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0:00:27 > 0:00:30'My compass told a different course

0:00:30 > 0:00:32'When I thought my wind set fair

0:00:34 > 0:00:36'Before me lay a coral shore

0:00:36 > 0:00:39'The fine, red dust of a treeless plain

0:00:41 > 0:00:44'A time in dreams Once the dream came

0:00:46 > 0:00:50'But I faltered, landlocked Caught upon the quay

0:00:51 > 0:00:55'A voice in the landward wind Warning of the sea

0:01:03 > 0:01:08'I watched the split horizon Cleft by the pitching sun

0:01:09 > 0:01:13'Beckoned by the weaving light Along its golden seam

0:01:14 > 0:01:18'I who was the dreamer Had become afraid to dream.'

0:01:20 > 0:01:24- Australia?! - Yeah. I decided last night.

0:01:26 > 0:01:29I didn't even know you were thinking about leaving.

0:01:29 > 0:01:32I just need to move on, I need a fresh start.

0:01:32 > 0:01:36Australia? I mean, it's so far away, why there?

0:01:36 > 0:01:39Well, it's got a great climate and a great quality of life.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42My mate works out there and he's been going onto me for years

0:01:42 > 0:01:44about how amazing it is.

0:01:44 > 0:01:45And my nan's there.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49- I didn't know that. - Yeah, yeah, my mum's mum.

0:01:49 > 0:01:52She lives in Melbourne.

0:01:52 > 0:01:55Somewhere to stay, you know, while I'm looking for a job.

0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Do you think you'll find one? - Well, apparently they want nurses.

0:01:58 > 0:01:59But do you know what?

0:01:59 > 0:02:02I want to see the Flinders Ranges, I want to go to the Blue Mountains,

0:02:02 > 0:02:06Do you know what I mean? Do a bit of trekking around Tasmania.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09- Wow. You've really made your mind up, haven't you?- Yeah.

0:02:11 > 0:02:13I'm going to miss you.

0:02:13 > 0:02:16- You might be the only one, mate. - What do you mean?

0:02:16 > 0:02:17Just the way I've been acting lately,

0:02:17 > 0:02:20I reckon everyone'll want to see the back of me.

0:02:20 > 0:02:24- Give over. - Well, we'll see, come Friday.

0:02:25 > 0:02:27You're going on Friday?

0:02:27 > 0:02:32Yeah. Well, if Howard lets me out of my contract.

0:02:32 > 0:02:35It's highly unusual for the catheter to break the artery wall.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38- What I think you'll find... - It takes a surgeon of genius

0:02:38 > 0:02:39to make good the damage!

0:02:39 > 0:02:41Tom!

0:02:41 > 0:02:43I think I preferred "Mr Vaesey".

0:02:43 > 0:02:45Or the even more illustrious "Professor Vaesey".

0:02:45 > 0:02:48So it was you that carried out the procedure on Mr Johnson here?

0:02:48 > 0:02:50A double by-pass.

0:02:50 > 0:02:52Got the call they'd bust this fellow's artery,

0:02:52 > 0:02:55so looked at the possibility of just a repair,

0:02:55 > 0:02:58thought I might as well sort his plumbing out, while I was at it,

0:02:58 > 0:03:00and maybe stop him from bleeding to death!

0:03:01 > 0:03:04So, what brings you north of Watford?

0:03:04 > 0:03:07Well, I'm a GP at a local practice.

0:03:07 > 0:03:10What, poking for piles? Prescribing for eczema?

0:03:10 > 0:03:15I also have a private clinic, and have some high-end patients.

0:03:15 > 0:03:18Loaded ladies after the Granger bedside manner.

0:03:18 > 0:03:21I'm with someone, actually, her name's Zara. Very happy.

0:03:21 > 0:03:23She must have quite something to pin you down.

0:03:23 > 0:03:26PHONE RINGS

0:03:29 > 0:03:31Technology.

0:03:32 > 0:03:34The only reason I operate instead of a robot

0:03:34 > 0:03:39is because I'm slightly cheaper and tell better jokes.

