0:00:03 > 0:00:08This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13ALARM CLOCK BLEEPS
0:00:24 > 0:00:29- See you later.- OK, see you later, darling.- Next week.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41COBRA at eight, Education Secretary at nine, Foreign Secretary after.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Then to Leicester, factory visit, lunch, press conference,
0:00:44 > 0:00:45back to London, the House.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I'm not doing the backbenchers. They don't interest me.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- Anthea can do them.- Sir, you agreed. - I'm not doing it.
0:01:03 > 0:01:066:30, French President, reception, dinner, bi-lateral talks.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- And it's your mother's birthday. - OK. And she gets...
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- A handbag. Very nice. I've seen it.- All right.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- Oh...I was promised news of Worricker.- None.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27IN GERMAN:
0:01:27 > 0:01:29CHURCH BELL CHIMING
0:01:42 > 0:01:45I heard you come in. Are you all right?
0:01:45 > 0:01:46- Yeah, I'm fine.- How was it?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Pretty brilliant. I was brilliant, I mean.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And them?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Yes. They responded brilliantly.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Good. I'm glad you're back.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Let's go to bed.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- Morning.- Prime Minister.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Express - Bill's in trouble in Kiev.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Independent - Deputy Prime Minister's husband on bribery charges.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The Sun - Billy Whizz does a runner. Deputy PM's man flees questions.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29Times - Catcheside faces Kiev bribery allegations.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Guardian - Anthea Catcheside's husband accused by Kiev.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42ALARM CLOCK BLEEPS
0:02:46 > 0:02:48SHE SIGHS WEARILY
0:03:00 > 0:03:03CHATTER OUTSIDE
0:03:03 > 0:03:06SHE SIGHS
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- Bill!- Just two seconds of your time. Just two seconds.- Bill!- Bill!
0:03:45 > 0:03:47What does the PM think about the backhanders?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Is it true your wife is planning to resign? - Come on, Bill, how much did you...
0:03:52 > 0:03:54You're up.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Yes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- I'm surprised. I left you sleeping. - Mm.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Here.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02We could MAKE coffee, you know.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I never make coffee, I buy it.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I've noticed.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10It's better. I see more.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Mrs Catcheside. Mrs Catcheside! This way, Mrs Catcheside!
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Mrs Catcheside, did you accompany him to Kiev?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37ALL ASK QUESTIONS AT ONCE
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Anthea?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- SHE SIGHS - Oh, God! - HE LAUGHS
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Sorry, Prime Minister, it's my fault, I overlooked this.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Yes?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- It's in the Independent.- Well?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05It's about the Bridge. It's strangely worded
0:06:05 > 0:06:08but it's asking where the financing comes from.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- Is Stirling Rogers mentioned? - He is.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- And the Americans?- Yes.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19- It's suggesting that you might be preparing to move out of Downing Street.- Well, I'm not.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- So?- So, what shall I say?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Well, we say nothing. If we go near the fire, we feed it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34If we ignore it, it dies. That's what I've learnt.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36In this case? In this case specifically?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38In this case as others.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43By the way, what's the journalist's name?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54And...when will she be back in town, do you think?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Allegra. How you getting on? This little story of yours,
0:07:01 > 0:07:02where does it come from?
0:07:04 > 0:07:05I see. You're not saying anything.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Well, when we get into court, will it stand up?- Let's hope so.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11You've run it very small.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13That's not me, that's editorial.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14OK.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18SHE EXHALES
0:07:18 > 0:07:20MOBILE RINGS
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Well, of all people.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I thought you weren't answering your phone.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29I saw who it was.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Is there somewhere you can go to be private?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35You're crazy. Have you read the papers?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- Obviously. - Well, there is no private.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40There hasn't been private for getting on for a month.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I need to see you.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47All right.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00MOBILE RINGS
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Hello.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Rollo, bad news I'm afraid, we've had to move on.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Again? What is this, Grand Tour of Europe?- They're on to us.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- Who? How do you know?- Because I recognised a jogger in Heidelberg.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I actually recruited her five years ago.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- They don't get any cleverer, do they?- No, but we've all done worse things in our time, or I have.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Rollo, I need to know, is the item in print?- Yeah. This morning.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Vague?- Suitably.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Any reaction? - Not yet. Too early.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Never underestimate the British journalist's ability to miss a good story.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Rollo, we need to get going. This is feeling urgent.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Can you come out and see me? - Don't think so.- Why not?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Because I've now got an admirer of my own.- Anyone we know?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38My impression is, the whole service is working to one remit -
0:08:38 > 0:08:39find Johnny Worricker.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Let me know as soon as we get a reaction.- Don't worry.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46It may take time but I'll bet the farm he's going to jump.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- Morning, everyone. - ALL:- Morning.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Morning.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I don't believe this. You told me we had a deal.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- We did have a deal.- And?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Those friends of yours paid back 200 million.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- That's what you told me. - It's true. To the CIA.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12And in return we were promised the end of the story.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I mean, we know who's behind this, hmm? Worricker.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- He's a shit.- Alec, think of it his way. He's trapped.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21They're both trapped, the two of them. They're...panicking.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23They can't live in exile for the rest of their lives.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- I have to deal with all sorts of people - truly - people I can't even begin to describe to you...- Sure.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Fair enough, that's the job.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32It costs me nothing, I can do it in my sleep. Honestly.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35But I demand one thing - people have to stick to their word.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38What's he up to? What does he want?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40And this has happened before.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42He was meant to hand back that file.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44He went back on his promise.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And now here we are, he's... done it again.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- But you don't actually know that. - What, you think this item could be coincidence?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Don't jump to conclusions, it may turn out to be innocent.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Look at the wording - it's all pretty vague.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- We don't even know the name of the journalist.- Well, exactly, but we know the paper. We know its editor.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Yeah? - You're a friend of Belinda's.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Everyone's a friend of Belinda's. - What, pony parties, is it?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Going up to Oxfordshire for barbecues and gin?
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Her mother's a marchioness. Lady...Sheep-dip, Lady Cotswolds, I don't know.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Which means she's not easy to reach. She's so rich, so posh... she doesn't give a fuck.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18That's the last thing we need.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Alec...I don't like to see you rattled.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- You've done nothing wrong, remember? You're not on trial.- Not yet.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27What charge are you meant to be facing?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29You've started a foundation, which is for when you leave office,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33to address major global issues of war and peace.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It's been part-funded by a group of American entrepreneurs,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40who work in many diverse fields, including the security business.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42So? Perhaps you'd like to tell me what's wrong with that?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Well, you know what's wrong.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48The world is complicated. People have different interests. Public, private. It's how things are now.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52It's not a question of how it is, it's a question of how it appears.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Especially when these same Americans have been caught ripping off the American taxpayer.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- They haven't been caught.- Not in public.- And they never will be.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Which is why it's essential that you remain the public face of the foundation.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Stirling, your hands are clean.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Certainly are. Spotless.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09I mean, what's happening here?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I am trying to do something important for my country.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Because we're at war. If only people would admit it.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19In one year Iran will have a nuclear weapon.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22What, I'm just supposed to ignore it? Just sit back, let it happen?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Alec, you are the greatest politician of the age.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Your enemies are plankton.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Truly. Some rogue M15 man with a file!
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Is that what the Prime Minister of Great Britain should be worrying about first thing in the morning?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Some tie-dyed arsehole from the Turks and Caicos?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Was he wearing tie-dye? - No, he wasn't.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Then, why did you say it?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Because it's a metaphor.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- And it's a joke!- Huh, joke.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Alec, think about it, seriously.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Your people are out there, they've got Europe locked down.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53By our count he's already moved at least five times.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56There's no plan to it.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Worricker's moving zigzag, his brain's cotton wool,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01he's just a...rat on a map.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- And when we get him?- What?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I mean, when he's caught him. Have you thought about that?
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Do you have any serious idea of what we then do with him? And the girlfriend.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- I've thought about it. - Good, because that's the next stage.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Alec, you're getting this out of proportion.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18No, getting him's the easy bit. It's what we do with him then.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- What d'you think?- Pretty nice.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41You'd better enjoy it.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Why? How many more flats do we have?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46None.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Well, don't look at me. - By my reckoning, Wiesbaden's our fourth.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52You never could count. Tenth.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53You're including hotels.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Yeah. How could I forget?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- And we're running out of money. - Great.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03So can we go home?
0:13:03 > 0:13:04HE CHUCKLES
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Brian...
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I've, er, got an unscheduled meeting. I want somewhere secure.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Not in your own office?- I said.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20There's a room in the basement.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Come on, then.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I need to be left on my own.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48It's national security.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06It's kind of you to make time for me.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08I wanted to see you because I'm deeply concerned.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Have you seen this?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Tell me about it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I know security's no longer your remit...
