1 00:01:43,144 --> 00:01:46,477 Ah, we haven't met. 2 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,489 I'm putting out rubbish, obsessively. 3 00:01:50,576 --> 00:01:52,270 You want me to take it downstairs for you? 4 00:01:52,361 --> 00:01:55,147 No! No, no, it's fine. I'll do it later. 5 00:01:55,405 --> 00:01:57,776 I've been living here for a year and I've never caught sight of you. 6 00:01:57,866 --> 00:02:00,273 - I'm Nancy Pierpan. - Johnny Worricker. How do you do? 7 00:02:00,368 --> 00:02:02,526 I'm wondering if I could ask you in for a drink. 8 00:02:02,620 --> 00:02:05,193 But you seem to have company. 9 00:02:05,289 --> 00:02:06,948 Exactly. 10 00:02:07,041 --> 00:02:09,033 That is why I am asking you in. 11 00:02:10,169 --> 00:02:12,742 - So you started a website? - That's right. 12 00:02:12,838 --> 00:02:15,838 It's a place where people can make contact. 13 00:02:15,924 --> 00:02:19,755 People find it easier to talk to a machine than they do direct. 14 00:02:19,844 --> 00:02:21,219 Is that so? 15 00:02:21,304 --> 00:02:23,095 Couples talk best in the car 16 00:02:23,180 --> 00:02:25,753 'cause they're side by side, they don't have to look at each other. 17 00:02:25,849 --> 00:02:29,680 - Was it you who noticed that? - That was my mum, actually. 18 00:02:29,770 --> 00:02:31,347 Well, this has been nice, 19 00:02:31,438 --> 00:02:34,189 but, bad news, Ralph, I'm going to have to throw you out. 20 00:02:34,274 --> 00:02:36,147 What, do you mean right now? 21 00:02:36,234 --> 00:02:38,045 It's my fault. I'd completely forgotten... 22 00:02:38,046 --> 00:02:40,446 that I promised to talk to Johnny about his novel. 23 00:02:40,530 --> 00:02:42,273 - Johnny writes novels? - Yes. 24 00:02:50,205 --> 00:02:51,580 Am I going to see you soon? 25 00:02:51,665 --> 00:02:54,155 Of course. I'm going to call you. 26 00:02:55,168 --> 00:02:58,085 - It was great to see where you live. - Yes. 27 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,919 It was nice for me, too. 28 00:03:07,012 --> 00:03:10,178 Oh, God, I'm so sorry. I want to apologise. 29 00:03:10,265 --> 00:03:11,462 There's no need to apologise. 30 00:03:11,558 --> 00:03:14,344 I assume you asked the young man back and then changed your mind. 31 00:03:14,435 --> 00:03:16,641 Yes, that's what happened. 32 00:03:16,729 --> 00:03:18,104 Whose novel is that? 33 00:03:18,189 --> 00:03:21,937 I would love it if you stayed and had a glass of wine with me. 34 00:03:22,026 --> 00:03:23,852 I can't. I've got to go home. 35 00:03:24,361 --> 00:03:26,732 It's because I'm out of practice. 36 00:03:27,406 --> 00:03:29,149 You'll have to explain. 37 00:03:29,241 --> 00:03:32,241 Well, it's been a long time since I asked anyone back. 38 00:03:32,368 --> 00:03:35,368 And, um... Has this ever happened to you? 39 00:03:35,455 --> 00:03:38,455 That you suddenly realise you've made a mistake? 40 00:03:39,333 --> 00:03:40,957 Huh. 41 00:03:41,043 --> 00:03:44,707 And then I saw you on the landing. 42 00:03:44,796 --> 00:03:47,962 It was like you were sent from God. 43 00:03:48,049 --> 00:03:50,622 It's very strange that I've never seen you before. 44 00:03:50,718 --> 00:03:52,377 Do you live on your own? 45 00:03:52,470 --> 00:03:54,925 I've got to work tonight, if that's all right. 46 00:03:55,014 --> 00:03:57,136 Oh, God, I'm so sorry, I... 47 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,801 Call me if it happens again. 48 00:04:03,939 --> 00:04:05,812 It won't happen again. 49 00:04:28,878 --> 00:04:31,203 What are you thinking, Johnny? 50 00:04:34,675 --> 00:04:36,916 What have you been thinking? 51 00:04:45,477 --> 00:04:48,181 Why did you ask me what was I thinking? It's unbelievable. 52 00:04:48,271 --> 00:04:51,604 Someone who's meant to be responsible, someone who's meant to be my boss. 53 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:53,434 I thought it was funny. No need to tell me. 54 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:56,277 Well, it isn't funny. Not in a fucking lift. 55 00:04:56,361 --> 00:04:58,353 Anger management, Johnny! 56 00:04:58,447 --> 00:04:59,691 I can send you on a course if you like. 57 00:04:59,781 --> 00:05:01,488 I don't ask you, "What are you thinking?" 58 00:05:01,575 --> 00:05:04,575 'Cause my mind's a perfect blank, that's why. 59 00:05:04,661 --> 00:05:07,745 Things are that bad, I got home last night and watched the X Factor. 60 00:05:07,830 --> 00:05:11,494 Yesterday was Tuesday, X Factor's Saturdays, so I know you're lying. 61 00:05:11,584 --> 00:05:13,291 Not lying, testing. 62 00:05:18,673 --> 00:05:20,998 - Jill. - Good morning, boys. 63 00:05:21,092 --> 00:05:23,250 I'm coming your way in half an hour. 64 00:05:23,344 --> 00:05:24,886 Jill's office. 65 00:05:26,347 --> 00:05:28,635 - Morning, Muna. - Good morning. 66 00:05:29,350 --> 00:05:31,425 So, there's an awful lotta stuff going on. 67 00:05:31,519 --> 00:05:33,345 An awful lot of traffic. 68 00:05:33,771 --> 00:05:36,724 What does that mean? Intercept. 69 00:05:36,815 --> 00:05:38,474 Among other things, 70 00:05:38,567 --> 00:05:41,484 this building is swimming in information. 71 00:05:41,569 --> 00:05:44,142 We have information coming out of our ears. 72 00:05:44,238 --> 00:05:45,269 So... 73 00:05:45,364 --> 00:05:47,273 So, the difficult thing is to notice when someone 74 00:05:47,366 --> 00:05:50,699 finally tells you something important. 75 00:05:53,872 --> 00:05:55,330 No reaction. 76 00:05:56,166 --> 00:05:57,743 He thinks he can be rude to me. 77 00:05:57,834 --> 00:06:01,083 He thinks he can treat me how he wants because we had a wife in common. 78 00:06:01,171 --> 00:06:03,080 In my case, a long time ago. 79 00:06:03,172 --> 00:06:04,796 All your wives are a long time ago. 80 00:06:04,882 --> 00:06:07,337 Is Jill need-to-know on my wives? 81 00:06:07,426 --> 00:06:09,169 Everyone knows about your wives. 82 00:06:09,261 --> 00:06:12,297 So my point is this. I've called the two of you together. 83 00:06:13,015 --> 00:06:15,340 I want to share a source. 84 00:06:15,433 --> 00:06:19,512 Now, before we go any further, God's very excited. 85 00:06:19,604 --> 00:06:20,635 Why is God excited? 86 00:06:20,730 --> 00:06:25,142 I suppose like all home secretaries, God can't resist a file marked "top secret". 87 00:06:25,234 --> 00:06:27,903 You're going to read this and you're going to think, "Hold on. 88 00:06:27,987 --> 00:06:30,738 "The Americans are meant to be our allies". 89 00:06:30,906 --> 00:06:32,732 I've never suffered from that delusion. 90 00:06:32,824 --> 00:06:35,694 Johnny doesn't believe in the special relationship, do you? 91 00:06:35,785 --> 00:06:39,485 They're not what you call sharing partners, are they? 92 00:06:39,580 --> 00:06:41,702 Even you can't claim to have read it already. 93 00:06:41,791 --> 00:06:44,412 I've seen certain words, I gather we're back in the Middle East. 94 00:06:44,502 --> 00:06:47,538 - We're always in the Middle East. - I don't like faith jobs. 95 00:06:47,629 --> 00:06:49,420 I don't like anything to do with faith. 96 00:06:49,506 --> 00:06:51,130 Still no faith yourself, Johnny? 97 00:06:51,216 --> 00:06:52,793 The sun will rise in the morning, 98 00:06:52,884 --> 00:06:55,421 I'm going to have a drink at 6:00. That's my faith. 99 00:06:55,512 --> 00:06:57,303 Really? A lot of people in your church, are there? 100 00:06:57,388 --> 00:06:59,878 Most people. Most people are in my church. 101 00:07:00,975 --> 00:07:05,102 You're going to want to talk to me when you've read it properly. 102 00:07:05,980 --> 00:07:09,313 This country is under threat, it's under serious threat. 103 00:07:09,399 --> 00:07:11,889 Our problem is we can't always tell you the nature of the threat. 104 00:07:11,985 --> 00:07:14,902 If we did, we'd be giving away intelligence. 105 00:07:14,988 --> 00:07:16,446 That's not something I'm willing to... 106 00:07:46,683 --> 00:07:48,141 This is a bit close, isn't it? 107 00:07:48,226 --> 00:07:50,017 - This place is a bit close. - Rollo. 108 00:07:50,103 --> 00:07:51,846 Thought this place was crawling with professionals. 109 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:56,149 That's why we're eating at 11:30. No one will see us, except your friend. 110 00:07:57,026 --> 00:07:59,101 - How are you, Johnny? - I'm well, Rollo. 111 00:07:59,195 --> 00:08:00,177 And yourself? 112 00:08:00,678 --> 00:08:02,278 Trying to get used to my new profession. 113 00:08:02,865 --> 00:08:04,821 I was hoping you could help me with an inquiry. 114 00:08:04,908 --> 00:08:06,450 What inquiry is that? 115 00:08:06,535 --> 00:08:07,993 She's called Nancy Pierpan. 116 00:08:08,787 --> 00:08:10,578 Then she has a beautiful name. 117 00:08:10,663 --> 00:08:11,742 Do you know anything about her? 118 00:08:11,831 --> 00:08:13,373 Are we going to do business before we have lunch? 119 00:08:13,458 --> 00:08:14,786 We're going to do business over lunch. 120 00:08:14,876 --> 00:08:17,164 You're not going to let me have a drink first? 121 00:08:27,345 --> 00:08:29,835 - He's putting on weight. - Well, you would know. 122 00:08:30,807 --> 00:08:32,550 You haven't asked me about my new job. 123 00:08:33,434 --> 00:08:36,304 I read what you write, but some of it goes over my head. 124 00:08:36,395 --> 00:08:38,553 Really? Don't you have a double first? 125 00:08:38,647 --> 00:08:40,306 I'm not really clever, Rollo. 