0:00:02 > 0:00:03All my life, I've been a man of peace.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05"We had not realised that our government was capable of..."
0:00:05 > 0:00:08"Such folly and of such crookedness."
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Ruth came to me to ask me to help her,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14and I will not stop helping her until the truth is known.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The KGB have a list circulating.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19On this list are the names of young men and women,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22open to betraying their country.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24- She was a Brightstone. - Who, what?
0:00:24 > 0:00:25Ruth Elms was a Brightstone.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Mr Brightstone... Was there anybody else you recognised?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Yes, you, Freddie.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36You must tell Mr Lyon to stop investigating the Elms story.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38There is not a Soviet agent on my team,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41the BBC perhaps, but not my team.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- They can't shut us down. - I've waited my entire life to run a programme like this.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46It will not be snatched from me now.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50We need to find a way of addressing the suspicion of collusion
0:00:50 > 0:00:53between Britain and France, and Israel.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Like in a sketch.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Explain why you're throwing away your career for an affair that means nothing,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and if you're telling yourself anything other, you're lying.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03He's always just on loan
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and he always comes back.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Um, maybe a little higher?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Freddie, your mystery guest, he will be here, won't he?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24If not, I have that bore from the British Communist Party
0:02:24 > 0:02:27talking about the fall of Hungary and the effect on its members.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Freddie?- Let's hope so.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35The footage of the demonstration, I want it in less than five minutes, Freddie!
0:02:38 > 0:02:39What's the map for?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Um, Admiral Green, the logistics of a land invasion.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Fact not opinion, Bel.- Of course.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- What's Ron doing with a bookies' board?- Isaac's sketch.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51It's suicide.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53It's satire.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Satire is comment. - Clarence, what would you have me do?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I have one piece of footage of a demonstration on which we cannot pass comment,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02a reasonably dry interview with Admiral Green
0:03:02 > 0:03:04and coverage of the American elections
0:03:04 > 0:03:10the result of which will not be called until after we are off air. Freddie has an idea mid-programme.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I have 60 minutes to fill.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13No!
0:03:18 > 0:03:23The last 24 hours have been an exercise in how to air a news programme
0:03:23 > 0:03:29that is taking place in less than two hours, when one can't discuss, analyse or debate the news.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33I am allowing you to take this programme to the edge of acceptability,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37so have your maps if you must, but Isaac's sketch does not play tonight.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Is it not our duty as journalists, to present balanced news,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44frankly, fearlessly and reasonably?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Life is about compromise.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49The country is at war. We cannot show dissent, we cannot show...
0:03:49 > 0:03:52News! On a news programme!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54It's absurd!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Hector, sweetheart, have we been swimming?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04You two really need to sort this out.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07You've missed a bit.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Sissy!
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Coffee in my office now, please!
0:04:18 > 0:04:23He slept in his office again, which by the way, is MY perk. Two nights.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Ah, Sissy, just the girl. Can you type up this copy for me? Thank you.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Have you seen Isaac? I typed up his script again, he keeps changing it.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32He's ever such a perfectionist.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35I've done the best I can.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I cut back the footage of the demonstration,
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- removed the police officer attacking that man...- Clarence wants to cut Isaac's sketch.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Every broadsheet is raising the issue of collusion.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I said that. But if we say that Britain colluded with Israel and France
0:04:51 > 0:04:55in an illegal war to get the canal back we're effectively saying...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Eden lied to his Cabinet, his party and the Commons?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Yes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02But we don't say that.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05We just acknowledge as the rest of the world is doing
0:05:05 > 0:05:08that it is an intelligent possibility.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13If we use the word "collusion", even in a sketch,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16then that's treason, isn't it?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18They could take us off air.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Put the policeman back in.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Tell Isaac to take that hat off in case Clarence sees him.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Oh, Christ! Hector!
0:05:38 > 0:05:39I'm sorry.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44You can't sleep in your office.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Right.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53You need to go home to Marnie.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Right.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Aren't you going to say anything else?
0:05:57 > 0:05:58I love you.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Is that the best you can do?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- For the moment, yes. - What does that actually mean?
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- It's pretty self-explanatory. - It isn't. It really, really isn't.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Explain! I'm sorry, you love me.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17But is this a proposal?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Ooh, how exciting. When were you thinking, June?- Why are you doing this?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Because you would want me to play bridge and stop working here,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28the place that I love, doing the job that I have waited my whole life for.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I'm not asking you to marry me!
0:06:30 > 0:06:34So what were you asking me? You want me to stay as your mistress?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Oh, it's heaps of fun having a mistress.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Heaps of fun being a mistress.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40It's just what every marriage needs.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- I have done it once too often. - Enough!
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I don't want to be a mistress any more.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53And I, I'm certainly not waiting to be anyone's wife.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02You need a wife.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Have you seen Freddie?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- No.- Shouldn't you be down on the floor?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Excuse me.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Please follow me.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- Freddie.- I know, I know, I heard... - My office, if you wouldn't mind.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Well, I'll just...
