WEBVTT 00:34.861 --> 00:37.341 [film narrator] These are the stars of Andromeda, 00:37.421 --> 00:38.981 our home, 00:39.061 --> 00:43.061 places made familiar through centuries of galactic travel. 00:45.021 --> 00:47.421 But this is no ordinary journey 00:47.501 --> 00:50.181 because we are heading out of charted territory, 00:50.261 --> 00:55.261 through vast clouds of hydrogen to the very limits of our galaxy. 00:56.101 --> 00:58.101 - Whoa! - Look at that one. 00:58.181 --> 01:00.341 [narrator] And there, as we emerge, 01:00.421 --> 01:03.101 are the galaxies of our neighbors beyond. 01:06.941 --> 01:11.541 And now we're out far enough to see in perspective the place we've just left, 01:11.581 --> 01:15.021 the beautiful spiral formation of Andromeda. 01:19.221 --> 01:23.581 Goodbye, Andromeda. We'll be gone a long time, 01:23.701 --> 01:27.981 for our voyage will carry us through two and a half million light-years 01:28.061 --> 01:30.101 of intergalactic void. 01:30.181 --> 01:32.741 Activating the onboard replay scanner, 01:32.821 --> 01:37.101 we're able to compress time and watch a stellar birth. 01:37.181 --> 01:40.101 A nuclear heart is beginning to beat. 01:53.341 --> 01:55.541 [man on radio] Twenty-five minutes now to eight, 01:55.621 --> 01:57.821 and I've got four big stars on the program today, 01:57.901 --> 01:59.541 and first off is Libra. 01:59.621 --> 02:01.141 And Librans are going... 02:01.221 --> 02:03.581 ...they're going to find people charming to chat to today, 02:03.661 --> 02:05.821 and if you're a Libra, you'll have no trouble 02:05.901 --> 02:07.701 in collecting followers or admirers. 02:07.781 --> 02:09.901 And I hope that you're putting your street in 02:09.981 --> 02:13.581 for our new contest which is called Keep the Capital Clean. 02:13.621 --> 02:16.701 We're not really looking for a complete facelift of your street, 02:16.781 --> 02:19.981 just some indications that you care about the street that you live in. 02:20.061 --> 02:21.061 So why don't you enter, 02:21.141 --> 02:24.701 and send your nomination to Keep Britain Tidy... 02:24.781 --> 02:26.621 - You want tea? - Ah, no. 02:26.741 --> 02:29.061 [radio] ...box 194 in London, here at Capital Radio. 02:29.141 --> 02:31.181 And the Keep Britain Tidy people at Capital Radio 02:31.301 --> 02:32.861 are going to be doing the judging, 02:32.901 --> 02:37.061 and the prize is a street party with Capital's DJs attending... 02:37.141 --> 02:38.581 [radio continues, indistinct] 02:39.621 --> 02:41.581 You always take so long. It's not fair! 02:41.621 --> 02:43.141 [girl, singsong] Blah-dee-blah-dee-blah. 02:43.181 --> 02:44.821 I just need to wash and brush my teeth. 02:44.901 --> 02:46.621 Kingsley, go away! 02:46.701 --> 02:47.901 I'm telling Mum! 02:50.061 --> 02:51.781 Bathroom's free! 02:53.661 --> 02:55.501 - Finally. - [laughs] 02:56.541 --> 02:58.421 [man on radio] ...to music, and love is the drug. 02:58.501 --> 03:00.461 It's 21 minutes now before 8:00, 03:00.541 --> 03:02.261 and if you're going off to school, uh, 03:02.341 --> 03:04.781 and maybe you've got a few minutes before you have to catch the bus, 03:04.861 --> 03:07.341 well, hang on just a moment because what I'd like to know is 03:07.421 --> 03:11.141 of any special events that’s being organized at your school this week 03:11.221 --> 03:13.301 that may be open to members of the public, 03:13.381 --> 03:16.341 such as a school play or maybe a sports event. 03:16.421 --> 03:18.621 Now, if there is one at your school and you know about it 03:18.701 --> 03:20.581 and you'd like everybody else to know about it, 03:20.661 --> 03:22.781 then call me at Capital Radio right now 03:22.861 --> 03:24.221 and we may give you the chance 03:24.301 --> 03:26.941 to tell London about what's going on at your school. 03:27.021 --> 03:29.821 The number: three-double-eight- one-two-nine-five, call now... 03:29.901 --> 03:30.941 [car horn honks outside] 03:32.421 --> 03:35.421 - Eat breakfast! - No time. Bye-bye! 03:36.341 --> 03:37.901 All right, I'm going. 03:37.981 --> 03:39.301 [woman grunts] 03:43.701 --> 03:45.661 [radio continues, indistinct] 03:45.741 --> 03:47.101 - [boy] See you later, Dad. - See you. 04:00.661 --> 04:02.781 - I'm late! - [woman] Eat breakfast! 04:21.341 --> 04:22.741 [sighs] 04:38.261 --> 04:40.061 [bird trilling] 04:44.541 --> 04:45.541 - Morning. - Morning. 04:45.621 --> 04:48.501 [boy, reading] "There is a path through the willows and among the sycamores, 04:48.581 --> 04:52.181 a path beaten hard by boys coming down from the highway 04:52.261 --> 04:54.821 in the evening to jungle-up near water. 04:54.901 --> 04:58.581 In front of the low horizontal limb of a giant sycamore 04:58.661 --> 05:01.661 there is an ash pile made by... many fires; 05:01.741 --> 05:04.821 the limb is worn smooth by men who have sat on it. 05:05.461 --> 05:09.661 Evening of a hot day started the little winds to moving among the leaves. 05:09.741 --> 05:12.661 The shade climbed up the hills towards the top. 05:12.741 --> 05:17.101 On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray... 05:17.181 --> 05:18.661 ...scup... scuptured stones." 05:18.741 --> 05:21.941 "Sculptured," not "scuptured," Sajid. 05:24.821 --> 05:26.941 "...sculptured stones." 05:31.061 --> 05:33.061 [students giggling] 05:33.621 --> 05:35.861 You big blockhead, Kingsley. 05:35.941 --> 05:38.021 - [boy whispers] Blockhead. - [laughter] 05:38.101 --> 05:40.141 It's page... page two. 05:40.221 --> 05:41.701 Second paragraph down. 05:46.141 --> 05:47.981 [shakily] "And then..." 05:48.061 --> 05:49.861 - [boy] Blockhead. - [students giggling] 05:53.101 --> 05:54.701 "And then... 05:55.301 --> 05:57.541 And then fr... 05:58.501 --> 06:01.301 Then f-fr-fro... 06:01.381 --> 06:03.581 - And then..." - [teacher] Samantha, 06:03.661 --> 06:05.341 please continue. 06:05.421 --> 06:07.741 [Samantha] "And then from the direction of the state highway 06:07.821 --> 06:10.541 came the sound of footsteps on crisp sycamore leaves. 06:10.621 --> 06:12.621 The rabbits hurried noiselessly for cover. 06:12.701 --> 06:15.981 A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down river. 06:16.061 --> 06:17.861 For a moment the place was lifeless..." 06:17.941 --> 06:19.421 [school bell ringing] 06:19.501 --> 06:21.741 So, guys, what do you want to do when you grow up? 06:21.821 --> 06:24.341 I dunno. What about you, Kingsley? 06:24.421 --> 06:25.501 I want to be an astronaut. 06:25.581 --> 06:28.061 You can't have a black man in space. Who told you that? 06:29.621 --> 06:31.461 [laughing] Calm down. 06:31.541 --> 06:32.381 [Sajid] Lads, all right. 06:32.461 --> 06:34.421 - [Kingsley] Yeah. - [Joseph] Yeah. 06:34.501 --> 06:36.061 [Kingsley] I mean, I've got a lot of science homework to do. 06:36.141 --> 06:38.381 [vacuum whooshing] 06:56.981 --> 06:59.381 [Teacher] Ready. One, two. 06:59.461 --> 07:01.461 [piano playing intro] 07:03.341 --> 07:06.901 [all] ♪ London's burning, London's burning ♪ 07:06.981 --> 07:10.581 ♪ Fetch the engines, fetch the engines ♪ 07:10.661 --> 07:14.341 ♪ Fire, fire! Fire, fire! ♪ 07:14.421 --> 07:17.621 ♪ Pour on water, pour on water ♪ 07:17.701 --> 07:19.861 [Kingsley, shouting] ♪ My dic-tionary ♪ 07:19.941 --> 07:22.621 ♪ Will you suck my dic-tionary? ♪ 07:22.701 --> 07:23.821 [shouts] I beg your pardon! 07:23.901 --> 07:25.021 [music stops] 07:26.141 --> 07:27.461 Repeat what you just said. 07:28.301 --> 07:29.701 Go on, Smith, I dare you. 07:29.781 --> 07:31.101 Nothing, Mr. Hamley. 07:32.141 --> 07:33.101 [boy snorts] 07:33.181 --> 07:35.261 You lying little bugger. 