1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,680 The following programme contains strong language 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:04,800 and scenes of a sexual nature. 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,120 Somerset will topple. Be sure you're there, 4 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:14,920 stood tall, when he falls. 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,000 Robert Carr, you will be hanged, until dead. 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,400 Just remember, the King had boys before Somerset, 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,120 and more will come, as you have. 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,960 I still think a union of my Frances and your John 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,480 benefits both families. 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,400 Who marries John if this is known? 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,800 How dare you pretend he is good enough for her? 12 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,640 He will never have my daughter, 13 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,800 as long as there's blood in my strong heart. 14 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,520 As long as the terms are clear. 15 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,840 And there's no coffin? 16 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,520 Just "remains", they said. Who wants 'em? 17 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,240 And fuckin' why? They wouldnae say. 18 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,520 They did say, we ever tell a soul of this we're dead men. 19 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:37,560 And, well... 20 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:40,560 ...we're gravediggers. So... 21 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:42,640 ...dig. 22 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,640 Jesus fucking wept! 23 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,120 How deep has this bastard dug? Deep. 24 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,120 What the fuck is that? 25 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,120 What sort of demented wee man are we working for here? 26 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,960 What's wrong, boy? It's early. 27 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,080 You bit me. 28 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,120 Let me see. 29 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:24,800 Mmm. 30 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:27,320 All better. 31 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,560 Poor lamb. 32 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,000 And poor wolf. 33 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,120 On the edge of the dark, dark woods. 34 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:41,080 Do we enter? 35 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,000 Or, no... no... no. 36 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:47,960 No? 37 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,280 Mm, mm. 38 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:43,440 A sheep for breakfast?! 39 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,640 It's animal, Mother. Oh, for fuck's sake, Susan, 40 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,080 let him devour what he wants. 41 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,880 Oi, open the bloody door then! 42 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,880 Come on. Ya colossal collection of coddled cunts! 43 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,760 Not again? 44 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,400 Yes, again! 45 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,320 Does he not know he can't swim? 46 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,400 You talk to him you know. Why don't you ask him? 47 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:08,720 Why do you swim, John? 48 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,560 In the tide, there is a sun. 49 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,480 Well that's cleared that up. I understand. 50 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,720 I'm glad someone does. I'm glad that you're glad. 51 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,000 I've raised six boys, three girls. 52 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,440 I like some of them. 53 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,160 Not a single one is like any of yours. 54 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,760 What family's perfect? 55 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,520 I'm really getting to miss being bored... 56 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:27,760 ...and alone! 57 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,000 Don't worry. 58 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,640 We're all in the tide. 59 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,440 Swimming? Why? 60 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,080 I think he wants to go to France. 61 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,720 And be like you. 62 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,760 I haven't the will to tell him it's a lake. 63 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,240 I worry about him. 64 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,200 Do. John is so sad. 65 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:52,680 He misses you. 66 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,600 I miss him, too. 67 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,440 Is the King not keeping you busy? 68 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,400 He bit me. 69 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,120 Like a lover at play? 70 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,400 More like a terrier on a hunt. Who? 71 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,360 Who's like a hunting terrier? 72 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,760 Me! Ruff! Ruff! 73 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,120 Ruff, ruff! 74 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:17,920 Ruff? 75 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:20,840 Will you feed the old girl? 76 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,080 Of course. Let's see if she trusts you. 77 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,240 Oh, that doesn't bode well. 78 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,440 Come, who can win her favour? 79 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,040 What about you, Sir Edward? 80 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,280 Where is Lady Hatton? Go on. It's not gonna bite you! 81 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,760 In Italy. Trying to find Frances a husband. 82 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,560 Some Earl. 83 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,000 Hmm. Interesting. 84 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,480 We've not got all day! 85 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:00,600 Imagine the dowry. 86 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,360 If John wed their young Frances... 87 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,560 We've been there before, remember? 88 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,280 Never again. Why not? 89 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,600 Oh, I don't know, Lady fucking Hatton for a start?! 90 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,480 Well, she's not here, as you said. Her husband's much more: pliable. 