The Ghosts of Christmas Past

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04- You've made me believe in you. - Really?- You're engaged.

0:00:04 > 0:00:06Do you think I'm going to let some wop farm boy have her?

0:00:06 > 0:00:08I thought I'd have to work to get you.

0:00:08 > 0:00:10- I did love you. - And I loved you.

0:00:11 > 0:00:13I don't care what it costs.

0:00:13 > 0:00:16Find something that will rid us of her for ever.

0:00:16 > 0:00:19I used my body.

0:00:19 > 0:00:21They used it.

0:00:21 > 0:00:24How can I marry without telling him?

0:00:24 > 0:00:28See, he's a man. Don't risk destroying this.

0:00:28 > 0:00:29What could be found?

0:00:29 > 0:00:32The full story of what happened to me at Ravensbruck.

0:00:32 > 0:00:36To hear it from anyone else would be the end of us.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44RECORD CRACKLES WOOD CREAKS

0:00:46 > 0:00:49CHATTER AND LAUGHTER

0:01:03 > 0:01:07I got through it by going somewhere in my mind.

0:01:09 > 0:01:11Somewhere far away.

0:01:11 > 0:01:15I feel as if it happened to someone else.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23But it happened to me.

0:01:23 > 0:01:26I feel so...

0:01:29 > 0:01:33I should have told you before.

0:01:33 > 0:01:36- It has to affect how you see me. - I won't let it.

0:01:36 > 0:01:38I won't.

0:01:40 > 0:01:45- I'm so sorry. - I've come to terms with it...

0:01:46 > 0:01:48..within myself.

0:02:00 > 0:02:03Well, it seems rather poor timing, I must say.

0:02:03 > 0:02:07It's for one night, and he'll check on James before he goes.

0:02:07 > 0:02:09And the reason for this gathering?

0:02:09 > 0:02:13It's my annual pre-Christmas bash for glorious misfits.

0:02:13 > 0:02:16- The reason for Jack to go? - It may help him understand James.

0:02:16 > 0:02:20He'll certainly see that his kind come in all shapes and sizes.

0:02:20 > 0:02:22Well, I think it's a marvellous idea.

0:02:22 > 0:02:24Sarah agrees, don't you?

0:02:24 > 0:02:27I don't see it can hurt.

0:02:27 > 0:02:30Avoiding facts does more harm than facing them ever does.

0:02:34 > 0:02:37- George. - Sorry?

0:02:37 > 0:02:41- I'm interested in your opinion. - I'd rather not discuss it.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44Fear not, Mother, I'll send Jack home unsullied.

0:02:44 > 0:02:47Have you known men like James, Miss Adams?

0:02:47 > 0:02:49- I have.- Oh.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51- So you've mixed in the demimonde? - Not really.

0:02:51 > 0:02:53They're found in all sorts of circles.

0:02:53 > 0:02:56LAUGHTER I'm aware of that.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58Well, perhaps one day you may enlighten us

0:02:58 > 0:03:01about your clearly colourful past.

0:03:12 > 0:03:17Do I detect a certain tension between yourself and Miss Adams?

0:03:17 > 0:03:20Stay out of it...please.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34HE GROANS

0:03:35 > 0:03:39James. James, wake up. HE GASPS

0:03:39 > 0:03:42It's all right, darling, it's just a nightmare.

0:03:42 > 0:03:46You're home. You're here. BREATHES SHAKILY

0:03:46 > 0:03:48You're safe.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51It was dreadful. I was hitting him.

0:03:51 > 0:03:57- Who? - Again and again with my fists.

0:03:57 > 0:04:01I was hitting our son because he's like me.

0:04:01 > 0:04:03It was just a nightmare.

0:04:03 > 0:04:09If it's a boy, my grandfather and me, William on your side of the family...

0:04:09 > 0:04:11- If it's hereditary... - You're upsetting yourself.

0:04:11 > 0:04:16- What would you do if you knew before he was born? How would you feel? - Stop it!

0:04:18 > 0:04:21SHE SIGHS

0:04:21 > 0:04:26I would love him like any other child.

0:04:27 > 0:04:28Really?

0:04:30 > 0:04:32How could I not?

0:04:32 > 0:04:35He comes from our love.

0:04:37 > 0:04:39Lie down.

0:04:41 > 0:04:42Sleep.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22Doris is on a decorations frenzy.

0:05:22 > 0:05:26I'm getting out before I end up draped in tinsel and holly.

0:05:27 > 0:05:29Problem?

0:05:29 > 0:05:31I'm here to help with yours, I hope.

