47You're already late
18:48I'm not late
18:49I'm not supposed to be here
18:50Oh, too good for us, are you?
18:52If I had my way
18:53We wouldn't let kids from your place in here
18:55So that's all of us
18:56A nappy, ain't it?
18:57Anyhow
18:57I've two support staff off sick
18:59So today you're cleaners
19:01Okay?
19:05How's that learning?
19:06Anything?
19:10I am so sorry I'm late
19:13Must have been very important
19:15After all, this is the single largest capital project
19:17Your school has ever seen
19:19I was helping a student in crisis
19:22How very noble
19:24No, not noble
19:25It's what you pay me for
19:27Right, well, look
19:28We're all busy people
19:29So why don't we crack on
19:30We haven't the time to recap for your benefit, Miss Mason
19:33But I'm sure playing catch-up
19:35Shouldn't be too much of a problem
19:36For a woman of your talents
19:37Right, next stop
19:39And I think for many of us
19:41The clear front-runner
19:44The bid from Ladmore Construction
20:02Take special care with that one
20:04You don't want to do it like that
20:06That's why I've done this before
20:08It's just that she
20:09She had a bit of an axe
20:14Accident
20:15I did try to warn you
20:18Son off your sheep, you old cow
20:29Sorry, no fair share Pearson's allowed, I'm afraid
20:32Oi, no chipping gum indoors, yeah
20:35Right, got any
20:36Don't lie to me, I know you have handed over
20:43Lads
20:45I don't want any of that
20:46You're here to enforce the rules
20:47Not to break them
20:49The enforcers
21:01Whilst all the bids have something to commend them
21:04For us, the hoardly bid stands out
21:08It's modern
21:09It's energy efficient
21:11And it best matches our key performance indicators
21:14Yeah, well, without her at that price
21:17I mean, I can see why Miss Mason likes it
21:20It's got all these fancy knick-knacks
21:22And promises everything under the sun
21:24But a lot of it simply doesn't add up
21:27I mean, who are hordly construction anyway?
21:30We've never used them before
21:32Can anyone here vouch for them?
21:33No
21:35We have to deliver best value
21:37And the other bids do the same for less
21:39The Ladmore bid, for example
21:42Now that's coming in at half a million cheaper
21:45And that from a firm that this LEA has had a long-standing relationship with
21:50In fact, if it's a straight choice between Hoardly and Ladmore
21:55Then, well, we could save ourselves a lot of time
21:57And make the decision right now
21:59We all know that Ladmore is the right choice
22:03What you doing?
22:04It's a little as possible
22:06That'll end us on the prowl
22:07Ooh, what's she gonna do?
22:09Sack me
22:09Oh, you little bugger
22:15Hey, come and give us a hand
22:19Well, in that case, I'll just have to call one of the staff
22:23I'm sure they'll be able to find you something to do
22:27All right
22:30You see, it's not getting the interweb
22:35It's not even plugged in
22:37There you are, you see
22:38You are good for something, after all
22:45What are you doing?
22:47My friend wants me to read her website
22:50Read?
22:51You know, make sense of words and letters
22:55I know your generations struggle with that sort of thing
22:59But still
23:01You're a mouthful little cow, you're right, yeah
23:05Takes one to know, won't
23:07Give it a day
23:17Memories of the land armour
23:19Oh, so you can read them
23:20What's the land armour?
23:22You just don't know anything
23:24Well, this is gonna be your lucky day
23:29Erm, excuse me
23:31I would feel much more comfortable if we stuck to the agreed agenda
23:35I'm just trying to speed things along
23:37What with the delay, you know
23:40I completely take on board issues of cost and accountability
23:45But we need to remember what this building is
23:47This may be just a set of specs and a price tag to you
23:51But erm, it's me and my staff who are gonna have to make this building work
23:55And it's our students whose lives will be shaped by it
24:00If it doesn't fulfil our needs
24:01It, well, it won't fulfil its purpose
24:07Oh, right, well
24:09Thank you for that, Miss Mason
24:11And as we're sticking to the agreed agenda
24:14That'll make it time for lunch
24:25Are you lunch?
24:27You shouldn't be here
24:28We all do things we shouldn't
24:34Jump in
24:36You know what?
