Turks & Caicos

0:00:02 > 0:00:09This programmes contains some strong language

0:00:20 > 0:00:22OK. Here we are.

0:00:22 > 0:00:25What a great evening. Thank you.

0:00:26 > 0:00:29If you want, I could come in, pour you a drink.

0:00:30 > 0:00:34Tell you the problem. I'm not thirsty.

0:00:36 > 0:00:38But I had a great time. Thank you.

0:00:38 > 0:00:39Good night.

0:00:46 > 0:00:47PHONE BEEPS

0:00:47 > 0:00:49DIALLING TONE

0:00:49 > 0:00:50- 'Yeah?'- No luck.

0:00:50 > 0:00:51'Why? What happened?'

0:00:51 > 0:00:54I don't know why. I have to try something else.

0:01:24 > 0:01:26What's this?

0:01:26 > 0:01:28- It's lobster.- I've never had it.

0:01:28 > 0:01:30OK.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33I don't think my mom wants me to eat it.

0:01:33 > 0:01:34Well, then leave it.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54Yeah...

0:01:54 > 0:01:56Good, huh?

0:01:58 > 0:01:59Brave man!

0:01:59 > 0:02:00CHATTER AND LAUGHTER

0:02:16 > 0:02:18WOMAN: Don't touch me!

0:02:18 > 0:02:21No, I don't want to hear it. Stay away from me, leave me alone!

0:02:24 > 0:02:25DISTANT CONVERSATION

0:02:46 > 0:02:48Would you like another beer?

0:02:48 > 0:02:50No, thanks.

0:02:58 > 0:03:01Incredible. We have to go see your mum.

0:03:10 > 0:03:11How is he?

0:03:11 > 0:03:14He's fine. Did you get a job?

0:03:14 > 0:03:17Only two kinds of job on the island, hotel or bank.

0:03:17 > 0:03:20Give rich people their lunch, or give rich people their money.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22Which?

0:03:22 > 0:03:23Lunch.

0:03:25 > 0:03:26How was your lobster?

0:03:26 > 0:03:28Rubbery.

0:03:28 > 0:03:29It was kind of you.

0:03:29 > 0:03:31Forget it. I'd rather be with Aldous than be on my own.

0:03:31 > 0:03:32I enjoy his company.

0:03:32 > 0:03:35You saved my bacon. If I can return the favour.

0:03:39 > 0:03:41Don't worry. I'll think of something.

0:03:41 > 0:03:44Bye, Aldous. Nice day. Let's do it again.

0:03:46 > 0:03:48Don't you have a car?

0:03:48 > 0:03:50I left it in Cambridge.

0:03:52 > 0:03:53Good night.

0:04:08 > 0:04:11Hey! Hey! We know each other? Who are you?

0:04:11 > 0:04:13- If you know me, you don't need to ask.- I know you, don't I?

0:04:13 > 0:04:15No, I don't think so.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18- You're bluffing, aren't you? - I live nearby. Is that it?

0:04:18 > 0:04:20I'd bet a lot of money you and I have met.

0:04:20 > 0:04:22I'm sorry. I wish I could help.

0:04:31 > 0:04:32MOBILE PHONE RINGS

0:04:35 > 0:04:36Yeah?

0:04:36 > 0:04:37'I found your number.'

0:04:39 > 0:04:41So that means you must know my name.

0:04:41 > 0:04:42'Come and have a drink this evening.

0:04:42 > 0:04:45'There are some people I'd like you to meet.'

0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Are you still there? - 'I'm still here.

0:04:51 > 0:04:54'If you don't, you'll spend the evening worrying, "What did I miss?"'

0:04:54 > 0:04:56I don't worry. I never worry.

0:04:56 > 0:04:59I'm at the Shelter, you must know it.

0:05:31 > 0:05:33PHONE RINGS

0:05:40 > 0:05:41PHONE CONTINUES TO RING

0:05:46 > 0:05:47'You have reached a machine.

0:05:47 > 0:05:50'Please leave your message and we'll get back to you.'

0:05:50 > 0:05:52ANSWER MACHINE BEEPS

0:05:52 > 0:05:54'You said to get in touch if ever I was in trouble.'

0:05:54 > 0:05:57Well, that's it. I'm in trouble.

0:05:57 > 0:05:58Bell me.

0:06:00 > 0:06:01PHONE BEEPS

0:06:08 > 0:06:10Morning.

0:06:10 > 0:06:13TV: '..closing price of 233...'

0:06:15 > 0:06:16You're looking cheerful.

0:06:16 > 0:06:18I just had a good workout. You should try it.

0:06:18 > 0:06:22- I don't think the Prime Minister wants to play squash with me. - He would if he met you.- No.

0:06:22 > 0:06:24My game's not good enough. Do you ever win?

0:06:24 > 0:06:26Almost never.

0:06:26 > 0:06:29He'll play with anyone as long as they give him a good game

0:06:29 > 0:06:31and he can beat them.

0:06:31 > 0:06:32That's Alec. What are you up to?

0:06:32 > 0:06:35Nothing special. Fishing for clients.

0:06:35 > 0:06:36You?

0:06:38 > 0:06:39Oh. Planning the future.

0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Anything urgent?- Nothing.- OK.

0:07:01 > 0:07:02Tom, great you could make it.

0:07:02 > 0:07:04Why wouldn't I?

0:07:04 > 0:07:07Only problem with paradise, nothing to do!

0:07:10 > 0:07:13You must find it boring after such an eventful life.

0:07:13 > 0:07:15How do you know about my life?

0:07:15 > 0:07:17Please, don't insult my intelligence.

0:07:17 > 0:07:25Keep cool, keep calm, don't say too much, OK?

0:07:31 > 0:07:33And now, introductions.

0:07:33 > 0:07:35No. You go first.

0:07:35 > 0:07:40Gary, Frank, Dido, this is Tom Eliot.

0:07:40 > 0:07:42- He's English.- British.

0:07:42 > 0:07:45Well, we can spend the next hour debating the difference.

0:07:45 > 0:07:48In my book you're English. Englishman!

0:07:48 > 0:07:49LAUGHTER

0:07:52 > 0:07:54So now perhaps you'll tell me, what's your name?

0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Who is this guy?- Are you serious?

0:07:56 > 0:07:59He comes for a drink, he doesn't know who you are?

0:07:59 > 0:08:00I'm Curtis Pelissier.

0:08:00 > 0:08:02Of course you are.

0:08:02 > 0:08:05I'm the host. Gary, remember, I can ask who I want.

0:08:07 > 0:08:11# I fall in love too easily

0:08:14 > 0:08:19# I fall in love too fast... #

0:08:20 > 0:08:25At the end of the day, go private, because you want to know something?

0:08:25 > 0:08:28It works out cheaper. Across the Atlantic, say.

0:08:28 > 0:08:32By the time you buy tickets for your kids and the nanny and the wife...

0:08:32 > 0:08:34Oh, Christ, just pay the 50 and travel in comfort.

0:08:34 > 0:08:37You don't have to listen to other people. That's worth 50,000!

0:08:37 > 0:08:40Dido, you're crazy. You've lost all sense of what's going on.

0:08:40 > 0:08:45Oh, have I? I don't notice you piling into Jet Blue.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47You know, people have this contempt for money

0:08:47 > 0:08:51because nowadays nobody's allowed to say what everyone knows

0:08:51 > 0:08:53that money is the best way of keeping score...

0:08:53 > 0:08:55Dido, you're full of shit.

0:08:55 > 0:08:57I'm not full of shit. I'm telling you...

0:08:57 > 0:08:58I don't think we've met.

0:08:58 > 0:08:59No, you're right. Hello.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Welcome.- Thank you.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04- How do you know Curtis? - Erm...

0:09:04 > 0:09:05I don't.

0:09:05 > 0:09:07Then why did he invite you?

0:09:07 > 0:09:09Interesting, I've been asking that myself.

0:09:09 > 0:09:11I take it you're a friend of his?

0:09:12 > 0:09:14I'm a friend of everyone here.

0:09:14 > 0:09:17So, who are they exactly?

0:09:17 > 0:09:20Entrepreneurs. They run a company called Gladstone.

0:09:20 > 0:09:22You must have heard of it.

0:09:22 > 0:09:24Gladstone? Have I? What do you do?

0:09:24 > 0:09:26Are you asking me?

0:09:26 > 0:09:30Er...yeah, I just asked.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32- I'm a financial PR.- Meaning?

0:09:32 > 0:09:35Well, if you haven't heard of Gladstone, then that's my fault.

0:09:37 > 0:09:40Once upon a time, back in the old days, it would take

0:09:40 > 0:09:42a whole lifetime to destroy the reputation of

0:09:42 > 0:09:45a politician or a banker -

0:09:45 > 0:09:48but now, as we know, someone just hits send

0:09:48 > 0:09:51and it can happen overnight. And usually does.

0:09:51 > 0:09:54So it's my job to keep the company's good name.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56Does Gladstone have a good name?

0:09:56 > 0:09:57Good enough.

0:09:59 > 0:10:00Tom Eliot.

0:10:00 > 0:10:01Melanie Fall.

0:10:01 > 0:10:04It's a classier idea. It's about exclusivity. It's about grabbing the moment.

0:10:04 > 0:10:08So, Tom, what do you think?

0:10:08 > 0:10:10I'm sorry, I wasn't listening...

0:10:10 > 0:10:12Clearly. Frank was saying...

0:10:12 > 0:10:15I was just saying, we're in business, you know,

0:10:15 > 0:10:17so we want to make something that's popular.

0:10:17 > 0:10:18But we also want it to be exclusive.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21That's a paradox, that's a challenge.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23- It's what Stirling always says... - Stirling?

0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Stirling Rogers. - Rogers is a friend of yours?

0:10:25 > 0:10:27- He's an associate. - Stirling says, by definition,

0:10:27 > 0:10:30exclusivity means for the few.

0:10:30 > 0:10:34So if we just catered for the few, we don't make any money.

0:10:34 > 0:10:37Example. This is a nice hotel.

0:10:37 > 0:10:40But you build 200 of them, all of a sudden

0:10:40 > 0:10:42people say it's not so nice any more.

0:10:42 > 0:10:44So, how do you solve this dilemma?

0:10:44 > 0:10:45How do you solve it, Tom?

0:10:45 > 0:10:48I'm not the man to ask. I'm retired.

0:10:48 > 0:10:50What business were you in, Mr Eliot?

0:10:50 > 0:10:52I was a civil servant.

0:10:52 > 0:10:53- Where?- In London.

0:10:53 > 0:10:54Which ministry?

0:10:54 > 0:10:58Agriculture and Fisheries. I know a lot about cod. Salmon quotas.

0:10:58 > 0:11:00That sort of thing.

0:11:00 > 0:11:02Answer me this - how can you afford to live here?

0:11:02 > 0:11:06The answer is, I can't.

0:11:08 > 0:11:11They probably gave him one of those socialised pensions.

0:11:11 > 0:11:12Lives off it for life.

0:11:12 > 0:11:16- It's modest, actually. - The rest of us poor bastards, we worked every minute on the clock,

0:11:16 > 0:11:19- turns out we were in the wrong game. - Dido, calm down.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21Big mistake, should have lived off other people

0:11:21 > 0:11:24like a socialistic, left-wing dick.

0:11:26 > 0:11:28This guy can live on the islands,

0:11:28 > 0:11:30because he has got gold-plated security.

0:11:30 > 0:11:33While we were out there, we were taking risks.

0:11:35 > 0:11:38Tell you what happens to people who take risks,

0:11:38 > 0:11:42they get screwed by people who never took a fucking risk in their lives.

0:11:43 > 0:11:47That's the way it is. There are a few people who lead. Who innovate.

0:11:47 > 0:11:49And then there's the rest.

0:11:52 > 0:11:53I'm sorry.

0:11:53 > 0:11:55There's no need to apologise, really.

0:11:55 > 0:11:59Dido is a difficult man going through a difficult time.

0:11:59 > 0:12:00What sort of time?

0:12:02 > 0:12:03The recession.

0:12:03 > 0:12:05Oh, the recession, I see.

0:12:05 > 0:12:08No recession and he would have been pleasanter, would he?

0:12:09 > 0:12:13I'd say, throw in Asperger's, and it's a dangerous mix.

0:12:13 > 0:12:16Be-definitely. Are you going to stay for dinner?

0:12:16 > 0:12:18Funny, I think I might skip it, if that's OK.