0:05:31 > 0:05:33I'm sure everyone's asking for time off over Christmas.

0:05:33 > 0:05:35I'm juggling it. Just.

0:05:35 > 0:05:37I'll take as many extra shifts as you need.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40Won't you be expected at Ash Park?

0:05:40 > 0:05:42Well, given my faith, I'd rather be with my patients.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Surely George wants his... - He understands.

0:05:46 > 0:05:48- Well, his loss is my gain. - Yes.

0:06:22 > 0:06:23I want you to drink all of it.

0:06:26 > 0:06:27Well done.

0:06:35 > 0:06:36Excuse me.

0:06:52 > 0:06:56I love you. That will never change.

0:06:58 > 0:07:01I-I don't want to, but I keep seeing you...

0:07:04 > 0:07:06I can't keep these images out of my mind.

0:07:06 > 0:07:08- You can't imagine what it was like. - I'm sure.

0:07:08 > 0:07:12But I see you...with all those men.

0:07:12 > 0:07:15There was no pleasure.

0:07:15 > 0:07:17There was only violence and horror.

0:07:23 > 0:07:25I feel such anger.

0:07:28 > 0:07:30But I will come to terms with it.

0:07:32 > 0:07:35But can you marry someone with that in their past?

0:07:35 > 0:07:39- I can't let you go. - Don't come back until you're sure.

0:07:42 > 0:07:44This is too painful.

0:07:56 > 0:07:59HOOF BEATS GROW LOUDER

0:08:03 > 0:08:04So what do you reckon, Mrs Bligh?

0:08:04 > 0:08:08Oh, well, you certainly have the wherewithal for a real schoolroom.

0:08:08 > 0:08:10Thank Mr Bligh from the men.

0:08:10 > 0:08:13We're very grateful you've offered to teach them.

0:08:13 > 0:08:18I do hope Mrs Duncan doesn't mind us taking your spare time.

0:08:18 > 0:08:23Ah, there's no Mrs Duncan, ma'am, just footloose and fancy free me.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26- LAUGHS - Then we don't have to worry.

0:08:26 > 0:08:28Ah, we know that it's mostly your doing.

0:08:28 > 0:08:30So thank you, ma'am.

0:08:32 > 0:08:35I'm glad for the chance to be as busy as my husband is

0:08:35 > 0:08:39with the property and his affairs in the city.

0:08:42 > 0:08:43Good day.

0:08:43 > 0:08:46Ah, Mrs Bligh, before you go.

0:08:47 > 0:08:51- Merry Christmas from the men. - Oh.

0:08:51 > 0:08:54You said that roses are your favourite.

0:08:54 > 0:08:56I don't think you've got one like it.

0:08:56 > 0:09:00Thank you, John. I have just the spot for it.

0:09:00 > 0:09:02It's Jack, ma'am.

0:09:03 > 0:09:05To most.

0:09:22 > 0:09:27- It's a beautiful rose. - It is. A fine hybrid.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30However, I suspect you're not here for a lesson in horticulture.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32No.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34I thought you should know I'm moving into the hospital

0:09:34 > 0:09:36over the Christmas period.

0:09:36 > 0:09:39- I'll be doing double shifts. - Oh. I see.

0:09:42 > 0:09:45I know what you're doing.

0:09:47 > 0:09:51And I've told George the worst that can possibly be told.

0:09:51 > 0:09:54Nothing Regina unearths can hurt us if we weather this.

0:09:56 > 0:09:59Merry Christmas.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02When we settled on your three months with us,

0:10:02 > 0:10:05I foretold that you would decide its outcome.

0:10:05 > 0:10:07I'll only be gone a short while.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09Will you?

0:11:00 > 0:11:02How may I help you, Mrs Duncan?

0:11:04 > 0:11:08I apologise, being a total stranger and all,

0:11:08 > 0:11:10um, but I didn't know where else to turn.

0:11:10 > 0:11:14It-it's about my Jacky.

0:11:14 > 0:11:15He's named after his father.

0:11:15 > 0:11:19I know things didn't end well, here with Jacky's dad.

0:11:19 > 0:11:22- It was a long time ago. - It was.

0:11:22 > 0:11:27I've gotta tell you, though, he often spoke of you, and well.

0:11:27 > 0:11:29Things have been hard since he passed.

0:11:29 > 0:11:31Ah.

0:11:31 > 0:11:34I'm not looking for a hand-out, not for myself.

0:11:34 > 0:11:36But Jacky's a real clever lad,

0:11:36 > 0:11:39and he'll go far if he can stay at school.