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I still get to see a lot of high-grade intelligence.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18It passes across my desk.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- Yes, that's at my insistence. - Is it really?- Yes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22- I didn't know that.- Well, it is.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27I believe it's important in government that the most sensitive material
0:14:27 > 0:14:30is always seen by more than one pair of eyes.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32You'll have to explain.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35The Prime Minister's judgment has always been faultless.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36It certainly has.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Don't get me wrong.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40He's a man who's called every major issue
0:14:40 > 0:14:42of the last ten years correctly.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- And you're close to him.- I am. I'm very close. I owe him a great deal.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- He made you acting head of the service. More than that, he protected you.- Yes.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- When you most needed protecting. - I'm in his debt.- But?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55But it's also healthy for government if there's a little air,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58a little...ventilation around important decisions.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01That way things don't get...cramped.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I don't know if you heard about a murder in the Caribbean,
0:15:08 > 0:15:09a few months ago.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Yes, I think I heard something. A man with a strawberry mark?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- That's him.- Yes, I saw a picture.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17But, to be honest, it hasn't been my priority.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18I'm sure.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I've had problems of my own. My errant husband.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Well, of course we may be able to help you there.- Sorry? Help me?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27I mean, we may be able to give you information you may not have.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28About your husband.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Stuff you don't know.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41What sort of stuff?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Go on. What you were saying about the murder.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Have you heard of the Bridge?
0:15:48 > 0:15:53The Prime Minister's plan to continue statesmanship beyond his formal period of elected office?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Yes. I've heard of it.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Well, it was one of the donors to that project that was killed.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02- Do we know who by?- And we've had some questions recently about the project's financing.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- It's financing? - Yes.- How it's financed?
0:16:06 > 0:16:11Forgive me, but...I'm going to ask a question, because time is short.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Oh, by all means.- It's this - what's the subject of this meeting?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- What's the subject? - Yes. Give me a headline.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Say, I'm going home, this evening in the car, or in the bath,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24and I think, "I met Jill Tankard today and we talked about..."
0:16:24 > 0:16:27What? What did we talk about? What was the subject?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- I've come in to open up a channel. - What sort of channel?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32A channel of communication.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33To flag up potential trouble.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- It seems to me any trouble you're talking of isn't for me, it's for Alec.- I think it may be.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Frankly, Jill, what you're saying doesn't add up to much.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- Doesn't it?- I don't think so. - Why not?
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Because what's the beef here?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47In his eagerness for a life beyond Downing Street,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51the Prime Minister may have accidentally befriended some dubious characters.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56- Crooks.- So? What he'll do when he leaves government isn't strictly a matter FOR the government.
0:16:56 > 0:17:04Isn't it? Maybe not, but if people find out about it - and this reference is the first sign -
0:17:04 > 0:17:06then we may enter rough water.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10And in rough water it'll be to your personal advantage
0:17:10 > 0:17:13to be briefed about what's coming up before it actually happens.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- OK.- And another thing...
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Yes?- CIA's got a new boss.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22How does that affect us?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25He wants to draw a line under the excesses of the last ten years.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- Which ones?- Private contractors ripping off the American public.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30And that's been bad news
0:17:30 > 0:17:32for a couple of the Prime Minister's friends.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Tell me one thing.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Is Johnny Worricker mixed up in this?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Of course. - And is he still on the loose?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47He's in Germany. He was in Switzerland, with a... former intelligence officer.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48A woman?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- We have real hopes of bringing them home.- Soon?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Very. Nearly had them this morning. An agent was out running.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- But?- We lost them.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57How?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Incompetence.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05So, meanwhile, you're offering me an inside track?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- You have it. - For what reason?
0:18:07 > 0:18:12For the obvious reason. Because you're Beasley's natural successor.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Hardly. Not at the moment I'm not.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Not while my husband's all over the papers.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24We can deal with that.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27You can deal with the British press in full cry?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I don't see why not.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32At MI5 we've never had any problem with the press.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Really?
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Politics is fair game, national security isn't.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41They're like all bullies, they don't like being bullied back.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48My whole point the closer you get to us, the easier your life will be.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03If I agree to this... channel, what's going to happen?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I'm going to call you and we're going to meet.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Where?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- In this room.- When? - Whenever we need to.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16One thing, do your colleagues know what you're doing?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19No. Do yours?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Here, I got you these. Herrings. The ones you like.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Your favourites. I'm going to make a salad.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48OK. I'm going to go for a walk.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- After lunch?- Yes.- Do you want me to come with you?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Great idea, and double the risk?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I got you this. It's at the local museum.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00From Raphael to Dali.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03It started last month. It's not too late to join.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Aren't you interested?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- Of course I'm interested. - Well?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12I started one art class in Lausanne. I started another in Heidelberg.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14I'm tired of starting things I don't get to finish.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Margot, we both know the rules.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Keep our minds active.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- Exactly.- Keep doing things.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Oh, God is that your idea of making a salad?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Sorry.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Here. Can't I send you on a salad-making course?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33That'll keep your mind active.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43We can retire and grow lettuces in Suffolk and you can practice.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46This is all an attempt to break us. Think of it that way.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49We're feeling like prisoners, that's how they want us to feel.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54And do we have to stay relentlessly cheerful? All the time? Once or twice can't we be moody?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55You can be moody.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Gherkins. Another thing you like.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03"Essigurke speziell fur Feinschmecker."
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I remember one thing about spying.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07What's that? What do you remember?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10What do I remember? Spies work alone.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29PHONE RINGS
0:21:34 > 0:21:40- Julianne?- Yes?- It's Margot. - Hey - where are you now?
0:21:40 > 0:21:47- Don't tell me. Is everything all right?- Yes, it's fine. - I haven't heard from Dad for weeks.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Well, no. He can't call you, he's frightened. And I shouldn't.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- But I couldn't resist. - It's kind of you.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Don't be silly. - I'm glad one of you cares.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01We both care. It's just Johnny's in an impossible position.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03He's been in impossible positions since the day I was born.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06He thrives on them.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08How big are you?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I'm big. I'm due in a couple of months.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13How's it going with Jez?
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Oh, day by day. Life with a DJ.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Gets in when I'm getting up.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Are you living together?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Almost. Not quite. - Otherwise?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I'm superstitious.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I don't quite dare. But it does feel like this time I fell on my feet.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I just don't want to push it too far.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37It's lovely to hear your voice, Julianne.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- I'll call you again. I don't know when but I will.- Margot?- Yes?
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Take care of yourself.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- What?- Seen this? You know who wrote it?
0:23:58 > 0:24:02I have this strange feeling, she's been talking to our brothers in Millbank.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- How do you know that? - I don't. I sense it.- How?
0:24:06 > 0:24:12Because that's how she came to us. From the BBC, remember? She broke the Jake Pierpan story.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14That peacenik with the drippy sister.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Have you ever asked yourself why the sainted Allegra got that story?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Or, more interesting, why did they give it to her?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Maybe she's just a virgin who got lucky.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Yeah, right. I wonder, would you take her out for a drink?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36If they're using us, let's see if we can use them.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41All right, let's get going.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Ted, one thing. The diary story.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Scan the Internet to see if it spreads. Do it yourself, no one's to know.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Yes, sir, I'm sorry, I thought you said to ignore it.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00We are ignoring it. I also want you to keep me informed.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14You're back. Nice walk?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Yes. Sweet town, isn't it?
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Yeah. Very sweet.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Bath, only in Germany and more genteel.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26- I didn't know what you wanted to do this evening. - What do you want to do?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29You could go to a movie. Do you want me to cook supper?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- You don't have to entertain me, you know.- Yeah, I know.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I was two years in Belfast, never spoke to a soul, remember?
0:25:34 > 0:25:38I'm perfectly happy being unhappy, if you know what I mean.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41You're very unfair.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Unfair. How?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- About my cooking.- Oh.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Years ago, remember? I made you a carbonara.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51How could I forget? You made me a Milanese.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I'll make you another.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02They were good times.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03They are good times.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15When we move, we're going to move so fast you're not going to believe it.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Oh, I think I will.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46How kind, thank you.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51You're the first person in the office even to admit I exist.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54It's a newspaper. You'll get used to it.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Yeah, but the editor's something, isn't she?
0:26:57 > 0:27:01You only have power if you don't give a bugger. Belinda doesn't give a bugger.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04That's what makes her special. When politicians ask her to lunch, she doesn't go.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Let's face it, you can only do a job properly if you're not frightened to lose it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- Are you trying to tell me something? - No, I'm trying to ask you something.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13What? What are you asking?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Whether you work for the security services.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Or whether your boyfriend does.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20If I have a boyfriend.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Whether you've been planted on us.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Is this a serious question?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Like that story this morning.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25What about it?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Where did you get it?
0:27:32 > 0:27:36It's not a bed thing, is it? One of two possibilities.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37A bed thing or a family thing.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I'm going to lay a thousand to one its family.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Why?
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Because when a journalist goes out on a limb, it's always family. Daddy works in intelligence, does he?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47No.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Is he with the dumb ones in Millbank or with the clever ones in Vauxhall?
0:27:49 > 0:27:52And I'm not out on a limb.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57What are you planning to do with the story?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I'm not sure. I haven't decided.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02You haven't decided?
0:28:02 > 0:28:06OK. You don't spell it out, you leave it for the reader to
0:28:06 > 0:28:09join the dots, but you're implying the Prime Minister takes money
0:28:09 > 0:28:13from dodgy businessmen who fall in the sea in mysterious circumstances.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15And you haven't decided?
0:28:18 > 0:28:19What does the look mean?