24:37Being a teaching assistant round here is like having a huge sign on your back saying, kick me
24:42Come on
24:44It's just Grantley
24:45Oh, well, that's easy for you to say
24:46Because he wouldn't dare talk to you like that
24:50And I think I'd make a much better teacher than you
24:52I'm sure you would
24:53Just leave it for now, eh?
24:55Don't get sucked into a feud with Grantley
24:57Everyone knows what it's like
24:59Besides, you know what?
25:00It does actually have a point
25:02What?
25:03Well, you hadn't prepared, had you?
25:05I mean, not fully
25:07I can't believe you're taking his side
25:08I'm not, look
25:10It's hard enough to keep the kids' attention at the best of times
25:12Without you making it worse
25:14Right
25:15Well, I wouldn't know about that now, would I?
25:17Because I'm just a little teaching assistant
25:19Come on
25:20That's not what I meant
25:21No, don't worry about it, Tom
25:22I wouldn't want to take up the time of a proper teacher
25:31I've done all I can
25:34Most of them favour Loudmore, have them from the start
25:36Probably all golfing baddies
25:39Or taking backhanders
25:41But there's nothing more I can do
25:42Don't put yourself down
25:43You have enormous power
25:44It's your school
25:46They hold the purse strings
25:47So what?
25:48You're a successful headteacher
25:49Rescuing a troubled school
25:51Threatened to walk
25:52They'll do anything you ask
25:54I'm not going to do that
25:57I'm not going to compromise everything I've worked for for you
26:01Well, to be fair
26:02You compromised everything
26:03The moment you took on a false identity
26:05And you compound it
26:06Every day you continue the lie
26:09Come on, Rachel
26:09You're taking this too seriously
26:11You said yourself you would have backed my bit
26:13That's all you've got to do
26:16Or you'll ruin me
26:18In this case
26:20I don't have a choice
26:22So sadly, neither do you
26:31It's incredible, isn't it?
26:33All these names coming out of the past
26:35I haven't thought about some of these for 50 years
26:39It's like friends reunited from the war
26:41Oh, go on, click on that one
26:45Wake Astang, known as the Pole
26:48What?
26:49Is he Polish?
26:52No, no
26:53It was because he had
26:55Well, let's say
26:57He was very popular with us girls
27:01What?
27:02I was two years older than you
27:04In the prime of life
27:05All that death and dying going on round about
27:08You learned to grab what you could while you could
27:12Pity that some folk round here can't feel the same
27:15Come on, Janice
27:16You're not at school now
27:17Janice, actually
27:19Of course it is
27:20Nothing's ever simple with you lot, is it?
27:22The gents' toilets on this floor need cleaning
27:24You're all right, love
27:26She's helping me
27:27No
27:28She's helping me
27:29She's sorting the computer for us
27:32Volunteers are supposed to do all sorts
27:34Not just cleaning
27:36Whatever
27:37She's more trouble than she's worth
27:39Come on, you
27:40Oh, why do I have to go?
27:45Miserable cow
27:47Hey, Eunice
27:48You were a land girl and all, weren't you?
27:51Come and have a look at this
27:52Go on, go on
28:26It's amazing, isn't it?
28:28All these folk
28:30Could have gone to their graves
28:32There's nothing more than memories to each other
28:34And here they are chatting away like nobody's business
28:37Why don't you lot post something on there?
28:39You've got the computer
28:41And I've got the cameras to take all your pictures
28:44Come on, girls
28:45Get out my lippy
28:49It's like you're all normal
28:52I could say the same about you
28:55Janice
28:57One minute
28:58Are you coming out to get some lunch?
29:00In a bit
29:01I said I'd help these with a computer
29:03What are you talking to them for?
29:04It's just housekeeping and that
29:06They're all right
29:07They're a great laugh
29:10Are you OK, love?
29:11Yeah, I just need to, er
29:13You know
29:15What are you doing?
29:16We don't have to do that
29:17We're cleaners, remember
29:20You're mad you are
29:21You are
29:31Eric, relax
29:37Patches in the bag
29:40Yeah, you'll get your tender
29:42Trust me
29:44She's just being a bit appetit
29:45But everyone else is on side
29:46And it's not her decision
29:48When have I ever let you down, eh?