0:12:18 > 0:12:20I was thinking you and I could meet up tomorrow?

0:12:20 > 0:12:23Maybe in a less pressured environment?

0:12:23 > 0:12:25You mean less pressured than this?

0:12:28 > 0:12:29I enjoyed meeting you, Tom.

0:12:29 > 0:12:31Yes. So did I.

0:12:33 > 0:12:34I'd like to see you again.

0:12:47 > 0:12:49TAPE SPOOLS

0:12:51 > 0:12:54- RECORDING:- 'It's what Stirling always says...- Stirling?

0:12:54 > 0:12:56- 'Stirling Rogers. - Rogers is a friend of yours?

0:12:56 > 0:12:59- 'He's an associate.- Stirling says, by definition, exclusivity means...'

0:12:59 > 0:13:00TAPPING ON KEYBOARD

0:13:05 > 0:13:08'I don't want to be remembered as someone who just took things out.

0:13:08 > 0:13:10'I want to put something back.

0:13:10 > 0:13:13'That's why I'm financing my new foundation, the Bridge, which

0:13:13 > 0:13:15'will set to work solving some of

0:13:15 > 0:13:18'the world's most intractable problems.'

0:13:40 > 0:13:45- RADIO: 'Across the UK. - This is BBC Radio 5 Live.

0:13:45 > 0:13:49'Welcome to 5 Live news. The Prime Minister, Alec Beasley,

0:13:49 > 0:13:52'visiting his constituency today spoke of the need for everyone

0:13:52 > 0:13:54'in the country to keep their nerve.

0:13:54 > 0:13:56'This has been a global recession.

0:13:56 > 0:13:59'And all the suffering and the sacrifice of the last few years

0:13:59 > 0:14:01'is about to pay off. And this is not the moment...'

0:14:16 > 0:14:17ANSWER MACHINE BEEPS

0:14:17 > 0:14:20'This is interesting, this is getting interesting.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23'Looks like I've lucked into some men we know about,

0:14:23 > 0:14:24'but it's dangerous.

0:14:24 > 0:14:25'I need your help.'

0:14:25 > 0:14:27MACHINE BEEPS

0:14:27 > 0:14:30'I need to know... Are you getting these calls? It's urgent.

0:14:30 > 0:14:32'I need to hear from you now.'

0:14:37 > 0:14:38MAN: Come quickly!

0:14:38 > 0:14:40Help! Now!

0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Do you know what's happening? - No idea.

0:14:44 > 0:14:46SIREN WAILS

0:14:46 > 0:14:47HUBBUB OF SHOUTS AND SIREN

0:15:42 > 0:15:44RECORDER CLICKS ON

0:15:44 > 0:15:48'..big mistake, should have lived off other people like a socialistic, left wing...'

0:15:48 > 0:15:49RECORDER CLICKS OFF

0:15:54 > 0:15:56PHONE RINGS

0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Yes.- 'Hi, Tom. It's Melanie Fall.'

0:16:00 > 0:16:01Melanie.

0:16:01 > 0:16:03Did you hear the news? I can't believe it.

0:16:03 > 0:16:07We'd spent the whole evening telling Dido how offensive he was being.

0:16:07 > 0:16:09'Does that mean you went to dinner?'

0:16:09 > 0:16:13I did. Then I got bored and left them arguing.

0:16:13 > 0:16:16'Really? What were they arguing about?'

0:16:17 > 0:16:19Where are you today?

0:16:19 > 0:16:22- I'm at home. - 'Do you want to get together?'

0:16:22 > 0:16:26Melanie, forgive me, I'd love to meet up but I have visitors.

0:16:27 > 0:16:29This is nice.

0:16:29 > 0:16:31Good afternoon.

0:16:31 > 0:16:33I'm Jim Carroll. This is Little Harry.

0:16:33 > 0:16:36Harry. Tom Eliot.

0:16:36 > 0:16:38We're both policemen. This morning a man was murdered.

0:16:38 > 0:16:40He was hit on the head and thrown in the sea.

0:16:40 > 0:16:42Was it definitely murder? I saw what happened.

0:16:44 > 0:16:45I don't mean...

0:16:45 > 0:16:47OK. Dig yourself out.

0:16:47 > 0:16:51I don't mean I saw the murder but I did see the body being pulled up onto the beach.

0:16:51 > 0:16:53- And you recognised the victim? - I met him last night.

0:16:53 > 0:16:54For the first time?

0:16:56 > 0:16:57How did you meet him?

0:16:57 > 0:16:59I was asked for a drink by Curtis Pelissier.

0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Is he a friend of yours? - As a matter of fact, not.

0:17:02 > 0:17:03Then how does he know you?

0:17:03 > 0:17:05As I say, I don't think he did.

0:17:05 > 0:17:07Then why would you go? Why would you go for a drink?

0:17:07 > 0:17:09I'm going to throw this back at you, Jim.

0:17:09 > 0:17:12Believe it or not, it's unusual to be approached by someone who claims

0:17:12 > 0:17:15they know you when they don't. That's why I went. I was intrigued.

0:17:15 > 0:17:17If I'd known one of the party was going to be killed,

0:17:17 > 0:17:19- I wouldn't have gone.- I dare say neither would he.

0:17:21 > 0:17:24And people say you and Dido got into some kind of violent dispute.

0:17:24 > 0:17:26Violent? No.

0:17:26 > 0:17:27What then?

0:17:27 > 0:17:30By simply existing I seemed to offend his politics.

0:17:30 > 0:17:32You work in public service?

0:17:32 > 0:17:35You're right. You're well informed. Even so,

0:17:35 > 0:17:39I've never heard of anyone killing anyone else because they were a civil servant.

0:17:39 > 0:17:41Are you going to mind if I take a look inside?

0:17:41 > 0:17:42Be my guest.

0:17:46 > 0:17:48You've been here a month or two?

0:17:48 > 0:17:50You had some work done?

0:17:50 > 0:17:54It's a small island, Mr Eliot. You can't build a steel security unit without everyone knowing.

0:17:54 > 0:17:56I wouldn't call it a security unit.

0:17:56 > 0:17:58Wouldn't you? What would you call it?

0:17:58 > 0:18:01Oh, it's just my personal stuff.

0:18:03 > 0:18:04OK...

0:18:04 > 0:18:07I'm going to show it to you, and then you can put your mind at rest.

0:18:11 > 0:18:14First time in my life I've ever seen clothes locked away.

0:18:14 > 0:18:17Some people keep their money in claret, I keep mine in shirts.

0:18:17 > 0:18:21Of course, all of mine have a little crocodile sewn on.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25Makes me wonder what you'd build if you had something really valuable.

0:18:29 > 0:18:31I'm going to say goodbye to you.

0:18:31 > 0:18:34I wonder, before you go, could I ask you a question?

0:18:34 > 0:18:36What was Dido Parsons doing on the island?

0:18:36 > 0:18:40Gladstone International's based here, remember? For tax purposes.

0:18:40 > 0:18:41That was his only reason?

0:18:41 > 0:18:44In a few days, there's going to be this international colloquium.

0:18:44 > 0:18:48This place will be crawling with rich and powerful people.

0:18:48 > 0:18:51The world's leading business people and politicians.

0:18:51 > 0:18:56What, four days in the sun and they conclude that global recovery depends on them making more money?

0:18:56 > 0:18:59They're rich men, they can waste their time any way they want.

0:18:59 > 0:19:01I think Dido came here early

0:19:01 > 0:19:03because he and his friends are planning a new hotel.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06As if what belongers need are more hotels.

0:19:06 > 0:19:07What do you need, Mr Carroll?

0:19:07 > 0:19:11I'll tell you what. Belongers need regular jobs for regular people.

0:19:12 > 0:19:14Isn't that what a hotel would bring?

0:19:14 > 0:19:17So far, all it's brought is a bunch of doubtful-looking

0:19:17 > 0:19:20men from New Jersey and a body on the beach.

0:19:26 > 0:19:27Here she is now...

0:19:27 > 0:19:31Well, we didn't know if you were going to make it.

0:19:31 > 0:19:33Why wouldn't I make it?

0:19:33 > 0:19:36We thought you might have taken to your bed.

0:19:36 > 0:19:39And you gentlemen, how are you coping?

0:19:39 > 0:19:41Managing to contain yourselves, I see.

0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Have you seen the police? - Not yet. Have you?

0:19:44 > 0:19:46- They took away our passports. - I'd like a large Scotch.

0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Certainly.- Frank and I were wondering - who's the new one?

0:19:50 > 0:19:52The one called Eliot.

0:19:52 > 0:19:54We've already got Pelissier to deal with,

0:19:54 > 0:19:55now there's an Englishman as well.

0:19:55 > 0:19:57I like the Englishman.

0:19:59 > 0:20:00Can I ask you something else?

0:20:00 > 0:20:03Go ahead. Ask whatever you like.

0:20:03 > 0:20:05Where'd you go last night? After you left us?

0:20:08 > 0:20:12Melanie, in about half an hour I'm going to have to call Mrs Parsons

0:20:12 > 0:20:13and tell her what happened.

0:20:13 > 0:20:17If there's anything you can add, I need to know.

0:20:20 > 0:20:22Well?

0:20:22 > 0:20:25Well, what? What do you want me to say?

0:20:27 > 0:20:29If you can find the right Mrs Parsons, Gary,

0:20:29 > 0:20:30then good luck to you.

0:20:30 > 0:20:34Because I have met at least five women who have had that honour.

0:20:34 > 0:20:37There was one that was running a dry-cleaning business in LA.

0:20:37 > 0:20:40And wasn't there one that was temping in pest control?

0:20:40 > 0:20:43If you can remember which one is which,

0:20:43 > 0:20:44then you have a better memory than I do.

0:20:46 > 0:20:50So, please, don't tear at my heart-strings about

0:20:50 > 0:20:52some woman who just won a game of musical chairs.

0:20:52 > 0:20:56Because, frankly, I don't think Dido cared any more than I do.

0:20:56 > 0:20:58Or you.

0:20:59 > 0:21:01Ah, good. Is that my Scotch?

0:21:09 > 0:21:12Excuse me. I'm looking to have a word with the manager.

0:21:12 > 0:21:13I am he.

0:21:13 > 0:21:17Then I want to ask if it's still possible to buy a pavilion.

0:21:17 > 0:21:19I think there may be one or two left.

0:21:19 > 0:21:21How are they priced?

0:21:21 > 0:21:22They're priced at 15.

0:21:22 > 0:21:2315 million?

0:21:23 > 0:21:25That's in American dollars.

0:21:25 > 0:21:26Of course it is.

0:21:28 > 0:21:29Plus running costs.

0:21:29 > 0:21:33You own it, we rent it out for you in the weeks you're not using it.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35- I'll get the key.- Thank you.

0:21:53 > 0:21:56Am I mistaken or did I see you here having a drink the other night?

0:21:56 > 0:21:57You're very observant.

0:21:57 > 0:22:00With Mr Parsons. Large bathroom.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03Shower. Jacuzzi.

0:22:03 > 0:22:06Dido was telling me about a rival hotel he was planning.

0:22:06 > 0:22:07- Have you heard about it? - Only rumours.

0:22:07 > 0:22:11- Does it bother you?- For a start, we own a large chunk of the island.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13We have the best beaches on Turks and Caicos.

0:22:13 > 0:22:15- Who are "we"? - I'm talking about our investors.

0:22:15 > 0:22:18Ah, yes. My friend wanted me to ask who those investors were.

0:22:20 > 0:22:21Well, it's a very good question.

0:22:21 > 0:22:23You don't know who owns the hotel?

0:22:23 > 0:22:27I know who owned it yesterday, but I don't know who owns it today.

0:22:27 > 0:22:30- How come?- Because that's the way of things now.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35Mr Eliot, I used to be able to open the bonnet, take out a wrench

0:22:35 > 0:22:37and fix my car.

0:22:37 > 0:22:39Now I'd need a degree in electronics.

0:22:39 > 0:22:41Even easy things are difficult now.

0:22:44 > 0:22:47Perhaps you'll stay for a Bellini on the house?

0:22:47 > 0:22:49I have to get going, the police are going to release

0:22:49 > 0:22:50Mr Parsons' room.

0:22:50 > 0:22:53Do you have someone staying there tonight?

0:22:53 > 0:22:55It may sound heartless, but that's the hotel business.

