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00:07So why are we cutting up cardboard?
00:10We're making a video booth.
00:12What's a video booth?
00:13We've got a big picture in.
00:17I want you all to record a video for Mum about what you want to be when you grow up.
00:22Good morning!
00:24Hello, sisters!
00:27I want to be a...
00:28I want to be a...
00:29I want to be a...
00:32Finish!
00:33I want to be a firefighter.
00:36I want to be a gymnast.
00:38Watching 22 kids grow up, despite how different they are,
00:43there's one thing they all have in common.
00:45I want to be a teacher.
00:47Be a hairdresser.
00:49They all have a dream.
00:50I'd like to be a showroom for when I'm older.
00:53A dancer, a singer.
00:55I want to be a footballer so I can really get Man United.
00:58But kids don't dream about being accountants or shop assistants.
01:02They dream big.
01:05My dream is to build huge pieces of engineering,
01:08like jets, tanks and nuclear submarines.
01:11If he doesn't get this exam result that he needs for English,
01:14it's game over before he's even started.
01:17I just can't read the text and extract information.
01:20It just doesn't happen.
01:21I find it really difficult to put it onto paper.
01:25I can't do this.
01:26It's not making any sense.
01:28That's the point of going to see this English tutor.
01:30I quite understand it.
01:31Anticocontist, I can't believe in understanding it.
01:33So I'm going to go back upstairs.
01:35Goodbye.
01:36If I fail, my dream of designing the next Concorde is over.
01:39roadmap.
02:07war
02:08was over.idental
02:08pas
02:09has a scientific mind and ambitions to match it's not an engine at the back
02:16then of them poking out the tail end or not well that's not a jet engine isn't
02:20engines intake for combustion it takes it in blows up effectively and then it's
02:26and then takes that his dream is to work on large-scale engineering projects I
02:32just like building stuff to be honest whether it's jets tanks nuclear
02:36submarines or power station like massive things huge pieces of engineering just
02:42because that they're just so cool Navy ships that are like larger than some
02:46continents there's planes that can have planes on them these are all basic lines
02:51I'm a fan like the absolute extreme of planes the end goal is for me to get a
02:56degree apprenticeship at TAA I would quite like to go into like a field of
03:01chemistry like rocket fuels and stuff like that
03:05the thing is though Max I can't understand how something it weighs and
03:09they must have hundreds of tons can fly it's just that they produce more updraft
03:14than like down well they can't like gravity with it it's mad isn't it Max
03:20he's definitely got an engineering brain it's almost he's like your x-ray vision
03:23looking inside how it's been put together to set Max's engineering cogs whirring Noel has a surprise for him a
03:32treat he wants to
03:33show Max one of the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century
03:39Concorde
04:06Concorde
04:07where do you even start Concorde is quite mind-blowing for just what it is a commercial
04:13aircraft that can move at the speed of sound it was a shock to see all the
04:16buttons the different like levers and the like it was very cool the center
04:21section is all about fuel management Concorde use fuel balance the airplane
04:24ah it's 13 fuel tanks if you move the fuel run it just pumps it from one to
04:29another time I think that's cool with the fuel management now would that be done by a
04:33computer yes it's all very very cool it's quite a privilege to be honest because
04:38this is like a part of history oh to see Max's face light up when he was
04:42surrounded by all that technology he could just see it was all being absorbed
04:47what's this what does that do I really hope it has inspired Max and you know who
04:52knows he could be involved in the next engineering revolution whereas kids the
04:57younger they dream these things and they forget about it and move on that's not
05:01Max I can just see him going on in his life living his childhood dream
05:07if I could be alive while this was being built that would have been great I
05:10would have loved about one of these
05:15before Max can realize his ambition his first challenge to overcome his exams
05:21just fun just to make like little models of stuff I've just go do my GCSEs
05:25which is very stressful to get where he wants to be in life he's got to get
05:31score of seven in maths physics and chemistry and fives in other subjects
05:40physics and chemistry just fun maths I like it more than the other subjects
05:48totally right up Max's street like he loves anything that doesn't it yeah he's
05:53always excelled in doing stuff like it's not the sevens he's worried about it's
05:56getting fives in the other subjects that he's worried about I'm very bad a lot of
06:01the other subjects like English I'm horrible at that English GCSE can be a
06:08stumbling block for many students particularly those with autism I think
06:13around year six is when I realized that my mind worked differently than others
06:16with my autism I see the world like differently to everybody else many
06:24autistic people can interpret written words very literally which can make it
06:29difficult to read between the lines and understand hidden meanings
06:35what do you think of that
