Riot Women (2025) s01e05 Episode Script

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REPORT: - The 1980s heroin epidemic
that seized Leeds and Bradford
catapulted Keith Eckersley to the
top of the criminal underworld.
Bound by blood and
fuel led by violence,
Eckersley and his four sons
built an illicit empire
that would give the Eckersley
name a currency all of its own
in the shadow economy
of West Yorkshire.
Tales of murder, extortion,
international drug trafficking
and the disappearance of
two serving police officers
sealed Eckersley's
formidable reputation
far beyond the city
in which he operated,
and a dark secret was rumoured
to lurk inside the walls
of the Eckersley family home.
In 1990, Eckersley's
wife of 18 years, Janet,
disappeared without trace,
leaving behind her four adult sons
and a nine-year-old daughter
Excuse me?
Hi, can I see somebody
about my hand, please?
Can you tell me what's happened?
I've, erm, hit
something, somebody.
It happened about
two, three hours ago.
Can I take your name
and date of birth?
Yeah, it's Katherine Eckersley.
16th of February 1981.
Address?
It's Upper Crofting, Hawgreen
Lane, Ripponden, HA6 9TI.
OK, thank you. Take
a seat, please.
Is Nisha going to be all right?
What've you done?
Oh, I bust me hand.
-How?
-I hit someone.
What for?
You all right?
What were you doing?
Is Nisha going to be all right?
Well, she's still in Resus,
we still don't know anything.
What happened?
You know I've got a criminal record,
don't you, cos you told Jess.
She was giving you a job. I
thought she should know
So what happens if I just
smacked this fella in the mouth?
INDISTINC
So, hang on, this
is Tom's wife's dad?
Yeah. And I walked away
once, but he followed me.
To presume to tell me I ought
to tell Tom who his father is,
when he knows nothing about
it! Like it's that simple!
I was 12 years old, Holly.
I was 12 years old
and I was fucked
repeatedly for months
by three blokes.
One of whom is Tom's dad.
How can you tell someone that,
that your father is one of three
blokes who would fuck a 12-year-old?
I haven't even told Beth.
How could I tell her that?
That's where this
boy that she loves,
that she's spent years of her
life bringing up, came from?
I mean, it would break
her heart, wouldn't it?
And what would it do
to him if he knew that?
And then this fella
just glibly says that
like I haven't even
thought about it.
Sandwiched between whether he
would like to fuck me or not.
OK.
So, er, do you want to talk about
what happened when you were 12?
-No.
-OK.
Well, I think it sounds like this
Graham would be pretty stupid
to report what's happened
to the police because
Yeah, but if he does,
I'm stuffed, aren't I?
Because I've got previous.
Did anyone else hear
what he said to you?
No.
Everyone saw me smack
him one, though, but no.
He said it so no-one
else would hear him.
I mean, my God, do
I look like someone
who wants to get fucked by some
slimy old shit-bag? I must do.
It's not about
you though, is it?
When men say things like that,
it's about whatever deluded crap
goes on inside their tiny minds.
What does he think
happens next, though?
He doesn't! He doesn't
think beyond
He just think we're going to carry
on being one big happy family?
I'm tempted to say I think you
did the right thing. Except
what he did isn't
a criminal offence,
whereas what you did could be.
Is. It is, it's assault.
But, look, if it did go to court,
the first thing they ask is,
"Why did you hit him?"
And then you tell them and then
when he's challenged with it,
he either says,
"Yes, I did say it,"
and makes himself look like a creepy
old tosser, or he perjures himself.
And middle-class people don't
like perjuring themselves, Kitty,
cos it frightens them.
The whole thing reflects much
worse on him than it does on you
and that's all he'll care about.
He's not going to report
it to the police, Kitty.
Oh, fuck's sake.
Go away, Rudy.
- ON VIDEO: - Where
are my things?
-Is that you?
-Did you hear me?!
-I said I'm calling
-No.
-Oh, you call the fuckers.
-Oh, I think it is.
I want my things, you
lying, two-faced bastard!
Yeah, I think that is you.
-What's your name?
-Jesus Christ.
Do you know her? Is
she a friend of yours?
-I need a wee.
-You sit back down, you're under arrest.
What's her name?
Kitty Eckersley.
Oh, you're so funny, Holly.
She is. She's Kitty Eckersley.
Check on your briefing.
The guy said it was
a random attack.
Said he didn't know who she was.
-So, what is your name?
-He fucking well knows who I am!
Right, you're under arrest.
Do you understand? I'm arresting
you on suspicion of criminal damage.
You don't need to cuff her!
You can see how
badly hurt she is!
Just butt out, Holly!
