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00:01Oh, I'm sorry.
00:08Arthur, please, try not to get under people's feet.
00:10Some of us have got work to go to.
00:12Who do you think I'm going?
00:13Butlins, I've got so much on today, I don't know where I'm coming or going.
00:16I start at the shop, then go over to the cafe,
00:18because Sue and Ellie wrote the cash and carry.
00:19Oh, yeah.
00:20We've hardly got time to say hello and goodbye to each other these days.
00:24Listen, we've got to make time.
00:25Let's sit down and discuss this family's problems.
00:27What, Shell Lofty and the baby, you mean?
00:30I try not to think about it.
00:31We're going to have to think about it, all of us.
00:34Well, what is there to think about?
00:35They seem to have made up their minds.
00:37You've got to see how serious they are.
00:38They could be playing games or something.
00:40They're not playing games about getting married and having a baby.
00:43No, not that way round, that's right.
00:45But they're doing it the other way round, and it's not even their baby.
00:48No, that's why we've got to have a family discussion.
00:50Oh, what, with Shell and Lofty and Arse them outright, you mean?
00:53That's right, and invite Pete and Cathy, they're family.
00:56Ta-da.
00:56Ta-da.
00:58Now, you've got everything?
00:59Yes, ma'am.
01:00Oh, and don't forget to hold a hand when you're crossing the roads.
01:02What?
01:02Mum, I let my green cross code when I was five.
01:05Anyway, aren't you going to walk us to the corner?
01:08No, I'm not going into work today.
01:09I've phoned in and told them.
01:11Why, what's wrong?
01:11Oh, I don't know, I've just got a splitting headache.
01:13Maybe a touch of the flu.
01:14Oh, I'll stay home and look after you.
01:16No, it's OK.
01:17I'm only working for a couple of hours.
01:18We'll manage.
01:19You go to work that fast, babe.
01:21You get to school where you belong, my girl.
01:23Oh, I see.
01:24You want to be alone.
01:25Cassie!
01:25Oh, she does have biology lessons, Mum.
01:27Look, come on, Cassie.
01:28See you later.
01:28Bye.
01:29Bye.
01:30The things kids come out with these days.
01:32She's right, then.
01:33I do want to be alone with you.
01:35You mean you're not ill?
01:37Fit as a fiddle.
01:39And ready to make music.
01:41Hey, you'll be making me blush soon.
01:43Well, let's hope you'll have something to really blush about later.
01:46Hey, I'm not used to all this.
01:47I'm out of practice.
01:48You'll have all day to revise.
01:49You make it sound like an exam.
01:50Oh, don't worry.
01:52I'm sure you'll get an A+.
01:55Hello, Dot.
01:56What are you doing here this time of the morning?
01:57You do the afternoon shift, remember?
01:59I just popped it in, see how you was coping.
02:02Oh, yeah?
02:02You never used to be so concerned for my welfare.
02:05Well, I'll tell you the truth.
02:06I can't seem to relax indoors.
02:07Not since I give up smoking.
02:09Relax?
02:10Chance will be a fine thing.
02:11If I had the chance to relax, I'd have my feet up quicker than a coruscule.
02:15Here, you're not inferring I'm a layabout, are you?
02:18Dot, it's far too early in the morning to have a round.
02:21Oh, is it?
02:21Well, it won't be.
02:22Not when I get old Ethel.
02:23Oh, yeah?
02:24What's poor old Ethel done, then?
02:25Well, then, what she's done is what she ain't done.
02:27I mean, she promised me my Charlie will come back so far.
02:29I ain't in here a ride of him.
02:31Well, Rome wasn't built in a day, you know.
02:33And after all, he has been gone for years, apart from one fleeting visit.
02:36And God knows how far he went.
02:38He'll have to change a lot of buses before he gets home.
02:41Hey, it's no laughing matter, you know.
02:43Well, she charged me for it.
02:45Well, she's got a living to make.
02:46Yeah, well, look, here, here's the stub in me checkbook to prove it.
