β Riot Women (2025) - Season 1 Episode 1
When silence is no longer an option, one voice becomes many. In Episode 1, [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. Follow a group of courageous women as they challenge the status quo, fight for justice, and discover the power of standing together.
πΉ Episode Highlights:
β’ [E01 Hook: "A personal injustice ignites a movement that can't be stopped"]
β’ [E02 Hook: "From strangers to sisters: building trust in the face of opposition"]
β’ [E03 Hook: "When the stakes rise, who will stand firm and who will falter?"]
β’ [E04 Hook: "Truth has a price β but is freedom worth the cost?"]
β’ [E05 Hook: "No turning back: the movement reaches a pivotal crossroads"]
β’ Powerful performances, emotional depth & stories that resonate beyond the screen
πΉ Series Info:
β’ Format: Social Drama / Empowerment Series / Contemporary Storytelling
β’ Original Network: [Customize: e.g., Streaming Platform / International Syndication]
β’ Season: 1 | Episodes: 1-5
β’ Theme: Women's Rights, Social Justice, Community Activism
β’ Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
β’ Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
π§ Prefer audio? Listen to Riot Women recaps & social drama podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
π Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Which character's journey resonates with YOU? πβ" Turn on notifications π so you never miss the next stand!
#RiotWomen #RiotWomenS1 #EmpowermentDrama #SocialJusticeTV #WomensRights #S1E[X] #CourageousStories #BingeWatch #StreamingSeries #WomenWhoLead #DramaWithPurpose #StandTogether
β οΈ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Riot Women" belong to the original production company and broadcasting network. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
When silence is no longer an option, one voice becomes many. In Episode 1, [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. Follow a group of courageous women as they challenge the status quo, fight for justice, and discover the power of standing together.
πΉ Episode Highlights:
β’ [E01 Hook: "A personal injustice ignites a movement that can't be stopped"]
β’ [E02 Hook: "From strangers to sisters: building trust in the face of opposition"]
β’ [E03 Hook: "When the stakes rise, who will stand firm and who will falter?"]
β’ [E04 Hook: "Truth has a price β but is freedom worth the cost?"]
β’ [E05 Hook: "No turning back: the movement reaches a pivotal crossroads"]
β’ Powerful performances, emotional depth & stories that resonate beyond the screen
πΉ Series Info:
β’ Format: Social Drama / Empowerment Series / Contemporary Storytelling
β’ Original Network: [Customize: e.g., Streaming Platform / International Syndication]
β’ Season: 1 | Episodes: 1-5
β’ Theme: Women's Rights, Social Justice, Community Activism
β’ Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
β’ Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
π§ Prefer audio? Listen to Riot Women recaps & social drama podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
π Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Which character's journey resonates with YOU? πβ" Turn on notifications π so you never miss the next stand!
#RiotWomen #RiotWomenS1 #EmpowermentDrama #SocialJusticeTV #WomensRights #S1E[X] #CourageousStories #BingeWatch #StreamingSeries #WomenWhoLead #DramaWithPurpose #StandTogether
β οΈ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Riot Women" belong to the original production company and broadcasting network. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
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00:03Two Chips
00:04Hats
00:05Two Chips
00:05Two Chips
00:20One Chips
00:29First, I will have salt.
00:29Oh, yeah.
00:42When theζ Ή of salt is growing, I will cook the oil.
00:43I will use the oil to pour a pour on the water in the water.
00:44So, if you want something in it, I will use the oil to pour it.
00:44It is very simple, it will be important to add the oil.
00:45So, if you want something in it's a big time.
00:45I use it in the water.
00:50I hope it will be a bit easier.
01:57Nick.
01:58What's this text?
01:59You've sold her house and spent Β£240,000 on a policy.
02:03Yeah, I did.
02:05So the solicitor...
02:06She's not going to live that long.
02:07Well, we don't know how long she's going to live.
02:10But the point is, for how long she does live, she's covered.
02:14So she's got good care and a good home and neither of us need to worry our frazzled little heads
02:20about any of it anymore.
02:21That's Β£240,000 that we would have inherited, eventually.
02:27This should have been discussed.
02:28Did discuss it with her solicitor.
02:30With me.
02:32Discussed with me.
02:33And Abigail.
02:36It's got nothing to do with Abigail.
02:39And you know, she was a saver mum all her life.
02:42She's saved for a rainy day.
02:44Well, this is her rainy day.
02:45It costs Β£5,000 a month in that care home.
02:49How much?
02:49For more than three years, which she could easily do.
02:52How much?
02:52She's covered.
02:54This is 24-hour round-the-clock dementia care, Nick.
02:59This is someone who is doubly incontinent and regularly wide awake at three o'clock in the morning singing
03:05Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Company B
03:07and insisting she has to get to Marks and Spencer before they close.
03:12It never stops.
03:14And it doesn't come cheap.
03:16Could you not find somewhere cheaper?
03:19No.
03:20What about the NHS?
03:21Oh, what planet do you live on?
03:23So, well, what do ordinary people do?
03:25We are ordinary people.
03:28They sell the houses and spend their savings and give up their careers and do it themselves.
03:33That's what ordinary people do, so fuck your inheritance.
03:37Because this is the way the cookie crumbles when you don't visit your own mother for six years.
03:43Arsehole!
04:07Arsehole!
04:11Arsehole!
04:13Arsehole!
04:16Arsehole!
04:42Jess.
04:43Oh, snotty.
04:45Sorry.
04:47I thought you were Nick.
04:48What are you doing?
04:51Nothing.
04:53Why?
04:53Do you want to be in my rock band?
04:55You what?
04:57Let's start a riot.
04:59We won't be quiet.
05:01Riot women gonna set this world on fire.
05:05My rock band.
05:06I'm gonna form a rock band.
05:07Why?
05:08For fun.
05:09For the refugees.
05:10There's a talent contest.
05:12The school are organising a talent contest for the parents, not the nippers.
05:15And I thought we could enter.
05:17So I need you on board because you can play the piano.
05:20Yeah, I got...
05:21Right, so, I went to school assembly this morning because Rocko was being a tree.
