Do Not Go Gently

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04There must be some prospect I'd make a good husband one day.

0:00:04 > 0:00:06I'm not ready to be anyone's wife.

0:00:06 > 0:00:08Might I suggest that, given the circumstances,

0:00:08 > 0:00:10we revert to our former roles?

0:00:10 > 0:00:12Publisher and author.

0:00:12 > 0:00:15Scratch out her name, all right? She won't be coming in.

0:00:15 > 0:00:19- She made the appointment, she should cancel it.- Well, I'm her husband.

0:00:19 > 0:00:21- Who did this to you, Sheila? - I fell.

0:00:21 > 0:00:24Since the operation, I'm a bit lopsided.

0:00:25 > 0:00:27- Is he all right?- Douglas!

0:00:29 > 0:00:31The cancer has spread, Elizabeth.

0:00:31 > 0:00:33There's nothing more we can do.

0:00:33 > 0:00:35I will tell others

0:00:35 > 0:00:37as and when I see fit.

0:00:37 > 0:00:41- You can't stay here. - I am a different person now.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44Before you leave, you don't go anywhere near my family.

0:00:44 > 0:00:46- Regina's here.- In Inverness?

0:00:46 > 0:00:49Pack your bags, I'll take you to the station.

0:00:49 > 0:00:51Sir Richard is not your friend.

0:00:51 > 0:00:53He sees me as playing a hand in your destruction.

0:00:53 > 0:00:56He's always considered me his foot soldier.

0:00:56 > 0:00:58- What are you doing? - I'm taking David to Aunt Peg's.

0:00:58 > 0:01:00He'll be her target, I know it.

0:01:00 > 0:01:02Who are you going to poison now?!

0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Let's go to Canberra. - Your mother might need me here.

0:01:11 > 0:01:13And I am the other woman.

0:01:36 > 0:01:37Goodness!

0:01:37 > 0:01:39Look at this!

0:01:41 > 0:01:43Is this...

0:01:43 > 0:01:45Toast and tea?

0:01:45 > 0:01:47Thank you, sweetheart.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54His idea.

0:01:54 > 0:01:55Bless him.

0:01:59 > 0:02:02Are we sure about Canberra?

0:02:02 > 0:02:04You've got a lot to lose.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06I'm not losing anything.

0:02:06 > 0:02:10- David and I are the great unspoken. - Sarah, it's common knowledge.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12- But not discussed. - Perhaps it's time it was.

0:02:12 > 0:02:16And we will manage things as they come.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21Let's do it.

0:02:23 > 0:02:26Well, I suppose this way I get to hear your speech.

0:02:33 > 0:02:34Look at these.

0:02:34 > 0:02:36Douglas's favourite.

0:02:37 > 0:02:41- You're off to Canberra this afternoon?- Yes.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43Actually, Sarah's decided to come with me.

0:02:44 > 0:02:46We've thought it through.

0:02:46 > 0:02:50Well, I can see that taking David away is a good idea,

0:02:50 > 0:02:52but Sarah has her work.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55She'll make alternative arrangements.

0:02:56 > 0:02:59- She's not going to be seen in public with you, is she...?- Mother!

0:02:59 > 0:03:02..because I strongly suggest that you exercise some discretion.

0:03:02 > 0:03:05Thank you, but we'll manage things as we see fit.

0:03:06 > 0:03:10I've organised the staff to convert this room into a temporary bedroom.

0:03:10 > 0:03:14Douglas won't manage the stairs for a while.

0:03:15 > 0:03:17Well, he's not coming home just yet?

0:03:17 > 0:03:19I want him here as soon as possible.

0:03:19 > 0:03:22Don't underestimate the strain you'll be under caring for him.

0:03:22 > 0:03:25It'll be far less stressful with him here

0:03:25 > 0:03:27than having to traipse back and forth to the hospital.

0:03:27 > 0:03:30Surely that will depend on how he's faring?

0:03:31 > 0:03:33What's Sarah told you?

0:03:33 > 0:03:37Nothing. Just that it'll take time for him to recover.

0:03:39 > 0:03:41Well, he's my husband and I want to care for him.

0:03:42 > 0:03:45Besides, I have Carolyn to help if need be.

0:03:45 > 0:03:47Of course.

0:03:47 > 0:03:51- But if anything was to happen... - You're just a telephone call away.

0:03:51 > 0:03:52Thank you, George.

0:03:53 > 0:03:57You need to be in Canberra to get this trade deal settled.

0:03:59 > 0:04:01You look after yourself, mother.

0:04:03 > 0:04:06And you give that O'Sullivan a run for his money while you're at it.

0:04:12 > 0:04:14Bang, bang, bang!

0:04:16 > 0:04:18Bang, bang!

0:04:18 > 0:04:20- Bang, bang, bang!- You shot me.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26Morning, Mr O'Rourke.

0:04:28 > 0:04:30Sister Nordmann from the clinic.

0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Yeah, I know who you are. - I'm here to see Sheila.

0:04:34 > 0:04:36Any particular reason?

0:04:36 > 0:04:39She missed an appointment with us yesterday, and it's important...

0:04:39 > 0:04:41Well, she's not here.

0:04:44 > 0:04:48Your wife needs follow-up treatment after her mastectomy.

0:04:48 > 0:04:51Well, she'll come in when she's good and ready.