0:28:19 > 0:28:23I'm trying to work out if you're a great deal stupider than you appear, or a great deal cleverer.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00MOBILE RINGS
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Hello?- Allegra?- Rollo.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07- Are you at home?- Yes.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Go to your computer, you'll find something which moves the story on.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12It'd be great if it could go in tonight.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- Rollo...- Yes?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- I'm getting frightened. People are asking questions.- What people?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19The editor sent a journalist to take me out for a drink.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23- That's great. That's exactly what we want. Who did she send? - Freddy Lagarde.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- Oh, Freddy. Did he take your virtue? - For a Pinot Grigio?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29People have done it for less.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31One thing, get a new phone.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36- As from this morning, your name is out there. Always assume someone is listening. And, Allegra?- Yes?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Hold your nerve. With luck, there's going to be a lot more of this.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42You've endured weeks of headlines,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45do you really believe you can hold on as Deputy Prime Minister?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47To be honest, I see no reason I shouldn't.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51I stand up for my husband, I don't stand in for him.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Yes, but if he does appear in Kiev on charges of bribing
0:29:53 > 0:29:55government officials...
0:29:55 > 0:29:57It's a very different culture from our own.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00And, by the way, if people do have questions of him,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03then I'm confident Bill's going to have perfectly satisfactory answers.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06But can you be sure of that?
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Do you know, as a matter of fact, I can.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Well, I think this has been a very worthwhile evening.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58It's good for the cabinet to meet informally for a change.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Kick some ideas around.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02We appreciate you coming in, Anthea.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Things must be heavy on your plate.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08If things can be heavy on a plate.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Full on my plate.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11- Yes. Yes.- Loaded.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- It has been an ordeal, hasn't it? - Yes.- But you are bearing up.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25I wonder what you feel about that item in the Independent this morning, Prime Minister.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30- What item was that? I don't think I saw it, did I? Remind me. - You didn't see it, sir.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33You have time to read the Independent, do you, Jock? Justice must be very under-worked.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36It put up a red flag.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39I'm amazed no one in your office picked up on it.
0:31:39 > 0:31:40Anthea, did you see it?
0:31:40 > 0:31:42No. I've no idea what he is talking about.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I'll tell you what it's about.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49It said some of the people financing the Bridge have dubious backgrounds.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- Did it? - It seems to be implying they're not above murdering each other.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59Well, that's the way the world is. There's always someone who can't wait to fling a bucket of mud.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Get used to it.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04I'll take a look at it.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Let's get out of here.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Oh, err... Worricker?
0:33:15 > 0:33:19OK, this is going to be very simple. The simpler we keep it the better. It's not going to be difficult.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22It's going to suit me, then, that's what you're saying.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- We pick up cars. - OK.- From different cities.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- OK.- This is your Europcar card.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- Thank you.- This is a map with a route, I've marked it.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33You return the car as designated. Usual drill.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Except this time we stay separate.
0:33:35 > 0:33:36Credit card. Passport.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Ah... Excellent. Who am I this time?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42You're joking.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I liked it. It made me laugh.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45And who are you? Cilla Black?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47You don't need to know.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- And, by the way, I've wanted to say this but I haven't said it. - What haven't you said?
0:33:56 > 0:34:01I wanted to tell you, I minded it when you looked at my phone.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04When you checked my calls. I hated that.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Well, then I won't be doing that again.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18And also, just asking, how was my daughter?
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Julianne? Julianne's fine.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30You're up.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Mm hm. Yeah. Are you OK?
0:34:34 > 0:34:35I'm fine.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00I was just reading this stuff about Beasley. What a dag.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- Dag?- Yeah. Dag's the stuff that hangs off the end of a sheep.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- You like him that much?- I just don't like people who invent threats
0:35:08 > 0:35:12to justify doing what they wanted to do all along.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Look at that face. He looks like a Russian mobster.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17You don't think this country's under threat?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20On the contrary. It's because I take real threats seriously
0:35:20 > 0:35:22that I don't want to be blackmailed by phony ones.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Politicians who cry wolf are the most dangerous kind.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I'm interested, how can you know so much about it?
0:35:33 > 0:35:37I'm interested. How can you not?
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Sometimes I feel I really don't know anything about you.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Don't you?- No. No I don't.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48But I'd like to.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Well, you'll have plenty of time to find out.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Here is the phone.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Danke.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Good luck.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53PHONE RINGS
0:36:56 > 0:36:57I hope you're moving.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- We are. I just said goodbye to her. - Good.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03As a matter of interest, who told you today was the day to get going?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Because, believe it or not, I still have some friends.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07I'm amazed.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Johnny, you'd be even more amazed
0:37:09 > 0:37:11if you knew how many people in Millbank are rooting for you.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Good afternoon. I believe you may have a car for me.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38- Do you speak English?- We do.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40My German is rusty.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41IN GERMAN
0:37:44 > 0:37:45Marsden? OK.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Gerry Marsden.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49IN GERMAN
0:38:07 > 0:38:08Do you mind?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17I guessed you were English.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Where are you going? You don't mind me asking?- Erm...
0:38:20 > 0:38:23back to school. I'm a teacher.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Where?- Where?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27I was asking, where do you teach?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30I'm sorry...I'm tired.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31I need to sleep.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44SHIP'S HORN BLARES
0:38:52 > 0:38:53You're well loaded up.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Isn't that what the continent's for?
0:38:58 > 0:39:00- CHUCKLES:- We all love a booze cruise.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02FANS CHANT: ..the Arsenal,
0:39:02 > 0:39:06unto victory, yeah!
0:39:06 > 0:39:09We all follow the Arsenal! Over...
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Thank you
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Miss Springfield.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Thank you
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- Ah, you must be Belinda Kay. - Yes, I am.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00How kind of you to see me. How are you?
0:40:00 > 0:40:01And who are you?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04I'm the man who telephoned.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Yes, of course you are.
0:40:11 > 0:40:1324 bottles of wine.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Thank you. How thoughtful.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Because I'm a journalist I must be alcoholic?
0:40:17 > 0:40:19You've come from abroad?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Erm...I hope you like Bourgueil.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Well, aren't you the welcome guest?
0:40:30 > 0:40:31Come this way.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Goodness, this is quite imposing.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41- Hey!- Hey.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43This is Barry.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45He's my boyfriend, or some such thing...
0:40:45 > 0:40:47- Hi.- Barry.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48I was just making some tea.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50You're going to have to hop it.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Sorry?- This is confidential.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Hop it!
0:40:56 > 0:40:58You never saw this man.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00He doesn't exist.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02(He's none too bright.)
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Come through. Or perhaps you'd prefer whisky.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Not right now, I need a clear head.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Look, first of all I want to thank you
0:41:12 > 0:41:14for all your paper's done already.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15It's been a wonderful job.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Do you know how lonely that makes an editor feel?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29You run a story and no-one else touches it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31I'm hoping we can change that.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33People have low expectations.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37You'd be surprised - Beasley's feathering his nest, so what?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39He's got disreputable friends. So?
0:41:39 > 0:41:41He's a politician.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44I'm hoping to make the story a little more specific than that.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- A newspaper's not a blog, you know. - I know that.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50It's not just whatever you think, or whatever anyone happens to tell you.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52There are editorial protocols.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53Have you ever heard of them?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Of course. I'm hoping to satisfy those.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58And somehow you're going to do that without telling me your name?
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Unlikely.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03The girl's a plant, isn't she?
0:42:03 > 0:42:05No, I don't think so. If you mean Allegra.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07The one with the damask cheek.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09She of the butter-wouldn't-melt brigade.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Allegra isn't a plant, she's a conduit.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15As a matter of fact, she's the niece of a colleague of mine.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Well, there you are.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19That's England, one big family.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23And I suppose now she's served her purpose it's time to move on to me.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26All right, go ahead.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Make your pitch.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30OK.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37I don't know much you know about Britain's intelligence service...
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Funny.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41I had a feeling you might start there.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Well, the last ten years have been kind of bumpy.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48It used to be very clear who the enemy was.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50And so also it was clear what the job was.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- And then?- And then we got caught out.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Trouble came from an unexpected direction.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Or rather it started coming from every direction.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Suddenly we were told we were meant to be fighting a worldwide movement.
0:43:01 > 0:43:02And weren't you?
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Let's just say we got a bit careless about distinguishing
0:43:05 > 0:43:07between people who would like to do terrible things
0:43:07 > 0:43:09and people who were actually doing them.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12We became indiscriminate about the methods we used.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16It was dog eat dog. The only problem is, we're not dogs.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Is "indiscriminate methods" a euphemism for torture?
0:43:19 > 0:43:20Torture's just part of an apparatus.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24An apparatus of bad practice, which is out of control
0:43:24 > 0:43:28and which I don't believe is helping anyone, least of all us.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32- Meanwhile, politicians want to cut corners.- Sure.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Alec Beasley's been trying to reorganise the service.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37- Reorganise it?- And bypass it.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38His mind's made up
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- and the facts don't bother him. - Well that's his right, isn't it?
0:43:41 > 0:43:43- After all, he won a couple of elections.- He certainly did.
0:43:43 > 0:43:48Because people like his strength. He has a mandate. That is democracy.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50And, speaking for myself, I have a great deal more faith
0:43:50 > 0:43:54in someone I've elected than some disgruntled intelligence officer -
0:43:54 > 0:43:57I'm assuming that's what you are - who arrives at my house
0:43:57 > 0:43:59with two cases of wine and an outsized grievance.
0:43:59 > 0:44:04I'm too young, but you may remember a prime minister called Harold Wilson.
