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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:46,560 Theatre – it can show us who we are, who we were and who we could be. 2 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,600 It means imagining bigger, 3 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,480 understanding better, 4 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:54,920 feeling together – 5 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,600 on our stages and on tour, 6 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,440 in schools 7 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,280 and with communities, 8 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,680 on cinema screens worldwide 9 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,680 and now at home. 10 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,960 We are the National Theatre. 11 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:10,880 We make theatre for everyone. 12 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,880 Art helps us to see the world in new ways. 13 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,160 The stories behind great works help to bring them to life, 14 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,240 and hearing them shouldn't be a privilege. 15 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,000 That's why we built Bloomberg Connects. 16 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,600 An app that lets you discover a growing number of museums, gardens and parks, 17 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,960 behind-the-scenes interviews and public art from around the world, 18 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:43,520 all in a single download right in the palm of your hand. 19 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,120 Bloomberg Connects offers a world of inspiration. 20 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,560 Join the National Theatre community and hundreds of cultural institutions 21 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,920 to get a deeper look into the world of art through Bloomberg Connects. 22 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,280 'Knife, please.' 23 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,119 'Scissors, please.' 24 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:23,399 Arianwen! 25 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,760 Help! 26 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,999 ♪ Forget your troubles, come on, get happy 27 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,720 ♪ You better chase all your cares away 28 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:51,400 ♪ Shout "hallelujah", come on, get happy... ♪ 29 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,440 Yes... He's coming out of theatre. 30 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,720 Nurse, straighten that apron, please. 31 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,040 Chaps, patient incoming. 32 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,879 - OK, uh... Are you OK? - I'm OK. 33 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,840 It's gonna be OK. We'll do this together. 34 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,520 - OK. - Mm-hmm. 35 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:26,800 He's coming round. 36 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:29,920 He's coming round. 37 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,160 Oh! Here he is! Hello! 38 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:43,160 Oh, Jennie! 39 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,600 Here I am. I'm here. 40 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,440 - Archie... - All right, butt? 41 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,120 How are you feeling? 42 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,480 - Oh, God! Awful! - Try to keep still. 43 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,560 You've just had an operation. 44 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,960 - Where am I? - The recovery ward. 45 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,839 You had an operation - the ulcer. 46 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:02,600 - You're in the hospital. - Remember? 47 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,360 The nurses have been wonderful. They've been asking after you. 48 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,160 Making sure everything's OK. 49 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:09,880 - It hurts. - You're a patient in a hospital. 50 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,319 You've had an operation. 51 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,400 The hospital you built. Look... 52 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,360 I'll, uh... see if the doctor's free. 53 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:26,560 So nice... seeing it. 54 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,720 Without everyone, you know, standing to attention. 55 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,200 Isn't it? 56 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,440 Look at what we did. 57 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,600 - Nye, I... There's something we need to... - And there's more to do yet. 58 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,479 - Darling... - I'm fine! 59 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,120 I'm not going anywhere. 60 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:44,400 Except maybe Number Ten. 61 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,120 Mr Bevan! Good to see you're awake. How are you feeling? 62 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:50,840 Oh... Bit rough. 63 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,440 It'll take some time for the effects of the anaesthetic to wear off. 64 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,880 Are you comfortable? Would you like me to come back later? 65 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,119 - Oh, yes. Maybe later. - No, no, it's fine. Go ahead. 66 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:00,760 - You sure? - Yes, yes. 67 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,559 OK. Mind if I examine you? 68 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:03,800 No, go ahead. 69 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,040 Deep breath for me. 70 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,720 And again please. 71 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:11,960 Good. 72 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:13,720 Now, just... 73 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,880 All right, all right... 74 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,040 Good. 75 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,319 Mr Bevan, I need to talk through some things with the operation. 76 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,400 It was meant to be a two-hour procedure, 77 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,359 but in the end, we kept you under for six hours continuous. 78 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:30,840 Why so long? 79 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,160 Wait, you got the ulcer, didn't you? 80 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,920 - So... - Yes! 81 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,040 Yes, they go it. All went fine. 82 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:41,559 It was fine. Wasn't it? 83 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,560 You just need to be careful and get plenty of rest. 84 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,679 Doctor, you can you tell him, can't you? 85 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,120 Everything went fine. Didn't it? 86 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,440 Yes, yes. I performed a laparotomy. 87 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,960 We found a large duodenal ulcer, about an inch and a quarter by an inch. 88 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,560 Then we used an omental patch, some fatty tissue to patch over the top. 89 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,400 There were no complications beyond finding such a big ulcer, 90 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,240 which is why it took so long. 91 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,840 So, bed rest for three weeks. 92 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,800 - When can I leave? - Let's focus on getting better, shall we? 93 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,719 I want to get back to... work. 94 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,920 Oh, you'll be back to work soon. 95 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,400 Won't he, Doctor? 96 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,120 I can't see why you won't be back at work soon. 97 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,760 You hear that? You'll be causing trouble in no time. 98 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:24,920 We tell people, "No lifting for three months." 99 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,360 Can I... Argh! 100 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:28,840 What is it, Doctor? What's wrong? 101 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,279 Try not to move too much. It will subside. 102 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:32,640 What's happening, Doctor? 103 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,480 Matron, a fifth of a grain of morphine, please. 104 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,400 - Oh, God! - What's going on? 105 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,800 - Is this the operation, or... - Deep breaths if you can, Mr Bevan. 106 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,119 Can we move Mr Bevan? Bay 7, thank you. 107 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,320 - Where are you taking him? - Somewhere with a little more privacy. 108 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,720 - Jesus Christ! - Mr Dain, some pentobarbital. 109 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,280 Yes, Matron, two grains, please. 110 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,519 This will make things more comfortable, Mr Bevan. 111 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,080 He's in a lot of pain. 112 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,120 - Please do something. - This will take care of it, Mr Bevan. 113 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,119 Just a few minutes, and you'll start to feel the difference. 114 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,640 Is this normal, or...? 115 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,800 Could I speak to you... outside, please? 116 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,440 Uh, uh... of course! Uh... 117 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,320 - Can I have a drink? - Some water? 118 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,560 A drink drink! 119 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:17,720 Whisky! 120 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,840 You can't get whisky on the NHS, Mr Bevan. 121 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,880 Well, that's a bloody oversight! 122 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:29,040 This shouldn't take too long before you start to feel more comfortable. 123 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,759 Ugh, God! Uh... talk to me! 124 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,560 Uh, distract me. 125 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:39,800 I can't tell you the number of girls I've had offering to swap shifts with me. 126 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,200 - What for? - Everybody wants to look after you. 127 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:44,719 Does everybody know I'm here? 128 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:49,040 Not officially, no, but we're nurses. 129 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,439 Oh, God! Everybody knows, then! 130 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,840 Be in the bloody "Daily Mail" tomorrow. 131 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,400 No, they just want to know what you're like. Um... 132 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,920 One girl wanted to know what you're reading, 133 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,680 or what colour your pyjamas are. 134 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,520 I hope you told her I'm the best-dressed patient you've ever had. 135 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,920 Absolutely! Can't lie about that. 136 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,040 Feeling anything now? 137 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,439 Oh, not sure, still a bit, um... 138 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,680 Can you try counting back from ten for me? 139 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,280 Oh, right, uh... 140 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:23,600 Ten. 141 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,800 - Nine. - That's right. 142 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,240 - Eight. - It's funny being this close to you. 143 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,759 - Seven. - I went to see you speak once. 144 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,960 - Six. - My sister and I came down from Nottingham. 145 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,720 - Uh... keep counting. - Five. 146 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,440 I was already signed up for nursing, 147 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:46,040 and she was doing a secretarial course... 148 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,760 - Four. - ...but after seeing you speak, 149 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,999 she switched to nursing like me. 150 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,200 - Three. - She's at Bart's now. 151 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,839 We could barely see you. Now look, I'm tucking you in. 152 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,400 Making sure you're comfy. 153 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:04,520 I'm gonna look after you. I promise. 154 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,320 And then I'm going to tell my sister. 155 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,600 Sister... 156 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:22,439 - You're late. - I, uh... 157 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,559 - You're late, Nye. - I'm just... 158 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,280 How come you're so late? What happened? 159 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,000 I don't know. Archie was there. 160 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,920 Going over the cases for tomorrow? 161 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,240 Uh, yeah, I think so. 162 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,040 Did they give you a room in the club? 163 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,840 - I can't remember. - Have you eaten? 164 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,080 Um... No, I'll be OK. 165 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,880 - You need to eat. There's soup. - It's fine. 166 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,960 - I'm fine! - No, you need to eat! 167 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,640 You probably haven't eaten all day. 168 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,400 You can't be a miner's agent if you're fainting at tribunals. 169 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:57,720 How'd you get home? 170 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,040 - I walked. - Why didn't you get the bus? 171 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:03,480 I fancied a... a walk. 172 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,520 - With all your papers? - I fancied a walk. 173 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,520 Up the hill with all your papers? Were the buses running? 174 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:10,760 Yeah, but... but it's fine. 175 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,880 Mrs Richards Garw Nant paid for her curtains in advance. 176 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,840 I don't mind walking. 177 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,120 I don't want you coming home exhausted and falling asleep in a chair. 178 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,280 I'll pay you back. 179 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:35,640 That was tasty, thank you. 180 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:37,400 - Get a bus tomorrow. - Yeah, I'll try. 181 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,440 - No, get a bus! - I've got a lot on with all the cases! 182 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,120 - I've got three hearings this week. - I'm not saying you're not busy, just get home! 183 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,959 If I can't get men back to work, they'll be destitute, Arianwen. 184 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,200 - I know. - I've got whole families relying on me. 185 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:49,800 So, this family can't rely on you? 186 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,840 What do you want from me? You've been on pins since I got in. 187 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,279 I want you to come home on time. 188 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,400 Fine. I'll come home on time. 189 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:01,719 And then when you come home on time, I want you to sit with Dad. 190 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,199 Someone needs to sit with him all the time now, 191 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,960 and if you start doing your bit, then it means Mum and I can have a rest. 192 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,800 Do you have any idea how much reading I've got to do? 193 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,879 Do you have any idea what I've got on? 194 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,960 I've got my sewing work. I'm caring for Dad. 195 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:16,959 I'm doing housework for Mum. 196 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,360 - I'm getting medicine, your shopping... - OK! 197 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:20,640 - ...cooking your tea... - OK! 198 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,720 ...and it seems all you do is your union work, 199 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,080 which doesn't pay enough even for the bus fare. 200 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:31,759 I'm sorry... but it's Dad! 201 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,439 You've always put him on a pedestal - why don't you care? 202 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,280 I... I do care! I care! 203 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:37,920 Then show it! 204 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,680 You're better at looking after him than me. 205 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,359 I'm better than you at everything. 206 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,559 - Doesn't mean I should do everything. - Right! I'm done here. 207 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:45,960 - He asked after you. - What? 208 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,160 - What did he say? - "Where's Nye?" 209 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,880 - That's all? - Well, that nearly killed him, 210 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,960 and if he has to ask again, it might kill him. 211 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,599 - That's all he said? - That's all he could say. 212 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,959 - Has the doctor been? - He's been. 213 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,960 - What did he say? - What he always says. 214 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,720 Steam and tonic. Steam and tonic. Up and down the valley. 215 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,680 This is why we gotta try and get compensation. 216 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,519 - Dad doesn't want compensation. - Well, he bloody should! 217 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,120 - Dad doesn't want money. - It's not about money! 218 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,000 It's about natural justice. It's about someone seeing what he's going through. 219 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,639 Dad doesn't want anyone to see what he's going through. 220 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,800 No one's thinking about us and looking at our lives and thinking, 221 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,599 "It's not fair that men are dying in their fifties 222 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,640 "or children have rickets or women are dying of childbed fever." 223 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,600 No one's thinking about us! 224 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,959 So, we're gonna fight for every grain of justice... 225 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,240 or fairness, and... and this is not fair! 226 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,920 And if no one will speak for us, then I will. 227 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,080 The thing you're not hearing is no one's asking you to. 228 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,480 - But I... I can, I... I can get justice. - No one's asking you to. 229 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,560 - I can fix things! I can make things right! - I don't want you to fix things! 230 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:07,120 No one expects you to fix things. 231 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,800 Dad doesn't want you to fix things. 232 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,120 He just wants to see you 233 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,040 before he dies! 234 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,199 ♪ I hear thy welcome voice 235 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,080 ♪ That calls me, Lord, to thee 236 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:34,800 ♪ For cleansing in thy precious blood that flowed on Calvary 237 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,840 ♪ I am coming, Lord 238 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,680 ♪ Coming unto thee 239 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,160 - ♪ Wash me, cleanse me in the... ♪ - Bevan! 240 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:44,600 Where do you think you're going? 241 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:46,200 Trying to escape? 242 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,480 Stand up, don't slouch! 243 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,440 Straight, I said! 244 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,720 Your sister Arianwen is a star pupil, 245 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,560 yet you seem to want to get out of every class. 246 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,960 S-Sorry, s-sir. 247 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,920 Seats! 248 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,079 Page one. Together. 249 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,240 "I wandered lonely as a cloud 250 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,319 "that floats on high over vales and hills." 251 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,680 Jones, Neil, take over. 252 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,080 Loud and clear. 253 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,240 Enunciate every word, please. 254 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,920 "When all at once I saw a crowd." 255 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:28,880 Jones, William, take over. 256 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,599 "A host, of golden daffodils." 257 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,160 - Prichard! - "Beside the lake, beneath the trees." 258 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,520 Bevan! 259 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:40,680 "Uh-fff... 260 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,360 "Uh-fff... Uh-fluttering and d..." 261 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,880 "Dancing!" 262 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,400 Everyone is waiting, Bevan. 