07:35.341 --> 07:36.981 I heard what you just said, 07:37.061 --> 07:39.821 and it's disgusting, and it's unacceptable, 07:39.901 --> 07:42.941 and it has no place in this classroom! 07:43.021 --> 07:43.941 Come with me! 07:44.461 --> 07:45.541 Get out! 07:46.661 --> 07:47.981 Go on, get out! 07:54.941 --> 07:57.861 Right! Continue! From the top. 08:00.101 --> 08:02.101 [piano plays intro] 08:04.221 --> 08:07.901 [all] ♪ London's burning, London's burning ♪ 08:07.981 --> 08:11.781 ♪ Fetch the engines, fetch the engines ♪ 08:30.781 --> 08:32.621 [alarm clock ringing] 08:35.581 --> 08:38.101 [Kingsley] Father God, thank you for today. 08:38.181 --> 08:39.901 Thank you for blessing us. 08:39.981 --> 08:43.901 Please send your angels to watch over our bed, doors and windows. 08:43.981 --> 08:45.901 Protect us and keep us safe. 08:46.021 --> 08:48.301 Help us to have sweet dreams. 08:48.381 --> 08:50.461 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 08:50.901 --> 08:53.621 Dear God, I'm sorry I was naughty today, 08:53.661 --> 08:57.781 but if I'm a good boy can I please be an astronaut like Neil Armstrong? 08:57.901 --> 09:00.661 And also play for Tottenham. Amen. 09:26.741 --> 09:28.341 [Stephanie] Dear God, thank you for today. 09:28.421 --> 09:30.781 I thank you that I got good marks in the test. 09:30.861 --> 09:32.781 Please can you help me to keep getting good marks 09:32.861 --> 09:35.621 so I can into Chelsea School of Art, please, please, please? 09:35.661 --> 09:37.981 Then I can work my way up in the fashion world, 09:38.061 --> 09:40.541 and then I can go to Paris to one of the fashion houses, 09:40.661 --> 09:43.541 like Yves Saint Laurent, and travel the world looking for fabrics. 09:43.621 --> 09:45.741 Then I can design my own range and become world-renowned 09:45.781 --> 09:48.221 and rich and famous, but not arrogant. 09:48.301 --> 09:51.221 And please can you bless Mummy and Daddy and Kingsley, too. 09:51.301 --> 09:53.141 In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 09:55.901 --> 09:57.901 [school bell ringing] 10:00.101 --> 10:01.981 [snoring softly] 10:02.861 --> 10:04.341 [door opens] 10:04.781 --> 10:06.181 [woman] Mrs. Smith. 10:06.261 --> 10:08.341 The Headmaster is ready for you now. 10:17.741 --> 10:19.901 Mrs. Smith, don't believe we've met. 10:21.061 --> 10:24.301 Unfortunately, I've met you a great many more times than I should have, 10:24.381 --> 10:25.741 haven't I, young man? 10:27.741 --> 10:29.301 I came as soon as was possible. 10:29.381 --> 10:31.981 The lady on the phone spoke of an emergency? 10:32.061 --> 10:33.901 Now, I'm a fair man, Mrs. Smith. 10:34.021 --> 10:35.661 Christian man, 10:35.741 --> 10:38.781 and I'm sure we can understand each other on that account. 10:38.901 --> 10:43.021 So, whilst we could make this all about your son's behavior, 10:43.101 --> 10:45.021 the many complaints I receive 10:45.101 --> 10:48.301 about his disruptive influence on the classroom, 10:48.381 --> 10:51.461 I'm pleased instead to talk about second chances. 10:52.661 --> 10:55.461 Mrs. Smith, I can see that Kingsley is not a bad child. 10:55.541 --> 10:58.781 He's, uh... a bit lively, perhaps. 10:58.861 --> 11:02.461 But you see, our school participates in all manner of tests, 11:02.541 --> 11:05.221 including intelligence tests. 11:05.301 --> 11:08.661 Now, Kingsley's IQ results suggest that his particular needs 11:08.741 --> 11:10.901 are going to be better served by a school 11:10.981 --> 11:13.901 specifically established to meet his requirements. 11:15.181 --> 11:16.541 Special School. 11:16.621 --> 11:18.581 I don't want to go to a special school. 11:18.661 --> 11:20.781 - I'll work hard, Mummy, I promise. - Kingsley. 11:20.861 --> 11:23.981 A Special School is called special for a very good reason. 11:24.621 --> 11:27.701 Smaller classes. More focused teaching. 11:27.781 --> 11:29.741 What was this test you mentioned? 11:29.821 --> 11:32.141 The IQ test is an intelligence test 11:32.221 --> 11:35.461 designed, well, designed to test the general intelligence 11:35.541 --> 11:38.621 of any age group across the population. 11:38.701 --> 11:42.701 Now, I'm afraid Kingsley, uh, Kingsley scored well below average. 11:42.781 --> 11:45.661 My son sometimes doesn't get things right the first time. 11:45.741 --> 11:47.301 Can't he take the test again? 11:47.381 --> 11:48.741 No, it doesn't work like that, no. 11:48.821 --> 11:51.061 It's a... it's a one-off exam, 11:51.141 --> 11:54.981 but adjudicated independently, so we know it's fair. 11:55.061 --> 11:59.341 Now, it's in Kingsley's best interest that he be transferred to another school. 11:59.421 --> 12:02.381 Fortunately, we can do this straightaway. 12:02.461 --> 12:04.941 Who... who decided this? Can I speak to them? 12:06.181 --> 12:08.621 I am the messenger of good news here, Mrs. Smith. 12:08.701 --> 12:10.621 I shouldn't have to remind you of that. 12:12.741 --> 12:13.541 Please. 12:14.621 --> 12:15.421 Take a look. 12:19.461 --> 12:21.821 How's he supposed to get to Barnet and back every day? 12:21.901 --> 12:23.941 Nothing like that to worry about, Mrs. Smith, no. 12:24.021 --> 12:26.021 A bus leaves from outside the school here, 12:26.101 --> 12:28.301 brings him back at the end of every day. 12:28.381 --> 12:31.461 This is a great opportunity for you, young man. 12:32.101 --> 12:34.141 [Agnes] I don't know what they call me down here for. 12:34.221 --> 12:36.021 Emergency for good news? 12:36.101 --> 12:37.421 Don't make no sense. 12:37.501 --> 12:39.301 - You can't let them, Mum. - Don't even! 12:39.381 --> 12:41.941 When are you going to grow up and be more like your sister, hmm? 12:42.021 --> 12:43.541 Nothing but a heap of trouble! 12:44.701 --> 12:46.181 - But it wasn't only me. - [Agnes sucks her teeth] 12:46.261 --> 12:47.341 The teachers just pick on me. 12:47.421 --> 12:49.301 Take this and go straight home. 12:49.381 --> 12:51.741 I ain't got time for any of this. I got to go to work. 12:52.301 --> 12:53.821 It's true, Mummy. 13:08.701 --> 13:11.061 [boys chattering, laughing] 13:11.141 --> 13:12.581 Give me the ball, man. 13:21.981 --> 13:23.541 [quietly] Hello, Mrs. Jones. 13:24.421 --> 13:26.461 How are you doing today? Okay? 13:27.461 --> 13:29.661 I'll just check your... pulse here. 13:35.421 --> 13:36.821 [Kingsley] Stephanie! 13:36.901 --> 13:39.061 Why are you making so much noise? 13:39.541 --> 13:40.741 You're gonna wake Mummy. 13:40.821 --> 13:43.301 Mummy's at work! I've been kicked out of school! 13:43.381 --> 13:44.341 [Stephanie gasps] 13:44.421 --> 13:46.341 Be quiet, Kingsley. That's not funny. Mummy's sleeping. 13:46.421 --> 13:47.421 Mummy's not here! 13:47.501 --> 13:49.341 She had to meet the headmaster, and it's really shit. 13:49.421 --> 13:51.061 They're sending me to a stupid school. 13:51.141 --> 13:53.181 Stop swearing in the house. You're gonna get us both killed. 13:53.261 --> 13:55.821 I don't care. Mummy's not here! 13:56.541 --> 13:57.701 Oh, my God. 13:59.061 --> 14:00.701 [footsteps recede] 14:05.901 --> 14:07.861 [footsteps approach] 14:08.741 --> 14:09.821 What's going on? 14:09.901 --> 14:12.621 I'm trying to tell you, they're sending me to a stupid school. 14:12.701 --> 14:13.861 They gave me this. 14:15.061 --> 14:17.301 Two kids from my school got sent to a school like this. 14:18.141 --> 14:19.221 What does it say? 14:19.301 --> 14:21.101 What, you want me to read it for you? 14:21.181 --> 14:22.861 I have read it. I want to hear it. 14:24.101 --> 14:27.141 You don't fool me. Um... 14:27.221 --> 14:30.501 "There is a school in Durrants catering for kids with special educational needs," 14:30.581 --> 14:34.181 like not being able to read, Kingsley, "since 1922." 