0:22:55 > 0:22:58I'm only as good as my occupancy rate.

0:22:58 > 0:23:00In the door and out?

0:23:10 > 0:23:12You're going to get me sacked.

0:23:12 > 0:23:14I won't get you sacked, I'll get you promoted.

0:23:16 > 0:23:18Follow me at a distance,

0:23:18 > 0:23:20like you don't know me, but you'd like to.

0:23:37 > 0:23:39This guy Pelissier gives nothing away.

0:23:39 > 0:23:43I've been cleaning his room three days, you wouldn't know he was here.

0:23:43 > 0:23:47Huh. Girlfriend? Celibate?

0:23:47 > 0:23:49Celibate, sure. If celibate's a kind of fish.

0:23:53 > 0:23:56If I were a detective, I'd say the way there's nothing suspicious

0:23:56 > 0:23:58is very suspicious.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01You should leave. I don't want you caught.

0:24:21 > 0:24:23"Curtis Pelissier" indeed!

0:24:30 > 0:24:31MOBILE PHONE RINGS

0:24:31 > 0:24:33Yes.

0:24:33 > 0:24:35'Good morning, it's your old friend Rollo.'

0:24:35 > 0:24:38Rollo, I don't believe it. You got my messages.

0:24:38 > 0:24:40'I couldn't miss them. I can smell panic at 3,000 miles.'

0:24:40 > 0:24:42It's not panic, it's opportunity.

0:24:42 > 0:24:45OK, it looks like I have been identified by an American colleague.

0:24:45 > 0:24:48That's not an opportunity. That's a disaster.

0:24:48 > 0:24:51'It could be a disaster, yes, but I'm planning to play him along.'

0:24:53 > 0:24:56To do that you would need to be cleverer than he is. Do you think that's possible?

0:24:56 > 0:24:59- We're going to find out, aren't we? - Can't you just make a run for it?

0:24:59 > 0:25:00'If I were you, I'd run for it.

0:25:00 > 0:25:03In a few days, there's this thing called the Island Colloquium,

0:25:03 > 0:25:06run by a man called Stirling Rogers. You must have heard of him.

0:25:06 > 0:25:09Everyone's heard of him. Private equity. Buying up most of England.

0:25:09 > 0:25:13Not just England. Turns out he's a business associate of the men we're interested in.

0:25:13 > 0:25:14- The men from New Jersey?- 'Yes.'

0:25:14 > 0:25:15'What do you want me to do?'

0:25:15 > 0:25:16Margot.

0:25:18 > 0:25:19'I'm sorry?'

0:25:19 > 0:25:23Margot works for Rogers. After she left Millbank.

0:25:23 > 0:25:25Shit smart, too clever to be a spy. That's where she went.

0:25:27 > 0:25:29Johnny, is this a good idea?

0:25:29 > 0:25:31Rollo... Shouldn't I decide that?

0:25:31 > 0:25:36Look, if you stay where you are, the CIA are going to be bringing you home...in a cage.

0:25:36 > 0:25:38That's a chance I'm going to have to take.

0:25:38 > 0:25:40I need you to find Margot.

0:25:41 > 0:25:44I want everything she can tell us about Stirling Rogers.

0:25:59 > 0:26:02TANNOY: 'The next station is London Bridge.

0:26:02 > 0:26:05'Change for the Northern Line and National Rail services.'

0:26:23 > 0:26:25Well, I thought it was you.

0:26:25 > 0:26:27I was worried you might remember me.

0:26:27 > 0:26:30Of course I remember you. And I spotted you way back.

0:26:30 > 0:26:31I spotted you at Aldgate East.

0:26:31 > 0:26:33You did not... When I got on?

0:26:33 > 0:26:36Yeah. You did that backward thing. Did no-one ever teach you?

0:26:36 > 0:26:39It's much more effective to tail someone by going ahead.

0:26:39 > 0:26:40Margot, I taught the fucking course!

0:26:40 > 0:26:44- Always go in front! - I know, I just never believed it. It's counter-intuitive.

0:26:44 > 0:26:46Well, now you're paying the price.

0:26:52 > 0:26:54You don't look good.

0:26:54 > 0:26:56That's because I've been clubbing till an hour ago.

0:26:56 > 0:26:58It's almost nine o'clock.

0:26:58 > 0:27:00Yeah. Unfortunately there's a new bylaw.

0:27:00 > 0:27:02Men under 25 not permitted to fuck older men

0:27:02 > 0:27:04until six o'clock in the morning.

0:27:04 > 0:27:06What do you do, take a book?

0:27:06 > 0:27:08A book and a pillow, yeah.

0:27:12 > 0:27:14So, how is Johnny?

0:27:14 > 0:27:18It's a long story. As it happens, we're both discredited and we're both disgraced.

0:27:18 > 0:27:19What do you do now?

0:27:19 > 0:27:20I work for the Financial Times.

0:27:20 > 0:27:24But anyway, the point is this - Johnny asked me to get in touch.

0:27:24 > 0:27:27By the way, he said to say sorry for how long it's been.

0:27:27 > 0:27:28- Four years.- Really?

0:27:28 > 0:27:31Four years, three months and four days.

0:27:31 > 0:27:32You're not counting?

0:27:34 > 0:27:37- And if it's so important, why didn't he come himself? - He couldn't come.

0:27:37 > 0:27:38Couldn't? Why not?

0:27:38 > 0:27:41Because he had to leave the country.

0:27:41 > 0:27:42Had to?

0:27:45 > 0:27:47I'm surprised.

0:27:48 > 0:27:49Johnny was a good man.

0:27:50 > 0:27:53And much the cleverest in the building.

0:27:53 > 0:27:55He's still a good man. It's the building that's changed.

0:27:59 > 0:28:01Rollo, I really have left that world.

0:28:01 > 0:28:04- I don't want anything to do with it. - I quite understand.

0:28:04 > 0:28:07I work for Stirling Rogers. But you probably knew that already.

0:28:07 > 0:28:10- That's what Johnny needed to talk to you about.- Go on.

0:28:10 > 0:28:13Everyone reckons Stirling Rogers is completely legitimate.

0:28:13 > 0:28:16He certainly is. He plays squash with the Prime Minister.

0:28:16 > 0:28:19- People question his methods.- Sure. - He has a reputation.

0:28:19 > 0:28:21He's tough. He has to be. He's private equity.

0:28:22 > 0:28:25He buys a failing business, he makes it work.

0:28:25 > 0:28:28The chariot goes at a certain speed. Peasants fall under the wheels.

0:28:28 > 0:28:30- That happens.- I'm sure it does.

0:28:30 > 0:28:33Johnny thought you might be able to give him the inside track.

0:28:33 > 0:28:38- On what?- On his links. On his links to some people who might not smell as savoury as he does.

0:28:40 > 0:28:41You're shocked.

0:28:41 > 0:28:43I'm not shocked, I'm just unwilling.

0:28:43 > 0:28:46I'm not in the business of betraying my boss.

0:28:46 > 0:28:48It's the international side that interests us.

0:28:48 > 0:28:50In particular?

0:28:50 > 0:28:51The American side.

0:28:54 > 0:28:56I saw a flicker in there.

0:28:56 > 0:28:58No. You saw no flicker.

0:28:58 > 0:29:01Margot, I cannot tell you how serious this is.

0:29:01 > 0:29:02It may be a life-saving thing.

0:29:02 > 0:29:05Saving Johnny's life, you mean? What happens to mine?

0:29:05 > 0:29:09Remember, I have a good job. Security. Incredible salary.

0:29:09 > 0:29:11Family?

0:29:20 > 0:29:24Normally, when a man asks you to risk everything,

0:29:24 > 0:29:26he does it in person.

0:29:34 > 0:29:36Did he ever give you the talk about trust?

0:29:36 > 0:29:38What talk's that?

0:29:38 > 0:29:41Oh, Johnny used to always say that life was about trust.

0:29:41 > 0:29:46Trust isn't always rewarded, but on the other hand,

0:29:46 > 0:29:50if you make decisions based on trust,

0:29:50 > 0:29:53then they'll have a sort of rightness to them.

0:29:57 > 0:29:59Does that mean you're in?

0:29:59 > 0:30:01MUZAK PLAYS IN LIFT

0:30:17 > 0:30:19- Morning.- Good morning.- Morning.

0:30:19 > 0:30:20Morning.

0:30:24 > 0:30:26You all right?

0:30:26 > 0:30:27Yes, I'm fine. Good morning.

0:30:30 > 0:30:32Anything you need to talk to me about?

0:30:32 > 0:30:33Nothing urgent.

0:30:35 > 0:30:38- Well, there is something I wanted to ask.- Ask.

0:30:39 > 0:30:41What exactly is happening with the Bridge?

0:31:02 > 0:31:04So perhaps you'll tell me what you're doing here.

0:31:04 > 0:31:07You went into my room, I thought I'd go into yours.

0:31:07 > 0:31:09Next stop, the Credit Bank of Panama.

0:31:09 > 0:31:12- I don't know what you're talking about.- Don't you?

0:31:12 > 0:31:15If your things are no longer in that safe,

0:31:15 > 0:31:17the only place they can be is the bank.

0:31:17 > 0:31:21- Unless you got that little boy to bury them in the sand. - What little boy is that?

0:31:21 > 0:31:24Didn't I see you the other day - you were eating lobster.

0:31:25 > 0:31:28- What's that line of Eliot's? Remind me.- I don't know.

0:31:28 > 0:31:31"I should have been a pair of ragged claws,

0:31:31 > 0:31:33"scuttling across the floors of silent seas..."

0:31:33 > 0:31:36Sounds to me more like a crab, not like a lobster.

0:31:36 > 0:31:39So that's why you took Eliot's name. Because you like his poetry?

0:31:39 > 0:31:42- I didn't take the name, I was given it.- Were you?

0:31:42 > 0:31:45My parents never read a line of poetry in their lives.

0:31:45 > 0:31:50- What were their names? - Oh. Jean Eliot. Clifford. Why?

0:31:50 > 0:31:52Do you need a glass of water?

0:31:52 > 0:31:55Look, this is Turks and Caicos, nobody's who they claim to be.

0:31:55 > 0:31:58It's a home for dirty money, which, as TS Eliot would observe, is

0:31:58 > 0:32:02a tautology, because there isn't any other kind these days.

0:32:04 > 0:32:06I think you're fishing, Pelissier.

0:32:06 > 0:32:09- Curtis.- I'm a retired civil servant and that's it.

0:32:09 > 0:32:12If you were a retired civil servant, you wouldn't come for a drink.

0:32:12 > 0:32:16- I haven't agreed to come for a drink tonight.- No. But you will. Be-definitely.

0:32:23 > 0:32:26It's an interesting place, isn't it?

0:32:26 > 0:32:27It certainly is.

0:32:27 > 0:32:31Nowadays, people will go anywhere to avoid paying tax.

0:32:31 > 0:32:35A quick visit to Liechtenstein, Monaco, maybe Jersey,

0:32:35 > 0:32:38empty the vaults of private wealth

0:32:38 > 0:32:40and you could write off the world's debt in a day.

0:32:40 > 0:32:42In an hour. In a minute.

0:32:43 > 0:32:46Three quarters of the world's cash is hidden away in places

0:32:46 > 0:32:48- exactly like this. - Turks and Caicos?

0:32:48 > 0:32:5021 trillion dollars.

0:32:50 > 0:32:54It exists - an entire alternative economy,

0:32:54 > 0:32:58and the only entry qualification, the services of a good tax lawyer.

0:33:01 > 0:33:04Whatever happened to the idea of shame?

0:33:04 > 0:33:08"Shame"? Went the way of honour, didn't it?

0:33:13 > 0:33:16So, what do you think about the murder?

0:33:16 > 0:33:17I'm sorry?

0:33:17 > 0:33:20What was it? A mugging? That's what his friends are saying.

0:33:20 > 0:33:24I'm afraid I assumed he was knocked off by an acquaintance. Maybe someone we had a drink with.

0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Is that what you think?- But then you know those people better than me.

0:33:27 > 0:33:30Correction. I've spent five painful days trying to get to know them.

0:33:30 > 0:33:32In fact, I was just getting close to Dido

0:33:32 > 0:33:35when somebody whacked him on the head.

0:33:35 > 0:33:40Here we are. What was your mother's name again?

0:33:40 > 0:33:43My mother's name? Jean. My father's, Clifford.