30:02Sorry about this, love
30:04Oh, no, you're all right
30:06Come off it
30:06Who in their right mind
30:08Would want to help
30:08An old biddy strain of greens
30:10Oh, I don't know
30:11It's just like helping your mates
30:13When they're pissed
30:16You're a good girl, Janice
30:18There's precious few
30:19That'd take the time
30:20Well, no reason why
30:22They should possibly
30:23But still, you
30:26So you like a drink?
30:29Course
30:29You don't?
30:30I've got some sherry
30:31Stashed away on my bedside table
30:33Unless the cleaners
30:34Have got to be at first
30:36Make the rest of the day
30:37Go with the swing, eh?
30:39Yeah
30:39Allô?
30:42Comment va la vie
30:43En France sans moi?
30:48Claude!
30:50Tu es vraiment scandaleuse
30:52Arrête!
30:54Steph!
30:55Please!
30:55Oh, je suis désolée
30:59J'ai un collège impolite
31:02Qui ne cesse pas de ma coupe
31:05Il existe des personnes
31:07Qui ne comprend pas
31:09L'importance de l'échange culturel
31:12Hein?
31:17Claude, arrête!
31:25Of course, the Yanks
31:26Oh, they really do
31:28How to shine
31:29Oh, I thought they were
31:31The business, didn't we?
31:35Very sexy
31:36Just following each other about
31:37Oh, innit?
31:38Well, you could see it that way
31:39But we reckon
31:40That if they could chuck you
31:41About on the dance floor
31:42Like that
31:43Well, you know
31:45We'd be usually right
31:47Nowadays, don't you?
31:48If you need a bloke
31:49What do you mean
31:50You don't need a bloke?
31:51Don't need a bloke?
31:51Wait there
31:52Let me change the music over
31:54Come on, Ben
31:55Oh, my God
31:57Oh, my God
31:58Just change
31:59I'm here, you
32:01Come on
32:02Come on
32:03Come on
32:03Come on
32:03Come on
32:03Come on
32:05Come on
32:06Come on
32:07Come on
32:08Come on
32:08Come on
32:08Come on
32:08Come on
32:09Come on
32:10Turn that off
32:11Oh, surprise, surprise
32:12Whenever you lot come here
32:13There's always something in it
32:14You think it was an end or what?
32:16We've given orders now, are we?
32:19Typical
32:19You make the best
32:20But you expect us to clear it up
32:21You're as bad as this lot
32:23Are you okay, Bess?
32:27When I took this job
32:30It was on the understanding
32:31That the LEA were fully committed
32:33To turning the school around
32:34And we are
32:36But the first chance
32:37We get to make a difference
32:38And you're umming and ahhing
32:40Oh, come on
32:42Look, if you weren't serious
32:43About that commitment
32:45I am going to have to
32:47Strongly consider my position
32:49As head teacher
32:52What?
32:53You're threatening to walk?
32:55Over which set of builders
32:56We employ?
32:57I don't understand
32:58What is it about this particular bid, Miss Mason?
33:01It's the best
33:02And the most expensive
33:04Are we to believe
33:06That a few eco-friendly trimmings
33:08Is going to solve
33:08All of your school's problems?
33:10Well, of course not
33:11But we need the commitment
33:13Not half measures
33:15The kids should feel proud
33:17Of their school
33:18And they should feel
33:20That their school
33:20Is proud of them
33:21Look, if we were to go
33:24For this bid
33:25You are aware
33:27That it would use
33:28All of Waterloo Road's
33:29Allocation of contingency funding
33:31For the next five years
33:34You do understand that, don't you?
33:36If that's the case
33:37Then so be it
33:38As I've said
33:39We need this
33:41So you're prepared
33:42To sacrifice any
33:44Emergency repairs
33:45Or future development
33:46Just for this?
33:48If that's what it takes
33:51As I said
33:51I don't understand
33:53What makes this bid
33:54So special to you, Miss Mason
33:57Well, I could ask you
33:58Why you're so attached
34:00To the Ladmore bid
34:01Or might that seem
34:03A bit too uppity?