91 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,040 He who waits and all that. 92 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,480 Oh! 93 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,200 Come on, have a go. Don't be shy! A thought strikes me, 94 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:25,760 every day, like a hard fist. 95 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,160 I do not own my home... 96 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,720 ...or any asset. 97 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,040 My children are unwed. 98 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,200 If the King's affection for you curdles, we have nothing. 99 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,160 And I will not return to that, George. Ever. 100 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:38,720 He would never leave me. 101 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,520 Would he-? 102 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,120 Thank you. 103 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,640 You taste good today. 104 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,400 Bacon! Your go now, son! 105 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,440 His mood changes every hour. Every second. 106 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,000 I'm exhausted. 107 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,600 Grin and bear it. 108 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,040 I fucking try. 109 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:01,040 Come on, now! 110 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:03,800 Ah! Ha-ha! 111 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,080 We can always count on Sir Frances! 112 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,520 Well done! 113 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,560 Wonderful! Oh! So wonderful! 114 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,240 Everyone, good day. 115 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,320 Now that she's fed, you should know that this is Helen. 116 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,840 From Jamestown, Virginia. 117 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,760 They mate with just one partner 118 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,520 for all their long lives. 119 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,320 These exotic creatures. 120 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:28,560 So loyal. 121 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:31,600 Is there a finer quality? 122 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,880 I brought you all here, friends, men of note, others, 123 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:38,760 to tell you I'll be going to Edinburgh 124 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:40,880 for the first time since I became your King. 125 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:43,800 I've yet to decide who will be the Keeper of the Seal, 126 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,120 in my absence, but there are several... 127 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,280 ...strong candidates, in my view. 128 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,960 But whoever it is, we need more of her devoted kind. 129 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,840 All his loyalty talk scares me. When you go up north, 130 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,240 don't take your eyes off him for a fucking second. 131 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,200 This is the border? 132 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,080 Aye. 133 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,360 Beware, the nation behind us is a deep feather bed for a sound sleep. 134 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,000 The nation before you, a bare stony couch 135 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 to keep you forever awake in fear. 136 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:24,840 Why propose we come? 137 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:30,640 Duty. 138 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:49,120 Page. 139 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,600 Mary. I don't think I ever thanked you for the Somerset case. 140 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,840 Gave me a brief moment centre stage. 141 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,280 Not enough, alas, 142 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,320 to be chosen as Keeper of the Seal instead of Bacon. 143 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,160 Hmm. That was a curious choice. Yes. How can I help you? 144 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,080 Do you know a father can authorise a marriage contract for his daughter. 145 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,720 We tried that and it didn't work... 146 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,480 Lady Hatton would feed my knees and joints to her dogs. 147 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,560 Use my skull as a brandy glass. 148 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,840 Do you not fear for your own legacy more? 149 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,280 A man of your standing, 150 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,080 passed over for roles of state he so deserves, 151 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,440 again and again... 152 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,240 ...ever humiliated by your own cold wife? 153 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,200 And what would solve all those ills? 154 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:31,640 The King. 155 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,920 He is George's now, no doubt. 156 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,080 Join our family and the stage is yours. 157 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,600 My wife to pay you for my rise? 158 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,760 Yes, I love that part. 159 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,440 Oh my God alive. 160 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,200 Christ! Lucifer! 161 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,400 That is my vase. - Give me my vase! - No, no! 162 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,240 Be strong. - How? - Follow me. 163 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,120 They're ransacking my possessions! 164 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,800 I thought you were in Italy? 165 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,160 Ah. Well, I'm not. 166 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,640 - Ciao. - Ciao. What have you done? 167 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,560 Is that the contract for Frances? 168 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:32,600 Thought you could turn up, wave it around whilst I was away, 169 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,000 do a spry jig and merrily steal off with her? 170 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,960 It's not stealing when you own a thing. 171 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,400 Frances is his daughter. 172 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,240 Yes, we all make mistakes. 173 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,800 How did you find out? 174 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,000 Your clerk, Page, is an ale-riddled, flatulent blabbermouth. 175 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,240 It's why I changed my plans for Italy. 176 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,800 Fucking, Page! Where is Frances? 