126 00:08:40,399 --> 00:08:43,483 I don't have what they call a first-class mind, you were first class. 127 00:08:43,568 --> 00:08:45,311 Sure. Look where it got me. 128 00:08:45,403 --> 00:08:48,320 - I'm a journalist. - A journalist who still works for us. 129 00:08:48,406 --> 00:08:50,481 - Do I? - Don't you get the cheques? 130 00:08:50,575 --> 00:08:53,694 What are the cheques gonna get me, huh? A house in Tuscany? 131 00:08:53,786 --> 00:08:56,952 When? With whom? With the waiter? 132 00:08:58,332 --> 00:09:00,869 Can't you go and do some sort of profile on her? 133 00:09:00,959 --> 00:09:02,453 I work in the foreign desk. 134 00:09:02,544 --> 00:09:04,619 What possible interest would I have in Nancy Pierpan? 135 00:09:04,713 --> 00:09:06,255 So you do know who she is. 136 00:09:06,339 --> 00:09:07,881 You were always quick, Johnny. 137 00:09:07,966 --> 00:09:10,752 Not too clever, right enough, but you are quick. 138 00:09:11,636 --> 00:09:14,007 - England's a small country, isn't it? - You tell me. 139 00:09:14,096 --> 00:09:16,135 I mean, it's multi-cultural, sure. 140 00:09:16,223 --> 00:09:18,927 There's more chaps named Shah, Patel. 141 00:09:19,017 --> 00:09:21,388 But nothing's really changed. It's still run by the same old crowd. 142 00:09:21,478 --> 00:09:23,304 Is it? I don't know who runs England. 143 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,020 The bankers did, and look what happened to them. 144 00:09:25,148 --> 00:09:28,184 What I'm saying is there's still an awful lot of people named Baron, 145 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:30,647 and Worricker and Pierpan. 146 00:09:33,531 --> 00:09:35,606 Nancy was born in Damascus. 147 00:09:35,699 --> 00:09:36,943 Her father was an Arabist. 148 00:09:37,034 --> 00:09:39,192 What sort of Arabist? Romance of the desert, that sort of thing? 149 00:09:39,286 --> 00:09:40,448 Lawrence of Arabia? 150 00:09:40,537 --> 00:09:44,154 - Why do you need to know? - Because she's taking an interest in me. 151 00:09:44,582 --> 00:09:46,657 What sort of an interest? 152 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,952 Making a play? Is she making a play? 153 00:09:50,046 --> 00:09:52,121 She was putting out the rubbish. 154 00:09:52,214 --> 00:09:54,455 She pretended it was a coincidence. 155 00:09:55,050 --> 00:09:58,299 - Well, aren't you flattered? - No. 156 00:10:02,223 --> 00:10:04,678 What's the file? Are you gonna show it to me? 157 00:10:06,144 --> 00:10:07,686 Do you know... 158 00:10:08,979 --> 00:10:10,521 I don't think I am. 159 00:10:39,424 --> 00:10:41,665 What is this? They're saying I need a new pass. 160 00:10:41,759 --> 00:10:43,834 I was given a temporary. What's going on? 161 00:10:43,928 --> 00:10:45,338 Are you gonna throw a wobbly? 162 00:10:45,429 --> 00:10:49,046 Of course I'm not gonna throw a wobbly. When was the last time I threw a wobbly? 163 00:10:49,141 --> 00:10:51,892 - 7/7. - Exactly. I threw a wobbly 164 00:10:51,977 --> 00:10:54,384 because suicide bombers killed 56 people on the streets of London... 165 00:10:54,479 --> 00:10:55,973 and we had no idea it was going to happen. 166 00:10:56,064 --> 00:10:59,064 I didn't throw a wobbly because my pass had been blocked. 167 00:10:59,150 --> 00:11:01,356 No. You're really sweet. 168 00:11:03,946 --> 00:11:07,361 Who changes the passes? Who orders the passes to be changed? 169 00:11:07,449 --> 00:11:09,156 Who do you think? 170 00:11:10,911 --> 00:11:14,326 Take this and just make sure it's done. 171 00:11:15,290 --> 00:11:16,748 What did you think of the file? 172 00:11:16,833 --> 00:11:18,908 - What did I think of it? - Yes. 173 00:11:19,002 --> 00:11:22,086 I haven't finished it yet. I haven't absorbed it. 174 00:11:22,171 --> 00:11:25,871 I hardly need say, on no account is that file to leave the premises. 175 00:11:25,966 --> 00:11:27,508 Gold standard. 176 00:12:26,229 --> 00:12:28,600 I didn't know if you'd make it. 177 00:12:28,690 --> 00:12:30,349 I promised I'd make it, didn't I? 178 00:12:30,442 --> 00:12:32,019 - I thought you were abroad. - Who told you that? 179 00:12:32,110 --> 00:12:33,189 Mum. 180 00:12:33,277 --> 00:12:35,103 Mum said that she always knows where you are. 181 00:12:35,196 --> 00:12:38,564 Does she? Paranormal, is she? Physic? 182 00:12:39,825 --> 00:12:41,734 - Hey, Dad. - Hello. 183 00:12:44,162 --> 00:12:46,569 You're going to have to explain these to me. 184 00:12:47,290 --> 00:12:49,329 Do you want to have dinner afterwards? 185 00:12:49,417 --> 00:12:51,575 I thought you'd have lots of young men attendant. 186 00:12:51,669 --> 00:12:54,206 - You don't wanna have dinner with me. - Don't I? 187 00:12:56,674 --> 00:12:59,378 I hate these things more than you do. 188 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,362 - Hello, Johnny. - Max. 189 00:13:25,492 --> 00:13:27,199 Goodness, what are you doing here? 190 00:13:27,285 --> 00:13:31,329 I collect. I collect your famous daughter. 191 00:13:31,414 --> 00:13:33,702 If there's anything you can do to get me a family price... 192 00:13:35,751 --> 00:13:36,865 You still where you used to be? 193 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,794 Of course I am. I like it. Why would I change? 194 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,082 And you, Max? Defence. Defence procurement. 195 00:13:43,174 --> 00:13:44,205 Hmm. 196 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:47,834 That's one business that's never going to suffer. Recession-proof. 197 00:13:47,929 --> 00:13:50,965 And these days I also raise a little money, you know, for the party. 198 00:13:51,057 --> 00:13:52,800 Don't look at me, I'm apolitical. 199 00:13:52,892 --> 00:13:55,098 You're "A" everything, aren't you, Johnny? 200 00:13:55,185 --> 00:13:57,426 You'll have to choose sides one day, you know. 201 00:13:57,521 --> 00:14:01,103 Remember, you'll get killed in the middle of the road. 202 00:14:01,733 --> 00:14:04,223 - Did you get my invitation? - Did I? Remind me. 203 00:14:04,319 --> 00:14:05,516 I wrote you, college reunion. 204 00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:08,612 Oh, yes, I think I did get something. Give me your card, I'll call you. 205 00:14:08,698 --> 00:14:11,188 I don't have a card, I have a website. 206 00:14:12,159 --> 00:14:13,902 Wake up, Johnny. 207 00:14:13,994 --> 00:14:15,820 21st century. 208 00:14:23,962 --> 00:14:27,295 - You again. - You seem to be everywhere. 209 00:14:27,381 --> 00:14:30,334 Why are you surprised? It's my business, knowing people. 210 00:14:30,426 --> 00:14:32,465 Including your daughter. 211 00:14:32,678 --> 00:14:34,053 Beautiful. 212 00:14:34,930 --> 00:14:37,551 That's what I do, remember? Put people in touch. 213 00:14:37,641 --> 00:14:40,178 By the way, how did Nancy like your book? 214 00:14:40,268 --> 00:14:42,758 How many novels have you written? 215 00:14:43,688 --> 00:14:45,431 Why do you want to know? 216 00:14:45,523 --> 00:14:48,891 I'm asking you. I'm asking you a civil question. 217 00:14:48,984 --> 00:14:50,526 It's my first. 218 00:15:00,245 --> 00:15:03,115 So? You haven't said what you thought. 219 00:15:03,206 --> 00:15:05,032 - No. - Why not? 220 00:15:07,501 --> 00:15:10,074 - Don't look at me like that. - Why not? 221 00:15:10,170 --> 00:15:12,660 Because I never could refuse you. 222 00:15:17,344 --> 00:15:18,541 You could tell me the truth. 223 00:15:19,637 --> 00:15:22,590 For once in your life, you might try telling me the truth. 224 00:15:22,682 --> 00:15:24,425 Only if you insist. 225 00:15:25,768 --> 00:15:26,930 I insist. 226 00:15:27,978 --> 00:15:30,978 All right. They look like works of despair. 227 00:15:31,940 --> 00:15:35,189 If the despair isn't real, then I don't like them 228 00:15:35,277 --> 00:15:37,269 because they're fake, they're unfelt. 229 00:15:37,362 --> 00:15:39,354 They're avant-garde protest and nothing more. 230 00:15:39,447 --> 00:15:41,522 But if the despair is real, 231 00:15:43,159 --> 00:15:45,530 then that hurts, too, because... 232 00:15:46,537 --> 00:15:49,573 Because you're my daughter, and I don't want you to suffer. 233 00:15:51,333 --> 00:15:54,250 - They're not fake. - That's what I thought. 234 00:15:55,128 --> 00:15:57,334 So what bothers you? If I'm unhappy then it's your fault? 235 00:15:57,422 --> 00:16:01,834 They make you feel guilty? The absent father, the evasive father. 236 00:16:01,926 --> 00:16:03,835 The pictures are morbid. 237 00:16:03,928 --> 00:16:06,216 They're morbid, Julianne. 238 00:16:06,305 --> 00:16:09,305 Okay, I can see it may be my problem to do with getting older, 239 00:16:09,391 --> 00:16:12,925 but why do you want to piss on life before you've even lived it? 240 00:16:15,772 --> 00:16:18,476 I don't think you should say any more. 241 00:16:35,331 --> 00:16:37,370 - I was wondering... - Yup. 242 00:16:37,458 --> 00:16:40,957 - That young man you were talking to. - Which one? 243 00:16:41,086 --> 00:16:44,501 I think his name is Ralph. Ralph Wilson. 244 00:16:46,591 --> 00:16:48,168 You're working. 245 00:16:49,511 --> 00:16:52,132 Fuck! You're not even talking to me, you're working. 