1 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,855 I do enjoy these visits to the Palace. 2 00:00:59,856 --> 00:01:02,670 A glass of sherry, a little verbal fencing, 3 00:01:02,836 --> 00:01:08,050 and a bracing dose of hatred and contempt. Most invigorating. 4 00:01:08,217 --> 00:01:13,222 And today a little extra treat - no, I won't spoil it. Wait and see. 5 00:01:14,722 --> 00:01:18,894 - Do go in, Mr. Urquhart. - Thank you. Hello, Mycroft. 6 00:01:19,060 --> 00:01:22,188 - He's onto something. - What did he say? 7 00:01:22,355 --> 00:01:27,527 Nothing. Just that smile of his. Crocodiles smile like that. 8 00:01:27,735 --> 00:01:31,948 It's some weeks now since you hinted at a general election. 9 00:01:32,155 --> 00:01:35,826 - Yes, Sir. - I'd be glad of some idea of the date. 10 00:01:36,034 --> 00:01:38,536 I'm sure you would, yes. 11 00:01:38,537 --> 00:01:41,039 And you will be the first to be informed, 12 00:01:41,206 --> 00:01:43,812 but there are some imponderables 13 00:01:43,813 --> 00:01:46,419 and parliamentary business to be enacted. 14 00:01:46,585 --> 00:01:51,090 - What business, if I may ask? - Of course you may, Sir. 15 00:01:51,298 --> 00:01:54,605 We... We thought about taking another look at the Civil List, 16 00:01:54,806 --> 00:01:57,513 amongst other things. 17 00:01:57,722 --> 00:02:01,129 After a full-scale review only a year ago? 18 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:04,937 Yes, we thought about having another look. 19 00:02:05,104 --> 00:02:09,107 - I trust you're not being vindictive. - Not at all, Sir. 20 00:02:09,315 --> 00:02:13,653 Far be it from us to lop another million off a deserving royal family 21 00:02:13,820 --> 00:02:17,407 on the pretext of babies starving in the streets 22 00:02:17,615 --> 00:02:22,453 That sort of cheap remark's unworthy of you. 23 00:02:22,619 --> 00:02:25,789 I hear you've been having secret talks with Opposition leaders 24 00:02:25,956 --> 00:02:30,961 and one or two of the less trustworthy members of my own party. 25 00:02:31,128 --> 00:02:34,564 I have a perfect right. It is my duty to inform myself 26 00:02:34,765 --> 00:02:37,801 of all shades of political opinion. 27 00:02:38,009 --> 00:02:42,013 That hardly extends to conspiring in Chelsea restaurants 28 00:02:42,220 --> 00:02:47,643 and trying to organise a bloodless coup against the elected government, does it? 29 00:02:47,810 --> 00:02:50,396 Consultation doesn't mean conspiracy. 30 00:02:50,562 --> 00:02:55,484 - It isn't a criminal activity, is it? - We know what you've been up to. 31 00:02:55,691 --> 00:03:01,489 And my advice on that little venture is pack it in. It won't work. 32 00:03:01,698 --> 00:03:05,785 - It'll all end in tears. - What are you frightened of? 33 00:03:05,994 --> 00:03:08,988 If my views are wrong, they'll be seen to be wrong. 34 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:11,582 If not, you should welcome them. 35 00:03:14,210 --> 00:03:18,380 I understand you're preparing a television programme now. 36 00:03:18,547 --> 00:03:23,301 - May I see a copy of the text? - No. It's still in preparation. 37 00:03:30,308 --> 00:03:35,104 I should think very carefully about all this, if I were you, Sir. 38 00:03:37,023 --> 00:03:41,610 Well, I have done, Prime Minister, and I shall continue to do so. 39 00:03:46,114 --> 00:03:48,921 What I would prefer is that he'd give up thinking. 40 00:03:49,122 --> 00:03:51,328 Kings aren't supposed to think. 41 00:03:51,493 --> 00:03:54,300 It was a great mistake sending him to university 42 00:03:54,501 --> 00:03:56,708 with architects, philosophers 43 00:03:56,873 --> 00:03:59,168 and comely young black activists. 44 00:03:59,335 --> 00:04:02,463 - Thank you, Miss Carmichael. - A pleasure. 45 00:04:02,630 --> 00:04:05,436 He's far too fond of the sound of his own voice. 46 00:04:05,637 --> 00:04:07,843 The trouble is, others like it too. 47 00:04:08,010 --> 00:04:11,722 I do hate confrontations. Somebody always gets hurt. 48 00:04:11,887 --> 00:04:17,143 Time for a visit to the House of Wounded Feelings. 49 00:04:19,270 --> 00:04:21,773 We have to keep our options open. 50 00:04:22,939 --> 00:04:27,528 - Your Royal Highness. - Mr. Urquhart. 51 00:04:33,950 --> 00:04:35,828 What do you want this time? 52 00:04:35,993 --> 00:04:40,832 To assure you of my government's continuing interest in your welfare. 53 00:04:41,041 --> 00:04:45,462 And to inquire if there is any way in which I could be of service to you. 54 00:04:45,627 --> 00:04:47,575 Thank you. Look, 55 00:04:47,776 --> 00:04:49,924 it's very good of you to take the trouble, 56 00:04:50,131 --> 00:04:52,809 but are you planning to spend 57 00:04:52,810 --> 00:04:55,888 one of those meaningless half-hours saying nothing? 58 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:58,698 If you were planning something like that, 59 00:04:58,999 --> 00:05:01,101 I'd just as soon leave it out. 60 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:05,438 - I've sort of had all that. - Yes, indeed. 61 00:05:05,646 --> 00:05:07,899 Yes, indeed. 62 00:05:08,816 --> 00:05:11,110 Thank you. 63 00:05:12,695 --> 00:05:17,700 Any chance of my asking simple questions and getting straight answers? 64 00:05:17,908 --> 00:05:22,997 - You could try, ma'am. - I want to know what he's up to. 65 00:05:23,205 --> 00:05:26,007 In my view, he's playing a dangerous game. 66 00:05:26,208 --> 00:05:28,210 He's playing politics. 67 00:05:28,376 --> 00:05:31,379 His usual Line, but he's taking it further. 68 00:05:31,588 --> 00:05:35,300 He's coming into direct conflict with the elected government. 69 00:05:35,465 --> 00:05:38,606 And his advisors, who should be restraining him, 70 00:05:38,807 --> 00:05:41,347 seem to be egging him on. 71 00:05:41,514 --> 00:05:45,184 I take it you no longer have any influence there? 72 00:05:45,351 --> 00:05:47,478 - I never had. - Pity. 73 00:05:47,686 --> 00:05:51,857 - Or anywhere else. - There you are too modest. 74 00:05:53,149 --> 00:05:55,652 What's going to happen, Mr. Urquhart? 75 00:05:55,818 --> 00:06:00,240 I'm afraid that by his actions His Majesty is going to injure himself. 76 00:06:00,447 --> 00:06:03,993 You mean you're going to injure him. 77 00:06:04,201 --> 00:06:07,663 Do you really want to destroy the monarchy? 78 00:06:07,830 --> 00:06:13,293 I do not want to destroy the monarchy. You have nothing to fear from me. 79 00:06:13,502 --> 00:06:17,839 Nor does your son. You need friends, ma'am. 80 00:06:18,048 --> 00:06:22,636 You need strong friends whom you can trust. 81 00:06:22,843 --> 00:06:25,346 I sought no quarrel with your husband. 82 00:06:25,512 --> 00:06:29,475 I wished to be his friend and now I wish to be yours. 83 00:06:29,683 --> 00:06:34,605 The breach between him and me can be healed if he wills it. 84 00:06:34,814 --> 00:06:39,193 Whether he does or not, you and your son will not suffer. 85 00:06:42,778 --> 00:06:45,949 I think you understand me, don't you? 86 00:06:46,115 --> 00:06:48,201 Yes, I do. 87 00:06:51,078 --> 00:06:54,207 But can I trust you? 88 00:06:57,584 --> 00:07:00,087 You know you can. 89 00:07:07,844 --> 00:07:10,388 - Mother? - Yes, darling? 