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00:25Dear Izzy,
00:27I spent all night thinking things over.
00:30Tom and I were never going to work.
00:32Deep down, I've always known that.
00:35I'm so sorry for the way I've treated you.
00:38You and Tom have a real chance to be happy.
00:41Don't throw that away because of me.
00:44Please know that I am happy,
00:46and I will make a new life for myself.
00:49Hey, I might even go to Australia and meet Mr. Wright.
00:53Whatever happens, let's all stay friends.
00:56We need each other.
00:59Lorna.
01:07We need each other.
01:09We need each other.
01:12We need each other.
01:50Look at that. 31 degrees in Sydney.
01:54Lorna will be sunning herself on a beach right now.
01:56Don't know if she's going to manage out there with her skin.
01:58Do you really think that's where she's gone?
02:00Australia?
02:01Oh, she used to fantasise about it all the time.
02:03Must be somewhere nice or we'd hear about it.
02:06Yeah, and here we are in rainy Rochdale.
02:09Oh, romantic Rochdale.
02:12Do you have to keep doing that in front of us?
02:15Honestly, I will be glad to get back to school.
02:17Mmm.
02:29Who am I supposed to be?
02:37I can't be sure that the next one will see me.
02:44And if the sky starts falling on the street outside, the only thing that satisfies.
02:51If the sky starts falling on the heads outside, the only thing that satisfies.
02:57Roger, welcome.
02:58Hello, Jack.
02:59So, you looking forward to meeting the staff?
03:02For sure.
03:03I'd like you to meet my senior management team first.
03:06This way.
03:17How was Miranda?
03:19When did you get back?
03:20A couple of days ago.
03:21Didn't you get my letter?
03:24Probably arrive around Christmas.
03:27Doing really great stuff out there now.
03:30I told the kids all about you.
03:33What about you?
03:34Good holiday?
03:35Yeah, yeah, good.
03:36You know, just caught up on movies I've missed out on with friends and celebrating my divorce
03:41coming through.
03:42Divorce?
03:43I didn't even know you were married.
03:45No, I did not tell you.
03:47Well, why should I have?
03:48Sorry.
03:49No.
03:49No reason.
03:51So, off to meet our new sponsor governor then.
03:54God help us.
03:55It's great news, isn't it, Kim?
03:56What?
03:58What, you think it's okay for someone to just go and buy a slice of the school?
04:02Oh, right, well, I'll take a couple of pound of teachers and a couple of bags of pupils.
04:07Can you not see how...
04:08Forget I spoke.
04:10Okay?
04:12Kim, I...
04:14I really missed you.
04:19Quietly, please.
04:20Oh, sorry, I'm standing there.
04:27Impressive results you've been achieving here, Jack.
04:29100% improvement in our A to C grades, and now we're offering A-levels.
04:33Never seen the Nike at Waterloo Road, eh?
04:35Andrew, Kim.
04:36Mr. Aspinall.
04:37Roger.
04:38Pleasure to meet you.
04:39What you're doing here, well, we're all really grateful.
04:43You want to put something back, don't you?
04:45Lucky all does, is what I say.
04:46Mr. Aspinall was a former pupil here himself.
04:49Hmm, so I read.
04:50Worst days of my life, if you want to know.
04:53But, well, now I've made it.
04:54I also heard you're going to be the new chair of the Board of Governors.
04:57The only volunteer.
04:59Great.
05:00A board that's going to get involved.
05:02Which brings me, neatly, to the question of my contract.
05:07Yeah, I've called an extraordinary meeting for this afternoon.
05:09Sort out this whole head teacher issue.
05:11Now that the Discipline Committee's found in my favour.
05:14Let me show you something, Jack.
05:16The Aspinall thermal-coated LW7 nut.
05:20Titanium cobalt alloy.
05:21Can be used in temperatures exceeding 450 degrees.
05:25If this didn't do its job, planes would fall out of the sky.
05:29And I need the right components to help this school take off.
05:37Another year and not a day older, eh, Grantley?
05:39Well, you speak for yourself.
05:42I felt my lifeblood slipping away the minute I walked back through those gates.
05:51Oh, hello, stranger.
05:52Steph?
05:53I want to hear all about your holiday.
05:56Maybe over a...
05:57Laters, yeah?
05:59Well, I hope he's not going to be Mr Grumpy Draws or two.
06:02Morning, everybody.
06:04Welcome back to Waterloo Road.
06:05Now, I know that some of you have heard something about the new school.
06:08Well, this is the man behind it all, Mr Aspinall.
06:12And I know that each and every one of you is going to do your best to make it work.
06:15Because what we've got here is the future for some of the poorest kids in Britain.
06:21A state-of-the-art academy with playing fields and windows that can shut.
06:26And you should see the staff room.
06:28It's like an airport lounge.
06:30So, let's hear it for our new sponsor governor, Mr Roger Aspinall.
06:38I'm a man of precious few words, not being intellectual like yourselves.
06:44But I know how to run a successful business.
06:46And that's why the Roger Aspinall Academy is going to the top.