246 00:16:55,516 --> 00:16:57,971 - Oh, come on, let me take you home. - No. 247 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:02,521 I don't want you anywhere near me. 248 00:17:05,734 --> 00:17:08,770 Do you have any honest relationships at all? 249 00:17:36,846 --> 00:17:39,550 How did I know? How did I know this? 250 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:40,837 Know what? 251 00:17:40,933 --> 00:17:43,388 That you would come to my door. 252 00:17:43,477 --> 00:17:46,679 You look unhappy. Do you want some company? 253 00:17:48,898 --> 00:17:50,440 I'll come to your place. 254 00:17:52,276 --> 00:17:53,818 I'm getting red wine. 255 00:17:53,903 --> 00:17:56,310 I'd prefer whisky. Do you mind? 256 00:17:56,405 --> 00:17:58,563 Mmm, you had a rough day. 257 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:04,112 - So how old's your daughter, then? - She's, let's see, mid-20s. 258 00:18:04,204 --> 00:18:07,288 I split up from her mother when Julianne was very young. 259 00:18:07,373 --> 00:18:08,487 Here you go. 260 00:18:09,834 --> 00:18:11,493 That's not true. 261 00:18:11,919 --> 00:18:14,326 I'm going to tell you the truth. 262 00:18:14,797 --> 00:18:17,714 I split up with her when she was pregnant. 263 00:18:17,799 --> 00:18:19,625 Why did you do that? 264 00:18:20,218 --> 00:18:22,210 Because I was in love with someone else. 265 00:18:22,304 --> 00:18:23,963 You fall in love easily. 266 00:18:24,055 --> 00:18:26,545 Perhaps that's why my daughter doesn't trust me. 267 00:18:26,933 --> 00:18:28,676 It was hard for her, 268 00:18:29,060 --> 00:18:31,431 watching her father keep losing his heart. 269 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,271 - Hmm. Children don't like that. - No. 270 00:18:35,858 --> 00:18:39,689 Tonight, I felt I had the right to say what I thought about her work. 271 00:18:43,448 --> 00:18:44,728 Clearly I didn't. 272 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:46,863 Same thing's true with writers. 273 00:18:46,951 --> 00:18:49,239 Well, you can say what you like about their personalities 274 00:18:49,328 --> 00:18:52,032 because they think, "Oh, I can change, I can improve". 275 00:18:52,122 --> 00:18:53,450 But work's different. 276 00:18:58,336 --> 00:19:00,292 - What about you? - Me? 277 00:19:00,380 --> 00:19:04,459 Isn't your father a writer? Joseph Pierpan. 278 00:19:04,550 --> 00:19:07,503 Writer and activist. Yeah. 279 00:19:08,304 --> 00:19:10,759 Must be odd, having a famous father. 280 00:19:10,848 --> 00:19:13,421 I'm actually surprised you've heard of him. 281 00:19:13,517 --> 00:19:15,556 Just how famous can you be in Syria? 282 00:19:15,644 --> 00:19:18,134 - You were born in Damascus? - Yes. 283 00:19:20,815 --> 00:19:23,566 My brother was killed by the Israelis. 284 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,237 - When? - Two years ago. 285 00:19:30,991 --> 00:19:33,908 - What was he doing? - Waving a white flag. 286 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:37,871 Trying to stop the Israelis from knocking down a house. 287 00:19:39,541 --> 00:19:42,707 The Israelis were building a wall through the occupied territories 288 00:19:42,794 --> 00:19:45,747 and the wall went right through the house. 289 00:19:49,967 --> 00:19:51,710 Been in that part of the world? 290 00:19:52,928 --> 00:19:54,338 What were you doing? 291 00:19:55,388 --> 00:19:57,297 - Oh, you know. - No. 292 00:19:57,390 --> 00:19:59,761 I don't know, you're going to have to tell me. 293 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,267 I was on holiday. 294 00:20:02,687 --> 00:20:04,015 On the West Bank? 295 00:20:04,814 --> 00:20:06,853 Where else do you go on holiday? 296 00:20:06,941 --> 00:20:09,514 Darfur? Afghanistan? 297 00:20:09,610 --> 00:20:11,649 Maybe this is the moment... 298 00:20:15,156 --> 00:20:18,073 to tell me what's going on. 299 00:20:18,785 --> 00:20:20,576 Nothing's going on. 300 00:20:22,079 --> 00:20:24,616 My life was changed when my brother was killed. 301 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:28,958 He was killed by the Israeli Defence Force. 302 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,829 Nothing they say makes... 303 00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:36,998 any sense, we don't believe a word of the official inquiry. 304 00:20:37,093 --> 00:20:41,256 So... It's hard enough to grieve, isn't it? 305 00:20:41,347 --> 00:20:46,174 I mean, grief is hard enough anyway, 306 00:20:48,937 --> 00:20:51,510 but when you don't know the truth, 307 00:20:52,315 --> 00:20:55,232 everything freezes and you can't move on. 308 00:21:06,536 --> 00:21:09,026 All right, let's just forget about it. 309 00:21:09,164 --> 00:21:11,619 I asked you in for a drink, that's all. 310 00:21:11,708 --> 00:21:16,203 I'm like you, I go to work, I get through the day. 311 00:21:16,295 --> 00:21:18,868 Since Jake died, I haven't been interested in making friends. 312 00:21:18,964 --> 00:21:23,459 Please, it's nothing dramatic. I'm not asking for anything, but... 313 00:21:25,637 --> 00:21:27,463 You seem a nice man. 314 00:21:41,151 --> 00:21:44,566 You see, it's almost unbearable. 315 00:21:45,113 --> 00:21:46,488 The way she looks. 316 00:21:49,033 --> 00:21:51,440 She's so desperately in love with Lester Young 317 00:21:51,536 --> 00:21:54,287 she can scarcely bear it when he plays. 318 00:22:00,335 --> 00:22:02,825 � He wears high-draped pants... � 319 00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:04,664 All the same, 320 00:22:06,174 --> 00:22:08,960 she doesn't forget when it's her turn. 321 00:22:11,888 --> 00:22:15,932 � He wears high-draped pants � 322 00:22:16,976 --> 00:22:20,807 Julianne, I wish I could find you. I wish I knew where you were. 323 00:22:22,981 --> 00:22:24,937 I made a fool of myself tonight. 324 00:22:26,651 --> 00:22:28,228 And it's not the first time. 325 00:22:30,947 --> 00:22:32,524 You were right to be angry. 326 00:23:02,434 --> 00:23:04,722 All right, let's start the bloody meeting. 327 00:23:05,103 --> 00:23:07,510 God knows, you're hard enough to get hold of, Benedict. 328 00:23:07,605 --> 00:23:09,561 You're far grander than I am. 329 00:23:09,649 --> 00:23:13,183 Would you like me to get you a cup of coffee, Home Secretary? 330 00:23:13,277 --> 00:23:14,439 Some mineral water? 331 00:23:14,528 --> 00:23:17,197 I had no idea you were going to be invited, Johnny. 332 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,071 Well, I am. 333 00:23:19,407 --> 00:23:21,482 This is going to need long hours, Minister. 334 00:23:21,576 --> 00:23:23,817 It's going to need expertise and judgement. 335 00:23:23,911 --> 00:23:27,659 As my mother used to say, "A problem shared is a problem halved". 336 00:23:27,748 --> 00:23:28,945 So, what's your next move? 337 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:31,329 Give the whole thing to the Daily Mirror? Post it on the internet? 338 00:23:31,418 --> 00:23:33,825 I'm trying hard not to be offended, Home Secretary. 339 00:23:33,921 --> 00:23:35,035 Please try. 340 00:23:35,130 --> 00:23:37,881 Home Secretary, do you want to come back in and restart this meeting 341 00:23:37,966 --> 00:23:39,709 at a lower level of tension? 342 00:23:39,801 --> 00:23:42,552 I don't know about anyone else, but I've got a heart condition. 343 00:23:42,637 --> 00:23:46,468 I've got fatty deposits on my arteries. I have a stent. 344 00:23:46,557 --> 00:23:49,641 Benedict, I can take this file out of the room, 345 00:23:49,727 --> 00:23:52,976 across the river to SIS, and your department will be royally fucked. 346 00:23:53,063 --> 00:23:55,388 The service has been royally fucked many times. 347 00:23:55,482 --> 00:24:00,024 Usually by your government jumping on us like Rover with a hard-on, 348 00:24:00,111 --> 00:24:01,902 and we've always survived the experience. 349 00:24:01,988 --> 00:24:03,731 Oi, out! 350 00:24:04,156 --> 00:24:06,825 With respect, Minister, politicians come and go. 351 00:24:06,909 --> 00:24:09,150 I've counted them in and I've counted them out. 352 00:24:09,244 --> 00:24:11,532 And if you want to get rid of me, you can. 353 00:24:11,622 --> 00:24:13,032 That's on the record, by the way. 354 00:24:13,123 --> 00:24:15,031 I'd like to go walking in Patagonia. 355 00:24:15,032 --> 00:24:17,832 I've heard the wildlife there is extraordinary. 356 00:24:17,919 --> 00:24:19,247 - Johnny went. - I did. 357 00:24:19,337 --> 00:24:20,665 He loved it. 358 00:24:20,755 --> 00:24:25,167 So if you want a new DG, go ahead, get one. 359 00:24:25,259 --> 00:24:30,169 I'll gather up my whole family and take them on a packet boat to Antarctica. 360 00:24:30,264 --> 00:24:35,388 And a double bonus, I won't be around for the end of the Atlantic Alliance. 361 00:24:35,477 --> 00:24:38,477 Anthea, it won't have happened on my watch. 362 00:24:41,232 --> 00:24:43,141 Okay, what are the Americans up to? 363 00:24:43,234 --> 00:24:46,151 The Americans are up to what we've always suspected they were up to. 364 00:24:46,236 --> 00:24:48,857 This is different. This is proof. If this is true. 365 00:24:48,947 --> 00:24:50,459 They have prisoners all over the world... 366 00:24:50,460 --> 00:24:53,260 who don't officially exist on black sites. 367 00:24:53,451 --> 00:24:55,776 - So it appears. - Unknown sites that don't exist either. 368 00:24:55,870 --> 00:24:56,901 Not officially. 369 00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:58,240 And these prisoners are telling them things... 