1 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,456 (ANSWER MACHINE BEEPS) 2 00:01:41,718 --> 00:01:43,725 Dom? Janine. 3 00:01:43,897 --> 00:01:48,451 L need to know what's going on. The police keep saying you're back in England. 4 00:01:48,618 --> 00:01:52,691 So where the hell are you? Ring me in the office. 5 00:01:54,186 --> 00:01:56,273 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 6 00:01:57,979 --> 00:02:00,388 ...as the Honourable Member said, 7 00:02:00,562 --> 00:02:03,980 but l fear that the Bill is taking us in the other direction. 8 00:02:04,154 --> 00:02:06,642 L welcome the government's increase in funding 9 00:02:06,816 --> 00:02:10,522 for local authority social services, but it is a belated... 10 00:02:25,539 --> 00:02:28,027 - Ever heard of Dominic F*oy? - No. 11 00:02:28,203 --> 00:02:31,024 - PR guy, small independent. - Not one of ours. 12 00:02:32,037 --> 00:02:37,396 L've got an information budget of 16 million a year. Please, l don't need to use whitebait. 13 00:02:37,563 --> 00:02:40,098 What if l know that he's banked 75 grand? 14 00:02:40,793 --> 00:02:43,202 - She walked out? - Yeah, and l paid. 15 00:02:43,374 --> 00:02:45,783 Doesn't prove she knows anything. 16 00:02:45,958 --> 00:02:48,975 It suggests that U-EX were getting privileged information. 17 00:02:49,145 --> 00:02:51,439 No, it proves you suggested it. 18 00:02:51,605 --> 00:02:55,425 How much would you say this is up for? And guess who owns it. 19 00:02:56,690 --> 00:02:58,823 1.2 million? 20 00:02:59,515 --> 00:03:02,210 Greer Thornton, Stephen Collins' secretary. 21 00:03:02,379 --> 00:03:04,753 You know what her salary is? 22 00:03:04,922 --> 00:03:06,733 27,800. 23 00:03:06,940 --> 00:03:09,428 How the hell can she afford a house this size? 24 00:03:09,602 --> 00:03:12,986 Because do you know who her dad was? Where is it? 25 00:03:14,243 --> 00:03:17,226 Admiral Sidney Thornton, 1926-2003. 26 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:23,271 Left it to his only child Greer. She's probably selling it to pay the inheritance tax. 27 00:03:23,443 --> 00:03:25,931 - Share the spoils. - You wanted me? 28 00:03:26,107 --> 00:03:28,642 Yeah. Copy this and get it transcribed. 29 00:03:29,255 --> 00:03:31,262 Susan Sagattchean, U-EX Oil. 30 00:03:31,432 --> 00:03:34,253 - To what extent? - It's not that brilliant. 31 00:03:34,459 --> 00:03:39,209 There's no indication she knows anything about anything, apart from the size of Dan's penis. 32 00:03:39,907 --> 00:03:43,005 Hey! Hands up anybody who's never screwed a source! 33 00:03:54,190 --> 00:03:56,518 What's new, if that's the word? 34 00:03:56,734 --> 00:03:59,222 A month after they started sleeping together, 35 00:03:59,396 --> 00:04:03,905 Sonia's birthday present to Stephen was a weekend at Craymore House Hotel. 36 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,728 How fey (!) 37 00:04:05,893 --> 00:04:09,713 The bill was covered by Warner-Schloss, recharged to U-EX Oil. 38 00:04:10,331 --> 00:04:12,740 Yeah, but do we know that for a fact? 39 00:04:12,912 --> 00:04:15,974 Their account code's reference 47120, yeah? 40 00:04:16,787 --> 00:04:19,196 - Yeah. - Documentary evidence? 41 00:04:19,410 --> 00:04:23,437 Pete's driving down there now to get a hard copy of the invoice. 42 00:04:23,607 --> 00:04:26,016 If he gets it, we print it tomorrow. 43 00:04:26,189 --> 00:04:28,884 - Saying what? - It speaks for itself. 44 00:04:29,053 --> 00:04:32,356 - It's a stitch-up. - As a taxpayer, l'm right with you. 45 00:04:32,565 --> 00:04:35,180 He thought she was paying. 46 00:04:35,389 --> 00:04:40,105 Cal, no offence, don't be thick! If U-EX contrived Sonia's appointment in Collins' office... 47 00:04:40,312 --> 00:04:42,721 lf? L thought we were taking that as read. 48 00:04:42,935 --> 00:04:46,480 Which is unlikely, given the scrutiny a job like that attracts. 49 00:04:46,646 --> 00:04:50,833 Sonia Baker was recommended for that position by Greer Thornton. 50 00:04:51,005 --> 00:04:53,493 - Change your ribbon! - Cameron... 51 00:04:54,112 --> 00:04:59,872 Every other applicant for that job was more experienced and qualified than Sonia Baker. 52 00:05:00,044 --> 00:05:04,875 You lot got jobs when there were better against you. Sometimes it's an economic compromise. 53 00:05:05,855 --> 00:05:08,264 You're tying yourselves in knots. 54 00:05:08,436 --> 00:05:12,463 Just wrap it up, get some decent professional coverage. 55 00:05:12,633 --> 00:05:15,121 Start putting my money where your mouth is! 56 00:05:15,337 --> 00:05:17,746 None of it makes sense yet. 57 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,702 Della, grow up! L'm back in three hours. 58 00:05:20,864 --> 00:05:24,684 If Pete's not back, tell him to fax a copy of that invoice over to me. 59 00:05:35,956 --> 00:05:37,481 Cameron! 60 00:05:39,910 --> 00:05:42,605 - Who's leaned on you? - Several people. 61 00:05:42,774 --> 00:05:45,791 - When? - Since we opened this story. 62 00:05:45,963 --> 00:05:48,417 So why start being obstructive now? 63 00:05:48,585 --> 00:05:52,693 L can't afford to see my house flash before my eyes and you worry me. 64 00:05:52,862 --> 00:05:55,879 Your bias in Stephen Collins' favour has nudged upwards 65 00:05:56,051 --> 00:05:59,389 since you started poking his presumably guilt-ridden wife. 66 00:05:59,562 --> 00:06:01,971 Stephen Collins is being stitched up. 67 00:06:02,144 --> 00:06:05,161 Not without substantial contributions from himself. 68 00:06:05,371 --> 00:06:10,408 He was still shagging his researcher when she was murdered. If that's not a story, what is? 69 00:06:10,577 --> 00:06:14,570 - Which he's admitted. - Say thanks for confirming the bloody obvious! 70 00:06:14,773 --> 00:06:17,950 He came to me with all that Craymore House stuff. 71 00:06:18,163 --> 00:06:23,200 L'm the last person he'd want to confide in and he came to me as he's got nowhere else to go. 72 00:06:24,216 --> 00:06:26,704 He's shitting himself! 73 00:06:27,807 --> 00:06:31,352 You've got to admit that takes a lot of guts to do that. 74 00:06:35,272 --> 00:06:37,681 Bob Coutts made a telling error. 75 00:06:37,853 --> 00:06:41,765 He said we can't afford to upset the government over this. 76 00:06:47,013 --> 00:06:50,833 We've got nothing on paper that implicates the government. 77 00:06:51,574 --> 00:06:55,808 You must've talked to somebody within shouting distance recently? 78 00:07:06,867 --> 00:07:10,332 George. George. George. 79 00:07:11,750 --> 00:07:13,963 Erm... l'll catch you later, gentlemen. 80 00:07:15,824 --> 00:07:19,001 L'm sorry, George. L need five minutes later. Well, ten. 81 00:07:19,173 --> 00:07:21,180 Today's not good. 82 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,534 - Are you OK? - Yeah, l'm fine. Fine. 83 00:07:24,702 --> 00:07:27,363 L just don't know who else to talk to. 84 00:07:27,526 --> 00:07:30,187 Erm... Marion's at the theatre with friends. 