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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:20,400 !!! Greetings !!! !!! Encoded by - scOrp !!! !!! 10 Years of HQ small sized encoding :) !!! !!! www.300mbunited.me !!! 2 00:01:45,019 --> 00:01:47,222 - Are you coming to bed? - Hmm. 3 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:51,990 Fi? 4 00:01:51,992 --> 00:01:53,762 It's tomorrow, the... 5 00:01:55,963 --> 00:01:57,797 My conjoined twins. Judgement. 6 00:01:57,799 --> 00:01:59,898 I've got the bloody Archbishop of Westminster 7 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:00,799 breathing down my neck. 8 00:02:00,801 --> 00:02:02,638 Oh, yeah. 9 00:02:03,270 --> 00:02:05,006 OK. 10 00:02:07,042 --> 00:02:10,008 Oh, do you wanna play doubles on Saturday morning 11 00:02:10,010 --> 00:02:11,546 with the Wards? 12 00:02:11,979 --> 00:02:13,715 Hmm? 13 00:02:16,116 --> 00:02:17,786 Singles. 14 00:02:27,062 --> 00:02:30,897 "Michael's heart is normal and sustains them both." 15 00:02:30,899 --> 00:02:33,902 "Luke's brain..." 16 00:03:12,774 --> 00:03:14,139 Judiciary guilty! 17 00:03:14,141 --> 00:03:16,277 Let God decide! 18 00:03:27,855 --> 00:03:29,591 Hey, hey. 19 00:03:31,393 --> 00:03:34,663 - Court rise. - You're cutting it fine. 20 00:03:47,675 --> 00:03:52,278 If the twins remain joined, both babies will die. 21 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,281 If the hospital is granted permission to separate them, 22 00:03:56,283 --> 00:03:58,184 Luke will die instantly, 23 00:03:58,186 --> 00:04:00,752 while Michael is likely to develop 24 00:04:00,754 --> 00:04:03,189 into a normal healthy child. 25 00:04:03,191 --> 00:04:08,728 The logic of the lesser evil is clear, 26 00:04:08,730 --> 00:04:13,332 one child flourishing better than two dead. 27 00:04:13,334 --> 00:04:18,336 But if the doctors invade Luke's body and sever his aorta, 28 00:04:18,338 --> 00:04:21,310 with the inevitable consequence of his death, 29 00:04:22,444 --> 00:04:25,978 why is that not murder? 30 00:04:25,980 --> 00:04:28,346 The loving parents of these twins 31 00:04:28,348 --> 00:04:32,952 refuse to sanction such an act of premeditated killing. 32 00:04:32,954 --> 00:04:37,757 God has given life, they have argued in this court, 33 00:04:37,759 --> 00:04:41,127 and only God can take it away. 34 00:04:41,129 --> 00:04:43,195 It has been difficult, 35 00:04:43,197 --> 00:04:46,865 under such pressure of time and intense public interest, 36 00:04:46,867 --> 00:04:50,002 to arrive at settled legal principle, 37 00:04:50,004 --> 00:04:54,039 but the obvious is worth stating. 38 00:04:54,041 --> 00:04:59,045 This court is a court of law, not of morals. 39 00:04:59,047 --> 00:05:01,947 Do you think the verdict was right? 40 00:05:01,949 --> 00:05:03,348 Can you tell us how you're feeling? 41 00:05:03,350 --> 00:05:05,019 Just this way, please. 42 00:05:06,521 --> 00:05:09,788 "Today the court has granted the hospital a licence 43 00:05:09,790 --> 00:05:12,091 to murder one of our children." 44 00:05:12,093 --> 00:05:14,493 "Mrs Justice Maye has taken a scalpel 45 00:05:14,495 --> 00:05:17,799 to the heart of reason and justice." 46 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,774 Royal courts of injustice! 47 00:05:28,776 --> 00:05:33,115 My Lady, I think you'll be fine going out the usual way. 48 00:05:59,072 --> 00:06:00,839 I will leave you with Flaubert's 49 00:06:00,841 --> 00:06:04,510 celebrated observation regarding Lucretius. 50 00:06:04,512 --> 00:06:08,346 "With the gods gone and Christ not yet come, 51 00:06:08,348 --> 00:06:12,185 there was a unique moment, from Cicero to Marcus Aurelius, 52 00:06:12,187 --> 00:06:15,324 when man stood alone." 53 00:06:17,591 --> 00:06:19,358 So, there you have it. 54 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,529 Before Christianity began to close the Western mind, 55 00:06:23,531 --> 00:06:25,063 what was briefly possible then 56 00:06:25,065 --> 00:06:29,470 was 'the fixity of a pensive gaze'. 57 00:06:53,494 --> 00:06:55,864 - Hi. - Hey. 58 00:06:56,363 --> 00:06:57,997 How'd it go? 59 00:06:57,999 --> 00:07:00,632 I gave instructions to slaughter a baby. 60 00:07:00,634 --> 00:07:02,334 That's what it said in the... 61 00:07:02,336 --> 00:07:06,238 Oh, yeah. Right, I saw that. 62 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,476 Sorry. Ridiculous. 63 00:07:10,110 --> 00:07:12,277 Well, I'll tell you, 64 00:07:12,279 --> 00:07:15,081 I'll make reservations for dinner, 65 00:07:15,083 --> 00:07:17,183 'cause I've had a shit-awful day myself. 66 00:07:17,185 --> 00:07:21,954 And we'll go drink some wine and... 67 00:07:21,956 --> 00:07:25,123 And I can get some opera tickets for Saturday night. 68 00:07:25,125 --> 00:07:28,026 No, I'm duty judge all weekend. 69 00:07:28,028 --> 00:07:29,327 - You can't switch it? - Mm-mm. 70 00:07:29,329 --> 00:07:32,565 - Two judgements for Monday. - Mmm. 71 00:07:32,567 --> 00:07:35,668 - What? - No, nothing. 72 00:07:35,670 --> 00:07:39,372 It's just... like last weekend and the 50 weekends before that. 73 00:07:39,374 --> 00:07:41,910 Well, that's how it is. 74 00:07:42,442 --> 00:07:44,947 Yes. Yes. 75 00:07:50,685 --> 00:07:53,254 Um... look... 76 00:07:55,189 --> 00:07:59,294 I don't know how to say this, um, but here it is. 77 00:08:02,463 --> 00:08:04,596 I think... 78 00:08:08,536 --> 00:08:11,072 I think I wanna have an affair. 79 00:08:11,605 --> 00:08:13,238 What? 80 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,108 Yeah, I'm going to, um... 81 00:08:16,110 --> 00:08:18,144 I mean, you shouldn't be surprised by this. 82 00:08:18,146 --> 00:08:21,313 - Oh, really? - Yeah. 83 00:08:21,315 --> 00:08:26,017 Fi... when was the last time that we made love? 84 00:08:26,019 --> 00:08:29,287 - No idea. - No, you wouldn't. 85 00:08:29,289 --> 00:08:32,157 You once told me that couples in long marriages 86 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:34,326 often ended up like siblings. 87 00:08:34,328 --> 00:08:37,198 Well, here we are. 88 00:08:38,231 --> 00:08:40,398 I love you, but... 89 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,536 - You're serious about this? - Mm-hm. 90 00:08:43,538 --> 00:08:45,606 You're being... 91 00:08:51,346 --> 00:08:54,347 Do you remember how we were? 92 00:08:54,349 --> 00:08:56,585 Do you remember how we...? 93 00:08:58,052 --> 00:09:00,254 Don't you miss that? 94 00:09:04,993 --> 00:09:06,528 OK. 95 00:09:08,663 --> 00:09:10,396 Jack. 96 00:09:10,398 --> 00:09:15,133 Jack. It's already started, hasn't it? 97 00:09:15,135 --> 00:09:17,136 Tell me the truth. What's her name? 98 00:09:17,138 --> 00:09:18,738 I can tell you honestly that it hasn't started yet. 99 00:09:18,740 --> 00:09:21,440 - What's her name? - Melanie. 100 00:09:21,442 --> 00:09:24,009 - Not the mathematician? - She's a statistician. 101 00:09:24,011 --> 00:09:25,444 The one who came round for dinner 102 00:09:25,446 --> 00:09:27,079 and talked us into a stupor 103 00:09:27,081 --> 00:09:30,215 and wrecked our floor with her stilettos? 104 00:09:30,217 --> 00:09:32,118 That's absurd. She's half your age. 105 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,420 Look, you wanna live like this? 106 00:09:34,422 --> 00:09:39,224 Fine. I don't. I'm going to have this affair. 107 00:09:39,226 --> 00:09:41,627 And a divorce and the child I've failed to give you? 108 00:09:41,629 --> 00:09:44,463 No. No divorce, no deception, no lies. 109 00:09:44,465 --> 00:09:48,334 I love you and we're meant to be together, 110 00:09:48,336 --> 00:09:51,302 but... look, I could have gone behind your back. 111 00:09:51,304 --> 00:09:56,441 How very kind. I can't believe how cool we are. Open marriage. 112 00:09:56,443 --> 00:09:58,544 The time to suggest that, Jack, was before the wedding, 113 00:09:58,546 --> 00:10:00,345 not 20 years afterwards. 114 00:10:00,347 --> 00:10:02,180 Such a cliché. 115 00:10:02,182 --> 00:10:03,581 You do this, it's the end. 116 00:10:03,583 --> 00:10:06,084 - Simple as that. - Threat? 117 00:10:06,086 --> 00:10:07,655 Promise. 118 00:10:24,572 --> 00:10:26,805 - 11 months. - What? 119 00:10:26,807 --> 00:10:28,807 You said you had no idea, so I'll tell you. 120 00:10:28,809 --> 00:10:30,408 - What? - 11 months. 121 00:10:30,410 --> 00:10:32,111 It's been 11 months. 122 00:10:32,113 --> 00:10:34,379 Almost to the day. 123 00:10:34,381 --> 00:10:36,315 I marked it in my diary. Special event. 124 00:10:36,317 --> 00:10:40,118 Oh, God. Jack, this is... 125 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,189 This is so unfair. I have had the conjoined twins case... 126 00:10:43,191 --> 00:10:46,191 Yes, I know, and before them the Orthodox Jewish schoolgirls, 127 00:10:46,193 --> 00:10:48,259 and before them the bad father from Bahrain, 128 00:10:48,261 --> 00:10:50,095 and before him the baby in the phone box... 129 00:10:50,097 --> 00:10:51,696 Are you already having this affair? 130 00:10:51,698 --> 00:10:54,333 If you are, I'd like you to pack a bag now and leave. 131 00:10:54,335 --> 00:10:56,134 I told you that I'm not. 132 00:10:56,136 --> 00:10:58,739 Well, you've had your answer, so now what? 133 00:11:02,342 --> 00:11:05,411 Don't you miss it, Fi? 134 00:11:05,413 --> 00:11:07,713 Or is just 'cause you don't want it, I can't have it? 135 00:11:07,715 --> 00:11:09,518 Is that the deal? 136 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:19,394 You have to understand that it's not just about the sex. 137 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,361 It's... 138 00:11:22,363 --> 00:11:24,563 We don't even kiss any more. 139 00:11:24,565 --> 00:11:26,835 Barely a peck on the cheek. It... 140 00:11:29,403 --> 00:11:31,539 Or is it just me you don't want? 141 00:11:51,893 --> 00:11:54,759 - Yeah. - Sorry to disturb you. 142 00:11:54,761 --> 00:11:56,728 Go ahead. 143 00:11:56,730 --> 00:11:59,165 A call from the out-of-hours Urgent Business Associate 144 00:11:59,167 --> 00:12:00,598 on behalf of counsel 145 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,800 representing a hospital in Wandsworth. 146 00:12:02,802 --> 00:12:05,603 They urgently need to give blood to a cancer patient. 147 00:12:05,605 --> 00:12:07,506 It's a boy of 17. 148 00:12:07,508 --> 00:12:10,309 Now, he and his parents are refusing. 149 00:12:10,311 --> 00:12:11,810 Why are they refusing? 150 00:12:11,812 --> 00:12:14,246 - They're Jehovah's Witnesses. - Go on. 151 00:12:14,248 --> 00:12:15,781 The hospital is seeking an order 152 00:12:15,783 --> 00:12:18,184 to proceed against their wishes. 153 00:12:18,186 --> 00:12:20,853 - How long have we got? - Perhaps four days. 154 00:12:20,855 --> 00:12:24,723 List it for hearing at short notice the day after tomorrow. 155 00:12:24,725 --> 00:12:26,324 Give notice to the respondents. 