06:41my weakest subject is English just because there's no way to really revise it it's not
06:47like a set material that you have to learn maths is a lot better than English because of the
06:52definitive right answer and a definitive wrong one maths science he's always been absolutely brilliant
06:59it two plus two is always going to be far but English describing a summer scene you can describe
07:06it one way and I can describe it another it's never going to be the same because he finds it
07:10really
07:10difficult to put it from here onto paper because there's not a direct answer there's not a formula to it
07:18I
07:19really need to get the right grades otherwise I can't attend the college everything's stacked against
07:25match you know if he doesn't conquer his English his dreams will be crushed before he's even started
07:38in life most of us dream about finding the perfect partner it's something that Ellie Radford and boyfriend
07:44Stephen hope they have found at the first time of asking we met from my sister Sophie Sophie works in
07:52the same place I work Sophie posted a picture of me on her Instagram yeah and then I told Sophie
07:58to put
07:58in a good word for me and then a few weeks later on it and I went on a dog
08:02walk it was like we had
08:04known each other for quite a while wasn't it I'd say sparks flew quite quickly yeah so quickly in fact
08:12that they moved in together after just a few months you was lovely when I first met you I still
08:18know we don't have many disagreements so do we know maybe that's why we worked so well then Ellie
08:26and Stephen are living the dream where everything feels exciting finish each other's sentences it's
08:33almost perfect I mean I remember when we first started going out everything feels really special
08:38new and the other person can never do any wrong can they no exactly that so and you think the
08:44other
08:45person always wants to do the same things as what you want to do we used to write little letters
08:50to
08:50each other the money used to write them to me so I felt obliged to write one back oh it's
08:55all coming
08:56out now isn't it when you're in love you do crazy things like heading off on a mountain hike at
09:03least
09:03that's what Ellie's told Stephen oh I quite like hiking and going up mountains and stuff so what stuff have
09:10you got planned Ellie so today we're doing an adrenaline activity where we are walking along a
09:18rope between two mountains that's gone down well yeah when I heard about it why I panicked a little bit
09:29be interesting to see how I cope because I'm not big on that sort of stuff unfortunately Stephen Ellie is
09:38when it
09:39comes to being a daredevil she's got history I did a skydive once loved it I really enjoy adrenaline
09:50activities and that's one thing that I was attracted to Stephen with I thought he liked doing the same
09:55things as me but by the look on his face I've definitely got that wrong yeah really looking forward
10:02to it here we are trying to kid Stephen you better close your eyes the mountains in Honister reach
10:10more than 2,000 feet high I think I'm just gonna go for it I'm not even gonna think about
10:14it that's
10:15this way honestly yeah are you scared Ellie no how does my bum look in this harness I love this
10:24type of
10:25thing this is up my street I'm quite excited actually more than can be said for Stephen
10:33it's very windy oh wow we are high whoa you alright Steve yes are you sure don't look down how
10:46strong is the wire
10:49if you're a bit worried today don't start shuffling sideways that would just keep you worried for longer
10:55so just one foot in front of the other and when you're ready off you go oh what the hell
11:04he's nice it just doesn't fit very safe Ellie I know I really started to panic I think I looked
11:16down
11:16too long should be at home cup of tea I was enjoying myself until I was I was on that
11:25bridge I was trying
11:29to whack brave it's not my ideal Sunday to be honest what the hell we don't have to go back
11:35down lap to get
11:36back do it no Stephen there's a quicker way off the mountain Ellie has another surprising store for
11:43you we're gonna do a bungee jump you what the bungee jump was definitely another level I think I just
11:51about managed the bridge I didn't really think it could get much worse than that you don't like bungees
11:56then no absolutely no oh god it's high that I'll do it if you do it first I'll do it
12:03I'll do it
12:03shit after you I think Stephen ever the gentleman ladies first I'm usually quite the daredevil with
12:13stuff like that ball stood on the edge even my knees were wobbling a little bit because it was
12:18quite high hang on where's my strap oh this is high when he started counting down from three I could
12:26feel
12:26the adrenaline running through my body look out through you're not gonna think about it just gonna go for it
12:35three two one
12:44just think you live once if I got to like 80 and I hadn't done this would I regret it
12:50probably
12:52her jumping made it even worse that she actually did Ellie did it I've got to do it walking out
12:59it's like walking to death that's what it felt like I was terrified explain to me how safe this is
13:05never had anything get a wrong before but I wasn't having that I didn't want to listen to the word
13:10he had
13:10to say no I'm not this is horrible like I think I'm gonna be sick I hope no one's down