85 00:07:30,351 --> 00:07:33,609 Come round to the house after 7:30 and literally ten minutes. 86 00:07:33,781 --> 00:07:35,592 L appreciate that. 87 00:07:35,757 --> 00:07:39,382 It's always sortable, Stephen. Live by that. 88 00:07:45,804 --> 00:07:48,098 - The... Greer... - Yeah. 89 00:07:50,243 --> 00:07:51,653 Thanks. 90 00:07:57,103 --> 00:07:59,591 Just fax it through. 91 00:08:15,302 --> 00:08:18,445 - L tried the bell. - Yeah, l was ignoring the bell. 92 00:08:27,649 --> 00:08:33,168 Greer, about nine years back, l spent a whole year as Stephen's campaign manager. 93 00:08:33,945 --> 00:08:37,043 - L fought to get him elected. - Stephen is very intelligent. 94 00:08:37,213 --> 00:08:39,701 L'm sure he achieved most of that on his own. 95 00:08:39,876 --> 00:08:41,883 Yeah, OK, my ego! 96 00:08:42,499 --> 00:08:45,516 But l was handling his life, his schedule... 97 00:08:46,453 --> 00:08:48,862 working out what he said when. 98 00:08:49,035 --> 00:08:51,570 L got to know him and like him. 99 00:08:53,111 --> 00:08:55,646 For all the reasons you do. 100 00:08:55,813 --> 00:09:00,609 Now, somebody somewhere wants to see him hang for something he hasn't done. 101 00:09:01,827 --> 00:09:04,121 Stephen's not bent. 102 00:09:04,289 --> 00:09:05,974 No. 103 00:09:07,435 --> 00:09:12,794 You're not telling me a woman with your experience and workload... 104 00:09:13,488 --> 00:09:17,963 is gonna go for the least qualified joker in a deck like this? 105 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:26,716 Somebody advised you to pick Sonia Baker as Stephen's researcher. 106 00:09:26,925 --> 00:09:29,620 Only as a professional recommendation. 107 00:09:29,830 --> 00:09:33,776 Which you need if you're as busy as you are. It's the same in my job. 108 00:09:38,828 --> 00:09:40,961 The Energy Minister. 109 00:09:44,275 --> 00:09:46,282 Current one? 110 00:09:47,625 --> 00:09:49,632 George Fergus? 111 00:09:57,794 --> 00:10:00,696 - Mr Foy? - Yeah, Mr Foy, Mr Foy. 112 00:10:00,860 --> 00:10:03,521 OK, what do you want to see me about? All right? 113 00:10:05,823 --> 00:10:07,830 (INDISTINCT) 114 00:10:32,333 --> 00:10:34,340 Dominic Foy! 115 00:10:34,512 --> 00:10:37,529 L want it on record that l came here voluntarily. 116 00:10:38,144 --> 00:10:40,151 That's good of you. 117 00:10:40,323 --> 00:10:43,225 Right, let's just get this over and done with. 118 00:10:43,913 --> 00:10:46,046 Which bit? 119 00:10:46,214 --> 00:10:50,642 OK, Sonia Baker was... my girlfriend. 120 00:10:51,661 --> 00:10:53,668 My best friend. 121 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,064 Nobody was more upset than me when she died. 122 00:10:59,206 --> 00:11:03,956 And whether she topped herself or... or... or was murdered, 123 00:11:04,130 --> 00:11:07,433 l mean, l had nothing to do with that, nothing at all. 124 00:11:07,601 --> 00:11:12,236 In fact, the last time l saw her, which was not that long before, 125 00:11:12,402 --> 00:11:15,464 l mean, we were, you know, really, really good. 126 00:11:15,631 --> 00:11:17,638 Close, l mean... 127 00:11:18,254 --> 00:11:20,628 Never been better. Really. 128 00:11:28,259 --> 00:11:29,588 So... 129 00:11:30,761 --> 00:11:32,493 So? 130 00:11:34,031 --> 00:11:36,199 What else can l tell you? 131 00:11:36,371 --> 00:11:38,859 Just that in writing. Take a statement. 132 00:11:39,034 --> 00:11:42,051 Hang on, hang on. So what was all the shit about? 133 00:11:46,296 --> 00:11:48,831 Eh? If that's all you needed, what's? 134 00:11:49,001 --> 00:11:50,364 Erm... 135 00:11:51,139 --> 00:11:53,146 We're not following you. 136 00:12:03,971 --> 00:12:05,576 Age? 137 00:12:08,409 --> 00:12:10,416 Liz, have you seen Cal? 138 00:12:10,588 --> 00:12:11,951 Boys' room. 139 00:12:12,122 --> 00:12:16,149 And, you know, you won't get an answer till you've asked the proper question. 140 00:12:21,323 --> 00:12:22,652 Oi! 141 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:30,194 Bell just called me. Dominic Foy just volunteered a witness statement. 142 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,377 - Anything? - All bullshit. A lot less than he's told us. 143 00:12:33,548 --> 00:12:36,450 He's convinced there's somebody following him. 144 00:12:40,731 --> 00:12:42,738 It's Fat Malcolm. 145 00:12:42,910 --> 00:12:46,294 - Who's Fat Malcolm? - He used to work in the press hall. 146 00:12:47,065 --> 00:12:50,885 He valets cars to bump up his pension. He's doing this for 35 a day. 147 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:55,127 - You knew where Foy was? - At home, hiding his car round the corner. 148 00:12:55,298 --> 00:12:57,786 You've had us schlepping all over the place! 149 00:12:57,961 --> 00:13:02,998 Foy is not gonna jump for cover unless he's got nowhere else to go. Is he still at the station? 150 00:13:03,167 --> 00:13:07,595 Yeah, but l can't confront him there. He'll know where l got the information. 151 00:13:07,765 --> 00:13:10,253 - Make an excuse. Get him. - L'll come with you. 152 00:13:10,428 --> 00:13:15,259 No, better on your own. Find Syd and put him on red alert. Do you know where Helen is? 153 00:13:15,433 --> 00:13:17,646 Tell me why you want her. 154 00:13:18,378 --> 00:13:21,923 - Helen! Helen! - It's question time. L can't miss it. 155 00:13:22,130 --> 00:13:24,618 You know George Fergus better than any of us. 156 00:13:24,793 --> 00:13:27,281 - He isn't here today. - Can you find him? 157 00:13:27,457 --> 00:13:29,945 He's a minister - months for an appointment! 158 00:13:30,121 --> 00:13:33,219 Did he personally recommend Sonia Baker for that job? 159 00:13:33,429 --> 00:13:34,920 George? 160 00:13:38,029 --> 00:13:41,447 He said specifically that he knew her family. 161 00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:46,289 L'm not asking for a confession. A denial is fine, but we need it before tonight. 162 00:13:47,551 --> 00:13:49,960 - L'll find him. - Thanks. 163 00:13:58,811 --> 00:14:00,302 Dominic! 164 00:14:01,755 --> 00:14:03,888 Who told you l was here? 165 00:14:04,055 --> 00:14:07,072 A witness. They just finished making a statement. 166 00:14:07,929 --> 00:14:09,936 OK, l saw your car. 167 00:14:11,602 --> 00:14:14,183 If it's you following me, OK, right, 168 00:14:14,345 --> 00:14:17,763 l'm straight back in there, OK, to file a complaint. 169 00:14:17,935 --> 00:14:20,423 Because there are privacy laws! 170 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,181 What about Sonia Baker's privacy? 171 00:14:23,787 --> 00:14:26,804 What about my privacy after my flat was ransacked? 172 00:14:26,976 --> 00:14:31,611 Dominic, you know more than anybody about why Sonia Baker was murdered! 173 00:14:32,221 --> 00:14:36,489 You're a fool to yourself if you think they'll let you walk away from this. 174 00:14:38,395 --> 00:14:40,930 Are you being followed? Seriously? 