156 00:12:26,326 --> 00:12:27,926 Direct the hospital to inform the parents. 157 00:12:27,928 --> 00:12:29,627 They'll have liberty to apply for legal aid. 158 00:12:29,629 --> 00:12:31,629 The boy will need legal representation. 159 00:12:31,631 --> 00:12:33,799 I want the hospital to serve evidence by four tomorrow 160 00:12:33,801 --> 00:12:36,201 with a witness statement from the treating oncologist. 161 00:12:36,203 --> 00:12:38,503 I'll need to know why transfusion is necessary. 162 00:12:38,505 --> 00:12:40,406 And the parents should use their best endeavours 163 00:12:40,408 --> 00:12:42,440 to file evidence by noon on Thursday. 164 00:12:42,442 --> 00:12:43,912 OK, thanks. Bye. 165 00:12:51,284 --> 00:12:54,752 Why is blood so important to God? 166 00:12:54,754 --> 00:12:56,854 Why is God so insistent? 167 00:12:56,856 --> 00:12:58,656 Yes, Sarah? 168 00:12:58,658 --> 00:13:01,926 Because that's where the soul is, right in the blood, 169 00:13:01,928 --> 00:13:04,530 and therefore it belongs to him. 170 00:13:04,532 --> 00:13:06,331 Very good indeed. 171 00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:07,900 The soul, the life, 172 00:13:07,902 --> 00:13:12,503 it's in the blood, and it's not ours, it's God's. 173 00:13:12,505 --> 00:13:16,842 Now let us pray for our dear friend, Adam Henry, 174 00:13:16,844 --> 00:13:19,911 and a prayer of faith will make the sick one well 175 00:13:19,913 --> 00:13:22,484 and Jehovah will raise him up. 176 00:13:30,658 --> 00:13:32,826 Jack? 177 00:17:18,853 --> 00:17:20,885 Good morning, My Lady. I trust you had a good evening. 178 00:17:20,887 --> 00:17:23,588 Absolutely marvellous. Quiet. 179 00:17:23,590 --> 00:17:25,257 - And you? - Very pleasant, thank you. 180 00:17:25,259 --> 00:17:28,259 I went fishing with Dominic on the River Lea. 181 00:17:28,261 --> 00:17:32,564 Catch anything? Don't tell me. What have we got? 182 00:17:32,566 --> 00:17:34,132 You have the child abducted to Morocco, 183 00:17:34,134 --> 00:17:35,834 Hague Convention, listed for ten, 184 00:17:35,836 --> 00:17:38,103 some routine maintenance pending suits, 185 00:17:38,105 --> 00:17:40,205 an ex-parte application to exclude a husband 186 00:17:40,207 --> 00:17:41,573 from the matrimonial home, 187 00:17:41,575 --> 00:17:42,975 and this Jehovah's Witness boy 188 00:17:42,977 --> 00:17:45,744 listed for tomorrow as requested. 189 00:17:45,746 --> 00:17:47,011 The parents are making 190 00:17:47,013 --> 00:17:48,779 an emergency application for legal aid. 191 00:17:48,781 --> 00:17:51,115 The certificate should go through this afternoon. 192 00:17:51,117 --> 00:17:52,683 A lot of press interest already. 193 00:17:52,685 --> 00:17:54,952 Oh, and your singing friend, Mr Berner, 194 00:17:54,954 --> 00:17:56,787 will be acting for the hospital. 195 00:17:56,789 --> 00:17:58,690 The boy has a form of leukaemia... 196 00:17:58,692 --> 00:18:00,992 The boy, the boy. Let's at least give him a name. 197 00:18:00,994 --> 00:18:04,563 Of course, My Lady. Adam. Adam Henry. 198 00:18:04,565 --> 00:18:08,633 An only child. Very devout. Awfully precocious, they say. 199 00:18:08,635 --> 00:18:12,671 His parents are Kevin and Naomi, also very devout. 200 00:18:12,673 --> 00:18:14,605 Mr Henry runs his own small company, 201 00:18:14,607 --> 00:18:15,841 groundwork, land drainage. 202 00:18:15,843 --> 00:18:17,142 Apparently he's quite a virtuoso 203 00:18:17,144 --> 00:18:18,677 with a mechanical digger. 204 00:18:18,679 --> 00:18:20,679 - Whereas Mrs Henry... - That's enough. 205 00:18:20,681 --> 00:18:22,484 Sorry. Damn. 206 00:18:23,951 --> 00:18:26,086 I'll get my own coffee. 207 00:18:28,821 --> 00:18:34,293 Um, no, could you please send the new keys to my clerk? 208 00:18:34,295 --> 00:18:37,228 Yes, I'll let the porter know to expect you. 209 00:18:37,230 --> 00:18:38,896 Right, good. 210 00:18:38,898 --> 00:18:40,634 Thanks. 211 00:18:46,906 --> 00:18:48,907 Oh, Fiona. Fiona, Fiona. 212 00:18:48,909 --> 00:18:50,609 Oh, Sherwood. 213 00:18:50,611 --> 00:18:53,010 - Bloody hell. My coffee. - Got a gem for you. 214 00:18:53,012 --> 00:18:54,947 - I haven't got time. - It won't take a second. 215 00:18:54,949 --> 00:18:56,347 - I had it from Sedley. - Look at this sleeve. 216 00:18:56,349 --> 00:18:59,918 Listen. Cross-examiner asks a pathologist 217 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:01,819 if he can be absolutely sure 218 00:19:01,821 --> 00:19:05,090 that a certain patient was dead before he began the autopsy. 219 00:19:05,092 --> 00:19:07,926 "Absolutely sure," says the pathologist. 220 00:19:07,928 --> 00:19:09,894 "Oh. How can you be so sure?" 221 00:19:09,896 --> 00:19:11,330 "Because," says the pathologist, 222 00:19:11,332 --> 00:19:14,065 "his brain was sitting in a jar on my desk." 223 00:19:14,067 --> 00:19:15,834 "Ah," says counsel. 224 00:19:15,836 --> 00:19:19,638 "But couldn't the patient be alive nevertheless?" 225 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,172 "Well," says the pathologist, 226 00:19:21,174 --> 00:19:23,040 "it's possible he could have been alive 227 00:19:23,042 --> 00:19:26,111 and practising law somewhere." 228 00:19:26,113 --> 00:19:30,118 Practising law. 229 00:19:45,932 --> 00:19:47,899 - Let me take that. - Yes, thank you. 230 00:19:49,936 --> 00:19:51,772 Practising law. 231 00:19:54,741 --> 00:19:56,844 Court rise. 232 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,854 - May it please you, My Lady. - Yes, Mr Soames. 233 00:20:09,856 --> 00:20:13,057 My Lady, may I refer you to my client's undertaking... 234 00:20:13,059 --> 00:20:14,926 Your client, Mr Soames, is in direct breach 235 00:20:14,928 --> 00:20:16,761 of his undertaking to this court. 236 00:20:16,763 --> 00:20:18,764 He's removed his daughter from the jurisdiction. 237 00:20:18,766 --> 00:20:20,198 Now, I hear, he's in Rabat, 238 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,967 with no intention of returning her. 239 00:20:21,969 --> 00:20:23,401 I was rather expecting to find you 240 00:20:23,403 --> 00:20:25,807 blushing on his behalf. 241 00:20:28,107 --> 00:20:30,441 Your client claims that the £7 million 242 00:20:30,443 --> 00:20:32,911 he has been ordered to pay his former wife 243 00:20:32,913 --> 00:20:35,680 belongs to the company and is not his to give. 244 00:20:35,682 --> 00:20:37,382 I find this is not the case. 245 00:20:37,384 --> 00:20:39,918 I am satisfied that the company is nothing more than a fig leaf 246 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,452 for a beneficial tax arrangement. 247 00:20:41,454 --> 00:20:44,256 I shall make the charging order forthwith. 248 00:20:44,258 --> 00:20:47,092 - Yes, Mr Blackwell. - My Lady. 249 00:20:47,094 --> 00:20:50,062 This is an ex-parte application to exclude 250 00:20:50,064 --> 00:20:52,430 an unreasonable husband from the matrimonial home... 251 00:20:52,432 --> 00:20:55,267 Why in heaven's name are you doing this without notice? 252 00:20:55,269 --> 00:20:57,869 I see nothing in the papers that would make that necessary. 253 00:20:57,871 --> 00:21:00,872 What communication have you had with the other side? None. 254 00:21:00,874 --> 00:21:03,240 If the husband's willing to give an undertaking to your client, 255 00:21:03,242 --> 00:21:05,177 then you really shouldn't be bothering me with this. 256 00:21:05,179 --> 00:21:07,379 If he isn't, then serve notice and I'll hear both sides. 257 00:21:07,381 --> 00:21:09,150 All rise. 258 00:21:12,885 --> 00:21:15,120 I've got another beginning on Thursday. 259 00:21:15,122 --> 00:21:16,858 It's just too soon. 260 00:21:21,461 --> 00:21:24,930 My Lady, that Mr Berner, who'll be before you tomorrow. 261 00:21:24,932 --> 00:21:26,797 - Yes? - His clerk called. 262 00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:28,900 To remind you that you have a rehearsal tonight. 263 00:21:28,902 --> 00:21:31,803 - No. - 7:30 at your flat. 264 00:21:31,805 --> 00:21:33,740 As arranged. 265 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,176 Thank you. 266 00:22:14,847 --> 00:22:16,717 Get them out. 267 00:22:31,164 --> 00:22:33,401 Thank you, gentlemen. Ten minutes. 268 00:22:35,903 --> 00:22:38,372 Young man, I really need to talk to you. 269 00:23:47,406 --> 00:23:49,576 Bloody thing. 270 00:23:51,545 --> 00:23:53,879 Well, why don't you put that down, for a start? 271 00:23:53,881 --> 00:23:56,314 Thank you. Thanks. Oops. 272 00:23:56,316 --> 00:23:59,617 - Where's Jack, anyway? - Oh, conference. Birmingham. 273 00:23:59,619 --> 00:24:01,987 Poor sod. Right, there. 274 00:24:01,989 --> 00:24:05,923 - You alright? You look a bit... - No, I'm fine. Um... 275 00:24:05,925 --> 00:24:09,193 They've given us 15 minutes, which includes an encore. 276 00:24:09,195 --> 00:24:11,161 Did I tell you I'm giving up the law? 277 00:24:11,163 --> 00:24:15,033 Not again. Shall we do the carol first? 278 00:24:15,035 --> 00:24:16,968 - Hmm? - I just had this case. 279 00:24:16,970 --> 00:24:19,437 So there's a pavement brawl outside a pub in Kentish Town. 280 00:24:19,439 --> 00:24:22,539 My poor fool, he's just standing on the edge watching his mates. 281 00:24:22,541 --> 00:24:24,241 The whole thing's on CCTV. 282 00:24:24,243 --> 00:24:26,443 Someone gets a broken jaw, so it's GBH, 283 00:24:26,445 --> 00:24:29,980 and they're all sent down, including my kid. 284 00:24:29,982 --> 00:24:32,417 Two and a half years for a crime he wasn't even charged with. 285 00:24:32,419 --> 00:24:35,019 So-called joint enterprise. Nothing I could do. 286 00:24:35,021 --> 00:24:36,488 - Category three? - Yep. 287 00:24:36,490 --> 00:24:38,390 In front of Charles Mackay. 288 00:24:38,392 --> 00:24:40,392 He went six months below the guidelines. 289 00:24:40,394 --> 00:24:41,660 Count yourself lucky. 290 00:24:41,662 --> 00:24:43,228 A fight between consenting adults. 291 00:24:43,230 --> 00:24:45,130 Victim didn't even need treatment. 292 00:24:45,132 --> 00:24:48,466 Four working-class kids, clean records, 293 00:24:48,468 --> 00:24:50,035 two with babies, all in work. 294 00:24:50,037 --> 00:24:51,937 They're taxpayers. 295 00:24:51,939 --> 00:24:53,571 Mark, let's get started. 296 00:24:53,573 --> 00:24:56,207 Where are the words? 297 00:24:56,209 --> 00:24:58,476 It's bloody class warfare, Fiona. 298 00:24:58,478 --> 00:25:00,378 Pointless. I hereby give up. 299 00:25:00,380 --> 00:25:04,015 No, you don't. You're in front of me tomorrow and... 300 00:25:04,017 --> 00:25:07,117 ♪ Lully, lullay 301 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,988 ♪ Thou little tiny child... 302 00:25:17,064 --> 00:25:22,199 This is the BBC World Service. The news at 0400 GMT. 303 00:25:22,201 --> 00:25:25,402 Rescue operations continue today across southern Europe 304 00:25:25,404 --> 00:25:27,372 in the wake of Storm Ada. 305 00:25:27,374 --> 00:25:30,111 Rail and road connections to Montpelier... 