You're not in the job any more.
OK? You're irrelevant.
You do not have to say anything
but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention,
when questioned,
something you later
rely on in court.
Anything you do say may
be given in evidence.
9827, I've got a one-one-two
for criminal damage,
crime number
Let's start a riot
We won't be quiet
Riot women gonna set
this world on fire. ♪
-OVER TV: - On that brutal day
-MESSAGE TONE
Police Constable
Powell was targeted
DIAL TONE
PHONE RINGS
Beth.
Why's Kitty in A&E?
MUFFLED: - How is Kitty?
Is she all right?
She smashed up
Gavin's car? When?
Oh, weeks ago, just
before you met,
probably just before you heard
her singing in that pub
I can't believe that Graham
would say that to her.
Oh, I think she could
handle the lewd comments.
It was more him telling her she
"really ought to tell Tom who his
father is" that got up her nose.
Yeah.
She's
Well, she's never wanted
to talk about that.
And I haven't
wanted to push her.
Well, I guess
you know, she was 12.
That's rape whichever
way you look at it.
So, she's just gone into
triage and, er, so that'll be
another couple of hours
until they sort her out,
and then we'll be another, what,
three hours at the police station.
So I'll wait with her and then
I'll drop her off when, er,
when she's been
processed, all right?
Well, that's very
kind of you, Holly.
You know what's
so fucking ironic?
Tonight was brilliant.
Oh, my God, that song!
And you wrote it and,
and the way she sings it and us
all managing to play together
and at that speed! And the
audience! And it was all like
I don't know
it was like a
little bit of magic.
-Holly's found her.
-Who's Holly?
Erm, I'm going to
have to go, Holly.
Yeah, sure, sure, sorry.
Poor Nisha. Give her my love.
Yeah, I will do. Yeah,
if I get to see her.
I mean, we still don't
know what's going on, so
Well, let us know when you can.
-Yeah. I will. Bye. Bye.
-Bye, love. Bye-bye.
She's in A&E.
She broke her hand
when she hit him.
And apparently what
Graham said was
"I'd really like to"
"..Fuck you."
And when she made it clear that
that wasn't on the cards, he said,
"I wouldn't fuck you
anyway, darling."
"Not for any amount of money."
With his wife and his daughter and
you standing, what, two feet away?
Graham wouldn't say that.
Why would she lie?
-Did you listen to that podcast?
-She's nothing like them.
She was mentioned in passing.
She's barely a footnote, if that.
Yeah, but she is like them.
You can see that she's like
them the second she opens her
BEFORE she opens her mouth.
I don't believe for a second
that Graham would say
anything like that to anyone.
I know she's not perfect,
but she wouldn't hit someone,
not without some provocation.
Do you think that you
see too much in her?
Do you think that you see
things that aren't really there?
No. I don't.
You know, I could say the
same about you with Graham.
Graham and Tricia
are good people.
They're kind, they're interesting,
they engage with the world.
And she Oh, my God, it is
like she's brainwashed you!
Like she's inveigled her way
into your life, into your house.
She'll have you
changing your will next!
Oh, for God's sake!
Do not tell Fearne that she
said that about her dad
Of course I am not going to!
What a disgusting thing to say!
Making out like he's
some kind of creep.
Seriously, Mum, I don't think
this woman should be in our house.
"This woman"?
This woman is your mother.
No. You're my mother.
Yes, and I appreciate
you saying that.
It feels like at no point
have you actually stopped
and thought about what any
of this is like for me.
I think about nothing but
what is best for you
That's not true! You've been that
obsessed with this talent contest!
Do you know, finding out that
someone like that gave birth to you
is a shock.
It's disturbing, and the way that
you have just presented her
I tried to phone you the day
before and you never answered
any of my calls,
because you never do.
I should've been able to choose if
and when and where I got to see her!
And instead, it has been
like, "Oh, here she is!"
"Your new best friend!
Living in our house!"
And suddenly you are so
God, I don't even know
who you are any more!
What, I'm so what?
-And FYI, she's not your friend.
-Happy?
I know you think she
is, but she's not.
-No, why would you say that?
-She's nothing like you!
Look at you, with your
stupid tattoos and, and this!
Whatever this is.
Oh, this is just
For God's sake, it's just
a bit of fun, for onstage.
That clips on.
Oh, so is that not
a proper tattoo?
No. That is. I've
always fancied a tattoo.
-No, you haven't!
-Yes, I have!
I was in a very dark place
before we started this band!
And I
and I won't say
how dark, but
I was
I was pretty low.
And now all that's gone!
It's vanished. And I do
not want to go back there.