90 00:07:13,308 --> 00:07:16,519 I VOW TO THEE, MY COUNTRY) 91 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:24,110 ''Look, stranger, on this island. 92 00:07:24,276 --> 00:07:27,613 ''Now the leaping light for your delight discovers. 93 00:07:27,780 --> 00:07:32,451 ''Stand stable here and silent be, That, through the channel of the ear, 94 00:07:32,618 --> 00:07:36,496 ''May wander like a river The swaying sound of the sea.'' 95 00:07:36,705 --> 00:07:41,918 I love my country, but I fear for what is happening to it. 96 00:07:42,126 --> 00:07:44,629 Pollution is the word that comes to mind. 97 00:07:44,796 --> 00:07:50,301 - Wow! That's really, really bad news. - Oh, come on, Charlie. 98 00:07:50,508 --> 00:07:54,763 - The man's telling the truth. - Oh, Quilly, what do you know? 99 00:07:54,972 --> 00:07:58,475 The man's making a stand. Got to respect that. 100 00:08:00,227 --> 00:08:03,342 Pollution in the most literal sense of our seas and rivers, 101 00:08:03,543 --> 00:08:05,857 of our roads, our cities, 102 00:08:06,064 --> 00:08:09,610 caused by cynical exploitation of natural resources, 103 00:08:09,819 --> 00:08:13,614 but also a deeper, more insidious form of pollution. 104 00:08:13,822 --> 00:08:16,242 Moral pollution. 105 00:08:16,408 --> 00:08:19,870 What one might almost call pollution of the soul. 106 00:08:20,077 --> 00:08:24,624 This permits the cynical exploitation of human resources, 107 00:08:24,832 --> 00:08:29,504 the waste of human talent, the destruction by design or by neglect 108 00:08:29,670 --> 00:08:32,715 of human hopes and aspirations. 109 00:08:32,923 --> 00:08:35,885 The erosion of human dignity 110 00:08:36,093 --> 00:08:39,117 and those values I have always felt 111 00:08:39,118 --> 00:08:42,141 to be peculiarly ours, ours in these islands. 112 00:08:42,307 --> 00:08:46,186 The values of fairness, of human kindness, 113 00:08:46,352 --> 00:08:51,107 that sense that we are all equal in the eyes of God. 114 00:08:51,316 --> 00:08:54,164 That to be human means to be bound together 115 00:08:54,365 --> 00:08:56,613 in mutual trust and dependency. 116 00:08:56,821 --> 00:09:00,408 That sense that what will survive of us is love. 117 00:09:00,615 --> 00:09:03,327 Love in its broadest sense. 118 00:09:04,453 --> 00:09:06,956 Nowadays I find that I sleep badly. 119 00:09:07,998 --> 00:09:12,711 And my waking hours are troubled by a pervasive sense of unease. 120 00:09:12,919 --> 00:09:15,567 There is a new spirit abroad, 121 00:09:15,568 --> 00:09:18,216 a deeply disturbing and depressing spirit. 122 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:22,804 We are beginning not to care about each other anymore. 123 00:09:22,970 --> 00:09:27,975 Some of us who have jobs and homes and money regard the unemployed 124 00:09:28,141 --> 00:09:30,603 as a little less human than ourselves, 125 00:09:30,811 --> 00:09:34,815 the homeless as a little less human than ourselves, 126 00:09:35,022 --> 00:09:39,111 the very poor as a little less human than ourselves. 127 00:09:39,318 --> 00:09:43,239 We begin not to notice them, to harden our hearts, 128 00:09:43,448 --> 00:09:46,559 even to blame them for their hardship 129 00:09:46,860 --> 00:09:49,871 as if they weren't quite human, 130 00:09:50,121 --> 00:09:55,292 as if they didn't feel pain and hunger quite as we do, but they do. They do. 131 00:09:55,500 --> 00:09:58,144 I don't want to rule over a country where people 132 00:09:58,345 --> 00:10:00,589 don't care about each other. 133 00:10:00,797 --> 00:10:04,176 I'm not a political animal, but it seems to me 134 00:10:04,341 --> 00:10:07,286 that we must find a new way 135 00:10:07,487 --> 00:10:10,431 to live together in this land of ours. 136 00:10:10,597 --> 00:10:16,145 Things are going to have to change, I want to be part of that change. 137 00:10:16,312 --> 00:10:20,566 Let us begin to make that change...now. 138 00:10:30,367 --> 00:10:33,390 The excitement outside 10 Downing Street 139 00:10:33,491 --> 00:10:36,414 is scarcely less than that outside the Palace. 140 00:10:36,580 --> 00:10:41,794 The King's broadcast has brought out a truly extraordinary public response. 141 00:10:41,961 --> 00:10:46,131 Crowds are out in the streets in London and all major cities 142 00:10:46,298 --> 00:10:49,117 in support of the King's opposition 143 00:10:49,118 --> 00:10:52,137 to Francis Urquhart's hard-line policies on welfare. 144 00:10:52,303 --> 00:10:55,110 We're just waiting now for the Prime Minister 145 00:10:55,411 --> 00:10:57,517 to arrive from Chequers. 146 00:10:57,726 --> 00:11:00,228 And here he comes now. 147 00:11:05,482 --> 00:11:09,236 Good morning! Nice to see you up so early. 148 00:11:09,445 --> 00:11:12,573 - Could you give me a few words? - Happy to. 149 00:11:12,740 --> 00:11:17,035 Is there a complete breakdown between the Palace and Downing Street 150 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:20,163 following the King's savage criticisms? 151 00:11:20,329 --> 00:11:25,126 Absolute nonsense. His Majesty and I enjoy excellent relations 152 00:11:25,292 --> 00:11:28,588 based on a free and frank exchange of views. 153 00:11:28,795 --> 00:11:32,967 That is not the way it's being seen by Buckingham Palace. 154 00:11:33,133 --> 00:11:37,846 - They see it as close to civil war. - They may think that if they're silly. 155 00:11:38,054 --> 00:11:40,661 Here's the way I see it. 156 00:11:40,662 --> 00:11:43,268 His Majesty is as much entitled to his views as you or I. 157 00:11:43,434 --> 00:11:47,012 He's an idealist. I like him all the better for it. 158 00:11:47,213 --> 00:11:50,191 He's actually a very nice man. 159 00:11:51,985 --> 00:11:55,112 - I want a full report on this! - Which aspect? 160 00:11:55,278 --> 00:11:59,450 - All aspects. Where's Mr. Stamper? - Waiting for you. And Mrs. Harding. 161 00:11:59,617 --> 00:12:02,703 Right. I want no calls for the next hour. 162 00:12:08,457 --> 00:12:10,752 Out! Out! 163 00:12:15,924 --> 00:12:19,343 - What's the damage? - We've underestimated him. 164 00:12:19,509 --> 00:12:23,305 - It was first-class propaganda. - What are the polls saying? 165 00:12:23,472 --> 00:12:26,308 - 10% swing against the government. - 10%? 166 00:12:26,475 --> 00:12:30,979 People are so very fickle. They don't appreciate what I've done for them. 167 00:12:31,145 --> 00:12:33,735 It's just a temporary blip. 168 00:12:33,736 --> 00:12:36,526 Come the election, they'll vote for low taxes. 169 00:12:36,734 --> 00:12:39,136 I hope they will, Tim. 170 00:12:39,137 --> 00:12:41,739 So far your efforts have been remarkably unsuccessful. 171 00:12:41,947 --> 00:12:47,036 What is Brynford-Jones playing at?! ''Time for a change of heart''! 172 00:12:47,244 --> 00:12:50,343 I thought he was neutered! 173 00:12:50,344 --> 00:12:54,042 Bullerby's rag has lost its brains! ''King of hearts''! 174 00:12:54,251 --> 00:12:57,963 - Well, you know the pit bull... - No, I left that to you. 175 00:12:58,171 --> 00:13:01,091 I'm extremely disappointed! 176 00:13:01,258 --> 00:13:04,761 You can have my resignation any time. 177 00:13:04,969 --> 00:13:09,348 I just want you to do the job I thought you were capable of! 178 00:13:09,765 --> 00:13:12,126 Could we have a word in private? 