RICOCHET SOUTH "SUPERNANNY - AGATES" TRANSMISSION 02 SCRIPT JOB ID:
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CLOCK INFO: Ricochet South Supernanny 39162/008 “The Agates” UK MASTER part one of four part dur: 10’31” total dur: 48’57” rx: 16.08.05 audio: stereo 1+2 m&e 3+4 625:50 16:9 fha
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Timecodes &
Dialogue
Captions 10:00:01:04
Narrator This week Supernanny goes head to head with a seven year old girl who holds her family to ransom.
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Maryanne Agate [SHOUTING - INAUDIBLE]
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Narrator Can mum overcome the fear of her own daughter?
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Maryanne Agate You fat bitch!
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Wendy Agate She’s just running rings round me again and I’m, I’m just so confused.
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Narrator Or will Maryanne reign supreme?
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Maryanne Agate Bitch!
10:00:26:23 TITLE SEQUENCE
10:00:45:20 TITLE:
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SUPERNANNY
10:00:49:06
Narrator Wendy Agate is a single mum and lives in Littlehampton with her three daughters. Marie aged ten, Amie aged nine and Maryanne who’s aged seven and controls the whole house with her ferocious temper.
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Maryanne Agate I want my dinner!
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Wendy Agate Maryanne’s like a bomb waiting to explode.
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Maryanne Agate You bitch! Bitch.
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Maryanne Agate Bitch!
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Maryanne Agate Get off!
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Wendy Agate Maryanne rules the roost. She’s the boss.
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Narrator For the last four years Wendy has been struggling to raise her three children alone.
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Wendy Agate I love them to bits but I just can’t cope with them any more.
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Maryanne Agate Go away!
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Wendy Agate And Maryanne’s tantrums are just getting worse.
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Maryanne Agate [CRYING - INAUDIBLE]
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Marie Agate Maryanne, with you life is miserable.
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Maryanne Agate Shut up cow poo!
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Wendy Agate Marie and Amie do resent Maryanne big time.
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Marie Agate She gets her own way, she tells on us, she tells lies. She just does everything and just makes me angry.
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Amie Agate Feel lonely and upset and angry and really like I’m not cared about.
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Wendy Agate
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They just do not get their quality time, you know, with me.
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Maryanne Agate It feels really sad because I don’t have a nice family.
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Narrator Maryanne makes Wendy’s life even harder by sneaking out of the house several times a day.
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Wendy Agate Maryanne! Get indoors. I’m not running darling, I’m not chasing you. Maryanne wait there please!
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Maryanne Agate You don’t even care about me!
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Wendy Agate Yes I do.
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Narrator Maryanne keeps on behaving badly right through til bedtime. No-one can sleep until she’s finished her marathon tantrums.
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Maryanne Agate It’s not even bed time!
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Wendy Agate Yes it is! It’s eight o’clock. Goodnight darling.
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Maryanne Agate
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Don’t close the door!
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Wendy Agate I just don’t feel like a very good mum at the moment.
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Narrator Supernanny Jo Frost is Wendy’s last hope.
With 16 years
experience she’s turned around the toughest of kids. But how will she handle seven year old Maryanne and her tyrannical grip on the Agate family?
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Jo Frost Hello! Pleased to meet you.
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Wendy Agate Hello.
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Jo Frost How are you?
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Wendy Agate Wendy.
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Jo Frost Jo. Hi Wendy.
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Wendy Agate Come and meet the children.
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Jo Frost
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Hello! Hi Marie, pleased to meet you, I’m Jo-Jo. And what’s your name?
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Maryanne Agate Maryanne.
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Jo Frost Hi Maryanne pleased to meet you. Jo. What’s your name?
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Amie Agate Amie.
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Jo Frost Hi Amie, pleased to meet you. Fantastic!
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Narrator As usual when Supernanny first arrives she’ll observe the family without stepping in to see how the children behave. It doesn’t take long before Maryanne gives her something to think about.
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Wendy Agate Maryanne.
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Maryanne Agate I want to sit outside.
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Wendy Agate You’re not sitting outside.
Can you get away from the door
please? Get indoors now! You’re not going out the door.
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10:04:07:00
Maryanne Agate Ow!
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Wendy Agate Get up.
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Maryanne Agate Ouch! No, you’re not locking that door!
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Wendy Agate Who says? It’s my door!
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Wendy Agate Don’t pinch me.
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Narrator Minutes later Maryanne takes out her frustration on her sister Amie.
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Wendy Agate Maryanne, stop it!
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Wendy Agate You started that fight so what do you expect?
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Jo Frost So is this common, this kind of thing goes on all the time?
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Wendy Agate It’s twenty four seven. The, the fights have got so violent, there’s
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just so much anger. Marie and Amie think they’re prisoners in their own home.
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Jo Frost What about you?
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Wendy Agate I think the same.
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Narrator Its homework time and Amie and Marie sit down to do their reading with mum.
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Marie Agate Then I read all signs are right…
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Narrator But Maryanne wants a piece of the action.
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Wendy Agate No! Maryanne! Maryanne!
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Maryanne Agate I want to sit with you! I want to sit with you!
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Wendy Agate No, no, you always [10:05:19:03 INAUDIBLE - MARYANNE TALKING OVER WENDY] Yes! No!
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Maryanne Agate
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[INAUDIBLE - CRYING]
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Wendy Agate No. Let me see…
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Marie Agate When Maryanne wants attention she gets it by having a paddy. It’s horrible. She ruins everything.
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Jo Frost Maryanne hogs all of mum’s time and leaves the other girls with nothing and this is building up resentment between the older girls and Maryanne.
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Narrator And Maryanne knows this all too well.
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Maryanne Agate They hurt my feelings. And every time they hurt my feelings I always say “Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me”!
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Narrator While Amie and Marie try to lie low Maryanne does a runner.
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Wendy Agate Here we go on a search for Maryanne. Maryanne! That road! Maryanne you move.
