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Episode 3

Episode 3 of 4

Real-life soap opera, filmed in Yorkshire. As Jess's apprenticeship draws to a close, she needs to find a new job or risk not being able to do what she loves.

Fifteen-year-old Safy has been given a 90 per cent scholarship at a top private school in York, the largest scholarship she can get, and could soon be on her way to playing netball for England. But even finding the last 10 per centof fees is going to be hard for single mum Aicha, who is already struggling to provide for Safy's younger brother and sisters. Her netball club is trying to find the money from bake sales and sponsorship from local businesses, but it is not going to be easy.

Jess is an apprentice at a local mechanics - she has reached the highest level and now the apprenticeship is drawing to a close. But she has been told she can't be kept on at the garage as her wages will have to increase to minimum wage, which her boss John can't afford to pay her. Jess needs to find a new job or risk not being able to do what she loves and has trained the last two years for.

Bean and Tom are best mates who are working out whether life in Redcar is for them. Bean has found love and is enjoying life with his new girlfriend, and Tom doesn't like being away from Redcar and hasn't been abroad since he was a kid. When an exciting job offer abroad comes their way, they have some tough choices to make.

Donny, a 23-year-old plasterer, is being mentored by Steven, a millionaire businessman who, having made it, wants to see other people in Redcar prosper. With a baby on the way, Donny's main aim in life is to get his father, who has been living in Bradford for the last eight years, to move back to Redcar so they can be a family again. With Steven's help he is going to try everything to make this a reality.

44 minutes

Music Played

  • Choir of Downside School, Purley, Viola Tunnard, Benjamin Britten

    Cuckoo!

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Bring On The Dancing Horses

  • The Sundays

    Here's Where The Story Ends

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    The Sun Always Shines on TV

  • James

    How Was It For You

  • Yazoo

    Don't Go

  • The Only Ones

    Another Girl, Another Planet

  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

  • The Cure

    Close To Me

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Souvenir

  • Nina Simone

    To Love Somebody

  • Nina Simone

    To Love Somebody (Album Version)

  • Simple Minds

    All The Things She Said

  • Deacon Blue

    Fergus Sings The Blues

  • Deacon Blue

    Fergus Sings The Blues

  • Maxence Cyrin

    Where Is My Mind?

  • The Sundays

    Here's Where The Story Ends

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