177 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,280 Well, she was the first thing secured away. Next... 178 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,080 ...everything I own, which you thought you owned. 179 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,360 Wrong again. So where have you taken her? 180 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,360 Tell us, so we can this done civilly and with a modicum of fuss. 181 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:03,680 Oh, really do get fucked. 182 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:05,840 No, I really will get Frances. 183 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:26,320 Look, he's here! 184 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,880 It's a beautiful city, Your Majesty. 185 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,520 Outwardly, maybe. 186 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:50,840 But within... 187 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:52,480 What is there to fear? 188 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,880 Can you not just fucking trust me on this? 189 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,920 I know where we tread. 190 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,600 I know I am just here to get me out of mothers hair, 191 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,640 but why are we on the children's table? 192 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,760 He told me I'd be bored with his. 193 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,920 Looks like he is already bored of you, brother. 194 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,600 Dirty old sausage. 195 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,280 Don't worry, my Lords, 196 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,280 you're better off here with us wee bairns. 197 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,560 Didn't ask you, pal. 198 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,800 And I'm not a Lord, I'm just wee Master Kit. 199 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:40,600 Why would we better off? 200 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:45,080 James is just protecting your fresh... innocence. 201 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:46,960 Protecting?! Mm-hmm. 202 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,600 I don't need protecting. We all do, love. 203 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,000 No shame in the shelter of another man's arms. 204 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,120 Who are you, mate? 205 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,520 Sir Peter Carr. 206 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,920 Call me Sir or Peter. But never Pete. 207 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,240 Do you mean "Carr"? 208 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,600 The Earl of Somerset was Something Carr. 209 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,680 He was Scottish. And you do seem... 210 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:11,120 ...incredibly Scottish yourself, no offence, Pete. 211 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,280 I am Scottish, none taken but... 212 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,520 ...call me Pete again and we may fight, son. 213 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,480 And yes, Somerset. 214 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,640 My... my cousin. 215 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,160 Well! That's very awkward. 216 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,600 I- I admired the man a great amount- 217 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,960 Fuck that! He brought disgrace to our nation. 218 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,280 An arrogant, selfish cunt who deserves his cell. 219 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,440 Sorry, the Earl of Buckingham is a much better man for the King. 220 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,400 Everyone knows. 221 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,840 They've heard of me, up here? The things we hear! 222 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,200 Can they all be true though? 223 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,080 My dear gosh. No, James chose very well. 224 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,320 Even if he keeps you on such a long, distant leash. 225 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,200 I'm on no man's leash. 226 00:16:58,200 --> 00:16:59,840 Good, then you're free to roam. 227 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,400 So? 228 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,240 Are you sure? How can you be? 229 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:20,320 I persuaded the scullery boy in the house, 230 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,320 that I was from the farm over, out looking for a lost spaniel. 231 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,360 I collared him in the pigpen. 232 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,440 And he was a chatty catty! 233 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,440 Frances is in the main house? 234 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,720 Mmm. Clever girl. Where's Lady Hatton? 235 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,600 It's her cousin's house, is she there? 236 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,920 They're in town somewhere, but could be back any minute. 237 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,680 Hatton has her men with her, armed, 238 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,160 and so left behind half in the house, on watch. 239 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:43,960 What do we do, then? We move now. 240 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:45,800 Before the guard doubles. Agreed. 241 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:50,720 Make sure you ask them, do any inside want to die 242 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,360 to prevent the oldest legal right of all: 243 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:56,120 a father's dominion over his progeny? 244 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,680 I might be a bit more blunt than that, sir. 245 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,800 Right, lads! Come on! 246 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,000 Got her! 247 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Stop resisting! 248 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,760 Take her hands! Move. Move! 249 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:07,240 Ow! Help me! Ow! Let go of me or you'll hang! 250 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,280 This is insanity! 251 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,280 Let me go! You will fucking hang for this! 252 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,120 You will fucking hang for this. 253 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,840 Let go of me! Move! 254 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,880 Your dirty animals broke my arm. 255 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,240 Bones heal. Reputations do not. 256 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:29,520 I know, father. 257 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,240 Don't worry, Frances. 258 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:32,880 This is all for the best. 259 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,640 Not mine. Is it? 260 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,920 Do you like me, brother? 