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In the past few hours,

hopes have been renewed for

a lasting peace in the Persian Gulf,

following reports of a binding trade agreement

between the United States and Iran.

The BBC has learned that the ink has been

put to paper on a new bilateral agreement.

Signifying the confidence of all three governments,

tonight's special broadcast of

"Ask the Question" will give a studio audience

the chance to interrogate the panel,

and gage whether this deal ushers in

a new dawn in Western Iranian relations.

A press release just issued by the government

states that Iran and the United States

have been working towards this deal behind the scenes,

under British Government stewardship.

Recent reports that Iran had been

developing biological weapons meant moves

towards strong diplomatic relations in the shape

of the regional charter for stability had stumbled.

What time does the plane leave?

Transit team are arriving straight after the transmission.

Tonight's broadcast

will be a chance for the 30 strong audience--

I've got a phone in this pocket, is that alright?

Thanks.

Julia Chambers.

In particular for

the Foreign Secretary, Ruth Chambers.

Afternoon, Julia.

Where have you been?

I got a lead from an asset red herring.

We in schedule?

Here comes our hack.

Late, of course.

Yeah, as long as he writes the story.

I thought you were writing it for him?

Good evening, ladies and gentleman.

Can we just check the panels?

Come Dean, check done.

John, camera two.

Philip, camera one.

Hurry please.

Camera one, two.

Are we okay on H2?

Welcome everyone and thank you

for coming at such short notice.

Would you give our guests for this evening

a very warm welcome, ladies and gentlemen?

Wide shot on the panel please.

Let me just see the panelists in singles.

Pull back.

Yeah, just give up a little?

Yep, perfect.

How is Bakhshi looking?

For someone announcing the most

important political agreement of the decade,

he seems pretty chilled.

He'd better play ball.

Okay everyone, 10 seconds.

That's five,

four, three.

Roll VT.

Good evening, and welcome to a unique

international "Ask the Question."

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln wrote,

"Peace does not appear so distant as it did.

I hope it will come soon, and come to stay,

and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time."

In the last six months,

I doubt many of us thought that peace

between Iran and the West was close.

Something's up with Kaplan.

What is it?

Beside me are two men and one woman

who have been instrumental in developing this agreement.

The British Foreign Secretary Ruth Chambers.

Check out seat B3.

Ambassador of the United

States of America, Robert Hogan.

I'm checking the list.

Caroline Bell, office manager from Crawley,

no political history.

And the Iranian Special Consul, Dariush Bakhshi.

This evening, an audience selected

by the BBC and drawn from voters--

Seat C10.

Have the unique opportunity to

ask the question to our guests,

is this agreement the start of a new era of collaboration

between the Islamic and the Western worlds?

Robert Steyers from Birmingham,

no connection with the first woman.

And now I'm going to hand you over to the panel,

so that they can introduce the agreement.

Foreign Secretary?

Thank you.

As British Foreign Secretary for the last six months--

A7.

Jason Trinder from Glasgow.

No connection with the other two.

The hell's Kaplan playing at?

This has been a sensitive process,

but tonight I'm proud--

There must be a connection.

Face match them with our records.

Ensuring lasting peace between our countries.

Thank you, Mr. Hogan.

Let's have the first question, please.

Jason Trinder from Glasgow.

Does Iran have a nuclear bomb?

Harry, something's not right here.

Hurry.

That man's not who he says he is.

Don't move!

Do not cut transmission.

Stay on air, stay on air!

Stay still.

Please no!

Answer the question.

Does Iran have a nuclear bomb?

Do not cut transmission.

If you cut transmission, I'm going to shoot her.

You look pale and interesting.

I've just left an all night session of the JIC.

And?

The decision was unanimous.

Triggers were successfully smuggled to Iran yesterday.

Somewhere in the middle of the Persian desert,

a scientist is at this moment

connecting them to nuclear missiles.

For decades we've had the ultimate deterrent.

Now they have it too.

When Israel finds out,

they won't see it as a deterrent

so much as a declaration of war.

Which is exactly why Israel must not find out.

Are you suggesting I lie to my closest ally?

That's your second closest ally,

and that's exactly what I'm suggesting.

The time for aggression is over, Bob.

We have to move to appeasement.

How the hell do we do that?

Where's Harry?

