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Offices will replace the centre. If the council was shutting me down, they would send letters.

I've just quit. What do you mean you quit?

You're right, I should focus on my art.

How much of this did you take?

Four... teen! I don't know. Oh!

And YOU are on very thin ice.

My office... first thing Monday morning.

You'll move in? I can't believe you decided to live with him, Winnie.

Wait. What? I'm living with him.

What?

Why didn't you follow your heart, Ma? I did. Her name was Nazra.

FUNKY MUSIC PLAYS

WEATHER FORECAST ON RADIO

HE YAWNS

Hi. Good morning. Good morning.

SHE SPEAKS URDU

What are YOU doing here?

I just wanted to say thank you.

For what? For what you shared.

About Nazra.

Erm, I have to start fitness class.

I have some good news.

OK, quickly.

I've decided to live with Guy.

I thought you're already living with him.

No, like, properly.

Marriage?

No. Kids?

What? No. I've unpacked my boxes.

You unpacked boxes?

Yeah. That's your good news?

Yes.

OK, never mind.

Jamal.

I'm happy for you.

Mrs Jamshidi?

Yes. I'm here to exercise Section 21 of the Property Act.

Sorry, no more exercise, the class is full.

No, no, no. Who's that? I'm not here for your aerobics class.

I'm Barbara Barnes from the council...

I'm sorry, but I'm not interested.

Er, don't.... No, no, no, no.

We should do something. It's fine. Mum's handling it.

You stupid woman. I will sue you.

I will not tolerate aggressive behaviour.

I will not tolerate aggressive behaviour.

Right, I'm coming in. No, no, no, no way.

Help, we're being robbed!

That's not good.

I've got a meeting with The Boss, man. I'm worried you're on thin ice.

Help! Go away!

She needs us.

No! No way.

Let me in! Get out. Go away!

Let me in! Go away, go away!

Gents. Gents!

Right. Don't dare to come back.

OK, you get Mum inside, I'll distract the lady.

SHE SPEAKS URDU

I don't want to have to say we've got to break the door down.

Sorry. Hi. Jamma, Farida's son. You are?

Barbara Barnes from the council.

Hey, Barbara Barnes from the council.

Erm, can I just...?

Erm, I'm sure there's just been a misunderstanding.

No, I don't think there's been a misunderstanding.

I'm here to evict you, so I need to get in the property right now.

Sorry, Barbara, do you use Le Peau Peau?

Sorry, what?

Le Peau Peau, the face cream. It's just, you have amazing skin.

Erm, no. If I could afford brands like that,

I wouldn't work for the council.

Right. No, it's just because I work for the brand

and you've got the same glow from the adverts. It's uncanny.

No... Oh, my God. Let me... I've got a sample inside. I can...

No, you don't have to. No, least I can do. You work long hours.

You just wait here.

Oh, look. Shabnam says she's got samosas for you. Why don't you...?

HE SPEAKS URDU

RINGING TONE

Winnie, I need a favour.

Grab as much Le Peau Peau as you can and bring it to my mum's centre.

I'm on the way to the meeting, Jamma. Are you coming?

Winnie, please just grab some Le Peau Peau from the stash we stole.

Yah, I should probably tell you, you are on...

On thin ice, I know. Tell The Boss I've got chickenpox or something.

Jamma's got chick... No!

Let's get these stolen goods.

All right, listen up, everyone. They want to shut us down.

Oh, my God, why?

Coloniser's going to colonise.

Who did it?

Was it you, Nadeem?

Mum, what are you doing?

Somebody's trying to sabotage me. No-one's trying to sabotage you.

The council want to repossess the building.

We have to do something.

I say we handcuff ourselves to the radiators

and throw soup on their face.

Which flavour soup? Cream of justice.

Yes!

Or we occupy the building until they leave.

I have to pick up my children from school.

What is more important, your children or my legacy?

DOOR CLOSES Farida, Farida!

The crazy lady rip your face.

SHE GASPS

Beret, get the doors now!

SHE SPEAKS URDU

How do I look? Quickly. Hurry up!

Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick!

What do we want? ALL: War! When do we want it?

Horse! What? Sure. What do we want?

War! When do we want it? Horse!

And then Eva from work ate me Scotch egg from the fridge.

And I just felt very violated.

Am I boring you?

Sorry?

You seem distracted.

Er... No.

What makes you say that?

I don't know, it... it seems quite busy in here.

Oh. Is that affecting you?

Is it affecting you?

Ahem, OK, yeah, full personal disclosure -

yes, there have been... some changes in my life,

and I'm sorry that's impacted you. But you know what? I'm here.

I am...

...present.

No distractions, OK?

Oh, fuck.

Seriously?

