The Story of Tracy Beaker Series 4-09. Rebel Without a Clue / The Long Run
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00:00Hello? Oh, hiya. I'd love to, but I'm up to my neck in
00:29here. Hold on, I'm going to have to call you back. Come on, guys, come on. How did this
00:41happen? Accident. Yeah, what kind of accident? Well, we were playing football and I knew you
00:49were too big. It wasn't my fault. He fouled me. Me? It was a perfectly good tackle. Whoa,
00:55are you trying to tell me that you were playing football on the pool table? Come on, you've got
01:02to be more responsible. You've got everything here. You've got the big telly, the computer,
01:07you've got this lovely great big garden if you want to play football. You know what? You're
01:13really lucky. Even I'm lucky. Who am I kidding? Lucky me. It's Saturday afternoon and I'm in
01:23here talking to the furniture. Hello, Sid. Who are you? My references should explain everything.
01:49Constance Carlton, winner of the care worker a year award, five years running. Seven,
01:56actually. Well, what are you doing here? Don't you normally go to care homes with
02:00problems? Well, everybody has their problems, Sid. Oh, our kids are all right. I mean,
02:05they're not bad. Well, they're not monsters. I was talking about you, Sid. Oh. You're overworked
02:13and you're becoming stressed and if you don't take time out for yourself soon we'll find you
02:18talking to the furniture. How did you know? Ah, I think it's time I met our young persons.
02:23Hiya. Hey, you know the thing you wanted me to do which I couldn't? Well, I can. Hey, kids,
02:37this is Constance Carlton and she's going to be joining us for a while. And this is your
02:42lucky day. Constance is a care working legend. Look who's talking. I've heard you're the best
02:48chef in the business. I can't wait to try your chocolate souffle. Actually, I haven't made one
02:55for some time. They're quite tricky. Don't you mean challenging? And I'm sure a Duke could rise
03:02to the challenge. You're right. I'll make one tomorrow. Now, let me guess. Jackie Hopper,
03:14our running star. Bouncer, the budding chef. Lol, the footballer. And you must be Crash,
03:25the artist. What about us? Rio, Roxy, Chantal. Yes, I know all about you. Of course we can
03:39manage without you for a day or two. Have a good time. Well, good luck. You'll need it.
03:44Afternoon. Good afternoon, Sid. I'm sorry, but all visitors must be approved in advance. I'm
03:51not a visitor. I practically live here. Don't I, Sid? Sad but true. You're Tracy Beaker. Yeah,
03:59that's right. Excuse me. I believe that some youngsters once formed a Beaker Club inspired
04:05by you. Well, I am pretty inspiring. This club made flower bombs and paraded around with care
04:12workers' underwear on their heads. Well, all great leaders get misinterpreted. I think we
04:17can do without your influence here. Quiet! I think we ought to talk about your care plans.
04:33Our care plans? Elaine and I have made a few revisions. You what? I hang a management
04:42counselling every day. I don't need this. On the contrary, I think you've just proved
04:46that you do. You want to send us to separate foster homes? Well, we think it'll really
04:54give you a chance to blossom. And only a three-hour train journey apart. You can't do this. Let's
05:00talk to Sid. Sid's not here. But care plans can change. What do you want from us? Well,
05:11if you can prove that you can function well together with good behaviour, then I might
05:19rethink. But that's enough serious talk for tonight. Time to relax and watch telly. Great,
05:26just in time for celebrities to go nuts in the zoo. I thought we'd watch this fascinating
05:31documentary on potatoes. I'm out of here. Oh, I do hope you're not being antisocial. Perhaps
05:38some counselling would help.
06:06You won't believe what just happened and what
06:08is he doing here? Rehearsing the lead role in my play. What, Boring Careworkers the Musical?
06:12No, it's called The Young Rebels. It's a hard-hitting drama set in the 50s. Sid's playing Danny
06:18T, the angry leader of a motorcycle gang. Actually, one of the members of the drama
06:23group dropped out and I'm sure Constance can manage. What? The new care worker? She just
06:27chucked me out. Really? I'm sure she was just being cautious. When she gets to know you
06:32better, she'll put bars on the windows to keep you out.
06:37Where's the telly? Oh, and the game's console. Constance, I don't believe this. We're going
06:43to be really bored all day. You know, I've always believed that only boring people get
06:49bored. Right, and we're not boring, so we're fine, aren't we? No, we've got nothing to
06:55do. Oh, really? Don't look so gloomy. We're here to have fun. What sort of fun? The best
07:05kind there is. Mathematical fun. Welcome to Cliffside Mathalympics. Now, before we start,
07:13I've just got to run through a few rules. No calculators, no mobile phones, no talking
07:18to each other, no copying, no notes in class, no headphones, no tablets, no tablets...
