Prisoner (TV Series)

Episode #5.79 (1983)

Roy Edmunds: Arthur Charlton

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• [first lines - continued on from the cliffhanger recap of the pervious episode, but still pre-opening credits] 

  Lizzie Birdsworth : [slumping down into a chair in shock]  Gawd!

  [looks at Arthur] 

  Lizzie Birdsworth : Is it true?

  Arthur Charlton : Yes, mum.

  Lizzie Birdsworth : [as he sits opposite her]  Oh... yes. I can see it now. All these years I didn't know whether you were alive or dead. Look at you... you look really good. You done alright for yourself, eh son? You're a credit to the name of Birdsworth.

  Arthur Charlton : My name's Charlton now, mum. I was adopted. They were very nice people who treated me just like their own son.

  Lizzie Birdsworth : Fair enough. How'd you find me anyway?

  Arthur Charlton : Jigsaw. It's an organisation that helps people find missing relatives.

  Lizzie Birdsworth : Oh I bet you wished you'd never bothered when you found out your old mum was a jailbird.

  Arthur Charlton : That's not true, mum. I was just glad you were alive.

  Lizzie Birdsworth : [almost in tears]  Look, Arthur, I know you must be ashamed of me, but when they first put me in the stir... I didn't do it... I was innocent. I just wanted you to know.

  Arthur Charlton : [holding her hand across the table]  I know, mum. We've found each other now and that's all that matters as far as I'm concerned.

  [Lizzie looks at him, smiling through the tears]