Episode 1

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0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains scenes of sexual violence, some strong language

0:00:05 > 0:00:07and some scenes of a sexual nature

0:00:07 > 0:00:11Before I met you, I was a civilised woman.

0:00:16 > 0:00:17Civilised.

0:00:21 > 0:00:24Now, I don't even know what that means.

0:00:30 > 0:00:32Food, shelter, sex -

0:00:32 > 0:00:36once those needs are covered, we can pretend we're in control.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40That the lives we build keep us human.

0:00:48 > 0:00:50But, really, we're all just animals.

0:00:54 > 0:00:55You know how I know that?

0:00:58 > 0:00:59Fear.

0:00:59 > 0:01:01SCREECHING, SHE GASPS

0:01:07 > 0:01:09Fear for your life.

0:01:15 > 0:01:17Once you've felt that,

0:01:17 > 0:01:19everything else -

0:01:19 > 0:01:22all this so-called civilisation...

0:01:23 > 0:01:25..it's a dream.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28You've taught me that, my love.

0:01:29 > 0:01:31Would the defendant please stand?

0:01:33 > 0:01:35'Fear makes animals of us all.'

0:01:46 > 0:01:48BELL CHIMES

0:01:48 > 0:01:51In terms of our research, we're pushing at frontiers

0:01:51 > 0:01:54and there are bound to be anxieties around that - I do understand.

0:01:54 > 0:01:58But, to be frank, most of those anxieties are completely unfounded.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01- MAN:- So everything we're hearing about Frankenfoods...?

0:02:01 > 0:02:04They're still foods and how they're processed and regulated,

0:02:04 > 0:02:06that's crucial, obviously.

0:02:06 > 0:02:10But that's a question for Government or business, not science.

0:02:10 > 0:02:13Listen, the more we learn about DNA,

0:02:13 > 0:02:16the more avenues there are for gene therapy,

0:02:16 > 0:02:18which could lead to the eradication

0:02:18 > 0:02:20of genetically-based illness

0:02:20 > 0:02:22and that has to be a tremendous positive.

0:02:22 > 0:02:25But you can reassure us, professor,

0:02:25 > 0:02:28no ten-foot mice on the cards,

0:02:28 > 0:02:30or triangular cows?

0:02:30 > 0:02:34The work we're doing is never going to result in corn with udders.

0:02:34 > 0:02:36LAUGHTER

0:02:36 > 0:02:39Hi, it's me. Just to say they're done with me, so you don't need

0:02:39 > 0:02:42to be home in time for the Tesco delivery...

0:02:42 > 0:02:43Um, that's it.

0:02:43 > 0:02:45Oh, and I'll cook, by the way. See ya.

0:02:55 > 0:02:57We won't be seeing you this afternoon, then,

0:02:57 > 0:02:59Professor Carmichael?

0:02:59 > 0:03:01No. David moved up the technology questions

0:03:01 > 0:03:04- so that I'd be finished by lunchtime.- Oh.

0:03:04 > 0:03:06Efficiency in the civil service -

0:03:06 > 0:03:07- there's a novelty. - SHE LAUGHS

0:03:17 > 0:03:18- Hi.- Anything else?

0:03:18 > 0:03:21Uh, no, that's it, thank you.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27- You were very articulate in there, professor.- Thanks.

0:03:27 > 0:03:30The first time I've ever understood what a genome is.

0:03:30 > 0:03:33Oh, good! Um, well, I do... I do a lot of lecturing,

0:03:33 > 0:03:35but it's not professor, actually.

0:03:35 > 0:03:36Ah.

0:03:36 > 0:03:39- That's more American, is it? - Exactly, yes.

0:03:39 > 0:03:42I get that because of the mad scientist thing.

0:03:42 > 0:03:43You know, Nutty Professor.

0:03:43 > 0:03:46Right, well, I can see, obviously, you're deranged.

0:03:46 > 0:03:47SHE LAUGHS

0:03:47 > 0:03:48So have you appeared in front

0:03:48 > 0:03:50of the Select Committee before?

0:03:50 > 0:03:53A couple of times, actually, yes.

0:03:53 > 0:03:55Governments get really het up about genetics,

0:03:55 > 0:03:58whichever lot are in, you know, modification, cloning.

0:03:58 > 0:04:01Do you get nervous, speaking in front of a group of people like that?

0:04:01 > 0:04:03I only say that because you didn't seem it at all.

0:04:03 > 0:04:07- Didn't I?- No, not at all.- Um... - Thanks, Nick.

0:04:07 > 0:04:09No, I suppose I don't, really.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11Well, not in front of MPs anyway.

0:04:11 > 0:04:13THEY LAUGH

0:04:13 > 0:04:16- I think I know more about it than they do.- Right. Yeah, well,

0:04:16 > 0:04:19you know, that's a relief cos I'd be worried to think

0:04:19 > 0:04:22that MPs set themselves up as experts on anything.

0:04:22 > 0:04:24Are you allowed to say that in here?

0:04:24 > 0:04:26Oh, off the record you are, yeah. Yeah.

0:04:27 > 0:04:29Well, all right.

0:04:30 > 0:04:32- That's me.- Oh...

0:04:33 > 0:04:35..have you seen the Chapel in the Crypt?

0:04:36 > 0:04:37No.

0:04:37 > 0:04:39Wait one second.

0:04:42 > 0:04:44PHONE ALERT CHIMES

0:04:52 > 0:04:53Sorted.

0:04:53 > 0:04:56Just remind me to give those back to Martha afterwards

0:04:56 > 0:04:59cos my life will not be worth living, even if you are a VIP.

0:04:59 > 0:05:01SO are you OK for time?

0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Uh, yeah, sure.- Sure?

0:05:03 > 0:05:04This way.

0:05:07 > 0:05:10It's strictly by-appointment and Members can use it -

0:05:10 > 0:05:12they have christenings. You can even get married here.

0:05:15 > 0:05:16HEAVY DOOR OPENS

0:05:21 > 0:05:22(Wow.)

0:05:26 > 0:05:28It's a Royal Peculiar.

0:05:28 > 0:05:31It means it's under the monarch's control via the Lord Chamberlain

0:05:31 > 0:05:34and that's Great Lord Chamberlain to you.