0:44:04 > 0:44:05I do remember him.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08Didn't the security services spend a great deal of effort
0:44:08 > 0:44:09trying to get rid of him?
0:44:09 > 0:44:11I don't think that's ever been proved.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14I didn't ask if it was proved, I asked if it were true.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17- And I'm not trying to get rid of Beasley.- Aren't you?
0:44:17 > 0:44:19No. I'm trying to put the facts in front of the public.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24You're a very plausible fellow, aren't you, whatever your name is.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27Remember, I'm a rat-catcher myself. It takes one to know one.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30And everything you say stinks to high heaven.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Tell me why.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35No editor likes to be used.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38You may be burning to bring down a prime minister, but I'm not.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40That's not my intention. All I'm trying to do
0:44:40 > 0:44:43is throw a little light on some of his activities.
0:44:43 > 0:44:45Oh, I see, this is assisted killing, is it?
0:44:45 > 0:44:49You put the pill in the hand but you don't put it in the mouth.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50- No.- You leave that to us.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52I mean, just one more question -
0:44:52 > 0:44:55- aren't you rather over-stretching your remit?- I don't think so.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58I thought you were meant to gather secrets, not give them away.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01- So far, I don't remember giving you any secrets.- I thought you did.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04- No. Everything you've been told has been on the public record.- Truly?
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Only, just like most newspapers nowadays,
0:45:06 > 0:45:09you've lacked the diligence to go out and find it.
0:45:10 > 0:45:11Or maybe the motivation?
0:45:16 > 0:45:18All right, these are the facts.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20Great. Let's hear them.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24The Prime Minister is linked to a series of interlocking charities
0:45:24 > 0:45:27which are partly financed by a firm called Gladstone.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Gladstone has built an international complex of detention camps
0:45:32 > 0:45:34which don't officially exist
0:45:34 > 0:45:36and for which they've therefore been able to overcharge.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Now you're telling me something new.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41The American government has put pressure on them
0:45:41 > 0:45:43to get some of its money back. A great deal of pressure.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45And have they succeeded?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48That's something you're going to have to look into.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51OK.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54That's an interesting story, I'm sure we'll want to cover it.
0:45:54 > 0:45:55We all love laughing at the Yanks,
0:45:55 > 0:45:58- but I still don't see how that reflects on Alec Beasley.- Don't you?
0:45:58 > 0:45:59No.
0:46:02 > 0:46:03I'll tell you.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06But if I do, I'll be crossing a line.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09- What sort of line?- The secret line.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12I need to know you're at peace with that.
0:46:12 > 0:46:15Shouldn't that question be directed at you?
0:46:15 > 0:46:17Very well.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19It's going to be hard to unpick,
0:46:19 > 0:46:21because Beasley's affairs are tangled up in companies
0:46:21 > 0:46:23owned by Stirling Rogers.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27But I can promise you,
0:46:27 > 0:46:30somewhere there's a paper trail which leads directly back
0:46:30 > 0:46:33from the building of the camps to the Prime Minister's
0:46:33 > 0:46:36own personal finances.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Really?
0:46:40 > 0:46:41Yeah.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54I wonder...
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Would you be interested in staying to eat?
0:47:02 > 0:47:05PHONE RINGS
0:47:05 > 0:47:06Miss Tankard?
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Yes?
0:47:08 > 0:47:11It's Amber Page. We've got Margot.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14- How?- Luck. Pure luck.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17One of our people got on a train at Frankfurt.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19He was on holiday, he wasn't even working.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23Listen, here's the good news - she's heading home.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Where is she?
0:47:24 > 0:47:27She's getting in at Stansted from Paris.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30- We've got people waiting? - They're in place.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32- And him?- No. He's not with her.
0:47:32 > 0:47:33But it's all right.
0:47:33 > 0:47:37One thing I can promise is he won't be without her for very long.
0:47:37 > 0:47:38Keep in touch.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42PHONE RINGS
0:47:43 > 0:47:46- 'Amber.'- Yeah?
0:47:46 > 0:47:47- 'It's Jez.'- Where are you?
0:47:47 > 0:47:50I'm alone. I haven't got long. Julianne's forgotten her phone.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52- 'And?'- You remember that call? The one from Margot?
0:47:52 > 0:47:54- Of course. Last week.- That's it.
0:47:54 > 0:47:55'Unidentified caller.'
0:47:55 > 0:47:58- Yes, the office has broken it. - You've got Margot's number?- We do.
0:47:58 > 0:48:03Jez, I've got good news. We've also got Margot Tyrell in person.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05- DOOR BANGS - 'She's heading back to the UK.'
0:48:05 > 0:48:08- Good. Then we're in business. - Text me that number.- 'I've done it.'
0:48:08 > 0:48:09Hold on, I have to go.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Jez?
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Are you awake?
0:48:24 > 0:48:28Ah good, welcome to Barry's running buffet.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30He's perfect, isn't he?
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Heaven to live with. We lack for nothing.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34Thank you, Barry.
0:48:34 > 0:48:35My pleasure.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38I'm afraid you're going to have to leave us again.
0:48:39 > 0:48:40The coriander goes with the chicken
0:48:40 > 0:48:43and the dressing goes with the rocket.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Don't worry, we'll manage.
0:48:45 > 0:48:46Enjoy!
0:48:50 > 0:48:51You have everything.
0:49:00 > 0:49:01And you?
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Friends and family?
0:49:11 > 0:49:14None of my business, but you seem rather sad.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18I'm not sad. It's just...
0:49:18 > 0:49:22I suppose I was doing a job I loved and now it's been taken away.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24You're an editor, I imagine it's pretty good fun.
0:49:24 > 0:49:25And you were a spy.
0:49:27 > 0:49:28Correct.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33And you're wondering, "If I'm not a spy...
0:49:33 > 0:49:35"then what am I?"
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Shall we get back to the matter in hand?
0:49:47 > 0:49:50There's a rule of thumb with this kind of campaign.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54What do they say? "It's never the crime, it's the cover-up."
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Well, there isn't a cover-up yet. We haven't got that far.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Right, so we have to force him into one.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01We have to ask him questions which he can't answer.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Do you know what those questions are?
0:50:03 > 0:50:05The other rule is, as you say,
0:50:05 > 0:50:08a campaign isn't a campaign if it's only been picked up by one paper.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11No-one else is going to touch it until they have to.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Well, then we'd better make sure the questions are good.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57Thanks, guys.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08You ARE good at this.
0:52:08 > 0:52:09Thank you.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13Why don't you have a jacket?
0:52:13 > 0:52:15- Obviously cos I'm not as good as you are.- Where are we going?
0:52:15 > 0:52:17To a safe house.
0:52:31 > 0:52:32Good afternoon.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36I'm an old friend of Johnny's.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38How nice to meet you.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40We were at Cambridge together.
0:52:40 > 0:52:41Goodness.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Yes. Oh, yes. Johnny was a very real loss to theology.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46- Can I leave her in your hands, Padre?- Of course you can.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Sorry, but I've to get back to work.
0:52:48 > 0:52:49Talk soon.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03It's the Church's traditional function.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06The thing we've done best for two thousand years -
0:53:06 > 0:53:08provide sanctuary.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14- ALL:- # ..sweet chariot
0:53:14 > 0:53:17# Coming for to carry me home
0:53:17 > 0:53:22# Swing low, sweet chariot
0:53:22 > 0:53:26# Coming for to carry me home. #
0:53:28 > 0:53:29What the hell's going on?
0:53:29 > 0:53:31It's a celebration.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32That I can see.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35We've been told tomorrow the charges are going to be dropped.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Dropped?
0:53:38 > 0:53:40All of them?
0:53:40 > 0:53:42The Ukrainian court has decided
0:53:42 > 0:53:45it's not in the public interest to proceed.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Meaning what? Meaning someone's done a deal?
0:53:48 > 0:53:49I guess.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52What sort of deal? A trade deal?
0:53:52 > 0:53:55- What sort of trade? - What is it always?
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Weapons, of course. Arms.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01It's always arms.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05With one bound I'm free.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07LAUGHTER IN NEXT ROOM
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Get those men out of my house.
0:54:23 > 0:54:24KEYPAD BEEPS
0:54:42 > 0:54:44PHONE RINGS
0:54:45 > 0:54:46Jill?
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Yes?
0:54:48 > 0:54:50We need to meet. Urgently.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Yes, of course.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55You know what's happening to Bill?
0:54:55 > 0:54:57I told you, didn't I? Stick close to us.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01'I need to be clear. Is this your doing?'
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Anthea, can I say something?
0:55:03 > 0:55:06It's one thing to go around saying what you want.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09The test comes when you're actually given the chance to get it.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11'That's when you're tested.'
0:55:12 > 0:55:15When they wanted to get rid of Margaret Thatcher,
0:55:15 > 0:55:18John Major got toothache so he didn't have to answer his phone.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21A week later, he was Prime Minister.
0:55:21 > 0:55:22How are your teeth?
0:55:26 > 0:55:27Just beginning to ache.
0:55:29 > 0:55:30Good. I'm glad to hear it.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34SHE SIGHS
0:55:45 > 0:55:47You see him often?
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Hmm, when he's in trouble.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51But you know how Johnny is.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Once you're his friend, you're his friend for ever.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57He's loyal, above all things. But you know that.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Yes. We were together a long time.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04He wasn't threatened by me.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08The stronger I was, the more he liked it.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11That's rare.
