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Academically OK.

Erm... vaguely asthmatic.

Attempted suicide at 17. Can't remember

why. I was sad about something.

Aspirins, stomach pump, then sessions

with educational psychologist...

...for whom I had an enormous passion

and encouraged me to be a psychologist.

A levels. Psychology degree

at Sussex University.

Trained in art therapy.

What is art therapy? You draw trees.

One daughter, Gemma, seven.

No, that should come earlier.

Lived with her mother for three weeks

before she met theology student.

I've stopped believing in God. But

long enough with me to get pregnant.

Gemma is seven.

Have I said that already?

Her hair is curly and she has

bright sparks, red ones, in the sun.

She calls me Mark de Grunwald,

and the vicar, she calls Daddy.

I love everything: Music, curry.

I can recite the complete works of...

I live alone, my fridge is empty,

I can do my own washing...

...l'm interested in Nina

and I can do magic.

Now you go! Yes. Don't think.

- I can't.

- Yes!

- Nina Mitchell. I...

- You've got to hop!

Nina Mitchell.

I can't believe I'm doing this!

Also Capricorn, but also don't believe.

I think there may be a god.

Interpreter. I'm starting at the end!

I believe in protesting,

in making this planet more decent.

I hate what this country's

doing to itself and to the people.

You see it all the time, the way

we treat other races and visitors.

It happens every day. Oh, help!

But you saw it in the cafe. Wrong skin,

wrong size, wrong shape, you're lost.

Or wrong religion, wrong ideology,

wrong class. It makes me so...

Oh. Do you want me to be more personal?

Parents alive, Gloucestershire.

Teachers. Him, geography. Her, history.

So holidays it would be "Dad, where are

we?" "Mum, have we been here before?"

I have a sister, Claire. She has a family

and a husband I hate who keeps climbing.

Climbs socially, in business, and now

finally has started climbing mountains.

They have a son, Harry.

She's pregnant again.

Their son is my nephew and I adore him.

Did I say I was born in Stratford? You

know, I pay to do this once a week. Talk.

That's where I was going on the bus.

To my woman, Dr Burge.

Only there you get

...and here it seems to spill out.

I play the piano, I love Bach...

...I have rats, I'm in a mess...

...I live alone, I haven't always...

Hey, come on, Nina, you're not hopping.

I love you. Don't stop.

- Where have you been?

- Nowhere.

- Nowhere. Work.

- It's so late.

- I know. Sorry.

- I got worried.

- Sorry.

- Just like old times.

Is there something you want to tell me?

I have this feeling that you're with me...

Are you with me all day?

No.

I think of you as being

on my shoulder, and...

...if you are, you'll know

I am like someone...

...who carries their loved one

on their shoulder.

- If that was what you were asking.

- I'm not, but thank you.

Where's the television

and the video machine?

I put them in our bedroom.

People couldn't get comfortable in here.

It's so cold in the evenings,

and I wanted to play.

Don't worry. They'll move

when we want to go to bed.

- It's no problem. Don't get frazzled.

- Oh, please!

You can't come home in the middle of

the night and complain I've got company.

It's not the middle of the night.

I don't know these people.

I don't even know what period

they're from! This is ridiculous!

Well, you could try talking to them.

I can't believe this. I've got ghosts

watching videos in my bedroom...

...and I'm being accused of... what?

What am I being accused of?

They're dead people! The rats have

gone and I'm infested with ghosts!

There are eight or nine people in there.

They're not doing you any harm.

If you want to go to bed,

they'll go. Just tell them.

If you want me to go, just tell me.

Why are they all men? I don't want you

to go, darling. I don't know what I want.

Anyway... I bought you a hot water bottle.

- Do you want it?

Thanks. That's great.

I mean, why can't you just go

back to heaven while I'm at work?

I don't know. It's like you make

a choice, and then... I don't know.

I'm here. It's fine, it's fine.

I love you.

Smooth...

Hi, Nina. I thought I heard you.

Did you remember to go to the...

Yes. Er, they didn't have

I Vitelloni, but I got you...

...Pinocchio and Forget Venice.

- Oh, fantastic.

Did you see that, Jamie? Forget Venice?

Fantastic. So tender.

By the way, Isaac says you're in check.

It's your move. Looks bad.

I can't be...

How can I be in check?

Just a minute, sweetheart.

Oh, sorry.

Thanks, Freddie... Hello?

Yeah.

Oh, God! Oh, OK.

Yeah, of course. Yeah, I'll come.

- Maura querida!

- Nina!

Gracias per venir.

La guagua esta por llegar.

- Estoy muerta de miedo.

- Yo tambien.

- Hello. I'm Maura's friend. How is she?

- She's fine.

- She wants me to come with her. Can I?

- I don't see why not.

- Is everything OK?

- Don't worry.

Oh, listen. Excuse me...

Have you talked to her about medication?

- Have you given her any drugs?

- She hasn't had anything yet.

She can have gas and air,

or pethidine, or whatever she wants.

No, hang on. Can I just check

with her? I don't think that's...

Yes, yes, drugs! Give me drugs! Yes!

Well, she thinks she does

at the moment, but...

Quiero que Titus este aqui tambien.

- Titus?

- Yes.

Titus. She's said that name several times.

Is that the father?

Te lo queria contar, pero no te he visto.

Titus me quiere.

He loves you? Oh, does he? That's nice.

- OK, you can go in now.

- Right.

Breathe in

really deeply and... push!

Good, good. Push! Push!

Good, excellent. Push!

OK. Now the head's there.

One more push and it's going to come

out. I want you to pant. Are you listening?

Pant, pant.

Pant, pant... OK, the head's out.

The head's out.

OK. The head's there.

Que linda, que linda, que linda.

Hello, darling.

A new life.

A new life.

- What's going on?

- Nina, hi! Hang on.

So, tell me, was it a boy or a girl?

- Girl.

- A girl! It was a girl!

- Pierre!

- What?

- Maura had a little girl.

- Tremendous!

- Was it moving? Isn't birth moving?

- What's going on with the furniture?

Lt'll be great. Jamie looked at the

floorboards and they're fabulous.

They're beautiful Victorian boards. We're

just getting the carpet, even as we speak.

Hi.

Good work. All they need is a good scrub.

- It's oak.

- It's definitely a hardwood.

- Is it oak or ash?

- Jamie! What are you doing?

Aren't these boards amazing? Who'd have

thought under that disgusting carpet?

It's full of mildew and silverfish.

But these boards...

- So, it was a girl?

- I liked that carpet.

- Don't be perverse!

- Well, I did like it.

And you can't just go around

treating my flat as if...

Nina, the carpet was threadbare.

It's full of mould and mildew.

Even you must admit that these boards...

I feel like I'm being burgled

every time I come home! Burgled!

Oh, God. The flat...

Chairs are moved, pictures are

different, they're not where I...

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