OK, listen up, people,
Where's Dad? Where IS Dad?
Yeah, where's all our stuff? What's going on?
Just give me a second, please, Mum, where's Dad?
VOICEOVER: I need to tell you a story,
It's a story that got real crazy when my mum said this,
Where's Dad?!
Your dad had gone, OK? He's gone!
It all started last night,
My name is Phoebe Robinson,
Things I love - making up stories, my dad, and dancing,
Things I hate - homework, homework, and,,, Let me think,,,
Oh, yeah, homework,
That's my brother, Perry,
He loves homework, and hates crowds and noise,
Sometimes I feel like he can't possibly be my brother,
That's Becks, She's 15, but she thinks she's 21,
She loves being on her phone, and hates,,,
,,not being on her phone,
MUSIC: Domino by Jessie J
I can't, So,,, So boring,
Hey, Trudy, volume up!
MUSIC VOLUME INCREASES
Oh, guys! Guys! Yes,
OK, Oh! Volume up!
That's my dad,
He's my favourite person in the whole world,
And I'm his,
Come on, Dance with me,
Please, That is such a dad thing to say to someone,
Boring! OK, Perry, come on,
Come on, show us your moves, Come on!
I'm allergic to dancing,
I literally have an immune response to it,
Alrighty! All right, Phoebes! Come on!
Phoebes?
My name isn't Phoebe,
My name is Isabella Katchacoldic,
Oh, dear, Here we go again,
Oh, my! You mean the Estonian three-times world dance champion
Isabella Katchacoldic?
My reputation precedes me,
May I?
Enchanted,
# Rock my world into the sunlight,,, #
Well, this isn't distracting at all,
# Make this dream the best I've ever known,,, #
Whoo!
I can't live like this any more,
I'm trying to text Max here!
Whoo!
Right, spin, Woo!
Hey, Trudy, stop playing music,
MUSIC STOPS
Oh,
Rob, she literally got a warning two days ago from Ms Morrison
for never doing her homework,
If she does it again, she'll be in serious trouble,
VOICEOVER: And finally, that's my mum,
She definitely does NOT get me,
She's so cross at me all the time, even when stuff wasn't my fault,
Homework, now!
SHE SIGHS
Why,,,is,,,this,,,so,,,dull?
THUDDING FROM BELOW
THUDDING FROM ABOVE
My dad's an animator,
Down in his studio,
he's always coming up with cool ideas for animations,
He hasn't had anything proper made yet,
but he'll get his big break soon, I just know it,
THUDDING FROM ABOVE
Look,
Homework,
I know, You know, We both know,
But I just wanted to ask one question,
How's the animation project with Mel Harris going?
You said you were going to pitch him Hunt For The Dragon Queen,
I mean,,,I manage his books and stuff, Phoebes,
I just do boring office stuff,
I don't really get to creatively work with him,
But he'd love Hunt For The Dragon Queen!
It's such a good idea!
Maybe one day, right?
Hey, I made you something,
This figurine of you,
Whoa! I love it! I love it so much!
Thank you!
Wait,
My name is Princess Dragon Tamer,
We must find the Dragon Queen and bring her reign of terror to an end,
Aye! I am your trusted knight Lars,
Quick! Do you hear the sound of giant wings?
Whoa! Whoa! Is our epic search for the Dragon Queen finally at an end?
Quickly, run! Run! We must run!
Argh! Run! Flee! Flee! Argh!
Raaaah! Raaaah! Raaaah!
Hide, quickly! Under the table, Under the table!
Argh! Wah! Wah! Wah!
Phoebe! I told you to do your homework,
Get to your room now,
I need to speak to you,
Now,
OK,
If the worst happens tomorrow, the kids,,,
VOICEOVER: I'd gotten Dad in trouble
by getting carried away in my imagination again,
and now they were arguing again,
Since we moved to Scotland, they were always fighting,
and I knew exactly why,
Hey,
I think Mum and Dad are breaking up because of me,
Phoebe,,,
,,you're annoying, you're not THAT annoying,
Come here,
See?
I still think something weird is going on,
Phoebe, you know what you're like,
You get lost inside your own head,
Nothing weird is going on, I promise,
Nothing weird is going on,
Something weird is going on, You never wear a suit,
Why are you wearing a suit?
Dad has a really big business meeting today,
What?! Why didn't you tell me?
Are you pitching Hunt For The Dragon Queen?
I can't talk about it just yet, Oh, I'm so excited!
Hey, guys, can you give us a group hug before I go?
I don't do hugs,
Come on, Come on!
It's been over 14 months since I gave someone a hug,
That was only the beginning of the crazy weirdness,
WHISPERING
When I got to school, things were even more bizarre,
Sasha,,,why are people looking at me and whispering?
Are they? Maybe you're just being paranoid,
Phoebe, a word with you about your homework,
That's when I knew I was in trouble,
Detention for the rest of the week or worse,
Ms Morrison hates me,
Don't worry about it being late,
Just try and get to it as soon as you can, Huh?
This day could not get any weirder,
Look, Phoebe, it's your mum!
Class, what's going on? Everybody sit down!
BELL RINGS
Obviously it won't be for a few years,
but when I can drive, my dad basically said I can have it,
Even though the insurance is mad expensive, but,,,worth it,
So worth it! Oh, look, The prom,
So boring,
Er, are you going?
Well,,,it seems a bit,,,juvenile,
Yeah, But everyone else is going, so I guess I will,
Listen, if you're not going with anyone,,,
Yeah?
Well, I thought I'd ask you,,, Yeah,,,?!
Is that your mum?
Becks, come on! We need to go,
Yeah, get your things, We need to go!