306 00:25:32,378 --> 00:25:35,113 There's a bit of a media scrum. 307 00:25:35,115 --> 00:25:37,082 Say nothing. 308 00:25:41,755 --> 00:25:44,756 - Naomi! Naomi! Kevin, this way! - Let us through. 309 00:25:44,758 --> 00:25:47,758 - Let us through. - Look over here, love. Naomi. 310 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,594 - Please, let us through. - Naomi, nice one, sweetheart. 311 00:25:50,596 --> 00:25:54,164 - That's it. - Naomi, darling. 312 00:25:54,166 --> 00:25:56,503 Kevin. Kevin. Talk to me, please. 313 00:25:58,704 --> 00:26:01,506 They have absolutely nothing to say at this stage. 314 00:26:01,508 --> 00:26:04,375 - Now, please... - Just something about the boy. 315 00:26:04,377 --> 00:26:07,612 - Anything... - Excuse us. Excuse us. 316 00:26:07,614 --> 00:26:09,113 OK, the judge is ready for you. 317 00:26:09,115 --> 00:26:12,049 No. There's nothing to say, OK? 318 00:26:12,051 --> 00:26:14,421 - Yeah, they're ready now. - Oh, thank you. 319 00:26:29,403 --> 00:26:31,238 My Lady, they're ready for you. 320 00:26:43,450 --> 00:26:45,653 Court rise. 321 00:26:55,595 --> 00:26:58,432 In the matter of A, a child. 322 00:27:04,637 --> 00:27:07,639 We are here on a matter of extreme urgency, 323 00:27:07,641 --> 00:27:09,507 of life and death. 324 00:27:09,509 --> 00:27:11,809 Time is of the essence. Please bear this in mind. 325 00:27:11,811 --> 00:27:14,511 Speak briefly and to the point. Mr Berner. 326 00:27:14,513 --> 00:27:17,282 I... I shall indeed be brief, My Lady. 327 00:27:17,284 --> 00:27:18,816 The applicant in the matter 328 00:27:18,818 --> 00:27:21,286 is the Edith Frances Hospital, Wandsworth, 329 00:27:21,288 --> 00:27:23,087 which is seeking the leave of this court 330 00:27:23,089 --> 00:27:25,390 to treat a teenager, Adam. 331 00:27:25,392 --> 00:27:27,092 He's 17 years and nine months. 332 00:27:27,094 --> 00:27:28,826 He first experienced stomach pains at school. 333 00:27:28,828 --> 00:27:31,129 I've read the papers, Mr Berner. 334 00:27:31,131 --> 00:27:34,466 My Lady, I believe all parties accept that Adam has leukaemia. 335 00:27:34,468 --> 00:27:37,102 The hospital wishes to treat him with four drugs, 336 00:27:37,104 --> 00:27:39,671 a universally recognised therapy, as I can show. 337 00:27:39,673 --> 00:27:42,774 - No need. - Thank you, My Lady. 338 00:27:42,776 --> 00:27:44,875 Two of these drugs have the side effect 339 00:27:44,877 --> 00:27:46,344 of attacking the bone marrow, 340 00:27:46,346 --> 00:27:48,379 compromising the body's immune system, 341 00:27:48,381 --> 00:27:51,815 therefore it's standard to transfuse during treatment. 342 00:27:51,817 --> 00:27:54,818 However, the boy and his parents are Jehovah's Witnesses 343 00:27:54,820 --> 00:27:56,386 and it's contrary to their faith 344 00:27:56,388 --> 00:27:58,389 to accept blood products into their system. 345 00:27:58,391 --> 00:28:01,426 This apart, Adam and his parents agree 346 00:28:01,428 --> 00:28:03,527 to any treatment the hospital can offer. 347 00:28:03,529 --> 00:28:06,597 At this point I'd like to call the consultant haematologist. 348 00:28:06,599 --> 00:28:08,732 Fine. 349 00:28:08,734 --> 00:28:11,635 Professor Carter, bring us up to date on Adam's condition. 350 00:28:11,637 --> 00:28:13,270 It's not good, he's weak, 351 00:28:13,272 --> 00:28:14,838 and, as I would expect, he's beginning to show 352 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,673 the first signs of breathlessness. 353 00:28:16,675 --> 00:28:19,143 His haemoglobin counts are dropping steadily. 354 00:28:19,145 --> 00:28:22,680 The norm is 12.5. This morning it was 4.5. 355 00:28:22,682 --> 00:28:24,481 And the white cell count? 356 00:28:24,483 --> 00:28:26,884 Well, they should be somewhere between 5 and 9. 357 00:28:26,886 --> 00:28:29,187 He was showing 1.7. 358 00:28:29,189 --> 00:28:31,555 - As for the platelets... - Remind me of their function. 359 00:28:31,557 --> 00:28:34,424 They're necessary for clotting, My Lady. 360 00:28:34,426 --> 00:28:38,696 The norm is 250. Adam's count this morning was 34. 361 00:28:38,698 --> 00:28:40,430 A healthy adolescent produces 362 00:28:40,432 --> 00:28:43,334 500 billion blood cells every day. 363 00:28:43,336 --> 00:28:45,870 Adam is producing no blood at all. 364 00:28:45,872 --> 00:28:48,405 And if you could transfuse this patient...? 365 00:28:48,407 --> 00:28:51,209 Then he would stand a decent chance. 366 00:28:51,211 --> 00:28:53,210 Have you discussed with Adam 367 00:28:53,212 --> 00:28:55,712 what will happen to him if he's not transfused? 368 00:28:55,714 --> 00:28:58,482 Well, I've spared him the details. He knows he could die. 369 00:28:58,484 --> 00:29:01,451 What knowledge does he have of the manner of his death? 370 00:29:01,453 --> 00:29:03,124 Nothing at all. 371 00:29:03,923 --> 00:29:06,793 Then perhaps you could tell us? 372 00:29:09,596 --> 00:29:11,595 It'll be very distressing for everyone, 373 00:29:11,597 --> 00:29:12,896 including the medical team. 374 00:29:12,898 --> 00:29:14,532 They simply can't understand 375 00:29:14,534 --> 00:29:16,500 why they should risk losing this patient. 376 00:29:16,502 --> 00:29:19,237 He'll fight to breathe and he's bound to lose. 377 00:29:19,239 --> 00:29:20,939 It'll be frightening, like drowning. 378 00:29:20,941 --> 00:29:23,574 Before that, there will be internal bleeding perhaps, 379 00:29:23,576 --> 00:29:25,742 perhaps renal failure. 380 00:29:25,744 --> 00:29:27,378 Some patients lose their sight. 381 00:29:27,380 --> 00:29:30,215 He may have a stroke. Patients vary. 382 00:29:30,217 --> 00:29:33,754 The one sure thing is that it will be a horrible death. 383 00:29:35,321 --> 00:29:36,821 Do you agree, Professor, 384 00:29:36,823 --> 00:29:39,524 that the freedom of choice in medical treatment 385 00:29:39,526 --> 00:29:41,392 is a fundamental human right? 386 00:29:41,394 --> 00:29:42,794 In adults, yes, I agree. 387 00:29:42,796 --> 00:29:44,562 Adam is very close to being an adult. 388 00:29:44,564 --> 00:29:47,398 If his 18th birthday were tomorrow morning, 389 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,834 he wouldn't legally be an adult this afternoon. 390 00:29:49,836 --> 00:29:51,335 I think we can agree 391 00:29:51,337 --> 00:29:53,337 that Adam is very nearly an adult, 392 00:29:53,339 --> 00:29:54,972 and isn't it the case that he's expressed 393 00:29:54,974 --> 00:29:56,440 his views to you intelligently? 394 00:29:56,442 --> 00:29:58,308 His views are his parents' views. 395 00:29:58,310 --> 00:29:59,811 His objections to blood transfusion 396 00:29:59,813 --> 00:30:02,247 are the doctrines of a religious cult 397 00:30:02,249 --> 00:30:04,282 for which he's likely to become a pointless martyr. 398 00:30:04,284 --> 00:30:05,882 You took the oath. 399 00:30:05,884 --> 00:30:08,253 - I assume you're a Christian? - I am an Anglican. 400 00:30:08,255 --> 00:30:11,689 Is the Church of England a cult? 401 00:30:11,691 --> 00:30:13,958 Are you aware that the World Health Organization 402 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,661 estimates that up to 20% of new AIDS cases 403 00:30:16,663 --> 00:30:18,863 are caused by blood transfusions? 404 00:30:18,865 --> 00:30:21,266 And transfusion brings other dangers. 405 00:30:21,268 --> 00:30:25,436 Hepatitis, Lyme disease, malaria, syphilis, 406 00:30:25,438 --> 00:30:29,740 Chagas' disease, graft-versus-host disease, 407 00:30:29,742 --> 00:30:32,776 transfusion-related lung disease, variant CJD. 408 00:30:32,778 --> 00:30:35,013 Very rarely happens and never under me. 409 00:30:35,015 --> 00:30:37,815 So if we added up all the dangers, 410 00:30:37,817 --> 00:30:39,383 wouldn't you say there was enough 411 00:30:39,385 --> 00:30:41,018 to give a rational person pause? 412 00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:42,687 The blood products we use 413 00:30:42,689 --> 00:30:44,756 are tested to the highest standard. 414 00:30:44,758 --> 00:30:47,025 But it wouldn't be unreasonable, surely, 415 00:30:47,027 --> 00:30:49,760 given all the potential for infection and error, 416 00:30:49,762 --> 00:30:51,996 for a patient to insist his consent be sought. 417 00:30:51,998 --> 00:30:53,698 You're playing with words. 418 00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:56,066 If I'm not allowed to transfuse this boy, 419 00:30:56,068 --> 00:30:57,802 we may lose him. 420 00:30:57,804 --> 00:31:00,071 Jehovah's Witnesses patients are often treated now 421 00:31:00,073 --> 00:31:01,805 by what's called bloodless surgery. 422 00:31:01,807 --> 00:31:04,007 Look, we're not dealing with surgery here. 423 00:31:04,009 --> 00:31:05,977 This boy needs blood because his treatment 424 00:31:05,979 --> 00:31:07,778 prevents him making any of his own. 425 00:31:07,780 --> 00:31:11,783 - It's as simple as that. - Thank you, Professor. 426 00:31:11,785 --> 00:31:15,719 Thank you for your time, Professor Carter. 427 00:31:15,721 --> 00:31:19,657 We'll take a break. 20 minutes. 428 00:31:19,659 --> 00:31:21,662 Court rise. 429 00:31:43,650 --> 00:31:45,682 - Jack? - Oh, hi. 430 00:31:45,684 --> 00:31:47,751 I thought you were gonna be in court. 431 00:31:47,753 --> 00:31:49,921 I was just gonna leave you a message. Um... 432 00:31:49,923 --> 00:31:52,824 - Where are you? What's going... - You know what? I have to go. 433 00:31:52,826 --> 00:31:54,761 - Sorry. - Oh, for God's sake! 434 00:32:13,779 --> 00:32:16,814 From that point on, we never looked back. 435 00:32:16,816 --> 00:32:20,051 I stopped drinking, got my training, 436 00:32:20,053 --> 00:32:24,988 and me... me and Naomi became good with each other, 437 00:32:24,990 --> 00:32:26,923 and looking after Adam properly. 438 00:32:26,925 --> 00:32:31,895 And he was calmer, and he started doing well at school. 439 00:32:31,897 --> 00:32:35,967 And we had a lot of support from our Kingdom Hall 440 00:32:35,969 --> 00:32:37,802 and good friends there. 441 00:32:37,804 --> 00:32:39,937 You know, the sort of people who never let you down. 442 00:32:39,939 --> 00:32:44,475 We were happy. We've lived in the truth. 443 00:32:44,477 --> 00:32:48,645 And now, Mr Henry, your son has leukaemia 444 00:32:48,647 --> 00:32:51,949 and you and Naomi are facing the ultimate test of faith. 445 00:32:51,951 --> 00:32:55,686 - Is that how you'd put it? - That's exactly what it is. 446 00:32:55,688 --> 00:33:01,758 Can you tell the court why you and your wife and Adam 447 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,461 are refusing a blood transfusion? 448 00:33:04,463 --> 00:33:08,932 What you have to understand is that blood, 449 00:33:08,934 --> 00:33:12,737 it's the essence of what it means to be human. 450 00:33:12,739 --> 00:33:17,141 It's the gift of life that we should all be grateful for. 451 00:33:17,143 --> 00:33:19,943 Just as life is sacred, so's blood. 