SHE SPEAKS POLISH
We'll be running through vocabulary first -
parts of the body, symptoms.
You're welcome to join in but it's the "going to the doctor" role play
where you'll be really useful.
OK, but you know I'm not a doctor?
Well, close enough. If they can do it with you,
then they'll feel more confident doing it out in the real world.
Right, yeah.
Everything OK?
Well, Anna's not here.
My star pupil. Always early, never misses a class.
Are you going to wait for her?
Erm, I'll pad the intro. Hopefully she'll show up.
Good evening, everyone.
Today's lesson is "Going to the doctor".
This is my friend Luca.
He's a nurse and he'll be helping us today.
Hello, everyone.
OK, so what we're going to begin with are parts of the body...
Sorry for late.
Oh, don't worry. We've only just started.
Thank you.
OK, as I said, so... what we are going to start with
are parts of the body...
The head.
Arm.
Leg.
Wrist.
Mm, there you are!
Here I am.
It's just I didn't hear you come in last night.
Haven't seen you all day today.
Just been run off my feet, mate.
Uh-uh-uh-uh. Weren't you wearing those clothes yesterday?
Since when did you become the fashion police?
You're hiding something.
And you're being ridiculous. You dirty stop-out!
Shh, keep it down.
And on a school night, Bear? Yes, yes, yes.
Are you done? No, not even remotely.
So, where did you meet this lucky lady? On an app or at a bar?
It's not like that, OK?
Her name's Tanisha, she's an old friend from college.
We bumped into each other, went for a few drinks.
One thing led to another...
Did you two ever...? Before, when you were at college?
I totally would have.
We always got on, but I never thought she was up for it.
Then last night, it clicked, you know?
She couldn't keep her hands off me.
Oh, mate! Yeah.
That evening receptionist is late again.
So, what's your rush?
I've got to get dinner started.
I'm doing a special goodbye meal for Rich.
It's six months, not six years.
I know that. I just... I don't know,
I just thought, "One last happy family memory for Ollie."
Right, well, I'll make myself scarce.
Don't you dare!
Oh, no, honestly, I don't mind.
I'm not sending up a plate of food like you're some kind of prisoner.
No, I'll go out, watch a film.
We want you there, OK?
There's nothing Rich likes more than a new audience for his old stories.
I mean, if you're sure.
Of course.
You get off. I'll wait for the receptionist.
Great. Thanks.
OK, Anna, your turn.
My arm is...
..broken.
Good. One more.
Erm, my leg is...
..itchy? Great.
I think we might be ready for our role play.
Great. Where do you want me?
A round of applause for our special guest.
Oh, Filip.
HE SPEAKS POLISH
No, I learn English. You go home.
I don't know what this is, but can you calm down, please?
HE SPEAKS POLISH
No, I stay here.
I want you to leave, please.
She's my wife. She's coming with me.
No! Hey, stop that right now! Argh!
Outside! Now!
Will you take her? Yeah.
What are you doing? This is not OK.
I promise, I hardly touched her. I don't know what happened.
What happened is, you came here looking to cause trouble.
Is she OK?
I don't know.
Look, Luca's a nurse. She's in good hands.
What's going on? None of your business.
You came into my classroom, attacked one of my students.
She's my wife. We had a fight, that's all.
I told her not to come here. She came.
A wife should do what her husband says.
I have a duty to protect my students.
It doesn't matter that she's your wife.
If I think she's in any kind of danger,
I have to report it.
To my manager, to the college principal, maybe even the police.
That's ridiculous!
I hardly touched her. I would never hurt her.
That's not what it looked like.
Tell me what happened or I'll have to escalate it.
OK, so it's not obviously broken but you need to strap it up
and then get it checked out properly.
Tomorrow. Now, English class.
Has Filip ever hurt you like this before?
Filip?
No. Not Filip. Erm, I fall.
You... You fell over? You fell off something?
Erm, I... I don't know name.
Around garden.
Fence? Yes, fence. I go over fence.
Why?
Erm, door locked. I have English class.
I go over fence.
Sorry, I'm a little bit confused.
You locked yourself in the house? Do you not have keys? Erm...
Door locked. No have keys.
You don't have keys to your own house?
Yes, I have keys. Just today no keys.
So who locked the door?
Not important.
Anna, did your husband lock you in the house?
Please, can I go back to class?
I need learn English.
OK, but when you get home,
I need you to take some painkillers, OK? Paracetamol.