0:11:40 > 0:11:43I don't have the money.

0:11:43 > 0:11:46John always said that you cared about that sort of thing, so I...

0:11:46 > 0:11:47I understand.

0:11:49 > 0:11:52And what would you like to do with your life, Jack?

0:11:52 > 0:11:54A clerk, perhaps.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58What if you could do anything?

0:12:01 > 0:12:03I reckon a doctor, ma'am.

0:12:07 > 0:12:10A few more days and James should be back to rights.

0:12:10 > 0:12:11Good.

0:12:11 > 0:12:15- He's following conversation again, he's stopped drifting.- Thank you.

0:12:15 > 0:12:19I'll give him another once-over as soon as I'm back from Sydney.

0:12:19 > 0:12:22Please don't return spouting any of Carolyn's nonsense.

0:12:22 > 0:12:24If she and Miss Adams had their way

0:12:24 > 0:12:28they'd see James in some bohemian menage.

0:12:28 > 0:12:29Well, what if that's what he wants?

0:12:29 > 0:12:32He's a married man expecting a child.

0:12:32 > 0:12:33He's chosen to embrace his family duty.

0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Fair enough. - Hmm.

0:12:36 > 0:12:39No doubt that woman's been in your ear already.

0:12:39 > 0:12:40What, Sarah?

0:12:40 > 0:12:43My best efforts have been met with paranoid ramblings.

0:12:43 > 0:12:46Any tensions are of her making.

0:12:46 > 0:12:47Have you two had a stoush?

0:12:47 > 0:12:50Jack, if we discuss it, we'll disagree.

0:12:50 > 0:12:52I don't like it when we disagree.

0:12:52 > 0:12:55- You never have.- No.

0:12:55 > 0:12:58Come on, I've got your Christmas present in the car.

0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Oh. - Don't think you've got one like it.

0:13:08 > 0:13:12- What? - Oh, your timing is...

0:13:12 > 0:13:14Thank you.

0:13:16 > 0:13:20- It's been a tough year. - It has.

0:13:23 > 0:13:27- Look at us, eh, still friends. - Oh.

0:13:27 > 0:13:28Always.

0:14:04 > 0:14:06Merry Christmas, Jack.

0:14:06 > 0:14:08Is that...?

0:14:08 > 0:14:11Taken from last year's gift, yes.

0:14:12 > 0:14:15Thank you for all the work you've been doing with the men.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17They've made wonderful progress.

0:14:17 > 0:14:20We've done well, haven't we?

0:14:20 > 0:14:22Yes.

0:14:29 > 0:14:31You don't have to do that.

0:14:31 > 0:14:34Well, you can't leave everything strewn about.

0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Oh, Jack. - It's OK.

0:14:38 > 0:14:42You know how I feel about you, you must.

0:14:42 > 0:14:45- I... - You feel the same way.

0:14:45 > 0:14:49I know you do. It's wrong but you do.

0:14:51 > 0:14:52I can't give you what you've got

0:14:52 > 0:14:56but I could make you happy, and you're not.

0:14:58 > 0:15:00Come with me.

0:15:01 > 0:15:04Come away, Elizabeth.

0:15:06 > 0:15:09That's Mrs Bligh.

0:15:11 > 0:15:14How dare you presume to know what constitutes my happiness!

0:15:14 > 0:15:17You will go to the overseer, Mr Duncan, and offer your notice,

0:15:17 > 0:15:20or I'll go to my husband and have you flogged off this property.

0:15:20 > 0:15:23- You love me. You know you do. - Go.

0:15:26 > 0:15:27Now!

0:15:56 > 0:15:57Grandmother?

0:16:00 > 0:16:04- Is it James? - No.

0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Me? - LAUGHS No.

0:16:07 > 0:16:12I know I've disappointed you. CAR PULLS UP

0:16:12 > 0:16:17Whatever our differences, you know I'll always love you.

0:16:17 > 0:16:20CAR DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS Well, that is a comfort.

0:16:23 > 0:16:25What is he doing here?

0:16:25 > 0:16:27I invited him to join us for Christmas.

0:16:27 > 0:16:28How could you?

0:16:28 > 0:16:31Anna, you've never given him a proper chance.

0:16:36 > 0:16:38Promising start.

0:16:47 > 0:16:51GIRL: Gino, it's not fair.

0:16:51 > 0:16:55Anna, don't cry, please.

0:16:57 > 0:16:59I don't want to go to Darwin.

0:16:59 > 0:17:05At least you get to see your papa. I'm not allowed to see mine.