0:04:53 > 0:04:55Well, I'll tell the clinic to expect her tomorrow, then,

0:04:55 > 0:04:58unless there's something you don't want us to see?

0:04:58 > 0:05:00The ruddy women's clinic.

0:05:01 > 0:05:03A bunch of clacking crows.

0:05:07 > 0:05:08My wife...

0:05:08 > 0:05:10is none of your business.

0:05:10 > 0:05:13You don't frighten me, Mr O'Rourke.

0:05:13 > 0:05:14Is everything all right?

0:05:17 > 0:05:20Expect a lot of crows on your doorstep, Mr O'Rourke.

0:05:20 > 0:05:23Until Sheila comes in, the clacking won't stop.

0:05:41 > 0:05:43You can see it through here and through there.

0:05:44 > 0:05:46Just as we thought.

0:05:46 > 0:05:48It's certainly aggressive.

0:05:48 > 0:05:50It's spread to his blood and lymphatic systems.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56Would you like to be there when I tell him?

0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Tell him what? - That his condition's terminal.

0:06:01 > 0:06:03Douglas is recovering from major surgery.

0:06:03 > 0:06:05What on earth would that achieve?

0:06:05 > 0:06:08It will give him time to prepare for what's to come.

0:06:08 > 0:06:11None of us can predict how this will turn out.

0:06:11 > 0:06:13I think we can be pretty confident

0:06:13 > 0:06:15that Douglas won't make it to Christmas.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19Our policy here is the same as everywhere else.

0:06:19 > 0:06:21Not at my last two hospitals.

0:06:21 > 0:06:23The thinking is changing.

0:06:23 > 0:06:25Well, we don't give patients bad news

0:06:25 > 0:06:27unless their next of kin decide they want them told.

0:06:27 > 0:06:30What do we tell them, then? Everything went well?

0:06:30 > 0:06:33- He'll be back on a horse before he knows it?- Of course not.

0:06:33 > 0:06:35It's wrong to encourage hope where it doesn't exist.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37It's worse to create unnecessary despair.

0:06:37 > 0:06:40Is this an existential argument or is there

0:06:40 > 0:06:42something specific you'd like an opinion on?

0:06:45 > 0:06:49Henry thinks Douglas needs to know that his condition is terminal.

0:06:49 > 0:06:52This isn't your decision to make.

0:06:52 > 0:06:55Douglas is not to be told.

0:07:06 > 0:07:09- What did they say?- Who? - The doctors.

0:07:09 > 0:07:11Is that the best you could find?

0:07:24 > 0:07:25Argh! Oh!

0:07:25 > 0:07:27Agh!

0:07:28 > 0:07:30Agh!

0:07:48 > 0:07:52- Young Larry Gray and Mrs Briggs. - He's been keeping bad company.

0:07:52 > 0:07:55He and some other lads were bragging about throwing rocks and eggs

0:07:55 > 0:07:57at Regina Bligh's cottage.

0:07:57 > 0:07:59You reap what you sow.

0:07:59 > 0:08:01- Where do you want these? - Just in here's fine.

0:08:01 > 0:08:04I think you should have a word with him, Roy.

0:08:04 > 0:08:06Not that one cares for that woman,

0:08:06 > 0:08:08but it could foster raucousness elsewhere

0:08:08 > 0:08:11- and who knows where that may lead? - Right, I'll have a word.

0:08:13 > 0:08:18Mrs Duncan, I took the liberty of making Mr Goddard a trifle.

0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Something to soothe his poor throat. - Lovely.

0:08:21 > 0:08:22I'll bring it over.

0:08:22 > 0:08:24Thank you, Doris.

0:08:25 > 0:08:28I came very close to hitting that man.

0:08:28 > 0:08:30Probably make things worse for her.

0:08:30 > 0:08:33People think Stan O'Rourke's an upstanding member of the community.

0:08:33 > 0:08:36This football coach, volunteer on the fire brigade.

0:08:36 > 0:08:38Mister all-round nice guy, eh?

0:08:38 > 0:08:40You will do your best for her, won't you?

0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Of course. You're not to worry. - And call if there's anything.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46We should all be together.

0:08:46 > 0:08:47How's Elizabeth?

0:08:48 > 0:08:52Keeping up a brave face. It's hard not telling Carolyn.

0:08:52 > 0:08:54And George, but it's Elizabeth's tale to tell.

0:08:54 > 0:08:56If and when she's ready.

0:08:57 > 0:08:59You enjoy Canberra.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02Just watch you don't take a swing at one of those Pommies.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04No promises.

0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Keep me up-to-date with Douglas. - Will do.

0:09:10 > 0:09:12HE BREATHES HEAVILY

0:09:13 > 0:09:16I thought perhaps the day room might be suitable

0:09:16 > 0:09:19but the sitting room has that lovely morning light.

0:09:19 > 0:09:22It's warmer, I think.

0:09:25 > 0:09:27Oh, here she is.

0:09:27 > 0:09:28How's the patient?

0:09:29 > 0:09:31Fighting fit.

0:09:32 > 0:09:35Elizabeth's been telling me all about her plans

0:09:35 > 0:09:38to turn Ash Park into a rehabilitation centre.

0:09:38 > 0:09:42Simply converting a downstairs room into a temporary bedroom.

