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BROOKSIDE 2000- E2320 - Brookside and other TV Classics
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00:29I'll see you next time
00:46Oh, she's still gorgeous, isn't she?
00:48She takes after our mic.
00:49Look at us three all moving back in.
00:51Oh, no, back on the close.
00:52I can't escape.
00:53It's gonna be weird.
00:54What is?
00:55I've been here again after all this time.
00:57I feel like my life's going backwards.
00:59Well, I don't.
01:00Better give them a hand.
01:01Are you coming over?
01:02Just give us a minute.
01:03Okay.
01:04Are you all right?
01:06Fine.
01:07I'll carry on with this then.
01:10Ugh.
01:12I still can't see what was wrong with Anthony's.
01:14There was nothing wrong with that.
01:15Yeah, but I wanted to see little Beth growing up.
01:18Oh, you will.
01:19It's not like we've gone to Australia.
01:22Dead glad we've got this place.
01:23I tell you what, you weren't so happy when you came to mind.
01:26Look at the both of you now.
01:27Grinning like you just made it over the gates at Walton.
01:29We're dead grateful.
01:30We just wanted a place for our own.
01:32Yeah, we very appreciated, Dad.
01:33I won't forget it.
01:35Hi, love.
01:37What are you doing here?
01:39I'm this little one's granddad.
01:41I'm here to help.
01:42Listen, I'm made up of having Mike and Rachel here in my house.
01:45But you're a busy fella, aren't you?
01:46You're not gonna make it out of the rang in the hand.
01:48Hey.
01:49I'll be coming to visit me granddaughter if that's all right with you.
01:52Ron, can you take this?
01:54I want to get Beth warmed up.
01:55Her little feet are like blocks of ice.
01:57Yeah, go on.
01:58Help.
01:59See you later.
02:00See you.
02:01All right, kid.
02:02Good morning.
02:03I'm glad he's not my landlord.
02:06Are you all set?
02:07Yeah.
02:08I bring my stuff in at lunch.
02:09You don't look very happy about it.
02:13Oh, Richard, it's not you.
02:14Just this place.
02:16Give me a bit of a reminder of Luke.
02:17I'll get rid of that.
02:19Don't worry.
02:20I'm gonna be all right.
02:22I didn't think I had this much stuff.
02:24Would you mind?
02:25I asked you to move in.
02:26Of course I don't mind.
02:28Oh, yeah.
02:28Morning.
02:29Listen, I'll go and do the next trip and then I promise that is it.
02:31Please stop saying sorry.
02:33Okay.
02:36You seeing Charlotte today?
02:38Yes.
02:39She must be feeling awful getting caught up in all this.
02:42But Victoria is gonna turn up soon.
02:44I do wish she'd stop saying that.
02:46Look, she was in a bad way Friday night.
02:48She sped off out of here.
02:49She didn't take any of her things.
02:50She's not been back to her old place and her mobile's been switched off all weekend.
02:53But you told Victoria she needed to get away.
02:55No.
02:55I told her she needed to think it all through.
02:57That's what she is doing.
02:59Look, I know Victoria.
03:00She has a brainstorm, works it all out and then gets back to normal.
03:03That's just the way she is.
03:10Yeah, I've got a couple of mates in London that are good laugh.
03:13Don't like London though.
03:14It's too busy busy.
03:16Nah, this will be sound.
03:17One of my mates reckons he can even get me a bar job.
03:21Are you gonna miss Nicky?
03:24No way.
03:25That's well over.
03:27Well, she's only next door whether you go and speak to her.
03:29Because I don't want to.
03:32Look, I mean, I'd love her to be easy and magic and happy, but she slept with some of the
03:37fellas in after all I've done for her.
03:38How can I forget that?
03:41Well, look at her from her side.
03:42She's been through a hell of a lot.
03:44She was right all along about Luke Musgrove and none of us believed her.
03:47I mean, they must do things to your head.
03:48Well, if she'd have apologised even.
03:50But now she goes off sunning herself in Madeira and then when she comes back she comes up to me
03:54like nothing's happened.
03:56Yeah.
03:57I rarely thought of Laura of her, you know, sin.