Look
I know that it's
been fun for you,
with the band and writing the
songs and everything, but
-Fun? - It is just - It saved my life!
-..far too complicated!
Tom?
You think
One day you think you're
going to find this person
who has the key
to who you are, to all
these odd little things
that you've never
understood about yourself.
And then you meet them
I don't like her!
I can't cope with her.
She makes me feel
grubby andridiculous
and wrong.
What's she even doing here?
I want you to be my mum!
Not her!
She doesn't belong here.
DOOR SHUTS
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
-All done, Darren.
-Cheers. You can get off on your break.
There you go. Check and sign.
On the pad.
I could have got the bus.
It's Sunday, you couldn't
- not up to where you live.
What did the duty solicitor say?
Oh, just about making
counter-allegations against him -
Gavin.
For knocking me about.
Good.
See you, Holly.
Have you turned your phone on?
No. Why?
Oh, just, there was a message
from Kam, couple of hours ago.
Nisha's fractured her pelvis
and broken her collarbone,
but they didn't need to take her
to Leeds, so that's something.
They give you a court date?
Eight weeks.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
MUSIC: Your Maker by Gonjasufi
Is anybody private?
Is anything sacred?
Is everybody out to show?
Everybody wants
to see me naked
And everyone's alpha dog
And everyone's alpha dog ♪
You can drop me off
at 'top of hill.
Are you sure?
Yeah.
I can't unfasten this.
There you go, love.
Did you say owt to Beth about
what I told you
about when I were 12?
No.
-Does she know I've been in prison?
-Not from me.
-Kitty.
-What?
Look after yourself.
You failed me once before
You failed me once before
You failed me once before
You failed me once
Givin' up a tune to everybody
I tear into your favourite
MESSAGE TONE
Give it up, give
it up, everybody
I tear into you naked
Give it up, give
it up for everybody
I tear into you naked
You failed me once before
You failed me once before
You failed me once before
You failed me once. ♪
Oh
KEY TURNS
Oh, for God's sake, she's
got her own door key.
Hello.
I shouldn't have hit your
dad, Fearne. I'm sorry.
Why did you?
I'm thinking I ought to get my stuff
and find somewhere else to live.
What did he say to you, Kitty?
Do you want some tea?
I think I ought to just go.
What did he say to you, Kitty?
I don't want to repeat it.
You don't want to repeat
it because it's not true.
-What?
-You don't want to repeat it because he didn't say it!
-What did he say?
-He didn't.
OK, so what did he not say?
Well, if that's what you want
to believe, I've got other stuff
to worry about now. Beth,
can I get my things?
I don't think you should leave.
-I think you should get some sleep.
-I think she should.
-She hasn't got anywhere else to go.
-WHAT did he not say?
Why won't one of you tell me?
Well
according to Kitty,
and I think it probably
says more about her
than it does about Graham,
he intimated that
What?
that he would like
to have sex with her.
But don't worry,
we both know that your dad wouldn't
say something like that to anyone
least of all
Could you
Could you have
misheard him, Kitty?
I'll get my things.
Kitty! I don't think
you should leave!
-Not like this! I think you should rest.
-No, he's right.
You don't want me here, I'm
trouble. I've kept telling you
you don't know me, you've
kept on not listening.
I picked you up in a bar when
you were three sheets to the wind
and had nowhere to live!
I knew you weren't
Princess Diana!
And I know all
about your family.
I've listened to a podcast
about them last night.
And I also know you
are not like them.
Yeah? Do you, though? I've
been in prison, twice!
What, what for?
Assault.
Drug-related shit, I mean, it
was a long time ago, I was a kid,
-I was an idiot but
-OK. Well, that's I don't care.
I mean, I do care.
I hope you didn't hurt anyone.
Assault? I did!
If it's a long time ago
Yeah, and there were mitigating
circumstances as well, but
-Were there?
-Yeah, I was pissed.
Oh, I'm not sure
that that's a
Anyway, you wouldn't do something
like that now, would you?!
Yeah, Beth. I just did!
No! He was provoking you!
That is mitigating
circumstances.
Well, anyway, Tom's
decided I'm lying
and you think I might've "misheard"
him so the whole situation's
a fucking big mess now so
And I was I was just asking
the question for his sake!
And I've been charged with criminal
damage, I assume Holly's told you,
so chances are I'll be back
inside in two months' time
so you won't need to
worry about me any more
and you can all forget
I was ever here!
You can all forget I
ever existed at all!
I wish I could!
Don't say that, Kitty!
You know, I didn't seek you
people out! You sought me out!
I had dealt with all this! I had
forgotten about it, literally.
It had gone!
And then I get that letter
off the adoption services
just stirring it
all back up again!
