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VOICES FROM HALL
MUM:He's here!
JOE'S UNCLE:Here he is.
JOE'S MUM:Oh!
MATHEW:Alright mum?
JOE'S MUM:Oh I am now.
MATHEW:Alright Auntie Pat?
PAT:Hello darling… He looks white as a sheep?
JOE'S MUM:No he don’t he looks lovely.
JOE'S UNCLE:Joe boy?
JOE'S MUM:Oh there you are.
PAT:Come on then? Give your brother a cuddle.
MATHEW:You alright, big man?
JOE:Alright?
JOE'S MUM:Well let's all have a drink.
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CAPTIONJoe's Story
JOE'S MUM:All the things I want I got right here. Cause I got my family back. Right come on boys. Bed. We'll do the cleaning up in the morning.
MATHEW:Night.
JOE'S MUM:Night night darling.
MATHEW:Thanks mum. Come on then. let's sort this place out? Have a little bed time beer first.
JOE:Here let me have one of them.
MATHEW:When did you get the flavour then? Go on then vigs. Don’t let her know though, she'll go mad. Oi… Hold your hand out?
JOE:What?
MATHEW:Hold your hand out?
JOE:Shut up.
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Oi Joe what's happening with your bother and all that? I thought he come back home?
JOE'S FRIEND #2:Badman.
JOE:Aye shut up man, yeah? He's home so? Who cares? Oh, oh yeah you know Donavan's brother? He's got a party tonight man.
JOE'S FRIEND #3:So?
JOE:So let's crash it. You can come up to mine first and have some drinks.
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Yeah, like last time?
JOE:Come on man, what else are you gonna do? It's Friday night yeah?
JOE'S FRIEND #3:Yeah.
JOE:Come on then.
JOE:What you doing?
MATHEW:What's it look like? Playing the violin.
JOE:You gonna go Off Licence for me and get drink, yeah?
MATHEW:Err no.
JOE:Come on man you're living in my room again you owe me.
MATHEW:What? You think I do deliveries now? Why you drinking anyway?
JOE:I'll do one of your stupid forms.
MATHEW:Hold your hand out. Come on it's a new one, hold your hand out.
JOE'S FRIEND #2:Oh yeah let's take the drinks and go man.
JOE:Nah wait there man.
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Thought we were going to this party?
JOE'S FRIEND #2:That's nasty man.
JOE:What are you talking about man. You've probably never even had it.
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Oh and you have?
JOE:Yeah.
ALL:ARGH!
JOE'S FRIEND #2:Argh Joe.
PARTY MUSIC
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Oi Joe, I'm gonna make a move.
JOE:What?
JOE'S FRIEND #1:I'm going.
JOE:Why man?It's early.
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Joe come on, were all going.
JOE:Wait there I'll get you another drink?
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Joe?
JOE:Wait there.
JOE'S FRIEND #2:He always does this.
PARTY CHATTER
MALE PARTYGOER #1:What you doing?
JOE:Why you touching me for?
MALE PARTYGOER #2:What are you saying little man?
MALE PARTYGOER #3:What you spilling your drink on me for? Who the hell are you, HUH?
ARGUING VOICES
JOE'S FRIEND #2:Joe?
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Argh what?
JOE'S FRIEND #3:Alright come on Joe man, we gotta go.
JOE:I ain't going anywhere man.
JOE'S FRIEND #2:I gotta go home man, my dad'll start screaming on the phone.
JOE'S FRIEND #1:We can't just leave him here.
JOE:Just go home… Buch of mugs.
JOE'S FRIEND #3:Come man let's just leave.
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Alright Joe, come.
JOE:GO HOME.
JOE'S FRIEND #2:Go man.
MALE PARTYGOER #4:Take it.
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MATHEW:Where are you?
JOE:I dunno… I just got off a bus.
MATHEW:Mum's going mad.
JOE:I've been sick, ermm. Can you come and get me?
MATHEW:Alright you go on and go straight up to bed and I'll talk to mum.
JOE:Yeah, I'm outside. Oh mate, my head is banging. I was so drunk! Oh yeah, um, you wanna go out tonight?
JOE'S FRIEND #1:And do what?
JOE:I dunno like them boys from the party, Going out with them?
JOE'S FRIEND #1:Why would I wanna hang out with them? Mate you was an idiot last night, again. Chat to Mike, he will tell you the exact same thing.
JOE:Yeah? I was drunk. That's what happens when you get drunk. I know this.
JOE'S FRIEND #1:You start a fight with some kids and then you're puking up your guts in the street. And then you turn on us?
JOE:What do you mean?
JOE'S FRIEND #1:See… You don't even remember.
JOE'S MUM:How long have you been back Mathew? 40. Not even 48 hours you're back here and you start springing your little surprises.
MATHEW:That's a surprise to me and all.
JOE'S MUM:Oh yeah all this booze stashed under your brother bed it's not even your room, it's your brothers room. I don't want him turning into you. Joe, go up to your room. I'll clear this up. I won't have it. I work too hard. You can't stay here if you're starting all this again.
TELEVISION PLAYS
MATHEW:Walk?
MATHEW:Well sit down.
JOE:Thanks.
MATHEW:For what?
JOE:You didn't grass, me keeping all that stuff up there.
MATHEW:No, it's not about thank you. What's happened? Why you keeping all that drink anyway?
JOE:I just wanna have a laugh. It's not every night.
MATHEW:Well how longs it been going on?
JOE:I dunno, how do I know? Since you went, who cares anyway.
MATHEW:You ain't using me as an excuse for all that.
JOE:Yeah whatever.
MATHEW:Joe I can't look out for you all the time. Why you drinking like that? You're 14, you don’t need it.
JOE:You don't even care about me.
MATHEW:Do what?
JOE:You don’t care, you never did. That's why you got yourself put in prison. I'm just, always on my own, all the time. And mums always at work, you don’t know how it is.
MATHEW:Come here. Come here. And gimme your hand. Give us your hand, come on. See this? See that? That's your lifeline. And that means you're gonna live long. If you look after yourself. I'm here Joe. I promise ya. You gotta man up as well. And you gotta go back in there and tell mum that it was your booze. Joe.
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Video summary
A drama about the effects of alcohol abuse and binge drinking on young people.
Joe is 14 and is growing up fast. With nobody at home most of the time, excitement means experimenting with alcohol.
He causes chaos at an older kids' party and ends up on his own asleep on the night bus. His increasing binge drinking is alienating even his close friend Chaz.
Joe’s brother TB returns home just in time to rescue him. But when Joe’s Mum discovers a stash of alcohol under the bed and blames TB, things come to a head.
This films is from the series, L8R Youngers 3.
Teacher Notes
This film could be used as a scenario based problem-solving activity.
It could be paused where Joe asks his brother to buy him alcohol and a class discussion and vote could take place as to what he should do and what the consequences would be.
This could be repeated when Joe tells his friends to leave him at the party and when Joe's Mum finds the alcohol under his brother's bed.
This film will be relevant for teaching PSHE and Modern Studies at KS3 and KS4 in England and Northern Ireland, PSE at KS3 and KS4 in Wales and 3rd Level and 4th Level in Scotland.
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