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Jo Frost
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Well Maryanne’s not taking no for an answer, she’s gone straight out of the house and she’s walking off, well I don’t even know where she’s walking off. But there’s no keeping Maryanne in the house that’s for sure.
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Wendy Agate Get here! Maryanne! You’re not funny!
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Wendy Agate Right, that’s it. She just doesn’t listen to me. I’ve just got to the point now I just half the time I just… don’t pinch me! I’ve got to a point now I just don’t even follow her any more because… I’m so fed up of chasing her all the time.
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Narrator Mum’s at the end of her tether and it’s not long before she snaps.
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Wendy Agate Do what you like Maryanne because I think you’re an absolute arsehole!
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Narrator Supernanny is not impressed.
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Jo Frost Well there you have it, a parent who has totally lost control. You do not call your child an arsehole.
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Jo Frost How bad has it got for you Wendy?
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Wendy Agate Don’t want to be here any more.
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Jo Frost What do you mean when you say that?
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Wendy Agate Don’t want to be here any more. I just don’t like it here any more. It’s not my idea of fun, it’s not my idea of family life any more.
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Jo Frost Wendy, how long has this been going on?
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Wendy Agate Seems like forever. I think problems started I think about four years ago. But over the last two years they’ve got really bad. Half the time I never know where Maryanne is.
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Wendy Agate I never treated my mum like that. Didn’t dare!
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Jo Frost You’re depleted aren’t you?
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Wendy Agate Mmm.
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Jo Frost Worn out. Had enough.
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Wendy Agate I have had enough. I had enough a long time ago and I just kept plodding on.
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Narrator It’s bedtime. Marie and Amie are ready for sleep but Maryanne fancies a late night movie.
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Maryanne Agate I want my video!
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Wendy Agate Can you get in bed please?
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Maryanne Agate I want my video!
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Wendy Agate Well, you’re not having it! Don’t be stupid and get into bed!
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Maryanne Agate Shut up. I want my video!
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Wendy Agate No, you’re not!
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Maryanne Agate Yes I am! No, no.
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Wendy Agate You’re not having it. You’re not!
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Maryanne Agate Yes! Yes!
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Wendy Agate You’re not having them!
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Maryanne Agate No, you bitch!
You bitch!
[10:09:07:21 INAUDIBLE -
MARYANNE CRYING] you’re a fat bitch!
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Narrator Maryanne’s tantrums make it impossible for her sisters to sleep. They’re tired and emotional.
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Jo Frost What’s got you so upset?
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Marie Agate Maryanne.
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Jo Frost Maryanne?
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Marie Agate She gets on my nerves so much and just can’t take it any more.
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Jo Frost
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Come here. Hey.
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Maryanne Agate I want my video!
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Jo Frost What do you think that mum could do that would make it better?
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Marie Agate I don’t know. I think she needs to be harder on Maryanne than us two.
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Maryanne Agate Oh, I am having a video!
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Jo Frost Maryanne’s screaming, she’s lost control, mum’s screaming at her, they’re fighting over the plugs.
What kind of a bedtime
routine is this?
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Maryanne Agate I’m not going to bed! No way!
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Narrator Supernanny has seen enough. Tomorrow Wendy faces a few home truths.
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Jo Frost Maryanne calls you “a bitch” and you call her an “arsehole”. It’s abuse.
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Narrator And hits rock bottom.
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Wendy Agate She’s just running rings around me again.
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Narrator Can mum find the strength to stand up to Maryanne?
10:10:28:19 TITLE: SUPERNANNY
10:10:30:09
END OF PART ONE
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CLOCK INFO: Ricochet South Supernanny 39162/008 “The Agates” UK MASTER part two of four part dur: 12’56” total dur: 48’57” rx: 16.08.05 audio: stereo 1+2 m&e 3+4 625:50 16:9 fha
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10:12:00:00
PART TWO
10:12:00:14 TITLE: SUPERNANNY
10:12:02:19
Maryanne Agate I want my video!
10:12:06:07
Narrator Supernanny Jo Frost is on a mission to put full time mum Wendy back in charge of her family.
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Wendy Agate You’re not going out the door!
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Wendy Agate Do what you like Maryanne because I think you’re an absolute arsehole!
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Narrator Having come face to face with how bad things have got in the family Supernanny spells out how she sees the situation.
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Jo Frost Three beautiful girls.
But Wendy, where’s the mum in the
house? Where’s the authoritative figure? You’ve lost control and Maryanne’s behaviour towards you and her sisters is out of control. What’s it going to be like in three years time? ASBO
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child Wendy. The Government are going to be knocking on your door and giving you fines.
I’m appalled at the children’s
language towards you. Yet you take it.
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Wendy Agate I’ve tried putting my foot down.
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Jo Frost But they learn to communicate by the woman who sets them the example. And that’s you.
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Jo Frost Just because you are their mother what gave you the right to think that you could actually turn round and call your children the names that you did?
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Wendy Agate I just get so angry because they call me names.
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Jo Frost So you call them names back?
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Wendy Agate Yes.
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Jo Frost Maryanne calls you “a bitch” and you call her an “arsehole”. It’s abuse.
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Jo Frost
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It’s got to stop right now.
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Jo Frost Because it’s disgusting.
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Jo Frost There’s no equal attention between the girls. Maryanne hogs all of your time and the other two are pushed to the side.
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Jo Frost What is it with Maryanne?
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Wendy Agate She just walks all over me.
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Jo Frost Wendy, why do you allow Maryanne to walk all over you? What is it about Maryanne?
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Wendy Agate Frightened of her.
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Wendy Agate She, she can be so nasty.
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Jo Frost And you’re scared of your own daughter?
10:14:38:23
Wendy Agate Yes.
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Jo Frost And you know what?
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Wendy Agate What?
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Jo Frost She knows it Wendy. You’re depressed and you want to throw the towel in.
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Wendy Agate You’re right.
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Jo Frost But you know what the sad thing is Wendy, is that those girls know that.