261 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,200 What? 262 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:01,560 Mother doesn't. 263 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,600 Nor our sister. 264 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,920 The staff. Or even John. 265 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,000 Yes. John loves everyone. 266 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,880 No. You didn't answer my question-Kit! 267 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,760 I'm busy. Alright? 268 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,720 And you're drunk and you are sad. You need a drink. 269 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,600 Won't King Sausage cut your head off 270 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,520 if you dip it in another pig? 271 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,400 He doesn't care what I do. 272 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,480 Besides, I'm just... looking. 273 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,320 I don't trust him. 274 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,000 Anyone that amiable... 275 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,960 ...they want something. 276 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,200 Don't worry, brother. 277 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,800 I will keep my guard entirely... 278 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,680 ...you know... up! 279 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,440 What's wrong? My turn, no? 280 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:20,640 If he finds out. 281 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,600 He knows what his young pups do. 282 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,680 Does he? Fucking aye, he must! 283 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,320 Know how many men he had here before we lost him down to England? 284 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,080 No one can find out. Never. 285 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,280 Our secret. 286 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,080 To the grave. 287 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:50,640 Thank you. 288 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,680 You know, my brother doesn't think I should trust you. 289 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,480 Well, you'll have to. 290 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:03,480 With your life. 291 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,560 I'm an officer in the Scottish Guard. 292 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,080 My job: protect the King on this tour. 293 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,960 And all his hangers-on. 294 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,480 So, I'll be seeing a lot more of you then? 295 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,120 Mm. If that's possible, aye. 296 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,960 How were the Lords you were- Quiet, cunt. 297 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,440 It was just a question. 298 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,840 I saw you, with your darling little soldier boy. 299 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,240 I know his family, do you ken? 300 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,320 We were actually just chatting. 301 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,400 Amiably. Chatting of what? 302 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,480 Spit and cock? 303 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,720 No, nothing. Well... 304 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,360 ...actually about how much he admires you. 305 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:18,160 Which is it? Nothing or admiration? 306 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,320 Your lies reek almost as much as you do; of the gutter and worse. 307 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,160 I'm not lying! 308 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,880 And I'm not the one touching other boys in front of you! 309 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,440 Laughing and ogling- And it's all I do! 310 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,280 Open play, that all may see. 311 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,240 You're the creeping fellow out in the dark, 312 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,840 playing secret games - with violent soldiers. - Creeping? 313 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,320 Maybe if I wasn't relegated to this far off table, 314 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,160 then I wouldn't- Oh, I've heard it all now! 315 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,280 My table placement had me fuck a chap's arse! 316 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,480 You know, I had a love, once. 317 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,520 A true love. 318 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,920 A man worthy of me, as a vessel of God. 319 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:17,440 And he told me, once, that man... 320 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:24,080 "No one... will ever be as true to you as I." 321 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,800 How right he was. 322 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:33,320 Who was he? 323 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,480 Was... 324 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,920 ...this man... 325 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:45,120 It wasn't Somerset? 326 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:51,920 It was another? 327 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,720 This country has already infected you. 328 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,400 Why don't you go and find a bed elsewhere? Hmm. 329 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,200 You're good at that, no? 330 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:27,720 You're reading my fortune? 331 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,640 Isn't that what she is, to you? 332 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,720 Whoa-eh! 333 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,840 My turn to face the fire. 334 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,000 Fuck. 335 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,920 How did you find us? 336 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:05,840 I am Sir Francis Bacon. 337 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,360 We all have our crosses. 338 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:10,640 This will not look good for anyone, will it? 339 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,920 Both sides forcibly taking away the girl. 340 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,720 Even the King would not approve, I'm sure. Very sordid. 341 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,720 She is ours. It is plain fact. 342 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,360 Clear in law and custom. 343 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:23,800 No, heavily disputed in both. 344 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:24,960 Not by me. 345 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,600 And when I speak to the King: he will listen, and agree. 346 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,440 How? He is not responding to any letters. 347 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,080 He may be away for a long time. We're on our own. 348 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:36,120 I imagine you have a proposal? 