0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Coffee?- Well, I...

0:03:41 > 0:03:44Oh, come on, you're obviously skiving, treating bunions,

0:03:44 > 0:03:48or something. Let's leave Mr Johnson with the comforting thought...

0:03:48 > 0:03:52that his emergency bypass has at least allowed him to jump the queue!

0:03:54 > 0:03:57- So, what's prompted this? - I just fancied a change.

0:03:57 > 0:03:59What, and a move to Cleethorpes wouldn't do that for you?

0:03:59 > 0:04:01Well, Australia's a little bit more of a challenge.

0:04:01 > 0:04:04And I just fancied seeing what was down there for me.

0:04:04 > 0:04:07Well, it's your decision. I suppose, with two months to plan,

0:04:07 > 0:04:10you'll have time to work out something for yourself down there.

0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Actually, I was thinking about going sooner.- When?

0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Friday.- What, this Friday?

0:04:16 > 0:04:18Yeah.

0:04:18 > 0:04:19What about working your notice?

0:04:19 > 0:04:22Well, I've already booked my ticket.

0:04:22 > 0:04:25What? We're supposed to organise ourselves around your plans?

0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Well, I thought that you... - If you go Friday,

0:04:27 > 0:04:29that means we'll have to get agency staff in.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31Lord knows how much and Lord knows how long for.

0:04:31 > 0:04:34- You'll find a replacement. - Yes, eventually.

0:04:35 > 0:04:38No, sorry, I can't just lose a nurse at the drop of a hat.

0:04:38 > 0:04:40- You're going to have to work your notice.- Howard...

0:04:40 > 0:04:42That's the way it's going to be.

0:04:44 > 0:04:46Fine.

0:04:50 > 0:04:54So you think I should be cooling my heels in the Dordogne?

0:04:54 > 0:04:57You've had an eminent career, earned all the plaudits.

0:04:57 > 0:04:58You can't be doing it for the money.

0:04:58 > 0:05:00It's temporary.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03Director of surgery's an old friend.

0:05:03 > 0:05:05His cardiac lead developed a post midlife crisis,

0:05:05 > 0:05:08- and headed for Mexico. - Leo Brunner?

0:05:08 > 0:05:10Yeah. Knew him as a houseman.

0:05:10 > 0:05:15Even then, he made me ponder the thin line between genius and lunacy.

0:05:15 > 0:05:18- PHONE RINGS - Oh, sorry.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22Yes?

0:05:23 > 0:05:25Yes, I was with a patient.

0:05:26 > 0:05:30Yeah, I know there's a pressure of time.

0:05:30 > 0:05:33You have to understand...

0:05:33 > 0:05:35I will.

0:05:35 > 0:05:37I...I will call you.

0:05:39 > 0:05:43Sorry. So, we were talking about the eccentric Mr Brunner.

0:05:43 > 0:05:45PHONE RINGS

0:05:47 > 0:05:49Look...

0:05:50 > 0:05:53Ah! Sally! Sorry, yes.

0:05:53 > 0:05:56No, no, it's fine, yes. The procedure went well.

0:05:58 > 0:06:00The patient's GP seems pleased.

0:06:00 > 0:06:04Yeah, obviously a very attentive one to rock up to his bedside.

0:06:04 > 0:06:09Actually, the generous practitioner is somebody we've met before.

0:06:09 > 0:06:11One Daniel Granger.

0:06:11 > 0:06:15Yes. Yes, I know. Yeah, he's not looking so bad.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17Apparently, there's a lady keeping him in check.

0:06:19 > 0:06:20Just the one.

0:06:21 > 0:06:24Are you free for dinner tonight?

0:06:24 > 0:06:25I can't, I'm looking after my son.

0:06:25 > 0:06:28Zara's got a night out with the girls.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30Nope, domestic duties.

0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Lunch? She's dying to see you. - I'll check.

0:06:34 > 0:06:37He's passing it upstairs to management.

0:06:37 > 0:06:39Did I say, when I mentioned his appearance,

0:06:39 > 0:06:41there's a large female thumbprint on his forehead?