0:08:19 > 0:08:22These gentlemen work for Her Majesty's Government.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Really?- They wish to ask you a few questions.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30I hope that is acceptable to you, Mr Lyon.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- Do I have a choice?- We note you didn't do National Service, Mr Lyon.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- No.- We've been aware of your activities for some time.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- We understand you have been pursuing the death of Peter Darrall.- Yes.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46And that you've approached an eminent peer and his family as part of your investigation.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48As you're aware, they have suffered a recent loss.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I'm sure they would prefer to be left alone in their grief.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Yeah, you're very sure. - Thankfully I have been given reassurance by your editor
0:08:55 > 0:09:00that you have now closed your investigation, that there was no story to be found.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05FREDDIE LAUGHS
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Is that it?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Is that how it works? Am I being signed off?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I suppose there are worse ways to go.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Robbery, heart attack or suicide, I've heard. Is that true?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Please forgive Mr Lyon, he's very, very tired.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29None of us has slept more than a few hours over the last few weeks
0:09:29 > 0:09:31and we do have a programme to get out.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35I am impressed. I wasn't sure if any of you could talk.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- Well, time is moving on. - Mr Fendley has kindly vouched for your good character.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41We will not bother you again.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Did you kill her?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Did you murder Ruth Elms?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Freddie.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Good afternoon, Mr Lyon. ..Mr Fendley.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Goodbye.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Is that really it? - They are merely collectors.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10They collect information and pass it onto colleagues who verify or deny what they have found.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- They are seekers of truth in their own way.- I've been following this story for months.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17With you silently encouraging me, Clarence.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20And now I am quietly asking you to stop.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26I had to ask Douglas to use his considerable influence in Whitehall
0:10:26 > 0:10:28to get them off your back.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- I'm on a list!- Ssh.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Close the door.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48What list?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Of potential KGB recruits.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Brightstones, they call them.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Revert to Brightstone.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Was Peter Darrall giving someone the nod to find a new Brightstone to replace him?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02What, you've seen this list?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04No. But I've spoken to someone who has.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Someone who would be willing to come on the show, maybe even talk about Ruth's death.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11The Elms case is tragic, but it is not news.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16It's time to terminate it.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Terminate?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Too personal a story.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23What is the news if it's not personal, Clarence?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's all personal, otherwise why write about it?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28If it doesn't matter to you personally
0:11:28 > 0:11:31then what kind of person are you?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I'm on that list. So was Ruth.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Someone put us there.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Sit down, Freddie.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54What I'm about to tell you, you can't reveal it, as there's a mole at the BBC.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57But it might help you lay the Elms case to rest.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00In March, I received a transcript of a telephone call
0:12:00 > 0:12:04between a high-ranking member of the government...
0:12:04 > 0:12:06and a key operative in the Secret Service.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11It confirms an unofficial order bypassing the Foreign Office,
0:12:11 > 0:12:16going straight to MI6 to bring down Nasser by whatever means they can.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18To assassinate him?
0:12:18 > 0:12:22In the transcript, two agents are mentioned.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Peter Darrall and Tom Kish.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30Freddie, Nasser's attempted assassination is a bigger story.
0:12:30 > 0:12:37I'm asking you to draw a line under this. You are at risk.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Can't you see that?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41KNOCK ON DOOR
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Have you seen Hector? I've written him a new intro for Eisenhower.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Lix, I need you to telephone your man in Cairo.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- I need you to ask him to dig deeper. - What's wrong, you're sweating?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02I need to know everything about that trip Kish and Darrall made to Cairo.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07- What were they doing there? Please, just do it.- All right, all right. I just need some time.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- Everyone on set now, please.- Yes. - We're live in 20 minutes! - We're coming!
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Ron, can you move the top right?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Oi, Billy Wilder, where do you want this? - Oh, perhaps behind the flat.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22- It needs chalking up.- No one said anything about chalking up. - I'll do it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Isaac, can you wrap it up? Clarence will be here any minute.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Marnie.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Oh.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Hector needed a clean shirt. And suit.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45I was afraid that he might not have changed it all week.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46It's that way.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Oh, good luck. For tonight.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Daddy's very excited wondering how it's all going to play.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I'm sure he'll be brilliant...Hector.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Ron, can I...?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06It's fine just don't worry about it.
0:14:07 > 0:14:0915 minutes, people. 15 minutes!
0:14:11 > 0:14:15I wasn't sure if you'd prefer your navy or grey, so I took a decision.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- What are you doing here?- We tried the Dorchester, Savoy,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Claridges and you don't seem to be staying anywhere.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Have you even shaved today?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27There's some clean undergarments and socks in the bag, and a fresh razor.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Shall I just...just put it here?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Yes. It's fine. Look, don't flap.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I do hope it didn't get terribly crushed in the underground.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Are you coming home?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49< Camera check, five minutes...