04:00I thought she was better than her lot.
04:02So give her another chance.
04:05No.
04:06No way, she's blown it with me.
04:08Well, the least you can do is say goodbye.
04:11If it ever meant anything.
04:18Hiya.
04:20What do you want?
04:22Emily goes to school.
04:23Yeah, I'm going.
04:26Yeah.
04:28I've moved in over the way and I heard you were back.
04:32I really want to say sorry.
04:34Go on then.
04:35What?
04:36Say sorry?
04:38Luke seemed like a decent dollar.
04:39What did I seem like then?
04:40Some dizzy slapper making up tales.
04:42I mean, that's what you thought because she chose to listen to him and not me.
04:45Why do you think I said that he raped me?
04:46For a laugh.
04:47Because I had nothing better to do.
04:48I mean, you should know.
04:49You don't go round saying things like that for no reason.
04:51I feel like you raped both of us.
04:53Casey, why don't you think about what you're saying?
04:56Of course I've never felt like such a fool.
04:58I'm sick of hearing what you're feeling.
04:59If you want to help me, well, that's easy.
05:01Mind your own business.
05:06You okay?
05:08Yeah.
05:09She's well out of order.
05:14You don't normally work here?
05:16No, I started today.
05:18What's happened to the beard?
05:19New start.
05:20New image.
05:21Drinks?
05:22Oh, just an orange juice for me, thanks.
05:24I'll have the same.
05:25Enjoying you.
05:26Cheers.
05:28I just want to check my messages.
05:30For the third time in 20 minutes.
05:32I'm sorry.
05:33The signal around here is quite weak.
05:34Sometimes the cold doesn't come through.
05:37Two orange juices, please, Christian.
05:40Do you know, it feels strange as working back together again.
05:43It's like I haven't been away.
05:44You and me.
05:45The old team.
05:46Will you get out of my way, please?
05:48Thank you, sir.
05:52Victoria said some wild things the other night.
05:55Yeah.
05:56I noticed.
05:57You know the strain she's been under.
05:59I hope you can forgive her.
06:00She's just lost her husband.
06:02Of course I can forgive her.
06:03That's easy.
06:04She's not normally like that at all.
06:06I understand.
06:07You know, sometimes when you lose someone close to you,
06:09you can lose all sense of perspective.
06:16It's weird, isn't it, eh, son?
06:18The Dixon's back in this house.
06:20All the years I spent here with your mother and Bev.
06:24Let's hope it's going to be happier for you and Rachel.
06:27It's hard, Dad.
06:30Can I have a quick word?
06:31Yeah, I'll go.
06:33I need to ask a favour.
06:35You know, Sinbad wants a month's rent up front.
06:37Me and Anthea gave you free bed and board.
06:40I met Jackie putting the bar up for sale.
06:42I don't know how long my job's going to last.
06:44Would this be a financial favour by any chance?
06:47Well, we need to buy Beth clothes and stuff.
06:49And, well, I've told Rachel I can manage, but I don't think I can.
06:52Hey, it's family, isn't it?
06:55300.
06:56Oh, thanks, Dad.
06:58Listen, do us a favour.
06:59Don't say anything to Rachel.
07:00I don't want her to think we're in any trouble.
07:02No problem.
07:03And I'll pay you back.
07:04You'll pay me back by bringing up that kiddie good.
07:07Like I brought you and our Jackie up.
07:09It's going to be strange going through being a dad again.
07:12I do wonder about Josh, you know, Dad.
07:15I mean, he's the baby's brother.
07:17Just might never get to know him.
07:18Or Bev.
07:20Yeah, well...
07:23We all wish we'd never met her.
07:30You're awfully quiet.
07:35I was afraid you'd listen to Victoria when she was talking about us getting back together.
07:42She's been sort of confused lately.
07:48Charlotte?
07:49But what if she's right?
07:53How do you mean?
07:54You know, I woke up this morning and I thought if I could just see you today,
07:59then everything would be okay.
08:02It is.
08:03But what Victoria said's probably true, isn't it?
08:06Her timing was off.
08:09That switch in your brain that stops you saying stupid, hurtful, truthful things.