05:25It was very good, actually.
05:27And it was all about the refugee crisis.
05:29Which one?
05:31Oh, uh...
05:32Ukraine, Syria, Yemen, Sudan.
05:35One of them.
05:36Anyway, it was all about what can I do?
05:37What can I do to help?
05:39And then Charlie, the head, said that the parent governors had decided on a talent contest.
05:43Why was Rocko a tree?
05:45A tree?
05:45Before an explosion and after.
05:47It was heartbreaking.
05:48Yeah.
05:49Well...
05:50It would be.
05:51Yeah.
05:52So, anyway, there'll be a bit of all sorts, you know, like, um...
05:55Singing, stand-up, ventriloquist.
05:58Oh, really?
05:58And I thought, rock band.
06:00Why not?
06:02Steve left his drum kit when he cleared off.
06:03It's been very mouldy in the garage for God knows how long.
06:05And I've always fancied a crack.
06:07So, um...
06:08So I thought we could do a cover, you know, like, uh...
06:11Like maybe ABBA.
06:12Waterloo, something like that.
06:14Take a chance on me.
06:15I thought you said rock band.
06:18Yeah, well, not ABBA.
06:19I just thought it'd be easy.
06:20Well, easier than, you know, Nirvana.
06:24But, Beth, it can be anything.
06:26Anything we can get our heads around.
06:32Sorry, how's your mum?
06:33Same.
06:35Same.
06:36Oh, bless.
06:39Anyway, come on, lovely.
06:41What do you think?
06:43Oh, please say yes.
06:44I could do with a bit of a laugh, and I know you could.
06:47Beth.
06:50That's it, too, right?
07:05Yeah, I love it.
07:06I'm smiling.
07:08Oh, my God.
07:10Oh, my God.
07:11Oh, my God.
07:12Oh, my God.
07:13Oh, my God.
07:14Oh, my God.
07:16Oh, my God.
07:21Oh, my God.
07:26Put your misery down on me
07:30Put your misery down on me
07:32Put your misery down
07:34Put your misery down on me
07:40I'm only happy when it rains
07:42I feel good when things are going wrong
07:48I only listen to the sad sad song
07:51I just want to put them all together
07:53They don't have to worry when they're in the wilderness
08:03I don't like this
08:13You have to make the ΡΠΌΠΎΠ³μ
08:15I don't want to deliver
08:16I don't want to get away
08:19I don't want to get away
08:20I don't want to get away
08:20I don't want to get away
08:21Let's just get me quiet.
08:43You want a bass guitar? Oh my dear God.
08:46Get a couple of watch?
08:48No more than merry, it's all in a good cause.
08:50Can you actually play that?
08:51This lad and it for twocks, I'll lend me his hand to give me a few tips.
08:55Then you know if the worst comes to the worst, I can just stand there looking cool, jiggling
08:58about for three and a half minutes.
08:59You won't look cool though, Holly, you look like a dick.
09:02Who's on drums?
09:03Jess.
09:03Do I know her?
09:05Landlady down the Duke, purple hair or is it green at the moment?
09:08I love her, she's off her knut.
09:10She can play?
09:12She's...
09:13No.
09:13No, but you can play keyboard a bit.
09:17Do you need a singer?
09:20Ninety-four-two code six.
09:22Aye.
09:22Because I am properly crap at singing, so it sounds like I fit right in.
09:25We're not going to be crap, we're going to be f...
09:27We're going to be okay, so you just keep your negative notices in a little box on a little
09:31shelf inside your little hairdo, alright?
09:32Your sister's shit at singing as well, so should we both turn up?
09:34You alright, love?
09:35She's down here.
09:36Somebody say she got hold of a load of knives?
09:38Yeah, they're still in the packaging.
09:39Right, well can you clear the store for me?
09:40I want everybody outside.
09:42Is she a regular, love?
09:43Do you know a name?
09:43No, sorry.
09:47Thanks, customers.
09:48Please place your cargo in Christmas.
09:50Please, take the cargo in the waiting space.
09:52I've been very poor shopping and scrolling where they are.
09:54This is used when ongoing incidents and is required for your things.
09:58We appreciate your cooperation and apologise for any inconvenience.
10:04Well, love, you alright?
10:07Whoa...
10:08I'm going to need you to put the knife down.
10:10You don't want to be coming any closer, cos it's all broken down here.
10:14You can sort everything out, but first things first, I need you to put the knife down.
10:17What's your name, love?
10:19Whose?
10:20Yours.
10:20Why?
10:21Just asking.
10:22I'm just stupid.
10:23It's shopping.
10:24What's you want to remember them for?
10:25Just put the knife on the floor, nudge it towards me, and then we'll deal with everything else.
10:29What's happened, lovely?
10:30I just dropped my vodka.
10:32OK, but you've been behaving erratically, and people are concerned, so...
10:36Oh, yeah.
10:37Yeah, and you've clearly had a bit to drink, so...
10:39What was Nick in it?
10:41I was going to prepare for it.
10:42You think it was Nick in it?
10:43Oh, man, I don't like a criminal...
10:44Is that what you think I look like?
10:46How many pills have you taken?
10:47Seriously, none.
10:48There was tic-tac.
10:49So, concentrate.
10:50I want you to put the knife down, because it's upsetting people.
10:53I haven't got a knife.
10:55You've got a knife in your hand.
10:58That other hand.
11:00There it is.
11:01So, I want you to put it down onto the floor, gently, and kick it towards me.
11:05I would, but I've been eating it.
11:08The present is taking long enough to get this little sod out of the packet.
11:11What are you going to be needing it for?
11:13Well, between you and me and the gatepost, I've been having a bit of a shit day.
11:19Yeah?
11:20Yeah.
11:22I had some bad news last Tuesday.
11:24And there was some more excrement on top of that on Friday, and there's just some other stuff occurred this
11:32afternoon.
11:32It's just all gone downhill from there.
11:37Well, we want to help you, all right?
11:39Nothing so bad that we can't sort it out, so...
