who needs fathers? BBC 2

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Anyone watching?

she was ccaught out as a liar though wasn't she, that juliette

she said the police gave her the details of where the dad was taking them on holiday at midnight, and that the dad did not come round to collect them in the morning

he was there being filmed crying in the car, with his friend

bit stupid topush it with the 9 days though, he should have just gone for 7

she was clearly getting spencer to stay with her stay oh your all mine etc etc, meals out and horse riding and other treats

the other dad should have sold the other house, and that mum did well keeping her cool over no contact for a week.

I'm pretty sure the kids would have been allowed to phone if they'd wanted. Perhaps they didn't miss her that much? Many fathers go for weeks and months with no contact.

the daughter seems really off with the mum when she returned from the holiday, wonder why that was?

I think that once Juliet had her children and a nice house, the husband was surplus to requirements

Kids can't be expected to take responsibility for getting in touch with mum
he should have made sure it happened
I would have been fuming and v worried
she was very dignified when he returned the kids

She could've phoned them if she was that worried, surely. I would have done. It's hard to comment without knowing all the circumstances of course.

For these situations to work, both sides need to be honest, reasonable and stick to their side of the bargain
he didn't
he dishonoured their agreement and he got off lightly thanks to her ability to put the kids first

refreshing stuff after the other bitch from hell

It makes me wonder how often there is this sort of 'Implacable Hostility' following relationship breakdown. Is it merely a nasty inclination to punish the father?

Anyone watch last night? I missed the beginning and found it an odd episode. The guy meeting up with the dad he'd hardly seen(? pushed out of his life by mum and her new boyfriend) was very moving. The teenagers story seemed to have nothing to do with his son though. The only time he was with his son was when the wee boy was inappropriately at his work and he was telling him he couldn't see him that evening as he was playing pool. The rest of the time was just about his job as a youth worker.
I can imagine it's a hard series to make as most sane couples would not want to air their problems on TV and some dads having difficulty with access may fear it would push their exes further away and antagonise them, but did think they could have found more than 1 father/child problem.

There's something a bit peculiar going on with this series.
It's a 3-part series, and last night was scheduled to be Part 2. However, the BBC 'pulled' transmission of Part 2, and aired Part 3 instead, apparently due to 'legal reasons'. They are not even sure whether Part 2 will ever be aired!