0:56:11 > 0:56:12Good for him.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17You know him well?
0:56:17 > 0:56:19I helped him through some difficult days.
0:56:19 > 0:56:24When he was a student, he loved the idea of faith.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26The life of the church.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31So someone had to point out that he didn't actually believe.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34And that was you?
0:56:34 > 0:56:36Hm.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38And he didn't?
0:56:38 > 0:56:42No. He wanted to. More than anything.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46But, sadly, that's not the same thing.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02- Thank you. - No, thank you.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Barry, good night.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19ENGINE STARTS
0:58:00 > 0:58:02SQUASH BEING PLAYED
0:58:18 > 0:58:19HE GRUNTS
0:58:19 > 0:58:22Come on, Stirling. Your backhand's normally terrific.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24- What the hell's going on? - My mind's elsewhere, sorry.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27I need you to give me a game. Do you want to play properly?
0:58:27 > 0:58:31Cos if you don't play properly there's no point in playing.
0:58:38 > 0:58:41Oh, come on, Stirling, you can do better than that.
0:59:03 > 0:59:04All right, you know what this is.
0:59:04 > 0:59:06- No, I don't. - You bloody well do!
0:59:06 > 0:59:09- Ah...it's that again, is it? - I've reached a decision.
0:59:12 > 0:59:14Alec, I'm roadkill.
0:59:14 > 0:59:16I don't mean a thing. Lose me, you lose nothing.
0:59:16 > 0:59:19Think, the press are after us. It's only a question of time.
0:59:19 > 0:59:21- So I issue a statement... - No.
0:59:21 > 0:59:24It's simple, "Everything I've done, I've done in good faith.
0:59:24 > 0:59:26"My only interest has been in safeguarding
0:59:26 > 0:59:28- "the Prime Minister's legacy." - Stirling, no!
0:59:28 > 0:59:32However, unknown to you - and this is the crucial part -
0:59:32 > 0:59:36unknown to you, "I took money from certain people in the States."
0:59:36 > 0:59:39- No... - But why not? It's a clean cut.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41You know what it sounds like. Unknown to me
0:59:41 > 0:59:43you took dodgy money and I'm so stupid I didn't even know.
0:59:43 > 0:59:45- Alec, you know where this is going. - No, I don't.
0:59:45 > 0:59:48It's going where every political scandal always goes.
0:59:48 > 0:59:51The press doesn't give a fuck about the issues,
0:59:51 > 0:59:53- they just want a kill. - Clearly.
0:59:53 > 0:59:56Well, here I am. I'm offering myself.
0:59:56 > 1:00:00- No.- And for one very good reason - if I go, the screaming's over.
1:00:00 > 1:00:02But it doesn't work like that.
1:00:02 > 1:00:03Then how does it work?
1:00:03 > 1:00:06If you give them fresh blood then they always want more.
1:00:06 > 1:00:08Now, a week ago you told me this wasn't important.
1:00:08 > 1:00:12- A week ago it wasn't!- Well!
1:00:12 > 1:00:15Jesus! Everything I do I do for my country.
1:00:15 > 1:00:18Oh, and that makes it all right?
1:00:18 > 1:00:20What did you say?
1:00:20 > 1:00:22Nothing.
1:00:22 > 1:00:24- Stirling, are you going weak on me? - No.
1:00:24 > 1:00:26- Are you going soft? - No.
1:00:26 > 1:00:29I'm the only person who takes this threat seriously.
1:00:29 > 1:00:32- I take it seriously.- If you saw the files, if you saw the evidence,
1:00:32 > 1:00:34I can't show you the stuff that I am seeing,
1:00:34 > 1:00:37but the intelligence is frightening, it is!
1:00:37 > 1:00:40And people have a choice - help me, or help them.
1:00:40 > 1:00:43And now we're being told, keep our hands tied behind our backs
1:00:43 > 1:00:44while they kick our lights out!
1:00:44 > 1:00:46"Stick to the rules."
1:00:46 > 1:00:48Bring on the lawyers, is that what you want?
1:00:48 > 1:00:51No. What I want is for you to survive.
1:00:51 > 1:00:54I want you to be Prime Minister at this time next week.
1:00:54 > 1:00:55That's what I want.
1:00:56 > 1:00:59No, they won't get me. I'm ahead of them.
1:00:59 > 1:01:01Always have been. Always will be.
1:01:04 > 1:01:06I'm sorry, sir. You really are needed.
1:01:08 > 1:01:10That's the whole point, do you see? They want both things.
1:01:10 > 1:01:14Like children. They need me and they resent me. Both things.
1:01:14 > 1:01:16Before you do anything, speak to me first.
1:01:19 > 1:01:20Ted...
1:01:26 > 1:01:30TV: 'The situation is quiet clear, everyone knows what's going on.
1:01:30 > 1:01:34'For days now, the Prime Minister has been evading our questions.
1:01:34 > 1:01:36'We have to conclude he is not answering because he can't.
1:01:36 > 1:01:40'There are five questions we have asked the Prime Minister
1:01:40 > 1:01:41'that he has to answer.
1:01:41 > 1:01:45'If he can't answer them, he should say so, and he should say so now.
1:01:45 > 1:01:47'If he can and there is a simple explanation,
1:01:47 > 1:01:50'then no-one is going to be happier than The Independent.'
1:02:02 > 1:02:03DOOR OPENS
1:02:15 > 1:02:17So...what do you think?
1:02:17 > 1:02:19- He's wounded. - Fatally?
1:02:19 > 1:02:22- Have you seen the five questions? - I have.
1:02:23 > 1:02:25"Has the Prime Minister met with Church and Bethwaite?
1:02:25 > 1:02:27"Did the Prime Minister know the murdered man?
1:02:27 > 1:02:31"Did the Prime Minister know of their donations to the Bridge?
1:02:31 > 1:02:33"Was the Prime Minister aware of a network of
1:02:33 > 1:02:36"illegal detention centres built by Gladstone?
1:02:36 > 1:02:40"Has the Prime Minister benefited personally from Gladstone?"
1:02:40 > 1:02:42They're not bad questions.
1:02:43 > 1:02:46Has he said anything? In private? In cabinet?
1:02:46 > 1:02:49He's refusing, on the grounds of national security.
1:02:49 > 1:02:53- Ha! It's not going to wash. - Are you sure?
1:02:53 > 1:02:55Certain. I've known from the start.
1:02:55 > 1:02:57From the minute I first saw the evidence.
1:02:58 > 1:03:02Hm. I am going to have to rally round him. Publicly.
1:03:02 > 1:03:05- If you feel it's necessary. - I do. Very much so.
1:03:05 > 1:03:07- Be careful. - Careful of what?
1:03:07 > 1:03:09- Your own future. - Meaning?
1:03:09 > 1:03:12Hostages to fortune. How everything will look in a week.
1:03:18 > 1:03:19How's Bill?
1:03:21 > 1:03:23He's fine.
1:03:23 > 1:03:26You're not going to divorce?
1:03:26 > 1:03:29I'm not. Not yet.
1:03:29 > 1:03:30Good. You shouldn't.
1:03:30 > 1:03:32I won't.
1:03:32 > 1:03:33Good.
1:03:33 > 1:03:35Why do you ask?
1:03:37 > 1:03:40What's that phrase about getting your ducks in a row?
1:03:43 > 1:03:45I-I'll take one more question.
1:03:45 > 1:03:47I hope I have already made everything clear.
1:03:47 > 1:03:51I have returned all money received from Gladstone and I have personally
1:03:51 > 1:03:54resigned from the foundation to leave its reputation unharmed.
1:03:54 > 1:04:00At all times, Alec Beasley has been separated from the day-to-day
1:04:00 > 1:04:02- activities...- No.- ..of The Bridge
1:04:02 > 1:04:04and any criticism regarding funding falls on me alone.
1:04:04 > 1:04:07He shouldn't have done it. He didn't need to.
1:04:07 > 1:04:09He said he was going to talk to me first.
1:04:09 > 1:04:11Perhaps he found the pressure unbearable.
1:04:11 > 1:04:14Pressure? Pressure is like whiplash, it doesn't exist.
1:04:19 > 1:04:23'I'm not in any way admitting liability or even error.
1:04:23 > 1:04:26'I want to be clear about that. On the other hand...'
1:04:30 > 1:04:31I've made my decision.
1:04:37 > 1:04:39We still need to find Worricker.
1:04:39 > 1:04:41Until we find him, we're not out of this yet.
1:04:43 > 1:04:46CLOCK TICKS
1:04:47 > 1:04:48It's eerie.
1:04:50 > 1:04:51It's quiet, yes.
1:04:57 > 1:04:59- Can we turn on the news? - We heard it an hour ago.
1:04:59 > 1:05:02So?
1:05:02 > 1:05:04I wouldn't do that.
1:05:04 > 1:05:06- Why not? - It's the road to destruction.
1:05:08 > 1:05:09- Gosh.- Hm.
1:05:12 > 1:05:15You always look out for me.
1:05:15 > 1:05:16Always.
1:05:16 > 1:05:19- Where's Bernard? - He's saying Matins.
1:05:19 > 1:05:21Oh, no doubt alone.
1:05:21 > 1:05:23He doesn't mind. He's talking to God.