11:41Well, you say that, but you're not a fool, bitch.
11:44So don't be so glim.
11:45Do you want to talk about it?
11:48Oh...
11:48Are you all right?
11:49I don't know.
11:50Oh, my God.
11:51Now, you're a bit young for that.
11:52My fucking bastard started early, didn't it?
11:54Have you considered HRT?
12:00Drop the knife.
12:01Let go.
12:02Drop it.
12:04Ah!
12:05Ah, you fucker!
12:15Right, I'm arresting you for section five, public order.
12:18You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence.
12:21You do not mention, when questioned, something you'll later rely on in court.
12:26Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
12:29Now, do you understand?
12:319-6-7-5.
12:32We've got a 1-1-2 female.
12:33No, no.
13:06So, Princess Peach, are you going to tell me your real name?
13:10Christ, he's still here.
13:12Just because a custody sergeant wouldn't let you into his cells with all that painkiller vodka cocktail inside you doesn't
13:17mean you're not still under arrest.
13:19Give me a break.
13:26What are we waiting for now? Mental health?
13:30I suppose, sir.
13:34Where's the other fella?
13:37Nisha, gone home. Her shift finished. So did mine, but we tossed a coin to see who got the pleasure.
13:42And hey, I won.
13:43It's all wasted on me. Always sarcastic.
13:49Do you want to know a secret?
13:50Yeah.
13:50Today's my last day. And I finally finish this shift, if ever I do. That's me done forever.
13:56Yeah?
13:5730 years.
13:59So what?
14:01Big fat pension.
14:03Well, hardly.
14:06A pension, yeah.
14:08Yeah, you paid off your mortgage.
14:09Almost. My mum chipped in.
14:11So I was lucky.
14:14And freedom. Well, I say freedom.
14:15She's got dementia, so...
14:17Any of it with your mother?
14:17No, she's round the corner.
14:21What about yourself?
14:22What about myself?
14:23Today.
14:26I'm not judging you.
14:29From a police point of view, I really don't give a toss.
14:31I'm hoping when mental health turn up, they'll advise me.
14:34You're not fit to be detained.
14:35I'm just asking.
14:37As one menopausal woman to another.
14:45Well, I ain't got a mother because she died with no nine.
14:50I ain't got a mortgage either.
15:00Are you Kitty Eckersley?
15:05As in, your dad is Keith Eckersley.
15:14Well, he was.
15:17If he's alive.
15:21Last I heard, he was in Spain.
15:25If you're gonna want a police check on me, just do bear in mind, most of it's made up by
15:28you lot.
15:32Wow.
15:35Keith Eckersley.
15:41So, so what about today, Kitty?
15:44What happened today?
15:45Change your fucking record.
15:48Are you still feeling suicidal?
15:50Well, I guess I'll be discussing that with my mental health team.
15:54If they have a shot.
15:58Jesus Christ.
15:59Are you gonna be sick again?
16:00No.
16:02What are we doing around?
16:03I'll karaoke with his throat.
16:36I'll be doing hard.
17:02Oh, shut me up if I've said it before.
17:04Said it before.
17:05No, but I can't stand to even listen to the news anymore.
17:07Mum, you say it every day.
17:08Do I?
17:09Every other day.
17:10No, but it's true, though, Gerry.
17:12It started during the pandemic when we were all waiting to hear
17:15how many people had died the day before.
17:17And then one day, I just switched it off.
17:19Because when you look at it, it's all bombs, rocket attacks,
17:22refugees, poverty, inequality, exploitation, hunger, anger,
17:27shootings, torture, hatred, abuse, misery.
17:30And do you know what's behind it all, Gerry?
17:32It's men.
17:33Yeah, Mum.
17:34Every time, men.
17:35Mum, I'm going out tonight.
17:36Can you look after the babies?
17:37We're not babies.
17:39No, it's just getting worse.
17:40Mum?
17:41Tonight, no one busy.
17:42It is.
17:43I agree.
17:43It's all men.
17:44Doing what?
17:45Shut up, Gerry.
17:46Oh, my God.
17:46This band meeting practice, don't tell Gerry to shut up.
17:50The band practice for this charity bash, I have told you.
17:52You're not serious?
17:54What, I'm serious?
17:54In fact, I was going to ask you if you can keep an eye on Auntie Mary,
17:57Miranda.
17:57Why does somebody have to keep an eye on me?
17:59Miranda.
17:59Yeah.
18:01So, of course.
18:02Oh, my God.
18:03Actually, I did have a panic attack in the middle of the night, thinking,
18:06oh, blimey, what have I gone and said I'll do now?
18:09But it'll be fine.
18:10It'll be fine.
18:11And here's the thing, Gerry.
18:13Men make wars.
18:14Women pick up the pieces.
18:16This is it.
18:17So, Putin starts this war in Ukraine,
18:19and you're going to sort it all out by making a fan of yourself in a talent contest?
18:23Correct.
18:24Shit.
18:25Bet Vladimir Zelensky wishes he thought of that.
18:27What a numpty.
18:29But he's kicking himself.
18:30You can take the mickey all you like.
18:31I'll be the one on the right side of history.
18:33Who's doing behind the bar if you're doing that,
18:35and Miranda's keeping an eye on Auntie Mary?
18:37I don't need anyone keeping an eye on me.
18:40You are.
18:41You're on the router.
18:42I've just told you I'm going out.
18:44You haven't told us where.
18:45Like, that's relevant.
18:46Your mum just likes to know it.
18:47Oh, Jesus, Gerry.
18:49You don't even live here.
18:50Don't get involved.
18:51Dyson's coming round tonight,
18:53so me and him can do the bar and keep an eye on Auntie Mary.
18:56You do need keeping an eye on Mary.
18:57You go wandering.
18:58And the babies.
18:59Why have you fixed up to go out when you know you're on the router?
19:02You do know you can't just call up your mates and be a band, don't you?
19:06You do know people spend years of their lives learning to play an instrument.
19:09And you do know that traditionally there is talent involved.
19:14It's for fun.
19:15It's for charity.