263 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:58,480 "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze." Next line. 264 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,840 Uh... Uh... 265 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,519 - "C-C..." - Enunciate! 266 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,040 - "C-C..." - "Continuous!" 267 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,240 Spit, it, out, boy! "Continuous!" 268 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,120 Enunciate! 269 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,079 - "C-C..." - "Continuous!" 270 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,440 Don't look down! 271 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,400 What are you looking at your shoes for? 272 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,560 "Continuous as the stars that shine." 273 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,760 Don't shake your head at me. 274 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,920 You will say "continuous"... 275 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,160 ...or I will cane you. 276 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,560 - Uh... "C-C..." - "Continuous." 277 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,520 - "C-C..." - "Continuous." 278 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,280 "Continuous! Continuous! Continuous!" 279 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,800 - I can't! - He's got a stutter, sir! 280 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:52,240 Why don't you ask one of us to read? 281 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,520 Because, Lush, you all need to learn self-reliance! 282 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,200 No one's going to look after you when you leave school. 283 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,000 Bevan, give me your hand. 284 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:06,960 Hand, Bevan! 285 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,000 - I... I... - Hand, Bevan! Now! 286 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,480 Say, "Continuous." 287 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,799 Uh, C-C... 288 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,520 Ow! 289 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,240 "Continuous!" 290 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,480 "C-C... C-C..." 291 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,560 Ow! 292 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,160 "Continuous." 293 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,160 "C-C..." 294 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,320 - "Continuous." - "Continuous." 295 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,720 Stay out of this, Lush! 296 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,840 "Continuous as the stars that shine." 297 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,240 "As the s-s... 298 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:01,560 - ..."stars that shine." - "Stars that shine." 299 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:06,640 One more word out of you, Lush, and I swear I will cane you, too! 300 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,720 "Continuous as the stars that shine." 301 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:12,840 - "C-C..." - "Continuous." 302 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,520 Lush, step forward. 303 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,760 No, no, no, sir, no, h-h-he was just h-h-helping, sir. 304 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:20,840 - Hand! - No, no, no, Archie, don't! 305 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,440 - It's all right, butt. - Hand out, Lush! 306 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:31,280 Move! 307 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:37,880 Move your hand, Bevan, or you will get ten strokes for disobedience. 308 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,040 - N-No, sir. - Fine! 309 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,960 Then I will cane you until you will move your hand. 310 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,880 What are you doing? 311 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:47,640 What are you doing? Sit down! 312 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,039 - No, sir. - We're not sitting down, sir. 313 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,280 - Nor us, sir. - It's not fair, sir, and you know it. 314 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,919 We're not sitting down until you stop caning them, sir. 315 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,600 Sit down now, the lot of you! 316 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,840 N-N-Not until you stop! 317 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,440 I'll try and do it... everyone, sir. 318 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,200 - Put me down immediately! - Sir, get under control! 319 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,039 I'll show you control! 320 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,240 I have never seen so much insolence in all of my days! 321 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,919 - Stop it, sir! - Leave it out, sir! 322 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,759 In your seat, Prichard! 323 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:20,960 No, sir! 324 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,160 - You can't do this, sir! - You're gonna get sacked, sir! 325 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,320 I will make sure that every single one of you is expelled. 326 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,240 I'd like it to be known I had nothing to do with it! 327 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:31,279 I'll tell Mr Hopkins, sir. He's gonna sack you. 328 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:32,960 Don't threaten me, Jones! 329 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,800 I'm gonna need you to calm down, sir! 330 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:39,200 You, Bevan! You started this insurrection! 331 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:43,279 I will make sure that Mr Hopkins holds you down himself. 332 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,160 Grab him! Lift him! 333 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:52,760 You must show him some respect! 334 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,160 Shut your mouth, Smith! 335 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,120 No, you... you shut up, sir! 336 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,600 You're a f-f... a f-fucking bully, and everyone knows it! 337 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,560 You're gonna get sacked, sir! 338 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:07,880 I always said he's a bully! 339 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,000 All of you will receive fifty canes each! 340 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:14,320 - We are dead now, sir! - I'm the one you want! 341 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,480 Stop blaming Nye! 342 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,800 You're just picking on him because you're a prick, sir! 343 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,999 If you will not learn through instruction, 344 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,080 then you will learn through pain. 345 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,080 Oh, here you are. Can't find the doctor anywhere. 346 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,240 Shh! He's just been. 347 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:43,440 Did I miss him? 348 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,280 Nye was in a lot of pain, so they sedated him. 349 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,920 - Is he...? - He's sleeping. 350 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,519 Bloody hell! 351 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,359 I wanted to be here. 352 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:55,160 I wanted to be here. 353 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:57,360 Is he...? 354 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,520 Was he... How was he with the news? 355 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,120 Oh... We didn't... 356 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,520 Oh? Oh, OK. 357 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,960 - Wasn't really the time. - OK. 358 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,800 - But the doctor saw him, Dr Dain saw him? - Yes. 359 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:09,440 - Didn't he say anything, or...? - Well, he'd just woken up. 360 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,080 - Right, of course. - It wasn't the right time. 361 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,559 - What did Dain say, then? - He just said that... you know... 362 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,680 He told Nye that everything went fine and that he would speak to him later. 363 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,040 - And Nye didn't cotton on to anything? - No. 364 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:24,680 Right. 365 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,720 When he wakes up, he'll be more rested. 366 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:28,760 The pain will be under control. It makes more sense. 367 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,319 He'll be able to absorb it. 368 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,480 - Yes, I suppose. - He will, he'll be fine. 369 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,640 - Well, we'll see. - He will. 370 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,120 I... 371 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,200 I just don't want to worry him unnecessarily. 372 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:43,520 Wait... He's gonna be worried. 373 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,080 - We're all gonna be worried. - I know. 374 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,079 That's why I thought maybe... 375 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,840 Actually, it's best we don't tell him. 376 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,600 But, um... what about...? Sorry, what? 377 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,360 That way, whatever time he has, he doesn't spend it worrying 378 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,400 or sad or upset or... or scared. 379 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,840 He would want to know. 380 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,880 - Think what's best for him. - I am, and he should know. 381 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,560 What's best for him is that with the time he's got, 382 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,040 his quality of life will be better if he doesn't know. 383 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,960 That was never the plan. 384 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,880 Well, plans change. 385 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,160 Why? 386 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:19,640 - He woke up. - So? 387 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,960 - He woke up, and... - And what? 388 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,680 And he saw the ward. 389 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,439 He saw the ward, and he had a twinkle in his eye, 390 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,160 - and I know what that means. - What does it mean? 391 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,840 It means... You wouldn't understand. 392 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,640 It means... he's dreaming. 393 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,680 He's planning, and I don't want to take that away from him. 394 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,520 That's who he is, so we are not going to tell him. 395 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:46,800 I... I don't think it's a good idea. 396 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,320 Well, this is next of kin stuff, Archie. 397 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,960 Shouldn't we find consensus on this? 398 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,240 This isn't a party conference. 399 00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:59,760 - You know, if you're scared... - I am not scared. 400 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:02,520 - I am not scared! - It may not be as scary as you think it is. 401 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,480 I do a lot of difficult stuff, hard stuff. That's my job. 402 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,280 I deal with people every day. 403 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,400 Housing, debt, benefits, relationship breakdowns, 404 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:11,600 employment disputes. 405 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,439 There was this elderly old lady, and she was renting a house, 406 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,400 and the landlord wanted her out. 407 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:20,960 She'd lived there with her husband, 408 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,519 and he'd done so much work on the place, his fingerprints were everywhere. 409 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:29,560 So, the idea of leaving there was like losing him all over again. 410 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,319 This place was the only thing keeping her going. 411 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,800 And like an idiot, I did something I never do. 412 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,000 I promised her I'd fix it. 413 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,719 I tried everything. 414 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,720 Nye could tell you. I worked day and night for weeks. 415 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,440 Even asked the NUM to buy it. 416 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,360 I could not get it resolved. 417 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,200 The landlord had all the rights, and he was determined to sell. 418 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,199 So, I called her in for a meeting, I told her everything I'd done, 419 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,920 and there was nothing else I could do, and she was gonna have to move out. 420 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,680 And she said, "That's OK. Thank you for trying so hard." 421 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,800 Sometimes you make things bigger in your head than they actually are. 422 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:09,840 Well done, Archie! She lost her home, and you didn't get told off! 423 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,160 - What? - What happened to the old lady? 424 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,079 - Uh, well, I don't know... - The poor woman! 425 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,959 She gets kicked out of her home - was she out in the streets? 426 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,440 She came to you for help and got nowhere. 427 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,959 Forget about it! Forget about it! Forget about the elderly old lady! 428 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,119 Forget about it! The point is, this doesn't feel right! 429 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:27,600 Well, I don't know what to say - that's your feelings. 430 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,000 You are making a mistake. 431 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:31,559 I don't think you understand. 432 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,720 It has been my main calling in life to protect him from things. 433 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,080 It's been my main purpose in life. 434 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,040 If you'd told me in my twenties 435 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:44,360 that I would spend a large part of my life in domestic servitude to a bloody man, 436 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,520 I would have laughed! 437 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,400 And then I would've slapped you. 438 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,080 It's just bloody typical that I end up with the one man 439 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,040 who's been the best chance socialism has ever had in this country. 440 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:01,000 And it is some deeply cruel joke that my role on the road to socialism 441 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:04,560 has been keeping the leader well fed and in clean underwear. 442 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,320 I thought I was going to be Prime Minister! 443 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,680 But we all make sacrifices for the greater good. 444 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,840 And mine has been my career. 445 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,440 So, I have been his dinner party host, 446 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:26,240 his wife, his lover, his maid, his confidante and principal advisor. 447 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:29,680 The one person he relies on above all. 448 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,560 I carry a lot for him. 449 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,720 Well, maybe this is too much for you. 450 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,399 Fully participating in one's own life, is a bourgeois luxury for most. 451 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:45,720 This is just another of those banal life details I will keep to myself, 452 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,080 so that he can be happy for how... 453 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,480 ...however long he's got. 454 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:54,680 We'll be fine. 455 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,800 - You don't have to stay. - I know. 456 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,999 That was a polite way of asking you to leave. 457 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,400 That was a polite way of me saying I'm not going anywhere. 458 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:06,760 Well, I'm done talking. 459 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,400 - Fine. - Fine. 460 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,040 - Where am I? - Shh! 461 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:33,680 Look at this. 462 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:40,959 Look at this. 463 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,759 This is my favourite place in the whole of Tredegar. 464 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,920 I've never brought no one else here, and you can't bring no one else here either. 465 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,240 - Right? Promise? - Promise. 466 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:49,039 - I'm serious, Nye! D'you promise? - I promise, on my life. 467 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,040 - Swear on your mum and dad's life. - I sw... 468 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,160 I swear on my m-mum and dad's life. I won't bring no one else. 469 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,440 So, what do you think, then? 470 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:00,600 Yeah, it's nice. 471 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,000 It's not nice, Nye. 472 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:05,159 - It's fucking brilliant! - Fucking brilliant! 473 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,440 That's right. It's fucking brilliant. Look at it, man. 474 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,040 My dad brought me here once, 475 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,960 and now I come and read the comics and stuff, 476 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,400 and you just sit here and read 'em all, and no one tells you you can't. 477 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,440 It's called a library. 478 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:22,040 You just gotta put the books back tidy, like, after. 479 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,600 And you can just read 'em for free, like? 480 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,640 Yeah. The miners paid for 'em all. And we can read 'em. 481 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,160 You just gotta put 'em back tidy, like. 482 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,320 And then someone else can borrow 'em after. That's how it works. 483 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,520 And the best thing is, they get new ones in every week. 484 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,880 I've seen 'em bringing them in in the boxes. 485 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,800 - There must be thousands 'ere. - Yeah. Get one down. Choose one. 486 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,840 - No, I can't. - Yeah, you can. Look. Watch me. 487 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,560 - And no one says nothing? - No. No one says nothing. 488 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,000 Look. 489 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,520 Go on. 490 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,680 Get one down, man. 491 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,240 And I just... I can just read it? 492 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,080 You can just read it. 493 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,440 - Is it good? - Yeah. No. 494 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,120 - Do I have to read it all now, like? - No. 495 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:11,680 If you don't like it, you just put it back. 496 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,400 - Well, how many goes do you get? - You have as many goes as you like. 497 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,200 You can just keep trying them all. Get another one. 498 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,000 I can have another one? 499 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,320 No one's gonna say nothing. Look. 500 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,160 So, it's not like a... a shop or school. 501 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,720 No. And if you can't finish it, you can borrow it and take it home 502 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,640 and read it there and bring it back when you’ve finished. 503 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:38,640 For free. 504 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,640 Woo-hoo! I can't believe this, Arch! 505 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,639 - Look at all these books for free! - I know! 506 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,360 I can't believe... I'm gonna come here every day, 507 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,080 and I'm gonna read this whole pile! 508 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,200 And then when I've finished this pile, 509 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,079 I'm gonna make another one and I'll read that one... 510 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,800 You know, when it's just you and me, you don't stutter. 511 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,240 Yeah, I-I-I... I don't really like, uh... uh... talking about it. 512 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,240 Sorry. 513 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,080 It's just sometimes it totally goes. 514 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,320 Like you just don't have one. So, you can do it, you can talk. 515 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,040 Why d'you think that is, though? 516 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:16,160 - I don't know. - What do you think, though? 517 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:17,520 I don't know, Arch. Fuck off, will you? 518 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:18,960 - You fuck off! - No, you fuck off! 519 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,280 I said I don't wanna talk about it, and you're still going on about it. 520 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,080 You can tell me to fuck off all right, that comes out no problem! 