That's what I was doing, trashed
in that pub when I met you!
I'd picked a fight with Gavin about
him leaving his wife, basically,
cos I was trying to bend my head
around all that misery again!
And you're right, I'm
not like my family,
just out of interest.
I am a lot of useless,
idiotic things,
Beth, but I am not evil.
I know what evil is, I have
lived with it, and I am not that.
And I don't need you
or anybody to tell me!
And I'm not a liar either!
I mean I am
I can be.
But not this!
-I said misheard
-Door key!
not lied.
Kitty!
Kitty, please.
Kitty, where will you go?
Oh, who fucking cares? I don't!
Tom, is this really
what you want?
-Kitty, come on, let me help you.
-Fuck off!
Go, fuck off!
Kitty? Kitty!
Kitty, wait!
-I won't be needing that
-Kitty
-fucking thing any more!
-Kitty!
I tell you what, you leave me alone
and I'll leave you people alone.
All right?!
We need to think about
going back to Sheffield.
SNORING
Oh, my God.
Morning.
What time is it?!
Er, did you get Granny
home properly last night?
Don't ever ask me to do
anything like that ever again.
Why? Wh why?
She didn't even know
who we were, Mum!
You do know it was an emergency?
You do know Nisha got very
badly beaten up last night?
I think she thought we'd
broken in or something.
We kept saying,
"It's Carl and Adam,"
and she just kept
going, "Where's Holly?"
And we explained but, y'know, so
we told her to lock herself in and
hopefully she managed to get herself
to bed and everything, but
Well, she didn't
try to ring me so
Oh, my God, what if
she's wandered off again?
I'd better get round there.
Oh, erm, what did you
think about the band?
What band?
Our band! My band!
You know
MIMICS GUITAR RIFF
Oh, yeah. Yeah, that was
embarrassing, weren't it?
Well, we thought
it went quite well.
Yeah? Yeah, well, they were
all drunk, weren't they?
They'd have clapped at anything.
-Somebody'd come on and farted, they'd have clapped.
-We came third.
De gustibus non est
disputandum est.
Sorry?
Oh, er, did you
not like the song?
What, a load of old women
singing about periods?
Yeah, fucking bought the vinyl.
Well, it was the
menopause, in fact.
But we were all
right, weren't we?
I mean, we held it
together, we got to the end,
people were happy. They
joined in! They cheered!
Oh, but they were just doing it
because they were drunk! Obviously.
Duh. Silly me.
Can you get some more milk,
if you're going out, please?
Six weeks.
We did that in six weeks.
Yeah? Well, it showed.
SHE CHUCKLES
-Right
-Don't forget the milk, Mum!
UNDER HER BREATH: Get
your own fucking milk.
Hello, love.
Has Veronica been?
I don't know.
Has she? Probably.
So was everything
all right last night?
Last night? Yes,
as far as I know.
We're wondering about
a little holiday.
Who is?
Me and your dad.
Where? Where were you
thinking of going with Dad?
I've always fancied
the Caribbean.
Mum, you've never wanted to
fly, you haven't got a passport.
Oh, that'll be your
dad telling you that.
You know, he's clipped my wings,
I've often fancied abroad.
Right. OK. So you're all all
right? You don't need anything?
Oh, you're not stopping?
MESSAGE TONE
What're you dressed as?
Who the hell is Jenny Lennocks?
Who's that texting you?
Yvonne.
-Our Yvonne?
-Hmm.
Huh, what's she after? Money?
I don't think so.
Hiya, kid.
Who's Jenny Lennocks?
-Right, so you weren't there
-Jenny Lennocks? That's a fancy name.
-Is she talking rubbish?
-So, Jenny Lennocks is a parent at the school.
She will be, she's
fluent at that.
I don't know if
she's a promoter,
but she finds bands
to fill local venues.
-Really?
-Yeah.
And she loved us, she thought
we were the real deal!
Oh, wow.
-So, yeah
-That sounds made-up, that name.
and she thinks people would
definitely give us a shot.
You're kidding!
I ended up dealing with her
cos Beth disappeared cos Kitty
-hit this fella
-Jenny Bollocks. That sounds made-up.
God knows what all
that was about.
She's really excited about us
and she thinks we
could do proper gigs
if we got enough
material together.
She's got a ton of ideas,
like recording a track
-and sending it out to people
-What're you laughing at?
like a calling card.
And she wants to come and talk
to us at our next rehearsal.
I said, well, technically we
haven't got a next rehearsal,
so I'm thinking maybe we should
get everyone together on Tuesday,
as we have been doing or,
if she's free this afternoon,
maybe we should try
-and get everybody together?