13:17there looking up
13:19I don't want to do it mate I don't want to do it
13:22Stephen you can do it
13:24how did you find it
13:25close your eyes
13:26was it alright
13:28yeah it's fine I promise
13:29right I'll do it I'm doing it
13:31ready
13:31three two
13:33oh no no no
13:34this is horrible
13:35the word's big ever
13:36do you know where you got that feeling in your
13:39can't say you do Stephen
13:41go on you can do it
13:42I know Ellie was trying to help me but honestly it was just making it worse
13:47I don't want to do it I don't want to do it this is horrible
13:50it's fun I promise
13:51stop smiling at me
13:53I'm not I just know you can do it
13:55come on
13:56you'll be proud when you've done it
13:58I promise ya
14:00you'll do anything for your dream partner
14:02won't you
14:05three
14:05two
14:06one
14:07do it
14:08oh you
14:10no I'm bailing
14:12I'm bailing
14:13I'm bailing I'm not doing it
14:14I wish she'd have told me before
14:16because I've probably would have said no
14:18so I'm not particularly happy about that
14:20good for Ellie
14:21I'm not doing it for anyone
14:23like they say about finding the perfect relationship
14:26look before you leap
14:28maybe this isn't a match made in heaven after all
14:31get me off
14:32get me off
14:33get me off
14:34I think maybe he was just a bit annoyed that his body wouldn't let him jump off it
14:39I'm not happy that's that's really high up
14:42I did feel kind of bad for arranging to do something that I thought I'd like for him to not
14:48end up actually enjoying
14:56back at Radford Towers it's business as usual with 15 kids at home today and one of them is trying
15:03to revise
15:04good luck Max
15:09it's very hard to get peace and quiet in the house they can't go in a single room and it
15:13be quiet
15:15it's always loud
15:16it's impossible to concentrate in this house
15:19it's impossible to concentrate in this house
15:21shut up
15:23I'm on question one
15:26what do you want
15:28a word
15:34looks like a dragon
15:34exciting
15:38no
15:39no
15:39to wait
15:42no
15:46no
15:47no
15:49No
15:52no
15:54what's that
15:55is
15:55Chloe's, not just for some peace, but also extra English tuition.
16:01Well, we asked Chloe to get involved because she's been to uni
16:03and she did really well in English at school.
16:06You know, with it being his sister, it might be a bit easier
16:08for him to just sit down, have a chat with her, take it in a bit better.
16:13I'm happy to be getting some tutoring from my big sister.
16:16She's quite smart. I hope that she can help.
16:19Do you want a drink? No, I'm all right.
16:21No? OK.
16:22How are you feeling about your English exam coming up then?
16:25It really doesn't feel like it's going to go well.
16:27I struggle with primarily the reading, what I've read
16:31and, like, information about what I've read.
16:33So you just kind of read it as, like, one tone.
16:36You can't read, like, how someone might be feeling
16:39and what they're saying and things. Yeah, I don't understand tones.
16:41I just can't read the text and extract information.
16:44It just doesn't happen. OK.
16:46So with Max's autism over the years,
16:48I have more experienced it when he was younger
16:51and we'd go out shopping
16:53and he would get really overwhelmed
16:55and he would hide in, like, the clothing rails and things.
16:58Right, I've got an idea, Max.
17:00Let's compare these two poems
17:02and you can write the similarities and the differences
17:05that the two poems describe feelings
17:09of watching someone they love grow up.
17:12Yeah. Yeah?
17:12Also still playing hopscotch.
17:14Admire the neat hop and skips of her
17:19not overstepping the line.
17:22I don't know what's going on.
17:25I taught you at eight to ride a bicycle
17:28loping along beside you
17:29as you wobbled away on two round wheels...
17:32Chloe's doing her best, but it's not sinking in.
17:35...all the head down the curved path of the park.
17:37And some people with autism have difficulties
17:39with dealing with long or complicated stories
17:41because it can feel overwhelming.
17:44It's just too much information to process.
17:47I don't see where it shows her growing up.
17:49I'm not good at these.
17:53It's not actually the reading that he struggles with.
17:55It's kind of trying to get the context of it
17:59and, like, how it might be said and coming across.
18:02It's quite difficult to make yourself understand that, isn't it,
18:06I suppose, if you can't process that.
18:10I've read it about three times now.
18:12I still don't know what the tone is.
18:14I know everybody knows the skill,
18:16but I don't know how they know the skill.
18:17I genuinely have no clue what I'm doing.
18:19It's the one that I have to do this in the actual exam.
18:23I can't do this. It's not making any sense.
18:29This has been quite difficult, to be honest.
18:31Because I'm not a teacher either.
18:33This is definitely above my pay grade.
18:35I have no clue what's going on.
18:37I only started deteriorating.
18:39Max's attention to the task in hand is wavering.
18:44He's lost focus.
18:46It depends, having an aneurysm.
18:48It's annoying.
18:49Max, can you stop doing that, please?
18:52Work.
18:52I don't know why I'm doing this.
18:54I can't be bothered.
18:54It's just not making any sense whatsoever.
18:57I'm going.
18:59Lesson over.
19:05Hiya, Chloe.
19:06Hiya.
19:07It's not gone very well.