179 00:13:12,227 --> 00:13:14,687 No, I don't think that'll be necessary. 180 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:19,066 And I've got rather a lot to do this morning. 181 00:13:49,136 --> 00:13:51,963 Perhaps we should consider the possibility 182 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:54,390 SDthat he may be in the right. 183 00:13:54,599 --> 00:13:57,101 Stamper? 184 00:13:59,603 --> 00:14:01,897 The King. 185 00:14:02,063 --> 00:14:04,567 He may be right, Sarah. 186 00:14:05,901 --> 00:14:07,986 But he's not right. 187 00:14:08,194 --> 00:14:11,539 What he said had no intellectual content, no thought. 188 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:14,284 It's compassion babble. 189 00:14:16,494 --> 00:14:18,371 Go on. 190 00:14:18,537 --> 00:14:24,001 Well, no one likes distress and poverty. 191 00:14:24,168 --> 00:14:27,672 But he'd plunge the whole country back into debt. 192 00:14:27,879 --> 00:14:31,457 We'd be back into subsidising indolence and apathy, 193 00:14:31,658 --> 00:14:34,636 Dand penalising talent and industry. 194 00:14:35,679 --> 00:14:40,058 He's put it on the agenda, though. Compassion, I mean. 195 00:14:40,225 --> 00:14:44,938 He's really done it, I'm afraid. Compassion's here to stay. 196 00:14:47,189 --> 00:14:49,275 Is he, um, very angry? 197 00:14:49,442 --> 00:14:51,844 You could say that, 198 00:14:51,845 --> 00:14:54,447 yes Forget about that knighthood, for a start. 199 00:14:54,612 --> 00:14:57,457 Do you know, I don't think 200 00:14:57,458 --> 00:15:00,702 I thought about that at all when I was writing that leader. 201 00:15:01,954 --> 00:15:05,749 I feel quite proud of that, in a way. Ah, well. 202 00:15:05,916 --> 00:15:10,879 Trouble is, unless you toe the line now, that other business has to come out. 203 00:15:11,087 --> 00:15:13,589 What other business? 204 00:15:13,755 --> 00:15:18,761 You indecently exposing yourself on Stirling railway station! 205 00:15:18,928 --> 00:15:24,099 - Stamper, for pity's sake! - Nothing personal. Rules of the game. 206 00:15:24,266 --> 00:15:27,853 But the heat's on now. He's calling in all favours. 207 00:15:28,020 --> 00:15:30,943 FU's on the warpath 208 00:15:30,944 --> 00:15:34,067 and the price of coffins is gonna raise! 209 00:15:35,525 --> 00:15:40,656 ''Huckleberry Finn.'' The only book I ever read right through at school. 210 00:15:40,823 --> 00:15:43,325 Or later, come to that. 211 00:15:45,119 --> 00:15:48,872 And a total waste of time that was, too. 212 00:15:53,460 --> 00:15:58,590 Do you ever wonder if the whole game's worth the candle? 213 00:16:00,007 --> 00:16:03,052 - Almost every day now, Tim. - Really? 214 00:16:07,515 --> 00:16:10,597 He can be such a swine, Bryan. 215 00:16:10,598 --> 00:16:14,480 I don't think he appreciates how much he owes to me. 216 00:16:14,645 --> 00:16:17,752 Do you ever think about the future, Tim? 217 00:16:18,053 --> 00:16:20,860 The next PM taking over from FU? 218 00:16:21,069 --> 00:16:26,241 Not anymore. Not enough of a power base. 219 00:16:26,407 --> 00:16:29,084 Who's heard of me? I spent my whole political Life 220 00:16:29,285 --> 00:16:31,162 as Urquhart's stooge. 221 00:16:31,328 --> 00:16:34,439 Some of us appreciate your qualities, Tim, 222 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,751 and would support you, if the opportunity arose. 223 00:16:37,918 --> 00:16:40,796 No one's invulnerable. 224 00:16:40,962 --> 00:16:43,507 That's true. Thanks, Bryan. 225 00:16:44,674 --> 00:16:47,802 Who knows, eh? 226 00:16:56,226 --> 00:16:58,938 What did you talk about with her? 227 00:16:59,979 --> 00:17:02,524 Did you talk about politics? 228 00:17:02,691 --> 00:17:04,776 Sometimes. 229 00:17:05,652 --> 00:17:10,198 I used to let her ask me questions. It was a sort of game we had. 230 00:17:12,491 --> 00:17:15,203 Do you mind me asking about her? 231 00:17:16,329 --> 00:17:19,957 I'd rather you asked me than anyone else. 232 00:17:26,922 --> 00:17:29,174 Did you love her very much? 233 00:17:31,258 --> 00:17:35,847 Do you wish it was her here now, not me? Don't answer that. 234 00:17:36,014 --> 00:17:40,810 - Sarah... - Forget it. It's all right, forget it. 235 00:17:44,187 --> 00:17:46,274 I feel stifled. 236 00:17:47,315 --> 00:17:49,393 I feel as if I'd like 237 00:17:49,394 --> 00:17:52,071 to open the curtain and stand at the window. Looking out. 238 00:17:52,278 --> 00:17:55,081 What is it you want to see? 239 00:17:55,282 --> 00:17:58,285 Nothing. I'd just like to be able to do it. 240 00:17:59,535 --> 00:18:04,874 Don't worry, I wasn't going to do it. You don't have to worry about me. 241 00:18:09,629 --> 00:18:12,957 I think I'll go home now. Is that all right? 242 00:18:13,258 --> 00:18:15,885 Of course, if that's what you want to do. 243 00:18:18,594 --> 00:18:23,266 - I think I should. - You're not regretting this? 244 00:18:23,475 --> 00:18:25,769 Oh, no. 245 00:18:28,855 --> 00:18:32,275 It's not easy, but I'm not regretting it. 246 00:18:32,441 --> 00:18:35,223 It's all far too interesting for that. 247 00:18:35,224 --> 00:18:38,406 I think it's the most interesting thing I've ever done. 248 00:18:38,572 --> 00:18:44,036 - Good. - You mustn't worry, Francis. 249 00:18:44,202 --> 00:18:47,539 I told you I want to learn everything I can from you. 250 00:18:47,706 --> 00:18:50,083 And then you'll leave me. 251 00:18:51,084 --> 00:18:54,462 Well, nothing lasts forever, does it? 252 00:18:57,090 --> 00:19:01,552 I think I'd better take a shower. I must absolutely reek of you. 253 00:19:01,719 --> 00:19:04,413 I don't think Andrew would approve. That OK? 254 00:19:04,614 --> 00:19:06,307 Of course. 255 00:19:18,775 --> 00:19:23,573 No, it isn't easy. It is interesting, but it isn't easy. 256 00:19:23,738 --> 00:19:29,370 So many people gather in these rooms where lovers meet, so many ghosts, 257 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:32,860 so many silent witnesses from my past life 258 00:19:33,061 --> 00:19:35,584 and her present one. 259 00:19:36,792 --> 00:19:41,798 Sometimes it seems they suck up all the sweet, fresh air 260 00:19:41,964 --> 00:19:44,551 and I can't breathe. 261 00:19:46,803 --> 00:19:50,181 I wanted to make her my slave. 262 00:19:50,347 --> 00:19:55,352 and now I almost feel in danger of becoming hers. 263 00:19:57,186 --> 00:20:01,566 The reaction's brilliant. BBC figures, Sir. Went like a dream. 264 00:20:01,774 --> 00:20:05,779 I must say, I feel greatly encouraged. Thank you. 265 00:20:05,986 --> 00:20:08,435 Both of you. 266 00:20:08,436 --> 00:20:11,284 No, it was you, Sir. You wrote your own words. 267 00:20:11,491 --> 00:20:16,372 You sounded like yourself. You said what everyone wants to hear. 268 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:19,087 Well...I hope so, Chloe. 269 00:20:19,088 --> 00:20:21,794 I don't think there is much doubt, Sir. 270 00:20:21,959 --> 00:20:27,841 I've seen the poll for tomorrow's ''Standard''. Up to a 12% swing now. 271 00:20:28,050 --> 00:20:33,263 And the press and TV coverage is better than we could have hoped for. 272 00:20:33,471 --> 00:20:36,015 It's very warm, very friendly. 