"(Wind howls)" "(Man) I'm sick of you an' all!" "Get out of the bloody way!" " (Woman) You useless, feckless...!" " Shut your bloody mouth!" " It's every sodding' night!" " Is it buggery!" "Every night you're pissed." "Is it any bloody wonder we have nowt?" "(Girl) I've got the house to myself if you want to come." "Andrew?" "Andrew!" "Yes!" "(Laughter)" "(Whooping and screaming)" "(Man) Sue!" "Steady." "Bloody shoes." "Has anyone seen my handbag?" "Susan!" "Your dad's shouting, Carol." "Get your bloody backside up here!" "Sue, I'm dangling." " Bloody hell!" " Oh, aye." "You don't shit, do you?" "Not with t'bloody door open, I don't." "Wanker." "I saw your boyfriend last night." " Lucky you." " Down at t'Fleece." "Getting pissed with his clever-shit mates from school." "Sat with his arm round another lass." " Keys." " Mantelpiece." "(Dad) Prettier than you." "Don't you be cheeky on your first day back." "I'll pick you up or our Carol will." "All right?" " I'm just off, Richard!" " Thought there were a funny smell." "I said to him, "You wanna get yersen a proper job" ""instead of wasting your time going to university for three years. "" "He goes, "You're right, Mr Bolton." ""I am a pathetic little moron. "" "I said, "Yeah, you are." ""University is probably t'best place for you, in fact." ""You can fart about to your heart's content" ""with all t'other aimless tosspots. "" "That's what you get for calling your daddy a wanker." "Little bastard." "So think on." "(TV).." "Beautiful but poor country." "The majority of the people..." "I am no overreacting." "I refuse to be persuaded that I'm overreacting." "You're not overreacting." "I know he's 18 and when he's at university, he'll stay up and we won't even know about it." "But when he's here at home, there are rules." "Some things are acceptable and others aren't and one thing that is extremely unacceptable is staying out until seven in the morning, having people lying awake worrying." "I've got things to sort out." "She just likes to know where you are." "I was at Connor's house." "His mum and dad's in Japan." " You were just going for a drink." " I didn't know there was a party after." " Thanks, cock." " Any time..." "Is she teaching you this year?" " Yeah." " You wanna be nice to her." " Why?" " She's got piles." " How do you know?" " A little bird told me." "(Bell rings)" "Piles of what?" "Hiya." "Jeez!" "The door was open." "I" " I was just..." "Yeah." "I thought I might take t'day off to celebrate t'storm." "Do you fancy doing owt?" "Yeah." "Sorry." "It doesn't matter." " Touched you last!" " You bastard." "Right." "Right..." "Morning." "Just the one." " Ta" " Who's it for?" " Me." " Who, Carol?" " You." "Shall I open it?" " Who's it from?" " Manchester University." " Give it to me." "See ya!" " Where is it?" " I've eaten it." " You are so..." " Gorgeous." "Annoying, actually." "Ah!" "What is it?" "It's my reading list for the first term." " We've read all these." " Most of them, yeah." "I wish I was off to university." "You could have done easily." "You should have stayed at school." "Yeah, well." "(Blows raspberry) Touched you last!" "You bastard." "By the way, how's your mum's piles?" "(Piano introduction)" "?" "One more step along the world I go" "?" "One more step along the world I go" "?" "From the old things to the new" "?" "Keep me travelling along with you" "?" "And it's from the old I travel to the new...?" ""Oh!" "You said you cared nothing for my sufferings!" ""And I pray one prayer - I repeat it till my tongue stiffens " ""Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living." ""You said I'd killed you - haunt me then." ""The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe." ""I know that ghosts have wandered on earth." ""Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad!" ""Only do not leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you." ""Oh God, it is unutterable." ""I cannot live without my life." "I cannot live without my soul. "" "You're gonna write to me every day." "You're gonna ring me up every day." "You're gonna think about me when you wake up every morning and last thing at night and on the hour, every hour..." "Carol, I have to concentrate not to think about you." "It really pisses me off sometimes." "Where were you last night when the storm started?" "Oh, I went out with Connor and that lot." "Me dad said he saw you up at t'Fleece." "Said you had your arm round a lass." "Did he?" "To be strictly accurate, she had her arm round me." " Who?" " Tessa Gillespie." "She fancies me." "She's been after me for weeks." "She's pretty." "Do you fancy her?" "Last night she asked me to shag her." "She was very drunk." " Were you...?" " What?" "Tempted." "I'd like to know what it's like." "Do you know what I wished for last night?" "You're not supposed to tell me." " I wished..." " I'm not listening." "I wished for it." "I wished for it to happen." "For it to be everything you want it to be." "Brilliant, beautiful." "So did I." "And it will happen, one day." "And when it does, it'll be right." "Don't worry about it." "I can wait forever if I have to." "And I will." "You know I will." "Touched you last!" "(Andrew) Oh, my God." "Oh, my God!" "Oh, shit." "The dog!" "The bloody dog!" "Andrew?" "Andrew!" "Carol!" "I thought you'd gone inside." "(Siren walls)" ""That's wrong!" cried Wolf, "Have you forgot" ""To tell me what big teeth I've got?" ""Oh well, no matter what you say, I'm going to eat you anyway. "" "The small girl smiles, One eyelid flickers," "She whips a pistol from her knickers." "She aims it at the creature's head and bang, bang, bang, she shoots him dead." "A few weeks later, in the woods," "I came across Miss Riding Hood," "But what..." "(Knocking)" "Mrs Lawton, could you er...?" "Yes." "(Fireman) We're all done here." "We've rung your parents." "They're on the way." " How did it start?" " Any number of things." "They'll find out." "They usually do." " I'd better get off home." " You'd better get that seen to." "Yeah." " Where've you been?" " Fixed t'gate over in t'top field." " You did that yesterday." " It fell off again." " Did you see t'fire?" " What fire?" " Over at White Gate Head." " No." "Yeah." "John spotted it." "It were us rang 999." "Not that nobody'll thank us." "What you done to your hand?" "Nowt." "You want to get that seen to." "She wants to get that seen to." "There's no money in farming." "I told him - everyone did - and this is 20 year ago." "This would suit me." "Summat more like this." "You've right idea." "You see, if I didn't work, we'd have nowt." "Right, love." "Same time next week?" "About next week." "Um..." "I've got a new lady starting." "Next week." "Have you?" "Why?" " I think you know why." " Do I?" "Bottles of Chanel don't come cheap." "I don't know what you're on about." "You might have had the foresight not to turn up smelling of it." "Lambs haven't done very well." "They've all been sold on for fattening than slaughter." "Hogs an' all." "More of them going for the chop than you'd want." "He shouldn't buy such shite stock." "Well, it's money though, in't it?" "He knows." "He does his best whatever you think." "You're a dickhead." "You could earn twice as much somewhere else." "It isn't all about money, though." "Been very good to me." "That's a burn, Carol." "It's blistered." "Is it?" " How's your granddad?" " A bit better, yeah." "Shit." "They, er..." "They seem to think the basic structure's intact." "We need to think positively." "It could all have been a lot worse." "Sorry." "One last question." "What was the name of the girl that was here?" " What girl?" " It was Carol." "Carol was here." "Carol Bolton." "She lives over at Sparkhouse." "It's the next farm down." "She called." "She wanted to go for a walk." "And ten minutes later the house is on fire." "It was nothing to do with..." " She was with me up on t'moors." " Why don't I believe you?" "If she hadn't called, I'd have been in there." " What do we have to do?" " Not this again?" " Yes." "This again." " What happened?" " I've told you." " No." "The truth." " We were on the moors." " Do you know how serious this is?" "Look at it, for God's sake!" "I'm telling you the truth." " What they taught you?" " Nowt much." " I'll teach you summat." " What?" "Moderation is the secret of successful pilfering." "Tasty." "What did you do to your hand?" "Bastard dog bit me." "(?" "Aqua:" "Barbie Girl)" "Bingo." "(Money jangles)" " You've got a lucky touch." " Oh, aye." "Luck's my middle name." " Do you believe in love at first sight?" " Only on t'telly." " What's he doing here?" " I've just got to check on t'lambs." " Carol!" " What?" " Come here!" " What's up?" "I think you know." "Where were you when you said you were fixing t'gate?" " Fixing t'gate." " What have you done to your hand?" "I ain't answering his questions." "My house has burned down and you were there." " I wasn't there." " So where was you?" "I were up on t'moors with Andrew." "We saw t'fire and ran down to t'house." "I thought he'd gone inside, so I went in after him and burnt my hand." "Why do these things only happen when you're around?" " I wasn't." "I'm telling you." " I've put up with this for long enough." "For years, I have racked my brains wondering what the hell it is he sees in you because all I see is a reckless, irresponsible