14x06 - Episode 6

[bunniefuu]

I'm volunteering
at Oakley Youth Centre tonight.

Why don't you come down?
Youth centre? That's sad!

You're taking the chance, getting
him down the youth centre.

Or we could actually see
a different side to him.

Have you not heard? It's closing.
I've just become a volunteer!

Jared, this is Libby - your buddy.

Hey. Hiya.

You fancy someone! No, I don't!

Who do you fancy?

Do you fancy me mum? What?!

No, I saw you looking at her
when you were singing!

Come round tonight,
meet my foster family.

I'm busy. They're really nice,
they'd like to meet you.

HE TUTS

Boz.

How long has he been like this?!
Since I called you.

That's nearly 20 minutes ago!

He's dead, isn't he?

What are you going to do? Get your
stuff and get in the car. Now!

Boz...

HE SOBS

HE SIGHS

HE GRUNTS, SPLASH

It's going to be hard, today, son...

..and for a while.

But we'll get through it.

And remember,

if anyone asks, you caught a bug

and you've been in bed
for a few days, OK?

SHAKILY: No, I don't actually
think I can go in there.

How am I supposed to act like
nothing's happened,

like everything's normal? It was a
freak accident, you never meant it.

We should've just told the police,
told them it was an accident...

We're not going through
this again, Billy!

We both know what we have to do.

And I promise you, we'll be OK.

Nowhere to hide today, eh?

SEAT BELT CLICKS UNDONE

Sorry?

Mel Parkinson.

Well, you can't have forgotten
we've got an MP visiting us!

The outreach programme.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, no.
Er, no, I hadn't forgotten.

Right, best faces forward, then, eh?

Hopefully, we'll get some of them
UCAS forms signed out and fired off.

Eh? And, er, Mel really has got
a story to tell. Yeah. She's, er...

Sorry, Neil. I've got to...
I've just got to take this call.

Right. Sorry. OK.

MUSIC: Black Hole
by Griff

# Now and then

# Your name comes up in conversation
with my friends

# I hate how much I feel it
right there in my chest

# I hate how much I feel it, yeah

# Like, how are you?

# It seems like things are going
really well for you

# I wish that I could say... #
SHE SIGHS

# ..the same about me, too

# I wish that I could say the same

# And, boy, you know
I've tried to pray

# I bruised my knees

# I've tried to bring you back to me

# I've tried my best
to find some kind of peace

# Don't you see?

# There's a big black hole
where my heart used to be

# And I wish that you would realise
I'm all that you need

# It don't work like that... #

FROM HEADPHONES:
# No, it's not easy... #

Good morning!
Sign the petition on your w...

Have you signed it yet?

OK, rude.

Er, guys, have you signed it yet?

OK. Right, guys, we need 20 more
signatures to get to 500.

Sir! Sir! Have you signed
the petition yet?

Er, yes, you cornered me by
the staffroom yesterday morning.

Right. Oh, yeah.

Oh, I just wanted to say
how much I enjoyed

your essay on British home children.

Oh, yeah? Yeah, well, I found
it really interesting.

I mean, I'm not sure
how much has changed.

Cos if we cared about kids

we wouldn't be closing down
youth centres now, would we?

Well, yes, that is
something to be debated.

Which is what history is all about.

Yeah, right.

Er, I'll try and introduce you
to Mel Parkinson today -

you might want to hear what
she's got to say

about going to university.
Oh, yeah, maybe.

Morning. Oh, morning, Joe.

Oh! Er... Brian Osbourne. Boz.

What about him?

Well, there's no sign
of him again this morning.

That'll be three days he's missed.

Right?

Well, we should...
put a call into the care home.

You know, duty of care?
We'll spend the day form-filling.

We all know Boz likes
a long weekend.

Well, I've actually got
a free period two -

I could even nip down there myself.

No, it's the care home's
responsibility

to make sure Boz is where
he needs to be.

Yeah, I know but... No -
we can't be on the hook

for every kid every time,
now, can we?

But I'll tell you what -
if there's no sign of him later...

..I'll give 'em a call myself.

All right. Yeah. Have a good
morning. Yeah. You too.

Aarrgh, no!

Right, look, don't step in it!

Right, look, I'm getting a cleaner.