19:16You don't need to be that good.
19:17Chloe, I've got a point, though.
19:19Probably do have to know what you're doing just to sound, you know, bad.
19:23Well, I've got Beth.
19:25She's musical.
19:26Which one's Beth?
19:26Beth.
19:27Old friend.
19:28From school.
19:29Actually, her mum and my mum were at Greenham Common together.
19:33And Auntie Mary.
19:34She was there for four years.
19:35They're going to change the world.
19:37Yeah.
19:38Look how that turned out.
19:40Right.
19:40I'm off.
19:41Oh, bye, Gerry.
19:42I'll see you.
19:43I'll see you.
19:45You drive safely, all right?
19:47See you.
19:47See you later.
19:48You seen you already, Gerry?
19:50Geriatric.
19:51Oh, my God.
19:51What have I said?
19:52She's kidding.
19:54No.
19:54See you later.
19:55See you.
19:55See you.
19:56See you, love.
19:58Where do you find her mother?
20:00What's your band going to be called, Granny?
20:01Well, thank you, Rocco, for asking such a lovely can-do question.
20:06Well, so far, we're all women of a certain age, so...
20:10The old bags department?
20:13See, I quite like that.
20:15The bin bags.
20:17Bim bar.
20:17Bin bags.
20:18Get it?
20:19Oh, she's on fire.
20:22Yeah.
20:23Yeah.
20:23Yeah.
20:23Yeah.
20:24Yeah.
20:25Yeah.
20:29Yeah.
20:56Maybe you feel nice to me.
21:16Let it go.
21:17Seriously.
21:18She's miserable with everyone.
21:20She's miserable because her husband left her.
21:22Because her son has a crush on his in-laws, so she barely gets a look in even at Christmas.
21:26And because she's not getting any younger.
21:28Oh, and her mother's got dementia, so...
21:31And just because she's head of department, don't run away with the idea that she's some
21:35genius teacher with a mad infectious passion for the written word.
21:39Kids think she's a boring home.
21:43Morning, Beth.
21:45Morning.
21:46Morning.
21:47Morning, Beth.
21:51Amy.
21:53You printed out your worksheets?
22:05You made her cry.
22:07She's not three.
22:08Or 16, even.
22:09Or 17.
22:10Or 23.
22:11She's 26.
22:13She's got a master's degree.
22:14I shouldn't have to point out every morning that she has to print out her worksheets.
22:17Yes, but there are ways of saying things.
22:20On three occasions she's wasted valuable lesson time because she's failed to print out worksheets.
22:25Or printed out the wrong sheets.
22:26Twice.
22:26Twice she's done that.
22:27I just simply pointed it out, which is my job.
22:29She might be 26, but you're twice her age.
22:33More.
22:34And we have a duty of care.
22:36You have a duty of care.
22:37You interviewed her.
22:38You chose her.
22:39I liked her.
22:40I still like her.
22:41I just find her a bit...
22:41You have a responsibility towards her.
22:45And you have a duty of care to me.
22:47As well.
22:49In fact.
22:51And I'm not too great right now.
22:54It's a tonal thing, Beth.
23:01I nearly killed myself last night.
23:05I was there with a blue nylon rope.
23:07I poured myself a very large G&T.
23:11I'd written a note to...
23:16To my son.
23:18Tom.
23:20I had the thing around my neck.
23:21I was ready to go.
23:24And the phone rang.
23:26Twice.
23:29Can you believe that?
23:33I'm like Uncle fucking Fania.
23:35I can't even kill myself properly.
23:40What I'm going to do, Beth,
23:42and this isn't to humiliate you,
23:44and I don't want you to hear it like that,
23:46I'm going to ask Barnaby to mentor Amy going forward.
23:50It's a step up for him.
23:51It's one less thing for you to worry about.
23:53An apology wouldn't go amiss,
23:55but I can see that might not be where you are just now,
23:58just yet.
24:00But, yeah, that's where we are now.
24:06Do you think that women of a certain age can become,
24:10you know, invisible?
24:14I mean, seriously.
24:16Can someone say, I nearly killed myself last night,
24:20and you don't even kind of hear it?
24:23Have you been to the doctor?
24:24What doctor?
24:25Your doctor.
24:26Oh.
24:27Oh, well, a while ago.
24:29He put me on antidepressants.
24:31He said they won't work for three months,
24:33so I didn't bother with them.
24:34I know you've had things to deal with over the last year,
24:37with your marriage and so forth,
24:39and I sympathise with that, I do, of course I do,
24:42but there's only so many times you can bring it into work with you.
24:46And, Beth, you shouldn't exaggerate.
24:49When did I exaggerate?
24:50Not about self-harm.
24:54I wonder why you think I'm exaggerating.
24:57Again, maybe it's a tone.
25:00Let's keep talking,
25:01and do remember our new policy
25:04of maintaining a community of trust.
25:10Do you ever feel like you're living in an alternative universe?
25:16No.
25:20No.
25:59Oh, shit!
26:33Kitty, I made you some tea. Come on, it's half past one. I need you to get moving. I need
26:38you to be out of here.
26:39I feel like shit.
26:40Yeah, well, let's get some breakfast in, Sarge, and then you need to get down into Hebden Bridge and get
26:44on a bus.
26:45I need a shower.
26:46You have another shower, and then you've got to get up to the council offices in Halifax.
26:50Why?
26:51We talked about this last night.
26:53So they can sort you out with a temporary address and put you on a waiting list for something more
26:56permanent.
26:57You know, it'd be like some shitty infested bed and breakfast.
26:59Only until you're eligible for something more permanent.
27:02In two years, fuck that.
27:04Yeah, obviously it's better if you can persuade a friend to let you have a room or a settee for
27:08a bit.
27:09Do you want some muesli?
27:09God, no.
27:11Tea?
27:12Thanks.
27:13Has he got...
27:14500 sugars.
27:15Yeah.
27:16Come on.
27:17One of your boys came in earlier to find his shoes.
27:20Adam.
27:21I think I shocked him.
27:22Yep.
27:23He's fit, isn't he?