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Jo Frost And that’s why they’re trying to get your attention. All of them. Because in front of their eyes they are seeing you crumble. They need you!
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Jo Frost You’re their mother.
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Wendy Agate I want to be mum. I just don’t know how to do it any more.
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Jo Frost
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I can say to you now that I can teach you the techniques and give you the advice that will turn that around for you. Okay? I believe that you actually can turn things around pretty darn quickly!
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Jo Frost So let’s get cracking!
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Wendy Agate Yes.
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Wendy Agate I want to be that person that Supernanny thinks I can be so, that’s the person I want to be. I want to be mum!
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Narrator Over the next four days Supernanny will help Wendy get her family back on track.
10:16:12:01
Jo Frost Hello!
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Narrator The first thing she wants to focus on is the lack of discipline in the house.
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Jo Frost And this is going to be your reflection area.
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Narrator
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She’s giving each girl her own bean bag in a special reflection area where they must go when they misbehave.
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Jo Frost Reflection, you’ll be sent here by your mum to sit and think about why you have been placed on one of these bean bags.
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Narrator It doesn’t take long before Maryanne rebels against the Nanny State.
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Jo Frost So if you could just [10:16:42:10 INAUDIBLE MARYANNE CRYING]
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Wendy Agate Maryanne, leave the kitchen.
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Maryanne Agate No!
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Jo Frost Which is to come down to her level, giver her eye contact, use a low toned voice without shouting, and say “I’d like you to please leave the kitchen”.
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Wendy Agate Maryanne.
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Jo Frost
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Voice! Low. Firm.
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Wendy Agate Maryanne. I would like you to leave the kitchen.
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Maryanne Agate When, you won’t even let me!
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Jo Frost Step back. She’s going to have to make a decision. She’s either going to leave the kitchen or she’s not.
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Narrator Supernanny believes children should be given a warning and a chance to change their behaviour.
10:17:18:05
Maryanne Agate No mummy! Mummy I want to say something to you!
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Jo Frost Stand up.
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Narrator If they choose to ignore the warning, they must be taken straight to the reflection area.
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Wendy Agate You are going to say there.. .
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Maryanne Agate
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No!
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Wendy Agate … for seven minutes.
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Maryanne Agate No! No!
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Narrator Maryanne must spend seven minutes, one minute for each year of her age reflecting on her bad behaviour.
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Maryanne Agate No!
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Narrator But that’s the last thing she wants to do.
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Maryanne Agate No!
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Wendy Agate She’s kicking and screaming out there and then she makes me feel like I’ve done something wrong.
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Maryanne Agate No!
10:17:57:07
Jo Frost In her eyes you’ve done something wrong.
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Wendy Agate Yes.
10:17:59:23
Jo Frost You’ve given her a consequence.
10:18:01:18
Wendy Agate Yes.
10:18:02:09
Jo Frost You’ve followed through.
10:18:03:22
Wendy Agate Yes.
10:18:04:00
Jo Frost You’ve been consistent, you’ve made her lose control.
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Maryanne Agate Mummy!
10:18:12:05
Jo Frost Seven years old.
10:18:13:15
Wendy Agate Yes.
10:18:15:08
Jo Frost Needs to be stopped.
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10:18:16:16
Maryanne Agate No!
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Narrator After seven minutes mum must go back and get a sincere apology before Maryanne can be let out of the reflection area.
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Wendy Agate I want an apology.
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Maryanne Agate Sorry!
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Jo Frost Excuse me.
10:18:32:06
Wendy Agate Excuse me?
10:18:33:23
Maryanne Agate Sorry.
10:18:36:11
Jo Frost That still seems like anger to me.
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Wendy Agate It, it is anger.
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Jo Frost
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Yes it is, I think you come back because she obviously needs to chill out in that area a little bit longer.
10:18:43:08
Maryanne Agate Sorry. Sorry.
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Narrator This the first time that mum has ever followed through with a discipline. It takes a long time for the message to sink in.
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Maryanne Agate Please could I say sorry to my mum!
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Narrator But finally Maryanne is ready to apologise.
10:19:03:00
Jo Frost Has she calmed down? Ask her “Have you calmed down?”
10:19:04:14
Wendy Agate Have you calmed down Maryanne?
10:19:06:14
Maryanne Agate Yes.
10:19:07:03
Jo Frost Okay.
10:19:07:19
Wendy Agate Right. Okay. Well I would like, I want an apology for not doing
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as you were told.
10:19:15:23
Maryanne Agate Sorry.
10:19:17:24
Wendy Agate Pardon?
10:19:18:22
Maryanne Agate Sorry.
10:19:20:05
Jo Frost Okay.
10:19:20:18
Wendy Agate Right okay. Kiss. Cuddle. Can I kiss and cuddle.
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Jo Frost As much as mum felt really frightened of the behaviour of Maryanne she felt liberated at the fact that she’d been able to follow through with the reflection area.
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Wendy Agate I feel like I’m getting there because I actually followed through on something so I feel like it’s one to me and none to Maryanne!
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Narrator Next Supernanny wants to tackle another huge problem. Maryanne’s persistent escapes from the house.
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Jo Frost Stop! Stop, look and ask. Okay? What I’m going to do is I’m going to put one of these on the front door here, okay? And one of them is going to go on the back, and when you read that sign it says “Stop!” I want you to think, look at it, and go “I need to ask mum”, if you can go out.
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Narrator Wendy doesn’t let the girls out alone because they never come home when she asks them to, but Supernanny’s convinced the girls will start doing as they’re told if mum shows she trusts them.
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Jo Frost Watches! Well I think it would be a nice idea if the girls had the freedom to go across the road and have some play time over at the Park. Is that good?
10:20:50:12
Maryanne Agate Yes!
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Jo Frost This is what we’re going to do. You’re going to tell the girls that they can stay out for 15 minutes. And when they come back they will then be allowed out for some more. Okay?
10:21:09:16
Wendy Agate Okay.