0:05:34 > 0:05:36SHE LAUGHS

0:05:36 > 0:05:40Apparently, Oliver Cromwell stabled his horses here.

0:05:40 > 0:05:42I don't know if that's true.

0:05:47 > 0:05:49Oh, I'm sorry.

0:05:49 > 0:05:52- It's obviously not top of the cleaning rota.- Oh, thank you.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06This isn't the best bit.

0:06:06 > 0:06:07Come here. Come on.

0:06:18 > 0:06:20You've come this far.

0:06:26 > 0:06:29You're going to have to go first because it's a bit tight in there.

0:06:30 > 0:06:31It used to be a broom cupboard.

0:06:40 > 0:06:41What am I looking for?

0:06:41 > 0:06:43It's on the back of the door. Can you see it?

0:06:53 > 0:06:55LOCK CLICKS

0:06:55 > 0:06:57The suffragette, you know?

0:06:57 > 0:07:00Yeah. Um, I know who she is - Derby Day.

0:07:00 > 0:07:03Yeah. She slipped in here on the night

0:07:03 > 0:07:05of the census of 1911, I think it was.

0:07:05 > 0:07:08It was before she, you know, jumped in front of the horse,

0:07:08 > 0:07:10obviously caused a lot of trouble.

0:07:11 > 0:07:13"In this broom cupboard Emily Wilding Davison

0:07:13 > 0:07:15"hid herself illegally

0:07:15 > 0:07:18"during the night of the 1911 census.

0:07:19 > 0:07:22"In this way she was able to record her address

0:07:22 > 0:07:25"on the night of the census as being...

0:07:26 > 0:07:28"..the House of Commons."

0:07:30 > 0:07:32I knew you'd be interested.

0:07:51 > 0:07:52(OK?)

0:07:56 > 0:07:57SHE MOANS

0:08:00 > 0:08:02BELT BUCKLE RATTLES

0:08:04 > 0:08:05SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

0:08:16 > 0:08:17BUCKLE RATTLES

0:08:28 > 0:08:29HE BREATHES HEAVILY

0:08:36 > 0:08:37SHE MOANS

0:08:41 > 0:08:43RATTLING

0:08:43 > 0:08:44THEY PANT

0:08:50 > 0:08:51THEY PANT AND MOAN

0:08:53 > 0:08:55BUCKET CONTINUES TO RATTLE

0:08:57 > 0:08:59HE MOANS

0:09:00 > 0:09:01HE MOANS LOUDLY

0:09:04 > 0:09:05THEY PANT

0:09:22 > 0:09:24I've never done anything like that before.

0:09:26 > 0:09:28(Then lucky me.)

0:09:45 > 0:09:47BELL CHIMES IN DISTANCE

0:10:13 > 0:10:14SHE EXHALES

0:10:23 > 0:10:25GLASS CLINKS

0:10:35 > 0:10:36DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

0:10:36 > 0:10:37- MAN:- Hey.

0:10:39 > 0:10:40Hi.

0:10:43 > 0:10:44HE SIGHS

0:10:44 > 0:10:46- Oh, sorry, I forgot to get back... - It's OK, it's OK.

0:10:46 > 0:10:50The girl at the counter said the own-brand stuff

0:10:50 > 0:10:53is exactly the same, unsurprisingly.

0:10:53 > 0:10:55You still suffering? HE GROANS

0:10:55 > 0:10:57The chilli might help.

0:10:57 > 0:10:58Yeah, if I can taste it.

0:11:03 > 0:11:05HE SUPS

0:11:05 > 0:11:07Mm, not bad.

0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Did you get a chance to talk to Rosa?- How did it go?

0:11:10 > 0:11:12- The Standing Committee?- Oh.

0:11:14 > 0:11:17Select Committee. Um, fine, yeah.

0:11:18 > 0:11:19Rosa wasn't in today.

0:11:21 > 0:11:23Shall I set the table?

0:11:24 > 0:11:25I've done it.

0:11:28 > 0:11:30So, according to Martin,

0:11:30 > 0:11:33it's a thing now, so no going back.

0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Every birthday?- Mm.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40- As if secret sodding Santa wasn't bad enough.- Huh.

0:11:45 > 0:11:48It's good, love. Tasty.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58HE SNORES

0:12:03 > 0:12:05SNORING CONTINUES

0:12:07 > 0:12:09HE GRUMBLES

0:13:21 > 0:13:25'..but the only person I can talk to about you is you.

0:13:27 > 0:13:30'What we did today is without doubt...

0:13:37 > 0:13:39'I know nothing about you.

0:13:45 > 0:13:48'Sex with you is like being eaten by a wolf.

0:13:53 > 0:13:55'Will you even give me a second thought,

0:13:55 > 0:13:58'or is this just something you do?'

0:14:01 > 0:14:03CROSSING SIGNAL BEEPS

0:14:13 > 0:14:17FYI, all the candidates and the specs we put up.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19Saves you printing out the e-mails.

0:14:19 > 0:14:22You're a star. Thank you.

0:14:22 > 0:14:26Um, Liz, about Kat's maternity cover...

0:14:26 > 0:14:29I'm really sorry, I just can't face it.

0:14:30 > 0:14:33The thought of doing that commute again every day makes me

0:14:33 > 0:14:34want to bang my head against a wall.

0:14:34 > 0:14:36Even for six months?

0:14:36 > 0:14:39- It's really why I went part-time. - It's OK.

0:14:39 > 0:14:41Kat practically told us at the moment of conception.

0:14:41 > 0:14:43We'll find someone.

0:14:56 > 0:14:58Um, it's black silk

0:14:58 > 0:15:00with a red and orange pattern in it.

0:15:00 > 0:15:03- And when was it you were in, madam? - Tuesday.

0:15:03 > 0:15:05Tuesday. One moment, please.

0:15:13 > 0:15:15Sorry, madam. No scarves at all.

0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Oh, well, it was worth a try. - Indeed.- Thank you.

0:15:18 > 0:15:19You're welcome.

0:16:10 > 0:16:11HE LAUGHS

0:16:11 > 0:16:13So...