175 00:14:41,098 --> 00:14:43,759 Yes. Silver Rover. 176 00:14:45,012 --> 00:14:47,421 Go back inside. Report it. 177 00:14:48,886 --> 00:14:51,707 Look... l'm scared, OK? 178 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:55,287 Where are they parked exactly? 179 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,647 Just follow me. 180 00:15:03,250 --> 00:15:06,267 Literally straight behind me. Don't look yet! 181 00:15:13,136 --> 00:15:15,143 There. See? 182 00:15:18,342 --> 00:15:19,833 OK. 183 00:15:19,996 --> 00:15:24,424 Keep your head down and crawl over to mine, the green Saab. 184 00:15:24,596 --> 00:15:25,925 No. 185 00:15:26,089 --> 00:15:30,001 L'll take yours. Meet me in the hotel we were at yesterday. 186 00:15:30,165 --> 00:15:34,479 Don't check in. Just find somewhere in the lobby and stay put. OK? 187 00:15:35,128 --> 00:15:36,619 Here. 188 00:16:05,995 --> 00:16:08,610 L think he'll talk. We're going to the hotel. 189 00:16:08,779 --> 00:16:12,324 Tell Fat Malcolm to follow me, not him. L'm in the BMW. 190 00:16:31,741 --> 00:16:34,229 Jesus, Cal, if it's urgent, don't bring it herel 191 00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:41,378 l've got Dominic Foy. 192 00:16:42,029 --> 00:16:47,066 This might be the last chance we get to get the right answers, so l need the right questions. 193 00:16:47,234 --> 00:16:51,261 - L can't talk to him. - He wouldn't have to know you were there. 194 00:16:51,431 --> 00:16:56,262 Just because l came to you for help doesn't make me your Westminster correspondent. 195 00:16:56,434 --> 00:17:00,988 No, l sent our Westminster correspondent to get a statement out of George Fergus. 196 00:17:02,931 --> 00:17:05,144 Greer named him. 197 00:17:05,311 --> 00:17:09,946 You want to make up your mind which direction you want your information coming from. 198 00:17:14,634 --> 00:17:17,651 Are you sure you go into the woods to hunt bear? 199 00:17:19,837 --> 00:17:22,854 Excuse me, sir. A young lady wants to speak to you. 200 00:17:25,851 --> 00:17:27,180 No. 201 00:17:27,343 --> 00:17:32,862 Coming back to what you were saying before about the Green Paper, what surprised me... 202 00:17:33,033 --> 00:17:35,040 Excuse me, sir. 203 00:17:39,853 --> 00:17:41,664 Excuse me. 204 00:17:41,871 --> 00:17:47,230 What l wouldn't have said because l couldn't have said was that l knew Sonia's father. 205 00:17:47,881 --> 00:17:50,369 Because he's never heard of you. 206 00:17:50,545 --> 00:17:54,973 But somehow we've got people on record saying you did say you knew him, 207 00:17:55,145 --> 00:17:57,633 which is why Sonia Baker eventually got the job. 208 00:17:57,807 --> 00:18:00,295 L fail to see where you're taking all this. 209 00:18:00,916 --> 00:18:04,736 How did you hear of Sonia? She'd never worked in the building. 210 00:18:04,911 --> 00:18:07,732 People mention names. Talent gets remembered. 211 00:18:07,897 --> 00:18:12,808 She never applied to work in the building, so how does she qualify as talent? Whose talent? 212 00:18:12,979 --> 00:18:17,132 Helen, how departments scout for researchers can't be of interest to you. 213 00:18:17,298 --> 00:18:19,707 It is if they come via U-EX Oil. 214 00:18:20,890 --> 00:18:23,425 Are you suggesting she was working for them? 215 00:18:23,593 --> 00:18:28,147 That's not even disputable. Did you put her into that position at U-EX's request? 216 00:18:30,897 --> 00:18:33,271 This conversation is over. 217 00:18:35,618 --> 00:18:39,932 A lot like your career if you repeat a single word of that accusation. 218 00:18:41,388 --> 00:18:43,797 You'll regret it profoundly. 219 00:18:59,990 --> 00:19:02,478 - Did they follow you? - To the NCP. 220 00:19:02,653 --> 00:19:07,162 Cal McCaffrey was waiting for me. L switched cars before they turned up. 221 00:19:09,874 --> 00:19:12,362 - Are you OK? - No, l'm not OK. 222 00:19:12,538 --> 00:19:15,026 Right, let's just get upstairs, OK? 223 00:19:15,928 --> 00:19:18,416 We've got to wait for Dan. He's got the key. 224 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,135 Why don't you sit with your back to the door? 225 00:19:36,587 --> 00:19:41,383 You know who those people are, don't you, Dominic? Who they're working for? 226 00:19:42,075 --> 00:19:44,563 Either U-EX Oil or Warner-Schloss. 227 00:19:48,169 --> 00:19:53,045 If they wanted you dead, you wouldn't be here, would you? So what are they waiting for? 228 00:20:02,050 --> 00:20:04,057 (CLATTER) 229 00:20:04,227 --> 00:20:06,440 Watch where you're bloody going! 230 00:20:06,648 --> 00:20:09,951 - Just get me out of here! - OK, OK, OK. 231 00:20:11,008 --> 00:20:15,724 - Dominic! Well done, mate. Good to see you. - Let's get Dominic out of here. 232 00:20:15,931 --> 00:20:18,466 Dan, Stephen's outside in my car. Wire him up. 233 00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:30,051 Dan Foster. Are you OK? 234 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,689 Della's wearing the earpiece. 235 00:20:35,863 --> 00:20:40,372 Any questions you've got, just press the button and speak in your normal voice. 236 00:20:42,521 --> 00:20:44,528 Wanna try it? 237 00:20:46,435 --> 00:20:50,462 Do you know your team leader's sleeping with my wife, Della? 238 00:20:53,415 --> 00:20:55,903 - (BEEPS) - She heard that. 239 00:20:56,645 --> 00:21:00,465 Dan Foster. What, as in Cameron Foster? Your dad's the editor? 240 00:21:02,818 --> 00:21:06,558 So all this was laid on a plate for you, working for Daddy? 241 00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:09,393 - Cal sent me on this 'cause l'm good. - Sure (!) 242 00:21:09,556 --> 00:21:14,110 My dad doesn't agree with that which is why it took me five years to get a job there. 243 00:21:14,276 --> 00:21:18,142 - Didn't know anybody in your business, then? - Don't be a smart-arse! 244 00:21:18,313 --> 00:21:22,581 It's kind of late for me to start apologising for that now. Let's go. 245 00:21:34,775 --> 00:21:36,219 (DOOR OPENS) 246 00:21:37,318 --> 00:21:39,325 You'd better come in. 247 00:21:45,993 --> 00:21:48,000 This is our room. 248 00:21:49,343 --> 00:21:51,958 Have you ever met Foy? Socially or? 249 00:21:55,434 --> 00:21:58,496 Sorry, Syd. Syd's with me. Syd, Stephen. 250 00:21:59,107 --> 00:22:02,124 - Hiya. - "Man B" on any transcripts, yeah? 251 00:22:06,330 --> 00:22:09,072 Drinks in the fridge. Help yourself. 252 00:22:15,773 --> 00:22:18,997 - Where's Dominic Foy? - Ssh! Next door. 253 00:22:23,963 --> 00:22:26,980 This goes way beyond the deal that we had before. 254 00:22:27,998 --> 00:22:31,096 - The money? - Yeah, money. Yes, money. Yeah, money. 255 00:22:31,307 --> 00:22:34,691 And l want guarantees about my side of the story. 256 00:22:34,899 --> 00:22:37,273 But l don't know what you're offering. 257 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,337 L am not going to prison for this! 258 00:22:40,548 --> 00:22:43,036 Who said anything about prison? 