370 00:24:58,331 --> 00:25:00,572 which they then don't have the courtesy to tell us. 371 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:04,579 Well, worse than that. Specifically, the Americans are failing to keep us abreast 372 00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:07,160 of things that are happening on our own doorstep. 373 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,290 Dangerous things. 374 00:25:09,383 --> 00:25:13,250 If we're willing to trust intelligence obtained by torture. 375 00:25:13,344 --> 00:25:14,672 Quite. 376 00:25:15,096 --> 00:25:16,258 Where did you get this? 377 00:25:16,347 --> 00:25:18,173 Well, I thought that might be your next question. 378 00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:19,843 It is my next question. 379 00:25:19,934 --> 00:25:21,048 Thought it might be. 380 00:25:21,143 --> 00:25:23,016 And don't give me any of that Jesuitical bullshit 381 00:25:23,103 --> 00:25:24,894 about not revealing your sources. 382 00:25:24,980 --> 00:25:26,687 I can't reveal my sources. 383 00:25:27,357 --> 00:25:29,978 Benedict, you and I can play the game... 384 00:25:30,110 --> 00:25:31,734 Seems like we've already begun. 385 00:25:31,820 --> 00:25:34,441 But at the end of the road, you work for me. 386 00:25:34,530 --> 00:25:36,985 Remember, the people don't vote for you, they vote for me. 387 00:25:37,074 --> 00:25:38,781 They don't like the people who work in the dark. 388 00:25:38,868 --> 00:25:40,777 They don't know the people who work in the dark. 389 00:25:40,870 --> 00:25:42,364 If they did, would they be reassured? 390 00:25:44,081 --> 00:25:46,571 - My view is we go to the Americans. - No. 391 00:25:46,666 --> 00:25:48,872 - We speak to the Americans direct. - No. 392 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,285 We tell them we know what they know. 393 00:25:51,379 --> 00:25:52,837 That they have a network of sites 394 00:25:52,922 --> 00:25:55,958 where they're illegally detaining and torturing prisoners. 395 00:25:56,509 --> 00:25:58,465 We frighten them by naming the sites. 396 00:25:58,552 --> 00:26:02,383 Thailand, Afghanistan, Morocco, Poland, Romania. 397 00:26:02,473 --> 00:26:03,967 Show them we're not idiots. 398 00:26:04,891 --> 00:26:06,171 - Why not? - Because. 399 00:26:06,268 --> 00:26:10,181 - Because what? - Because you're gonna tell your allies 400 00:26:10,271 --> 00:26:11,813 that they've been lying to you. 401 00:26:11,898 --> 00:26:14,056 You have to think through the implications. 402 00:26:14,150 --> 00:26:15,264 Are you saying I haven't? 403 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,608 You also have to remember that going back to the Americans 404 00:26:18,696 --> 00:26:20,355 might endanger my source. 405 00:26:20,447 --> 00:26:22,486 You'd need my permission. 406 00:26:27,996 --> 00:26:29,490 What would you prefer me to do? 407 00:26:29,581 --> 00:26:31,205 - Right now? - Yes. 408 00:26:31,582 --> 00:26:33,740 - If it were my call? - Please, imagine that. 409 00:26:33,876 --> 00:26:36,746 Right now, I'd prefer you to do nothing. 410 00:26:36,879 --> 00:26:39,500 If you want me to do nothing, why did you give me the file? 411 00:26:39,590 --> 00:26:42,341 Because I don't want you to be able to say I didn't give you the file. 412 00:26:42,426 --> 00:26:46,470 - Further down the road? - Exactly. I answer to you. 413 00:26:46,554 --> 00:26:48,676 You gave me the file so that I would do nothing? 414 00:26:48,765 --> 00:26:52,014 I gave you the file so that you would know everything. 415 00:26:52,727 --> 00:26:54,185 Makes sense. 416 00:26:55,187 --> 00:26:57,096 Johnny Worricker thinks it makes sense. 417 00:26:57,189 --> 00:26:58,303 Johnny's an excellent judge. 418 00:26:58,398 --> 00:27:00,971 Weak on tactics occasionally, but strong on strategy. 419 00:27:01,068 --> 00:27:02,478 Is that what you think? You back Johnny, do you? 420 00:27:02,569 --> 00:27:04,312 Johnny's my best friend since Cambridge. 421 00:27:04,404 --> 00:27:06,198 Well, then perhaps "best friend"... 422 00:27:06,199 --> 00:27:09,399 can tell us what the argument for doing nothing is. 423 00:27:11,285 --> 00:27:15,780 The argument for doing nothing, Minister, is that as yet you know so little. 424 00:27:15,873 --> 00:27:17,580 And you shouldn't move until you know more. 425 00:27:17,666 --> 00:27:18,545 Continue. 426 00:27:18,634 --> 00:27:21,382 One simple thing: Her Majesty's Government has always denied... 427 00:27:21,383 --> 00:27:22,583 complicity in torture. 428 00:27:22,671 --> 00:27:25,755 You've stood up in Parliament many times, you've said it in the press. 429 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,959 Changing the story is going to be embarrassing. 430 00:27:29,051 --> 00:27:31,802 Well, it's only going to be embarrassing if people find out. 431 00:27:33,889 --> 00:27:35,299 How will they find out? 432 00:27:35,432 --> 00:27:37,483 Why would this intelligence leave this room? 433 00:27:37,484 --> 00:27:38,884 Who here would leak it? 434 00:27:40,645 --> 00:27:43,182 I hope that question answers itself. 435 00:27:43,273 --> 00:27:45,064 I hope it does. I hope so, too. 436 00:27:46,984 --> 00:27:50,518 And anyway, remember, I thought the claims were true at the time. 437 00:27:50,613 --> 00:27:53,317 When I made the claims, I didn't know they were untrue. 438 00:27:53,407 --> 00:27:56,775 That may or may not be sufficient defence. 439 00:27:56,868 --> 00:27:59,358 These things can get messy, politically. 440 00:28:01,164 --> 00:28:02,622 - And... - What? 441 00:28:02,999 --> 00:28:05,916 You said "one simple thing". What's the second simple thing? 442 00:28:06,002 --> 00:28:09,536 Oh. I haven't talked to Benedict about this, Minister. 443 00:28:09,630 --> 00:28:12,381 So? Does "best friend" need permission to speak? 444 00:28:12,466 --> 00:28:13,663 Very well, it's this. 445 00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:15,668 Has anyone actually read this thing? 446 00:28:15,761 --> 00:28:18,927 I don't mean cast your eye over it, I mean read it. 447 00:28:19,013 --> 00:28:21,634 - Jill? - Yes, I believe I've read it. 448 00:28:23,434 --> 00:28:26,802 Home Secretary, you say you didn't know the Americans had these prisoners. 449 00:28:26,896 --> 00:28:27,975 I didn't know. 450 00:28:28,063 --> 00:28:30,269 And you had no proof they'd been torturing them. 451 00:28:30,357 --> 00:28:34,733 I take your word. But perhaps someone else in your government did. 452 00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:35,982 Someone else? 453 00:28:36,071 --> 00:28:38,988 Take another look at the bottom of page eight. 454 00:28:39,073 --> 00:28:40,152 - Page eight? - Yes. 455 00:28:40,241 --> 00:28:42,612 - What's on page eight? - You haven't read it, have you? 456 00:28:42,702 --> 00:28:44,112 I thought not. 457 00:28:44,203 --> 00:28:45,531 Page eight, please. 458 00:28:54,963 --> 00:28:57,602 American source quoted saying, 459 00:28:57,603 --> 00:29:00,703 "Downing Street already knows about this". 460 00:29:03,637 --> 00:29:08,097 I imagine that's what bothering Benedict. 461 00:29:25,324 --> 00:29:28,194 There are two possibilities, aren't there? 462 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:31,862 Either our source is wrong 463 00:29:31,955 --> 00:29:34,077 and the Americans lied to all of us... 464 00:29:35,083 --> 00:29:38,119 in which case, Downing Street is going to be furious... 465 00:29:38,211 --> 00:29:40,120 or our source is right, 466 00:29:40,755 --> 00:29:44,752 and the Prime Minister knew everything all along, 467 00:29:44,842 --> 00:29:47,379 he just didn't bother to tell you. 468 00:29:49,596 --> 00:29:55,965 Now, I'm not sure which of those two possibilities you prefer. 469 00:30:01,815 --> 00:30:03,522 It's been an interesting meeting. 470 00:30:04,151 --> 00:30:05,479 Thank you. It has indeed. 471 00:30:05,569 --> 00:30:08,486 I'm going to do as you suggest and leave this for a day or two. 472 00:30:08,572 --> 00:30:09,686 Fine. 473 00:30:09,781 --> 00:30:11,572 - Johnny? - Fine. 474 00:30:12,116 --> 00:30:14,238 We'll reconvene. Anna will be in touch. 475 00:30:17,788 --> 00:30:20,076 You keep staring at that painting. 476 00:30:20,165 --> 00:30:21,824 It's from the government art collection. 477 00:30:21,917 --> 00:30:23,624 Don't blame me, I didn't choose it. 478 00:30:23,710 --> 00:30:26,710 Actually, it was painted by my daughter. 479 00:30:26,796 --> 00:30:29,962 Christ, then you're in more trouble than I am. 480 00:30:36,180 --> 00:30:37,342 Thank you. 481 00:30:39,683 --> 00:30:41,390 I'm glad you said that. 482 00:30:41,935 --> 00:30:43,844 - I'm sorry? - About page eight. 483 00:30:43,937 --> 00:30:45,561 I was hoping someone would say it. 484 00:30:45,647 --> 00:30:46,891 Glad it was you. 485 00:30:46,982 --> 00:30:48,524 Oh, okay. 486 00:30:48,608 --> 00:30:52,901 I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure whether to speak. 487 00:30:52,987 --> 00:30:54,315 No, that was a good move. 488 00:30:54,405 --> 00:30:56,646 It means the game's in play. 489 00:30:58,951 --> 00:31:02,319 You. Need to talk to you. Need a word, urgently. 490 00:31:04,289 --> 00:31:06,993 Not here. Somewhere discreet. 491 00:31:07,083 --> 00:31:09,620 Traditionally, it's the stationary cupboard. 