0:16:13 > 0:16:16are you sure that you weren't just hanging out here

0:16:16 > 0:16:18on the off-chance that we'd bump into each other?

0:16:18 > 0:16:20Naturally(!)

0:16:20 > 0:16:23No, I... I work at the Beaufort Institute.

0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Oh, classy.- You've heard of it?

0:16:26 > 0:16:27Well, yeah, of course.

0:16:27 > 0:16:30It crops up in the news all the time, doesn't it?

0:16:30 > 0:16:33Whenever there's something about genes or genomes or DNA,

0:16:33 > 0:16:37which, thanks to you, I now know aren't all the same thing.

0:16:37 > 0:16:38PHONE ALERT BEEPS

0:16:39 > 0:16:41Sorry.

0:16:49 > 0:16:50What is it you do exactly?

0:16:50 > 0:16:53Well, you know, it's civil service.

0:16:53 > 0:16:54All very boring.

0:16:58 > 0:17:00You don't look like a civil servant.

0:17:00 > 0:17:02You don't look like a scientist.

0:17:09 > 0:17:11You're married.

0:17:13 > 0:17:14So am I.

0:17:17 > 0:17:19Shall we just skip all that?

0:17:19 > 0:17:21I assume neither of us is looking for a parachute.

0:17:23 > 0:17:24No.

0:17:25 > 0:17:26Absolutely not.

0:17:28 > 0:17:29(Great.)

0:17:38 > 0:17:41I would love it if my daughter wanted to be a scientist,

0:17:41 > 0:17:45it's just that, at the moment, that would depend on lab coats coming

0:17:45 > 0:17:49in totally artificial fibre, being really shiny, and preferably pink.

0:17:49 > 0:17:51SHE LAUGHS

0:17:51 > 0:17:54Carrie, my daughter, was always completely set on it.

0:17:54 > 0:17:56Tunnel vision like me, I suppose.

0:17:56 > 0:17:57SHE GIGGLES

0:18:01 > 0:18:03My niece is doing triple science

0:18:03 > 0:18:06at A level - maybe you could give her a pep talk?

0:18:10 > 0:18:12Um...

0:18:12 > 0:18:14isn't this all a bit...

0:18:14 > 0:18:17back to front, maybe, don't you think?

0:18:22 > 0:18:25Shoot first, ask questions later.

0:18:25 > 0:18:26SHE LAUGHS

0:18:37 > 0:18:38LAUGHTER CONTINUES FAINTLY

0:18:49 > 0:18:50Yvonne!

0:18:52 > 0:18:54Come on, drink.

0:18:56 > 0:18:57So how's Gary?

0:18:59 > 0:19:01Me first. How are things with you and Chris?

0:19:03 > 0:19:04Oh...

0:19:04 > 0:19:06"Oh"?

0:19:06 > 0:19:08It's nothing to worry about.

0:19:08 > 0:19:10It's...just...you know,

0:19:10 > 0:19:13he's stopped making as much of an effort,

0:19:13 > 0:19:16we're not tearing each other's clothes off anymore.

0:19:16 > 0:19:18That's not sounding good, Suze.

0:19:18 > 0:19:20It's fine.

0:19:20 > 0:19:23It's very...civilised.

0:19:28 > 0:19:31Anyway, I thought you'd be pleased...

0:19:31 > 0:19:33Captain Sensible.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35Oh, God, is that what I am?

0:19:35 > 0:19:37Always.

0:19:37 > 0:19:38SHE SIGHS

0:19:42 > 0:19:44Is everything OK?

0:19:44 > 0:19:46How is Gary?

0:19:48 > 0:19:50Yeah, he's fine. Um...

0:19:50 > 0:19:52sends his love.

0:19:54 > 0:19:57- You know, it's not that girl, is it?- Rosa?

0:19:57 > 0:20:00I told him to talk to the dean to make sure it was official.

0:20:02 > 0:20:03I know it's all in her head,

0:20:03 > 0:20:05but you need backup these days.

0:20:06 > 0:20:08You're sure it was, then?

0:20:09 > 0:20:13No, it's just Gary's still an attractive man.

0:20:13 > 0:20:14I know you two are rock solid...

0:20:14 > 0:20:16Hey, always his greatest fan.

0:20:20 > 0:20:22No, I think we're out of the woods on that one.

0:20:22 > 0:20:2420 years ago, maybe.

0:20:24 > 0:20:27The students were queueing up - he used to get so embarrassed.

0:20:32 > 0:20:33"Still attractive".

0:20:35 > 0:20:37Do you think that's what they say about us?

0:20:38 > 0:20:40What is going on with you?

0:20:43 > 0:20:45(You're very twitchy.)

0:20:50 > 0:20:52Must be my age.

0:20:55 > 0:20:57Why was that...? Why's that funny?

0:20:57 > 0:20:59It's like, what age are you, 100?

0:20:59 > 0:21:02Let's change the subject now. I'm getting you drunk.

0:21:03 > 0:21:05Oh...go for it.

0:21:12 > 0:21:14Hi, erm,

0:21:14 > 0:21:15I think...

0:21:17 > 0:21:18Let's not.

0:21:18 > 0:21:22I mean, it was really, really...

0:21:23 > 0:21:27..what it was, but too many people can get hurt.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29Oh, God, the cliches, but it's true.

0:21:30 > 0:21:32So...

0:21:32 > 0:21:34that's it.

0:21:34 > 0:21:35Yeah.

0:21:35 > 0:21:36Take care.

0:22:12 > 0:22:13DISTURBANCE OUTSIDE

0:22:14 > 0:22:16- GLASS BREAKING - No!

0:22:24 > 0:22:25Ah, fuck!

0:22:26 > 0:22:27Shit!

0:22:28 > 0:22:30Bloody hell!

0:22:30 > 0:22:31Has she cut herself?

0:22:31 > 0:22:33It's Rosa.

0:22:33 > 0:22:34What?!

0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Sorry.- Come on, Rosa. What the hell are you doing?

0:22:38 > 0:22:39Careful, careful!

0:22:39 > 0:22:42No! Leave the bloody bottles!

0:22:42 > 0:22:43Oh, God.

0:22:43 > 0:22:46Sorry, I'm... I'm a bit...bit pissed.

0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Clearly.- I just...