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Your toothbrush, there's a...toothbrush.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Thank you.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01I said I'd meet Daddy upstairs any minute now, so...
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Douglas has invited us for drinks.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Daddy thinks he's worried, that he might have got wind of something.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Apparently a number of opportunities have been opening up for you.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21- He can't believe how silly you've been, the damage you could have caused.- Marnie...
0:15:22 > 0:15:26I will give you today, Hector,
0:15:26 > 0:15:30but if you don't come home... I will divorce you.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35There's only so much humiliation one girl can take.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Oh.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43There he is.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Daddy?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50RINGING TONE
0:15:54 > 0:15:57PHONE RINGS
0:16:13 > 0:16:15You all right?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Sissy's calling last checks.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28She's dumped you.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33It gets better.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37A couple of months, you won't feel like slitting your wrists
0:16:37 > 0:16:38every time you see her.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42You should write this down.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- I'm sure it'd make a good novel. - Already tried.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48You just smile and say your lines.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50The rest I'm sure you can sort later.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52You patronising bastard.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I proved myself over the last three months,
0:16:54 > 0:16:55more than proved myself,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- and just cos I haven't got your wit...- Oh, self pity.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01..your banter and your dexterity, your armoury of words,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03designed to floor, to floor me.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Just cos I'm too polite to ask provocative questions...- And again.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Shut up!
0:17:17 > 0:17:22You'll, um, need to prep for another interview.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Mid-programme.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- With who? - I've jotted down a few questions.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Oh, my God.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Does Bel know?
0:17:34 > 0:17:38She's humouring me she doesn't, but she does.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40He's not going to answer these questions,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- and I'm not going to ask them.- Fine.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44There's one or two that's all right.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Do you think I'm a weak person, Hector?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50What?
0:17:52 > 0:17:57I've never been to war, I've never fought for anything...
0:17:58 > 0:18:00You fight every day, Freddie.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Weak's not the word I'd use.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07My father always said a hero is a man who's too afraid to run away.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13If you want we can, um...
0:18:14 > 0:18:17..run through those together on the floor.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Freddie, I'm going to give you all your birthdays,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Christmases and holidays at once.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31There's a story circulating the foreign press.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35It's all conjecture, but in May...
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Nasser's dentist was approached with a bribe to poison Nasser.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Two MI6 operatives met with him, posing as British diplomats.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44I know.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Freddie, you need to hear this.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53Apparently...apparently they had a female companion with them.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Pretty girl, blonde, well educated.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- No.- Freddie, it was Ruth.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02She was the bait.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05It seems as though there was nothing she wouldn't have done
0:19:05 > 0:19:06for Peter Darrall.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09She was working with them, Freddie.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I'm sorry.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Hector, how did you get on...?
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- LOUDSPEAKER:- All staff on The Hour to studio D, please!
0:19:33 > 0:19:39Five minute introduction, factual report on the Suez demonstration,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41intercut with footage, then we're back to the studio
0:19:41 > 0:19:43for military analysis of the ground invasion
0:19:43 > 0:19:45with Admiral Green - see if he's here yet.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Lix?- Move on to coverage of the United States.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Montgomery does general assessment of the election
0:19:50 > 0:19:53then canvasses opinion of the wider political landscape.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- Isaac's sketch...- Miss Rowley, five minutes.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Clear the set, please, five minutes!
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Mark?
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Thank you.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Why's Isaac got a moustache?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Er, Guy Fawkes.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07That was yesterday.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10LAUGHTER
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Extraordinary technology...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15THEY CHATTER INAUDIBLY
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Yes.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24- I want them off my set. - We'll be watching from the Executive bar upstairs.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- That's meant to comfort me? - Good luck.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Clarence?
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Mr Lyon.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36You're very chirpy tonight.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Well, one must remain optimistic.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Wonderful piece this morning in the Daily Express,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44rallying around our Prime Minister in the midst of such sniping.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I bought 12 copies, handed them out.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Boosted party morale.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Nothing like rearranging the deckchairs as the hull starts to tip.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Will you ever tire of such cynicism?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Hope you're cosying up to Macmillan.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Be terribly cold for you when this is all over.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Where will you go when all the dirty secrets come out?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06One word of dissent in this time of war and...
0:21:06 > 0:21:09They shot deserters for less.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Freddie, see you upstairs afterwards for a drink?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Ringside seats.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Mr Lyon, time.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18I feel sick.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Don't be wet.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Hector.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Douglas invited me down.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30To keep an eye on me?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32SHERWIN CHUCKLES
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Marnie insisted.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Thought you might need the support tonight.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Mr Madden, they're waiting.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44That's fine, thank you.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Cigarette out, please, sir.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55She's beside herself.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57This is not the time.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Do you have any idea what you are risking here?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I couldn't care less
0:22:05 > 0:22:08what antics you're embroiled in in your private life,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11just don't bring them into your marriage.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15You have only one of those, Hector, and one career.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Now, you make them both work or neither will.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Don't tell me what to do, Wallace.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I married your daughter, not you.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Don't get ahead of yourself, Hector.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27See your limits, like the rest of us do.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Success is in your hands.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Think about where your loyalties lie.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37Don't be ashamed to let yourself down, now you've got this far.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47HE SIGHS
0:22:47 > 0:22:51So, Admiral, you will notice two lights, two cameras.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- When the light turns red. - Yes, yes, I look...