14:34.261 --> 14:37.501 I don't have special needs. I can read when I know the word. 14:37.581 --> 14:39.141 It's a school for idiots, isn't it? 14:39.221 --> 14:41.261 Hmm. There's a swimming pool. 14:42.381 --> 14:44.501 - I hate swimming. - No, wait, wait. 14:46.101 --> 14:48.581 "After 60 years, suspicion and ignorance has given way 14:48.661 --> 14:52.421 to enlightenment and acceptance that Durrants is first and foremost a School." 14:54.021 --> 14:56.701 What does that even mean? "First and foremost a School." 14:57.541 --> 15:00.021 Why would you only put "School" in capital letters? 15:05.861 --> 15:07.301 [sighs] 16:33.861 --> 16:35.341 [door slams in distance] 16:57.341 --> 16:58.821 [dog barks in distance] 17:05.101 --> 17:06.221 [door opens] 17:06.301 --> 17:08.661 Wh... why you not in bed? 17:08.741 --> 17:11.421 I'm tired, tired, tired, and I have to work to my other job 17:11.501 --> 17:14.301 just to put the shoes on your feet and pay for this house! 17:14.341 --> 17:16.741 I'm not doing this for you to make a fool of me! Now... 17:17.221 --> 17:18.221 ...go to bed! 17:20.821 --> 17:22.341 - [door slams shut] - Go to bed! 17:22.421 --> 17:24.301 [footsteps stomping away] 17:24.341 --> 17:26.101 Nothin' but a heap of trouble! 17:27.221 --> 17:28.541 [door slams in distance] 17:31.221 --> 17:32.341 [breathing rapidly] 17:32.461 --> 17:33.741 [softly] Fine. 17:35.421 --> 17:37.301 [breathing heavily] 17:44.021 --> 17:46.021 [crying] 17:54.461 --> 17:56.981 [Joseph] What do we have first, maths or English? 17:57.061 --> 17:59.741 - [Sajid] Guess we'll be late. - [Joseph] Oh. [laughs] 18:01.741 --> 18:03.781 [girls chattering] 18:03.821 --> 18:06.741 [Sajid] Hey, look who's here. Kingsley! Kingsley, over here! 18:06.821 --> 18:08.181 [Joseph] That's so unfair. 18:08.261 --> 18:10.061 You don't have to wear a school uniform anymore. 18:10.101 --> 18:12.501 - We're here to say good luck. - Shut up. 18:12.581 --> 18:13.941 - I mean it. - Yeah. 18:15.021 --> 18:16.661 By the look of your new friends, 18:16.741 --> 18:17.701 - you're gonna need it. - [man] Young man, 18:17.781 --> 18:19.341 - you going to Durrants? - Yeah. 18:25.301 --> 18:26.541 [Sajid/Joseph] See ya! 18:27.421 --> 18:28.821 [Joseph laughs] 18:28.901 --> 18:30.341 [Sajid] Shut up. 18:30.461 --> 18:31.461 [Joseph] See ya. 18:33.541 --> 18:35.461 - Ha-ha-ha! - Shut up. 18:39.661 --> 18:41.661 [students chattering] 18:50.701 --> 18:52.661 [chatter] 19:07.061 --> 19:09.181 [chatter, laughter] 19:11.101 --> 19:13.181 [teacher] Good morning everyone, 19:13.261 --> 19:16.301 and welcome to your new school, Durrants. 19:16.341 --> 19:18.101 Is everyone excited? 19:18.821 --> 19:21.421 My name's Mr. Block, 19:21.501 --> 19:24.301 and I'm in charge of all you new pupils here, 19:24.341 --> 19:27.301 and we'll be sending you to your classrooms a bit later. 19:27.341 --> 19:30.181 But now, and this is nothing for you to worry about, 19:30.261 --> 19:32.981 but we're gonna start the day with a few exercises 19:33.061 --> 19:35.181 in order to understand you better. 19:35.261 --> 19:36.741 That sound all right? 19:41.341 --> 19:43.101 Let's start then, shall we? 19:43.221 --> 19:47.021 Hands up if you can tell me what this says. 19:48.541 --> 19:50.741 [imitates barking] 19:50.821 --> 19:53.501 [girl continues barking] 19:53.581 --> 19:54.821 [Mr. Block] What does it say? 19:54.941 --> 19:56.661 - [imitates meowing] - "Ambulance." 19:56.741 --> 19:59.261 Very good. Ambulance. 19:59.341 --> 20:00.901 [barking] 20:00.981 --> 20:03.781 [Mr. Block] Ambulances take people to hospital 20:03.821 --> 20:05.821 in an emergency. 20:05.901 --> 20:08.981 - Now, what about you, Kingsley... - [baaing] 20:09.061 --> 20:11.181 ...can you tell me what... 20:11.261 --> 20:12.701 ...this one says? 20:12.781 --> 20:14.261 [girl baas] 20:14.341 --> 20:16.981 [girl mooing] 20:17.061 --> 20:18.781 Do you know which letters they are? 20:18.821 --> 20:21.421 Uh... what is this first one? 20:21.501 --> 20:23.901 - [girl mooing] - It says "exit." 20:23.981 --> 20:26.301 Wasn't asking you, Nina. I was asking Kingsley. 20:26.341 --> 20:28.101 What... what's this first letter here? 20:28.181 --> 20:30.261 It says exit. I knew that. 20:30.341 --> 20:32.421 But I want to know what this first letter is now. 20:32.501 --> 20:35.061 [girl meowing] 20:35.101 --> 20:38.821 If you knew what it said, why didn't you say? 20:40.941 --> 20:43.341 [girl barking] 20:43.461 --> 20:47.341 [teacher] "I walked and walked and what did I see? 20:47.461 --> 20:50.661 I saw John, and John saw me. 20:50.741 --> 20:53.981 'Come and play,' he said. 'Come and play with me.' 20:55.341 --> 20:57.661 I walked and walked and what did I see? 20:57.741 --> 21:00.501 I saw Mother, and Mother saw me. 21:00.581 --> 21:03.821 'Come home,' she said. 'Come home with me.' 21:05.101 --> 21:09.581 John said, 'I like big trains. I like little trains.'" 21:09.661 --> 21:11.061 [school bell rings] 21:11.101 --> 21:13.341 Right, everyone. That's lunch. 21:17.781 --> 21:19.221 [boy] I'm starving. 21:20.901 --> 21:22.941 [girl barking] 21:23.021 --> 21:25.221 [continues barking] 21:30.341 --> 21:32.261 [girl] Hey! 21:32.341 --> 21:35.101 [kids chattering] 21:37.221 --> 21:40.021 [girl] Hey! Hey! 21:40.101 --> 21:41.461 [girl #2 barking] 21:41.541 --> 21:43.821 [blows whistle] 21:43.901 --> 21:46.741 I catch anyone climbing that fence, there'll be hell to pay. 21:46.821 --> 21:48.581 - Do you understand? - [all] Yes. 21:48.701 --> 21:50.821 When you hear a loud whistle like this... 21:50.901 --> 21:53.181 [blows whistle] 21:53.261 --> 21:54.581 ...you come back here. 21:54.701 --> 21:56.141 - Got it? - [all] Yeah. Yep. 21:56.221 --> 21:57.381 Get on with it, then. 21:57.461 --> 21:59.861 [kids cheering] 22:09.461 --> 22:11.261 But what are we supposed to do? 22:12.421 --> 22:13.861 Do what you want. 22:13.941 --> 22:15.701 Go and swing from the trees 22:15.781 --> 22:17.741 like you're back home in the jungle, for all I care. 22:17.821 --> 22:19.741 Just don't break any bones. 22:41.261 --> 22:42.421 Kingsley! 22:43.181 --> 22:45.101 Kingsley, we know you're in there! 22:46.341 --> 22:48.341 [Sajid] I hope he's all right. 22:48.421 --> 22:50.941 My brother says once you're in them schools, that's it. 22:51.021 --> 22:52.261 Your whole life's finished. 22:52.341 --> 22:54.101 What are you talking about? 22:54.181 --> 22:56.701 That you can't get a job or nothin'. 22:56.781 --> 22:58.741 And no one ever takes you seriously 22:58.821 --> 23:01.021 'cause they always know inside that you're thick. 23:01.101 --> 23:02.981 - [banging] - You can't get married or nothin'. 23:03.061 --> 23:05.581 Who wants to get married? Shut up! 23:05.661 --> 23:07.821 [bus driver] What are you lot still hanging about for? 23:07.901 --> 23:09.501 Get lost, the pair of you. 23:10.661 --> 23:12.301 You heard. Scram. 23:12.381 --> 23:14.701 [Joseph] Scram yourself, you fat git. 23:14.781 --> 23:17.221 - Go, go! - [Sajid] You had to say it. 23:20.381 --> 23:21.901 [hydraulics hiss] 23:23.261 --> 23:25.341 All right, son, coast is clear. 23:30.341 --> 23:32.021 Go on, off you get. I want to go home. 23:36.981 --> 23:38.781 They'll get bored soon enough. 23:39.941 --> 23:41.741 [starts bus] 23:45.261 --> 23:47.541 [radio playing] 23:47.621 --> 23:49.821 On Friday, we didn't do anything all day. 23:49.901 --> 23:52.821 Nothing. The teacher came into the classroom after assembly 23:52.901 --> 23:54.421 for about ten seconds. 