idiot!" "My son only ever gets into trouble when he's with you - stealing cars, shoplifting - and this is it." "I've told Andrew and I'm telling you." " From now, you stay away from him." " No." "It's over, it's finished and you'd better get used to that." " You can't do that." " Oh, yes, I can." "You don't come near my house, you don't knock on my door, ever again." "You understand?" "And, above all, you stay away from my son!" "And, in return, I don't go back to the CID and tell them you were involved in the fire." "You'd better keep her under control." "Or there'll be more trouble than you know how to handle." "Get inside." "They don't like you." "When are you gonna learn?" "You're not good enough for their brat." "And I am pig-sick of that posh twat coming round here and telling me what for!" "So that's it now." "You stop seeing him." "You stop inside and do as you're told, all right?" " All right?" "!" " Piss off!" "Repeat after me." "I will not go near that posh little bastard ever again." "Say it!" "Bloody well say it!" "I will not go near that posh little bastard ever again." " Louder!" " I will not go near..." "Louder!" "I will not go near that posh little bastard ever again!" "Well, think on!" "Pregnant at 18, married at 19." " Young love?" " (Laughs)" "Well, 'appen." "We had a laugh anyway." "He were fun." "He was." "And he had big ideas." "He were going to make t'farm this, that and the other." "But then Ministry turned us all into beggars." "Stock's half what it were 20 year ago." "Look at t'landscape." "There's ten farms in that valley, seven of them's empty." "Caved-in, relics." "There's Brooks's over at Far Flat Head, then there's us," "Lawtons over at White Gate Head and they're not farmers." "He's a doctor and she's a teacher." "They're just farting about." "They've only been there ten years." "Why am I telling you this?" "You can't physically stop them seeing one another." "Yes, I can." "Anyway, he'll be off to university in a few weeks' time." "We shan't have to worry about it." "Why don't you tell him about her?" "Why don't you tell him the truth?" "No." "And you mustn't either." "I could get struck off." " I'll see if he's calmed down." " Find out if he's had sex with her." "(Knocking)" "I'm sorry I lost my temper." "You're a very intelligent young man, you've got an enviable future ahead of you." " Know what I'm frightened of?" " Have I heard it...?" "I'm frightened that in a few years' time, you'll meet someone else - someone intelligent, educated..." "Someone from the same kind of background." "You can sneer as much as you like but you're very young and I just don't want you to find yourself compromised." "They're a bloody awful family, Andrew, by anybody's standards." "I've been in love with someone I shouldn't have been in love with." "And sometimes..." "The thing is love... being in love, it's not unlike a disease." "Something that's there all the time that you can't stop thinking about." "But you can fight it." "And if you do, if you can shake it off... life will open up so much more for you." "It'll open up so much more when you go to university anyway, but..." "Love in that sense can make you very blinkered." "Have you...?" "What?" "Nothing." "Never mind." "I have a market stall in Oldham - fancy goods, bit of all-sorts." "Me own house - nice house." "Only it's too big since Ella passed on." "Two sons - one married." "That's my grandson, Hayden." "He's going to bowl for England when he grows up." "He'll be three next birthday." "He likes cars." "Are you happy?" "You have to make the most." " You don't look happy?" " Well?" " I could make you happy." " You don't know me." " I'd like to." " Why?" "I don't know." "I'm daft." "I'm lonely." "Sick of being lonely." "Do you do this often?" "No, I don't." "Have you got a BMW?" "(Phone)" "Hello." "Eh?" "Hang on." "What are you talking about?" "Susan?" "Susan!" "Susan!" "What?" "(?" "James Bond theme)" " Carol..." " Piss off." "That were your mum on t'phone." "And?" "She's gone." "She says she's not coming back." "Is it cos of me?" "No." "Don't be silly." "Why would it be cos of you?" "Sometimes people say things." "What things?" "Jamie Kershaw said that I come from a dirty family." "Did he?" "Right." "Tell Jamie Kershaw his dad takes it up the arse and his mother shags the milkman every Wednesday." "OK." "(Knocking)" "Andrew?" "Andrew?" "Coffee, Andrew." "Morning." "Odd..." "Since the fire I feel as if we've turned so many corners." "I suppose it's true - a crisis does bring people closer together." "Dad." "I've kept telling myself she'd have been back by now." " It's been over three weeks." " John's outside." "I just wish I knew where she was, just so I could ask her why." "Just so I knew she were all right." "Are you gonna get up?" "'Appen I didn't tell her I love her enough." "But you don't, do you?" "You don't always think it needs saying." "I thought I'd better go and do a bit of shopping." "I love you an' all." "You know that, don't you?" "Carol?" "I'm going shopping." "Do you want owt?" " No." " What shall I tell John to do?" "Will you get me a bottle of whisky?" "Only if you get up and start making an effort." "Do you love me?" "Get up." "Carol." "Hello." "I've been thinking about you..." "all the time." " I wanted to see you, but..." " I know." " I know, I know." " How's things?" "Shite." "My mother's buggered off." " Why?" " Why not?" "You should get out of there." "Oh, yeah, right." "And leave Lisa on her own with the bastard." " I'd better get on." " Yeah." "Somebody might see us." "Carol..." "What?" "Do you want to go up on t'moors?" "(Laughter)" "Come on, come on!" "Come on." "Why don't you come with me?" "I'm not leaving Lisa." "I told you." "I could get a part-time job." "We both could." "We could get a flat." "No." "All right." "Let's get married then." "I'm serious." "I know I'll be at university and you'll be here, but we'll be married." "And we'll know, even if nobody else does." "We're married anyway, aren't we?" "We always have been." "We always will be." "Is that a yes?" " (Knocking)" " Come in." "Sit down." "Hello." "Hi." "How are you?" "Fine, fine." "Um..." "That's odd." "I thought we re-registered you with Dr MacKay." "I didn't want to see her." "I wanted to see you." " Claire..." " I still think about you." "All the time." "And I know you still think about me." "Look at you - you're shaking." "It's been eight months." "For eight months, I've tried not to think about you, about us..." "I have to think about my family." "You understood that." "Why don't you think about being happy?" " For God's sake..." " You shouldn't be here, Claire." "I've been offered a new job in London." "Good." "That's good." "I know." "And I want you to come with me." " No." " Think about it." "Claire..." "Think about it." "Everything's fantastic." "Couldn't be better." "Brand-new kitchen." "No, everything's..." "If someone tells somebody that someone takes it up the arse, does that mean what I think it means?" "Probably." "Why?" "Who's been...?" "I found some more wank mags in Darren's bedroom." " It'd be odd if he didn't." " Does Andrew?" " I hope so!" " Does he have magazines?" " I've never found any." " You just don't look in the right places." " And your fiancée's full name is?" " Carol Bolton." " Date of birth?" " 1/6/78." "And her address?" "Sparkhouse Farm, Sparkhouse Lane, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire." "Same postcode as mine." "?" "Feel the need Oh feel" "?" "Feel the need in me" "?" "I need your love" "?" "Every day I need it" "?" "Every day I want it" "?" "Without your sweet, sweet love I'd rather die" "?" "I need it constantly" "(Radio )?" "Love Every day I need it" "?" "Your love is better to me than apple pie" "?" "Just put your hand in mine" "?" "Love me all the time" "?" "The proof you will plainly see...?" "Yeah!" "?" "Feel the need Hey, feel" "?" "Feel the need in me...?" " Where did you find this?" " It doesn't matter." " Where is he?" " He went out." "I didn't say anything." "I've got to pop back down to the surgery." "What for?" "I've forgotten some notes I wanted." " Aren't you going to do anything?" " Yes." "Yes." "I'm going to do something." "(Knocking)" "Hello?" "Your mother..." "She found this." "What the hell's she been doing in my room?" " That's a different conversation." " It isn't." "I'm sick of you interfering in my life." "I've done everything you could expect me to do." "I've done it all for you and Mum." "I'm good, I'm polite, I'm nice." "What is in here is mine and it belongs to Carol." "And you can't change that." "Why can't you understand?" "Why can't you be happy for me?" "She's part of me." "I can't breathe without her." "I'd die." "I'd shrivel up and..." "I'd become like you." "I'm nothing without her." "Going to university, everything - it means nothing without her." "And if you knew, if you understood for a second how I feel about her... you'd be ashamed of the way you carry on." " Andrew..." " You don't know what she's like." " You don't." " Don't I?" "She is me." "You can't change that." "Nobody can." "I'm going to tell you something and I want you to listen." "No." " Sit down." " No." "Sit down." "What?" "What for?" " It's about Carol." " What is?" "When she was younger, when she was 12, she..." " What?" " She gave birth." " She