He's with Hogan, trying to find a way

to stop Iran from telling the world about their new toy.

Well, if they announce that,

they won't survive the day they need to do a deal.

Yeah, well,

let's hope they realize that.

With Dariush Bakhshi at the helm, I somewhat doubt it.

Do I detect a slight bitterness

of being stitched up by his wife?

Thanks for reminding me.

So your taste in women hasn't always been impeccable.

I don't know.

I've had my moments.

Glad to see I'm not the only one losing sleep.

Now are we?

Fine, just ask for coffee.

How's Hogan?

We think we have something to offer Iran.

I need to speak to Bakhshi off the record.

Arrange it for me.

Look at the memorial.

Lose the muscle, we need to talk alone.

Thanks!

Apologies for disturbing your run, Special Consul.

If you try anything foolish with me,

and the consequences will be severe.

Actually we have a deal to offer you.

Why can't it wait until working hours?

Because by then, you might already have

several Israeli harpoon crews missiles

exploding in the heart of Tehran.

And trust me when I tell you, you don't want that.

We made them.

That would be a great mistake of Israel.

As it would be for your government

to issue any kind of press release

about your nuclear capability.

The people who need to know know.

So when do our presidents meet?

You know it can't work like that.

Ashamed to be seen talking to us?

I've spoken to a couple of friends in Washington.

My president wants a way out of this,

but it has to be without 90% of his

administration knowing what's going on.

There are people in the Pentagon who,

if they found out what you've now got,

would press the red button without a second thought.

We have to work behind the scenes.

So what are you offering?

The Prime Minister and the President

are willing to propose a full retreat from your waters

and a complete cessation of military operations against you.

We'll also make Iran a primary trade partner,

and restore full diplomatic relations with immediate effect.

And what do you want from us?

To denounce Hezbollah

and the insurgents within Iraq.

And to keep your nuclear capability quiet.

Brave new world, Dariush.

The creation of a peace process so real

that Israel and the warlords would

have no option but to play ball.

They'd be international pariahs if they didn't.

And no one will even ask about the nuclear weapons.

No one would believe it.

We say we've been working on a deal for six months,

a deal so sensitive that only the top level

of governments on both sides knew anything about it.

We make it real by making it public.

But we need to make it public fast.

And how do you propose of doing that?

Television.

We put out a one hour BBC special tonight,

announcing the seeds of a unique peace agreement

and a possible process for the signing of the deal.

Who's in the program?

A high level American government official,

a senior British cabinet minister.

And?

And you.

Whatever has passed between us, Dariush,

none of us want to go down in history

as men who caused World War.

Put the guns down!

Please, don't shoot her.

Shut up.

Hands on heads!

Do not cut transmission or we shoot.

Breaking news.

We're hearing reports of an armed

siege right here at the BBC.

In the studio for "Ask the Question,"

two men and a woman all armed with handguns.

Hold your position.

Repeat, hold your position.

Keep filming, point the camera towards me!

I want the bodyguards to leave.

Leave, or I pull the trigger.

We have to send the bodyguards out.

I will not give in to terrorist intimidation.

I will not see a member of

the British public killed for my sake.

Adam, if that lunatic kills

a woman on live television,

it will destroy the entire agreement.

You have to get Bakhshi to calm down.

I'm ordering my detail to leave.

Who are they?

Why are they doing this?

I will order my men to leave if

you let some of these people go.

You don't need them all.

You're not the one in charge here.

Nonetheless, that is my offer.

This section only, stand.

Hands on head, to the door.

Go!

Hands on head, out the door.

Go!

Keep your hands on your heads.

Move.

Can you let that woman go, please?

She's old.

Shut up and get out.

That's pathetic.

For that, you can replace her.

Keep moving.

Come on, quickly.

Come on, move.

Now get your men out of here.

And yours too.

Please, Special Consul.

No.

I'll give you three seconds, and then she dies.

No!

Three, two!

Adam, stop him.

Please, don't shoot.

Now, or they both die!

All right.

And you, tell 'em to lock the door.

Lock the door, please.

Now we can begin.

Connie, the BBC website's close to collapsing.

Sit on your seats.

Quickly!

Cameras on me.

Read this.

Camera on him.

Tonight's "Ask the Question" tackles the question

of whether Islamic power is taking over the planet,

and to what extent Western governments

are timidly letting it happen.