0:17:05 > 0:17:10- Why did they lock him up? - Cos he's Italian.

0:17:11 > 0:17:13You should go.

0:17:20 > 0:17:23I'm going to marry you when I grow up.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25- LAUGHS - Don't be so soppy.

0:17:29 > 0:17:32Andrew Swanson's here.

0:17:34 > 0:17:36And he's staying for Christmas.

0:17:36 > 0:17:41It now makes sense why she made us delay the announcement.

0:17:42 > 0:17:45There's no need to be jealous, she's just making mischief.

0:17:45 > 0:17:46He should know the truth.

0:17:46 > 0:17:48Maybe it's time he did.

0:17:52 > 0:17:57Why she'd invite him under the circumstances is beyond me.

0:17:57 > 0:17:59He knows you've been unwell. He won't be curious.

0:17:59 > 0:18:02- I meant the circumstances with Anna. - Oh.

0:18:02 > 0:18:06Some sort of last-ditch effort.

0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Sure you're up to this? - It's a good test.

0:18:12 > 0:18:15DOOR OPENS LAUGHTER

0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Andrew. - Olivia. Radiant as ever.

0:18:18 > 0:18:21We are so pleased to have you with us.

0:18:21 > 0:18:22A great improvement on dinner for one.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25Mother's with an aunt I can't abide. LAUGHS

0:18:25 > 0:18:27There's nothing worse than being alone at Christmas.

0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Good to see you on your feet, James. - It's good to be on them.

0:18:30 > 0:18:33Father speaks well of Dr Stewart. Certainly dried him out.

0:18:33 > 0:18:35Not that I'm implying...

0:18:35 > 0:18:37Oh, of course not.

0:18:37 > 0:18:40How is Sir Henry?

0:18:40 > 0:18:42In London, trying to outrun the scandal.

0:18:42 > 0:18:45And there we shall draw a veil over unsavoury matters.

0:18:45 > 0:18:49- Sarah's not joining us? - She's at the hospital.

0:18:49 > 0:18:52George's intended. I met her at the engagement party.

0:18:52 > 0:18:55Of course. Well, Christmas means little to those of her faith.

0:18:55 > 0:18:58I hope we're not late.

0:18:58 > 0:19:02Welcome back, James. Uh, Anna says you've been sick.

0:19:02 > 0:19:04I'm much improved. Thank you.

0:19:04 > 0:19:08- You know Gino, Andrew. You've met. - Not in person.

0:19:08 > 0:19:10How are you, old boy?

0:19:10 > 0:19:13What happened to you at the engagement party? You disappeared.

0:19:13 > 0:19:17Andrew has difficulty focusing on any one thing for too long.

0:19:17 > 0:19:18Anna.

0:19:18 > 0:19:20It seems your granddaughter has me pegged.

0:19:20 > 0:19:24There are exceptions, though, when I find something worth focusing on.

0:19:24 > 0:19:27Well, I'm afraid to say that dinner is about to be served.

0:19:27 > 0:19:30Gino has come with an invitation for us.

0:19:30 > 0:19:32This year Father Joe would like to

0:19:32 > 0:19:33invite all faiths to our midnight mass.

0:19:33 > 0:19:38Our family would like to invite your family to share it with us.

0:19:38 > 0:19:40I'm going. I think we all should.

0:19:40 > 0:19:43Well, thank your parents, but I think not.

0:19:43 > 0:19:45What about you, old boy?

0:19:45 > 0:19:48I've always wondered what sort of blood sacrifices

0:19:48 > 0:19:49you papists get up to.

0:19:49 > 0:19:52You can't let him go on his own, Grandmother.

0:19:52 > 0:19:54As I said, dinner awaits.

0:19:54 > 0:19:58There must be an extra chair for my fiance,

0:19:58 > 0:20:00surely, even without his generous invitation.

0:20:00 > 0:20:03That's one piece of news I hadn't caught up on.

0:20:03 > 0:20:09We're announcing it after Christmas, but as we're all here en famille...

0:20:09 > 0:20:10I see.

0:20:10 > 0:20:14Nothing like a long drive to give a man an appetite.

0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Shall we?- Yes.

0:20:23 > 0:20:25I'm just not playing her game any more.

0:20:25 > 0:20:29Very well. As long as it's done with respect.

0:20:32 > 0:20:34James, when you're up to socialising again

0:20:34 > 0:20:37I must show you both some hospitality.

0:20:37 > 0:20:39Well, it might be some time before we're back in the city.

0:20:39 > 0:20:42- When you are. - Well, thank you.