259 00:22:43,211 --> 00:22:47,445 If the story's told exactly as it happened, l shouldn't go to prison. 260 00:22:47,610 --> 00:22:50,672 And l want none of that "He alleges, he suggests..." 261 00:22:50,878 --> 00:22:53,413 It's a legal phrase if we don't have evidence. 262 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:55,989 Don't worry, 'cause l'm evidence. 263 00:22:56,163 --> 00:23:00,717 - Who's your contact at Warner-Schloss? - Hang on, no names. L ain't doing that. 264 00:23:00,884 --> 00:23:02,891 Paul Canning. 265 00:23:03,709 --> 00:23:06,404 He's their account director for U-EX Oil. 266 00:23:08,511 --> 00:23:11,172 OK, fine, Paul. Just Paul. 267 00:23:11,336 --> 00:23:15,604 How did Sonia Baker get to be working for Stephen Collins 268 00:23:15,774 --> 00:23:18,469 with a CV that's worse than yours, Dominic? 269 00:23:21,625 --> 00:23:27,351 Paul asked me if l knew anybody he could trust. All right? Really trust. 270 00:23:27,556 --> 00:23:32,065 He wanted somebody inside the Energy Select Committee with the right qualifications. 271 00:23:32,238 --> 00:23:34,933 - (DELLA) What was in it for you? - Nothing. 272 00:23:35,102 --> 00:23:37,590 - Consultancy fees? - No. 273 00:23:40,550 --> 00:23:45,667 Three payments of 25 grand, the last of which was bank revoked after Sonia's death 274 00:23:45,877 --> 00:23:49,789 because she was no longer useful, therefore nor were you. 275 00:23:51,566 --> 00:23:53,057 Oh, yeah. 276 00:23:53,219 --> 00:23:57,613 All right. Consultancy fees, yeah, but for non-specified PR. 277 00:23:57,780 --> 00:24:00,395 Did they say how they'd slot her into that job? 278 00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:03,581 Did they say how they'd manage to get her that job? 279 00:24:03,751 --> 00:24:05,080 No. 280 00:24:05,245 --> 00:24:09,318 You can't just drop somebody into a parliamentary research position. 281 00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:11,935 Paul seemed to think they'd manage. 282 00:24:12,104 --> 00:24:14,558 With somebody in the government? 283 00:24:14,726 --> 00:24:19,763 U-EX have ex-personnel all over the place, on this board, that committee. That's no secret. 284 00:24:22,192 --> 00:24:25,013 George Fergus recommended Sonia. 285 00:24:28,326 --> 00:24:29,817 Fine. 286 00:24:31,755 --> 00:24:33,968 Did they mention him by name? 287 00:24:34,984 --> 00:24:38,529 - They mentioned him by name? - They didn't. 288 00:24:38,735 --> 00:24:40,742 Sonia did. 289 00:24:44,869 --> 00:24:47,357 All right, months down the line, OK, 290 00:24:47,533 --> 00:24:52,249 Stephen Collins' secretary got a bit steamed up over her CV, all right? 291 00:24:52,979 --> 00:24:57,293 Sonia had upped her degree in politics to a First from a 2:1. 292 00:24:57,458 --> 00:25:01,451 The secretary found out accidentally and blew her top, OK? 293 00:25:01,614 --> 00:25:04,597 And we all thought she was gonna get fired. 294 00:25:07,385 --> 00:25:11,171 Then in steps George F*ergus, everything's cleaned up. 295 00:25:11,339 --> 00:25:14,401 Why didn't Greer go to Stephen Collins with this? 296 00:25:14,607 --> 00:25:16,855 How come the secretary never told Collins? 297 00:25:17,069 --> 00:25:21,578 All l know is the one time Sonia came close to being found out, 298 00:25:22,072 --> 00:25:26,180 the secretary goes upstairs and George Fergus smoothes out the creases. 299 00:25:26,390 --> 00:25:29,407 He shouldn't have had anything to do with this. 300 00:25:29,577 --> 00:25:33,604 Stephen Collins is meant to be running an independent committee. 301 00:25:33,775 --> 00:25:37,848 (CAL) Sonia Baker was paid double wages to feed information to U-EX Oil? 302 00:25:38,052 --> 00:25:39,622 Yes. 303 00:25:39,786 --> 00:25:42,321 - Was she efficient? - She kept her job. 304 00:25:43,499 --> 00:25:45,953 So why did they want her dead? 305 00:25:49,391 --> 00:25:51,685 L don't know. L don't know. 306 00:25:51,852 --> 00:25:55,672 L didn't... l don't... l don't know anything about that. 307 00:25:55,887 --> 00:25:58,985 You do now. Why did they want Sonia dead? 308 00:26:03,554 --> 00:26:08,304 - (STEPHEN) Who knew about the affair? - Who told U-EX they were having an affair? 309 00:26:08,516 --> 00:26:13,070 - How many people knew? - She told you. Did you tell Paul Canning? 310 00:26:13,279 --> 00:26:15,286 No. No, no, no. 311 00:26:16,102 --> 00:26:18,590 You and Canning discussed it. 312 00:26:20,057 --> 00:26:23,969 - You've talked to Paul? - How did he know if you didn't tell him? 313 00:26:31,718 --> 00:26:33,047 OK... 314 00:26:33,898 --> 00:26:35,905 All right, OK. 315 00:26:36,076 --> 00:26:38,083 L told him. OK? 316 00:26:38,256 --> 00:26:40,998 L told him. L told him! All right? L told him! 317 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,102 But only when l thought it was funny. Yeah? 318 00:26:44,267 --> 00:26:48,616 Only when l thought that, you know, Sonia was doing a good job. 319 00:26:48,786 --> 00:26:50,277 It was... 320 00:26:52,297 --> 00:26:56,209 The shit didn't hit the fan till she stopped filing back. 321 00:26:56,373 --> 00:27:02,455 Till she stopped reporting back to Paul Canning details of the Select Committee meetings? 322 00:27:15,257 --> 00:27:17,711 You're not recording this, are you? 323 00:27:22,439 --> 00:27:24,848 - What with? - Dominic! 324 00:27:25,022 --> 00:27:26,754 Ssh, ssh. 325 00:27:46,286 --> 00:27:48,901 Oh, fuck, l can't take this any more. 326 00:27:59,763 --> 00:28:02,172 Paul turned up at my house. 327 00:28:03,759 --> 00:28:05,766 Middle of one night. 328 00:28:05,938 --> 00:28:09,036 And he was on the ceiling. 329 00:28:09,206 --> 00:28:12,705 "Talk to her! Tell her! Talk to her! She's your friend! 330 00:28:12,877 --> 00:28:15,251 "Talk to the stupid bitch!" 331 00:28:17,074 --> 00:28:20,860 She told him she wanted to pull out of the whole deal, 332 00:28:21,030 --> 00:28:23,439 to stop working for Collins. 333 00:28:24,258 --> 00:28:27,000 - Against him? - Yes, against him. 334 00:28:27,606 --> 00:28:32,437 She couldn't handle it any more. The dirty money was getting to her. She was... 335 00:28:34,748 --> 00:28:37,236 ...terrified of being found out. 336 00:28:37,976 --> 00:28:40,797 But Paul just went into orbit. 337 00:28:41,648 --> 00:28:44,951 He tells her he knows she's screwing Collins 338 00:28:45,119 --> 00:28:50,110 and he said that he'd blow it to the press if she downed tools. 339 00:28:51,252 --> 00:28:53,420 It was as simple as that. 340 00:28:56,941 --> 00:29:00,244 By the time l got round to her flat, she was... 341 00:29:02,711 --> 00:29:04,718 ...totally freaked. 342 00:29:04,892 --> 00:29:06,899 You know, she was... 343 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,092 ...inconsolable. 344 00:29:13,446 --> 00:29:15,934 She'd fallen in love with Collins. 