27:25He needs to get that off them.
27:28So, I'm going out in about half an hour to see a fella about a guitar.
27:32So you need to get your backside into gear.
27:34Do you know what?
27:34I'm all right.
27:35I'll stay here.
27:36No, Kitty.
27:37I took you in because all the hostels were full last night and because I personally would never see a
27:41woman who's bleeding as heavily as you are.
27:43Just try to end it all.
27:44Sleep on the street.
27:46But I've got a house full with both boys still at home and I need my settee.
27:49I need my front room.
27:50I've done what I can.
27:51It was an emergency, but you've got to help yourself now.
27:53All right?
28:02Mum, hi.
28:03These aren't my biscuits.
28:05Sorry, but...
28:06What biscuits?
28:07Oh, I don't give this sort of cupboard space.
28:09It's a mystery how they got in here at all.
28:11Right, I'll tell you what.
28:12I'll be round in a bit.
28:13I was in A&E all night with...
28:15Anyway, I ended up doing overtime and didn't get back in until four in the morning, so...
28:20It'll be that Veronica.
28:22Anyway, I've told her not to.
28:24Come again.
28:25I'm sick of her.
28:26Mum, she comes round to help you.
28:28She's just doing her job.
28:30I'm going to put the chain on in future and then she won't be able to get in.
28:33No, Mum.
28:34Well, I said I'll put the chain on.
28:35You know, she can get through it.
28:37What do you mean?
28:38She brings a fella in.
28:40During the night.
28:41And they have sex in my little back bedroom.
28:44Sorry, who...
28:45What?
28:46Veronica.
28:47She doesn't.
28:48Oh, no, she does.
28:49I've heard them.
28:50What fella?
28:51Well, I don't know.
28:52Mum.
28:53Why would Veronica sneak into your house in the middle of the night and have sex with a fella?
28:57Well, they'd be having a fling.
29:00Mum, she...
29:00She can't go home if they're cheating on the partners, can they?
29:04Think it through.
29:05She's a carer.
29:06She's a professional carer.
29:08She'd lose her job.
29:09She wouldn't do that.
29:10Says you.
29:13Nobody can get into your house at night if you lock up properly, Mum.
29:19Well...
29:19She can.
29:21Well, have you seen them?
29:23No.
29:24I hear them.
29:25Well, so...
29:25How do you know it's Veronica?
29:27I recognise her voice.
29:29Have you said anything to her?
29:31No.
29:32She's a big woman.
29:34She turns nasty.
29:36I'm coming round.
29:37When?
29:38Yeah, now.
29:39Oh, OK.
29:40So, what are we doing about these biscuits?
29:44I'll deal with the biscuits.
29:45See you later.
29:46Bye-bye.
29:47Bye-bye.
29:49Right, come on.
29:50Shower.
29:50Whatever.
29:51I need you to be heading down to that bus stop because I've got things to do.
29:57I mean now.
30:00I don't need another shower.
30:02Fucking hell.
30:04Not your shit shampoo.
30:05Cruelty-free shampoo.
30:07And you do need another shower, love.
30:08I've got a bit of business to see to myself, in fact, so no problem.
30:12So grateful.
30:13Thank you so much.
30:14No, the pleasure was all mine.
30:19Oh, Kitty.
30:20Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:31Hi, this is Tom.
30:33Please leave a message.
30:41You can fuck off.
30:45Right.
30:46Fuck it.
30:47Fuck it.
31:13Fuck.
31:30Fuck.
31:32Shit.
31:35Shit.
31:58How are you, Miss?
32:01Calvin.
32:02Do you play?
32:03Guitar?
32:04No.
32:05Do you?
32:08Calvin, you know this morning when you held open the door for Alia and Joe?
32:13A quarter past eight this morning, heading in through the science block door.
32:17Oh, yeah.
32:18Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:19Did you not see me?
32:20Loaded with books and bags just behind you.
32:23Was you?
32:24Yeah.
32:25Or did you see me?
32:26And think, oh, whatever, she can manage.
32:30Or did you just not see me?
32:34There's no wrong answers.
32:36I'm just doing some research.
32:38The last one, obviously, because of course I would have held the door open for a lovely
32:42lady like yourself, if I'd seen you.
32:44I was less than ten feet away and closing in.
32:48Probably gazing at Alia's assets.
32:50Of course you were.
32:53Sorry.
32:55Okay.
32:58I'd sell my granny's arse for that, Gibson.
33:01Mmm.
33:03Hello, hello.
33:04You just...
33:05Fucking guys, or...?
33:07I was thinking about buying a new keyboard.
33:09Sure.
33:10Do you want to...
33:11This way.
33:13Is it, uh, for yourself?
33:15For myself?
33:16Right, so, we've got these models start around the 350 mark.
33:21Very popular with people such as yourself.
33:24I'm in a rock band.
33:25I need something a bit more dangerous than that.
33:27Okay, what kind of...?
33:28I was thinking of a more proper, big, digital doodah.
33:34Oh, nice.
33:35Did you see you're in a band?
33:37Yeah.
33:37What, um, sort of stuff do you play?
33:40Punk-ish.
33:42Mainly.
33:43That kind of vibe.
33:44You don't normally get keys and synths in punk bands.
33:46Yeah, well, we're kind of experimental.
33:49Although, Devo, The Screamers, Tirey Teenage Riot.
33:53Yeah, nice.
33:55Exciting.
33:56What's your band called, miss?
34:00Riot Women.
34:01We sing songs about being middle-aged and menopausal
34:04and more or less invisible.
34:06Wow.
34:07Yeah.
34:08And you thought The Clash were angry.