521 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,760 Yeah, well, t-that h-hasn't got an "s" in it. 522 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,600 Anything with an "s" in it is a fucking nightmare. 523 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,360 It mad, though, some words are fine and others aren't. 524 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,240 Yeah, w-welcome to my fucking life, Arch! 525 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:47,879 I can... I see 'em... uh, coming like roadblocks in my... 526 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,160 in m-my sentence, 527 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,680 all these roadblocks up ahead, I can see 'em, uh, coming, 528 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,320 and I can't... uh, get 'round them. 529 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,520 And then I... I w-worry about it, 530 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:10,200 I think, "Oh, shit! I s-see it's got an 's' at the start - I'm gonna s-stutter on that." 531 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,319 And then, when... when I get to it, it's even worse 532 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,400 cos I've been worrying about it. 533 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,359 Is that why you do that weird thing with your neck? 534 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,200 Yeah, sometimes I pull a muscle, and I can't turn my head. 535 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,720 And then I have to lie to my mum and tell her I've got a bad tummy, 536 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,320 so I-I don't... don't have to go to, uh, school. 537 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:31,640 And then I just lie in bed, not, uh, moving or, uh, talking, and that's when I think... 538 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,920 - You need help? - ...I shouldn't exist. 539 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:37,960 No! 540 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,080 You just need to stop saying "see"! 541 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,720 How the fuck am I gonna do that, Arch? 542 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,160 I know. You know it's coming. You can dodge it if you see it coming. 543 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,040 I do, but it's hard to think of a word to switch it with. 544 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,440 That's how I get by most of the time - tricks and switching words, 545 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,480 but it's hard to think of 'em. 546 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,200 Arianwen knows loads of words. 547 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,000 Yeah, cos she's always got her head in a bloody... uh, book. 548 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:14,480 S-See if you can find another word for "s-see". 549 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,640 "Visualise"? "Visualise..." 550 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,520 "Visualise." You could say that instead of "see". 551 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,720 "Visualise." "I can't visualise that happening." 552 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,720 "Visualise..." "Visualise!" 553 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,639 I can visualise the words coming. I can visualise them coming. 554 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,080 I can visualise them coming. I can s-s... 555 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,720 Oh! Find another word for "s-say". 556 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,400 Oh, it's hard to find one. 557 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,440 "Enunciate"? 558 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,040 "Enunciate"! 559 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,639 I can s-say that. 560 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,080 I can't s-say "s-say". 561 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,800 But I can enunciate "enunciate". 562 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:05,639 - Enunciate! - You can enunciate. 563 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,880 I can visualise the words coming, and I can enunciate them. 564 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,600 - What... What just happened? - I can visualise the words coming. 565 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:12,880 And I can enunciate them. 566 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,079 - You can talk. - I can talk. 567 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,880 You can bloody talk, Nye! You're not stuttering. 568 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,880 I can visualise and enunciate! 569 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,200 And you sound posh as well, like. Clever! 570 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,040 Oh! I can't wait t-to... 571 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,400 I can't wait to t-t... Oh, bloody hell! 572 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,000 No. No. Hang on. 573 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:36,079 Yeah. I can't wait to inform my dad I've been here. 574 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,600 - It's working! - Now that I can... 575 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,400 Now that I can now articulate my words. These books! 576 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:44,600 They can't hurt you now, butt... 577 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,480 If I can't say a word, I'm just gonna come here, 578 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:47,920 and I'm gonna find another one. 579 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,039 Oh, I'm gonna find a way around every single roadblock. 580 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,480 I'm just gonna come here, and I'm gonna read 'em all. 581 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,720 I'm gonna read poetry... 582 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,600 ...philosophy, the classics. 583 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,600 I'm gonna learn about science, history, economics, 584 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:06,000 politics, Marx, Engels, 585 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,920 dialectical materialism, socialism, 586 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,960 class struggle, ideological control, 587 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,040 freedom of association, 588 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,960 collective bargaining, blacklisting. 589 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,920 Read this. 590 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:25,160 We're all on it. 591 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,600 They denied it, but we've got proof. 592 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:29,720 They are running a blacklist. 593 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,400 - We'll never get work in South Wales again. - Is that true? 594 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,840 Look who else is on it. They're all out of work. 595 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:36,640 Nye... 596 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,840 You got us into this mess, you gotta get us out of it. 597 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,920 - How long you been out of work, Arch? - Hey, it's not Nye's fault. 598 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,480 - This is the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company. - How long? 599 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,960 - Nine months. - Right. How long has Dai been out? 600 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,039 Fifteen months. 601 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,359 - Neil? - Eight months, three weeks, two days. 602 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,440 - How long you've been out? - Three years. 603 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,840 Three years! Your sister and her sewing has kept a roof over your head 604 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,359 and food in your stomach. 605 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,400 - Well, it's time. It's over! - All right, Jack. 606 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,280 Shall we start talking about this week's book? 607 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,799 Oh, fuck that book, and fuck this reading club! 608 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,080 And fuck Marx's syncretisms, wherever the fuck we're supposed to be! 609 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:11,679 Stop blaming Nye for what happened. 610 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,760 - Why not? It's his fault! - Because we all wanted better conditions. 611 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,720 We all took issues to the foreman ourselves. 612 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,000 Yeah, look where it's got us. 613 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,839 Out of work and on a fucking blacklist! 614 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:21,360 Look, it's hard. 615 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:26,960 We need a wholesale b-breakdown in industrial relations before things can change. 616 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,479 It's too late! 617 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,039 It does feel like we're sitting around reading books waiting for the revolution, 618 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,560 and the revolution is not happening. 619 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaking of revolutions, this week's book... 620 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,799 Oh, shut up, Neil! 621 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,919 Look, look, we need a collective action before... 622 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,000 - A strike is not gonna happen! - When the conditions are right... 623 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,400 - A strike is not gonna happen. - Not a strike! 624 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,440 Not a strike! 625 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,200 The working class will c... unite around an event. 626 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,320 - A strike. - An industrial... confrontation. 627 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,680 - Like a strike. - An event that disrupts relations. 628 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,520 - A strike. Just say a strike. - OK, a strike! 629 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,040 - A strike is not gonna happen. - No, it's not gonna happen. 630 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,360 - And after this... my God, we need a plan! - You know who had a plan? 631 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,240 - The French! After the Civil War... - Stop! Stop! Stop! Nye! Nye! 632 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,239 When my mother taught me how to sew, right, 633 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:09,679 first, she explained it all. 634 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,080 Different threads, different materials, different stitches. 635 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:16,680 She explained it all, but I didn't learn how to sew until I did it. 636 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,440 Hmm? God, we need to stop reading all these books. 637 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,199 - We need to try something new. - You're all mad. 638 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:26,479 OK. How do people get power without confrontation or without violence? 639 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,680 I mean, how do the coal owners hold on to power? 640 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,840 - Well, after the French Civil War... - Neil! 641 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,000 All right, Neil, you've read this week's book, well done! 642 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,400 - We're talking about some stuff here. - It's the first book I've actually read. 643 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:38,720 I finally bloody read a book, and no one wants to talk about it. 644 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,720 I put tabs on the good bits and everything. 645 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,799 - Hang on! Hang on! Gwen's right! - I am! I am! I am! 646 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:48,240 How do the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company hold on to power? 647 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,440 They own all seven pits, and I can't get work in none of 'em. 648 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,920 They've bought up all the land, so the other companies haven't got a sinking pit. 649 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,400 - They own all the houses we rent. - Yeah, most of the shops, too. 650 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,840 Yeah, but what of the checks and balances on that power? 651 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,640 Until we talk about this week's book, I'm not joining in. 652 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,000 - Uh, County Council. - County Council! What else? 653 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:04,280 - Chamber of Trade. - Chamber of Trade. 654 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,119 - Medical Aid. - Medical Aid Society. 655 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,840 Working Men's Institutes, 656 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,080 Justices of the Peace, hospital committees, I mean... 657 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,079 The Tredegar Iron and Coal Company 658 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,320 have a man on every single board and committee. 659 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:23,200 And they make sure none of those institutions are gonna challenge the company's interests, 660 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,600 but protect the c... 661 00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:27,040 That's how they get away with all they're doing! 662 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,360 Longer hours, less rescue teams, blacklisting... 663 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:33,640 So... 664 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:37,320 Right, if we can't take 'em on with a strike, 665 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,199 maybe we take 'em on in the boardroom. 666 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,559 Huh? Get those institutions to protect us, not them. 667 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:44,920 It's too late for us, Nye. 668 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,040 Well, if they've got a man on every single committee, 669 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:48,280 we need at least a man... 670 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,239 - Or a woman! - ...or woman on every single committee. 671 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:53,159 - What's the point if we can't get any work? - Well... 672 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:54,400 Hey! 673 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,880 If I don't get a job soon... 674 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,000 ...my dad says I've gotta go to Australia. 675 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,080 He can't keep me no more. 676 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,120 - Did he say that to you? - Yeah. 677 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:10,240 I got till the end of the month. 678 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:12,720 Well... 679 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,120 You know, some of these committees are paid jobs. 680 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:16,959 They're not gonna take workers 681 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,599 - on these committees. - They might! 682 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,800 We are miners, coal loaders, timbermen. 683 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:22,600 - They are not gonna elect us. - Why not? 684 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:26,480 We got no experience in running things. We're workers. They're managers. 685 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,760 We don't actually know how to run anything. 686 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,960 We got no right on their boards or councils. 687 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,880 We don't know what we're doing. 688 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:35,760 I'm sorry, Nye. 689 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,120 It's not gonna work, and I'm sorry, everyone, I can't do this no more. 690 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:41,440 OK, OK, I'm just gonna say this, and then I've said it. 691 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,480 But there were a lot of committees in the Paris Commune. 692 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,440 Hear me out! Hear me out! 693 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,520 The whole place was run by committees, loads of 'em. 694 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,400 They were run by other workers. 695 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,880 No bosses or managers anywhere, and they ran Paris. 696 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:58,800 - Why can't we run Tredegar? - Neil's right. 697 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,200 I'm telling you! It's a good book. 698 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,800 Why can't we run Tredegar? 699 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,799 Miners, timbermen, why can't we... Right! Hear me out, Jack, OK? 700 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,720 Here's the plan, right - we are gonna read constitutions, 701 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,359 articles of association. 702 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,600 And once we know every single one of them works... 703 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,720 ...we are gonna get ourselves elected. 704 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,920 Because what's the one thing we've got that they haven't? 705 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:21,880 Black lung. 706 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:22,840 - Debt. - Books. 707 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,280 - Time. - Time! 708 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:26,680 We got more time. 709 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,200 We are gonna be more knowledgeable, better prepared, more capable 710 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,560 than anyone else on those boards. 711 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,480 And once we're on, ha-ha, 712 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:40,280 we are gonna slog 'em down with pedantry and... and... and scrutiny. 713 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,520 And then we'll just keep getting working people elected until we have the majority. 714 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,360 And then... 715 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,160 Then we'll run this town. 716 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,959 Good morning, everybody, please take a place in front! 717 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,160 We need no dillying or dallying this morning! 718 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,440 Right, come on, now! You know where you're going! 719 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,560 New councillors, down to my left, please. Thank you. 720 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:07,640 Right, then! 721 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,999 Welcome to our new town councillors, 722 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,520 councillors Bevan, Davies, Jones, Lush and Stockton. 723 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,880 Welcome to Tredegar Town Council! 724 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,639 I'm the town clerk, and, if you're not familiar with proceedings, 725 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:28,480 Mr Williams will carry on in the post of chairman on grounds of seniority, 726 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:32,760 and as long as there's no objections, he'll go first. 727 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,800 Thank you. 728 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:37,880 Councillor Bevan! 729 00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:40,840 - You pressed your buzzer by accident? - No, no, no! 730 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,920 No, I'm just... trying to figure out how this all, uh... uh, works. 731 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,000 - Right! OK, let's move on. - No, no, no, hang on. Um... 732 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,440 So... I suppose... 733 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,479 Uh, well... 734 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,880 I'm going to have to push you. 735 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,160 Councillor Davies. 736 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:01,039 How long has the principle of rotation been in operation? 737 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,240 - Well... - And for how long has it been shelved? 738 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:07,680 Um... 739 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:13,200 Well, this is something we don't usually discuss. 740 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,519 We need a formal motion. I don't really know. 741 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:16,880 We don't need a formal motion 742 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,400 because we all agree with the principle of seniority. 743 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:21,840 Who agrees 744 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:27,240 that the election of the role of chairman is not the c-concern of c-councillors? 745 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:28,760 - Well, we all agree... - I don't. 746 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:29,840 Me neither. 747 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,320 Nor me. 748 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,600 So, how long has the role of chairman been decided 749 00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:36,760 by the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company 750 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:38,680 and not the c-councillors? 751 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,560 Well, every member here 752 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,520 has been elected by their wards, 753 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,560 - and to suggest otherwise is... - Unparliamentary! 754 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,399 ...unparliamentary language! 755 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,880 Well, that's fine. We're not in Parliament. 756 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:51,999 And which part of my question was a suggestion? 757 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:53,280 No part. 758 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:54,400 Excellent! 759 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:57,120 So, as per the constitution of the council, 760 00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:00,920 we will go through a nomination and election process 761 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,480 for the role of chair. 762 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,959 - I nominate Councillor Bevan. - Second it! 763 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:08,160 Uh, if we can all please stick to the agenda 764 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,760 and submit nominations for chairman's role... 765 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,559 All those in favour of Mr Williams continuing as chair say, "Aye!" 766 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:13,999 - Aye! - Aye! - Aye! 767 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,320 All those in favour of me taking over the post of chair say, "Aye!" 768 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:17,520 - Aye! - Motion carried. 