345 00:29:19,054 --> 00:29:21,796 She'd got herself pregnant to him. 346 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:31,431 She said if he ever found out how she landed in... that office, 347 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:38,981 that she'd rather... die than have to face him with that. 348 00:29:40,681 --> 00:29:43,698 (DELLA) She could have been making that up. 349 00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:46,450 (DOMINIC) That is exactly what l said. 350 00:29:47,098 --> 00:29:50,275 She showed this thing, this test kit thing. 351 00:29:50,446 --> 00:29:53,749 - Blue spot, she was pregnant. - When was this? 352 00:29:53,916 --> 00:29:56,129 A week before she died. 353 00:29:56,297 --> 00:29:59,842 Right, who's telling that story? Whose secret's that? 354 00:30:00,011 --> 00:30:04,727 Whose secret's that? If you two don't know, whose secret's that? 355 00:30:04,893 --> 00:30:07,302 'Cause nobody else mentioned it! 356 00:30:07,918 --> 00:30:10,372 And that's why l'm shitting meself! 357 00:30:11,228 --> 00:30:13,602 L'm sick of it! 358 00:30:14,618 --> 00:30:16,510 Stephen! 359 00:30:17,806 --> 00:30:20,341 (BANGING ON DOOR) Open this bloody door! 360 00:30:21,436 --> 00:30:23,489 - L've got to. - No, no. 361 00:30:26,036 --> 00:30:28,571 - Stephen, just calm down. - Where is he? 362 00:30:28,740 --> 00:30:30,908 - Foy! - Dan, get him out now! 363 00:30:31,605 --> 00:30:33,738 Get out! Get out here! 364 00:30:33,904 --> 00:30:36,439 - Leave it! - Come on, get out here! 365 00:30:38,141 --> 00:30:40,962 - Get out! Get out here! - Who is it? 366 00:30:41,128 --> 00:30:43,616 - L want to see your face! - Stephen! 367 00:30:47,946 --> 00:30:49,953 No, no... 368 00:30:51,780 --> 00:30:53,787 You used me! 369 00:30:54,887 --> 00:30:56,779 Get off me! 370 00:31:00,013 --> 00:31:03,156 You user! You pimp! 371 00:31:03,845 --> 00:31:06,333 Give us it, you pimp! 372 00:31:24,828 --> 00:31:27,122 What the fuck's he doing here? 373 00:31:32,697 --> 00:31:34,704 (MUMBLES) 374 00:31:39,273 --> 00:31:41,280 L got her a job. 375 00:31:41,452 --> 00:31:43,459 That's all l did. 376 00:31:43,631 --> 00:31:46,085 That's all l did. L just got her a job. 377 00:31:46,295 --> 00:31:48,783 - You killed her! - No, l didn't! 378 00:31:50,330 --> 00:31:53,232 Stephen, come back! Stephen! 379 00:31:57,795 --> 00:31:59,446 Hiya. 380 00:32:02,959 --> 00:32:05,368 That's all on tape, by the way. 381 00:32:19,261 --> 00:32:21,268 Stephen, come back! 382 00:32:21,885 --> 00:32:25,797 If you leave me to mop this up, how can l keep you out of this? 383 00:32:26,322 --> 00:32:28,490 Come back and talk to me. 384 00:32:33,022 --> 00:32:34,673 Shit! 385 00:32:37,299 --> 00:32:42,130 One minute he's in the bathroom, next minute he's screaming for help. Sounded like he fell. 386 00:32:42,302 --> 00:32:44,515 From where? A trapeze? 387 00:32:45,247 --> 00:32:47,782 - (STRUGGLES TO SPEAK) - What? 388 00:32:48,637 --> 00:32:52,262 - (SHOUTS) - OK, OK. Clear the way, please! 389 00:32:53,357 --> 00:32:55,766 - Liz, get Cameron. - He's got people with him. 390 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:58,349 - Interrupt. - L've been told not to. 391 00:32:58,522 --> 00:33:02,101 - What people? - It's all mineral water and big front teeth. 392 00:33:02,316 --> 00:33:04,725 L'm gonna e-mail a document. 393 00:33:04,898 --> 00:33:07,915 Get a print-off to him discreetly, but fast, OK? 394 00:33:17,368 --> 00:33:19,949 - It doesn't matter. - L've spent legal wrong. 395 00:33:20,111 --> 00:33:22,692 Stop worrying about the typos, you poof, and send it. 396 00:33:22,855 --> 00:33:25,516 - It makes me look illiterate. - Syd, send it. 397 00:33:26,366 --> 00:33:30,715 - Poof isn't much of a thank you. - L didn't intend it as gender specific. 398 00:33:30,884 --> 00:33:33,097 L just meant... poof. 399 00:33:35,362 --> 00:33:39,022 Stephen Collins was prepared to leave his family for Sonia. 400 00:33:40,366 --> 00:33:42,660 L didn't know that then. 401 00:33:42,829 --> 00:33:45,317 We can't keep you out of this, Dominic. 402 00:33:46,298 --> 00:33:49,200 L don't want you to do anything else for me. 403 00:33:49,405 --> 00:33:52,950 L don't want anything. L've got my own protection! 404 00:33:53,764 --> 00:33:55,771 Like what? 405 00:33:55,943 --> 00:33:58,800 U-EX are gonna deny any knowledge of you. 406 00:33:59,009 --> 00:34:01,016 They can't. 407 00:34:01,551 --> 00:34:03,845 - Not on paper. - Dominic! 408 00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:07,113 Are you his girlfriend? 409 00:34:08,653 --> 00:34:11,234 - Yes. - L'm sorry. You can't come in with him. 410 00:34:12,607 --> 00:34:16,232 It's OK. L'm fairly squeamish. 411 00:34:24,470 --> 00:34:29,507 L'll write the copy. You check for facts. Ring round anybody we need for corroboration. 412 00:34:29,676 --> 00:34:34,713 Get confirmation that Paul Canning has indeed lost his job and cleared out of his flat. 413 00:34:34,881 --> 00:34:39,435 Find any phone numbers that might connect us to him. And get hold of a phone log. 414 00:34:39,602 --> 00:34:42,090 See if he's been active in the last week or so. 415 00:34:42,265 --> 00:34:45,810 The very least we can say is "underground" or "untraceable". 416 00:34:45,978 --> 00:34:47,985 (LIFT DOOR RINGS) 417 00:34:52,273 --> 00:34:56,300 Cal, the presses are already running. We won't get it in tonight's now. 418 00:34:56,470 --> 00:34:59,969 Like your dad won't stop a run? That's how he lost his last job. 419 00:35:00,140 --> 00:35:02,675 - L can't get a phone log in that time. - L can help. 420 00:35:02,844 --> 00:35:04,851 - From your copper? - Ssh! 421 00:35:05,023 --> 00:35:08,040 L've had more out of coppers than you'll ever get! 422 00:35:08,211 --> 00:35:10,746 - L don't want to know! - Anybody really senior? 423 00:35:26,813 --> 00:35:28,820 This is terrific. 424 00:35:32,261 --> 00:35:34,268 It's amazing. 425 00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:38,469 And all for under 40 grand. 426 00:35:40,773 --> 00:35:43,308 Can we get Sonia Baker's medical records? 427 00:35:43,962 --> 00:35:46,256 'Cause if they're covering that up, 428 00:35:46,463 --> 00:35:50,490 the least we allege is, "Was she pregnant the week before she died?" 429 00:35:50,661 --> 00:35:55,698 And big black hole in a story this size, quotes from Collins - did he know she was pregnant? 430 00:35:55,866 --> 00:36:00,535 What does he now make of his relationship with Sonia Baker? Can you get them? 431 00:36:02,484 --> 00:36:04,972 Can you print it? 432 00:36:05,146 --> 00:36:08,208 Not right now, so take your time. 433 00:36:09,383 --> 00:36:12,400 U-EX's injunction gagging every aspect of the story 434 00:36:12,571 --> 00:36:15,909 on the grounds it could strangle their share price. 435 00:36:16,121 --> 00:36:17,450 So? 436 00:36:18,059 --> 00:36:23,096 Personal injunction from George Fergus's lawyers naming his conversation with Helen. 