34:22I can count the words
34:26I said when I thought they went unheard
34:31All of those harsh thoughts
34:34So unkind
34:36Cause I wanted you
34:41And now I sit here
34:44I'm all alone
34:46So yes, it's a bloody mess
34:49Tears fly
34:51Oh-oh-oh
34:52A circle of angels
34:54Deep in
34:56No
34:56Cause I wanted you
34:58Cause I wanted you
35:01Weak as I am
35:03No tears for you
35:06Weak as I am
35:08No tears for you
35:11Deep as I am
35:14Oh, no one's woo
35:16Weak as I am
35:21Weak as I am
35:26Weak as I am
35:29Weak as I am
35:31Weak as I am
35:33I like to
35:35Love for you
35:36Weak as I am
35:38I'm not too much for you
35:41We could go now
35:43I'm not too much for you
35:46We could go now
36:23We could go now
36:48We could go now
37:04I want my things
37:06Did you hear me?
37:07I said I'm calling
37:07You fuckers, it's 999
37:09I want my things, you lying, two-faced bastard
37:12I know this
37:13You think I might be interested in your little habit?
37:16Shut the fuck up
37:17Oh, it's you
37:18Hearing down
37:19You shit from your grubby little shad pad
37:21Now you, stay away from my husband
37:24You two-bit whore
37:30Nassau
37:31With desire
37:39Fucking disgusting
37:41Right foot down for Kia
37:45Oh, it's not
37:47Yeah
37:47What?
37:49What?
37:53You see?
37:55You see?
38:01You see?
38:25Tom?
38:26Tom, hi, how's it going?
38:27Yeah, yeah, yeah, um, oh, thanks for calling me back.
38:30That's a minute I was.
38:31Yeah, called you about an hour ago.
38:34Oh, okay, well, I was just ringing, hang on, what are you ringing me for?
38:38Well, I was just wondering about whether you've heard anything from the adoption services about, about your birth mother?
38:45Oh, er, no, I've not heard anything there.
38:49It's been four weeks.
38:51I know, yeah, but, um, well, they're probably as short-stuffed as everybody else, aren't they?
38:57I will let you know, Mum, if I hear anything.
38:59Yeah, yeah, sure, I, I, obviously I'd like to know.
39:04Yeah, of course.
39:08Okay, so...
39:09So, yes, so, er, I was ringing you because, er, you know how we were coming over for Sunday lunch
39:17at the end of next month, on the 27th?
39:19Yeah, for my belated Mother's Day.
39:22Is it possible that we could push it on until the 17th of the month after?
39:26We've been invited to, er, an engagement thing with the firm's friend Liss, yeah.
39:30So, er, obviously it's a, it's a big one-off thing in Surrey, so...
39:36And all of our Durham friends will be there as well, so if we miss it, we miss it, whereas,
39:41um...
39:42Yeah, I, I'm just...
39:45I'm just gonna go now because, um, I'm literally just got back from work and I'm still sitting in the
39:50car.
39:51Oh, sorry.
39:53No, no.
39:54Well, look, let me know when you get a minute, won't you?
39:56Yeah, yeah.
39:58I will, I will.
39:59Bye!
40:00Bye!
40:01Bye, bye, bye, bye.
40:04No.
40:05No, you did well.
40:06That was really bad.
40:07You did well.
40:07No.
40:41Oh, hallelujah.
40:47I just got your message just now and I was just passing, so...
40:50I lost that message at, like, two o'clock this afternoon.
40:53I've been stuck in theatre all day.
40:55First with a woman who came in with a cord prolapse,
40:58then I had a woman with a retained placenta after the cord snap,
41:01and then I had a woman with a third-degree tear.
41:03Yeah, seriously.
41:04When I started this job 200 years ago, he delivered one baby at once.
41:08Now I'm racing between three different women in three different recovery rooms.
41:10And Breeze.
41:13What's that for?
41:14Oh, this lad I arrested a couple of months ago, he lent me his base.
41:18Jess ran the due, asked me to do this charity thing, so...
41:20Just tell me about mum.
41:22So, yeah, so I went round to mum's.
41:24No sign of any break-ins or anybody doing anything they shouldn't be doing in a back bedroom.
41:28So I finally got to speak to the doctor, and apparently...
41:32Hang on.
41:38What?
41:40Oh.
41:42Oh, er, just this guy, and that.
41:46On my...
41:48dating app.
41:49You did it?
41:49Yeah, seen a couple of times, and...
41:51Yeah.
41:53He's...
41:53Still living with his wife.
41:54Home like a hamster.
41:56Collect some bus tickets.
41:57Yeah, he's all right.
41:58Actually seems quite normal, compared to, you know, some of the others.
42:03So, yeah, anyway, apparently, this is one of the things that can happen when they get dementia.
42:07What is?
42:08You get people coming and having sex in your back bedroom.
42:10No, they get auditory hallucinations.
42:13Eh?
42:13Yeah.
42:14Look it up, nurse.
42:16I deliver babies.
42:17I don't know anything about geriatrics.
42:20I was slow when she said it.
42:22I mean, she's deaf.
42:23She couldn't hear if Veronica was having sex with a giraffe in her back bedroom, never mind
42:27some fella.
42:28Anyway, the point is...
42:30Anyway, the point is...
42:31For her, it's real.
42:35And she's frightened.
42:37And I know you don't want to think about it, but...
42:42I'm wondering if it's time she came to live with one of us.
42:48Because she's just not coping properly...
42:52...anymore.
42:57Yvonne.
43:05Do you want to be in a rock band?
43:09Well...
43:17Are you all the busy?
43:19The world's the oyster.
43:20I understand that.
43:21It would just be nice once in a while, not to always be the one being shuffled off onto
43:25the back burner, again.
43:27And I know it's silly, but I worry he might not tell me, even if his birth mother did get
43:33in touch with him.
43:34Well, why wouldn't he?
43:35I don't know.
43:36To protect my feelings, I can imagine him saying.
43:41I just...
43:43What?
43:45I worry she'd be such a novelty.
43:48And it'd be so taken up with her that...
43:55She might be a novelty for five minutes.
43:58Why shouldn't he have a relationship with her, if that's what he wants?
44:01I just sometimes feel that...
44:04...they've all had the best of me.
44:07For years.
44:08And now that I've got nothing left to give, I'm dispensable.
44:13I'm boring and dispensable.
44:15No, you're not.
44:16Oh, God.