769 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:19,359 I will assume the role of chair for the rest of the term. 770 00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:21,759 Oh, no, no, no, this is not on the agenda for today's meeting. 771 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:25,240 It is vital that council meetings are conducted in a professional manner. 772 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,160 Is this even in the constitution? 773 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,680 Article 14.3 on the selection and appointment of chairs. 774 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,279 In the middle of a meeting! 775 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,440 Article 33.5, emergency submission to an agenda. 776 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,760 Even so, you can't change chairs in the middle of a meeting. 777 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:40,959 Article 9, assuming the role of chair. 778 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,280 It's all in there. I recommend you read it. 779 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,840 Very well! 780 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,480 Chairman Bevan... 781 00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:54,600 Right! 782 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,840 Well, as, uh... chair, 783 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,200 I... 784 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,600 I, uh... propose 785 00:43:03,720 --> 00:43:05,520 that we scrap today's agenda. 786 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:10,719 Oh, no, no, no, no! 787 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:12,839 You can't do that. 788 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,320 How can we consult anyone if we don't know what the agenda is? 789 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,720 Article 33.6, re-submitting agendas. 790 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:23,680 I open the floor to raise, uh, any matters of any councillor's concerns. 791 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,039 Uh, all those in favour say, "Aye!" 792 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:26,160 - Aye! - Motion carried. 793 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:27,919 Right, Councillor Davies. 794 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:31,960 Why have the Tredegar guardians not lobbied for special measures for the valleys? 795 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:37,320 Councillor Hopkins, this is your area of expertise 796 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,280 as one of the Tredegar guardians. 797 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,560 Um... 798 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:44,719 Well, now, then, the Tredegar guardians... 799 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:48,960 Maybe we need fresh blood on the Tredegar Guardians Board. 800 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:50,400 - Do I have a volunteer councillor? - Me! 801 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,520 Excellent! So, Councillor Davies, you can join Councillor Hopkins 802 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,080 on the Tredegar Guardians Board. 803 00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:56,480 Councillor Stockton. 804 00:43:56,600 --> 00:44:01,200 Why is the Medical Aid Society not provided relief from premiums 805 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,160 for those suffering unemployment? 806 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:04,320 Councillor Williams. 807 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:08,720 The board of the Medical Aid Society decided that it cannot offer relief 808 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,000 for those suffering unemployment. 809 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,400 How many trustees made that decision? 810 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:15,719 - The board! - The board! 811 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:17,839 The minutes say six were in attendance, 812 00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:21,560 but in the articles of association you need eight to be a quorum... 813 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:25,400 Do I have a volunteer to join Councillor Williams as council representative 814 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,320 on the board of the Medical Aid Society? 815 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:31,279 Excellent! Councillor Stockton will join the board of the Medical Aid Society. 816 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:34,439 No, no, no, this is infiltration! 817 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,160 This is a Trojan Horse! 818 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:40,360 Why has the Working Men's Institute not ringfenced the budget 819 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:41,720 for the purchasing of books? 820 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,640 The Working Men's Institute has a limited budget! 821 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,120 Councillor Jones will be joining the board of the Working Men's Institute 822 00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:50,000 with special oversight over the library. 823 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,560 Uh... oh! 824 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,280 - Mrs Prichard! - Uh, yeah! 825 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,159 Why do I have to go begging to the Tredegar guardians, 826 00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:00,080 writing letters from my sick bed? 827 00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:04,399 How can I get better? If I'm worried my children will be starving 828 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,799 or in the workhouse just because I got sick. 829 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,200 She's not even a councillor! 830 00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:10,520 What's going on here? 831 00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:15,360 It's our responsibility as councillors to take representations from the community. 832 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,440 I invite anyone into the chamber to question our representatives. 833 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,360 Oh, Mr Llewellyn. 834 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,599 Why can't we have more nurses on the wards? 835 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:24,840 Mr Leslie? 836 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,519 Why are overnight stays so expensive? 837 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:28,959 Mrs Jones? 838 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,760 Why have the Tredegar guardians not rejected the government's cuts...? 839 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:33,199 Mr Dury. 840 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:34,920 Why are you only passing the parcel? 841 00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,200 - Mr Hywels? - Why are the rates going up? 842 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,600 - Mrs Lewis? - Why can't we build a new hospital? 843 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:41,240 Mr Francis. 844 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,720 Why do the drains get blocked every time it rains? 845 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:45,760 Why can't we get buses to the top of the valley? 846 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:47,160 Councillor Lush? 847 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,319 Why haven't I been picked for any committees? 848 00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:56,160 Silence! Councillor Bevan! 849 00:45:56,320 --> 00:46:00,159 You have now been elected chairman of the Justices of the Peace, 850 00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:05,359 the Miners' Combined Lodge, the Labour Party, the Town Guardians, 851 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:10,920 the Medical Aid Society, the Hospital Trust, and the Working Men's Institute, 852 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:15,400 as well as Member of Parliament 853 00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,799 for Ebbw Vale! 854 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,400 ♪ Pack up your troubles, come on, get happy 855 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,600 ♪ You gotta chase all your cares away 856 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,400 ♪ Sing "hallelujah", come on, get happy 857 00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,399 ♪ Get ready for the judgement day 858 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,000 ♪ The sun is shining, come on, get happy 859 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,640 ♪ The Lord is waiting to take your hand 860 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:53,520 ♪ Shout "hallelujah", come on, get happy 861 00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:55,440 ♪ We're going to the Promised Land 862 00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,840 ♪ We're heading 'cross the river 863 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,680 ♪ Wash your sins away in the tide 864 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:06,960 ♪ It's all so peaceful on the other side 865 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,479 ♪ Forget your troubles, come on, get happy 866 00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:12,359 ♪ You better chase all your cares away 867 00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:15,120 ♪ Say "hallelujah", come on, get happy 868 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,880 ♪ Get ready for the judgement day 869 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:20,519 ♪ Come on, get happy 870 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,119 ♪ You gotta chase all your cares away 871 00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,599 ♪ Sing "hallelujah", come on, get happy 872 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,000 ♪ Get ready for the judgement day 873 00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:31,240 ♪ The sun is shining, come on, get happy 874 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:33,880 ♪ The Lord is waiting to take your hand 875 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,640 ♪ Shout "hallelujah", come on, get happy 876 00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,400 ♪ We're going to the Promised Land 877 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,120 ♪ We're crossing the river 878 00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:44,799 ♪ Wash your sins away in the tide 879 00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:47,679 ♪ It's all so peaceful 880 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,360 ♪ On the other side 881 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,679 ♪ Forget your troubles, get happy 882 00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,559 ♪ All your cares fly away 883 00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:58,360 ♪ Forget your troubles, get happy 884 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:02,000 ♪ Get ready for the judgement day 885 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:03,719 ♪ Get happy 886 00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:06,319 ♪ You gotta chase all your cares away 887 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:08,920 ♪ Sing "hallelujah", come on, get happy 888 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,960 ♪ Get ready 889 00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:16,400 ♪ Get ready 890 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:22,720 ♪ For the judgement day ♪ 891 00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:42,800 'How is he?' 892 00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:45,760 'No sign of discomfort.' 893 00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,160 'His breathing seems erratic.' 894 00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,520 'That will stabilise. 895 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:55,000 'Morphine will do its work.' 896 00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:59,120 'Thank you, Doctor. Thank you.' 897 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,880 Yeah, thank you 898 00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:32,120 to the Honourable Member for Worcester for his supportive contribution. 899 00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:34,719 Next we have the maiden speech 900 00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:38,400 from the Member of Parliament for North Lanarkshire. 901 00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:47,480 I must confess that this dying House is not exactly a place of inspiration, 902 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:53,439 and I look upon myself more as a chip of the next Parliament, 903 00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:56,319 which has made rather a precipitate arrival, 904 00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:00,440 than as one really belonging to the present House. 905 00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:03,519 And I say to Honourable Members opposite 906 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:07,680 that there is only one explanation for this Budget, 907 00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:10,240 and that explanation is this: 908 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:14,559 that in the eyes of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 909 00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:18,480 the people of this country are made up in this way - 910 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:21,959 that the great majority of them are fools, 911 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:24,839 and the remaining minority knaves. 912 00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:29,720 That is the only possible explanation of such a Budget, 913 00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:37,040 and I can only describe it as a mixture of cant, corruption and incompetence. 914 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,360 Hear, hear! Hear, hear! 915 00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:42,000 I thank the Honourable Member for North Lanarkshire 916 00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:45,680 for her full-throated scrutiny of the Budget. 917 00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:48,279 One of the functions of government 918 00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:53,159 is to try to keep the House and the country from getting into hot water. 919 00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:56,520 And sometimes it has to put cold in for the purpose. 920 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,800 So, the question of balancing the Budget 921 00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:04,479 is one which seems to offer numerous illustrations of the old saying, 922 00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,759 "A little learning is a dangerous thing." 923 00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,720 I've been astonished since I took my present office 924 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,680 at the extraordinary number of correspondents who've written to me, 925 00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:18,119 with some infallible plan for solving all the problems of the economy. 926 00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:19,440 These ideas... 927 00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:23,599 Yes, they generally embody their ideas in a pamphlet or some such thing, 928 00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,760 and when I pass them round to my experienced staff, 929 00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,600 they are always received with a weary sigh, 930 00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:32,320 because, really, the only practical solution 931 00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:35,480 is a significant reduction in unemployment benefits. 932 00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:42,040 Does the Honourable, uh... Member know that, uh, winter is approaching? 933 00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:45,679 I thank the Right Honourable Gentleman for his interjection, 934 00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:49,200 and I can assure him that I am fully au fait 935 00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,519 with the concept of seasons. 936 00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:59,120 But is... Is he... Is he familiar with the concept that half my constituents are unemployed? 937 00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:03,600 And a further three million in this country are without work. 938 00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:07,080 I'm afraid I cannot offer any hope that the government have discovered a plan 939 00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:11,160 by which they can avoid or postpone the approach of winter. 940 00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:13,599 You see, human nature being what it is, 941 00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:18,000 to tell people that they can be maintained by someone else in idleness 942 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:22,840 at the same standard of living as those who are doing an honest full week's work 943 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:28,479 is something which might undermine and weaken the fibre and character of the people. 944 00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:32,519 - Hear, hear! - How many of these workers are wasterels? 945 00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:38,160 And you know, Mr... You know, Mr Chamberlain, 946 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:42,000 the worst thing I can f... observe about democracy 947 00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:46,160 is that it has tolerated you for four and a half years. 948 00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:49,319 That is downright offensive. 949 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:51,320 I demand the Honourable Gentleman withdraw. 950 00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:52,879 Yes! Withdraw! 951 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:55,160 N-No! No! I shan't withdraw a word. 952 00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:59,199 Order! Order! 953 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:02,840 I urge the Honourable Member to return to his bench 954 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,480 and to reflect on his shameful remarks! 955 00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:10,080 No, no! No! No! The shame is on you 956 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:11,679 for presiding over this! 957 00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:14,640 No, no! No! When the... When the banks were in, uh, difficulties 958 00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:17,520 or... or loans were voted for their salvation... 959 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:20,999 ...yeah, we bailed them out in a matter of hours. 960 00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:24,840 The whole resources of the state are put behind the shareholders, 961 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,600 and the rich, when they get into difficulties... 962 00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:31,079 ...nationalising debt for the privileged. 963 00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:34,400 Christ drove the moneychangers out of the temple - 964 00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:38,079 you inscribe the title deeds on the altar cloth. 965 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:47,880 I look around, I look around here, 966 00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:52,080 and I... uh, can see men raised by nannies, 967 00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:54,599 and sent away to board, 968 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:59,200 educated in Oxford and Cambridge, cocooned in privilege from birth. 969 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,160 Have any of you been means-tested? Have you? 970 00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:05,919 Hands up, who's been means-tested, huh? 971 00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:08,120 Who here has been means-tested? 972 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:14,160 I was without work for three years. Am I a wastrel? 973 00:54:14,840 --> 00:54:16,200 Am I? 974 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:19,559 Well, you want to cut my benefits, for people just like me. 975 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:21,840 How... How can you... 976 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:29,159 uh, comprehend the devastation reducing benefits will have for people like me 977 00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,640 if you have never lived on them yourself? 978 00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:34,480 The burden cannot fall entirely on the state. 979 00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:39,040 Neither can it fall entirely on families! 980 00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:40,560 Goddammit! 981 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:44,200 A fluc... A fluctuation in the price of coal, right, 982 00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:48,040 means that thousands of men are laid off across South Wales. 983 00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:51,040 Nothing... Nothing to do with the quality of their work, 984 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,720 or their a-ability to work, 985 00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:59,560 but precisely to do with the capricious nature of capital and financial markets. 986 00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:04,679 Oh, you worry... you worry about weakening the fibre 987 00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:07,440 of the character of the people by helping them. 988 00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:12,920 I say the state weakens the fibre of society by not helping them. 989 00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:18,880 I don't wish to threaten the noble lord, but if we weren't in this place, 990 00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:21,759 I would wipe that grin off your face! 991 00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,160 You and your family have thrived 992 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:32,000 on the proceeds banditry and slavery for centuries! 993 00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:35,199 You're a collection of political gangsters! 994 00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,640 You... You use the sacred emblems of patriotism 995 00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:42,200 to further the racket of protecting profits. 996 00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:44,400 You come in here with the intention 997 00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:49,039 of rescuing this country from the evils which afflict it, 998 00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:51,680 but you... 999 00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:57,760 ...you are the authors of our... uh, troubles. 1000 00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:11,000 Er... we haven't met, but, uh... 1001 00:56:12,520 --> 00:56:14,920 ...I-I just... I wanted to say 1002 00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:19,760 how much I enjoyed your maiden speech, Jennie Lee. 1003 00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:22,440 Thank you, Aneurin Bevan. 1004 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:27,040 - You know who I am? - Oh, everyone knows who you are. 1005 00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:32,400 Charging about the place like... like a rutting stag. 1006 00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:39,600 Can I, uh... buy you a drink? 1007 00:56:39,720 --> 00:56:41,920 No. Thank you. I'm waiting for a friend. 