452 00:33:19,945 --> 00:33:25,749 So why would Adam refuse such a gift from the doctors? 453 00:33:25,751 --> 00:33:27,517 Mixing your own blood 454 00:33:27,519 --> 00:33:31,055 with the blood of an animal or another person 455 00:33:31,057 --> 00:33:34,862 is pollution, it's contamination. 456 00:33:35,862 --> 00:33:38,996 It's a rejection of God's gift. 457 00:33:38,998 --> 00:33:41,231 That's why he specifically forbids it 458 00:33:41,233 --> 00:33:44,969 in Genesis and Leviticus and Acts. 459 00:33:44,971 --> 00:33:46,737 And our son, Adam, 460 00:33:46,739 --> 00:33:48,972 he knows that God's word has to be obeyed. 461 00:33:48,974 --> 00:33:52,645 Do you and your wife love your son, Mr Henry? 462 00:33:54,047 --> 00:33:56,613 Yes, we love him. 463 00:33:56,615 --> 00:34:00,151 And if refusing a blood transfusion... 464 00:34:00,153 --> 00:34:02,086 should cause his death? 465 00:34:02,088 --> 00:34:03,954 Then he'd take his place 466 00:34:03,956 --> 00:34:06,891 in the kingdom of heaven on earth that's to come. 467 00:34:06,893 --> 00:34:09,695 And how will you and Naomi feel? 468 00:34:14,099 --> 00:34:18,572 You'll be grief-stricken, won't you, Mr Henry? 469 00:34:23,876 --> 00:34:29,615 So this refusal is Adam's decision, not coming from you? 470 00:34:33,052 --> 00:34:34,788 He's a... 471 00:34:37,789 --> 00:34:40,124 He's a very... He's a very special person. 472 00:34:40,126 --> 00:34:43,159 He's profound. 473 00:34:43,161 --> 00:34:45,795 We couldn't change his mind even if we wanted to. 474 00:34:45,797 --> 00:34:48,733 I mean, no one could. 475 00:34:48,735 --> 00:34:51,769 Mr Henry, these books of the Bible you mentioned. 476 00:34:51,771 --> 00:34:54,804 At the time of these Iron Age texts, transfusion didn't exist. 477 00:34:54,806 --> 00:34:56,541 How on earth could it be forbidden? 478 00:34:56,543 --> 00:34:59,142 It existed in the mind of God. 479 00:34:59,144 --> 00:35:01,045 Many Jehovah's Witnesses accept blood products 480 00:35:01,047 --> 00:35:03,046 without compromising their faith. 481 00:35:03,048 --> 00:35:06,050 Isn't it the case that there are other options open to young Adam 482 00:35:06,052 --> 00:35:08,119 and you could, if you wanted, play your part 483 00:35:08,121 --> 00:35:10,287 in persuading him to take them and save his life? 484 00:35:10,289 --> 00:35:12,188 I don't know anyone 485 00:35:12,190 --> 00:35:14,659 who departs from the teachings of the Governing Body. 486 00:35:14,661 --> 00:35:16,661 The elders give us good guidance. 487 00:35:16,663 --> 00:35:19,195 The same strict elders who've been visiting your son every day 488 00:35:19,197 --> 00:35:20,932 to make sure he doesn't change his mind? 489 00:35:20,934 --> 00:35:22,967 These are kind and decent men. 490 00:35:22,969 --> 00:35:25,036 The other churches have priests in the hospital too. 491 00:35:25,038 --> 00:35:29,005 It's true, isn't it, that if Adam agreed to a transfusion, 492 00:35:29,007 --> 00:35:31,909 he'd be what you call dis-fellowshipped, 493 00:35:31,911 --> 00:35:33,144 cast out of the community? 494 00:35:33,146 --> 00:35:34,579 Disassociated, actually, 495 00:35:34,581 --> 00:35:35,912 but it's not gonna happen 496 00:35:35,914 --> 00:35:37,782 because he isn't gonna change his mind. 497 00:35:37,784 --> 00:35:41,251 He's in your care and it's your mind I want to change. 498 00:35:41,253 --> 00:35:44,588 He's scared of being shunned. Isn't that the term you use? 499 00:35:44,590 --> 00:35:46,990 The only world he knows would turn its back on him 500 00:35:46,992 --> 00:35:49,159 for preferring life to a terrible death. 501 00:35:49,161 --> 00:35:50,994 Does that sound like a free choice? 502 00:35:50,996 --> 00:35:53,898 My Lady, if you spent just five minutes with him, 503 00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:56,233 then you'd understand that this is a very, very special person 504 00:35:56,235 --> 00:35:57,702 who knows his own mind. 505 00:35:57,704 --> 00:35:59,704 Mr Henry, have you told Adam 506 00:35:59,706 --> 00:36:01,938 that if he saved his own life and agreed to a transfusion, 507 00:36:01,940 --> 00:36:03,039 you'd still love him? 508 00:36:03,041 --> 00:36:04,208 We've told him we love him. 509 00:36:04,210 --> 00:36:05,742 - Is that all? - It's enough. 510 00:36:05,744 --> 00:36:07,612 When were the Jehovah's Witnesses 511 00:36:07,614 --> 00:36:09,347 commanded to refuse blood transfusions? 512 00:36:09,349 --> 00:36:12,182 It's in Genesis. It dates from the creation. 513 00:36:12,184 --> 00:36:13,985 It dates from 1945, doesn't it? 514 00:36:13,987 --> 00:36:17,021 A committee in Brooklyn has decided your son's fate. 515 00:36:17,023 --> 00:36:20,090 There are deep truths that weren't previously understood. 516 00:36:20,092 --> 00:36:22,025 The same is just as true in science. 517 00:36:22,027 --> 00:36:24,327 Not much room for dissent in your church, is there? 518 00:36:24,329 --> 00:36:26,329 You've probably no idea what it means 519 00:36:26,331 --> 00:36:29,633 to submit to a higher authority. 520 00:36:29,635 --> 00:36:31,936 We do so of our own free will. 521 00:36:31,938 --> 00:36:33,403 When you were Adam's age, 522 00:36:33,405 --> 00:36:35,271 you wouldn't have known your own mind. 523 00:36:35,273 --> 00:36:38,141 He's lived in the truth. I didn't have that privilege. 524 00:36:38,143 --> 00:36:40,711 You say life is precious. Other people's lives or just your own? 525 00:36:40,713 --> 00:36:43,146 All life is a gift of the Lord and his to take away. 526 00:36:43,148 --> 00:36:45,883 Easy to say, Mr Henry, when it's not your life. 527 00:36:45,885 --> 00:36:49,153 Harder to say when it's your own son. 528 00:36:49,155 --> 00:36:50,920 - Is masturbation a sin? - Yes. 529 00:36:50,922 --> 00:36:52,856 - And abortion? Homosexuality? - Yes. 530 00:36:52,858 --> 00:36:55,860 Is this what Adam's been taught to believe? 531 00:36:55,862 --> 00:36:58,195 That is what he knows to be true. 532 00:36:58,197 --> 00:37:00,367 Thank you, Mr Henry. 533 00:37:02,702 --> 00:37:07,737 He said, "I'm my own man." 534 00:37:07,739 --> 00:37:10,708 "I'm separate from my parents." 535 00:37:10,710 --> 00:37:14,081 "Whatever their ideas are, I'm deciding for myself." 536 00:37:16,682 --> 00:37:18,851 "I'm prepared to die." 537 00:37:22,989 --> 00:37:25,755 Thank you, Mrs Greene. 538 00:37:25,757 --> 00:37:27,925 There's a crucial difference between the right 539 00:37:27,927 --> 00:37:29,459 to assent to treatment 540 00:37:29,461 --> 00:37:32,329 and the right to refuse life-saving treatment. 541 00:37:32,331 --> 00:37:34,231 My Lady, the law is clear. 542 00:37:34,233 --> 00:37:36,934 He has no autonomy in the matter until he's 18. 543 00:37:36,936 --> 00:37:40,104 Slice it as my learned friend may, he is not 18. 544 00:37:40,106 --> 00:37:42,972 In so important a matter, there can be no sheltering 545 00:37:42,974 --> 00:37:45,342 behind the couple of months that separate him 546 00:37:45,344 --> 00:37:46,976 from his 18th birthday. 547 00:37:46,978 --> 00:37:49,213 It's clear that Adam has a full grasp 548 00:37:49,215 --> 00:37:50,815 of the religious principles 549 00:37:50,817 --> 00:37:53,883 on which his refusal of treatment rests. 550 00:37:53,885 --> 00:37:57,454 It is a patient's basic right, protected by common law, 551 00:37:57,456 --> 00:38:00,758 to refuse treatment. 552 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,325 I submit My Lady should not be tempted 553 00:38:02,327 --> 00:38:04,929 onto the dangerous ground of undermining 554 00:38:04,931 --> 00:38:06,731 so fundamental a human right 555 00:38:06,733 --> 00:38:09,369 and the precious dignity it confers. 556 00:38:24,083 --> 00:38:27,117 Given the unique circumstances of this case, 557 00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:31,755 I have decided I would like to hear from Adam himself. 558 00:38:31,757 --> 00:38:34,258 I need to know if he understands his situation 559 00:38:34,260 --> 00:38:35,892 and what he confronts 560 00:38:35,894 --> 00:38:39,429 should I rule against the hospital. 561 00:38:39,431 --> 00:38:43,233 I'll go now to Adam's bedside in the company of his guardian. 562 00:38:43,235 --> 00:38:46,070 I'll give judgement in open court when I return, 563 00:38:46,072 --> 00:38:47,537 probably after 7pm. 564 00:38:47,539 --> 00:38:50,009 Court rise. 565 00:38:55,081 --> 00:38:57,014 - Unconventional. - Very eccentric. 566 00:38:57,016 --> 00:38:59,182 - But there's nothing we can do. - Will it help... 567 00:38:59,184 --> 00:39:02,286 She's not working to our deadline. 568 00:39:02,288 --> 00:39:03,920 Yeah, unbelievable. 569 00:39:03,922 --> 00:39:05,555 I've never known a judge to do this. 570 00:39:05,557 --> 00:39:07,557 I know. She's completely off the wall. 571 00:39:07,559 --> 00:39:09,061 Who knows what will happen? 572 00:39:30,248 --> 00:39:32,451 It's just down here. 573 00:39:36,222 --> 00:39:38,158 - Hi. - Hi, Marina. 574 00:39:44,163 --> 00:39:45,996 - Donna. Hi. - Hi. 575 00:39:45,998 --> 00:39:48,065 - Hi, Emy. - Marina. 576 00:39:48,067 --> 00:39:51,434 - Hi, Marina. Good to see you. - You OK? Nice to see you. 577 00:39:51,436 --> 00:39:55,338 This is Mrs Justice Maye. Very high up. Here to see young Adam. 578 00:39:55,340 --> 00:39:56,539 - Hello. - Pleased to meet you. 579 00:39:56,541 --> 00:39:58,144 Hi. 580 00:40:02,248 --> 00:40:05,883 I'll let him know you're coming, My Lady. 581 00:40:05,885 --> 00:40:09,619 He's made up his mind, like living for his principles. 582 00:40:09,621 --> 00:40:11,257 Dying, you mean. 583 00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:24,001 Brilliant. I was right. 584 00:40:24,003 --> 00:40:27,237 The judge has come to see me. I knew it. 585 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:29,273 What do they call you? 586 00:40:29,275 --> 00:40:32,008 Your Highness? Your Excellency? Your Honourable something? 587 00:40:32,010 --> 00:40:34,244 In court it's "My Lady". 588 00:40:34,246 --> 00:40:39,383 My Lady. Oh, that's fantastic. 589 00:40:39,385 --> 00:40:42,219 - Am I allowed to call you that? - My name's Fiona Maye. 590 00:40:42,221 --> 00:40:43,920 No, but I wanna call you... 591 00:40:43,922 --> 00:40:45,289 I wanna call you My Lady, please. 592 00:40:45,291 --> 00:40:47,827 Do you want to catch your breath? 593 00:40:52,530 --> 00:40:54,366 My Lady. 594 00:40:56,635 --> 00:40:59,302 You know, I told Marina, and Donna, the sister, 595 00:40:59,304 --> 00:41:02,373 and Jake, the dinner guy, and all the doctors that you'd come. 596 00:41:02,375 --> 00:41:04,041 And they all said, 'No, no, 597 00:41:04,043 --> 00:41:05,943 judges don't do that sort of thing.' 598 00:41:05,945 --> 00:41:08,512 - But I knew. - Well, there you go. 599 00:41:08,514 --> 00:41:11,581 Underneath their clothes, people are sheep. 