0:22:49 > 0:22:52My friend, Mel, she lives just down the road.

0:22:52 > 0:22:55She was having a crisis, a thing, and I just thought...

0:22:55 > 0:22:57You know, it's the...

0:22:57 > 0:22:59it's your road.

0:22:59 > 0:23:00- I'm sorry.- It's all right.- Sorry.

0:23:01 > 0:23:03Oh, Jeez! What have you done to yourself?

0:23:03 > 0:23:06Keep it up, keep it up. Come on.

0:23:06 > 0:23:07There we are.

0:23:07 > 0:23:09Straight through.

0:23:17 > 0:23:18I think she needs stitches.

0:23:18 > 0:23:20Thank you.

0:23:20 > 0:23:21I'll get it looked at.

0:23:23 > 0:23:24Come on.

0:23:27 > 0:23:28I'm sorry.

0:23:31 > 0:23:32Mind your head.

0:23:39 > 0:23:42CAR DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS

0:24:11 > 0:24:12WOMAN LAUGHING

0:24:15 > 0:24:16Hello, come in!

0:24:17 > 0:24:18Mum!

0:24:18 > 0:24:20All right?

0:24:22 > 0:24:25- How are you doing? - I'm good. How are you?

0:24:25 > 0:24:27These are lovely, Carrie, thank you.

0:24:27 > 0:24:30Poor Dad! Does he ever have to work on a Saturday?

0:24:30 > 0:24:31He won't be much longer.

0:24:31 > 0:24:34I think it was just some papers that he forgot to bring back.

0:24:34 > 0:24:35Can I borrow these?

0:24:35 > 0:24:37Yeah, sure.

0:24:37 > 0:24:38Yes, please. Thanks.

0:24:38 > 0:24:40Carrie, love, do you want some?

0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Or there's white in the fridge if you'd prefer?- Oh, no thanks.

0:24:44 > 0:24:46Have you spoken to Adam at all?

0:24:46 > 0:24:47Mm-mm.

0:24:49 > 0:24:51Not recently, though Dad's been in touch on Facebook though.

0:24:51 > 0:24:52Hey!

0:24:52 > 0:24:53Here he is!

0:24:55 > 0:24:57Bloody hell, A&E!

0:24:57 > 0:24:58I'm not doing that again in a hurry.

0:24:58 > 0:25:00- A&E? What's wrong?- Hey!

0:25:01 > 0:25:02Didn't Mum say?

0:25:02 > 0:25:04Hi, Sathnam.

0:25:04 > 0:25:07This research assistant turned up on our doorstep in the middle of

0:25:07 > 0:25:12the night and managed to cut herself on a broken bottle.

0:25:12 > 0:25:14Mum said you were at the office.

0:25:16 > 0:25:19Well, what was she doing pitching up here in the middle of the night?

0:25:19 > 0:25:21God knows! She was pissed, I think.

0:25:21 > 0:25:23Did she need stitches?

0:25:23 > 0:25:24A couple. All fine.

0:25:29 > 0:25:31Nobody died!

0:25:31 > 0:25:33Look at this! Smashing.

0:25:33 > 0:25:34Smells good as well, love.

0:25:34 > 0:25:37Let's get some of it through to the table, shall we?

0:25:40 > 0:25:43- So, news.- Hmm?

0:25:43 > 0:25:44Is it the Aberystwyth job?

0:25:45 > 0:25:47I'm pregnant.

0:25:50 > 0:25:53Oh, my God...pregnant. Pregnant!

0:25:53 > 0:25:55I know, it's mad!

0:25:55 > 0:25:58I should have told you when I came in.

0:25:58 > 0:25:59That's wonderful, well done.

0:25:59 > 0:26:01Oh, Mum!

0:26:10 > 0:26:13I'm five years older than you were when you had me.

0:26:13 > 0:26:15Yeah, and I've never pretended that that was ideal.

0:26:15 > 0:26:17Yes, you did! You said it was great.

0:26:17 > 0:26:20"Got it all out of the way and was back on the career ladder

0:26:20 > 0:26:23"before the rest of them were even thinking of popping out a sprog."

0:26:23 > 0:26:26I'm just saying that your work is going so well.

0:26:26 > 0:26:29And it'll go just as well when I'm back from maternity leave.

0:26:29 > 0:26:33Honestly, Mum, the department's fine about it.

0:26:33 > 0:26:35What if you don't want to go back?

0:26:35 > 0:26:36Of course I'll want to. You did.

0:26:39 > 0:26:42You know, it took me eight years to finish my PhD.

0:26:43 > 0:26:45And your dad did it in three.

0:26:46 > 0:26:49And your Nana practically sang the Hallelujah Chorus

0:26:49 > 0:26:51every time he changed a nappy.

0:26:51 > 0:26:54She still calls women who work "career girls".

0:26:54 > 0:26:57Yeah. Don't forget "lady doctors".

0:26:57 > 0:26:59Well, Nana...

0:27:00 > 0:27:02..the world's moved on a bit, hasn't it?

0:27:03 > 0:27:05Yeah. Thank God.

0:27:05 > 0:27:07Go to the cinema, do all the things you won't be able to do

0:27:07 > 0:27:08in nine months.

0:27:08 > 0:27:11Oh, don't tell him that! Love you.

0:27:11 > 0:27:13Or ever again! I love you, too.

0:27:13 > 0:27:14Thanks for everything.

0:27:15 > 0:27:16Keep them as long as you like.

0:27:16 > 0:27:18Love you, guys. Thanks for lunch.

0:27:18 > 0:27:19Drive safely.

0:27:24 > 0:27:26Bloody hell.

0:27:26 > 0:27:28Granny and Grandad.

0:27:37 > 0:27:39If you're sleeping with her, you can tell me, you know.

0:27:42 > 0:27:44I mean, she seems very vulnerable...

0:27:44 > 0:27:45I'm not.

0:27:51 > 0:27:53Von.

0:27:54 > 0:27:55OK.

0:28:14 > 0:28:16There was a possibility of that...

0:28:18 > 0:28:20..but I shut it down.

0:28:20 > 0:28:22I think that's why she's so upset.

0:28:26 > 0:28:27"Possibility".