1008 00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:45,760 Would that be the Honourable Member for Leicester East? 1009 00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:50,360 It was really nice to meet you. 1010 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,960 What's a guy like Frank Wise got that I haven't? 1011 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,640 A decent suit. 1012 00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:10,560 What's... What's wrong with this? My Mam helped me choose this. 1013 00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:13,280 Your Mam needs to find a better tailor. 1014 00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:16,200 Lost all my confidence now. 1015 00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:24,560 Can I have a gin and tonic, please? Uh, double? 1016 00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:25,960 Uh... 1017 00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:30,760 - Fine. Gin and tonic. - Two gin and tonics, please. Doubles. 1018 00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:34,240 Can I ask you a question? 1019 00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:37,320 When you look around a room like this, 1020 00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:39,880 and you see the kind of men this place attracts... 1021 00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:42,600 ...do you feel like an imposter? 1022 00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:44,519 I think they're the imposters. 1023 00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:47,680 Well, I know that, but how many women MPs are there? Four, five? 1024 00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:51,400 - There's five of us. - I feel like an imposter, and I'm a... a man. 1025 00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:55,360 We're both imposters, that's why this place needs us. 1026 00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:01,800 - A word of advice. - Oh, please. 1027 00:58:01,960 --> 00:58:07,040 You're quite charming, you don't need to steamroll over everyone all the time. 1028 00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:13,400 I am quite charming, aren't I? 1029 00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:20,480 - What's your office like? - Cold, damp and miles away. 1030 00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:22,520 Sounds like North Lanarkshire. 1031 00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:26,720 - Mine hasn't got a window. - Count yourself lucky. 1032 00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:28,760 The draught through mine is horrendous. 1033 00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:32,160 If I could just work out who's in charge of stamps and stationery, I'd write a letter. 1034 00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:35,240 Yeah, nobody knows. The whole place is a mystery. 1035 00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:42,480 Tomorrow, I'm going to the tailors and put a pound down on a suit 1036 00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:46,800 that would impress a pacifist Independent Labour Party Scot. 1037 00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:52,760 - Don't take your mother. - Ha-ha! No, I won't. 1038 00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,720 - I'll take you instead. - No chance! 1039 00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:58,520 I'm serious. I'm serious! Come on, help me choose a suit. 1040 00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:02,479 - I am not going suit shopping with you. - Why not? What else are you doing? 1041 00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,160 - What are you doing tomorrow? - I... I've made plans. 1042 00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:07,280 No, you haven't! 1043 00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:10,240 Come into town with me. Hey, we'll make a day of it. 1044 00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:13,760 Lunch, gin and tonics, cartwheels in the park, and then some overpriced suits. 1045 00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:15,999 - How about it? - I'm washing my hair. 1046 00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:17,800 - No, you're not! - Yes, I am! 1047 00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:19,920 Why are you ILPers so stubborn? 1048 00:59:20,040 --> 00:59:22,040 Oh, maybe because we have principles? 1049 00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:24,720 Join the Labour Party! 1050 00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:27,440 I am a socialist. Join the ILP. 1051 00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:29,439 - I am a pragmatist. - Ha! 1052 00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:32,240 That's just another word for a collaborator. 1053 00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:37,320 Anyway, it was nice meeting you, Aneurin Bevan. 1054 00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:38,960 Er... Nye. 1055 00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:42,120 - It was nice meeting you, Nye. - You're going? 1056 00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:44,600 - Yes. - What, Frank stood you up? 1057 00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:51,800 I don't ask you about your private life. Don't you ask me about mine. 1058 00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:53,720 - I'm sorry. - I know what gossip is like in this place, 1059 00:59:53,840 --> 00:59:55,240 - and I won't stand for it... - I'm sorry. 1060 00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:58,520 - ...not from you, not from anyone! - I'm sorry. OK! OK, I'm lowering my antlers. 1061 00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:00,800 I'm lowering my antlers! 1062 01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:03,600 - Low! Look, down to the ground. - What are you doing? 1063 01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:06,760 In a public display of submission and humility. 1064 01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:09,279 - Get up! - Now I'm sniffing around on the ground. 1065 01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:12,839 My shame is so powerful, my antlers are drooping now, look! 1066 01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:16,640 Oh, no, look at me. Pathetic and subservient. 1067 01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:21,360 Now I'm delicately, quietly, trotting my hooves around the room, 1068 01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:22,920 like a downy fawn, 1069 01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:28,200 so as not to, er... offend the supremely dominant Alpha, 1070 01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,839 but also hoping to catch the Alpha's eye... 1071 01:00:33,360 --> 01:00:38,760 ...to ask if I may be granted the honour of walking her home. 1072 01:00:40,080 --> 01:00:42,200 You really are an idiot. 1073 01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:47,560 Nevertheless, can I walk you home? 1074 01:00:48,840 --> 01:00:50,959 - Come on, then. - Oh! 1075 01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:54,599 Having said that, we've already done gin and tonics. 1076 01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:56,960 - I think it'd be naive not to do dinner. - No. 1077 01:00:57,080 --> 01:00:58,520 - Followed by cocktails. - No! 1078 01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:00,640 - Then we can dance late into the night. - No! 1079 01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:03,800 - Carouse each other into the small hours. - No! 1080 01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:07,720 Until we realise we're not drunk, but actually intoxicated with each other. 1081 01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:11,280 - No, thank you! - And the only cure is to wrap our bodies 1082 01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:12,839 around each other. 1083 01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:15,520 - Dear God! - Until there are no secrets between us. 1084 01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:18,000 - No chance! - And it'll be so good. 1085 01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:20,800 We'll simply have to get married. 1086 01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:23,480 I am never getting married! 1087 01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,280 We don't have a normal marriage. 1088 01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:02,640 - OK. - We're not like everyone else. 1089 01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:05,120 - OK. - I've had affairs. 1090 01:02:05,240 --> 01:02:06,960 He's had affairs. 1091 01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:11,920 - You know he has, Archie. - I... Oh! 1092 01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:15,439 Really, you don't have to cover for him. I hope he's had a lovely time. 1093 01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:19,520 - I know I've tried to. - I... I don't know what to say. 1094 01:02:19,640 --> 01:02:21,840 You don't have to say anything. It's fine. 1095 01:02:21,960 --> 01:02:25,319 I'm sure he's put you in a number of uncomfortable situations, 1096 01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:27,600 having to cover for his dalliances. 1097 01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:29,640 It's fine, Archie, I'm not angry. 1098 01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:32,120 I never approved of any of that stuff, and I told him. 1099 01:02:32,240 --> 01:02:36,640 It's fine. We don't have a normal marriage. 1100 01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:39,920 We don't do those chats. 1101 01:02:40,080 --> 01:02:41,800 Politics, yes. 1102 01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:45,960 The messy, complicated affairs of the heart, no. 1103 01:02:46,120 --> 01:02:49,880 We have, and we've always had, private lives. 1104 01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,560 When we first got together, we were seeing other people, 1105 01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:56,040 and we never really stopped. 1106 01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:58,920 We were never ones for bourgeois convention. 1107 01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:03,919 I know that Tredegar has a special place in damnation for me, 1108 01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:09,479 but Nye was a full-blooded participant, as I'm sure you know. 1109 01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:14,160 Look, I turned a blind eye to anything... Why are you telling me this? 1110 01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:18,200 Because keeping things from each other hasn't harmed our marriage. 1111 01:03:18,320 --> 01:03:20,319 It strengthens it. 1112 01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,520 We've been through some very hard times together, 1113 01:03:22,680 --> 01:03:24,400 and we've got through them. 1114 01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:26,840 We lost a baby. 1115 01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:33,560 Nye had always wanted children. I wasn't so sure at first, but... 1116 01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:37,319 He wanted a whole litter. 1117 01:03:37,320 --> 01:03:40,399 And I couldn't, and he was fine. 1118 01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:45,360 We never spoke of it, and he understood when I couldn't try again. 1119 01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:47,760 Now, I couldn't give him a family, so I promised myself 1120 01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:52,360 I would give him everything else he needed, and we never talked about it. 1121 01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:56,880 It was just sort of the understanding we came to. 1122 01:03:57,000 --> 01:04:00,640 And you know, his career was our baby. 1123 01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:05,839 Nye used to say our love was like a garden. 1124 01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:08,520 He planted, and I tended. 1125 01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:10,920 And he was right. 1126 01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:15,400 It was our secret place we could retreat to, to rest and heal and... 1127 01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:18,680 ...and feel safe, I suppose. 1128 01:04:18,840 --> 01:04:21,760 It's the only place either of us ever felt safe. 1129 01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:24,840 He told me about losing the baby. 1130 01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:31,360 He told you? 1131 01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:33,679 - When? - At the time. 1132 01:04:33,680 --> 01:04:34,920 What did he say? 1133 01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:39,320 Just that it had happened, and that you were sad. 1134 01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:41,720 You both were sad. 1135 01:04:43,360 --> 01:04:45,080 I remember him crying quite a bit. 1136 01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:48,840 - He... He didn't cry in front of me. - Didn't want to upset you, I'm sure. 1137 01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:52,560 I didn't think he wanted to talk about it. I... I didn't think... 1138 01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:54,560 What did he say to you? 1139 01:04:54,680 --> 01:04:56,880 - I can't remember. - Was he angry with me? 1140 01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:58,600 - No, no. - Well, what did he say? 1141 01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:03,040 He said that he didn't understand. 1142 01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:06,280 He said... He said it wasn't fair. 1143 01:05:07,320 --> 01:05:09,080 Did he blame me? 1144 01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:12,240 Archie? 1145 01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:15,120 What... What's going on? Nurse! 1146 01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:17,040 What does this mean? 1147 01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:20,000 - Well, what's happening? - What's going on? 1148 01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:23,679 I think his oxygen levels are low. 1149 01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:26,840 Uh, he's struggling to breathe deeply. 1150 01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:30,599 His blood pressure could be dropping, his heartrate has increased. 1151 01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:33,280 - Why is this happening? - It could be from the operation. 1152 01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:36,800 - Is he going to be OK? - We'll give him all the support he needs. 1153 01:05:36,920 --> 01:05:40,679 Hello, I'm Mr Franckel. Nurse, what were his observations? 1154 01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:43,160 Observations were normal, Mr Franckel. 1155 01:05:43,320 --> 01:05:47,160 70. Blood pressure: 120 over 80. 1156 01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:49,120 98.4. 1157 01:05:49,800 --> 01:05:53,120 Blood pressure dropped 75 systolic, 55 diastolic. 1158 01:05:53,240 --> 01:05:56,039 - Quarter urine output. - Maintained. 1159 01:05:56,040 --> 01:05:57,960 - Any signs of bleeding? - None noted. 1160 01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:01,600 Bring the oxygen cylinder, increase the rate of fluids. 1161 01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:05,720 We're going to move Mr Bevan to the high-dependency ward 1162 01:06:05,880 --> 01:06:08,039 for further support. 1163 01:06:08,040 --> 01:06:09,840 My good friends, 1164 01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:11,680 for the second time in our history, 1165 01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:14,560 a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany 1166 01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:16,680 bringing peace with honour. 1167 01:06:16,840 --> 01:06:21,960 I believe it is peace for our time. 1168 01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:24,920 Now, go home and get a nice, quiet sleep! 1169 01:06:28,680 --> 01:06:30,120 What the hell are you waiting for? 1170 01:06:30,280 --> 01:06:32,720 Don’t undermine the government when we’re at war! 1171 01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:35,879 - Support our troops! - Show some loyalty for your country! 1172 01:06:35,880 --> 01:06:38,560 We're at war, you need to support our government! 1173 01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:40,960 Steel production for the first quarter of the year 1174 01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:42,880 has been increased to the figure of... 1175 01:06:43,040 --> 01:06:44,720 What the hell are you doing? We're... We're at war! 1176 01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:47,120 Observe the parliamentary truce! 1177 01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:51,440 We have men fighting, no one wants to hear the government is failing them. 1178 01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:52,960 We need to do something! 1179 01:06:53,120 --> 01:06:55,759 You can't criticise the government during a war. 1180 01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:59,080 This is Parliament. This is where their voices should be heard! 1181 01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:03,400 How many thousands of lives have to be lost before you Tories can be moved? 1182 01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:05,919 Is that what you're waiting for, a national tragedy? 1183 01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:07,360 Oh! 1184 01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:09,360 As I was saying... 1185 01:07:09,480 --> 01:07:12,800 Steel production has been increased... 1186 01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:18,680 Tonight, there are empty benches in there. 1187 01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:23,480 Is it necessary to have a terrible calamity to get these benches filled, 1188 01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:25,800 and Honourable Members doing their jobs? 1189 01:07:25,960 --> 01:07:29,040 I'm sorry, I cannot defend the Honourable Gentleman's position... 1190 01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:32,039 The job has to be done, I tell you! We need leadership. 1191 01:07:33,640 --> 01:07:37,800 What the hell are you doing? This can't continue, we need leadership! 1192 01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:41,040 What is your policy on leadership? 1193 01:07:50,840 --> 01:07:53,840 You ask, what is our policy? 1194 01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:58,800 I can say, it is to wage war, by sea, land and air, 1195 01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:03,439 with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us, 1196 01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:06,760 to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, 1197 01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:12,800 never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. 1198 01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:17,120 You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word... 1199 01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:22,719 It is victory, victory at all costs, 1200 01:08:22,720 --> 01:08:25,000 victory in spite of all terror, 1201 01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:28,199 victory, however long and hard the road may be, 1202 01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:32,120 for without victory, there is no survival. 1203 01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:38,959 You are worse than Chamberlain! 1204 01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:41,040 We're losing every battle. 1205 01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:44,240 Men are dying because of your incompetence! 1206 01:08:44,400 --> 01:08:48,080 We're gonna lose this whole war if nothing is done about it. 1207 01:08:48,240 --> 01:08:50,479 And no one dares say anything. 1208 01:08:50,480 --> 01:08:52,760 Everyone worships you like a god. 1209 01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:57,360 I beg to remind the Honourable Gentleman that in the national interest, 1210 01:08:57,480 --> 01:09:01,120 we need to support the Prime Minister, not criticise him. 1211 01:09:01,280 --> 01:09:04,479 I propose the motion that this House has no confidence 1212 01:09:04,480 --> 01:09:06,680 in the general direction of the war. 1213 01:09:06,800 --> 01:09:07,840 Nye! 1214 01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:12,440 This motion undermines the morale of British troops fighting for our liberty. 1215 01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:15,239 It's not speeches in Parliament that undermine their morale, 1216 01:09:15,240 --> 01:09:17,520 - it's what they are experiencing in battle. - Nye! 1217 01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:20,319 Criticising the government in the midst of a battle... 1218 01:09:20,320 --> 01:09:22,880 We're at war! There's always going to be a battle somewhere! 1219 01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:23,960 Nye, stop! 1220 01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:27,120 Criticising the government in this House breaks the parliamentary truce... 1221 01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:29,800 Events are criticising the government! 1222 01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:31,040 - Events! - Nye! 1223 01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:33,480 - You win every debate and lose every battle. - Stop it! 1224 01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:36,360 - You plan nothing and improvise everything. - Nye! 1225 01:09:36,520 --> 01:09:41,240 You are little more than a synthetic military glamour boy, 1226 01:09:41,400 --> 01:09:43,600 - and this country deserves more! - Stop! 1227 01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:46,720 - Stop what? What now? - All of this, just stop it. 1228 01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:51,400 - I'm... I'm trying to help. - Mum and I have tried everything. 1229 01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:53,520 - Bath salts. Have you tried bath salts? - We've tried bath salts. 1230 01:09:53,640 --> 01:09:55,440 - Lemon juice in water? - We've tried lemon juice in water. 1231 01:09:55,560 --> 01:09:58,160 - Mullein leaf extract? - Oh, my God, we've tried everything! 1232 01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:00,240 - Everything! - Well, maybe we need a new doctor. 1233 01:10:00,360 --> 01:10:02,080 - Nothing's gonna work. - Have you tried a new doctor? 1234 01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:04,400 Have you asked Dad if he wants another doctor? 1235 01:10:04,560 --> 01:10:08,040 - You're making no... - You shouldn't be asking him anything! 1236 01:10:08,200 --> 01:10:11,960 - But... I'm trying to get us more time! - You can't get him more time! 1237 01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:16,280 Well, make him bloody comfortable, then! He's not fucking comfortable, Arianwen! 1238 01:10:19,040 --> 01:10:21,960 - He's not... I'm not judging. - If you want to give him a bed bath... 1239 01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:24,800 - Don't be pathetic, Arianwen. - You're pathetic! 1240 01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:29,120 You avoid any kind of care, and when I ask you to go and see him, 1241 01:10:29,240 --> 01:10:33,840 all you can manage is to look at him like he's a specimen. 1242 01:10:33,960 --> 01:10:37,119 I need you to be with him. 1243 01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:39,680 Spend time with him, reassure him. 1244 01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:44,800 I'm not gonna just sit there, doing nothing, when I could be reading... 1245 01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:47,760 - That's what nursing him is. - It's not! There's more important things... 1246 01:10:47,880 --> 01:10:50,360 - There's nothing more important! - I might find something that can help! 1247 01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:54,360 A cure? Don't worry, everyone, Nye's worked out how to fix black lung! 1248 01:10:54,480 --> 01:10:56,799 Oh, piss off, Arianwen! I can't talk to you when you're like this, honestly. 1249 01:10:56,800 --> 01:11:00,440 You're not going anywhere, you're not! You're not, you're staying put! 1250 01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:02,480 I'm not lying anymore! 1251 01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:07,240 When he asked for you, I told him you were busy. 1252 01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:10,120 I told him you're out early and back late. 1253 01:11:10,240 --> 01:11:13,000 And that you sleep in the chair sometimes, 1254 01:11:13,120 --> 01:11:15,680 and sometimes you don't have time to eat. 1255 01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:18,960 I lied for you. And I lied for Will. 1256 01:11:19,080 --> 01:11:22,640 And sometimes even Blod. I cover for everyone. 1257 01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:26,160 He's worrying about us. 1258 01:11:27,800 --> 01:11:30,280 He can't breathe, 1259 01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:34,720 and he's still worrying about everyone, so I cover. 