600 00:41:11,583 --> 00:41:14,386 So you've come to change my mind. 601 00:41:16,021 --> 00:41:17,588 Straighten me out. 602 00:41:17,590 --> 00:41:20,557 No, Adam. I need to know what's best for you. 603 00:41:20,559 --> 00:41:24,662 Please, miss, set me on the path of righteousness. 604 00:41:24,664 --> 00:41:29,300 I have to be sure you know what you're doing. 605 00:41:29,302 --> 00:41:32,670 Leukaemia's a very serious illness. 606 00:41:32,672 --> 00:41:37,307 Refusing a blood transfusion when it could save your life, 607 00:41:37,309 --> 00:41:39,443 some people think you've been unduly influenced 608 00:41:39,445 --> 00:41:42,012 by your parents and the elders, 609 00:41:42,014 --> 00:41:44,347 and others think that you're awfully clever 610 00:41:44,349 --> 00:41:47,650 and we should just let you get on with it. 611 00:41:47,652 --> 00:41:53,423 Should we? Let you do yourself in? 612 00:41:53,425 --> 00:41:56,360 Somehow I've got to decide. 613 00:41:56,362 --> 00:41:58,528 I think it's my choice. 614 00:41:58,530 --> 00:42:00,563 I'm afraid the law doesn't agree. 615 00:42:00,565 --> 00:42:03,002 The law is an ass. 616 00:42:04,670 --> 00:42:08,037 So they say. 617 00:42:08,039 --> 00:42:11,742 But let's just consider the practicalities. 618 00:42:11,744 --> 00:42:14,010 With a transfusion, 619 00:42:14,012 --> 00:42:17,514 the consultant could add two drugs to your treatment 620 00:42:17,516 --> 00:42:21,584 and you'd stand a good chance of a pretty quick recovery. 621 00:42:21,586 --> 00:42:24,153 Without a transfusion, you could die. 622 00:42:24,155 --> 00:42:26,358 - You understand that? - Yeah. 623 00:42:30,061 --> 00:42:34,063 But how about this, Adam? Partial recovery. 624 00:42:34,065 --> 00:42:37,501 You could lose your sight, suffer brain damage. 625 00:42:37,503 --> 00:42:39,673 Your kidneys could go. 626 00:42:41,407 --> 00:42:43,307 Is that going to please God? 627 00:42:43,309 --> 00:42:45,376 If you don't believe in God, 628 00:42:45,378 --> 00:42:48,512 you've no right talking about what does or doesn't please him. 629 00:42:48,514 --> 00:42:51,648 I haven't said I don't believe. 630 00:42:51,650 --> 00:42:54,418 I need to know you've thought this through. 631 00:42:54,420 --> 00:42:59,456 Blind or mentally disabled, or both. 632 00:42:59,458 --> 00:43:03,563 For the rest of your life. Ready for that? 633 00:43:11,771 --> 00:43:14,140 I'd hate it. 634 00:43:14,706 --> 00:43:17,109 I'd hate it. 635 00:43:24,717 --> 00:43:26,682 But I'd accept it. 636 00:43:29,688 --> 00:43:31,324 Wait. 637 00:43:36,461 --> 00:43:38,461 Excuse me. 638 00:43:52,478 --> 00:43:57,182 Now, you listen closely to this lady. 639 00:44:05,824 --> 00:44:08,291 Hey, Adam. Roast chicken, man. 640 00:44:08,293 --> 00:44:10,029 Out. 641 00:44:21,739 --> 00:44:24,076 Go away. 642 00:44:29,148 --> 00:44:31,584 Do you have children, My Lady? 643 00:44:32,585 --> 00:44:34,788 No, sadly. I wish... 644 00:44:36,121 --> 00:44:38,454 Always too busy. 645 00:44:38,456 --> 00:44:40,824 The law can take over your life. 646 00:44:40,826 --> 00:44:42,693 Perhaps you will. 647 00:44:42,695 --> 00:44:44,827 - I don't think so. - Sorry. I didn't mean... 648 00:44:44,829 --> 00:44:46,762 Tell me this, Adam. 649 00:44:46,764 --> 00:44:49,733 I want to hear it in your own words. 650 00:44:49,735 --> 00:44:52,702 Why won't you have a blood transfusion? 651 00:44:52,704 --> 00:44:55,204 'Cause it's wrong. 652 00:44:55,206 --> 00:44:56,706 Go on. 653 00:44:56,708 --> 00:44:59,142 God has told us that it's wrong. 654 00:44:59,144 --> 00:45:00,610 Why is it wrong? 655 00:45:00,612 --> 00:45:03,447 Why is anything wrong, My Lady? 656 00:45:03,449 --> 00:45:05,648 We just know it. 657 00:45:05,650 --> 00:45:11,690 Murder, torture, lying, being unfaithful in your marriage. 658 00:45:12,891 --> 00:45:15,726 How do we just know it? 659 00:45:15,728 --> 00:45:20,264 It's in our hearts. God has put it there. 660 00:45:20,266 --> 00:45:25,334 And so... like, even if we get useful information 661 00:45:25,336 --> 00:45:27,470 by torturing a terrorist, 662 00:45:27,472 --> 00:45:31,474 we know, we just know it's wrong. 663 00:45:31,476 --> 00:45:33,943 Is transfusion like torture? 664 00:45:33,945 --> 00:45:36,213 They're both wrong. 665 00:45:36,215 --> 00:45:37,847 I wish I could make you see this. 666 00:45:37,849 --> 00:45:40,284 Blood isn't just a biological thing 667 00:45:40,286 --> 00:45:42,355 and it isn't just a symbol. 668 00:45:45,224 --> 00:45:47,460 It's life itself. 669 00:45:49,327 --> 00:45:51,530 It's what we are. 670 00:45:52,697 --> 00:45:54,664 We've chosen to live in God's truth 671 00:45:54,666 --> 00:45:58,267 and he's told us not to mix our blood with other people's. 672 00:45:58,269 --> 00:46:01,671 It's a simple rule we wanna live by. 673 00:46:01,673 --> 00:46:05,208 We're not inflicting it on anyone else. 674 00:46:05,210 --> 00:46:09,181 We just wanna live our lives in the truth as we see it. 675 00:46:11,349 --> 00:46:13,519 As we know it. 676 00:46:17,655 --> 00:46:21,458 Thank you, Adam. 677 00:46:21,460 --> 00:46:25,329 And if I decided the hospital can legally transfuse you, 678 00:46:25,331 --> 00:46:26,362 what would you think? 679 00:46:26,364 --> 00:46:27,530 I'd think My Lady 680 00:46:27,532 --> 00:46:29,268 was an interfering busybody. 681 00:46:45,918 --> 00:46:48,288 No, don't go yet, please. 682 00:46:49,387 --> 00:46:51,521 Adam, I have to be in court. 683 00:46:51,523 --> 00:46:53,626 Just wait till Donna brings my supper. 684 00:46:56,327 --> 00:46:59,929 Alright, before I go, will you tell me about your guitar? 685 00:46:59,931 --> 00:47:02,566 It's beautiful. 686 00:47:02,568 --> 00:47:04,635 It belonged to my grandad. 687 00:47:04,637 --> 00:47:07,740 It looks really lived-in. Lovely. 688 00:47:10,742 --> 00:47:13,043 - You know something? - What? 689 00:47:13,045 --> 00:47:14,543 I've been playing four weeks 690 00:47:14,545 --> 00:47:16,545 and I can already play ten tunes. 691 00:47:16,547 --> 00:47:19,585 And this is the hardest so far. 692 00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,898 No, it's a C. There. 693 00:47:33,032 --> 00:47:34,800 - Oh, yeah. - Mmm. 694 00:47:44,510 --> 00:47:46,446 That's it. 695 00:47:48,347 --> 00:47:53,516 ♪ And on my leaning shoulder 696 00:47:53,518 --> 00:47:59,789 ♪ She laid her snow-white hand 697 00:47:59,791 --> 00:48:05,429 ♪ She bid me take life easy 698 00:48:05,431 --> 00:48:11,034 ♪ As the grass grows on the weirs 699 00:48:11,036 --> 00:48:16,740 ♪ But I was young and foolish 700 00:48:16,742 --> 00:48:22,979 ♪ And now am full of tears ♪ 701 00:48:22,981 --> 00:48:25,382 Pretty good, only four weeks. 702 00:48:25,384 --> 00:48:26,916 I never even knew it had words. 703 00:48:26,918 --> 00:48:30,454 It's Yeats, a very famous poet and a lovely poem. 704 00:48:30,456 --> 00:48:32,856 I love "and on my leaning shoulder". 705 00:48:32,858 --> 00:48:34,891 Let's do the whole thing. 706 00:48:34,893 --> 00:48:38,494 It's dinnertime for you and I have to be in court. 707 00:48:38,496 --> 00:48:41,933 My Lady, please... stay a bit longer. 708 00:48:43,402 --> 00:48:45,769 "She bid me take life easy." 709 00:48:45,771 --> 00:48:48,675 Well, then, can I have your email? 710 00:48:52,043 --> 00:48:53,478 Goodbye, Adam. 711 00:48:56,514 --> 00:48:59,449 Are you coming back? 712 00:48:59,451 --> 00:49:03,052 I am bound by the Children Act 713 00:49:03,054 --> 00:49:07,791 and the clear injunction of its opening lines: 714 00:49:07,793 --> 00:49:09,525 "The child's welfare 715 00:49:09,527 --> 00:49:12,831 shall be the court's paramount consideration." 716 00:49:15,666 --> 00:49:18,068 Assuming a good recovery, 717 00:49:18,070 --> 00:49:21,704 this young man's welfare is better served 718 00:49:21,706 --> 00:49:23,606 by his love of reading 719 00:49:23,608 --> 00:49:27,010 and his newly found passion for the guitar, 720 00:49:27,012 --> 00:49:30,579 by the exercise of his lively intelligence 721 00:49:30,581 --> 00:49:35,619 and by the expression of a playful, affectionate nature 722 00:49:35,621 --> 00:49:41,657 and by all of life and love that lie ahead of him. 723 00:49:41,659 --> 00:49:43,927 I find that A himself, 724 00:49:43,929 --> 00:49:47,430 his parents and the elders of his church 725 00:49:47,432 --> 00:49:53,537 have made a decision which is hostile to A's welfare. 726 00:49:53,539 --> 00:49:59,708 He must be protected from his religion and from himself. 727 00:49:59,710 --> 00:50:01,711 In my judgement, 728 00:50:01,713 --> 00:50:05,752 his life is more precious than his dignity. 729 00:50:07,952 --> 00:50:11,153 My direction and declaration are as follows. 730 00:50:11,155 --> 00:50:14,057 It will be lawful for the applicant hospital 731 00:50:14,059 --> 00:50:16,525 to pursue such medical treatments of A 732 00:50:16,527 --> 00:50:18,994 as they deem necessary, 733 00:50:18,996 --> 00:50:21,500 including blood transfusion. 734 00:52:18,684 --> 00:52:20,920 End of the affair? 735 00:52:22,721 --> 00:52:24,222 Maybe. 736 00:52:53,751 --> 00:52:57,987 Look, the only important thing is that I love you. 737 00:52:57,989 --> 00:53:01,224 - You fucked her. - Yes. 738 00:53:01,226 --> 00:53:04,661 But if it was a stupid mistake, then so is this, because... 739 00:53:04,663 --> 00:53:06,729 If you're staying, then sleep in the spare room. 740 00:53:06,731 --> 00:53:08,632 Hey, come on, we can't avoid this any longer. 741 00:53:08,634 --> 00:53:10,967 Our only option is to talk. 742 00:53:10,969 --> 00:53:13,172 Excuse me. Long day. 743 00:53:26,985 --> 00:53:29,284 - Uncle Jack! - Hi, guys! 744 00:53:29,286 --> 00:53:31,121 I'll collect them tomorrow around ten. 745 00:53:31,123 --> 00:53:32,789 - Yes, perfect. - Thanks for this. 746 00:53:32,791 --> 00:53:34,090 - Bye, girls. Be good. - Bye! 747 00:53:34,092 --> 00:53:36,059 Sally, Maisie, you ready for some fun? 748 00:53:36,061 --> 00:53:37,927 Yeah! 749 00:53:37,929 --> 00:53:39,365 Let's go. 750 00:53:40,431 --> 00:53:42,132 I love... 751 00:53:42,134 --> 00:53:44,767 I love how she just clings to you all the time. 752 00:53:44,769 --> 00:53:47,704 - Look. She does. - Got you! 753 00:53:47,706 --> 00:53:51,007 Suppose... Suppose she had to get you. 754 00:53:51,009 --> 00:53:53,980 Would you still go after her? Yeah, you would? 755 00:53:55,179 --> 00:53:57,315 Alright, try to get me. 756 00:53:59,451 --> 00:54:01,284 Hello? 757 00:54:01,286 --> 00:54:04,354 - Hello, Michael. Fiona Maye. - Fiona? 758 00:54:04,356 --> 00:54:06,322 You got my message? 759 00:54:06,324 --> 00:54:08,791 No, I meant it. 760 00:54:08,793 --> 00:54:11,860 I need a solicitor. Yeah. 761 00:54:11,862 --> 00:54:14,197 "The following morning, ten-year-old Peter Fortune 762 00:54:14,199 --> 00:54:16,365 woke from troubled dreams 763 00:54:16,367 --> 00:54:23,873 to find himself transformed into a giant person, an adult." 