273 00:20:36,223 --> 00:20:39,977 The best the Firm has done for years, if I can put it that way. 274 00:20:41,854 --> 00:20:44,273 - But... - I beg your pardon, Sir? 275 00:20:44,482 --> 00:20:47,401 There's a reservation there. What is it? 276 00:20:49,153 --> 00:20:53,198 I don't see how you - how we - are to go on from here. 277 00:20:53,405 --> 00:20:57,410 Urquhart has a general election. The date will suit himself. 278 00:20:57,618 --> 00:21:01,456 Is the Palace intending to side with the Opposition? 279 00:21:01,664 --> 00:21:04,621 I can't do that. I can't enter party politics. 280 00:21:04,822 --> 00:21:07,378 You already have done, Sir. 281 00:21:07,544 --> 00:21:10,017 It's the best thing that could have happened. 282 00:21:10,218 --> 00:21:12,091 No. Bloody nonsense. 283 00:21:12,256 --> 00:21:15,093 It's my duty to take soundings. 284 00:21:15,260 --> 00:21:18,138 I'm encouraging all political parties 285 00:21:18,346 --> 00:21:22,517 to adopt more humane, caring and rational policies. 286 00:21:22,683 --> 00:21:27,355 That is utterly consistent with being a constitutional monarch. 287 00:21:27,562 --> 00:21:32,902 The people see you as the only man who has the stature, moral authority 288 00:21:33,067 --> 00:21:36,280 and the sheer guts to take on Urquhart and win! 289 00:21:36,487 --> 00:21:42,119 - And they're right. He's your enemy! - I won't listen to any more. Leave us. 290 00:21:44,204 --> 00:21:46,289 I'm sorry, Sir. 291 00:21:56,297 --> 00:22:01,303 I will not... This is not some petty, personal blood feud. 292 00:22:01,469 --> 00:22:03,972 And I am not a politician! 293 00:22:06,516 --> 00:22:10,312 - She's wrong, isn't she? - I think so, Sir. 294 00:22:12,772 --> 00:22:17,485 You're seeking to lead and influence public opinion. 295 00:22:17,692 --> 00:22:20,780 People can change. I know that. 296 00:22:22,448 --> 00:22:27,286 Of course, the Urquharts of this world aren't about to change. 297 00:22:27,493 --> 00:22:31,707 Chloe was right about Urquhart. He is your enemy. 298 00:22:31,914 --> 00:22:34,918 I think he'll be utterly unscrupulous. 299 00:22:35,125 --> 00:22:37,295 Invasions of privacy, for example. 300 00:22:39,254 --> 00:22:41,761 And, in that connection, 301 00:22:41,762 --> 00:22:44,468 there's something about me you ought to know. 302 00:22:48,055 --> 00:22:51,183 No. Whatever it is, I don't want to hear it. 303 00:22:53,851 --> 00:22:56,954 Your private life clearly has nothing to do 304 00:22:57,155 --> 00:22:59,858 with your ability to do your job. 305 00:23:04,570 --> 00:23:07,823 The hell that wife of yours put you through, 306 00:23:07,924 --> 00:23:11,077 you'd have been entitled to a nervous breakdown. 307 00:23:11,243 --> 00:23:15,331 I know what it feels like. You're a rock, David. An absolute rock. 308 00:23:15,496 --> 00:23:17,791 Always have been. Best man I know. 309 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,440 Look here, if you're trying to tell me 310 00:23:21,641 --> 00:23:24,881 that you've found... someone else, 311 00:23:25,048 --> 00:23:28,217 and you're shagging yourself silly, 312 00:23:28,318 --> 00:23:31,387 jolly good luck to you, whoever it is. 313 00:23:31,554 --> 00:23:34,265 Nothing to do with your job, full stop. 314 00:23:34,432 --> 00:23:37,680 Now, if you want to confide in me as a friend, 315 00:23:37,881 --> 00:23:40,729 well, that's something else. 316 00:23:42,897 --> 00:23:44,983 I don't think so. 317 00:23:47,526 --> 00:23:51,990 If it's not a problem for you, Sir, it's certainly not one for me. 318 00:23:52,949 --> 00:23:55,968 In fact, I'm happier now than I've been for years. 319 00:23:56,169 --> 00:23:57,787 Oh, good. 320 00:23:57,953 --> 00:24:00,122 I'm delighted, David. 321 00:24:02,249 --> 00:24:04,293 Oh, yes! Wow! 322 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:07,845 She must have been the last virgin left in the EEC, 323 00:24:08,046 --> 00:24:10,591 I should think. Over 12, I mean. 324 00:24:10,798 --> 00:24:15,845 - Did they take her word for it? - Brucie, that is beastly! 325 00:24:16,054 --> 00:24:20,391 How should I know? Do you want me to ask her? God! 326 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:25,062 - Would she tell you? - You're just so disgusting. 327 00:24:25,271 --> 00:24:28,107 It's not for me. It's for history. 328 00:24:28,315 --> 00:24:32,027 Oh, ya, I forgot. You old hypocrite. 329 00:24:32,193 --> 00:24:36,573 What a little pig you are, Brucie, with your sack of money! 330 00:24:36,781 --> 00:24:40,118 - Little Brucie! - For God's sake, Charlotte! 331 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,413 Please can we get on? Now... 332 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:46,607 It's better for her to mate 333 00:24:46,908 --> 00:24:49,794 with the strongest bull. 334 00:24:50,002 --> 00:24:54,548 Number two bull chases number three away from a female 335 00:24:54,756 --> 00:24:58,093 and then claims her for himself. 336 00:24:58,302 --> 00:25:03,306 - Was he seeing anyone else at the time? - At what time? Oh, right. 337 00:25:03,472 --> 00:25:05,976 - Of course he was. - Who? 338 00:25:06,142 --> 00:25:08,853 God, I can't remember. Loads of people. 339 00:25:09,020 --> 00:25:11,731 You haven't really got this, have you? 340 00:25:11,898 --> 00:25:16,902 Look, if you're one of his lot, you just send for anyone you want. 341 00:25:17,069 --> 00:25:20,406 It's a thingy - perk of the job. 342 00:25:20,613 --> 00:25:24,785 - Silly old Bullers! - You can't remember any names? 343 00:25:24,952 --> 00:25:29,331 Oh, honestly! I didn't know this was going to be such hard work. 344 00:25:29,538 --> 00:25:34,127 Oh, Liddy, of course. Liddy Baker-Harvington. 345 00:25:35,002 --> 00:25:36,796 Oh, and Poo, Poo Bender. 346 00:25:36,963 --> 00:25:39,465 Do you know Poo? You'd adore her. 347 00:25:39,631 --> 00:25:44,428 Poo's a sport. Try anything once, Poo. Point of principle. 348 00:25:44,594 --> 00:25:47,097 Oh, and, um... 349 00:25:47,263 --> 00:25:50,809 Oh, God. This is so exhausting! 350 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,564 Bully, Bully, can't we stop and have another little rest? 351 00:25:58,316 --> 00:26:00,026 Mm! 352 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:07,012 You're not letting things slide too far? 353 00:26:07,213 --> 00:26:09,994 There's not much to be done at the moment. 354 00:26:10,159 --> 00:26:13,225 We've seriously underestimated him. 355 00:26:13,226 --> 00:26:16,291 He's turned out to be quite a performer. 356 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:22,255 But, then, life would be very dull without its little ups and downs. 357 00:26:22,421 --> 00:26:24,507 No rest for the wicked. 358 00:26:24,674 --> 00:26:28,594 By the way, I'll dine at the House this evening. 359 00:26:28,761 --> 00:26:33,349 Of course, I'll go down to the country. You don't need Corder, do you? 360 00:26:33,556 --> 00:26:35,183 No. 361 00:26:35,184 --> 00:26:37,811 I'll give him dinner and ''Siegfried''. 362 00:26:38,019 --> 00:26:41,055 That'll be jolly. Very good value, Corder. 363 00:26:41,356 --> 00:26:43,692 I think so, too. 364 00:26:47,237 --> 00:26:51,407 Prime Minister's Question Time. Very frightening. 