I'm getting a cleaner.
Don't step in that.

Angie and Kylie from karaoke
said they'll sign it,

so I'll take it next week.

No, no, no.
Wait, it'll be too late for that.

Why didn't you just take it
last night? Because I forgot.

Are you still helping wi' that club?
What...

What do you mean, "that club"?
It's ours! It's our community!

OK!

Well, well done for sticking at it.

Hey. Hi. Have you signed it yet?

Yeah. About twice.

Hah!

Urghhh!
HE LAUGHS

You all right, Noel?
Yeah. What you doing?

Mopping. What's it look like?

Hey! Hey - big lad.

Are you going to clean up
that mess you left?

What mess?

Spills a whole carton of juice
on the floor, just walks off.

No - that's why I'm here, yeah?

I come to find summat
to clean it up with.

I can help you out, if you want.

Forget about any help.
Go and get it done yourself.

Oi. Noel's a good lad.

He wouldn't have done it on purpose.

Paper towels are over there,
love. Yeah?

He's such a sweet lad.
You leave him alone, you.

LAUGHTER

Hi.

Hey. Hey.

"Easy chorals"? What's that?

Choral pieces for the choir.

You're in Spratt's new
nerd-choir thing?

Sing us something, then.

Voice isn't that bad, is it?

Oh, my days.

Look at her face!

# You're in trouble now
Now, now. Now... #

Sorry, I didn't mean to...

Where've you been?

I've been sick.

Yeah, right.

You still owe me a bike.

For the one you lost.

You were meant to
go down the towpath

to lift me one the other night.
Where is it?

I didn't go.

Why?

It was...when I started feeling
rough, so I went home.

You don't get to pull a sickie.

I want my bike!

I can't do it any more.

I'm out.

You're what? I'm out.

Billy.

I don't want to do it any more.

Please...
Oh, please! Please! Shut up!

Yeah?

Shut up and bring me my bike.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Hospital still hasn't given me
my appointment yet.

How come? I don't know.

What is the point?

They're never going to
believe me anyway.

You will get one.

Hi, everyone.

Yeah, but, the waiting list's,
like, forever, innit?

It's going to be months before
I know what actually is wrong.

Anyone seen Billy Savage?

I saw him earlier, miss.

I don't know if I want
to go somewhere

completely different for uni
or, like, stay close to home.

Go - get gone.
That's what I say.

Cos, I mean, you only end up
looking at the same faces

if you stay around here.

Er, some people LIKE looking
at this face, actually.

Yeah... Yeah, but...moolah, innit?

THEY LAUGH

Right! Who hasn't signed this yet?

"Who hasn't signed it at least
three times?" you mean.

I'm running out of
fake names to use.

What're you even going
to do with it, anyway?

Hand deliver it to Downing Street!

Oh, it's not funny, you know!

It's important - these kids
need that youth centre!

Well, I've got a name for you.

Steve Savage.

OH!
SHE LAUGHS

Yeah, well, I'm being serious!

Well, I'M being serious.

The trust has got loads of money.

I mean, to be fair, they definitely
spend some of it on the community -

I were reading about
it the other day.

Yeah, I don't know why you haven't
asked him yet, to be honest.

Yeah, yeah. No, good one, cuz!

No, no, I take it back!

No! Er, yeah. No!

Right. I just presumed
you'd tell us,

as Brian's school,
that he's missing.

Yeah. The police are
due down there when?

OK. All right, thanks.

That was the care home.

No-one's seen sight nor sound
of Boz since Thursday.

You called them?

I thought I said I'd deal with that.

Well, I just...felt
it's worth checking.

But you heard me, yeah?

They put a call in
to the police on Friday

and they've just followed it up.

I mean, maybe one of us
should go along.

What difference will that make?

Well, he's in our care
as much as anyone else's.

I thought we were back to being
on the same team now, Joe.

Look, let the care home
deal with it for now,

see what they can do
to track him down.

Steve?

Hang on. Er, Billy's not turned
up for maths or English.

He's gone AWOL.

Some of the students said they
thought they saw him leaving.

Should I call a truancy officer?

No. I'll go and find him.

Oh... I need you to step in

if Mel Parkinson gets here
before I get back.

Do you think you can
at least do that for me?