0:33:43 > 0:33:45That's right. Yes. I remember now.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59- You're doing that thing. - What thing is that?

0:33:59 > 0:34:03That thing of pretending to drink. I've had three, you've had none.

0:34:03 > 0:34:07I'm counting. Is that because you think of this meeting as work?

0:34:08 > 0:34:10OK. Is this the moment?

0:34:13 > 0:34:14You go first.

0:34:14 > 0:34:15I think you're CIA.

0:34:15 > 0:34:16CIA?

0:34:16 > 0:34:17In one.

0:34:17 > 0:34:19What makes you think that?

0:34:19 > 0:34:20Because you don't exist on the internet.

0:34:20 > 0:34:23And because you had my phone number in 30 seconds.

0:34:23 > 0:34:25Not hard to get on this island. I could pay your maid.

0:34:25 > 0:34:29- I don't have a maid. - Just like you got my maid to help search my room.

0:34:31 > 0:34:35OK, I'm going to ask you a favour.

0:34:35 > 0:34:38Whatever else you do, please don't involve any maid.

0:34:38 > 0:34:41What is this? Old-fashioned gallantry? What's her name?

0:34:41 > 0:34:45Natalie? And now for the first time I see a human being.

0:34:45 > 0:34:47You're vulnerable, aren't you, Tom?

0:34:47 > 0:34:49You don't like to see women get hurt.

0:34:49 > 0:34:51I don't like to see anyone get hurt.

0:34:51 > 0:34:54Do you know the story of St Augustine and the seashell?

0:34:54 > 0:34:55Do you know, I don't.

0:34:55 > 0:34:57I keep thinking of it.

0:34:57 > 0:35:00St Augustine saw a child on the beach trying to empty the sea with

0:35:00 > 0:35:01a shell.

0:35:01 > 0:35:04If you want to know what my work feels like at the moment,

0:35:04 > 0:35:05then that sums things up.

0:35:06 > 0:35:07Tell me more.

0:35:09 > 0:35:13The people you had a drink with are first-class crooks.

0:35:13 > 0:35:16In fact, they're more than crooks. They're contractors.

0:35:16 > 0:35:17But you know that, don't you?

0:35:17 > 0:35:20Do I? Somebody told me they were here to build a hotel.

0:35:20 > 0:35:24They build hotels. Yes. When they're not doing other things.

0:35:24 > 0:35:26I came down here to take a good look at them.

0:35:26 > 0:35:29I couldn't believe my luck when I saw you sitting on the beach

0:35:29 > 0:35:32because it wasn't the first time I'd seen you.

0:35:32 > 0:35:34- Really?- Yes.

0:35:34 > 0:35:35I don't remember.

0:35:35 > 0:35:37I saw you, you didn't see me.

0:35:37 > 0:35:39- Where?- I was behind glass.

0:35:42 > 0:35:43Langley?

0:35:46 > 0:35:48Even more interesting,

0:35:48 > 0:35:50I got sent an alert just a couple of months ago.

0:35:50 > 0:35:52- We all did.- What sort of alert?

0:35:52 > 0:35:55When you left England. Congratulations.

0:35:55 > 0:35:56You're Public Enemy Number One.

0:35:56 > 0:35:59Your Prime Minister hates you with a passion.

0:35:59 > 0:36:00Something to do with a file?

0:36:04 > 0:36:05A file you stole!

0:36:06 > 0:36:10I mean, Johnny, I don't want to blow smoke up your ass but in

0:36:10 > 0:36:16my opinion you're the only man who comes well out of the war on terror.

0:36:23 > 0:36:24# Oh, please... #

0:36:24 > 0:36:25Two more, please.

0:36:25 > 0:36:28# ..I'm the great pretender

0:36:30 > 0:36:34# Pretending that I'm doing well... #

0:36:35 > 0:36:39Why, yes, it's been a fascinating few years, you could say,

0:36:39 > 0:36:43since 9/11. Do you know how many Americans now work in intelligence?

0:36:43 > 0:36:44I don't know.

0:36:44 > 0:36:48Over 200,000. In 16 different agencies.

0:36:48 > 0:36:53With 30,000 private contractors in 170 countries at a grand

0:36:53 > 0:36:57cost to the taxpayer of 75 billion a year.

0:36:57 > 0:37:00And they still call it the intelligence community.

0:37:00 > 0:37:02I don't think so.

0:37:02 > 0:37:05A new president came in, and he made a promise.

0:37:05 > 0:37:08- No more torture.- Close Guantanamo.

0:37:08 > 0:37:10Right. Only guess what? It didn't happen.

0:37:10 > 0:37:15So. Here I am, passing the time pretending to be a businessman.

0:37:15 > 0:37:17Is this with company approval?

0:37:17 > 0:37:18Remember?

0:37:20 > 0:37:23Only a few years back, America was rich.

0:37:23 > 0:37:27We could go to war. We could fight all the wars we wanted, and nobody counted the cost.

0:37:27 > 0:37:28You got ripped off?

0:37:28 > 0:37:30Royally.

0:37:30 > 0:37:33Now it's dusk in America and people are sore.

0:37:33 > 0:37:37It's time for us to get our money back.

0:37:37 > 0:37:40And I'm guessing that prospect might interest you too.

0:37:44 > 0:37:46All right, I'm going to propose a deal.

0:37:46 > 0:37:48Whatever it is, it's not going to be good enough.

0:37:48 > 0:37:52- How do you know?- Johnny, you're dealing from an empty deck.

0:37:52 > 0:37:55Tall, thin Englishman with good manners in a good suit.

0:37:55 > 0:38:00Not many of those. You're going to be spotted wherever you go.

0:38:00 > 0:38:02And let's face it,

0:38:02 > 0:38:06there's nothing in the world so blown as a blown spy.

0:38:08 > 0:38:11OK, I'm going to help you pull in these crooks.

0:38:11 > 0:38:12That's what I was hoping.

0:38:12 > 0:38:15And in return you're going to let me go.

0:38:15 > 0:38:17Why would I do that? I'm a patriotic American.

0:38:17 > 0:38:20You're not going to call London, you're not going to call Langley.

0:38:20 > 0:38:23We're going to do the job and you're going to give me 24 hours to get away.

0:38:23 > 0:38:26You do well out of it, I do better.

0:38:26 > 0:38:27Is that a deal?

0:38:35 > 0:38:40There is something's wrong with Melanie Fall. She's damaged.

0:38:41 > 0:38:43I want you to find out why.

0:38:45 > 0:38:47RADIO: 'In his memoirs, Shostakovich asks his readers

0:38:47 > 0:38:50'if they know the line from a Russian children's story

0:38:50 > 0:38:53'about how hard it is to pull a hippo from a swamp.

0:38:53 > 0:38:56'Well, says Shostakovich, I'm pulling a hippo from the swamp of my memory.

0:38:56 > 0:38:58'The hippo's name is Glazunov.'

0:39:01 > 0:39:02ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS

0:39:29 > 0:39:31- Madam, if I may?- Thank you.

0:39:35 > 0:39:37We don't do this often enough.

0:39:37 > 0:39:40Not for want of trying. On my part, at least.

0:39:42 > 0:39:44Are you going to have wine?

0:39:44 > 0:39:46I certainly am.

0:39:46 > 0:39:48Give me a moment, I'm going to choose something serious.

0:39:50 > 0:39:56I, er...felt it was time we addressed fundamentals.

0:39:56 > 0:40:00- Fundamentals are good. - I suppose I've been trying to understand the pattern.

0:40:00 > 0:40:04- Pattern?- Of what businesses we buy. And why we buy them.

0:40:04 > 0:40:07You know this stuff. Any business which presents a market opportunity.

0:40:07 > 0:40:10Yes, but in practice, it's not quite as simple as that, is it?

0:40:10 > 0:40:11There's got to be some ethical dimension.

0:40:11 > 0:40:15I wouldn't buy a brothel because I thought the whores could do more tricks to the hour.

0:40:15 > 0:40:18- Exactly, this is what I'm interested in. - I'm old-fashioned.

0:40:18 > 0:40:21I like to think that if I do well, maybe achieve a certain

0:40:21 > 0:40:25style of life, then I can raise the level around me.

0:40:25 > 0:40:27- As I go up, so do others. - It's a great idea.

0:40:27 > 0:40:31This morning, you asked about the Bridge. Well, this is what the Bridge is about.

0:40:31 > 0:40:36- We're putting something aside. - Yeah. But to what end? Specifically? How's it going to work?

0:40:37 > 0:40:39Tell me, is this what you want to know?

0:40:41 > 0:40:44Sorry, I'm not sure I've ever quite known what drew you

0:40:44 > 0:40:45to us in the first place.

0:40:45 > 0:40:46Haven't you?

0:40:46 > 0:40:49You never actually told me why you left Millbank.

0:40:49 > 0:40:52We had you checked out, of course we did, if not by the best

0:40:52 > 0:40:55background checkers in England, certainly the most expensive.

0:40:55 > 0:40:57What did they say?

0:40:57 > 0:41:00A personal issue. A man.

0:41:03 > 0:41:05Well, then your money was well spent.

0:41:07 > 0:41:08Did they give you his name?

0:41:08 > 0:41:10If so, I chose to forget it.

0:41:14 > 0:41:16You do brilliant work for us, Margot,

0:41:16 > 0:41:19but remember your job is analysis.

0:41:19 > 0:41:22On every project you're first in and you're first out.

0:41:22 > 0:41:25- You stay back at HQ. - I'm not there for the rougher stuff, is that what you're saying?

0:41:25 > 0:41:29We believe that efficiency generates prosperity. We lean companies.

0:41:29 > 0:41:31We cut the fat. That's what we do.

0:41:31 > 0:41:34But we both know that comes at a human cost.

0:41:34 > 0:41:37Sackings. Families out on the pavement.

0:41:37 > 0:41:39That's why the Bridge is important to me.

0:41:39 > 0:41:42I like to believe there's a contribution to the social

0:41:42 > 0:41:44fabric at the end of all this.

0:41:44 > 0:41:46Stirling, why only you?

0:41:46 > 0:41:50You're trying to make some moral sense of what we're doing.

0:41:50 > 0:41:52Don't you think the rest of us think about these things?

0:41:52 > 0:41:54Of course you do. I know that.

0:41:54 > 0:41:55Look...

0:41:55 > 0:42:00There are only so many paper cup companies I can turn around.

0:42:01 > 0:42:05If the Bridge is doing something to make a difference...

0:42:06 > 0:42:07..I'd like to be part of it.

0:42:17 > 0:42:20Silly, isn't it? You work with people, you like them -

0:42:20 > 0:42:22and you so easily forget they're as complicated as you are.

0:42:24 > 0:42:26Yes, you do.

0:42:28 > 0:42:31- I'll take you through the Bridge tomorrow.- Thank you.

0:42:33 > 0:42:34- Dinner?- Yes, please.

0:42:38 > 0:42:39Oh, one more question.

0:42:39 > 0:42:44The man at M15, you're over him, are you?

0:42:44 > 0:42:47Oh, yes. Long over.

0:42:54 > 0:42:58There you are, I was thinking you might be overworked.

0:42:58 > 0:43:02I am overworked. I've been reading company reports.

0:43:02 > 0:43:03I was wondering perhaps

0:43:03 > 0:43:05if you'd like to take a trip round the island.

0:43:05 > 0:43:09This place is rather beyond my pay grade. Do you have a car?

0:43:09 > 0:43:10I have access to a car.

0:43:12 > 0:43:14Do you want to have a swim before we go?

0:43:16 > 0:43:19I don't have any trunks.

0:43:19 > 0:43:20Shame.

0:43:42 > 0:43:46- If you really want to know, Frank was a friend of my father's. So was Gary.- I see.

0:43:48 > 0:43:51They only half need me on this trip, they more brought me

0:43:51 > 0:43:53here as a reward.

0:43:53 > 0:43:54A reward for what?

0:43:54 > 0:43:55For being a good girl.

0:43:58 > 0:44:01- A glass of beer?- I'd like that. - Two, please.

0:44:02 > 0:44:05What happened on the night that Dido was killed?

0:44:07 > 0:44:08Why do you ask?

0:44:08 > 0:44:10You rang me, remember, you wanted to talk about it.

0:44:10 > 0:44:11So I did.

0:44:12 > 0:44:16But first, tell me why did you come to Turks and Caicos?

0:44:16 > 0:44:18Shitty little tax-dodge islands.