0:20:42 > 0:20:46And for being so kind to Livvy while I was unwell.

0:20:46 > 0:20:48She's fine company.

0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Perhaps you could join us. - We'd love to.

0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Wouldn't we? - We would.

0:20:55 > 0:20:58Perhaps a visit to the cinema.

0:20:58 > 0:21:01I'd love to see one of the new widescreen films.

0:21:01 > 0:21:02CinemaScope.

0:21:02 > 0:21:05I find it rather like peering through the slit in a letter box.

0:21:05 > 0:21:07Well, you'd know, Andrew.

0:21:07 > 0:21:11I've become rather a fan of the foreign film lately.

0:21:11 > 0:21:13The last one I saw, oddly enough, was called "Anna".

0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Oh.- Italian.

0:21:16 > 0:21:17How intriguing.

0:21:17 > 0:21:20The story of a dancer torn between two men.

0:21:20 > 0:21:22Full of murder and cruelty.

0:21:22 > 0:21:26Crazy lot, you Italians, if your films are anything to go by.

0:21:26 > 0:21:28Passionate.

0:21:28 > 0:21:30The main thing I've learned from Italian films

0:21:30 > 0:21:35is that when an Italian gives his heart, he gives it truly.

0:21:36 > 0:21:39Such a hopeless romantic.

0:21:39 > 0:21:41Hopeless.

0:21:45 > 0:21:47KNOCK AT DOOR

0:21:48 > 0:21:52Was that exhibition absolutely necessary?

0:21:52 > 0:21:54You brought it on yourself.

0:21:54 > 0:21:55You don't understand, do you?

0:21:55 > 0:21:59He could do your reputation irreparable damage if he so chose.

0:21:59 > 0:22:01In the world of debs and tea parties, maybe.

0:22:01 > 0:22:05That's not my world any more. It never really was.

0:22:05 > 0:22:07The irony of your rebellion.

0:22:07 > 0:22:09I wouldn't mind all this nonsense, Anna,

0:22:09 > 0:22:11if you were fighting for true independence,

0:22:11 > 0:22:14but you're simply tying yourself to that boy's stove

0:22:14 > 0:22:18to dutifully deliver new little Polettis on an annual basis.

0:22:18 > 0:22:20Foolish, foolish girl!

0:22:20 > 0:22:23DOOR SLAMS

0:22:30 > 0:22:32If you'd prefer your privacy, sir...

0:22:35 > 0:22:39- I don't understand. - What?

0:22:39 > 0:22:43Why you're still interested in Anna. She's engaged.

0:22:43 > 0:22:45- It hasn't been announced. - It will be.

0:22:45 > 0:22:48I'll throw in the towel if you prefer.

0:22:48 > 0:22:52It's not up to me. I simply don't see the possibility of your success.

0:22:53 > 0:22:55We shall see, sir.

0:23:40 > 0:23:43KNOCK AT DOOR Yes.

0:23:48 > 0:23:51- I hope you don't mind. - As a matter of fact, I do.

0:23:51 > 0:23:53The time for games is over.

0:23:53 > 0:23:57So, Anna Bligh...

0:23:59 > 0:24:01LAUGHS

0:24:01 > 0:24:03..would you do me the honour of becoming...

0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Andrew, stop it. - ..of becoming my wife?

0:24:05 > 0:24:08- LAUGHS - What?

0:24:08 > 0:24:11Get up. Stop being silly.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13I thought you'd appreciate the romantic approach.

0:24:13 > 0:24:15- I'm engaged. - Come now.

0:24:15 > 0:24:17You don't love me.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20You interest me, which is more than I can say of anyone else.

0:24:20 > 0:24:22You've run, I've chased.

0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Now you stop, I catch. - I've been caught.

0:24:25 > 0:24:27- The joke is wearing thin, Anna. - It's no joke.

0:24:27 > 0:24:31- You can't be serious. - Yes, I am.

0:24:34 > 0:24:37A good soldier never retires from the field.

0:24:42 > 0:24:45- Keep it. - I won't change my mind.

0:24:45 > 0:24:47You won't marry him.

0:24:52 > 0:24:56You won't dine with a monkey at your table every night.

0:25:01 > 0:25:04JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYS CHEERFUL CHATTER

0:25:05 > 0:25:07SONG: # Jingle bells, jingle... #

0:25:07 > 0:25:08HE VOMITS

0:25:08 > 0:25:10# Jingle all the way

0:25:10 > 0:25:13# Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh

0:25:13 > 0:25:16# Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the...