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Mr Madden will introduce you before you give your presentation.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Admiral Green, delighted you could join us tonight.- Very good.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- Ron will show you where you're sitting.- Righty-ho.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Hurry up, Daddy, it's almost starting.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09There we are.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Um, Clarence.- Thank you.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- Is your guest here yet?- No.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23And a penitent communist won't cut it.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26He will if you don't fill that slot, Freddie.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- I am serious, I have really stuck my neck out for you.- He'll come.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33What's wrong?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- Tell me.- Nothing.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37He'll come.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41If he's not here by the end of the second slot, then...
0:23:42 > 0:23:48Ron, cue up our communist chap for the last slot if I give you the nod.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Are you coming up?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Moneypenny.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Whatever happens tonight, we, um...
0:23:56 > 0:23:58we mustn't regret a minute of it.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Um, good luck, everyone.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Let's make this an extraordinary show for extraordinary times.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19And, Ron, keep the bloody boom out of shot.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20LAUGHTER
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Ladies and gentlemen, are we ready?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- Oh, Angus, please.- Thank you.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Best seat in the house.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47You got a bit of glue on you.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Do you think the moustache is too much?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51No, it's very dashing.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Break a leg.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Hope not.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- No, no, it's just what you say when...- No, no, I know, yes.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Sorry, funny.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Freddie...- All present and correct.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08You know they put donkeys in with racehorses to calm them down.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10You all right?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Fine.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Standby for count down.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- Will you be able to see?- Yes.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Wonderful team effort.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27I do hope it doesn't all go to waste.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Five...
0:25:45 > 0:25:47..four...
0:25:48 > 0:25:49..three...
0:25:50 > 0:25:52..two...
0:25:53 > 0:25:56..one - go straight to studio.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Good evening.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Welcome to The Hour in this most extraordinary week.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04In the last seven days, Britain and France have invaded Egypt.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08A vast military operation is underway there,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and we are fortunate to have Admiral Green with us here -
0:26:11 > 0:26:14one of the leading experts in tactical warfare.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Admiral Green, thank you for joining us tonight.- Thank you.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- That's the wrong camera. - Wrong camera!
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Wrong camera!
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Wrong camera.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- And we have this very handy map to demonstrate.- Yes.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Would you like to show us exactly how the French
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- and British invasion unfolded? - Absolutely.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38At 05:15 hours yesterday, British airborne forces
0:26:38 > 0:26:45were dropped on Gamil airbase, five miles west of Port Said.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49After a fierce fight, they successfully took the airfield,
0:26:49 > 0:26:53while French airborne troops landed south of Port Said.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Certainly efficient.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02This success paves the way for advance on military targets further south.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Standby on the Eisenhower election campaign - how we doing?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Two minutes 13.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10In your view, how well planned was this operation?
0:27:10 > 0:27:11It's impressive,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14the speed with which it's been organised - commendable.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Yes. Hear hear!
0:27:16 > 0:27:17And it's our duty to continue
0:27:17 > 0:27:22until the whole of the Canal Zone is once more under British and French control.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Nut?
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Yes, why not?
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- This is the only way to bring stability.- Let's hope so.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- Thank you very much, Admiral. - Thank you very much.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37So far, so good.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43And now it's over to America, with news coming in that Eisenhower has taken Texas.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Here is a report from our man in Washington, Robert Montgomery,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49who sent this from the Election Trail.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Thank you.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- MONTGOMERY:- 'Certainly canvassing opinion it is clear
0:27:53 > 0:27:57'that Eisenhower seems on course to win.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01'But there are those who believe his surge in popularity has been
0:28:01 > 0:28:06'in part bolstered by his refusal to be drawn into the crisis in Suez.'
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- AMERICAN INTERVIEWEE:- 'Your Prime Minister may have
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- 'defended Suez in your economic interest.'- Oh, Christ.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15'But from an American perspective, well, we'd be asking questions.'
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Clarence?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19'That's why I voted for Eisenhower,
0:28:19 > 0:28:21'because he kept the hell out of there.'
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Whose idea was this?
0:28:23 > 0:28:29Views expressed by foreign nationals do not contravene the rule.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35HE SIGHS
0:28:35 > 0:28:39The protests in London are in response to events in Suez,
0:28:39 > 0:28:41and our country is divided.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Oh, God, what next?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- We've been on the streets of London this week...- Stand by, TC.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- And this is what we saw...- Cue TC.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53We're standing in a side street by Trafalgar Square.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55You can see the crowds behind me.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00"Law Not War" is the message they are taking to Downing Street today.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04You can hear the crowds chanting, "one, two, three, four,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06"we won't fight in Eden's war,"
0:29:06 > 0:29:11as they snake their way from every corner along Whitehall.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14I met a man who'd come down from Carlisle this morning,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16another from Lincolnshire...