0:44:18 > 0:44:20I went to an airport in London and took the first flight.

0:44:20 > 0:44:22Believe it or not, I'd never even heard of them.

0:44:22 > 0:44:25Frank's convinced you're from Inland Revenue.

0:44:27 > 0:44:29I wonder what makes him think that.

0:44:29 > 0:44:33Oh, and about what happened that night? Well, let me tell you...

0:44:33 > 0:44:34Dido was in an obnoxious state.

0:44:34 > 0:44:35I remember.

0:44:35 > 0:44:39It got even more so as the evening went on.

0:44:39 > 0:44:43One thing I've noticed about rich people is they're angry most of the time.

0:44:43 > 0:44:46Maybe they're frightened someone's going to come and take their money away.

0:44:46 > 0:44:50Dido was an unusual man. I'd known him my whole life.

0:44:50 > 0:44:53We were sitting there saying "It's a beautiful night,

0:44:53 > 0:44:57"you've got a drink in your hand, you've just bought a hotel, how's life going to get better?"

0:44:57 > 0:44:59- He bought the hotel? - Yeah... Sure. They all had.

0:44:59 > 0:45:04- The one you're staying at? - Dido just kept complaining then sort of staggered off into the distance.

0:45:04 > 0:45:06Who with? Who did he go with?

0:45:09 > 0:45:11Let's talk about something else, shall we?

0:45:24 > 0:45:27You have to eat. You have to eat something.

0:45:29 > 0:45:31Do I? Why?

0:45:38 > 0:45:42Look, these men, they're family friends,

0:45:42 > 0:45:44if that's what you're asking.

0:45:45 > 0:45:49I grew up in New Jersey, people coming round, doing deals,

0:45:49 > 0:45:54family business, shaking hands, then disappearing.

0:45:54 > 0:45:56There's always a hunt for advantage.

0:45:58 > 0:46:00I was always alone.

0:46:00 > 0:46:03I was an only child, with only one parent...

0:46:05 > 0:46:07..in a big, gloomy house on a hill.

0:46:08 > 0:46:11Just me and my dad rattling around.

0:46:11 > 0:46:14- Is your father still alive? - No, he's dead.

0:46:20 > 0:46:22So I got used to being on my own.

0:46:25 > 0:46:26I was pretty...

0:46:27 > 0:46:30..and my father's friends liked to be with me.

0:46:35 > 0:46:37Dad liked it too.

0:46:41 > 0:46:43You understand what I'm saying?

0:46:48 > 0:46:50Have you talked to anyone about this?

0:46:55 > 0:46:56I'm talking to you.

0:47:01 > 0:47:03Have you ever known anyone who didn't hurt you?

0:47:14 > 0:47:16I need to go to the bathroom.

0:47:18 > 0:47:20Too much beer.

0:47:28 > 0:47:30PHONE BUZZES

0:47:47 > 0:47:49I've upset you, I'm sorry.

0:47:53 > 0:47:58No, it's not your fault. There's something wrong with me.

0:47:59 > 0:48:01There's nothing wrong with you.

0:48:03 > 0:48:08Trust me, there is... There is something deeply wrong me.

0:48:10 > 0:48:14I know more about it than you. I've lived with it longer.

0:48:17 > 0:48:21I won't tell anyone, I promise.

0:48:24 > 0:48:26Thank you.

0:48:33 > 0:48:34Shall we go for a walk?

0:48:38 > 0:48:41You don't think I'm fooled, do you?

0:48:41 > 0:48:43I'm sorry?

0:48:43 > 0:48:44You and Pelissier.

0:48:44 > 0:48:46Oh.

0:48:46 > 0:48:47You don't fool me for a minute.

0:48:49 > 0:48:52Is everyone in British intelligence as charming as you?

0:48:55 > 0:48:58I assume you're working with Curtis.

0:49:00 > 0:49:01Well?

0:49:01 > 0:49:03It's not quite as simple as that.

0:49:03 > 0:49:05It never is.

0:49:05 > 0:49:07But he has asked me to help him, yes.

0:49:10 > 0:49:12Help him get something he can't get for himself?

0:49:18 > 0:49:20Well, I've made a decision, Tom.

0:49:22 > 0:49:25I don't want to spend the rest of my life in witness protection.

0:49:25 > 0:49:27I promise you it won't come to that.

0:49:29 > 0:49:32And are all your promises made so easily?

0:49:37 > 0:49:39Yeah, well... I have an idea.

0:49:39 > 0:49:42I have an idea how we might all get out of this thing alive.

0:49:42 > 0:49:45But there's a problem.

0:49:45 > 0:49:46What's the problem?

0:49:47 > 0:49:49You're going to have to trust me.

0:50:00 > 0:50:01You're good at this.

0:50:01 > 0:50:02It's a simple game.

0:50:02 > 0:50:05You just got to be fast and accurate.

0:50:07 > 0:50:10And have a talent for display.

0:50:10 > 0:50:12If you play like that, you're going to get arrested.

0:50:12 > 0:50:14Whose going to arrest ME?

0:50:24 > 0:50:26And I'll see you and raise five...

0:50:35 > 0:50:41Thank you, Tom. I enjoyed my day. You're a nice man.

0:50:41 > 0:50:43We'll talk again tomorrow.

0:50:43 > 0:50:44Can't we talk tonight?

0:50:47 > 0:50:52You ought to be careful, because if you're not,

0:50:52 > 0:50:53these people will kill you.

0:50:59 > 0:51:00Six to you, Curtis.

0:51:04 > 0:51:05- Hello, baby.- Hey.

0:51:05 > 0:51:07- Hey, Melanie.- Nice day?

0:51:09 > 0:51:12- I'll see you. - You have GOT to be kidding me!

0:51:17 > 0:51:21I'm happy to show you this, but bear in mind, it's confidential.

0:51:21 > 0:51:23The Bridge is a charitable foundation.

0:51:23 > 0:51:26We will file but we haven't filed yet. We're not in that position.

0:51:26 > 0:51:28I see. Any reason for that?

0:51:29 > 0:51:33Money's always happiest when it migrates.

0:51:34 > 0:51:37There it is - marching across the page.

0:51:37 > 0:51:41There's nothing more beautiful, is there, than money going to work?

0:51:43 > 0:51:45See this? Consulting.

0:51:45 > 0:51:48- Consulting? - Exactly. We put it aside.

0:51:50 > 0:51:52It's like a tithe.

0:51:52 > 0:51:54Exactly. It's a tithe. On everything we do.

0:51:54 > 0:51:57Business doesn't interest me, philosophy does.

0:51:57 > 0:51:58That's why I have the colloquium.

0:51:58 > 0:52:01It's for architects, not plumbers.

0:52:01 > 0:52:03It's for people who want to re-design the system,

0:52:03 > 0:52:05not just make it work.

0:52:06 > 0:52:07You're one of those people?

0:52:12 > 0:52:15Come to the colloquium. Why don't you?

0:52:15 > 0:52:17We can hang out on the islands.

0:52:17 > 0:52:19Islands?

0:52:19 > 0:52:20Turks and Caicos.

0:52:22 > 0:52:24Remind me?

0:52:24 > 0:52:29An hour away from Miami by air, and a universe away in spirit.

0:52:29 > 0:52:31Sir, the Prime Minister's waiting.

0:52:37 > 0:52:39Don't worry. I'll put it away.

0:52:51 > 0:52:54Stirling...

0:52:54 > 0:52:56Alec, I'm sorry, I had no idea you were early.

0:52:56 > 0:52:58No problem, I love being kept waiting by you.

0:52:58 > 0:53:00So where are we going to go?

0:53:00 > 0:53:02My shout, wherever you want.

0:53:02 > 0:53:03Do you want Japanese?

0:53:03 > 0:53:05No. There's a good steak house in Hoxton.

0:53:05 > 0:53:08You go to all these official dinners, you never get a decent piece of meat...

0:53:35 > 0:53:37- I'd forgotten about this. - About what?

0:53:37 > 0:53:39What fun it is.

0:53:39 > 0:53:42The first sheet is like a trap door.

0:53:42 > 0:53:45It gets us into the catacomb, but it doesn't get us through.

0:53:45 > 0:53:4810% on everything goes to the Bridge.

0:53:48 > 0:53:51Rogers is charging for his services. Then...

0:53:51 > 0:53:56- Then what? - I don't get it. "Future projects."

0:53:59 > 0:54:01Can you go back? Can you get any more?

0:54:01 > 0:54:05This is good, but it it's not good enough.

0:54:11 > 0:54:13Did Johnny tell you what happened?

0:54:15 > 0:54:18You remember, we were together for a long time.

0:54:18 > 0:54:21And we thought we'd be together for the rest of our lives.

0:54:21 > 0:54:22You could put up with the jazz?

0:54:22 > 0:54:27I could put up with everything. Except being a spy.

0:54:27 > 0:54:33I decided two spies wasn't a good idea. Together. Too many secrets.

0:54:33 > 0:54:34Too many lies.

0:54:34 > 0:54:35It was you who left?

0:54:43 > 0:54:48Johnny's promised me. Whatever happens, he's going to protect you.

0:54:48 > 0:54:51How exactly is he going to protect me?

0:54:51 > 0:54:53I don't even know where he is.

0:54:53 > 0:54:54Margot?

0:54:54 > 0:54:56Yes?

0:54:56 > 0:54:58He's on Turks and Caicos.

0:54:59 > 0:55:01Well, I had a feeling he might be.

0:55:08 > 0:55:11I have to congratulate you, Rollo. You've done well.

0:55:11 > 0:55:13- 'Have I?'- Of course.

0:55:13 > 0:55:17'Not just dragged her back in, but ruined her life as well? Just when she thought she was rid of you.'

0:55:17 > 0:55:20- She's going to thank you for that. - 'Is she? Is she really?'

0:55:20 > 0:55:22Yes. In the long run. What about the other thing?

0:55:22 > 0:55:26Yes, there is a new boss at the CIA, a new broom,

0:55:26 > 0:55:30and, yes, it's true, he wants to make a fresh start. Whatever that means.

0:55:30 > 0:55:32And the man who calls himself Curtis Pelissier?

0:55:32 > 0:55:34In your description, six foot two, 160 pounds,

0:55:34 > 0:55:36- cultured, striking... - 'That's the chap.'

0:55:36 > 0:55:38We don't have a match. I'm sorry,

0:55:38 > 0:55:41I know you don't want to hear this, but he could be anyone at all.

0:56:06 > 0:56:09Ah, there you are. I've been looking for you.

0:56:09 > 0:56:11I'm a man of regular habits, Mr Eliot.

0:56:11 > 0:56:14I take coffee here every morning. Harry, another cup.

0:56:16 > 0:56:19So, how may I help?

0:56:19 > 0:56:22Oh. I've been wondering how the investigation was going.

0:56:22 > 0:56:24Have you? What's your interest?

0:56:24 > 0:56:27Well, if you remember, I was briefly a suspect, I believe.

0:56:27 > 0:56:28It was done with an oar.

0:56:28 > 0:56:29Really?

0:56:29 > 0:56:31Yeah. Wham! Across the face.

0:56:32 > 0:56:36Two people out in a boat, only one slugged the other with an oar.

0:56:36 > 0:56:37Smashed the cheek.

0:56:37 > 0:56:38Parsons fell in the water?

0:56:38 > 0:56:42Are you some kind of professional investigator, Mr Eliot?

0:56:42 > 0:56:45I'm a civil servant looking for somewhere pleasant to retire.

0:56:45 > 0:56:48And what's Pelissier? The lost prince of the Romanovs?

0:56:48 > 0:56:52If you want to know, I'd put my money on an angry woman.

0:56:52 > 0:56:55- Yes? Why? - It's a crime of passion, isn't it?

0:56:55 > 0:56:57- Passion?- Yes.

0:56:57 > 0:56:59If it's a woman, have you have a suspect?

0:56:59 > 0:57:01Better than that, we have her passport.

0:57:01 > 0:57:04And in 24 hours we'll have her DNA.

0:57:04 > 0:57:07You weren't thinking of telling her, were you?

0:57:10 > 0:57:13Do you understand the constitution of these islands?

0:57:13 > 0:57:16Did you know Turks and Caicos is a Crown Protectorate?

0:57:16 > 0:57:20- I think I do, yes. - And the currency is American but the jurisdiction is British.

0:57:20 > 0:57:24We trade in the dollar and kneel to the Crown.