-Sure. Well, yeah, yeah, I'm free.
Are you laughing?
What you laughing at?
Are you at my mother's?
Yeah.
So have you heard all that or
were you just being a dickhead?
Yeah! I got it!
Right, well, I'll phone
round everybody else.
You don't have to do anything.
You just sit on your hands
and turn up when required.
OK? I'll keep you informed.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't know why I
bother with them two.
They're both twats.
GUFFAWS
It's not Bollocks!
It's Lennocks!
What is?
Jenny Lennocks, the woman
who Yvonne was on about.
Well, who's Jenny Bollocks then?
-No-one, you made her up.
-Oh!
It was you that
said it, wasn't it?
That was the lady
you said, wasn't it?
No, I thought I thought you
said it to make me laugh.
Said what?
Jenny
Bollocks?
Have I missed something?
No.
Oh, OK.
Oh, my God, I ought to
go and see how Nisha is.
Shit.
-I do love you.
-Who?
My colleague, you
don't know her.
Bye, love.
PHONE BUZZES
SHE GROANS
SHE GRUNTS
Oh, my God.
Hey! Jessie!
Oh, what now?
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Mum, come on!
What fresh hell is this?
-We are here!
-Open the door! -Jessie!
Coming now.
Come on, come on.
Bronte needs a wee!
Open the door!
Mum, open the door.
OVERLAPPING SHOUTS
-Granny!
-Come on
Come on, Mum! The door's locked!
DOG BARKS
What've I gone
and agreed to now?
SHE SIGHS
SHE GROANS
Hello.
Holly.
Just wanted to come
and have a look at you.
Do you want a few minutes?
I could stretch my legs
and get a cup of tea.
Sure, if that's
-Thank you, Grace.
-All right.
How are you feeling?
You will get
through this, Nisha.
And when you do, you'll
come out the other side
and you'll be even stronger,
cos I know you.
Remember me asking you
not to go upstairs?
Complaining to the
boss about Rudy?
Well
Obviously he did his job properly
last night, for all his faults
No.
No, he didn't, Holly.
He took photos of me.
You what?
I had my hands
handcuffed above my head,
and I had my trousers
around my ankles,
and I was stood six
feet off the ground
on top of this bin.
And I had this buzzing
noise in my head
so bad I could
hardly see straight.
You've got yourself into a
right pickle here, haven't you?
Get me down.
And he stops to take photos.
And he goes
Telling fucking Holly to go
upstairs and squeal t' boss.
Smart move.
"Not."
Then he unfastened me.
And he let me fall.
That's how I fractured my pelvis
and that's how my
collarbone shattered.
Oops.
That weren't them
lads. That was him.
I asked you not to say owt,
but you always know
best, don't you?
Did you tell that to
the Major Incident Team?
Oh, yeah, and make
everything even worse?
He won't get done.
They'll just brush
it under the carpet.
Or someone upstairs like your
Tony'll have a word with someone
who'll have a word
with someone else.
By the time it's got to the
bottom of the food chain,
that someone else would probably
just be one of Rudy's mates,
like Sergeant Arsehole.
So it doesn't work, Holly.
Going upstairs never works.
And I knew that,
even if you didn't.
And whatever happens now
those photos of
me will be out there.
So, no
SHE SNIFFLES
I haven't told the
Major Incident Team,
because do you really think I
want anyone who cares about me
knowing they exist?
Oh, you can go now.
I can't stand to look at you.
PHONE BUZZES
KNOCK ON DOOR
Would you like more tea, Beth?
Would we like more tea, Mum?
No, I think we're
all right, thanks.
She's tired herself out.
She was up at three o'clock
this morning singing.
-What was she singing?
-Oh
La, la, la
And a nightingale sang
in Berkeley Square. ♪
HUMS ALONG
Yeah.
The joke's on you
Cos you never really knew her
A rebellious
suburban badass bitch
Who never for a second
would have taken your shit
Rebel with a Sparks card
She's the Countdown queen
Gotta go
Don't want to miss the
Chelsea Flower Show. ♪
-So you met Jess last night?
-She did.
I'm Mary.
Oh, yeah. She's not in the
band. She just lives here.
-I just own the place.
-OK.
And that's Holly.
-You play bass?
-CHILD: Put that in here.
Can you drop this face
business when you say my name?
I was not laughing at you.
OK? It wasn't about you.
Not everything is about you,
Yvonne. It was about J
How do you do?
-They're sisters.
-All my life I've had this.
-Oh
-Ever since I was a kid.
Your little sister and the woman
who professes to be your mother
taking the mickey.
Then people wonder why
you're bad-tempered.
Sorry. Shall we? Shall we just
listen to what Jenny's got to say?
