The Days Inbetween Page #5

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all these beauty contests,

Ms. London, Ms. England,

Ms. U.K., Ms. whatever.

That's where he met my Mom.

So you grew up between

a lot of beauty queens.

Not really.

When my Mom got pregnant,

my Father left her.

I've never met him.

My Mom got ill and never

really recovered from that.

I was quite lonely as a child.

I spent a big time of my

life in boarding schools.

Where I'm sure you were

popular with the guys.

Well you know in the movies how

the beautiful girl has

attractive but stupid boyfriends

and in the end is happy

with a normal or geeky guy?

Sure.

It was exactly like that.

Aside from me getting happy with

the normal or geeky guy.

Ah well, the poor beautiful girl.

Yeah, oh well.

What are you doing tomorrow?

Hey.

Morning.

How are you doing?

Great.

I heard the projectionist

got fired today.

Yup, four weeks notice.

Four weeks?

Wow. I'm really sorry.

That's really soon.

I guess anybody can

press play on the computer.

The digital revolution

replaces all with machines.

But there must be loads of places

that don't use that though.

Can't you just apply there?

Yeah, but they're all going to be

going digital soon,

so wherever I go I've got no future.

This isn't my dream job either.

I love film and it pays my bills.

No one promised us the

perfect world, did they?

Yeah.

Nobody said life was fair.

Jason receiving please.

Yes?

A customer wants to talk to you.

Can you come to the foyer please?

Okay.

Trouble never ends.

You better give me a refund because

the way that film was

projected was unacceptable!

What was wrong with it?

It was in black and white!

I assume you're watching

the film in screen 3.

Indeed!

Well it's intended to

be in black and white.

Why is that?

It was filmed in the 1940s.

So?

Well until the 1960s

most films were in black and white.

It was a rather boring film!

Why do you show such an old film?

It was part of our classic season,

it's actually considered one

of the greatest films of all time.

Not really worth watching, believe me.

The Director should have

put more action into it.

Oh okay, well I'll

let Orson Welles know.

Hey there, what can I get you?

Hey there, pretty face.

Sharon.

Hey.

You back in town?

Yeah.

Where have you been

the last year, stranger?

I... I needed a time out.

Things are going quite well.

Had a few decent photo shoots

and a couple catwalk shows.

Yeah, I saw the

pictures you did in Vogue.

Very nice.

Well I wasn't wearing

very much in those.

But I'm sure you remember

how I look naked.

Impossible to forget.

Especially since I was your first.

Well...

I missed you very much.

You can't come why exactly?

An old friend.

Yeah, I just thought that...

Well, okay, I guess that's how it is then.

Yeah, sure.

And we are back discussing

the future of the NHS.

As with every year, our politicians

want to reform our system.

What do you think, Marcus?

I'm very worried about budget cuts

to the mental health services.

Do you work for the NHS?

Yes, I'm a therapist.

Go on.

I mainly work with patients

who suffer from depression.

About 1 in 4 people is affected by it

at some point in their lives.

It is a much more common issue

thank most people think.

Depression is what we

call a mood disorder.

This can range from short

periods of feeling down

to situations of severe depression

where people affected could

have suicidal tendencies.

It is essential that possible

symptoms are taken very seriously.

Symptoms sometimes include

withdrawing from social activities,

a loss of motivation and interest

in the job or the people around them.

I'm sure many listeners will remember

the suicides of several bankers

after the banks collapsed a few years ago.

Major economic crisis

like our recent recession

can have a huge impact on people.

It is important that we're able

to offer as much help as possible.

Budget cuts are certainly the wrong

way to go about it.

(jingle music)

Hey.

Sorry I'm late, the circle line was down.

Charlie?

Charlie, what's happened?

Charlie, what's happened?!

(somber music)

I really don't think

you should see her now.

She's in a very emotionally fragile state.

I really need to talk to her.

Laura, your mother

isn't very well right now.

Listen, you didn't allow me

to talk to her on the phone,

I need to see her and

I need to see her now!

It could seriously

harm the therapy process!

Look, I spent the last hour talking

to a duck, I need to talk

to a real person now.

Laura, what have you

done with your hair?

It's okay.

You have to take

better care of yourself.

You'll never find a decent husband.

I'll never find one anyway.

Don't say that!

Well not everybody can

live happily ever after.

Did I ever tell you about Jonathan?

No.

You're probably too

young to remember him.

You were only a year old.

Mom?

I never met anyone like him before.

Clever.

Pretty, caring.

Not like your Father.

What happened?

A car ignored a red light.

I was never completely

happy with your Father.

I was with Jonathan.

I didn't know about this, Mom.

I always thought that you...

Not that Jonathan was

perfect, far from it.

It takes effort to be happy.

No one is perfect.

I used to be Ms. London,

did you know that?

And runner up for Ms. England.

I was so sad when you

left town so suddenly.

You were special.

More than the other guys.

I missed you a lot.

Aww...

I want to see you again.

You will, pretty face.

My boyfriend's out of

town for the whole week,

so you'll actually see me quite a lot.

Your boyfriend?

I thought...

All you ever wanted was fun.

All I ever wanted was fun.

Do you want to tell me what's changed?

Well I thought there was

something, I don't know,

special between us.

(laughs)

Oh, sweetie.

I'm a pro in the fashion industry.

Everyone's special.

Look, you can call me anytime.

I like you.

You're fun.

So...

He offered me a chat show.

Have you accepted?

Not yet.

What's stopping you?

You've always wanted to

work for Capital London.

I know.

I'm not sure.

I will decide today.

Okay.

And we are back!

Today's subject, the future of Dr. Who

after rumors that the BBC will

reduce the number of

episodes in the coming years,

so Tim, you're next.

Hi Jessica, I'm a big fan of Dr. Who.

What a surprise.

I'd like to talk about why

David Tennant is a better

Doctor than Tom Baker.

No thanks.

Dear Whovians, I have no problem with you

being big fans of the show,

but I really don't care who

your favorite Doctor is,

so Kenny, you're next.

Yeah, I've got a problem with

John Barrowman being gay.

I'm sorry?

Well he plays a gay character

in a family show.

And the problem is...

I mean a gay man

playing a gay character.

It's against nature.

Oh my, you're one of those idiots.

Let me tell you something Kenny,

believe it or not there are

several studies that say

in the future we'll

all be gay or bisexual.

That won't happen.

In evolutionary terms, the main reason

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