had a baby." " No, she didn't." "You were friends then, weren't you?" "Yeah, we were." "Don't you think I'd have noticed?" "Obviously you didn't." "Where is it, then?" "This baby." "Lisa, her sister - she isn't her sister." " That's stupid." " Yeah." "I know it's difficult to accept, believe... take on board." "And I didn't want to have to tell you, but..." "No." "So..." "That's it." "Who... er...?" "Who's her dad?" "At one time, I thought you... but now..." "There's no mention of one and she was never my patient." "So..." "I just..." "I wanted you to know." "I know you think she's good and sweet and..." "She can't help the way she is." "I'm not blaming her for that." "I just think you need to know... that that's the way it is." "Hi." "I thought we could... today." "Tonight." " Before tomorrow." "If you wanted to." " Yeah." "I brought this." "You need Dutch courage to do it with me?" "No." "No..." "I just thought it'd help us relax a bit, that's all." "I want it to be nice." "Have you ever done it before?" " What?" " Sex." "Who with?" "You know I haven't." "Why?" "Have you?" "No." "I've been waiting for you." "So have I." "I know." "About Lisa." "What about Lisa?" "I know she's not your sister." "What is she then?" "Me granddad?" "I've seen your medical records." " What do you mean?" " My dad." "He showed me." "He shouldn't have." "That isn't fair." "You were 12." "Was I?" "All the shit you've talked about saving yourself and wanting it to be just right and special and..." "And all this!" "Don't do that." "Don't shout." "So whose is it?" "Nobody's." "It's nobody's." "Nobody's?" " So who's nobody?" " It doesn't matter." "It does matter." "I was raped." "Who by?" " Did they catch him?" " No, I never..." "It was never reported." "Why?" "Why not?" "Because I was 12." "Because it took me long enough to tell me own mother." "That's why I couldn't get rid of it." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Because I didn't want you to know." "Do you remember that summer when we didn't see each other for a bit and you thought I'd fallen out with you cos every time you came round, my mother would say I wasn't playing out." "Is it someone I know?" "I don't want you to feel sorry for me." "Is it someone I know?" "If I tell you the truth, will you swear to God you will never tell anyone?" "I didn't even tell me mum." "I never told anyone." "The thing is..." "I don't want Lisa to know ever, ever." "God..." "No..." "Not your dad?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "I could have..." "What?" "What could you have done?" "I could have helped you." "I could have told me dad." "Then we'd have been taken into care and lost t'farm, lost everything." "It doesn't matter." "It's all in the past." "I'll bloody well kill him!" "No!" "Andrew!" "You go kicking up a stink and Lisa will find out and I couldn't stand that - she's too little, it isn't fair." "How can you stand it?" "I can stand anything..." "I can stand anything as long as I've got you." "I love you." "Hiya!" " Where have you been?" " Halifax." " What are you dressed up for?" " Went to a wedding." " Whose?" " Somebody I were at school with." "We're dipping this aft so it's all hands on deck." "Right." " Where's your Andrew?" " If I knew, I wouldn't tell you." "Fine." "What are you doing?" "Paul!" "Paul!" "You bastard!" "You bastard!" "Bastard!" "Bastard!" "Bastard!" "Bastard!" " Get away from my car." " You bastard!" "I'm going to call the police." " Good!" " Don't." " Why?" " She could get me struck off." "You're going to rot in hell, you bastard!" "And you, you stinking bitch!" "You coward!" "You shitty little coward!" " Get away from my house." " I wasn't stopping." "Ring me this evening unless you're out, then just ring me when you get a chance." "I'm very proud of you." "Bye!" "(Band plays Merry Xmas Everybody)" "(Santa) Merry Christmas, everybody!" "(Andrew) Oi!" "Come back here with that!" "Andrew." "(Radio )?" ".." "Only just just begun" " ?" "Are you waitin' for the family...?" " Oi." "Turn that bloody din off!" "There's been nowt." "Nothing for t'kids." "She's not even sent a card, has she?" "Your mother." "She's not interested." "We might as well not exist - any of us." "We might as well be dead." "Come in." " What are you making?" " Nowt." " You have to carry on though." " Not for me." "One thing's certain - you don't keep yersen together, no other bugger will." "You doing owt tonight..." "Carol?" "No." "Don't think so." "Only I thought I might go for a drink down t'Fleece... if you're not doin' owt." "I might go out." "Oh, I wouldn't." "It's very muddy and, anyway, it'll be dark soon." " Later." " (Phone)" "Hello." "Yeah, she is." "Hang on." " Mum." " Who is it?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "(?" "Soft choral)" " I had a phone call this afternoon." " Oh?" " A funny phone call." " What sort of funny phone call?" "It wasn't the first - only this time she spoke." " Who?" " A woman." "What did she say?" "That I should keep an eye on my husband." " What?" " I'm just telling you what she said." " What else did she say?" " Nothing." "She hung up." "Ridiculous." " She was well-spoken." " So what?" "So it seems very odd for someone who's obviously intelligent to say things that aren't true." " Kate, it's nonsense." " Yes, but it wouldn't be the first time." "What?" " Your mother's talking rubbish." " No, I'm not." "Are you seeing her again?" " Andrew..." " I'm going out." "What time will you be back?" "Connor rang." "I said I'd meet him in the Fleece." "He'll have been waiting ages already." "How dare you say that in front of him?" "Are you seeing that bloody woman again?" "No, I am not seeing that bloody woman again." "That bloody woman is in London." " How do you know?" " Because she asked me to go with her." "What?" "She made an appointment." "She asked me to go with her." "I said no." "(?" "Wizzard:" "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day)" "?" "Quickly cover up your head" "?" "Don't you lock the doors" "?" "You know that sweet Santa Claus is on the way" "?" "Well, I wish it could be Christmas...?" "Andrew!" "Andrew, hi." " Hi." " How's university?" " Yeah." "It's a new experience." " Excellent." "Coming for a dance?" " No." " Come on, come and dance." "?" "Well, I wish it could be Christmas every day" "?" "Let the bells ring out for Christmas?" "Do you know any good jokes?" "Sheep ones can be funny." "You'll have to try harder than that." "Will you go out with me?" " Sorry." " Sorry." "It's just..." "I know you've been a bit down and that since your mum left." " Obviously..." " (Giggling)" ".. me asking you out might not be something that you'd want, but it would mean a lot to me." "Kiss me." " What?" " Kiss me." " What, here?" " Yeah." " I can't." " Why not?" "Not here." "Fine." " Do you want me to?" " Not if..." " It isn't that I don't want to." " Fine." " I didn't realise." " What?" "You fancy me." " I've got the Land-Rover outside." " Have you?" " Do you want a shag?" " Yeah." "All right." "Come on, then." "Andrew?" "Andrew!" "What are you doing?" "No way." "Fine." "That's fine if that's what you want." "Do you think I care?" "!" "Do I look like someone who cares?" "Carol!" "Carol!" "Carol!" "I've told Andrew and I'm telling you - from now on, stay away from him." " No." " It's over." "It's finished." "When are you gonna learn?" "You're not good enough for their snotty brat." "That were your mum." "She's gone." "She says she's not coming back." "Let's get married then." "Why don't you tell him about her?" "Tell him the truth." "(Paul) She had a baby." "Lisa, her sister..." "She isn't her sister." "I was raped." "(Andrew) No..." "Not your dad?" "You coward!" "You shitty little coward!" " Get away from my car." " You bastard!" "For eight months, I've tried not to think about you." "I have to think about my family." "(Woman ) You ought to keep an eye on your husband." "Do you want a shag?" "Yeah." "All right." "Carol!" "Carol!" "Carol!" " Come inside." " Get off me." " Andrew..." " Off!" "She's going to shag him." "She knows it's going to kill me." "Andrew..." "Aagh!" " Is it definitely on properly?" " Yeah." " Sure?" "I don't want to get pregnant." " You won't." "Can you...?" "Ow!" "You missed." "Can you not...?" "Sorry..." "Sorry." "Oh, shit." " Have you...?" " Shit." "Sorry." "Oh, shit." "It doesn't matter, John." "Honestly, John." "We're going back down t'pub then?" "So why did I get the phone call?" "I don't know." "I can only assume it's someone being spiteful or vindictive." "So she came to see you, once, at the surgery?" " When was this?" " Months ago." "So why this phone call now?" " I don't know." " It's Christmas Eve." "It's the night before Christmas and..." "The thing is, you're a liar." "For six years you came home to me, to your son, smelling of that whore." "And I never know if I can ever believe a single bloody word you ever say." "I'm here... aren't I?" "You're very clever and you're very talented and I'm not just saying that because I fancy you, Andrew." "I'm saying it because you shouldn't sell yourself cheap." "I don't know why you've fallen out with her and I'm sorry, but you're going places, she isn't." "She never was." "And I think you're really starting to see that now, aren't you?" " Andrew?" " Let's go." " Sorry?" " Just you and