02:50There you are, Mrs Ethel Skinner, black and white, two quid.
02:53I've only just started this.
02:55I don't know what me bag manager will say
02:56when he finds out I've been fricking his money away on fortune tellers.
02:59There's only one way to find out the answer to that, Dot.
03:02Hmm?
03:02Go and ask Ethel.
03:16Oh, well, of course I am, Dotty, a hole of hope, lovely.
03:21Oh, you can spare the time.
03:23Oh, I can always spare time for my friends.
03:26What, time to tell them lies, you mean?
03:28Lies?
03:29You know, all that cock and bull stuff you give me about Charlie coming back, and you promised.
03:32I never promised.
03:34I just said there was a good chance of it in your cards, that's all.
03:38In cards?
03:39Card tricks, more like it's the devil's work you're doing.
03:42Oh, don't talk like that, Dot.
03:44You're frightening me.
03:45Yes, well, I shall do more than talk.
03:47I shall report you to the police for the charlatan you are.
03:49Oh, you wouldn't do that, Dot.
03:51I'd be ever so frightened.
03:53Besides, there's still a chance he might.
03:55Come give it time.
03:56Time?
03:56You're the one who'll be doing time.
03:58Six months, I reckon.
04:00It's a serious offense you're doing, you know, under the Trade Descriptions Act.
04:04Oh!
04:05Oh, my God.
04:06There's a police man on my own.
04:08Oh!
04:09All right, that's all right.
04:11What did she get up to with it?
04:14Quick, hide me on the food, little.
04:16You're on what, Ethel?
04:17I'm on the run from the police.
04:19What are you on about, Ethel?
04:20Oh, you see, I'll do it too.
04:22What's I've got to do?
04:23Well, you see, he's been reading all these astronomical books, so I gave him a job as
04:28my assistant, and he's had real beginner's luck out there too.
04:32So what's I've got to do with the police?
04:34Oh, well, you see, I'm supposed to have a license, and I haven't got one, and he's drawing
04:38crowns.
04:39It's no good.
04:40He'll have to go before he gets us all into trouble.
04:44Poor Lofty.
04:45Poor Cheryl.
04:46It looks as though she's going to marry an out-of-work fortune teller.
04:49Look at him out there.
04:50Oh, my God.
05:14We're not open yet.
05:15Right, it's Henge.
05:16She's back.
05:20Thanks, Lofty.
05:21Hello.
05:22Hello.
05:22Hello, Mum.
05:23How are you?
05:24I've missed you.
05:24I mean, I've really missed you.
05:26I've missed you too, my darling, more than you'll ever know.
05:28Yeah, welcome home, Angie.
05:30You look great.
05:31Normally, flattery would get you everywhere, Simon, but in this case, I'm as white as a
05:34sheet, and I know it.
05:35You're not very brown, are you?
05:37Not lost any of your charm, have you, Lofty?
05:39Didn't you do any sunbathing then, Mum?
05:41Uh, I didn't really feel in the mood, darling.
05:44I bet Den's got a lovely brown.
05:46I mean, he always did wear a good tan, didn't he?
05:49Want to fetch my cases off the pavement then, lads?
05:51Yeah.
05:52Thanks very much.
05:53Mind the bottles, will you?
05:54All right.
05:56Well, isn't Dad fetching the cases in?
05:58Dad?
05:59No, and he here with you.
06:00Well, how can he be here with us when he's been in our bury with you?
06:03Uh, if you've finished your work, I won't need you any more today.
06:05Thanks, Ethel.
06:06Huh.
06:08Oh, but where is he, Mum?
06:09Why isn't he with you?
06:11Why aren't you at school, Missy?
06:13Because I've got a free period, and you haven't answered me questions.
06:15I was going to say, how lovely it is to be back, but what's wrong?
06:20Well, no offence, darling, but there's no HP sauce.
06:22Where's the pickled onions?
06:23There's no mustard.