19:09He has stormed off.
19:11Oh, you're joking.
19:12I mean, personally, I think that you need to be
19:15probably getting a professional in,
19:17someone that has experience with neurodiverse students, I think.
19:21Oh, well.
19:22Thanks for trying anyway, love.
19:23No, bye.
19:25So, minus
19:27B
19:29plus
19:30or minus.
19:32At his wits' end,
19:33a frustrated Max can't find the key to unlock GCSE English,
19:37and he can see his dream job as an engineer fading fast.
19:42Yep, expanding brackets.
19:45So, negative B plus or minus the square root of B squared, take 4AC, all over 2A.
19:53Maths, I love maths.
19:54It's all numbers.
19:56They all have definite answers.
19:57You can prove everything.
19:58This is the quadratic formula.
20:00This is great.
20:01This will work.
20:01OK, in the real world, I can use this.
20:05I am never going to use Macbeth.
20:08If English was like this, I could get a 9.
20:10English isn't like this.
20:11You don't prove anything.
20:12You interpret,
20:14and you try to find proof for what you've interpreted.
20:16What I want to do is a big dream,
20:18and I know the competition is vast and tough,
20:20and I know good maths is only going to get me so far.
20:23If I can't understand my reading and don't know what to write,
20:26then I'm done.
20:28If I fail,
20:29my dream of designing the next Concorde is over.
20:33I have completely given up on English.
20:35There's... I've got no hope for it.
20:48Ellie and Stephen have been together now for 11 months,
20:51but they are only just discovering the realities
20:54of what makes each other tick.
20:57Can you tell Stephen done the last wash?
20:59And now my wash bottle looks like that.
21:01That's men.
21:02Every relationship, doesn't it,
21:04when they've gone through the honeymoon period...
21:06It's the buffers, doesn't it? Yeah.
21:08Testing tea.
21:09How far they can go.
21:10It's been doing a lot of hours at work.
21:14More than it usually would.
21:17So I'm by myself more than I usually would be as well.
21:21When he's not at work, he's down at the gym.
21:24Well, at least that's what he says he's doing.
21:26Being in the flat on my own is very boring.
21:30I thought Stephen would be home a lot more, but he's out.
21:33So it gets very lonely.
21:34I thought moving out into a flat
21:37would be a bit more exciting
21:39and be with each other all the time.
21:41But it's not like that.
21:44It feels like I've not spoke to anyone for, like, hours.
21:49First romances can be difficult.
21:52When you're young, you're growing up, like, quite quickly, aren't you, really?
21:57So what you might have wanted a year into your relationship
22:01as opposed to, like, two, three years,
22:04it could be, like, really different.
22:06In that aspect, that can be quite difficult
22:09when you're trying to grow with somebody,
22:10but you may be growing in different directions.
22:13No, I wouldn't say it's common to meet someone young
22:16and then stay together forever.
22:19Busy lives and differences of opinion
22:21have started to have an effect.
22:24And one thing has brought things to a head.
22:28I want to get some more tattoos, but Ellie's not a fan.
22:32She says, uh, enough's enough.
22:35I wanted to get the side of my neck done
22:37so it connects my chest and my shoulder.
22:41There it is.
22:42Something like that.
22:43It's not necessarily subtle,
22:45but it's not like it's covering my entire neck.
22:48Stephen is learning that being in a couple
22:50means that you are no longer piloting the plane alone.
22:54She said, if you get it done, don't expect me to like it.
22:58That was her last words to me.
23:00I just think they look cool.
23:02I'd rather he didn't get a neck tattoo.
23:05Sometimes they can look a little bit tacky.
23:08Neck tattoos are just not for me.
23:10It's not so much as having to ask,
23:12it's having to suggest the idea.
23:15Well, she did actually say, no, you're not getting that.
23:19Cos I got all my tattoos before I met Ellie.
23:21Obviously, I don't want any conflicts in my relationship,
23:23but I don't really like people telling me what I can or can't do.
23:26It sounds like the battle for who wears the trousers in the house
23:30has well and truly begun.
23:32I'm going to do it.
23:33It's my body.
23:35I'm going to get it done.
23:36So I'm just going to have to put up with her not liking it.
23:41They've been together for nearly a year now,
23:43but I think they've got to that stage now
23:45where they're starting to see each other's faults.
23:48Yeah, it's like them waking up from their dream
23:50and seeing them for who they are, warts and all.
23:53That's when the little arguments start
23:55and we're worried that their relationship is hitting the rocks.
24:07It's not long till Max's GCSE exams.
24:11But because of his autism,
24:12he still can't get to grips with English
24:14and he has to pass it to take the next step.
24:18Max!
24:19Just come in the living room a sec, will you?
24:21With his dream career in engineering hanging by a thread,
24:24Noel is refusing to let Max give it all up.