Hey, Babs, how's it going? The moisturiser's on its way.

Are you having a laugh? This is entirely illegal.

Illegal? I cannot have criminal record. They would deport me.

Just ignore her. She's such a drama queen.

Stay away from the building. We have weapons.

Mum! You can't say that.

I'm a horse and I declare a war.

Babs, we have some demands.

You are squatters, not kidnappers.

We demand that you reconsider your heartless decision to throw us out.

Really? Yeah!

We demand your apologies for ripping my face!

OK, OK.

We demand to see a court order

before you threaten us with bailiffs.

What? I'm hungry. Can you demand food?

Oh, I could murder a pumpkin gyoza.

She's not Deliveroo.

We have sent countless eviction notices,

all of which have been ignored.

We demand respect, status and recognition.

CLEARS HIS THROAT

And gyozas.

OK. You are on no ground to be making demands.

As for your court order...

...here!

Now, let us in!

BABY CRIES

Well, we're not going down for something

that's your family's fault.

No, no, we just need to stick together.

She said they sent eviction notice.

That's a negative. They have not.

Well, no. No, they haven't not not sent letters.

What? So, they HAVE sent letters?

Yeah, all right, Shabnam. If you want to get technical, yes.

So you knew... and you didn't tell us?

I didn't want to make things worse between Mum and Dad.

Farida.

Where's your husband?

Oh, very nice place.

Just you here?

Yeah. Sort of.

What brings you here, Saif?

You were giving her a singing lesson?

Oh, no. Er, she's my client.

I'm a therapist.

I thought you were a singer.

No, no. The choir is just a hobby.

You know, your family, they must be worried about you.

You like the Freedom?

Freedom? What, the concept or the nightclub?

Michael George.

Oh, er, yeah.

Yeah, I mean, yeah, sure. I'm a fan.

Michael George didn't play the tabla.

Right? I'm...

You see, Farida is the lead singer. I just play the tabla.

When your wife is the lead singer, it is not easy.

What are you doing tonight, Alan?

ALL ARGUE

Everyone, just calm down. I'm just going to talk to her.

No, please, I need you to move. I need you to move.

What's happening? Excuse me, you can't be here.

ALL ARGUE

Jamal, what are you doing?

Jamma, do something!

ALL SHOUTING

Jamma! Jamma! Jamma!

Jamma! Jamma!

Jamal!

Oh, what the fuck is that?

Er...

HE MUTTERS

It's the one thing I wanted to do and I suck at it.

It's what art school's for, innit? It's fine.

There's no art school.

What?

I don't belong there, man, and I don't belong at your workplace.

This is the only place in the world

where I don't have to question who I am.

LAUGHTER

FARIDA SPEAKS URDU

My God.

SHE GIGGLES

INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE

Stop!

Look, Barbara,

if you're going to shut this place down,

I think you should know a bit about us.

This is Gideon.

He didn't have a family when he came to this country.

He does now.

This is Nadeem.

His immigration status meant he was legally not allowed to work

nor claim benefits.

Who helped you apply for a visa, Uncle?

My solicitor.

Really?

He still uses the printer here.

This is Pamela...

And I'm not in support of this criminal behaviour.

Shut up, Pamela! We give you baby-sitting for £2.50.

You hate your kids.

This is my boss. I actually don't know her name

because I've always been too scared to ask.

Susan. She's probably here to fire me...

Susan? Focus. OK.

She's probably here to fire me because I didn't show up to work.

I did it because I couldn't bear losing this place.

Oh.

When we were kids, we moved house nine times.

Every time we unpacked, we knew we'd have to pack it up again.

This centre was the only consistency we had.

I know to you it's just some real estate

you can get a lot of money for.

But to us, it's...

It's our home.

Actually, my daughter used to come here to learn eyebrow waxing.

She's not around any more.

Oh. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Oh, she's not dead, she's at uni...

Oh. ..studying beauty.

Oh.

Look, I know that you want to think that I'm the bad guy.

But I'm just doing my job.

The area has changed and the rent's going up.

The council itself is struggling. And the simple answer is...

...it's too late. The new tenants are bringing their contractors tomorrow.

So that's it?

I'm sorry.

Well, no, no.

Let's give them a minute. No, no. Let's go.

Jamal...

Stop. The lady is right.

Isaac, go and grab our things.

But, Mum...

It's OK. It's not the first time I lost something I loved.

I am actually here to talk to your mum.

My mum? Camille and Clement loved the photograph in your pitch.

Everyday women doing everyday things. It's the perfect angle.

She's going to be the new face of Le Peau Peau.

So I'm not fired? No, you are fired.

But I got us the campaign.

And you've also stolen £900 worth of products.

Farida.

What am I meant to do with these?