1:05:23 > 1:05:25He doesn't care if anyone's listening.
1:05:26 > 1:05:28Why are you smiling?
1:05:31 > 1:05:34I know you better than anyone knows you, Johnny.
1:05:34 > 1:05:38I know where you're heading. I can see your endgame.
1:05:38 > 1:05:40PHONE RINGS
1:05:40 > 1:05:41Rollo?
1:05:41 > 1:05:45- He's gone.- Who's gone? - Stirling Rogers.- Rogers has gone. What happened?
1:05:45 > 1:05:48He's giving a press conference, saying the whole thing's his fault.
1:05:48 > 1:05:50Better still, he's saying the Prime Minister knew nothing.
1:05:50 > 1:05:53- Yes!- He's walking into the trap, it appears.
1:05:53 > 1:05:56- You trust it? You think we've got him?- Let's hope so.
1:05:56 > 1:05:57PHONE CHIMES
1:05:57 > 1:06:01- Margot, don't touch it! I've got to go.- Why not?- You don't know who it's from.- It's Julianne.
1:06:01 > 1:06:04- It's not safe, leave it, we should have destroyed it!- Margot? - Yes, it's me.
1:06:04 > 1:06:08'I need to see you. Desperately. Are you in the country? Something terrible's happened.'
1:06:08 > 1:06:11- Julianne, is the baby all right? - 'Yes, yes, but can you tell Dad'
1:06:11 > 1:06:13- I need to see him? - Yes, of course I will.
1:06:13 > 1:06:16And he must call immediately before you get here. Promise me.
1:06:16 > 1:06:18Don't worry. We're on our way. See you soon.
1:06:18 > 1:06:20HUBBUB
1:06:22 > 1:06:25OK, we're in business, it's good, I think we've got 'em.
1:06:25 > 1:06:27- Where are they? - We've got a signal.
1:06:27 > 1:06:30I'll know more in a minute but it seems to be Kent.
1:06:30 > 1:06:33Johnny, we have to go. Julianne says it's serious...
1:06:33 > 1:06:35- Hold on a minute, give me a time to think...- There is no time to think.
1:06:35 > 1:06:37She said, "Can you tell Dad I need to see him?"
1:06:37 > 1:06:40- Margot, we need to be careful. - Johnny, it's your daughter!
1:06:40 > 1:06:42I'm concerned that the phone isn't safe!
1:06:42 > 1:06:45- Oh, fuck the phone! - We can't go together!
1:06:45 > 1:06:50What difference does it make? When Julianne calls, you go. Do you have a problem with that?
1:06:50 > 1:06:52How long have you been working on this?
1:06:52 > 1:06:53Four months.
1:06:53 > 1:06:55- Just the four(?)- Exactly.
1:06:56 > 1:06:59OK, good, here we go. Here is the location.
1:06:59 > 1:07:01Let's get going.
1:07:04 > 1:07:09- I vehemently reject all allegations. - But, I don't understand,
1:07:09 > 1:07:12if you're innocent of everything, why do you have to resign?
1:07:12 > 1:07:13LAUGHTER
1:07:13 > 1:07:17- Yep. - Finally we've got them. Again.
1:07:17 > 1:07:19- Where are they? - He's in a rectory in Kent.
1:07:19 > 1:07:22But he's coming into town to see his daughter.
1:07:22 > 1:07:24- Then please baby them in. - I'm sorry?
1:07:26 > 1:07:28I don't want anyone moving towards them.
1:07:30 > 1:07:32I've been working on this for months.
1:07:32 > 1:07:35- I know. - I thought the idea was we were meant to be trying to catch them.
1:07:35 > 1:07:38We are. But don't detain them. Keep them under surveillance.
1:07:38 > 1:07:40Keep your distance. That's an order.
1:07:40 > 1:07:43Nobody's to go near them until they get an order from me.
1:07:46 > 1:07:48I don't believe this.
1:07:51 > 1:07:55If there was any offence, it's just from caring too much.
1:08:00 > 1:08:02- Julianne... - Margot.
1:08:27 > 1:08:29- You were right. You were right to call us...- It's Jez.
1:08:29 > 1:08:33- Jez?- Yes.- How do you know? - I've suspected for weeks. - Well then, why didn't you tell me?
1:08:33 > 1:08:36Why didn't I tell you? Why do you think?
1:08:36 > 1:08:37Because you never ring!
1:08:37 > 1:08:40And also, sorry, I don't want to live like that.
1:08:40 > 1:08:42Being suspicious of everyone.
1:08:42 > 1:08:44Jesus! Do I ever get a life that's not about you?
1:08:44 > 1:08:46"What does your father do?"
1:08:46 > 1:08:48"Oh, I can't say, he's in the civil service."
1:08:48 > 1:08:52As long as I can remember - "What's Dad doing?" "Don't know.
1:08:52 > 1:08:54- "Can't say." You ruined mum's life. - That's ridiculous!
1:08:54 > 1:08:57You ruin the life of everyone you're close to.
1:08:57 > 1:09:00I was in love with him! You've never known what that means.
1:09:02 > 1:09:03Human drama.
1:09:03 > 1:09:05She doesn't seem happy.
1:09:05 > 1:09:07- He did really work as a DJ? - Yes.
1:09:07 > 1:09:08He did really play in the evenings?
1:09:08 > 1:09:10Yes. Everything else was a lie.
1:09:10 > 1:09:13- Like he said he'd be here for the birth...- Julianne...
1:09:13 > 1:09:16Which he won't. And never had any intention of being.
1:09:16 > 1:09:18- OK.- Right from the start!
1:09:18 > 1:09:19- Julianne...- Just leave me.
1:09:19 > 1:09:21Please...
1:09:21 > 1:09:23Every time she moves she gets closer to us.
1:09:23 > 1:09:25Can you hear anything?
1:09:25 > 1:09:28- No.- Lip-read.
1:09:28 > 1:09:31Don't come near me! Don't touch me!
1:09:31 > 1:09:33"And then when she's calm, I'll have dealt with her."
1:09:33 > 1:09:35That's not fair.
1:09:35 > 1:09:38Why don't you just say, "Julianne, I'm sorry, this is my fault?"
1:09:38 > 1:09:40- Julianne, I know it's my fault! - Good!
1:09:40 > 1:09:42- Why do you think I'm in agony?! - Oh!
1:09:42 > 1:09:45Oh, you're in agony? Oh, really?
1:09:45 > 1:09:47Great. And for how long?
1:09:47 > 1:09:50He's standing there. Why can't we move in?
1:09:53 > 1:09:55Can anyone tell me what's going on?
1:09:55 > 1:09:57- Yeah?- Where are you?
1:09:57 > 1:09:59I'm in London. I can't explain. It's a mess.
1:09:59 > 1:10:01Sorry, comrade, but we need to jump five stages.
1:10:01 > 1:10:03- I've just had a very interesting call.- Who from?
1:10:03 > 1:10:05I'll give you a number.
1:10:05 > 1:10:07You need to call it because he's ahead of us. He's nine miles ahead.
1:10:09 > 1:10:11Is this who I think it is?
1:10:11 > 1:10:1310 Downing Street.
1:10:13 > 1:10:16'My name is Worricker. I think you'll find, if you tell him,
1:10:16 > 1:10:18'the Prime Minister will want to have a word with me.'
1:10:18 > 1:10:20- What name again? - 'Johnny Worricker.'
1:10:20 > 1:10:22Hold on, will you please?
1:10:23 > 1:10:27Mr Finch, there's a man on the line called Johnny Worricker...
1:10:29 > 1:10:31Yes, thank you, please put him through.
1:10:33 > 1:10:35'Hello, who am I speaking to?'
1:10:35 > 1:10:36Is that you, Mr Worricker?
1:10:36 > 1:10:38- Yes.- 'Good.'
1:10:38 > 1:10:41'I'm sure the Prime Minister would like you to come in immediately.'
1:10:41 > 1:10:43- Come in? - To Downing Street.
1:10:43 > 1:10:45- 'Good.' - Are you far away?
1:10:45 > 1:10:48Not at all. Less than a minute.
1:10:48 > 1:10:52But just one thing. Could you come in the back?
1:11:14 > 1:11:18My name is Johnny Worricker, I'm expected.
1:11:18 > 1:11:19OK, sir.
1:11:44 > 1:11:46KNOCK ON DOOR
1:11:48 > 1:11:51Ah...here you are at last.
1:11:51 > 1:11:52Prime Minister.
1:11:54 > 1:11:56The missing piece of the jigsaw.
1:11:56 > 1:11:58You can leave us.
1:12:01 > 1:12:04- How was your spell as an emigre? - Disconcerting.
1:12:04 > 1:12:08I'm sure. I needed to see you one more time.
1:12:08 > 1:12:10- Me too. - Please...
1:12:17 > 1:12:19We had a good talk in Cambridge six months ago.
1:12:19 > 1:12:23But then you went off and did the very opposite of what I asked.
1:12:23 > 1:12:25- You defied me. - Sir, if I may...
1:12:25 > 1:12:26Carry on.
1:12:26 > 1:12:30I accept in the circumstances that I'm fair game. Of course.
1:12:30 > 1:12:33But my daughter's flat is being bugged.
1:12:33 > 1:12:37An M15 operative seduced her when she was already pregnant.