44:17Look, and whoever the hell she is, she's not going to replace you, Beth.
44:21Sorry.
44:22Going on.
44:24Hey.
44:25I've got a secret.
44:27You haven't.
44:28Have you?
44:29Just the one.
44:31OK.
44:33I bought a subscription to these online drumming lessons about six or seven months ago.
44:39And they're really good.
44:41Right, it's all pre-recorded, so, you know, you don't have to talk to anyone or anything.
44:44And I play with these, like, dampener pads on the head, so no-one can actually hear me in the
44:51garage.
44:51So you can already play?
44:53Yeah.
44:54Well, badly.
44:55Yeah.
44:56So when they mentioned this talent contest, I thought, this is it.
44:58This is me chance to come out of the closet.
45:00I can be as bad as I like.
45:02And everyone will actually think I've done quite well, considering I've only been at it a few short weeks.
45:06Let's have a look.
45:08Come on, then.
45:19Let's go.
45:20Woo!
45:21Woo-hoo-hoo!
45:24Why is that a secret?
45:26Can't exactly practise in the house, can I?
45:28And to Mary, you think the aliens had landed?
45:30You should, though.
45:31It's not that. It's all the smart-arse comments I get from bloody Chloe
45:35whenever I try and do anything a bit different.
45:37She's so rude about Gerry. Honestly. Bless him.
45:40I mean, I know he's a bit bloody ordinary, but so am I.
45:43Oh, Chloe.
45:44Tell her to fuck off.
45:46I know. I do!
45:49Now and then, it just doesn't make any difference.
45:51You're not ordinary, by the way.
45:53Steady.
45:54Far from it.
45:57I'm a bit weird, but I remembered something today.
46:00I was in a music shop in Leeds, and it all came back.
46:03Years ago, I bought an electric guitar.
46:06I was in the sixth form. I think you must have just dropped out.
46:09I had a Saturday job, and I saved 120 quid,
46:13and I bought an electric guitar and a little amp.
46:15And I had completely forgotten I'd done that.
46:19How? So you can play?
46:21Oh, no, no, no.
46:23No, I didn't persevere.
46:24Yeah, I don't even remember what happened to it.
46:26Must have sold it.
46:28Could never fathom the manual beyond the basics,
46:30and it never occurred to me to get lessons.
46:32But I had that desire,
46:35and so did you, didn't you?
46:37Way back then.
46:39Why do you think we never talked about it?
46:40We listened to enough music.
46:42It'd have been all right if we were lads.
46:43If we'd have been lads, it'd have been cool.
46:45Jess,
46:47I bought a keyboard this afternoon.
46:49A serious keyboard.
46:51Seriously?
46:52Oh, my God, was it expensive?
46:54I thought, fuck it.
46:56Why not?
46:58I've been solo lately.
47:00With a moment, Martin decided to bugger off for some reason that's never been clear to me.
47:06And Tom and work.
47:08But this, this really fired my imagination.
47:11This really made me think, yes, for the first time in longer than I care to remember.
47:16A buzz of something not unlike actual joy.
47:19Oh, babe.
47:21Can I say something, though?
47:22Yeah.
47:25I'm not sure about Waterloo.
47:27Oh, we don't have to do Waterloo.
47:30I think we could do something much angrier.
47:32Something more about us.
47:34Women like us, who are where they are in the world,
47:37and then suddenly all this nonsense happens that they never even saw coming.
47:41Yeah.
47:42Difficult parents.
47:43Oh, I've got to see Mary.
47:44Midlife crisis husbands.
47:45And your child's still doing your head in.
47:47Still.
47:47And then the menopause.
47:48Oh, my fucking menopause.
47:50Tearful every tiny, stupid thing.
47:52The anxiety.
47:53The brain fog.
47:55And in the middle of all that, you become invisible.
47:59Even to yourself.
48:00You're right.
48:00Even when you're screaming and shouting, you're invisible.
48:04I know.
48:04How does that happen?
48:05I don't know.
48:06Just when you thought you got traction in the world.
48:08Just when you finally think, I've got it sorted.
48:11I know.
48:12So I think, whatever we do, we should do it with attitude.
48:17We can do whatever we want.
48:19Hang on.
48:21Miranda.
48:22Miranda.
48:22Where have you gone, Mum?
48:24There's a couple of ladies asking after you at the bar.
48:26Right, OK.
48:27They're here.
48:27Oh!
48:28Come on.
48:30Come on.
48:31Come on.
48:36Oh!
48:37Oh!
48:38Oh!
48:39Hiya, Beth.
48:39Chloe.
48:40You look.
48:43Don't wait up.
48:46Another new fella?
48:47God knows.
48:57You get the shroud in.
48:58Yeah, OK.
49:00It's 12.50.
49:01Jess?
49:02Yes?
49:02We're the singers.
49:03I'm Nisha.
49:04Ah!
49:05Yeah.
49:05Oh, top of all.
49:07Yep, this is my sister, Cam.
49:08Hiya.
49:08Hiya, hiya.
49:09This is Beth.
49:10Beth.
49:11Hiya.
49:11Beth's playing piano, keyboards.
49:13And these are friends of Holly's.
49:15Holly's playing bass.
49:16You've not met Holly yet.
49:17So, you work with Holly?
49:19I do, yeah.
49:19Cam's a hairdresser.
49:20Hi.
49:21And we're both tone deaf, so we're going to nail it.
49:22Oh, yeah, we do out for a laugh.
49:24You tone deaf?
49:26Walloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to.
49:28Do-do-do-do-do-do-do.
49:30Walloo, know my baby's to be with you.
49:32I had a thought about that, actually.
49:34In fact, what I was wondering was, instead of doing Waterloo, we could sing something else.
49:37Yeah.
49:38Like what?
49:38Well, for instance, I was thinking of...
49:41Here's the new libertised Lady of Ledger, Holly Gaskill.
49:45Get out the champagne, Miranda.
49:47No, no, no, no, no, no.
49:48Oh, yes, yes, yes.
49:49Come on.
49:5030 years.
49:51It's the end of an era.