06:50I hire the best staff for the job, give them the best working environment, get the best results.
06:55And I'm sure none of you want to work out your days catching rainwater in your litter bins.
07:00I hope this here meets with your approval.
07:09Thank you, Mr Aspinall.
07:11Right, well, it's that time of year again.
07:14Let's open at them, eh?
07:16Would you stop smithing?
07:21Well, that makes a change, doesn't it?
07:23Somebody telling us how special we are.
07:25What's the point trying to be a teacher if some widget-making egomaniac's going to come along and tell us
07:30all what to do?
07:31Well, he came over as quite humble to me.
07:33Yeah, too humble.
07:34He'll be after a seat in the House of Lords like the rest of them.
07:37Next thing you know, he'll be making lords govern our working conditions.
07:41You're all talking nonsense.
07:43Jack's still in charge of spending and staffing.
07:45I might have guessed you'd be gung-ho.
07:49Kim.
07:53I meant what I said.
07:55I really missed you.
07:59Are you up for going out tonight?
08:02I'm meeting up with some mates.
08:03We're just going to go and have some pizza or something.
08:06Just, you know, I thought you might want to come along.
08:08Great.
08:08I love Italian food.
08:10Well, it's just pizza.
08:12Isn't that Italian?
08:14Yeah, just don't bang on.
08:16Yeah, because they're just ordinary people.
08:25I can't believe Jack's buying into this.
08:28He didn't have a choice.
08:33Oh, well, you know, I don't think I'm going to get to you, too.
08:42So, it's fine.
08:43I gather I missed an important meeting.
08:45I wasn't copied in on the notice.
08:51I said weird being back, didn't it?
08:53Especially doing A-levels.
08:54I'm breaking it.
08:55Oh, me too.
08:56It's easy for you, though, isn't it?
08:58I've been Mr. Clarkson as well as your mum to help you out now.
09:01Yeah.
09:01Well, it's so me that's got to put the work in.
09:03Oh, don't go off it.
09:04I just meant you got someone to correct it for you before you wandered in.
09:07I mean, my mum works in a bakery.
09:10Yeah, well, I'd rather do my homework than yours.
09:13Help each other, yeah?
09:15Who's that?
09:26We thought you'd gone to Australia.
09:28Australia?
09:29I did a bit of travelling, but I wasn't that adventurous.
09:34Anyway, you two look really great.
09:35I know I did the right thing, taking myself away for a bit.
09:38I thought you said you were going to make a whole new life for yourself, Lorna.
09:41Yeah, well, I haven't found that bloody gorgeous new husband yet.
09:45I'm hoping to get some tips from Steph Haydock.
09:48Well, I think you look fabulous, darling.
09:50I'm really glad to see you back.
09:53Don't you look so worried, Tom?
09:58I think you could at least have given her a hug.
10:00This isn't starting a new life.
10:01This is crashing back in on hours.
10:03So what do you think?
10:04She should have given up her job for us as well as everything else.
10:07You don't know her like I do.
10:09This is all an act.
10:10Get real, Tom.
10:11It's as if she'd waste her time.
10:14So, what do you think of your new hangout, then?
10:17It's brilliant, sir.
10:18It's welcome.
10:19Aw, sir.
10:20It's the nicest room in the school.
10:22Well, this is a man you've got to thank for it all, Mr Aspinall.
10:29So why don't some of you from Fairview School introduce yourselves?
10:34Yeah, I'm Daniel Foxton.
10:36Kate Appeal.
10:38Paul Barrowcroft.
10:39Maurice Ogden.
10:40Emily Dyson.
10:41Abigail Radworth.
10:43You got a tongue in your head?
10:44Er, yes, I do.
10:48Well, use it, then.
10:51For anything in particular?
10:54I asked you to introduce yourself.
10:56Actually, strictly speaking, you asked the pupils from Fairview to introduce themselves.
11:00I'm from Kingsmere College.
11:04There's always one pain in the backside, isn't there?
11:06I think I'd better introduce him.
11:08This is my son, Brett Aspinall.
11:11Proof how much I'm committed to bringing the best to this school.
11:14I left Kingsmere because I wanted to.
11:16Brett, is it?
11:19We'll have a catch-up later, Brett.
11:27Thought you were jammy-maker, having your mum and your mum's boyfriend being teachers here.
11:31Sure.
11:32Well, fancy having your dad run the place?
11:35Look, can we not even talk about my dad?
11:36He's an embarrassment.
11:39Don't worry.
11:40I know what you mean.
11:45Don't get into an argument with him.
11:46He'll win every time.
11:47I've learnt just to back off and let him do his own thing.
11:50Not at this school, he won't.
11:51We'll soon have him settling in.
11:52Well, you can try.
11:54Well, better check the registers.
11:56It's usually pretty near 100% on the first day, then it tails off.
12:00Not this year, it won't.
12:02So, shall I see you off?
12:04I should have a little wonder, shouldn't I?
12:05Get to know the place, the staff, see what's working.
12:08Or, more importantly, what isn't it?
12:10And I've got to stick around to chair this extra board meeting about the headship issues.