0:09:42 > 0:09:46So you'll all be stuck with me for a bit longer, I'm afraid.

0:09:46 > 0:09:48Actually, George and I are heading to Canberra.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51Yes.

0:09:51 > 0:09:53Lizzie tells me you'll be gone for a month.

0:09:55 > 0:09:56Good on you.

0:09:58 > 0:09:59It's a big step.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02We'll be back and forth.

0:10:02 > 0:10:07Well, give me a chance to get my strength back for David.

0:10:08 > 0:10:11You can tell him I'll be working on a new Airfix plane for him

0:10:11 > 0:10:14just as soon as they let me out of here.

0:10:14 > 0:10:16I will.

0:10:19 > 0:10:21You take care of yourself, Douglas.

0:10:26 > 0:10:28Be back in a minute.

0:10:40 > 0:10:42I won't go if you think you can't manage.

0:10:42 > 0:10:44No, no, you must go.

0:10:44 > 0:10:47He'll know something's up if you change your plans.

0:10:47 > 0:10:52Sarah, this situation is causing discord between Jack and Henry.

0:10:52 > 0:10:54To tell or not to tell.

0:10:55 > 0:10:57What's your opinion?

0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Everyone else seems to have one. - It's an entirely personal matter.

0:11:00 > 0:11:02You have no opinion, then?

0:11:04 > 0:11:06I think it's up to the patient to decide

0:11:06 > 0:11:08how much information they want.

0:11:09 > 0:11:11Listen to Douglas.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14He'll let you know if he wants to face it.

0:11:18 > 0:11:22Now, remember, in Canberra, there's no need to flaunt your situation.

0:11:22 > 0:11:25We're not ashamed of our situation, Elizabeth.

0:11:52 > 0:11:53Oi.

0:11:54 > 0:11:57Tell your mates to stop their hooning around, all right?

0:11:57 > 0:12:00This chucking rocks and eggs. That's kid's stuff.

0:12:01 > 0:12:04- I don't know what you're talking about.- Regina Bligh.

0:12:05 > 0:12:07She killed Miss Davies.

0:12:07 > 0:12:10She done the crime, she done the time.

0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Just leave her alone. - Give us one good reason.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23I'll give you two. One, you're stooping to her level.

0:12:23 > 0:12:26Two, you're poking a brown snake, son.

0:12:29 > 0:12:30It ends now.

0:12:30 > 0:12:32Clear?

0:12:38 > 0:12:41How are your hospital digs going?

0:12:42 > 0:12:45Spartan, but they'll do.

0:12:46 > 0:12:49You must be looking forward to James coming back?

0:12:54 > 0:12:57You could always use me and my medical check-ups as your cover...

0:12:58 > 0:13:00..when you want to visit Ash Park.

0:13:05 > 0:13:07I'm very grateful to you and Jack for saving my life.

0:13:09 > 0:13:11It's all part of the job.

0:13:11 > 0:13:13- HE STRUGGLES FOR BREATH - This...

0:13:13 > 0:13:15haemorrhage.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17What do you think caused it?

0:13:18 > 0:13:20Oh, it's hard to be sure.

0:13:20 > 0:13:22It could be as simple as a post-operative bleed.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25Or as complex as...?

0:13:26 > 0:13:29Everyone reacts differently to surgery.

0:13:30 > 0:13:32It's rarely straightforward.

0:13:36 > 0:13:40I confess, I may not have rested as well as I probably should have.

0:13:45 > 0:13:47We don't know what we're dealing with just yet.

0:13:50 > 0:13:52But, once you've recovered...

0:13:53 > 0:13:55..we'll reassess.

0:14:03 > 0:14:07- You saw Douglas? - I lied to him, as directed.

0:14:07 > 0:14:10There's a lot of grey between what you call lying and what I call being sensitive.

0:14:10 > 0:14:13We need to stop treating patients like children.

0:14:14 > 0:14:16Is that it?

0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Yes.- Good.

0:14:29 > 0:14:31Looks like this is it.

0:14:33 > 0:14:35You'd better write to me, then.

0:14:35 > 0:14:37I will.

0:14:37 > 0:14:39But you have to send me letters too.

0:14:39 > 0:14:41I don't care how bad your spelling is.

0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Promise?- Yeah.

0:14:45 > 0:14:47Yeah, I promise.

0:15:40 > 0:15:41Wait!

0:15:41 > 0:15:43- Stop, please! - Regina, what the...?!

0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Where are you going?- What are you doing?!- I need to talk to you!

0:15:48 > 0:15:51- I came back to help you! - Mummy, I'm frightened.

0:15:51 > 0:15:53How can I help you if you're not here? Please!

0:15:53 > 0:15:55I'm working in your favour!

0:15:55 > 0:15:58I'm feeding Sir Richard information. I'm on your side.

0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Please, George, you're a fool! - Leave us alone!

0:16:01 > 0:16:02Stop!

0:16:02 > 0:16:05How can I help you if you won't listen?

0:16:05 > 0:16:07You're a fool, George!

0:16:07 > 0:16:08George!

0:16:35 > 0:16:37I can understand Sarah's need

0:16:37 > 0:16:40to get as far away from Regina as possible

0:16:40 > 0:16:42and to protect David.

0:16:42 > 0:16:44But Canberra?