It also asks what lies behind

today's apparently historic agreement.

Is there more than meets the eye?

Ask him the first question.

Special Consul Bakhshi,

how far progressed is Iran's uranium enrichment program--

Camera on him, and tell the truth.

We have begun the uranium enrichment program.

And have you completed it?

Enough to run a nuclear power station, yes.

And enough to power a nuclear missile.

To power and nuclear missile requires

an infinitely more refined uranium.

And do you have that?

Next question.

Director General of the BBC

has agreed to the transmission.

Apparently keen to sex up a tired format.

PM wants the foreign secretary

to represent the British Government.

I'm briefing her at midday.

And the Americans?

Bob Hogan's sending the only person

in the world he really trusts.

Himself.

Any news on Bakhshi?

We've heard nothing.

It's been nearly three hours, you know?

Yes, thanks to the excellence

of my grammar school education,

I am in fact able to tell the time myself.

We'll go ahead as if he's agreed.

Connie, we need to vet a small studio audience.

No political affiliations.

70% white, 20% Muslim,

10% the rest.

Shia or Sunni Muslim?

Pacifist, Sunni poets preferably.

All three politicians will have

their own bodyguards in the studio.

Ros and I will be in the audience.

Hopefully my presence will encourage

Bakhshi to stick to the script.

Malcolm, I want complete control over the transmission.

I want you to be able to cut the studio feed from here.

BBC will love that.

Then don't tell them.

What about the press?

I'm meeting with Ben Kaplan in one hour.

Let's keep this to ourselves.

I don't want anyone outside these

four walls to know what's going on.

Well, that was a text I didn't expect.

Is it business or pleasure?

The answer's right behind you.

Morning.

You're asking me to take part in

a piece of shameless government propaganda?

I'm offering you the inside story of the year, mate.

Why do you need me?

I need some honest reporting,

untinged by modern cynicism.

You need a prayer of Iranian peace,

something to please the Muellers.

We want 'em to get the credit they deserve.

I'm disgusted by this attempt to

compromise my journalistic integrity.

You'll find a way to live with it.

I want something in return.

What's this?

Just something I've been working on.

Why'd, do you know him?

No, but I can ask around.

My government is ready to listen to your proposal.

That is however a condition.

There are currently, as you know,

six permanent members of

the United Nations Security Council.

We would like there to be a seventh.

You've gotta be kidding me.

You seriously think I'm gonna get that through?

It is a necessary sign of faith in us.

It is impossible.

It's cloud cuckoo land!

Bob.

Forget it, Harry.

We're wasting our time here.

This broadcast is not gonna happen.

For one so concerned about our association,

you are increasingly lax in your methods of contact.

I don't have time for protocol.

Thanks to you, Iran's now fully nuclear.

Thanks to us.

Don't belittle your own role in the success.

It'll only be a success if

the end game's played out correctly.

Is that why you're here?

The Americans are offering an olive branch.

They know what they're dealing with, and they're scared.

They'll offer Iran a place at the top table

in exchange for them keeping their

mouth shut about the triggers.

America has returned to the negotiating table?

It's not a negotiation,

no, it's a direct deal.

They've capitulated, just as Yalta wanted.

So we just need to run to accept the offer?

Which may not be easy.

Bakhshi's asking for too much.

Then use what else you have on him.

Isn't there a reason he might play ball

sitting in a safe house somewhere in London right now?

Ros.

Do you recognize her?

No, why?

It's just something that Kaplan's working on.

I'll give it to Connie.

She can run it through the system.

Have you thought about what to do with Ana?

Thought I'd leave it until after

I averted a global catastrophe.

Why?

I thought we could kill two birds with one stone.

Encourage Bakhshi to play ball,

deal with the Ana problem forever.

Offer her as a reward?

Give her a new life far away from here,

which only Bakhshi would know about.

Tehran would think she was dead.

Adam would think she was dead.

She stays safe and in Bakhshi's reach.

Could just be the carrot we need.

You enjoy casting yourself in

the role of victim, don't you?

You do realize you could get 15 years for what you did?

Do you think I wanted to kill Adam?

I have no idea what you wanted.

My husband is a jealous man.

He lost his mind when he found out about us.