Ah, that'll be for me.

Thanks.

Great.

I was going to tell you I was mad at you, but...

So I'm just going to wait for another day

to tell you that you are unreliable...

...so selfish and...

...a shit friend, actually.

You know about Guy.

I left my flatmates for you, Jam.

I'm really sorry.

Lucky for me, I found someone else.

Already? Who?

Fresh start. When did this happen? I asked him during your speech.

During my speech? You were going on a bit.

But... You don't get to be mad.

I'm happy for you.

You got Guy, remember?

I've got Guy.

And we've got a mezzanine, so...

Shit.

Shit!

Has anyone got the key?

Hey.

Yeah, I'll just, erm...

OK, er, so...

...first of all, I really appreciate the gesture.

With the unpacking.

It's, erm...

Yeah. But I know about you living with Winnie,

so I'm not sure I completely understand any of this.

Oh, no, that's not happening.

That's not happening? Hmm.

OK. All right. Erm...

I think I'm putting a bit too much pressure on this relationship

and I don't want to force you into anything.

You're not forcing me. I want to live here.

I'm not sure it's the right thing for either of us right now.

Cool.

Sweet. All right.

So how long have you known about the Winnie thing?

Since the escape room.

Ah, so you were testing me.

Don't do that. No, I get it. You've got a tiny house. You need it all to yourself.

This is... this is... this is also my workspace.

OK, well, I made it better. No, Jamma, you are a tornado of energy.

How am I a tornado?

Shit!

Fuck!

Just...

Oh, fuck!

You OK? Yeah.

You? Yeah, I'm fantastic. Good.

I'll just leave, then. I don't want to disrupt your perfect life.

Well, I don't have a perfect life.

Your handwash cost 20 quid. Who spends 20 quid on handwash, Guy?

I didn't spend 20 quid on the handwash. It was actually £31.

31? Wow.

Why is that a problem? You love my handwash. That's the problem.

The handwash, the cushions, your temperature-control kettle.

It's the cushions now and a kettle. You don't get it.

No.

This is what happens, innit? This is what happens.

What?

We're too different.

Yeah, we are.

♪ For those who work in harmony

DOOR CLOSES

♪ Where are we bound?

♪ Will learn to live in unity

♪ Here is my home

HOOTING

You're going to have to wait. Just...

HE STRAINS AND GRUNTS

♪ Come morning, come night

♪ Here is my home

♪ If we can join ourselves in song

♪ Where are we bound?

♪ Our hearts will live when we are gone

♪ Here is my home

HE YELPS AND STRAINS

♪ Come darkness, come light

♪ Where are we bound?

♪ Come morning, come night

♪ Here is my home

♪ The spirit that finds music here

♪ Where are we bound?

♪ Will live for ever in the air

♪ Here is my home

♪ Come darkness... ♪

OK, cool, yeah, I get it. Yeah. Thank you, though.

Yeah.

MUFFLED RASPING

RASPING CONTINUES

Hello?

FEEDBACK Is it too close? Too much close?

Is it? Yeah?

Mike and mouth. HE COUGHS

One, two, three. Testing.

FEEDBACK

Er, I had eggs for breakfast. Yep.

So, Alan, don't forget your bit, OK? Hmm?

Yeah, no, I won't.

Freedom! '90 by George Michael

♪ I won't let you down

♪ I will not give you up

♪ Gotta have some faith in the sound

♪ It's the one good thing that I got

♪ I won't let you down

♪ So please don't give me up

♪ Because I would really, really love to stick around

What's going on?

♪ Oh, yeah!

Your dad insisted I give him a singing lesson.

♪ I think there's something you should know

♪ I think it's time I told you so

♪ There's something deep inside of me

♪ There's someone else I've got to be

♪ Take back your picture in a frame

♪ Take back your singing in the rain

♪ I just hope you understand

♪ Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

♪ All we have to do now

♪ Is take these lies

♪ And make them true somehow

♪ All we have to see

♪ Is that I don't belong to you

♪ And you don't belong to me

♪ Yeah, yeah!

♪ Freedom!

♪ I won't let you down

♪ Freedom!

♪ I will not give you up

♪ Freedom!

♪ Have some faith in the sound

♪ It's the one good thing that I

♪ Freedom!

♪ I won't let you down

♪ Freedom!

♪ I will not give you up

♪ Freedom!

♪ Cos I would really, really love to stick around

♪ Freedom!

♪ I won't let you down

♪ Freedom!

♪ I will not give you up

♪ Freedom!

♪ You've gotta for give what you take

♪ Freedom!

GUY LAUGHS ♪ Whoa, freedom!

Whoo! # Freedom! # Freedom!

♪ You've gotta give for what you take. ♪