0:57:24 > 0:57:27Yeah. What you might call the worst of both worlds.

0:57:27 > 0:57:31Down at my level, you keep coming across people who

0:57:31 > 0:57:34think that murder is a minor crime.

0:57:34 > 0:57:38- I've noticed that.- They don't seem concerned about it at all.

0:57:38 > 0:57:41When the CIA wants something, the rest of us have to step out the way.

0:57:43 > 0:57:47Consider yourself fortunate. I happen to like you.

0:57:48 > 0:57:50Personally, I mean.

0:57:50 > 0:57:52Why on earth do you like me?

0:57:52 > 0:57:55Family reasons. I like the way you've treated my sister.

0:57:55 > 0:57:58- Your sister? - And you've been good to my nephew.

0:58:00 > 0:58:03Yeah. Aldous needs a man in his life.

0:58:03 > 0:58:05He's a good boy. I like him.

0:58:05 > 0:58:06I know you do.

0:58:06 > 0:58:11It's a shame. I don't imagine you'll be sticking around.

0:58:46 > 0:58:49- Hello, how are you? - Welcome back, Mr Rogers. - Nice to see you again.

0:58:49 > 0:58:53- Great to see you too.- This is Margot Tyrell.- Welcome, Miss Tyrell. - Thank you.

0:58:53 > 0:58:57- Please, help yourselves. - How's your business?

0:58:57 > 0:59:00Business is great, we're comfortable. Thank you.

0:59:08 > 0:59:09Thank you.

0:59:14 > 0:59:18Like it? What do you think?

0:59:19 > 0:59:23Wow! I just think wow, that's what I think.

0:59:23 > 0:59:24PHONE BEEPS

0:59:29 > 0:59:32Oh, by the way, shout if you need a room of your own.

0:59:44 > 0:59:47Hey, stranger. What can I get you?

0:59:47 > 0:59:48Can I pour you a drink?

0:59:48 > 0:59:50It's a little early for me.

0:59:50 > 0:59:52Do you know what I like best?

0:59:53 > 0:59:58I like lying on the bed. I can see everyone else's lives.

0:59:59 > 1:00:03It's so much more fun to watch other peoples', don't you think?

1:00:03 > 1:00:06Anything's better than living your own.

1:00:07 > 1:00:12Melanie, time's come, we're going to have to level.

1:00:12 > 1:00:14Yeah, I had an idea we might.

1:00:14 > 1:00:16I had a talk with Pelissier.

1:00:17 > 1:00:18Did you?

1:00:18 > 1:00:21He told me some of the things your friends do for a living.

1:00:21 > 1:00:23- Had you already guessed? - I was in the general area.

1:00:23 > 1:00:26I had them down as foot soldiers in the war on terror.

1:00:31 > 1:00:34No, Tom, they're not foot soldiers.

1:00:38 > 1:00:39They're quartermasters.

1:00:45 > 1:00:47You wouldn't know the world was suffering, would you?

1:00:50 > 1:00:53Look at these guys, how do you think they're doing so well?

1:00:53 > 1:00:55You tell me.

1:00:55 > 1:00:59Gary, Frank, Dido, they did a thousand things.

1:00:59 > 1:01:01Some good, some bad.

1:01:01 > 1:01:04According to what was needed at the time.

1:01:04 > 1:01:06Then they saw an opening.

1:01:06 > 1:01:08Not so much a coalition of the willing,

1:01:08 > 1:01:11more of a coalition of the billing.

1:01:12 > 1:01:14Frank and Gary build detention camps.

1:01:14 > 1:01:18Yes. Among other things.

1:01:22 > 1:01:24Give me a cigarette, would you?

1:01:26 > 1:01:28LAUGHTER AND CONVERSATION

1:01:28 > 1:01:29- WOMAN:- Senator, welcome.

1:01:36 > 1:01:43Prisons, cages, fences, watchtowers. Electronics. Security systems.

1:01:43 > 1:01:47The camps had to be built and nobody had to know it was happening.

1:01:47 > 1:01:50Do you have any idea of the scale of the thing?

1:01:50 > 1:01:52Yes. I think I do.

1:01:52 > 1:01:55Think about it, camps sprouting up all over the world.

1:01:55 > 1:01:57It was a growth business like no other.

1:01:57 > 1:02:00And the best part, there isn't any rate.

1:02:00 > 1:02:04How much do you charge for building a detention camp?

1:02:04 > 1:02:06Not as much as you charge for keeping quiet about building

1:02:06 > 1:02:08a detention camp.

1:02:09 > 1:02:11The boys, they just took what they liked.

1:02:13 > 1:02:16But now everyone's starting to ask questions.

1:02:16 > 1:02:19So, everyone's rushing to get their money re-invested.

1:02:19 > 1:02:20Re-invested how?

1:02:22 > 1:02:24Look around.

1:02:24 > 1:02:26This place?

1:02:26 > 1:02:28Exactly. It's laundry.

1:02:29 > 1:02:30It's good, isn't it?

1:02:32 > 1:02:34You could say it's perfect.

1:02:34 > 1:02:37Selling off those places, buying up these.

1:02:37 > 1:02:40Prisons for the poor, prisons for the rich.

1:02:40 > 1:02:42And that's how the world goes round.

1:02:44 > 1:02:48Curtis is looking for proof, isn't he? Proof America's been swindled.

1:02:48 > 1:02:50Yes. That's what he wants.

1:02:50 > 1:02:52Yeah, well, tell him if he wants it, I've got it.

1:02:52 > 1:02:54Or rather I know someone who does.

1:02:54 > 1:02:55It has to be on paper.

1:02:55 > 1:02:57- Oh, it's on paper.- Good.

1:02:57 > 1:02:59Tell him the person he needs is flying in today.

1:02:59 > 1:03:01Today?

1:03:04 > 1:03:07I told you. I've been planning this thing a long time.

1:03:18 > 1:03:21Will you close the blinds? I'm sleepy.

1:03:25 > 1:03:26BEEP

1:03:26 > 1:03:27WHIRRING

1:03:37 > 1:03:39Melanie?

1:03:39 > 1:03:40Yes?

1:03:41 > 1:03:44There's an Englishman, isn't there?

1:03:44 > 1:03:48An Englishman? Is that who you're after?

1:03:48 > 1:03:50Not the Englishman.

1:03:51 > 1:03:53The Englishman's friend.

1:04:03 > 1:04:05How long are we going to sit here?

1:04:07 > 1:04:09Until she arrives.

1:04:13 > 1:04:15How are we going to know her?

1:04:17 > 1:04:18Ah.

1:04:18 > 1:04:20I'm glad to see you.

1:04:20 > 1:04:22Have you had a good flight?

1:04:22 > 1:04:23Couldn't have been better.

1:04:23 > 1:04:24Melanie sends her best.

1:04:24 > 1:04:26Well, I should hope so.

1:04:26 > 1:04:30This is Curtis Pelissier. Curtis, meet Clare Clovis.

1:04:30 > 1:04:31Clare's an accountant.

1:04:31 > 1:04:33Is that all you've got?

1:04:33 > 1:04:35What else should I have? I'm not planning on staying long.

1:04:37 > 1:04:40Curtis is the man you'll actually be dealing with.

1:04:40 > 1:04:41He's the money?

1:04:41 > 1:04:42You're right.

1:04:42 > 1:04:43Then who are you?

1:04:43 > 1:04:45Oh, you know. Home help.

1:04:47 > 1:04:49How many copies are we going to need?

1:04:49 > 1:04:51I think we all need our own, don't we?

1:04:51 > 1:04:52Does that mean three?

1:04:52 > 1:04:54I think it does. Oh, and one for safekeeping.

1:04:54 > 1:04:56Where's safe on this island?

1:05:03 > 1:05:07Good. We put the figures in here, and now they're safe.

1:05:09 > 1:05:11Are you going to lock?

1:05:11 > 1:05:13When do I get my three?

1:05:13 > 1:05:16You get three million each, you and Melanie,

1:05:16 > 1:05:18just as soon as the deal goes through.

1:05:19 > 1:05:20Then why do I need to stay for the meeting?

1:05:20 > 1:05:22Because they need to see you.

1:05:22 > 1:05:24They need to know what I've done?

1:05:24 > 1:05:25They'll know that already.

1:05:25 > 1:05:28But they'll need to know you're not going to change your mind.

1:05:29 > 1:05:31Do you trust this man?

1:05:34 > 1:05:36I'll tell you in 24 hours.

1:05:41 > 1:05:44Hello. I'm picking up accreditation, my name is Tom Eliot.

1:05:44 > 1:05:46I'm a guest of Mr Pelissier.

1:05:46 > 1:05:48Of course, Mr Eliot, it's here.

1:05:49 > 1:05:50Thank you.

1:05:50 > 1:05:52Come this way, please.

1:05:52 > 1:05:54Good grief, look at you.

1:05:54 > 1:05:57You've never seen me at work. This is how I am.

1:05:57 > 1:05:58It's an act.

1:05:58 > 1:06:00It's very convincing.

1:06:00 > 1:06:04Well, it should be. It took me my whole life to get it down.

1:06:04 > 1:06:06Let's go outside and share a cigarette.

1:06:06 > 1:06:07Sure.

1:06:09 > 1:06:11- Do you have my tickets? You've got my money?- Yes, I do.

1:06:14 > 1:06:17Did you take a look to see where I was going?

1:06:17 > 1:06:20As a matter of fact, I did.

1:06:30 > 1:06:33Is there even a shadow of a chance I might see you there?

1:06:36 > 1:06:40I need to ask you a question. Did you kill Dido?

1:06:41 > 1:06:45Either they did or you did and I don't want to believe it was you.

1:06:50 > 1:06:52That would take some nerve, wouldn't it...

1:06:54 > 1:06:55..to kill a man,

1:06:55 > 1:06:58and then call you up the next morning and joke about it?

1:06:59 > 1:07:04What sort of person does that? What sort of person?

1:07:07 > 1:07:09We had a nice day, didn't we, Tom?

1:07:11 > 1:07:15It was a nice day. Drinking beer by the beach...

1:07:17 > 1:07:18..shooting pool.

1:07:21 > 1:07:22It was a nice time.

1:07:25 > 1:07:29We're not going to see each other again, are we?

1:07:29 > 1:07:30After this thing blows.

1:07:32 > 1:07:34I don't think so, no.

1:07:39 > 1:07:40So, can I ask you a favour?

1:07:40 > 1:07:42Of course. What is it?

1:07:44 > 1:07:46Will you tell me your name?

1:07:49 > 1:07:50It's Johnny Worricker.

1:07:54 > 1:07:55Nice.

1:08:10 > 1:08:13A warm welcome to this beautiful island.

1:08:13 > 1:08:16As we all know, this could hardly be a more threatening moment.

1:08:16 > 1:08:18We meet at a dangerous time

1:08:18 > 1:08:21when a setback in the financial markets has been

1:08:21 > 1:08:26misrepresented as a crisis in the engine room of capitalism itself.

1:08:26 > 1:08:29We all remember how quickly the Berlin Wall came down.

1:08:29 > 1:08:31It vanished, as if it had never been.

1:08:31 > 1:08:33Well, our system is much more robust.

1:08:33 > 1:08:36So, let's all gather round the bed, plug in the IV,

1:08:36 > 1:08:38turn on the monitor,

1:08:38 > 1:08:41and try to bring this ailing patient back to life.

1:08:43 > 1:08:44Thank you.

1:08:48 > 1:08:51Well, goodness me, isn't life full of surprises?

1:08:51 > 1:08:54You probably don't remember me, my name is Margot Tyrell.

1:08:54 > 1:08:56Miss Tyrell, haven't we met before?

1:08:56 > 1:08:58Do you know, I believe we have?

1:08:58 > 1:09:00I used to work in the security services.

1:09:00 > 1:09:02Well, snap. How did you get here?

1:09:02 > 1:09:04I flew. Private plane.

1:09:04 > 1:09:08Did you? And how are you planning to get back exactly?

1:09:09 > 1:09:12Good question. I work for Stirling Rogers.

1:09:12 > 1:09:14He's a man I'd very much like to meet.

1:09:14 > 1:09:16Well, I'm sure that can be arranged.

1:09:16 > 1:09:19After all, isn't that what the colloquium is about? Making contacts?

1:09:19 > 1:09:21Exchanging ideas? This is for you.

1:09:21 > 1:09:22Why don't I call him over?