365 00:26:51,573 --> 00:26:55,620 Like being mugged by a guinea pig ''Is the PM aware...?'' 366 00:26:55,828 --> 00:27:01,792 Is the Prime Minister aware, as he certainly should be 367 00:27:01,999 --> 00:27:05,232 if he's read a newspaper this week, 368 00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:08,465 listened to the radio or watched TV, 369 00:27:08,673 --> 00:27:13,887 if he's talked to any ordinary man or woman in the street this week, 370 00:27:14,052 --> 00:27:16,959 which I very much doubt because he wouldn't like 371 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,267 what they've got to say... 372 00:27:20,351 --> 00:27:23,229 Too many words. He'll never learn. 373 00:27:23,436 --> 00:27:27,191 Is he aware that the vast majority of people, 374 00:27:27,356 --> 00:27:32,362 from His Majesty himself to the homeless beggars in the streets, 375 00:27:32,528 --> 00:27:36,533 are fed up with him and his discredited policies? 376 00:27:36,740 --> 00:27:39,977 When, when will he go to the country, 377 00:27:40,078 --> 00:27:43,414 as he has continually hinted that he will, 378 00:27:43,581 --> 00:27:46,125 and give them a chance to vote him out 379 00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:51,463 and vote in a government that cares about people? 380 00:27:53,089 --> 00:27:56,551 I'd like to assure you that the government is well aware 381 00:27:56,717 --> 00:28:02,640 of the problems so eloquently expressed by His Majesty and his little... 382 00:28:02,806 --> 00:28:05,476 I mean, the Right Honourable gentleman. 383 00:28:05,642 --> 00:28:10,564 The government is now in a position to address those problems 384 00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:13,109 in measures to be announced next week. 385 00:28:13,317 --> 00:28:15,819 U-turn! U-turn! 386 00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:19,072 After which... 387 00:28:19,281 --> 00:28:23,071 After which we shall humbly submit to the verdict of the British public 388 00:28:23,372 --> 00:28:25,662 at the polling stations. 389 00:28:29,165 --> 00:28:33,086 It's all very well tormenting the intellectually challenged. 390 00:28:33,251 --> 00:28:36,317 but we have been pushed into a U-turn, 391 00:28:36,518 --> 00:28:39,383 and the media is going to say so. 392 00:28:39,549 --> 00:28:42,794 All the Opposition have to do is to get a new leader, 393 00:28:42,995 --> 00:28:45,639 play all the court cards 394 00:28:45,805 --> 00:28:48,183 and we could be in serious trouble. 395 00:28:48,349 --> 00:28:51,436 Back to the welfare state without passing Go. 396 00:28:51,603 --> 00:28:55,648 Dismal egalitarianism running rampant with a royal seal of approval. 397 00:28:55,815 --> 00:28:58,401 Thank God for the House of Lords! 398 00:28:58,609 --> 00:29:03,906 This debate is about fox huntin'. It's about much more than that. 399 00:29:04,114 --> 00:29:09,161 There are wreckers in this land who want to do away with what we hold most dear, 400 00:29:09,369 --> 00:29:13,290 whether it be the time-honoured customs of our country, 401 00:29:13,498 --> 00:29:17,836 or the great tradition of charity to our less fortunate fellow men, 402 00:29:18,043 --> 00:29:22,715 or even the sacred tradition of the monarchy itself. 403 00:29:22,924 --> 00:29:25,760 My lords, this is the first time 404 00:29:25,968 --> 00:29:29,972 I have been moved to speak in this House in 15 years. 405 00:29:30,180 --> 00:29:32,891 I only want to say this. 406 00:29:32,892 --> 00:29:36,603 Don't meddle in things that don't concern you. That's fox hunting. 407 00:29:36,770 --> 00:29:39,647 Do something about poverty and injustice 408 00:29:39,848 --> 00:29:42,525 or you'll have a bloody revolution on your hands! 409 00:29:42,692 --> 00:29:46,424 And, finally, don't blame the royal family! 410 00:29:46,725 --> 00:29:50,157 It's not their ruddy fault! 411 00:29:50,365 --> 00:29:55,579 - Crisis? What crisis? - The constitutional crisis. 412 00:29:55,746 --> 00:29:58,665 The Lords siding against the government. 413 00:29:58,832 --> 00:30:03,003 A storm in a teacup. This is not the Middle Ages. 414 00:30:03,169 --> 00:30:08,383 Chap has too many at lunchtime, then the publicity-mad bishops join in! 415 00:30:08,550 --> 00:30:13,137 Well, that's what the House of Lords is for, isn't it? 416 00:30:24,063 --> 00:30:27,192 - Prime Minister in? - Yes. Hang on... 417 00:30:30,319 --> 00:30:34,115 - Sorry to butt in, FU. - Yes, Tim. What is it? 418 00:30:36,783 --> 00:30:41,497 ''What is it?'' We've got a crisis on our hands! 419 00:30:41,664 --> 00:30:46,001 We're trailing 14 points and suddenly everyone's calling us names! 420 00:30:46,209 --> 00:30:49,195 The troops are getting very jumpy. 421 00:30:49,396 --> 00:30:52,382 I need to tell them something positive! 422 00:30:53,424 --> 00:30:59,222 We go to the polls three weeks from tomorrow. All right with you? 423 00:30:59,389 --> 00:31:01,808 Oh, bloody excellent! 424 00:31:02,016 --> 00:31:07,021 We just need to get things moving. The chaps'll soon fall into place. 425 00:31:07,188 --> 00:31:10,190 I mean, who really cares about tramps and beggars, 426 00:31:10,391 --> 00:31:12,192 for God's sake? 427 00:31:12,359 --> 00:31:15,782 Oh, I've got Staines to do a point of order. 428 00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:18,406 Who? 429 00:31:18,573 --> 00:31:21,792 Staines. You know, always keen to please. 430 00:31:22,093 --> 00:31:24,412 Can you stop him? 431 00:31:24,579 --> 00:31:29,333 No. He'll have already started by now. What's the matter? 432 00:31:29,542 --> 00:31:34,338 I wish you'd consulted me first, Tim! Staines is about to become a problem. 433 00:31:35,339 --> 00:31:38,759 Earlier this afternoon, Madam Speaker, in another place, 434 00:31:38,926 --> 00:31:42,270 a noble lord accused this government 435 00:31:42,571 --> 00:31:45,015 of all kinds of wickedness. 436 00:31:45,223 --> 00:31:50,019 Fox-hunting peers get a better view from their high horses, I suppose. 437 00:31:50,228 --> 00:31:52,759 Like the royals in their Bentleys. 438 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,691 And that gives them the right to lecture us? 439 00:31:55,900 --> 00:32:01,613 How dare they! How dare they challenge the people's elected representatives 440 00:32:01,821 --> 00:32:06,785 and try to claim a moral superiority over ordinary, decent folk! 441 00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:11,289 How dare they! Who do they think they are? 442 00:32:11,498 --> 00:32:15,585 We know who we are and what we're for. 443 00:32:15,752 --> 00:32:19,589 Who are they and what are they for? 444 00:32:19,754 --> 00:32:25,594 To live off our backs and read us sermons on how to live? 445 00:32:26,887 --> 00:32:31,892 Do we actually need moral sermons from a degenerate aristocracy 446 00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:34,936 and a discredited royal family? 447 00:32:35,644 --> 00:32:39,607 Buggery, actual bodily harm, gross indecency. 