492 00:31:25,642 --> 00:31:27,136 - What were you doing? - When? 493 00:31:27,227 --> 00:31:28,555 At that meeting. What were you up to? 494 00:31:28,644 --> 00:31:29,806 - What was I up to? - Yes. 495 00:31:29,896 --> 00:31:31,935 I was doing my job. I'm an intelligence analyst, 496 00:31:32,023 --> 00:31:34,062 I was analysing intelligence. What's wrong with that? 497 00:31:34,149 --> 00:31:36,853 First thing wrong, you never mentioned it. 498 00:31:36,944 --> 00:31:39,771 You blurt out this extraordinary allegation... 499 00:31:39,772 --> 00:31:41,872 before you talk to us, before you tell us. 500 00:31:43,199 --> 00:31:46,698 What's happened to you? Suddenly you can't speak? Well? 501 00:31:48,621 --> 00:31:50,862 Do you know the source? Do you trust the source? 502 00:31:50,956 --> 00:31:53,281 Of course I don't know the source. I don't need to. 503 00:31:53,375 --> 00:31:54,406 You don't need to? 504 00:31:54,501 --> 00:31:57,287 Come on, Jill. If Ben says it's good, it's good. 505 00:31:57,379 --> 00:32:01,292 Oh, right. I forgot you were at college together. 506 00:32:01,383 --> 00:32:03,458 That just about sums up this whole fucking place! 507 00:32:03,551 --> 00:32:06,587 What's the problem, Jill? I don't get the problem. 508 00:32:06,679 --> 00:32:08,386 When are you gonna wake up? 509 00:32:08,472 --> 00:32:10,713 There's a revolution going on. You don't seem to have noticed. 510 00:32:10,808 --> 00:32:11,922 What sort of revolution is that? 511 00:32:12,017 --> 00:32:13,297 You live in the past. 512 00:32:13,394 --> 00:32:16,893 You still think there's something called pure intelligence. 513 00:32:16,980 --> 00:32:19,601 The world's changed. Brits are been killed by Brits. 514 00:32:19,691 --> 00:32:22,181 They're being killed on British streets. 515 00:32:23,444 --> 00:32:24,724 Oh, fuck! 516 00:32:26,030 --> 00:32:27,061 If you don't know what I'm saying, 517 00:32:27,156 --> 00:32:28,235 I'm not gonna spell it out for you. 518 00:32:28,324 --> 00:32:29,866 - Why don't you spell it out? - Get your hands off me. 519 00:32:29,950 --> 00:32:31,360 I'm not one of your conquests. 520 00:32:31,452 --> 00:32:33,610 What are you gonna do? Charge me with assault in a cupboard? 521 00:32:33,704 --> 00:32:36,788 You asked me in, remember? I'll counter-sue for enticement. 522 00:32:37,332 --> 00:32:39,905 Sure, if you're still here next week. 523 00:32:46,007 --> 00:32:48,793 The Prime Minister, Alec Beasley, today described 524 00:32:48,884 --> 00:32:53,675 Britain and America as two countries with shared values and common purposes. 525 00:32:53,764 --> 00:32:55,886 "Nothing, " he said, "could divide our two countries 526 00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:58,096 "in the worldwide fight against terror". 527 00:32:58,351 --> 00:33:01,553 The prime minister is visiting Washington at the request of the president. 528 00:33:01,688 --> 00:33:06,148 Well, it's great to be here. For me, it's home from home. 529 00:33:13,782 --> 00:33:15,738 - Oh, I see. - What? 530 00:33:15,950 --> 00:33:19,034 - You're just gonna go home. - Yes, do you mind? 531 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,744 I was thinking of going home. 532 00:33:20,830 --> 00:33:25,158 It's choir practice in 40 minutes, and the M4 is hell. 533 00:33:25,251 --> 00:33:27,042 And you're not going to tell me what you're up to? 534 00:33:27,127 --> 00:33:28,870 Me? 535 00:33:28,962 --> 00:33:30,835 - Yes, Ben. - What am I up to? 536 00:33:30,922 --> 00:33:32,795 That's my question. 537 00:33:32,883 --> 00:33:35,587 It's pretty obvious, I would have thought. 538 00:33:35,677 --> 00:33:37,171 I put a bomb in the water 539 00:33:37,262 --> 00:33:40,215 and I'm waiting to see where the dead fish land. 540 00:33:40,306 --> 00:33:43,306 And you didn't think it best to warn me first? 541 00:33:43,392 --> 00:33:45,431 Or am I one of the fish? 542 00:33:47,646 --> 00:33:51,809 If you don't trust me, Ben, who do you trust? 543 00:33:59,740 --> 00:34:02,147 Distrust is a terrible habit. 544 00:34:02,493 --> 00:34:04,200 Do you find that? 545 00:34:04,703 --> 00:34:08,830 There's a fine line, isn't there, between calculation and deceit? 546 00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:11,994 Must do better. 547 00:34:13,753 --> 00:34:16,504 You're right, I should have shown you page eight. 548 00:34:20,009 --> 00:34:21,752 Johnny, I'm sorry. 549 00:34:24,179 --> 00:34:27,547 Good. Tomorrow we're gonna talk it over, you and I. 550 00:34:27,641 --> 00:34:30,048 And we won't do it on the fourth floor, 551 00:34:30,143 --> 00:34:35,302 because this is about the survival of the department and the prime minister. 552 00:34:36,816 --> 00:34:39,935 - Coffee shop in Ebury Street? - When? 553 00:34:40,027 --> 00:34:41,224 10:00. 554 00:34:47,492 --> 00:34:48,950 The old team. 555 00:35:55,304 --> 00:35:56,881 Well, I think... 556 00:35:57,306 --> 00:35:59,381 So, what did you call it? 557 00:36:29,585 --> 00:36:30,960 - Emma? - Yes. 558 00:36:31,045 --> 00:36:32,159 It's me. 559 00:36:33,047 --> 00:36:36,878 - Do you have any idea what time it is? - I knew you'd be up. 560 00:36:38,802 --> 00:36:40,177 I'm feeding the chickens. 561 00:36:40,679 --> 00:36:43,216 The point is this. I've had a row with Julianne. 562 00:36:43,306 --> 00:36:44,385 Yes, she told me. 563 00:36:44,974 --> 00:36:47,299 She had every right to be angry. 564 00:36:47,393 --> 00:36:50,393 She asked you to stay because she wanted to tell you something. 565 00:36:50,479 --> 00:36:52,103 What did she want to tell me? 566 00:36:53,107 --> 00:36:54,649 That she's having a baby. 567 00:36:55,359 --> 00:36:57,766 - I don't believe you! - It's true. 568 00:36:58,069 --> 00:36:59,266 She's pregnant. 569 00:37:00,321 --> 00:37:01,980 Do you know who the father is? 570 00:37:02,657 --> 00:37:04,613 I don't. She hasn't told me. 571 00:37:05,576 --> 00:37:07,034 She hasn't told you? 572 00:37:08,162 --> 00:37:10,735 Johnny, it's the 21st century. 573 00:37:11,457 --> 00:37:15,324 How many more times? People keep saying that like it justifies everything, 574 00:37:15,419 --> 00:37:16,663 every piece of stupidity. 575 00:37:16,753 --> 00:37:18,745 Julianne isn't being stupid. 576 00:37:18,838 --> 00:37:20,082 She knows what she's doing. 577 00:37:20,173 --> 00:37:22,924 She wouldn't take it on if she couldn't see it through. 578 00:37:23,050 --> 00:37:24,793 Well, is she all right? 579 00:37:25,052 --> 00:37:26,296 She was. 580 00:37:28,639 --> 00:37:29,919 When will I see her? 581 00:37:30,766 --> 00:37:32,805 Johnny, you need to watch out. 582 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:41,728 - Who was that? - Johnny. 583 00:37:42,610 --> 00:37:44,685 So you gave him the news? 584 00:37:50,617 --> 00:37:52,027 One egg, or two? 585 00:37:55,747 --> 00:37:57,122 I'm sorry. 586 00:37:57,582 --> 00:38:00,582 - I wanted to see you were all right. - I'm all right. 587 00:38:00,668 --> 00:38:03,454 It's funny, I came to find you last night. 588 00:38:03,546 --> 00:38:05,502 Sounded as if you had company. 589 00:38:05,589 --> 00:38:07,213 Why did you come looking for me? 590 00:38:07,299 --> 00:38:09,540 Oh, because I bought you a CD. 591 00:38:10,469 --> 00:38:11,749 Can I come in? 592 00:38:11,845 --> 00:38:14,252 Yes. Yes, you can come in. 593 00:38:20,186 --> 00:38:21,430 Wow! 594 00:38:23,105 --> 00:38:24,480 I know. 595 00:38:24,565 --> 00:38:27,601 It's a little overwhelming. I started collecting years ago. 596 00:38:27,693 --> 00:38:31,192 Believe it or not, I started with a �100. It grew from there. 597 00:38:34,073 --> 00:38:36,610 You've got good taste. That's Christopher Wood. 598 00:38:36,701 --> 00:38:37,981 It's wonderful. 599 00:38:38,869 --> 00:38:42,320 There's no plan. I've just always bought what I've liked. 600 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,996 It must be worth a fortune. 601 00:38:45,083 --> 00:38:47,704 Yeah. But that's not why I do it. 602 00:38:47,794 --> 00:38:50,249 My second wife had very good taste. 603 00:38:50,338 --> 00:38:51,915 How many wives have you had? 604 00:38:52,006 --> 00:38:53,998 - Fewer than five. - Ah. 605 00:38:54,967 --> 00:38:56,544 - Do you really have it? - What? 606 00:38:56,636 --> 00:38:57,750 The CD. 607 00:38:57,845 --> 00:39:01,676 Of course. Why would I lie to you? 608 00:39:08,521 --> 00:39:10,846 - Lester Young. - Aw. 609 00:39:11,941 --> 00:39:13,351 Thank you. 610 00:39:17,446 --> 00:39:19,521 My daughter's pregnant. 611 00:39:21,950 --> 00:39:23,859 It turns out that's what the row was about. 612 00:39:23,952 --> 00:39:25,743 I thought it was about art, but it wasn't. 613 00:39:26,204 --> 00:39:29,240 She knew I was gonna be upset because I don't think the father's around, 614 00:39:29,332 --> 00:39:31,657 so she was frightened that I'd judge her. 615 00:39:35,379 --> 00:39:38,581 I don't really know what is it you do. 616 00:39:38,674 --> 00:39:41,081 I assume you're some sort of secret service. 617 00:39:41,552 --> 00:39:44,837 The other night I was pissed off because you wouldn't tell me. 618 00:39:44,930 --> 00:39:47,337 What makes you think I'm in the security services? 619 00:39:47,432 --> 00:39:51,559 Because most people can tell you why they visit the Middle East. 620 00:39:52,562 --> 00:39:56,773 And uh, the person I was with last night was my dad. 621 00:39:58,233 --> 00:40:00,640 Oh, I see. He's in London? 622 00:40:00,736 --> 00:40:03,440 Did you just work that out? Was that your professional training? 623 00:40:04,781 --> 00:40:06,524 No, it's more my nerves. 624 00:40:06,616 --> 00:40:08,074 Why are you nervous? 