He threatened to expose me and hand me

over to Iranian intelligence.

Do you know what they do to adulterers in Tehran?

To Western whores?

And that was justification to poison your lover?

Like you care about it anyway.

Or maybe you're jealous too.

Can I get you anything?

Yes, but you have to go out.

You are kidding.

Special Consul, we have to find a way around this.

Mr. Pearce, please don't waste my time.

I have already told you my terms.

What if I were to make you another offer?

What?

There's a plane leaving tonight for Vancouver.

Your wife could be on it with a new identity.

And later, in a different world,

in a more peaceful world, who knows.

You could even be with her.

I can make that happen with one phone call,

but only if tonight's television program goes ahead.

Only if you make that happen.

Do another test.

It's not wrong.

I know.

Do you know whose it is?

My husband's.

He wants a child so much.

I suggest we keep it between ourselves

for now until everything's sorted out, okay?

Harry?

Vancouver, tonight.

What is it?

You ever been to Canada?

Ana's flight to Canada, it leaves at what time?

Assuming the broadcast goes ahead, 10 o'clock.

And you will keep Adam Carter out of the way?

He'll be with you in the studio.

Sure you'll enjoy his company.

If Tehran know she's alive and in your hands--

Dariush, only a handful of people in my unit

have any idea of her whereabouts.

Even Adam thinks she's dead.

Please Harry, make sure she gets that plane.

Bakhshi has agreed.

We have a green light.

You can issue the press release now.

Here's the BBC's list of audience.

We've vetted all of them.

I created legends for Adam and Ros.

Adam, you're Steven Wright,

an ex soldier from Ryegate.

Lifelong Tory voter.

Where's Ros?

I have no idea.

Who can I tell?

No one?

My mother, my sister?

Think of the benefits.

A new life, a new start,

and with the chance that one day

your husband can come back to you and your child.

Where are you going?

To make sure your husband

keeps his side of the bargain?

Good luck.

I'm on my way.

She's ready to go.

No hitches?

She's pregnant.

Good God.

Adam must not find out.

Let's get her out of there, and quickly.

Yep.

Gives a studio audience the chance

to interrogate the panel,

and gage whether this deal ushers in

a new dawn in western Iranian relations.

What time does the plan leave?

Transit team arriving straight after the transmission.

I hear Vancouver's pretty this time of year.

The Police Federation of

England and Wales government targets lead--

Next question.

Foreign secretary.

How long have the talks with Iran been going on?

Just over six months.

Is that right?

Think very carefully.

Yes.

And you were at those talks, were you?

Some of them, yes.

And where were they?

Mostly they took place in the Balearic Islands,

but also here in London.

Harry, he knows something.

Next question.

Mr. Hogan, what has America agreed to?

In principle, the US is prepared to offer

Iran a withdrawal from the Gulf region.

That is correct.

I didn't ask you.

Why has America suddenly agreed to make peace with Iran?

The United States has always wanted peace in the region.

The Iranians are now able to give us the assurances

we need concerning terrorism, Hezbollah--

You're lying!

Tell 'em the real reason.

Why are they doing deals with you?

How far down the uranium enrichment process are you?

As I said, we have an extended

uranium enrichment program.

And what does a bomb with sufficiently

enriched uranium require for it to be detonated?

I don't understand the question.

What else do you need apart from uranium?

I am not a scientist.

You need triggers, don't you?

Maybe, yes.

And do you have those?

Harry, he knows.

Cut transmission.

If you cut transmission, he'll kill someone.

We'll have British blood on our hands.

Harry, cut transmission.

What happened two days ago?

What's going on?

They've cut the broadcast.

Why are the great superpowers of

the world bowing to your every whim?

Why?

What?

They cut the feed?

Call them and tell them to put it back on.

One minute, or I kill someone.

I don't have a phone.

He could use mine?

Hello.

This is MI5.

Please talk to me as though I'm head of technical services.

They want the feed restored.

You have one minute, or they say they'll kill someone.

Tell them we're working on it but we need longer.

They say they're working on it, but they need longer.

What did you mean, they lied to us?

Quiet.

He received a call and someone told him the feed was cut.

Malcolm, they've got somebody on the outside.

Find out who.

They came in under false names.

Their real names are Paul Mills,

Sharon Carson, Carl Reed.