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Come back on the sound levels a bit. Time?
0:29:18 > 0:29:2012 minutes 14 seconds.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24REPORTER: Madam, I notice you're wearing medals. May I ask you which regiment?
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Royal East Kent Regiment.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30- He looks nervous tonight. - Mmmm.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32REPORTER: Your husband's?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Son, and...
0:29:34 > 0:29:36I don't want to lose another,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39not that I don't know what we're fighting for.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- I notice that you've brought his daughter here today. - She never knew him, I...
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I want her to remember today.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52'If Sir Anthony Eden is sincere
0:29:52 > 0:29:55'in what he is saying, and he may be...'
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Um, anyone for a top-up?
0:29:59 > 0:30:05- No, thank you.- '..If he is sincere in what he is saying, then he is too stupid to be a Prime Minister!'
0:30:05 > 0:30:07CROWD CHEERS ON TV
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Good on the Green interview.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- I would've been harder. - You weren't interviewing.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Get the communist chap ready. I can't wait any longer, Freddie.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24He's not coming! Where are you going?
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Let me make one more phone call.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Isaac, get ready. We're going straight to the sketch.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- TV: 'The police have gone bleeding mad.- They're just hitting out at anybody.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41'A woman's on the floor. No-one's helping her.'
0:30:41 > 0:30:45'It's becoming heated. You can see people running all over the place.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50'There are police on horseback desperately trying to control the fray.'
0:30:52 > 0:30:54A little harsh.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57No laws broken yet, Angus.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Maybe I'd better have that top-up.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Time.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Five.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Four.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Three. Two.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18One. Back to studio.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21PHONE RINGS OUT
0:31:25 > 0:31:28It was Ovid who said a horse never runs so fast
0:31:28 > 0:31:32as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
0:31:32 > 0:31:37- What now?- 'Here at The Hour, we thought what better way to view the fast-unfolding events of recent days
0:31:37 > 0:31:41'than by our very own day at the races?'
0:31:43 > 0:31:45And what a beautiful day it is,
0:31:45 > 0:31:49as punters place their last bets for this key race.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52You can see them lining up at the post. One or two are frisky.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55There's Colonel Nasser in the red, white and black...
0:31:55 > 0:31:56Sketch?
0:31:56 > 0:31:59You never said anything about a sketch.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02There's the stars and stripes. President Eisenhower,
0:32:02 > 0:32:07he's got the blinkers on, but his nose is set.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Yes, Eisenhower's hoping for electoral victory today.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14And from where we're standing, it could be any man's race.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15And they're off!
0:32:15 > 0:32:17It's a good start for Rule Britannia
0:32:17 > 0:32:21and Mademoiselle Francaise, heading off at a steady pace.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23What is he saying?
0:32:23 > 0:32:27I think it's a play on horse racing, Daddy.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30You see, there's rather witty odds on Rule Britannia
0:32:30 > 0:32:32and Mademoiselle Francaise to win.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35It's a bloody farce.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37What fun!
0:32:37 > 0:32:39And there's no stopping
0:32:39 > 0:32:42the Colonel. He's a good nose ahead.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45And the United Nations are clearly flagging...
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Fall back a bit.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Eisenhower's fallen back, his eye on the long game.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57Amy, will you double check that there are no messages for me?
0:32:57 > 0:33:01He's threatening to invade. He's invading.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Colonel Nasser is not happy.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07The Israeli is in suspect form.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Look out, here come the American press.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19And the American press are voicing concern.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Two riderless horses are moving in.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Man Of Peace and Illegal War.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Rule Britannia and Mademoiselle Francaise are clearly astounded.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Looks like Man Of Peace will undoubtedly win this race.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is mayhem.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I've never seen the like. It is mayhem today!
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Illegal War will now take over Man Of Peace to cross the line.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49I specifically said no sketch!
0:33:50 > 0:33:52The steward is waving his flag.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56Just bring the bloody lights down.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01..in a fury - there's sure to be an enquiry.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Stop it. Bring the lights down if you have to. Now!
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Ladies and gentleman, the race has been pulled
0:34:06 > 0:34:10as the riderless horses cross the line in a photo finish.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26So, this is the BBC?
0:34:26 > 0:34:27Where do you want me?
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Ladies and gentlemen, all bets are off.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32There are no winners today.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Bring the lights up on Hector.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Are you completely, completely mad? I said no sketch.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I specifically said no sketch! What the hell are you doing?
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Trying to stay on air. We're still live.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Stand by with the Communist Party interview.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55Counting down.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Five, four,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01three, two, one.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03We're joined in the studio
0:35:03 > 0:35:06by a member of the British Communist Party, who is...