06:24You're going to have to go to the shops before we open and chat.
06:27As for you, Simon, come here.
06:29Oh, look, there's about enough bottles for a booze-up in a telephone box.
06:33Tup, tup, tup.
06:34While the cat's been away, the mice have been having a right old time.
06:36Well, we've been a bit pushed without you and Den, yeah.
06:39Yeah, where is Den, anyway?
06:40What is this, Lofty? A quiz show?
06:42Are you holding something back, Mum? I mean, nothing's happened to him, has it?
06:45Look, don't panic, darling. It'll be all right. I'll talk to you later.
06:48How did you cope without me, then?
06:50I enjoyed running the pub.
06:51Made a good job, a landlady, didn't I, boys?
06:54Oh, did she?
06:55Oh, yeah.
06:56Yeah, yeah.
06:59Well, I just come here to see a friendly face and have a look at baby Annie, of course.
07:07Oh, that's nice, isn't it? Because I could put tea in a minute.
07:09Oh, it doesn't seem to be my day so far.
07:13Everyone seems to have got out of bed the wrong way.
07:15Dot's had another go at me.
07:17Oh, don't worry about her. She's just an old busybody asshole, that's all.
07:20Oh, yes, well, Angie didn't seem too nice, neither.
07:24Is she back then?
07:25Yes, just arrived. Den's not with her.
07:28When I mentioned it, she nearly jumped down my throat.
07:31Well, some things are best left unsaid.
07:33Yes.
07:35I think you're right there.
07:36Oh, you're busy.
07:39I hope not to stay.
07:40No, it's all right. It's just a spot of spring cleaning.
07:43Glad of the break, actually.
07:45That tea will be ready in a minute as well.
07:48Well, I've said some things I shouldn't have said lately.
07:50Who to?
07:52Andy.
07:53Debs is Andy.
07:54Yeah.
07:55Could call it that, I suppose.
07:57Only I didn't see it that way for a while.
08:01I made a right fool in myself, Ethel. I fell for him.
08:04Oh, you never did.
08:05Yeah, in a way.
08:07Of course, he noticed. Well, guessed, really.
08:09I denied it. Gave him a right slagging off.
08:12Oh, well, that's just pride, that is.
08:14I know. He hasn't said two words since.
08:17Well, that's not very nice, is it?
08:19No, you're right.
08:21Tell you what.
08:23Say you're sorry.
08:24Be big.
08:26Yeah.
08:27Best way, I suppose.
08:29It's not easy, though, is it?
08:30Well, no.
08:32Not if you still like him.
08:34Who said I still liked him?
08:36Well, you don't have to, do you?
08:38Not to me.
08:43Hello, Dave.
08:44Time I left you to it, Ashley.
08:45Yeah, I'm standing in.
08:46I'm standing in for Sue and Annie over at the cab.
08:48It's like stakes and ladders round here, isn't it?
08:50Where'd I go?
08:50The Royal Academy of Music.
08:51It's none of your business, my boy.
08:53Anyway, what's your business?
08:54Oh, errand boy, really.
08:55I need some HP sauce, some mustard and some pickled onions.
09:00I'll get them for you.
09:00It's tough.
09:02Yeah, Arthur, can I have a word?
09:05What do you mean?
09:06What can I do for you?
09:07It's about Michelle.
09:09Yeah, I was afraid it might be.
09:11Afraid?
09:11I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that.
09:13It's just that...
09:15Well, this ain't easy, all this, you know?
09:16No, no.
09:17I'm trying to make it easier for her.
09:20Yeah, I appreciate that, Lofty.
09:21I do appreciate that.
09:24What can I do?
09:25Well, I want to ask you for her hand in marriage.
09:32What, all formal, right?
09:33Yeah, well, I think these things should be done properly.
09:42Well, go on, then.
09:43No, no, not here, not now.
09:45Well, when, where?
09:47Later.
09:48I think it's traditional for me to come round to your house.
09:52I'm all for a bit of tradition, son.