PEN THUMPS ON DESK

What?

Well, I know Billy's his lad, but
no-one's seen Boz for five days,

and it's hard to get him
to bother about it.

HE EXHALES

Hey, sir. Ah, Kelly Jo.

Hey. Er, is it true that
the Academy Trust spends

money in the community - you know,
for, like, worthy causes and that?

Can we do this later?
No, no, no. Yeah. Yeah.

Sorry, but there's
this community centre, right,

that I'm actually
a volunteer for now,

and it's all about trying to give

a brighter future to kids in
our community and it's...

I said later.

I've been thinking
about you and Donte.

You're actually quite
a great couple, aren't you?

Well, Mum told me not mess
things up with him,

so hopefully marrying
him'll do the trick, eh?

Yeah, it is a bit rough that
she can't be there.

Are you sure you're
not on the rebound?

Yes, I'm sure!

Wouldn't be marrying
him if I wasn't.

Anyway, shouldn't you stop
worrying about me and Donte?

What about your own love life?

What about it?

Well, is it not time to
jump on them apps?

You know, Tinder and all that.

Ooh, no - not for me, that.

All that swiping left and right?

I like to see 'em in the flesh!

Anyway...

..I think I've got my
eye on someone.

CLATTERING

Hey. Noel! What you doing?

Well... I just saw you
was dead busy before,

and then I saw all these boxes come
in and I've got a free period, so...

..just thought I'd help you out.

Ahh.

You're a little darlin'.

There's not enough fellas
on this planet like you.

Come on.

Play it cool.

Billy!

Billy!

Billy.

Hey. Hey.

Are you all right? Hey.

What's happened?

Come on. Come on.

I... I... I had to get out.

I had Schuey right in my face.

Anything else?

N...

I thought you...

My head were in bits!
What are you playing at?!

I don't know, I just...
I had to get out.

WHAT, YOU CAME HERE?
Why are you shouting?

Because you're supposed to
be keeping your head down

and getting through it, Billy!

Now people are going
to ask what's wrong!

And what are we going to say? Eh?

You got to start thinking, Billy!

Come on. We can't have people
seeing us here. No. Hey...

Come here. No, just leave me alone!

You better start sorting
your head out, all right?

This is your fault!

I mean, why... Why couldn't we
just tell 'em what happened?

Why'd you have to put
Boz in the canal?

You just made everything worse!
I did it for you!

Do you think this is
any easier on me?

You need to stop feeling
so bloody sorry for yourself.

There's two of us in this now.
You didn't k*ll him!

You don't know what it feels like!

And that's not just feeling
sorry for myself, that's...

That's just how it is.

You know, I have to walk past
this place every day,

knowing that I've...

Do you know what?

You need to deal with it.

OK, son?

Because if you don't...

Well, you know what'll happen.

Billy...

I'm walking back to school.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Now, I'm sure Mr Savage
won't be long.

Yeah, it's the lot of
a head teacher -

there's always something
waiting round the corner

just dragging you away.

But I'm sure the kids'll love what
you have to say

about going to university.
Oh, don't worry about it.

No matter how tightly
planned my diary,

no day turns out how I expect.

Ah! Ah, yeah, well, let me
introduce you

to our brilliant head of history.
This is... You must be Neil.

Ah! Welcome to Waterloo Road - Mel!

Great to be here.

Getting to do things like this is
one of the biggest perks of the job.

Oh, no, no, no, no.
The pleasure is all mine.

Well, ours.

Although, actually,
I did vote for you, so... Oh!

I'm very grateful for that.

Thank you.

Right. Well, yeah, I'll leave
you in Neil's capable hands. Yeah.

This way. Shall we?

So you HAVE got a phone.

What're you chatting about?

Trying to work out why you
didn't come by last week.

Cos I didn't want to, OK?

No, it's not.
Why're you being like this?

Answer me.

Portia, you are doing my nut in.

Why?

Cos I'm a grown-up now.

And I decide what I want to do.

And I'm sorry if you don't
like it, but...that's how it is.

Where're you going?

Somewhere I don't have to
listen to you.

And being on your own
is just what you need.

Where's your mate Boz?

He's not my mate.

Forgot.

No-one is.

And that's how YOU want it.

