Ackley Bridge (2017) s01e02 Episode Script

Today, two completely segregated schools start a new life together.
Don't fight with your friends.
You don't get many good ones in life.
Do you always post your holiday photos online? School is just not what I expected.
You know Nasreen? Sleep with her for me.
- Man's a racist.
- Yeah, let's all be grateful to Sadiq, because you've certainly been showing him how grateful you are.
We're all stuck here.
All of us.
What you doing? Don't touch me.
HE KNOCKS ON DOOR Mr Bell.
What are you doing here? Mrs Carter, she's asked me to fetch Jordan, just to make sure he's all right, you know? Keep an eye out in case there's any trouble.
He's gone already.
All right.
Cheers.
Oi, stop! There he is, stop him! Get him, boys! Jordan! Jordan! Get him! I'm going to kill you when you get there! Boys, quicker, quicker! I'm going to murder you when I grab you.
I'll get you, you twerp! Get him, get him! Boys, quicker, quicker! Jordan? Get away from him.
- What are you doing? - Out of the way! - Leave him alone.
- I said out of the way! What are you gonna do, you gonna kill my baby? See you in school, you're dead! Come on, boys! What've you done? What have you done to your face? Summat at school.
What? Them? No, teacher.
Shut up.
Always good conversation out of you.
- Where are you going? - You've been avoiding us, both of us.
He's your baby, too.
I've got to go to school.
They'll kill you, they just said.
My dad's at home, what do you want me to do? Candice! Candice! BABY CRIES BABY CRIES Nasreen! Nasreen! Where are you bloody going? - What? - Don't bloody "what" me, I'll give you bloody thappar.
And you.
Go, chal.
Well, you can't stop me.
You wear dupatta and now I wear this.
Who told you to wear this thing? - It's my culture.
- You're not bloody Arab, are ya? All my school friends wear 'em.
Friend, what about that friend over there? You wearing it for her, as well? Or are you wearing it to hide from her? Nasreen! Nasreen! I just want to show you around, though.
Please, I'm fine on my own.
Mum, don't.
You can walk with me if you want.
I'm all right, ta.
Pass it.
Yeah, go on, have it.
There is not one fit boy in this school.
Not even for you.
Ah! I will sue, swear to God! It's her.
What? Sneak out to go drinking, but I want to make sure everyone in this school knows I'm a good girl.
You're right shot of that slapper.
I thought she was your mate.
She ain't, is she? - Right, so if I sleep with your mate - She's not my mate.
She's got a headscarf on.
- Look, if she's found religion - That scarf don't mean nowt to her.
She's no different to me even if she thinks she is.
It's gonna be impossible, even for me.
Got to be worth a little something if I did manage it.
Fine.
What? - For real? - Why not? Can't you handle it? Oi, Nas.
You want to hang out after school? - What? - I would like to take you out.
Bring your mate if you like, - Aliya.
- Oi, - leave my sister out of this.
- I can stick up for myself.
You don't have to come.
Invite's for Nas, ain't it? - Is this a joke? - A joke? You think someone fancying you is a joke? Come on, what ya saying, Nas? She says no.
What're you doing? If I sleep with Nas Paracha, I get to sleep with Missy Booth.
For real? For absolute, dead certain, real.
Listen, maybe he's just late.
Jordan Wilson, no.
He'd be bunking off.
Hood.
He was all right last night, though, wasn't he? In detention? Yeah.
- I'll call his dad.
- Mandy, just leave it, eh? After everything you did to keep him in school.
BABY CRIES - Dad.
- Right, I've just had school on the phone! - You get to school now! - Dad, you don't understand, listen Are you asking for a slap? - Where are you? I'm not having this! - Dad Get to school, now! BABY CRIES When you're sending pictures to your boyfriend, your girlfriend, whatever, you gotta remember that picture can end up anywhere.
Couldn't find class.
STUDENTS LAUGH Take a seat.
Eugh! Try not to vomit on me.