24:27I've lined up an English tutor
24:28who specialises in neurodivergent students.
24:32I'm hoping she'll be able to help Max crack his exam.
24:35We've got to do all we can.
24:37We can't let him chuck the towel in.
24:38He's got to persevere.
24:40I've just got to get him on board first.
24:42You need your English, don't you?
24:44I know I do, but I don't know how to revise it.
24:47That's the point of going to see this English tutor.
24:49She'll hopefully give you some revision guidance.
24:51I've kind of just given up with it.
24:53I don't even really get the point of English.
24:55I can speak English and I can understand it.
24:57At some point, you're going to have to put things down on paper, aren't you?
25:01But just to be on your engineering course,
25:02you're going to be having to write things, aren't you?
25:05Essays and whatever else.
25:06I think you're just trying to convince yourself
25:07you don't really need this English, but you do.
25:09I've done a mighty good job of it so far.
25:11I'm just reminding you, you need this English.
25:13I hate for you to get everything else.
25:15And not that.
25:16Then you can't move on to do what you want
25:17just because of this damn English.
25:19I don't quite understand it.
25:20I can't really bother understanding it.
25:22So I'm going to go back upstairs.
25:24Goodbye.
25:25Well, that went well.
25:27There's no talking to him at the moment.
25:29He's just totally disengaged.
25:30We're running out of time.
25:31He needs this tutor to make him see sense.
25:37Time to get their thinking caps on.
25:39So what could we do to make him go?
25:41We thought and thought and we brainstormed.
25:43What the heck can we do?
25:45Dangle him out the window.
25:47Don't tempt me.
25:48Take his computer off him.
25:50Doesn't work when they're this age.
25:52They'll just face you off.
25:54Clean the camper van toilet.
25:55We could maybe pay him.
25:57No, maybe not that.
25:59Make him share a room with Oscar and Casper.
26:01Oh, yeah.
26:02Then we had a brainwave.
26:04Temptation.
26:05We need to remind Max what he could be missing out on
26:08and if he doesn't, put his mind to it.
26:10Bit like he is what he could have won.
26:11Yeah.
26:18Time for Noel to put their bright idea into action,
26:21reminding Max about his dream job,
26:24working with extreme machines.
26:27I decided to take Max to a BAE, Korea's Day.
26:31They manufacture everything that Max dreams about
26:34and would love to work on.
26:36Submarines, aircraft.
26:38That's just Max all over.
26:40It's like a very large fish.
26:42It works for fish.
26:43It might work for a sub.
26:44Max was on such a downer about his English exam.
26:47I just felt like he needed a pick-up.
26:49Something to inspire him,
26:50knuckle down and help him with his English revision.
26:53But this is my last throw of the dice.
26:55If we can't engage him here,
26:57then there's not much more we can do.
27:00Hello.
27:01All right, let's go on.
27:04Now for the guided tour,
27:07courtesy of Connor and Rachel from BAE.
27:10This is the mechanical bench,
27:12and you've got different things that you make with machinists.
27:15Although we're always learning in here,
27:18it's not just get your head down, do the work.
27:21We try and make it as appealing and as fun as possible.
27:24I think he's finding it very interesting, is Max.
27:26He's listening, he's wanting to get involved
27:27and learn all about it.
27:30Connor has a test for the wannabe apprentice.
27:33This book we've got here, it's an isometric drawing.
27:35I'm going to give you a piece of wire,
27:37but I want you to bend what you see.
27:40Don't worry, getting it wrong,
27:42but if you get it right, I'll be being pressed.
27:44There you go, right.
27:5190 degrees to the last, 180.
27:54We always thought he's a clever lad,
27:56he knows a lot of stuff.
27:57I'll just turn it around, no matter which direction.
28:00I can see why he wants to get into the type of job
28:03that he wants to get into.
28:04That's what I got.
28:06Let's have a look at it compared to that.
28:08That's right.
28:09Are you doing it right?
28:10Put it down there, Max.
28:11Oh, my God.
28:13You're well done.
28:14I'm just that good.
28:15You are just that good.
28:17My life is pies.
28:19The pies you eat, not pies in maths and all the rest of it.
28:22So, it's nice to have such a clever lad in the family,
28:25but he's way above my peer grade of understanding what he's doing.
28:30Max has passed that test,
28:32but getting into BAE will not be easy.
28:35It's always competitive.
28:37Everyone is always trying to fight to get into this place.
28:40You need maths, English, science.
28:42Different trades require different levels of passes.
28:46What's your concern?
28:48English in general, because I'm not very good at that.
28:50I struggled with my English as well coming out of school.
28:53It wasn't until the job was offered
28:56that I actually knuckled it down
28:59and did what I needed to do to get where I needed to get.
29:02Today has been a resounding success.