07:21Rules! You can take your rules and you can shove them up your...
07:28I haven't got this, have I?
07:31Maybe it's the outfit. Yeah, that shirt's mingling.
07:34Oh, 50s clothes might help you get into character. I've got some stuff here from the theatre
07:40group. I'll see what I can do.
07:43She is taking this way too seriously.
07:47Well, she's a writer. You've got to understand, this play is her baby.
07:50What does she need a baby? She's got me. I mean, this 50s stuff is so lame.
07:55Haven't you ever imagined anything so strongly that you thought it was real?
08:00I suppose I might have once.
08:17Duke, you have to help us.
08:21Only if you help me with my soufflés.
08:23I can't get them to rise!
08:24Forget your soufflés.
08:25You have to get Constance sacked.
08:27Why? She made us do maths.
08:29Is that all?
08:30All? Is that all?
08:32Why? What else has she done?
08:34She...she...
08:38Nothing.
08:39Glad to hear it.
08:41So, how do we get rid of Constance then?
08:43We've got to call Tracy.
08:45That would be right, running to the beaker all the time.
08:47Let's hear your ideas then.
08:48No, we're not doing the dirty work this time.
08:51We're going straight.
08:56She's beaten the words.
08:58We haven't got a chance.
08:59Danny, you don't have to fight all the time.
09:02Hey, no chick tells me what to do.
09:05I must say, in that line I feel daft.
09:09Hello, National Theatre of Sadland.
09:11Oh, crash.
09:13What's wrong?
09:15No, it sounds great. Carry on.
09:19I do what I want to do.
09:21And if you don't like it, you can stick it.
09:23That's terrible.
09:24You're not wrong.
09:31Here, my admission form, signed by Sid.
09:33When did Sid write this?
09:35At mine just now.
09:36He was dressed like a reject from Greece.
09:38A likely story.
09:40Ring him if you don't believe me.
09:42Goodbye, Miss Speaker.
09:45Thanks for distracting him.
09:47No problem.
09:51What part of evil dictator don't you understand?
09:53Constance is a very experienced care worker.
09:55She's done a lot of good work.
09:57Like what?
09:58Like Travers House.
09:59Those kids were in all sorts of trouble.
10:01She turned that place round.
10:02You know what, Sid?
10:03You're so right.
10:05But that outfit is so wrong.
10:08The kitchen has an emergency sprinkler system.
10:12The kitchen has an emergency sprinkler system.
10:15Which is triggered by smoke.
10:17Smoke caused by, for example, burnt toast.
10:21It's the most genius plan ever invented
10:23because it's all based on science.
10:25A mysterious force of magnetism
10:26and finally our old friend gravity.
10:28See, the secret of a good planet is always keep it simple.
10:31And it can't possibly go wrong.
10:33Constance will be baffled by the timeless laws
10:35of physics and chemistry.
10:36The ancient power of toast.
10:37Always keep it simple.
10:39She'll beg us to let her out
10:41and will only do it if she promises to leave.
10:43Sorted.
10:59Don't you know it's dangerous to set booby traps?
11:02No, it's not.
11:04It's just a snack.
11:06I like my toast crunchy.
11:09Well, you better eat it up then.
11:15Mmm, delicious.
11:20Oi, you!
11:21It's the pigs.
11:22Shut up.
11:23It's Crash and the Beaker.
11:25What do you want?
11:26Haven't seen you Travers house lot round here for a while.
11:28We haven't been getting out much.
11:30I had this evil care worker.
11:32Was that Constance Carlton?
11:34Constance Car, we called her.
11:36She made her life's hell for a year.
11:38I'd love to get your own back.
11:39Of course, if we knew where she'd gone.
11:41Oh, come on, Sid.
11:43You can do this.
11:45I can't do it.
11:46I can't get angry.
11:48We're going to have to cancel the show or something.
11:50Cancel the show?
11:51It took me months to write this play.
11:53All you have to do is say the lines.
11:55What kind of pathetic wuss can't even do that?
11:58And what would you know?
12:00You're just a writer.
12:02You don't know what it's like in front of an audience.
12:04It's tough up there, Cam, so just get off my back.
12:07By George, I think you've got it.
12:11That documentary was so inspiring.
12:14I just had to buy enough sea potatoes for us all.