They were members of the BNP,

but they left three years ago to form a splinter group,

Whites Against Islam.

Their false identities were given

complete security clearance by our services.

Meaning?

Someone from the security services must have helped them.

Do you recognize her?

Harry, security on the door.

I recognized him from somewhere.

Who was talking?

Was somebody on the phone?

Search them.

Everybody stand, take out your phones.

I have security on CCTV.

I know him, his name's John Richardson.

MI5, Unit Brecktree.

He's one of us.

What's he doing with BBC Security without our knowledge?

Tracking him on all available CCTV.

I'll bring up his file.

What's in that pocket?

Empty your pockets!

All phones in the bag.

Raise your hands, empty your pockets.

Empty them.

Take the veil off.

Please.

You've got no right.

Quiet!

I said take it off.

Put all your phones in the bag now.

Everyone back in their seat.

I've lost contact with Adam and Ros.

The cameraman in the director's gallery?

It's all closed circuit, we weren't anticipating this.

Oh God.

What?

What?

It's okay.

Jo?

Harry, Kaplan just texted.

He's still in the studio.

Ask him if Adam knows he's there.

Doing it now.

What's going on?

It's okay.

Call them, tell them they've got one more minute.

You have one more minute.

You need to delay.

Would you please tell us what all this is about?

Yesterday, this man smuggled

nuclear triggers out of London.

Iran is now capable of launching

a nuclear attack on the West.

You expect any of us to believe that?

As a key agent of the CIA, Bob,

I expect you to.

You tried to stop it, and you failed.

Richardson left Television Center and turned up

Wood Lane to a row of terraced houses.

I'm getting the studio recon van over there now.

Where is he?

The last three years, Richardson's been deep undercover.

Doing what?

There's nothing in the files.

No one's seen him for three years.

How the hell did he know about tonight?

Jo?

Harry, he's texted back.

Ros and Adam have no idea he's in the studio with him.

Tell him to make contact with them now.

Think.

Where have you seen the guy from security before?

I can't remember.

Where is he?

Got him, he's in a ground floor flat.

Malcolm, we need to restore the television

feed from the studio to that flat only.

15 seconds.

We can transmit a direct satellite signal to the recon van

and cable it from there to the box outside the flat.

And we can also send a high frequency

satellite signal here to temps house,

so we can see what's going on.

How long do you need?

Two minutes.

He won't give us two minutes.

Time's up.

Is it broadcasting?

Okay, call me if that changes.

Still not on.

They're working on it.

They don't work on it, you flick a switch--

Please, I'll call them again.

Please, give them more time.

No, I'm gonna send a message.

Wait.

Get out of my way.

Listen, I'm ex-Army.

I know these people are born liars,

but you do that,

and you lose me and half the country who agree with you.

Well then, you call them and you tell 'em

to put that feed right back on.

Hello, this is Steven Wright.

Hello Adam?

He's gonna shoot a member

of the audience, a Muslim.

I'm creating a false feed to his accomplice.

Well, what is it--

Stop pissing us around and flick the switch.

Flick the switch, do it now!

Hello, this is the head of technical services.

I'm afraid when an emergency cut in transmission occurs,

there are several security procedures

that need to be cleared.

We need a little more time.

You're talking bollocks, I'm gonna kill this man!

Get out of my way, soldier,

or I'll put a bullet in you too.

Would you do that to one of your own?

Out of my way?

You've got 10 seconds to get that feed back on.

Ten, nine,

eight, seven,

six, five,

four, three,

two, one.

We've done it.

I don't believe you.

We have, connection restored!

Yeah.

You sure?

Stick that camera on me.

You see me now?

Okay, just in time.

Get him in here now.

Armed police, don't move!

Suspect detained and in transit.

Two men and a woman held guns

to the heads of the studio audience,

and demanded that the transmission should not be cut.

Camera on the Iranian Special Consul,

and this time the truth.

How developed is your nuclear program?

Our program is fully developed.

Enough for a nuclear weapon?

Yes.

And the triggers?

We smuggled them out of Britain yesterday.

And that's why the Americans

came to you with this agreement?

Yes.

So this whole deal has been a sham?

I guess you've achieved what you wanted,

World War probably.

Three years ago you disappeared off the intelligence radar.

Where have you been?

Come on, John.

You've won.