12:15Right, well, er, I'll show you around.
12:17I wouldn't want you getting lost.
12:18I'll be fine.
12:19At least I can do.
12:24Hey, you're also in need of a new secretary.
12:27Yeah, I've got a temp in.
12:29Well, my PA's looking for a new challenge.
12:31Davina Shackleton.
12:32Highly recommended.
12:33I've asked her to pop by and see you this afternoon.
12:35If she don't suit.
12:37Right, well, yeah, I'll give her the once-over.
12:39Good.
12:44Brian Nolan.
12:45Yes, ma'am.
12:46Janet Seymour.
12:47Janet.
12:48And Chloe Granger.
12:51Yes, miss.
12:55Right, that's it.
12:56Well, it's your final GCSE here.
13:00There'll be a couple of new faces joining us to do resets.
13:03It's going to be a lot of hard work for everybody, so I hope you're all prepared.
13:07Miss, we don't know what to call you Miss Dickie, or Miss Clark.
13:22Miss Clarkson.
13:23That's what we call it.
13:25Just weren't sure a mess.
13:31OK, can anybody tell me what we mean by the word feet?
13:34Just twist and turn away.
13:44You can use textures.
13:46Look, miss.
13:48I made an eye out of Jordan's tit.
13:52So now it's an eye, because that's what you made it into.
13:57Can I help you?
13:58Mr Aspinall was just interested in seeing what's what, round the school?
14:02Don't mind us.
14:04Don't mind us.
14:04Just carry on.
14:05Whatever it is you're doing.
14:10Erm, it's an art class.
14:14Really?
14:15Yeah, you know.
14:16Creative stuff.
14:18Thinking out of the box, learning to express themselves.
14:27Play along here, Kim.
14:28We'll take his money and run.
14:29No, he's going to want something in return.
14:35You'll find our head of English has a very traditional approach.
14:40Mr Budgin.
14:43Oh, you can't still be here.
14:47Grantley Budgin.
14:48You two know each other?
14:50You taught me.
14:52Did I?
14:54You win a few hundred thousand dollars.
14:57Well, you must remember me, surely.
14:59Roger the Bodger.
15:01Shh!
15:03Grantley's not known for his political correctness.
15:06Don't you remember telling me I was the thickest pupil you'd ever come across?
15:12I'll tell it like it is.
15:15I was dyslexic.
15:16I still am.
15:19Look, I can see that Grantley's offended you in the past.
15:22Just looking at him offends me.
15:24He should have been sacked years ago, shouldn't he?
15:26Sacked?
15:27What, you think that's the kind of teacher we want on our payroll?
15:29Well, he's not perfect.
15:30No.
15:31He's the same lazy, cynical bully you always was.
15:34Look, he can control the flaming class.
15:40I know that's not the be-all and end-all.
15:42Look, Roger, obviously I'll take your concerns on board.
15:46But staffing's my re-mate, yeah?
15:48All I'm concerned about, Jack, is getting the best for this school.
15:52Which is why it's paramount for the Governors that we can trust our headmaster's judgement.
15:56Sir? Sir?
15:57Look, you're busy.
15:58I'll catch up with you later.
16:10Come on for a coffee?
16:11Not if it makes Tom feel uncomfortable.
16:17It was just a bit of a shock, that's all.
16:20I don't want any of us to feel guilty about anything, Izzy.
16:23Life's too short.
16:25I know that better than anyone.
16:27Took me a bit longer than you thought to get over it all.
16:30The day I posted those letters to you and Tom, I ended up jumping into the canal.
16:36Oh my God, Lona.
16:38Oh, it's fine, I can talk about it now because I'm in such a different place.
16:41Thanks to some very expensive therapy.
16:44Hang on a minute.
16:46You tried to kill yourself.
16:49I knew I didn't want to as soon as I went under.
16:52Lona!
16:52Well, luckily for me, these two lovely gay guys jumped in and saved me.
16:55I was so worried the police would try and contact Tom.
17:00I can't bear this.
17:04I meant everything I wrote.
17:07About being friends.
17:09I realised the only thing that made me sad was thinking I'd lost you both.
17:14Lona.
17:16Me and Tom have lived off those letters for months, telling each other that you were glad to get away.
17:21Just kidding ourselves.
17:22No, it's me who was kidding myself.
17:24Trying to be noble.
17:26That's why I'm telling you about my journey.
17:29So you and Tom really believe I've come out the other end of it.
17:33Tom's going to be devastated.
17:35Well, you can't tell him, is he?
17:37I have to.
17:39Well, he won't know how to handle it.
17:43Just reassure him I really am happy.
17:46Please?
17:54Lona.
17:56There's something else I have to tell you about me and Tom.
18:02I'm pregnant.
18:11Please put me in behind.
18:13So!
18:16Bonjour la classe!
18:21Right.
18:22Let's find out what you all got up to in the holidays.
18:26Il y a quelqu'un qui a passé le grand vacance en France?
18:30Ouais, moi j'ai passé quelques jours à Paris.
18:34Superb!