10:21:11:01
Jo Frost Each time they can show you that they can be trusted you will
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trust them in return and let them out for some more time.
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Narrator The Park is only a few yards from the house. It should be the perfect place for the girls to play.
10:21:27:08
Jo Frost I hope the girls are up for the idea of trust, so I hope it’s something that we can develop here because it is a strong family value that I would like to instil in this household.
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Narrator True to their word all three girls return on time.
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Jo Frost Well done! Well done.
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Wendy Agate Well then you can go out to play again, would you like that?
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[GIRLS TALKING TOGETHER] Yes!
10:21:50:16
Maryanne Agate When? When, now?
10:21:52:02
Wendy Agate Now!
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Maryanne Agate
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Yeah, we’re free again!
10:22:03:21
Wendy Agate It’s just amazing! Like you’ve given them a new lease of life, a new toy!
10:22:10:12
Jo Frost Trust.
10:22:11:07
Wendy Agate Yes.
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Narrator Bedtimes in the Agate house have been a nightmare for years with Maryanne’s tantrums keeping the whole house up for hours. Tonight Supernanny is introducing a stay in bed technique to break the cycle of Maryanne’s attention seeking behaviour.
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Jo Frost When she first comes out I want you to say to her “It’s bedtime darling”.
10:22:34:07
Wendy Agate Right.
10:22:34:18
Jo Frost Okay?
The second time she comes out I want you to say
“Bedtime”.
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Wendy Agate
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Right.
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Jo Frost And the third time she comes out I want you to say nothing okay?
10:22:42:18
Wendy Agate Right, okay.
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Jo Frost I don’t want you to reward her with communication.
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Narrator As Wendy gets Amie and Marie ready for bed, Maryanne gets up to remind them who’s boss.
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Wendy Agate Maryanne, its bedtime darling.
10:22:55:24
Narrator Mum starts well but is drawn into conversation.
10:22:58:17
Wendy Agate I’ll have a look in a minute.
10:23:00:23
Narrator It’s not what Supernanny wants to see.
10:23:03:04
Maryanne Agate Mum! Mum! Mum!
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10:23:10:08
Narrator Having successfully got her mum’s attention Maryanne comes back for a second helping.
10:23:15:17
Maryanne Agate Where’s mine and Amie’s watch?
10:23:17:02
Wendy Agate Bed! You don’t need to lamp on... Bed!
10:23:21:01
Maryanne Agate Make sure you find Amie’s watch.
10:23:23:12
Wendy Agate I will find it and give it to her in the morning.
10:23:25:19
Maryanne Agate One, two, three!
10:23:28:14
Wendy Agate In!
10:23:29:03
Maryanne Agate One..
10:23:29:14
Wendy Agate No!
10:23:30:08
Maryanne Agate … two, three.
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10:23:32:06
Wendy Agate It’s all gone to pot.
10:23:33:09
Jo Frost Why, why has it? Do you remember the three steps?
10:23:36:23
Wendy Agate Yes.
10:23:37:23
Jo Frost Get her into bed, just turn the lights off.
10:23:41:06
Wendy Agate Goodnight.
10:23:45:17
Jo Frost What you did was “Bedtime darling” Bed. And then “In you get, in you get, in you get, can’t find it, can’t find it”.
10:23:54:05
Maryanne Agate Mum!
10:23:55:14
Narrator Mum has to learn to ignore Maryanne’s cries for attention for the technique to work.
10:24:00:10
Maryanne Agate Mum!
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10:24:02:01
Jo Frost Leave it alone. Leave it alone.
10:24:04:07
Maryanne Agate Mum! Mum!
10:24:11:07
Narrator This time mum stays strong. Maryanne soon gets bored and gives in to sleep. It’s a victory!
10:24:21:19
Jo Frost Good job! Good job! Look at you!
10:24:27:06
Wendy Agate I know! I didn’t shout!
10:24:30:08
Jo Frost Exactly. You should be proud of yourself.
10:24:31:20
Wendy Agate I am, very proud of myself.
10:24:35:07
Narrator Things are looking up for the Agate family as Maryanne’s iron grip on the house begins to loosen.
10:24:40:19
Maryanne Agate Sorry.
10:24:44:11
Narrator
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But mum’s still to face her toughest challenge yet.
10:24:54:02 TITLE: SUPERNANNY
10:24:55:20
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10:26:00:03
PART THREE
10:26:00:14 TITLE: SUPERNANNY
10:26:03:10
Jo Frost Stop!
10:26:03:24
Narrator Supernanny has been teaching Wendy Agate how to combat her daughter Maryanne’s relentless bad behaviour.
10:26:10:05
Maryanne Agate No!
10:26:12:03
Jo Frost Seven years old.
10:26:13:21
Maryanne Agate No!
10:26:16:01
Jo Frost Needs to be stopped.
10:26:20:06
Narrator The next stage of the teaching is all about communication.
10:26:23:21
Jo Frost
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This whole household lacks communication skills. The children don’t get a chance to express themselves to mum.
10:26:34:06
Narrator Supernanny thinks she has a solution.
10:26:37:00
Jo Frost This is a technique that Jo-Jo calls “The see me, hear me” technique. Okay? And what it is, it’s a technique that allows you girls to be able to get things off your chest alright?
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Narrator Supernanny wants the girls to record their inner thoughts and feelings onto a video camera, so they can start to express themselves in a constructive way.
10:26:59:10
Jo Frost What I want you to do is to come into this room and use this camera because it’s really going to benefit you okay?
10:27:05:23 SIGN: SEE ME HEAR ME
10:27:06:07
Girl See me hear me room
10:27:09:02
Narrator Over the next few hours all three girls get used to talking on
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camera. Later on, Supernanny wants the whole family to review the video footage so that mum can learn to listen to her kids and respond to how they are feeling.
10:27:22:06
Jo Frost If she can understand where they’re coming from she can start to relate, this will bring them closer.
10:27:28:22
Narrator The talks are underway but the fighting continues. Mum takes direct action.