me." "Let's go." " Where?" " My place." " What about your mum and dad?" " They'll be in bed." "Will they?" "All right then." "Let's go." "What a sad, unimaginative twat." "Yeah." "Well, you'd know." "Carol?" "(Car pulls away)" "Don't imagine that you're getting the house because you're not" " I am!" "And everything in it." "Have you been seeing her again?" "That's for me to know and you to worry about." "Sorry?" "Every day I have tried so hard to make it up to you and all I ever get back are these nasty sarcastic little comments." "You won't make me feel guilty." "Not after what I've put up with." " Go to hell." " I could kill you." "Go on then." "(Door clicks)" " Oh." " Hi." "Hi." "Um..." "Tessa came back for some coffee." "Oh." " Hello." " I thought you'd be in bed." " No." "We..." " We thought we'd stay up." " A bit." " Christmas Eve." "We were telling each other jokes." "Yes." "You may have heard us smiling." "(Dog whines)" "(Dog squeaks)" "(?" "Soft choral)" "Isn't it time you weren't here?" " How's the book?" " Fine." "I'll get dressed." "Don't crash." "What, with your parents on board?" "I wouldn't dare." "Kate..." " What?" " The dog..." "It's been hanged." "Somebody's hanged the dog." "(Children's programme on TV)" "Oh, damn." "Bugger." "Hey, Carol." "This must have cost a bit." "Probably." "Eh, this is what it's all about, isn't it, eh?" "Christmas." "And she can bloody well do what she bloody well likes." "Cos she don't bloody know what she's missing." "Does she, eh?" "Bloody bitch." "Eh, Carol?" "Helen'll be doin' owt?" " (Knocking)" " Who the hell's this?" " Hi." " Hi." "I brought you some..." " Come on in." " I can't stop." " John lad!" " I've brought you all a bit of summat." " Oh, you shouldn't have." " No." "Well..." "That's for Lisa." "Thanks." "This is for you." "Open it." "It were me mother's." "Oh, that's beautiful." "Isn't it, eh?" "Right." "Well, I'd best..." " Stop and have a drink." " I can't." "I've left my granddad in t'car." " Well, all t'best then." " Yeah." "See ya." "John." " I can't." " What?" "Take this." "Not if it were your mother's." "Why?" "Give it to me next Christmas if you feel t'same." " I want you to have it now." " I know you do." "Look, Carol." "I know last night weren't brilliant, but it still meant a lot to me and it'll get better, it will." "I want to give you something special." "Last night I were behaving like a twat." "I'm really fond of you but..." " You wish we hadn't." " I'm not good enough for you." "You don't deserve me." "Nobody does." " Why are you saying that?" " You don't know me." "You think you do, but you don't." " I'm bad." "I do things you wouldn't..." " Carol." "I can't go out with you." "Don't give me this." "It's too nice." "(Kate's mum) Who would do a thing like that?" "It's appalling." "It's sickening." "It's wicked." " It's evil." " It could have been an accident." " Dogs don't hang themselves." " Seems unlikely." "Did you ring the police?" "No." " You should." " Well..." "Oh, Kate." "I'm sorry." "He was my best friend." " Who was?" " The dog." "(Kate's mum) Oh, dear." "Should I...?" " Andrew?" " I'm going out." "You bastard!" "She bled to death." "Bull calf." "It were too big for her." "We bury 'em." "We're not supposed to only we can't afford knackers." "I tried to write to you a thousand times." " I never got them." " I never sent them." "When you told me about..." "about Lisa... .. it was like having your insides ripped out." "I couldn't breathe." "I couldn't think." "I'm sorry." "Don't, please." "None of it's worth anything without you." "You know that." "I walk down the street every day and every day I'm thinking, if there's one person I'd die to see coming the other way... it's you." "You're dead as far as I'm concerned." "You've been dead for four months." "Did you shag him last night?" "Did you?" "If you want to get in hole wi't'cow, I'll bury you and finish t'job off." " How long you been seeing him?" " You started it snogging that shithead." "You shagged him, didn't you?" "You let him put himself inside you." "Didn't you?" "Sort of." "(Dad) Oh, hello, Elsie." "Let you out for Christmas, have they?" " I was just leaving." " Oh, dear." "Mind how you go." " Mind the...!" " God!" "(Laughs) Nice trip, love." " Piss off!" " Is he talking to me?" "You're an animal, you are." "You're worse than an animal." " Is that right?" " You want putting down, you do." "Slowly." "You want castrating." "Go on, get off home, you little turd." "Before I stuff you up t'turkey's arse." "What the hell do you want?" " Is your Andrew in?" " No." "Oh." "Well, when will he be... in... then?" " He's gone." " Gone where?" "Back to university." "I'm going to close the door now." " I want you to go away." " No, I just..." "Have you got an address for him?" "I thought it had been made clear that you're not supposed to come here." " Yeah, I know." " He's finished with you." "He wants nothing to do with you." "He doesn't want to see you and he doesn't want to hear from you and he certainly doesn't want any nasty, illiterate letters from you." " I'm not illiterate." " Was that it then?" " I just want an address." " Well, I'm not going to give it to you." "Why have you always hated me?" " Does it need spelling out?" " No." "I mean right from the start." "I were ten years old and you decided I was shit, didn't you?" "Well, you are." "Now bugger off!" " Have you got a bonus card?" " No." "Where the bloody hell have you been?" "Nowhere." "Why?" " Eh?" " I just went in to Hebden Bridge." "Another bastard heifer's dead!" "You don't take that Land Rover anywhere without my permission!" "Do you get it?" "!" "Can I borrow your car?" "Come on, come on." "What the hell on earth are you doing?" "Lauren, run and get the headmistress." " What are we doing?" " Leaving." "Get out!" " Say sorry." " Sorry." " Louder!" " Sorry!" " What have you done to your head?" " Fell over." "Where are we going?" "We're going to the seaside." " In the middle of winter?" " Yeah." " How long we going for?" " Forever." "What do you want?" " Where's Carol?" " She's gone." "She buggered off." "She's taken everything." "I'm pregnant." "(Wind howling)" "(Knocking)" " Morning." " Hello." "I'm with Becky." "You ought to show some support." " Sorry?" " Ante-natal classes." "Oh, yeah." "Well, I might do, if she plays her cards right." " I bet you don't." "I bet he doesn't." " We are not convinced." " Leave me alone." " Perhaps he's squeamish." "How many other husbands go?" " Thousands." " She's lying." "All of them." "They assume you're embarrassed by the fact we've been having sex." " You want to know what to expect." " (Phone)" "He doesn't." "He'll be waltzing up and down outside..." "Hello." "Have you rung for an ambulance?" "No, don't do anything." "I'll come straight over." "Two minutes." "Richard Bolton." "He's collapsed." " He sacked me." " Sorry?" "Last week." "He were drunk, shouting." "I told him to calm down." "He told me to..." "I knew he'd never manage on his own." "Knew it were only t'drink talking." " Who'll see to the animals?" " I'll have to." " Will he be all right?" " They'll do tests and so forth." "Is there anyone you could get in touch with?" "His wife or..." "Carol?" "It's been a long time." "I wouldn't know where to start looking." "I did hear she were in prison" " Carol." " What about the little girl?" " I don't know." " I'd better go." " Yeah." "Thanks for..." "Sure." " Evening." " I need to get in touch with somebody." "Somebody we've not seen for five years." "(?" "Loud pop)" " Thanks, cock." " Any time, cock." "Carol?" " John." " Lisa?" "I've not said owt to him about you coming." " You didn't sound definite on phone." " Where is he?" " Upstairs." " Right." " Is that yours?" " It's a company car." " Oh." " She owns t'company." " (TV) Some have to be convinced..." " Knocking." "You've a visitor." "Who?" "Carol." "(John) Do you want some tea?" "Yeah." "Tea." "Thanks." " Did you know I'd...?" " Yeah." "John rang me." "I would have come sooner only there didn't seem much point." " How's Lisa?" " She's fine." "She's downstairs." "Where have you been?" "All over." "You won't have heard from me mother." "Have you?" "She's living in Oldham with a fella." "Ray Greenwood, he's called." "He has a market stall." "Sells all sorts - junk." "He's pleasant enough." "A bit of a knob." "But he's an improvement on you." "What's doctors told you?" "I's be all right." " Who's gonna look after t'farm?" " We's manage." "Right." "You look like you've done all right." "Oh, yes." "Where's my Land Rover?" "Oh..." "It blew up." "Sorry." " You married?" " No." " You seeing anybody?" " No." "Are you?" " No." " What about Carol?" "She's out of your league, mate." "She always was." "Is he all right?" " Who's his doctor?" "Is it still...?" " Dr Lawton." " And Lawton is still...?" " At White Gate Head." "He's married." "Your mate Andrew." "They live there with his mum and dad." "They moved in a month back, him and his wife." "He teaches down at Sowerby Bridge." "He's expecting a baby." "What about me dad?" "They told him to take it steady." "I'm running t'place." "I don't mind, but I can't do it forever." "I work for Broadbents now, down in Hebden." "They've offered him a flat - Social Services - but he won't take it." "Don't blame him." "Trouble is, he ha'n't got much choice." "(Kettle