764 00:54:23,875 --> 00:54:26,309 - "He tried to move his arms..." - Uncle Jack. 765 00:54:26,311 --> 00:54:28,981 Why are you sleeping in the sitting room? 766 00:54:30,215 --> 00:54:31,880 - Well... - 'Cause he snores. 767 00:54:31,882 --> 00:54:33,349 Auntie Fi throws him out. 768 00:54:33,351 --> 00:54:35,385 - Our daddy snores. - Course he does. 769 00:54:35,387 --> 00:54:38,420 They're brothers, stupid. 770 00:54:38,422 --> 00:54:41,057 Yeah, I'm a bad snorer. 771 00:54:41,059 --> 00:54:44,461 "He had eaten too much as well, because his stomach felt tight, 772 00:54:44,463 --> 00:54:48,798 and he had been talking too much because his throat was sore." 773 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:52,267 OK, we're gonna stop there and I'm gonna turn out this light, 774 00:54:52,269 --> 00:54:55,170 but I'll leave the night light on, alright, girls? 775 00:54:55,172 --> 00:54:57,106 No jumping on the bed, OK, 776 00:54:57,108 --> 00:54:59,775 and maybe you'll both wake up to be giants, 777 00:54:59,777 --> 00:55:01,244 just like Peter Fortune. 778 00:55:01,246 --> 00:55:02,778 Night-night. 779 00:55:02,780 --> 00:55:04,784 Night-night, Uncle Jack. 780 00:55:11,123 --> 00:55:13,325 - Shall we talk? - No. 781 00:55:39,351 --> 00:55:41,150 You've reached Fiona Maye's phone. 782 00:55:41,152 --> 00:55:42,918 Please leave a message after the beep. 783 00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,988 Hi. This is Adam Henry. 784 00:55:45,990 --> 00:55:50,360 My Lady, I got your number. It wasn't difficult. 785 00:55:50,362 --> 00:55:52,295 I'm out of hospital at last, 786 00:55:52,297 --> 00:55:55,831 and it's so great to hear your calm voice. 787 00:55:55,833 --> 00:55:57,300 I loved it when you came and sat with me 788 00:55:57,302 --> 00:56:00,302 and we did the Salley Gardens. 789 00:56:00,304 --> 00:56:03,940 I look at that poem every day. 790 00:56:03,942 --> 00:56:06,846 I suppose I like being 'young and foolish'. 791 00:56:08,547 --> 00:56:13,184 But if it wasn't for you, I'd be neither. I'd be dead. 792 00:56:38,275 --> 00:56:42,010 My Lady, it's me again, Adam Henry. 793 00:56:42,012 --> 00:56:45,081 I'm having these wonderful, impossible daydreams, 794 00:56:45,083 --> 00:56:46,916 really stupid, like... 795 00:56:46,918 --> 00:56:49,184 we go round the world in an oil tanker 796 00:56:49,186 --> 00:56:51,287 and we have cabins next door to each other, 797 00:56:51,289 --> 00:56:55,057 walk up and down the decks talking all day. 798 00:56:55,059 --> 00:56:57,459 Oh, and guess what? I'm reading Yeats. 799 00:56:57,461 --> 00:57:00,329 His doctorate's in good shape and he'll defend it well. 800 00:57:00,331 --> 00:57:03,298 The problem is Tony. He'll be at the meeting, yeah. 801 00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:06,137 I might be ten minutes late, so start without me. 802 00:57:19,284 --> 00:57:22,584 My Lady, it's me again, Adam Henry. 803 00:57:22,586 --> 00:57:27,257 I'm having these wonderful, impossible daydreams. 804 00:57:27,259 --> 00:57:30,959 Poor kid. He's lost Jehovah and he's found you. 805 00:57:30,961 --> 00:57:32,327 Drop him a note, for God's sake. 806 00:57:32,329 --> 00:57:34,599 I can't go encouraging... 807 00:57:35,567 --> 00:57:37,633 It's simply not professional. 808 00:57:37,635 --> 00:57:40,072 No, no, no, of course not. 809 00:57:44,576 --> 00:57:46,911 Alright, I'm... 810 00:57:48,313 --> 00:57:49,882 I'm frightened. 811 00:57:53,451 --> 00:57:55,588 Of... Of myself. 812 00:58:01,126 --> 00:58:04,126 Assuming they want it, what about an encore? 813 00:58:04,128 --> 00:58:07,229 A few Christmases ago, we did My Funny Valentine 814 00:58:07,231 --> 00:58:09,367 and I forgot the words. 815 00:58:12,070 --> 00:58:13,572 Right. 816 00:58:29,286 --> 00:58:33,125 ♪ My funny valentine 817 00:58:34,492 --> 00:58:39,431 ♪ Sweet comic valentine... 818 00:59:21,706 --> 00:59:23,572 Well, well. A stalker. 819 00:59:23,574 --> 00:59:27,043 It's nothing sinister, honestly. I... I don't mean to harass you. 820 00:59:27,045 --> 00:59:31,179 I'm... I'm just... I thought you wouldn't recognise me. 821 00:59:31,181 --> 00:59:35,351 - How did you get my number? - It's not difficult. 822 00:59:35,353 --> 00:59:39,088 I feel the top of my head has sort of exploded 823 00:59:39,090 --> 00:59:40,655 and all sorts of things are coming out, 824 00:59:40,657 --> 00:59:42,691 and so I just wanted to give you these. 825 00:59:42,693 --> 00:59:46,362 - Adam, look, I can't. - Please, My Lady, please. 826 00:59:46,364 --> 00:59:48,630 It's just poems I've been writing 827 00:59:48,632 --> 00:59:52,603 and letters I never posted and... thoughts about... 828 00:59:55,139 --> 00:59:57,009 about things. 829 01:00:02,447 --> 01:00:06,382 You look a lot stronger. How's it been? 830 01:00:06,384 --> 01:00:08,818 Lots of rows with my parents. 831 01:00:08,820 --> 01:00:11,653 School's OK, I suppose. 832 01:00:11,655 --> 01:00:14,423 Sometimes the idea of having a stranger's blood inside me 833 01:00:14,425 --> 01:00:21,329 makes me feel sick, like... drinking someone else's saliva. 834 01:00:21,331 --> 01:00:23,099 Come on. You're alive. 835 01:00:23,101 --> 01:00:26,702 Yeah, but I wanted... Look, I've so many questions. 836 01:00:26,704 --> 01:00:28,271 Couldn't we go somewhere and talk? 837 01:00:28,273 --> 01:00:29,771 Adam, there's something I want you 838 01:00:29,773 --> 01:00:32,240 to get very clear in your mind. 839 01:00:32,242 --> 01:00:34,209 For me, your case is over. 840 01:00:34,211 --> 01:00:35,677 I've got lots of new cases, 841 01:00:35,679 --> 01:00:38,481 babies and children, all kinds of sadness, 842 01:00:38,483 --> 01:00:41,450 and for you, you've got your life back. 843 01:00:41,452 --> 01:00:43,653 Everything's ahead of you now. 844 01:00:43,655 --> 01:00:46,322 You're talented. You're going to do very well, I'm sure of that. 845 01:00:46,324 --> 01:00:49,124 But there's one thing I want you to do for me. 846 01:00:49,126 --> 01:00:51,193 Don't phone me again or write to me or follow me. 847 01:00:51,195 --> 01:00:54,329 Do you understand? Your future's out there waiting for you. 848 01:00:54,331 --> 01:00:56,264 - And you're going to have fun. - No, but, My Lady... 849 01:00:56,266 --> 01:00:59,137 No, that's it. I'm gonna watch you walk away. 850 01:02:08,539 --> 01:02:10,572 You were seen coming out of Mike Morrow's office. 851 01:02:10,574 --> 01:02:15,378 Divorce? Are you serious? Without even telling me? 852 01:02:15,380 --> 01:02:20,483 I hope he pointed out that you might just be overreacting. 853 01:02:20,485 --> 01:02:22,918 Perhaps it's time I started overreacting. 854 01:02:22,920 --> 01:02:26,755 God. You're the big authority on family problems, 855 01:02:26,757 --> 01:02:28,257 and yet when it comes to your own, 856 01:02:28,259 --> 01:02:30,193 you're like a sulking child. 857 01:02:30,195 --> 01:02:32,360 You were ready to buy your pleasures with my unhappiness. 858 01:02:32,362 --> 01:02:35,831 - That was a discovery. - Oh, Jesus. Jesus. 859 01:02:35,833 --> 01:02:38,233 This is beyond self-pity. 860 01:02:38,235 --> 01:02:41,470 What is the point of your silence, Fiona? 861 01:02:41,472 --> 01:02:43,572 What is the point? 862 01:02:43,574 --> 01:02:46,374 Come on, wake up. 863 01:02:46,376 --> 01:02:48,547 I don't trust you any more. 864 01:02:50,248 --> 01:02:54,983 Listen, I left this marriage for two days. Two days. 865 01:02:54,985 --> 01:02:57,755 You left it years ago. 866 01:03:01,391 --> 01:03:03,793 You might just think about that while you're away. 867 01:03:43,735 --> 01:03:45,735 Right, this is the last of it and now I'm off. 868 01:03:45,737 --> 01:03:48,704 Tickets are in the blue folder and I'll see you in Newcastle, 869 01:03:48,706 --> 01:03:50,606 the first stop on our old northern circuit. 870 01:03:50,608 --> 01:03:52,907 Your favourite city, I seem to remember. 871 01:03:52,909 --> 01:03:55,478 Yeah, beautiful. I had cousins there. 872 01:03:55,480 --> 01:03:59,749 It's the only place I was ever wild and free. 873 01:03:59,751 --> 01:04:02,287 Have you ever been wild and free, Nigel? 874 01:04:05,023 --> 01:04:08,324 No, never. Thank God. 875 01:04:08,326 --> 01:04:10,494 I'd be hopeless at it. 876 01:04:59,476 --> 01:05:04,412 My Lady, I've got so many questions for you. 877 01:05:04,414 --> 01:05:06,585 Why is Yeats such a great poet? 878 01:05:07,652 --> 01:05:09,688 We just know, but how? 879 01:05:11,655 --> 01:05:13,789 What is beauty in a poem? 880 01:05:13,791 --> 01:05:16,458 It's more than just lovely sounds, 881 01:05:16,460 --> 01:05:20,128 and it has to be saying something that's true. 882 01:05:20,130 --> 01:05:24,032 Why has our wonderful song got two sharps? 883 01:05:24,034 --> 01:05:26,837 I don't understand about sharps and flats. 884 01:05:29,740 --> 01:05:32,777 My Lady, you never told me what you believed in. 885 01:05:34,144 --> 01:05:36,581 I bet it isn't God. 886 01:05:37,447 --> 01:05:38,817 But what? 887 01:05:40,150 --> 01:05:42,818 And me? 888 01:05:42,820 --> 01:05:45,490 I just don't know any more. 889 01:05:51,795 --> 01:05:54,597 Sometimes, in strange moods, I think, 890 01:05:54,599 --> 01:05:56,932 well, I'm an adult now. 891 01:05:56,934 --> 01:06:00,403 This thing will come back. I just know it will. 892 01:06:00,405 --> 01:06:01,840 And then... 893 01:06:08,179 --> 01:06:11,179 We will soon be arriving at Newcastle. 894 01:06:11,181 --> 01:06:12,981 Customers should ensure that they take 895 01:06:12,983 --> 01:06:15,050 all of their personal belongings with them. 896 01:06:15,052 --> 01:06:16,651 Thank you for your custom. 897 01:06:16,653 --> 01:06:18,153 We look forward to seeing you again 898 01:06:18,155 --> 01:06:20,057 in the future. 899 01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:37,608 - Thank you. - Hello. 900 01:06:39,143 --> 01:06:42,744 So I've listed a care case for two days. Mother inadequate. 901 01:06:42,746 --> 01:06:45,648 Two children in separate foster placements hoping for adoption. 902 01:06:45,650 --> 01:06:47,916 - Right. - My dear Fiona. 903 01:06:47,918 --> 01:06:50,820 - Welcome to Newcastle. - Thank you. 904 01:06:50,822 --> 01:06:53,555 Meet the High Sheriff, John Baker. 905 01:06:53,557 --> 01:06:55,758 We'll be joining you for dinner tonight at the lodgings. 906 01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:58,793 I'm afraid you'll find they've gone downhill a bit. Cuts. 907 01:06:58,795 --> 01:07:00,996 John would like to join you tomorrow 908 01:07:00,998 --> 01:07:02,965 if you have anything interesting. 909 01:07:02,967 --> 01:07:04,133 Well, do join me. 910 01:07:04,135 --> 01:07:05,200 I'm afraid all I can promise you 911 01:07:05,202 --> 01:07:07,639 is two neglected children. 912 01:07:25,655 --> 01:07:27,425 Thank you. 913 01:07:31,695 --> 01:07:33,831 No, no. I'll take them. 914 01:07:57,889 --> 01:08:00,492 - Fiona. - Caradoc. 915 01:08:01,659 --> 01:08:04,025 You didn't invite anyone for tonight? 