29:05Looking at all this has inspired me,
29:07because I want to get into it, but it's hard to get in.
29:10I've got to focus and get the grades I need.
29:13Thanks very much.
29:14Thanks for your time.
29:14Good luck, Max.
29:16Does this make you want to knuckle down even more, Max, for your exams?
29:20Especially English, you really need to focus on that.
29:23I already wanted to get good grades,
29:24but now I really do feel like I've got to.
29:27If you want to get in here...
29:28You've got to take quite a lot of effort.
29:30If it's a career that you want...
29:33It seems Max is going to engage,
29:36but is it too little too late?
29:38Right, do you want to head home?
29:39I do, I want some food.
29:40I would not mind a Greg's.
29:42Are you sure that's brain food, Max?
29:52Stephen is absent again.
29:55Where did he go?
29:56He's supposed to be at the gym, but I don't know.
30:00Fearing their dream is drifting away,
30:02Ellie wants to take Stephen on another adrenaline-fuelled weekend
30:06and has called him favourite sister Amy to help with some shopping.
30:10Look, it actually says two-person capacity, double skin tent.
30:14We're here today to find some bits for the day I've planned.
30:19So I'm planning, like, an adventure day.
30:22I like camping, kind of hoping he'll like it as well.
30:26Make sure he can make his coffee.
30:29I imagine that we'd have more weekends away,
30:32but there's always something that gets in the way.
30:35Our one-year anniversary is coming up,
30:37and I do want it to be special because it's a long time, one year.
30:41I have said to him that I've planned something, but...
30:44You're not telling him what?
30:45I'm not telling him what?
30:45No.
30:46So I'm hoping he likes it and he's not like, ooh.
30:49I've been saying to him for a while, Amy.
30:51You live once.
30:52When Ellie and Stephen first met, they just bounced off each other.
30:56Love's young dream.
30:57Recently, there's just been a few things that we've disagreed on.
31:00So Ellie's trying to push Stephen to do the bungee jumping,
31:03pushing him towards not getting the tattoo that he wants.
31:07So there's just been a little bit of disagreement
31:09within the relationship, which isn't like them two.
31:14Ellie's got the weekend all booked and planned.
31:16Time to tell Stephen.
31:25I was really looking forward to a weekend away.
31:27I was very disappointed.
31:29I have no idea what he's playing at, but he's been mysterious.
31:39Noel and Sue's plan to inspire the young engineer has worked,
31:43and Max has agreed to meet Olivia,
31:45an English tutor and neurodivergent specialist.
31:49The thing I worry about with Max is he's going to fail his exam.
31:52And if he doesn't get this exam result that he needs for English,
31:55it's came over before he's even started.
31:58Hello.
31:59Hi, Max.
32:00Lovely.
32:01Nice to meet you.
32:01You all right?
32:02I'll probably leave you to it with Max and then...
32:04Yeah, no problem.
32:05Do you want to come and sit down, Max?
32:06Yeah, sure.
32:07So, English literature.
32:08We're going to focus on A Christmas Carol today.
32:11Max is working with Olivia on the lead-up to his exams.
32:14It's now or never.
32:16I struggle with connecting quotes, like what they mean,
32:20where they are in the text, and putting them into a sentence.
32:23I can't really do it.
32:24Olivia realises that Max thinks in terms of formula and rules,
32:28so she's got a clever method of getting him to think of English in the same way.
32:33This process that I'm going to show you today is really going to help you do that.
32:36So, the chunking process takes that big task,
32:40splitting it up into manageable pieces.
32:43Breaking down information into smaller parts
32:46makes it less overwhelming and easier to remember new material.
32:50What you need to do is chunk that and split it into small manageable pieces.
32:55Pick two of these that you think happens during the story.
33:00Internal monologue.
33:01Do you think that's something that Scrooge does?
33:02Yeah, he does it when he's talking to Ghost of Marley.
33:06Absolutely.
33:07He says,
33:08You're no more graver than gravy when that tricardie shiver into his bone.
33:11So, that works.
33:12Cliffhangers.
33:13I mean, you can kind of say Tiny Tim, but it gets resolved at the end.
33:16Yeah.
33:17And then Flashback and Flashforwards is the ghosts.
33:19Yeah, absolutely.
33:20So, Flashback and Flashforwards is a really obvious one for us to use.
33:24So, it just gives that a circle.
33:26Lovely.
33:27You've just got a very unique set of skills
33:31and, unfortunately, you have some skills
33:34that are just incredibly difficult for you to master.
33:37The repetition and the...
33:39Yeah, Olivia seems really good and helpful towards Max.
33:42This is really his last chance saloon.
33:44You've done really, really well there, Max.
33:46Do you feel like this has been useful?
33:48I do feel like this has been useful.
33:49I can definitely answer questions better than what I did before.