18:35Et comment vous appelez-vous?
18:37Brett Aspinall.
18:39Oh.
18:40So you're Mr. Aspinall's son?
18:42Malheureusement, pour moi.
18:44Bon.
18:45Alors, let's do some verbs.
18:49What'd you say to her?
18:50Just talking about my dad.
18:52Do you give lessons?
18:54Could do, if you want.
18:55Can I help me, could?
18:56Get all the perks going, you.
18:59I don't know how your mum can live with us after what she did to poor Miss Dickie.
19:03She ran off with her husband, you know, Mr. Clarkson.
19:06Who are you then? Sex police.
19:10Here we go.
19:18Lorna?
19:19What a surprise!
19:22Hey!
19:23You've got guts, haven't you?
19:24And some.
19:26Hey, Tom.
19:26What do you think?
19:27Isn't she a star?
19:29Yeah.
19:33Right, you never guess what card I've been cut now.
19:37Aspinall used to be a pupil of mine.
19:40You're kidding.
19:41So he tells me.
19:43Hope you're up for a pint lunchtime.
19:45Defo.
19:48You've, um...
19:49You've had to sell your place, haven't you, Lorna?
19:51Oh, I'm booked into a B&B at the moment, but I really want to buy somewhere.
19:54Well, if you want someone to help you look.
19:56Oh, yes, please.
19:58I don't think I'll be able to afford a house, but I think going back to Flatland will be fun.
20:02As long as it's totally mob-conned.
20:03Yeah.
20:07Tom will be a great dad.
20:09He must be so thrilled.
20:10Yeah.
20:11He is, but...
20:12Well, you can see why he might feel a bit nervous.
20:15Well, now you can tell him to stop worrying, can't you?
20:19All right.
20:20Put your books away and stand behind your chairs.
20:31In this row.
20:38You.
20:44And you.
20:49Well, I hope you'll be teaching my son his English A-level.
20:52He's just joined the sixth form here.
20:53That's the head of department's job, I'm afraid.
20:57Grantly Budgin?
20:57I know Mr Budgin.
20:59This is the desk I used to sit at when he was standing up there telling the old class what
21:03a thicky I was.
21:07What's your, er, professional opinion of him, Andrew?
21:10Er...
21:10We've had our differences.
21:13Don't pull your punches.
21:15Frankly, I've already given him a verbal warning.
21:18How did he take that?
21:19He's a union representative.
21:21Big deal.
21:23I've seen off a hundred union reps in my time.
21:25And if he's not up to the job...
21:27Well, there's no denying he's in it for the wrong reasons.
21:32He's regularly laid to his lessons.
21:35Doesn't teach low-ability children.
21:37Takes free lunches for doing a duty, then doesn't do the duty.
21:41Seems belligerently indifferent either to moving the school forward or maintaining the status quo.
21:49Tom?
21:50Are you going out for lunch?
21:52As far away as possible.
21:55She's been brilliant, Tom.
21:57I told her I was pregnant and she couldn't have been nicer about it.
21:59Yeah?
22:00Yeah.
22:00So you can untwist your knickers and start being nice to her.
22:04What, are you sure there's no hidden agenda?
22:06Oh, what? To try and win you back?
22:08Okay.
22:08Well, I'm sorry to crush your evil, but I think she's looking forward to not having you in your sloppy
22:12habits in a new flat.
22:14Oh.
22:15Why sloppy habits?
22:17Do you think we could take a break from the girls tonight, so I can take my wife to be
22:21out for dinner?
22:21Just the two of us.
22:25We'll see you later.
22:26Okay.
22:33No way.
22:36What did you say?
22:37Hard day.
22:37I will.
22:38I'm looking forward to this evening.
22:42Isn't it going to be a nightmare having to face Lorna every day?
22:46I'm sure she feels the same.
22:48Which doesn't look like it bothers her too much.
22:50I'll speak to you later.
22:51Oh, if I had to work with my ex and his girlfriend...
22:54Well, I know.
22:56I just bottled right out.
23:01Did your divorce come through?
23:02Yeah.
23:03Yeah.
23:04Thank God.
23:05Right.
23:06So, all ready to play the field again then?
23:10See Andrew, for instance?
23:12Or are my antennae all over the place?
23:16We're actually going out for a meal tonight.
23:18I thought I'd give him a chance.
23:20Yikes.
23:21Ooh.
23:22Want me to hold your hand?
23:23Yeah, please.
23:24He just so winds me up sometimes, he's probably going to turn me mates right off.
23:30But there's a whole crowd who's going out.
23:33Right.
23:34Is that wise?
23:36Can Andrew handle crowds?
23:44It's all coming back to me now.
23:47Bodger Aspinall.
23:49He's a little swine then and he still is.
23:51Look mate, don't be looking for a fright, yeah?
23:53Mm-mm.
23:54It's he who's come looking for one.
23:56Obviously been nurturing a grievance for the last 25 years.
24:00Are you sure you should have another?
24:02Well, I need one, don't I?
24:03Eh?
24:04Drown my sorrows at what a so-called Labour government has done for state education.