Yeah. Yeah, actually, it is.

Suit yourself, then.

DOOR RATTLES

Brian Osbourne never signed back in
to the care home on Thursday night.

He's not being seen since.

Right. Well, a... A young lad of
that age going missing -

it should have be more of a priority
than it's been, I can't lie.

Well, we were slow
on the uptake, as well,

because of his attendance record.

Right, well, let's start by
talking to his mates.

Who's most likely to
have seen him last?

Schuey. But you should
let me try first

cos he will have a problem
with the uniform.

Er... Is everything OK with Billy?

Yeah, sorted.

This about Boz? Yeah.

S... Sorry, I just... I wanted to
make sure that he's safe.

And you were right to have called.

He's been gone long enough now
to be considered as missing.

When was the last time
anyone saw him? Thursday.

I was just going to have a
word with Schuey...

Yeah, well, I can talk to him.
No, no - I'll need to do it.

You can both be there, but...
this is a police matter now.

Course.

Right, well, I'll go grab him, yeah?

Well, I told you about
me last fella, didn't I?

Turned up at my house
at two o'clock in the morning

with a mushroom pizza.

And I told him,
"Anything but mushrooms,"

so that was the end of him.

This one's a sweetheart.

Look, he didn't have to help me,
before, but he did.

And he's fit.

I know I shouldn't, but...
SHE SIGHS

..you can't help liking
what you like, can you?

What do you mean?

Oh, have you tried a pessary?

Boz is your mate, isn't he?

Not really.

Yeah, but you're
at the same care home.

Yeah, so?

He's not my girlfriend.

When did you last see him?

Er, last week.

Thursday.

Was that in school or after?

Er, in school.

Did he say he might
be going anywhere?

No.

Do you know where he WOULD go?

No.

PANTING

Schuey...this isn't grassing.

How many times do I have to say it?

I don't know...

..where he is!

OK.

Thanks.

SCHUEY SIGHS

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Yo, Libby...

Do you mind?

I'm sorry. OK?

Didn't mean for it to sound
like that. Shame it did.

Better sit down.
Miss Walker'll be in soon.

Did you hear about Liam's party
at the weekend?

His parents are away,
he's got a free house.

And you want to know if I'm going?

Yeah.
Nah, you're all right.

Can someone do the honours, please?

Well, if you change your mind,
bunch of us are going.

Mm, I don't know...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles time,
please, Jared.

Let's focus on Thomas Hardy, yes?

Er, Schuey...

No, listen, right,
I'm-I'm not... I'm not saying that

I don't believe anything you said
earlier. Right. Here we go.

But if you do remember anything Boz
might've said about...

about going to meet someone, or...
Yeah, were you not listening?

We just... We have to make sure
that he's safe, that's all.

Look, sir...

..this is what Boz does.

Right? He'll do one for a few days
and no-one knows where he's gone.

Then he comes back.

You know...we'd be doing the same if
no-one had seen you for five days.

I was meant to go and see him after
school on Thursday, but I didn't go.

Where? Towpath.

The higher education outreach
programme has one purpose -

to make sure you guys realise

university is as much for you
as anyone else.

There's a place for all of you,
if you want it.

I went to a school where less than


but that didn't stop me
getting into Oxford.

I was the first in my family
to get a degree.

I am living proof of what you can do
if you are determined

and focused enough.
DOOR OPENS

Hiya.

Hello. Hi. Er...

My name's Kelly Jo Rafferty
and I'm a volunteer

at a youth centre that's going to be
closed down. Kelly Jo!

I've started this petition
to keep it open.

Got it here. There's like, er...
nearly 500 signatures.

I just wanted to give it you.
This isn't the time.

You're an MP, innit?
You're meant to like

help with people's issues and that?
When I can.

Yeah, I am really sorry.

Look, if it closes down, right,
people'll have nowhere to go.

And like, yeah, some people
will be fine, like,

but some will people go back
to like hanging out in the parks

with bags of weed, getting peppered.

Please will you just, like,
give it to Downing Street or summat?

OK. That's enough.

I wish it were as simple as
collecting signatures, but it's not.

The decision to close
the youth centre

won't have been taken lightly,
I can promise you.

Yeah, but look,
everybody wants to keep it open.