08:15Her's got switched off.
08:17But you will end up together.
08:19In a few weeks, a few months.
08:22She's just jumped the gun.
08:24No.
08:25I think that's a crazy idea.
08:28Darren, you love her.
08:29She's only been gone a few days.
08:32I can see how worried you are.
08:34It's obvious you love her.
08:36I want to be with you.
08:39We're doing fine.
08:40No.
08:41I like you a lot, Darren.
08:44You're a wonderful person and I really hoped this would go somewhere.
08:48But face up to it.
08:50We're only together because Victoria's husband was in the way.
08:53And now he's gone.
08:55But you can have what you want.
08:58Victoria was right.
09:00We've got no future.
09:01You know, this is a mad situation.
09:04I...
09:06Look, Victoria offered me a choice.
09:08Right?
09:09She wanted me to choose between you and her.
09:12I couldn't say it then because she was standing right there, but...
09:17I choose you.
09:18I want you.
09:20You know, one day when Victoria gets back to her old self,
09:25all this misery and hurt's gonna start fading away.
09:29I know who you'd choose then.
09:34I'll happily keep working with you if that's okay.
09:39So that's it.
09:42All finished.
09:51It's him.
09:53What are you doing here?
09:54You sagged off again.
09:56I took it out after lunch.
09:57Have you gone on the shift to Savvy?
09:59No.
10:00Right.
10:01I went to go into town, have a bit of a shop.
10:03Why? What are you after?
10:04I saw this coat that I quite fancy in one of the shops off Bowles Street.
10:07We could get it with a card.
10:07Right.
10:08And you want me to sign for it?
10:10Yeah.
10:11I mean, it'd be dead easy.
10:12Do you check on the petrol station?
10:15Not really.
10:16Look, I'm not sure about this, you know.
10:18I thought you were dead before it.
10:20Yeah, but it's creepy, you know.
10:22Me pretending to be your dad.
10:23I don't mind.
10:24He's dead.
10:25I don't know.
10:27Come on.
10:27We'll get the next bus.
10:28Are you sure we thought about this?
10:30I mean, where are you gonna put your coat after we've bought it?
10:32In your garage.
10:33Who else goes in there except me and you?
10:36So we're gonna go back afterwards?
10:38We might do.
10:40Just me and you.
10:41Mm-hm.
10:52You left then?
10:54Yep.
10:56Did you see Nicky?
10:57I was sort of having a go at Katie Rogers before.
11:01I think she's off on one.
11:02And I'm well out of there.
11:04Thanks, mate.
11:16Only one.
11:18It's not even for me.
11:21Madeira?
11:22Jerome!
11:41Beth's settled.
11:42She seems to like a new room.
11:43I'm gonna go up and have a look at her.
11:44Let's give her some peace for a bit, eh?
11:46You know, just then when I was coming down the stairs, I got this really funny tingling
11:49feeling.
11:50I suddenly realised I've got it all.
11:52Everything I've ever wanted.
11:52A house, a baby and the best fella in the world.
11:55This is the happiest day of my life.
11:57Well, it's only the start.
12:00Hiya.
12:01Hello.
12:01I thought I might find Jackie here.
12:03Everyone settled in?
12:04Yeah, just about.
12:06Ah, looks very cosy.
12:08Oh, hello, son.
12:11Not what you're used to, eh?
12:12Well, I do live in an almost identical house next door.
12:15Ah, yeah, knees must, but hardly the country sees, is it?
12:18Dad.
12:19I'm just pointing out.
12:21Shows the lad's adaptable.
12:22I think it's good that Nathan, given his background,
12:24thinks nothing about moving into a semi on Brookside clothes.
12:27There's nothing wrong with Brookside clothes.
12:29Yeah, all right, love.
12:30Don't get aerated, you know what I mean?
12:31I'm going over to see Sinbad.
12:34How long has he stick in here?
12:36Well, he has been good to us, right?
12:37See you later.
12:38Look, I thought I might find you here.
12:41My brother's called.
12:42He's over at the house and he's dying to meet you.
12:44We'll go tomorrow afternoon and spend the night, okay?
12:46Well, I can't just drop everything.