437 00:36:23,263 --> 00:36:27,290 Officially "no comment", but they're briefing left, right and centre 438 00:36:27,461 --> 00:36:30,478 George went nowhere near this level of involvement. 439 00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:33,545 My gorgeous, generous offer of early retirement 440 00:36:33,756 --> 00:36:37,462 if the above two documents are respected and adhered to. 441 00:36:39,687 --> 00:36:41,694 It's a big story. 442 00:36:41,865 --> 00:36:44,560 Big day. Big hitters! 443 00:36:51,550 --> 00:36:53,959 Well, who fancies a drink? 444 00:36:54,132 --> 00:36:59,410 Not you. Find Collins. L want his permission to print the quotes he's given you personally. 445 00:37:00,347 --> 00:37:05,384 Well, is he clean or not clean? Make him pick a team! Get me the press hall. 446 00:37:06,278 --> 00:37:09,054 Everybody, stop what you're doing! 447 00:37:09,264 --> 00:37:11,638 Everybody! That means you! 448 00:37:11,807 --> 00:37:15,225 Phones down, computers down, get your coats! 449 00:37:15,397 --> 00:37:19,746 Anyone not essential to tonight's edition, Mason's Arms in ten minutes. 450 00:37:19,917 --> 00:37:22,934 If you think l'm drunk now, look in again at ten o'clock. 451 00:37:23,105 --> 00:37:27,178 - Print supervisor. - Eddie, how are you? It's a stop! 452 00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:39,717 Are you getting this? 453 00:37:39,890 --> 00:37:42,058 Absolutely serious. 454 00:37:43,281 --> 00:37:46,057 With my scanned signature at the bottom. 455 00:37:47,718 --> 00:37:51,711 Absolutely no change to that without my personal consent. 456 00:37:53,207 --> 00:37:57,073 Only people with expense accounts allowed in the lifts. 457 00:37:58,290 --> 00:38:00,377 (LAUGHTER) 458 00:38:02,487 --> 00:38:07,318 Stephen, it's me. Listen, l'm really sorry you had to go through all that. 459 00:38:07,531 --> 00:38:11,030 None of us knew it was going that way. L'm really sorry. 460 00:38:11,202 --> 00:38:15,756 Can you call me as soon as you get this message? L'll try your other numbers. 461 00:38:31,095 --> 00:38:34,755 Hi, leave your name, time you called... Hello? 462 00:38:34,930 --> 00:38:38,107 How busy is your record shop at three in the morning? 463 00:38:52,764 --> 00:38:54,127 (REVS ENGINE) 464 00:38:54,298 --> 00:38:56,305 Stop that. 465 00:38:59,705 --> 00:39:01,516 Breakfast. 466 00:39:01,681 --> 00:39:03,688 You daft... 467 00:39:03,860 --> 00:39:06,681 l woke up at half past two with a stonking hard-on, 468 00:39:06,847 --> 00:39:10,024 thinking l'm not going to see her till the weekend. 469 00:39:10,195 --> 00:39:13,131 Don't think l'm going to have sex with you in this car. 470 00:39:13,302 --> 00:39:16,479 Well, you've sprinted round putting make-up on for something, 471 00:39:16,652 --> 00:39:20,070 so we're not completely ruling out rituals, are we? 472 00:39:36,020 --> 00:39:38,027 L love you, 473 00:39:38,198 --> 00:39:43,029 but if you're gonna buy that, then you're gonna have to start doing something about it. 474 00:39:48,811 --> 00:39:51,299 You're worried about Karen and Louis? 475 00:39:53,330 --> 00:39:57,196 They know me and Stephen will probably get divorced. 476 00:39:57,366 --> 00:39:58,891 Probably? 477 00:39:59,908 --> 00:40:02,317 That's what you do with kids. 478 00:40:02,491 --> 00:40:07,655 You keep telling them "probably" till they come to terms with inevitabilities. It's not a lie. 479 00:40:08,342 --> 00:40:11,841 L left Louis a note saying that the shop alarm had gone off. 480 00:40:12,014 --> 00:40:14,756 Now, that was a lie, so l shouldn't hang around. 481 00:40:16,655 --> 00:40:21,566 You know, the easiest thing in the world would be pretending that we got to this 482 00:40:21,738 --> 00:40:24,353 because Stephen let you down. 483 00:40:25,531 --> 00:40:28,949 L wouldn't be here if l thought you thought that. 484 00:40:29,122 --> 00:40:31,657 But l wouldn't be here at all if he hadn't. 485 00:41:05,478 --> 00:41:07,485 Suggesting what? 486 00:41:08,464 --> 00:41:10,999 Sonia Baker was working for U-EX Oil. 487 00:41:12,420 --> 00:41:15,115 She was put into Stephen's office to spy on him. 488 00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:20,763 She slept with him deliberately? 489 00:41:20,974 --> 00:41:23,428 She was leaking his notes to U-EX. 490 00:41:25,169 --> 00:41:26,660 Bitch! 491 00:41:27,713 --> 00:41:31,900 But she slept with him because they were having an affair, Anne. 492 00:41:32,634 --> 00:41:34,641 Does he know this? 493 00:41:36,226 --> 00:41:37,555 Yeah. 494 00:41:39,696 --> 00:41:42,231 He couldn't deny the facts after a while. 495 00:41:42,925 --> 00:41:47,641 This is a late print, so his people won't have clocked it yet. 496 00:41:49,098 --> 00:41:51,105 Maybe just. 497 00:41:55,958 --> 00:41:58,446 (SEVERAL VOICES TALK AT ONCE) 498 00:42:15,568 --> 00:42:17,379 (MOBILE PHONE RINGS) 499 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,702 Bit grown-up in here. Sure l'm invited? 500 00:42:35,906 --> 00:42:38,315 You're involved in the transcripts. 501 00:42:38,487 --> 00:42:42,915 L don't care how many drinks you're offered, however much pressure you're under. 502 00:42:43,088 --> 00:42:47,115 This story remains confidential to the people in this room or l'll punch you! 503 00:42:47,324 --> 00:42:50,145 - Why pick on me? - This is for all of you. 504 00:42:50,310 --> 00:42:53,534 Until l tell you what we're saying when, you button it. 505 00:42:54,224 --> 00:42:59,055 Adam and George have already filed an appeal against U-EX Oil's blocking of the story. 506 00:42:59,631 --> 00:43:02,119 We've instructed Geoffrey Thomas QC. 507 00:43:02,294 --> 00:43:04,875 Any chance of getting round the injunction? 508 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:10,439 We'd have to pick round the wording. There's always loopholes, but it'll emasculate the copy. 509 00:43:11,132 --> 00:43:12,461 Pete? 510 00:43:12,625 --> 00:43:16,411 - This letter's saying they're sacking you. - What? 511 00:43:17,426 --> 00:43:19,914 - In a way. - Because of this? 512 00:43:21,946 --> 00:43:24,434 L no longer have editorial control. 513 00:43:29,410 --> 00:43:31,417 She does. 514 00:43:33,203 --> 00:43:35,210 Cup of tea? 515 00:43:37,925 --> 00:43:41,023 You're in a strong position to tie up the recommendations. 516 00:43:41,193 --> 00:43:44,818 - That's another week. - L want this story squashed. 517 00:43:45,026 --> 00:43:49,580 We need briefing statements ready early afternoon to get tomorrow's editions. 518 00:43:49,746 --> 00:43:53,486 L'll follow that up with a press conference... Oh, yeah, thank you. 519 00:43:57,696 --> 00:44:02,492 We're all wanted back at the House. The "Herald" has withdrawn the appeal. 520 00:44:02,661 --> 00:44:05,196 The board have suspended Cameron Foster. 521 00:44:05,363 --> 00:44:09,757 That's one favour cashed in. It'll give us breathing space, but don't relax. 