09:54You'd better come round this evening.
09:56About 5.30.
09:57Can I see you on your own?
09:59It's all private now.
09:59Here, I, Lofty.
10:01Oh, by the way, there was a big market trader looking for you.
10:04He said you hadn't quite finished his fortune.
10:06Oh, God, that's all I need.
10:08Here, look, put this on the slide, will you?
10:09Oh.
10:10Hello.
10:11I've, er, got you some new books to read, love.
10:14Oh, tar.
10:16The looks of things are you'd be too busy to read, eh?
10:18Oh, no, nothing's going to interfere with my education from now on.
10:22This is just a spot for spring cleaning.
10:24Good one, you love.
10:25I tell you, I wish the two ladies round at our place were half as energetic as you are.
10:29It's like a tip round there.
10:30Oh, they're still busier than me, though, aren't they?
10:32Nonsense.
10:32They don't have a baby to look after.
10:35Do you want some tea, some biscuits?
10:36Oh, no, thanks, love, honestly.
10:38I'm, er, halfway between breakfast and the first pint of the day.
10:42I'll, er, start reading those tonight.
10:45I'm never so grateful, you know, for taking the trouble and that.
10:48Ah, forget it, love.
10:49I just wish you'd started ages ago.
10:51You'd be reading and writing like a good ember now.
10:53Never too late, though, is it?
10:55And, er, I don't want to get back into the stripping again.
10:57Good.
10:59And I hope it's not too late to apologise, either.
11:03Ap apologise?
11:03For what?
11:05For being so stupid and childish and for sulking with you and that.
11:09Ah, don't be silly, love.
11:11I tell you, you spend your energies on that.
11:14It's far more important.
11:15No, it's important to me what you think of me.
11:18It was a silly infatuation and it hurts now.
11:21I was embarrassing.
11:23Mary, I was flattered.
11:26You don't have to love me or anything like that.
11:28Look, love, I must want my head examined for not loving you.
11:31You're a pretty girl.
11:33Well, woman.
11:34Even though you are taking to using that make-up again.
11:36It suits me personality.
11:38Yeah, whatever you say, love.
11:39You live your own life.
11:40Don't let anyone else influence you.
11:42I want you to influence me, though.
11:44I want you to give me advice.
11:45Help me make sense of it all.
11:48I'd be happy to.
11:50You're still potty about Debs, aren't you?
11:53Don't worry, I'm not jealous.
11:54Not now.
11:55Well, we're not together.
11:57Not like that anymore.
11:58You still love her, though, don't you?
12:00Maybe I do.
12:02Doesn't seem like love.
12:03Not when you're sort of shouting and screaming at each other.
12:06She doesn't know how lucky she is.
12:08Now who is embarrassing who.
12:09There's been a great big geezer here looking for you, mate.
12:11I see.
12:15Oh, hey, Lofty.
12:16Are you going funny on us?
12:17What do you mean?
12:17Well, I'll have an email chasing after you.
12:19Oh, no.
12:19Lofty's been doing that big fella's fortune, ain't you, mate?
12:22He's been what?
12:23Oh, well, since you've been away, Lofty's taken up fortune-telling with Ethel.
12:27Blimey.
12:27I've heard everything now.
12:28If any word to, please, mate.
12:30He says that you ran off without him now in his face.
12:31Yeah, all right, all right.
12:33And that ain't the only surprise Lofty's got for you either, Ange.
12:36You mean there's more?
12:38Yeah, I'm marrying Michelle Fowler, for starters.
12:40Well, well, well, you have been busy, ain't you?
12:43Here, you don't mean to tell me who's the bloke to cut up.
12:44No, I'm not the father.
12:45I would like to find out who he's done.
12:47Well, I can't keep up with things round here, can I?
12:50Here, Kath, if you've finished down here, do you want to come up for a chat?
12:52Oh, lovely, yeah.
12:53Great.
12:53Well, congratulations, eh, Lofty?
12:55You're a nice bloke, and she's a lucky lady.
