Awkward times in the Wallis household: things hadn't been particularly enjoyable the previous year, with starting a senior school I never settled into, and my parents' arguing being at its worst. Then in January, Mum went into hospital. My brother and i were being looked after by neighbours, which meant missing a couple of episodes of Castrovalva and Four to Doomsday. Not long after the series finished, Mum went home to mother, taking Brother with her. My health and Dad's temper started to detriorate from there.