1:09:22 > 1:09:24Why don't you do that?

1:09:27 > 1:09:31- Stirling.- Yeah.- There's somebody here who wants to meet you.

1:09:35 > 1:09:36We have an acquaintance in common.

1:09:36 > 1:09:40- Say who.- Not to name-drop, but the Prime Minister's always taken

1:09:40 > 1:09:42a personal interest in my well-being.

1:09:42 > 1:09:46I'm sure he has. Alec's a very close friend of mine.

1:09:46 > 1:09:47So I've heard.

1:09:47 > 1:09:49Why don't you and I get together to catch up?

1:09:49 > 1:09:51At cocktail hour.

1:09:51 > 1:09:52I missed your name.

1:09:52 > 1:09:54I didn't give it.

1:09:54 > 1:09:56I'm afraid six o'clock, I can't. I'm busy.

1:09:56 > 1:09:58Frank and Gary are coming.

1:10:00 > 1:10:01- Frank?- Yes. And Gary.

1:10:01 > 1:10:05I've also invited a friend from the American intelligence community.

1:10:08 > 1:10:10Why don't I try and make myself free?

1:10:10 > 1:10:12Yeah. Why don't you?

1:10:14 > 1:10:15Mr Rogers.

1:10:19 > 1:10:23I have a deposit box. Name of Eliot.

1:10:23 > 1:10:24Please step through.

1:10:29 > 1:10:30Good morning, Mr Eliot.

1:10:45 > 1:10:48Hey, Tony, how are you doing?

1:10:49 > 1:10:52- Beautiful.- Yeah.- So beautiful.

1:10:54 > 1:10:55Sorry to drop in,

1:10:55 > 1:10:58I was hoping you might be able to take care of some stuff for me.

1:10:58 > 1:11:00- What is it? - All my earthly possessions.

1:11:02 > 1:11:03OK.

1:11:08 > 1:11:11Paintings mostly. Also some cash.

1:11:11 > 1:11:12You're leaving me cash?

1:11:12 > 1:11:14Just for now.

1:11:14 > 1:11:18I'm hoping to be back by midnight but it's possible I may have to make a run for it.

1:11:18 > 1:11:20If I do, the stuff is yours.

1:11:20 > 1:11:22How am I going to know?

1:11:23 > 1:11:25The clue is, I won't be here.

1:11:27 > 1:11:29Also, I brought one of these.

1:11:29 > 1:11:32It's for Aldous, now he's got the hang of them. Is he around?

1:11:32 > 1:11:34He's at a friend's house.

1:11:35 > 1:11:39Hand him the spiny thing and, erm...

1:11:41 > 1:11:44..tell him from me he's a wonderful boy.

1:11:45 > 1:11:47What, and give him a big head?

1:11:47 > 1:11:48Risk it.

1:11:55 > 1:11:56You in trouble?

1:11:58 > 1:12:01You thought this was a nice little island, didn't you?

1:12:02 > 1:12:05That was your fault. I thought they were all like you.

1:12:07 > 1:12:08Get out of here.

1:12:09 > 1:12:13Oh, and I meant to say, there's a woman.

1:12:13 > 1:12:14She may arrive.

1:12:14 > 1:12:16She's got your address.

1:12:17 > 1:12:20Do you think you could possibly take her in?

1:12:46 > 1:12:49Margot. Are you alone?

1:13:01 > 1:13:03You look rested. Did you get some sleep?

1:13:03 > 1:13:05- I did.- Are you ready?

1:13:05 > 1:13:06More than ready.

1:13:08 > 1:13:11Good evening. I trust you're both rested.

1:13:11 > 1:13:12- BOTH:- We are.

1:13:12 > 1:13:14I took a short sleep myself.

1:13:14 > 1:13:19So, whatever happens, remember, stick to the script.

1:13:26 > 1:13:32Well, gentlemen, I see sour expressions all round.

1:13:32 > 1:13:34I knew it would be you.

1:13:34 > 1:13:35It had to be me.

1:13:35 > 1:13:37After all, I'm the only one who knows the facts.

1:13:37 > 1:13:39Do you? Do you really?

1:13:39 > 1:13:42Why don't we all sit down? Curtis Pelissier.

1:13:42 > 1:13:44Stirling Rogers.

1:13:44 > 1:13:45- Margot Tyrell.- Pleasure.

1:13:50 > 1:13:53The boys don't want to tell you, but they're not very happy.

1:13:53 > 1:13:56- You got that right. - Is that orange juice fresh?

1:13:56 > 1:13:58- They took a beating at cards. - It's fresh.

1:13:58 > 1:14:00I made 10,000 dollars the other night.

1:14:00 > 1:14:03And now we're going to play for higher stakes.

1:14:03 > 1:14:06Let's cut the crap, Pelissier. You're not as smart as you think you are.

1:14:06 > 1:14:10You've had CIA written all over you from the day you arrived.

1:14:10 > 1:14:13I don't know whether to be flattered.

1:14:13 > 1:14:16And your sidekick is some kind of fairy English cop.

1:14:16 > 1:14:19- Close.- You won't be so happy when we tell you the next piece of news.

1:14:19 > 1:14:23- Go ahead.- You underestimated us. We spoken to your boss. We know him.

1:14:23 > 1:14:27We know him extremely well. We've worked closely together in the past.

1:14:27 > 1:14:30- Have you?- Yes.- I don't see it makes much difference.

1:14:30 > 1:14:34Whatever happens, you're still going to have to pay. Be-definitely.

1:14:34 > 1:14:37You know as well as we do the CIA is split down the middle.

1:14:37 > 1:14:40Half the people that work there approve of this stuff, half don't.

1:14:40 > 1:14:42You're going to have to tell me what this "stuff" is.

1:14:42 > 1:14:45I'm guessing detention without trial. Torture. Rendition.

1:14:45 > 1:14:47Gladstone builds the camps.

1:14:47 > 1:14:49It's not our business what goes on in them.

1:14:49 > 1:14:52No, but it is mine.

1:14:52 > 1:14:54If I can just say a word.

1:14:54 > 1:14:55Go ahead.

1:14:55 > 1:14:58Curtis asked me to take a look at the figures.

1:14:58 > 1:14:59What figures are those?

1:14:59 > 1:15:02As provided by Ms Clovis here, who works as your accountant.

1:15:02 > 1:15:04Or did, until yesterday.

1:15:04 > 1:15:06We've made an arrangement.

1:15:06 > 1:15:09These figures are being sent all over the world - newspapers,

1:15:09 > 1:15:13television stations - in half an hour, unless you make your payment.

1:15:13 > 1:15:16The practical details of how to effect

1:15:16 > 1:15:17the payment are on the other sheet.

1:15:17 > 1:15:20Go ahead. Publish. What do we care?

1:15:21 > 1:15:23You think people are shocked by this kind of thing?

1:15:23 > 1:15:25As a matter of fact, I do, yes.

1:15:25 > 1:15:27It happens all the time.

1:15:27 > 1:15:29High prices? Since when is that an indictable offence?

1:15:29 > 1:15:32If overcharging were a crime, the whole world would be behind bars.

1:15:32 > 1:15:35I've timed my computer, they'll go off automatically

1:15:35 > 1:15:36unless I stop it.

1:15:38 > 1:15:42I don't believe it. I don't believe a fucking word!

1:15:42 > 1:15:46Whoa, whoa. Let's just keep it civilised? Please?

1:15:46 > 1:15:49Gary, sit down.

1:15:53 > 1:15:58After all, isn't that your interest? Civilisation and its values?

1:15:58 > 1:16:00Isn't that what the colloquium's about?

1:16:00 > 1:16:02I swear I'm going to deck this guy.

1:16:02 > 1:16:06I wouldn't advise it. There's been one murder already.

1:16:06 > 1:16:08And, what's more, we all know who did it.

1:16:10 > 1:16:13Something to do with Dido's sense of ownership.

1:16:15 > 1:16:17She hit him in the face with an oar.

1:16:17 > 1:16:20Fair enough, I don't blame her after a lifetime of abuse.

1:16:20 > 1:16:24We're all tired of old men who think they're entitled.

1:16:24 > 1:16:26- How do you know? - Because she told me.

1:16:28 > 1:16:31No. She wouldn't say that to anyone.

1:16:31 > 1:16:32She said it to me.

1:16:35 > 1:16:38That really is something you don't want to see played

1:16:38 > 1:16:40out in public, isn't it?

1:16:40 > 1:16:42Do you want the details in court?

1:16:48 > 1:16:50I heard there was a name.

1:16:52 > 1:16:56A sort of joke name. Only the joke isn't funny.

1:16:57 > 1:17:00You called yourselves the syndicate.

1:17:06 > 1:17:12- Melanie won't go to court.- You see, if you take a look at the figures...

1:17:12 > 1:17:15We know the figures.

1:17:15 > 1:17:19Gladstone provided a ton of wiring and metal cages worth 50 million bucks,

1:17:19 > 1:17:21and charged 500 million.

1:17:21 > 1:17:24Use the words "national security", you can get away with anything.

1:17:24 > 1:17:29Times are changing. It's a recession. We want 200 back.

1:17:29 > 1:17:32- That's fair.- How are we supposed to get our hands on 200 million?

1:17:32 > 1:17:36It's in one of your accounts right now. I know which one.

1:17:36 > 1:17:38I'm the accountant, remember?

1:17:38 > 1:17:42You still get out with a good profit. And no criminal convictions.

1:17:42 > 1:17:45- No. We're not buying. - You have to buy.

1:17:45 > 1:17:48Melanie looks after herself. And as for the rest of it, we tough it out.

1:17:48 > 1:17:50Your word against ours.

1:17:50 > 1:17:52Truly, I wouldn't recommend it.

1:17:52 > 1:17:54Going to war with the company is never a good idea.

1:17:54 > 1:17:56We'll take our chances.

1:18:03 > 1:18:07Oh, goodness, I'd almost forgotten, there is something else.

1:18:09 > 1:18:14I forgot to tell you, Curtis, I do have another document.

1:18:14 > 1:18:15From another source.

1:18:17 > 1:18:20- Um, "escrow"?- I'm sorry?

1:18:20 > 1:18:23Is that the word? An "escrow account"?

1:18:23 > 1:18:26I mean, I had to take advice on what exactly that means.

1:18:29 > 1:18:30Did he get this from you?

1:18:32 > 1:18:33Margot, did he get this from you?

1:18:36 > 1:18:38Doesn't it mean the money just sits there?

1:18:38 > 1:18:39And nobody can touch it?

1:18:39 > 1:18:42- That's what it means. - Until someone needs it?

1:18:42 > 1:18:45And when, I wonder, is that going to be?

1:18:45 > 1:18:46Please explain.

1:18:46 > 1:18:49You see, Curtis, we live in a rapidly changing world.

1:18:49 > 1:18:53Downing Street used to be the height of a man's ambition,

1:18:53 > 1:18:57but now it seems to be only a stepping stone.

1:18:57 > 1:19:01I don't think the Prime Minister has any urgent plans to stand down...

1:19:01 > 1:19:02if that's who you're talking about.

1:19:02 > 1:19:05Ah, but it's not me going to decide, is it?

1:19:05 > 1:19:06Or you, Mr Rogers.

1:19:06 > 1:19:10No, that's the one last decision that still lies with the British electorate.

1:19:10 > 1:19:13If you're going to make allegations against Alec Beasley,

1:19:13 > 1:19:15then I suggest you make them privately.

1:19:15 > 1:19:17Why? Are you recording this?

1:19:17 > 1:19:18No. Are you?

1:19:18 > 1:19:20Last time I saw my recorder, swear to God,

1:19:20 > 1:19:23it was sitting in an ice-box. Where's yours?

1:19:23 > 1:19:25It's perfectly clear,

1:19:25 > 1:19:30the so-called Bridge is partly a holding account.

1:19:30 > 1:19:31So what?

1:19:31 > 1:19:33In the name of Stirling Rogers.

1:19:34 > 1:19:37But there's another partner, isn't there?

1:19:38 > 1:19:40Call him a sleeping partner.

1:19:41 > 1:19:43You'd better be careful.

1:19:45 > 1:19:49Oh, I forgot. Alec Beasley isn't a politician.

1:19:50 > 1:19:52He's a statesman.

1:19:53 > 1:19:59Quite right. An altogether more profitable line of work.

1:19:59 > 1:20:04After all, he's going to have to do something after he leaves office.