OK?
And I need you to strap it up. You keep it still.
But not too tight. Do you understand?
Yes, I understand. OK.
And I want you to take this number.
And if you ever need to talk to anyone...
Erm, please, finished? I need go back.
OK.
Thank you.
Why don't you want her coming to class?
When you came, last year,
you only stayed for a couple of lessons.
I thought that was because you didn't need it.
Have you got a problem with me? No. No, no, you're a great teacher.
Very kind person.
Then what's up?
Everything is so hard.
I'm working long hours, I'm always tired.
I miss my family, my home.
Here...everything is dirty, noisy, stress all the time.
None of that is Anna's fault.
I came here because of her.
She wanted to travel, see the world.
I thought, "I have good English, I can find job in the UK.
"We can move here for a few months. My wife, she will be happy.
"We can save up and then go back to Poland."
So, what's the problem with her learning English?
You see her more than I do.
In class three evenings a week, and then the homework -
busy all the time.
No time for me or for us.
And then she says when her English gets better,
she can find a job too and then we can find a nice house.
This...
This isn't the plan.
You're scared she doesn't want to go back to Poland.
I don't know what to do.
HE SPEAKS POLISH
Speak English, please.
Are you OK? What happened?
I am fine.
We can go to the hospital.
Erm, it's OK, No big problem.
Not Filip. I fall. I understand.
But if you're definitely OK, I need to go back to class.
I am sorry. It's fine.
We need to talk.
After class. Now I learn English.
OK. You go.
I'll wait here.
How about that?
Have you forgotten how to count? There's four of us.
Scarlett's coming too?
Of course. I'm not having her feel unwelcome.
Well, I thought it was a family thing.
While she's under our roof, she IS family.
Is that a problem?
No. Good.
Thanks, love.
Thank you. Bye.
Thank you.
No!
It wasn't me. No, I called them.
Why? Because she's vulnerable.
We need to have a word. I can't. I've got evening surgery.
This is important.
Don't forget that time in Malaga. Oh, a classic.
Ollie was what, three?
BOTH: Four.
We were on the beach, his dad was in the sea.
All right.
Oh, it was beautiful, mind, but it was really busy.
Ollie toddles off towards the water, I think he's gone to see his dad.
He stops at some other bloke, like, complete stranger.
This guy looks down, sees this random child and says, "Ooh, hello."
Ollie looks up at him like an angel...
..and then sinks his teeth into his leg.
No way!
We were mortified. Couldn't go back to the beach the whole holiday.
So, erm...
..six months?
You could have come with.
It'll fly by, especially once you've got a job.
You'll be pulling your weight around the house.
I could do a chores rota.
LAUGHTER
I don't think I told you. Oh, you'll laugh at this.
That time last year that you were away -
Kev's stag do, I think it was...
Oh, I was as sick as a dog. Like, I swore I would never drink again.
I had to work late, do a stock report or something,
so I asked Ollie to do the dinner. Mum, don't.
I get home, knackered. Come 8pm, no sign of dinner.
Ollie's still in bed asleep.
He didn't get up the whole day.
He didn't?!
LAUGHTER
Hey, talk about a lie-in!
He's made being horizontal a lifestyle choice.
Yeah, hilarious,
as long as you're not the one playing human alarm clock.
He's just a night owl.
Well, none of that from now on. Up and at 'em, every day,
and no more slouching round the house in those threadbare Spider-Man boxers.
Do you ever stop?!
Just get off my case!
No, don't.
I'll go.
You should have come through me.
She's my student. I'm the safeguarding lead here.
I don't need a lecture on safeguarding. All right?
We've got no idea what she's going home to -
coercive control, abuse, domestic violence?
No way. I know Anna and I know Filip from before.
He's not like that. Are you kidding?
He can't be an abuser because he seems like a nice guy?
I talked to him.
It was just a row that went a bit too far.
Yeah, well, I talked to her and he locked her in the house -
maybe not for the first time. I had no choice.
Look, in all the time I've been teaching Anna,
I've never seen any evidence there was anything wrong at all.
You saw it today. He grabbed her wrist because she wouldn't do
what she was told. Who knows what he's like at home?
It was one bad day.
You don't know what it's like, away from friends and family,
trying to get by in a totally different culture -
a move he only made to make Anna happy, by the way.
He's tired and he's scared and you just made it even worse.
If he's done nothing wrong, then he's got nothing to worry about.