12:16We can all keep our own potato diary
12:18and chart the progress of the plants.
12:23Great.
12:24What are we waiting for?
12:25Let's get out there.
12:27Come on, then, everybody. Come on, come on.
12:31Hello, losers.
12:33Did you do this?
12:36Sian!
12:37Christopher!
12:38You got a problem, Mrs C?
12:40Yes.
12:41You should be doing your homework,
12:43not vandalising.
12:44Homework for losers.
12:46Yeah, we've got better stuff to do
12:48than worry about school
12:50and eating fresh vegetables.
12:52You've stopped eating fresh vegetables.
12:55But I only left three days ago.
12:59A whole year's work ruined.
13:06Sue!
13:07I got your text messages.
13:09What's up?
13:10Where's Constance?
13:11She just left.
13:12Said she had to go back to Travis' house.
13:14She never even tasted my soufflé.
13:20Mmm.
13:21Right, you lot.
13:23What have you been doing to poor old Constance?
13:25Whoa!
13:26What's all this in aid of?
13:28Oh, we just realised how lucky we are to have you.
13:30Oh, yeah?
13:31What do you want?
13:32Seriously, never, never go away again.
13:34Hey!
13:36Unbeatable.
13:37Unbelievable.
13:38Unmissable beaker.
13:42Bin.
13:43Jackie.
13:44Bin.
13:45Bin.
13:46Mine.
13:48What's the Brownhurst Academy?
13:50It's Jackie's letter.
13:51It's a sports academy in Wales
13:53that Jackie applied to.
13:54Is that an envelope?
13:55No.
13:56Jackie doesn't read your stuff.
13:58Give it here.
13:59You shouldn't even look at the envelope.
14:02What?
14:04I don't know.
14:06Bin.
14:07Bin.
14:08Bin.
14:09Bin.
14:10Well, Jackie?
14:11I got it.
14:12I actually got it.
14:13Hey!
14:14Wow!
14:15So, can I have your room?
14:17You are happy, aren't you?
14:19You are going to take it, aren't you?
14:21It's none of your business.
14:22Jackie!
14:23I've only just opened the letter
14:25and you're already packing my bag.
14:27On your marks,
14:29get set,
14:31go!
14:32And Jackie Hopper is off to a slow start.
14:35Will she make up her pace
14:37and get back in the race?
14:47Jackie,
14:48calm down.
14:49You don't have to make a decision this second.
14:51I don't want to think about it at all today.
14:53Well,
14:54look at it,
14:55smell it,
14:56and it's all mine.
14:57Where did you get that?
14:58How do I get some?
14:59You can't.
15:00It's from Penelope,
15:02she loves me very much.
15:03That's why she gave me a hundred pounds.
15:05Well,
15:06I'm on my way to spend, spend, spend.
15:08Anyone want to come?
15:09I do.
15:10OK, well the bus leaves in ten minutes,
15:12we'll have to run.
15:13No way.
15:14I'm not thinking about running
15:15and I'm not doing any running all day.
15:17OK.
15:18Well, I've got a better idea
15:19why don't we get a taxi?
15:20Or better still,
15:21limousine.
15:32A hundred pounds,
15:33unfair or what?
15:34We need to get us some grandparents,
15:36then we'd have tons of money.
15:37And maybe they'll foster us.
15:39And where do you find grandparents?
15:40At the bingo.
15:41In church.
15:42In old folks' homes.
15:43Yes!
15:44They're full of rich old people
15:45who've just been dumped there.
15:46Like us.
15:47All we need to do
15:48is invite them over
15:49and wait for the cash.
15:50Do we really want old people here?
15:52Well,
15:53I don't think so.
15:54I don't think so.
15:55I don't think so.
15:56I don't think so.
15:57I don't think so.
15:58I don't think so.
15:59I don't think so.
16:00I don't think so.
16:02We really need to get them over here.
16:03They just sleep all day,
16:04don't they?
16:05You want money don't you?
16:06What?
16:09So,
16:10you're just gonna leave?
16:11Just move out?
16:13Tracey,
16:14did you want to live in a dumping ground?
16:15Well it wasn't easy.
16:17But are you happier now?
16:20Do you know what the hard thing is?
16:21There's always people around.
16:23Child's places are pretty quiet.
16:25I can't imagine leaving.
16:26Think you're going to turn them down?
16:29I don't know.
16:30I want to go, but I don't know if I can move again.
16:33Really?
16:34I've sort of decided not to think about it today.
16:36OK, let's talk about what I'm going to do with my £100.