The whole world is watching this.

At least fill me in.

There's a secret organization called Yalta.

I've never heard of them.

They've embedded themselves right

across European intelligence.

They want Iran to be a global nuclear power.

A bulwark against America.

It's liberalism gone crazy,

the kind of insane mindset that thinks McDonald's

is as great a human rights violation as Osama Bin Laden.

Three years ago, I infiltrated Yalta.

I thought it was a dead link, nothing happening,

but recently they've woken up.

They've got someone on the inside of

the security services who knows everything you're doing.

They're pushing this bogus peace deal,

pushing Iran to the top table.

It had to be stopped.

This was the only way.

I don't trust anyone, Pearce.

Not newspaper editors, not politicians,

not intelligence officials.

You could all be Yalta.

But I do trust Paul Mills,

and his crazy, racist gang of folks.

I trust the British people,

and I trust what I see with my own eyes.

Intending his speech to continue,

this is of course now a crisis situation.

To see how the situation will develop.

What is Yalta?

Answer the question!

Yalta is secret organization.

And they've got sources right inside

the British Intelligence Services, haven't they?

And high up, from what I understand.

What is all this about?

Keep your mouth shut!

Harry, look at this.

Malcolm, can you zoom in?

LX, lighting rig.

Are their ladders up to the lighting rig?

There's a ladder on the east wall.

Text him.

What does he say?

I'm a journalist, not a sodding action hero.

We've got enough of those, give me that now.

What have Yalta helped you do?

Strategic political assistance, nothing more.

Such as helping you threaten

to poison London's water supply?

The truth, Bakhshi.

Yes.

You're Islamic terrorists.

We are a democratically elected body.

You intend Sharia law to the West.

The Quran insists upon jihad against all non-believers.

The Quran was written in precise time of history,

in reaction to terrible offenses--

You intend to take over the planet.

We know you are.

Do you seriously expect us to trust

these lunatics with a nuclear weapon?

We won't stand by and let you sign away all our power,

all our control to these freaks.

This man is a murderer.

Put the camera on him.

You have admitted to conspiring

to kill millions of British people.

Now our government may not care about that, but I do.

I'm here on behalf of the British

people to bring you to justice.

What does he mean by that?

Oh, for God's sake.

No, please.

Let's talk about this.

No, the talking is over.

This is justice the only way these people understand.

Please, I am a Sunni Iraqi.

I am no friend of Iran, but this is crazy what you're doing!

Crazy?

You, tell me one thing.

What we've been saying,

does it sound like the truth to you?

You see?

You have no friends here, so why don't you sit down.

Kaplan's on the rig.

Come on Adam, what do you want him to do?

If you kill him, this makes us no better than them.

Please stop!

I'm just taking a leaf

out of the Al-Qaeda textbook.

He's not Al-Qaeda.

He's not even Arab.

He's Iranian, for Christ's sake.

What the hell has he got to do with Al-Qaeda?

It's all connected.

It is not connected.

He wants him to drop the lights.

It's an auto drop system.

I can overload the voltage from here,

but I don't know if they're in the right position.

Text him, fast.

What was that?

Let's get on with it.

Please, don't do this.

On behalf of the British government--

You're not my government.

Someone stop him.

Why should we stop him?

You've lied to us.

Our government has lied to us.

This man is scum.

Go on.

Roll him over.

Roll him over.

Oh, don't be so stupid.

You can't talk to people like that.

It's disrespectful.

This is meant to be a great country--

Why don't you just take your conscious

to some country where somebody might actually give a--

Sit down.

Wait, listen.

Wait, wait.

Right, I'm on your side here.

We've been completely set up by our government.

By you, you,

you've treated us with utter contempt.

That is no excuse to revert to mob rule though.

We have to fight their wars for them,

we have immigrants taking our jobs.

We have a right to know!

It's time we taught them not to ignore the British public.

Adam, when can we drop it?

Special Consul, on behalf of the British nation,

I send your government a message

that the period of appeasement is over.

We also can declare a holy war.

Now.

MI5, kill him and I kill you.

What difference does it make?

Put the gun down, we can do a deal.

It's too late, the whole world knows the truth.

I don't think so.

The ratings for the broadcasts weren't

quite as high as you might have hoped.

What do you mean?

We didn't reinstate the feed.