Mum! You can't just kidnap us like this! Where's Dad?!
Dad's gone, OK? He's gone!
So that was how it all began,
My dad has disappeared,
and I'm basically being kidnapped by my own mum!
What do you mean, "he's gone"?
So, erm,,,
,,he's gone away on business,
To Japan, What?! Whoa! Huh?!
Yeah, The pitch went really well, and they wanted to see him
out there straight away, so I thought, well, since he's out there
having so much fun, why don't we head off on holiday?
What, right now?
Yep, Yep, I booked this gorgeous little cottage in this amazing
little village in the Highlands, But there's a week of school left!
No! I'll miss the prom! Me and Max were supposed to go together,
Did he ask you, then? He was going to, Of course he was,
He was! This is not happening!
Mum, Perry looks like he might have a meltdown,
I didn't know about this,
I'm not ready for this!
Perry, there's nothing to worry about, love,
OK? Yeah? Remember what we practised?
Slow breaths, yeah?
Oh, my gosh, Dad did it!
This is everything he ever dreamed of! I'm so excited for him,
Dad must be so happy! How long is he going to Japan for?
I can't believe I'm going to miss the prom!
I need my stuff, Mum! I need to,,,
Mum, did you pack the figurine that Dad made me?
Where's my blanket? What exactly am I supposed to tell Max?
How long are we going for?
Oh, no, He's going to end up going with Kelly Cartwright,
Mum, I can't sleep without my night blanket, I need it!
Mum, did you pack the figurine that Dad made me?
Fine! We'll go and get your figurine!
Do you want my bubbles, Mum?
Uh,,, It's good,
Erm, it's all good,
We'll just go back and get all your stuff,
Everyone out! Come on, let's go!
I just want my figurine!
All right, Phoebe, we heard you the first time!
Guys,,,
,,something's happened downstairs,
What's the big deal? Oh, no,
I don't like this, Guys, make sure,,,
Mum, what happened in here?
Er, your dad was in a mad rush before he left -
he,,,almost missed his flight,
Anyway, come on! We've got a holiday to get to,
Let's go! Let's go! Come on!
Some holiday,
Phoebe, come on,
Things didn't make sense,
Loads of questions were buzzing through my head,
If Dad was going to Japan to pitch, then why would he trash his office?
Why would he smash the Dragon Queen?
I'm going to find the toilets,
Yeah,
But Mum wouldn't lie to us,
We might not get on much, but she wasn't a liar,
At least that's what I thought,
I,,, I told the kids he was at work in Japan,
Yeah, I think they believed it, yeah,
Anyway, Luce, I've got to go,
I left the kids in the car, Yeah,
All right, bye,
Becks! What is it?
OK, guys! Last leg,
Why is she acting like that?
OK, there's been, like, no signal for 20 minutes,
Yeah, Yeah, the woman who runs the cottage said this whole area is
a complete blackspot,
Oh! Oh, this is it, guys! Exciting!
This is a phone box! This is it!
Now, the cottage can't be reached by car,
The lady on the phone said we had to go through those woods to find it,
You're kidding me, right?
It's great!
I hate nature,
What do you mean? Nature is amazing,
It's way more interesting than staring at a phone all day,
Yeah, well, I can watch nature documentaries on my phone
and not ruin my new sneaks,
Whoa!
SWITCH CLICKS
The power's out,
Well, this must be the living room,
How can that be the living room? There's no TV,
This is a back-to-basics cottage, There's no TV,
Or Wi-Fi,
What did you just say? You heard me, Becks,
There's no food in the kitchen,
Did we bring anything for supper? I'm getting hungry,
No, we didn't, There are crackers in the car,
They'll have to make do until the morning, OK?
Crackers?!
I can't breathe,
I actually cannot breathe,
Without signal or Wi-Fi, how am I supposed to talk to Max?
It's over,
The greatest love story of all time is over,
I don't know why you're panicking,
There's obviously going to be somewhere around here
that has Wi-Fi,
Yeah,
OK, That's tomorrow sorted,
Find somewhere with Wi-Fi and set up camp,
And we can call Dad from there!
Er, no, no, no, We can't call Dad because of the time difference,
He said he'll email when he can,
Actually, er, new rule - no phones on holiday,
We're here to spend some time with each other,
so that's what we're going to do,
You're not taking my phone off me,
Now, Becks,
No!
This is my property, I have rights, too!
You can't just take my phone off me,
Yeah, well, I pay for it,
so give me your phone now!
RUMBLING
What's that?
It's the Dragon Queen!
Phoebe, slow down!
Phoebe, Perry, wait!
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
I love trains!
A steamer, too?! This is not happening!
Dad would love this!
That is so cool!
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
Come on, we have to find the station!
Mum's lying to us,
I overheard her on the phone,
Dad's not in Japan,
Where is he, then?
I don't know, but she said we have to stay in this area,
I've got a theory,
Dad's not actually an animator,
What if, right now,
Dad's walking into some top-secret building somewhere and,,,?
ID, please,
Here's my ID,
Let me get this straight - you think that the most plausible explanation
is that Dad is some kind of super spy?
Do you not think it's more likely that,,,
,,Mum has just left him?
What? Why would she do that?
He's, like, the best dad in the world,
Because he messes around all day pretending to be an animator
while Mum actually has to go to work,
What do you mean? He works for Mel Harris!
For, like, one day out of the week,
Phoebes, why do you hero worship him so much?
Says you! You and Perry are Mum's favourites,
Mum doesn't have fav,,,
How are we her favourites?