33:52Yeah.
33:53I think that will help me quite a lot during the exam.
33:55How did he get on?
33:56He's absolutely brilliant.
33:57He's really open about his autism
33:59and things that he's found difficult.
34:01So, now all these little extra tools and tips from Max.
34:04Mm-hmm.
34:05What are his chances of passing, do you think?
34:06At the end of the day, these GCSEs are not guaranteed
34:10and Max is a borderline kid.
34:13He needs to change mindset to, I can do this.
34:18Okay.
34:20I'm glad he's engaged.
34:21I just hope it's not too late.
34:32It has been a testing time for Ellie and Stephen's dream relationship
34:36and now they seem to have hit the rocks.
34:45We should have been going to the lakes today after work,
34:48but Stephen blew me out.
34:49I'm annoyed, to be honest, and the bus is late.
34:53I've been waiting for the bus for ages
34:55and then this nice BMW starts driving towards me,
34:59beeping its horn.
35:05What are you doing?
35:07Need a lift.
35:08Why are you in the driver's seat?
35:11Stephen has been keeping a secret
35:13that explains exactly why he hasn't been around.
35:19Passed my driving test.
35:21Buzzing.
35:22I was pretty nervous this morning,
35:23like I've been up since four in the morning,
35:25but it went pretty smooth, to be fair.
35:27Quite happy with myself.
35:29I was over the moon, best feeling ever.
35:32One of the biggest motivators
35:33was so me and Ellie could go out and do things,
35:35like going to lakes and stuff like that.
35:37Mr. Romantic.
35:39Aw.
35:39See me, car.
35:44What does Ellie know?
35:45Ellie doesn't know a right lot.
35:47I've just been smashing lessons, like, three times a week,
35:49so I'm going to surprise her and pick her up from work.
35:52I was a bit shocked when I saw him drive.
35:54I couldn't believe he was doing secret driving lessons.
35:58I didn't tell Ellie in case I failed.
36:00I was at home a lot on my own,
36:01so I was like, what's going on?
36:03I'm very bad at lying as well,
36:05so it was quite difficult for me to lie
36:08about doing my driving lessons.
36:10I'm really happy for him.
36:11I just got away with saying I was going to the gym.
36:14Well, then you usually send me a Snapchat
36:15when you're in the gym and you didn't.
36:17What did you think I was doing then?
36:18Well, I don't know.
36:20I'm not getting up to mischief.
36:22No.
36:24Never.
36:25I think it is quite hard getting into a relationship
36:27when you're young and just starting to get used to each other.
36:30Getting to know each other, how each other tick,
36:32and, you know, it's easy to misunderstand each other.
36:34Do you understand me, Noel?
36:35Do you know how I tick after 37 years?
36:38Well, we should do.
36:38We've got 22 kids.
36:40So now that you can drive, we can go anywhere.
36:43We can go for a drive for this now.
36:45We can go to Windermere.
36:46And we can even go to Big Asda now.
36:49We can go to Little Asda as well.
36:51Sound, isn't it?
37:05The day of reckoning has arrived.
37:09Today, Max is taking his English exam.
37:22We've been through GCSEs a lot, so you would think that it will get easier, but it's still just as
37:27stressful.
37:28How many times have we've been?
37:30How many times have we been, are you counting?
37:3212.
37:33Well, Max is number 13, so hopefully it's a lucky 13, not an unlucky one.
37:39Lucky 13?
37:40Never heard of that before, Noel.
37:58Now that Stephen's got a set of wheels, he's whisking Ellie away for a surprise.
38:05Right, close your eyes.
38:07Watch your head.
38:08Stay that way.
38:09You can't see through my fingers, can you?
38:11No.
38:13I can't wait to surprise Ellie, she really deserves it.
38:15Right.
38:19Well, that's what they can eat.
38:21This is nice.
38:22Wow.
38:24I like it.
38:25I do.
38:26Stephen proving what an old romantic he really is.
38:29Impressor of yourself.
38:30Yeah.
38:30It's good.
38:32To celebrate their first year as a couple, Stephen has taken Ellie for a mix of romance and rambling.
38:39It's going.
38:40It's getting going.
38:42It's going.
38:42It's nice.
38:43We have fire.
38:45Oh, I love fire.
38:46Thanks, too.
38:46Having successfully navigated the little blip in their relationship, they can now carry
38:51on living the dream.
38:53I never doubted him.
38:55It's quite relieving for me now, because it was in the back of my mind a little bit that
38:58she was wondering what I was up to.
39:00It was a misunderstanding, but we still love each other, yeah.
39:03I got you a little surprise.
39:05Oh, okay.
39:08There you go.
39:10Scrapbook.
39:11It's got loads of photos in it.
39:13Oh, that's cute.
39:14Ah, Prince Charming strikes again.