whistles)" "Happy birthday." " Paul?" " Mm?" " Oh, who is it?" " I don't know." "Hello?" " Dr Lawton?" " Yes?" "It's Carol Bolton." "Hello." "I want to talk to you about my dad." "Can I come over?" "Um..." "Yes, of course you can." "When?" " Now." " Um..." "Fine, fine." "I'll be there in two minutes." "(Cork pops, laughter)" "(Andrew) There she blows." "Who was it, Paul?" "It was Carol Bolton." "She wants to talk to me about her dad." " When?" " Now." "She's coming over." " Now as in...?" " Now." "As in..." " We're just about to have lunch." " Yes." "Sorry." " Sorry." " Where's she been?" " She didn't say." " She's been in prison." "That's not necessarily true." " You've got to take her somewhere." " I'll take her inside." "Who is she?" "Keep her away from the cars and the dog." "Why, what will she do to them?" " She, um..." " Who is she?" "She's Richard Bolton's daughter - the man who had the heart attack." "She hanged our dog." " She hanged your dog?" " Yes." "Not long after she smashed up Paul's Volvo with an axe." "My God." "Why?" "Because she's unbalanced, that's why." "She's unstable." "And he just invited her over." "You may wonder if the kind of maliciousness that Andrew's mother exhibits is innate or something she's perfected over a long period of time." "I'm tempted to think it's a combination of both." " What do you think, darling?" " Stop it." "(Car approaches)" "We were sorry to hear about your father." "Were you?" "Hi." "Hi." "Sit down." "Wouldn't you rather go somewhere more private where we can...?" "Why?" "You're not bothered about patient confidentiality, are you?" " Would you like some champagne?" " No." "Tell me about me dad." "Well, he um... needs to take things more steadily." "He certainly can't run the farm on his own." "A small amount of exercise is fine but he can't be expected to lift and carry to the extent..." "And will that improve?" "Not without surgery and he seems reluctant to contemplate that." "(Kate) You've been away a long time." "Yeah." "That's a very nice car." "I like it." "Andrew and Becky are expecting a baby." " I know." " They're converting the barn." "Is there anything else I need to know?" "He is very ill." "Right." "OK." " Sorry I interrupted..." " (Kate) Not at all." "How long are you around for, Carol?" "I don't know." "It depends." " (Kate) Well, it's nice..." " Happy birthday, by the way." "Thanks." "Ring me if there's anything else you want to ask." "And if I am malicious, it's from years of putting up with an arrogant tosser like you." "This is what she's really like." "I hear you've been offered a flat." "I'm not living in any flat." "Doctor says you can't run t'place on your own." "Did he?" "What if we moved back here - me and Lisa?" "What if I ran the place and you do as much or as little as you want?" "Why would you want to do that?" "There's two conditions." "One..." "I don't want any funny business." " Carol, I..." " And two..." "I want you to sign t'tenancy over to me - tenancy and t'business." "You'll get 'em anyway when I die." "It's you they're coming to." "I don't want 'em when you die." "I want 'em now." "It were a dump when you lived here, it's worse now." " I'll pay you." " You don't need it, Carol, believe me." "You've obviously got a nice life somewhere else." "I can turn this place around - on me own if I have to." "How's your granddad?" "He died." "Did he?" "I'm sorry." "When?" "Last October." "It were a blessing, really." " I got his house." " Did you?" "Paid 2,000 for it back in 1969, it's worth 85 now." " Mm." " That's what next-door-but-one got." "He's rich." "Why would you want to come back?" " Either of you." " Why wouldn't we?" " What about your business?" " My business can take care of itself." " What is it that you do exactly?" " You wouldn't believe me." " Go on." " I import bananas." "Told you." "They'll be glad to see t'back of her for a few weeks." "She's a dragon." "All right, look..." " I can help out evenings..." " It's a deal." "Sorry." "It's all right." "Forget it." "Really?" " Are you leaving?" " I'm coming back." "It's nice to see you." "And you." "I'm sorry." "What?" " How come you...?" " What?" "Becky wondered if you'd married someone rich." "Did she?" "Have you?" "No." " How are we going to explain this?" " We don't explain anything." "In." "Come on." "(Gunshot)" "(Laboured breathing)" "I want you to go through t'stock with me." "I want to know exactly where we're at." " You'd be better talking to your dad." " He's sulking." " (Gunshot)" " Right." "OK." "Then I want you to make a start on t'drains - there's a dozen blocked or broken." "Then walls - there's at least three weeks' worth of work there." "There's thistles in every field want stubbing and moles." "Half the gates are falling off." " Told you it were a shithole." " Aye." "You were right." "Where's your nice car?" "I'm not leaving it here." "It might get mucky." "The present tense conveys something exciting, immediate." "It's the feeling this is happening now - right now, right this second, right in front of us." ""I am running up the hill." "I run up the hill." ""I meet her." "I look into her eyes." "I kiss her." "My heart soars. "" "(Class) Ooh!" "Five sentences, all in the present tense, following on from one another." " What's her name, sir?" " Mind your own business." " How much did you get?" " Nowt." "Didn't like getting poor sods out of truck in case anyone laughed at 'em." " Oh, shit off." " You shit off, you miserable bastard." "You think you know it all and you know nowt." "Is that right?" "And have you rung t'bank and the estate?" "Make your own bloody phone calls." "We have a deal." "I'm not working me backside off for you, so get cracking!" "(Whistles dog)" "Oi, did you hear what I said?" "!" "Excuse me!" "Did you hear what I said?" "I'm damned if I'm taking orders off you." "Is that right?" "I think you should just bite the bullet and do everything I tell you to do." "If I say, "Stand on your head and fart God Save The Queen", you do it." "Because if you don't..." "I might just nip down to the police station and tell them all about what you used to do to me." "It isn't like I haven't got any evidence." "How does it feel, eh?" "Getting treated like shit just for being here?" "Come here." "Let's get you inside." "He's asleep." "I'm not here to referee between you and your dad." "Any more of that and I'm off." "I know he were a bastard to you but it's a long time ago and he isn't well." "I'm not sticking up for him." "I just think people have to move on from things." "For their own good sometimes." "There's no point you being here if..." "(Gravel crunches)" "(Tap on window)" " Andrew?" " I've had a baby." " Have you?" " A little boy." " Well done." " Are you doing anything?" "It's three o'clock in the morning." "Yeah, I know." "Are you doing anything?" "He's little and tiny and he's got ears and feet and..." "It's a baby and he's mine." "I just wanted to tell somebody." "My mum and dad stayed up but when I got back they went to bed." "I can't think about sleeping." "My head's buzzing." "I just wanted to tell somebody." "It's weird, but even though I hated it all - being pregnant, giving birth..." "I still loved her when I saw her." "Thought I'd hate her, but I just didn't." "I just wish I could tell her sometimes." "I'd give anything to be able to tell her." " Maybe you should." " How?" "One day." "First thing she's gonna want to know is who her dad is." "My mum and dad..." "they thought it was me to begin with." "I wish it had been me." "Where have you been?" "Are you all right?" "I think he's dead." "Andrew?" "I think I need your dad to come over." "I'm not crying for him, I'm crying for me." "Of all the dads in all the world we could have got landed with." "Everything could have been so much better." "Yeah, well..." "We can't change that." "But we can change what happens next and we're going to." "We're going to have everything." "I told you before." "And this is where it starts." "(Car approaches)" " Hi." " Hi." "How are you feeling?" "Oh, I'm..." "Lisa's a bit shaken." "I should have been here." " Is there anything I can do?" " No, no." "I don't think so." " Let me know." " Yeah, yeah, I will." "Thanks." "Becky's rung." "I'm going to fetch her and the baby." " That was quick." " Yeah." "They don't believe in keeping them in long..." "I just wanted to say..." "About last night..." "I'm sorry if I said anything embarrassing." " You didn't." " I was just happy." "I know you were." "So was I." "You won't tell anyone, will you?" "Tell anyone what?" "That you were happy?" "That we kissed." "We didn't do anything we haven't done before." "I know." "I appreciate that... but my wife gave birth to my baby and..." "I'm up on the moors at five in the morning, snogging another woman." "It's not good, is it?" "I'm not the other woman - she is." "I know." "So are you going to bring t'baby over for us to see?" "Yeah." "Course I will." "If you want me to." "Yeah." " Look at the sheep." " Oh." " There's the dog." " That's Ian." "Say, "Hello, Ian". "Hello, Ian"." ""Hello, baby", says Ian." "Dogs can't talk." "Carol's silly." "Sod off." "He can." "He's a magic dog." "He can fly as well." "Look at the mangle." "Look at the plough." "Look at the grumpy bastard." "(Laughs) Don't tell him things like that." " What a stupid thing to