You're her favourite because you're pretty and you stay up all night
doing each other's hair, talking about boring stuff like clothes,
Perry's her favourite because he's clever
and he's always winning awards and she's really, really proud of him,
And me - I'm not pretty or clever,
but it doesn't matter because I have a big imagination like Dad,
And he thinks it's actually special,
That I'M special!
Phoebe, don't ever tell me again that you're not pretty or clever,
OK?
OK?!
BECKS SIGHS
I'm sorry, Phoebes, Maybe you're right,
Maybe there is some other explanation for all this,
Wait!
What about this?
We sneak my phone out of Mum's handbag for a hot minute
and get Dad's number out of it,
Then we put it back in her purse so she has no idea,
and call Dad off the phone box out on the road there,
But,,,we need to get Max's number, too, OK?
So I can call him, as well,
Deal?
Deal,
BIRDSONG
Mum always kept her phone in her bag,
and she hadn't put it down all morning!
We were never going to get Dad's number like this,
Where is everybody?
Have we gone back in time?
Who are those funny-looking people?
This is it! This is the station, Oh, my gosh!
I told you we'd gone back in time, This place is so weird,
Why are they dressed like that?
I guess it's because it's the heritage railway,
It's all part of the fun,
Wow! It's like living in a story from the olden days,
I've never been more excited in my whole life!
Wow! They're huge, up close,
Oops,
Didn't go through,
Do you want to try again, or,,,?
Erm, no, I'll, er,,, I'll just see if I've got some cash,
It's, erm,,, Ah,
On your holidays?
Yeah, yeah, We arrived late last night,
We're, erm, staying in the artist's cottage near the phone box,
You're not Sarah Robinson, are you?
Yeah,
We thought you were arriving tomorrow,
The power's off!
I'm Mo, I run the rental,
Oh, I didn't even get a chance to clean the place!
Well, we booked it so last minute, it's fine,
Well, for a start, these sandwiches are on the house,
Oh, no, no, no, You really don't have to do that,
Oh, I really do,
and I'll get someone up to look at that fuse box as soon as,,,
Can I ride the train?
Yes! Of course! There's one about to leave in a minute,
Can I drive the train?
Oh! Well, now, you'll have to get in Thomas Brown's good books
if you want to do that,
He's the station master,
The only problem is he's a little bit grumpy,
That's OK, My mum and dad are grumpy all the time, so I'm used to it,
Perry!
MO LAUGHS
WHISTLE BLOWS
No crossing the yellow line!
Are you Thomas Brown? I'm Perry Robinson,
Mo from the cafe said if I got into your good books
I'd be able to drive the train,
Oh, did she, now? You're not exactly off to a good start,
WHISTLE BLOWS
All aboard the Silver Service Pullman Experience -
coaches A and B, please!
I have a lot of questions about trains,
I wrote them down,
There are 48 questions,
Mum, we NEED to ride the train! Can we? Please?!
Perry, you know we're on a bit of a tight budget, love,
I'm sorry, Let them on, Tom! They ride for free today,
The doors are closed, Maureen, So open one of them!
Fine,
Come with me,
Brilliant! Come on, hurry up!
Just this once,
Come on,
Thanks,
Oh!
Thank you, Thank you,
Enjoy,
Amazing!
Gross,
My name is Duchess Lah-De-Dah,
and I'm a rich lady from 1895 on the way to my country estate,
Here we go again,
Who let this peasant into my locomotive carriage?
Be gone with her!
Just going to nip to the bathroom, OK?
Er, any drinks or confectionaries for you guys?
We don't have any money, We're on a budget,
Well,,,
,,I tell you what,,,
Thanks!
Don't tell Thomas Brown!
What about you? Can I interest you in a,,,
,,a sweetie or anything?
I'm all right, thanks,
So you here on your holidays, then? Yep,
I'm, er, I'm actually 16, believe it or not,
Just finished my exams,
My name's Jake, by the way,
Her name's Becks,
She just turned 15 but she always tells people she's nearly 16,
Can you not, Perry, for, like, one second in your life?!
I have 48 questions about trains,
OK, Yeah, awesome,
Cool!
I can show you the workshop later if you'd like to,
How is the water tank connected to the locomotive?
,,steam injector,
So how do you use a steam injector?
You have coins for the phone box, right?
As if I carry coins, What am I, some 82-year-old spinster?
Guys, I've going for a quick drive, Clear my hair for a bit,
Becks, you're in charge, yeah?
So how are we going to get coins, then?
I could take 50p,
It wasn't like it was for me,
It was so I could find out where Dad is and save my family,
Of course I have coins, Coins are cool,
It says the year they were minted on the back,
Sometimes you can get ones that are proper ancient,
like from the 1990s,
Who are you calling? We,,, Er, my friend,
She just got a pet guinea pig, So?
So we really want to know what she named it, Yeah,
Girls are so weird,
How am I supposed to use this thing?
I wish I had my phone so I could just Google how to do it,
I think the money goes in here,
but we only have two 50ps, so when Dad answers the phone, talk quick,
Ask him where he is and what's he's doing,
And if there's any money left, you can call Max,
OK, Go and keep an eye on Perry, Make sure he hasn't wandered off,
LINE RINGS
PIPS
Hello?
Hey, Max, It's Becks,
Hello? Who's this?
Max, it's Becks! Where have you been?
I know you probably saw Kelly Cartwright and I,
we'll go,,,dance together,
What? You're going with Kelly?
You disappeared, I mean, I had,,,
,,find someone,,,
Listen, how would it look,,, I went on my own?
But you know,,,my number-one girl,
I am? I'm your number-one girl or Kelly's your number-one girl?
PIPS
Max, are you still there?
,,the rumour, it's crazy, your dad,,,
My dad? What about my dad?!