So whatever you do, we'll cover it up.

No one will ever know.

You've lost, Paul.

Then at least he can lose too.

It's alright.

He's been shot in the stomach,

we don't know if he'll live.

The transit team are on their way.

Don't tell her anything.

Hey, my husband?

He's fine.

Thank you.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

And the transit team will be here in 20 minutes.

Okay.

Last year I was doing this story

on racism in southeast London.

I followed Paul Mills and his mates for eight months.

It was this one guy who's--

You should talk about your article,

a moving account of how 15 innocent people

prevented white extremists from

derailing a major peace agreement,

and your own heroic role within that.

Well, hang on.

You can't possibly be expecting me to sit on this story.

Unless you're intent on unleashing World War II,

then yes, I do.

Well, thank you for your advice.

I'll think about it.

It's not advice, Ben.

Come with me.

By the way, here's your photo back.

It drew a blank, I'm afraid.

That's the guy I was talking about, the friend of Mills.

You know the woman?

Nothing came up.

I realize things didn't turn out as planned.

Not exactly.

Do you know her?

No.

When I was following Mills and his clan,

they made regular contact with this stud,

and he led me to her, but I can't get a thing on her.

Can I keep this?

Yeah.

Thank you.

A gun to the head of an Iranian

diplomat live on British television.

It's being beamed around the world as we speak.

We'll be lucky to salvage any kind of peace after this.

How did Mills know about the broadcast?

John Richardson infiltrated Yalta three years ago.

How did Yalta know?

Richardson says Yalta has someone inside MI5.

How is she?

How's Ana?

She'll be fine.

Adam.

Before you came to the studio,

where were you?

You lied to me.

You were out of control.

Where is she?

You could not be relied upon to act--

Where is she?

She's safe.

Safe?

You just told me that Yalta

infiltrated the security services.

How do you know she's safe?

Only myself and key members

of my team have any idea of her whereabouts.

The security people we're using have no idea who she is.

Isn't there a reason he might play ball

sitting in a safe house somewhere in London right now?

Now if Tehran wanted her dead,

they won't be able to find her.

The transit's on its way.

Ana will be out of the country within the hour,

and I forbid either of you from getting involved.

She's at 26 Fornier Street.

I'm coming with you.

Why does it say the siege is not over?

It's protocol, don't worry about it.

Ros?

Is everything okay down there?

Fine, transit team are on their way.

We're coming over.

Why?

Back up.

Anything strange, call me.

Car's here.

Perfect.

Have you any idea what they'll do to her?

A female adulterer with a Western spy?

Maybe they don't know where she is.

They've known everything about her,

so what makes you so sure they don't know about this?

Oh, this is just ridiculous!

Did you cancel the transit team?

No, why?

What is it?

Well, someone called them to cancel.

They gave a code name.

Ros?

What is it?

Yeah?

Transit team's arrived.

They canceled the transit.

Get her out of there!

Ana, wait!

Iran, the UK,

and the US have been working for

months to create this agreement.

We will not be put off by terrorists.

Why didn't you tell me?

We didn't think we could trust you.

You, trust me?

You were in love with her, we all thought--

I was not in love with her!

Don't bullshit me.

Look.

She killed someone because of me, I was responsible.

Didn't you take those responsibilities seriously?

Whose idea was it to send her away?

I have no idea.

Harry arranged it with the Canadians.

Oh, come on Ros.

I know you too well.

You arranged the whole thing, why?

Okay, I saw an opportunity to get Bakhshi on side,

and deal with a residual problem--

Is that what, she was a residual problem?

Yeah, that's exactly what she was.

God.

She really had you wrapped around

her little finger, didn't she,

with her big, beautiful brown eyes,

like a bloody deer.

When will you get it into your skull

that I was not in love with her.

I did not leave you for her.

You didn't leave me at all.

This is not about us!

Isn't it?

Look, what happened between us was a stupid mistake.

So why every time I spoke to you about it

did it feel like I was betraying you?

I did not encourage that.

You sure?

Look closer, you're a spy.

You can deceive yourself just

like you deceive everyone else.

Yeah?

And who are you deceiving?

Ros.

Ana was work, somewhere safe.

If we step over the line,

there's nothing to protect us.

I know.

We know too much about each other, it's not safe.

I know.