0:06:44 > 0:06:46Chris hasn't mentioned anything about leaving to me.

0:06:46 > 0:06:49I'm sure he has his reasons.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51All right, well, where's our intrepid adventurer off to, then?

0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Salford?- Australia. - Wow.

0:06:54 > 0:06:57He's hardly ever left Birmingham, what's he going to be doing?

0:06:57 > 0:07:01Living, working, experiencing new things, I suppose.

0:07:01 > 0:07:03Bit old to be on a gap year, isn't he?

0:07:03 > 0:07:05I think it's more serious than that, mate.

0:07:05 > 0:07:07He's definitely made his mind up.

0:07:07 > 0:07:10You know, it's going to be really weird not having him around.

0:07:10 > 0:07:12Not having who around?

0:07:12 > 0:07:15Chris, he's...he's going to Australia.

0:07:16 > 0:07:19- When?- Friday, if he can.

0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Friday?- When did all this happen?

0:07:22 > 0:07:24He said he decided last night.

0:07:27 > 0:07:31- It's a brave move.- Yeah, but he was brilliant when I was poorly.

0:07:31 > 0:07:34And the house is going to be like a morgue, if he's not around.

0:07:34 > 0:07:36Stories of my departure might be premature.

0:07:40 > 0:07:44- 'Blackjack?'- Yeah, that's what his students and colleagues called him.

0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Because he was a gambler? - Baccarat, mainly - chemin de fer.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50- 'And this was your mentor?' - Yeah, medically.

0:07:50 > 0:07:53Although, he did take me under his wing in other ways, too.

0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Daniel... - 'What?'

0:07:56 > 0:07:58Look, we're not going to slip off down to the casino, OK?

0:07:58 > 0:08:02It's going to be lunch with him and his wife, Sally. She's really nice.

0:08:02 > 0:08:04Nice enough to skip having lunch with me?

0:08:04 > 0:08:07Who's going out tonight with their girlfriends?

0:08:07 > 0:08:09I would actually far rather be having dinner with you.

0:08:09 > 0:08:12Ah. Me too. I'll see you.

0:08:16 > 0:08:18And I got such a good deal on the flight.

0:08:18 > 0:08:21If Howard doesn't let me go, I'll lose it.

0:08:21 > 0:08:23Well, Friday is pretty short notice.

0:08:23 > 0:08:25Yeah, but I bet he could if he really wanted to.

0:08:25 > 0:08:27It's just Howard being Howard.

0:08:27 > 0:08:29Who's Bellamy offended this time?

0:08:29 > 0:08:31No-one, he's just stopping Chris from going.

0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Going where?- I've decided to leave the practice, Zara.

0:08:35 > 0:08:38- What?- He's abandoning us and going to Australia.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40- When?- Well, I wanted to go on Friday.

0:08:40 > 0:08:42How does that square with your contractual obligations?

0:08:42 > 0:08:45That's something I'm trying to work through with Howard.

0:08:45 > 0:08:48Well, we'll be sorry to lose you.

0:08:48 > 0:08:50You're an excellent nurse.

0:08:53 > 0:08:55Here he is, as handsome as ever.

0:08:55 > 0:08:58Even handsomer, if possible.

0:08:58 > 0:08:59That's in the eye of the beholder.

0:08:59 > 0:09:01Mine is particularly discerning.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03You look as lovely as ever.

0:09:03 > 0:09:05Well, there have been some changes.

0:09:09 > 0:09:13Nurse Reid has had his difficult moments.

0:09:13 > 0:09:16Yeah, but how does legging it to Australia help?

0:09:16 > 0:09:21It sounds rather like he's trying to find his place in the world.

0:09:21 > 0:09:24He is a young man and it is the prerogative of the young

0:09:24 > 0:09:27to seize their chances.

0:09:27 > 0:09:31Yeah, but Howard isn't going to let him go and he wants to go on Friday.

0:09:31 > 0:09:34Yeah, well, that is very short notice.

0:09:34 > 0:09:37And Nurse Reid does have a contract.