349 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:37,440 In James' absence, 350 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,080 as Keeper of the Seal, I must be Kingly. 351 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,440 But perhaps I can be like another King. 352 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:45,880 Solomon? 353 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,040 So we slice a baby in half? 354 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,280 In a manner, yes. 355 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,360 What will we do today? 356 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,400 What we do every day. 357 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,720 We wait, for the King's word. 358 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,640 Until then, you'll have two mothers to look after you. 359 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,680 Don't worry, Frances. 360 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,640 Bacon's little joint custody experiment will soon be over. 361 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,360 I hear Scotland's going very badly for her boy. 362 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,960 Maybe James will find another young catamite up there to... 363 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,360 ...plug and pound to an early grave? 364 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:32,560 Who cares what you hear or think? And when he does... 365 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:35,640 ...where are you? 366 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:39,360 Back to the provinces you plod. 367 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:41,640 Mother. If we must live together by law, 368 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,720 perhaps we could be a little less cruel? 369 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,400 It could be many months. Years. 370 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:48,840 If that's what it takes. 371 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,360 I have letters. Some from Bacon. 372 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:01,680 But most of them are from my mother. She wants me to read them to you. 373 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,960 She says my brother has been- Put them on like all the rest. 374 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,280 And stop smiling at me for Christ's sake. 375 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,080 Your judgement is needed, back home. 376 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:14,920 I don't care a given shit. 377 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,160 It's not good for you to be this long in Edinburgh. 378 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,520 We should get out, we should... We should see the country. 379 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,080 Look, whatever has been troubling you, 380 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,360 the people have been kind to me here. 381 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:43,600 Kind?! 382 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,520 These people killed my father before I was born. 383 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,760 Gave my mother to the English to be caged and beheaded. 384 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,760 I spent no second on this sorry soil at peace. 385 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,480 So don't you fucking "kind" me, boy. 386 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:07,800 But you're right! 387 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,680 On my life, we need get out of this rabid city! 388 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,000 Bastard! 389 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,360 What the fuck are you looking at? 390 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:39,960 We won't wake them, you're sure? 391 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,960 Lady Hatton and Frances are dead to the world. 392 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,200 Mmm. 393 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,640 How is John? Did you give him my letter? 394 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,000 I tried. What is it? 395 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,600 I went back to the house, as you told me, 396 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,000 and... it was hell. 397 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,440 Tears and screams and more. 398 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:04,920 And John stood by... 399 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,280 ...with a blade. 400 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,520 Out of my way! 401 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,280 Your serving girl... 402 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,160 Jenny! 403 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,920 He sliced her. 404 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,080 Look at me, look at me. 405 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,720 I need you to breathe. 406 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,440 Why would he hurt her? 407 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,400 He kept going in the lake. 408 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,480 And your husband, in his fury, 409 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:33,920 locked John away in his room. 410 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,720 First dinner he was allowed out, 411 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,160 he just, grabbed the knife off a plate she carried and just... 412 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,000 She'll be compensated. 413 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,480 How?! Put her eye back in?! 414 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,560 Oh, don't be daft. The dowry will help. 415 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:55,920 You still want him wed? 416 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,760 What does this change? What doesn't it? 417 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,440 I don't see that. 418 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,520 What about Frances? Oh, she'll be fine. 419 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,600 I'll speak to John. He listens to me. He wants to be wed. 420 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,120 He'll behave, from now on. 421 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,000 Do you even believe that, yourself? 422 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,640 You'll share in the dowry, too. 423 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,680 Where does all this end, Mary? 424 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,040 Nothing ever ends. 425 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,880 Everything's a ceaseless fight. 426 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,600 But I vow to you, 427 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,960 as I battle, you will rise. 428 00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,240 I told you. 429 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,880 Country air. It's healing. 430 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,600 Depends on the severity of the wound. 431 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,520 It's good to be by your side... 432 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,400 ...without the distractions of the city. 433 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,520 Distractions? Him? 434 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:23,920 Not me. 435 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,000 Your Majesty. Forgive me but, this laddie, he loves you. 436 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,240 Does he now? 437 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,240 James? Are you alright? 