0:16:45 > 0:16:48Goodness knows what they'll make of the situation.

0:16:54 > 0:16:56And I know what you're thinking.

0:16:56 > 0:16:58It's none of my concern.

0:16:59 > 0:17:01You got it in one.

0:17:02 > 0:17:04There's nothing I can do about it, is there?

0:17:04 > 0:17:06That's right.

0:17:06 > 0:17:09HE WHEEZES

0:17:12 > 0:17:15I sent your letter to the refuge, by the way.

0:17:15 > 0:17:17I've missed the men.

0:17:18 > 0:17:21I've let them know that you won't be in for a while

0:17:21 > 0:17:24and it seems they'll survive.

0:17:25 > 0:17:28You are not entirely indispensable, you know!

0:17:28 > 0:17:29Well, that's a blow.

0:17:30 > 0:17:33Tell me if I'm chattering too much.

0:17:35 > 0:17:36Lizzie...

0:17:39 > 0:17:41..I could listen to you all day long.

0:17:41 > 0:17:43As long as I'm not bothering you.

0:17:44 > 0:17:48Darling, if you need to close your eyes and have a little rest,

0:17:48 > 0:17:49you do that.

0:18:06 > 0:18:08Dickie...

0:18:08 > 0:18:10he's taking the Jew to Canberra.

0:18:56 > 0:18:59She's got guts, that Sister Nordmann.

0:18:59 > 0:19:02- You're not wrong there. - She really gave it to Stan O'Rourke.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06But she'd better be careful. It could get real nasty for her.

0:19:07 > 0:19:09Yes.

0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Your feet sensation's good. - You reckon?

0:19:13 > 0:19:16What you need to do is keep it that way. Glucose and diet, hm?

0:19:16 > 0:19:18Mm, so I hear.

0:19:19 > 0:19:22Any cuts on your feet, straight to the hospital,

0:19:22 > 0:19:25- tell them you're a diabetic. - Yeah, doc, I know the drill.

0:19:25 > 0:19:27Just making sure.

0:19:28 > 0:19:30Well, I'm done for the morning.

0:19:30 > 0:19:33Let's go down the pub, grab a can of lunch before you head off.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35I could do with a cold beer.

0:19:35 > 0:19:37I'm not sure beer's what you should be drinking.

0:19:37 > 0:19:39What, you're my mother now?

0:19:39 > 0:19:41Not last time I looked.

0:19:50 > 0:19:53I've got the broth for Douglas. Cook said you ordered it?

0:19:55 > 0:19:58I thought perhaps I could take you back to the hospital.

0:19:58 > 0:20:01You'd only have to turn around and pick me up later.

0:20:01 > 0:20:03There's no sense in that.

0:20:04 > 0:20:07Before you go...

0:20:07 > 0:20:10I glanced through your book.

0:20:11 > 0:20:15And I can only say I'm pleased I didn't give it to Douglas to read.

0:20:15 > 0:20:17It is an absolute betrayal of him

0:20:17 > 0:20:20and of all the men who fought for this country.

0:20:20 > 0:20:23I don't know how you can interpret it like that.

0:20:23 > 0:20:26Brutish ex-servicemen too stupefied to leave the house?!

0:20:26 > 0:20:29Dissatisfied wives chained to the kitchen sink?

0:20:29 > 0:20:31Douglas would be horrified. Disgusted!

0:20:31 > 0:20:34Well, maybe if you'd read it properly, you've glanced...

0:20:34 > 0:20:37I've read enough to know that there is absolutely no compassion

0:20:37 > 0:20:40or understanding of what those poor men went through.

0:20:40 > 0:20:42It is a work of fiction.

0:20:42 > 0:20:45It is also steamy and vacuous, without any semblance of discretion.

0:20:45 > 0:20:48Actually, it reads as if it's destined for the censorship board.

0:20:48 > 0:20:52- What?!- It is one thing to talk about this sort of thing in private, young lady,

0:20:52 > 0:20:55but it is quite another to bandy it about in the public domain.

0:20:58 > 0:21:00Anything else?

0:21:02 > 0:21:04You would not be writing novels at all

0:21:04 > 0:21:07if not for the wealth and privilege that you were born into.

0:21:07 > 0:21:09But noblesse oblige, Anna.

0:21:09 > 0:21:12There are certain responsibilities that go with it.

0:21:12 > 0:21:14I'm...

0:21:18 > 0:21:20I'm disappointed.

0:21:31 > 0:21:34I shouldn't have left it where she'd find it.

0:21:34 > 0:21:38It's not your fault. Sooner or later she was going to read the book

0:21:38 > 0:21:42- and take it all the wrong way. - Sounds like she overreacted.

0:21:43 > 0:21:45She thinks I'm disgusting.

0:21:45 > 0:21:47She thinks I'm spoiled.

0:21:48 > 0:21:53What I was trying to do was lift the lid on hypocrisy,

0:21:53 > 0:21:55challenge the status quo,

0:21:55 > 0:21:58but, no, apparently I'm the writer of a dirty book.

0:21:58 > 0:22:02- Anna...- Steamy and vacuous. Those were her words.

0:22:04 > 0:22:06It's not the best time to be upsetting her.

0:22:06 > 0:22:10- I didn't ask her to read it. - Whatever she said, the truth is...