Oh! I gotta sit next to a racist.
Nas Paracha, the year above.
Do her and Missy will do you.
Like I'm just so much better than him.
And he just Do you want to hang at the Rec tonight? No, she doesn't.
- You let her tell you what to do? - All we want is a kiss.
You were well pretty before you started dressing like one of them.
- One of them? Nice.
- Oi, what's going on? You think you're the only one.
I could get her easy.
Actually, no-one could get me easy.
ALL: Ooh! - Where do you think you're going? - Nasreen should watch her reputation.
ALL LAUGH She's got friends as well.
- What? - If somebody can sleep with Nas Paracha they can sleep with you.
What? - No, that was - Missy, back in your seat, please.
BABY COOS You on crack? - There's a baby in your bag.
- I know.
What is that sound? You gonna make us aware of all social media, like Tindr Grindr, sir? Whoa, whoa, Jordan, where are you going? Bathroom.
No, you're not, mate.
You're on report, sit down.
I hate this place.
Pick that chair up and sit down! Oi, you two, where are you off to? Told Miss I'd come and find you.
Why? It were kind of my fault that.
I think they overheard me before and Yeah, and what were that about? You don't want to know.
I'm sorry, though.
I suppose I just thought it were a bit of a laugh.
- Cory! Stop, you slimy, seedy, lying - What? After school is what I told you, I didn't think you were going to do it.
- Of course you did! - You shouldn't have done it! - Missy, if you don't mind! - I told him to get you so he could have me.
Because she's a psycho, but I mean - Just then she kissed me.
- Yeah, right.
- You said what? - You're lucky if you ever shake my hand, never mind anything else now.
Missy, what kind of twisted screw-up are you? - Trying to get me off with a walking STD.
- Oi! And that's somehow gonna make you less of a slag? - Oh, so you think it's all right to - Why are you not in class? Come here.
- Listen, yesterday, you wound me up - You punched a student, sir.
Forget your job, you could land in jail for this.
Now, I need your help.
GENERAL CHATTER He's on detention.
Organise the cupboard.
Go on! Carry on with your work, please.
So what am I meant to do, Jordan? I'm meant to hide a baby in a school because, because what? - I owe you one? - Well you do, don't you? So back off sir, unless you're going to hit me again.
BELL RINGS That was great, everyone.
Don't forget to get your fact sheets off Shireen, if you haven't already.
And do your homework.
What's going on with Nas? Lads are giving her trouble, that's all.
Not her fault that though, is it? Cos I heard what you said about minding reputation.
Well, you wouldn't understand.
Why? Because I'm not Muslim? No, because the entire school has seen your boobs.
Isolation now.
- What? - I said now! KNOCKING What is wrong with you two? Eh? And what's Cory Wilson got to do with all of this? Or have I got to go to isolation and ask him myself? Girls, I held off over the fight but come on now.
You two are friends.
What's happened to you since you came to this school? - With Cory and that - Are you in trouble again? Come back here! You've just been here one week.
The two of you tried to murder each other twice.
- Why? - You don't want to know.
I do want to know.
I do want to know.
You're always so easily led, Nas.
Same thing with the One Direction and now this thing on your head? Why are you trying so hard to fit in? Look, I'm allowed to change who I am.
Good if it make you bloody happy but you're still bloody miserable.
- Are you coming in? - Sorry about that, love.
She gone holy for a bit.
What have you done? Mouthing off, kicking chairs around, you should've heard her.
I have.
At home, stereo 24/7.
- What's the matter, Chloe? - I said sorry.
And you want to drag her in there on her first day.
Get back to class.
Yeah, I know it's the first day but she needs to toe the line.
Toe the line.
Joking, right? You forget I knew you before.
Miss Keane, a word please.
Everything all right, Mr Qucreshi? Yeah, so everything all right with you? You know, after Boobgate.
Oh, fine.
I did have some cheek off Alya, but don't worry, I put her in isolation.