12:48Well, club shot, bark and run itself.
12:50I don't know.
12:52Well?
12:53Oh, yeah.
12:54Go on then, I suppose so.
12:55But I wish you'd given me more notice.
12:57Now, son, you've seen the inside of this place,
13:00soon to be the new Dixon family home.
13:02I want you to know that you're more than welcome
13:04at me and Anthea's whenever you like.
13:05Any time you're in the vicinity,
13:07just give us a knock and we'll treat you like royalty.
13:10So I wonder, er, when does the father of the bride
13:12get to meet the new in-laws then?
13:14Come on, Dad, I've only been there a couple of times meself.
13:16And I've got to tell you this, Nathan.
13:18Our Jacqueline speaks very highly of your mother and father.
13:21I'd like to meet them.
13:22Oh, I'm sure you will.
13:23I will.
13:24Whenever suits, just give us a whistle.
13:26I'm sure I'll be free.
13:27Well, actually, Jackie and I...
13:28You'd better get back to the office.
13:30Righto.
13:31See you later.
13:32Ta-ra, son.
13:33And I'd better get going meself.
13:35Hey, I mean it, you know, Jack.
13:36Next time you get the summons to Cuddleton all,
13:38count me in, okay?
13:39Yes, of course I will.
13:41Ta-ra.
13:43Well, I wonder what she's written.
13:44I mean, it might get them back together, mightn't it?
13:46Of course that sounds a bit soft, don't it?
13:49Talking of soft,
13:51I've come to ask you a favour.
13:52A couple of favours.
13:55First, I'd like you to be godfather to Beth.
13:57Oh, Rach.
13:58And also, at the wedding,
14:00I want you to give me away.
14:02Oh.
14:04I don't know what to say.
14:06Of course I will.
14:09You've always been here for me.
14:11You risked everything for me and my mum,
14:12and I'll never forget it.
14:14Oh, Rach, I'm made up.
14:16You don't know what this means to me.
14:19But what about Ron?
14:20He is Mike's dad.
14:21I know he's a divvy,
14:23but he's Mike's dad.
14:24You've been like a dad to me.
14:28Better than a dad, in fact.
14:33Come on, get that.
14:37All right, mate, I forgot.
14:39You okay?
14:40Um, Jerome, um,
14:43have you spoken to Nicky yet?
14:45No, and I'm not going to.
14:47And then, er,
14:48perhaps you should,
14:49because this came for you from Medina.
14:52Get into it.
14:53Bye-bye.
14:54Max!
14:58I'm wanting to get Emma's birthday party sorted out for Friday.
15:02I was thinking we could get some sort of an entertainer
15:05to keep the old ones happy.
15:06Er, like a magician?
15:08Oh, good idea, yeah.
15:09Oh, well, I'm glad you think so,
15:10because I've gone and booked one.
15:11Oh, and he does these, er, dog balloons and all that sort of thing.
15:14Why didn't you tell me before?
15:16Oh, I forgot.
15:17You wanted it to be a surprise, didn't you?
15:20You wanted me to think how wonderful you were.
15:23No, no, no, honestly.
15:24I, I forgot.
15:25I mean, I can always cancel him
15:26if you want to get someone of your own.
15:28No, that's fine.
15:30Why don't you go pick up the children?
15:32We always keep crossing each other, don't we?
15:35Sorry?
15:36Now, now that we're working together,
15:37we don't actually seem to be together.
15:42Well, that's the whole point of the new arrangement.
15:45We take it in turns to look after the business
15:47and look after the children.
15:48Yes, I suppose so.
15:50And we're not working together again.
15:53You're working for me.
15:55You are my employee.
16:02Look at that.
16:03I've gone to do one of them for ages.
16:05It's a great try, then, again.
16:08I might keep it here.
16:10Leave it here and then wait when I go out.
16:12I might even wait for school.
16:16I'm just thinking about me dad.
16:19He always wanted to buy me the best things.
16:21And I was posing away.
16:23He has, hasn't he?
16:25I suppose so.
16:27We had this careers test at school.
16:29They ask you all types of questions
16:31and they feed them into this computer.