0:22:12 > 0:22:15I think she's shattered about Douglas.

0:22:15 > 0:22:17But he's going to be all right.

0:22:17 > 0:22:19He's going to get better.

0:22:19 > 0:22:21Jack hasn't said anything, but...

0:22:22 > 0:22:24..I suspect he's dying.

0:22:24 > 0:22:26They're keeping it quiet.

0:22:26 > 0:22:29It's possibly why she's so sensitive about how he'd feel.

0:22:30 > 0:22:33I'm not suggesting you don't publish,

0:22:33 > 0:22:36but there is wisdom in taking a breath, counting to ten,

0:22:36 > 0:22:39really thinking about the context.

0:22:39 > 0:22:42If you know it's going to contribute to your grandmother's distress,

0:22:42 > 0:22:44can you hold back for now?

0:23:11 > 0:23:12He's asleep.

0:23:14 > 0:23:16I think I'm going to like it here.

0:23:17 > 0:23:22- Drink?- Not for me. I need to finish this speech for tomorrow.

0:23:24 > 0:23:27I think I should sit this one out.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32Why don't I go to the next function?

0:23:37 > 0:23:41You are to put on your gladrags, Cinderella,

0:23:41 > 0:23:43and accompany me to the ball.

0:23:43 > 0:23:47I hope I don't need quite that degree of transformation.

0:23:56 > 0:23:59You look like you've had a tough day.

0:24:00 > 0:24:02It wasn't easy.

0:24:06 > 0:24:08Is it Douglas?

0:24:14 > 0:24:16He's dying, isn't he?

0:24:17 > 0:24:19You know I can't...

0:24:19 > 0:24:22Patient confidentiality.

0:24:24 > 0:24:26He is, then.

0:24:30 > 0:24:31I knew mother wasn't...

0:24:33 > 0:24:35She must be so devastated.

0:24:37 > 0:24:39Henry's not helping.

0:24:39 > 0:24:41He insists Douglas should be told.

0:24:49 > 0:24:52And I take it you agree with him?

0:24:53 > 0:24:58- What if I were terminally ill? Would you keep it from me?- Yes.

0:24:58 > 0:25:02If I thought it would get in the way of you enjoying what time was left.

0:25:02 > 0:25:05That's a very paternalistic approach.

0:25:05 > 0:25:06It's a compassionate approach

0:25:06 > 0:25:09that's worked perfectly well for many, many years.

0:25:12 > 0:25:14Is it so terrifying?

0:25:14 > 0:25:15Dying?

0:25:15 > 0:25:17Change.

0:25:17 > 0:25:21- Can't you at least contemplate there might be...- Enough!

0:25:25 > 0:25:27Sorry.

0:25:28 > 0:25:30Enjoy your game.

0:26:11 > 0:26:13RUMBLE OF THUNDER

0:26:53 > 0:26:57- So, how's it going, Buddy Holly? - Yeah, not too bad.

0:27:02 > 0:27:04Where's he off to?

0:27:08 > 0:27:10Bloody smartarse.

0:27:11 > 0:27:14Sitting up like Jackie yesterday at the inside bar

0:27:14 > 0:27:16with his fancy doctor friend.

0:27:16 > 0:27:18He's getting too big for his boots.

0:27:20 > 0:27:23He's been scaring the daylights out of my missus, too. Yeah.

0:27:24 > 0:27:26Eyeing her off.

0:27:26 > 0:27:30Wife won't go out of the house. She's terrified of him.

0:27:32 > 0:27:34You got a light?

0:27:38 > 0:27:41I'll swing by lunchtime. We'll go for a spin.

0:27:41 > 0:27:42Whereabouts?

0:27:44 > 0:27:46Hey, fill her up.

0:27:58 > 0:28:01- Where are you off to? - I need to speak with Ed.

0:28:01 > 0:28:05Anna, what I said yesterday, I shouldn't have interfered.

0:28:05 > 0:28:09Yes, you should. I've decided to make some changes to the manuscript,

0:28:09 > 0:28:11which is why I need to see Ed.

0:28:11 > 0:28:13I didn't want you to change it,

0:28:13 > 0:28:16- so much as sit on it until things settle down.- No, you're right.

0:28:16 > 0:28:20I'm worried I've transferred all my cynicism about men onto the page.

0:28:20 > 0:28:23I can see now why grandmother would be offended on Douglas's behalf

0:28:23 > 0:28:27and, after rereading it, there are other recognisable things,

0:28:27 > 0:28:30or at least they could be construed that way, so I want to make the adjustments.

0:28:30 > 0:28:34All right, but don't change the heart of what you're saying.

0:28:35 > 0:28:37You've a keen eye.

0:28:37 > 0:28:41Especially that woman trapped by love in a provincial setting.

0:28:42 > 0:28:43Ivy.

0:28:43 > 0:28:47A woman longing to make her mark on the world.

0:28:49 > 0:28:50I recognised her.

0:28:50 > 0:28:53That's me with Gino, not you with Papa.

0:28:55 > 0:28:57Perhaps a combination of us both.

0:29:01 > 0:29:03You are a wonderful writer.

0:29:05 > 0:29:07Go.

0:29:08 > 0:29:10Don't change Ivy.

0:29:46 > 0:29:48All right.