23:54.501 --> 23:56.261 We just sat all morning doing nothing. 23:56.341 --> 23:59.541 Well, come on, it can't be that bad. What about the other children? 24:00.581 --> 24:03.981 They make animal noises. It's so boring. 24:04.061 --> 24:05.781 Well, you used to say your last school was boring. 24:05.861 --> 24:07.621 Yeah, but this isn't even a school. 24:07.701 --> 24:09.901 It's not a school if the teachers don't teach you anything. 24:09.981 --> 24:11.621 [Agnes] What are you two chatting about? 24:12.701 --> 24:14.421 Why haven't you laid the table? 24:14.501 --> 24:17.381 Kingsley, go upstairs and finish tidy your room. I tell you before. 24:21.221 --> 24:22.461 [chopping food] 24:24.541 --> 24:25.341 Mummy. 24:26.421 --> 24:28.541 I'm really worried about Kingsley's new school. 24:29.381 --> 24:31.461 What you know about Kingsley's new school? 24:32.381 --> 24:35.061 What you should be worried about is taking down the hem of that skirt 24:35.141 --> 24:36.861 - and making it the right length. - [sighs] 24:36.941 --> 24:40.421 And before you go to bed tonight, bring down that skirt, let me see it. 24:42.261 --> 24:44.101 But I decided to do it on fashion. 24:44.181 --> 24:45.741 You know, like, my kind of fashion? 24:45.821 --> 24:48.661 But they said I had to team up with someone, so I had to do it with Beverley, 24:48.741 --> 24:50.061 even though she's not interested in fashion design. 24:50.141 --> 24:51.701 But she doesn't argue with me. 24:51.781 --> 24:53.261 Fashion? 24:56.061 --> 24:59.381 Kingsley, I'm arranging for you to come with me on Thursday, 24:59.461 --> 25:00.461 meet Charlie. 25:00.541 --> 25:03.141 I'm gonna bring you over to him and he's going to teach you. 25:04.421 --> 25:06.421 Why you twist up your face so? 25:06.501 --> 25:09.821 Carpentry's a good trade. Good money. 25:09.901 --> 25:11.461 [Stephanie] But, Daddy, don't you think it's good to maybe 25:11.541 --> 25:12.981 stay in school and go to college? 25:13.061 --> 25:14.941 School is very important. 25:15.501 --> 25:17.301 But it's Sunday and we're at the table. 25:17.381 --> 25:19.101 Well, what do you think, Kingsley? 25:19.181 --> 25:21.261 [sighs] What do you think about Nathan Matthews? 25:21.341 --> 25:23.141 - Who's Nathan Matthews? - What did I just say? 25:23.221 --> 25:24.181 I've had enough of... 25:24.261 --> 25:26.061 Stephie, go get the Mauby from the fridge. 25:30.221 --> 25:31.421 [clears throat] 25:32.941 --> 25:35.101 [banging] 25:35.181 --> 25:38.381 [kids all shrieking, chattering] 25:42.621 --> 25:43.621 Get back! 25:43.701 --> 25:45.661 [banging] 26:05.581 --> 26:07.101 [loud bang in distance] 26:16.741 --> 26:19.661 Hello! I'm sorry if I gave you a shock. 26:19.741 --> 26:22.661 I've been waiting here for five minutes for someone to let me in. 26:23.821 --> 26:25.341 Wait a minute, where are you off to? 26:27.061 --> 26:28.341 I'm not a teacher. 26:28.421 --> 26:31.461 Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, if you can help me. 26:32.461 --> 26:33.661 What's your name? 26:34.461 --> 26:35.461 Kingsley. 26:35.541 --> 26:37.901 Kingsley, what's your surname? 26:37.981 --> 26:39.541 Why? 26:39.621 --> 26:41.741 I'm interested in names, I suppose. 26:41.821 --> 26:43.501 But you are right to ask. 26:44.981 --> 26:46.341 Shall we go back inside? 26:52.981 --> 26:54.821 What school were you at before? 26:54.901 --> 26:55.941 Bygate Hill. 26:56.021 --> 26:58.541 I know it. That's a long way away. 26:59.101 --> 27:01.261 Yeah, it's rubbish. But I don't mind. 27:01.981 --> 27:04.341 - What's your name again? - Hazel Lewis. 27:04.421 --> 27:06.821 Now, I better find the headmaster. 27:06.901 --> 27:10.141 He isn't in today. He wasn't in assembly either. 27:10.221 --> 27:13.501 I see. Can you help me find the staff room? 27:13.581 --> 27:16.021 - [shouting] - [banging on desks] 27:16.101 --> 27:18.541 - Where you been? - The toilet. Everybody shut up. 27:18.621 --> 27:21.181 No, you didn't. I checked in the toilet, and you weren't there. 27:21.261 --> 27:22.301 Where is your teacher? 27:22.381 --> 27:23.901 [silence] 27:25.381 --> 27:27.461 He never comes to class no more. 27:27.541 --> 27:28.781 Sometimes he does. 27:28.861 --> 27:30.261 Only sometimes. 27:31.621 --> 27:33.181 Dear, oh, dear. 27:37.861 --> 27:40.501 I think everyone should sit back down now, please. 27:45.421 --> 27:46.821 Are you a teacher? 27:46.901 --> 27:49.021 I was a teacher, yes. 27:49.101 --> 27:51.221 Not here, but back home in British Guiana, I was. 27:52.221 --> 27:54.221 I'm a psychologist now. 27:55.621 --> 27:58.461 Can anyone tell me what a psychologist is? 28:00.181 --> 28:01.941 I hate psychologists. 28:02.021 --> 28:03.341 So do I. 28:04.581 --> 28:06.661 [Hazel] I am disappointed. 28:06.741 --> 28:08.301 What about teachers? 28:08.381 --> 28:09.701 Do you hate them too? 28:09.781 --> 28:11.781 - Yeah, they suck. - They're the worst. 28:13.941 --> 28:15.581 And what is your name? 28:15.661 --> 28:18.661 Nina Edmunds, Miss. 28:18.741 --> 28:19.701 Who are you? 28:21.301 --> 28:22.821 Call me Hazel. 28:24.741 --> 28:28.581 Do I know your mummy? What's her name? 28:28.661 --> 28:29.821 Jemima. 28:29.901 --> 28:33.301 Jemima Edmunds. Yes. 28:33.381 --> 28:35.061 Are you Black? 28:35.141 --> 28:36.501 Of course I am. 28:36.581 --> 28:38.781 [scoffs] She's definitely Black. 28:38.861 --> 28:40.501 Like I am, and you are as well. 28:40.581 --> 28:41.701 I'm not. 28:41.781 --> 28:43.061 You are. 28:44.701 --> 28:46.461 [Hazel] Nina. 28:47.621 --> 28:50.181 I can't speak for you... 28:50.261 --> 28:53.221 ...but I do know that I am definitely Black. 28:54.461 --> 28:57.301 I am Black, and I love being Black. 29:01.381 --> 29:03.221 But first I need to know. 29:03.821 --> 29:06.381 I need everybody to tell me your names. 29:06.461 --> 29:08.061 Your full names, and your old schools. 29:08.141 --> 29:09.501 - And... - And... 29:09.581 --> 29:10.941 ...everybody's parents' names. 29:11.021 --> 29:13.941 [laughs] And, yes, Kingsley Smith, that too. 29:14.021 --> 29:16.581 - [door opens] - [man] Suspiciously quiet in here. 29:18.781 --> 29:19.781 What are you doing here? 29:19.861 --> 29:21.181 We've been round the houses looking for you. 29:21.261 --> 29:23.581 You were supposed to come to the staff room, 29:23.661 --> 29:25.341 not speak to the bloody children. 29:25.421 --> 29:26.661 [Hazel] Excuse me? 29:26.741 --> 29:28.141 Mister...? 29:28.221 --> 29:29.381 That's Mr. Baines. 29:30.781 --> 29:33.981 [Hazel] Mr. Baines. Of course it is. 29:34.981 --> 29:36.941 I was looking for the staff room when I found instead 29:37.021 --> 29:38.941 a room full of unsupervised children. 29:40.581 --> 29:42.021 Shall we go then? 29:45.461 --> 29:47.421 [Hazel sucks her teeth] 29:57.141 --> 29:59.541 - [chatter, yelling] - [girl barking] 29:59.621 --> 30:01.221 [banging on desks] 30:09.781 --> 30:12.421 Kingsley? What are you doing? 30:13.061 --> 30:14.261 [Kingsley barks] 30:15.341 --> 30:16.621 Excuse me? 30:17.861 --> 30:20.101 - Drawing. - Drawing what? 30:20.181 --> 30:21.501 Drawing, Mummy. 30:26.301 --> 30:28.781 You can watch television until Stephanie come home. 30:28.861 --> 30:30.061 I have to go. 30:31.781 --> 30:34.541 [♪ Small Faces: "Lazy Afternoon"] 30:34.621 --> 30:35.701 [door closes] 30:39.101 --> 30:41.421 [all yelling, laughing] 30:53.981 --> 30:55.901 [barking] 31:07.021 --> 31:08.341 Give me the ball. 31:11.101 --> 31:13.301 [yelling continues] 31:21.501 --> 31:23.261 Give me the ball then. Give me the ball then. 31:30.741 --> 31:33.621 Mrs. Smith? I'm sorry if I disturbed you. 31:33.701 --> 31:36.021 Do you remember me? Lydia Thomas. 