24:09Just half for me, please.
24:11Selling off schools to chippy little sharpsters like Aspinall.
24:15But maybe you should make an excuse to take the afternoon off, go home.
24:18Aye.
24:18Well, he'd love that, wouldn't he?
24:20Thinking he'd got me on the back foot.
24:24Same again, love.
24:33Flaming out, Grantly.
24:34I can smell you a mile off.
24:36Excuse me?
24:37You're lucky you didn't bump into Aspinall.
24:39Aspinall?
24:41Eh, neck one of these and smarten up again.
24:54Oh.
24:56I was...
24:57What?
24:58You were what?
25:01Erm...
25:01Do you know what, for an English teacher, you're not very good at saying what you mean?
25:04I don't know what it is about you.
25:06That makes you lose the power of speech?
25:08Yes.
25:12I've got to prepare my lesson.
25:15Right.
25:15I'll hold on.
25:17Um, Andy.
25:19By the way, tonight it'll just be the two of us.
25:30I think you can tell from the broken syntax and the repetition of the word nothing.
25:34Er, just build and build.
25:36Oh, be still my beating heart.
25:40How is this possible, you're Roger Aspinall's son?
25:43We've got the same genes, not the same personality.
25:46Hmm.
25:48Right.
25:48I want you, in pairs, to take these first two scenes and transcribe them, er, into contemporary
25:56language, as you'd hear your characters talking in your television soaps.
26:00Now, you get on with that, I'll get on with a bit of marking.
26:04One, two.
26:06Oh, I'm no good at this stuff.
26:08Well, you could change nothing to now, for a start.
26:13Speak.
26:14Now.
26:15Now.
26:16You taking the piss?
26:17Now.
26:19Oh.
26:20It doesn't really make sense any more, does it?
26:22Well, what would you really say?
26:24Mmm.
26:25No way, ma'am.
26:26Probably.
26:27So?
26:29Now.
26:30Now?
26:30You taking the piss?
26:31No way, ma'am.
26:32Don't you now, Mia.
26:34I'll give you sodding now.
26:35Now.
26:37Now.
26:41Now.
26:48Now.
26:54Now.
26:55Now.
26:55Now.
26:56Now.
26:57Now.
26:58Now.
26:59Now.
27:05Now.
27:06Now.
27:09Now.
27:11Now.
27:14Now.
27:15Now.
27:16Now.
27:16Now.
27:25Now.
27:26Now.
27:28Now.
27:30That'd be great.
27:44Meek is like ten times better at French than me.
27:47So?
27:48Just it's really me.
27:49You need to learn ma'am.
27:51Now.
27:51No.
27:51Now.
27:52Yeah, I'm turning.
27:58Now.
28:01Usually it's dirty.
28:01Get to your lessons.
28:08Yes.
28:10or something, Sir.
28:10want to pull me up for something?
28:12Sir.
28:26What's funny?
28:28Have you looked in the mirror recently?
28:31Mm-hmm.
28:36What the?
28:36Oh, come here, you damn bugger.
28:51Jack, Grantley budging.
28:52Look, Roger, I've said all I'm going to say on the subject, OK?
28:55What does a teacher have to do to get sacked these days?
28:57More than get up your nose, so forget about it.
29:00No, even if he's just been caught drunk on the job,
29:03snoring at his desk.
29:05And, turns out, he's already had a verbal warning, hasn't he?
29:12Obviously, I'll need to look into this.
29:14Look, let's skip the rigmarole, eh?
29:16Here's what I'll do.
29:17I'll give him money to walk. How's that?
29:19You can't just throw money at everything.
29:22Teachers are human beings.
29:24If you want to keep teachers like him,
29:25it's going to undermine any investment I'm likely to put into this school.
29:29Look, Roger, if it's an apology you want, I'll get you one, OK?
29:33We want a total change of attitude from him, Jack.
29:36Or we want him out.
29:38And I should hope you want the same,
29:41if you're up to your remit.
29:54I hope you're not expecting payment for today.
30:04Been talking to Roger, have you?
30:07About Granley bludgeoned?
30:09What do you think you're playing at, siding with him against me?
30:11It'd be ridiculous.
30:13I'm trying to help you achieve our targets.
30:16You'll never get Granley pulling his weight.
30:18He's a drag on the whole department.
30:25Look, mate, just face facts, you've cocked up at the worst possible time for me here.
30:30Well, we know the full facts, do we?
30:33Such as who was the scribe that assaulted me,
30:36because my money's on it being Aspinall's cocky little son.
30:39It doesn't matter a damn who did it.
30:44Gruntley, obviously, there's some big changes coming round here.
30:47It's not an option to sit it out and snipe.
30:50If you want red Jack, just be brave enough to say.
30:53Listen to me.
30:55No-one needs to tell me that Aspinall's a pompous arse,
30:58but he's a rich, pompous arse,
31:00and I can't afford to lose his money.
31:03All you've got to do is shake the bloke's hand
31:06and tell him you're on board.
31:09Trennaman's broken your spine, hasn't he?