13:00I'll give you three guesses what all that's about.
13:02Yeah, where do you reckon he is?
13:04Well, you're the fortune teller, you don't tell me.
13:06Well, at least with that woman.
13:11Look, Kath, I know I'm putting on a brave face, but really I'm at me wit's end.
13:15I know you are.
13:17Look, I only wish I could help.
13:18You can, darling, by telling me where he is.
13:21He's with her, ain't he?
13:22I don't know, darling.
13:24Anyway, what good would knowing do?
13:27He's probably staying with a mate.
13:28Mates?
13:29He ain't got any mates, and if he has, he don't deserve them.
13:31But he talks to Pete, doesn't he?
13:33And Pete tells you everything.
13:35Oh, come on, Ange, that ain't fair, is it?
13:37Oh, I'm sorry, mate.
13:39Look, I know I shouldn't be having a go at you just now,
13:43but you can't put me and Pete on the spot.
13:44That's horrible.
13:45Oh, no, darling, and I'm sorry.
13:48You don't know what that creep does to me.
13:50I can imagine.
13:51No, you don't.
13:52You don't know the half of it.
13:55I tried to top meself, didn't I?
13:57I know, Ange.
13:59I know.
14:01Do what?
14:05I thought we dashed it all up.
14:10Den found me.
14:12I had to be rushed into hospital.
14:14How'd you find out?
14:17Because I guessed, mate.
14:18I do know you better than most, Randia.
14:21And why do you think all the women in the square have been taking it in turns to watch her?
14:25Oh, marvellous.
14:26Now I'm the local tragedy queen.
14:28Terrific.
14:29The waif and stray of Walford.
14:30Oh, come on now, Ange.
14:31You know that's not true.
14:33We all love you.
14:34Yeah, I know, darling.
14:35And I love him.
14:36Can you believe it?
14:37I love him to death.
14:40Perhaps that's it, eh?
14:41Perhaps you love him too much.
14:43Some men just can't handle too much affection.
14:46Affection?
14:47I'll break his bleating neck when I get my hands on him.
14:50Especially if he's been with that care again.
14:51Oh, can't you get him out of your mind for two minutes, eh?
14:54You're going to send yourself mad.
14:56Oh, look, you must have one or two nice memories of the holiday.
15:00Nice.
15:02It was a bleating disaster, girl.
15:05The sad thing is,
15:07it was working out really well since he'd stopped seeing her.
15:11Then it all went wrong on the holiday.
15:14How?
15:15How do you think the booze?
15:17Oh, why, Angie? Why?
15:19Why?
15:19Because of the usual thing.
15:20He just wasn't being loving enough.
15:23So, you know me, I flirted with one or two of the waiters.
15:26All harmless stuff.
15:27Hello, Miguel, darling.
15:28Fancy ice and a slice, too, eh?
15:33I just did it to get me home back, really.
15:36Anyway, he did his nut and he went home.
15:38That's when I rang you.
15:41He walked out on me, didn't he?
15:43What do you do over there on your own?
15:46Got bombed out of me brain, mostly.
15:49Look, mate,
15:49the last thing I want to do is nag you.
15:52That's not the answer, is it?
15:55Nope.
15:56Don't know what the answer is.
15:58I wish someone had just walked in here and tell me.
16:02Here, Kath.
16:05Perhaps I've been doing it all wrong, eh?
16:08Perhaps I should have tried to kill him.
16:10Come on, you two. Grub's up.
16:13Here, you've got another date with Sharon tonight, haven't you?
16:14Yeah.
16:15Yeah, Simon's lend me some of his best gear.
16:17He's even given me some aftershave sprinkled under my armpits.
16:19Why, are you not keeping a wrestling?
16:21He should be so lucky.
16:23Listen, there's blokes round here who give their right arm for ten rounds, Miss Sharon.
16:25Five come to that.
16:26One come to that.
16:27I don't know why you're wearing posh cosha just as that currant, bro.