625 00:40:09,369 --> 00:40:11,824 Because I find myself confiding in you. 626 00:40:12,622 --> 00:40:14,828 Do you? Do you really? 627 00:40:15,749 --> 00:40:17,658 Or are you just pretending? 628 00:40:21,213 --> 00:40:22,375 Well, I think it's brilliant, 629 00:40:22,464 --> 00:40:25,133 because I can tell everyone I know I live opposite a spy. 630 00:40:25,216 --> 00:40:27,753 I'd rather you didn't, but... 631 00:40:27,844 --> 00:40:30,299 Don't you think we have to be honest? 632 00:40:30,388 --> 00:40:31,798 You and I? 633 00:40:32,515 --> 00:40:35,800 I mean, isn't it important at this point? 634 00:40:46,027 --> 00:40:47,106 - Yes? - EMMA: Johnny. 635 00:40:47,195 --> 00:40:48,274 Emma. 636 00:40:48,362 --> 00:40:50,318 It's not about Julianne. 637 00:40:50,406 --> 00:40:51,816 Then what is it about? 638 00:40:53,033 --> 00:40:55,570 Yesterday, stock exchanges reacted sharply 639 00:40:55,661 --> 00:40:58,745 to demonstrations throughout the Arab world. 640 00:40:58,830 --> 00:41:02,198 The chancellor said, "These are volatile times". 641 00:41:06,629 --> 00:41:11,705 You should come down right away. The sooner you get here, the better. 642 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,294 Fine. 643 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,218 Hold on. Worricker's here. 644 00:41:16,513 --> 00:41:18,801 Okay, I've got to go. Goodbye. 645 00:41:20,392 --> 00:41:22,431 - What's the verdict? - It's a heart attack. 646 00:41:22,518 --> 00:41:24,759 - There's a coroner coming. - Real coroner? 647 00:41:24,854 --> 00:41:26,893 Of course, real coroner. 648 00:41:47,083 --> 00:41:51,329 You're going to examine him, are you? That's going to help, is it? 649 00:41:55,799 --> 00:41:56,996 Who did you call first? 650 00:41:57,509 --> 00:41:58,706 Downing Street. 651 00:42:00,136 --> 00:42:02,211 Are you from Downing Street? 652 00:42:02,305 --> 00:42:03,715 I was asked to take charge. 653 00:42:03,806 --> 00:42:06,047 You're not taking charge, I am. 654 00:42:14,107 --> 00:42:15,565 Where's Julianne? 655 00:42:17,318 --> 00:42:18,693 I'm not sure. 656 00:42:20,696 --> 00:42:22,652 Have you rung her yet? 657 00:42:39,255 --> 00:42:42,457 I might have guessed. You're going through his stuff. 658 00:42:42,550 --> 00:42:45,336 Not going through it, taking it away. 659 00:42:45,427 --> 00:42:47,086 Then you'll go through it. 660 00:42:49,473 --> 00:42:53,552 Do you think with his podgy fingers he could work that thing? 661 00:42:54,811 --> 00:42:56,969 I was there when he had his first heart attack. 662 00:42:57,063 --> 00:42:59,814 I was there for the second. They were identical. 663 00:42:59,899 --> 00:43:02,983 The doctor warned him, he said, "You're living an injury time". 664 00:43:03,068 --> 00:43:05,902 So you're not going to tell me there's anything suspicious. 665 00:43:05,988 --> 00:43:08,213 - I don't want a circus. - I know. 666 00:43:08,307 --> 00:43:10,933 And I most certainly don't want a territorial spat... 667 00:43:10,934 --> 00:43:12,434 with that woman downstairs. 668 00:43:13,536 --> 00:43:15,907 Had he talked about dying? 669 00:43:18,249 --> 00:43:20,656 He was worried about the future. 670 00:43:21,252 --> 00:43:26,079 But he said whatever mess he left behind, he could trust you to clear it up. 671 00:43:28,967 --> 00:43:32,169 Benedict was honest and hard-working. 672 00:43:33,346 --> 00:43:35,172 And he looked things in the eye. 673 00:43:36,515 --> 00:43:40,132 So I'd say it's important that you don't let him down. 674 00:43:43,730 --> 00:43:45,769 Julianne, it's your father. 675 00:43:48,777 --> 00:43:52,110 I've got bad news. Can you call me? 676 00:43:53,489 --> 00:43:54,899 Or call your mother. 677 00:43:56,158 --> 00:43:57,949 I may be hard to get hold of for a while. 678 00:43:58,035 --> 00:43:59,908 Did he say he'll take over? 679 00:44:59,007 --> 00:45:00,833 You must be Mr Worricker? 680 00:45:00,926 --> 00:45:03,048 - Joseph Pierpan. - How do you do? 681 00:45:03,136 --> 00:45:05,287 My daughter's told me so much about you. 682 00:45:05,288 --> 00:45:06,171 How is she? 683 00:45:06,172 --> 00:45:08,641 Nancy says you know a lot of influential people. 684 00:45:08,724 --> 00:45:10,301 You work at the Home Office. 685 00:45:10,393 --> 00:45:12,184 Oh, she told you. 686 00:45:12,269 --> 00:45:14,060 My son was murdered. 687 00:45:15,772 --> 00:45:17,681 Can you imagine? 688 00:45:17,774 --> 00:45:23,728 And I am daily mocked by people who refuse to admit who did it and why. 689 00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:27,065 Do you have children? 690 00:45:27,158 --> 00:45:28,438 A daughter. 691 00:45:28,534 --> 00:45:30,111 I'm not going to detain you. 692 00:45:30,953 --> 00:45:33,622 But it would mean the world to us if you could help. 693 00:46:10,698 --> 00:46:11,942 This is kind of you. 694 00:46:12,032 --> 00:46:13,739 Why is it kind of me? 695 00:46:13,825 --> 00:46:16,494 Don't you think it might be what I want as well? 696 00:46:28,380 --> 00:46:30,538 What are they saying up your way? 697 00:46:30,632 --> 00:46:32,838 Well, they're saying it was a heart attack. 698 00:46:32,926 --> 00:46:35,677 You have any reason to think differently? You went up there. 699 00:46:35,762 --> 00:46:38,679 Yeah, I saw the guilty egg. 700 00:46:44,562 --> 00:46:46,435 We were at university together. 701 00:46:47,856 --> 00:46:49,398 Ben was my tutor. 702 00:46:50,025 --> 00:46:53,524 We even went on the Vietnam marches together. 703 00:46:53,612 --> 00:46:54,987 He recruited me. 704 00:46:55,780 --> 00:46:59,314 First it was counter-espionage, then counter-terrorism. There's no difference. 705 00:46:59,409 --> 00:47:03,453 He still said it was dishonourable work you could do in an honourable way. 706 00:47:03,537 --> 00:47:04,912 The better man? 707 00:47:04,997 --> 00:47:07,701 I betrayed my wife and he married her. 708 00:47:07,791 --> 00:47:09,997 I never knew if he did it for her or if he did it for me. 709 00:47:14,506 --> 00:47:15,881 Whichever. 710 00:47:17,675 --> 00:47:19,334 I'm in his debt. 711 00:47:23,389 --> 00:47:26,425 He was an all-round decent person. 712 00:47:38,236 --> 00:47:39,860 When's your husband getting back? 713 00:47:39,945 --> 00:47:42,649 - He's not getting back. - Why not? 714 00:47:42,740 --> 00:47:45,065 Because we had a disagreement. 715 00:47:49,454 --> 00:47:51,031 Yeah, I'm up the Swanee. 716 00:47:51,247 --> 00:47:53,737 I work for an unprincipled maniac. 717 00:47:53,833 --> 00:47:56,917 God, she's as mean as cat meat. 718 00:47:57,003 --> 00:48:01,747 And meanwhile, I am trying to hold down my pathetic high-powered job. 719 00:48:02,174 --> 00:48:03,418 You want to get out? 720 00:48:04,134 --> 00:48:05,711 I don't have the courage. 721 00:48:06,636 --> 00:48:08,545 I don't have the guts. 722 00:48:13,518 --> 00:48:16,304 They're gonna go after you, you know that. 723 00:48:16,395 --> 00:48:18,553 - Tell me. - What, you hadn't guessed? 724 00:48:19,189 --> 00:48:21,015 Jill Tankard took me into a cupboard 725 00:48:21,108 --> 00:48:24,559 and told me there was no such thing as pure intelligence. 726 00:48:24,861 --> 00:48:25,940 Well, then. 727 00:48:27,489 --> 00:48:29,481 They don't trust you. 728 00:48:29,574 --> 00:48:30,771 They're gonna use Benedict's death. 729 00:48:30,867 --> 00:48:34,033 There's gonna be a departmental shake-up. They've been setting you up. 730 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:35,495 Setting me up? How? 731 00:48:35,579 --> 00:48:39,161 They're gonna say you put Benedict up to it. 732 00:48:39,249 --> 00:48:41,122 It was you that gave Benedict the source. 733 00:48:41,210 --> 00:48:43,083 I didn't. I didn't give him his source. 734 00:48:43,170 --> 00:48:45,458 I only saw the file for the first time this week. 735 00:48:45,547 --> 00:48:47,456 - I know that. - I don't know the source. 736 00:48:47,549 --> 00:48:50,122 I'm sure. But they don't care. 737 00:48:51,385 --> 00:48:56,675 They're gonna tie a tin can around your tail and run you out of the building. 738 00:48:57,641 --> 00:48:59,183 They don't like you, Johnny. 739 00:49:00,727 --> 00:49:02,386 It's personal. 740 00:49:02,479 --> 00:49:03,641 Do they have a reason? 741 00:49:03,730 --> 00:49:06,267 Well, the usual reason. They think you're anti-American. 742 00:49:06,858 --> 00:49:08,138 I'm not. 743 00:49:08,234 --> 00:49:13,310 All right, then, they just feel that you have more fun than they do. 744 00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:21,241 I've got a question. 745 00:49:23,039 --> 00:49:25,031 I mean, I don't mind if you don't answer. 746 00:49:25,416 --> 00:49:27,372 I don't mind. I'll answer anything. 747 00:49:27,460 --> 00:49:31,077 When I said, "I only saw the file for the first time this week," 748 00:49:31,172 --> 00:49:32,998 you said, "I know". 749 00:49:34,383 --> 00:49:36,292 - Oh, yeah, so? - How do you know? 750 00:49:36,385 --> 00:49:40,168 It's important, Anna. How do you know? How do you know I hadn't seen the file? 751 00:49:42,390 --> 00:49:44,181 I know 752 00:49:44,267 --> 00:49:49,058 because when I started sleeping with you, I made a decision. 753 00:49:49,146 --> 00:49:50,556 What decision? 754 00:49:52,441 --> 00:49:53,851 I decided to trust you. 755 00:49:57,612 --> 00:49:59,485 It's a bit arbitrary, isn't it? 756 00:50:00,448 --> 00:50:01,610 Yes. 757 00:50:03,952 --> 00:50:06,240 But so far you've never let me down. 758 00:50:17,130 --> 00:50:20,830 North Utsire, northerly, becoming cyclonic four or five, 759 00:50:20,925 --> 00:50:25,752 occasionally six in far north. Becoming variable three later. 