0:28:29 > 0:28:31That day when we got the grant, back in the summer...

0:28:33 > 0:28:35..we were all celebrating...

0:28:36 > 0:28:38- ..pissed... - You said it was all in her head.

0:28:38 > 0:28:40Well...largely.

0:28:45 > 0:28:48So, what? You snogged her or was it more than that...?

0:28:48 > 0:28:51I'm not going to give you chapter and verse. We're not bloody teenagers!

0:28:58 > 0:29:00Nothing happened.

0:29:03 > 0:29:05That's all you need to know.

0:29:25 > 0:29:27Shit.

0:30:00 > 0:30:01Thank you.

0:30:08 > 0:30:12How's the wonderful world of protein sequencing?

0:30:13 > 0:30:15You got it right.

0:30:15 > 0:30:16Of course I did.

0:30:27 > 0:30:30So, what...what made you change your mind, then?

0:30:32 > 0:30:33About seeing me again?

0:30:39 > 0:30:41I suppose you're irresistible.

0:30:41 > 0:30:42HE LAUGHS

0:30:43 > 0:30:44Clearly.

0:30:47 > 0:30:49There's something else going on with you though, isn't there?

0:30:51 > 0:30:52KNOCKING THEN OPENING OF DOOR

0:30:59 > 0:31:01'Tell me something about your work.'

0:31:03 > 0:31:06Something surprising that everybody gets wrong.

0:31:06 > 0:31:07Umm...

0:31:09 > 0:31:11That we know what we're doing?

0:31:11 > 0:31:12Seriously.

0:31:12 > 0:31:14There's this image of science, the clinical thing,

0:31:14 > 0:31:18that we're efficient and we know everything, but, actually,

0:31:18 > 0:31:21all we can ever do is hazily grasp but a fraction of what it is

0:31:21 > 0:31:23we're trying to pin down...

0:31:23 > 0:31:24like the genome.

0:31:24 > 0:31:26Your typical haploid human genome...

0:31:26 > 0:31:28Sorry, haploid, what's that again?

0:31:28 > 0:31:30Your basic genome.

0:31:31 > 0:31:35It has three billion DNA base pairs...

0:31:36 > 0:31:39..of which less than 2% code for proteins.

0:31:39 > 0:31:42So, the rest of the DNA, 98%,

0:31:42 > 0:31:45we don't really know what it's there for.

0:31:47 > 0:31:50Could be useful or could be just biochemical rubbish.

0:31:51 > 0:31:54And what I do? I'm just scrabbling about in the dirt,

0:31:54 > 0:31:55trying to look for the good stuff.

0:31:57 > 0:31:58"We'll never conquer space."

0:32:00 > 0:32:02It's an Arthur C Clarke thing.

0:32:02 > 0:32:06Well, basically, when everyone was getting all excited over the

0:32:06 > 0:32:10moon landings, he said, "Don't worry, whatever we discover,

0:32:10 > 0:32:16"the universe is far too big and too random for us ever to know it properly."

0:32:17 > 0:32:18"We'll never conquer space."

0:32:28 > 0:32:30'Life's mysterious,

0:32:30 > 0:32:31'which is a good thing.'

0:32:33 > 0:32:34Isn't it?

0:32:42 > 0:32:44What are we doing?

0:32:47 > 0:32:48You're beautiful.

0:33:14 > 0:33:17Oh, no. You, you were carrying that, actually.

0:33:19 > 0:33:22Well, no, I mean, if someone happened to see us

0:33:22 > 0:33:25coming downstairs together, they might wonder why

0:33:25 > 0:33:27you're dressed differently coming out.

0:33:29 > 0:33:31'Am I in over my head with you?'

0:33:36 > 0:33:38Remind me what it is you do again?

0:33:38 > 0:33:39I told you, didn't I?

0:33:39 > 0:33:41Crown Estate.

0:33:41 > 0:33:42Oiling the wheels.

0:33:46 > 0:33:47'Who are you?

0:33:49 > 0:33:50'I couldn't say.

0:33:51 > 0:33:53'Although I have noticed

0:33:53 > 0:33:55'secrets are the air you breathe.'

0:33:57 > 0:33:58'I've got you a present.'

0:33:59 > 0:34:02You didn't go for the cheapest option.

0:34:02 > 0:34:05Well, why would you have a cheap phone in your bag?

0:34:07 > 0:34:09'It just sort of shouts "affair", doesn't it?'

0:34:13 > 0:34:15'It's a pay-as-you-go.

0:34:15 > 0:34:17'Obviously, you don't link it to your e-mail account.

0:34:17 > 0:34:20'Oh, and don't top it up at the same place twice, right,

0:34:20 > 0:34:22'cos it's important not to establish a pattern -

0:34:22 > 0:34:25'which is kind of the exact opposite of what you do.

0:34:31 > 0:34:32'If we're going to do this,

0:34:32 > 0:34:35'then at least we can make sure no-one gets hurt.'

0:34:44 > 0:34:45You look well.

0:34:45 > 0:34:46- Do I?- Mmm.

0:34:46 > 0:34:48Thanks.

0:34:49 > 0:34:51Here you go.

0:34:51 > 0:34:52Oh, I'm fine, George, thanks.

0:34:54 > 0:34:55Thought you'd both be latte girls.

0:34:55 > 0:34:56Am I right?

0:34:56 > 0:34:58Well, that was the button I pressed.

0:34:58 > 0:35:00It probably all tastes the same.

0:35:00 > 0:35:02Sorry, Yvonne. I know you like posh coffee.

0:35:02 > 0:35:04Oh, as long as it's caffeine.

0:35:04 > 0:35:07I like to pretend I'm classy, but I'm really easy.

0:35:07 > 0:35:08HE LAUGHS

0:35:13 > 0:35:17So, I'm here to talk to you about why genome editing should have

0:35:17 > 0:35:19- transformed the way we treat cancer. - LOUD BEEP

0:35:19 > 0:35:21What is genome editing?

0:35:21 > 0:35:23I don't think I need to explain that to this room, but if you'll

0:35:23 > 0:35:25bear with me for one moment.

0:35:25 > 0:35:26DNA.

0:35:26 > 0:35:29Inserted, replaced, deleted.