16:31Don't worry.
16:31This is just one night stand stuff to me.
16:33Old enough to be my steady.
16:34All right, must be springless doing it.
16:35Doing what?
16:36Well, love's in the air, innit?
16:37Well, it is in our house, anyway.
16:38Yeah, Mum and Dad are acting like a couple of sloppy teenagers.
16:41Oh, I hate it when my Mum and Dad do that.
16:43Do you know, they even took a day off for it.
16:45Well, you want them to get back together, don't you, permanently?
16:47Yeah.
16:47Yeah, that's why we're keeping out of their way.
16:49Giving them some elbow room.
16:50Yeah, well, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
16:52I certainly hope you're feeling strong and masterful.
16:54Hmm? Why?
16:56Oh, do I have to draw diagrams?
16:59I told you earlier I was out of practice.
17:01And I told you that we've got all day.
17:04Hmm.
17:06What about the kids?
17:07Well, they won't disturb us.
17:09They've got wise heads on those young shoulders.
17:12Yeah.
17:12Well, just as long as they don't become too streetwise,
17:15I don't want them turning into a couple of dudes.
17:17Can't you forget about being a father for once, hmm?
17:21And just concentrate on a good woman?
17:27Well, that doesn't require much effort when you're in this kind of mood.
17:31Anything wrong with this mood?
17:33Not a thing.
17:35Except it's not like you.
17:37Oh?
17:37Why?
17:38You seem more insecure than I remember you.
17:42In fact, it's that damn self-assurance abuse that made me feel I wasn't wanted.
17:47Well, you're wanted now, I can assure you.
17:51Anyway, I...
17:53I have a reason for feeling insecure.
17:56What reason?
17:58I'm having trouble getting money out of Neville for the house.
18:02Oh, I see.
18:04So naughty Neville's been playing up again and now you've only got me.
18:10You're all I want, you big dope.
18:44Oh, hi.
18:44Oh, hi.
19:13Yeah.
19:14Well, Andy, I just don't give a damn whether you go or stay.
19:17I don't care what you do.
19:20I see.
19:22Well, obviously, I'll get some serious thinking of you then, hmm?
19:26Where would you go?
19:27You let me worry about that, eh?
19:29Andy, you don't seem to understand.
19:31I'm flat broke.
19:34I've had an interview with a case officer at the DHSS.
19:37And?
19:38And it's bad enough if you stay, let alone go.
19:42They're sending an investigator around to ask some awkward questions.
19:45Such as?
19:47Well, I told them we're not cohabiting.
19:50And they want to know if we're using separate sauce bottles, salt cellars,
19:54separate God knows what.
19:56We've got to prove that we're not cohabiting.
19:59Otherwise, I might not be eligible for supplementary benefit.
20:03I suppose you are having it a bit rough on one side.
20:08What's happened to us lately?
20:10I mean, as friends.
20:12Shouldn't that last, but he is lovers.
20:16Look, I told you.
20:17I moved into a hotel to sort myself out.
20:19How do you think I felt?
20:20Don't talk to me about feelings.
20:22I felt a right lemon not knowing where you were.
20:25Oh, what homecoming, eh?
20:26I wanted the ground to just open up and swallow me.
20:29That's because you blew it.
20:30I'm sorry, I don't follow you.
20:32You blew it.
20:32Just when we were getting it together, you blew it on the booze and the pretty boy waiters.
20:35Oh, hello, Miguel, darling.
20:37Very nice and sliced.
20:38Oh, don't make me laugh, Den.
20:39I didn't get so much as a cuddle.
20:40That's because you don't deserve one.
20:42Well, I reckon I do deserve it after today.
20:44I reckon I've earned it, mate.
20:57You're a silly girl, do you know that?
21:03You know about our trouble, don't you?
21:06We don't know how to make each other happy.
21:09Well, we used to, when we were younger.
21:11Was it all right, then?
21:12Well, maybe we've grown out of it.
21:14No, I haven't outgrown you.