I see that Cardi B and Taylor Swift
have already signed.

I don't get why you can't
try and do summat.

What's the point of being an MP?
Kelly Jo...

You're meant to care about us kids!

Right, get out!

Now!

SHE SIGHS

DOOR CLOSES

I apologise.

BELL RINGS

You all right? Uh-huh.

How come, er...you and Libby
aren't sat together?

I thought you two were now...

Cos she doesn't want me to. Right.

What happened?

What happened?

Might've said the wrong thing.

Yeah? We're fellas.

Right? Saying the wrong thing
is what we do.

No, she's, er...

She's seriously angry, mate.

That bad? Yep.

Look, if you're into someone,

you can't be messing about,
all right,

cos you'll miss your chance.

And I hate to say it,
but it's up to you to put it right.

Yeah? And the sooner the better.

But if you want to
make something happen,

make it happen, know what I mean?

Mm-hm. Yeah? Yeah.

Kelly Jo.

And here's me thinking you were

genuinely interested in going
to university. I am.

You've been planning this all along,
haven't you? Sir, she's an MP.

She can do summat! Obviously not.

She doesn't even want your petition.

Kelly Jo!

Come back here.

OK, let's start with
some vocal warm-ups.

We'll do our number scales,
shall we? Love that one. OK.

SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

SHE HUMS A NOTE

# One, two, three, four, five,
four, three, two, one. # Good.

Oh, hello.

Is this the choir?

Yes, it is.

Am I all right to join?

Yeah.
If you can follow without a CSW.

Grab a chair. It's lovely
to have you with us, Jared.

Er, right, let's crack on.

SHE HUMS A NOTE

# One, two, three, four, five,
four, three, two, one. #

Can you even sing?

About to find out, aren't you?

I'm sorry I wasn't around
when you arrived.

And I'm sorry about Kelly Jo.

To be fair, she was making a point

about something that's
hugely important to her.

Sometimes a little disruption
is what it takes.

Mel, I am so sorry.
You really don't have to worry.

I was Kelly Jo once.

I need to make a few calls
before the tour, if that's OK?

Yes. Whenever you are ready,
so am I.

What was all that with Kelly Jo?

I mean, you proper lost it.

I thought we were meant to
act like everything's normal.

Well, how about we say from now on,
we try?

I'll do what I need to do, OK?

What's that?

What do you think?

Yeah, I know it's a pizza,
but why's it look like that?

Well, it's got a different
topping on every slice, yeah?

Everything except for mushroom.

Why?

It's for someone.

Yeah? And they really like pizza,
but they don't like mushroom.

So I got 'em this.

That's actually well cute, that!

Who's it for?

Just someone.

Er, hands off.

Tight-arse.

Hi, miss. Mel, sorry.

Kelly Jo.

Yeah, sorry, er, I just wanted
to say sorry about that.

You don't have to.
I understand how frustrated you are.

Yeah, well,
Mr Guthrie said I was to give you

a tour of the workshop
just to make up for it. Workshop?

Yeah, yeah, it's just round
the corner out back. It's off-site.

OK, let's go. OK.

I tell you what,
you're an absolute superstar.

MAN AND WOMAN LAUGH

Honestly, it wasn't a problem.

What, coming all the way round
to my house to fix a dodgy wire?

It's what I do.

I can turn my hand to all sorts.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.
Well, you didn't have to.

Oh, Noel, what...? You all right,
love? Yeah, er...

Yeah. Have, er...you seen
Kelly Jo?

No, not since this morning.
Why don't you text her?

Course.

What you doing Friday?

You were actually better than
I thought you were going to be.

Few wonky notes here and there,
but...

I'll take that.

I'm so sorry.

I was such a...

How do you sign "idiot"?

Hey, er, you were really great!

Yeah. I was just telling him.

Well, I mean, sort of great...

And we're really keen for the
students from St Jude's to join.

And, er, yeah, we're thinking about
adding signing in to the choir.

I've already asked about getting
a CSW in, so put the word around?

Er, sure.

Yeah.

Cool.

Cool.

I will leave you to it.

BELL RINGS

KNOCK AT DOOR

Er, can I have a word?

Er...

I've lost her.

What? Mel.

Parkinson.

The MP. I know who she is.