916 01:08:04,027 --> 01:08:06,996 No. Clean forgot. 917 01:08:06,998 --> 01:08:08,630 Jolly good. 918 01:08:08,632 --> 01:08:12,837 Well, let me introduce you to my lot. 919 01:08:14,005 --> 01:08:16,604 - John Baker, you've met. - Yes. 920 01:08:16,606 --> 01:08:19,141 Paul Rotman has a fibre optics business here. 921 01:08:19,143 --> 01:08:22,277 James MacLeish. What do we call you, Jim? A mandarin? 922 01:08:22,279 --> 01:08:24,312 Up here for coastline conservation. 923 01:08:24,314 --> 01:08:26,048 Mrs Justice Fiona Maye. 924 01:08:26,050 --> 01:08:27,750 - How do you do? - Pleasure. 925 01:08:27,752 --> 01:08:31,152 I'll have the same as everyone. Cheers. 926 01:08:31,154 --> 01:08:33,688 - To your very good health. - Slainte. 927 01:08:33,690 --> 01:08:36,157 Rather than spending millions on coastal defences, 928 01:08:36,159 --> 01:08:38,059 we could let the sea flood the fields, 929 01:08:38,061 --> 01:08:41,196 let them revert to salt marshes, compensate the farmers. 930 01:08:41,198 --> 01:08:43,766 But the channel through which or the conduit 931 01:08:43,768 --> 01:08:47,736 through which they can come to some agreement... 932 01:08:47,738 --> 01:08:49,604 Oh. 933 01:08:49,606 --> 01:08:53,976 Excuse me, gentlemen. Something seems to have come up. 934 01:08:53,978 --> 01:08:55,713 Oh. 935 01:09:01,786 --> 01:09:04,687 I'm frozen. Could we please get some heating into that room? 936 01:09:04,689 --> 01:09:06,688 - Of course, My Lady. - Thank you. 937 01:09:06,690 --> 01:09:08,824 My Lady, I think you'd better come and see. 938 01:09:08,826 --> 01:09:11,029 It's just this way. 939 01:09:20,738 --> 01:09:23,906 This is the Jehovah's Witness boy. 940 01:09:23,908 --> 01:09:26,611 You remember, from the transfusion case. 941 01:09:28,378 --> 01:09:30,047 Oh, yes. 942 01:09:32,182 --> 01:09:34,116 It seems that he followed you here. 943 01:09:34,118 --> 01:09:35,985 They wanted to turn him away, but I... 944 01:09:35,987 --> 01:09:38,120 Thank you. I'll deal with it now. 945 01:09:38,122 --> 01:09:41,123 We'd better have that heater in here. 946 01:09:41,125 --> 01:09:43,295 Yes, My Lady. 947 01:09:46,296 --> 01:09:49,365 I'm really, really sorry. 948 01:09:49,367 --> 01:09:51,634 So here we are again. 949 01:09:51,636 --> 01:09:55,370 - How did you find me here? - Internet mostly. 950 01:09:55,372 --> 01:09:58,641 Followed you to King's Cross and got... 951 01:09:58,643 --> 01:10:00,009 Look, I'm so sorry, My Lady. 952 01:10:00,011 --> 01:10:01,977 Do your parents know where you are? 953 01:10:01,979 --> 01:10:04,379 - I'm 18 now. I can be... - I don't care how old you are. 954 01:10:04,381 --> 01:10:06,850 They'll be worried about you. 955 01:10:09,854 --> 01:10:14,055 Uh, right, now, I know there's a socket somewhere. 956 01:10:14,057 --> 01:10:15,857 - I can hardly see a thing. - Sit down. 957 01:10:15,859 --> 01:10:18,128 Ah, right. Uh... 958 01:10:26,404 --> 01:10:29,405 - Right. - Thank you. 959 01:10:29,407 --> 01:10:32,877 Um, I'll be... I'll be right outside. 960 01:10:39,984 --> 01:10:42,317 So... 961 01:10:42,319 --> 01:10:45,821 I had another row with my dad last night. 962 01:10:45,823 --> 01:10:47,959 Biggest so far. 963 01:10:50,094 --> 01:10:55,697 And then I walked out, just left. 964 01:10:55,699 --> 01:10:58,366 But I texted my mum last night saying I was alright and... 965 01:10:58,368 --> 01:10:59,968 Do it again now. Write to her. 966 01:10:59,970 --> 01:11:01,236 Tell her you're safe in Newcastle 967 01:11:01,238 --> 01:11:02,403 and you'll write again tomorrow. 968 01:11:02,405 --> 01:11:03,438 And then we'll talk. 969 01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:04,873 But it's completely... 970 01:11:04,875 --> 01:11:07,078 Do it. Come on. 971 01:11:24,060 --> 01:11:27,062 Should I be frightened? Are you really stalking me? 972 01:11:27,064 --> 01:11:31,299 No, it's nothing like that. I read your judgement. 973 01:11:31,301 --> 01:11:35,504 You said you wanted to save me from my religion, from myself. 974 01:11:35,506 --> 01:11:39,244 Well, you did. I'm saved. 975 01:11:40,978 --> 01:11:43,681 What do you want? 976 01:11:46,149 --> 01:11:49,117 I'm not the person I was. 977 01:11:49,119 --> 01:11:52,390 When you came to see me, I really was ready to die. 978 01:11:54,457 --> 01:11:57,526 Amazing that someone like you could waste your time on me. 979 01:11:57,528 --> 01:12:00,129 I was such an idiot. 980 01:12:00,131 --> 01:12:04,232 - You seemed very sincere. - Well, a sincere idiot. 981 01:12:04,234 --> 01:12:08,102 I felt so noble telling the doctors to leave me alone. 982 01:12:08,104 --> 01:12:10,472 No one could understand how profound I was. 983 01:12:10,474 --> 01:12:13,378 I was so pumped up. 984 01:12:14,944 --> 01:12:16,978 At night I used to think about this video 985 01:12:16,980 --> 01:12:18,513 I was gonna make on my phone, 986 01:12:18,515 --> 01:12:21,950 like suicide bombers do. 987 01:12:21,952 --> 01:12:24,553 It was gonna be on the TV news. 988 01:12:24,555 --> 01:12:28,022 I could make myself cry just thinking about my funeral, 989 01:12:28,024 --> 01:12:31,860 everyone loving me, everyone weeping. 990 01:12:31,862 --> 01:12:34,231 What a sacrifice he made. 991 01:12:35,533 --> 01:12:37,266 What an idiot. 992 01:12:37,268 --> 01:12:39,770 Where was God? 993 01:12:40,837 --> 01:12:45,040 He was there, behind everything. 994 01:12:45,042 --> 01:12:49,881 I was obeying his word, living in the truth. 995 01:12:51,381 --> 01:12:53,281 But it wasn't only about him. 996 01:12:53,283 --> 01:12:57,119 It was my delicious adventure, my beautiful death... 997 01:12:57,121 --> 01:12:59,220 More of an adolescent thing. 998 01:12:59,222 --> 01:13:00,923 But if I hadn't been a Witness, 999 01:13:00,925 --> 01:13:02,991 I would never have been in that mess. 1000 01:13:02,993 --> 01:13:07,528 - So now you've lost your faith? - No, no. Perhaps. 1001 01:13:07,530 --> 01:13:09,831 It scares me to say it out loud, but the thing is, 1002 01:13:09,833 --> 01:13:11,567 once you take a step back from the Witnesses, 1003 01:13:11,569 --> 01:13:13,302 you might as well go all the way. 1004 01:13:13,304 --> 01:13:16,370 Why replace one tooth fairy with another? 1005 01:13:16,372 --> 01:13:19,340 Top of your head has exploded. 1006 01:13:25,448 --> 01:13:28,317 I can play a piece by Bach. 1007 01:13:28,319 --> 01:13:30,421 I've read all of Yeats. 1008 01:13:31,154 --> 01:13:33,187 I'm in a play. 1009 01:13:33,189 --> 01:13:37,425 "All of life and love that lie ahead of me." 1010 01:13:37,427 --> 01:13:40,128 - That's what you wrote. - Yes, Adam. 1011 01:13:40,130 --> 01:13:43,467 I'm asking you again, what do you want? 1012 01:13:46,569 --> 01:13:48,269 To thank you. 1013 01:13:48,271 --> 01:13:50,908 There are easier ways. 1014 01:13:55,145 --> 01:13:57,879 When you visited me at the hospital, 1015 01:13:57,881 --> 01:14:01,049 that was one of the best things that ever happened to me. 1016 01:14:01,051 --> 01:14:05,620 It's this way you have of... of listening, of thinking. 1017 01:14:05,622 --> 01:14:07,958 I watched you thinking. 1018 01:14:09,126 --> 01:14:11,362 Why are you here? 1019 01:14:14,564 --> 01:14:17,501 When you hear it, you'll think it's so stupid. 1020 01:14:19,470 --> 01:14:23,474 But, please, say you'll think about it. 1021 01:14:27,645 --> 01:14:29,514 Well? 1022 01:14:34,350 --> 01:14:37,287 I want to come and live with you. 1023 01:14:41,425 --> 01:14:44,326 I could do odd jobs, housework, anything. 1024 01:14:44,328 --> 01:14:45,994 You could give me reading lists, 1025 01:14:45,996 --> 01:14:48,330 everything you think I should know about. 1026 01:14:48,332 --> 01:14:50,197 And I wouldn't get in the way, 1027 01:14:50,199 --> 01:14:52,099 with you and your husband, I mean. 1028 01:14:52,101 --> 01:14:53,968 I could be like a lodger. 1029 01:14:53,970 --> 01:14:55,539 I'd get a job, pay you some rent. 1030 01:15:10,954 --> 01:15:13,190 Wait here. 1031 01:15:37,514 --> 01:15:39,647 Your taxi will be here in five minutes. 1032 01:15:39,649 --> 01:15:42,152 No, no, you can't. 1033 01:15:47,423 --> 01:15:51,492 When I had the blood, my parents were there. 1034 01:15:51,494 --> 01:15:56,099 I saw them hugging each other and crying, really sobbing. 1035 01:15:57,600 --> 01:16:01,303 They'd lost the case and they'd tried so hard. 1036 01:16:01,305 --> 01:16:05,473 But then I realised, no, no, they were crying for joy, 1037 01:16:05,475 --> 01:16:07,675 'cause they'd always wanted me to live 1038 01:16:07,677 --> 01:16:10,211 and they'd never told me. 1039 01:16:10,213 --> 01:16:11,646 It wasn't about God at all. 1040 01:16:11,648 --> 01:16:17,218 I felt cheated, like I'd been really stupid. 1041 01:16:17,220 --> 01:16:19,423 The whole thing was a fraud. 1042 01:16:21,125 --> 01:16:23,759 And I've looked it up. 1043 01:16:23,761 --> 01:16:27,696 The courts always let the hospital transfuse a minor. 1044 01:16:27,698 --> 01:16:29,563 You knew that. 1045 01:16:29,565 --> 01:16:31,633 You always knew what you were gonna do. 1046 01:16:31,635 --> 01:16:34,436 They'd never let a kid die for their parents' religion. 1047 01:16:34,438 --> 01:16:39,074 So what were you doing at my bedside, 1048 01:16:39,076 --> 01:16:44,178 coming bothering me and singing with me, 1049 01:16:44,180 --> 01:16:46,647 getting under my skin, trying to get close to me, 1050 01:16:46,649 --> 01:16:49,418 asking me questions? 1051 01:16:49,420 --> 01:16:50,785 I didn't ask you into my life. 1052 01:16:50,787 --> 01:16:53,054 A rubber stamp, that's all you needed. 1053 01:16:53,056 --> 01:16:56,058 You can't just send me away. 1054 01:16:56,060 --> 01:16:58,326 I don't care if you think you're too grand 1055 01:16:58,328 --> 01:16:59,628 to explain yourself, 1056 01:16:59,630 --> 01:17:02,065 'cause I've a right to know. 1057 01:17:03,199 --> 01:17:05,435 What did you want from me? 1058 01:17:07,738 --> 01:17:10,441 And my parents, if they loved me... 1059 01:17:11,675 --> 01:17:13,308 It's here. 1060 01:17:13,310 --> 01:17:15,079 Thank you. 1061 01:17:21,150 --> 01:17:25,187 My clerk will take you to the station and buy your ticket 1062 01:17:25,189 --> 01:17:27,458 and put you on the train to London. 1063 01:17:40,671 --> 01:17:42,507 To the station. 1064 01:17:46,877 --> 01:17:50,211 If you loved your son, your only son, 1065 01:17:50,213 --> 01:17:52,449 why would you let him die? 1066 01:17:54,618 --> 01:17:56,387 I'm sorry. 1067 01:18:03,860 --> 01:18:06,096 Let's be off, then. 1068 01:18:21,345 --> 01:18:22,847 Goodbye, Adam. 1069 01:18:58,814 --> 01:19:03,684 I, Christine Samantha Delancy, do swear by Almighty God 1070 01:19:03,686 --> 01:19:05,653 that I will well and truly serve 1071 01:19:05,655 --> 01:19:09,391 our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth II 1072 01:19:09,393 --> 01:19:11,593 and I will do right to all manner of people 1073 01:19:11,595 --> 01:19:14,963 after the laws and usages of this realm, 1074 01:19:14,965 --> 01:19:19,403 without fear or favour, affection or ill will. 1075 01:19:36,353 --> 01:19:39,553 Son, I found your Bible in the hall 1076 01:19:39,555 --> 01:19:41,388 and all these pamphlets. 