34:20You must be very proud
34:22I never understand
34:23Why they let you lot in here
34:25Nobody'd be stuck in here
34:26If life hadn't crapped on them
34:27And letting you lot loose
34:28Is just an insult to injury
34:30It's an accident, alright?
34:31Before that, me and her
34:32Was having fun
34:33Having fun?
34:34Kids
34:35You wouldn't know hard work
34:37If it bit you on the arse
34:38You don't know me
34:39You don't know nothing about me
34:41I worked three years
34:43At Waterloo Road
34:43Cleaning up after your sort
34:45Now, you may think
34:46You're too good for this young lady
34:47But you're wrong
34:48You lot think you can do
34:49Anything you like
34:50But when you realise
34:51You'll have to work for it
34:52It's just sod it
34:53And you'll have to sign on
34:54With the rest of them
34:55No staying power
34:56No commitment
34:56No respect
34:58Just
34:58Just what?
35:00Keep going, Janice
35:01I bet your head teacher
35:02Would be chuffed
35:03To hear you talk like that
35:03To a superior
35:20Got time for tea
35:22Have we?
35:23I thought you'd be busy
35:24Reading up for your next lesson
35:26Wouldn't want to turn up unprepared
35:28Would we?
35:34Do I detect a note of disharmony
35:36Between you and Miss Shackleton?
35:38You've been hitting the Jane Austen again
35:41Couldn't help noticing
35:42That she has been struggling recently
35:45Although how she manages to struggle
35:47With any aspect of being a classroom assistant
35:50Is beyond me
35:51But struggle she does
35:53Give it a rest, Crankley
35:54You're the worst bully
35:55Than some of the kids you
35:56Do you know that?
35:57Show your colleagues some respect
36:08No thanks for that
36:10It's bad enough
36:11Crankley thinking I'm a waste of space
36:13Without you coming along
36:14To fight my battles for me
36:15I was trying to help
36:16Tom
36:16You just made me look like a helpless case
36:18I tried telling you this morning
36:20But it obviously didn't sink in
36:23Just
36:23Go find someone else to rescue
36:44She's going to be alright?
36:46Sending me on
36:49Your result?
36:51You're alright
36:51Lost two jobs in one day
36:53How can she say it was an accident, wasn't it?
36:56Like she cares
36:57She thinks I'm useless
36:59We all do
37:00That's crap
37:02You know what?
37:04You're alright
37:05It's pointless
37:06Work
37:07School
37:09It's a waste of time
37:10I'm a waste of space
37:13You should have just blamed me
37:14I'd happily smack one of the old fogies
37:26Because of it got me out of it
37:28I don't know if I can be asking this much longer
37:32What do you mean?
37:33It's this
37:34I mean as long as we don't hit him
37:35We can do what we like
37:37We're going to make a fortune
37:38Still having all of this stuff
37:40This looks like another job to me
37:41And I've already got one of them
37:43We're still getting loads of all these scrotes
37:46And you know we'll catch a bollock in for that
37:47We'll see we nicked it
37:48Neither will
37:49They'll watch anything
37:50It's all illegal, innit?
37:51Besides Lawson said
37:52As long as you don't lay a finger on them
37:53You can do what you like
37:55You didn't see that, man
37:57This is dumb
37:58They'll have some flags
37:59Oi!
38:00Get him!
38:01Now!
38:07So sorry, Bessa
38:08Could have died when I seen what had happened
38:11Me whirling you about like that
38:13Oh, don't be daft
38:14At my age you don't get that many chances to dance
38:18So I'm not going to let a little cut stop me
38:21Hmm?
38:23You're a breath of fresh air, sweetheart
38:25Don't let anybody tell you otherwise
38:28They're sending me home
38:29No, they're not
38:30I've told them it's all my fault
38:32The dancing, the sherry and whatnot
38:34Said you were the best volunteer we'd had
38:37Really?
38:38Yeah!
38:40Most of them don't even speak to us
38:42It's like they're afraid of catching something
38:46Makes no odds to me
38:47There's no point in me staying with that Linda
38:49Next time she speaks to me like that
38:51I swear I'll make her sorry
38:52And then they'll send me away
38:54Why do you want to make her sorry?