0:09:37 > 0:09:39So I can appreciate Mr Bellamy's position.

0:09:41 > 0:09:45But he can also, sometimes, be a stickler for the rules.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48If this is what Nurse Reid wants to do,

0:09:48 > 0:09:51trying to stop him now can only make him angry and resentful,

0:09:51 > 0:09:53and that would be disruptive for everyone.

0:10:04 > 0:10:06Problem?

0:10:10 > 0:10:12Zara must be very special.

0:10:13 > 0:10:15Has a good grip on him, you mean?

0:10:15 > 0:10:18A hold, certainly, of the best kind.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21- And now you've also got Joe. - And a daughter - Isobel.

0:10:21 > 0:10:22Fatherhood changes you.

0:10:22 > 0:10:25Even in some ways that aren't specifically financial.

0:10:25 > 0:10:28He's very proud of the children.

0:10:28 > 0:10:30Yeah, one's a brickie

0:10:30 > 0:10:32and the other reads books to the illiterate.

0:10:32 > 0:10:37Lizzie's an architect and Sarah is a lecturer in English.

0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Well, it could've been worse - they could have been doctors.- Yes.

0:10:44 > 0:10:46It was a fall.

0:10:46 > 0:10:50- You don't have to. - Seven years ago. Sailing.

0:10:50 > 0:10:54I'd love to say I was up in the rigging and we hit a monster wave,

0:10:54 > 0:10:57but it was as we left a restaurant, in the harbour.

0:10:58 > 0:11:03Lost my footing on the steps, fell, broke my back on some railings.

0:11:04 > 0:11:06I was in a bad way.

0:11:07 > 0:11:11It was Tom who basically kept me alive until the ambulance came.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14Must have been difficult adjusting.

0:11:14 > 0:11:20Sometimes. Maybe more so for Tom.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22He's often been angry...

0:11:22 > 0:11:23on my behalf.

0:11:23 > 0:11:25And you've never been angry?

0:11:25 > 0:11:28At the limitations.

0:11:28 > 0:11:31Just being able to take your keys and leave the house.

0:11:31 > 0:11:33Giving up teaching was the hardest thing.

0:11:33 > 0:11:35I'm sure you can still...

0:11:35 > 0:11:38I tried. Maybe it was a little too soon.

0:11:39 > 0:11:40Maybe I just had to move on.

0:11:42 > 0:11:45But I do miss that light in their eyes

0:11:45 > 0:11:48when children grasp the meaning of something.

0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Gain a new piece of the world. - Yes.

0:11:52 > 0:11:53House claret, I'm afraid.

0:11:53 > 0:11:56And I'm afraid that I'm driving.

0:11:56 > 0:11:57Although it does look marvellous.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00Life's too short to drink bad wine.

0:12:00 > 0:12:03"If you drink bad wine, your life will be shorter."

0:12:03 > 0:12:05So, you were actually listening to me!

0:12:05 > 0:12:07THEY CHUCKLE

0:12:21 > 0:12:23What's she doing here?

0:12:23 > 0:12:25Well, she appears to be breast-feeding.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27Yes, I know that! Has she got an appointment?

0:12:27 > 0:12:30But you did say she could come back any time she wanted.

0:12:30 > 0:12:32I was just trying to be inclusive.

0:12:32 > 0:12:35Well, perhaps she's trying to make a statement.

0:12:40 > 0:12:43- Ah...- You're going to have to get rid of them.

0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Me?- Mrs Tembe, I have always been impressed with

0:12:46 > 0:12:49your coolness under pressure and your natural authority.

0:12:49 > 0:12:52I'm sure you'll think of something.

0:12:52 > 0:12:54Ready?

0:12:55 > 0:12:57Bellamy versus breasts!

0:12:57 > 0:13:01ALL: Bellamy versus breasts! Bellamy versus breasts!

0:13:04 > 0:13:08Granger was the young man about town.

0:13:08 > 0:13:11Us old dogs merely followed and marvelled.

0:13:11 > 0:13:13I don't believe that for a minute.

0:13:13 > 0:13:17It's true. I'd never played a hand of baccarat till I met him.