1:20:04 > 1:20:08Is there any territorial dispute in the world he's not qualified

1:20:08 > 1:20:11to settle for a large salary from the luxury of a suite

1:20:11 > 1:20:12in a five-star hotel?

1:20:14 > 1:20:21Lucky, isn't it, that he has a fund, waiting for his global good works?

1:20:23 > 1:20:29I said no politicians. Why get politicians involved?

1:20:31 > 1:20:35The profiteering from building the camps is going to finance

1:20:35 > 1:20:37the Prime Minister's future career.

1:20:37 > 1:20:42It's as simple as that. It's in black and white.

1:20:43 > 1:20:45On the table in front of you.

1:20:48 > 1:20:51It's him, isn't it? That's who it is.

1:20:52 > 1:20:56The man you told me about. The man you loved.

1:21:01 > 1:21:03Forgive me, Stirling.

1:21:05 > 1:21:07You'll find me in our room.

1:21:11 > 1:21:15We need to get out. We need to get out of this.

1:21:20 > 1:21:23Strange, isn't it?

1:21:23 > 1:21:28People want the world to change, but they don't think about providing the means to do it.

1:21:28 > 1:21:31Money flows, that's what it does. Who cares where it comes from?

1:21:31 > 1:21:34The question is where it goes.

1:21:36 > 1:21:40That's why we have islands like this. They're...safety valves.

1:21:40 > 1:21:44Yeah. Or sewage farms.

1:21:44 > 1:21:46The rest of the world is struggling along,

1:21:46 > 1:21:50and for some reason you guys think you can cut yourselves off. Who declared you immune?

1:21:53 > 1:21:54200, did you say?

1:21:54 > 1:21:56Yes. 200.

1:21:56 > 1:21:59Let's be clear. The money is paid and we never hear of this business again.

1:21:59 > 1:22:02Good decision. I was told you were decisive.

1:22:02 > 1:22:04Do you own the police?

1:22:04 > 1:22:07I wouldn't say we own them. They're British.

1:22:07 > 1:22:10Well, then you own them. Can you fix them?

1:22:10 > 1:22:11Can you fix them?

1:22:13 > 1:22:16Then Melanie leaves the island tomorrow. No charges.

1:22:16 > 1:22:18- Agreed.- And our passports?

1:22:18 > 1:22:21- Thrown in.- Returned as soon as the money is paid?

1:22:21 > 1:22:22In your hands.

1:22:26 > 1:22:27Is it a deal?

1:22:29 > 1:22:34Well done. Successful operation. The money's gone through.

1:22:34 > 1:22:38Better still, your friend Melanie's killed one of them,

1:22:38 > 1:22:41she can kill the other two as far as I'm concerned.

1:22:41 > 1:22:44Clare, if you go to my room, I'll join you.

1:22:44 > 1:22:46I'll give you cash.

1:22:46 > 1:22:47Really?

1:22:47 > 1:22:49Really. Trust me.

1:22:54 > 1:22:57So I guess I have to thank you.

1:22:57 > 1:22:58You pulled a trick in there.

1:22:58 > 1:23:00You're as good as they say you are.

1:23:06 > 1:23:07Am I good?

1:23:09 > 1:23:10We got what we wanted.

1:23:10 > 1:23:13Yes. You did. I won't.

1:23:15 > 1:23:17It's a shame, really, Curtis, you're such a low-life,

1:23:17 > 1:23:20given that you do have a certain lizard charm.

1:23:20 > 1:23:22- I don't know what you're talking about.- Don't you?

1:23:22 > 1:23:24- No.- Then what's that thug doing over there?

1:23:24 > 1:23:27He was there when we went in. He's following us now.

1:23:27 > 1:23:30Yeah, even a fairy cop knows when he's being sold out.

1:23:34 > 1:23:38Look, old man, I'm sorry about this, really I am.

1:23:38 > 1:23:41- I'm sure you are.- You can't imagine the pressure I've been under.

1:23:41 > 1:23:43- Oh, I think I can. - I've never known anything like it.

1:23:43 > 1:23:45I always knew you weren't a rogue.

1:23:45 > 1:23:49You don't think like a rogue. You think like a company man.

1:23:49 > 1:23:52London's desperate. They want you back. They're insisting.

1:23:52 > 1:23:53They want you badly.

1:23:53 > 1:23:57You made a promise. You promised me!

1:23:57 > 1:23:58Johnny, you know how it works.

1:23:58 > 1:24:02One day I'm going to need a favour from M15.

1:24:02 > 1:24:04- I bet you will. - I'm going to need it.

1:24:04 > 1:24:07Do you think I'll get my favour if I let you go?

1:24:07 > 1:24:10Johnny, you know what happens to whistle-blowers.

1:24:10 > 1:24:14They turn into lonely old men with bad breath...

1:24:15 > 1:24:17..and computers.

1:24:17 > 1:24:18I'm going to go.

1:24:18 > 1:24:20- You don't have a chance at the airport.- I know that.

1:24:20 > 1:24:24- They're waiting for you.- I'll meet you at Chico's. Buy me a whisky.

1:24:24 > 1:24:27I'll be there in half an hour. And this time I'll drink.

1:24:29 > 1:24:31But I have to say one goodbye.

1:24:33 > 1:24:35He goes where you go.

1:24:37 > 1:24:38Ah.

1:24:40 > 1:24:41Fine.

1:25:10 > 1:25:11DOOR SHUTS

1:25:18 > 1:25:20I wanted to bring you some flowers.

1:25:20 > 1:25:23Thank you. That's kind.

1:25:23 > 1:25:26It's just things that grow by the seashore.

1:25:28 > 1:25:31The island's interesting for its flora and fauna.

1:25:31 > 1:25:32I'd like to see it.

1:25:32 > 1:25:35Yes. I'd like that, too.

1:25:48 > 1:25:50What did Rogers say?

1:25:50 > 1:25:54Oh, he didn't say anything. I climbed out the bathroom window.

1:25:56 > 1:25:59That was very...grown-up of you.

1:25:59 > 1:26:00Yeah. Wasn't it?

1:26:03 > 1:26:06It was clever of you to connect Rogers with Beasley.

1:26:06 > 1:26:08It was clever of you, too.

1:26:10 > 1:26:11How did you do that?

1:26:13 > 1:26:15Oh, I had help. You?

1:26:17 > 1:26:18Oh, I had help too.

1:26:20 > 1:26:24I knew Stirling would leap to defend his friend Beasley.

1:26:24 > 1:26:26- He seemed to trust you completely. - You're right.

1:26:26 > 1:26:28What was the reason for that?

1:26:31 > 1:26:33All right, you don't have to tell me.

1:26:33 > 1:26:35Why? Would you rather not know?

1:26:37 > 1:26:39That reassures me. I'm pleased.

1:26:40 > 1:26:42After all, it means you can still be hurt.

1:26:46 > 1:26:47Oh, I can be hurt.

1:26:52 > 1:26:56Good evening, sir. You're on private property.

1:26:56 > 1:26:59- You're going to have to show me your papers.- That's not a problem.

1:26:59 > 1:27:01At the station.

1:27:01 > 1:27:03I can't come to the station now.

1:27:03 > 1:27:05I'm afraid you don't have a choice.

1:27:23 > 1:27:29Listen, erm...one way or another, I've got bad news.

1:27:29 > 1:27:31Well, you wouldn't be Johnny if you didn't.

1:27:31 > 1:27:35I don't think we'll be able to stay on the island.

1:27:35 > 1:27:37How long have we got?

1:27:37 > 1:27:40Maybe...three minutes.

1:27:41 > 1:27:44Because you're English, they don't actually kill you.

1:27:44 > 1:27:46- But they do make your life unliveable.- Can I say something?

1:27:46 > 1:27:48- Of course.- Just so we're clear?

1:27:48 > 1:27:49Please.

1:27:49 > 1:27:52I didn't give up everything because of you.

1:27:54 > 1:27:56I know what this is about.

1:27:56 > 1:27:59It's about British collusion in torture. Isn't it?

1:27:59 > 1:28:00Partly.

1:28:00 > 1:28:02And the corruption of intelligence.

1:28:02 > 1:28:05It's about all the lies of the last ten years.

1:28:05 > 1:28:07- It's about the lying.- Yes.

1:28:07 > 1:28:08I am against torture.

1:28:08 > 1:28:09So am I.

1:28:09 > 1:28:12And I'm against it being covered up.

1:28:12 > 1:28:15So anything I choose to do isn't just because of you.

1:28:15 > 1:28:17It's also because it's time it was done.

1:28:26 > 1:28:28We're going to have a go on the run...

1:28:28 > 1:28:29Looks like it.

1:28:29 > 1:28:31We both know what that means.

1:28:31 > 1:28:32We do.

1:28:32 > 1:28:35Hand-to-mouth is putting it mildly.

1:28:35 > 1:28:38One day to the next, never being secure.

1:28:38 > 1:28:41Margot, I've seen the price people pay.

1:28:43 > 1:28:44We'll pay that price.

1:28:48 > 1:28:51An awful lot of things went wrong, didn't they? Between us?

1:28:53 > 1:28:55They certainly did.

1:28:58 > 1:29:01This time it's going to be different, I promise.

1:29:01 > 1:29:07I'm going to give you no reason to leave. None whatsoever.

1:29:11 > 1:29:12I'll hold you to that.

1:29:21 > 1:29:23Do we have too much luggage?

1:29:24 > 1:29:27No. There's two of us now.

1:29:31 > 1:29:35TANNOY: 'This is the final call for Jet Blue flight 856.'

1:29:35 > 1:29:36That's us.

1:30:42 > 1:30:44Well, what do you think?

1:30:44 > 1:30:45Give him a few minutes.

1:30:47 > 1:30:48- Are you sure?- Sure. He'll come.

1:30:48 > 1:30:53Face it, it's an island, there's nowhere else he can go.

1:30:56 > 1:30:59- Hey.- Hey, man. How was your lobster?

1:30:59 > 1:31:02Oh. It wasn't for me. It was a gift.

1:31:04 > 1:31:08Er, you haven't met. This is my friend Margot Tyrell.

1:31:09 > 1:31:10Hello.

1:31:11 > 1:31:14This is Jim Carroll. He's a policeman.

1:31:14 > 1:31:15Show me your passports?

1:31:22 > 1:31:26"Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State requests

1:31:26 > 1:31:30"and requires in the Name of Her Majesty all those whom it may

1:31:30 > 1:31:35"concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without hindrance, and

1:31:35 > 1:31:40"to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary."

1:31:43 > 1:31:45These are British islands.

1:31:46 > 1:31:50And you're holding British passports.

1:31:50 > 1:31:51You're free to go.

1:31:53 > 1:31:57Thank you. Thank you. No, really.

1:31:57 > 1:31:58Thank you very much.

1:32:00 > 1:32:01Come back soon.

1:32:10 > 1:32:11Goodbye.

1:33:09 > 1:33:10Another?

1:33:12 > 1:33:13Thank you.

1:33:13 > 1:33:14Two more.

1:33:21 > 1:33:22Well?

1:33:28 > 1:33:31# I'm all at sea

1:33:31 > 1:33:34# How can it be?

1:33:34 > 1:33:36# What happened to me?

1:33:36 > 1:33:40# I'm all at sea

1:33:40 > 1:33:43# Oh, my good Lord

1:33:43 > 1:33:44# I'm on board

1:33:44 > 1:33:47# Wind and wave make a wintry grave

1:33:47 > 1:33:51# Send in a chopper, drop me a line

1:33:51 > 1:33:53# Winch me up, I'll be fine

1:33:53 > 1:33:57# I don't want to drown, take pity on me

1:33:57 > 1:34:03# How did it happen I'm all at sea?

1:34:05 > 1:34:07# I'm all at sea

1:34:07 > 1:34:10# How can it be?

1:34:10 > 1:34:13# What happened to me?

1:34:13 > 1:34:17# I'm all at sea

1:34:17 > 1:34:19# Oh, my good Lord

1:34:19 > 1:34:21# I'm on board

1:34:21 > 1:34:24# Wind and wave make a wintry grave

1:34:24 > 1:34:27# Send in a chopper, drop me a line

1:34:27 > 1:34:30# Winch me up and I'll be fine

1:34:30 > 1:34:34# I don't want to drown, take pity on me

1:34:34 > 1:34:35# How did it happen

1:34:35 > 1:34:38# I'm all at sea? #