38:57She's a sad enough specimen as it is
38:59She was a real cow to me, dead naster
39:01Not taking that from a cleaner
39:03There you go
39:04She doesn't want to be here
39:07But instead of getting on with it
39:09She's determined to drag everybody else down with her
39:11So you can let her, which she'd love
39:14Or you can smile
39:15And be as nice as pie
39:17And leave her to it
39:19It's easy for you to say
39:20Do you reckon?
39:22All the time I hear people saying
39:24Life's too short
39:26I tell you
39:27They've no idea
39:29Believe me
39:30So?
39:31Either ignore her
39:33Or end up like her
39:36I want you to get off me
39:38Look, we didn't do what you told
39:39We're prefects
39:41Who's put you in charge?
39:42Mr. Lawson
39:43You don't want to do as you told
39:44Now hand it over
39:46I don't believe you
39:47What's going on?
39:52What?
39:53What?
39:55You want to watch her slot the trouble?
39:58We're on our break till half past you said
40:00Do you want a tea?
40:02What's this Janice?
40:04Are you worried what I'll tell the school about you?
40:06No
40:07Just wondered if you wanted a break
40:09I haven't got time seeing as we're a cleaner down
40:12But since the accident the day manager said she'd rather you came back to doing what you're supposed to do
40:16So I've got a special job for you
40:18Sure
40:19No problem
40:23In here
40:24We was doing what you told us to do
40:26Oh come on Paul
40:28This is Rochdale not Abu Ghraib
40:30You know I just ain't got nothing to do with me
40:32I told you man
40:34Is this true?
40:35Only because she couldn't be bothered
40:36I wasn't hitting them or anything
40:38We were just doing what you said
40:41Right let's just say that I wasn't very clear and you were a bit overenthusiastic
40:46So what happens now then?
40:47You're taking it away from us?
40:50No
40:50Let's give it another go
40:52Only this time leave the doling out of punishments to us
40:56I don't mind you telling people not to do things
40:59Well what if it's serious?
41:00Then send them to us and we'll deal with it
41:02But I don't want to hear any more complaints about any of you
41:05Yeah
41:06Do I make myself clear?
41:08Yes sir
41:08Well go on get off
41:35I can't
41:36I can't
41:37I'm sorry I can't
41:38I just can't
41:39These two need to bed and changing
41:42Just in case you thought this was all playing with computers.
41:46Is she OK?
41:48She's a long-term dementia patient.
41:50Stuck here because no-one else can look after her.
41:53What do you think?
41:55Anyhow, as quick as you can.
42:12Hello?
42:17Are you all right?
42:21Well, Miss Mason, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your input.
42:26A fighting performance.
42:28And if there's nothing else, I'll ask you to leave us to our final deliberation.
42:33That's it?
42:34Oh, I think you've said enough.
42:36Yeah, well worth the wait.
42:38Great. We'll inform you of our decision by the close of plea today.
42:42Well, thank you for listening.
42:48And please, choose carefully.
42:51There's an awful lot at stake.
43:09All right.
43:22That's Eileen.
43:24And the other one's Margaret.
43:27I do them when I can.
43:29We've got no one.
43:48Is this where people come when they're really, really sorry?
43:55Oh, don't mind me.
43:56You two just pretend I'm not here.
44:00Look, I'm really sorry, too.
44:04I know you can fight your own battles and I certainly don't think their assistants are more lowly than teachers.
44:10Oh, I know that.
44:12And all this stuff with Grant, now, well, it's really put things into focus for me.
44:17I agree with him.
44:19I don't think it's all that great being a teaching assistant.
44:22Excuse me.
44:24And, um, just ignore Grant Lee.
44:27He's threatened by everything.
44:31Um, I think T.O.'s doing a great job.
44:36No, I know.
44:37I'm not slagging off the job.
44:39I'm just saying it's not enough for me.
44:42I want more.
44:44I want to be a teacher.
44:49What?
44:50Don't you think I could do it?
44:53I think you'd be a brilliant teacher.
44:56I mean, you'd have to qualify, but...
44:57Really?
45:00Well, it can't be that difficult.