1:12:37 > 1:12:41My daughter isn't fair game. Go after me, don't go after her.
1:12:42 > 1:12:45- I agree. - I'm sorry...?
1:12:45 > 1:12:47You're right. Mutual hysteria.
1:12:48 > 1:12:50Isn't it time it was defused?
1:12:54 > 1:12:57I'll tell you what I've been thinking -
1:12:57 > 1:13:00I've accomplished pretty much all I set out to do.
1:13:00 > 1:13:02We've modernised the country and we may even
1:13:02 > 1:13:05have alerted its people to some of the dangers they face.
1:13:05 > 1:13:07I don't understand. Are you resigning?
1:13:07 > 1:13:10You're not getting my scalp, if that's what you hope.
1:13:10 > 1:13:12I'm not moving out, I'm moving up.
1:13:14 > 1:13:16It's Iran we have to deal with now.
1:13:16 > 1:13:19And I'm not fussy about what platform I work from.
1:13:19 > 1:13:22Perhaps a sympathetic American president means more to me
1:13:22 > 1:13:25than an ambivalent British electorate.
1:13:25 > 1:13:27You're planning to move on to another job?
1:13:27 > 1:13:28- Correct.- What job is that?
1:13:28 > 1:13:31Consul General to Iran. I run the peace talks.
1:13:31 > 1:13:35- Peace? - Well...preferably peace.
1:13:35 > 1:13:36Answering to whom?
1:13:36 > 1:13:39Financed by the Americans, but given cover by the UN.
1:13:41 > 1:13:43Forgive me, I'm not sure you're going to be able
1:13:43 > 1:13:45to cut free as easily as that.
1:13:45 > 1:13:46- Aren't you?- No.
1:13:46 > 1:13:48- Is that a threat? - Not at all.
1:13:48 > 1:13:50Tell me, are you running a campaign?
1:13:50 > 1:13:53Because that's how it looks.
1:13:53 > 1:13:56A single intelligence officer determined to stop me.
1:13:57 > 1:13:59What are you?
1:14:00 > 1:14:01A loose cannon?
1:14:02 > 1:14:04A traitor?
1:14:09 > 1:14:11Well, then, what are you doing?
1:14:14 > 1:14:17- Judiciously pointing out the dangers.- Such as?
1:14:17 > 1:14:20- There's a new boss at the CIA. - Yes, you're right.
1:14:20 > 1:14:22With new plans. Wants to make a clean break.
1:14:22 > 1:14:24The president's already had a word with him.
1:14:24 > 1:14:27I think you'll find any future CIA investigation
1:14:27 > 1:14:30into private contractors will get bogged down pretty quickly.
1:14:31 > 1:14:33People don't like investigating each other,
1:14:33 > 1:14:37because they are aware that later they may be investigated themselves.
1:14:37 > 1:14:38If you talk to the President,
1:14:38 > 1:14:40you'll find he's pretty clear on the subject.
1:14:40 > 1:14:43After all, one day he's going to be an ex-President too.
1:14:43 > 1:14:46- And here?- Here? - Yes.- In the UK?
1:14:46 > 1:14:48You don't think you face problems here?
1:14:48 > 1:14:50I don't see any.
1:14:50 > 1:14:52My favoured successor is hardly likely to waste her first
1:14:52 > 1:14:56hundred days digging too deeply into the financial affairs of the Bridge.
1:14:56 > 1:15:00To what end? Anthea's experiencing a period of personal good fortune.
1:15:00 > 1:15:01Maybe you read about it?
1:15:01 > 1:15:03When it comes to sleeping dogs,
1:15:03 > 1:15:06Anthea's the kind who'll let them lie.
1:15:09 > 1:15:13What is it they say? "The Establishment always wins."
1:15:13 > 1:15:14You should know that.
1:15:14 > 1:15:18You're a distinguished member of the Establishment yourself.
1:15:20 > 1:15:22What did you think we were going to do?
1:15:23 > 1:15:25Bleach you?
1:15:26 > 1:15:28We don't bleach people in England.
1:15:31 > 1:15:33No home. No bank account.
1:15:33 > 1:15:37No security. No way of life, 100% surveillance.
1:15:37 > 1:15:39You know the drill.
1:15:39 > 1:15:42You've done it to others, now we'll do it to you.
1:15:54 > 1:15:57- What are you offering? - Good question.
1:15:57 > 1:15:58An amnesty?
1:15:58 > 1:16:00Johnny...
1:16:02 > 1:16:05..in the last few years, the government moved at a certain speed
1:16:05 > 1:16:08because we faced an overwhelming threat.
1:16:10 > 1:16:11This is the real world.
1:16:11 > 1:16:15There's always a tension between aims and means.
1:16:15 > 1:16:17Maybe even a contradiction.
1:16:19 > 1:16:21I'll live with that. The question is, can you?
1:16:24 > 1:16:25We need your silence.
1:16:30 > 1:16:32I'm to be silent about lawlessness?
1:16:34 > 1:16:38Permanently and guaranteed. You've got to think what that means.
1:16:41 > 1:16:43I've thought about it a great deal.
1:16:44 > 1:16:47You make a deal, you go back on it.
1:16:48 > 1:16:50In my world, you only do that once.
1:17:00 > 1:17:03Now, if you'll forgive me, I have to go to the Palace.
1:17:03 > 1:17:06I'd offer you a lift but you might be conspicuous.
1:17:06 > 1:17:10Anyway, I imagine you have to report to that crapulous Scot in the park.
1:17:10 > 1:17:13- I don't report to him.- No?
1:17:16 > 1:17:19- You say you'd like your daughter left alone.- I would.
1:17:19 > 1:17:21And your girlfriend too, I should think.
1:17:21 > 1:17:23She's a very interesting woman, isn't she?
1:17:23 > 1:17:26This one really is something more than run of the mill.
1:17:27 > 1:17:29You're a lucky man, aren't you?
1:17:29 > 1:17:32You never seem to suffer for your mistakes.
1:17:33 > 1:17:34What a gift.
1:17:36 > 1:17:39We're both cats who fall on our feet. Ted!
1:17:39 > 1:17:42Mr Worricker's leaving. We won't be seeing him again.
1:17:58 > 1:17:59So, what's happening?
1:17:59 > 1:18:01- He's quitting. - Quitting?
1:18:01 > 1:18:03He moves on to Iran. Promotion.
1:18:03 > 1:18:05Promotion - is that what he's calling it?
1:18:05 > 1:18:08This doesn't feel like a victory. Why does it not feel like a victory?
1:18:08 > 1:18:11Obvious. Because I don't think we've ever been in control.
1:18:11 > 1:18:14- You're to call Jill Tankard. She wants to see you.- Where?
1:18:14 > 1:18:16- Wherever you say.- She knows I'm with you?- Seems to.
1:18:16 > 1:18:19Well, yeah, of course. That fits. We've been used.
1:18:19 > 1:18:21- All the time they've known everything.- Are you going to go?
1:18:21 > 1:18:25I don't know. I'm trying to get hold of Julianne. She not answering. Fuck!
1:18:25 > 1:18:28- I'm trying Margot. - I left them together.
1:18:30 > 1:18:31Shit!
1:18:34 > 1:18:36- Johnny?- Yes?
1:18:36 > 1:18:38If you do see Jill, could you do me a favour?
1:18:41 > 1:18:42Try and get me back in.
1:19:00 > 1:19:02Welcome back.
1:19:03 > 1:19:06I heard you had a nice time with Alec.
1:19:06 > 1:19:10- Jill.- It's a shame you two never got close.
1:19:10 > 1:19:12They always say it's difficult if two men are too alike.
1:19:12 > 1:19:15One of those boys' love-hate things, is it?
1:19:20 > 1:19:23It's happening. Now. Even as we speak.
1:19:23 > 1:19:27- What is?- He's seeing the Queen. You must be pleased.
1:19:27 > 1:19:31- Why?- Well, wasn't it your idea to bring him down?
1:19:31 > 1:19:33It's interesting you should say that.
1:19:33 > 1:19:37As a matter of fact, Jill, I rather thought it was yours.
1:19:37 > 1:19:41Ah, Mr Worricker we haven't seen you for such a long time.
1:19:41 > 1:19:42I've missed you too.
1:19:42 > 1:19:45We still have a bottle of scotch in the back.
1:19:45 > 1:19:47Do you mind fetching it?
1:19:50 > 1:19:53I tell you, I had my suspicions for quite a long time.
1:19:53 > 1:19:55- Really?- I noticed things were strangely easy.
1:19:55 > 1:19:57As if our paths were being smoothed.
1:19:57 > 1:20:00I mean, the choice of Amber Page...
1:20:00 > 1:20:02What about her?
1:20:02 > 1:20:04Never our most brilliant agent, was she?
1:20:04 > 1:20:07- She did the job. - Yeah, badly.
1:20:07 > 1:20:09Amber did her best.
1:20:09 > 1:20:11Yes. That's what I mean.
1:20:12 > 1:20:14- And that business in Kiev... - Kiev, yes.
1:20:14 > 1:20:16..had your fingerprints all over it.
1:20:16 > 1:20:18- You think so? You liked that, did you?- I liked it,
1:20:18 > 1:20:20I wasn't sure why Beasley had agreed to it.
1:20:20 > 1:20:23- It wasn't in his interest.- I didn't ask. I didn't need to.