Yes.
Right
Sorry. Sorry. Can I just say,
um, Beth visits her mum
on Sunday afternoons,
and Kitty has
resurfaced, apparently,
but we can't get hold
of her just now because,
well, I imagine she's
asleep somewhere
cos she was in A&E all night
with a fractured fifth metacarpal
after she punched Fearne's dad.
Kam's not here cos
Well, cos you know about Nisha.
Um, yeah, I mean, things
aren't usually this dramatic.
OK.
Well, moving forward,
I need a support band for
the Ogden Water Babies
at the Hebden Festival
in two months' time.
You think you possibly
have enough material
to do a 30-minute set, yes?
Half your own
material, half covers.
Probably more original stuff than
covers, I'd say, but yeah.
-Yeah.
-So as well as making a recording of Seeing Red
in the next few weeks, this gives
you something else to aim for.
Seriously perform?
Like Are you serious?
Yeah. A support band.
So in the eight weeks
before the festival,
it'd be down to you to keep
the passion and the creativity
and the hard work going. OK?
Yeah.
SHE CHUCKLES
Wow.
Right, so what she wants
us to do, first of all,
is a recording of Seeing Red.
I mean a proper recording!
In a In a studio.
And she can set that up for us.
I mean, we'll have to pay
for it ourselves, obviously.
And then
Oh, God, she wants us to
support the Ogden Water Babies
at the Hebden Festival.
The Ogden Water Babies!
And she is so excited about us!
I mean, she wants to come
to the rehearsal next week
and give us some hints and tips.
What've we got to
lose? A few quid.
A few quid hiring
a recording studio.
Beth, you and me
are 60 next year.
And you know what comes
after that, don't ya?
61?
70!
This is our time.
This decade's gonna go like
that and we need to grasp it!
Yeah? So we just need to get
Nisha back on her feet again.
And Holly thinks it's
very unlikely that, erm,
that Kitty'll get a custodial
sentence for that
for that business
with that Gavin's car.
Erm, so is she?
WHISPERING: Is she
in bed? How is she?
No.
No, I'm afraid, erm,
she's she's gone.
Gone?
Where?
Well, I had hoped she might
come to you. Or Holly.
But clearly not.
Oh, Beth.
Are you all right?
Tom doesn't like her,
and he doesn't believe that Graham
would say something like that.
And he hasn't been able
to hide how he feels.
So she's gone.
She was upset and she
was angry and I
I don't know.
He is so disdainful towards her.
And it's heartbreaking
because when I look at
her, I just see him.
PHONE BUZZES
Tricia.
-Hello, Tricia.
-ON PHONE: - Beth, hello.
How's Graham?
Are you busy?
No.
I
Fearne rang me and told me that
everything's a bit of a mess
because Tom accused
Kitty of lying
because, "Graham would
never say such a thing."
Quite a big mess, actually.
Well, I'm sorry to
have to tell you
that Graham would say
such a thing because
he's done it before.
On more than one occasion,
and probably more times
than I know about.
He appears to make
something of a habit of it.
Er, I forgave him the first time
it was drawn to my
attention by a well-wisher.
And I turned a blind
eye on another occasion.
You keep hoping it's happened
for the last time, of course,
but now this!
Tom's birth mum!
I mean, y'know
What the actual fuck?!
How is Kitty?
BETH SNIFFLES
What's she saying?
I miss that song
The one that hurts
like something's wrong
Cos even when I'm feeling fine
It's always nice
just to remind. ♪
So are we assuming that
Kitty's not coming?
JESS: Er, she
CLEARS THROA
She's just not replied to any
of our texts or messages so
We can do it without
her, can't we?
Sorry, you can record Seeing
Red without Kitty? How?
Can't we get someone else?
Where?
People who sing like
Kitty don't grow on trees.
Well, she'll turn
up by next Thursday.
I can't keep a studio and a sound
engineer booked for a whole day
on the understanding that
she may or may not turn up.
I only got this slot cos
someone else had cancelled.
And then there's
the two days' mixing
and, you know,
this is your money.
Where does she live?
Erm, she She
-We
-We don't actually know where she is at the at the moment.
But we do know she's not dead
because she has read our messages.
Well, somebody's
read our messages.
Oh. So she could be?
Look, I don't want to be
I wanted to help you.
I honestly thought you had something
when I saw you on Saturday night,
but maybe I just
got carried away.
The thing is, y'know, what
you're doing is lovely.
But the truth is And the
song! The song is fantastic.
You are definitely more than some
sad dad band doing cheesy covers.
But without Kitty
She really is your
secret weapon.
What I'm offering
you is next level.