16:40Do you think it's enough to buy a new bike?
16:44And it looks like Jackie Hopper may not be up for this race.
16:50Will she be defeated so soon?
16:53Yeah, I'm phoning from the...
16:56...cliffside.
16:58We were wondering if any old people...
17:00Rich old people?
17:01Erm, nice old people. Come and visit us.
17:05Because we're lonely.
17:07We've all just been dumped here.
17:10Old people must get lonely too.
17:12We've nothing to do all day except...
17:14Count their money.
17:15Count it.
17:17Erm, watch Countdown.
17:20We thought we could invite them over for a bit of fun.
17:23Yeah, the paperwork's not a problem. Sid deals with that.
17:27Yeah.
17:30Of course, erm...
17:32Sid, they want to talk to you about form 21C subsection 8.
17:41Could you lend me 55 quid?
17:43I've only got 25 and I'm saving it for some new trainers.
17:46Oh, you're always buying boring old sports stuff.
17:48Not today.
17:50Maybe I should look at some more funky shoes instead.
17:53Oh, there's some.
17:55Those orange boots.
18:00What are you doing?
18:02They're the trainers I want.
18:04I can do it, can't I?
18:06I don't have to buy them.
18:08I can be normal.
18:10Yeah, OK.
18:12But it's not normal to be hypnotised by trainers.
18:14Come on.
18:16Come on!
18:18It's like there's some weird kind of force at work here.
18:20Do you believe in destiny, Jackie?
18:22It's like someone... something is saying...
18:24Let's go get some lunch.
18:26I've got to go.
18:28I've got to go.
18:30I've got to go.
18:32I've got to go.
18:34I've got to go.
18:36I've got to go.
18:38I've got to go.
18:40I've got to go.
18:42I've got to go.
18:44I've got to go.
18:47Can we go get some lunch?
18:53Hello, this is Leila, and I'm Lol.
18:55I like reading and...
18:57gardening.
18:59I'm Crash, and I'm really into board games.
19:01I love board games too.
19:03Do you know, I really hate them.
19:05I hate board games as well.
19:07So, Henry, can I take your coat?
19:09Oh, yes, sir.
19:11Just take my wallet.
19:13You've got lots of money in it.
19:15I don't want to lose my bus pass, that's all.
19:16I'm not too sure about this anymore.
19:18Seems kind of mean.
19:19Let me take you on a tour of Cliffside.
19:21Yeah, I'll help.
19:23This way, just through here.
19:27You can't back out now.
19:29Come on.
19:31Here, make the most of it.
19:33It'll all be salads and vegetables and other rubbishy stuff if you go to that academy.
19:37You'd be better off hanging around people with normal appetites.
19:41Like me.
19:42This is how much normal people eat.
19:44It's how much I eat.
19:46Okay.
19:51And what has happened to junior track star Jackie Hopper?
19:55She is certainly er...
19:57...Rodney Sanchez, as we last saw her run.
20:02Hello.
20:04Can I help you?
20:05Could I have another cup of tea, please?
20:07Or more cake?
20:09Chocolate? A nice slice of Battenberg?
20:12Can I recite you my poem?
20:14If you have to.
20:17Poor orphan child, no proper home.
20:20Lies in the gutter, and lies there alone.
20:23Okay, I give up.
20:25Who are those people?
20:26They just turned up on the doorstep.
20:28They went out for a walk when they lost their...
20:30Dog!
20:31Dog.
20:32She shivers, she weeps.
20:33So lonely, so cold.
20:35And they knocked to see if we'd seen it, and I had seen it.
20:38And so I said they should come in for a cup of tea,
20:40while I told them what their dog looked like.
20:43If it's their dog, surely they know what it looks like?
20:48All people can be very forgetful sometimes.
20:50Cuckoo!
20:51I'll cuckoo you.
20:54And as the sun rises, the cold light of morn
20:57shows poor little orphan quite dead in the dawn.
21:02Oh.
21:06Okay, they can stay.
21:08But not for too long.
21:10Would you like me to sing you a song?
21:13I'd really rather you didn't.
21:15Oh, that second milkshake was a mistake.
21:18That third one was definitely a mistake.
21:20I shouldn't have finished off yours.
21:22Probably not.
21:23Come on then, let's jog it off.
21:25Oh, I couldn't move anyway.
21:27Hang on, I thought we went...
21:29No, you're right.
21:30No running.
21:31I think I need some chocolate.
21:34What? There's always room for chocolate.
21:37And this is mine and Roxy's room.
21:39It's nice, isn't it?