,,like, awful, Everyone,,,talking about it,,,
LINE GOES DEAD
You did what?!
You promised, Becks! I can't believe you did that!
I'll just find some coins from somewhere else,
It's not that big a deal, Phoebes,
Oh, it's NO big deal, Becks, Our family's falling apart!
You're so selfish, You don't care about this family!
I'll find us a phone or something, I promise,
Well, I'm going back!
LAUGHTER
It was such a strange sound,
A sound I hadn't heard in months,
Mum laughing,
SARAH LAUGHS
That was when I realised, Mum HAD left Dad,
because she'd found a new boyfriend,
Thomas Brown!
Whoa!
JAKE: Yep, Yeah, I thought you might like it,
Remind me why I'm in this greasy nerd factory again,
SARAH: I need you to keep an eye on Perry while I do some work, OK?
No tourists allowed back here, Er, sorry, Barbara,
They're with me, I thought, erm, Perry there would,,,
You can't bring out-of-towners into the workshop, Jake,
We're not out-of-towners, We're staying in the village, actually,
Come on, Perry, Come and sit with me while I work,
What are you doing?
I'm building a new smoke box for The Clan Chief,
Where does the super heater header go?
This loco's saturated steam
and isn't fitted with a super heater header,
It's better for the environment, So,,,that's the steam outlet?
Aye, That's right,
He likes his trains,
Yeah, I can see that,
If I let you help out a bit, are you going to mess about?
I'll get you some overalls, Yes!
Does this mean I can drive the train?
No, it does not,
And you'll need a safety cap for a start,
You got this? I'll be with Phoebe in the cafe,
Jake, do you actually have signal here?
Erm, not here, I don't, No,
But, erm, there is some signal up on that hill there,
This is going to sound very, very cheeky,
but can I borrow your phone? It's a family emergency,
No international calls,
Hey, erm,,,my friends and I,
we're going to head down to the beach tomorrow night,
and I was wondering if maybe you'd like to,,,come down?
I'm not really a beach kind of person,
Well, that's,,, That's great, actually, cos, erm,
I was thinking maybe we could do something,,,
,,just me and you,
Oh, like a,,,, Like a date?
Oh! That's very sweet of you,
I didn't, I didn't, erm,,, You know,,,
I just,,, I just meant it, like, sort of,,,
Yeah,
Sorry,
OK,
I'm going to,,, Yeah, I'm just going to go,
That way,
That tea you ordered, Thank you,
If Becks wasn't going to help me,,,
ALERT ON LAPTOP
,,then I knew I had to find out what Mum was up to on my own,
Erm,,,I'll be back in ten minutes, Phoebes,
Just,,,don't leave the station, OK?
I couldn't get it out of my mind,
Mum and Thomas Brown,
Together!
I told myself I was wrong,
I told myself I was getting carried away again,
But suddenly, it all clicked,
And now they were even leaving together,
Excuse me, Do you know where Thomas Brown's going?
Probably snuck off for some lunch with his secret girlfriend,
He thinks we know nothing about her,
It was true,
I couldn't believe it!
I couldn't believe she'd do that!
In my head, I could see them laughing about him,
thinking it was so funny, sneaking around behind everyone's backs,
BOTH LAUGH
LAUGHTER ECHOES
I could hear her,
I could hear THEM,
Do it for Dad,
One bar, All of that for one bar,
SHE SIGHS
LINE RINGS
Come on, Dad,
Hi, it's Rob, Please leave a message,
My dad would love this,
I wish he was here to see it,
So are all your friends into trains, too?
Mm, Hard to say, really,
I only have a couple of friends, and I don't know them that well,
They're both people I play Axe Quest with,
You won't have heard of that because you're really old
and it's an online game, Well, that's no good, is it?
You've got to get some friends in real life, right?
Friends are a bit overrated, I think,
If I'm on my own, I get to do everything my way,
Phoebe, Where's my mum? I know you're her boyfriend!
What are you talking about?!
You were over at our cottage when you thought us kids were out,
I was fixing your fuse box,
And you hugged her! And you left the station together!
We didn't leave together, we just left at the same time,
Don't lie to me! I know she's here!
I heard her voice,
Who's in the kitchen, then?
That is none of your business,
It's all right, Tom,
I'll finish my biscuit,
MAX: Well, apparently, Ed said
he was walking past your house ages ago and, and saw
your dad arguing with the police as they dragged you into a police car,
Me?! Yeah,
Everyone thinks it's because you've been arrested for shop lifting,
Well, some people say shop lifting and some say armed robbery,
Well, that,,, That's insane,
Can you please tell people that's not true?
Shame! See, I thought it would be cool if it was,
So what's going on? What are you up to on your hols?
Not much, I'm just stuck keeping an eye on my brother,
He's doing some boring train stuff,
Why don't you just ditch him and go and have some fun?
What? Max, no, he,,,
He thinks differently, You know that,
He finds things too much sometimes,
I can't just abandon him,
I mean,,,I would,
Like, there's nothing wrong with being a bit selfish sometimes,
Like, just because he's a bit odd
doesn't mean it should ruin your holiday,
You know what, Max?
Perry is a million times the person you will ever be!
SHE SCREAMS
Perry? Jake?
Wow, How is this fun for you guys?
You want to join in?
Don't even, Perry Robinson!
Oh, hey, What time are you going to the beach tomorrow?
Guys, is Phoebe here? I told her to stay in the cafe,
Phoebe?!
I'll head down to the beach at 8,00,
I can pick you up at the phone box,
BECKS: Mum, we're going back to the cafe,
Who are you?