do!" " I just took him out." "I woke up and I panicked." "I'm sorry." " Why don't you rest?" "I'll take Tom." " No." "He needs feeding." "Where did you go?" "Just along the road." "I wasn't out 20 minutes." " To Sparkhouse?" " I thought he'd like to see the sheep." "Where were you last night?" "You weren't in bed - not yours anyway." "I couldn't sleep." "I got up to see if you were all right, but I couldn't find you." " I went for a walk." " At three in the morning?" "It's not what you think." "I wanted to talk to somebody." "I wanted to tell somebody." "You were with her at three o'clock in the morning?" " Your wife was in hospital..." " We're friends." " .. giving birth to your baby." " Do you know that?" "You need to grow up and recognise a few facts." "Recognise the fact that you're married." "Isn't that enough?" "Don't be like your father, for God's sake." "(?" "Soft organ)" "Standing room only when me granddad died." "Yeah?" " Did you ring your mam?" " Yeah." " Is she not...?" " Dunno." "Do you think we should tell him it's just us?" " Who's that?" " Keith Graham, the estate manager." "He used to shag his secretary and thought none of us knew." " He's scared of dogs." " Why has he come?" "To pay his respects to his old tenant..." "and his new one." "Jesus said, "I am the Resurrection and I am the Life." ""He that believes in me, though he die" ""yet shall he live" ""and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. "" "Carol?" "I just wanted to say..." "If there's anything I can do for you over the next few days and weeks..." "Well, you know where we are." "Stick it up your arse." "How was it?" " Quiet." " How was Carol?" "I don't think anyone would expect her to be heartbroken." "Why not?" "He used to knock her about." "Is that why she went away for so long?" "I think probably yes..." "I suppose so." "Why did she fall out with Andrew?" "Ah, well..." "Yes, there was that as well." "Why did she smash up your car?" " Oh..." " And why did she hang your dog?" "I wish someone would tell me the truth." "We moved here when Andrew was ten." "The first day we were here - we were unloading, moving in - and she came over to see if he wanted to "play out" with her." "Within days they'd become inseparable." "We were never very kind to her." "She always seemed so rough and... then when they got bigger, she used to get him into trouble." "A few incidents - stealing cars, that sort of thing." "We tried to stop them seeing each other but it never worked." "And then when they were 18, they decided..." "they were going to get married." "Only we found out and we..." "Well..." "I put a stop to it." " So she..." " She was in love with him." "She thought the world of him." "I should be at work." "Hi." "I was going to come but I didn't know if I should." " That's OK." " I'm going to get changed." " Come in." " I've got to get back to work." "I just..." "What?" "I had a free period." "What?" "I don't think we should see each other any more." "Why?" " I'm married." "I've got a baby." " So what?" "You know so what." "We're only friends." "No." "No, we're not." "How could we ever just be friends?" "You and me." "I want to be with you every second of every day." "I want to kiss you." "I want to die for you." "I want..." "Becky's so good and kind - she really is." "She doesn't deserve this." "Neither do you." "What am I supposed to do?" "I'm sorry." "I've got to go." "How familiar were you with the business before your father died?" "I wasn't." "He's failed to make any repayments for 14 months." "He's failed to respond to our letters and calls." "I'm afraid we had no choice." "There is no business for you to take over." "Sorry." "I was just eating my tea." " Sorry..." " Come in." " Sorry, it's a bit of a mess." " No, it's fine." " I won't keep you." " No." "Sit down." "I were only passing." "Only..." " Do you want a cup of tea?" " Um..." "You all right?" "Do you want to marry me?" "Why don't you tell him about her?" "Tell him the truth." "(Paul) Lisa, her sister..." "She isn't her sister." "Let's get married." "You coward!" "You shitty little coward!" "He's finished with you." "He doesn't want to see you and he doesn't want to hear from you." " Where are we going?" " To the seaside." " How long are we going for?" " Forever." "(John ) I need to get in touch with somebody I've not seen for five years." "I want you to sign t'tenancy over to me." "Tenancy and t'business." "He's married - your mate Andrew." "They live there with his mum and dad." "She's expecting a baby." "(Andrew) My wife gave birth to my baby and I'm on the moors snogging another woman." "(Carol) I'm not the other woman, she is." "I don't think we should see each other any more." "I think he's dead." "(Man ) He's failed to make any repayments for over 14 months." "There is no business for you to take over." "Do you want to marry me?" " Is this a joke?" " No, no, it's not a joke." " They're gonna take t'farm." " Who is?" "Estate, bank." "He hasn't been paying the interest on his loan." " Where we going?" " Ran out of milk." "If I can do repairs, I can keep the tenancy going, but there's no money." " So you want me to...?" " You've always wanted your own farm." "What about all your money?" " I haven't got any money." " That car, your company." "I hired the car." "There is no company." "I've been working in a supermarket." "We've been living in a council flat in Leeds." "After we left, we drove to Bridlington." "We got by for a couple of weeks but then I got caught stealing." "I got three months." "Lisa got put in care." "When I got out, I got offered t'flat, then t'job, then I got Lisa back." "It took a bloody long time, but I did it." "And now I've got this chance - this one chance, John - to do something important." "So you want me to sell my house and put t'money into your farm?" "Yeah." " I don't know, Carol." " Why?" "Why not?" "You know I've always liked you." "Yeah." "But you've never felt like that about me." "I won't mess you about, John." "What about your boyfriend?" "What about him?" "He's married, he's got a kid." "He's not my boyfriend." "You still think about him." "If you do this for me, John, I promise I'll be the best wife anybody ever had." "Will you think about it?" "Yeah." "I'll..." "Yeah." "This mate of mine - the bloke I work with at Broadbent's - he once said if ever I sold t'house, he wouldn't mind first refusal." "So if he's still interested I could probably sell it quite quickly." " Yes!" " Bloody hell, Carol." "We've got four weeks to get started and show we mean business." "A lot of this we can do ourselves - walls, fences, pointing." "How definite is it that they'll renew t'tenancy if you do these repairs?" "It's definite." "I've got it in black and white." "Look." "They don't like evicting people." "It's more bother to kick us off than it is to let us stay." "So I put my money in, but legally you own everything?" "No, we'll be partners - the livestock, the machinery." " It's all half yours." " But you're t'legal tenant." "Yeah." "Well, I can't change that." "But we'll be married." "That's the guarantee legally." "That's the closest we can get." "I'd always hoped, if I were to get married that... there'd be kids." "Well... 'Appen not straightaway." "Eventually?" "Yeah." " Yeah... eventually." " So..." "There will be... sex?" "Yeah." "Of course." "Right." "Well... what are we going to tell Lisa?" " Lisa!" " What?" "You know me and John?" "We're getting married." "Who to?" ""I'll walk where mine own nature would be leading:" ""It vexes me to choose another guide:" ""Where the grey flocks in ferny glens are feeding;" ""Where the wild wind blows on the mountain-side. "" " Is he asleep?" " Yeah." "You never told me you and Carol nearly got married." "Your dad told me this morning." "What happened?" "Nothing." "I didn't turn up." "Why?" "Why not?" "My mum and dad found out the night before and..." "They didn't know?" " No." " Why?" "They'd have stopped it." "Well, they did." "It's odd you never told me." " Is it?" " Out of interest if nothing else." "It never occurred to me to tell you." " I didn't realise you'd been that close." " Well... we were." "(TV playing softly)" "Another five minutes and I'll get off home." "OK." "Should I sit a bit closer?" "Yeah, you can do." " Do you want another cup of tea?" " No." "I'm fine, thanks." "Shall we hold hands?" "(Gasps)" " And your postcode, love." " HX73KL." "Right." "Your name is?" "Ralph John Standring." " Date of birth?" " 7/11/1970." " You kept that quiet." " And address?" " Mind you, I would." " 44, Elizabeth Street..." "Sod off." "Hi." "Carol in't here." "She's gone into Halifax with John." "What's your name?" "(?" "The Detroit Emeralds:" "Feel The Need)" "?" "See how I'm walking See how I'm talking" "?" "Notice everything in me" "?" "Feel the need Oh feel, feel the need in me" "?" "I need you by my side To be my guide" "?" "Can't you see my arms are open wide" "?" "Feel the need Oh feel, feel the need in me" "?" "I need your love" "?" "Every day I need Love...?" "What happened to your mum?" " She just never come home one day." " Why?" "She met a fella in a pub." "Found out after." "He has a BMW and a market stall in Oldham." "You must have been very upset." "Yeah, but Carol looks after me now - she always did." "Mum were always a bit crap." "She were usually