0:35:30 > 0:35:33Anyway Liz slices it, these things are always a slog.

0:35:33 > 0:35:34You getting the Tube?

0:35:34 > 0:35:36Er, no, I've got things to do.

0:35:36 > 0:35:38Oh, I'll see you tomorrow then...

0:35:38 > 0:35:40When fates are decided.

0:35:40 > 0:35:42- Yeah. Bye, George.- See ya.

0:35:57 > 0:35:59I've been stalking you.

0:36:03 > 0:36:04RMU,

0:36:04 > 0:36:08the PhD with merchant supervising, the Beaufort...

0:36:08 > 0:36:09It's my dream career.

0:36:09 > 0:36:12Well, we enjoyed hearing your presentation.

0:36:14 > 0:36:17Hang on. Dr Carmichael,

0:36:17 > 0:36:21whatever the outcome - and I do totally respect that -

0:36:21 > 0:36:25I'd...I'd really appreciate the opportunity

0:36:25 > 0:36:27to talk with you about your research.

0:36:34 > 0:36:36I'm very discreet.

0:36:43 > 0:36:44Were you tempted?

0:36:45 > 0:36:47Would I be telling you if I was?

0:36:50 > 0:36:51Tin.

0:36:51 > 0:36:53Recycling.

0:36:53 > 0:36:54He made my skin crawl, actually.

0:36:54 > 0:36:56Confident little creep.

0:36:56 > 0:36:59Lots of, you know, primate crotch display.

0:37:00 > 0:37:03Well, you're the one with all the power, love,

0:37:03 > 0:37:05that's probably what it was about.

0:37:05 > 0:37:10You can screw him over, so he thought he'd do the same with you.

0:37:10 > 0:37:11You know, redress the balance.

0:37:11 > 0:37:13Well, he's not getting the job.

0:37:13 > 0:37:15His presentation was extremely pedestrian.

0:37:15 > 0:37:16Oh, you see? You won.

0:37:19 > 0:37:21Adam came by today.

0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Adam?- Yeah, around lunchtime.

0:37:23 > 0:37:24I was lucky not to miss him.

0:37:24 > 0:37:25Well, why didn't you say?

0:37:25 > 0:37:27It was a flying visit.

0:37:27 > 0:37:30He's down for a friend's gig, he said. Picked up a piece of kit.

0:37:30 > 0:37:31A loop pedal or...

0:37:31 > 0:37:33I've probably got that wrong.

0:37:33 > 0:37:34- Well, how was he?- Fine.

0:37:35 > 0:37:37Did he look well?

0:37:38 > 0:37:39Ish.

0:37:39 > 0:37:41He's looked worse. Love, he was fine.

0:37:41 > 0:37:42You know what he's like.

0:37:42 > 0:37:45He stayed for a cup of tea and the contents of the biscuit tin.

0:37:45 > 0:37:47Did he say how long he was going to be around?

0:37:47 > 0:37:49Just for the gig, I think, then he's back off up to Manchester.

0:37:51 > 0:37:52He sends his love.

0:37:53 > 0:37:54Said to give you a big kiss.

0:38:30 > 0:38:32'Has anyone seen you using the phone?'

0:38:32 > 0:38:33Well, no-one I know, obviously.

0:38:33 > 0:38:35'What will you tell your husband, if he finds it,

0:38:35 > 0:38:36'if he goes through your bag?'

0:38:36 > 0:38:38He won't.

0:38:38 > 0:38:41We're not like that. He's not the jealous type.

0:38:41 > 0:38:43It's important to imagine the worst-case scenario.

0:38:43 > 0:38:45'Well, I'll say that it belongs to Liz from work'

0:38:45 > 0:38:48and that she left it at a meeting and I've been carrying it around,

0:38:48 > 0:38:50intending to give it back.

0:38:50 > 0:38:52- Ooh, you're good.- 'I know.'

0:38:52 > 0:38:53It's worrying, isn't it?

0:38:53 > 0:38:54'It is a bit.'

0:38:54 > 0:38:56But he won't ask or notice.

0:38:56 > 0:38:59Tell me something that winds you up about him.

0:38:59 > 0:39:01What?

0:39:01 > 0:39:03'Your husband. Something that really gets on your nerves.'

0:39:03 > 0:39:04No.

0:39:04 > 0:39:06'Go on.'

0:39:06 > 0:39:07No! I'm not doing that.

0:39:07 > 0:39:09No parachutes, do you remember?

0:39:09 > 0:39:10I'm going.

0:39:20 > 0:39:22DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS

0:39:27 > 0:39:28TEXT ALERT

0:39:37 > 0:39:39Hey.

0:39:39 > 0:39:40Oh, hi.

0:39:45 > 0:39:46'I can't plead biology.

0:39:48 > 0:39:51'Sex may be an animal pleasure,

0:39:51 > 0:39:54'but adultery, I'm discovering, is a human one.'

0:39:56 > 0:39:59"Is life a boon?

0:39:59 > 0:40:03"If so, it must befall that death,

0:40:03 > 0:40:05"whene'er he call,

0:40:05 > 0:40:06"must call too soon."

0:40:10 > 0:40:13'It's not exactly win-win, is it?'

0:40:13 > 0:40:15Life is a boon and then you die.

0:40:17 > 0:40:19Or life isn't a boon,

0:40:19 > 0:40:20it's just shit, and then you die.

0:40:23 > 0:40:24'What do you reckon?'

0:40:24 > 0:40:26'Me?

0:40:27 > 0:40:28'I reckon life's a boon.'

0:40:55 > 0:40:57It's all right, it's all right. Risk assessment.

0:40:59 > 0:41:00Camera...

0:41:00 > 0:41:02Facing the wrong way.

0:41:20 > 0:41:21Excuse me, have you got a light?

0:41:23 > 0:41:24I didn't know you smoked.

0:41:25 > 0:41:26I don't.

0:41:28 > 0:41:29It's handy sometimes.

0:41:37 > 0:41:38WOMEN LAUGH

0:41:38 > 0:41:41Er, I'm sorry. I miscalculated.

0:41:41 > 0:41:43Bit near rush hour.

0:41:52 > 0:41:54It's really a thing with you, isn't it, public places?