21:16I still love you.
21:18Though God alone knows why.
21:20Yeah, and I'd still love you if only you'd let me.
21:23But you're always in too much of a hurry, always demanding, always laying down the law, always wanting to be
21:26governor.
21:27Oh, and you don't?
21:28That's our trouble.
21:29We're both the same.
21:30We're both jet to lads.
21:31I suppose you prefer a shrinking violet, that it?
21:33No, I just want a woman that respects me.
21:34Well, you've got to earn it, darling.
21:36Yeah, well, maybe I would have done if you hadn't been too much of a hurry.
21:38Harry?
21:39We've only been married for 18 years.
21:41Look, there's much more to life than that, you know.
21:43Oh, like mistresses?
21:44No.
21:45There was only one of them, and that came later.
21:47Much later.
21:48Later than what?
21:52Look.
21:54When we got married,
21:56I didn't deliberately say,
21:58I'm going to make this girl's life hell.
21:59And when we adopted Sharon,
22:01I didn't say how to destroy her life.
22:03It just sort of crept up on us.
22:04I don't understand.
22:08Well, look,
22:10I'm just not the sort of bloke that you really want.
22:14But I never wanted you to be anyone, Den.
22:20I wonder if we'd talked like this before, it would have been different.
22:26But you never listened.
22:28Did you?
22:31But I'm ready to listen now, aren't I?
22:35Thus if it's not too late.
22:37You deserve more than I'm giving you, ain't you?
22:40Oh, there you are, lovely.
22:42Oh,
22:43there's love to stop, you know.
22:45What?
22:46Well, I mean, being chased by the coppers all the while,
22:49you'll have to go.
22:50Go where?
22:51Well, you see,
22:52you attract too many people.
22:54It's no good.
22:55It's all got out of hand.
22:56And now I haven't got a license, I shall have to give you the sack.
22:59The sack?
22:59What do you mean?
23:01Well,
23:02you're fired.
23:03You know.
23:05You've got the bullet.
23:07Congratulations.
23:07Cheers, Lofty.
23:08May all your troubles be little ones, eh?
23:10Well, I haven't asked Arthur's permission yet.
23:12You know, not official, like.
23:13I don't think you'll have any bother there.
23:15You're welcoming me into the family of open arms.
23:17Here.
23:19Have you by any chance got the engagement ring yet?
23:21No, I can't afford one, Dad.
23:22I'm saving up now.
23:23Well, I might be able to get you a cracker.
23:25I've got mates in the business.
23:25In fact, I'll probably give you one.
23:28Look on it as a gold watch,
23:29since you're my most loyal and trusted servant.
23:32I wonder if he'll go down on Bended Knee.
23:34So, I suppose he's done that bit with you already, eh, Cheryl?
23:36I don't want you taking the mickey out of him, Dad.
23:37He's worth more than that.
23:39I shan't take the mickey, love.
23:40I'm impressed.
23:41I think it's very touching.
23:46But you'll have to leave the room, though, when he comes.
23:48I want to question him about his future prospects.
23:50Here, don't you upset that boy, Arthur.
23:51Of course I won't upset him.
23:52I remember how nervous I was when I asked your old dad.
23:55Oh, yeah.
23:56Fathers were really more serious about it in them days, weren't they?
23:59They certainly were.
24:00If I'd have been in Lofty's shoes,
24:01your father would have come at me with a shotgun.
24:03Arthur!
24:04I'm sorry, Lofty.
24:05It's all right, Dad.
24:06But this has got nothing to do with Lofty, and you know it.
24:08No.
24:09Well, Lofty wants to think himself lucky that he's me,
24:11and not your granddad.
24:13Your mum was the apple of his eye.
24:15I was never good enough for your mum.
24:17Now, I was dirt under her feet.
24:19Hmm.
24:19You didn't have two eighties to rub together, either, did you, Arthur?
24:22Oh, now, look at us.
24:23Live it in the lap of luxury.
24:24I don't know.