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Different interview. Get our comrade out.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12I'm terribly, sorry, ladies and gentlemen, that, er...
0:35:12 > 0:35:14that interview won't be happening.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- And what do we have next? - This is my programme.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- You left tonight in my hands. - Bel, dear,
0:35:20 > 0:35:22you might want to see this.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Thattaboy.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I must apologise for the technical fault.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36There are gremlins everywhere. But that will not stop us tonight.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Our next guest, Lord Elms of Framlingham...
0:35:38 > 0:35:42What was Hector thinking of? This could ruin him.
0:35:42 > 0:35:43What's he doing here?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45'..Is a Conservative peer...'
0:35:45 > 0:35:47I don't know. I'll find out.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51..in light of the momentous events of the last week.
0:35:52 > 0:35:58The House of Lords, of course, is one of our oldest institutions and, er...
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- Is he bottling it?- Yes.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07..keeping an eye on the actions and decisions of Government...
0:36:07 > 0:36:10PHONE RINGS
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Yes.
0:36:12 > 0:36:19..Bringing a wealth of experience, making laws, legislation, public policy...
0:36:19 > 0:36:20I'll try to find out.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24You're going to have to explain to Douglas
0:36:24 > 0:36:28why no-one was informed that Lord Elms would be joining us on the programme tonight.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Keep going.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39..perspective on legislation.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Tonight, Lord Elms...
0:36:43 > 0:36:44will be interviewed by...
0:36:50 > 0:36:54..my colleague. Mr Frederick Lyon, our home affairs reporter,
0:36:54 > 0:36:58who has been keeping a very close eye on events.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- Lord Elms will have no doubt have something to say...- Christ.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05..about the situation, and in particular...
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Ron, keep it going.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09..about this government.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15Camera two.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Um...good evening, Lord Elms.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Thank you for joining us tonight. - Thank you for asking me.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36You have been a member of the House of Lords for many years.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Yes. I also served in both world wars.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42And for several years, I practised at the bar.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45And you've known Sir Anthony Eden for many years. Is that correct?
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- Yes.- And what is your opinion of the Prime Minister?
0:37:58 > 0:38:03I...I have believed him an honourable man.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- I've supported the Prime Minister in the past.- And what of now, Lord Elms?
0:38:09 > 0:38:11I ask you as someone who has believed
0:38:11 > 0:38:13and for many years, served this government.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18What is your view of the government today?
0:38:18 > 0:38:22I find that all that I believed,
0:38:22 > 0:38:29all that I held true has been turned upside down in these last few fragile months.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31I see.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33And why is that, sir?
0:38:33 > 0:38:39I don't care what you do, but you shut this programme down now.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Did you hear that, Clarence?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44- I find myself... - I'll call presentation now.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48..At an impasse, with a sense of loss
0:38:48 > 0:38:55so great, one could call it a crisis of my own.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Put me through to Presentation.
0:38:59 > 0:39:05It's a personal crisis, sir? A story that is close to you?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09But it is not simply personal.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12It's a loss of trust, a loss of belief
0:39:12 > 0:39:17and more, a loss of my own ability
0:39:17 > 0:39:21to judge what is true any more.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26Is it not the case, Lord Elms, that it is a personal experience
0:39:26 > 0:39:29that has led to this doubt?
0:39:32 > 0:39:33All that I know is that
0:39:33 > 0:39:38when the authority of a government is challenged, that government
0:39:38 > 0:39:43will do everything in its power to ensure they are not exposed
0:39:43 > 0:39:45as the...
0:39:45 > 0:39:50liars and murderers...
0:39:52 > 0:39:55that they are.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Liars and murderers?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13These are strong words, Lord Elms.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Yes. I do not use them lightly.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20And what was it that made you so radically change your view?
0:40:20 > 0:40:26I have come to understand that it is possible, Frederick,
0:40:26 > 0:40:32to be a patriot and at the same time question and judge
0:40:32 > 0:40:36the wisdom and rightness of the government in power.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41Ladies and gentlemen, if we cannot debate
0:40:41 > 0:40:43that which troubles our society,
0:40:43 > 0:40:47and more importantly troubles our government,
0:40:47 > 0:40:51then we cannot in all honesty call ourselves a democracy.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57If we cannot question our leaders
0:40:57 > 0:41:02as they embark on what has been called an illegal military action,
0:41:02 > 0:41:06an action publicly opposed by the United States government...
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Shut it down now.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11And the countries of the United Nations Security Council...
0:41:11 > 0:41:12I want it off now.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- If we cannot reasonably and intelligently query... - Shut down The Hour.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- ..about the rightness of an action that appears at heart to be deceitful...- Do it now.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Then we are not a free -
0:41:44 > 0:41:46You're fired.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Right.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49I expected nothing less.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12For God's sake, turn that camera off.