0:13:17 > 0:13:19I think that's the other way around.

0:13:19 > 0:13:22OK, I did actually teach you the difference in baccarat

0:13:22 > 0:13:25between chemin de fer and punto banco.

0:13:25 > 0:13:27And what's the difference?

0:13:27 > 0:13:28Chemin de fer is a game of strategy,

0:13:28 > 0:13:31played by those with guile and patience.

0:13:31 > 0:13:37Punto banco is a game of chance played by those addicted to chance.

0:13:37 > 0:13:39- Still play?- No.

0:13:39 > 0:13:42Heavens, family life claimed your spirit?

0:13:42 > 0:13:46- I haven't played for quite a while. - Perhaps he found other diversions.

0:13:46 > 0:13:47What, like golf?

0:13:47 > 0:13:49I'm actually quite good at that.

0:13:49 > 0:13:51- A good walk not spoiled, but ruined!- No...

0:13:51 > 0:13:54Don't tell me you've morphed into suburban man?

0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Would that be so bad?- A tragedy!

0:13:56 > 0:13:58PHONE RINGS

0:14:04 > 0:14:06Ah.

0:14:07 > 0:14:10- So, pudding?- In the fridge. I can go.

0:14:10 > 0:14:15No, no, no. I'm adept at transporting extra calories!

0:14:17 > 0:14:19THEY CHANT: Bellamy versus breasts!

0:14:19 > 0:14:22Ladies, please. You are causing a considerable disturbance!

0:14:22 > 0:14:24Civil disturbance.

0:14:24 > 0:14:28Civil as in peaceful, disturbance as in interrupting the status quo.

0:14:28 > 0:14:30What status quo?

0:14:30 > 0:14:34The male hegemony and anti-woman agenda that exists at this practice.

0:14:34 > 0:14:37- There is no such thing. - Howard Bellamy.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40Mr Bellamy is not anti-woman.

0:14:40 > 0:14:43He's a patriarchalist of the highest order.

0:14:43 > 0:14:48- How?- The very fact that you refer to him as MISTER Bellamy!

0:14:48 > 0:14:51That is his title.

0:14:51 > 0:14:53Reinforcing structures of power

0:14:53 > 0:14:56while using other forms of suppression,

0:14:56 > 0:14:59such as demonising the process of mother-child nurturing!

0:15:01 > 0:15:04You are causing our patients discomfort.

0:15:05 > 0:15:08Maybe we are encouraging them to make an informed choice.

0:15:08 > 0:15:11Do they want to be part of an inclusive

0:15:11 > 0:15:14- or a discriminatory practice? - Mr...

0:15:16 > 0:15:19The practice manager has engaged with inclusivity.

0:15:20 > 0:15:25PR. Well, we'll see how effective that is when the press arrive.

0:15:25 > 0:15:28- Press?- We've called them.

0:15:29 > 0:15:31We want people to know that attitudes

0:15:31 > 0:15:35like Howard Bellamy's have no place in modern society.

0:15:35 > 0:15:39THEY CHANT: Bellamy versus breasts!

0:15:44 > 0:15:47It's funny, I never found that that helped.

0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Sorry, helped? - I know there's a problem, Tom.

0:15:50 > 0:15:52- What problem?- Who are they?

0:15:52 > 0:15:55- What do you mean? - The people you owe money to?- I don't!

0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Look, I got myself into trouble. - Gambling?

0:15:59 > 0:16:01Yeah. I owed money to somebody. Considerable sums.

0:16:01 > 0:16:04- What were they, criminals? - What I'm trying to say is...

0:16:04 > 0:16:06- I'm not in hock to criminals. - I understand.

0:16:06 > 0:16:09I know the self-delusion, the denial. It just takes someone to...

0:16:09 > 0:16:11- I'm not in debt! - GLASS SHATTERS

0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Are you all right? - Let me have a look at that.

0:16:14 > 0:16:16I seem to remember I'm the surgeon.

0:16:16 > 0:16:18PHONE BEEPS

0:16:20 > 0:16:23THEY CHANT: Bellamy versus breasts!