31:36.101 --> 31:37.421 Last time I saw you, I think, 31:37.501 --> 31:40.341 was at my cousin's wedding in Shepherd's Bush. 31:45.621 --> 31:46.701 [sighs] 31:47.621 --> 31:49.621 - I'm sorry to keep you. - [laughs] That's all right. 31:49.701 --> 31:50.781 I don't have any biscuits. 31:50.861 --> 31:53.821 Oh, biscuits don't last a minute in my home. 31:55.381 --> 31:57.141 I don't know if you remember... 31:58.461 --> 32:01.381 ...but I used to be involved in politics. 32:01.461 --> 32:03.021 Oh, I remember. 32:03.101 --> 32:05.461 Yes, well, now, because of my children, 32:05.541 --> 32:07.061 more than anything, 32:07.141 --> 32:11.101 I've become more and more... concerned with matters educational. 32:12.461 --> 32:16.741 I'm sorry to have to tell you that some schools in London 32:16.821 --> 32:19.821 are saying that their academic standards 32:19.901 --> 32:24.381 are being eroded by the West Indian children in their classes. 32:25.341 --> 32:29.181 You see? The system is already stacked against them. 32:29.261 --> 32:33.381 I always tell my children they have to work harder to overcome such things. 32:33.461 --> 32:36.781 Hm. But when the system is designed to go against them... 32:37.821 --> 32:40.061 ...sometimes it doesn't matter how hard they try. 32:40.141 --> 32:42.101 The system wants them to fail. 32:43.621 --> 32:45.421 The organization I work for 32:45.501 --> 32:48.821 is trying to do something about 32:48.901 --> 32:51.901 these extra challenges that our children face. 32:52.581 --> 32:54.221 That's very good for you, Mrs. Thomas, 32:54.301 --> 32:56.021 but I don't see what that's got to do with me. 32:56.101 --> 32:57.781 Oh. Beg your pardon. 32:57.861 --> 33:02.621 Um, it's just that we understand that your son, Kingsley, 33:02.701 --> 33:04.661 now attends Durrants school. 33:06.781 --> 33:08.341 How do you know that? 33:09.021 --> 33:12.981 We... we've set up a small organization to try and find out the names 33:13.061 --> 33:15.661 of the children who've been sent to these schools. 33:15.741 --> 33:17.781 Sometimes, some of us go into the schools 33:17.861 --> 33:20.101 to try and get this information, Mrs. Smith, 33:20.181 --> 33:24.581 so that we can come and speak directly to the parents. 33:25.301 --> 33:27.701 Like my colleague, Hazel Lewis, 33:27.781 --> 33:29.621 who met Kingsley. 33:29.701 --> 33:31.941 Kingsley has settled in just fine. 33:32.021 --> 33:34.821 I don't remember the last time I hear him complain about school. 33:34.901 --> 33:37.981 Well, that can be quite common in Kingsley's age group. 33:38.061 --> 33:40.741 Especially under such difficult circumstances. 33:40.821 --> 33:44.301 Kingsley don't know about difficult. He's a child. He's just at school. 33:44.381 --> 33:45.861 But that's just it. 33:45.941 --> 33:47.621 It's not a school. 33:48.781 --> 33:51.901 Well, or at least not one any of us would recognize. 33:52.741 --> 33:56.941 As this book by Bernard Coard, 33:57.021 --> 34:00.821 a Grenadian, will explain better than me. 34:02.021 --> 34:06.021 The Inner London Education Authority has a policy... 34:07.741 --> 34:09.661 ...of targeting our children. 34:11.861 --> 34:13.381 What is this all about? Why are you here? 34:13.461 --> 34:17.421 We are here to try and get Kingsley back into the regular school system. 34:18.301 --> 34:20.981 - Now, you might be able to appeal... - This is what I am trying to tell you. 34:21.061 --> 34:24.221 Kingsley do have some issue, but is a special school. 34:24.341 --> 34:26.981 I don't mean to upset you, Agnes... 34:28.141 --> 34:31.941 ...but there's nothing special about his school. 34:39.581 --> 34:41.781 I can take a look at this after you've left. 34:42.301 --> 34:46.381 But if you'll excuse me, Mrs. Thomas, I have to get ready for work. 34:46.461 --> 34:48.501 Please know my intentions are not to... 34:49.621 --> 34:51.981 Look, I'll leave this here for you, 34:52.061 --> 34:55.341 and also a note about a meeting at the town hall... 34:56.021 --> 34:57.541 ...for parents of children 34:57.621 --> 35:01.141 sent to Educationally Sub-Normal schools. 35:03.781 --> 35:05.301 Educationally what? 35:05.381 --> 35:07.901 That's what they're called, Agnes. 35:08.421 --> 35:10.181 Schools... 35:10.221 --> 35:13.821 ...for the educationally sub-normal. 35:13.901 --> 35:16.061 If you'll excuse me, Mrs. Thomas. 35:16.141 --> 35:17.101 I'm running late. 35:17.181 --> 35:19.981 We have a network of Saturday schools all over the borough 35:20.061 --> 35:21.661 which your son could attend. 35:21.701 --> 35:23.661 I've written down my details. 35:26.541 --> 35:27.901 - [door opens] - [Agnes] Thank you. 35:29.021 --> 35:30.461 [door closes] 35:54.341 --> 35:56.901 [♪ strums guitar] 35:56.981 --> 36:00.661 ♪ There is a house ♪ 36:00.781 --> 36:03.141 ♪ In New Orleans ♪ 36:05.141 --> 36:10.461 ♪ They call the Rising Sun ♪ 36:11.581 --> 36:15.101 ♪ And it's been the ruin ♪ 36:15.181 --> 36:18.541 ♪ Of many a poor boy ♪ 36:18.621 --> 36:22.621 ♪ And God, I know, I'm one.♪ 36:25.461 --> 36:31.421 ♪ Oh, mo... my mother was a tailor ♪ 36:32.661 --> 36:35.101 ♪ She sewed my... ♪ 36:35.181 --> 36:40.981 ♪ She sewed my new blue jeans ♪ 36:41.581 --> 36:47.421 ♪ My father was a gambling man ♪ 36:48.221 --> 36:53.981 ♪ Down in New Orleans ♪ 36:55.581 --> 36:58.981 ♪ Now the only thing ♪ 36:59.061 --> 37:02.021 ♪ A gambler needs ♪ 37:02.101 --> 37:04.181 ♪ Is a suitcase ♪ 37:04.221 --> 37:07.621 ♪ And a trunk ♪ 37:08.661 --> 37:12.181 ♪ And the only time ♪ 37:12.221 --> 37:15.621 ♪ He's satisfied ♪ 37:15.661 --> 37:17.381 ♪ Is when ♪ 37:17.461 --> 37:21.061 ♪ He's on a drunk ♪ 37:22.701 --> 37:24.701 ♪ Now mother ♪ 37:24.821 --> 37:29.221 ♪ Tell your children ♪ 37:29.341 --> 37:31.341 ♪ Not to do ♪ 37:31.421 --> 37:34.981 ♪ What I have done ♪ 37:35.861 --> 37:39.421 ♪ Spend your lives in sin ♪ 37:39.501 --> 37:42.821 ♪ And misery ♪ 37:42.901 --> 37:48.421 ♪ In the House of the Rising Sun ♪ 37:51.221 --> 37:56.221 ♪ I got one foot on the platform ♪ 37:57.941 --> 38:03.421 ♪ The other foot on the train ♪ 38:04.301 --> 38:07.701 ♪ 'Cause I'm going back ♪ 38:07.821 --> 38:10.821 ♪ To New Orleans ♪ 38:10.901 --> 38:15.061 ♪ To wear that ball and chain ♪ 38:19.421 --> 38:22.901 ♪ Well, there is a house ♪ 38:22.981 --> 38:26.141 ♪ In New Orleans ♪ 38:26.181 --> 38:31.181 ♪ They call the Rising Sun ♪ 38:32.621 --> 38:35.661 ♪ And it's been the ruin ♪ 38:35.701 --> 38:39.141 ♪ Of many a poor boy ♪ 38:39.181 --> 38:44.101 ♪ And God, I know, I'm one ♪ 38:47.021 --> 38:50.701 ♪ There is a house ♪ 38:50.821 --> 38:52.941 ♪ In New Orleans ♪ 38:54.301 --> 39:00.061 ♪ They call the Rising Sun ♪ 39:01.181 --> 39:04.901 ♪ And it's been the ruin ♪ 39:04.981 --> 39:08.701 ♪ Of many a poor boy ♪ 39:08.821 --> 39:12.821 ♪ And God, I know ♪ 39:12.901 --> 39:14.701 ♪ I'm one ♪ 39:20.141 --> 39:21.661 Okay, who wrote that? 39:26.861 --> 39:28.541 It's the Animals, boys and girls. 39:28.621 --> 39:29.941 The Animals. 39:41.901 --> 39:43.061 Kingsley. 39:48.541 --> 39:50.661 Tell me what's really going on at that school. 39:50.701 --> 39:52.781 You learnin' anything? You like it? 39:52.861 --> 39:55.941 Did you meet a woman called Hazel at your school? 39:57.621 --> 39:59.181 - Did you meet her? - Yes, Mummy. 39:59.221 --> 40:01.941 She's saying that the school is not treating you children right. 40:02.021 --> 40:03.021 Is that true? 40:03.861 --> 40:05.341 Yes, Mummy. 40:08.181 --> 40:10.781 You know what? I'll cook you some roti tonight. 