pissed an' all." " What's your mum like?" " My mum?" "Ooh, she's rather bossy, a bit of a snob." "But Dad's very nice." "He keeps her in touch with the real world." "What do you make of Andrew's mum and dad?" " Oh, um..." " Shite?" " I don't think they're very happy." " Good." "Didn't seem too bad before, but now..." " Serves 'em right." " What makes you say that?" " Carol used to go out with Andrew." " I knew that." "They always treated her like shit." "She were never even allowed in." "Course she used to go around when they weren't there." "She used to break in and surprise him while he was still in bed." " What else did she tell you?" " All sorts." " Do you want a cup of tea?" " I'd love one, thanks." "She should have married him really - Andrew." "Still, she's marrying John now so it don't matter." "Sorry?" "Carol's getting married?" "Yeah, to John." "Do you take sugar?" "No, thanks." "Just milk." "So you say she's marrying John." "Who's...?" " John." "Bloke that works for us." " That's sudden, isn't it?" "Yeah." "Do you want a Bourbon?" "No, thanks." "It's a bit early for me." "(Door opens)" "Hi." "Um..." "Lisa's just making some tea." "Is she?" "I was passing, thought I'd knock on the door and got roped in." "Hi." "I'm Becky." "Lawton." "Andrew Lawton's wife." "Oh." "Sorry." "How do you do?" "I'm John Standring." "I'm..." "I work here." " Do you like it, boss?" " It's..." " I found tin under t'sink." " It's very red." "Nice haircut." "I'll put t'kettle on." "Sorry." "I didn't realise she didn't have permission." "It's fine." "Congratulations." "Sorry?" " Lisa told me you're getting married." " Oh." " Did she?" " Have you fixed a date?" " Three weeks on Saturday." " Wow." " You can come if you like." " Thanks, we'd be delighted." "Lisa says she's struggling with her maths." " Sorry?" " I can help her with that, if you like." "That's what I do... did." "Teach maths." "(Kettle whistles)" "Right." "I called at Sparkhouse this afternoon." " Why?" " Did you?" "I was bored, I was lonely, I was passing." "I painted the living room." "Carol's getting married." "(Kate) Carol?" "Who to?" " Who told you that?" " They did." " Who?" " Carol and John." " John?" " He works for them." "He's tall, big." "Yeah." "I know who he is." " That's sudden." " They've invited us." " Are you going?" " I hope so." "It's three weeks Saturday at the registry office in Halifax." "Andrew..." "Andrew." "Are you all right?" "I wasn't here." " You've been sleepwalking." " Have I?" "You haven't done that since you were 12." " 12?" " Do you remember?" "I was on the moors." "I was with Carol." "The baby's awake, he's feeding." "Why don't you make Becky some tea?" "I thought you weren't coming here again." "Is it true that you're going to marry John?" " It might be." " Is that yes?" "It might be, yes." " Why?" " Why not?" "Why?" "!" "Come inside." "I haven't got any money." "That car, I nicked it." "It were all pretend, a joke." "Lisa dared me to and..." "Me dad were bankrupt." "I need money or they're going to take t'tenancy off me." "You're marrying him for his money?" "Has he got any?" "He's selling his house." " He knows why you're marrying him?" " Yeah." "Don't." "Carol..." "Look, it's all right." "He won't hurt me and he's a good farmer." "He does things properly." " I don't believe this!" " I'm not going back to begging." " I can get you some money." " No, you can't." "How?" "I can..." "I'll get a loan." "Look, I know you mean well but I know what I'm doing." "Are you going to let him fuck you?" "I'll be his wife." "You sleep with her every night." "How do you think I feel?" "I haven't slept with her once - not since you came back." "You'd have had a job - she's been giving birth." "I haven't wanted to." "Don't hate me." "It'll be all right." "How can it ever be all right?" "We'll still be friends." "We'll still see each other." "Every day." "We could have been so happy." "You and me." "Yeah, I know." "And whose fault is it that we're not?" "I'm sorry." "I'm going to be late for work." "Yeah." "Morning." " You're turning her into a prostitute." " What?" "So what does that make you?" " What were he doing here?" " Nothing." "You won't make a fool out of me?" "No." "No." "(Kylie Minogue:" "Can't Get It Out Of My Head)" "Why do I always do that?" " You're crap." " Thank you." "I had noticed." "My turn." "Watch, you might learn summat." "How long do you get off school?" " Two weeks officially." " You seem to be coping." "I suppose you hadn't seen him for a long time." "He were a right bastard." "So..." " Still." "He was your dad." " He weren't me dad." "Sorry?" "He wasn't me dad." "Yes!" "You won't say owt to 'em, though?" "Cause they don't know I know." "So who's your real dad?" "I don't know." "So if they haven't told you this, how come you know?" "People say things." "What people?" "What things?" "This kid once goes, "You come from a dirty family. "" "I thought it were cause we were farmers, but... there were more to it." "Maybe you're reading too much into it." "Maybe I am." " Maybe you should talk to Carol..." " No." " Why not?" " I don't want to." "I never told no one before." "Carol..." " What?" " We're kidding ourselves." "This time next year we could hate t'sight of each other." "We won't." "I won't." "I'll have spent all me money, you'll be wishing you were with somebody else." "I will not." "John, it's all fixed up." "We've bought things, you've had your hair cut." "I don't know what's brought this on." " Your boyfriend." " He's not my boyfriend." " He said something." " What did he say?" "John?" "John." "He said you were making a prostitute out of yourself." "Did he?" "And is that what you think?" "Cause if that's what you think..." "When we have sex, if that's what you'll be thinking, you can piss off now." " Right now." "Go on." " What will you be thinking?" "Will it be something that you'll want or something you put up with cause I give you money?" "No." "John..." "You're kidding yourself." "We both are." "I'm going home." "Is that it then?" "What's up?" "What's happened?" " What time does Andrew get in?" " Why?" " Just answer the question!" " Don't speak to her like that." " Where's Andrew?" " He's..." "Becky?" "Andrew?" "Carol's coming over." "What the hell did you say to John?" "What's going on?" "I hope you're pleased with yourself." "We're going to be evicted." "We'll be homeless." "Do you get this?" " What's happened?" " (Carol) Piss off." "And you." "You stay away from my Lisa." "I thought she was making a mistake and that she'd regret it." "You called in on your way to work." "We were very close." "She was a very good friend." "I wouldn't want her to be unhappy." "Why didn't you tell me you were going to call?" "It was on the spur of the moment." "She's big enough to make her own decisions." " I've explained." " It's none of your business." " I didn't know about the tenancy." " To wreck something like that." "You're jealous of him, aren't you?" "No." "Becky..." "You still think about her, don't you?" "All the time." "Ever since that first day she turned up, I knew there was something." "No..." "No." " You still fancy her." " No." " You can be honest." " It's not about fancying her." "I would rather know." "I love you." "I love you." "Have you not started cooking?" " I'm not your slave." " I'm yours though, aren't I?" "She won't come again 'cause of you." " Who?" " Becky." " So what?" " So I like her, she were my friend!" "I wish she were my sister!" "I wish I lived with them!" "Right!" "Pack your bags and see if they'll have you." " I hate you." " Well, bad luck." "I'm all you've got." "I wish you were dead!" "I'm sorry, what I said." "Carol." "Everything I do..." "I've done it for you." "I've looked after you all your life and I didn't have to." "The number of times I could have walked out of here." "I'm sorry, Carol." "(Carol) Oh, I love you so much." "I love you more than I can ever tell you." "(Lisa) I know you do." "(TV playing softly)" "(Knocking)" "Can I come in?" "I've always been fond of you." "We were always friends, weren't we?" "Calling it prostitution is just the nastiest way of looking at it anybody could come up with." "You want to help me and in return I can give you things." "I can make you happy and that is... not prostitution." "I don't want to be on my own all my life." " Well, then." " I've been really happy, last few days." "I just want to be sure it's going to last more than five minutes." "That's up to us, isn't it?" "Do you still think about him?