0:42:24 > 0:42:2736 minutes and 39 seconds. It's not bad.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Lord Elms, your car is waiting for you.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Thank you.
0:43:05 > 0:43:12Lord Elms...did you realise how far Peter Darrall had led Ruth?
0:43:15 > 0:43:19You know, Frederick, when you were first evacuated to us,
0:43:19 > 0:43:21you were nearly 12.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23We sent our driver to the station to pick you up.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26It was only many years later that he told me
0:43:26 > 0:43:31you chatted all the way to the house, insisted on sitting next to him.
0:43:31 > 0:43:32You thought he was me.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36You didn't see his rough hands.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39You only saw a man you could talk about cars with.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43I've thought often of this
0:43:43 > 0:43:46and what a disappointment we must have been to you.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48I must have been.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49So stiff.
0:43:49 > 0:43:54Always sitting in the back, away from the real conversation, when all you wanted
0:43:54 > 0:43:57was to sit in the front and talk.
0:43:57 > 0:44:02I realise it's what Ruthie longed for from me.
0:44:04 > 0:44:05Such discoveries.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09All too late.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14We should have talked to her.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19Not let her stray so far.
0:44:24 > 0:44:25It all comes back to Ruth.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32That's why MI6 killed her.
0:44:35 > 0:44:40It all comes back to Ruthie.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51I'll drive you home.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53I have my car. I can drive my wife home.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56Daddy, I'll be fine.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01Shall we speak tomorrow, Hector?
0:45:01 > 0:45:03There's a lot to talk about.
0:45:05 > 0:45:06You made the right decision tonight.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09I made a decision tonight, Wallace.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13Well, you know where I am.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19- Five minutes.- Hector... - Wait downstairs.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21You're coming home?
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Please convey my commiserations to Miss Rowley.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34For her programme tonight.
0:45:44 > 0:45:49I can't go back to the mailroom. I can't. I can't bear it.
0:45:49 > 0:45:55The trick is to get very, very drunk and then dance until you're sick.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59Fancy a drink?
0:45:59 > 0:46:01I'll just get my coat.
0:46:03 > 0:46:08- Mr Lyon?- Well, at least you can't say your copy's boring any more.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Whisky's finished.
0:46:12 > 0:46:13- Lix, coming?- No, not tonight.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16Tonight, I just want to go home.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Bravo, sweetheart.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22Today you reminded me why I do this job.
0:46:46 > 0:46:47You bottled that last interview.
0:46:47 > 0:46:52Ambition over integrity, Hector, well done.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54Freddie needed a chance.
0:46:54 > 0:46:55Liar.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01Do you think it's over?
0:47:01 > 0:47:02Yes.
0:47:04 > 0:47:05- I'm sorry.- Don't be.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09I take nothing back.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14You're going back to Marnie.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20What if we left now?
0:47:21 > 0:47:24What if we just went? You and me. To France, or...
0:47:29 > 0:47:32No, I thought not too.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Apparently, there are...
0:47:37 > 0:47:41there are openings in the Natural History department.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49- Maybe I'll see you there.- Mmm.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Did we go too far?
0:48:23 > 0:48:24Quite possibly.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Most definitely.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Good work, James.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36You too, Moneypenny.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Where...where's Clarence?
0:48:46 > 0:48:49It's over, Freddie!
0:48:51 > 0:48:52Clarence?
0:48:54 > 0:48:59Mr Lyon. We were just talking about you.
0:49:01 > 0:49:06You really have outdone yourself tonight. Could you do any more
0:49:06 > 0:49:09to undermine the future of this programme?
0:49:09 > 0:49:11Really? I thought we showed restraint.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14We could have been far more controversial.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16What do you mean?
0:49:16 > 0:49:21To reveal the government's unofficial attempts to destroy Colonel Nasser
0:49:21 > 0:49:26might destabilise the country at a time of war, and we wouldn't do that to an already weak Prime Minister.
0:49:26 > 0:49:30Unsubstantiated and outrageous accusations. Who the hell do you think you are?
0:49:30 > 0:49:34Unofficial conversations have taken place between the government
0:49:34 > 0:49:37and secret service, alluding to an attempt to assassinate Nasser.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41Ruth Elms knew this. That is why they killed her.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46What does he mean?
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Clarence.
0:49:48 > 0:49:49I have absolutely no idea.
0:49:51 > 0:49:52Clarence, he needs to know.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56Know what? My apologies. It's been a...a long night.
0:49:56 > 0:50:01Hmm. Well, I'm sure it will all look very different in the morning.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05Clarence.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Clarence!
0:50:16 > 0:50:20Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid boy!
0:50:20 > 0:50:23What you did tonight was sabotage.
0:50:23 > 0:50:28Everything that I have worked for the last 30 years, gone.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30It was the truth.
0:50:30 > 0:50:31The truth?
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Righteous enthusiasm disguised as integrity?