10:27:34:06
Maryanne Agate This is mine!
10:27:35:13
Wendy Agate Oi!
Maryanne reflection area.
minutes.
10:27:47:07
Narrator At last mum means business.
10:27:49:19
Maryanne Agate Mummy!
10:27:54:11
Jo Frost How calm are you?
10:27:55:22
Wendy Agate I’m really calm actually!
You will be here for seven
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10:27:58:11
Jo Frost How calm is Maryanne?
10:28:00:07
Wendy Agate She’s not!
10:28:00:24
Jo Frost Okay. What does that tell you? That behaviour?
10:28:06:02
Wendy Agate That she’s not the one that’s in control, I am!
10:28:10:15
Maryanne Agate Mummy!
10:28:15:23
Narrator After seven minutes Wendy returns to the reflection area to get her apology.
10:28:18:15 SIGN: REFLECTION AREA
10:28:20:17
Wendy Agate What do you say Maryanne?
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Sorry.
10:28:27:11
Maryanne Agate Sorry!
10:28:29:13
Wendy Agate Right, hug, come on. Hug! Kisses. Come on.
10:28:35:05
Narrator It’s a major breakthrough for Wendy.
10:28:37:05
Wendy Agate Give us a kiss!
10:28:39:04
Wendy Agate I’m really proud of myself and I’ll say it again!
10:28:45:10
Jo Frost Good for you!
10:28:48:04
Narrator It’s the end of the day and Supernanny rounds up the whole family to show them the “See me, hear me” video diary.
10:28:54:21
Jo Frost What I’m going to do is show mummy the video because I think mummy needs to learn, okay, to be able to listen to you girls.
10:29:08:21
Narrator First up is Marie.
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10:29:10:15
Marie Agate [ON VIDEO TAPE] Since Supernanny’s been here mum hasn’t let Maryanne walk all over her. And we’ve actually got some time with her.
10:29:20:01
Jo Frost What do you think of that?
10:29:24:11
Wendy Agate She’s ten years old and she knows that Maryanne’s always walked all over me, which was quite grown up actually! Thank you very much, that was lovely.
10:29:38:15
Amie Agate [ON VIDEO] I think everyone’s doing really well in the house, I think. I think that everyone will start getting along.
10:29:47:17
Jo Frost Amie, yet another lovely….
10:29:50:10
Wendy Agate Yes.
10:29:51:01
Jo Frost … talk. We thank you very much for your kind words.
10:29:53:21
Wendy Agate It was lovely.
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10:29:56:13
Narrator But what Maryanne has to say isn’t so lovely.
10:30:00:06
Maryanne Agate [ON VIDEO] I don’t like my mum. She’s definitely horrible. She’s selfish and horrible. She never lets me do nothing. She just tells me off. Putting her face straight up to me and looking into my eyes and saying “I hate you”.
10:30:36:20
Jo Frost That statement was as if it had happened, has that happened in the past?
10:30:44:13
Wendy Agate Yes.
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Jo Frost I just want you to digest that.
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Narrator It’s important that mum responds to Maryanne.
10:30:55:17
Wendy Agate Maryanne. Mummy does love you. Mummy loves you all three exactly the same. I want a nice, good girl, give lots and lots of kisses and cuddles to.
10:31:10:12
Jo Frost
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Turn around my love so you can…
10:31:11:14
Wendy Agate Turn round.
10:31:19:00
Narrator Later when the girls are asleep Supernanny takes mum to one side.
10:31:23:19
Jo Frost I hope you’re aware as an adult that the, the damage that is caused when you do turn around and shout names at your children and I think you know what I’m talking about. The “I hate you”. Work on that.
10:31:37:18
Wendy Agate I only did only say it a few times to her and that was, she got me so angry, she sat there and told me she hated me so I told her I hated her back.
10:31:46:07
Jo Frost That was enough. Whether you said it once or you said it twice, it was enough to make her wonder “Does mummy really hate?”
10:31:53:04
Wendy Agate Yes I know. Yes.
10:31:57:10
Narrator The next day Supernanny wants to further improve the communication in the house with some one to one time.
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10:32:03:09
Jo Frost It’s important to spend an equal amount of time with your children, getting to know them, doing the things that they’re interested in.
10:32:13:21
Narrator Mum must take it in turns having special time with the girls individually so they all get equal attention.
10:32:19:13
Jo Frost This is very crucial. This is something you should be doing as part of your daily routine, mandatory with your three girls.
10:32:29:03
Marie Agate The one to one does make me feel better. Now Maryanne’s got her time with mum and Amie’s got her time and I’ve got my time, to me it doesn’t feel like Maryanne’s hogging her any more.
10:32:43:20
Wendy Agate Guess where mummy is taking you three this afternoon? Harbour Park!
10:32:50:01
[GIRLS TALKING TOGETHER] Yeah!
10:32:52:07
Narrator Supernanny believes if things are to change for the better the girls need to see mum as someone they can have fun with and not just the person who disciplines them.
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10:33:00:07
Jo Frost Are we going to see mum have some fun?
10:33:01:23
Marie Agate Yeah!
10:33:07:13
Jo Frost This is so important for Wendy to get out with her girls and have some fun!
10:33:16:24
Jo Frost Its stress free the girls are having fun, mum’s totally chilled out and she should be doing this on a regular basis.
10:33:24:12
Maryanne Agate It was really good to have a day out with mum. It did mean a lot to me.
10:33:32:11
Narrator As Supernanny’s time with the family draws to an end the change in the house is plain to see. Wendy shows who is the real leader of the house.
10:33:40:12
Wendy Agate I want an apology.
10:33:42:01 SUBTITLE: Sorry.
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10:33:42:15
Maryanne Agate Sorry.
10:33:43:14
Wendy Agate Right. Kiss. Give me a kiss and a cuddle.
10:33:48:05
Narrator
10:33:49:13
The girls are learning how to express themselves.