16:34My aunt came back saying that I was dead creative
16:36and that I should be an assistant and a florist.
16:39What's the point?
16:40I might end up working dead hard like me dad.
16:43He never had the best things.
16:46Then you see all them shysters who do cackle
16:48and get paid loads for it.
16:50You see them every night when you're waiting in the bus queue freezing.
16:53They go past in a taxi on their own.
16:55What a fiddle, eh?
16:58I can't have a bit of that.
17:01Nicky, wait!
17:02What do you want?
17:05I've only just got your letter.
17:06I mean, it's only just arrived.
17:08What?
17:09Nicky, I can't believe it.
17:10I never would have walked away from you
17:11if I'd have known about this.
17:13You're both an idiot.
17:14It should be me saying I'm sorry to you.
17:17I thought you didn't want to see me.
17:19I'm really sorry if I'll go with that fellow, Jerome.
17:22I was on my mind.
17:22I didn't even know what I was doing.
17:24I never meant to hear you.
17:26Come here.
17:31Hi, Vic.
17:32It's Darren again.
17:34Please, please give me a call when you get this.
17:36Thanks.
17:37You know, the more messages you leave,
17:38the less likely it should be to call you back.
17:39Look, you know how awkward she can be.
17:42How was Charlotte?
17:44Charlotte!
17:45Finished with me.
17:47What?
17:49Why?
17:50She reckons Victoria and I will get back together.
17:52Ah.
17:53Well, that's the point.
17:54Perhaps you will.
17:55I'm so sick of people deciding things for me.
17:59Ever since Mark died,
18:01Victoria's disappeared, Charlotte's dumped me.
18:03I have no control over my own life.
18:04Yeah, but is Charlotte really that important to you?
18:06Yes.
18:07I really like her.
18:09Yeah, but you more than really like Victoria.
18:11Maybe Charlotte's done you a favour.
18:12I am tired of people doing me favours.
18:15I just want to live my own life.
18:18Are you okay?
18:19I love the way people keep asking me that.
18:21Like I've got the flu or something.
18:23I just smile back at them and say,
18:24yeah, we're fine.
18:26It's gonna go away.
18:27I'm sorry.
18:28No, you're not nice.
18:31Listen.
18:33All those things that I said to you,
18:34I didn't mean them.
18:36I was just cracking up because I thought we really had something
18:38and I saw you throwing it all away like it didn't even matter to you.
18:41That's when you would have said the same.
18:44I'm so scared.
18:46Nothing seems to make sense anymore.
18:49I want to make things better for you, yeah?
18:51Oh, yeah.
18:53Do you know what you're doing?
18:55I'm gonna be 90, 100 years old.
18:57I'm gonna look back and count up the hours I spent thinking about Luke Musgrove.
19:01I swear.
19:02It isn't gonna be a lot.
19:07That's fantastic, yeah.
19:09Yeah, thanks again.
19:09Cheers.
19:11Who was that?
19:13Rich!
19:13Who was it?
19:15I've just called the registry office
19:16and I've got us booked in for the 27th of May.
19:18Oh, Mike!
19:20And they've asked Sinbad to give me away.
19:21Well, it's fun joking, aren't you?
19:23Well, it's up to me.
19:24Anyway, you're gonna give Jackie away.
19:26She's right, Dad.
19:27Yeah, well, I'm glad you two are happy.
19:28It's hard Jackie I'm bothered about.
19:30Why?
19:31Well, I can't understand why she's stalling.
19:34She's getting married, too, and I don't know a thing about Nathan's mum and dad.
19:37Well, he's so keen to meet him.
19:38Why don't you just go on the guided tour?
19:41Well, here's the one.
19:42Well, yeah, I heard Nathan once going on a break being open to the public.
19:46Oh, right.
19:47Still, there's no point in me paying to get in, is there?
19:50I'm practically family.
19:53So you're going back to uni, then?
19:55I thought you missed it.
19:55Same and a half.
19:56Perhaps next year.
19:58I'm gonna get myself a job, though.
19:59There's loads of things I can do.
20:01I went to the police station today.
20:03I've retracted me statements, you know, about Harvey.
20:06After what he did to you?