45:02You did it.
45:04And besides, there's this guy I know who can't stop helping me.
45:09So, how hard can it be?
45:13Well, um...
45:15I've still got all my coursework at home.
45:17Might help.
45:21Pop round tonight, if you want.
45:24Mate.
45:36What are you doing here?
45:38Finished.
45:38Is there anything else you want me to do?
45:40Well, you've changed your tune.
45:42Worried about my report, are you?
45:44No.
45:45Just wanted to do a good job, that's all.
45:49There's no point starting anything now.
45:50Just stay out of trouble till knocking off time.
45:54Ta.
46:01Oh, she's poisonous, that one.
46:03Oh, I don't know.
46:05You watch yourself.
46:07Don't act like her.
46:08You'll have me to answer to.
46:15Look at the room.
46:17So now you're gonna see Mason.
46:18Hey!
46:20Stop that!
46:22What the hell are you doing?
46:23We're allowed.
46:24The enforcers, Mr Lawson said.
46:26We're taking him to your office.
46:41I asked you to have a word, not form a vigilante force.
46:45Have they got half the school lined up out there?
46:47No, they're keen.
46:49But when have you seen the likes of Paul Langley here after home time
46:53and doing something for the school?
46:55Yes, but this, Eddie...
46:56Look, I'm sorry, but what you said this morning was right.
46:59Being in the Lessons for Life shouldn't make anyone's life any harder.
47:02Obviously, we need to monitor it, but I think it'll work.
47:05And so does Tom. It was his idea.
47:10But I should have waited for your OK, and for that, I apologise.
47:15Apology accepted.
47:17How did it go with the LEA?
47:19Oh, don't ask.
47:20And who'd they give it to?
47:22They are deciding as we speak.
47:24What about your pal Stuart? How did his pitch go?
47:26He's not my pal.
47:33Everything OK?
47:34Yes, everything's fine.
47:36Seems LEA meetings don't bring out the best of me, that's all.
47:42You take it easy, and I'll come and see you tomorrow.
47:44Oh, don't be daft, love. You go out and enjoy yourself.
47:48You'd all be stuck here with a bunch of coughing dodgers.
47:51Shut up.
47:53I've had the best time.
47:54It's been a real laugh.
47:57I can't believe I'm saying that.
48:03Now you look after yourself.
48:06Go easy on that sherry.
48:08Who knows?
48:09If you're good,
48:10someone might bring you some more.
48:19See you, Linda.
48:34So, how'd it go?
48:37Smart, yeah.
48:39The manager reckons I'm a natural.
48:41Oh, so, er, might be a proper job in it and all.
48:45So what about you?
48:47Pretty good.
48:49I was a little nervous at first, but the stylists were really easygoing.
48:53It was a laugh.
48:55It's weird, isn't it?
48:56Us lot just finished a hard day's work.
48:59Yeah, and I thought maybe we could go out, you know, celebrate.
49:04Ah, I'd love to, Claude, but, er,
49:06I've got homework to do.
49:09Homework?
49:10Yeah.
49:11I want to work myself for all these.
49:14Plus,
49:15I want to be sharp for tomorrow, you know?
49:16I mean, this lot ain't going to sell itself, is it?
49:19Fine.
49:20Some other time, then.
49:21Definitely.
49:23You ready, Sal?
49:24Yeah.
49:27Later's, Claude.
49:40Miss, I want to go back to Kirby Mills.
49:43Well, those are words I never thought I'd hear.
49:45Come in.
49:47Actually, you know what?
49:48There was a message from them.
49:49Oh.
49:51Apparently you were involved in an accident.
49:53Miss, it was an accident, honestly.
49:55And there's a comment from your supervisor, Linda Dawkins.
50:00She said she was impressed with your patience
50:03and your positive attitude,
50:04and the school should be proud of you.
50:06She said that?
50:07Yeah.
50:08That Linda was on me case the whole time.
50:10Really?
50:11You know when someone's winding you up
50:12and you don't want them to win?
50:13It was like that all day.
50:15I could have just said sod it and gone home,
50:16but I didn't.
50:17Well, good for you.
50:19So I'm going back, then?
50:23I'm not scared of her.