1260 01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:39,040 Cos that's my job, innit? Protecting you, protecting him. 1261 01:11:39,200 --> 01:11:41,720 Making sure everyone feels loved 1262 01:11:41,840 --> 01:11:43,640 - but never accountable. - OK, OK. 1263 01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:47,960 Everyone gets your time and attention except us. 1264 01:11:48,120 --> 01:11:52,479 You see a gap in this town, and you shove yourself into it, 1265 01:11:52,480 --> 01:11:54,879 without thinking about the gap in this family. 1266 01:11:54,880 --> 01:11:59,399 - It's not that... - You've made me a tool to avoid this! 1267 01:11:59,400 --> 01:12:03,239 You turn a blind eye to every inconvenient truth. 1268 01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:05,120 Look, I'm... I'm scared! 1269 01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:08,400 OK? 1270 01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:10,520 I'm scared. 1271 01:12:11,880 --> 01:12:14,080 But you exploit me. 1272 01:12:15,320 --> 01:12:21,080 You're no better than every mine owner in this town, Aneurin Bevan! 1273 01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:46,520 Oh, God. No! No, no, no! Arianwen! 1274 01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:48,560 Arianwen, help! 1275 01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:51,439 It's OK, Dad. It's OK. 1276 01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:53,240 Oh, God. 1277 01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:54,640 Oh, God! 1278 01:12:54,760 --> 01:12:57,360 Arianwen! Please! 1279 01:12:59,560 --> 01:13:03,320 Dad, I think I need help. I think I need help! 1280 01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:09,480 OK... I won't... I'm not going anywhere. 1281 01:13:09,640 --> 01:13:12,559 Come here. I'm not going anywhere. I'm not... I'm not going anywhere. 1282 01:13:12,560 --> 01:13:15,520 They... They'll be back soon, Mam and Arianwen. 1283 01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:20,240 And maybe... maybe Myfi will come with them, too. 1284 01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:25,200 And-and-and Blod. 1285 01:13:26,840 --> 01:13:30,320 Blod will come and see you as well. And Will. 1286 01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:33,480 Will will come round. 1287 01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:35,880 Yeah, we... 1288 01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:38,760 We'll all be together. 1289 01:13:39,800 --> 01:13:41,640 Mam'll cook something, and... 1290 01:13:42,800 --> 01:13:45,840 ...and we'll all take turns round the table. 1291 01:13:46,640 --> 01:13:49,040 No, no. Shh! 1292 01:13:49,200 --> 01:13:52,760 No, no, Dad! Dad, don't! It's OK, it's OK. 1293 01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:55,840 Look at me, look at me. Look at me, look at me! 1294 01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:02,560 Try not to fight it, Dad. 1295 01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:06,480 Don't fight anymore. 1296 01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:10,440 Don't worry. 1297 01:14:12,120 --> 01:14:14,200 I'm gonna look after you. 1298 01:14:16,680 --> 01:14:18,600 I'm gonna look after you. 1299 01:14:21,440 --> 01:14:23,880 I'm gonna look after everyone for you. 1300 01:14:28,840 --> 01:14:31,080 I'm gonna look after everyone! 1301 01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:37,360 'Will he wake up? What if he never wakes up?' 1302 01:14:37,480 --> 01:14:38,760 Jennie? 1303 01:14:40,760 --> 01:14:42,280 Jennie? 1304 01:14:46,520 --> 01:14:48,040 Where am I? 1305 01:14:51,720 --> 01:14:53,720 What's happening to me? 1306 01:19:22,080 --> 01:19:23,400 Dad? 1307 01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:39,120 Dad? 1308 01:19:39,240 --> 01:19:41,320 I want to show you something. 1309 01:19:42,200 --> 01:19:43,760 Come this way. 1310 01:19:44,680 --> 01:19:46,600 Where are you taking me? 1311 01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:50,760 It's so dark down here. 1312 01:19:51,720 --> 01:19:53,360 I-I-I don't wanna go down here. 1313 01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:55,000 - This way. - It's so dark. 1314 01:19:55,160 --> 01:19:57,400 - Follow me. - It's too dark. 1315 01:20:04,480 --> 01:20:06,239 Here. 1316 01:20:06,240 --> 01:20:08,120 Hold my hand. 1317 01:20:12,920 --> 01:20:17,440 Only in the dark can you see what your life is really about. 1318 01:20:18,800 --> 01:20:20,240 How much further? 1319 01:20:20,400 --> 01:20:21,840 - Little bit further. - How much further? 1320 01:20:21,960 --> 01:20:24,560 - Little bit further. - I'm scared. 1321 01:20:24,720 --> 01:20:27,040 - Don't be scared. - Well, how much further? 1322 01:20:29,440 --> 01:20:33,000 This is what I've been wanting to show you. 1323 01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:44,040 Touch it. 1324 01:20:46,120 --> 01:20:48,160 Go on, touch it. 1325 01:20:58,360 --> 01:20:59,560 It's... It's so cold. 1326 01:21:01,520 --> 01:21:03,520 It's so pure. 1327 01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:10,160 Here. 1328 01:21:10,320 --> 01:21:11,880 Give me your hand. 1329 01:21:16,480 --> 01:21:18,880 See? 1330 01:21:19,560 --> 01:21:22,080 Feel the seam. 1331 01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:24,760 See? 1332 01:21:25,240 --> 01:21:28,200 Feel the seam. 1333 01:21:29,520 --> 01:21:33,880 Cuts the earth like a tree root. 1334 01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:38,080 See how it moves? 1335 01:21:38,200 --> 01:21:40,320 Full of power. 1336 01:21:41,080 --> 01:21:42,800 Like a horse. 1337 01:21:44,320 --> 01:21:46,840 You ever felt a horse's neck? 1338 01:21:48,440 --> 01:21:50,000 The power. 1339 01:21:52,800 --> 01:21:54,240 Feel it. 1340 01:21:55,720 --> 01:21:57,480 Go on, feel it. 1341 01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:03,600 Come on! 1342 01:22:03,720 --> 01:22:05,160 Feel it. 1343 01:22:07,080 --> 01:22:11,000 How can you mine it if you don't feel it? 1344 01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:14,080 Now. 1345 01:22:14,960 --> 01:22:19,280 See how it twists... and turns? 1346 01:22:24,360 --> 01:22:27,160 This is all we have to look at. 1347 01:22:27,320 --> 01:22:28,760 So, look. 1348 01:22:31,760 --> 01:22:34,720 Other jobs, you can look out the window, 1349 01:22:34,840 --> 01:22:37,120 read the paper, make a phone call, 1350 01:22:37,240 --> 01:22:39,160 watch the world go by. 1351 01:22:39,720 --> 01:22:43,480 All we've got is the seam. 1352 01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:53,320 Show it... respect. 1353 01:22:55,760 --> 01:23:01,000 Tell the truth, and the seam will give you everything. 1354 01:23:03,440 --> 01:23:07,759 But... if you get it wrong, 1355 01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:10,240 you're scratching around on your hands and knees for days 1356 01:23:10,360 --> 01:23:12,560 wondering what you've done wrong. 1357 01:23:14,680 --> 01:23:16,080 Now... 1358 01:23:21,400 --> 01:23:23,000 Feel this. 1359 01:23:24,520 --> 01:23:26,679 Go on. 1360 01:23:26,680 --> 01:23:28,400 Feel it. 1361 01:23:40,280 --> 01:23:46,040 Now... the bad miner just hacks away at this all day, 1362 01:23:46,160 --> 01:23:50,080 and it's splitting and you have to climb up in there on your hands and knees. 1363 01:23:53,640 --> 01:23:56,719 But the true miner, 1364 01:23:56,720 --> 01:23:59,799 the learned miner, 1365 01:23:59,800 --> 01:24:01,800 gets to know it... 1366 01:24:03,040 --> 01:24:12,520 ...and finds the point where one true blow will bring it tumbling. 1367 01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:19,360 Take your time. 1368 01:24:22,240 --> 01:24:23,600 Study. 1369 01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:27,360 Study what you are up against. 1370 01:24:29,560 --> 01:24:31,720 Ah, don't fear it. 1371 01:24:31,840 --> 01:24:33,480 Don't flinch. 1372 01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:45,480 Don't doubt yourself. 1373 01:24:54,040 --> 01:24:58,440 Because one true blow... 1374 01:25:00,840 --> 01:25:03,639 ...can last a lifetime. 1375 01:25:10,040 --> 01:25:16,200 And here he is, the noisy member for Ebbw Vale. 1376 01:25:16,360 --> 01:25:17,800 Prime Minister! 1377 01:25:19,360 --> 01:25:21,399 Why are we... 1378 01:25:21,400 --> 01:25:22,920 Why are we in the tearooms? 1379 01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:27,520 - You never come in the tearooms. - I visit the tearooms. 1380 01:25:27,640 --> 01:25:29,440 You never visit the tearooms. 1381 01:25:30,680 --> 01:25:34,359 I visit the tearooms. I like tea. 1382 01:25:36,560 --> 01:25:40,960 Also, I like to give them something to gossip about seeing us together. 1383 01:25:41,080 --> 01:25:42,280 Biscuit? 1384 01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:44,800 No, thank you. 1385 01:25:44,920 --> 01:25:48,559 So, Aneurin, you've been my chief critic throughout the war. 1386 01:25:48,560 --> 01:25:50,760 I've been your only critic throughout the war. 1387 01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:53,279 And it has cost you dearly. 1388 01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:58,639 Ostracised by your parliamentary party, your constituency party is furious. 1389 01:25:58,640 --> 01:25:59,880 You're entirely isolated. 1390 01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:04,080 My criticism has been entirely justified. I'm perfectly sure of that. 1391 01:26:04,200 --> 01:26:08,040 You are a merchant of discourtesy. 1392 01:26:10,440 --> 01:26:13,800 And you are wholesaler of disaster. 1393 01:26:15,360 --> 01:26:20,040 Well, let's see if the rest of the country agrees with what you have to say, shall we? 1394 01:26:20,720 --> 01:26:26,480 Mm... "Bevan the traitor." "Bevan the squalid nuisance." 1395 01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:28,760 I like that picture of you, it's very nice. 1396 01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:33,119 "Treasonous Bevan strikes again." Oh, dear. 1397 01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:35,119 "Welsh windbag strikes again." 1398 01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:37,480 You printed your own newspaper during the general strike, 1399 01:26:37,600 --> 01:26:39,040 you might as well be doing the same thing now. 1400 01:26:39,160 --> 01:26:43,000 Whatever reputation you had before the war as a principled agitator, 1401 01:26:43,160 --> 01:26:44,600 you've destroyed it. 1402 01:26:44,720 --> 01:26:48,720 Now, you're the most hated man in Britain. 1403 01:26:49,720 --> 01:26:51,160 Aren't you? 1404 01:26:52,400 --> 01:26:55,640 Excrement in the mail. Death threats. 1405 01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:59,519 You're assaulted in the streets, the security services tell me, I know. 1406 01:26:59,520 --> 01:27:03,440 You are universally despised. 1407 01:27:03,600 --> 01:27:06,999 After Hitler, the next person the country hates is you. 1408 01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:09,480 Everyone else is too scared to say anything. 1409 01:27:10,360 --> 01:27:13,120 You have the whole House eating out of the palm of your hand. 1410 01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:14,479 We are at war. 1411 01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:16,880 I am protecting the principles of the House. 1412 01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:18,719 If I don't win, there is no House. 1413 01:27:18,720 --> 01:27:20,919 I won't defeat one dictator by creating another! 1414 01:27:20,920 --> 01:27:24,280 I am the best chance we have of defeating Fascism. 1415 01:27:24,960 --> 01:27:29,520 A vote for you is a vote for the very conditions that led to the rise of Fascism! 1416 01:27:29,640 --> 01:27:33,119 You conscript men to mine coal underground, 1417 01:27:33,120 --> 01:27:37,720 then you allow the coal owners to sell that coal to our navy for a profit! 1418 01:27:37,880 --> 01:27:40,400 A navy trying to defend the realm! 1419 01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:45,760 This crisis is a privateering racket with your friends lining their pockets. 1420 01:27:45,880 --> 01:27:47,800 I am the only chance we have. 1421 01:27:47,960 --> 01:27:50,200 It is a privateering racket! 1422 01:27:50,360 --> 01:27:53,360 I am the only chance we have! 1423 01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:56,719 And I am the only chance the working people have. 1424 01:27:56,720 --> 01:28:01,600 The Labour Party has never been able to unite the working class. 1425 01:28:01,720 --> 01:28:06,960 Oh, we've spent decades trying to educate through speeches, libraries, colleges, 1426 01:28:07,080 --> 01:28:10,920 all trying to raise the consciousness of our class, and we've failed. 1427 01:28:11,600 --> 01:28:15,400 Yeah. The working class has never been united in my lifetime. 1428 01:28:16,840 --> 01:28:18,600 Until you came along. 1429 01:28:19,480 --> 01:28:23,799 With your statesmanship and your cigars and your "our finest hour". 1430 01:28:23,800 --> 01:28:26,280 And you did it in a matter of weeks. 1431 01:28:26,880 --> 01:28:30,200 Because the moment the ruling class is under threat, 1432 01:28:30,320 --> 01:28:32,800 oh, you need a united, uh, working class. 1433 01:28:32,920 --> 01:28:36,520 You need a united country to defend your privilege. 1434 01:28:37,400 --> 01:28:39,640 So, you declare a ceasefire on us. 1435 01:28:40,320 --> 01:28:43,759 No more blaming minorities or, uh... benefit claimants 1436 01:28:43,760 --> 01:28:46,839 or the Irish or the poor... or the workless 1437 01:28:46,840 --> 01:28:50,000 for the harm your class is inflicting on us. 1438 01:28:50,160 --> 01:28:54,719 Oh, no, no, it's all Blitz spirit and "White Cliffs of Dover" 1439 01:28:54,720 --> 01:28:56,600 because now you're under siege as well! 1440 01:28:56,720 --> 01:29:00,280 So, you use all your tricks, all your apparatus, 1441 01:29:00,440 --> 01:29:03,439 your newspapers and your emergency powers, 1442 01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:06,800 and you've united the working class at last! Thank you! 1443 01:29:06,960 --> 01:29:08,440 You've done my job for me. 1444 01:29:09,280 --> 01:29:12,959 Once Hitler has been defeated, the next enemy is you. 1445 01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:16,600 Biscuit? 1446 01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:26,440 I asked you here because I have a request. 1447 01:29:26,560 --> 01:29:29,640 I've called for a vote of confidence in my leadership. 1448 01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:32,320 And I want your support. 1449 01:29:34,240 --> 01:29:36,640 You want me to vote for you in a vote of confidence? 1450 01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:38,760 Yes. 1451 01:29:38,880 --> 01:29:40,840 I'm an opposition backbencher. 1452 01:29:40,960 --> 01:29:42,400 Yes. 1453 01:29:42,520 --> 01:29:45,000 - I broke the Parliamentary truce. - Yes. 1454 01:29:46,120 --> 01:29:49,000 I literally tabled a motion of no confidence in your leadership. 1455 01:29:49,120 --> 01:29:51,720 - Yes, I remember. - I have no confidence in you. 1456 01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:53,920 Still, I'd like your vote. 1457 01:29:55,760 --> 01:29:57,679 Ah, we're gonna do this, are we? 1458 01:29:57,680 --> 01:29:59,080 We're going to do this. 1459 01:29:59,200 --> 01:30:00,360 OK. 1460 01:30:00,520 --> 01:30:05,040 You have lost Norway, Malaya, Crete, 1461 01:30:05,160 --> 01:30:09,480 thousands of men have died, we've had ships sunk in the Pacific, 1462 01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:11,560 you've lost more battles than you've won. 1463 01:30:11,680 --> 01:30:12,840 You've got no plan. 1464 01:30:12,960 --> 01:30:15,160 You've got no industrial strategy. I could go on. 1465 01:30:15,320 --> 01:30:18,280 You're a great speaker, Wins... 1466 01:30:18,400 --> 01:30:20,520 Prime Minister, 1467 01:30:20,640 --> 01:30:25,040 but you are a terrible military leader. 1468 01:30:26,080 --> 01:30:27,920 Fuck off! 1469 01:30:28,080 --> 01:30:29,759 You fuck off! 1470 01:30:29,760 --> 01:30:31,960 I can't support someone who can't canvas opinion. 1471 01:30:32,120 --> 01:30:33,599 - Can't what? - Canvas opinion. 1472 01:30:33,600 --> 01:30:36,160 Or seek advice. Or evaluate. Or re-evaluate. 1473 01:30:36,280 --> 01:30:37,600 Oh, like you, you mean? 1474 01:30:37,720 --> 01:30:40,680 Have you ever compromised your position on anything, ever? 1475 01:30:40,800 --> 01:30:41,839 I have certainly... 1476 01:30:41,840 --> 01:30:44,120 Here lies Aneurin Bevan who never learned anything 1477 01:30:44,240 --> 01:30:46,360 because he was born with divine intuition. 1478 01:30:46,520 --> 01:30:47,880 - Giving him sole right... - I have learned... 1479 01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:49,520 ...to be my chief critic throughout. 1480 01:30:49,680 --> 01:30:52,840 I have learned everything I need to learn about you! 1481 01:30:52,960 --> 01:30:56,120 You've learned nothing because you're a petulant child. 1482 01:30:56,240 --> 01:30:58,159 Well, this has been lovely. We should do this more often. 1483 01:31:01,240 --> 01:31:05,640 I can't defeat Hitler... 1484 01:31:10,240 --> 01:31:12,440 ...without American help. 1485 01:31:13,880 --> 01:31:14,959 Really? 1486 01:31:14,960 --> 01:31:19,279 I need to convince our American friends it is in their interests to defeat Fascism, 1487 01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:21,400 and that time is now. 1488 01:31:22,240 --> 01:31:23,200 Agreed? 1489 01:31:23,320 --> 01:31:25,960 Universal approval at home 1490 01:31:26,080 --> 01:31:29,759 would make my dealings with our American friends more presentable. 1491 01:31:29,760 --> 01:31:31,840 I make you look bad? 1492 01:31:31,960 --> 01:31:35,200 No! But you could make me look better. 1493 01:31:37,040 --> 01:31:42,120 So, it falls on you to do your bit for the war effort... 1494 01:31:43,000 --> 01:31:45,760 ...and vote for me! 1495 01:31:50,920 --> 01:31:54,320 And the stakes couldn't be higher. 1496 01:32:01,320 --> 01:32:04,840 You seek power, but you're afraid of it. 1497 01:32:04,960 --> 01:32:08,240 You demand to govern, yet insist on being ungovernable. 1498 01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:11,999 You demand solidarity, but you don't vote with your own whips. 1499 01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:14,960 You are a born contrarian. 1500 01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:20,040 The educated miner, the stuttering orator, 1501 01:32:20,160 --> 01:32:22,360 the bed-hopping husband, 1502 01:32:22,520 --> 01:32:24,520 the leader with no mandate, 1503 01:32:24,640 --> 01:32:27,920 the brave... coward. 1504 01:32:30,520 --> 01:32:33,400 The thing you need to learn about power, Aneurin, is this: 1505 01:32:33,560 --> 01:32:36,360 Compromise everything to get it, 1506 01:32:36,480 --> 01:32:40,680 because once you have it, you no longer have to compromise. 1507 01:32:41,640 --> 01:32:45,560 That is the privilege of power. 1508 01:32:47,760 --> 01:32:49,520 Compromise. 1509 01:32:50,440 --> 01:32:52,480 And vote for me. 1510 01:32:55,160 --> 01:32:57,280 Leave the activist behind. 1511 01:32:58,520 --> 01:33:01,120 Become a politician. 1512 01:33:03,720 --> 01:33:05,360 Thank you, dear boy. 1513 01:33:37,920 --> 01:33:40,319 Good news about the Americans. 1514 01:33:40,320 --> 01:33:42,600 Very good news, Mr Bevan. 1515 01:33:42,720 --> 01:33:44,320 Not long now, Mr Bevan. 1516 01:33:44,440 --> 01:33:46,160 Victory in Europe, Mr Bevan. 1517 01:33:46,320 --> 01:33:47,800 Tide turning, Mr Bevan. 1518 01:33:47,960 --> 01:33:49,480 Victory in Japan, Mr Bevan. 1519 01:33:49,600 --> 01:33:51,600 The troops are coming home, Mr Bevan. 1520 01:33:51,720 --> 01:33:53,839 - Churchill defeated, Mr Bevan. - What? 1521 01:33:53,840 --> 01:33:57,080 Landslide Labour victory, Mr Bevan. 1522 01:33:57,200 --> 01:33:59,519 We'll take that, Mr Bevan. 1523 01:34:01,720 --> 01:34:03,920 Mr Bevan! 1524 01:34:04,080 --> 01:34:06,000 Oh, just this way. 1525 01:34:08,920 --> 01:34:12,360 Ah, Nye. Good to see you. 1526 01:34:14,280 --> 01:34:15,639 Clem? 1527 01:34:15,640 --> 01:34:17,640 Prime Minister, actually. 1528 01:34:18,680 --> 01:34:21,399 I suppose you're wondering what you're doing here. 1529 01:34:21,400 --> 01:34:25,040 Shall I put you out of your misery? 1530 01:34:25,200 --> 01:34:26,280 I, uh... 1531 01:34:26,440 --> 01:34:30,120 I brought you here today to invite you to join the Cabinet. 1532 01:34:30,240 --> 01:34:34,840 I'd like to offer you the job of Minister for Health and Housing. 1533 01:34:36,840 --> 01:34:39,160 - Health? - And Housing. 1534 01:34:39,320 --> 01:34:41,160 Thought it might be a good fit. 1535 01:34:45,880 --> 01:34:48,040 This is some sort of a joke? 1536 01:34:49,240 --> 01:34:50,680 No. 1537 01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:54,040 You want me in the Cabinet? 1538 01:34:56,720 --> 01:34:58,720 I've never been a minister before. 1539 01:34:59,480 --> 01:35:01,040 Never even been a shadow minister. 1540 01:35:01,200 --> 01:35:03,640 - Well, I thought... - Never even chaired a select committee. 1541 01:35:03,800 --> 01:35:04,960 Maybe with some support... 1542 01:35:05,080 --> 01:35:07,360 You kicked me out of the party once! We don't really speak. 1543 01:35:08,880 --> 01:35:12,479 Why would you possibly want me in your Cabinet, Clem? 1544 01:35:12,480 --> 01:35:14,479 Prime Minister. 1545 01:35:14,480 --> 01:35:16,360 I sensed... 1546 01:35:24,040 --> 01:35:26,920 ...a maturing in your approach. 1547 01:35:28,280 --> 01:35:30,799 - Health and Housing. - What's your game? 1548 01:35:30,800 --> 01:35:32,240 There is no game. 1549 01:35:32,400 --> 01:35:34,159 - Health and Housing? - It's a big brief. 1550 01:35:34,160 --> 01:35:35,480 You know I have a thing for Health. 1551 01:35:35,600 --> 01:35:36,640 - You know it. - Indeed. 1552 01:35:36,760 --> 01:35:38,479 And you are exploiting that to... to what? 1553 01:35:38,480 --> 01:35:40,360 - Nothing. - To overpromote me, is that it? 1554 01:35:40,480 --> 01:35:43,199 So I fail? Is that what you're doing? 1555 01:35:43,200 --> 01:35:46,440 So I expend my political capital with the left of the party. 1556 01:35:46,560 --> 01:35:48,479 Factional paranoia! 1557 01:35:48,480 --> 01:35:50,280 I brought you here today with the expressed... 1558 01:35:50,440 --> 01:35:54,880 Addison's reputation was ruined when he couldn't deliver on Health, 1559 01:35:55,000 --> 01:35:56,400 and that was the end of him. 1560 01:35:56,520 --> 01:35:58,240 This isn't a brief, it's a trap! 1561 01:35:58,360 --> 01:36:01,720 You've got your feet under the desk at Number Ten, with a massive majority, 1562 01:36:01,880 --> 01:36:06,719 and you've calculated the only person who can derail everything now is me. 1563 01:36:06,720 --> 01:36:08,719 I'm the one who can split the party. 1564 01:36:08,720 --> 01:36:13,439 You know... I can consolidate the left and hold you to ransom, 1565 01:36:13,440 --> 01:36:20,040 so you want to muzzle me with either failure or collective responsibility or both. 1566 01:36:20,200 --> 01:36:26,080 You say factional paranoia, I say political chicanery, Clem. 1567 01:36:26,200 --> 01:36:28,480 Prime Minister. 1568 01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:32,880 There's some merit in your analysis. 1569 01:36:33,000 --> 01:36:36,560 Having you in Cabinet mitigates the risk of a split. 1570 01:36:36,720 --> 01:36:40,120 - Thank you. - But have you considered... 1571 01:36:42,320 --> 01:36:46,320 ...that I may want to unite the party rather than merely avoid a split? 1572 01:36:46,440 --> 01:36:48,759 - How? - By delivering for the left 1573 01:36:48,760 --> 01:36:51,359 rather than humiliating it. 1574 01:36:51,360 --> 01:36:56,439 A united Labour Party, left and right, in Cabinet together. 1575 01:36:56,440 --> 01:37:01,720 Bevan and Bevin putting their names to the same policies. 1576 01:37:02,560 --> 01:37:05,240 United, for the good of the party. 1577 01:37:06,120 --> 01:37:08,480 The good of the country. 1578 01:37:08,600 --> 01:37:10,520 For the good of the people. 1579 01:37:13,120 --> 01:37:17,400 The right aren't the enemy, Nye. 1580 01:37:17,520 --> 01:37:21,760 They're just politicians you haven't worked with yet. 1581 01:37:23,040 --> 01:37:28,200 And maybe you should try working with them. 1582 01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:29,440 As Minister for Health? 1583 01:37:30,520 --> 01:37:33,280 And Housing. 1584 01:37:33,400 --> 01:37:37,719 If I deliver, you win. If I fail, you win. 1585 01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:40,000 Welcome to Number Ten. 1586 01:37:47,280 --> 01:37:48,640 Do you think I can do this? 1587 01:37:48,760 --> 01:37:51,120 I don't think anyone else can. 1588 01:37:51,240 --> 01:37:53,640 That's not what I asked. 1589 01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:59,280 I need to know that... that you think I can do this. 1590 01:38:00,520 --> 01:38:01,960 I think... 1591 01:38:02,880 --> 01:38:04,960 What do I think? 1592 01:38:06,800 --> 01:38:12,560 I think if anyone can do this... it's you. 1593 01:38:27,880 --> 01:38:29,440 Thank you... 1594 01:38:32,200 --> 01:38:33,640 ...Prime Minister. 1595 01:39:21,280 --> 01:39:22,639 Minister? 1596 01:39:22,640 --> 01:39:25,080 Yes. How can I help? 1597 01:39:25,200 --> 01:39:26,679 You have to help. 1598 01:39:26,680 --> 01:39:29,640 St Hilda's won't take my son because he's got polio, 1599 01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:31,520 and they only do acute medicine. 1600 01:39:31,640 --> 01:39:35,360 Your nearest council hospital will deal with infectious... uh, disease. 