522 00:44:09,923 --> 00:44:12,940 They're all chasing this now. Do not relax yet! 523 00:44:13,877 --> 00:44:16,125 The cars are downstairs. 524 00:44:27,758 --> 00:44:30,246 Who knew Sonia was working for U-EX Oil? 525 00:44:33,932 --> 00:44:36,180 That's not a proven fact. 526 00:44:37,079 --> 00:44:40,177 - She was murdered. - The police are investigating that. 527 00:44:40,347 --> 00:44:42,721 Not without interference. 528 00:44:45,110 --> 00:44:47,931 You had an affair. That's all. 529 00:44:48,094 --> 00:44:52,603 You don't deserve to be blamed for everything that went wrong with Sonia's life. 530 00:44:52,776 --> 00:44:57,813 If we can steer events clear of you, well and good. If we can't, you can take it on the chin. 531 00:44:57,981 --> 00:45:00,642 - That's why you're being looked at. - Who knew? 532 00:45:00,846 --> 00:45:04,506 - L don't know. - George for one. Why are you protecting him? 533 00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,173 The energy report's bigger than the pair of you. 534 00:45:07,383 --> 00:45:12,099 - Report's a joke, stiffen the oil companies. - Stiffen the government, l thought. 535 00:45:12,305 --> 00:45:14,840 U-EX knew what was in there from day one 536 00:45:15,009 --> 00:45:19,036 because George Fergus put Sonia into my office to work for them. 537 00:45:19,205 --> 00:45:21,740 Why isn't he being flogged in public for that? 538 00:45:21,909 --> 00:45:27,348 L know why you're angry, you especially, but any hint of contamination sets us back a year. 539 00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:31,907 We can throw the press, we can fragment the impact of any accusations. 540 00:45:32,077 --> 00:45:37,034 L can do that, but your recommendations are meant to be the cornerstone in the next session, 541 00:45:37,202 --> 00:45:39,690 and that makes you a very important individual. 542 00:45:39,865 --> 00:45:43,042 You stink! You daren't connect two words without thinking. 543 00:45:43,213 --> 00:45:46,631 Good job one of us can! Do you want to know what l know? 544 00:45:46,806 --> 00:45:51,637 You're bloody twisted! L bet your wife is sick of you sleeping with your cock on the pillow! 545 00:45:51,810 --> 00:45:54,138 My wife is happier than yours is! 546 00:46:06,093 --> 00:46:07,584 Sorry. 547 00:46:11,581 --> 00:46:15,401 L couldn't have the arrogance to represent a constituency. 548 00:46:15,576 --> 00:46:18,064 L think l'd be embarrassed to even say that. 549 00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:22,714 You lot, you queue up with all the vanity of schoolboys 550 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:27,389 and you go to the front and your booming, radical voices come out in falsettos. 551 00:46:27,559 --> 00:46:29,807 You're your own worst enemies! 552 00:46:31,998 --> 00:46:35,543 L don't know whether George was taking a bung from U-EX. 553 00:46:35,712 --> 00:46:40,588 L know what l think, but l won't know until it lands on my desk when l'll have to mop it up. 554 00:46:40,755 --> 00:46:43,164 L'm just the cleaner, Stephen. 555 00:46:44,266 --> 00:46:48,086 For your own protection, get the report out and over with. 556 00:46:48,704 --> 00:46:51,192 And get used to the attention. 557 00:46:52,134 --> 00:46:54,669 They're offering me a seat in the Cabinet? 558 00:46:54,838 --> 00:47:00,081 Private life permitting, which will definitely land on my desk. L'm not your enemy, Stephen. 559 00:47:05,207 --> 00:47:07,695 He needs some air. He's walking! 560 00:47:16,345 --> 00:47:18,960 - (KNOCKS ON DOOR) - Come in. 561 00:47:20,864 --> 00:47:23,800 Cal McCaffrey, Yvonne Shaps, legal executive. 562 00:47:23,970 --> 00:47:27,710 As from now, Yvonne will be making all my headline decisions. 563 00:47:27,884 --> 00:47:33,403 Nowhere near true. L'm here to avoid us printing material that invites more writs than readers. 564 00:47:33,573 --> 00:47:36,831 L've withdrawn the appeal against the injunction. 565 00:47:37,649 --> 00:47:39,897 Oh, great first move (!) 566 00:47:40,111 --> 00:47:44,586 We shouldn't be spending legals defending a story that can't defend itself. 567 00:47:45,842 --> 00:47:48,457 That story is good. 568 00:47:48,624 --> 00:47:50,837 It's better than good. 569 00:47:51,006 --> 00:47:55,963 Bits of it. You can't accuse an international corporation of murder without evidence! 570 00:47:56,130 --> 00:47:58,217 Implying responsibility. 571 00:47:58,431 --> 00:48:03,755 You paid an anonymous source for a briefcase with instructions to assassinate Sonia Baker. 572 00:48:03,917 --> 00:48:06,085 Requiring less implication. 573 00:48:06,259 --> 00:48:11,090 Anonymous source is nowhere near good enough. If you can't back it, we can't print it! 574 00:48:11,303 --> 00:48:14,802 Don't look at me like that message just came from Mars! 575 00:48:17,638 --> 00:48:20,333 Listen... Yvonne. 576 00:48:21,391 --> 00:48:25,866 L don't know who sent you, but you'd have to be pretty thick... 577 00:48:26,030 --> 00:48:28,358 No, no, no, no spitting. 578 00:48:28,532 --> 00:48:31,067 No, Yvonne's not saying the big no. 579 00:48:31,236 --> 00:48:35,263 Just little noes until we get a version of the story we can print. 580 00:48:35,432 --> 00:48:39,781 Cameron, if we don't go with this and soon, it will be hijacked by every... 581 00:48:39,951 --> 00:48:43,978 l know. Shut up! Maybe that's Yvonne's secret plan. We'll find out. 582 00:48:44,147 --> 00:48:49,873 Why don't you go and er... and um... type something lovely? 583 00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:53,539 And er... and then we'll calm down and regroup 584 00:48:53,712 --> 00:48:56,729 when she's had a chance to read it intelligently. 585 00:49:01,620 --> 00:49:05,085 The mental bitch has withdrawn the appeal. 586 00:49:09,448 --> 00:49:13,842 Yvonne Shaps can spend, l swear, a thousand quid on a pair of shoes, 587 00:49:14,008 --> 00:49:18,436 but she's never, in all the time l've known her, found an outfit to match. 588 00:49:18,608 --> 00:49:22,233 Just these glowing treasures on the end of her precious legs. 589 00:49:22,402 --> 00:49:25,017 - Dad, why aren't you walking? - To? 590 00:49:25,184 --> 00:49:29,738 In the direction of your balls, perhaps. Why are you standing there joking? 591 00:49:30,270 --> 00:49:33,046 If l walk, there goes a 15-year pension. 592 00:49:33,215 --> 00:49:38,046 If they sack me, the severance invites untold wealth in a Mediterranean climate. 593 00:49:38,662 --> 00:49:43,493 You're gonna let them do this, aren't you? They're trying to break the story up. 594 00:49:43,665 --> 00:49:46,682 If it comes out like rabbit shit, where's the impact? 595 00:49:46,854 --> 00:49:49,675 A house in Tuscany is worth the sacrifice? 596 00:49:49,839 --> 00:49:52,420 Or indeed your mother's medical bills. 597 00:50:16,351 --> 00:50:18,679 Do you want another drink? 598 00:50:18,893 --> 00:50:21,750 No. Turn your anonymous source round. 