24:25It could be worse.
24:26I've got a job.
24:27And don't forget we're getting a new carpet,
24:28even though it is on HP.
24:29I've got the money from Tony and Allie.
24:31Oh.
24:32Yeah, yeah, so you leave your dad alone, Cheryl.
24:34I'm really getting excited about this carpet.
24:36Oh, hello, Lofty.
24:37Hello.
24:38Right, well, if you two are going to have your discussion,
24:39Michelle and I will go make some tea in the kitchen.
24:44I'm on your side, Lofty.
24:45Good luck.
24:54Don't know whether to call you Arthur or Mr. Fowler, really.
24:57Yeah, maybe I should call you by your first name,
24:59but I don't know what it is.
25:00George.
25:01It's George.
25:03I think I'll call you Lofty.
25:04But promise me you won't start calling me Dad.
25:06Not yet, anyway.
25:07Why, don't you approve of Michelle and me?
25:09Oh, I didn't say that.
25:10I think your intentions are very honourable.
25:13I'm not the father, you know.
25:14No, I know that, Lofty.
25:16Sit down.
25:24I really love Michelle.
25:27Yeah, I think I know that, too.
25:29I know she might not have looked at me if it hadn't been for the baby,
25:32but she won't be sorry.
25:33None of you will.
25:35I believe you, Lofty.
25:37Still, it's not my decision, it's hers.
25:40Now, what's this job I've been hearing about?
25:42Oh, yeah, well, it's nothing definite yet, but there's a good chance.
25:45Oh, good.
25:45Good.
25:48Now, where are you going to live?
25:49And how are you going to live?
25:50Well, I mean, I'll get this job and I'll keep working part-time at the pub
25:54and then, well, we'll get a little flat.
25:56Maybe we'll get something off the council
25:58because Michelle might get some extra points for the baby.
26:01I know you mean, well, Lofty.
26:04It's not what her mother and me would have wanted for Michelle,
26:06but that's not your fault, is it?
26:10Does that mean you let me marry her?
26:12It means I'll let you ask her
26:14and I wish you all the luck in the world.
26:17Great.
26:17I'll come and tell Pauline.
26:18Uh, Mum!
26:19Oh, my God.
26:25Oh, no, you're not still at it.
26:27Pardon us for living.
26:28Oh, what do you think of the show so far?
26:30Rubbish.
26:31Well, well, to the family, Lofty,
26:33obviously that is right, so well.
26:35Well, this takes you back a bit, doesn't it, Paul,
26:36to when we were brides?
26:37Oh, I don't know.
26:38It seems like only yesterday when Michelle was a little baby.
26:40It seems like a lifetime to me.
26:42Who'd have thought it,
26:43Michelle and Lofty beating Debs and Andy to it, eh?
26:46Ian and Sharon have beat them to it,
26:47the way they keep bickering lately.
26:48Oh, it's steady on, girl.
26:49Don't have your granddad just yet.
26:51Don't remind me, mate.
26:52Don't remind me.
26:53I'll tell you something, Michelle.
26:54If you and Lofty make a go of it like your mum and dad have,
26:56well, you'll have no problems.
26:58I always thought of you and Pete's
26:59being the rock-solid couple round, dear, Cav.
27:01Bet Den and Angie wish they were half as happy.
27:04Poor Angie.
27:05Hey, what about poor Den?
27:06Mind you, sometimes I could murder him.
27:08It's a bit strong, isn't it, Pete?
27:09Oh, I don't like standing around, sis.
27:11Watching my best mates making a charade of their lives.
27:14Ben?
27:15What?
27:16Ben?
27:17What?
27:18I said, are you coming to bed?
27:19No.
27:20Where are you going?
27:21Out.
27:22Out where?
27:22To Jan's.
27:23You mean in spite of everything we said?
27:25Yes, in spite of everything we said today,
27:26I'm going to Jan's.
27:27Oh, my God.
27:29Here we go again.
27:31Here we go again.