20:07He's gonna get some counsellor and he won't do it again.
20:09You know what I think?
20:10He isn't bad.
20:11He's just soft.
20:12I couldn't face another call case.
20:14I just wanna be like a was.
20:16Ordinary.
20:17Well, you're never gonna be that.
20:21See you later.
20:23Bye.
20:29The other for sale sign's gonna close the idea.
20:31Yeah, so we don't wanna get too settled.
20:33We'll be back together pretty soon.
20:35Well, for a while.
20:36I'm still thinking about going to London.
20:38Right.
20:39But it's not definite, it's just one of our options.
20:41Yeah.
20:42I've got loads to sort out.
20:45Katie.
20:47You can't cover it off from me.
20:48You're seriously freaked out about living in Luke's house, aren't you?
20:52You've gotta put it behind you.
20:54If you had better, I knew he was gonna be sent down.
20:56But I know he's out there.
20:58And right now, he's probably chatting up some other girl.
21:00You can't have it.
21:01Perhaps he'll rape it.
21:02Katie.
21:03I've gotta go.
21:04See ya.
21:05See ya.
21:07Well, Katie's got an even worse face on than usual.
21:10She's got her reasons.
21:11Yeah, well, she's missing you already.
21:13Well, I've confirmed it with Mum.
21:16She's expecting us for lunch tomorrow.
21:18Why don't we invite Ron along?
21:19Isn't your dad away in business?
21:22Yeah.
21:24Well, there's no point bringing me dad along then.
21:26That's a pathetic excuse.
21:27He's just a harmless old fellow.
21:29That's what Maggie Thatcher says about Pinochet.
21:32Oh, my dad's okay, but he doesn't think.
21:34There's no harm in him, but whatever pops into his head,
21:36he just opens his gob and says it.
21:39Why are you laughing?
21:40Because they're only my mother and father.
21:41They'll love him.
21:42So he might be a bit eccentric, but so what?
21:45You think it's gonna reflect badly on you?
21:47I'd just rather not.
21:48Not yet.
21:50Well, I can't help thinking you're putting off the inevitable.
22:05You're welcome.
22:05Hi, Katie.
22:06Mr Leah.
22:08Yeah, I wanted to make sure these are well settled.
22:10Hey, Kate, has our Jackie ever invited you to Coddington or?
22:15No.
22:16Why didn't you ask me?
22:17I don't know.
22:19See, she's keeping it to herself. I don't know why.
22:21Dad, will you stop going on about Coddington, Flamin' Hall?
22:25Hey, I'm just expressing an interest in my future in-laws.
22:28Never mind, then.
22:29We sat a date for our wedding today. You'd hardly mentioned it.
22:32Yes, I did.
22:33I said I was happy I'm over the moon for you both.
22:35And anyway, how can you accuse me of not showing an interest after today?
22:39Because you've been giving a dad about the Coddingtons all day.
22:42Oh, so that's how you think about your father who's helped you out in so many ways, is it?
22:46Right.
22:47I'll get me coat.
22:48Ron!
22:50Ron!
22:51We're really grateful.
22:53No, no, no.
22:54Message received loud and clear.
22:55Dad, I'm sorry.
22:57I'm looking out for all me children, that's all.
22:59Have you got to have all the attention, like?
23:01No, and I've said I'm sorry.
23:02Now, it's all right.
23:03I can see that this new baby's made you both a bit irrational.
23:06Anyway, I was about to get off.
23:07I want to get an early night.
23:12Where you off?
23:14I just thought I might get up early and take Anthony out for a dive in the country, you know.
23:18Anywhere special in mind?
23:20Er, no.
23:22Why?
23:24Nowhere special.
23:38Coddington Hall?
23:41This is my old brother Charles.
23:43We stick to the guided tour.
23:45Of course.
23:45And you keep that buttoned.
23:46Jackie and I hit it off.
23:48Just like that, right from the start, didn't we?
23:50How much do you value our marriage?
23:52Oh, well.
23:54Come, I wasn't there before we get thrown out.
23:59Next tonight, behind the wheel of a car worth £150,000.
24:04Bet the insurance is a killer.
24:05Driven.
24:06In a few minutes.