0:50:36 > 0:50:42Together, you and the entire team
0:50:42 > 0:50:48of The Hour have dismantled the core of everything we have built.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51Your positions are untenable.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56You could not have disappointed me more, Freddie.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59I told you about that transcript because...
0:50:59 > 0:51:04- What? What was I meant to do with it?- Run it. Just bloody run it, Freddie. That's all you had to do.
0:51:04 > 0:51:09- You told me not to say anything! - When have you listened to anybody who said to be quiet?
0:51:09 > 0:51:14- You normally broadcast it to the world!- And slander the whole government?- Yes.
0:51:17 > 0:51:21Why do you think I brought you in as part of this team, Freddie?
0:51:26 > 0:51:29Because I saw something in you I once saw in myself.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33The courage of my convictions.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36If you were planning to expose us, me,
0:51:36 > 0:51:38yourself in that way, at least make it worth it.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41Save your speeches, because they don't work.
0:51:41 > 0:51:46You blew the story, Freddie.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47You, no, you, worse than that,
0:51:47 > 0:51:50you teased us with a story that you did not deliver.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56I gave you the story of your career, and you ran with a personal one.
0:51:56 > 0:52:01You, you're useless to me now.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05I cannot look at you. I can't.
0:52:06 > 0:52:11You're no longer an asset.
0:52:18 > 0:52:19It's you.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25I'm your Brightstone.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29What?
0:52:29 > 0:52:30You put me on that list.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Clarence.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46You put me on that list, like Darrall put Ruth.
0:52:49 > 0:52:55"There's a Soviet agent working within the BBC, Freddie."
0:52:55 > 0:52:58That's why you burnt the cigarette paper,
0:52:58 > 0:53:01in case they traced it back to you.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05It's not me they're watching, is it? It's you.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12The click on the telephone.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15It's not us they're listening to, it's you.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18Tell me the truth.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20Freddie, I...
0:53:20 > 0:53:23Are you the Soviet agent working within the BBC?
0:53:29 > 0:53:33No comment. Perhaps I might rephrase that.
0:53:33 > 0:53:34My apologies.
0:53:36 > 0:53:37In June,
0:53:37 > 0:53:42a respected academic and Soviet spy, Peter Darrall,
0:53:42 > 0:53:44was murdered in London.
0:53:47 > 0:53:51Unfortunately, he was unable to do his drop that day
0:53:51 > 0:53:55to inform his... what?
0:53:56 > 0:53:57Colleague?
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Associate?
0:54:00 > 0:54:01You.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04..that he'd been rumbled
0:54:04 > 0:54:08and perhaps it'd be better if he "revert to Brightstone".
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Find himself a new agent.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Did you have anyone particular in mind?
0:54:13 > 0:54:15Perhaps me?
0:54:18 > 0:54:24- Mr Fendley, I must ask you to reply. The nation is waiting. - There was a time, Freddie, when...
0:54:26 > 0:54:30..when a man had to find other ways to defy his government.
0:54:31 > 0:54:32This was mine.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34My God, Clarence.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38Join the bloody British Communist Party if you will,
0:54:38 > 0:54:41raise a bloody flag if you must, but a spy?!
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Why?
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Did you not see what erm, Russia has just done in Hungary?
0:54:46 > 0:54:48That pass you by?
0:54:50 > 0:54:51Clarence!
0:54:53 > 0:54:57I don't know why they don't suspect us more. Journalists.
0:55:00 > 0:55:05We're thrust into world events, life-changing events
0:55:05 > 0:55:07and they expect us not to be changed.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Well, it changed me. It changed my view of the world.
0:55:17 > 0:55:18Suddenly it all...
0:55:19 > 0:55:21suddenly it all made sense.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23But to betray your country?
0:55:24 > 0:55:28- Was there really no better way? - To defend what I believed in? I didn't think so.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38Not until these last few months. Not until now.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Not until this programme.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Hope at the last hour.
0:55:53 > 0:55:54You're a spy.
0:55:59 > 0:56:00What do I do now?
0:56:02 > 0:56:05What any good journalist would do. You...
0:56:07 > 0:56:08..you run it.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11Tell the world what I am.
0:56:14 > 0:56:15For Ruth.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17BEL: Freddie.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21Is, is everything..?
0:56:21 > 0:56:23I must go home to, to Edith.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38Good night.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47Freddie?
0:56:48 > 0:56:49Are you all right?
0:56:52 > 0:56:54Do you trust me?
0:56:55 > 0:56:57- What? - Would I betray you? - No.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Yes.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Big betrayal or small betrayal?
0:57:03 > 0:57:05- I'd never betray you. - No.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09- I'm a good person. - Yes.
0:57:11 > 0:57:12Do you trust me?
0:57:14 > 0:57:15More than anyone else.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19Not good enough. Missed the mark again.
0:57:22 > 0:57:23I hate you.
0:57:28 > 0:57:29I hate you.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38HE LAUGHS
0:57:40 > 0:57:42I hate you too.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04C'mon. We've got a story to write.
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