SIGN: SEE ME HEAR ME
10:33:50:18
Amie Agate It was alright.
10:33:52:21
Maryanne Agate I have finished stepping over my mum and it was like….
10:33:57:08
Narrator And although Maryanne still puts up a fight at bedtimes, mum is using Supernanny’s techniques to deal with the situation calmly.
10:34:04:10
Maryanne Agate I want a drink!
10:34:07:01
Wendy Agate Its bedtime darling.
10:34:08:06
Maryanne Agate
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Mummy…
10:34:09:08
Jo Frost Mum was doing a really fantastic job tonight.
10:34:12:06
Wendy Agate Night, night.
10:34:13:18
Jo Frost Because she’s put the hard work in she’s changed her family and that’s what counts.
10:34:21:13
Narrator For the changes to really last Wendy needs to use the new techniques without Supernanny’s help. It’s time for her to go it alone.
10:34:29:10
Jo Frost Has it been a happy house?
10:34:33:19
Jo Frost Keep strong, alright? Keep strong because you need to, alright? You need to, I want to see optimistic Wendy.
10:34:45:21
Jo Frost Wendy is definitely taking control of situations in this house and she’s definitely the mum and all those kids know it. Maryanne will test Wendy, no doubt about that.
10:35:01:17
Narrator
But
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It’s a new day in the Agate house.
10:35:04:02
Maryanne Agate Don’t normally put that much on there. You idiot.
10:35:08:13
Narrator And life after Supernanny gets off to a rocky start with a power struggle over breakfast.
10:35:14:01
Wendy Agate I asked you not to talk to me like that.
10:35:16:16
Narrator What starts out as a row over toast spirals out of control. Wendy bundles Maryanne to the reflection area to calm down.
10:35:24:17
Wendy Agate Do not pinch me!
10:35:28:22
Maryanne Agate Get out! [10:35:30:08 INAUDIBLE MARYANNE CRYING] No!
10:35:35:07
Narrator Maryanne completely loses the plot.
10:35:37:10
Maryanne Agate No! No!
10:35:40:21
Narrator Wendy tries to take control by force.
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10:35:43:03
Wendy Agate Maryanne you’ve been put up here for your unacceptable behaviour. You are staying here now!
10:35:49:01
Maryanne Agate
10:35:52:23
No! No! No, you fat cow.
SUBTITLE: No, you fat cow.
10:35:56:16
Narrator Wendy makes an effort to stay calm in the face of extreme provocation.
10:36:03:11
Wendy Agate Kicked me! Pinched me here.
10:36:06:16
Maryanne Agate Fat cow!
10:36:09:17
Wendy Agate She’s pinched me there and scratched me. And she’s made me bleed again.
10:36:15:08 SUBTITLE: I don’t want my toast to get cold…
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10:36:15:15
Maryanne Agate
10:36:19:11
I don’t want my toast to get cold you fat cow!
SUBTITLE: …you fat cow!
10:36:22:18
Narrator It’s another half an hour before Maryanne calms down.
10:36:32:01
Narrator Mum should be spending quality time with each child alone but the mood in the camp is tense.
10:36:37:04
Maryanne Agate
SUBTITLE:
Mum you’re supposed to spending one to one time with me. On
Mum, you’re supposed our own. to be spending one to one time with me.
10:36:41:08
Wendy Agate Darling, I’m trying to. Two girls would…
10:36:47:12
Amie Agate Mum, you said you would help me with my homework and you’re not.
10:36:51:11
Marie Agate I would!
10:36:52:14
Amie Agate
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No!
10:36:56:07
Wendy Agate Don’t talk to me like that Amie. No, it’s not…
10:36:58:16
Amie Agate Then help me then.
10:37:00:09
Wendy Agate Don’t talk to me like that! How dare you.
10:37:08:01
Narrator When it’s Amie’s turn for one to one time things get no better.
10:37:12:07
Maryanne Agate I’m under the table.
10:37:16:23
Wendy Agate Maryanne go away. And you Marie.
10:37:19:04
Maryanne Agate No!
10:37:19:20
Marie Agate I’m staying here.
10:37:21:01
Wendy Agate No, you’re not.
10:37:23:02
Amie Agate
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Neither am I cos you two interrupt so what’s the point in doing it.
10:37:28:20
Wendy Agate They’ve picked and picked and picked at one another all day. So, you know, I think I could do with a bit of extra advice!
10:37:43:09
Wendy Agate Oh don’t pinch me Maryanne.
10:37:45:04
Narrator As each evening passes bedtimes get progressively worse as Maryanne fights for mum’s attention.
10:37:51:03
Maryanne Agate
10:37:51:10
Mum stinks like poo-oo!
SUBTITLE: Mum stinks like poo-oo!
10:37:54:06
Narrator Sticking to Supernanny’s technique mum ignores Maryanne and carries on getting her sisters ready for bed.
10:38:00:13
Maryanne Agate Mum!
10:38:01:15
Wendy Agate Bedtime.
10:38:10:16
Narrator But when Maryanne tries to make a break for it mum caves in
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and enters into a debate.
10:38:16:05
Maryanne Agate
10:38:16:08
Amie stinks like poo-oo!
SUBTITLE: Amie stinks like poo-oo!
10:38:19:02
Amie Agate
10:38:19:03
Mum, she’s starting to really annoy me.
SUBTITLE: Mum, she’s starting to really annoy me.
10:38:22:01
Wendy Agate Right, Maryanne continue to annoy your sister and you will end up in the other room, okay? Goodnight!
10:38:33:13
Narrator Wendy gives up trying to get Maryanne into her own bed and drags her to the spare room.
10:38:51:05
Narrator Wendy has totally lost control.
10:38:53:16
Maryanne Agate I want to sleep in my bed mummy please. CRYING]
10:39:00:06
Wendy Agate Into bed!
[MARYANNE
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10:39:00:23
Maryanne Agate [INAUDIBLE - MARYANNE CRYING]
10:39:02:24
Narrator And it’s Maryanne who has the final word.