40:10.861 --> 40:11.861 You like that? 40:11.941 --> 40:13.141 Yes, Mummy. 40:14.701 --> 40:16.701 [♪ cartoon music on TV] 40:27.581 --> 40:30.301 [cartoon narrator] Recently, Roobarb was sitting in the garden, 40:30.381 --> 40:32.061 thinking how nice it was 40:32.141 --> 40:34.861 not having Custard grinning over the fence for once 40:34.941 --> 40:36.701 and the birds scratching noises 40:36.821 --> 40:39.421 into the summer air with their silly beaks. 40:39.501 --> 40:41.861 And how nice it was having nothing happening 40:41.941 --> 40:44.461 apart from wondering what would happen next... 40:44.541 --> 40:46.461 - ...when it did. - [Roobarb hiccups] 40:46.541 --> 40:48.181 [narrator] "Oh!" cringed Roobarb. 40:48.221 --> 40:50.981 [Roobarb hiccups] One minute all's well, 40:51.061 --> 40:52.581 the very next minute all's... [hiccups] 40:52.661 --> 40:54.461 There it is again! [hiccups] 40:54.541 --> 40:57.901 [narrator] "What are you rambling on about now?" inquired Custard 40:57.981 --> 40:59.781 without even bothering to look over the fence. 41:00.541 --> 41:02.781 - [Roobarb] Earthquakes! [hiccups] - [narrator] ...announced Roobarb. 41:02.861 --> 41:04.061 [Roobarb] That's what I'm rambling about. 41:04.141 --> 41:06.301 Earthquakes, and lots of them. [hiccups] 41:06.381 --> 41:08.661 - Whatever you do, don't panic! [hiccups] - [narrator] ...shouted Roobarb 41:08.701 --> 41:10.341 as he careered round the garden 41:10.421 --> 41:12.701 warning everyone about the dangers of earthquakes. 41:13.821 --> 41:16.861 And in the event of one, the dangers of wearing damp socks. 41:16.941 --> 41:18.541 - [Roobarb hiccups] - Whatever that meant. 41:22.461 --> 41:23.341 Custard dragged... 41:50.421 --> 41:52.341 [Lydia] One of the ways 41:52.421 --> 41:56.181 in which the school system thinks they can treat us, 41:56.301 --> 41:59.221 is that they genuinely believe 41:59.341 --> 42:01.861 we are all a bunch of... 42:01.941 --> 42:03.661 ...I don't know. 42:03.701 --> 42:04.981 Cowhands. 42:05.701 --> 42:09.141 They never assumed that the same spread 42:09.181 --> 42:14.701 of intelligence, professional careers, white-collar jobs, 42:14.821 --> 42:18.941 blue-collar jobs. that you have in this country, 42:19.021 --> 42:22.541 we would have had where we came from. 42:23.421 --> 42:26.301 [woman] I feel nothing but let down by the system. 42:27.821 --> 42:30.341 And not just the school system, 42:30.421 --> 42:32.181 this whole... 42:32.301 --> 42:34.661 ...blasted country system! 42:34.701 --> 42:36.581 [murmurs of agreement] 42:36.661 --> 42:39.021 I came here with a dream for my family. 42:41.141 --> 42:44.701 And... I am ashamed to admit it... 42:46.221 --> 42:49.021 ...but when my children bring it home... 42:50.661 --> 42:53.301 ...I find myself hating them for it. 42:54.781 --> 42:56.541 My own children. 42:59.301 --> 43:02.101 And that just make me hate this place all the more. 43:02.181 --> 43:03.581 [murmurs of agreement] 43:03.661 --> 43:06.301 I don't have no dream to pass on. 43:06.381 --> 43:11.141 I feel the sacrifice that you have made, Mrs. Morrison. 43:12.981 --> 43:14.941 But I have to believe 43:15.021 --> 43:19.461 that it is never, ever, too late for a child. 43:19.541 --> 43:22.461 We know there are far too many of our children 43:22.541 --> 43:27.141 trapped in these schools for the educationally sub-normal! 43:28.181 --> 43:31.901 I refuse to call them special. 43:32.821 --> 43:35.621 Don't make me laugh. 43:37.821 --> 43:40.221 They say our children are there 43:40.341 --> 43:42.621 because they are too loud. 43:43.501 --> 43:44.861 Too slow. 43:45.861 --> 43:47.941 Too unmanageable. 43:48.021 --> 43:49.981 Or too lively. 43:50.061 --> 43:55.381 What a complete and utter nonsense. 43:55.461 --> 43:59.861 Low expectations from primary 43:59.941 --> 44:02.061 and secondary school teachers, 44:02.141 --> 44:05.061 which I have seen with my own eyes 44:05.141 --> 44:07.301 in regards to my own children, 44:07.381 --> 44:09.221 are part of the problem. 44:10.061 --> 44:12.421 But as the Doulton Report, 44:12.501 --> 44:16.221 a confidential government paper which has been leaked, proves... 44:17.941 --> 44:23.341 ...there is a deeply rooted cultural bias... 44:24.101 --> 44:26.061 ...in these IQ tests. 44:26.781 --> 44:32.381 As individuals, we face an impossible battle. 44:32.461 --> 44:36.101 But we have strength in numbers. 44:36.181 --> 44:38.821 As a collective, we stand a chance. 44:38.901 --> 44:42.341 So we need your help! 44:44.861 --> 44:48.341 Without the support of the parents, 44:48.421 --> 44:51.101 our campaign will fail. 44:52.341 --> 44:55.061 I am the mother of three boys, growing them up in London. 44:55.141 --> 44:57.941 I was horrified to learn them call my eldest, 44:58.021 --> 44:59.981 who have a strong West Indian accent, 45:00.061 --> 45:03.461 them call him, "slow as a slowcoach" when him first arrive at the school. 45:03.541 --> 45:04.661 [audible reactions] 45:04.741 --> 45:06.421 That what them call him. 45:06.501 --> 45:07.981 Now this boy could read 45:08.061 --> 45:10.341 and write and do some basic arithmetic 45:10.421 --> 45:13.621 when him three year old because I make sure him could. 45:14.621 --> 45:17.541 If a teacher think a child's stupid, him start fe act stupid. 45:17.621 --> 45:19.741 That a bare fact. 45:19.821 --> 45:21.941 I give up hope for him, my eldest. 45:22.021 --> 45:24.141 But I won't make it happen to my other two. 45:24.221 --> 45:26.221 Will give up my job if I have to. 45:27.021 --> 45:30.101 So tell me, what me can do for them. 45:30.181 --> 45:34.141 Send them to one of our supplementary Saturday schools. 45:34.221 --> 45:36.741 That's the first thing you can do now. 45:36.821 --> 45:39.341 And they are free for all your children, 45:39.421 --> 45:42.421 for a £1 membership fee. 45:44.621 --> 45:46.021 I make no lie about this. 45:47.221 --> 45:49.781 But I can't read, nor write. 45:50.341 --> 45:51.861 Not more than me name. 45:53.461 --> 45:55.901 It's too late for me, now, 45:55.981 --> 45:58.501 but hear an old man out. 46:00.021 --> 46:05.621 I am very concerned with these educationally sub-normal schools. 46:06.501 --> 46:09.461 But I'm concerned more with the truth 46:09.541 --> 46:11.781 that a majority of our youngsters 46:11.861 --> 46:15.541 going to these so-called "normal" schools 46:15.621 --> 46:18.341 are coming out achieving as little 46:18.421 --> 46:22.061 as the children going to these ESN schools. 46:22.141 --> 46:23.141 [crowd murmurs] 46:23.221 --> 46:26.941 Me grandchild, he just turned 16. 46:27.021 --> 46:30.821 And I discovered the boy can't read or write good. 46:32.501 --> 46:35.541 Now I did never go to school. 46:35.621 --> 46:37.541 Not fe a single day. 46:37.621 --> 46:40.741 But this pickney spent 12 damn years in one! 46:40.821 --> 46:41.821 [crowd murmurs] 46:41.901 --> 46:43.861 [Hazel] That's why we're here today. 46:45.021 --> 46:47.541 To bring awareness to this. 46:47.621 --> 46:50.421 And hear your voices and concerns. 46:50.941 --> 46:54.101 We are here to solve this. 46:55.421 --> 46:57.021 Our future depends on it. 46:57.101 --> 46:59.781 [overlapping reactions] Yes. Yes. 46:59.861 --> 47:02.861 [Augustin sucks his teeth] 47:11.101 --> 47:12.901 [subdued applause] 47:20.501 --> 47:22.101 [sighs] 47:23.461 --> 47:25.541 [clears throat] Next we're taking names 47:25.621 --> 47:28.941 of people that you know are at these ESN schools. 47:30.221 --> 47:32.661 [man] The world will shrink for a new... 47:32.741 --> 47:33.741 [Stephanie] Excuse me, we were watching that. 47:33.821 --> 47:36.141 I want you to be quiet. I need to talk to Kingsley. 