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I do, but..." "The thing is it don't just go away, does it?" "Stuff like that." "Part of me always will probably think about him." "But he's done what he's done, he's made his decision." "He's got his own family now." "I don't want to think about him." "I want to think about this, about us." "I want to think about t'farm and all the things we're going to do to it." "I can't be any more honest with you than I have been, John." "I would have come round but I've been really busy." "We've been away for two weeks at my parents'." "It's OK." " Back at school?" " Yeah." " How's the maths?" " Shite." " It's the wedding tomorrow." " Yeah." " So it's all back on?" " Are you coming?" "Oh, I don't think um..." "No." " Is it 'cause of me?" " What?" "All this bother." "Why would you think that?" "I don't know." "How could it have been because of you?" "I don't know." " How are your mum and dad?" " Oh, they're fine, thanks." " Do they like t'baby?" " Yeah." "Yeah." "You know I told you about my dad... not being my dad?" "Yeah." "The reason I know he weren't me dad is 'cause..." "I know who me mum is." "I've seen my birth certificate." "And?" "She don't know I know." "She in't me sister." "Well, that would mean... she was 12." "She was seeing Andrew when she was 12." "Yeah." "Stupid bloody thing!" "Right." "(Engine roars)" "Shove over." "Why is Becky packing a suitcase?" "What are you doing?" "I'm going back to my parents'." "I'm taking Tom." " What?" " I'm leaving you." " No, Becky." " You should have told me everything." " You're not taking Tom." " Right from the start." "I've told you everything." "I'm getting sick of this." " I know about Lisa." " Lisa?" "Lisa who?" "Lisa who?" "She knows." "She knows Carol's her mother." "She's seen her birth certificate and she's worked out who her father is." " Oh, my God." " You bastard." "No." "Becky, not me..." " You liar." " No..." "Becky, you really have got the wrong end of the stick." " Then put me straight." " Carol doesn't know?" "No." "Lisa's seen her birth certificate." "And she thinks it's me." "It might be best if she does think it's me." "What are you talking about?" "(Andrew) I'm not supposed to say..." "They're arguing again." "Her father?" "You'll say anything." "It's true." "I don't believe you." "She told me." "The night before we were supposed to get married." "That's why I never turned up." "I was a coward." " You're lying." " Right." "Well, ask her yourself." "Right then." "I will." "Not now." "They won't be there." "They'll have gone to the registry office." "Becky!" "Morning." "All right, cock." " I'm going to ask her." " At the registry office in front of Lisa?" "Are you frightened she might tell me the truth?" "She won't tell you the truth in front of Lisa!" "Becky!" "Becky!" " Mum, can you look after Tom?" " Yes, of course." "Smile." "Hold hands." "Becky..." "It wasn't me." "Me and Carol..." "We never had sex." "You never...?" " Never." " Why?" "Because... of what her dad did." "She couldn't." "Mr Standring, Miss Bolton, would you like to come through please?" "God, I am so sorry." "Let's go home." "I, Carol Bolton, take thee, Ralph John Standring, to be my lawful wedded husband." " Congratulations." " Thanks." "Carol!" "Carol!" "Lisa knows." "She told Becky yesterday." "She's seen her birth certificate and she knows." "And she's worked out that I'm her dad." "What's he talking about?" "I thought you'd want to know that she knew, only she didn't dare tell you." "(John) What's he saying?" "Lisa..." "She's mine." " And his?" " Yeah." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Because I never told anyone." "Carol..." "Go away." " Carol..." " Go away." "This is nice." "We could put this in the bedroom." "Are you OK?" "Yeah." "Are you?" "Never think you can't tell me things." " Do you hate me?" " No." "There were so many times I wanted to tell you... but I was frightened - I was frightened you'd hate me." "No." " (Clang)" " Yes!" "(News on TV)" "I'm not really watching this." "Are you?" "No, not really." "Shall we... go upstairs?" "(TV) Good evening, a report in a Sunday newspaper says Prince Harry..." " What you doing here?" " I often come up here." " At night?" " Yeah." " I couldn't sleep." " Me neither." "I ought to kill you for what you did this morning." "I thought you should know that she knew." "So you told me in front of John." "Thanks." "I'm sorry." "Thanks for letting her think it were you." "We're going to move away." "Where to?" " The south." " Why?" " It's best." " Is it?" "I want to smash my head against the wall." "I want everything to stop." "I want everything to go away." "I want to be 18 again." "Yeah." "Oh, Carol..." " I've gotta go." " No." " He might wake up." " Five more minutes." "(Carol) "I repeat it until my tongue stiffens " ""Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living." "(Carol and Andrew) "You said I'd killed you - haunt me then..." ""The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe." ""I know that ghosts have wandered on earth." "(Carol) "Be with me always - take any form..." ""Be with me always..." ""take any form - drive me mad!" ""Only do not leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you." ""Oh God, it is unutterable." ""I cannot live without my life." ""I cannot live without my soul. "" " Carol." " What does he want?" "I'll leave her." "I'll leave her and the baby." "Come with me." "Let's go." "Now." "Anywhere." "Why don't you just turn around and go back where you came from?" " I'm not going anywhere." " I think you should." "Not without Carol." "I don't want to hurt you." "I don't want any bother." "I just want you to leave." "Come with me, Carol!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" " Get away from him." " Be careful what you do with that." "Get away from him." " He started it!" " Well, I'm finishing it!" "Shift!" "(Gunshot)" "Get into your car and go home." "Come with me, Carol." "No." "Get into your car and go home." "Not without you." "You can." "Come on, Carol." "If we don't do it now, we never will." "Go home." "(Car starts and revs)" "(Tyres squeal)" "Hello." "(Phone)" " Hello?" " Is Andrew there, please?" "No." "Sorry." "He shouldn't be long." "He's usually back by now." "Could you ask him to ring me?" "It's Geoff Cutler." " I'm the headmaster at Sowerby Bridge." " Oh, yes." " Is everything OK with Andrew?" " Why?" "What do you mean?" "Oh..." "I'm just slightly concerned." "He walked out of school this afternoon." "Walked out of school?" "Why?" "I don't know, but if you could ask him to ring me?" " Yes." "Yes, of course." " Thank you." " I've just booked a fortnight in Corfu." " Andrew's late." "I wait till the weather gets really bad, then I pop in." "It works wonders." " He should be back." " He must have a meeting." "No." "No." "(News on TV)" "Owt exciting happened today?" "No..." "No, I don't think so." "What you done to your face?" "You should have seen t'other fella." "He got wound up by some of the kids and he walked out." " Why would he do that?" " He's probably gone to cool down." " But where?" " I don't know." "He'll be in a pub." "He wouldn't do that." "Not without ringing me." "It's only half past six." "Has anyone rung Carol?" " No." " We can see he's not there." " She might have seen him." " Why?" " I don't know." " I'm not ringing her." " Fine." " What's fine?" "Has anybody tried his mobile?" "He never takes it with him." "He never remembers it." " You need to calm down." " (Phone)" "Hello?" "Becky..." "Becky..." "Oh..." "Where are you?" " I'm on the phone." " Yeah." "Where are you?" "I love you." "I know." "I love you." "We all love you." "Where are you?" "I want you to tell Tom that I love him." "I will." "He's here." "He wants to see you." "He's wondering where you are." "I have to go now." "No." "Andrew, what's going on?" "What's happened?" "I can't cope, Becky." "Why not?" "What with?" "Andrew?" "I love you." "Andrew?" "Andrew." "Andrew." "Andrew?" "Where was he?" "A call box." "He could have been anywhere." "(Kate) What did he say?" "He was drunk." " He's going to do something stupid." " Andrew wouldn't do anything stu... (Ringing tone)" "(Ringing)" "(TV) Here we have a nice black risotto..." "(Wind howling)" " Nothing." " I've rung everyone I can think of." "Including Carol?" "You ring Carol." "(Phone)" " Hello?" " Hello." "Paul Lawton here." " Oh, yeah?" " Is Carol there, please?" " Who is it?" " What's it to do with?" "Andrew, my son." "Have you seen him at all today?" " No." " Who is it?" " Is that Carol?" " You tell him to stay away from here." "We need to find him..." " Who was it?" "Who was it?" " His dad." " What did he want?" " Nothing." " What did he say?" " Forget it." "They got nothing to do with us." "Carol..." "Carol." "Carol!" "Carol!" "John knows something." "He's seen him." "I could hear it in his voice." "Is he not here?" " Have you seen him?" " Is he here?" " Have you seen him?" " Not since this afternoon." " When?" " He came round, off his head." " What happened?" " He were fighting with John." "They were killing each other." "Fighting?" "Because of you." "Don't blame me." "Don't you dare blame me!" "I told him to go home." "I made him get in his car and I told him to go home." "He rang." "He was drunk." "We've no idea where he is." "We've looked... (Thunder crashes)" " I know where he is." " What are you talking about?" " I know where he is!" " Where?" "Where are you going?" "Carol?" "Carol!" "I'm going with you." "We should turn round and go back." "He can't be up here." "He can't have gone up here." "Not in this." "Do what you want." "Carol..." "I really think we should..." "Oh, shit!" "Do you know where you're going?" "Piss off!" "Carol!" "Ah!" "Damn!" "Andrew..." "Don't stop!" "Do it!" "Bloody do it!" " There's no point." " Do it!" "Do it!" " Carol..." " Do it!" " There's no point, Carol." " Do it!" " Carol..." " Do it!" " He's dead." " Do it!" " He's dead." " Do it!" "Do it!" "Bloody do it!" "Do it!" "Do it!" "Do it!" "Do it!" " Carol..." " Get off me!" " Bastard..." " Carol..." "Carol." "You all right?" "Come on." "Come on." "Let's go home."