And this - without
her, this isn't enough.
Twice now she's not shown up
and clearly there
are issues with her.
And if she wanted
this, she'd be here.
CAR DOOR SHUTS
So I'm sorry,
but I'm afraid
this isn't for me.
Sorry I'm late.
Well, where've you been?
I just said, I'm sorry I'm late.
What've I missed?
HOLLY: - Well, nothing.
Because we can't actually
do much without you,
it turns out.
Well, I'm here now, so
Kitty, I'm Jenny. Lennocks.
We met briefly on Saturday.
So what's happening?
-Well, I was just gonna
-You know what's happening.
We've all been sending you
texts and messages for two days
telling you what's happening.
So, I was just going to
make a little recording
of you singing Seeing
Red on my phone
so I could send it to the sound
engineer at the recording studio
I've got booked in
Huddersfield next Thursday.
So he's got a rough idea of what
the song is meant to sound like.
OK. Cool.
But I guess
I need to know
that you're committed,
because I'm sensing
you're not as
tight as you might be.
Tight?
Together.
You're 40 minutes late,
you've been ignoring everyone's
messages for the last two days.
So, yeah, I have to
ask these questions
if I'm putting my
time into this.
Not to mention all these
other ladies' money.
A day in a recording studio,
with a sound engineer,
then two days in the mix.
That's £1,000.
Yeah.
So, we need to know you're not going
AWOL every five minutes, Kitty.
I'm here, aren't I?
Who was that? That
dropped you off.
Why?
So, are we doing this or what?
Oh, you've
You've not gone back to Gavin?
Well, do you know what, Beth,
I didn't have a fat lot
of fucking choice, did I?
So, excuse me for being thick,
but that car that you
just got dropped off in,
is that the Jaguar you're up
in court for having trashed?
Well, yeah, but it's
been fixed now so
Sorry, this is the man who
had his mates beat you up
that day I arrested you,
and you were trying to kill
yourself with vodka and painkillers
and a carving knife?
You've gone back to the
man that did that to you?
Like I said, it was either
his place or the bus station,
so go figure.
You arrested her?
Briefly, yes. For her own good.
Under the Mental Health Act.
-When? -I told you.
-No, you didn't.
You told me she'd
been in prison twice.
Well, it would've been the
day before Beth picked her up
in that karaoke pub.
Yeah.
Yeah, that was the first of our
memorable nights in A&E together,
wasn't it?
And wow!
You've gone back to him?
So, he's not still taking
you to court then, I take it?
I take it he's dropped that?
Yeah!
Yeah, he's gonna drop it, yeah.
-Going to?
-Oh, what is your problem?!
Yes!
He's on his way to the
police station right now
for that purpose. OK?
I'm here. Make the most of it.
Shall we rewind half an hour
and pretend you weren't late?
Ladies?
Rigged it up for
you earlier, Kitty.
Thanks, kid.
When you're ready.
INTRO TO SEEING RED
I'm so depressed
I can't get dressed
Having trouble hiding
my lack of interest
Bloodstains pouring like rain
Borderline anaemic
from bleeding all day
The time's waning
Feels like I'm fading
Doctor told me
to stop complaining
If it happened to blokes
God only knows
We'd be getting HRT from Tesco
Am I invisible?
Am I untouchable?
Am I unlovable?
Are you uncomfortable?
And I'm seeing red,
red, red, red, red, red!
Red, red, red, red, red, red!
Red, red, red, red, red, red!
Red!
I'm seeing red, red,
red, red, red, red!
Red, red, red, red, red, red!
Red, red, red, red, red, red!
Red!
I'm angry, I'm nice
I'm fuming, I'm fine ♪
-Right, I'm off.
-Are you not coming for a drink?
-I've gotta get back.
-Bass is brilliant.
-Ta-ta.
-See ya.
-See ya, sweetie.
-Yeah.
-Kitty?
-What?
K
Er, we need to have a think
about how to work on new material
for the festival.
Come to t'flat if you want to.
-Have you got a keyboard?
-No.
So it would make more sense if
you came up to me, wouldn't it?
-One evening
-Evenings, no.
During the day's better
for me, when he's at work.
Er, I'm at work during the
day, as you know, so
Maybe just work on
'em separately then.
SHE SCOFFS
We need
Realistically, we
need four more songs
ready in eight weeks' time,
so that is quite a tall order.
Shall we talk about
this when you're sober?
Did you get my text? About
Tricia phoning me up?
Yeah.
Only you didn't reply
I didn't need to.
I know what that creepy
old toss pot said to me,
even if you didn't believe me.
I don't I didn't
I shouldn't I-I
-Does Tom know?