0:16:23 > 0:16:25BABY CRIES

0:16:28 > 0:16:31Have you seen reception? It looks like Greenham Common!

0:16:31 > 0:16:34Mrs Tembe's dealing with it.

0:16:34 > 0:16:37As they're name-checking you, why don't you do something?

0:16:37 > 0:16:41A volatile situation can sometimes be better defused

0:16:41 > 0:16:44by a female presence. In the police force...

0:16:44 > 0:16:46Don't go all Special Constabulary on me.

0:16:46 > 0:16:48The last time breasts were used like that in anger

0:16:48 > 0:16:50was when Boadicea took on the Romans.

0:16:50 > 0:16:52Look, it's annoying that they're doing this,

0:16:52 > 0:16:55- but surely they do have a point. - What?

0:16:55 > 0:16:57It's very difficult, breast-feeding in public.

0:16:57 > 0:16:59People will come up and tell you it's disgusting,

0:16:59 > 0:17:01they tell you it's immoral.

0:17:01 > 0:17:04They tell you it should be behind closed doors.

0:17:04 > 0:17:07- Well, that's not me. - No, but they don't know that.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09So perhaps an apology might be the way forward.

0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Ah, Chris. - Howard, you've made your...

0:17:17 > 0:17:19- You can go.- What?

0:17:21 > 0:17:24You can leave on Friday.

0:17:24 > 0:17:27- Why the change? - I've had a look at the figures.

0:17:27 > 0:17:31There's a bit left in the budget to cover for any agency staff.

0:17:31 > 0:17:34That's brilliant. Thank you.

0:17:34 > 0:17:38Erm... There's one little thing.

0:17:38 > 0:17:40- Don't tell me you've changed your mind?- No, no, no.

0:17:40 > 0:17:42I need to pick up my visa on Friday.

0:17:42 > 0:17:44I mean, mate, I can work the morning...

0:17:44 > 0:17:47So, not only do you want to leave, you want a half-day off as well?

0:17:47 > 0:17:49Yeah, sorry.

0:17:49 > 0:17:52You can be the one that tells Mandy she has to cover.

0:17:52 > 0:17:55You've got to take your chances.

0:17:55 > 0:17:57Grab it with both hands.

0:18:01 > 0:18:03- An accident? - Yeah. Just broken glass.

0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Is he all right? - Cut to the hand.

0:18:06 > 0:18:09I offered to help but apparently, he's still the master.

0:18:09 > 0:18:11What have you done?

0:18:11 > 0:18:13Some over-confidence with the cake-slice.

0:18:13 > 0:18:17And to think how dexterous I am with a number seven scalpel.

0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Let me get you a better bandage. - No, no, really. It's...

0:18:20 > 0:18:23I'll get a new one from the box in the hall.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30You have no right.

0:18:31 > 0:18:33Who is H, Tom?

0:18:37 > 0:18:40- No-one, really. It's... - Who is she?

0:18:43 > 0:18:44So, what made Howard change his mind?

0:18:44 > 0:18:47Guess he's not all that unreasonable after all.

0:18:47 > 0:18:49- In which dimension? - THEY LAUGH

0:18:49 > 0:18:53- Well, I'm pleased for you. - Cheers, man.

0:18:53 > 0:18:55I will second that.

0:18:56 > 0:18:58I don't know what to say.

0:18:58 > 0:19:01Say you're going to leave your last wages behind the bar at The Icon.

0:19:01 > 0:19:04To be honest, I don't really want to make a fuss.

0:19:04 > 0:19:07- I'd rather just pack my rucksack and head off.- Aw!

0:19:07 > 0:19:09If you're saving up to buy a didgeridoo,

0:19:09 > 0:19:13- how about we pay for the party? - No, I'm being serious.

0:19:13 > 0:19:15We need your support.

0:19:15 > 0:19:18The militant ladies are stepping up their protest!

0:19:18 > 0:19:20A free show!

0:19:21 > 0:19:25Her name is Helen. Helen Rogerson.