47:36.221 --> 47:38.941 - Oh, what's he done now? - Stephanie, please! 47:39.021 --> 47:40.341 He's done nothing wrong. 47:40.421 --> 47:42.341 What's the matter then, Mummy? 47:42.421 --> 47:43.621 I just want to... 47:46.821 --> 47:49.541 I just want to hear you read. That's all. 47:49.621 --> 47:51.501 [Kingsley] We're watching TV. 47:51.581 --> 47:53.741 Kingsley. Read this for me. 47:53.821 --> 47:57.141 Just read it. That's all I'm asking you do. 47:57.221 --> 47:59.741 We were in the middle of something, Mummy. Can you not do it later? 47:59.821 --> 48:02.741 Kingsley, read what it says. 48:06.221 --> 48:08.381 - Read it. - Just leave him alone, Mummy. He's... 48:08.461 --> 48:11.341 Excuse me? No, not anymore. 48:11.421 --> 48:14.541 Kingsley, you're going to stay here until you try, you understand me? 48:14.621 --> 48:17.341 No more hiding. Not me, not you. 48:17.421 --> 48:19.221 I won't hide in my own home. 48:20.621 --> 48:21.621 Mmm. 48:27.821 --> 48:29.821 A... a... 48:29.901 --> 48:34.301 ...a... a... a... 48:37.021 --> 48:38.941 ...a... at... 48:39.021 --> 48:41.101 [sobs] 48:41.181 --> 48:42.181 All right. 48:43.341 --> 48:44.341 All right, baby. 48:45.221 --> 48:46.421 All right. 48:48.021 --> 48:52.021 [Kingsley sobs] 48:52.101 --> 48:54.341 All right, baby, okay. 48:58.221 --> 48:59.021 Shh. 49:03.661 --> 49:05.541 Okay, baby. All right. All right. 49:05.621 --> 49:07.621 All right, baby. All right, baby. 49:09.501 --> 49:12.341 Okay. It's all right, okay? 49:12.421 --> 49:15.381 Hey, you all right? You okay, baby? 49:17.581 --> 49:19.421 [Kingsley sobs] 49:28.021 --> 49:29.301 - Esmond. - Mmm? 49:29.381 --> 49:31.541 - We need to talk. - I'm doing some sleeping. 49:31.621 --> 49:34.021 It's Kingsley. His school. 49:34.821 --> 49:37.541 A lady come round the other day, her name is Lydia Thomas. 49:37.621 --> 49:40.021 - You know her, from Grenville? - Mmm. 49:40.101 --> 49:43.141 She said she know all about Kingsley's new school. 49:43.221 --> 49:44.541 There's nothing special about this school. 49:44.621 --> 49:47.421 It's a school for children they call sub-normal. 49:47.501 --> 49:49.021 Is what you mean? 49:49.101 --> 49:51.901 She left me a book that explains all of that. 49:53.621 --> 49:56.741 Kingsley is not stupid, Esmond, but he cannot read. 49:58.621 --> 50:01.821 The boy needs to learn a trade. Let him alone till then. 50:03.021 --> 50:06.061 I went to a meeting at the Town Hall for children like Kingsley. 50:06.141 --> 50:08.741 - I said let him alone, woman. - Listen to me, Esmond. 50:08.821 --> 50:11.941 They are failing our son. The room was full of people... 50:12.021 --> 50:13.621 I said let it alone, woman! 50:15.221 --> 50:16.421 [Esmond sucks his teeth] 50:27.221 --> 50:29.021 I won't let nothing alone! 50:29.821 --> 50:30.821 Nothing! 50:33.021 --> 50:36.341 [sucks teeth] My boy. My... 50:36.421 --> 50:39.021 [deep breath] 50:44.741 --> 50:47.941 [Agnes] I want answers first, before you take action. 50:48.021 --> 50:49.301 Why did you send him there? 50:50.581 --> 50:51.581 I'm very sorry, Mrs. Smith... 50:51.661 --> 50:53.941 [interrupting] Sorry? What are you sorry for? 50:54.021 --> 50:56.301 Well, I'm sorry you've missed the deadline for an appeal. 50:56.381 --> 50:59.341 Deadline? You never told me we had a right of appeal in the first place. 50:59.421 --> 51:01.621 It's in your son's interests. 51:01.701 --> 51:02.701 Don't lie to me! 51:02.781 --> 51:04.741 You call yourself a Christian man? 51:04.821 --> 51:09.781 You never told me the school was for the educationally sub-normal nonsense. 51:09.861 --> 51:11.661 - It's an official term. - Official term? 51:11.741 --> 51:14.141 Kingsley may have trouble reading, but make no mistake, 51:14.221 --> 51:16.541 he's a darn sight more intelligent than you. 51:16.621 --> 51:20.301 This will not be the last time we meet, let me tell you now. 51:27.581 --> 51:28.661 Read me the thing. 51:30.341 --> 51:32.741 I don't know if I trust this fellow, Coard. 51:32.821 --> 51:34.461 Make all sort of noise back home. 51:34.541 --> 51:37.341 Daddy. Just listen, all right. 51:40.821 --> 51:43.341 "The implications for a large number of West Indian children 51:43.421 --> 51:46.941 who get placed in ESN schools and who can never escape back to normal schools 51:47.021 --> 51:49.741 are far-reaching and permanent. 51:49.821 --> 51:52.621 As demonstrated above, the West Indian child's educational level 51:52.701 --> 51:55.061 on leaving school will be very low. 51:55.141 --> 51:58.221 He will be eligible, by reason of his lack of qualifications, 51:58.301 --> 52:00.941 and his assessment as being ESN 52:01.021 --> 52:05.221 only for the jobs which really ESN pupils are able to perform, 52:05.301 --> 52:08.741 namely simple, repetitive jobs of a menial kind 52:08.821 --> 52:12.221 which involve little use of intelligence." 52:13.821 --> 52:16.741 Kingsley can come and work with me, can learn him a trade and... 52:16.821 --> 52:18.821 Daddy, Kingsley is very bright. 52:19.901 --> 52:21.581 Just listen, all right. 52:21.661 --> 52:24.661 "This is what he or she can look forward to as a career. 52:24.741 --> 52:26.741 In turn, through getting his poor wages, 52:26.821 --> 52:29.941 poor housing and having no motivation to better himself, 52:30.021 --> 52:33.141 his children can look forward to a similar educational experience 52:33.221 --> 52:35.021 and similar career prospects." 52:41.621 --> 52:43.021 Read me the rest. 52:43.781 --> 52:45.461 Are you some sort of undercover spy? 52:45.541 --> 52:47.101 [laughter] 52:47.181 --> 52:48.821 I couldn't do what she does. 52:48.901 --> 52:53.141 I think at Durrants I was pretending to be a journalist, 52:53.221 --> 52:57.421 interested in the good work of the school for a newspaper article. 52:57.501 --> 52:59.541 I wanted to meet the Headmaster and trick him 52:59.621 --> 53:01.661 into giving me the names of the students. 53:02.461 --> 53:05.461 Unfortunately, he wasn't so forthcoming. 53:06.461 --> 53:09.341 But I was lucky to meet Kingsley, 53:09.421 --> 53:12.381 Who, I must say, I was very taken with. 53:12.461 --> 53:14.061 He's very tenacious. 53:17.221 --> 53:19.141 I have to say thank you. 53:20.221 --> 53:21.341 To you both. 53:21.421 --> 53:24.501 I am forever grateful. 53:27.621 --> 53:30.341 I've read this book now, cover to cover, at least twice 53:30.421 --> 53:32.621 because the first time I was very upset. 53:33.621 --> 53:38.341 But, as I told Lydia, his old school say I have no right of appeal left, 53:38.421 --> 53:40.501 that too much time has passed, but... 53:41.501 --> 53:43.301 ...this book mentioned that I now have to write 53:43.381 --> 53:45.981 to the Secretary of State for Education or something? 53:46.061 --> 53:47.221 That's correct, yes. 53:48.221 --> 53:50.621 A woman, named Margaret Thatcher. 53:50.701 --> 53:54.901 She's only just been appointed, so maybe we will have a chance. 53:56.501 --> 53:59.741 I have to write to the Secretary of State. 53:59.821 --> 54:01.541 Goodness me. 54:01.621 --> 54:04.661 We will... advise you what to write. 54:06.221 --> 54:09.181 I must say, Mrs. Smith, I wish more parents were like you. 54:10.741 --> 54:15.461 If we do nothing, nothing will change. 54:16.141 --> 54:19.741 I am prepared to fight this with every breath in my body. 54:20.421 --> 54:22.621 [children playing nearby] 54:26.221 --> 54:27.501 School on a weekend, it's so unfair. 54:27.581 --> 54:28.901 Yeah, life is unfair. 54:28.981 --> 54:29.981 Stop. 54:30.061 --> 54:31.061 [Mrs. Bartholomew] Good morning! 