Er, I'm a friend of Sarah Robinson,
I was just wondering where she is,
I've never heard of her,
Listen, I don't know if you know about her and her family,,,
I said I'd never heard of her,
And this is private property, so,,, I suggest you leave,
You OK?
That was very kind of you,
Are you in trouble, love?
I'll put the kettle on,
MO: You want to tell me what's going on?
Do you know who was like you when they were a kid?
Thomas Brown,
He wasn't really naughty or anything,
just a wee bit silly sometimes,
I can't imagine Thomas Brown being silly,
Oh! Oh, it's in there,,,somewhere,
Sometimes, as you get older, and life happens,,,
,,that kind of thing gets,,,
,,kind of buried in layers of mud,
Please don't tell my mum I came here,
Two conditions -
one, you need to talk to her, about whatever this is,
And two,,,
,,please don't tell anyone I was over here,
Thomas Brown doesn't want people to know that we like
spending time together,
It makes me a wee bit sad sometimes,
but I think he thinks people would gossip about us,
Mo,,,
,,why do adults keep so many secrets?
Because at some point, they think it's easier to hide from themselves
and from the world than it is to stand up and face it head-on,
But it isn't,
It only ever makes things harder,
Go and talk to her, Phoebe,
OK?
Mum?
I'd never seen her cry before,
I wanted to go and tell her that everything would be OK,
like I'm the mum and she's the kid,
But then I saw she had Dad's red jumper,
and I remembered all her lies, and I didn't even want to be around her,
Phoebe!
Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you,
I went for a walk, I'm not a baby, Mum,
I can handle things,
Dad would never tell me off for something like this,
Yeah, well, maybe that's his problem,
Don't you dare say mean things about him!
Mm, I'm sorry,
Er,,,I'm just,,,
I'm just a bit stressed at the moment,
so I'm feeling a bit grouchy,
Anyway, what's up? Did you want to talk about something?
Doesn't matter,
My name is Phoebe Robinson, and I will find my dad,
My name is Phoebe Robinson, and I will find my dad!
My name is Phoebe Robinson, and I will find my,,,
ROB LAUGHS
Whoo!
Whoo-hoo!
I miss dancing with you,
SARAH ECHOING: Phoebe,
Phoebe,
Come on, Phoebes, I need to get some bits for supper,
You want anything from the shop?
I'll be two secs,
Rossmore, Glebe Road,
So that's where she'd been going on her little drives,
LINE RINGS
PHONE VIBRATES
VIBRATION STOPS
You OK? Mm-hm,
OK,
In the glove compartment!?
I checked where Mum went on her little drive today,
There's a town nearby called Rossmore,
to a place called Glebe Road, I'm going to go there,
How? It's the final stop on the Heritage Line,
But why wouldn't he have his phone, though?
I have another theory,
Maybe Mum and Dad were driving along one day,
and they saw a strange light in the bushes,
Rob, don't,,,
What if,,,
Rob?
PORTAL WARPS
Rob?!
Aliens? We're on aliens now? Seriously?
Think of all the weird stuff that's happened,
Let's try and put it together,
Don't worry about it being late,
Just try and get to it as soon as you can,
WHISPERING
My friends, my teachers,,,
They knew,
They knew something was about to happen,
What could they have known was going to happen?
We're losing him here! He's in VF,
Charging defib,
Stand clear,
Shock delivered,
FLATLINE BEEP
RAPID BEEPING
I think I know what's in Rossmore,
Dad's grave,
What?!
THUNDER CRASHES
What's going on?
Perry,,,
,,I think Dad is dead,
No!
Perry, wait!
Nice work, Phoebes!
Perry, wait!
Perry,
Please wait,
Dad's not dead,
Then why would she say that?
Because she's just upset and missing him,
We all are, You're lying to me! Stay away from me!
Perry!
Perry! Don't step on the tracks - they could be electrified,
Perry! Please!
We need to get out of the tunnel, now, It's dangerous!
I can't believe he's dead, He's not dead,
Isn't that right, Phoebes?
Phoebes?
Yeah, I was just being stupid, He's in Japan, like Mum said,
GRAVEL SHAKES
TRAIN APPROACHES
The tunnel's not wide enough here, We're going to get crushed, Run! Go!
Ugh! Becks!
Phoebe! We're not going to make it!
SCREAMING
In there! Run!
We're OK! We're alive!
We're alive!
Not for long,
Are you the only kids in this country too stupid to know
how dangerous it is to mess around on train tracks?!
Apart from the small fact that people get killed doing that,
you do know that on some railways you could have been electrocuted?
And even if a train driver saw you,
there's no way they could stop in time!
If the council thought we were unsafe, they would shut us down!
Rebecca - at your age, with two little ones with you?
And Perry - you of all people?
Barbara takes you under her wing and this is how you repay her?!
And you want us to let you help out here more often?
Well, no chance, laddie, No chance,
And what about you, Phoebe? What next?
Burn down the post office?!
Ever since you lot came to this village,
there's been nothing but trouble,
Car! Now!
Those kids need proper discipline,
I beg your pardon? Thomas, don't,
You don't know about their situation,
They've got a lot going on at the moment,
What sort of mother allows their children free rein to
run around train tracks?
You know, Barbara's right,
You have no idea about my situation or my family,
So why don't you keep your opinions to yourself,
you cantankerous old git?
Car!
Thanks for sticking up for us, Mum,
I wasn't sticking up for you!
He was right - you SHOULD be ashamed of yourselves,
What kind of mother must they think I am?
You're all banned from leaving the grounds of the cottage,
What? No! I need to ride the train tomorrow,
I have things I need to do!
I'm meant to be meeting Jake,
and I have no way of getting in touch with him,
What about my work with the engineers? I was sup,,,
Stop! Stop! What part of this do you not understand?