Nawaz? Our sponsor's daughter? Am I meant to be giving her special treatment or something? After he backed you up after you flaunted yourself online and when this school is hanging by a thread, yes! Yes! Give her special treatment, please! Alya texted me.
Should we? (BARELY AUDIBLE) Oi! The way you spoke to Nasreen? You've got no respect for women or anybody.
You are so in love with me.
Cory, you can go back to class.
You came.
I think you need to watch how you talk to your teachers.
Sorry.
All right, you can go.
- Everything all right? - Yes.
I just told her to take Alya out of isolation.
That's all.
As a favour to me? You don't owe me any favours, Mandy.
We're a team.
- Just getting me bag.
- Yeah.
I'll just hold him and you drive slow.
Do you know how dangerous that is? You've already had him in a bag, you muppet.
There's a baby seat in here, look.
You're all right, Jordan.
Since when have you had kids? Since when do you? Give him here.
Let's get this baby back to his mum.
The distance between an oxygen molecule being taken in - and the place it needs to get to - Oi.
Give us your sister's number.
- You what? - You've been with every girl in the whole school.
He's not going to give you a sister's number.
I'm not racist, man.
We've been integrated.
All new frontier here.
This is because being so small, diffusion occurs readily, as the surface area to volume ratio is high.
That were easy, man.
So in larger organisms GROANING PLEASURABLY Yes, yes.
Organism does sound like orgasm.
Can we grow up please, Year 12? Save the crude flirting till after my lesson.
Yeah, or not at all if you want teeth at the end of the day.
Right, everyone answer the questions at the end of Chapter two in silence.
Nas, up here.
- What's wrong? - Nowt, Miss.
- I thought we'd agreed that - Yeah, it's nothing to do with you.
Since gas exchange occurs by diffusion alone, single-celled organisms such as bacteria do not LOUD VOICES, JUMBLED INSIDE NAS' HEAD IN NASREEN'S HEAD: All I wanted was a kiss should watch her reputation I saw her kissing Cory Wilson! Bringing shame on the whole family! But you're still bloody miserable! - BELL RINGS - Ok, read over Chapter 3B tonight.
We'll be looking at Chapter four tomorrow.
Off you go.
It's all over the school.
I won't be surprised if it gets back to the head's office.
I'll just say they're lying.
You don't understand, she acted like she didn't even know my mum.
Yeah.
Nasty thing to do.
Almost as nasty as getting one of your classmates - to sleep with her as payback.
- Yeah, all right.
I know it were gross.
Don't beat yourself up, just put it right.
Here's your chance.
Nas.
Nas! So where's Mr Bell then, Sir? He's, erm, sick.
I swear on my mum's life, a baby in his bag.
Course there was.
So much drama.
Come on.
Hey, where's your fighting spirit girls? - You want to go to pub later? - Chloe! Yeah.
Where you want to go? Two Moons in town.
OK.
Let's go there, like six? Yeah.
Ladies, calories aren't going to burn themselves.
Excuse me, sir, but that is really sexist.
Off you pop.
- You're not going.
- I'm not, ease up! - You best not.
- I'm not.
Get off me! Get off me! Put me down! What do you think you're doing lads? What's this? You his dad? Thinks he can come around here - after what he did to our Candice? - Listen, he's just a kid.
Back off, old man! Here we go.
Stay.
Stay down.
Sir, come on! Come on! Right, right, right, right sir! I'm going.
- Go, go, go! Go on! - Jordan, Jordan, calm down.
I think you might have anger issues, you know, sir? THEY LAUGH Just grab that.
Come on.
Come and look after him.
I don't know how.
You've got a kid, haven't you? You know how to do it.
Where is it, anyway? Lives with his mum.
So is Miss Carter not your kid's mum, then? Jordan, come and look after this baby now.
- Is Miss Carter - Enough about Mrs Carter, please.