438 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,200 Where are our horses? 439 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,200 Our horses, they were here. They were right here. 440 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,520 No, we tied them further up. Is this Treason? 441 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,160 Trapped by water, no means to leave! 442 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,400 George is right, we tied them up over the hill. 443 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,280 Who planned this? Which traitor? 444 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,080 You? You're the soldier. 445 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:09,560 No. Yes. 446 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,000 No, no, you, the brother. Yes, you. 447 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,360 It's... It's treachery. 448 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,040 James?! 449 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,960 James! Your Majesty! 450 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,920 James! Your Majesty! 451 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,000 James! 452 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:29,440 What's he doing? 453 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:30,760 I don't know. 454 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,280 Bring him here! 455 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,400 Lay him here. 456 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:56,920 Let him breathe. 457 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,400 Cover him with... 458 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,560 Get him out! 459 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,320 Go on, then. 460 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,400 Off you go. Oh, you little fucking shi- 461 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,000 George, leave him be. 462 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:28,320 Give him space. 463 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:31,120 Let him crave your return. 464 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,120 Let's you and me get away together. 465 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,440 I know places we may go to kill some time. 466 00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:39,840 Kit can come, too, if he wants. 467 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,600 Or would he advise against it? 468 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,600 I fear he doesn't like me very much. 469 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,800 Kit doesn't know you, Pete. 470 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,840 And I'm not George's keeper. Or anyone's. 471 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,120 I'm only here to see if the Mad River King is 472 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,760 gonna have us all killed in our beds tonight. And do you know what? 473 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,080 I think he fucking might. 474 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,400 Hit her with a poker or something. 475 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,360 He attempted to bludgeon the girl. 476 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,920 So John maimed a servant, did he? 477 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,440 Good. Wait till the King hears. 478 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,320 It the first thing I'll tell him when he's back. 479 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,120 You understand I had to appear to be fair, to her? 480 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,760 I do. You did very well. As ever. 481 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,240 If only I'd married you. My wife probably agrees with you. 482 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,240 Have you heard of Ruthven Castle. No. 483 00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:52,600 It's got quite the history, this place. 484 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,800 You're sure we weren't followed? No, we are entirely alone, love. 485 00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:58,880 Come on! 486 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:04,920 The King stayed here, long ago. 487 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,440 Why? 488 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,480 It's too dark and gloomy for him. 489 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:16,120 I suppose it is. 490 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:22,760 Did you know he had a lover? 491 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:26,120 No. 492 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,560 Lord Lennox. 493 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:31,080 Lennox was much older than the King. 494 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,240 James was... besotted. 495 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,720 Let Lennox rule us by his every whim. 496 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,600 Just like my cousin Somerset ruled you. 497 00:36:56,280 --> 00:37:01,840 But other Lords here were not happy with this Lord Lennox. 498 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,720 Just like your Lords who... hated Somerset. 499 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:12,320 Including... Lord Ruthven of this castle... 500 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,640 ...who kidnapped the King, 501 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,400 brought him here as prisoner. Kidnapped? 502 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,120 For how long? Ten months. 503 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:24,560 Before James escaped. 504 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:27,280 Fuck. 505 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,440 And Lennox? When did he-? Who cares what happened to him? 506 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:41,720 But after he escaped here... 507 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,480 ...the King had his revenge. 508 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,840 Lord Ruthven and family executed. 509 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,200 The name Ruthven erased from history. 510 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,480 Called Huntingtower Castle now. 511 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,040 So, if anything happened to you here... 512 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,480 ...all in Scotland would know its significance. 513 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,080 Its... beauty. 514 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,400 Thought you could brag about 515 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,640 what you did to my cousin to my face? 516 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,360 It wasn't me. 517 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,280 You already admitted it, wretch. 518 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,320 Don't... kill. 519 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,640 We can... talk. 520 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:35,120 Who the fuck do you think you're talking to, you wee English slut? 521 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:39,840 Me. 522 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,280 He was talking to me. 523 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:10,760 Lo siento. 