No-one in this village wants to see you,
They took us in and looked after us, and you threw it in their faces,
I'm going to look for a different cottage in a different town,
You are through with the railway, It's over,
Get out, all of you!
CAR DOOR SLAMS
I am done talking, Becks,
Why did,,,
Why did Barbara mention "our situation"?
You told her, didn't you?
You'd tell a stranger the truth about what's going on,
but you won't tell your own kids?
You know who's really to blame for all this? You are,
Becks,,, What?
This stays between us, OK?
TRAIN PASSES
Thanks,
It all started nine months ago,,,
Rob, please tell me you didn't buy me
expensive jewellery for our anniversary,
The move to Scotland was supposed to save us money,
Hey, don't open,,, Don't open any of these packages, OK,
They're for my brother,
He's having them sent here while him and Polly are in France,
And, for your information,
I will be getting you supermarket flowers for our anniversary -
as per tradition, OK?
Your dad had been acting weird for ages,
Disappearing for hours at night, telling lies,
At some point, I realised he'd been sneaking down to the garage,
I'd had enough, so I decided to have it out with him,
CLANKING AND BANGING
What? What happened?
Becks said she didn't care that Mum had grounded us,
and that she was going to sneak out to see Jake anyway,
Rossmore, Rossmore,,,
Well, I didn't care either,
Mum couldn't stop me from going to Rossmore,
She couldn't stop me from finding out what was going on
once and for all,
I miss Dad, Do you think he's doing OK in Japan?
Definitely, He loves Japanese stuff,
He's probably buying us some cool toys and gadgets,
Is that why you're upset?
Is that why you're blowing bubbles?
I'm mainly sad that I can't go down to the station,
Yeah, we're all upset about being grounded,
It sucks, No, you don't get it,
Being at the station was finally something that was mine -
and now I've lost it, because of my freak-out,
Because I'm weird,
Don't say that, It's not your fault,
I don't think it's my fault, Phoebe - I think it's yours,
You know I struggle to know if people are tricking me -
and you said Dad was dead!
Not trying to trick you, Perry, I was just,,,
Let me guess - got carried away in your imagination?
Well, I'm sick of your imagination, Phoebe,
We all are, Just leave me alone,
What the,,,
HORN BLARES
You all right? I thought you had a moped,
Er, nah, erm, mopeds aren't the best at ploughing fields, unfortunately,
Where exactly am I supposed to,,,?
FLIES BUZZ
Hold on tight! This baby has been known to go over 20mph!
Four, five,,,
Hey, guys, I'd like to introduce you to Becks,
Hey!
You,,, You all right? Yeah, yeah,
No, I'm just enjoying the view,
I'd invite you to play football, Becks,
but those kicks look pretty fresh!
Hey, ignore Mark,
He's never left Lochriggs, so he doesn't really understand fashion,
None of us are any good! And we all play barefoot anyway,
Apart from me, I'm world-class!
He's not world-class,
I'm all right, thanks, I'll,,, I'll just watch,
I don't want to ruin my boots,
My mum doesn't even know I'm here, I had to sneak out,
I can't believe all that happened to you,
I'm so sorry, Becks,
I've still not got my head around it all,
Wow, It sounds like quite the day,
The absolute worst, right?
What made you change your mind about coming to hang out?
HE STAMMERS
I don't know, I just thought you weren't a beach person,
I'm not, But I am
a hanging-out-with-a-nice-boy kind of person,
So,,,
,,is the offer of a date still open?
Well, I don't know,
I might have got married since we last saw each other,
No!
PHONE RINGS
Sorry, Just one second,
Hello? It's Max,
I'm looking for Becks,
She called me off this number before,
Is that right? Yeah, I'm her boyfriend,
OK,
I'll,,, I'll tell her you called,
Everything all right?
Well, why did he say he's your boyfriend, then?
He never was my boyfriend, We were just thinking
of going to the dance together, Yeah, but you liked him,
And you called him using my phone, knowing that I liked you,
And you said it was a family emergency!
It doesn't matter,
We're too different,
What's that supposed to mean?
Your face when I pulled up in the tractor,
You don't want to play any games
because you think you might look silly,
My friends said you might be full of yourself because you're not
from around here, and I actually defended you,
OK, I'm going home now,
Good!
HE SIGHS
Nice one, Jake,
THUNDER RUMBLES
I'm going for a quick drive, I trust you can all stay here
and not do anything stupid until I get back, Yeah?
I'm going to get something to eat,
This was my chance to get to Rossmore,
I knew all the answers were there,
Phoebe?
Why are you sneaking off?
I don't want you to get involved,
I don't want anyone else to get in trouble,
I don't think you should go,
You're really going to stand there and tell me you don't want to know?
No, er, but,,,
,,some things are better not to know, because,,,
BECKS SIGHS
,,because once you know, you can't go back, and you're so young,
Just,,, Just enjoy being a kid,
It doesn't last forever,
You know, don't you?
You know, and you didn't even tell me!
I'm supposed to be your sister!
We're supposed to tell each other everything!
Phoebe, I'm sorry!
Wait!
No, don't! Just don't!
I said to you the other day that you were Mum's favourite,
and you said I was mad,
Well, she told you, didn't she?
The only person in this family that understands me is gone,
And you have the front to tell me not to go and find him!
Mum and Dad don't have favourites, Phoebe,
Oh, really? Then why did he make me this, then?
BECKS SIGHS
He made Perry one, too,
Before we left,
I'm his favourite,
I am!