No, I mean, is she gonna ring me dad and tell him I wasn't at school today? Stop worrying about that, I said I'd sort it, didn't it? It's hard work, you know.
What's her saying is that I'm going to be stuck here with you like this, forever.
I mean, kids, they ruin your life, don't they? Look at me, dad.
Jordan I bet if you asked him he wouldn't say that.
He does, though.
So you walked out of school like? What is taking you girls so long? Food's ready.
What's she doing here? It's like the Spice Girls, isn't it? Two become one again.
Well, I wanted Steve to come down, but he's not answering his phone again.
But I think it could be a really good idea for the school.
What are you thinking? Rugby.
We start a rugby team, a proper one.
We get the lads training together, integrated.
Are you on the pull, or something? Two seconds.
I'll have a vodka Coke.
ID, love.
- What, it's not fake! - It's all right, Jeff, I'll sort this.
What are you playing at? What does it look like? I got stood up.
Look, kid, I know it's hard to make friends.
It's hard to do anything in this stupid place.
Nothing works the way it does back home.
It's all backwards up here.
Well, at least you've got your mum.
She's cool.
Are you having a laugh? Mum's a joke.
She's barely been home since I came here.
Oh, come on, you don't need baby-sitting, do you? Dad dumps me on her and I'm a burden.
She should be happy.
You know, all them mums fighting to stop the social taking their kids.
Why can't I have one like that? I don't think I've ever heard anyone fantasising about social services.
Like I said, everything's backwards up here.
She's trying, you know.
Yeah, but so am I.
Why are you both fighting, huh? You know Nas would never turn her back on you, Missy? Yeah, is that why she acts like she don't know my mum? Maybe you keep your mum away from school next time.
Why you talk about her mother like this? Don't take her side! Do you know what she did today? Do you know what she did today?! Missy, are you having a laugh? - No, I'm sorry - You are no friend of mine! Go.
Not you.
You, you, you.
Leave them.
They want to kill each other, good, fine.
But much easier to be friend again like India, Pakistan.
When I come back I want to see clear table, cleared air and clear head.
And one without hijab.
Mum! DOOR OPENS - Oh, what do you want? - You need to come home, now! It's serious.
And you.
- Are you coming? - Yes! It must be here somewhere.
It's your mother to blame.
She's been in here again.
- Are you sure you didn't lose it? - No, it's here.
Look, 80 quid short.
- What were you doing with 80 quid? - For bingo.
I don't know how the beggar found out about it.
I bet she was straight around here as soon as she heard.
- I'm ringing police.
- No, Nana, you can't! No, Nana, no.
Give us an hour.
If we haven't got your money back, then we'll go to the police together, OK? OK.
Come on, Nana.
- What do we do? - Find your mum, innit? Come on.
- I get that I were out of order with Cory, and that.
- Too right.
Fine, hate me I don't care.
I come round to apologise, you know, but forget it.
Right, we'll find your mum and then you can stay out of my life.
CAR HORN BEEPS Girls, are you working? Get lost, pervert! Come on.
You came.
Adam! Adam.
Me daughter came.
Are you all right? - Mum.
- Who's this? This is Missy's best friend in the world.
- What are you wearing, love? - Mum! Sit down, sit down! - Mum, you stole Nana's bingo money.
- I didn't.
What do you think I come here for, to hang out? Give it back.
I haven't got owt.
Oh, are you skint, darling.
- Adam, lend her summat.
- No chance.
It's not a big deal.
It's me daughter, I can't let her starve.
What did I say? - Get off her! - Sit down, shut up and get out.
- Creep! - Get out.
- Take Jihadi Jane with you.
- Mum, the money.
- I haven't got owt! - Mum, what do I tell Nana? - She said she'd call the police.
- Yeah, right.
- Leave it.
Missy, trust me.
- No! Come on.
Working late? I've just dropped your Chloe off at home.
What are you talking about? I found her in the pub.
- Is she OK? - Yeah, of course she is.