599 00:50:21,919 --> 00:50:25,946 What's the point? They're not gonna print the story anyway. 600 00:50:26,114 --> 00:50:29,212 They don't own the story. You do. 601 00:50:35,759 --> 00:50:37,766 What's going on? 602 00:50:38,865 --> 00:50:41,033 Witness his signature. 603 00:50:44,637 --> 00:50:47,011 And backdate it to the 11th. 604 00:50:54,886 --> 00:50:56,377 Yeah. 605 00:51:00,413 --> 00:51:06,495 (MAN) What action is being taken to make sure we actively continue to tackle world poverty 606 00:51:06,668 --> 00:51:10,052 after the current programme comes to an end? 607 00:51:11,509 --> 00:51:14,812 (WOMAN) Some 900 million people worldwide 608 00:51:14,980 --> 00:51:20,625 are likely to still be living in extreme poverty in 2015 609 00:51:21,235 --> 00:51:28,132 Even if goals are achieved, our commitment to work against poverty must continue 610 00:51:30,394 --> 00:51:33,136 (MAN) l thank the honourable lady for that reply 611 00:51:33,299 --> 00:51:38,738 and for recognising the importance of the need to continue to fight against world poverty? 612 00:51:38,908 --> 00:51:44,347 Does she agree that the hopelessness that comes from it causes division worldwide? 613 00:51:59,204 --> 00:52:03,839 - What the hell do you mean by that? - You've been a mate, so l had to warn you (!) 614 00:52:04,006 --> 00:52:07,023 - "Finished"? - L've got to watch you grease your fat arse! 615 00:52:07,194 --> 00:52:11,221 - What are U-EX paying you? - L've never taken money from U-EX! Keep quiet! 616 00:52:11,392 --> 00:52:13,399 - Directorship... - Cut that out! 617 00:52:13,570 --> 00:52:17,597 - You manipulated Sonia into my department. - Ridiculous! 618 00:52:17,767 --> 00:52:21,312 My secretary will go on public record saying the opposite. 619 00:52:21,479 --> 00:52:24,863 L think Greer's confusing one conversation with another. 620 00:52:25,030 --> 00:52:27,645 - Are you confused? - No, George, l'm not. 621 00:52:28,700 --> 00:52:33,049 The words were, "Pick a good 'un, but make sure it's Sonia Baker. 622 00:52:33,220 --> 00:52:37,774 "We could do with somebody like that backing Stephen up. L know her family." 623 00:52:38,950 --> 00:52:41,324 You've let me down, George. 624 00:53:14,137 --> 00:53:16,144 - Hi. - Hi. 625 00:53:16,316 --> 00:53:18,484 Look, Olicia, l just... 626 00:53:28,704 --> 00:53:30,550 Sonny... 627 00:53:30,761 --> 00:53:35,110 l was asked to nominate Sonia. That's all l did. No lies. 628 00:53:35,322 --> 00:53:38,465 - You knew the family? Not a lie? - That much, but that's it. 629 00:53:40,446 --> 00:53:44,955 You were made chairman of the Energy Committee because people trusted you. 630 00:53:45,126 --> 00:53:50,163 - You trusted me to take it right up the arse! - To be independent. Not against or for them. 631 00:53:51,420 --> 00:53:54,644 Bright enough not to go too far with your recommendations. 632 00:53:54,810 --> 00:53:57,184 They damaged me. You've damaged me! 633 00:54:03,487 --> 00:54:06,470 Sonia Baker wasn't appointed at U-EX's request. 634 00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,257 She was on the payroll of their lobbyists. 635 00:54:10,426 --> 00:54:14,854 We knew she was theirs, but they weren't aware of that and still aren't. 636 00:54:17,448 --> 00:54:19,259 God, Stephen! 637 00:54:24,267 --> 00:54:29,098 It was obvious one of the oil companies would want an operator close to the committee. 638 00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:33,779 We created a vacancy. We knew from intelligence she was their candidate. 639 00:54:33,950 --> 00:54:39,515 Oh, l primed Greer to allow something to happen because it was in our interests. 640 00:54:39,721 --> 00:54:42,130 - How? - Made U-EX more secure. 641 00:54:42,303 --> 00:54:45,401 - The whole point was the opposite. - Within reason. 642 00:54:47,185 --> 00:54:51,212 We know from experience you don't mess with the oil industry. 643 00:54:51,383 --> 00:54:55,732 They throw tantrums, they can't be dragged into line kicking and screaming. 644 00:54:55,902 --> 00:55:00,296 We tried that. We had a national fuel crisis. The government nearly buckled. 645 00:55:07,241 --> 00:55:10,866 So... nobody... took money, Stephen. 646 00:55:11,559 --> 00:55:16,998 Well, apart from the country, hopefully, when they lower the cost of filling a tank. 647 00:55:17,167 --> 00:55:20,184 You must have known she was involved with me. 648 00:55:20,919 --> 00:55:24,384 What could l do? Two adults, l couldn't interfere. 649 00:55:24,995 --> 00:55:28,219 - You couldn't interfere? - It'd undo a lot of good work. 650 00:55:28,384 --> 00:55:30,999 She's dead, you stupid, disgraceful fuck! 651 00:55:39,925 --> 00:55:43,998 Nobody here... knows how that happened. Nobody. 652 00:55:48,762 --> 00:55:52,180 For God's sake, Stephen! The stakes weren't that high! 653 00:55:56,750 --> 00:55:59,204 What the hell do you think we are? 654 00:56:01,230 --> 00:56:03,363 L don't know. 655 00:56:09,705 --> 00:56:11,712 So give me a name. 656 00:56:13,173 --> 00:56:15,547 L want to talk to her family. 657 00:56:16,926 --> 00:56:19,702 A girl of 15 on the run doesn't bother you? 658 00:56:19,872 --> 00:56:23,096 A lot less than you talking her into something she can't handle. 659 00:56:23,261 --> 00:56:26,082 - That briefcase is evidence. - So she gave it to you. 660 00:56:26,247 --> 00:56:28,621 To prove my brother was killed for it! 661 00:56:28,830 --> 00:56:31,239 - Why do you think l'm here? - Again! 662 00:56:33,510 --> 00:56:35,678 Where's Kelvin's name? 663 00:56:36,375 --> 00:56:38,863 Where's your name, come to that? 664 00:56:39,038 --> 00:56:42,055 You haven't got no power, man. You're toothless! 665 00:56:46,746 --> 00:56:50,566 Kelvin's murder is the only reason we latched on to this story. 666 00:56:50,740 --> 00:56:54,893 - L hope it haunts you. - Sonny... Sonny! Sonny, listen! 667 00:56:55,583 --> 00:56:59,770 If l can produce somebody who can say where that briefcase came from... 668 00:56:59,980 --> 00:57:02,756 So l say l nicked it from a professional killer? 669 00:57:03,491 --> 00:57:05,979 Well, he can't contradict that. He's dead! 670 00:57:06,155 --> 00:57:10,583 - Listen, l left a good job to be near my mum. - (MOBILE PHONE RINGS) 671 00:57:10,754 --> 00:57:13,771 Do you think l can get any work if l admit l'm a thief? 672 00:57:13,942 --> 00:57:16,718 Hiya. Sorry. L'll call you straight back, yeah? 673 00:57:16,889 --> 00:57:19,377 - (STEPHEN) It won't suit me. - At work, yeah? 674 00:57:19,551 --> 00:57:21,719 L'm going to your house. 675 00:57:24,231 --> 00:57:27,649 You only have to say that you were there when he took it. 676 00:57:27,824 --> 00:57:30,841 He rang Sonia Baker, a woman he had never met, 677 00:57:31,011 --> 00:57:34,028 to warn her that someone was planning to kill her. 678 00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,654 They would have to re-open the file. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net