10:39:05:17
Maryanne Agate [INAUDIBLE - MARYANNE CRYING] Please mummy! I need to [10:39:09:18 INAUDIBLE - MARYANNE CRYING] you fat bitch! You are a fat bitch, you are a fat bitch!
10:39:21:08
Wendy Agate I really thought I was doing well. Yes, but tonight, no, I lost it. And I do I feel like I’ve just, I’ve gone several steps forward and taken six back tonight.
10:39:38:17
Narrator Supernanny is due back in the morning and not a moment too soon.
10:39:45:20
Jo Frost Mum if you’d have nipped this in the bud you wouldn’t have this situation now.
10:39:49:17 TITLE: SUPERNANNY
10:39:52:01
END OF PART THREE
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10:41:00:02
PART FOUR
10:41:00:14 TITLE: SUPERNANNY
10:41:04:14
Narrator For
the
past
Wendy’s
been
struggling
to
implement
Supernanny’s techniques on her own.
10:41:10:01
Wendy Agate I’ve gone several steps forward and taken six back.
10:41:14:10
Narrator Now Supernanny’s back to show Wendy where she’s going wrong. First on the agenda is discipline.
10:41:21:15
Maryanne Agate Don’t normally put that much on there. You idiot. There! Shut up! Shut up!
10:41:31:09
Jo Frost You should have gone straight over to her. You should have looked her straight in the eye and give her that low tone voice, “Do not, do not talk to me in that manner”. Nip that behaviour in the bud.
10:41:45:07
Wendy Agate Yes.
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10:41:48:10
Wendy Agate You’ve been put up here because of your unacceptable behaviour. You are staying here now!
10:41:54:02
Jo Frost That’s, this is what did it for me here. language there?
You see your body
I think you’ve got one leg on her actually!
Leaning right over her, [10:42:03:21 GROWLING SPEECH]. When you’re aggressive and you’re dealing with Maryanne who loses control and becomes aggressive, you, you’ve got fireworks.
10:42:15:03
Wendy Agate Yes.
10:42:17:20
Maryanne Agate Fat bitch! [10:42:19:14 INAUDIBLE MARYANNE SCREAMING] fat cow!
10:42:27:20
Jo Frost How does that make you feel watching that piece of footage there?
10:42:31:05
Wendy Agate Really bad actually. I’ve learnt now that if I’m aggressive towards her then she comes back that way.
10:42:40:03
Narrator Next Supernanny shows Wendy an example of one to one time.
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10:42:43:24
Maryanne Agate I’m under the table!
10:42:46:13
Wendy Agate Maryanne go away! And you Marie.
10:42:49:10
Marie Agate I’m staying here.
10:42:51:06
Amie Agate Neither am I cos you to interrupt so what’s the point in doing it.
10:42:56:12
Wendy Agate I have spent time with you Maryanne and still you two can’t leave me alone to spend time with Amie.
10:43:03:24
Jo Frost Whose time was it?
10:43:05:10
Wendy Agate It was Amie’s.
10:43:06:10
Jo Frost And who was getting your time?
10:43:07:20
Wendy Agate Them two.
10:43:08:22
Jo Frost Yes. And look how they were getting it. So when you are doing
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one on one time it’s important that you give the children a choice of what else they can do, because as soon as you start upholding that authority and making it very clear that you are going to share yourself equally the girls will relax.
10:43:31:01
Wendy Agate No, I’m not having this tonight.
10:43:33:20
Maryanne Agate
10:43:33:16
Amie stinks like poo-oo!
CAPTION: Amie stinks like poo-oo!
10:43:36:09
Amie Agate Mum, she’s starting to really annoy me!
10:43:39:08
Wendy Agate Right. Maryanne continue to annoy your sister and you will end up in the other room, okay? Goodnight.
10:43:48:21
Jo Frost What technique was that?
10:43:49:24
Wendy Agate Er, the fallen to pieces technique! That day was awful!
10:44:08:02
Maryanne Agate Please mummy!
[10:44:09:19 INAUDIBLE - MARYANNE
CRYING] you fat bitch!
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10:44:15:06
Jo Frost What part of that footage did we just see that’s made you feel emotional then?
10:44:23:20
Wendy Agate Dragging Maryanne out. I wouldn’t like to go to bed you know all angry. And that’s how she went to bed.
10:44:34:05
Jo Frost Okay. So that’s important because it’s touched you, you know. This has touched you in a way emotionally that’s made you recognise what you need to do to change that.
10:44:45:03
Wendy Agate Yes, yes.
10:44:46:07
Jo Frost Alright? And it’s not impossible so I think the best thing for us to do is to get cracking as soon as possible and get this sorted.
10:44:58:09
Wendy Agate What’s happening? Your ears.
10:45:00:14
Narrator It doesn’t take long for Supernanny to get the chance to remind Wendy how to stop stressful situations spiralling out of control.
10:45:07:17
Wendy Agate You sat next to mummy this morning at breakfast time didn’t you?
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10:45:12:04
Maryanne Agate Well she sits next to you last.
10:45:13:24
Wendy Agate Excuse me. Excuse me. Look at me! So, somebody else can sit next door to me today and you can sit next to me another day. I won’t have it Maryanne.
10:45:27:05
Maryanne Agate I am sitting here.
10:45:28:11
Wendy Agate Are you going to… Marie!
10:45:30:00
Marie Agate It’s mine!
10:45:32:11
Wendy Agate Give it to her, thank you.
Give her her [10:45:33:24
SUPERNANNY TALKING OVER WENDY]
10:45:34:08
Jo Frost And there’s your cue. And there’s your cue. She’s not listening to you..
10:45:38:08
Maryanne Agate I am!
10:45:38:24
Jo Frost
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…
okay. She’s turned away, you’ve asked her to look around,
alright and now she went to kick you.
They are your cues.