49:52You can't retire from the force without a glass of champagne.
49:55We've got it all ready.
49:55Not for me.
49:56I'm gassing tolling.
49:58I've brought Yvonne, my sister.
50:00She did guitar years ago when we were young, so...
50:03Hello.
50:03Hello.
50:04Beth, Holly, Yvonne.
50:05So, what's the plan exactly?
50:07Need to know what nights you're rehearsing, how long for, because I've got a lot of other
50:10commitments.
50:11Also, when is this event?
50:15Um, and have you got someone who can actually sing?
50:17Because that's the key to something like this.
50:18They don't want someone who can sing.
50:19They want someone who's shit.
50:21Well, hang on.
50:22We don't want someone who's shit.
50:23We just don't mind if they aren't perfect.
50:25I thought it was a lack of talent contest.
50:27Lack of talent contest?
50:28That's what she said.
50:29No, but that was a joke.
50:30It's a talent contest, but it's local, so it'll all probably be a bit, you know, shit.
50:35That's all that meant.
50:36And we're performing.
50:37What?
50:37Oh, what?
50:38Oh, let's get it on the karaoke.
50:39Can we turn the karaoke on, Jess?
50:40No, no, no.
50:41It's board games night.
50:42This lot will panic and clear off if you think it's karaoke night.
50:45We're not rehearsing.
50:46We're not having a movie.
50:47No.
50:47No, we're just discussing.
50:49Yeah, I, er, can I suggest?
50:51Champagne, champagne.
50:52Ooh, can I just suggest that we don't get too hung up on Waterloo?
50:55What I was wondering was whether we shouldn't cover something a bit edgier.
51:00I like Waterloo.
51:01Oh, it's a good pop song, but if you're talking about being in a rock band, then surely you want
51:05to be doing something a bit more...
51:07More, um...
51:08Yeah, I mean, wouldn't it be kind of cool if we, if we could do...
51:13Well...
51:14Well, what is the ultimate rock and roll song?
51:18Oh, God.
51:19Ultimate rock and roll song.
51:21Pass.
51:22Is there smoke on the water?
51:23Layla.
51:24Back in black.
51:26All night long?
51:27Age of 17.
51:27It smells like teen armpits.
51:30Satisfaction!
51:31I'm talking about satisfaction.
51:33Can you imagine satisfaction sung by women?
51:36Women of a certain age.
51:37Well, most of us.
51:38Isn't that interesting?
51:40Yeah.
51:42I'd do anything.
51:43As long as I know which strings to twang, pluck, pick, pick, or...
51:47Hang on.
51:48Satisfaction.
51:49Think it through.
51:50The words.
51:51It's all wrong.
51:52We can't sing that.
51:53Why not?
51:53We're women.
51:54So what?
51:55It's funny.
51:56Because we're women.
51:57Is it?
51:58How?
52:00Well, poignant, then.
52:01Like we're still up for it.
52:03I think it's funny and poignant.
52:06Well, not nearly as funny as a bunch of 80-year-old bloke singing it, but...
52:09No, you don't.
52:10It's stupid.
52:10It's not stupid.
52:11It's...
52:14It's challenging.
52:17It's a suggestion.
52:20Look, if we don't want to do Waterloo, why don't we do...
52:22Ring, ring.
52:23Honey, honey.
52:24Money, money, money.
52:25Ooh, give me, give me, give me.
52:26Who that thing?
52:26Yeah, though, that's still kind of missing the point I was trying to make about edgier,
52:30but, um...
52:31Is it meant to be edgy, though?
52:32Is it not just meant to be a laugh?
52:33Sure.
52:34I'm just suggesting that we can be edgy if we choose to be.
52:38Let's just stick with Waterloo, for God's sake.
52:40I need to know dates.
52:41I need to know what nights you're rehearsing, where, how long for, and the date of the actual
52:45thing.
52:45Yeah, let's not try and actually enjoy ourselves, eh?
52:47What, by being angry?
52:51Yvonne just likes to pin things down, be clear about dates.
52:54It's her way of enjoying herself.
52:57Sure.
52:57Well, I've got things I could be doing myself this evening.
52:59I just don't think we should be doing Waterloo, just because it's the first thing that Jess
53:02thought of, which she admits might not be the right thing.
53:05Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
53:08Champagne.
53:08No, I'm driving.
53:10Oh, right, OK.
53:10So, look, I think the date the PTA you're working towards is the 17th of next month.
53:15But why is she...
53:16Why are you even here, Yvonne?
53:18Is it?
53:19If all you care about is how much this is going to inconvenience you.
53:22Because I don't like letting people down at a later date if I haven't established all
53:25the facts in the first place.
53:26Thought that was a bit of a no-brainer.
53:33So, can I just say, congratulations to Holly.
53:38No, 30 years of public service.
53:41Come on.
53:42Cheers, sweetheart.
53:43It's amazing.
53:44Amazing.
53:45Thanks.
53:46Not all good at all.
53:47Fine, whatever.
53:47Let's sing a song that makes us all look like lesbians.
53:50I don't mind looking like a lesbian.
53:52I don't mind looking like a lesbian.
53:54She is a lesbian.
53:56Actually.
53:57Right, OK.
53:58Tell you what.
54:00Jess, you phone me when you have decided what we're doing.
54:03Because I've got a pile of marking that I need to be doing.
54:05So, I'll see you later.
54:06Oh, Jesus.
54:08Beth, I'll ring you.
54:09I'll call you.
54:09Beth.
54:10Ah.
54:15Bye.
54:17Bye.
54:20Bye.
54:28I don't know.
54:51I don't know.
55:21I don't know.
55:22I don't know.
55:24I don't know.
55:36I don't know.
55:39I don't know.
55:58I don't know.
56:12I don't know.
56:17I don't know.
56:19I don't know.
56:32I don't know.
56:40I don't know.
56:43I don't know.
56:54I don't know.
57:02I don't know.
57:03I don't know.
57:06It's my life.
57:08All mine.
57:10All mine.
57:12All mine.
57:15Take everything, take everything, take everything
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