Well, I'm meant to be
giving her a tour.

But she said she had
a few calls to make,

but that was nearly half an hour
ago. She's just vanished!

Well, maybe she had to get back.

You'd have thought
she'd have let me know.

WHISPERS: I heard Kelly Jo kicking
up a fuss about that petition.

Maybe she's run off with her.

No. She wouldn't.

Would she?

Er... Right, thank you, miss. Coral.

Er, Miss, er, Walker.

Thank you, sir.

A body's been found in the canal.

Is it him?

Well, he'll need to be identified,
but it is a teenage boy.

We know Boz spent time down there

and that's where Schuey told you
he was going to meet him.

So we took a look along the towpath,
saw something in the water.

God, that poor boy.

He will need to be
formally identified.

As Head...

I can do it.

No, no, I, er...

I should, er...

I'll just get my, er...

Shall we step outside?

Hey.

Yeah?

Do you want it?

Thought it was for your girlfriend?

No, I don't have one.

What happened? Doesn't matter.

Just enjoy it, yeah?

Ta.

Hiya. You all right?

Well, this doesn't look like
an art workshop.

Er, no, it's not.

It's a youth centre.

So you lied?

Well, yeah, but...
But what? Well...

I just wanted you to see it!

Like, this... This is what
the petition's all about.

Keeping it open so that we can
carry on helping the kids.

Like some of 'em, honestly,
they don't have anywhere else to go.

They just need someone
to stand up for them

and this is what this place does.
I've already told you.

The decision's been made
for very good reasons,

no matter how difficult they are.

Yeah, yeah, but tell that to
the kids that come here, then!

I understand you're not happy about
it, but in a world of grown-ups,

sometimes we have to accept things
that we don't like.

SHE SCOFFS
What are you patronising me for?

Well, stop acting like a kid
who's had her toys taken

and I won't have to.
You're an MP, yeah?

You're meant to listen
and get stuff done.

Why are you proper up yourself?

I'll let that one go.

There are other youth centres,
not too far away... No, look.

No, it's not... It's not the same!
You don't get it.

There's not enough money, and
there's nothing anyone, not even me,

can do about it. Look, I'm sorry.

You didn't even take the petition.

And, yeah, yeah,
you can have a laugh

about some people signing it
as Cardi B,

but some people actually
signed it for real.

And you just left it.

Here's what I'll do.

I'll go back and get it.

I'll take it with me and I'll make
sure it gets to the right people.

How do I even know
that you're going to do that?

If I could make a call
to stop this place being closed,

or do anything else in my power,
I would.

It's just not how things work,
I'm afraid.

If the decision's been made locally
to close this place,

then the chances of it staying open
now are really slim.

You have to prepare yourself
for that.

I'm sorry, Kelly Jo.

You can't! That's what
I was talking about, the kids.

It's really important...

Mel. Neil, I'm so sorry.

Kelly Jo was keen for me
see the place.

Well, I, er, can't apologise enough.

What do you think you're doing?

You ready?

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's him.

HE RETCHES

Oh!

SPLASH

HE BREATHES DEEPLY

He's dead, isn't he?

Get your stuff and get in the car.

I can't let you get away with this.
And I won't.

Even for you,
this is off-the-charts daft!

We're talking about
a possible suspension here,

and you've got no-one to blame
but yourself! What?

Will that be necessary?

Well, yes, it was serious. I know.

But what if I were to say that
I wanted to see the place?

I have to say,
I admire how passionate you are.

Your grit.

Apply just some of that to getting
into university, and you'll fly.

But...

In fact, maybe that is something
I can help with.

What is?

A scholarship to
a Russell Group university.

No fees, help with living expenses.

You get sponsored.
I can put you forward.

I mean, it's not 100% guaranteed,
but I know you'd impress.

Are you for real?

I was a scholarship kid
from a school just like this one

and I've never looked back.

Yeah? If you're interested
in making things happen,

in changing the world - and I think
you are - it's a no-brainer.

Yeah. I couldn't agree more.

So it's that easy...

..that you tell whoever it is
that I deserve a scholarship

and it happens? Well, no.

There will be a lot of work
involved,

but the opportunity's there.
Oh, this is amazing.

What a chance!

Call my office next week
and I'll get started on it.