0:41:56 > 0:41:59Well, you know me well enough by now. It's...

0:42:00 > 0:42:03I can't help it. It turns me on, it just does.

0:42:03 > 0:42:04It's probably...

0:42:04 > 0:42:05It's probably genetic.

0:42:05 > 0:42:08Christ, do you really think that means something?

0:42:08 > 0:42:11That that absolves you of all responsibility, just hard-wiring?

0:42:14 > 0:42:16But...

0:42:16 > 0:42:17Well...

0:42:17 > 0:42:20OK, probably that was a bad choice of words, but...

0:42:20 > 0:42:22I'm sorry, this is ridiculous.

0:42:22 > 0:42:24At our age. What kind of stupid game are we playing, anyway?

0:42:24 > 0:42:26Hey! What?

0:42:26 > 0:42:27Wait, wait, wait.

0:42:27 > 0:42:29I thought...I thought...I thought you did, too.

0:42:33 > 0:42:34No.

0:42:36 > 0:42:37It's you, actually.

0:42:38 > 0:42:39You turn me on.

0:42:45 > 0:42:47It's all right. I know the deal.

0:42:47 > 0:42:50I might be stupid, but I'm not blind. Those girls earlier,

0:42:50 > 0:42:52I'm sure you'd rather be screwing them, preferably outside,

0:42:52 > 0:42:55- but you've got to settle for what's on offer.- Oh, my God!

0:42:55 > 0:42:57- Well, look at me!- What? What?

0:42:59 > 0:43:00You're gorgeous!

0:43:01 > 0:43:04I'm middle-aged and my body looks...

0:43:06 > 0:43:08I look like a bloody jelly baby!

0:43:09 > 0:43:10Yvonne!

0:44:00 > 0:44:02PHONE RINGS

0:44:27 > 0:44:28PHONE RINGS

0:44:34 > 0:44:35Hello?

0:44:37 > 0:44:38Hello?

0:44:38 > 0:44:40CALLER HANGS UP

0:44:41 > 0:44:43- Adam?- No. It's no-one.

0:45:01 > 0:45:04'Gary's friend, Michael, he started base jumping in his forties,

0:45:04 > 0:45:06'flinging himself off cliffs.

0:45:09 > 0:45:11'At least you don't do that.

0:45:16 > 0:45:18'You just ask other people to.'

0:45:24 > 0:45:28Von, I'm taking the charger from the kitchen.

0:45:28 > 0:45:29That's mine.

0:45:33 > 0:45:34You look nice.

0:45:34 > 0:45:36Yeah, it's Jonathon's leaving do.

0:45:36 > 0:45:38I'll be making your apologies.

0:45:38 > 0:45:41Oh, course. That's tonight, is it?

0:45:41 > 0:45:43They'll have a charger at the hotel.

0:45:43 > 0:45:46Och, I told them not to bother with the hotel,

0:45:46 > 0:45:48I'm...I'm kipping at Andy's.

0:45:48 > 0:45:49Uh, right, OK.

0:45:49 > 0:45:52Well, have a nice night. Love to Jonathon.

0:45:52 > 0:45:53See you Friday.

0:46:24 > 0:46:26I...

0:46:26 > 0:46:28Thank you very much.

0:46:28 > 0:46:29Cheers.

0:46:29 > 0:46:30Thanks.

0:46:30 > 0:46:33I-I was just...

0:46:33 > 0:46:37I was just imagining something shorter, that's all.

0:46:37 > 0:46:40Well, the rules are tits or legs,

0:46:40 > 0:46:41but you can't have both.

0:46:55 > 0:46:56(Take your knickers off.)

0:47:01 > 0:47:02Who says I'm wearing any?

0:47:04 > 0:47:05SHE LAUGHS

0:47:05 > 0:47:07Oh, God, I love men.

0:47:09 > 0:47:11Of course I am. A dress like this?

0:47:13 > 0:47:15So...take...

0:47:15 > 0:47:17Take them off now, then.

0:47:18 > 0:47:20Come on. I mean, there's got to be something in it for me,

0:47:20 > 0:47:22you're going to this party.

0:47:29 > 0:47:31We could have had a night in a hotel.

0:47:33 > 0:47:34Gary's away.

0:47:36 > 0:47:37I know, you can't.

0:47:41 > 0:47:43(I love hotels.)

0:47:46 > 0:47:47Gary hates them.

0:47:50 > 0:47:52(I'm sorry.)

0:47:52 > 0:47:53Don't.

0:47:59 > 0:48:01So?

0:48:03 > 0:48:04HE GRUNTS

0:48:10 > 0:48:12I'll take mine... I'll take mine off, too, if you like.

0:48:13 > 0:48:17All right. (But you have to put them back on over your trousers.)

0:48:31 > 0:48:32(Jesus Christ.)

0:48:49 > 0:48:50SHE SIGHS

0:48:53 > 0:48:55Don't talk to any strange men.

0:48:55 > 0:48:57Well, it's a science faculty,

0:48:57 > 0:48:59so it's going to be wall-to-wall strange men...

0:49:02 > 0:49:04..and there'll be masses of drink.

0:49:04 > 0:49:05OK.

0:49:05 > 0:49:07So text me later.

0:49:14 > 0:49:17- Even if you're pissed.- Hm. HE LAUGHS

0:49:23 > 0:49:25Especially if you're pissed.

0:49:38 > 0:49:39Risk assessment.

0:49:46 > 0:49:47THEY SNIGGER

0:49:49 > 0:49:50THEY LAUGH

0:49:56 > 0:49:59- Hey...- It's fine. - How do you know?

0:49:59 > 0:50:00Intuition.

0:50:09 > 0:50:13By which I mean, of course, a combination of observation...

0:50:15 > 0:50:18..knowledge and experience...

0:50:19 > 0:50:22..otherwise known as...

0:50:22 > 0:50:23gambler's edge.

0:50:27 > 0:50:28(Oh, good God.)

0:50:29 > 0:50:31HE MOANS I can't.

0:50:31 > 0:50:33- Oh, yeah, you can. - I-I really can't.

0:50:33 > 0:50:35No, you can. You really can.