1601 01:39:35,480 --> 01:39:38,040 But he's got kidney failure as well, 1602 01:39:38,160 --> 01:39:40,319 so St Hilda's say he has to go to St James's, 1603 01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:43,240 and St James's say he has to go to St Hilda's. 1604 01:39:44,240 --> 01:39:46,880 No hospital will admit him. 1605 01:39:48,160 --> 01:39:49,800 He... 1606 01:39:49,920 --> 01:39:51,680 He's going to die. 1607 01:39:52,400 --> 01:39:53,359 Well, um... 1608 01:39:53,360 --> 01:39:56,000 There's a diphtheria outbreak in the schools. 1609 01:39:56,120 --> 01:39:58,600 People are dying waiting to be tested. 1610 01:39:58,720 --> 01:40:03,839 Can't the doctors prescribe the antitoxin without, uh, a positive, uh, r-result? 1611 01:40:03,840 --> 01:40:05,680 No, they're rationing the medicine. 1612 01:40:05,840 --> 01:40:09,480 They won't prescribe it without a positive test, you have to help. 1613 01:40:09,640 --> 01:40:13,280 My wife is being strangled to death by this disease. 1614 01:40:14,560 --> 01:40:19,240 Let me, um... Let me see if I can get another centrifuge to your town to help. 1615 01:40:19,360 --> 01:40:23,080 Help, First Minister, my baby has TB, 1616 01:40:23,200 --> 01:40:26,840 and they forget to put the legs of the cot in tins of oil 1617 01:40:26,960 --> 01:40:28,960 to stop the cockroaches climbing up. 1618 01:40:29,080 --> 01:40:33,720 One of them roaches get into her cot, and now my baby is deaf. 1619 01:40:33,840 --> 01:40:36,079 Cockroaches? What hospital is it? 1620 01:40:36,080 --> 01:40:38,560 I don't trust them to look after her no more, 1621 01:40:38,680 --> 01:40:41,200 and then they'll let me take her to another hospital. 1622 01:40:41,360 --> 01:40:43,840 Uh, tell me the name of the doctor in charge of your baby... 1623 01:40:43,960 --> 01:40:47,119 Minister, my daughter has bronchitis, 1624 01:40:47,120 --> 01:40:50,720 and we've been waiting for a month to get her admitted to St Mark's. 1625 01:40:50,840 --> 01:40:53,359 - Wait. - She needs to get away from the dust. 1626 01:40:53,360 --> 01:40:54,999 She needs fresh air. 1627 01:40:55,000 --> 01:40:57,280 Please, Minister, I don't know who else to turn to. 1628 01:40:57,400 --> 01:40:59,560 I broke my wrist, and the doctor can repair it, 1629 01:40:59,680 --> 01:41:02,760 but I can't afford the anaesthetic for the operation. 1630 01:41:02,920 --> 01:41:05,800 No, no! No! No! No, you can't have surgery without anaesthetic. 1631 01:41:05,920 --> 01:41:08,439 Well, I have to work, but I can't because of the pain. 1632 01:41:08,440 --> 01:41:10,600 We need more ambulances in our town. 1633 01:41:10,720 --> 01:41:12,320 Uh... which town? 1634 01:41:12,440 --> 01:41:14,720 My husband broke his leg in t' pit. 1635 01:41:14,840 --> 01:41:17,600 - He had to walk three miles home on it. - Which pit is this? 1636 01:41:17,720 --> 01:41:20,520 They judge me because of what I do for a living. 1637 01:41:20,640 --> 01:41:23,840 But don't I deserve medicine, don't I deserve care? 1638 01:41:23,960 --> 01:41:25,880 - Everyone deserves... - Where do people like me go 1639 01:41:26,000 --> 01:41:27,680 when we're sick? 1640 01:41:27,800 --> 01:41:29,160 I work on the street, 1641 01:41:29,280 --> 01:41:31,320 and I'll die on the street unless you do something about it. 1642 01:41:31,440 --> 01:41:33,119 - Please, Aneurin Bevan. - Yes? 1643 01:41:33,120 --> 01:41:34,920 - They say you're a good man. - Ah, good. 1644 01:41:35,080 --> 01:41:36,279 - They say you care. - I do. 1645 01:41:36,280 --> 01:41:38,240 There's no beds in King Edward's. 1646 01:41:38,360 --> 01:41:40,680 Minister, the maternity ward was overcrowded, 1647 01:41:40,800 --> 01:41:42,600 and there was a rubella outbreak. 1648 01:41:42,760 --> 01:41:45,640 All the babies were born either deaf or blind. 1649 01:41:45,760 --> 01:41:49,680 I had to put my eldest in the coal shed to keep her away from the babies 1650 01:41:49,800 --> 01:41:51,240 because she's got measles. 1651 01:41:51,360 --> 01:41:53,800 - If I can just, er... - 'My father has black lung.' 1652 01:41:53,920 --> 01:41:55,560 - What? - You're the only one who can help. 1653 01:41:55,720 --> 01:41:57,080 Please, help me. 1654 01:41:57,200 --> 01:41:59,119 There's no cancer specialist in my town. 1655 01:41:59,120 --> 01:42:00,840 We have to travel five hours for an appointment. 1656 01:42:00,960 --> 01:42:03,040 - Please, help me. - I can't afford to travel anymore. 1657 01:42:03,160 --> 01:42:05,000 Don't know what to do. Please help me. 1658 01:42:05,160 --> 01:42:08,239 - 'My father has black lung.' - Who is that? 1659 01:42:08,240 --> 01:42:10,120 There are no ambulances, 1660 01:42:10,240 --> 01:42:13,760 so the doctor had to reset his leg on the kitchen table. 1661 01:42:13,880 --> 01:42:15,800 The children had to hold him down. 1662 01:42:15,920 --> 01:42:18,840 - 'My father has black lung.' - Arianwen? 1663 01:42:18,960 --> 01:42:21,560 I want justice or compensation. 1664 01:42:21,680 --> 01:42:24,440 Or someone to acknowledge what happened to me wasn't right. 1665 01:42:24,560 --> 01:42:26,560 'Nye, can you hear me?' 1666 01:42:26,680 --> 01:42:27,640 Jennie? 1667 01:42:27,800 --> 01:42:32,320 The consultant let six different medical students examine me. 1668 01:42:32,440 --> 01:42:35,680 I started bleeding, and I lost my baby. 1669 01:42:35,800 --> 01:42:37,440 'There's something I have to tell you.' 1670 01:42:37,600 --> 01:42:40,599 - Where are you? - They won't take any responsibility... 1671 01:42:40,600 --> 01:42:41,920 '...a majority in the House.' 1672 01:42:42,040 --> 01:42:44,320 - Who's meant to help me? - '...six hours continuous.' 1673 01:42:44,440 --> 01:42:45,960 Please, Minister. 1674 01:42:46,120 --> 01:42:50,199 The almoner says I must pay two shillings for my radium. 1675 01:42:50,200 --> 01:42:52,360 I don't have that money. 1676 01:42:52,480 --> 01:42:55,560 If I don't pay, she's gonna stop my treatment. 1677 01:42:55,720 --> 01:42:58,200 - 'Please, wake up.' - Jennie? 1678 01:42:58,320 --> 01:43:00,840 My wife's mother can get penicillin up in Newcastle, 1679 01:43:01,000 --> 01:43:03,200 - but we can't get it down here! - 'Unfinished business.' 1680 01:43:03,320 --> 01:43:05,920 - Can you help get supplies to Worthing? - Please. 1681 01:43:06,040 --> 01:43:08,200 - 'Nye.' - I don't know who else to turn to. 1682 01:43:08,320 --> 01:43:12,520 - Please! - Our GP looks after 18,000 patients. 1683 01:43:12,640 --> 01:43:14,399 How am I supposed to get an appointment? 1684 01:43:14,400 --> 01:43:15,680 'There were no complications.' 1685 01:43:15,840 --> 01:43:17,320 'Nye, love? It's Jennie.' 1686 01:43:17,440 --> 01:43:19,279 'Fifth of a grain of morphine, please.' 1687 01:43:19,280 --> 01:43:21,280 - Help me! - 'Come on, love.' 1688 01:43:21,400 --> 01:43:23,640 - Please, help me. - Minister. 1689 01:43:23,760 --> 01:43:25,800 - I need help. - Please. 1690 01:43:25,920 --> 01:43:27,400 - Please! - Help! 1691 01:43:27,520 --> 01:43:30,600 'Nye, wake up. 1692 01:43:30,720 --> 01:43:33,120 'Come on, you can do it.' 1693 01:43:41,440 --> 01:43:43,440 Nye. 1694 01:43:43,560 --> 01:43:47,880 I made a mistake not telling you, and I... I need you to wake up. 1695 01:43:48,040 --> 01:43:49,800 Please! 1696 01:43:49,960 --> 01:43:51,480 Wake up, Nye! 1697 01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:53,920 - Ple...! - What are you doing? 1698 01:43:54,040 --> 01:43:55,560 Nothing. 1699 01:43:58,440 --> 01:44:01,280 - What are you doing? He's sleeping. - Well, I just thought he should... 1700 01:44:01,400 --> 01:44:03,680 - You know, he should wake up now. - Leave him be. 1701 01:44:03,800 --> 01:44:05,079 - Nye! - Leave him. 1702 01:44:05,080 --> 01:44:06,600 Can you get the doctor, please? 1703 01:44:06,720 --> 01:44:08,120 - What for? - Just get the doctor. 1704 01:44:08,240 --> 01:44:10,720 - What am I asking him to come for? He's fine. - Just get the bloody doctor, Archie. 1705 01:44:10,840 --> 01:44:13,880 - What... What for? - Get a doctor! 1706 01:44:14,000 --> 01:44:15,320 He's drugged up to the eyeballs. 1707 01:44:15,440 --> 01:44:17,640 Just do as you're told, and don't question everything. 1708 01:44:17,800 --> 01:44:19,800 - I'm not calling the doctor. - Wh... Please! 1709 01:44:19,920 --> 01:44:21,760 - No, I'm not. - What is your problem? 1710 01:44:21,880 --> 01:44:22,920 I don't trust you. 1711 01:44:23,040 --> 01:44:25,880 You're trying to wake him up against the doctors and nurses' advice. 1712 01:44:26,000 --> 01:44:28,119 You wanna wake him up, but you don't wanna tell him what's going on. 1713 01:44:28,120 --> 01:44:30,360 - You're being selfish, and I'm not having it. - I'm not being selfish. 1714 01:44:30,480 --> 01:44:32,439 That's enough. This is madness. You're not putting him first, 1715 01:44:32,440 --> 01:44:35,160 - you're putting yourself first. - If I want to speak to my husband, I will! 1716 01:44:35,280 --> 01:44:37,560 - This is none of your business! - No! 1717 01:44:37,680 --> 01:44:39,359 No! No! 1718 01:44:39,360 --> 01:44:41,600 I've been picking up the pieces of your meddling for years, 1719 01:44:41,760 --> 01:44:44,000 and this time I'm saying no, you're not doing it, you're not. You've done enough! 1720 01:44:44,120 --> 01:44:45,760 What are you talking about? 1721 01:44:45,880 --> 01:44:48,600 - You know exactly what I'm saying. - I've no idea what you're talking about. 1722 01:44:48,760 --> 01:44:50,360 - Oh, of course you don't. - No, I don't. 1723 01:44:50,480 --> 01:44:53,800 I'm talking about you pouring poison in his ear for years. 1724 01:44:53,920 --> 01:44:55,920 - You never forgave him. - For what? 1725 01:44:56,040 --> 01:44:57,680 For being more successful than you. 1726 01:44:58,160 --> 01:45:01,200 And every stupid self-sabotaging decision he's made, you're behind it, 1727 01:45:01,320 --> 01:45:03,439 rubbing your hands with glee at the carnage he's created for himself. 1728 01:45:03,440 --> 01:45:04,680 Oh, what completely rubbish! 1729 01:45:04,840 --> 01:45:07,520 He burns bridges, and it's you who's handing him the matches. 1730 01:45:07,640 --> 01:45:09,280 You've ruined his career. 1731 01:45:09,400 --> 01:45:10,920 The more chaos he causes, 1732 01:45:11,040 --> 01:45:15,120 with the party or the cabinet or the shadow cabinet or with his family, 1733 01:45:15,240 --> 01:45:18,239 the more isolated he gets, the more important you become. 1734 01:45:18,240 --> 01:45:19,840 Because you want him all to yourself. 1735 01:45:19,960 --> 01:45:23,560 You really are a pathetic piece of work. 1736 01:45:24,360 --> 01:45:27,040 Just a jealous excuse of a man. 1737 01:45:27,160 --> 01:45:29,400 You are not fit to polish Nye's shoes. 1738 01:45:29,520 --> 01:45:35,400 You are nothing but a bloody leech, Archie, sucking him dry for any ounce of status, 1739 01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:37,519 clinging to his coattails. 1740 01:45:37,520 --> 01:45:42,400 "Nye's man in the valley", you are a bloody social climber, Archie. 1741 01:45:42,520 --> 01:45:45,760 You know, seeing your stupid nose in the air and your tail wagging 1742 01:45:45,880 --> 01:45:50,280 any time there's a Lord, or a President or... or some dignitary in the room. 1743 01:45:50,440 --> 01:45:51,919 You're an embarrassment! 1744 01:45:51,920 --> 01:45:54,120 Nye finds you embarrassing. 1745 01:45:54,240 --> 01:45:55,720 And Nye thinks you're a snob. 1746 01:45:55,840 --> 01:45:58,720 Champagne with Nehru, oysters with Khrushchev. 1747 01:45:58,840 --> 01:46:00,279 And then he'd bring you to the valley, 1748 01:46:00,280 --> 01:46:02,560 and we'd spend all of our time trying co-ordinate you - 1749 01:46:02,680 --> 01:46:04,680 who you were gonna speak to, who you were gonna meet, 1750 01:46:04,840 --> 01:46:07,479 who was least likely to notice your disdain and embarrass him. 1751 01:46:07,480 --> 01:46:08,960 He was ashamed of you. 1752 01:46:09,080 --> 01:46:11,760 Well, he thought you were an intellectual pygmy. 1753 01:46:11,880 --> 01:46:14,399 - He thought you were a political failure. - He dreaded you and Ada visiting. 1754 01:46:14,400 --> 01:46:15,520 - That's not true. - It is. 1755 01:46:15,640 --> 01:46:17,080 - It's not. - It is. 1756 01:46:17,240 --> 01:46:18,720 I've always hated you. 1757 01:46:20,120 --> 01:46:21,480 How's everybody doing? 1758 01:46:23,320 --> 01:46:28,960 It's not my ward, but I promised Mr Bevan I'd take care of him. 1759 01:46:29,080 --> 01:46:31,640 Matron said it was fine. Is everything OK? 1760 01:46:31,760 --> 01:46:34,720 Could you... Could you ask him to leave, please? 1761 01:46:34,840 --> 01:46:36,560 - I'm not going anywhere. - I would like him to leave. 1762 01:46:36,720 --> 01:46:39,120 - I'm not going anywhere. - I want him to leave now! 1763 01:46:39,240 --> 01:46:44,880 You know, this is a very hard thing for anybody to go through. 1764 01:46:45,000 --> 01:46:47,840 Emotions run high. 1765 01:46:47,960 --> 01:46:52,200 I'd encourage everybody just to take a breath. 1766 01:46:52,360 --> 01:46:54,200 You are the only ones here. 1767 01:46:54,320 --> 01:46:56,800 And that can cause tremendous problems, 1768 01:46:56,920 --> 01:46:59,360 but you are the only ones here. 1769 01:46:59,520 --> 01:47:02,160 And that says something. 1770 01:47:03,840 --> 01:47:06,120 He looks peaceful now. 1771 01:47:06,600 --> 01:47:10,159 The morphine's doing its trick, he's peaceful. 1772 01:47:10,160 --> 01:47:13,040 - Take some comfort from that. - Uh... 1773 01:47:13,880 --> 01:47:16,560 He... he will wake up, won't he? 1774 01:47:19,080 --> 01:47:20,719 I'm not sure. 1775 01:47:20,720 --> 01:47:24,160 You must have seen this before - do people ever wake up? 1776 01:47:24,920 --> 01:47:27,200 There's things I... I need to say to him. 1777 01:47:27,320 --> 01:47:29,880 You have time to say them. 1778 01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:32,639 That's what we can give you. 1779 01:47:32,640 --> 01:47:35,560 More time with the people you love. 1780 01:48:12,720 --> 01:48:14,160 Minister! 1781 01:48:14,280 --> 01:48:16,119 Herbert. 1782 01:48:16,120 --> 01:48:20,280 Deputy Prime Minister... actually! 1783 01:48:20,400 --> 01:48:25,080 I thought we could have a little chat before things get underway. 1784 01:48:25,200 --> 01:48:27,400 - About what? - Your health bill. 1785 01:48:27,520 --> 01:48:30,600 To get it past the House, you have to get it past the Cabinet. 1786 01:48:30,720 --> 01:48:34,440 To get it past the Cabinet, you have to get it past me. 1787 01:48:34,560 --> 01:48:36,600 You've been very secretive, 1788 01:48:36,720 --> 01:48:40,400 so before Cabinet arrives, tell me what the plan is. 1789 01:48:42,600 --> 01:48:44,880 - I'm not gonna do that, Herbert. - I really think you ought to. 1790 01:48:45,000 --> 01:48:46,639 Everyone needs to hear it at the same time... 1791 01:48:46,640 --> 01:48:49,400 No, you see, I need to hear it before anyone else. 1792 01:48:49,520 --> 01:48:51,600 But no one will share it with me. 1793 01:48:51,720 --> 01:48:54,999 It's almost as if... you don't trust me. 1794 01:48:55,000 --> 01:48:56,920 You do trust me, don't you, Nye? 1795 01:48:58,240 --> 01:49:01,120 Well... everything's relative. 1796 01:49:01,240 --> 01:49:03,600 Indeed. 1797 01:49:03,720 --> 01:49:06,480 So, here we are. 1798 01:49:06,600 --> 01:49:13,120 In the Cabinet Office waiting to build consensus. 1799 01:49:14,280 --> 01:49:19,640 Come on, the noisy member for Ebbw Vale. 1800 01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:21,240 I've never heard you so quiet. 1801 01:49:21,360 --> 01:49:25,239 If I run my bill past you, you'll make a counterproposal, 1802 01:49:25,240 --> 01:49:28,960 and then they'll try and find a compromise between us. 1803 01:49:29,080 --> 01:49:31,959 - Yes. - And it'll water down my vision, fudge it. 1804 01:49:31,960 --> 01:49:33,920 - Your "vision"? - Yes, my vision. 1805 01:49:34,040 --> 01:49:36,800 - You mean your bill. - No, my vision. 1806 01:49:36,920 --> 01:49:39,720 - You've only been here a few months. - I'm the minister for Health and Housing. 1807 01:49:39,840 --> 01:49:42,880 Yes, so everybody keeps telling me, but still... I find it hard to believe. 1808 01:49:43,000 --> 01:49:45,000 I'm a minister. Clem appointed. 1809 01:49:45,160 --> 01:49:48,240 When I think about it, it gives me two feelings at the same time. 1810 01:49:48,360 --> 01:49:51,480 I feel excited slash alarmed. 1811 01:49:51,600 --> 01:49:54,400 Two feelings at the same time. 1812 01:49:54,520 --> 01:49:56,520 It's uncomfortable. 1813 01:49:56,680 --> 01:50:01,080 So, how about you put me out of my discomfort 1814 01:50:01,200 --> 01:50:02,920 and you share your vision with me? 1815 01:50:04,600 --> 01:50:06,000 I'm giving you a chance. 1816 01:50:06,880 --> 01:50:10,240 Do you want to get your nose bloody here with me now, 1817 01:50:10,840 --> 01:50:13,880 or in front of everyone else? 1818 01:50:26,280 --> 01:50:28,080 Ugh! OK. 1819 01:50:30,760 --> 01:50:34,040 Well, the health service is... 1820 01:50:35,320 --> 01:50:37,680 ...a complex mess. 1821 01:50:37,800 --> 01:50:41,640 It's impossible to navigate... and grossly unfair. 1822 01:50:42,520 --> 01:50:46,720 The voluntary hospitals serve the rich, the council hospitals serve the poor. 1823 01:50:46,840 --> 01:50:49,480 The rich cities have all the facilities, all the specialists, 1824 01:50:49,600 --> 01:50:53,720 and the... the poor regions are stuck with Victorian hospitals falling apart. 1825 01:50:53,840 --> 01:50:58,200 so... so we're left with an uneven service across the country, 1826 01:50:58,320 --> 01:51:03,240 where poverty is a disability, and wealth is advantage. 1827 01:51:03,400 --> 01:51:07,640 You know, in Sunderland, one GP has to cover 18,000 people, 1828 01:51:07,760 --> 01:51:11,600 but in Chelsea, oh... one doctor has 200 patients. 1829 01:51:12,720 --> 01:51:15,359 People are dying from preventable illness and disease 1830 01:51:15,360 --> 01:51:17,000 because they can't get seen. 1831 01:51:17,160 --> 01:51:21,240 Or they have to travel too far or... or the cost of treatment is too much. 1832 01:51:22,560 --> 01:51:24,320 So...? 1833 01:51:26,400 --> 01:51:28,080 So... 1834 01:51:29,240 --> 01:51:32,960 Back home in Tredegar... 1835 01:51:34,800 --> 01:51:38,720 ...we have a Medical Aid Society. 1836 01:51:38,840 --> 01:51:40,760 All the miners pay into it every week, 1837 01:51:40,880 --> 01:51:44,040 and it covers the cost of six doctors and six nurses 1838 01:51:44,200 --> 01:51:45,760 who take care of the whole town. 1839 01:51:45,880 --> 01:51:47,880 There are friendly medical societies all over the country. 1840 01:51:48,000 --> 01:51:49,439 This is what's different about ours. 1841 01:51:49,440 --> 01:51:53,120 The Tredegar Medical Aid Society covers not only those who put in, 1842 01:51:53,280 --> 01:51:54,960 but also those who don't. 1843 01:51:55,080 --> 01:51:57,160 Women, children, the elderly, 1844 01:51:57,280 --> 01:52:01,320 in Tredegar, everyone gets the same health care as the working men. 1845 01:52:02,560 --> 01:52:04,599 And it works. 1846 01:52:04,600 --> 01:52:07,000 So, I want to... 1847 01:52:08,440 --> 01:52:09,840 Well... 1848 01:52:10,720 --> 01:52:14,280 I want to Tredegarise the whole country. 1849 01:52:14,440 --> 01:52:17,279 You know, a uniform service, so no matter where you are, 1850 01:52:17,280 --> 01:52:21,440 you can get the same healthcare as everyone else... free... 1851 01:52:22,800 --> 01:52:24,160 ...at the point of need. 1852 01:52:25,240 --> 01:52:26,840 That's your vision? 1853 01:52:26,960 --> 01:52:29,520 - Do what you did back home? - Exactly. 1854 01:52:29,640 --> 01:52:32,800 You want to take a model that worked on a town of 10,000 1855 01:52:32,920 --> 01:52:35,640 and apply it to a country of 50 million. 1856 01:52:35,800 --> 01:52:37,480 Well... 1857 01:52:38,680 --> 01:52:41,640 It would mean nationalising the hospitals. 1858 01:52:43,720 --> 01:52:45,400 Go on. 1859 01:52:46,560 --> 01:52:51,919 Well, uh... uh, nationalise the hospitals, um... 1860 01:52:51,920 --> 01:52:57,840 doctors on a salary, and funded by central government. 1861 01:52:59,120 --> 01:53:02,199 I see. Very simple, isn't it? 1862 01:53:02,200 --> 01:53:04,000 Yes, it is, yeah. 1863 01:53:04,120 --> 01:53:06,319 Very simple. 1864 01:53:06,320 --> 01:53:12,079 I suppose the challenges are, the doctors won't agree to make any changes, 1865 01:53:12,080 --> 01:53:14,520 and they can make a handsome living charging patients privately. 1866 01:53:14,640 --> 01:53:17,040 - Yes... - Then, the Labour-run councils... 1867 01:53:17,160 --> 01:53:19,640 They take a great deal of pride in the hospitals they run, 1868 01:53:19,760 --> 01:53:21,360 - won't give them up without a fight. - No doubt. 1869 01:53:21,480 --> 01:53:23,640 On top of that, you've got the voluntary hospitals. 1870 01:53:23,760 --> 01:53:26,640 They won't give up their endowments, their prestige in teaching, 1871 01:53:26,760 --> 01:53:28,119 and they'll be backed by the Tories, 1872 01:53:28,120 --> 01:53:30,719 because all Tories love to donate to the voluntary hospitals 1873 01:53:30,720 --> 01:53:32,400 to assuage their midnight guilt. 1874 01:53:32,520 --> 01:53:38,040 So, when I think about it, you're sort of picking three fights at once. 1875 01:53:39,040 --> 01:53:40,000 It seems a bit much. 1876 01:53:40,120 --> 01:53:43,400 We need control of the voluntary hospitals cos that's where the consultants are. 1877 01:53:43,560 --> 01:53:46,320 Yes, and we can give them to the local councils to run. 1878 01:53:46,440 --> 01:53:47,640 One less battle. 1879 01:53:47,760 --> 01:53:50,560 Health service run by local government, not central government. 1880 01:53:50,680 --> 01:53:54,640 But local taxation means that the rich cities get all the best doctors and the best hospitals 1881 01:53:54,800 --> 01:53:56,400 and the... the poor have to make do. 1882 01:53:56,520 --> 01:53:59,680 People are already having surgery without anaesthetic because they can't afford it. 1883 01:53:59,800 --> 01:54:03,639 No, no. No, a universal service needs to be funded by central government. 1884 01:54:03,640 --> 01:54:06,319 But local government has a far more nuanced understanding 1885 01:54:06,320 --> 01:54:08,000 of each area's healthcare needs. 1886 01:54:08,120 --> 01:54:10,440 - What's the biggest obstacle? - The doctors. 1887 01:54:10,560 --> 01:54:12,360 So, how do we get them onside? 1888 01:54:12,480 --> 01:54:13,560 I don't know. 1889 01:54:13,680 --> 01:54:17,079 No Health minister has ever persuaded the British Medical Association 1890 01:54:17,080 --> 01:54:20,120 to agree to anything. 1891 01:54:20,240 --> 01:54:21,560 Their union is enormous. 1892 01:54:21,680 --> 01:54:25,120 Exactly! So, we need to break their union. 1893 01:54:28,400 --> 01:54:32,159 I'm sorry, did you just say that? 1894 01:54:32,160 --> 01:54:34,000 They're middle class, it's fine. 1895 01:54:37,400 --> 01:54:39,480 How do you intend to break the union? 1896 01:54:39,600 --> 01:54:41,920 Pressure, and I can only get pressure 1897 01:54:42,040 --> 01:54:45,840 by nationalising all the hospitals at the same time. A blitzkrieg. 1898 01:54:45,960 --> 01:54:47,519 If it's a gradual approach, 1899 01:54:47,520 --> 01:54:50,360 the Tories will just unpick everything when they're next in power. 1900 01:54:50,480 --> 01:54:54,400 It has to be a shock of change to show the country what's possible. 1901 01:54:54,520 --> 01:54:59,160 You know, the only way this is gonna last is if it's short, sharp, and deep. 1902 01:54:59,320 --> 01:55:03,720 A health service free at the point of use based on clinical need, 1903 01:55:03,840 --> 01:55:05,359 not the ability to pay. 1904 01:55:05,360 --> 01:55:08,040 It's simple to understand and difficult to undermine. 1905 01:55:08,160 --> 01:55:10,639 I mean, the execution of it won't be perfect, Herbert, 1906 01:55:10,640 --> 01:55:14,560 but... it will be the closest we'll get. 1907 01:55:16,200 --> 01:55:18,400 It's all a bit dramatic for my taste. 1908 01:55:19,360 --> 01:55:22,400 Thank you for sharing with me, but I'm not convinced. 1909 01:55:22,520 --> 01:55:23,880 I'll be opposing in Cabinet. 1910 01:55:24,000 --> 01:55:26,160 What? Why? 1911 01:55:26,280 --> 01:55:29,839 Because it's what a responsible Labour government should do. 1912 01:55:29,840 --> 01:55:31,040 What's that supposed to mean? 1913 01:55:31,160 --> 01:55:35,400 It means we're not going to undermine our friends in local government. 1914 01:55:35,520 --> 01:55:36,800 Why not? 1915 01:55:36,920 --> 01:55:38,640 Because we look after our own. 1916 01:55:38,760 --> 01:55:40,840 Why? 1917 01:55:40,960 --> 01:55:43,640 You haven't the faintest idea how this works. 1918 01:55:43,760 --> 01:55:46,880 You have the audacity to ask me... 1919 01:55:47,400 --> 01:55:50,440 ...the Deputy Prime Minister... why? 1920 01:55:50,560 --> 01:55:54,519 You're not actually Deputy Prime Minister, you're Lord's President of the Council. 1921 01:55:54,520 --> 01:55:56,800 You just like to call yourself Deputy Prime Minister. 1922 01:55:56,920 --> 01:55:59,760 - Why won't you work with me on this? - Because it is beneath me! 1923 01:55:59,880 --> 01:56:01,320 Why? 1924 01:56:01,440 --> 01:56:04,440 Clem stuck you in here to shore up his position, 1925 01:56:04,560 --> 01:56:07,080 and now I'm meant to take you seriously. 1926 01:56:07,200 --> 01:56:12,120 You have no ministerial acuity, no talent for governance. It's ridiculous. 1927 01:56:12,240 --> 01:56:17,880 I am here running committees, writing policies, maintaining discipline, 1928 01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:24,120 working every damned hour God sends to make this thing finally electable, 1929 01:56:24,240 --> 01:56:28,640 and when we get in, we give you a seat at the table. 