1077 01:19:41,390 --> 01:19:43,458 Mum, I don't want any of it in my room. 1078 01:19:43,460 --> 01:19:46,894 You're not dressed yet, darling. Your father's waiting. 1079 01:19:46,896 --> 01:19:48,629 Come on. We're gonna be late. Let's go. 1080 01:19:48,631 --> 01:19:50,565 You go ahead. I'm staying here. 1081 01:19:50,567 --> 01:19:52,968 He doesn't wanna keep his Bible in his room. 1082 01:19:52,970 --> 01:19:55,236 - What's up, Adam? - Nothing's up. 1083 01:19:55,238 --> 01:19:57,504 So, get your suit and tie on. Let's go. 1084 01:19:57,506 --> 01:19:59,674 I've just told you, I'm staying here. 1085 01:19:59,676 --> 01:20:02,509 - Are you alright? - I'm fine. 1086 01:20:02,511 --> 01:20:04,646 - What's the matter? - Problems with your breathing? 1087 01:20:04,648 --> 01:20:06,848 I'm fine. 1088 01:20:06,850 --> 01:20:10,384 - So what's the problem? - It's simple. 1089 01:20:10,386 --> 01:20:13,588 You're going to Kingdom Hall. I'm never going again. 1090 01:20:13,590 --> 01:20:16,594 You wanted me to die. Well, a part of me has. 1091 01:21:15,085 --> 01:21:16,985 - Sorry. - It's alright. 1092 01:21:16,987 --> 01:21:19,523 - You look lovely. - Thank you. 1093 01:21:25,028 --> 01:21:27,465 I'm not giving up. 1094 01:21:45,948 --> 01:21:47,717 Thank you. 1095 01:21:49,019 --> 01:21:51,521 - Evening, Jim. - Evening, My Lady. 1096 01:21:58,494 --> 01:22:00,995 - Hello, Fiona. Break a leg. - Thank you. 1097 01:22:00,997 --> 01:22:03,630 Jack Maye, just the man. We need a Latin motto for a free school. 1098 01:22:03,632 --> 01:22:06,134 - I'll get us some drinks. - "Every child a genius." 1099 01:22:06,136 --> 01:22:08,035 Can you do that? Complete lie, of course. 1100 01:22:08,037 --> 01:22:09,803 - Good luck. - Thank you very much. 1101 01:22:09,805 --> 01:22:11,406 You've just got to listen to this. 1102 01:22:11,408 --> 01:22:13,007 The Mountjoy charge sheet. 1103 01:22:13,009 --> 01:22:16,844 Procuring cocaine, dangerous driving, whores... 1104 01:22:16,846 --> 01:22:18,780 - You mean sex workers. - Cross-dressing. 1105 01:22:18,782 --> 01:22:21,849 - What more could you want? - Blasphemy? 1106 01:22:21,851 --> 01:22:24,052 Fiona, I'd like you to meet Toby Marlowe. 1107 01:22:24,054 --> 01:22:25,719 - Yes, oh, hello. - Brilliant barrister. 1108 01:22:25,721 --> 01:22:27,655 - Absolutely brilliant. - Right. 1109 01:22:27,657 --> 01:22:31,092 - My nephew, actually. - Super. What's your field? 1110 01:22:31,094 --> 01:22:33,160 - Crim... - Criminal law? 1111 01:22:33,162 --> 01:22:35,496 - Yes, I'm... - Good. 1112 01:22:35,498 --> 01:22:37,464 - Excellent. Good luck. - My Lady, we need you. 1113 01:22:37,466 --> 01:22:38,866 - Yes. - We need justice. 1114 01:22:38,868 --> 01:22:40,535 The men are getting all the work. 1115 01:22:40,537 --> 01:22:42,169 We're starving to death, actually. 1116 01:22:42,171 --> 01:22:45,973 And men are useless. It's a scientific fact. 1117 01:22:45,975 --> 01:22:49,679 I heard that. Keep it under your hat. 1118 01:23:28,484 --> 01:23:29,819 Um, Fiona. 1119 01:23:32,087 --> 01:23:33,955 Really? 1120 01:23:33,957 --> 01:23:36,558 Masters of Bench and guests, 1121 01:23:36,560 --> 01:23:39,893 the Christmas Miscellany is about to begin. 1122 01:23:39,895 --> 01:23:43,197 My Lady, I just had word the Jehovah's Witness boy, 1123 01:23:43,199 --> 01:23:45,500 Adam Henry, is very ill again. 1124 01:23:45,502 --> 01:23:47,101 He's in St David's Hospice, 1125 01:23:47,103 --> 01:23:50,671 refusing treatment, refusing to see his parents. 1126 01:23:50,673 --> 01:23:53,109 They think he might not survive the night. 1127 01:24:08,024 --> 01:24:11,659 You OK? Where's your music? 1128 01:24:11,661 --> 01:24:12,960 - Look, take this. - Oh, God. 1129 01:24:12,962 --> 01:24:14,161 This is my spare one. Take this. 1130 01:24:14,163 --> 01:24:15,932 Let's get going. 1131 01:24:24,740 --> 01:24:26,877 Are you alright? 1132 01:24:28,979 --> 01:24:31,579 Mark Berner! Maestro! 1133 01:24:31,581 --> 01:24:33,617 Thank you. Thank you. 1134 01:24:57,908 --> 01:25:00,942 ♪ Lully, lullay 1135 01:25:00,944 --> 01:25:05,112 ♪ Thou little tiny child 1136 01:25:05,114 --> 01:25:11,822 ♪ Bye bye, lully, lullay... 1137 01:25:23,632 --> 01:25:28,872 ♪ Lullay ♪ 1138 01:26:18,354 --> 01:26:20,354 Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. 1139 01:26:20,356 --> 01:26:24,258 We do actually have a couple of encores up our sleeve. 1140 01:26:24,260 --> 01:26:25,960 Very arrogant of us, I know. 1141 01:26:25,962 --> 01:26:29,097 But as it's not February and not the 14th, 1142 01:26:29,099 --> 01:26:31,732 we thought we'd do My Funny Valentine. 1143 01:27:02,332 --> 01:27:05,799 Fiona. Fiona, that's the wrong one. I haven't got the words. 1144 01:27:05,801 --> 01:27:07,304 Fiona. Fiona? 1145 01:27:13,842 --> 01:27:21,014 ♪ Down by the Salley Gardens 1146 01:27:21,016 --> 01:27:27,988 ♪ My love and I did meet 1147 01:27:27,990 --> 01:27:34,861 ♪ She passed the Salley Gardens 1148 01:27:34,863 --> 01:27:42,070 ♪ With little snow-white feet 1149 01:27:42,072 --> 01:27:48,809 ♪ She bid me take love easy 1150 01:27:48,811 --> 01:27:55,415 ♪ As the leaves grow on the tree 1151 01:27:55,417 --> 01:28:03,191 ♪ But I being young and foolish 1152 01:28:03,193 --> 01:28:09,733 ♪ With her did not agree 1153 01:28:21,744 --> 01:28:29,049 ♪ In a field by the river 1154 01:28:29,051 --> 01:28:35,790 ♪ My love and I did stand 1155 01:28:35,792 --> 01:28:42,362 ♪ And on my leaning shoulder... 1156 01:29:11,293 --> 01:29:13,928 My Lady, that was so beautifully done. 1157 01:29:13,930 --> 01:29:16,133 - Thanks. - Beautiful. 1158 01:29:17,900 --> 01:29:19,737 Thank you, Jim. 1159 01:29:28,043 --> 01:29:30,012 Taxi! 1160 01:29:31,547 --> 01:29:34,751 Camberwell. St David's Hospice, please. 1161 01:30:24,600 --> 01:30:26,502 Adam Henry? 1162 01:30:40,216 --> 01:30:41,919 Adam. 1163 01:30:44,052 --> 01:30:47,190 Adam, it's Fiona Maye. 1164 01:30:50,560 --> 01:30:52,262 Adam. 1165 01:30:54,564 --> 01:30:58,569 Remember, all of life and love. 1166 01:31:00,403 --> 01:31:02,139 And poetry. 1167 01:31:04,140 --> 01:31:09,413 We could be on that ship sailing round the world. 1168 01:31:12,481 --> 01:31:14,451 Talking about why some... 1169 01:31:18,287 --> 01:31:20,523 ...songs are so... 1170 01:31:21,623 --> 01:31:23,594 Adam. Adam. 1171 01:31:25,228 --> 01:31:26,930 Adam. 1172 01:31:40,009 --> 01:31:41,912 My choice. 1173 01:31:47,317 --> 01:31:48,985 My Lady. 1174 01:32:56,219 --> 01:33:00,487 "My Lady, you never told me what you believed in." 1175 01:33:00,489 --> 01:33:01,789 "I bet it isn't God. But what?" 1176 01:33:01,791 --> 01:33:04,125 "And me? I just don't know any more." 1177 01:33:04,127 --> 01:33:07,361 "Sometimes, in strange moods, I think, well, I'm an adult now." 1178 01:33:07,363 --> 01:33:10,734 "This thing will come back. I just know it will. And then... 1179 01:33:12,568 --> 01:33:15,005 I could be free." 1180 01:33:17,073 --> 01:33:18,539 Free. 1181 01:33:20,576 --> 01:33:22,546 Fiona? 1182 01:33:25,180 --> 01:33:26,682 Fiona? 1183 01:33:32,622 --> 01:33:34,358 Fi? 1184 01:33:37,426 --> 01:33:39,429 You're soaking. 1185 01:33:41,264 --> 01:33:42,565 Fi. 1186 01:33:44,300 --> 01:33:45,668 What happened? 1187 01:33:52,809 --> 01:33:55,145 Fi, what is it? 1188 01:33:59,614 --> 01:34:01,848 Come on. 1189 01:34:01,850 --> 01:34:06,122 Even Mrs Justice Maye owes an explanation sometimes. 1190 01:34:07,457 --> 01:34:10,060 Come on, darling, talk to me. 1191 01:34:12,862 --> 01:34:16,600 I heard about this young man. 1192 01:34:18,734 --> 01:34:20,300 And? 1193 01:34:20,302 --> 01:34:24,541 From the, um... Jehovah's Witness case. 1194 01:34:26,274 --> 01:34:29,410 - The what? - In all the papers. 1195 01:34:29,412 --> 01:34:31,615 I'm sorry. I don't remember. 1196 01:34:33,349 --> 01:34:37,550 He was in hospital and I left the court 1197 01:34:37,552 --> 01:34:39,553 and went to his bedside. 1198 01:34:39,555 --> 01:34:44,293 - Uh-huh. Isn't that unusual? - Yes, it was, very unusual. 1199 01:34:46,828 --> 01:34:48,764 And then? 1200 01:34:50,600 --> 01:34:56,239 A very strange and beautiful young man, very, very ill. 1201 01:34:57,472 --> 01:35:02,445 We, um... sang a song together. 1202 01:35:04,680 --> 01:35:07,617 He followed me up to Newcastle. He... 1203 01:35:09,652 --> 01:35:12,852 He walked through a storm to find me. 1204 01:35:12,854 --> 01:35:17,157 He wanted to go round the world in a ship with me. 1205 01:35:17,159 --> 01:35:19,528 He wanted to come and live with us. 1206 01:35:20,829 --> 01:35:22,431 With us? 1207 01:35:23,698 --> 01:35:25,367 I mean, he... 1208 01:35:26,668 --> 01:35:31,273 He thought I could... change his life... 1209 01:35:32,274 --> 01:35:34,375 answer all his questions. 1210 01:35:34,377 --> 01:35:36,513 He was just a dreamer, but I... 1211 01:35:39,715 --> 01:35:43,183 I thought I was being kind, you see. 1212 01:35:43,185 --> 01:35:45,755 I should have... I should have... 1213 01:35:48,591 --> 01:35:53,730 He couldn't understand why his parents... 1214 01:35:57,667 --> 01:35:59,803 Their only son. 1215 01:36:01,970 --> 01:36:07,407 What happened? What's his name? Where is he now? 1216 01:36:07,409 --> 01:36:09,476 Adam. His name is Adam. He... 1217 01:36:09,478 --> 01:36:11,978 I heard tonight his cancer came back, his thing, 1218 01:36:11,980 --> 01:36:14,917 and they need to transfuse him. 1219 01:36:15,784 --> 01:36:17,451 And he's refused. 1220 01:36:17,453 --> 01:36:20,588 He's 18. There's nothing the hospital can do. 1221 01:36:20,590 --> 01:36:22,856 He's refused and his lungs are filling with blood 1222 01:36:22,858 --> 01:36:24,561 and he's dying. 1223 01:36:27,496 --> 01:36:29,733 He's dying for his faith. 1224 01:36:35,704 --> 01:36:37,870 Were you in love with him, Fiona? 1225 01:36:37,872 --> 01:36:40,576 Oh, Jack. 1226 01:36:43,246 --> 01:36:46,550 He was just a child. 1227 01:36:48,917 --> 01:36:50,686 A boy. 1228 01:36:52,520 --> 01:36:55,224 A lovely boy. 1229 01:36:57,693 --> 01:36:59,963 A lovely boy. 1230 01:37:03,733 --> 01:37:05,802 It's OK. 1231 01:37:10,338 --> 01:37:11,875 OK. 1232 01:37:51,613 --> 01:37:53,782 I've been watching you sleep. 1233 01:37:54,884 --> 01:37:56,653 Thank you. 1234 01:37:58,587 --> 01:38:00,323 Jack, he... 1235 01:38:04,393 --> 01:38:06,695 Such a waste. 1236 01:38:07,529 --> 01:38:09,265 Yes. 1237 01:38:10,332 --> 01:38:13,000 I was cruel to him. 1238 01:38:13,002 --> 01:38:15,872 - No. - But you don't know. 1239 01:38:17,640 --> 01:38:21,344 Then tell me. Everything. 1240 01:38:26,948 --> 01:38:29,286 Will you still love me?93615

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