0:25:16 > 0:25:19Your behaviour has become impossible to ignore.

0:25:19 > 0:25:20I didn't ask you to come after me.

0:25:20 > 0:25:23- You're not driving like that. - None of your ruddy...

0:25:23 > 0:25:26- Let's get you to bed. - You're not my mother!

0:25:26 > 0:25:28I did not give you everything

0:25:28 > 0:25:31to stand back and watch you turn into this.

0:25:33 > 0:25:35You don't know.

0:25:35 > 0:25:39Well, how can I help you if you won't tell me? Tell me!

0:25:41 > 0:25:44Bloody Japs. Bloody Japs.

0:25:44 > 0:25:47Oh, God, what did they do to you?

0:25:48 > 0:25:51Jack, trust me.

0:25:51 > 0:25:53Take my hand.

0:25:56 > 0:25:57Take it.

0:25:58 > 0:26:01Now stand up. Come on.

0:26:03 > 0:26:06I refuse to see you in the gutter.

0:26:06 > 0:26:11This is going to stop and it's going to stop here and now!

0:26:11 > 0:26:13You be a man.

0:26:19 > 0:26:21- KNOCK AT DOOR - Just a tick.

0:26:34 > 0:26:35Yes.

0:26:35 > 0:26:39I just need your signature on these and then you're free to go.

0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Do you have everything you need? - Yeah.

0:26:44 > 0:26:46- Even packed my feather boa. - Hmm.

0:26:46 > 0:26:48Then according to Elizabeth, you'll be right at home.

0:26:48 > 0:26:49SHE LAUGHS

0:26:51 > 0:26:52What?

0:26:52 > 0:26:57Oh...maybe I should stay.

0:26:59 > 0:27:01- James might need me. - James will be fine.

0:27:01 > 0:27:04I can't imagine you won't be enlightened in some way.

0:27:04 > 0:27:05And entertained.

0:27:05 > 0:27:08Yeah, I guess it does give me

0:27:08 > 0:27:09something to talk about over Christmas pud.

0:27:09 > 0:27:12- There you go then. - Sarah.

0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Moving in here? - It's temporary.

0:27:18 > 0:27:20I hope so.

0:27:27 > 0:27:30JAUNTY MUSIC

0:27:39 > 0:27:42SONG: # I know a gal A wonderful gal

0:27:42 > 0:27:45# She's the sweetest gal in town

0:27:45 > 0:27:48# You can search for miles around

0:27:48 > 0:27:51# But no-one can be found like this one

0:27:51 > 0:27:54# She has a smile that will open your eyes

0:27:54 > 0:27:57# With a certain little way

0:27:57 > 0:28:00# And every time that you get near her

0:28:00 > 0:28:02# You look at her and say

0:28:02 > 0:28:05# A red-hot momma

0:28:05 > 0:28:06# A red-hot momma

0:28:06 > 0:28:08- # You're the one I need...- #

0:28:08 > 0:28:11I was starting to think you'd lost your nerve.

0:28:11 > 0:28:13# A red-hot momma, a red-hot momma

0:28:13 > 0:28:15# Yes, indeed... #

0:28:15 > 0:28:18Hope I didn't interrupt anything.

0:28:18 > 0:28:21Harold? Oh, I'm not his type at all.

0:28:21 > 0:28:23- Oh.- Not like that.

0:28:23 > 0:28:26- He likes the dusky ladies. - Right.

0:28:26 > 0:28:30They, on the other hand, do like men, dusky or otherwise.

0:28:32 > 0:28:33Thank you.

0:28:37 > 0:28:40Carolyn, darling, a triumph.

0:28:40 > 0:28:44Brian, this is my dear friend, Jack.

0:28:44 > 0:28:46- Pleased to meet you, Brian. - Oh, no, no, no.

0:28:46 > 0:28:48Tonight, darling, it's Mary.

0:28:48 > 0:28:52Mary Christmas. Nice?

0:28:52 > 0:28:55Excuse me. Oooh!

0:28:56 > 0:28:59It's one thing to have an eye for a bloke,

0:28:59 > 0:29:01but why do they have to act so bloody flamboyant?

0:29:02 > 0:29:04Let's broaden your horizons.

0:29:09 > 0:29:13George, your unhappy mood is becoming obvious to our guest.

0:29:13 > 0:29:15You invited him.

0:29:15 > 0:29:17Miss Adams has confided in me that

0:29:17 > 0:29:21you and she are grappling with certain revelations that she's made.

0:29:23 > 0:29:26I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't express my hope

0:29:26 > 0:29:28that it will bring this misalliance to an end.