Yeah?
If you moved to Poland and someone called the police on you,
how would you feel?
Not everyone has positive experiences with authorities!
Anna's safety is more important.
Just admit you made a mistake.
No. I did the right thing.
Next time, you talk to me first.
He'll calm down. Why did I open my big mouth?
Oh, you were just having a laugh.
If he can't take a bit of parental ribbing, then that's on him.
No, it's me. I'm always pushing, always nagging.
"Don't do this, do that."
Even when I think I'm joking, I'm still telling him what to do.
Hmm, you just don't want him to end up like his dad.
You're not so bad.
I just worry, you know.
He'll be fine.
Not about him, about you.
Ha, I'll be all right too.
You'll be in Dubai, so far away.
You won't know anyone.
I will. I know Gordie.
He's useless. What if something happens?
Hm.
I've had a big wake-up call.
I've relied on other people far too much, especially you and Ollie.
I just need to prove to myself that I can do it on my own.
This'll be good for you.
I'm really proud of you.
Thanks.
I'm just really sorry it took me so long.
Hm.
Shall we get another bottle?
Hm. Mm.
What are you doing here? You seemed upset.
I thought you might want to talk to someone.
Here for a free drink, more like.
What? No, of course not.
You don't care about my problems.
I'm here, aren't I?
I'm so sorry, I must have run out of Good Samaritan medals.
Do you know what? I don't need this.
The only problem you've got is that you need to grow up.
No, no, wait, all right, I'm sorry. Please, stay.
HE SIGHS
PHONE RINGS
Hello.
A walk-in? Erm...
..yeah, yeah, I'll take a look.
I could do with a distraction. OK.
No, not you. We'll go to the hospital instead.
No, can you just please wait? You no listen me. You think I liar.
I could lose my job, even my right to work here.
He no care. Of course I care. I called the police because I care.
Can you just let me explain?
OK, explain.
OK.
Anna is a young woman with no friends, no money.
Her husband locks her in a house so she can't learn English.
Then he comes to her college shouting, and she gets injured,
I mean, I can't do nothing.
It's not like that. We just had a stupid fight. I didn't hurt her.
You grabbed her wrist. Not hard.
You locked her in the house. I mean, that's imprisonment.
It's against the law. I no understand.
I needed to make sure that you were OK.
I tell you. He no hurt me. I fall.
Do you know how many patients I have that come in with bruises
or a black eye, a broken wrist
that "fell" or "walked into a door" or "had an accident"?
I am not one of those men.
OK, well, then let me examine her.
He wants to help.
No police.
OK. OK.
Can you, erm... Can you wait here, please?
No. My English bad. He help.
Look, we'll try on our own at first,
and if we're struggling, we can call Filip.
OK.
OK, come on.
So come on, then, spill. Why are you being so stupid?
You don't mince your words, do you? Don't see the point.
So?
It's just, erm... It's rubbish, you know.
I mean, Dad, Dubai...
Rubbish how? He seems fine.
He's never had to do anything and now he's making this big move
to the other side of the world and...he's all on his own.
Well, he seems excited.
He says that.
I don't know.
It's just that I feel really guilty, like...
What?
Like, erm...
..like I've dumped him.
SHE LAUGHS
Sorry, it's just...
It just sounds really stupid.
Oh, cheers for the support.
No.
I get it, I do.
But he's not your responsibility.
It's like my dad.
He hurt his back and couldn't work.
We were so broke.
And I thought, well...
..I thought, "If I just keep working harder...
"..everything will be OK."
But he kept making bad decisions, getting us into more debt.
I collapsed at work in the end, like...from the stress.
I had no idea. Are you OK now?
Yeah, I'm fine.
And I get that him hurting his back, it was an accident,
it wasn't his fault, but...
..you know, getting us into all that debt...
..making me be the grown-up - that was.
Where is he now? At his sister's.
We both decided we were better off on our own.
It's a bit like your dad.
Him going...
..you know, I felt awful.
Like it was all my fault because I couldn't fix everything.
But I don't feel like that any more.
In fact...
In fact, I'm relieved.
I'm not scared to answer the phone,
scared of the post coming,
worried about what we're going to eat.
Sounds awful.
My point is...
..it really hurt, when he left...
..but it was the best thing.
That's when everything finally started getting better.
And it will for you too.
Yeah? Yeah.
To things getting better.
You didn't strap it up like I asked.