448 00:32:39,773 --> 00:32:43,653 A number of lesser charges, nearly all of them under-age. 449 00:32:43,820 --> 00:32:48,491 Nearly all of them with young offenders in custody or in care. 450 00:32:48,656 --> 00:32:52,411 Apparently, he regarded it as a perk of the job. 451 00:32:57,666 --> 00:33:01,920 - Mr. John Staines? - Yes? 452 00:33:02,128 --> 00:33:05,715 My name is Hackett, sir. Detective Inspector Hackett. 453 00:33:05,881 --> 00:33:10,678 We'd like you to come and help us with some inquiries. 454 00:33:10,885 --> 00:33:14,013 Mr. John Staines, the MP for Stansted, 455 00:33:14,114 --> 00:33:17,142 is still being interviewed by senior police, 456 00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:20,979 having been charged with a number of sexual offences. 457 00:33:21,188 --> 00:33:24,216 Earlier, he made an impassioned speech 458 00:33:24,417 --> 00:33:27,444 rebutting recent attacks on the government 459 00:33:27,610 --> 00:33:33,199 and criticising the lifestyle of the aristocracy and the royal family. 460 00:33:35,116 --> 00:33:38,871 What a shame. Apparently, it was a very good speech. 461 00:33:39,079 --> 00:33:43,667 It won't carry quite so much moral authority now. 462 00:33:43,834 --> 00:33:47,629 - You're very calm. - These things are sent to try us. 463 00:33:47,837 --> 00:33:50,465 I never cared for him. Stamper's boy. 464 00:33:50,673 --> 00:33:53,580 Tim's not the world's most brilliant judge of character. 465 00:33:53,881 --> 00:33:55,887 He's running out of luck. 466 00:33:56,054 --> 00:34:00,850 If any of this dirt sticks to Stamper, I'll drop him like a hot brick. 467 00:34:01,017 --> 00:34:06,563 It might be a very good thing. We could do with a scapegoat. 468 00:34:06,730 --> 00:34:10,359 - I thought he was your oldest friend. - He is. 469 00:34:11,985 --> 00:34:16,740 - Staines felt it was a perk of the job. - Apparently so. 470 00:34:16,948 --> 00:34:20,618 Is that what I am? Do you see me as a perk of the job? 471 00:34:20,785 --> 00:34:24,455 Of course not. You might as well say I am a perk of your job. 472 00:34:24,621 --> 00:34:29,919 We have freedom of action. We choose each other. 473 00:34:30,084 --> 00:34:33,088 How did Mattie Storin see it? 474 00:34:38,968 --> 00:34:40,387 What? 475 00:34:45,265 --> 00:34:47,435 What is it? 476 00:34:49,729 --> 00:34:54,733 You have nothing to do with her. That relationship was utterly different. 477 00:34:54,899 --> 00:35:00,113 What you and I have is unique. Mattie Storin is dead, Sarah. 478 00:35:00,321 --> 00:35:02,824 She's gone for good. 479 00:35:11,832 --> 00:35:13,993 It isn't easy, this. 480 00:35:13,994 --> 00:35:16,754 It isn't as easy as I thought it would be. 481 00:35:18,172 --> 00:35:21,738 I'm spending too much time thinking about you. 482 00:35:22,039 --> 00:35:25,304 Not the job you. 483 00:35:25,470 --> 00:35:30,016 And people in your past. Like Mattie Storin. 484 00:35:30,183 --> 00:35:34,520 I seem to have become unhealthily obsessed. 485 00:35:36,439 --> 00:35:40,943 And I'm afraid I'm in some danger of falling in love with you. 486 00:35:41,944 --> 00:35:44,697 Oh, come on, David! This is silly. 487 00:35:44,863 --> 00:35:47,157 Yes, I'm sure it is. 488 00:35:48,282 --> 00:35:51,147 It's just upset me, that's all. This Staines business. 489 00:35:51,448 --> 00:35:53,413 He was there, in that club. 490 00:35:53,621 --> 00:35:56,333 With that kid, with one of his kids. 491 00:35:56,499 --> 00:36:01,504 Toting him around and showing him off, as if to say, ''Look what I've got!'' 492 00:36:01,671 --> 00:36:06,675 He was almost offering this boy like a packet of cigarettes. Then he said... 493 00:36:06,842 --> 00:36:09,536 I can't remember exactly, 494 00:36:09,537 --> 00:36:12,431 but the implication was, ''We're all at it!'' 495 00:36:12,639 --> 00:36:17,769 - That what you and I do is the same. - It's not, David! 496 00:36:32,533 --> 00:36:35,035 Yes, I know. 497 00:36:36,202 --> 00:36:40,999 My client, who is completely innocent of these very serious charges, 498 00:36:41,166 --> 00:36:46,379 is anxious to offer you his very fullest co-operation in your inquiries. 499 00:36:46,546 --> 00:36:49,674 Not asking for a deal, are we? 500 00:36:49,881 --> 00:36:54,887 He is in a position to offer you very extensive and detailed information 501 00:36:55,095 --> 00:36:57,765 relating to this particular inquiry 502 00:36:57,973 --> 00:37:02,811 and to others you may be interested in pursuing. 503 00:37:03,019 --> 00:37:08,233 Run it! ''Enough is enough! Old England gives warning to Essex Man.'' 504 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:13,613 ''We care for the kids,'' says Staines, and is arrested for buggering them! 505 00:37:13,779 --> 00:37:16,074 Hint, hint, hint! 506 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:21,245 ''Fox-hunting lord Quillington rebuked by the stainer from Stansted!'' 507 00:37:21,412 --> 00:37:25,708 - The pit bull roars approval! - I heard that! You're fired! 508 00:37:25,915 --> 00:37:29,410 Now...this is the story. You've got the King 509 00:37:29,611 --> 00:37:32,506 against the Prime Minister, 510 00:37:32,671 --> 00:37:35,300 you've got, ''Don't blame the royals'', 511 00:37:35,467 --> 00:37:38,928 and Urquhart's plan to bring down the monarchy. 512 00:37:39,095 --> 00:37:41,960 And...they have all played the personal morality card, 513 00:37:42,261 --> 00:37:44,225 every one of them, 514 00:37:44,392 --> 00:37:46,940 which means, in my book, 515 00:37:46,941 --> 00:37:49,688 everybody's private life is up for grabs! Everybody's! 516 00:37:51,314 --> 00:37:53,817 This is absolutely excellent, Sarah. 517 00:37:53,983 --> 00:37:56,581 It attacks the problem of the inner cities, 518 00:37:56,782 --> 00:37:58,780 it tackles unemployment 519 00:37:58,947 --> 00:38:02,909 and puts layabouts under strict discipline. 520 00:38:03,076 --> 00:38:05,912 Original, bold and practicable! 521 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,726 And this is the only copy? 522 00:38:08,827 --> 00:38:11,333 Yes, I haven't discussed it with anyone. 523 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:16,630 Let's keep it that way. Timing is everything. 524 00:38:16,838 --> 00:38:20,592 - I'm extremely impressed, Sarah. - Thank you. 525 00:38:21,468 --> 00:38:24,471 Oh, no, I can't, really. Not this evening. 526 00:38:24,678 --> 00:38:27,923 We've got people coming. I wish I could stay, 527 00:38:28,124 --> 00:38:30,768 honestly. It's just not possible. 528 00:38:30,976 --> 00:38:35,982 Of course. It's all right, Sarah. I understand. 529 00:39:29,198 --> 00:39:32,576 I am sorry. I got held up. I'm so sorry. 530 00:39:34,577 --> 00:39:37,789 - You selfish bitch! - I'm sorry you're upset. 531 00:39:39,790 --> 00:39:43,795 - Is that all? - I still love you. 532 00:39:43,961 --> 00:39:46,964 I can smell him on you, Sarah! 533 00:39:48,007 --> 00:39:52,344 - How could you do it? - I don't know, I don't know! 534 00:39:53,721 --> 00:39:57,182 - I don't understand it myself! - Give him up! 535 00:39:57,391 --> 00:40:00,143 Just give him up. Now! 536 00:40:05,690 --> 00:40:09,944 - I can't. - What about me? 537 00:40:11,404 --> 00:40:14,115 What about me? 538 00:40:15,032 --> 00:40:17,535 You bitch! 539 00:40:32,548 --> 00:40:34,634 Hello. 