0:19:25 > 0:19:27We met when we were students.

0:19:30 > 0:19:33When she came into the lecture hall that first morning,

0:19:33 > 0:19:37everything else just faded. She was luminous.

0:19:39 > 0:19:41I pursued her and pursued her.

0:19:42 > 0:19:48There was a lot of competition, but she said yes. Finally.

0:19:49 > 0:19:52And we shared the best summer of my life.

0:19:54 > 0:19:57But then she met someone else, American.

0:19:57 > 0:20:01When she told me, it was...devastation.

0:20:04 > 0:20:07After she finished her studies, she went off with him

0:20:07 > 0:20:10back to the States.

0:20:10 > 0:20:11Married.

0:20:11 > 0:20:14That was the last I heard of her for years.

0:20:16 > 0:20:18Then, last August I got an e-mail.

0:20:18 > 0:20:21She was divorced and she was visiting relatives.

0:20:23 > 0:20:26We chatted, e-mail and phone, and there was a spark.

0:20:30 > 0:20:34We met up. She was staying at a hotel in Cheshire and, well...

0:20:36 > 0:20:39..it was everything I thought it would be.

0:20:40 > 0:20:42It was real, Daniel. It is real!

0:20:44 > 0:20:47We met up several times before she went back to America.

0:20:49 > 0:20:53- She wants me to join her there. - Are you going to go?

0:20:56 > 0:21:00THEY CHANT: Bellamy versus breasts!

0:21:04 > 0:21:06- What are we going to do? - Chuck 'em out.

0:21:06 > 0:21:09When was the last time you mixed it with militant breast-feeders?

0:21:09 > 0:21:11Do not ask him that!

0:21:11 > 0:21:13- OK, call the cops. - Oh, yeah(!)

0:21:13 > 0:21:16Like Rob and his mates will want to deal with this lot!

0:21:16 > 0:21:18They have summoned the press.

0:21:18 > 0:21:21- The publicity would be extremely negative.- Where is Howard?

0:21:21 > 0:21:24I imagine he's somewhere thinking up a strategy.

0:21:24 > 0:21:27Otherwise known as "hiding".

0:21:27 > 0:21:31- Ladies.- Even your opening gambit is patronising!

0:21:31 > 0:21:33Well, what would you prefer I call you?

0:21:33 > 0:21:36We would prefer that you treated us with some respect.

0:21:36 > 0:21:39Which is what I always endeavour.

0:21:39 > 0:21:43Actually, we have thought of one way of extracting some empathy from you.

0:21:45 > 0:21:47THEY LAUGH

0:21:47 > 0:21:50So, man enough to wear them?

0:21:54 > 0:21:57There's a teaching post in Boston. I'm short-listed.

0:21:57 > 0:22:00So, you've already made your decision?

0:22:00 > 0:22:03My final hand, my last chance.

0:22:03 > 0:22:05At what? Destroying everything you have?

0:22:05 > 0:22:08- I know there will be consequences. - You'll lose your family.

0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Not necessarily... - You will lose them, Tom.

0:22:13 > 0:22:15You said the final yes to her?

0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Why are you hesitating? - I'm not callous.

0:22:19 > 0:22:21And you're not a fool either.

0:22:22 > 0:22:25What if it was the woman that you loved?

0:22:25 > 0:22:27I'm with the woman I love.

0:22:27 > 0:22:31And I think you're lucky enough to be with the woman who loves you.

0:22:32 > 0:22:34Tom?

0:22:35 > 0:22:39- There wasn't a bandage in the box. - Don't worry. I'll sort it myself.

0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Has he made his decision? - Pardon?

0:22:47 > 0:22:50Helen.

0:22:50 > 0:22:52Is he going to choose her over me?

0:22:56 > 0:22:58My actions have been misconstrued.

0:22:58 > 0:23:01- How?- I have never been anti-breast.

0:23:01 > 0:23:03When I say anti-breast, I mean...

0:23:03 > 0:23:06That it's OK for breasts to be objects of male desire,

0:23:06 > 0:23:08just not to be seen fulfilling their natural purpose?