Literally look at Maryanne and talk to her, she’s old enough to know. You know what’s expected of you Maryanne, and you know what behaviour your mummy doesn’t want to see. Behave yourself. Because if you do not you know that you’re going to go in that reflection area.
So behave.
Why let it escalate, it’s
necessary. Nip it in the bud. Don’t let it spiral out of control.
10:46:18:00
Narrator Next Supernanny turns her attention to one to one time.
10:46:21:06
Jo Frost Okay, remember set up with the other girls what you want them to do okay? They’ve got the choice it’s up to them but what you’re doing is having one on one time with the first daughter, okay?
10:46:33:07
Wendy Agate Mummy is just going to spend 20 minutes with Marie on her one to one. Okay? Shall we go in the living room and then you two can build a house. Okay?
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Jo Frost Okay remember mum it’s matter of fact, it’s what you’re doing, don’t sound apologetic, just [10:46:50:22 INAUDIBLE] “Going to spend some time with Marie. Alright? And I’m going to do and have time with Maryanne and then I’ll have time with you Amie afterwards love. See you in a minute”.
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Wendy Agate Yes, okay.
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Wendy Agate [READING] Watch out, watch out [10:47:02:17 INAUDIBLE] attack.
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Narrator And although Amie and Maryanne keep coming into the room to get cushions for their game… They don’t interrupt mum and Marie!
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Wendy Agate [READING] Then they start to inflate.
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Maryanne Agate We need more furniture bits. Sorry!
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Jo Frost One to one time is going absolutely fantastic. I think the big difference this time is that she’s actually told the other two girls exactly what’s going to happen, so they know where they’re at and they know when they’re getting their time. All good stuff.
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Narrator Wendy is on a roll.
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Wendy Agate Make a barking mad sock dog!
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Amie Agate The one to one time is really, really good because I never used to have any time with mum.
It used to be all Maryanne’s
attention and now I get 20 minutes with mum instead of just like one!
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Narrator Things are really looking up but bedtime is Wendy’s biggest test.
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Jo Frost Right, we’re at the bedtime routine. Winding down time. We want to create that ambience with everything being very calm..
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Wendy Agate Yes.
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Jo Frost …
very peaceful. I want you to stay very calm, nobody raising
voices, losing their tempers. Okay? And then we’re going to then follow through with the stay in bed technique which is when they come out the first time…
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Wendy Agate Bed time darling!
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Jo Frost The second time?
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Wendy Agate
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Bedtime!
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Jo Frost And the third time?
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Wendy Agate Nothing!
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Jo Frost Okay. What was the third time?
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Wendy Agate Nothing!
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Jo Frost Okay!
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Wendy Agate Go on then.
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Wendy Agate [READING] She pulled the bell rope but nothing happened.
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Wendy Agate Okay, night, night. Night, night.
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Narrator The confidence and calmness Wendy is exercising seems to be working.
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Wendy Agate You can’t put mine up.
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Narrator A much calmer Maryanne makes a half-hearted attempt to get mum’s attention, but Wendy sticks to the plan and ignores her. It’s the most successful bedtime they have ever had.
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Jo Frost Half past eight! All three girls in bed and you have your evening to yourself. Get up, I want to give you a hug! Do you know that! I am so proud of you! You have so moved things drastically, drastically! You are a real inspiration Wendy! These are the results of all that hard work. You know. Absolutely fantastic!
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Narrator Things have improved beyond recognition since Supernanny met Wendy and her three girls.
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Wendy Agate Take care.
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Jo Frost You take care.
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Narrator Now she feels confident enough to leave Wendy to carry on without her.
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Wendy Agate It’s not just a maybe now, it’s I can do this!
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Wendy Agate I’m mum and I like that title and I’m going to keep it!
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Narrator Three weeks later and Wendy has a new image and a fresh outlook on life.
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Wendy Agate Being honest, I didn’t think anybody could change my children or change the way things were in this house. But the change has been just enormous and I really didn’t think that was possible.
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Wendy Agate Maryanne is a different child now, she is totally different. There is no more violence, she doesn’t hit me, she doesn’t pinch me. There’s no, no more of that any more. She is just a normal seven year old girl now which is lovely.
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Amie Agate I feel that Maryanne’s changed quite a bit. I thought she was an enemy more than a sister whereas now I think, I think of her more as a sister than an enemy!
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Wendy Agate Marie and Amie aren’t just the ones that are left on the side, you know, to get whatever attention was left. They all equally, all three of them, get equal amount of attention now. I do think
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Supernanny has changed me as a person because before I had no confidence to do anything and now I’ve got so much confidence it’s unbelievable.
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Marie Agate Mum’s in charge now, none of us three are.
Mum rules the
house now!
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Wendy Agate I’m mum and once I got hold of that title I was planning on keeping it.
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Wendy Agate Night, night.
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Wendy Agate And I’m proud to say that I am mum because I think I deserve to be mum now!
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Maryanne Agate What Supernanny has done for me I really enjoyed and that because she’s really made our life better.
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Narrator Next week Supernanny is in Essex with a household in chaos.
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Narrator She’s up against five boys who won’t stop fighting back.
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Jo Frost
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This behaviour has got to be curbed and it will be stopped right now!
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Narrator And parents who have totally lost control of their families.
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Man Get upstairs now! Up! Now!
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Boy in striped T-shirt Shut your bloody mouth!
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END CREDITS Supernanny Jo Frost
Narrator Nick Frost
Music composed by Moonshine Music
Titles Skaramoosh
Online Editor Theo Goble
Dubbing Mixer Tom Paget
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Camera Steve Vale
Sound Mike Williams
Assistant Producers Hannah Runham Rebecca Nunn Production Runner Christopher Hyndman
Production Co-ordinators Fiona Howard Karen Ellis
Production Manager Philippa Farnese
Head of Production Charlotte Street
Editor Alistair Martin
Senior Producer Sam Wilson
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Executive Producers Nick Emmerson Nick Powell
Series Producer Tim Quicke
Produced and Directed by Phoebe Collins
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