0:29:48 > 0:29:50How many matches, son?

0:29:54 > 0:29:56Hey.

0:29:56 > 0:29:58He'll be after your Leah next.

0:30:26 > 0:30:29WINDOWS SMASH

0:30:31 > 0:30:33Bang!

0:30:33 > 0:30:35Up she goes, eh?!

0:30:35 > 0:30:36HE LAUGHS

0:30:37 > 0:30:40How about that?

0:30:40 > 0:30:42Yes.

0:31:22 > 0:31:24That was...

0:31:25 > 0:31:29..almost as good as the creme brulee we shared in...

0:31:29 > 0:31:30- Paris.- Ah, yes.

0:31:30 > 0:31:33- Chez Benoit.- Mm.

0:31:33 > 0:31:35I seem to remember you ate the lot.

0:31:36 > 0:31:38- Really?- Mm.

0:31:39 > 0:31:41My manners must have escaped me.

0:31:43 > 0:31:44Well...

0:31:45 > 0:31:47..next time we're in Paris...

0:31:48 > 0:31:51..we'll be sure to find that very place again

0:31:51 > 0:31:54and you shall eat creme brulee to your heart's content, my love.

0:32:16 > 0:32:18Do you see the smoke?

0:32:19 > 0:32:21You OK?

0:32:30 > 0:32:33Doesn't take much guessing to figure out what happened.

0:32:33 > 0:32:37- Stan O'Rourke and his scaly mates. - The policeman?

0:32:37 > 0:32:39Copper's not going to help no black man.

0:32:40 > 0:32:44- That ain't right, mate.- Arson is arson, anyway you look at it.

0:32:45 > 0:32:48Well, that's the way it is in this country, isn't it? Everywhere.

0:32:48 > 0:32:52There's two laws. One for white fellas and one for black fellas.

0:32:54 > 0:32:55What'll you do?

0:32:55 > 0:32:59I'm going to clean up. I'll let Tommo know.

0:33:10 > 0:33:13Tell me all the paintings weren't in there.

0:33:13 > 0:33:15Yeah.

0:33:15 > 0:33:18Lucky your missus got the important one, eh?

0:33:32 > 0:33:34Thank you.

0:33:39 > 0:33:41- Are you ready? - As ready as I'll ever be.

0:33:41 > 0:33:44You will be magnificent.

0:33:52 > 0:33:54STRING QUARTET PLAYS

0:34:06 > 0:34:08Nice to see you.

0:34:13 > 0:34:16We won't to be short on entertainment tonight.

0:34:16 > 0:34:18Plenty here on both sides of the political fence.

0:34:18 > 0:34:20- Madam.- Thank you.

0:34:20 > 0:34:22Allow me to introduce you to Mrs Sarah Nordmann.

0:34:22 > 0:34:26Mrs Nordmann, this is Sir Earl Page, our Minister for Health.

0:34:26 > 0:34:28- Delighted to meet you. - The pleasure's all mine.

0:34:28 > 0:34:31I trust you've been studying up on your baseball scores.

0:34:31 > 0:34:33The Yanks talk about nothing else, I'm afraid.

0:34:33 > 0:34:35I'll be no use to them there.

0:34:35 > 0:34:38Well, less about baseball and more about trade agreements.

0:34:38 > 0:34:42In my experience, they're going to be tough negotiators.

0:34:42 > 0:34:44Ladies and gentlemen, the Prime Minister, Mr Menzies,

0:34:44 > 0:34:47and Dame Pattie Menzies.

0:34:47 > 0:34:49APPLAUSE

0:34:52 > 0:34:55How's that property of yours going, George?

0:34:55 > 0:34:58Very well, thank you, Earl. Very well indeed.

0:34:58 > 0:35:00George, Sir Richard is here.

0:35:00 > 0:35:02What a surprise.

0:35:02 > 0:35:05- If you'll excuse me?- Of course.

0:35:09 > 0:35:11Mrs Nordmann, since you're a nursing...

0:35:13 > 0:35:15Richard, I wasn't aware you were attending.

0:35:15 > 0:35:18Any opportunity to schmooze the Yanks.

0:35:19 > 0:35:21What is she doing here?

0:35:21 > 0:35:23For goodness' sake, man, look around you.

0:35:23 > 0:35:26She's not a debutante to be brought out in polite society.

0:35:26 > 0:35:29The majority of our colleagues are aware of the situation.

0:35:29 > 0:35:32- For those that aren't, I'm introducing them.- Menzies is here.

0:35:32 > 0:35:35- And Dame Pattie has met Sarah before.- Private home.

0:35:35 > 0:35:39Keep it on the farm. Don't rub people's faces in it.

0:35:40 > 0:35:43I'll do what I can do to minimise the damage.

0:35:45 > 0:35:49- George.- Neil. - I see you've brought a friend.

0:35:49 > 0:35:51Looks a good sort.

0:35:51 > 0:35:54Labour, of course, wants to get rid of the voluntary organisations.

0:35:54 > 0:35:57Even the friendly societies. Makes absolutely no sense at all.

0:35:57 > 0:36:00I would like both parties to pay more interest to women's health.

0:36:00 > 0:36:02I think my wife would agree with you.

0:36:02 > 0:36:04- Afternoon, Earl.- Dame Pattie.