524 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,320 Mi spiace. 525 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:16,640 Signomi. 526 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,400 Why are you sorry? 527 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,520 I'm the one who fucked up. 528 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,840 Whoever you fucked, I pushed you away and into his arms. 529 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:30,320 I was like you, once. 530 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,200 I was too trusting. 531 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:35,960 But then... 532 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,040 Lord Lennox, he found me. 533 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,480 He was my age. As I am now. 534 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,520 I was as young as poor you. 535 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,280 Where did he go? 536 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:52,520 Lennox? 537 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,440 Whilst I was detained in that awful tower, he was exiled. 538 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,040 He died in France, impoverished, and alone. 539 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:05,520 No one ever let me bring him back. 540 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,560 He was your first great love? 541 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,720 Every Scot thought he was using me. 542 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,040 Was he? He loved me. 543 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:20,960 I have proof. 544 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:24,760 He gave me his heart. 545 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,760 His actual heart. 546 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,720 After he died, in Aubigny. He... 547 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,440 He left instructions for it to be embalmed... 548 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:50,800 ...and sent to me. 549 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,680 I had it buried above Edinburgh, in a quiet, secret spot. 550 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,040 But I decided, recently, to bring him home. 551 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,640 The real purpose of this whole sorry trip. 552 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,520 Am I a lovesick fool? 553 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,760 No, James. 554 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:29,960 We both are. 555 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:32,280 But I'm older. 556 00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:36,040 And I've got less excuse. 557 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,240 And I'm your King. 558 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:44,720 I should know better. 559 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,520 I'll teach you, as I've being taught. 560 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,440 Will you learn, under me? 561 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:17,680 I would love to. 562 00:42:58,320 --> 00:42:59,920 Call the men to shovel. 563 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:03,880 Let me do it. 564 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:06,960 Why? 565 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:09,120 Duty. 566 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:38,960 What does it say? 567 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:42,480 "Semper mea." 568 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:45,520 Always mine. 569 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,240 Bacon? 570 00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:44,200 I wasn't expecting to see you. May I see the King? 571 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:47,600 You're Keeper of the Seal, you don't need my permission. 572 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,240 I should bow to you, really. 573 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:52,720 And yet you don't? 574 00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:55,120 Come on. 575 00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:56,840 Heard from your mother, recently? 576 00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,160 Did she write? Yes. A lot. 577 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,760 I heard you stuck her in a house with Lady Hatton and Frances? 578 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:07,400 I did. I fear she's scared to leave 579 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,800 in case Lady Hatton - whips Frances away again. - Hmm. 580 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:13,880 How's your John faring? 581 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:17,000 Fine, I think. Why? 582 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:20,920 And why ride out to meet us? 583 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:22,880 We'll be in London in a couple of days. 584 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:27,200 Did you want to make sure it was your version James heard first? 585 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,440 Am I quite so transparent? 586 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:31,720 Not just you. 587 00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:42,640 Sir Francis, so good to see you. 588 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,360 I hope you've had a pleasant journey. 589 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,120 You missed hours of conversation. 590 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,280 Pity. Yes. A tragedy. 591 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:54,920 Have you met young Kit, Francis? 592 00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:56,360 He's a hero now. 593 00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:57,920 I've made him the Earl of Anglesey. 594 00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,800 Suits him, I think. 595 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,280 He's a noble soul, this one. 596 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,120 Oh, Your Majesty flatters me. 597 00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:04,520 Don't be modest, Kit. 598 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:06,200 I'm so proud of my boys. 599 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,080 And all they might be. 600 00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:09,920 What could possibly stop us now? 601 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:23,720 She's... so unhappy. 602 00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:25,240 Well, she's getting married. 603 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,240 Still. Look what it means to John. 604 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,120 It's a shame Lady Hatton couldn't make it. 605 00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,520 She paid for all of this. Maybe be gracious in victory? 606 00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:45,400 I am. I'll find you a wife next. 607 00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,400 Can I please choose my own? No. 608 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,760 Don't worry, I'll choose well. 609 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:54,400 I look after you, don't I? 610 00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:56,560 All of you. 611 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:11,640 AccessibleCustomerService@sky.uk