31:21Well, that's me off to take a well-earned rest.
31:25What?
31:26I consider myself effectively dismissed.
31:30And God help the rest of you.
31:41You did the right thing, Jack.
31:43Give me a break.
31:49What's happened to Gruntley?
31:50He's walked.
31:51Isn't that a good thing?
31:53One day.
31:55That's all Aspinall's spent at this school
31:56and we're already a teacher down.
31:58I did my best to talk sense to Gruntley.
32:01Do I gather Budgen's packed his bags?
32:13Well, I've had a good day.
32:14Better get to that board meeting.
32:16Right.
32:17Actually, Jack, they've requested governors only on this one,
32:20seeing as how we're discussing your contract.
32:22I'll give you a bell how it goes.
32:27Right.
32:29Good luck with your contract.
32:44Mr. Rimmer?
32:45Yeah?
32:47I'm Davina Shackleton.
32:51Mr. Aspinall said I should look in on you.
33:00Hiya.
33:01Jack.
33:02Come in.
33:02Take a seat.
33:05Not your typical school seccy?
33:07What's typical?
33:11No Mr. Aspinall long, have you?
33:14Long enough.
33:18Look, Davina, between you and me,
33:22I'm looking for someone who's going to be dedicated to this job
33:25and I'm just not getting the impression that that's going to be you.
33:29Right.
33:33Well, at least let me help you out of your present crisis.
33:58Jack Rimmer.
34:00Should he be made permanent head?
34:02That's the question.
34:07You all know why we're here.
34:09For those of you who haven't met me, I...
34:15He had that misconduct hearing.
34:39Issy, you're not going to believe this.
34:41What?
34:41I've just had a call from my B&B.
34:43They've got a plumbing problem.
34:44It's all coming back up, the sewage.
34:46Oh, no.
34:47Yeah, they can't get it fixed till tomorrow,
34:49so I've got to go and get my stuff out of there.
34:50What, you have to move out?
34:52I couldn't spend the night at yours, could I?
34:54You've got that little box room, you know, where you keep all your crap?
34:56It's still got a spare bed in it, hasn't it?
34:59Yeah, it has, but...
35:01Honestly, I don't mind if it's a squash.
35:05I don't think it's a good idea.
35:07Oh.
35:09Well, you know what I mean.
35:10I just...
35:12I don't want to make things awkward between us again,
35:14and it's not just us, it's the girls.
35:16I don't know how they'd feel.
35:17It's only for one night, but, um...
35:19Look, I'm really sorry, Iz.
35:20I didn't think.
35:21Please, don't worry about it.
35:23Let me just run it past Tom.
35:25No, no, no, honestly, I can go to a hotel.
35:29Are you joking?
35:31There's no way it is.
35:32It's only for one night.
35:33I don't care.
35:34Well, do you not think we should care?
35:36Look, I wasn't 100% happy when she asked.
35:38Well, she shouldn't have asked you, should she?
35:41We're her friends.
35:42I said that, I didn't think it was a good idea,
35:44but till now I just feel they're guilty,
35:46knowing that she's saving up to buy your flat and...
35:48We're supposed to be going out for dinner tonight.
35:51Well, Colin, we'll go out tomorrow night.
35:56It's your house.
35:59I'll go along with whatever you want.
36:02I just have to hope from being paranoid.
36:09I look forward to working with you, Davina.
36:11And like I said, what goes on inside that office
36:15stays between us only, yeah?
36:17See you next week, then.
36:23Who's that?
36:25Staff.
36:27My new seki.
36:28One of Aspinall's staff.
36:30Forced her on to me.
36:31Oh.
36:32Doesn't look very professional to me.
36:34You sure he's not trying to bin off his bit on the side?
36:36Estelle left me in the lurch.
36:38Don't have much of a choice about it, yeah?
36:40I just hope I can keep my own job.
36:43What do you mean?
36:43I thought it was all sorted.
36:45Yeah, well, they're keeping me waiting on the contract, aren't they?
36:48Boards in a meeting about it now.
36:50Well, why don't you wait in the pub, hey?
36:53Let me buy you a large one.
36:55Oh, go on.
36:58Come on.
36:59Come on.
37:02Three English teachers in the one house.
37:04It's only for one night.
37:05Everyone's going to think we're a right bunch of weirdos.
37:07We are.
37:08I get enough snidey comments already.
37:10Lona's our friend, Mika.
37:12You said you thought she weren't even coming back.
37:13Never mind, she's moving in.
37:15Shall we just get in the car?
37:16It's nobody else's business.
37:18Oh, you're mad.
37:19Anyway, I'm going out tonight, so I won't be there to see you.
37:23Fine.
37:31I've been trying to call you on your mobile.
37:33Oh, I've still got to switch to off.
37:36Tricky situation, Andrew.
37:41Well, you know I'm very impressed with you.
37:43And I understand you've already completed your qualification for headship.
37:47My MPQ-ish?
37:48Yes, you have.
37:50Whereas, Rimmer's still working on his, yeah?
37:53Well, the board's concluded his secondment should be terminated.