540 00:40:34,801 --> 00:40:39,972 Here's some advice, Sarah. Stop now or you'll end up like Mattie. 541 00:40:58,156 --> 00:41:01,617 Mattie was a brilliant young journalist. 542 00:41:01,783 --> 00:41:04,578 Brilliant, but unstable. 543 00:41:04,579 --> 00:41:08,374 I met her first several years ago when she came to interview me. 544 00:41:08,540 --> 00:41:11,126 I liked her very much, right from the start. 545 00:41:11,335 --> 00:41:15,589 I found I was incapable of resisting her. 546 00:41:15,755 --> 00:41:19,342 I had thought that my feelings were entirely platonic. 547 00:41:19,508 --> 00:41:22,846 She showed me they were not. 548 00:41:23,011 --> 00:41:26,432 She showed me they were quite otherwise. 549 00:41:58,503 --> 00:42:03,759 Krajewski used to be first class, but he's come seriously unstuck. 550 00:42:03,926 --> 00:42:07,033 Completely paranoid now, you know. 551 00:42:07,034 --> 00:42:10,140 Peddles conspiracy theories which don't quite stand up. 552 00:42:10,348 --> 00:42:14,093 Supposed to have IRA contacts, but nobody's quite sure. 553 00:42:14,394 --> 00:42:17,438 We tend to give him a wide berth. 554 00:42:18,689 --> 00:42:21,646 I suppose I could arrange a meeting for you 555 00:42:21,847 --> 00:42:24,403 if you thought it was worth it. 556 00:42:24,569 --> 00:42:28,824 Yes, please, Bryan. I'd be very, very grateful. 557 00:42:28,991 --> 00:42:31,726 Take everything he says with a big pinch of salt. 558 00:42:31,927 --> 00:42:33,662 I think he's off his head. 559 00:42:33,827 --> 00:42:39,375 They bug the phones, the buildings. You have no idea. 560 00:42:39,542 --> 00:42:43,421 - So who do you work for? - Francis Urquhart. 561 00:42:43,629 --> 00:42:47,216 But this isn't for him. This is purely personal. 562 00:42:48,217 --> 00:42:51,845 Mattie Storin...was a lovely girl. 563 00:42:53,137 --> 00:42:57,225 - She was Francis Urquhart's mistress. - I don't know. 564 00:42:59,601 --> 00:43:02,355 Yes, yes, yes, she had to be. 565 00:43:02,521 --> 00:43:06,275 But then again it's... It's so hard to get my... 566 00:43:07,485 --> 00:43:09,845 I think he killed her. Or he had her killed. 567 00:43:10,046 --> 00:43:11,405 What?! 568 00:43:11,614 --> 00:43:16,368 We knew he killed O'Neill. Put rat poison in his cocaine. 569 00:43:16,576 --> 00:43:19,288 Really! That's just absurd! 570 00:43:19,454 --> 00:43:22,261 Think what you like. I can't prove it now. 571 00:43:22,462 --> 00:43:24,668 All Mattie's tapes were stolen. 572 00:43:25,752 --> 00:43:29,047 Sounds crazy, doesn't it? You think I'm crazy. 573 00:43:29,212 --> 00:43:32,341 I don't know. Are you? 574 00:43:32,508 --> 00:43:35,219 Yes, I think I probably am a bit. 575 00:43:36,887 --> 00:43:39,894 What I don't know is why the bastards haven't killed me. 576 00:43:40,195 --> 00:43:42,101 It's very...unsettling. 577 00:43:42,266 --> 00:43:45,771 - Just waiting for them to do it. - Go to the police. 578 00:43:45,978 --> 00:43:49,816 It's the police they'll probably employ to do it! 579 00:43:50,024 --> 00:43:53,703 Violently resisting arrest. Found hanged in his cell. 580 00:43:54,004 --> 00:43:57,782 I wish they'd bloody well get on with it! 581 00:44:02,745 --> 00:44:05,372 They'll probably kill you, too, now. 582 00:44:05,539 --> 00:44:08,417 I'm off. Best of luck. 583 00:44:20,886 --> 00:44:24,557 - Come in. - Sir Bruce is here, Prime Minister. 584 00:44:24,724 --> 00:44:29,770 - Good. Excellent. Show him in. - Sir Bruce? 585 00:44:30,479 --> 00:44:32,656 Bruce! Good to see you. 586 00:44:32,857 --> 00:44:35,233 Thanks for coming in at such short notice. 587 00:44:35,441 --> 00:44:39,404 - Always a pleasure. Afternoon, Tim. - Hello. 588 00:44:40,447 --> 00:44:46,119 I see you've been reading the paper. No hard feelings? Things need airing. 589 00:44:46,284 --> 00:44:50,748 Of course they do. Quite right. Do sit down. 590 00:44:50,915 --> 00:44:56,295 Would I be right in thinking you're on some sort of morality crusade, Bruce? 591 00:44:56,503 --> 00:45:01,883 In a sense, yes. A debate about morality in public and private life. Why not? 592 00:45:02,049 --> 00:45:05,512 With everyone's private life subject to scrutiny? 593 00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:08,601 Well, if it's all right for the royals... 594 00:45:08,902 --> 00:45:11,684 Who could argue with that? 595 00:45:11,892 --> 00:45:14,736 How are you getting along with the princess? 596 00:45:14,937 --> 00:45:16,981 Very well, surprisingly enough. 597 00:45:17,188 --> 00:45:22,402 We thought so, too. Stamper has some photographs he'd like to show you. 598 00:45:23,444 --> 00:45:27,657 The technical quality is rather poor in some of them. 599 00:45:27,866 --> 00:45:31,619 Other way up, I think, Bruce. That's it. 600 00:45:31,827 --> 00:45:34,455 There's a video, too. 601 00:45:34,664 --> 00:45:38,793 I was very doubtful about the morality of infringing your privacy, 602 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,129 but after what you've just said... 603 00:45:43,339 --> 00:45:45,912 How much for the prints and the negatives? 604 00:45:46,113 --> 00:45:47,885 Bruce, please. 605 00:45:48,051 --> 00:45:51,388 A little loyalty from our friends is all we ask. 606 00:45:51,595 --> 00:45:54,340 Just a helping hand 607 00:45:54,641 --> 00:45:57,685 in these rather trying times. 608 00:45:57,851 --> 00:46:00,355 Oh, well! 609 00:46:00,521 --> 00:46:06,485 Of course. We weren't actually gonna put the boot in, not in a serious way. 610 00:46:06,693 --> 00:46:09,804 These are tough times for all of us. 611 00:46:10,005 --> 00:46:13,116 We gather the memoirs are revealing. 612 00:46:13,324 --> 00:46:15,952 Bloody dynamite. 613 00:46:15,953 --> 00:46:19,581 And not just about her, not just about the younger generation. 614 00:46:20,622 --> 00:46:23,029 Staggering stuff. They're all bloody at it! 615 00:46:23,330 --> 00:46:24,836 Always have been. 616 00:46:26,212 --> 00:46:28,923 Print them. 617 00:46:29,089 --> 00:46:31,996 I can't do that. I made a solemn promise. 618 00:46:32,197 --> 00:46:34,303 Not while the princess is alive. 619 00:46:34,511 --> 00:46:36,597 Francis... 620 00:46:38,265 --> 00:46:43,061 It would destroy her. And not just her. She doesn't deserve that. 621 00:46:43,227 --> 00:46:46,055 No, perhaps you're right. 622 00:46:46,056 --> 00:46:49,484 We'll just have to make do with these, won't we? 623 00:46:52,653 --> 00:46:55,823 All right, you bugger! 624 00:46:55,990 --> 00:46:57,867 Ding dong, ding dong. 625 00:46:59,493 --> 00:47:02,538 - And as for you, Stamper... - What? 626 00:47:08,418 --> 00:47:10,712 Just like old times. 627 00:47:45,660 --> 00:47:48,914 The body found on waste ground last night 628 00:47:49,123 --> 00:47:54,503 was today identified as John Krajewski, a freelance investigative journalist. 629 00:47:54,669 --> 00:47:59,674 The killing bore the hallmarks of an execution by the Provisional IRA, 630 00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,406 but was claimed by a group previously unknown - 631 00:48:03,707 --> 00:48:06,973 the London Irish Branch. 632 00:48:07,180 --> 00:48:10,768 John Krajewski had a distinguished career in journalism, 633 00:48:10,935 --> 00:48:14,938 having worked as a reporter, sub-editor and deputy editor 634 00:48:15,339 --> 00:48:18,942 for many newspapers. 