760 00:50:25,846 --> 00:50:27,637 Fair, good. 761 00:50:27,723 --> 00:50:30,474 South Utsire, north-westerly five or six, 762 00:50:30,559 --> 00:50:33,725 veering easterly or south-easterly, four or five. 763 00:50:33,812 --> 00:50:36,183 Becoming variable three later. 764 00:50:36,273 --> 00:50:37,553 Fair, good. 765 00:50:49,743 --> 00:50:51,402 Nothing if not predictable. 766 00:51:04,256 --> 00:51:05,418 Shit! 767 00:51:06,425 --> 00:51:08,216 Johnny? Johnny? 768 00:51:09,052 --> 00:51:10,629 Are you there? It's Jill. 769 00:51:11,555 --> 00:51:13,298 I'm answering. Good morning, Jill. 770 00:51:13,431 --> 00:51:16,217 Have you forgotten? We're due to meet, we've got a meeting. 771 00:51:16,309 --> 00:51:17,340 Well, that's it. 772 00:51:17,435 --> 00:51:21,135 Problem is, I've got that tickle you get at the back of your throat 773 00:51:21,230 --> 00:51:22,474 when you know you're gonna be ill. 774 00:51:22,565 --> 00:51:23,809 Where are you, exactly? 775 00:51:23,899 --> 00:51:26,306 Aren't I at home? I'm in Battersea, aren't I? 776 00:51:26,402 --> 00:51:27,481 That's not what it says here. 777 00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,276 This is hardly the day to go undercover. 778 00:51:30,364 --> 00:51:32,071 Goodness, you're playing with the toys. 779 00:51:33,700 --> 00:51:35,491 Are you playing silly buggers? 780 00:51:35,618 --> 00:51:39,033 No, not at all. I thought it was you that was playing silly buggers, very much so. 781 00:51:39,122 --> 00:51:41,161 After what happened yesterday, we're on amber. 782 00:51:41,248 --> 00:51:42,528 Everyone's got to open their safe. 783 00:51:42,625 --> 00:51:43,905 I'm happy to open my safe. 784 00:51:44,001 --> 00:51:46,574 There's nothing in it but half a bottle of brandy and some shaving cream. 785 00:51:46,670 --> 00:51:49,077 But I can't do it today. 786 00:51:49,172 --> 00:51:51,662 Not if the whole department's to avoid the flu. 787 00:51:52,175 --> 00:51:55,211 You think with Benedict gone you move up a peg. 788 00:51:55,303 --> 00:51:57,509 But you don't, you move down. 789 00:51:58,806 --> 00:52:01,723 I hope to God you know what you're doing. 790 00:52:23,036 --> 00:52:25,407 Oh, Mr Eliot, I thought I heard you. 791 00:52:25,497 --> 00:52:27,655 Mrs Ashanti. 792 00:52:27,749 --> 00:52:29,871 It's been so long since we saw you. 793 00:52:29,959 --> 00:52:32,449 I've been travelling. I'm only in this country for a couple of days. 794 00:52:40,678 --> 00:52:43,512 The death has been announced of Benedict Baron, 795 00:52:43,597 --> 00:52:45,968 the director general of MI5. 796 00:52:46,057 --> 00:52:48,298 Baron will be remembered for his policy of... 797 00:52:48,393 --> 00:52:50,966 making the security service more accountable. 798 00:52:51,062 --> 00:52:53,766 Under his direction, the secretive organisation... 799 00:53:06,201 --> 00:53:08,407 The Road House. Rather a come-down, isn't it? 800 00:53:08,495 --> 00:53:10,286 Isn't this where you used to meet Gerry Adams? 801 00:53:10,371 --> 00:53:12,363 Is it, Rollo? You'd know better than me. 802 00:53:12,456 --> 00:53:13,535 So, who are you this time? 803 00:53:13,624 --> 00:53:15,580 My name's Eliot, after the poet. 804 00:53:15,668 --> 00:53:16,865 Mmm? Eliot who? 805 00:53:16,961 --> 00:53:17,992 Tom Eliot, you idiot. 806 00:53:18,087 --> 00:53:20,043 Never heard of him. What does he do? Christmas cards? 807 00:53:20,130 --> 00:53:21,956 - Two coffees, please. - Sure. 808 00:53:22,049 --> 00:53:23,840 - You vanished. - I was in Israel. 809 00:53:23,925 --> 00:53:25,253 Good. Do I owe you? 810 00:53:25,343 --> 00:53:26,967 No, it's fine. The paper paid. 811 00:53:29,847 --> 00:53:32,218 - You can open it. - I'd rather hear it from you. 812 00:53:32,850 --> 00:53:35,767 - Well, she's perfect, isn't she? - Is she? Tell me. 813 00:53:35,853 --> 00:53:38,260 Well, if they'd invented her, they couldn't have done a better job. 814 00:53:38,355 --> 00:53:40,014 You gonna have to tell me who "they" are? 815 00:53:40,107 --> 00:53:41,898 I'm assuming that "she" is Nancy. 816 00:53:41,983 --> 00:53:43,180 Is there anyone else in your life? 817 00:53:44,235 --> 00:53:46,523 - Nobody at all? - Since you ask. 818 00:53:46,905 --> 00:53:50,154 Well, Nancy is a perfectly pitched creation. 819 00:53:50,241 --> 00:53:51,900 Is she? Is she a creation? 820 00:53:51,992 --> 00:53:53,569 If you want to know, yeah. It all stacks up. 821 00:53:53,661 --> 00:53:56,495 Yes, she did have a romantic-looking brother, who was indeed killed. 822 00:53:56,580 --> 00:53:59,035 And yeah, there was one of those Israeli Army inquiries 823 00:53:59,124 --> 00:54:01,579 where they concluded the Israeli Army never does anythinhing wrong. 824 00:54:01,668 --> 00:54:04,538 Her father is indeed an impeccable Arab scholar, 825 00:54:04,629 --> 00:54:07,380 living a quiet and saintly life in Damascus. 826 00:54:07,465 --> 00:54:10,382 There she is, Johnny. The wronged woman, the grieving sister. 827 00:54:10,468 --> 00:54:14,844 Waiting for you, brilliantly rehearsed, learnt her lines, ready to go. 828 00:54:14,930 --> 00:54:17,883 What are you saying? Too good to be true? 829 00:54:18,392 --> 00:54:20,550 I didn't ask you to pimp for me, Rollo. 830 00:54:20,644 --> 00:54:22,344 Nor did I ask you to vet a girlfriend. 831 00:54:22,345 --> 00:54:24,345 She's not a girlfriend, she's a neighbour. 832 00:54:24,439 --> 00:54:27,273 Oh, she's kind of a fantasy neighbour, isn't she? 833 00:54:27,358 --> 00:54:30,192 Perfect for an old spy who's lost faith in the old values. 834 00:54:30,277 --> 00:54:31,819 I haven't lost faith. 835 00:54:31,904 --> 00:54:33,695 - Haven't you? - No, I still believe in them. 836 00:54:33,781 --> 00:54:35,773 The purpose of intelligence is to find the truth, 837 00:54:35,866 --> 00:54:37,657 not to confirm what we already believe. 838 00:54:37,742 --> 00:54:40,197 We're meant to look for what's there, not for what we want to be there. 839 00:54:40,286 --> 00:54:43,090 Come on, Johnny! Once they wanted communists, we gave them communists. 840 00:54:43,181 --> 00:54:44,831 - Now they want Arabs, we give them Arabs. - Thank you. 841 00:54:44,832 --> 00:54:46,954 They decide what they're looking for, we find it for them. 842 00:54:47,043 --> 00:54:48,952 What has really changed? Nothing. 843 00:54:49,044 --> 00:54:51,795 Look, I know what you're going through. You must be in tricky place, Rollo. 844 00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:54,205 It was a bad day for Ben. It wasn't a great day for me. 845 00:54:54,299 --> 00:54:56,291 Ben ran his own agents and he kept them close. 846 00:54:56,384 --> 00:54:58,791 So there are quite a few people waking up in your position. 847 00:54:58,887 --> 00:55:01,128 Benedict did a good job on you. 848 00:55:01,222 --> 00:55:04,056 The whole service believes that you leaked security secrets 849 00:55:04,141 --> 00:55:08,054 to a newspaper in return for money because that's what Benedict told them. 850 00:55:08,145 --> 00:55:10,552 There's a flap going on, isn't there? 851 00:55:10,773 --> 00:55:12,315 A turf war, that's what I'm hearing. 852 00:55:12,399 --> 00:55:13,774 Are you? Where are you hearing that? 853 00:55:13,859 --> 00:55:17,192 Don't give me that "answer a question with a fucking question" lark, Johnny. 854 00:55:17,278 --> 00:55:20,195 I didn't go on the interrogation course, I wrote it, remember? 855 00:55:20,281 --> 00:55:21,256 - Sorry. - What's more, 856 00:55:21,257 --> 00:55:22,257 I just went to Israel for you... 857 00:55:22,450 --> 00:55:23,694 on what could be a wild-goose chase. 858 00:55:23,784 --> 00:55:25,776 All right, I dipped into the Tel Aviv beach scene, 859 00:55:25,870 --> 00:55:27,613 I got tanned on every inch of my sexy body. 860 00:55:27,705 --> 00:55:30,030 But even so, you owe me this! 861 00:55:33,251 --> 00:55:35,920 All right. What this is about, 862 00:55:36,629 --> 00:55:40,293 Benedict had proof the Americans have sites, black sites. 863 00:55:40,425 --> 00:55:41,919 - Of course they do. - Yes, but now 864 00:55:42,009 --> 00:55:44,499 we can tell you exactly where they are, we can draw the map. 865 00:55:45,179 --> 00:55:46,423 Why is that news? That's not news. 866 00:55:46,513 --> 00:55:48,864 You could hear the screams for the last 10 years. 867 00:55:48,865 --> 00:55:51,332 Little bits of intelligence, we're so careful not to enquire... 868 00:55:51,333 --> 00:55:52,633 too closely where they came from. 869 00:55:52,727 --> 00:55:54,766 They came from torture chambers, we knew that. 870 00:55:54,854 --> 00:55:59,182 We guessed, we didn't have evidence. And this is actually different. 871 00:55:59,275 --> 00:56:00,733 Why? Why is it different? 872 00:56:00,818 --> 00:56:04,233 Because it establishes who knew. 873 00:56:04,321 --> 00:56:06,064 Who's known all along. 874 00:56:08,283 --> 00:56:10,690 So, who knew? Who knew the sites? 875 00:56:12,037 --> 00:56:13,780 Our prime minister. 876 00:56:15,790 --> 00:56:17,829 Our prime minister knew. 877 00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:25,502 I see. 878 00:56:26,508 --> 00:56:29,342 Party of one, is it? Dining alone? 879 00:56:29,427 --> 00:56:32,131 Too right, table by the fucking window. 