0:29:28 > 0:29:30It won't!

0:29:39 > 0:29:42- CAROLYN:- Jack, Charles. Charles, Jack.

0:29:42 > 0:29:45Jack's a doctor from Inverness, my dear friend.

0:29:45 > 0:29:48Charles is a divorce lawyer. He does all the best people.

0:29:48 > 0:29:50- In the nicest possible way. - JACK LAUGHS

0:29:50 > 0:29:52Ah, Elva darling, meet Jack.

0:29:52 > 0:29:54Jack, my wife, Elva.

0:29:54 > 0:29:57- And you are? - Gorgeous, aren't you, sweetheart?

0:29:57 > 0:30:01- You're married. - In the nicest possible way.

0:30:33 > 0:30:36DARK MUSIC

0:30:49 > 0:30:51LAIDBACK MUSIC

0:30:51 > 0:30:54MAN: One win, three losses. Disappointing performance.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56- JACK:- Don't worry, we'll get them next time.

0:30:56 > 0:30:58Doubt it.

0:30:58 > 0:31:02You can't blame Solomon for the loss. The poor bloke was ill.

0:31:02 > 0:31:04Taking on the Saffas with crook guts is madness.

0:31:04 > 0:31:06He's too young to be captain.

0:31:06 > 0:31:07I bet you weren't saying that

0:31:07 > 0:31:10when he scored that try at the death against Fiji last year.

0:31:10 > 0:31:13That test was a nail-biter, all right.

0:31:13 > 0:31:15I'll never understand the fascination

0:31:15 > 0:31:17you lads have with football.

0:31:17 > 0:31:19Not all football. Just rugby.

0:31:22 > 0:31:24Anyway, that's me done.

0:31:25 > 0:31:28Look me up when you're next in town then. Caro's got my address.

0:31:28 > 0:31:31- Yeah, will do, Wally. - Good on you, mate.

0:31:33 > 0:31:36- SHE LAUGHS - Don't get your hopes up.- Hmm.

0:31:36 > 0:31:38Bye-bye.

0:31:40 > 0:31:43SHE LAUGHS

0:31:43 > 0:31:45What's so funny?

0:31:45 > 0:31:47You just made a date.

0:31:48 > 0:31:50- He's not.- He is.

0:31:50 > 0:31:54But he just seemed so...normal.

0:31:54 > 0:31:55All shapes and sizes.

0:31:57 > 0:31:59- Were you tempted?- No.

0:31:59 > 0:32:02So no matter what they want you to be, you are who you are.

0:32:02 > 0:32:06- Of course. - That's exactly the way James feels.

0:32:06 > 0:32:08- James wants to change. - SHE SCOFFS

0:32:08 > 0:32:11Only because he's been told he should.

0:32:11 > 0:32:13He should be free to live his life without shame.

0:32:13 > 0:32:16- What, like Mary Christmas? - Like all of them.

0:32:16 > 0:32:18I don't think Elizabeth would ever forgive me

0:32:18 > 0:32:21if I got James waltzing around like Carmen Miranda.

0:32:21 > 0:32:22But it's his choice to make.

0:32:22 > 0:32:25Although maybe not the bowl of fruit on his head.

0:32:26 > 0:32:28You're serious.

0:32:28 > 0:32:32Olivia deserves better than a compromise. Any woman does.

0:32:37 > 0:32:38Yeah.

0:32:38 > 0:32:40What?

0:32:41 > 0:32:43Nothing.

0:32:45 > 0:32:47It's late.

0:32:47 > 0:32:49We used to stay up much later than this.

0:32:49 > 0:32:51Yeah, well, we're not that young any more.

0:32:51 > 0:32:54- We're not that old either. - Carolyn...

0:32:54 > 0:32:59The way I felt back then... it hasn't changed.

0:33:00 > 0:33:03- Not a day's gone past... - OK, I should go.

0:33:03 > 0:33:05What just happened?

0:33:05 > 0:33:07Nothing.

0:33:07 > 0:33:09- Was it what I said about James? - No, no.

0:33:09 > 0:33:12- It was something. - Just forget it.

0:33:13 > 0:33:16There's a perfectly good bed right here, Jack.

0:33:22 > 0:33:24Merry Christmas.

0:33:35 > 0:33:37I can't. I'm sorry.

0:33:37 > 0:33:39- I'm sorry.- Jack?

0:33:39 > 0:33:42- Wait! - DOOR CLOSES

0:34:10 > 0:34:13James, aren't you supposed to be sleeping?