0:23:08 > 0:23:12I have never said that breasts were objects of male desire.

0:23:12 > 0:23:16You know, obviously, they are.

0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Shall we help him out? - Absolutely not!

0:23:20 > 0:23:23- Sally, it's really not my place... - He has asked you for advice?

0:23:23 > 0:23:26- Maybe not advice, but... - Tom's always been like that -

0:23:26 > 0:23:29strident, humorous,

0:23:29 > 0:23:33boring details like bills and school fees falling off his back.

0:23:33 > 0:23:37But he's like the rest of us when it comes to emotions -

0:23:37 > 0:23:42unsure, indecisive, needing the reassurance of a second opinion.

0:23:45 > 0:23:47I knew when he started mentioning her name.

0:23:49 > 0:23:53I'd known there was someone, that I didn't have the whole of him.

0:23:55 > 0:23:59But then there was life, work, the children.

0:23:59 > 0:24:02Does Zara have the whole of you?

0:24:06 > 0:24:08There was someone, once, for me.

0:24:08 > 0:24:10A sweet and creative man.

0:24:12 > 0:24:14I stayed with Tom.

0:24:14 > 0:24:18And when I had the accident, it was Tom who saved me.

0:24:19 > 0:24:21Not sure the ward sister would have approved.

0:24:21 > 0:24:23As long as it heals.

0:24:23 > 0:24:26- I'd better be getting back. - It's been good to see you.

0:24:26 > 0:24:30- Thank you for a superb lunch. - Is it true that in baccarat,

0:24:30 > 0:24:32you can lose everything with the final hand?

0:24:34 > 0:24:36Yes, it is.

0:24:41 > 0:24:43I didn't mean to banish breast-feeding

0:24:43 > 0:24:45or confuse the role of the breast!

0:24:45 > 0:24:50I have always been and always will hold them in high regard...

0:24:52 > 0:24:55I mean, you know, regard them with great interest...

0:24:56 > 0:24:59'My compass told a different course

0:24:59 > 0:25:03'And the journey was long from where I came

0:25:04 > 0:25:07'Mine was a landfall between two shores

0:25:07 > 0:25:11'Caught by two winds adrift on the main

0:25:12 > 0:25:16'But there was a destination

0:25:16 > 0:25:18'And I could never be the same.

0:25:26 > 0:25:28I was thinking...

0:25:28 > 0:25:30we could go away.

0:25:30 > 0:25:33A few days in the country.

0:25:33 > 0:25:35And after?

0:25:36 > 0:25:40St Phil's have offered me the job. Permanent basis.

0:25:47 > 0:25:49I'm going to take it.

0:25:57 > 0:25:59If you have no problem with breast-feeding,

0:25:59 > 0:26:01why did you banish me to a private room?

0:26:01 > 0:26:03That was for your comfort and convenience.

0:26:03 > 0:26:07So, it wasn't from your own sense of patriarchal prudery?

0:26:07 > 0:26:10- I'm neither patriarchal nor... - A prude?

0:26:10 > 0:26:12I don't think this is funny any more.

0:26:12 > 0:26:15Do you know what? You're right. It isn't.

0:26:15 > 0:26:17This is about dignity and understanding,

0:26:17 > 0:26:21and I want the public to know exactly where you stand!

0:26:22 > 0:26:24- Now, come on! - FLASHBULB SOUNDS

0:26:24 > 0:26:26No pictures, please.

0:26:27 > 0:26:32Mrs Tembe! Mrs Tembe. Any sign of the papers?

0:26:33 > 0:26:36You shouldn't be allowed to do anything.

0:26:36 > 0:26:38You shouldn't be allowed anywhere near these women!

0:26:38 > 0:26:40- He'll get used to it.- Get off!

0:26:40 > 0:26:43HE GROANS More pain?

0:26:43 > 0:26:44He's going to die, isn't he? Like Mum.

0:26:44 > 0:26:47Now he's going, there's nothing to hold me back.

0:26:47 > 0:26:49It's a bit drastic, selling your house, isn't it?