Yes, of course.

Er, I mean, you will, won't you?

Yes.

Thanks for everything. I'll look
forward to the tour next time.

Yeah, yeah, OK, then. Yeah.

Er, can I call you back later?

All right. Thanks, bye.

Are you all right?

No.

Not really.

I've just been to the morgue
to identify someone.

What? Who?

Brian Osbourne.

Young Boz.

He drowned in the canal.

I'm... I'm so sorry.

Oh, come here.

I'm so sorry.

He must've just gone through.

Right, listen to me.

You are not alone, OK?

Listen, I'm here.

OK?

Oh...

Oh, my God. I... I am so sorry.

So, neither of the Macbeths
are able to make peace

with what they've done,
and that is what makes them human.

So together again,
I want you to look through the text,

find the line that you think...

KNOCK AT DOOR

Sorry to interrupt, Miss Spratt,
can I take Billy for a second?

Er, yeah.

I saw you with the police earlier.
Were you arrested?

No, course not.
Thought I'd lost you.

I'm sorry about all the stuff
before and... Hey, it's all right.

It's all right.

I, er...

They've found Boz's body.

I had to go and identify him.

Well, what do we do?

People drown in rivers and canals
all the time,

and that's what's happened here,
isn't it?

Look, I'm not going to sugar-coat
this for you, Billy.

Not going to treat you
like a seven-year-old.

This makes it much harder for us.

It's all anyone is going to be
talking about.

But it doesn't change the fact
that we are not connected to it

and no-one has any reason
to think that we are.

look, I know that
since your mum died,

you feel like you've been dealing
with things alone. And I am...

I'm so sorry about that.

But that... That's in the past now,
OK?

I'm here for you, Billy. Hey.

It's me and you now, OK?

Right. I've got to make
this announcement.

OK, I've got to go.

Do not talk to anyone about it,
can you do that for me?

Yeah? Yeah.
I'll come and find you, OK?

You all right?

Do you ever go to
any of your classes? Do you?

Flexible sixth-form schedule.
What can I say?

I needed the bog, didn't I?

Oh, ta for the pizza, by the way.
It was actually really nice.

She don't know what she's missing,
whoever she is.

Yeah? Yeah.

I always thought you were
a bit of an idiot, but...

..you're actually all right.

I do try my best.

Cop off with us sometime,
if you want.

Right.

Really.

HE STAMMERS

You curving me?

What? No, no, no, no, no...

I mean, er, yeah.

Thank you.

Good.

Good.

Yeah?

I mean, it's pretty good, innit?

That an MP is saying that about me.

It's better than good -
it's actually amazing!

You know, when my girl puts her mind
to something, she makes it happen.

That's what I've been telling
anyone that'll listen.

I nearly went to uni, you know.

No... Yeah? Yeah.

Just wasn't really sure
it were for me.

You know, all the reading
and the exams and that.

Big smelly libraries.

But it's what you wanted, innit?
And you've made it happen!

Course.

What's going on here?

Someone said they saw
the police here before. No way.

OK, quieten down, everyone.

Quiet! Sh, sh, sh.

OK, now...

Earlier on, some of you
may have seen a police car

parked outside the school.

And they were here to tell us...

..about an accident.

A horrible, horrible accident.

This afternoon, a body
was found in the canal.

And unfortunately,
I have to tell you that...

..they were identified
as Brian Osbourne.

STUDENTS GASP
Who many of you will know as Boz.

Now, this is tough news for us all.

But I want you to know
that all the staff,

myself included, are here for you.

Mental health support is available

for anyone who feels
that they need it.

And it is important
to talk these things through.

We all grieve in different ways.

Now, obviously, it's a...

..tough time for everybody
at the school.

But I...

I want you to know that we...
we will get through this.

OK?

And we will get through it together.

Let's take a moment, shall we?

A moment of reflection,
in memory of Boz.

OK. Thank you.

CHATTER STARTS UP

I'll, er... I'll make sure a letter
to parents and guardians goes out.

OK. I've just spoken to Year 12.

That's all the year group
assemblies done. Right. Thank you.

I'll, er...start the report
for the Trust.

I didn't know they'd requested one
yet. No, but they...they will.

OK. Well, I want to sign off
on that before it goes.