21:40Are you sure you don't want to hear my song?
21:44Oh yeah, I drew you a picture.
21:46Hold this.
21:48And this.
21:49Did you hear?
21:50When we came in, has it got a lot of money in it?
21:54No.
21:55Is that why they're trying...
21:57I say, Dora, should we have a bit of fun?
22:00Oh, yes.
22:01I think we should.
22:04Oh, here it is.
22:05Look, I...
22:06Who are these people?
22:08Oh, that's me.
22:09That's my sister Roxy and my brother Rio.
22:11Oh, dear.
22:12Afraid your family did fall out of the ugly tree, didn't they?
22:16And hit all the branches on the way down.
22:18What?
22:27It's no good.
22:28I have to go.
22:30They're probably going to miss you.
22:32Leila thinks you're wicked and crashed.
22:34But my training.
22:35It's not the same as friends.
22:37Tracy, what would you do if it was you?
22:41I'd stay where I had people who really cared about me.
22:44But that's what you had at the dumping ground.
22:46And you still have to live with Cam.
22:51And I think Jackie Hopper is determined to give up.
22:56Will she really head off on the wrong track?
22:59Or will she return to the race?
23:04Just don't see what the big deal is.
23:06If you love running more than us, just leave.
23:08I'll stay.
23:09It's not complicated.
23:10I suppose, but...
23:12What?
23:13It'll be like leaving Grandpa all over again.
23:16I was so miserable.
23:18And the only person who could make it better wasn't there.
23:21It took ages and ages before I felt better.
23:24But the dumping ground's home now.
23:27And I don't want to leave and go through it all again.
23:29Not if I've got a choice.
23:33We haven't been in here.
23:34There's nothing interesting in there, honestly.
23:36Look, dance mats.
23:38Our little Jodie's got one of these.
23:40I'm ever so good.
23:41Rubbish.
23:42Let's go back to the lounge, yeah?
23:43I bet I'm way much better than you.
23:45You haven't got any rhythm.
23:46I have, too.
23:47Have not? You're like a drunken octopus.
23:48I'm not.
23:49You're not being like grandparents at all.
23:51Well, we don't want to be your grandparents.
23:53Anyway, maybe some money will fall out of my pockets when I'm dancing.
23:57And maybe not.
24:00I want another go. You're honking it.
24:02No, I beat you, so you can't get on until I've finished.
24:06We have to make them leave.
24:08What about the plan?
24:09The plan failed, though.
24:10Tees up.
24:13Well, I thought our guests might like a nice spot to...
24:15It's quite all right, my dear.
24:16I think we'd rather outstay our welcome.
24:19Come along, dear.
24:21I may be old, but I'm not stupid.
24:24And I'm certainly not deaf.
24:26And I suggest if you want pocket money in future, you earn it.
24:37I really like us. I really want a grandparent.
24:42What do you need grandparents for, eh? You've got me.
24:45I'm like your grandbrother.
24:47I'm better than both of those two put together.
24:51So, have our friends departed?
24:54Yeah, finally.
24:56And this was your idea?
24:58And Crash's.
24:59Good.
25:00Well, since you seem to like them both so much,
25:03I've arranged for you to go and work at their home during half-term.
25:06Just a couple of hours a day.
25:08Oh, no.
25:10Great idea, Lol.
25:11You agreed to it.
25:12Let's make loads of money, you said.
25:14Come on, Crash.
25:15Oh, don't come at me.
25:16No.
25:17We need some money.
25:18We don't get any money.
25:20This race is definitely giving young Hopper some problems.
25:24Will she stay the course?
25:27So you're saying it'll be too hard to leave?
25:30I suppose.
25:32Friends are more important than running.
25:47I'll miss running.
25:49Jackie?
25:51Yeah?
25:52I was wrong.
25:55You should go to the academy.
25:57You don't have to choose between running and friends.
26:00We'll still be here for you.
26:03Even if some of us are a bit unhelpful at times.
26:06I'll miss you.
26:08I'll come and visit.
26:10I'll get Cam to drive me.
26:11And I'll write to you every day.
26:13OK, well, maybe every week.
26:15Me too.
26:18You're going to be a great runner.
26:20You're going to make loads of new friends.
26:22They'll be just as good as the ones at the dumping ground.
26:25Yeah?
26:29And Jackie Hopper makes it through to the end of the race.
26:32This girl has got a great athletics career ahead of her.
26:38I bet they're not as cool as the Beaker, though.
26:44You all right?
26:46I hate fever.
26:48Me too.
27:16you