37:58The headship will be advertised nationally.
38:00He'll be free to put himself up for it if he wants.
38:03Does Jack know about this?
38:04I'll be giving him a call.
38:05Well, and I hope he'll be happy to resume his permanent position as deputy
38:09without any loss of salary.
38:11Sorry.
38:12In the meantime, Andrew,
38:14I want you to take over the reins as acting head.
38:18I'm sorry, but it's sad of the question.
38:21Jack employed me as his deputy.
38:23Look, Andrew...
38:23I can't do that.
38:24Just ask yourself this.
38:26Did you join Waterloo Road to save Jack Rimmer?
38:30Or save the school?
38:33I'm so glad I got this new top.
38:36Marlow else, eh?
38:37Must be posh.
38:39I don't care if you're listening to Caravan.
38:40He's gorgeous.
38:42Must really like you if he's asked you out already.
38:44He does.
38:45It's making Leanne Calloway so jealous.
38:48Yeah, I wish I could go out.
38:50Just going to stay in my room and watch telly.
38:52Keep out of their way.
38:54You told anyone mum's pregnant?
38:56No.
38:56I don't even want Dante knowing.
38:58I wouldn't mind having a little brother or a sister, but...
39:01Yeah, but...
39:02Well, they could have at least waited till he got divorced.
39:06Yeah.
39:06They don't care how it makes us look.
39:10Anyway, how do I look?
39:13Banging.
39:18What's taking him so long?
39:21Should be a case of just rubber stamping me contract.
39:23I'm pretty confident I've got Aspen on support.
39:26Well, I'm just hoping I've got yours, Jack.
39:29I mean, you do owe me a bit of gratitude after saving your life.
39:33You fancy another then, Miss Adoc?
39:35Oh, here we go.
39:37Friend in it.
39:47Jack, if you don't want to, you know, run into any of the other teachers right now,
39:52my place is just round the corner.
39:55With a free bar.
40:09For the house.
40:10Oh, that'll do nicely, madam.
40:11Thank you, Cupid.
40:12Can you believe this?
40:13Thanks, Cupid.
40:13It's got around the school they'd think Tom was running a harem.
40:16Oh, in his dreams.
40:17You got all your stuff out at the B&B OK, then?
40:19Yes, apart from the towels I donated to the mopping up operation.
40:22I only hope you can't smell it on me.
40:24Actually, Lorna, you do whiff a bit.
40:26I don't, do I?
40:29Oh, you.
40:31We can always wash it off with this, eh?
40:32Yeah.
40:33Come on.
40:33Come on.
40:49I know a girl with a golden touch
40:54She's got enough, she's got too much
40:59But I know you wouldn't mind
41:03I'll get it.
41:08Hey, Mika.
41:09Hiya.
41:11This is where you live.
41:12It's amazing.
41:14Yeah.
41:14Do you want to go through?
41:16Oh, yeah.
41:20Hi, Mika.
41:22Isn't it great if Brett can write us over?
41:25Yeah.
41:26Great for me.
41:26You both came.
41:34Oh, Mr. Wimmer.
41:42Oh, just leave it, Jack.
41:49I'd better get that.
41:50Oh.
41:58Roger.
41:59All sorted?
42:00Bad news, I'm afraid, Jack.
42:02The committee's ruled against you.
42:04You can always reapply for the job,
42:06but in the meantime,
42:07we've asked Andrew Trenerman
42:08to stand in as acting head.
42:11You've got to be joking.
42:14This is it.
42:15Wow, this is brilliant.
42:18Cocktails, you name it, I'll mix it.
42:20Ooh, I'll have her between the sheets some, please.
42:22Ooh, me too.
42:23Mika?
42:25Er, can I just have a Diet Coke?
42:27Okay.
42:27A Diet Coke?
42:29Come on, Mika.
42:30This is happy hour.
42:31I don't need alcohol to be happy.
42:33When Brett's off on us cocktails.
42:36Er, mate, a weak one, if you like.
42:38Yeah, go on, Brett.
42:39One's not going to work you, is it, Mika?
42:41Yeah, all right.
42:43Hey, we should be speaking in French, shouldn't we?
42:45Hey.
42:46Well, what are we supposed to be here for, isn't it?
42:50Okay.
42:52Well, I would just say between the sheets in French, Brett.
42:56Entre les draps.
42:58Entre les draps.
43:00And I would just say,
43:01can I ever go up shaking the shaker?
43:03Be my guest.
43:10Can't believe your dad's actually talking like that.
43:13Oh, he's lucky I talk to him at all.
43:14Yeah, but I'll give you a hard time about it in the morning, then...
43:17Oh, forget about it, Mika.
43:18This is my space.
43:19And the only rule in my space is...
43:44Sorry, I'm late.
43:45If it's anything to do with work,
43:48is it right okay for you?
43:50Absolutely.
43:58So, do you, uh, want to decide what you're going to have?
44:01Right.
44:04Where are we doing starters?
44:06Well, we've got olives, so...
44:08Right.
44:11That I will have...
44:14An Italian hot.