1930 01:56:28,760 --> 01:56:32,120 And what's more, you actually think you deserve it! 1931 01:56:32,240 --> 01:56:35,519 Your sense of entitlement - you swan around 1932 01:56:35,520 --> 01:56:40,680 like some film star dazzling the membership with your wit and your charm, 1933 01:56:40,840 --> 01:56:45,000 and your stupid fucking hair! 1934 01:56:45,160 --> 01:56:48,479 Shagging your way through conference, promising them the world, 1935 01:56:48,480 --> 01:56:52,520 when you don't have the faintest idea how to deliver it. 1936 01:56:53,240 --> 01:56:54,960 The thing about applying pressure, 1937 01:56:55,080 --> 01:56:59,799 you only apply what you can withstand yourself. 1938 01:56:59,800 --> 01:57:05,760 They will do as I say because I am the Labour Party, not you! 1939 01:57:07,560 --> 01:57:11,200 Oh... we're all here, are we? 1940 01:57:11,320 --> 01:57:14,560 Yes, the Minister for Health and I, we were just discussing... 1941 01:57:14,680 --> 01:57:17,040 ...how Herbert is actually in charge, 1942 01:57:17,160 --> 01:57:19,840 and how he'd rather help his friends in local government 1943 01:57:19,960 --> 01:57:21,920 - than the rest of the country. - I see. 1944 01:57:22,080 --> 01:57:25,039 - That's not quite right... - I think we've heard enough. 1945 01:57:25,040 --> 01:57:30,120 All those in favour of Nye's bill, raise a hand. 1946 01:57:30,240 --> 01:57:32,639 Congratulations, Nye. 1947 01:57:32,640 --> 01:57:36,800 It seems you now have Cabinet backing. 1948 01:57:36,960 --> 01:57:39,680 - You can't be serious... - Chaps! 1949 01:57:41,360 --> 01:57:43,520 He's twisted what I've said. 1950 01:57:43,640 --> 01:57:45,360 I should have my own desk. 1951 01:57:45,480 --> 01:57:49,000 I am the Deputy Prime Minister! 1952 01:57:50,960 --> 01:57:54,000 Now... the doctors. 1953 01:57:54,120 --> 01:57:56,600 The doctors have destroyed the careers 1954 01:57:56,720 --> 01:57:59,960 of every single health minister for the past 15 years. 1955 01:58:00,520 --> 01:58:03,600 No one has ever come close to defeating them. 1956 01:58:03,720 --> 01:58:08,480 Your task is to persuade the most conservative profession in the country 1957 01:58:08,600 --> 01:58:13,560 to accept and operate our most socialist programme. 1958 01:58:14,280 --> 01:58:16,200 Hit them for six! 1959 01:58:27,160 --> 01:58:28,520 Hello? 1960 01:58:30,760 --> 01:58:32,120 I'm... 1961 01:58:33,960 --> 01:58:36,240 I'm the new health minister. 1962 01:58:37,240 --> 01:58:40,280 Aneurin... uh, Bevan. 1963 01:58:41,720 --> 01:58:43,160 Who am I negotiating with? 1964 01:58:43,280 --> 01:58:45,960 'You are negotiating with the whole council.' 1965 01:58:46,120 --> 01:58:47,560 And who is your leader? 1966 01:58:47,680 --> 01:58:49,800 'We're spokesmen, not leaders.' 1967 01:58:50,680 --> 01:58:53,640 Well, it's quite hard to negotiate with an organisation without a leader. 1968 01:58:58,440 --> 01:59:01,000 Well, uh... let's try and find some common ground. 1969 01:59:01,120 --> 01:59:06,680 Right? Um... what are our differences? Can you be specific? 1970 01:59:06,800 --> 01:59:11,999 'One: no full-time salaried service for general practitioners. 1971 01:59:12,000 --> 01:59:17,720 'Two: doctors will be free to practise without state interference. 1972 01:59:17,840 --> 01:59:21,920 'Three: doctors will practise anywhere they choose. 1973 01:59:22,080 --> 01:59:25,800 'Four: the whole service will be run on voluntary hospitals.' 1974 01:59:25,920 --> 01:59:29,640 'Five: Adequate medical representation on all boards.' 1975 01:59:29,800 --> 01:59:33,119 And which of those is your priority in these negotiations? 1976 01:59:33,120 --> 01:59:34,960 - 'Two.' - 'Five.' - 'Three.' 1977 01:59:36,280 --> 01:59:38,240 Who am I meant to listen to? 1978 01:59:38,360 --> 01:59:40,400 You all want different things. 1979 01:59:41,080 --> 01:59:43,920 Or is that why it's easier just to keep things the way they are, huh? 1980 01:59:44,040 --> 01:59:46,360 So you don't have to find consensus? 1981 01:59:47,120 --> 01:59:53,520 I-I don't think your members actually have as big an issue with my bill as you say. 1982 01:59:53,640 --> 01:59:58,159 So, if it's not really the bill, what specifically are you opposed to? 1983 01:59:58,160 --> 01:59:59,320 'You!' 1984 02:00:00,960 --> 02:00:02,879 I see. 1985 02:00:02,880 --> 02:00:08,000 Then I should make my... uh, position clear on those points you raised. 1986 02:00:08,160 --> 02:00:10,240 I will concede this: 1987 02:00:11,520 --> 02:00:13,519 Absolutely nothing! 1988 02:00:13,520 --> 02:00:18,120 "Bevan treated an unworthy profession with the contemptuous derision 1989 02:00:18,280 --> 02:00:20,960 - "of which he is a master." - Well, yes, I... 1990 02:00:21,080 --> 02:00:23,480 "Bevan to bully the BMA and failed." 1991 02:00:23,600 --> 02:00:25,400 It's not bullying, it's negotiating. 1992 02:00:25,520 --> 02:00:26,920 What am I going to do with you? 1993 02:00:27,040 --> 02:00:28,560 Nothing, I... I just need time. 1994 02:00:28,680 --> 02:00:31,040 Worst first innings we could have asked for. 1995 02:00:31,160 --> 02:00:33,599 I just need more time. I need you to hold your nerve. 1996 02:00:33,600 --> 02:00:38,240 We cannot have our landmark bill undermined by an entire profession. 1997 02:00:38,400 --> 02:00:40,399 I think I need to ask for a special debate in Parliament. 1998 02:00:40,400 --> 02:00:42,319 What for? We got the bill through, it's law. 1999 02:00:42,320 --> 02:00:43,959 I need to put them under pressure. 2000 02:00:43,960 --> 02:00:48,160 Another debate gives Churchill one more chance to rile up the BMA. 2001 02:00:48,280 --> 02:00:50,640 Another debate allows me to speak directly to members. 2002 02:00:50,760 --> 02:00:52,200 They'll hear what I'm saying in the press. 2003 02:00:52,360 --> 02:00:54,960 No, go back out there and find a way through. 2004 02:00:55,080 --> 02:00:57,480 But if we can just have the debate, then my plan will... 2005 02:00:57,600 --> 02:01:02,199 Your plan is, "persuade the doctors to change their minds". 2006 02:01:02,200 --> 02:01:05,640 Or I'll get someone else to do it. 2007 02:01:10,440 --> 02:01:12,160 Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. 2008 02:01:13,680 --> 02:01:16,680 Maybe if we, uh... get to know each other a little better, 2009 02:01:16,840 --> 02:01:20,239 things can be more collegiate. 2010 02:01:20,240 --> 02:01:23,880 Uh, you, sir, what's your speciality? 2011 02:01:24,040 --> 02:01:28,680 'I'm the president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 2012 02:01:28,800 --> 02:01:31,840 'I'm responsible for every pregnant woman in the country.' 2013 02:01:33,080 --> 02:01:35,360 Well, that's just boasting. 2014 02:01:39,800 --> 02:01:42,880 And look... look, I've heard some of what you've been saying... 2015 02:01:43,000 --> 02:01:45,080 uh... on the radio and in the press. 2016 02:01:45,200 --> 02:01:48,440 I'm not the power-mad monster you think I am. 2017 02:01:49,120 --> 02:01:52,119 If there is to be a National Health Service, well... 2018 02:01:52,120 --> 02:01:54,999 the power to administer it has to reside somewhere. 2019 02:01:55,000 --> 02:01:58,240 'You are answerable to no one but yourself.' 2020 02:01:58,360 --> 02:02:00,040 I'm answerable to Parliament. 2021 02:02:00,160 --> 02:02:04,200 'The state's control of medicine will destroy the doctors' clinical freedom. 2022 02:02:04,360 --> 02:02:07,279 'The state will come between the doctor and patient.' 2023 02:02:07,280 --> 02:02:13,120 'It jeopardises our Hippocratic Oath to serve and only serve our patient.' 2024 02:02:13,240 --> 02:02:15,960 The doctor-patient relationship is sacred to you. 2025 02:02:16,120 --> 02:02:17,079 'Yes.' 2026 02:02:17,080 --> 02:02:19,920 There can be no interference in that relationship. 2027 02:02:20,040 --> 02:02:21,000 'No.' 2028 02:02:21,120 --> 02:02:24,320 So, is it not an interference when the patient can't afford the doctor? 2029 02:02:24,920 --> 02:02:28,200 When the patient can't afford the medicine or the surgery? 2030 02:02:28,360 --> 02:02:31,479 When, uh... when a family has to prioritise the health of the husband, 2031 02:02:31,480 --> 02:02:34,559 leave the health of the wife and children to castor oil and whisky? 2032 02:02:34,560 --> 02:02:40,560 I consider the biggest interference to the integrity of doctor-patient relations 2033 02:02:40,680 --> 02:02:42,319 to be personal profit. 2034 02:02:42,320 --> 02:02:44,520 'These negotiations are over.' 2035 02:02:44,640 --> 02:02:46,400 'Hear!' 2036 02:02:46,520 --> 02:02:52,960 I call to the floor for this special debate on the health bill the Prime Minister. 2037 02:02:55,080 --> 02:02:57,160 Prime Minister? 2038 02:02:57,280 --> 02:02:58,640 Clem? 2039 02:03:00,360 --> 02:03:02,040 Clem? 2040 02:03:02,480 --> 02:03:05,279 The Prime Minister is indisposed. 2041 02:03:08,800 --> 02:03:13,280 Uh... the, uh... uh, doctors... 2042 02:03:13,400 --> 02:03:17,160 well, they have disagreed with every minister for health 2043 02:03:17,280 --> 02:03:19,440 that has ever been appointed. 2044 02:03:19,560 --> 02:03:21,360 I am a Welshman. 2045 02:03:21,480 --> 02:03:23,319 A socialist. 2046 02:03:23,320 --> 02:03:27,520 And they find me even m-more impossible. 2047 02:03:27,640 --> 02:03:34,280 So, if we can... dismiss that the d-disagreements are about my personality, 2048 02:03:34,440 --> 02:03:37,400 then maybe we can look this challenge in the eye. 2049 02:03:38,680 --> 02:03:42,640 We are no longer dealing with the legitimate interests 2050 02:03:42,800 --> 02:03:45,119 of the members of the medical profession. 2051 02:03:45,120 --> 02:03:48,760 We are dealing with wholesale resistance 2052 02:03:48,920 --> 02:03:51,800 to the implementation of an Act of Parliament. 2053 02:03:52,320 --> 02:03:54,840 We desire to know if the opposition supports that, 2054 02:03:54,960 --> 02:03:57,840 because if they do, oh, I would warn them 2055 02:03:57,960 --> 02:04:02,479 the end of that road would be exceedingly unpleasant. 2056 02:04:02,480 --> 02:04:04,680 Is that a threat? 2057 02:04:04,800 --> 02:04:07,920 You support the sabotage of an Act of Parliament. 2058 02:04:08,040 --> 02:04:10,559 We will not leave the doctors to fight alone! 2059 02:04:10,560 --> 02:04:11,600 Hear, hear! 2060 02:04:11,760 --> 02:04:14,720 No, there is nothing noble about your support of the doctors. 2061 02:04:14,840 --> 02:04:20,320 You have personally voted against the National Health Service 21 times. 2062 02:04:20,440 --> 02:04:23,760 And you want doctors to be servants of the state. 2063 02:04:23,880 --> 02:04:25,239 Hear, hear! 2064 02:04:25,240 --> 02:04:27,240 I want doctors to be servants of the people. 2065 02:04:27,360 --> 02:04:29,759 This is the first step towards National Socialism. 2066 02:04:29,760 --> 02:04:32,200 Well, the nurses support the bill. Are they Nazis? 2067 02:04:32,320 --> 02:04:37,120 Hitler put the medial services under the control of one medical Führer. 2068 02:04:37,240 --> 02:04:40,760 This bill will establish you in that capacity. 2069 02:04:40,880 --> 02:04:44,760 Now that we've won the war, you wanna tear us apart again. 2070 02:04:44,880 --> 02:04:50,720 Doctors of this country, do you support a National Health Service? 2071 02:04:50,840 --> 02:04:54,560 'Following the debate in Parliament, we have held a vote. 2072 02:04:54,680 --> 02:04:56,120 'The results are in. 2073 02:04:56,240 --> 02:04:58,880 'The number of doctors in favour of the bill.' 2074 02:04:59,000 --> 02:05:02,160 - '4,734.' - Ah? 2075 02:05:02,280 --> 02:05:04,599 'The number of doctors against the bill.' 2076 02:05:04,600 --> 02:05:07,240 '40,814.' 2077 02:05:07,360 --> 02:05:08,320 Yes! 2078 02:05:08,440 --> 02:05:11,799 'The doctors of this country will not be working for the National Health Service.' 2079 02:05:14,880 --> 02:05:16,880 Resign! 2080 02:05:17,040 --> 02:05:22,320 Finished! The noisy member for Ebbw Vale is finished. 2081 02:05:22,440 --> 02:05:23,960 Resign! 2082 02:05:24,080 --> 02:05:27,800 Mr Bevan's proposals were deadlocked, now they are dead. 2083 02:05:27,920 --> 02:05:29,640 - His breathing? - It's really fast. 2084 02:05:29,800 --> 02:05:32,040 - I'm sorry, Nye. - Where were you? 2085 02:05:32,160 --> 02:05:33,440 Resign! 2086 02:05:33,560 --> 02:05:35,000 - What does it mean? - Is that normal? 2087 02:05:35,120 --> 02:05:37,439 - It's what happens. - I need more time. 2088 02:05:37,440 --> 02:05:38,760 Resign! 2089 02:05:38,920 --> 02:05:40,000 I need more time! 2090 02:05:40,120 --> 02:05:44,120 This failure must mark the end of Bevan's brief time in office. 2091 02:05:44,240 --> 02:05:45,600 How much time does he have? 2092 02:05:45,760 --> 02:05:48,120 Please, give me more time! 2093 02:05:48,240 --> 02:05:50,959 My staff will draft your resignation letter. 2094 02:05:53,280 --> 02:05:56,320 One true... 2095 02:05:56,440 --> 02:05:57,960 Blow! 2096 02:06:16,680 --> 02:06:21,680 I will launch my new National Health Service... 2097 02:06:23,320 --> 02:06:25,240 ...in three months' time... 2098 02:06:26,640 --> 02:06:30,799 ...on July 5th 1948, 2099 02:06:30,800 --> 02:06:34,920 with or without the doctors! 2100 02:06:36,000 --> 02:06:37,120 - What? - Nye? 2101 02:06:37,240 --> 02:06:39,160 No, no, no. Don't say that in public, Nye. You can't. 2102 02:06:39,320 --> 02:06:43,240 You would launch a National Health Service without a single doctor? 2103 02:06:43,360 --> 02:06:45,960 Let's regroup and think this through. 2104 02:06:46,120 --> 02:06:49,800 You'll create the greatest healthcare crisis in the history of this country. 2105 02:06:49,920 --> 02:06:54,319 I will launch my new National Health Service in two months' time, 2106 02:06:54,320 --> 02:06:57,280 on July 5th, with or without the doctors. 2107 02:06:57,400 --> 02:07:00,080 Fantasy! You are a fantasist! 2108 02:07:00,240 --> 02:07:04,480 'If the Health Service goes ahead, every doctor will go on strike.' 2109 02:07:04,600 --> 02:07:08,560 Doctors, resist this authoritarianism for the sake of the country. 2110 02:07:08,720 --> 02:07:11,680 You can't cause a strike, Nye, it goes against everything we stand for. 2111 02:07:11,800 --> 02:07:14,560 - Don't listen to them. - You have to move the date. 2112 02:07:14,680 --> 02:07:16,960 A strike for the very soul of the nation. 2113 02:07:17,080 --> 02:07:21,920 I will launch my new National Health Service in one month's time, 2114 02:07:22,080 --> 02:07:25,680 on July 5th, with or without the doctors. 2115 02:07:26,200 --> 02:07:27,960 But... 2116 02:07:28,120 --> 02:07:30,519 ...every negotiation needs compromise, 2117 02:07:30,520 --> 02:07:34,680 so in the interest of finding an agreement, 2118 02:07:35,400 --> 02:07:37,480 I will grant the doctors 2119 02:07:37,600 --> 02:07:41,640 the power to choose their own representatives on every health board. 2120 02:07:41,760 --> 02:07:44,040 - What? - The doctors will choose 2121 02:07:44,160 --> 02:07:45,760 who they are answerable to. 2122 02:07:45,880 --> 02:07:49,999 You are trying to destroy the solidarity of the doctors' union 2123 02:07:50,000 --> 02:07:52,879 with last minute desperate concessions. 2124 02:07:52,880 --> 02:07:55,959 Concessions, Winston, or compromise? 2125 02:07:55,960 --> 02:07:59,200 'The doctors will go on strike if the bill goes ahead.' 2126 02:07:59,320 --> 02:08:02,000 You're creating a crisis for the whole country. 2127 02:08:02,160 --> 02:08:03,720 - Huh! - And... 2128 02:08:03,880 --> 02:08:05,920 if you sign up to my National Health Service, 2129 02:08:06,040 --> 02:08:11,880 I will allow consultants to work privately outside their NHS contracts. 2130 02:08:12,000 --> 02:08:16,160 Civil servants, that's what they'll become. 2131 02:08:16,280 --> 02:08:19,560 'The doctors will go on strike if the bill goes ahead.' 2132 02:08:19,720 --> 02:08:22,240 Move the date! You'll bring down the government! 2133 02:08:22,360 --> 02:08:26,080 - Hold firm! - Also, I will compromise with GPs 2134 02:08:26,200 --> 02:08:30,240 and allow them to buy and sell GP surgeries within the healthcare system. 2135 02:08:30,880 --> 02:08:34,720 - Bloody hell, Nye, it's working. - It's working, you've got them. 2136 02:08:34,840 --> 02:08:37,560 You shit! 2137 02:08:37,680 --> 02:08:40,480 He's manipulated you from the start. 2138 02:08:40,600 --> 02:08:44,520 I will launch my new National Health Service in ten days' time, 2139 02:08:44,680 --> 02:08:47,880 on July 5th, with or without the doctors. 2140 02:08:48,040 --> 02:08:52,280 And finally, I understand becoming salaried workers is a concern, 2141 02:08:52,400 --> 02:08:55,360 so I make this commitment to you: 2142 02:08:56,600 --> 02:09:01,960 I will make doctors the highest-paid profession in this country. 2143 02:09:02,080 --> 02:09:05,640 - Splendid work, Minister. - He's lying. 2144 02:09:05,800 --> 02:09:11,680 Join me and take the most civilised step any country has ever taken. 2145 02:09:13,040 --> 02:09:20,240 And together, we will build the greatest health service the world has ever seen. 2146 02:09:20,400 --> 02:09:25,440 'The BMA recommends all doctors sign NHS contract.' 2147 02:09:32,400 --> 02:09:34,040 People of this country... 2148 02:09:35,600 --> 02:09:37,800 ...we will build hospitals... 2149 02:09:39,120 --> 02:09:41,360 ...bigger hospitals... 2150 02:09:42,520 --> 02:09:45,400 ...with more beds, 2151 02:09:45,560 --> 02:09:48,280 so you can stay until you are recovered... 2152 02:09:50,080 --> 02:09:54,600 ...so you can return home, ready for family life. 2153 02:09:55,840 --> 02:09:59,360 Every hospital shall have their own specialists, 2154 02:09:59,480 --> 02:10:01,600 and the right equipment, 2155 02:10:01,720 --> 02:10:05,680 so you won't be sent around the country looking for what you need. 2156 02:10:06,880 --> 02:10:12,600 Dentistry, glasses, mental health, 2157 02:10:12,720 --> 02:10:17,440 all the things we need to live with serenity, 2158 02:10:17,560 --> 02:10:22,800 starting with universal healthcare for all. 2159 02:10:39,520 --> 02:10:42,400 We shall never have all we need. 2160 02:10:43,840 --> 02:10:47,520 Expectation will always exceed capacity. 2161 02:10:49,040 --> 02:10:52,760 The service must always be changing, 2162 02:10:52,880 --> 02:10:55,840 growing and improving. 2163 02:10:57,120 --> 02:11:01,200 It must always appear imperfect. 2164 02:11:04,600 --> 02:11:06,440 I don't wanna give you relief. 2165 02:11:07,720 --> 02:11:10,080 I don't wanna help you survive. 2166 02:11:11,200 --> 02:11:14,760 I... I don't wanna give you medical care. 2167 02:11:15,840 --> 02:11:20,400 I want to give you... your dignity. 2168 02:11:22,520 --> 02:11:25,280 - Oh! Hello... - Doctor. 2169 02:11:25,400 --> 02:11:26,959 How long have I been asleep? 2170 02:11:26,960 --> 02:11:29,800 - Ah... about 14 hours. - Oh, God! 2171 02:11:29,920 --> 02:11:31,959 You needed it. How's the pain relief? 2172 02:11:31,960 --> 02:11:33,240 Well, I could do with some more. 2173 02:11:33,360 --> 02:11:34,720 I'll put you down for some more morphine. 2174 02:11:34,840 --> 02:11:37,120 No other side-effects, anything of concern? 2175 02:11:37,240 --> 02:11:39,160 Nausea? Itching? Hallucinations? 2176 02:11:39,320 --> 02:11:41,920 No. 2177 02:11:42,040 --> 02:11:43,720 Well, actually... 2178 02:11:45,000 --> 02:11:46,920 ...crazy dreams. 2179 02:11:47,080 --> 02:11:50,199 - Does that sort of count? - Mind if I check your stitches? 2180 02:11:50,200 --> 02:11:52,320 Excuse the cold hands. 2181 02:11:53,040 --> 02:11:54,960 Sort of nothing made sense, and everything did. 2182 02:11:55,080 --> 02:11:56,440 Mm-hmm. 2183 02:11:57,400 --> 02:11:59,960 My life was all jumbled up. 2184 02:12:03,520 --> 02:12:05,640 I was running away from something. 2185 02:12:07,080 --> 02:12:10,920 I remember feeling... really anxious. 2186 02:12:11,960 --> 02:12:13,320 Scared. 2187 02:12:15,720 --> 02:12:17,120 And then... 2188 02:12:19,720 --> 02:12:20,920 ...my father was there. 2189 02:12:22,720 --> 02:12:25,000 He's been dead thirty years. 2190 02:12:27,520 --> 02:12:29,440 I was with him at the end. 2191 02:12:32,520 --> 02:12:34,240 He died in my arms. 2192 02:12:36,640 --> 02:12:39,160 - Horrible death. - Was he a miner? 2193 02:12:39,800 --> 02:12:40,960 Yes. 2194 02:12:41,560 --> 02:12:42,600 Black lung. 2195 02:12:43,200 --> 02:12:45,200 It's a cruel way to go. 2196 02:12:45,880 --> 02:12:47,320 No dignity. 2197 02:12:50,880 --> 02:12:52,880 And in this dream... 2198 02:12:55,000 --> 02:12:56,800 ...my sister... 2199 02:12:58,520 --> 02:13:00,600 ...was trying to get me to go and see him. 2200 02:13:01,320 --> 02:13:04,480 Sounds like unfinished business. 2201 02:13:05,920 --> 02:13:08,640 So, everything went fine? Oh, thank God. 2202 02:13:09,400 --> 02:13:11,160 I think I've been worried something went wrong. 2203 02:13:11,320 --> 02:13:13,600 Thank you. Thank you, Doctor. 2204 02:13:13,720 --> 02:13:16,640 You've been marvellous, really. 2205 02:13:17,360 --> 02:13:18,719 Anything the matter? 2206 02:13:18,720 --> 02:13:20,160 No, but something's bothering me. 2207 02:13:20,320 --> 02:13:21,840 - No, no, it's fine. - Is it? 2208 02:13:21,960 --> 02:13:23,799 Yes, it's fine. 2209 02:13:23,800 --> 02:13:24,920 Well... 2210 02:13:26,440 --> 02:13:29,400 Let's see, shall we? 2211 02:13:31,960 --> 02:13:33,920 Hold on, calm down. 2212 02:13:34,040 --> 02:13:37,560 Nearly there. Nearly... got it! 2213 02:13:37,680 --> 02:13:38,960 What is that? 2214 02:13:39,640 --> 02:13:41,720 What the hell is that? 2215 02:13:41,840 --> 02:13:43,560 It's... It's a piece of coal. 2216 02:13:44,720 --> 02:13:46,680 - A piece of coal. - Coal? Yes, it is. 2217 02:13:46,840 --> 02:13:48,600 What the hell is coal doing in there? 2218 02:13:48,720 --> 02:13:51,240 - How long were you underground? - Eight years. 2219 02:13:51,400 --> 02:13:54,000 Could that be dust coagulating? Let's see if there's more... 2220 02:13:54,120 --> 02:13:56,440 No, wait, wait! 2221 02:13:58,920 --> 02:14:00,600 Yes, it's definitely something. 2222 02:14:00,720 --> 02:14:03,240 - There's more. - No... no! 2223 02:14:10,440 --> 02:14:12,000 What does... 2224 02:14:15,720 --> 02:14:17,640 I-I don't understand. 2225 02:14:18,960 --> 02:14:20,880 What does this mean? 2226 02:14:26,200 --> 02:14:27,240 Surely... 2227 02:14:29,240 --> 02:14:30,520 Why...? 2228 02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:36,920 No! 2229 02:14:37,040 --> 02:14:39,240 No! No... 2230 02:14:43,840 --> 02:14:45,880 I'm... I'm dying. 2231 02:14:48,440 --> 02:14:50,280 Aren't I? 2232 02:14:56,640 --> 02:14:58,560 You opened me up... 2233 02:14:59,880 --> 02:15:02,280 ...and you could see that I was dying. 2234 02:15:05,560 --> 02:15:07,080 Why c... 2235 02:15:07,960 --> 02:15:09,880 Why couldn't you tell me? 2236 02:15:11,040 --> 02:15:13,360 Why couldn't Jennie tell me? 2237 02:15:13,520 --> 02:15:14,960 Jennie! 2238 02:15:15,120 --> 02:15:17,559 Jennie! Where are they? 2239 02:15:17,560 --> 02:15:20,040 What's happening to me? Arianwen... 2240 02:15:33,280 --> 02:15:35,240 His breathing is really, uh... 2241 02:15:36,760 --> 02:15:38,760 ...you know, slow. 2242 02:15:40,320 --> 02:15:42,120 It's going. 2243 02:15:43,240 --> 02:15:45,920 - Is that normal? - It's what happens. 2244 02:15:46,840 --> 02:15:48,400 How long? 2245 02:15:50,480 --> 02:15:54,800 It's time. He's peaceful, he's not suffering. 2246 02:15:55,480 --> 02:15:59,400 It's hard enough. Don't do this alone. Do it together. 2247 02:16:01,720 --> 02:16:03,280 I just don't think he knows I'm here. 2248 02:16:04,880 --> 02:16:07,000 Of course he know you're here. 2249 02:16:07,840 --> 02:16:09,600 Of course he does. 2250 02:16:10,160 --> 02:16:12,880 He knows you would never leave his side. 2251 02:16:14,640 --> 02:16:15,680 Tell him. 2252 02:16:34,240 --> 02:16:36,160 All right, butt? 2253 02:16:40,120 --> 02:16:42,240 It's Archie here, OK? 2254 02:16:42,400 --> 02:16:44,200 And I'll, uh... 2255 02:16:45,400 --> 02:16:48,480 I'll be here the whole... be here the whole time. 2256 02:16:50,760 --> 02:16:52,200 And, uh... 2257 02:16:52,960 --> 02:16:54,480 Well... 2258 02:16:56,800 --> 02:16:58,840 You've been a wonderful friend to me. 2259 02:17:02,560 --> 02:17:04,920 And I hope you know, uh... 2260 02:17:05,800 --> 02:17:07,560 ...even though I never said it... 2261 02:17:08,680 --> 02:17:10,560 ...I hope you know I love you. 2262 02:17:13,880 --> 02:17:15,760 I've always loved you, my friend. 2263 02:17:32,320 --> 02:17:35,799 I... I can't take it. 2264 02:17:35,800 --> 02:17:37,120 - It's OK. - I can't... 2265 02:17:37,240 --> 02:17:39,080 It's OK. Come. 2266 02:17:45,000 --> 02:17:46,280 Nye. 2267 02:17:47,320 --> 02:17:50,040 Jennie's here. 2268 02:17:50,200 --> 02:17:53,000 She's got you safe, like she always has. 2269 02:17:54,760 --> 02:17:57,240 And you haven't got to worry about a thing... 2270 02:17:58,360 --> 02:18:00,960 ...cos Jennie Lee's right by your side. 2271 02:18:01,120 --> 02:18:02,800 Nye... 2272 02:18:02,920 --> 02:18:05,000 My boy. 2273 02:18:06,960 --> 02:18:09,120 I hope I did the right thing. 2274 02:18:10,720 --> 02:18:12,800 He's... He's squeezing my hand! 2275 02:18:14,000 --> 02:18:15,560 Oh, Nye! 2276 02:18:17,080 --> 02:18:18,800 My love, it's OK. 2277 02:18:21,000 --> 02:18:22,680 You can go. 2278 02:18:24,040 --> 02:18:25,680 It's OK. 2279 02:18:26,640 --> 02:18:28,600 And don't you worry about me. 2280 02:18:29,920 --> 02:18:32,320 I will see you in the garden. 2281 02:19:12,560 --> 02:19:14,280 Is this it? 2282 02:19:21,280 --> 02:19:22,920 Has it happened? 2283 02:19:51,720 --> 02:19:53,640 I-I don't think it's happened yet. 2284 02:20:00,280 --> 02:20:02,200 I can still feel. 2285 02:20:09,400 --> 02:20:11,200 I feel scared. 2286 02:20:14,000 --> 02:20:16,000 But I feel safe. 2287 02:20:18,800 --> 02:20:20,640 I can feel people. 2288 02:20:21,760 --> 02:20:24,480 There are people nearby. 2289 02:20:27,160 --> 02:20:28,920 I still feel... 2290 02:20:32,040 --> 02:20:34,560 I still feel... 2291 02:20:37,040 --> 02:20:38,560 ...held. 2292 02:20:42,040 --> 02:20:43,960 I'm ready. 2293 02:20:45,760 --> 02:20:47,560 I'm not scared. 2294 02:20:49,920 --> 02:20:51,560 Hold my hand. 2295 02:20:57,160 --> 02:20:58,520 Dad? 2296 02:20:59,880 --> 02:21:01,240 Did I... 2297 02:21:03,640 --> 02:21:05,400 Did I look after everyone? 173645