39:17Stephen's exactly what I wanted in a boyfriend.
39:20I just got carried away wanting everything to be perfect.
39:23Now I realise dreams are made for two of you.
39:26Prague.
39:27And this one's in Paris.
39:29For my birthday, I like that one.
39:30And this is our first Christmas.
39:32It's nice to look back on, isn't it?
39:34Yeah.
39:34All the stuff we've done.
39:35We've actually done quite a lot in just a year, haven't we?
39:38Like, moving in.
39:39We're on our first holiday, like, two and a half, three months in, didn't we?
39:42Yeah.
39:43In a good first year, I'm very glad I got to do all this stuff with you and nobody else.
39:48Oh, that's so cute, isn't it?
39:52Even after a year, there's still a spark.
39:55Yeah, we still keep the fire going.
39:59Where's it going next?
40:01Definitely going to buy a house.
40:04Yeah.
40:04We've both said we want a house before I'm 25.
40:09Before children as well.
40:09Yeah.
40:10I'm not having a child without having a house.
40:12They're such a lovely couple, aren't they?
40:14They both have, they've both got their heads screwed on.
40:17But up for a bit of fun as well, aren't they?
40:19Well, yeah, yeah, they are, but I think they'll make for a good, longer relationship.
40:23Marshmallows.
40:23Marshmallows.
40:24It's been a good year.
40:27Ain't it?
40:28Yeah.
40:29Love you.
40:30Love you.
40:31Yeah.
40:40Today is a big day for the Radford family.
40:43Decorations are here.
40:44Kate's here.
40:45Yay!
40:47Specifically for Max.
40:49Max gets his GCSE results today, so we're going to decorate the kitchen, and hopefully
40:54he's going to get the result that he really wants.
40:57Maths and science, I think if he'll do okay, it's just the English.
41:00If I'm honest, I'm not convinced he's going to pass his English.
41:03He did put some effort in towards the end, but he's had a lot of struggles along the way.
41:09The odds are properly stacked against him.
41:10While the party planners are in full swing, Max is on tenterhooks.
41:17I'm not sure how long, but soon my results email should come in.
41:23You always want the best for your kids, but sometimes some things really tie you in knots.
41:28And the thing is, if Max doesn't get his English result that he needs, I don't know what he's going
41:32to do.
41:35Oh, it says, let's celebrate.
41:38It says grass.
41:41No, now, Max is not a brat.
41:44Oh, no, this is just unbearable.
41:46I don't know who it's worth for.
41:47Max or us.
41:59Come on, Max.
42:02Right, okay, I've got the email.
42:04What time does the results come in?
42:06About 11 o'clock.
42:08It's quarter past 11 now.
42:09It's not looking good, is it?
42:11I think we should take the decorations down.
42:23Max doesn't look happy.
42:25You think he's passed?
42:27I think he has.
42:28I'm quite confident about him.
42:30If he hasn't, I think we all need to be there for him.
42:32Give him his bit of support, because it obviously means a lot to him.
42:36I passed.
42:37Oh!
42:40Well done.
42:41English as well?
42:42Yeah.
42:43Wow.
42:45What did you get in your science?
42:47Physics is an eight.
42:48Biology, chemistry are sevens.
42:51Maths is a seven.
42:52Sevens and eights?
42:53That's really amazing.
42:54Well done.
42:55Math be so.
42:56Revolution was all day too.
42:57You're going to get started, Max.
42:59Woo!
43:01Right, who wants some cake?
43:04As parents, we are extremely proud of Max.
43:07He's done absolutely amazing.
43:10Reaching his exam results that he needed.
43:11There's nothing going to hold him back.
43:13So now it's the sky's the limit.
43:15For Max, the dream was worth fighting for.
43:19Quite proud of myself for being able to accomplish what I needed to accomplish in GCSEs.
43:25Now that I've started A-levels, I don't need to worry about dicking Shakespeare up and just learn about what
43:29I want to learn about.
43:30Like planes.
43:31Max has realised if you want something bad enough, you've got to put the graft in to reach your ambitions,
43:36no matter what life throws at you.
43:38You definitely do have to believe in yourself to make your dreams come true.
43:41I feel excited for what the future will hold in engineering.
43:46What's this?
43:47Family crest.
43:49Next time.
43:50One of these ones that likes to think about family history, you know, where we've all come from.
43:54You should have a wager on who's going to have the most interesting family.
43:57He ends up in the machine gun core.
44:00Front line.
44:01Absolutely front line.
44:02The most notorious crime of the 15th century.
44:06Oh my God.
44:08My great grandfather.
44:10I was probably the first person to go and visit his grave.
44:17The most notorious crime of the 15th century.
44:18The most notorious crime of the 15th century.
44:24He's been a killer.
44:24The most notorious crime of the 15th century.
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