-I shouldn't have said anything!
I don't know.
Well, I assume so. He's
not texted me back either.
Come on!
You know it makes sense for you to
come to me to work on the songs.
I'm not coming to
your house, Beth.
Ever again.
Can somebody help me get the
keyboard into the car, please?
Yes, me! I will.
OK, I have red wine.
-Oh! -There we go.
-Thank you.
John loves it!
He's just listened
to it through twice!
He's got a few thoughts.
"Singer amazing." Yep.
Where is she?
She left. After we finished.
It'll be that Gavin. He doesn't
like her stopping out late.
Why's she gone back to him?
So anything about
the fabulous drummer
and the sublime backing vocals?
Yeah, like I said, he's
got a few thoughts.
So, this is how it's
gonna work next week.
Beth, John wants you
and Kitty there from 8am
cos you wrote the song, you
know how you want it to sound.
Jess, you need to be there
then, too, cos he'll want to
lay the drum track first.
So, Holly and Yvonne,
you don't need to be
there till 10, 11.
You'll do keys and vocals last,
but you and Kitty'll both
be there anyway, so
What about backing singers?
Oh, I'd get there two,
three, four o'clock.
Whenever you feel
like it, really.
Er, vino?
No, I'm going to love you and
leave you. I'm up to here.
It's the Slaithwaite
Music Festival next week.
Exciting times!
Yay! Well done, Riot Ladies!
Aww, thank you. See
you later. See you.
-Cheers now. -Bye.
-Thank you.
Is she a bit of a wanker?
Did she just call
us Riot Ladies?
Are we going to talk about
the elephant in the room?
What elephant?
Kitty.
We're putting all this money in,
and if the wind's blowing
in the wrong direction,
she could just not bother
turning up again next Thursday.
I can't believe she's
gone back to that man.
He sounds like a right bastard.
She's chaotic, she's flaky, and
she's not putting any money in.
JESS: Hang on, so
what are y'saying?
Look, it's been a blast.
We've done what
we set out to do.
We did the talent contest
and we did it really well.
We came third! But this now
with her like that,
I think we could be
kidding ourselves.
I'm reluctantly suggesting
that we call it a day.
And the sky was
made of amethyst
And all the stars looked
just like little fish
You should learn when to go
You should learn how to say no
Might last a day
Might last forever
Might last a day, yeah ♪
GAVIN: - Kitty!
You two-faced whore!
Why, what's happened?
So I had to wait an hour before
anyone came to speak to me.
I spent another God-knows-how-long
filling in some form
saying I was declining
to prosecute you!
And then I find out that
I'm being investigated
because of allegations
of assault made by you!
Oh, yeah. No, that was
the duty solicitor.
That was his idea.
I can drop all that, if you've
dropped that thing against me.
I haven't dropped the
charges against you!
I was going to, but then this!
Did you think that
I wouldn't find out?
I forgot! It was him,
it was that solicitor!
You forgot?
I was exhausted! I'd been
in hospital all night!
I I'd been arrested, I
was in agony, I was like
-Do I look stupid?
-What?
Do I look stupid to you?!
Let's both go back there together
and tell em that neither of us
wanna prosecute the other one.
Do you think I'm gonna go back
there again. Now? Tonight?
You don't just pop in and
say, "Oh, by the way!"
Especially not when you're
off your tits on vodka!
Yeah, we'll have to, cos I
need those charges dropped!
Oh, yeah, yeah, then
what were y'gonna do, eh?
Just disappear and have a big
laugh when I get arrested?
Yeah, well, obviously
I'm only doing it
if you're dropping the
charges against me.
No, no, no! You are gonna go and
drop these allegations first.
I have got charges against me,
pal! I have got a court date!
I need to know you are gonna do
what you say you're gonna do.
Why, don't you trust me?
SHE SCOFFS
Well, I'd like to trust
you, Gavin, but y'know,
you're the fella who told
me he was divorcing his wife
when in fact you were planning
to jet off to Paradise
to do your marriage
vows again, so
Just saying.
When they get what they want
They never want it again
Go on, take everything ♪
HE SIGHS
OK.
I want you to
Go on, take everything,
take everything ♪
Get your bag.
So we're both going to?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I never want it again
Go on, take everything ♪
Ow! Gavin, no! No, no, no!
All fucking day! I've had it!
I've had it up to
fucking here with you!
SHE SCREAMS
You'll fucking have it!
SOBBING: No, no, no!
GLASS SHATTERS
Mine, all mine, all mine
Go on, take everything
Take everything, I want you to
Go on, take everything
Take everything, I dare you to
Go on, take everything
Take everything,
take everything
Take everything! ♪