50:24I'm not scared of anything, man.
50:27But there's so much to do, isn't there?
50:30Yeah, remember, it looks worse than it is.
50:32It's for a full-time PGCE.
50:35You're more likely going to be doing
50:36the registered teachers programme,
50:38so you can work at the same time.
50:41What?
50:42At Waterloo Road?
50:44Obviously, why not?
50:45Vocational teacher training's right up Rachel's street, innit?
50:52Tom, I know I was horrible to you this day,
50:57well, I need to ask you something.
51:01OK.
51:03You have to be honest with me.
51:05Sure.
51:07Do you really think I can do this?
51:10What, the RTP?
51:12Of course you can.
51:13You're not just saying that.
51:14You are the most able and energetic person in that place.
51:18You could get a PhD, if you put your mind to it.
51:35Hey.
51:37I thought we were supposed to be doing the friends thing.
51:40Oh, yeah, right.
51:43And how's that working for you?
51:52Councillor Philby, yeah.
51:57Right.
52:01Well, it was never about you or me, was it?
52:04I'm just glad the school's getting what it deserves at last.
52:07OK, well, thanks for letting me know.
52:11You too.
52:13Everything OK?
52:15Er, Hoardley Construction, I've won the bid.
52:18Oh, Stuart.
52:20Bet you're pleased.
52:21Why?
52:23Well, Stuart Hoardley.
52:25I thought we all rather liked his plan.
52:27Anyway, he is quite easy on the eye as builders go.
52:31Anyway, Steph, your expenses.
52:34I mean, how did you manage to spend so much?
52:38Well, I think the expression is, speculate to accumulate.
52:43If you're asking for money, you've got to, you know, sweeten the pill a little.
52:48I was representing this school.
52:51There will be no more trips abroad, not until this one yields results.
52:55As finance director, I'm sure you understand that.
52:58Does this mean I can reclaim sole use of my office?
53:02Well, that's the other thing I wanted to talk to you about.
53:04As this funding initiative is going to keep you occupied for some time yet,
53:08and Tom seems to be flourishing in the pastoral care role,
53:12well, Eddie and I were thinking of offering it to him on a full-time basis.
53:23Well, um, that's been building up for quite some time.
53:29But we're still just friends, right?
53:31Oi!
53:32No!
53:39I'm really glad this happened.
53:44Feels right.
53:45Yeah, I think I do.
54:00Come on.
54:02It's the girls.
54:04Yeah, exactly.
54:05Not the Gestapo.
54:07Tom, you're not teenagers.
54:12Tom?
54:14Hello?
54:15Let's turn it on a glass, please, for my sake.
54:19I don't see why I should have to hide.
54:23You're not ashamed of me, are you?
54:24Of course not.
54:33Hi, Mika.
54:35Did you have a good day at school?
54:56Hi.
54:59Hi.
55:01Hi.
55:03I mean, I was just, um...
55:06Right.
55:11I'll, uh, see you tomorrow.
55:32Bridget, are you still here?
55:35Have you heard anything yet?
55:36Yes.
55:39Yes.
55:42You got it.
55:44Yes!
55:48So now you've got what you want.
55:50So now you've got what you want.
55:51Can you leave, please?
55:55Come on.
55:57Don't be like that.
56:00We both got a result today.
56:01You've got a great new building for your school.
56:03You can be proud of that.
56:04Proud?
56:06Rachel, I'm not happy with the way things ended up.
56:08I know it wasn't easy, but...
56:10Today can be the beginning of a long and rewarding relationship for both of us.
56:14Your secret is safe with me.
56:48I know it wasn't easy.
56:49I know it wasn't easy.
56:50I know it wasn't easy.
56:56I know it wasn't easy.
56:56I know it wasn't easy.
56:58I know it wasn't easy.
56:59I know it wasn't easy.
57:00I know it wasn't easy.
57:01I know it wasn't easy.
57:01I know it wasn't easy.
57:02I know it wasn't easy.
57:02I know it wasn't easy.
57:03I know it wasn't easy.
57:04I know it wasn't easy.
57:04I know it wasn't easy.
57:04I know it wasn't easy.
57:05I know it wasn't easy.