Yeah, yeah, of course. OK.
I feel for the poor boy.

And like you said,
it was an accident, but...

..it is hard to take.

Sorry.

Well, I know you knew him.

Didn't like him that much anyway,
did you?

I feel bad for saying it now.

Which way you walking?

Home. Me too.

Doing anything later?

You tell me.

OK.

Do you know what happened?

No.

I'm sorry about before.

I didn't mean to.
I was just really angry at you.

It's all right.

Hey.
I just wanted to say sorry.

What for?

Cos he was your mate.

Ta. You know, I...

I tried to get him
to go to the youth centre.

But he just never showed up.

So, no-one sees him for days, yeah,
and no-one does anything, like...

How does that actually happen?
I don't get it. Well...

We live in a "care" home

where no-one cares
if you're there or not.

Yeah, but he was a kid. Yeah.

You think that makes a difference?
Well, yeah, it should.

Someone should've been there
for him. For real.

Well, thanks.

Are you all right?
Yeah, I am. Yeah, mate.

Hey, Schuey.

What are you doing, you muppet?

Come on, then, hit me!

You got a death wish, mate?

THEY GRUNT

Bit late for growing a spine now,
Billy boy.

HE COUGHS

Oh, Kelly Jo.

Er, what are you doing?
You can't just barge your way in.

Yeah. Er,
I've been thinking about uni

and applying for the scholarship
and that.

You know, just everything
that Mel said. Right.

I mean, she's gone off and...

..and become an MP and is like
this successful person. She is.

Couldn't save the youth centre,
though, could she?

Well, she explained why.

There were decisions on funding.
Cos she didn't have the time.

More important things to do, right?

Well, no, wait a minute,
she didn't say that.

Well, I don't want to be like that.

I want to help people,
and make a difference.

I wish that I could've done
something for Boz.

He might not have died. Look,
you can't blame yourself for that.

Yeah, well, I don't want to
feel like this ever again.

What you're talking about
is empowerment.

Putting yourself in a...
in a situation where you have agency

and control over what you do.
And going to university...

What's the point in going to uni

if after it you can't help save
a youth centre or someone like Boz?

But you could always come back.

I like where I am.

I've lived here my whole life.
It's like...

It's like where I belong.

You have been offered
an incredible opportunity.

You cannot pass it up. Yeah,

it's an incredible
opportunity for someone.

But not for me.
I'd just be running away.

You really need to think about this.

I'd be doing it for you, not for me.

I've been so scared to say that,
but I...

I'm sorry. Don't be.

It's just after what happened
with Boz,

it's like,
life is just too short to just...

..do something cos other people
want you to.

I know this probably isn't

the good news you needed to hear
after Boz.

Mel should save this scholarship
for someone who wants it.

Yeah. Just, er...

Tell her thank you anyway.

So what are you going to do?

Well, I've got a few ideas.

But it'll make a difference,
whatever it is.

Please can I have a banana as well?
I'm starving.

Yeah.

Thank you.

DOOR CLOSES

I do not doubt her.

LOCK BEEPS

Hey.

Schuey do that?

Doesn't matter. Billy.

No, just leave it, Dad.

All right? Come on.

That's the worst day we'll have.

OK?

They've found Boz's body.

There is no reason
for anyone to think

it's anything other than
an accident.

Nothing suspicious.

No reason to ask any questions,
is there?

Just a boy who...

..fell in the canal,

then he drowned.

OK?

We're going to be OK. Me and you.

I promise.

Come on.

Can't see me being home
for a couple of hours yet.

The Trust want every detail
over to them.

Is Steve not on that?
Well, I...

I said that I would do it.

I still can't quite believe it.

You know, that lad didn't get
one break his entire life.

And it's just...
it's just not fair.

And we could have done more. No, no.

Don't go blaming yourself.
Well, I can't help it.

Right, part of this is on us,

and there is no hiding
from that, Mike.

There could be something more
going on here, Joe.

What do you mean?

Look, we've pulled Boz's bike
out of the canal.

Right.

Well, it's a bit early to say,
but...

..something doesn't add up.

Well, like what?

Well, it looks like he came off
his bike and landed in some bushes.

If that's the case,
how's he ended up in the canal?

Might not have been an accident.