VOICEOVER: So, that was it,
Dad was gone, Perry was mad at me, and I was mad at Becks,
PLATFORM ANNOUNCER: The next service to Rossmore is now departing,
Our family was torn apart, and all because of Mum!
All because of her lies!
Well, I'm going to end that,
I'm going to end that right now,
HE BLOWS WHISTLE
So this was Rossmore,
All I needed to find was Glebe Road,
We didn't talk the whole way back,
Perry, can you come down here, please?
I need to talk to all of you,
We never talk, Why would we start now?
Phoebe, please,,,
Now I know why you like places that are quiet and dark,
They feel dead scary, but,,,
,,they're not as scary as the world is,
Together, OK?
There's,,,
,,something I've been wanting to say to you all,
HAMMERING
A few months ago, I followed your dad down to the garage,
Rob,,,what's going on here?
W-What is all this?
Come here, Come on,
That's the Dragon Queen,
It's my TV project, I've been working on it, What?!
You're actually going to make it? Well, I'm working on a reel
for some broadcasters, When I,,,
They just didn't seem to get it when I pitched it to them
because they need to actually see it, you know?
OK, And where did the money come from for this?
I borrowed it from Mel,
Mel agreed to pay for it?
Oh, Rob,
Please tell me you told him,
ROB SIGHS
How much did you spend on this? It needed to look good!
How much, Rob?!
Look, I know, I know,
But all I'm saying is, if the worst happens tomorrow,
do the kids even need to know?
How am I supposed to keep it a secret from them?
We've kept it from them so far,
We don't even think it's going to happen, Nobody thinks so,
So why are you asking me to lie about it, then?!
Because I'm scared,
Sarah, I'm scared,
Come here,
Why are you wearing a suit, Dad?
Ah, I've got a big job interview today,
with a,,,Japanese animation studio,
No way! Right, love?
Yeah, big interview,
Have you eaten all the Corn Pops? No,
I never eat them, I only like toast,
Only you would eat my Corn Pops,
OK, Something weird is going on,
You never wear a suit,
Why are you wearing a suit?
It's clear to this court that your dishonesty
and selfishness has destroyed the trust of an 81-year-old man,
Therefore, Mr Robinson, you are sentenced by the court to
four months in prison
and to repay to Mr Harris the £50,000 that you stole,
I believe you have already started this repayment,
PHONE CHIMES RAPIDLY
SHUTTER CLICKS
Mrs Robinson, does your husband feel bad about stealing
money from a beloved children's entertainer?
What's his relationship like with Mel Harris now?
SHUTTER CLICKS
SARAH SCREAMS
SCREAMING CONTINUES
SARAH PANTS
I'll be back in ten minutes, Phoebes,
Just,,,don't leave the station, OK?
VOICES ECHO: Where's Dad? Where IS Dad? What's going on?
Mum, where's Dad?
CHILDREN'S VOICES OVERLAP
Mum, you can't just kidnap us like this! Where's Dad?!
Your dad's gone, OK? He's gone!
SHE SOBS
They can't do that,
What I did,,,
,,had nothing to do with you,
Of course they can,
I work in finance, Rob, and you used our joint account to embezzle money!
SHE SIGHS
And this was my dream job,
It may not be cool, it may not be colourful or fun,
but I worked my whole career towards it,
SHE SIGHS
I am telling the kids,
Today,
Becks already knows,
OK,
What do you think the kids'll think of me?
I mean,,,what,,,
What did Becks say? Did,,,?
Does she hate me? This isn't about you, Rob!
Not everything's about you,
It's about them,
Dad wouldn't do this, There must be a mistake,
Dad's a good person,
Sometimes good people make mistakes, Phoebe,
Oh, Perry, I'm,,,
I'm so sorry, love,
Can I,,,?
Can I hug you?
Oh,,,
Where are your bubbles, love?
I used them all up,
These past few days,
There's no bubbles left,
Oh, Perry,
Please, erm,,,
Please let me hold you,
Come here, Come here,
Why didn't you tell us?
We,,,
,,thought we could keep you all away from it,
Find a way you might not need to know,
He'll be out in a couple of months,
I can't believe you did that,
I know he means the world to you, Phoebe,
I'm so sorry,
I, erm,,,
SARAH BREATHES SHAKILY
We-we-we didn't know,,,
We didn't know what to do,
I guess,,,parents can make mistakes, too, right?
Can you forgive me, Phoebe?
We can all go and see him this weekend,
I don't want to go and see him,
No, you're in shock, Phoebe,
He's still your dad, You still love him,
I don't love him,
He's a thief and you're a liar,
I don't love EITHER of you!
DOOR BANGS
TRAIN WHISTLE
Where are you?!
Come and show your face, you coward!
You left me on my own!
I don't want to be the favourite of a criminal!
I'm not even your favourite anyway!
You made these for everyone!
CREAKING
THUD
Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
A huge tree just landed on the train tracks!
Whoa! It must have been damaged during the storm,
That's big enough to derail the whole train!
And it's around the corner, so the driver won't see it,
It's OK, One just went past so I don't think there's going to be
another one for a while, But we should try,,,
That was the new biomass train coming on a test run,
The Clan Chief will be coming back this way soon,
When? Five minutes!
We need to go and get Mum, now!
She went to get us fish and chips,
OK, OK, You guys stay here,
Try and move the tree,
Well, where are you going?
I need to get back to the station before that train leaves!
HE BLOWS WHISTLE
No, not on the tracks! You'll get hurt!
THEY GRUNT
Perry, it's too big,
Maybe Becks is there already,
Maybe she's stopped the train,
WHISTLE TOOTS
TOOT, TOOT!
Ugh!
WHISTLE TOOTS
No!
WHISTLE TOOTS
Stop the train!