1:20:23 > 1:20:26- How did you do that?- I've been a long time in Whitehall, remember?
1:20:26 > 1:20:28I'm a data bank, Johnny.
1:20:28 > 1:20:33And, please, don't make this out to be some sort of coup.
1:20:33 > 1:20:34Why? Wasn't it?
1:20:34 > 1:20:37No. I wouldn't dream of messing with the electorate's wishes.
1:20:37 > 1:20:40- That's way above my pay grade. - What would you call it then?
1:20:40 > 1:20:42All I did was make some preparations.
1:20:42 > 1:20:44That's all I did for an orderly hand-over.
1:20:44 > 1:20:46As any good democrat would.
1:20:48 > 1:20:51- That's very good.- Thank you.
1:20:51 > 1:20:53I smoothed the way.
1:20:53 > 1:20:55I made what would have been difficult, easy.
1:20:57 > 1:20:59What I don't understand, why did you do it?
1:20:59 > 1:21:02Beasley was on your side. Your whole life, you owe him everything.
1:21:02 > 1:21:03He was the one who put you in place.
1:21:03 > 1:21:07- Why did I do it?- Yes.- Simple. Same reason as you.
1:21:08 > 1:21:10Johnny, I saw the evidence.
1:21:10 > 1:21:14When I saw the evidence, I knew he was finished.
1:21:14 > 1:21:17Ah, thank you, you're very kind.
1:21:17 > 1:21:21It belonged to Mr Baron. We didn't know what to do with it.
1:21:24 > 1:21:25We all loved Mr Baron.
1:21:25 > 1:21:27I'll look after it, thank you.
1:21:27 > 1:21:29I miss him.
1:21:29 > 1:21:30We all miss him.
1:21:41 > 1:21:44Looking back at the events of the past few years,
1:21:44 > 1:21:48I don't think either of us has been wholly right or wrong.
1:21:48 > 1:21:50Life doesn't work like that, does it?
1:21:50 > 1:21:55I can see your point of view and I suspect that you can see mine.
1:21:56 > 1:21:58You know what I want for you?
1:21:58 > 1:21:59I've got a fair idea.
1:21:59 > 1:22:03You're the best intelligence analyst I ever met.
1:22:03 > 1:22:05And I'm the best administrator.
1:22:05 > 1:22:08The new prime minister's coming in with warm feelings towards
1:22:08 > 1:22:10- the intelligence services. - You've made sure of that.
1:22:10 > 1:22:13Yes. After what I've done for her,
1:22:13 > 1:22:17these are going to be golden years. We get everything we want.
1:22:21 > 1:22:22I'd like you to join me.
1:22:26 > 1:22:28You're forgetting. I've got other obligations.
1:22:28 > 1:22:30People depend on me.
1:22:30 > 1:22:32- What sort of people? - My daughter.
1:22:32 > 1:22:35I can promise, come back to work, she won't be troubled again.
1:22:35 > 1:22:40- Rollo.- Well, I'm sure we can bring him back into the fucking fold.
1:22:40 > 1:22:41And most important of all...
1:22:41 > 1:22:44there's Margot.
1:22:44 > 1:22:45Ah, yes, Margot.
1:22:49 > 1:22:51Are you hugging that scotch to yourself?
1:23:03 > 1:23:05Hasn't worked out, has it, Johnny?
1:23:05 > 1:23:07What makes you say that?
1:23:07 > 1:23:13Oh, come on, I mean, give us some credit, please. We are professionals.
1:23:13 > 1:23:15You love falling in love, don't you?
1:23:15 > 1:23:17Just, not so good at being in it.
1:23:21 > 1:23:23Come back to Millbank
1:23:23 > 1:23:26and you're going to be able to make her a very attractive offer.
1:23:26 > 1:23:28What offer is that?
1:23:29 > 1:23:31For the rest of her life,
1:23:31 > 1:23:35she's going to be able to walk down the street and not look behind her.
1:23:36 > 1:23:38That's not nothing, Johnny.
1:23:41 > 1:23:43I have a feeling she's going to take it.
1:23:43 > 1:23:45You don't know her.
1:23:45 > 1:23:47Oh, I think I do.
1:23:52 > 1:23:55I am going to keep this statement brief.
1:23:57 > 1:24:01I've always said I would leave office at a time of my own choosing
1:24:01 > 1:24:05and only when I had finished the job I was elected to do.
1:24:08 > 1:24:10This is that time.
1:24:11 > 1:24:14I leave you strong and I leave you secure.
1:24:14 > 1:24:16CHEERING
1:24:20 > 1:24:23Congratulations! You just brought down a government.
1:24:23 > 1:24:28Did I really? I know someone did but I'm not sure who.
1:24:41 > 1:24:45Any MP will tell you that the most important people in their life
1:24:45 > 1:24:47are the people who elect them.
1:24:47 > 1:24:50- Shall we go out and celebrate? - All right.
1:24:50 > 1:24:54I'll finish the story, then, yes, let's go and get drunk.
1:25:00 > 1:25:02SHE EXHALES
1:25:02 > 1:25:05DOOR OPENS
1:25:13 > 1:25:15What are you doing?
1:25:19 > 1:25:21I was going to leave you a note.
1:25:21 > 1:25:22What kind of note?
1:25:22 > 1:25:23A goodbye note.
1:25:26 > 1:25:28You knew it was coming.
1:25:30 > 1:25:32I feared it, but I didn't know.
1:25:36 > 1:25:39- Where's Julianne? - She's at the hospital.
1:25:39 > 1:25:41- What?- It's all right. She doesn't want you to go.
1:25:41 > 1:25:43All right? Why is it all right?
1:25:43 > 1:25:47Because her mother's with her. It's going to be a long labour.
1:25:47 > 1:25:48Can I call?
1:25:48 > 1:25:50No. She's still angry.
1:25:52 > 1:25:54She says you can call in the morning.
1:25:56 > 1:25:58OK.
1:25:58 > 1:25:59Then I will.
1:26:13 > 1:26:16And you? Where are you heading?
1:26:16 > 1:26:18Oh. A start-up in Hong Kong.
1:26:19 > 1:26:21- Really?- Yeah.
1:26:21 > 1:26:22Well...
1:26:22 > 1:26:25that's...that's a long way.
1:26:26 > 1:26:28Yeah, well, I've been approached.
1:26:30 > 1:26:31A guy I knew through Stirling.
1:26:32 > 1:26:35He wants to sell clothes on the internet.
1:26:35 > 1:26:37He sees a gap in the market.
1:26:37 > 1:26:38Does he have a lot of money?
1:26:38 > 1:26:42Not a penny. That's why he needs someone smart.
1:26:42 > 1:26:45Margot, I made you a lot of promises back in Turks & Caicos.
1:26:45 > 1:26:48I want to keep them. Say the word and I will.
1:26:49 > 1:26:53I knew when it came down to it, you'd always want to go back to work.
1:26:53 > 1:26:56What, I just walk away from everything, do I?
1:26:56 > 1:26:59Is that the right thing to do? I don't think so.
1:26:59 > 1:27:02These days, everyone feels powerless, I understand that.
1:27:02 > 1:27:03That's what they want you to feel.
1:27:03 > 1:27:06But if we don't fight, who will?
1:27:07 > 1:27:08Johnny, you know these people.
1:27:08 > 1:27:12They slide around, they have nothing solid.
1:27:13 > 1:27:16For them, it's simply one day to the next.
1:27:16 > 1:27:19They believe what they have to and then when the time comes,
1:27:19 > 1:27:21they believe something else.
1:27:21 > 1:27:24For them nothing is ever at stake.
1:27:24 > 1:27:26Look, I know what you're saying, but even so,
1:27:26 > 1:27:29if it's what you want I can get you back in.
1:27:29 > 1:27:31I've watched you the last few months. You're brilliant at it.
1:27:31 > 1:27:34- You love it.- Yes.
1:27:35 > 1:27:37But I love you more.
1:27:47 > 1:27:50It was quite an adventure, wasn't it?
1:27:53 > 1:27:54Yes.
1:27:56 > 1:27:57I wouldn't have missed it.
1:27:58 > 1:27:59Me neither.
1:28:02 > 1:28:03I wish we'd done more.
1:28:05 > 1:28:07Oh, Johnny...
1:28:07 > 1:28:10we did plenty.
1:28:27 > 1:28:30I'm going in the morning. Why don't you just leave?
1:28:36 > 1:28:38I'll miss you.
1:28:40 > 1:28:43Yes. I'll miss you too.
1:29:12 > 1:29:15JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
1:29:20 > 1:29:22SHE GROANS
1:29:22 > 1:29:26OK, OK.
1:29:43 > 1:29:45SHE GROANS
1:29:56 > 1:29:58CROWD CLAMOURS
1:30:00 > 1:30:03I just want to say, it's far too early for me
1:30:03 > 1:30:05to be making any decision about the future.
1:30:05 > 1:30:09I'm part of a family and I want to talk to my family first.
1:30:09 > 1:30:13Meanwhile, let's remember Alec Beasley.
1:30:13 > 1:30:16It's his night. Let's leave it with him.
1:30:19 > 1:30:21SHE SCREAMS
1:30:23 > 1:30:26Well done. Big one now, big one.
1:30:31 > 1:30:33BABY CRIES
1:30:40 > 1:30:42BABY CRIES