0:36:05 > 0:36:09- Sarah, isn't it?- Yes, we met at Prudence Swanson's some time ago.

0:36:09 > 0:36:12Yes. Anne, come and join us.

0:36:13 > 0:36:16- Sarah, allow me to introduce you to Anne Edwards.- How do you do?

0:36:16 > 0:36:17Pleased to meet you.

0:36:17 > 0:36:20Sarah's involved in community health,

0:36:20 > 0:36:22- though not in charity work as yourself.- I see.

0:36:22 > 0:36:25I think you two will get along famously.

0:36:26 > 0:36:28- George.- Prime Minister.

0:36:28 > 0:36:30- How are you, my good man? - Very well, sir.

0:36:30 > 0:36:33George, I'd like your support in this Lake Burley Griffin issue.

0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Of course. - If we can pull this off,

0:36:36 > 0:36:39it will be the jewel in the crown of the capital.

0:36:39 > 0:36:41Think of the Seine and the Thames.

0:36:41 > 0:36:43Think of Sydney Harbour.

0:36:44 > 0:36:46I shouldn't have taken him to the pub.

0:36:46 > 0:36:48Don't blame yourself.

0:36:48 > 0:36:50Those men are hateful.

0:36:50 > 0:36:54Stan O'Rourke has it in for anyone who threatens his brutish existence.

0:36:54 > 0:36:56And now Frank's a scapegoat.

0:36:59 > 0:37:01It's lucky you took his painting.

0:37:02 > 0:37:05I didn't take anything.

0:37:05 > 0:37:08He asked me to hold on to his Namatjira for safekeeping.

0:37:08 > 0:37:11Pity you didn't grab everything. He's lost everything else.

0:37:11 > 0:37:15I told you, I didn't take or grab anything.

0:37:16 > 0:37:18Fine.

0:37:19 > 0:37:22It came from me sticking my nose in where it wasn't wanted,

0:37:22 > 0:37:24- but thank goodness I did. - I'm not criticising you.

0:37:24 > 0:37:28But you have before, which is why I kept it from you.

0:37:31 > 0:37:34- I need to clean up.- I'll have Lynette run a bath for you.

0:37:34 > 0:37:36No, I'll just grab a quick shower.

0:37:37 > 0:37:40I promised I'd go back in to see Douglas.

0:37:53 > 0:37:56Well, gentlemen, I get the feeling from the room

0:37:56 > 0:38:00that our guests are ready to talk turkey, as they say over there.

0:38:00 > 0:38:03American trade will eclipse our trade with Great Britain

0:38:03 > 0:38:05within a decade, you watch.

0:38:05 > 0:38:09Remembering, of course, that Australia is first and foremost

0:38:09 > 0:38:12a member of the British Commonwealth.

0:38:12 > 0:38:15Our loyalty is always to the Queen.

0:38:16 > 0:38:19Have you given O'Sullivan the wool price we're quoting tonight?

0:38:19 > 0:38:21I'll do that now.

0:38:21 > 0:38:25You know, George, for all their talk about, erm, progress,

0:38:25 > 0:38:28the Americans are a very moralistic lot.

0:38:29 > 0:38:32Largely Puritan stock.

0:38:32 > 0:38:35No matter how pleasant your friend may be,

0:38:35 > 0:38:38I'm surprised you thought it appropriate to bring her

0:38:38 > 0:38:40to this occasion.

0:38:40 > 0:38:44That friend you're referring to happens to be the mother of my son.

0:38:45 > 0:38:48And I would have thought tonight was about bilateral trade,

0:38:48 > 0:38:50not gossip.

0:38:50 > 0:38:54Whatever your arrangements, George, they should remain discreet.

0:38:55 > 0:38:56Of course.

0:39:26 > 0:39:29- What have you done? - I've reworked it.

0:39:30 > 0:39:33- You've destroyed it. - I haven't destroyed it.

0:39:33 > 0:39:35You've taken out the things that make it unique.

0:39:35 > 0:39:40It's not that different. It's a more subtle version of the same story.

0:39:40 > 0:39:43No, Anna, this is self-censorship.

0:39:43 > 0:39:48It is a limp, watered-down version of what was a work of substance.

0:39:50 > 0:39:52I see.

0:39:53 > 0:39:55You have to understand my situation at home.

0:39:56 > 0:39:59If you're going to wait around for permission from your family,

0:39:59 > 0:40:02you will never be a good writer, let alone a great one.

0:40:02 > 0:40:05This is the third manuscript you have destroyed.

0:40:05 > 0:40:07Are you afraid of success?

0:40:07 > 0:40:08If that were the case,

0:40:08 > 0:40:11I wouldn't have published Own Worst Enemy, would I?

0:40:12 > 0:40:15You wrote something fearless and brilliant,

0:40:15 > 0:40:18and for some reason you have decided to whitewash it

0:40:18 > 0:40:21into this bland rendition of simpering love.

0:40:23 > 0:40:27- I won't let you throw it away. - Ed, please, would you just leave it?

0:40:34 > 0:40:36I've hurt you. I'm sorry.

0:40:38 > 0:40:41It's just that I love what you wrote.

0:40:42 > 0:40:45And I want to protect the best of you.

0:40:47 > 0:40:49You're bold.

0:40:50 > 0:40:51Original.