She's like you, isn't she? She's a drama queen.
I'm sure she'll figure it out.
So you came all the way back here just to tell me that? No, I left my laptop.
Liar.
Hiya.
Erm, listen.
You're not allowed to have him here.
You said I'd never - No, it's not - What's wrong with you, Jordan? Will you shut up? What do you expect me to do? They said you brought some old man with you and you battered him! What are you playing at and where's me pram? My dad's waiting.
Stay away, Jordan.
You're too stupid to think, never mind be a dad.
A dad? You didn't have to come with us, Miss.
Mr Bell's not allowed to drive you alone.
It's child protection laws.
All right.
Cool.
You're not gonna tell my dad, are you? He knew every button to press! What's that got to do with him having a baby - and you bunking off school with him all day? - Because I owed him.
Oh, you owed him.
What, a 15-year-old boy.
What, did he give you a great - Pokemon card or something? - Listen, I lost it with him.
I proper lost it with him.
Well, he must be used to that.
Did you see the black eye his dad's given him? I'll have to call someone, I can't have that going on.
Mandy, it wasn't his dad.
No.
Steve.
I can't believe you robbed him.
- The man's scum.
- Yeah, but look at you.
With all that head gear and doing this.
I just thought it would make us feel more like myself.
You're like yourself already.
You can't be not like yourself.
It's impossible.
Fine, don't talk to me.
I get you hate me after the Cory thing.
- It were - Yeah.
- Sorry he kissed you and that.
- I kissed him.
Just trying something.
OK.
Maybe you're right, you're not acting like yourself.
You don't know who I am.
Oh, all right.
You're well mysterious.
You're all changed and want nowt to do with me.
I get it.
- If you tell anyone what gone on tonight - Missy, like I'd tell anyone.
Seeing Cory staring at Alya and that I think he's got a thing for hijabis.
- So if you like him - I don't want Cory.
- I don't want a boy.
- OK.
But like a proper boyfriend that your mum No, I don't want a boy.
Fine.
- Do you, do you see what I'm saying? - Yeah.
I don't want a boy, Missy.
Ever.
What, are you some big, hairy les? Nas Nas It's a joke.
This is a joke, right? Oi.
Gonna carry on blanking me? Rude.
So, are we gonna talk about it? I'd like not to.
So you're gay? Listen, this is NO not talking about it.
Do you fancy me? - No.
- It's OK if you do.
- Look, I don't.
- I don't feel the same way.
Missy, I don't fancy you.
I don't want to like, break your heart or summat.
- We could figure it out, like, I can - Missy, listen to me, OK, really clear now.
I don't fancy you.
- Really? - Promise.
Why? NASREEN LAUGHS Now, remember what we spoke about.
You represent our values when you're here.
- I know.
I promise I'll make you proud.
- Good.
Nasreen! What are you doing? I thought we talked about this.
About her.
Alya, she's my best mate.
I'm allowed to hang around with who I want.
Yeah, but you represent us.
We should be sticking together.
What, so now just cos we look alike and both believe in the same thing I've now got to THINK like you as well? - What, so you're taking it off now? - No Clearly I wasn't wearing it for the right reasons.
You're embarrassing yourself.
Have you not listened to a word I said, Alya? Don't tell other people how to live their lives.
Isn't that what half the country think we do anyway? - All right, Riz? - You all right? Yeah, not too bad, I mean your sister's been messaging me all night.
You wish.
You all right, kidda? - Why you waiting here? - You're a liar.
- What? - DOOR OPENS Up.
- Why weren't I called in yesterday? - Well, we wanted time to assess Assess what? - Dumb kid's fallen for a pack of lies.
- It was my baby.
Who says? Candice? Did she tell you that? Yeah, she's right.
- Lad ain't even got pubes.
- 'Ey! Whoa, enough, enough now, eh? D'you let your staff walk around like that? No wonder he comes home black and blue.
He's obviously copying off the teachers.
Go on, Jordan, you can tell him.