WHISTLE TOOTS
Becks, Becks, Becks! Hey, Becks!
What's going on? There's a tree,
It's on the tracks, over by the cottage,
WHISTLE TOOTS
It's coming! It's heading toward us!
BELL RINGING
Perry, what stops a train?
Just a red signal,
A red signal,
HORN BLARES
Mum! Phoebe and Perry - they're in trouble!
WHISTLE TOOTS
Run! Now! It's coming!
BELL CHIMES
No!
WHISTLE TOOTS
MUFFLED: Are you OK?
DISTANT VOICES ECHO
VOICES ECHO: I don't want any,,,
Don't step on the tracks, they could be electrified,
THOMAS: Are you the only kids in this country too stupid to know
how dangerous it is to mess about on train tracks?!
You can't just kidnap us like this! Where's Dad?
Dad has gone, OK? He's gone!
You're a liar, I don't love EITHER of you!
And even if a train driver saw you,
there's no way they could stop in time!
We did it! Yes!
We stopped the train! This is amazing!
I can't believe we actually,,, I know, right?!
They only went and did it,
You beauties, You absolute beauties!
That's amazing!
I can't believe you did that!
I didn't do anything in the end,
I wasn't fast enough, I wasn't, like,,,
Look, I'm,,, I'm sorry I messed things up between us,
SHE SIGHS
You didn't mess it up,
THEY LAUGH
OK, we look absolutely insane,
I think we look charming, Come on!
They're waiting for us,
SARAH LAUGHS
Phoebe? Come on,
Come on!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Ladies and gentlemen,,,
,,it is my absolute honour,,,
,,to award Phoebe,,,
,,Perry,,,
,,and, finally, Rebecca Robinson,,,
,,these medals for bravery,
You and your family have done this village proud
and we're all so very, very happy to have you here with us,
So, please, enjoy your VIP experience on the Pullman,
And thank you,,,
,,from a cantankerous old git,
THEY LAUGH
CHEERING
TOOT, TOOT!
LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
WHISTLE TOOTS
BRAKES SQUEAL
Oh, careful, darling,
THEY WHOOP
Oh, wow!
Perry, message from up front,
Would you like to drive the train?
Best holiday ever!
PERRY LAUGHS
WHISTLE TOOTS
PERRY: What a day!
Goodnight, Phoebe,
MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY
Goodnight, Mum,
Phoebe,,,
,,can we talk?
I feel like we never talk any more,
I just wanted to say that,,,
,,tomorrow, when you go and see Dad,,,
,,I'm still not sure if I want to go and see him,
That's OK,
I,,, I just can't imagine him doing it,
Have you ever wanted to steal something?
Maybe,
Imagine,,,that, in that moment that you wanted to steal something,
you wanted it so badly that you actually did it,
You know what your dad's like, He gets lost, he gets,,,
,,carried away,
Like me?
No, No, not like you,
Come and sit here for a second,
These last few years, since your dad's been struggling at work,
I've been the one who's had to work a bit harder,
so I haven't been able to spend as much time with you,
Especially since Perry needs a bit of extra TLC, too,
And your dad,,,
,,he's always the one being silly, and so I've had to be more strict,
Because,,,someone has to be,
And I'm not saying he is a bad dad, because he's not,
But that's just the way it's been,
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, actually,
I'm sorry that I said I don't love you,
Oh! I do, I know you do!
Sometimes, I just,,,
I just want you to love me as much as you do Perry and Becks,
Phoebe,,,I always love you as much as the others,
Always, always!
Really? Oh, my love,
Of course!
You are so special to me,
and I am sorry if I've ever made you feel like you weren't,
I am in awe of you, Phoebe,
I so wish I had your imagination,
your wonderful mind, your spirit,
SHE CHUCKLES
And,,,I know I can't stop what's happened affecting you all
but, please,,,
,,please don't let it take those amazing things away from you,
Promise me you'll hold on to them,
I promise,
SONG PLAYS
Oh! This is one of my favourites,
# Bring me a higher love
# Oh
# Bring me a higher love
# My love
# Where's that higher love
# I keep thinking of?
# Bring me higher love, love
# Bring me higher love, oh
# Bring me higher love,,, #
SONG FADES
BEEPING
BUZZER
If you just open your mouth for me, please,
And put your tongue up, That's great, thank you,
Come on, kids,
Phoebe,
Come on,
Hey,
It's from your dad,
We'll give him a hug from you, OK?
We won't be long,
Come on,
Dad!
Perry,
Hey,
Hey, My goodness,
I can't tell you how happy I am to see you both,
Still no Phoebes?
OK,
OK, come on,
ROB: Dear Phoebe,
your mum tells me that you don't want to see me
and I totally understand why,
She says that I broke your little heart,
and hearing that has broken mine, too,
I could say that I'm sorry,
It wouldn't be enough,
I could say that everyone makes mistakes,
But what I did was so,,,
,,selfish and stupid,,,
,,that I can't sleep at night
because I know how much I've upset all of you,
All I can do is tell you that I love you more than anything
in this whole world,,,
,,and promise that I will spend every day for the rest of my life
trying to be the father that you all deserve,
All my love, Dad,
Dad messed up,
He messed up big time,
But if these last weeks have taught me anything,,,
,,it's that, sometimes, we all make mistakes,
Perhaps what makes a family
is that you stick by each other when things get bad,
That you forgive each other, even when it's hard to do,
ESPECIALLY when it's hard to do,
INDISTINCT CHATTER
It goes with your jumper, Who gave it,,,? Was it the,,,?
Daddy!
Phoebes?
My daddy!
HE INHALES DEEPLY
HE SIGHS