Beat Girl

For Heather music is everything. Following in her mother's footsteps, Heather has always dreamed about becoming a classical pianist, but all her dreams get shattered the day her mum dies. Left with nothing but a piano and debts, Heather's only option is to move in with her estranged father Tom - whom she's never forgiven for abandoning them - and her teenage half-brother Mike.

When her stepbrother Mike is caught stealing at a record shop, it's Heather who has to rescue him, coaxing Toby, the hip music-store owner into dropping all charges. Toby grasps the opportunity to invite Heather on a date to a DJ rave. For the first time, she experiences a different side of music, and gets to know a riveting and energizing world that - it turns out - also pays well.

Even though she messes up on her first time behind the decks, Heather feels like DJing is giving her the freedom that is missing from the structure of classical music. Toby opens up to her a whole new way to feel and connect with music and the attraction between the two of them grows.

At music school during the day, in the DJ booth at night and with the preparation of Amy's show in full swing, Heather's life couldn't be more hectic. But when Toby asks her to play a big gig on her own she just can't refuse. Unfortunately this decision has dreadful consequences...

Struggling with a lack of confidence in her own abilities, Heather quits DJing and backs out from Amy's show, putting their friendship at breaking point. Tom decides to face Heather about the grudge she bears against him. During a heart-to-heart talk Heather receives a staggering revelation about her mother, which makes her look at her father in a completely different way.