Did you at least take some paracetamol?
I forget.
You're still annoyed with me.
I do believe you, that Filip didn't do this.
Good.
But what he did earlier - locking you in the house - that's not OK.
It first time. He not do before.
So it's getting worse?
No!
Maybe.
Yeah.
He job change.
Always tired, very stress.
OK, well...
..it's completely up to you,
but if you ever did feel threatened...
..erm, unsafe, in danger,
then there are people that can help.
Just hold that a sec.
So...
Here. They can help you find a safe place to stay,
they can give you fresh clothes, a toothbrush.
You know, they can help you figure out the next steps.
I no need this Filip is good man.
Very kind, very funny.
He wasn't very kind in class earlier. That not him.
He work too hard.
Very tired, always serious.
I think, "I learn English, get job and make him happy."
But it didn't?
He get very angry.
He say, "You no need job. I work."
I want make friends, he say, "Call friends in Poland."
I go to class, he say, "You always "study, study, study."
But I need learn English, I need out of house, I want see UK.
Why he stop me?
If I was to take a guess, I'd say that he's...
..homesick. He sick?
No, he's not...not sick. Erm, homesick.
From what Jamila said, I think Filip didn't really want to come
to the UK, and I think he misses Poland.
He not...? He not want come here?
I just think he's probably scared
that if you start making a new life for yourself here, then...
..you might not want to go home.
OK, this is done.
Try not to use it, and please take some paracetamol.
OK?
If it's not better in two weeks, then just come back.
Come. I talk to Filip. You help.
Erm...
OK.
Honestly, they're obsessed with this beech walk and it's just trees.
I mean, literally, it's just trees everywhere.
So what would you rather be doing?
Anything.
Going out with my mates.
There's this band that I like - they're touring soon.
I want to get tickets to that.
What band? You won't have heard of them.
I might. Scruff Dog.
HE LAUGHS
Scruff...
Scruff... OK. Sorry, what dog?
Scruff Dog.
That is not a real name.
Well, it is.
Who's the supporting act, then? Shabby Cat? Manky Mouse?
I won't be getting YOU a ticket.
Hey, suits me. I'm not really into gigs.
This is because you no tell me truth.
HE SPEAKS POLISH
English, please. What do you mean?
He say you no want come to UK.
This true? Why did you tell her that?
No. No look him, look me. Tell true.
I just want to make you happy.
So stupid.
I sorry.
I excited come to UK.
I no think of you.
I'm sorry too.
At home, all day, no money, no friends, nothing to do.
Always, "Ask husband."
I want money, "Ask husband."
I want go out, "Ask husband."
No good for me. No good for you.
And...where do I come into this?
Erm...
..we need, erm...
SHE SPEAKS POLISH
How do I say "swiadek" in English?
Witness. We need witness.
OK.
What are you doing?
Repeat.
I, Filip, promise I not stop my wife Anna go to English class.
I, Filip, promise
I will not stop my beautiful, clever, stubborn wife
from going to her English classes.
And I not shout her and not lock her in house.
I will not shout at her...
..and I will never lock her in the house again.
I, Anna, promise...
..I no study in evening when husband home.
And I promise... in one year we go back Poland.
One year? One year.
And then we have many babies.
Deal?
Deal.
Thank you.
You're welcome. Good luck.
HE LAUGHS
What?
You're just... not as bad as I thought you were.
Shame. Cos you've still got quite far to go.
Rude!
No, you're all right.
Yeah? Yeah.
Same again?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, go on. OK.
DOOR CLOSES
GIGGLING
Saw them live in 2016 with a fake ID.
As if.
All right, fine. I went with my dad.
Ha! See?
I knew it, I knew...
Shh, keep it down.
Oh, sorry. Shh.
Erm, thanks for, you know, coming after me.
It's all right. It's what friends do, isn't it?
Erm...
FAINT CREAK
I should probably...
Yeah. Me too.
Night, then.
Night.
BEDROOM DOOR CLOSES NEARBY
BOTH LAUGH
BOTH GIGGLE
What the...?
Shh. Scarlett and Ollie. They can't know you're here.
Do you want to talk about it?
Even if I did, I haven't got time now, have I?
Well, I tried to talk to you last night.
Right, best get this one back to school. Thanks, Dr Granger.
Nice to meet you, Martha.
This is where I'll find it, is it, Scarlett?
Why am I going back to school?
PHONE BEEPS