0:40:54 > 0:40:55Provocative.

0:41:00 > 0:41:03I think that you're making the mistake

0:41:03 > 0:41:05of confusing me with my work.

0:41:06 > 0:41:08Well, that's understandable, isn't it?

0:41:09 > 0:41:11It's a deeply personal book.

0:41:12 > 0:41:15Let's not pretend it isn't.

0:41:15 > 0:41:17Why else do you want to destroy it?

0:41:19 > 0:41:21I think that you should go.

0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Anna...- No, we've resolved this.

0:41:25 > 0:41:27We have no future.

0:41:27 > 0:41:29I think you should leave.

0:41:37 > 0:41:39There's a contract.

0:41:39 > 0:41:42I will be publishing the manuscript as it is.

0:41:43 > 0:41:46- You can't.- Watch me.

0:42:06 > 0:42:08Can I help you, Mrs Goddard?

0:42:08 > 0:42:10I'm all right, thank you.

0:42:10 > 0:42:13Jack said he'd pop in after his home visits.

0:42:13 > 0:42:16I think Douglas may need a little more pain relief.

0:42:16 > 0:42:18I can organise that.

0:42:19 > 0:42:22How is he faring? How are you faring?

0:42:23 > 0:42:25Erm, it's been a long day.

0:42:28 > 0:42:32And have you thought any more about telling Douglas the truth?

0:42:33 > 0:42:35I've made my position on this clear.

0:42:37 > 0:42:39Whenever I speak to Douglas, I get the distinct impression

0:42:39 > 0:42:42that he wants to know what his prospects are.

0:42:42 > 0:42:46I've sat with him all day and I can assure you that he has been anything but morbid.

0:42:46 > 0:42:47Quite the contrary.

0:42:47 > 0:42:50Wanting the truth and being morbid are not the same thing.

0:42:50 > 0:42:52- Spare me the semantics! - Mrs Goddard...

0:42:52 > 0:42:54Henry, I understand your dilemma,

0:42:54 > 0:42:57as someone both close to the family and Douglas's surgeon,

0:42:57 > 0:43:00but there's a lot to be said for letting someone

0:43:00 > 0:43:04come to things gently and in their own good time.

0:43:04 > 0:43:08Your husband wants to know the truth. He all but asked me outright.

0:43:08 > 0:43:09That's enough!

0:43:10 > 0:43:13Elizabeth, you go back to Douglas.

0:43:17 > 0:43:19I'll handle this.

0:43:24 > 0:43:28This so-called progressive approach of yours borders on cruelty.

0:43:28 > 0:43:31I told you, it's not hospital policy.

0:43:31 > 0:43:35- Hospital policy needs to change. - You think so.- Yes, I do!

0:43:36 > 0:43:39There is no excuse for leaving patients in the dark

0:43:39 > 0:43:41about the gravity of their illness. It is their life.

0:43:41 > 0:43:44And yet they're the last ones to find out it's coming to an end.

0:43:44 > 0:43:47- It's immoral. - Don't talk to me about morality.

0:43:47 > 0:43:50Your sort wouldn't know the meaning of the word.

0:43:58 > 0:44:00WHEEZING

0:44:08 > 0:44:10Douglas...

0:44:14 > 0:44:16Are you in pain?

0:44:19 > 0:44:21No. The painkillers are working nicely.

0:44:26 > 0:44:29- I have a question for you. - What is it?

0:44:33 > 0:44:35Am I dying?

0:44:37 > 0:44:39Hm?

0:44:46 > 0:44:47I didn't...

0:44:50 > 0:44:52I didn't want to say.

0:44:57 > 0:44:59I couldn't.

0:45:08 > 0:45:10It's all right.

0:45:12 > 0:45:14Don't you cry over old Douglas.

0:45:15 > 0:45:17You'll be all right.

0:45:32 > 0:45:34I can't believe this place is the capital of the country.

0:45:34 > 0:45:37Where we are now, is this what they call the Outback?

0:45:37 > 0:45:40It's the best-lit paddock in Australia.

0:45:41 > 0:45:43Why would he just suddenly turn up?

0:45:45 > 0:45:48- We're both thinking it. - Regina called him.

0:45:48 > 0:45:51One day this city will be known all around the world, you watch.

0:45:51 > 0:45:54You need a few more skyscrapers in my humble opinion.

0:45:54 > 0:45:57- GERMAN ACCENT:- I hate to fly. It makes me very sick.

0:45:57 > 0:45:59Well, you've so far to come.

0:45:59 > 0:46:02Really, we thought we would never get here.

0:46:10 > 0:46:11What is it?

0:46:12 > 0:46:14LAUGHTER

0:46:19 > 0:46:21They told me there are...

0:46:21 > 0:46:23DISTORTED SPEECH

0:46:23 > 0:46:25BARKING

0:46:27 > 0:46:28Really?

0:46:28 > 0:46:30HER BREATHING QUICKENS

0:46:35 > 0:46:36Excuse me.

0:46:39 > 0:46:42SHE GASPS FOR BREATH

0:46:51 > 0:46:52Sarah.

0:46:59 > 0:47:01What's wrong?

0:47:03 > 0:47:05That... That woman.

0:47:07 > 0:47:09She was a guard...

0:47:11 > 0:47:13..at Ravensbruck.