0:34:13 > 0:34:16Jungle Man - I should have known.

0:34:16 > 0:34:18He could beat all the rotten old Japs, Mummy.

0:34:18 > 0:34:21Daddy will keep us safe. We don't need him.

0:34:42 > 0:34:46- OLIVIA:- You've been very good today, haven't you, little one?

0:34:46 > 0:34:49No kicking to disturb Mummy.

0:34:51 > 0:34:53Did you hear what Andrew said?

0:34:55 > 0:34:56Hmm?

0:34:56 > 0:34:59He said I looked as if I'd stepped out of a Nativity play.

0:35:01 > 0:35:03What's that?

0:35:06 > 0:35:11I was testing myself, seeing if it nauseated me.

0:35:11 > 0:35:14- And did it? - Quite the opposite, actually.

0:35:16 > 0:35:18Brought back some happy memories.

0:35:19 > 0:35:23My mother used to catch me reading comic books by torchlight.

0:35:23 > 0:35:27My favourite weekly was School Friend.

0:35:27 > 0:35:30I would devour it as soon as it arrived.

0:35:30 > 0:35:31Under the covers?

0:35:31 > 0:35:34Only if I hadn't finished by bedtime.

0:35:34 > 0:35:39You see, no-one wore a loincloth in School Friend.

0:35:39 > 0:35:40I'm sure.

0:36:02 > 0:36:05I do feel like Mary in a way.

0:36:05 > 0:36:09I'm carrying all the hopes of our little world inside me.

0:36:11 > 0:36:13SHE LAUGHS

0:36:13 > 0:36:16That sounded very silly.

0:36:18 > 0:36:19Not at all.

0:36:22 > 0:36:24Good night.

0:36:36 > 0:36:40Soon it will all be like it was a bad dream.

0:36:47 > 0:36:49That's what Father said.

0:36:55 > 0:36:57There's something we need to do.

0:36:58 > 0:36:59With Father.

0:37:01 > 0:37:02Tomorrow.

0:37:13 > 0:37:15- Is this really necessary? - Yes.

0:37:24 > 0:37:26I don't mean to be cruel

0:37:26 > 0:37:28but something needs saying and I need to say it here.

0:37:28 > 0:37:32- In Olivia's condition... - I'm fine.

0:37:32 > 0:37:35- If it helps. - I hope so.

0:37:36 > 0:37:43All my life, I've been running and I want it to stop.

0:37:45 > 0:37:47- This is where I kissed Harry. - James...

0:37:47 > 0:37:50I wouldn't be saying this if it wasn't necessary.

0:37:50 > 0:37:54- We've put all that behind us. - No, we haven't.

0:37:54 > 0:37:56That's the point.

0:37:56 > 0:38:01We can't until you both accept who I am.

0:38:02 > 0:38:05No more talk of...of bad dreams.

0:38:05 > 0:38:08No more sweeping it under the carpet

0:38:08 > 0:38:11to avoid the fact that I will always be this.

0:38:13 > 0:38:15I tried changing.

0:38:17 > 0:38:19I can't.

0:38:21 > 0:38:23Then how do we proceed?

0:38:23 > 0:38:27As husband and wife, I hope.

0:38:27 > 0:38:31As parents.

0:38:31 > 0:38:34As father and son.

0:38:34 > 0:38:36I made marriage vows, I'll never betray them,

0:38:36 > 0:38:39but if I did, you have to accept it would be with a man.

0:38:39 > 0:38:40Oh, son...

0:38:40 > 0:38:44The only way I can move forward is by facing the truth...

0:38:46 > 0:38:48..and then moving beyond it.

0:38:52 > 0:38:55Then we face it.

0:38:58 > 0:39:00Father?

0:39:01 > 0:39:03And move beyond it.

0:39:03 > 0:39:05Yes.

0:39:15 > 0:39:21BING CROSBY SINGS: # Silent night

0:39:21 > 0:39:26# Holy night

0:39:26 > 0:39:32# All is calm

0:39:32 > 0:39:37# All is bright

0:39:37 > 0:39:43# Round yon virgin

0:39:43 > 0:39:49# Mother and child

0:39:49 > 0:39:54# Holy infant

0:39:54 > 0:40:01# So tender and mild

0:40:01 > 0:40:03# Sleep

0:40:03 > 0:40:07# In heavenly

0:40:07 > 0:40:12# Peace

0:40:12 > 0:40:16# Sleep

0:40:16 > 0:40:20# In heavenly

0:40:20 > 0:40:24# Peace. #

0:40:31 > 0:40:33Excuse me.