0:50:37 > 0:50:38SHE PANTS

0:50:40 > 0:50:41BELT BUCKLE RATTLES

0:50:43 > 0:50:44THEY PANT

0:50:48 > 0:50:50HE MOANS

0:51:13 > 0:51:14Hey.

0:51:16 > 0:51:17Where's the apple tree?

0:51:21 > 0:51:22Long gone.

0:51:26 > 0:51:27What time is it?

0:51:29 > 0:51:32- It's ten past nine. Shit. - Go. Go, go on.

0:51:32 > 0:51:34Text me, OK? Send me a picture.

0:51:39 > 0:51:41- Hey!- What?

0:51:49 > 0:51:51It's a dummy camera.

0:51:51 > 0:51:52How do you know?

0:51:52 > 0:51:54It's not hooked up to anything.

0:51:54 > 0:51:58They just put them up as a deterrent, that's all. Seriously.

0:51:58 > 0:52:01It's easy to tell the difference if you know what to look for.

0:52:01 > 0:52:02Have fun.

0:52:05 > 0:52:07(Oh, my God.)

0:52:07 > 0:52:09I'm fucking a spook.

0:52:19 > 0:52:20BOMBASTIC MUSIC PLAYS

0:52:47 > 0:52:49- Great. Thank you. - God, you look gorgeous.

0:52:49 > 0:52:51- Thank you.- Hiya. - George, how are you?

0:52:51 > 0:52:52- Good. Cheers.- Cheers.

0:52:54 > 0:52:56- Proper champagne.- Mm.

0:52:56 > 0:52:58Is Jonathon really paying for all this himself?

0:52:58 > 0:53:00Well, maybe he got one of the patrons

0:53:00 > 0:53:02to put their hand in their pocket - Peller or someone.

0:53:02 > 0:53:05- Doesn't that count as a bribe? - Well, not if he's retiring.

0:53:05 > 0:53:07- Jonathon.- Hey, George, hello!

0:53:07 > 0:53:09- Good to see you. - Good to see you, too.

0:53:09 > 0:53:11- Congratulations.- Thank you so much.

0:53:11 > 0:53:13Nice to see you. How are you?

0:53:13 > 0:53:16It's exactly like Gary to miss a party.

0:53:16 > 0:53:18Well, anyway, he's in Sunderland.

0:53:18 > 0:53:20Isn't Sunderland where they have that...?

0:53:20 > 0:53:22Yep. Amazing mouse lab - Gary raves about it.

0:53:23 > 0:53:24Do send him my love, won't you?

0:53:24 > 0:53:26- Haven't seen him for yonks.- Mm.

0:53:34 > 0:53:36(You're fucking a spook.)

0:53:38 > 0:53:39DOOR OPENS

0:53:39 > 0:53:40WOMEN GIGGLE

0:53:42 > 0:53:43PHONE ALERT BEEPS

0:54:05 > 0:54:07Signs are...

0:54:07 > 0:54:09they're about to run out.

0:54:09 > 0:54:11Better make hay while the sun shines.

0:54:11 > 0:54:12Absolutely.

0:54:15 > 0:54:17- Cheers.- Cheers.

0:54:17 > 0:54:18PHONE ALERT BEEPS

0:54:27 > 0:54:29BOTTLE HITS GROUND

0:54:30 > 0:54:31THEY CHATTER AND LAUGH

0:54:33 > 0:54:35I've got it.

0:54:35 > 0:54:37Oh, dear

0:54:37 > 0:54:38I'll look after it.

0:54:59 > 0:55:01Oh, I'm for my bed.

0:55:01 > 0:55:02Total lightweight these days.

0:55:02 > 0:55:04Yeah, me, too.

0:55:04 > 0:55:06- Sleep well, babe.- You, too.

0:55:06 > 0:55:08- See you on Monday.- Monday!

0:55:08 > 0:55:09PHONE ALERT CHIMES

0:55:19 > 0:55:21Do you fancy splitting a cab?

0:55:21 > 0:55:22Oh, that's a great idea.

0:55:22 > 0:55:24You live west, don't you?

0:55:24 > 0:55:25I do, I do, I do.

0:55:25 > 0:55:27I just left my stuff in my office. Won't take me a sec.

0:55:27 > 0:55:29- C'mon, c'mon.- OK.

0:55:29 > 0:55:30OK.

0:55:40 > 0:55:43Do you know what really winds me up about Gary?

0:55:43 > 0:55:45His haircut. I hate his haircut.

0:55:45 > 0:55:48He's had the same haircut for 30 years

0:55:48 > 0:55:49and I hated it 30 years ago.

0:55:49 > 0:55:52Oh, dearie me.

0:55:52 > 0:55:55Oh, God, did I say that out loud? I'm really sorry.

0:55:55 > 0:55:58It is definitely, definitely time for bed.

0:56:06 > 0:56:08Oh, come on, George, don't be silly.

0:56:08 > 0:56:10- No, no...- No, no, no...

0:56:10 > 0:56:12Does your husband know you're fucking someone else?

0:56:12 > 0:56:14What?

0:56:14 > 0:56:15Does he?

0:56:15 > 0:56:17- No, get off.- Shush, shush, shush.

0:56:17 > 0:56:19Get off me!

0:56:24 > 0:56:25HE ROARS

0:56:28 > 0:56:30Come on!

0:56:31 > 0:56:33- RASPS:- Listen to me.

0:56:33 > 0:56:34Now, you move,

0:56:34 > 0:56:36even a tiny bit,

0:56:36 > 0:56:38and I'll hit you again.

0:56:38 > 0:56:40Do you understand me? Do you?

0:56:40 > 0:56:41Yeah?

0:56:41 > 0:56:43Good girl. Fucking good girl.

0:56:48 > 0:56:50HE BELLOWS

0:56:50 > 0:56:52HE GRUNTS

0:56:52 > 0:56:53SHE WHIMPERS

0:56:54 > 0:56:55Please!

0:56:58 > 0:57:01'Fear...

0:57:01 > 0:57:03'that's what makes animals of us all.'

0:57:05 > 0:57:07Before I met you...

0:57:09 > 0:57:11..I was civilised.

0:57:13 > 0:57:14Civilised.

0:57:17 > 0:57:19So help me God.