44:16Oh, really?
44:17Hmm?
44:18Now, I was absolutely dead sure
44:21that you were going to have a classic Napolitana.
44:23And shoes.
44:24Yeah.
44:24Well, obviously, I haven't got your sussed at all.
44:28So what do you reckon I'm having?
44:30I think you're having...
44:32Well, I think you'll say you're having anything
44:35other than what I might guess,
44:36because you'd hate me to be right.
44:38You've got me so wrong.
44:40Well, here's hoping to get to know you better.
44:50I don't know what I'm doing wrong
44:52Maybe I've been here too long
44:54The song was on the radio, sound the same
44:56Everybody just looks the same
44:58But then last night was so much fun
45:00And now I know your sheets are dirty
45:02Hey, Mika!
45:04Come on, let's have a bit of a dance
45:06Oh, leave my head
45:08What was in that drink?
45:10Hey, Mika, what's this?
45:13Hey, Brett?
45:14Da-da-da-da-da!
45:18Now you, come on!
45:21Let's have a bit of a laugh
45:23I'm up for that
45:24Let's have a...
45:26It's only fair you do the same
45:28I can't
45:29I can't
45:30I can't help you
45:30This man is...
45:31Oh, just a danger, danger
45:33Say it's been a bit of a night
45:33I can't
45:34I can't
45:35I can't
45:35I can't
45:36I can't
45:37What are you doing?
45:38Calm and resting
45:39Yeah, but it's not funny
45:41You don't need to wet your knickers
45:44You're an evil coward
45:45Hey
45:47I want to go home
45:48It's okay, don't rush off
45:50I told you I didn't want to drink
45:51Look, we've all had a bit too much
45:53Just chill out, yeah?
45:54You don't need to get nasty with us
45:55I'm not
45:56It's you
45:58Why is she keep running me for?
46:00Nisha, wait
46:06I was actually going to guess vegetariana
46:11Can I ask you about your marriage?
46:15He's my best friend's brother
46:17Tony
46:19I only really married him to please my mum, though
46:22She's having a tough time with my brother, Chris
46:24Being gay
46:26There's loads of rubbish in our family, you know, stupid religion
46:30Anyway, big mistake
46:33Sorted
46:34Learned the lesson
46:35Hmm
46:37I suppose I'm lucky in that respect
46:39My parents have always been much more interested in their own love lives than their children's
46:45So if you don't mind me asking, any significant relationships in your past?
46:50Hmm
46:52Well, significant for me, not so significant for them
46:55For them?
46:58I'm just the one, Biggie
46:59My first hint in Rwanda
47:01She's happily married now, living in America
47:11Message from Jack to call him
47:13Oh, God, the governor's meeting
47:15No, Andrew, call him
47:17You said you didn't want to talk about work
47:19No, I like good news
47:22They're not renewing Jack's contract
47:25Me?
47:27Haspinall wants me to take over as acting head
47:30Oh, get real
47:31I couldn't tell you before Jack knew
47:33You mean you've agreed to him?
47:36I couldn't not agree
47:37To take Jack's job?
47:39I felt duty bound
47:40Duty? What?
47:42To stab Jack in the back?
47:43To please somebody?
47:45Pompous, pain-in-the-neck businessman?
47:47Don't go over the top
47:48The man's triumphed over dyslexia
47:51He's helping disadvantaged kids
47:53Come on, Kim
47:54It's about what's best for the school
47:56You're a total alien
48:00Kim
48:09Jack
48:11She's on her way
48:14Oh, Lorna, leave that
48:15I'll do it in the morning
48:16No, it's all right
48:16You two go on up
48:17I'd like to say hello to Mika
48:20Oh, cheers
48:21Night, then
48:22Night
48:24Night
48:38Call Aspinall
48:39Tell him you've had a rethink
48:40Can we discuss this rationally tomorrow?
48:41There's nothing to discuss, Andrew
48:42Call him now
48:43Look, you're drunk
48:45You're not taking my bloody job
49:03Hello, Mika
49:07Are you all right?
49:09Something happened
49:12What?
49:13Like I'm gonna tell you
49:15Pull out
49:16Pull out
49:18Pull out
49:18From one extreme to another
49:20From the sun to the spring
49:23From the mountain to the air
49:31From some air to the sun
49:34It's a way down the air
49:52He just got to see you
49:53Look, there's no way
49:54She's staying here
49:55More than one night
49:57Why don't you clear her off
49:59The bloody Australia
50:00Don't
50:01Explain
50:02Explain
50:03As they turn on me
50:04The pain
50:05This is time
50:06This time
50:07Turn it wide
50:09And suns us down
50:10Pull out
50:12Pull out
50:13From one extreme to another
50:15From the summer
50:17To the spring
50:18From the mountain to the air
50:32What was that?
50:43Lona
50:44Lona?
50:45Lona, are you all right?
50:47Are you all right?
50:48Come on
50:48Come on, let's get you up
50:49Oh, no, I can't
50:53I can't miss my leg
51:23We'll be right back
51:25We'll be right back
51:26Bye