Go on, it's all right.
It's nothing, Dad.
Why don't you go to your form room, Jordan? 'Scuse me.
SHE CLEARS HER THROA What kind of school are you running here, love? (SHE SIGHS) Did you get all that? - Well, he's a piece of work, isn't he? - (SHE SIGHS) Well, that explains a lot.
Mandy, thank you for not saying anything about What? For not mentioning, "Oh, my husband punched your child in the face," you're actually thanking me for not mentioning that? Yes, I'm actually thanking you for not mentioning it.
Don't think it would be in Jordan's best interest either.
Oh, Mandy listen, I know you're not doing me any favours, love, so just Course I'm doing you a favour! In fact, do you know what, replace "favour" with "totally compromising myself" because of you being an idiot.
HE SIGHS Let's talk about this tonight.
After my Governor's reception.
- Erm - What? It's my night with my boy.
I promised.
He doesn't know if it's your night with him or not.
I promised his mum.
Right.
And she takes priority, does she? The woman you cheated with.
Could you not hear that we were talking? - I can come back.
- No - No.
- He can.
Goodbye, Mr Bell.
Come in, Sadiq.
Sorry, I shouldn't come between a husband and a wife.
Sometimes I wish someone would.
HE CLEARS HIS THROA So if you don't fancy this who DO you like? Her? The new teacher? Oh, she ain't gonna go for it, Nas.
Already has.
No, in the last year at me old school.
She were only there a term, but I thought I'd never see her again.
QUIETLY: Oh WHISPERS: She's looking.
Just ignore her.
Miss I, uh I heard you had trouble with them year 12 yesterday.
It was fine.
Can you handle yourself, miss? Cos you look well young.
I've done my training, haven't I? - You always wanted to do this? - Yeah.
Why, do you want to be a teacher? Nah.
Too much work.
- When d'you have time for any fun? - You make time.
Now, Missy Booth can I help you with something? No.
You're OK.
Here if you need me.
- Oi.
- You "oi" -ing us? You're confident for someone who stood me up last night.
And you're confident for someone who GOT stood up last night.
A "teachers' pub".
That's the most northern little town thing I've ever heard.
Sorry.
Raz You should be, do you know how embarrassing it was? I saw Mr Quereshi, who's apparently my mum's ex by the way.
- Mr Quereshi dated Miss Keane? - That's what HE said.
Have you asked your mum about it? Mr Quereshi is SO fit, he could be, like your stepdad.
Mr Quereshi? Fit? - The PE teacher is fit.
- The PE teacher is dopey.
The PE teacher from yesterday? Mr Simpson? Yeah.
Yeah.
He's fit.
Exactly.
Now, come on.
We're late.
Are you coming? Since when did you know anything about rugby? Ah, come on, it's just football with a funny-shaped ball, innit? Easy.
Double maths.
SUCH a drag.
Chloe What? Did you make up with your friends? - SHE WHISPERS: Really embarrassing.
- But is everything OK? You should go for it with him.
Yeah, I should.
Oh Get you, Casanova.
- What you on about? - There's enough heartbreak with the kids, no need for the teachers to be at it an' all! All right, Lorraine You know you're still my favourite.
Oh, behave yourself.
So glad you're up for this.
Yeah, well Got to make the school proud, haven't we? To our headmistress.
CLAPPING Yeah, thanks(!) Who chose these people?! They're awful.
D'you know, I think WE chose them.
Are we, er not such a good team after all, eh? Er, so I spoke to her.
She's fit.
- Shut up.
- No point going for it if she's not fit.
If you can let down the whole of Pakistan by being a lezza you might as well go the whole way and sleep with your teacher too! OK, OK ! It's good you're back to friends, but don't overdo it.
I know what you bloody get up to.
You'd think you had no homework, had no meals Go! Go on.
And you, come on.
- Well, I'm glad that's all over.
- Yeah.
They were so dull, weren't they? So Home.