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Jordon and Sam on the beach during the day, only Sam can be seen. She is throwing stones in the sea. Facts appear on the screen as they are said. Titles	V/O presenter- teenage pregnancy facts.
Camera pans out and Jordon is revealed.	V/O presenter introduction- ‘This is Sam and Jordon. Sam had her son when she was just 16 years old. Making her another figure in the teen pregnancy statistics in the UK. We are now going to discover how Sam’s life has changed 10 years on.
Sam at home	Sync Sam- ‘It was a shock to say the least when I found out that I was pregnant. I knew from that moment my life would never be the same again and that I had some tough choices ahead of me. Over the last 10 years, I can’t say my lifes been easy, but what I do know is that I do not regret a single thing.’
Lorraine (Sam’s mum) at home making tea.	Sync Lorraine- ‘I had noticed that Sam was acting oddly and agitated all night but I just put it down to her being a teenager and the stress from her GCSE’s. I woke up that on one evening to Sam sobbing at the end of my bed, around quarter past midnight on my birthday. This is when she told me she was 6 months pregnant.
Archive footage of Sam when she was pregnant.	V/O- We stayed up all night, I held her tightly as she sobbed. I told her that it was all going to be ok in the end and that I still loved her. I was upset, because it immediately brought back memories of me when I was a teenager. As I myself, became pregnant at 17 with Sam.  But in a way I was relieved as in this day and age its different and there were more options for her. I don’t think I was worried as much as another mother in my situation would be as I knew that I had been through this same situation and brought my children up in a stable and lovng environment.
Sequence of Sam and Lorraine having a cup of tea and chatting.	V/O Lorraine- ‘I was shocked more then anything else, as Sam was always the sensible one. I knew I was able to prepare her for this major change in her life though. The one thing that I wanted her to know more then anything is that everything was going to be OK, and that she would always have all the support she ever needs and her family would be there no matter what.’
Archive footage of pregnancy scans.	V/O Lorraine- ‘The first thing that ran through my head was abortion, but realising that Sam was 6 months gone, this was not an option. Even if this was an option, I do not think Sam would have gone through with it. Adoption was never an option as I knew we could give the baby as good a life then anyone else could. We needed to go to the doctors straight away as she had had no check or scans as she was too scared to go on her own.
Back to interview with Lorraine in living room.	Sync of Lorraine- ‘Overall I believe that Sam made the right choice for her and I could not be more proud. She has never let the state keep her. She has never sat back and always worked for what for what she has got even with the situation she was in. I do think Sam has been lucky with the support she has received from her family, and this is what has been a major part in her success in life. I think she is a great mother and cannot fault her mothering skills in anyway.
Sam and Leanne walking along the Brighton Pier talking.	V/O presenter- ‘Sam and Leanne have been best friends for 18 years. Leanne went through the pregnancy with Sam, and knows all the hardship she has been through.
Interview with Leanne at kitchen table.	Sync Leanne- ‘Walking home from school one day, Sam was acting really coy and had not been her usually bubbly self all day. I asked her if everything was OK as I was worried about her, and that’s when she broke down and told be she was 6 weeks pregnant. My first thought was that I couldn’t believe my best friend was pregnant at such as young age. We were such close friends and I just remember us crying the whole way home, trying to think what to do. I know that she had been with her boyfriend for quite a while, but Sam was always sensible, she was having sex but knew from all our sex education class, to use protection. She was the sensible one of us 2, always focussed on her exams, so this news came as a complete shock to me.
Archive photos of Sam and Leanne at school.	Sync Leanne- ‘At first I didn’t even know what to do, we were both still like kids ourselves at 16years old with no cares in the world. I was scared so I couldn’t even imagine how she was feeling. We talked about all the options. My first thought was for her to have an abortion, she was 16, she couldn’t look after a child and give it the support she needed. But once we had a proper talk about it I realized that for Sam, abortion was really not an option. Sam was going to keep the baby. She told me not to tell anyone as she was going to keep it a secret for aslong as she could. I knew though that it would only be a matter of time before she started showing.
Sequence of Leanne and Sam at school.	V/O Leanne-  ‘Immediately I became more protective and worried about my best friend. I would stick up for her at any occasion. As the months went by I became more paranoid, as I was sure someone was going to find out soon that Sam was pregnant. Little things like PE lessons would make Sam worry as she didn’t know what would harm the baby and what wouldn’t.
Interview with Leanne in kitchen.	Sync Leanne- ‘After Sam had the baby it was hard to spend as much time with her as I was so busy with college and my weekend job. But I felt guilty about this and so tried my hardest to see her at least once a week. It made me upset that it felt like we were growing apart and not as close as we used to be.
Back to Sam and Leanne on the beach.	V/O Leanne- ‘It made her pregnancy 10 times harder then normal teen mums as she was hiding the pregnancy for such a long time. I saw Sam upset and scared so much, she was always worried what other people would think of her. It was an extremely tough time for her.
Sam getting Jordon read for school in the morning. Pick ups of school uniform laid out on bed, lunch boxes, toast popping out of toaster, eating breakfast.	V/O presenter- ‘Jordon and Sam went to the same secondary school, so a lot of the teachers that taught Sam are now teaching her son.’
Sequence of Sam re visiting her old secondary school.	V/O presenter- ‘A lot of the teachers at Sam’s secondary school washed their hands of her when they found out she was pregnant. Even though this was the case, Sam stayed strong and continued with her studies. She sat her GCSE’s even though she was heavily pregnant , and continued with her school career through out her pregnancy.’
Interview with Sam. Lots of emotional close up, zooms.	Interview dialogue.
Sam with her two sons, Jordon and Ollie and her partner on the beach at night wit sparklers.	V/O presenter- ‘ we have seen through out this documentary how Sam’s life has changed over the past 10 years and how she has coped with these changes and turned them around to make a better life for herself and her children. She has triumphed in the face of hardship. Even though everyone has a different opinion on Sam’s situation she has made the people who disagree with her having a baby at such a young age see that she can do just as well as any other mother.’ V/O Sam- ‘I do not regret a single thing in my life.’