635 00:48:19,150 --> 00:48:23,655 Sarah, Sarah, I'm surprised at you. You actually went to meet him? 636 00:48:23,821 --> 00:48:28,368 - Why would you want to do that? - It's embarrassing. 637 00:48:31,746 --> 00:48:34,457 I got a bit obsessed about Mattie Storin. 638 00:48:34,622 --> 00:48:37,425 I was jealous of her, I suppose. 639 00:48:37,626 --> 00:48:40,629 I thought if I found out a bit more it would help. 640 00:48:40,796 --> 00:48:42,881 And did it? Help, I mean? 641 00:48:43,089 --> 00:48:46,009 Yes, I think it did. 642 00:48:47,010 --> 00:48:49,512 What strange creatures we are. 643 00:48:49,720 --> 00:48:52,432 The things we feel we have to do. 644 00:48:52,599 --> 00:48:57,436 He said he knew he'd be killed. He didn't say he meant the IRA. 645 00:48:57,602 --> 00:49:00,690 - And what else did he say? - Nothing much. 646 00:49:00,855 --> 00:49:04,026 He said Mattie Storin was a lovely girl. 647 00:49:04,817 --> 00:49:07,779 She was a lovely girl, 648 00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:10,157 but she's not with us anymore. 649 00:49:12,241 --> 00:49:15,495 - That was all he said? - More or less. 650 00:49:18,580 --> 00:49:21,084 You do trust me, don't you, Sarah? 651 00:49:22,418 --> 00:49:25,129 Yes. Yes, I do. 652 00:49:27,422 --> 00:49:28,882 Good. 653 00:49:39,684 --> 00:49:44,105 But they all; all of them, betray us eventually. 654 00:49:45,356 --> 00:49:48,067 They love us, but not quite enough. 655 00:49:49,110 --> 00:49:52,655 They trust us, but not quite enough. 656 00:49:52,820 --> 00:49:56,200 And we trust them to be entirely human, 657 00:49:56,366 --> 00:49:59,286 meaning less than trustworthy. 658 00:49:59,453 --> 00:50:04,249 Which means that we can never quite entirely sleep. 659 00:50:04,873 --> 00:50:07,989 As the cat's eyelids flicker, 660 00:50:07,990 --> 00:50:11,506 some part of us must stay awake always. 661 00:50:11,713 --> 00:50:15,676 Ready, as the coiled spring is ready. 662 00:50:21,097 --> 00:50:26,228 Bully, you don't know what you've done. You didn't even tell me first! God! 663 00:50:26,394 --> 00:50:31,399 I knew you were a bit of a toad, but I never, ever believed 664 00:50:31,565 --> 00:50:34,652 you'd do anything so completely crappy! 665 00:50:34,861 --> 00:50:39,824 - Bully, how could you? - I feel as bad about this as you do. 666 00:50:40,032 --> 00:50:44,161 Urquhart had me over a barrel. My arse was on the line. 667 00:50:44,370 --> 00:50:49,082 What about MY arse? Doesn't my arse mean anything to you? 668 00:50:49,248 --> 00:50:52,822 It means a great deal to me. More than I can say. 669 00:50:53,123 --> 00:50:55,797 But in the final analysis, when the chips... 670 00:50:55,963 --> 00:50:59,092 Just shut up! Just bloody well shut up! 671 00:50:59,967 --> 00:51:02,929 God, Bully, I can't believe what you've done. 672 00:51:03,137 --> 00:51:07,057 Quilly's going to kill you. He means that. He's serious. 673 00:51:07,266 --> 00:51:10,978 And I shan't try and stop him! 674 00:51:11,144 --> 00:51:16,274 Over the last few weeks, the integrity of this government and of Parliament 675 00:51:16,441 --> 00:51:19,536 has been subjected to an organised 676 00:51:19,737 --> 00:51:23,031 and virulent attack from various sources. 677 00:51:23,196 --> 00:51:28,202 You might think that some of those who made accusations were not perhaps 678 00:51:28,368 --> 00:51:31,205 in the ideal position to throw stones, 679 00:51:31,412 --> 00:51:36,752 living as they do in glass houses, or, should I say, glass palaces? 680 00:51:37,961 --> 00:51:40,405 You might very well think that. 681 00:51:40,606 --> 00:51:43,049 It would not be proper for me to comment. 682 00:51:45,467 --> 00:51:48,812 Most of you will be aware of the so-called revelations 683 00:51:49,013 --> 00:51:51,557 in ''The Clarion'' today. 684 00:51:51,765 --> 00:51:54,268 Many of you will deplore, as I do, 685 00:51:54,434 --> 00:51:58,647 the prevalence of muckraking in our tabloid press. 686 00:51:58,856 --> 00:52:02,818 But for muckraking to happen 687 00:52:03,026 --> 00:52:05,946 there has to be muck to be raked. 688 00:52:06,113 --> 00:52:09,608 And, sadly, this commodity is not 689 00:52:09,609 --> 00:52:13,703 in short supply amongst the English aristocracy, 690 00:52:13,870 --> 00:52:16,873 and, very sadly, in the royal family itself. 691 00:52:17,039 --> 00:52:19,542 This is very damaging stuff. 692 00:52:20,584 --> 00:52:25,672 No, it's not. We're getting to him. He's running scared. 693 00:52:25,881 --> 00:52:28,300 A poll to be published tomorrow 694 00:52:28,467 --> 00:52:33,513 shows that a majority now favour further drastic reductions 695 00:52:33,722 --> 00:52:36,433 in public funding for the monarchy. 696 00:52:36,598 --> 00:52:40,978 I am not at present prepared to accede to this 697 00:52:41,145 --> 00:52:44,765 and remain, in spite of everything, 698 00:52:45,266 --> 00:52:48,986 a loyal servant of the Crown. 699 00:52:49,152 --> 00:52:54,408 But...I should like to leave you with these questions. 700 00:52:54,616 --> 00:52:58,453 What is the monarchy for? 701 00:52:58,662 --> 00:53:01,664 Where has it gone wrong? 702 00:53:01,873 --> 00:53:07,545 And how can we help the monarchy to serve the country better? 703 00:53:07,752 --> 00:53:12,675 - How much does Bullerby have? - Everything the princess told him. 704 00:53:12,883 --> 00:53:15,852 A lot of it's hearsay, but there's enough to bring down 705 00:53:16,153 --> 00:53:18,222 the monarchy for good. 706 00:53:18,387 --> 00:53:21,141 - Damn you! Is that what you want? - No, Sir. 707 00:53:21,348 --> 00:53:24,306 I think, I'm sure, in fact, 708 00:53:24,307 --> 00:53:28,064 I could persuade him to suppress the more sensitive items. 709 00:53:28,230 --> 00:53:30,670 The price being my silence? 710 00:53:30,771 --> 00:53:33,110 You might see it in those terms. 711 00:53:35,780 --> 00:53:40,367 - All right, do your worst. - I beg your pardon, Sir? 712 00:53:41,410 --> 00:53:44,162 People don't want any more muckraking. 713 00:53:44,370 --> 00:53:49,709 The whole nation is sick to death of negative campaigning and dirty tricks. 714 00:53:49,876 --> 00:53:54,589 - They want something positive. - You have given your word, Sir. 715 00:53:54,796 --> 00:53:58,551 Not to make any political speeches, and I shan't. 716 00:53:58,718 --> 00:54:01,020 But I shall make it very clear 717 00:54:01,221 --> 00:54:03,722 that I oppose you bitterly and all you stand for. 718 00:54:03,889 --> 00:54:08,685 I used to think you were an honourable man. Not anymore. 719 00:54:08,851 --> 00:54:12,606 You are intellectually and morally bankrupt. 720 00:54:12,814 --> 00:54:17,402 I should like to formally request a dissolution of Parliament 721 00:54:17,569 --> 00:54:20,071 in preparation for a general election. 722 00:54:20,237 --> 00:54:22,427 Granted, Mr. Urquhart. 723 00:54:22,428 --> 00:54:24,617 Why do this? What can be in it for you? 724 00:54:26,869 --> 00:54:29,580 You really don't understand, do you? 725 00:54:31,247 --> 00:54:34,334 I do believe you're frightened of me. 726 00:54:34,500 --> 00:54:38,296 You believe that if it gives you any comfort, Sir.