54:31.141 --> 54:33.301 Morning. Hi, this is my brother, Kingsley. 54:33.381 --> 54:35.821 Hello, Kingsley. You're just in time for breakfast. 54:35.901 --> 54:37.821 Mmm. Go on, then. 54:37.901 --> 54:39.141 - Bye. - Mwah. See you later. 54:39.221 --> 54:41.541 Ah, what about you, big sister? 54:41.621 --> 54:42.901 - What's your name? - Stephanie. 54:42.981 --> 54:44.461 - So you don't want to come in? - Oh, no, I don't... 54:44.541 --> 54:46.861 You don't want to learn about Claudia Jones? 54:46.941 --> 54:50.141 - Who's Claudia Jones? - I don't believe you. 54:50.221 --> 54:52.181 It is for young people like you 54:52.261 --> 54:56.541 why we have our Black history discussion group. 54:56.621 --> 54:58.021 Come and have some breakfast, man. 54:58.101 --> 55:00.461 Come in. You can leave anytime. 55:09.421 --> 55:13.421 Right, I am Mrs. Bartholomew, but you can call me Tabitha. 55:14.021 --> 55:16.541 Now, I can promise you both 55:16.621 --> 55:20.421 you have never been to a school anything like mine. 55:21.101 --> 55:22.661 - Sixty. - Seventy-two. 55:22.741 --> 55:24.181 - Eighty-four. - Ninety-six. 55:24.261 --> 55:25.661 - A hundred and eight. - A hundred and twenty. 55:25.741 --> 55:27.661 - A hundred and thirty-two. - A hundred and forty-four. 55:27.741 --> 55:29.541 [Mrs. Bartholomew] It's a draw. [laughs] 55:29.621 --> 55:32.741 You're both excellent at your times tables. 55:32.821 --> 55:34.341 Good for you. 55:34.421 --> 55:36.421 I know my thirteens. Do you know thirteens? 55:36.501 --> 55:37.581 Yes. Thirteen. 55:37.661 --> 55:39.341 - Twenty-six. - Thirty-se... 55:39.421 --> 55:41.461 No, thirty-nine. Huh, I win. 55:41.541 --> 55:43.421 Thirty-nine, fifty-two, sixty-five. 55:43.501 --> 55:46.941 But times tables only goes up to twelve. Isn't it, Mrs. Bartholomew? 55:47.021 --> 55:48.861 No, it don't. It goes all the way up to twenty. 55:48.941 --> 55:49.941 Actually, Baz... 55:50.021 --> 55:51.021 ...thank you... 55:51.101 --> 55:54.541 ...it goes up and up and up and just keeps going 55:54.621 --> 55:58.381 until only the finest brains in the land can keep up. 55:58.461 --> 56:02.181 Like a rocket out of our solar system. All the way to infinity. 56:02.261 --> 56:04.541 Now there's a clever young man. 56:04.621 --> 56:08.341 Hey? To infinity. 56:08.421 --> 56:09.461 Imagine that. 56:09.541 --> 56:11.741 I'm very impressed, Kingsley. 56:12.781 --> 56:16.581 And, Ashley, the school syllabus only goes up to twelve, 56:16.661 --> 56:19.141 which is what we concentrate on here, 56:19.221 --> 56:21.261 so that you can do well in school 56:21.341 --> 56:24.421 and come out with the best grades you can. 56:25.421 --> 56:29.381 Right, before we start, I have three sausages left. 56:29.461 --> 56:30.461 Who's still hungry? 56:30.541 --> 56:31.741 Eh eh! 56:31.821 --> 56:33.741 I'll have to get more sausages next week. 56:34.221 --> 56:37.741 Now if I cut them in half, how many will that make? 56:37.821 --> 56:40.021 - Six. - Good. Into quarters? 56:40.101 --> 56:42.181 - Twelve. - Correct. 56:42.261 --> 56:44.581 But who wants a quarter of a sausage? 56:44.661 --> 56:46.301 [laughter] 56:46.381 --> 56:47.781 [Mrs. Bartholomew] I don't think so. 56:49.021 --> 56:50.581 [Mrs. Bartholomew] Is everybody ready? 56:50.661 --> 56:51.661 [children] Yes. 56:51.741 --> 56:52.941 Good. 56:53.021 --> 56:56.901 Well, I want to start with a little story before we begin. 56:57.901 --> 57:01.821 Now, I went to school in Grenada, 57:01.901 --> 57:06.141 but I didn't learn very much about Africa or its history. 57:07.421 --> 57:11.021 What do you all know about our ancestors? 57:12.701 --> 57:14.741 - Yes. - That we were slaves. 57:14.821 --> 57:18.021 [laughs] That is what they want us to know. 57:19.021 --> 57:20.621 Did they teach you anything else? 57:21.621 --> 57:23.261 What about the Nubians? 57:23.341 --> 57:26.781 The Masai? The kingdom of Kush? 57:26.861 --> 57:27.861 [Stephanie] Mnh-mnh. 57:27.941 --> 57:29.541 [Mrs. Bartholomew chuckles softly] 57:29.621 --> 57:32.141 So you know nothing about the people, 57:32.221 --> 57:36.661 or the richness of the cultures, 57:36.741 --> 57:39.741 or the fact that we existed 57:39.821 --> 57:42.421 long before anybody else. 57:43.621 --> 57:44.821 [soft chuckle] 57:45.901 --> 57:46.901 Well... 57:48.421 --> 57:50.621 ...this is where we begin. 57:52.421 --> 57:54.821 Stephanie, read for me, please. 57:57.021 --> 57:58.221 [Mrs. Bartholomew, softly] Open your book. 58:07.821 --> 58:11.541 "Queen Amina of Zaria. 58:11.621 --> 58:15.221 Amina lived over 400 years ago in a place called Zaria, 58:15.301 --> 58:17.221 which we now know as Nigeria. 58:17.301 --> 58:18.941 [Mrs. Bartholomew] Mm-hmm. 58:19.021 --> 58:22.341 Although she was a princess, she was brought up to be a warrior 58:22.421 --> 58:25.741 because her tribe were always at war with their neighbors. 58:25.821 --> 58:28.141 She was born in the 16th century, 58:28.221 --> 58:30.541 and her parents were king and queen. 58:30.621 --> 58:34.061 She had brothers and a younger sister, Zariya. 58:34.141 --> 58:36.541 Amina was the favorite child of their grandfather, 58:36.621 --> 58:39.541 who was a very wise and powerful king. 58:39.621 --> 58:41.741 And when she was little, he would talk to her 58:41.821 --> 58:44.621 about how to be a strong military leader." 58:45.341 --> 58:48.141 [reads haltingly] "Sh... she never ex... 58:48.221 --> 58:51.421 ...expected... to be... Queen... 58:52.421 --> 58:53.421 ...but her... 58:54.821 --> 58:57.141 ...older brother died... 58:58.221 --> 59:01.101 ...une... une... une..." 59:01.181 --> 59:02.541 Unexpectedly. 59:02.621 --> 59:04.341 - Unexpectedly. - [Esmond chuckles] 59:04.421 --> 59:07.381 "And so she became queen 59:07.461 --> 59:10.501 and had to lead her tribe into war. 59:11.901 --> 59:16.501 A war which la... 59:19.621 --> 59:23.621 ...lasted nearly 35 years. 59:24.821 --> 59:25.941 And... 59:26.741 --> 59:28.741 ...during which... 59:30.461 --> 59:31.461 ...stories... 59:31.541 --> 59:33.741 ...about this wonderf... 59:33.821 --> 59:36.781 ...won... wonderful girl, 59:36.861 --> 59:41.341 who was a leader of men, were told far and wide. 59:43.021 --> 59:45.941 [Kingsley] All the young men in the surrounding tribes 59:46.021 --> 59:47.941 wanted to marry her, 59:48.021 --> 59:52.141 but she turned them and all their fine offers of wedding gifts down, 59:52.221 --> 59:53.901 as she did not need them. 59:55.221 --> 59:58.901 Amina built walls around the territories. 59:58.981 --> 01:00:02.701 She owned a map of ancient Africa. 01:00:02.781 --> 01:00:04.341 1685. 01:00:05.421 --> 01:00:09.141 These walls, which were intended to protect... 01:00:09.221 --> 01:00:12.221 ...all that she won in battle... 01:00:12.301 --> 01:00:15.741 ...territories, places, and people... 01:00:15.821 --> 01:00:17.541 ...were made of earth, 01:00:17.621 --> 01:00:20.701 and it took slaves many years to build them. 01:00:21.261 --> 01:00:25.181 Some of these walls still survive... 01:00:25.261 --> 01:00:28.141 ...in modern-days Nigeria... 01:00:28.221 --> 01:00:31.221 ...are known as Amina's Walls. 01:00:31.821 --> 01:00:36.501 They are a lasting legacy of a queen who was feared." 01:00:36.581 --> 01:00:39.181 [♪ orchestral music plays to rhythmic clapping accompaniment] 01:00:58.021 --> 01:00:59.901 [♪ rhythmic clapping stops; orchestral music continues] 01:00:59.981 --> 01:01:02.581 [♪ choir joins orchestral music] 01:01:50.421 --> 01:01:53.021 [♪ rhythmic clapping resumes; voices and orchestral music continue] 01:03:02.421 --> 01:03:05.021 [♪ music fades]