880 00:56:33,181 --> 00:56:35,802 Our prime minister had access to American intelligence... 881 00:56:35,892 --> 00:56:40,434 which might have helped save British lives, and he didn't tell us. 882 00:56:40,521 --> 00:56:42,430 He didn't tell anyone. 883 00:56:43,482 --> 00:56:45,640 Okay. Okay, I'm getting a picture here. 884 00:56:45,734 --> 00:56:47,441 Good. I'm glad you're getting a picture, Rollo. 885 00:56:47,527 --> 00:56:50,978 Presumably our prime minister didn't tell us because he doesn't trust us? 886 00:56:51,072 --> 00:56:52,269 Correct. 887 00:56:52,365 --> 00:56:55,235 And he didn't tell his home secretary because he doesn't trust her either. 888 00:56:55,326 --> 00:56:57,282 - Correct. - Our prime minister doesn't trust anyone, 889 00:56:57,370 --> 00:56:58,828 - is that right? - That's the way it looks. 890 00:56:58,913 --> 00:57:02,364 'Cause he stands alone, the true saviour of his nation. 891 00:57:02,458 --> 00:57:05,873 And everyone else, except for him, is a wishy-washy liberal fuck! 892 00:57:05,961 --> 00:57:07,752 They don't believe. 893 00:57:08,672 --> 00:57:10,581 - Then what happened? - Benedict finds out. 894 00:57:10,673 --> 00:57:12,250 - How? - Through a source. 895 00:57:12,342 --> 00:57:14,381 Yeah, but a source of his own. A source's name you don't know. 896 00:57:14,468 --> 00:57:16,294 That's the interesting bit. 897 00:57:17,263 --> 00:57:19,421 What does Benedict do, in that situation, 898 00:57:19,515 --> 00:57:21,164 on discovering that his prime minister... 899 00:57:21,165 --> 00:57:22,850 hides secrets from his own security service? 900 00:57:22,851 --> 00:57:26,734 Of all the things that Ben could do, what does he do? 901 00:57:28,314 --> 00:57:32,525 Remember your first day, Rollo. First day in the service. 902 00:57:33,069 --> 00:57:36,603 Of course, Monday morning, 10:00 am. you give the first lecture. 903 00:57:36,697 --> 00:57:37,977 And what did I say? 904 00:57:39,825 --> 00:57:42,825 "Never share intelligence you don't need to share". 905 00:57:44,496 --> 00:57:49,869 Consider. Benedict is given lethal information about his prime minister. 906 00:57:50,793 --> 00:57:52,452 And what does he do with it? 907 00:57:52,545 --> 00:57:55,331 He gives it to Anthea. He gives it to you. 908 00:57:59,051 --> 00:58:00,758 What was his plan, then? 909 00:58:02,137 --> 00:58:04,259 Bring down the government? 910 00:58:13,898 --> 00:58:16,815 - Weather's changing. - Certainly is. 911 00:58:19,528 --> 00:58:21,816 Feels like the end of an era. 912 00:58:23,114 --> 00:58:25,070 As for me, I'm fucked. 913 00:58:26,951 --> 00:58:30,818 Live out my life inventing stories for a national newspaper. 914 00:58:32,957 --> 00:58:35,328 Can't even come to the funeral. 915 00:58:41,047 --> 00:58:44,332 Rollo. Rollo, you have me. 916 00:58:45,551 --> 00:58:49,085 Sure. How long are you gonna last? 917 00:59:27,673 --> 00:59:29,380 I thought it would be you. 918 00:59:30,092 --> 00:59:32,250 Don't be ridiculous. Why? 919 00:59:32,344 --> 00:59:35,712 Because I dreamed of you this morning. I had my Johnny dream. 920 00:59:35,805 --> 00:59:38,130 Whoever taught you to lie like that? 921 00:59:38,224 --> 00:59:39,634 Who do you think? 922 00:59:40,977 --> 00:59:43,847 So, how many years since I saw you? 923 00:59:43,938 --> 00:59:45,597 I guess five. 924 00:59:45,689 --> 00:59:48,096 You sold me a little Gertler, remember? 925 00:59:56,700 --> 01:00:00,068 You're sure? You really want to sell it? 926 01:00:01,954 --> 01:00:05,156 Christopher Wood. Died at 29. 927 01:00:05,249 --> 01:00:07,040 Threw himself under the train. 928 01:00:07,126 --> 01:00:09,451 - I wouldn't sell it, if I were you. - I have to. 929 01:00:10,796 --> 01:00:12,076 Bad times? 930 01:00:13,215 --> 01:00:14,412 Why did you bring it here? 931 01:00:14,507 --> 01:00:16,914 There are places in London you would get much more. 932 01:00:17,010 --> 01:00:18,669 Because you have a safe. 933 01:00:19,345 --> 01:00:21,551 - Because you have cash. - How do you know? 934 01:00:23,349 --> 01:00:25,258 Because you showed me. 935 01:00:29,313 --> 01:00:31,056 Well, will you take 60? 936 01:00:31,940 --> 01:00:33,268 Do I have any choice? 937 01:00:54,252 --> 01:00:55,449 - Here. - Thank you. 938 01:01:00,591 --> 01:01:01,705 Well done. 939 01:01:03,302 --> 01:01:05,668 That daughter of yours, she's doing well? 940 01:01:05,669 --> 01:01:06,554 Hmm. 941 01:01:06,555 --> 01:01:08,381 Does she still adore you? 942 01:01:08,473 --> 01:01:11,639 I think she does, she's just scared of showing it, that's all. 943 01:01:11,726 --> 01:01:13,848 And you, Johnny? 944 01:01:13,936 --> 01:01:16,094 Still winging it on charm? 945 01:01:17,148 --> 01:01:19,223 I'm late. Thank you, Leona. 946 01:01:21,902 --> 01:01:23,099 I've got to go. 947 01:02:01,063 --> 01:02:02,260 Thanks, sir. 948 01:02:08,444 --> 01:02:09,641 - Hi. - Hi. 949 01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:13,782 - Yes? - Dad, it's me. 950 01:02:13,866 --> 01:02:16,321 At last. Where are you? 951 01:02:16,410 --> 01:02:18,865 I've been worried sick. 952 01:02:18,954 --> 01:02:21,527 I know. I couldn't leave Mum by herself. 953 01:02:21,623 --> 01:02:22,903 Julianne, are you at the farm? 954 01:02:22,999 --> 01:02:25,324 Dad, a man came to see me. 955 01:02:25,418 --> 01:02:26,876 What man? Who? 956 01:02:26,961 --> 01:02:29,961 I don't know. He came to my studio. He wanted to know where you were. 957 01:02:30,047 --> 01:02:31,161 What did you say? 958 01:02:31,257 --> 01:02:33,747 I told him the truth. 959 01:02:33,843 --> 01:02:36,843 I said I hadn't seen you, then I packed a bag and came up to Mum's. 960 01:02:36,929 --> 01:02:40,095 Julianne, I'm going to see you so soon, I promise. 961 01:02:40,182 --> 01:02:42,886 Stay at your mum's, whatever you do. 962 01:02:42,976 --> 01:02:44,968 I need to talk to you. 963 01:02:45,061 --> 01:02:46,471 He said they're looking for you. 964 01:02:46,562 --> 01:02:48,471 Ah! Here's a surprise. 965 01:02:48,564 --> 01:02:52,063 Julianne, I've got to go. I'm sorry. Stay where you are, please. 966 01:02:55,362 --> 01:02:57,935 Blow me down. Thought the shy boy wasn't coming. 967 01:02:58,031 --> 01:03:00,700 - I wasn't. - What made you change your mind? 968 01:03:00,784 --> 01:03:03,903 Oh, you know, whim, caprice. 969 01:03:13,462 --> 01:03:14,576 Good evening. 970 01:03:40,737 --> 01:03:41,981 Amen. 971 01:03:54,583 --> 01:03:56,575 - Welcome. - Thank you. 972 01:03:56,668 --> 01:03:59,158 - Good evening. - Good evening, Prime Minister. 973 01:04:29,490 --> 01:04:31,778 The prime minister will now say a few words. 974 01:04:33,034 --> 01:04:34,231 Thank you. 975 01:04:35,912 --> 01:04:37,109 Thank you, thank you. 976 01:04:37,205 --> 01:04:40,739 Well, I don't want to spoil such a wonderful occasion with a long speech. 977 01:04:40,833 --> 01:04:43,158 As my daughter says, "Daddy, you spoil everything". 978 01:04:44,670 --> 01:04:49,212 But I would like to say a few words, if I may, about liberal values 979 01:04:49,299 --> 01:04:52,252 and the price of defending them in the modern world. 980 01:04:55,263 --> 01:04:57,551 What do you think? What do you think of him? 981 01:04:58,808 --> 01:05:02,223 I don't know. I've never known what to make of him. 982 01:05:02,311 --> 01:05:04,718 At least he believes what he says. 983 01:05:05,647 --> 01:05:06,891 Is that enough? 984 01:05:07,482 --> 01:05:09,723 The prime minister wants a word. 985 01:05:09,818 --> 01:05:11,774 - Not now. - When? 986 01:05:11,861 --> 01:05:13,319 Afterwards. 987 01:05:13,696 --> 01:05:15,522 We'll tell you when. 988 01:05:27,376 --> 01:05:30,625 Sorry, it's past 1:00. He had a long phone call. 989 01:05:33,506 --> 01:05:37,455 The White House doesn't admit we're in a different time zone. 990 01:05:41,347 --> 01:05:42,889 Ah, Johnny. 991 01:05:44,933 --> 01:05:46,640 - It's been a long time. - So it has. 992 01:05:46,727 --> 01:05:48,137 I'm surprised you could make it. 993 01:05:48,228 --> 01:05:50,137 - Why? - I heard you had flu. 994 01:05:50,230 --> 01:05:51,854 Really? Who told you that? 995 01:05:51,940 --> 01:05:53,482 Why? Isn't it true? 996 01:05:54,692 --> 01:05:57,526 - Isn't it? - Maybe the beginnings. The onset. 997 01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:01,356 Oh, and having just lost the DG, I didn't think you'd come. 998 01:06:02,366 --> 01:06:05,283 I'm sorry, everyone, but we're going to need some privacy. 999 01:06:14,877 --> 01:06:16,074 Please. 1000 01:06:21,508 --> 01:06:25,754 I remember when peace first came to Northern Ireland, I took Ben for a drink. 1001 01:06:25,845 --> 01:06:28,466 In those days I was just an MP. 1002 01:06:28,556 --> 01:06:32,719 Benedict said, "The Cold War's over. Northern Ireland’s fixed. 1003 01:06:32,810 --> 01:06:34,932 "This could be very bad news for the service". 1004 01:06:35,020 --> 01:06:37,806 Well, all honour to Ben, but it turned out he was wrong. 1005 01:06:37,898 --> 01:06:39,392 - On the contrary. - Yes. 1006 01:06:39,483 --> 01:06:42,982 - We're busier than ever. - And larger. 1007 01:06:43,069 --> 01:06:46,188 That's the problem, isn't it? There's so much intelligence. 1008 01:06:47,073 --> 01:06:50,524 Ceaseless intelligence, and there's barely time to consider it. 1009 01:06:50,618 --> 01:06:54,117 The difficult thing being to decide what's important. 1010 01:06:54,205 --> 01:06:56,446 - That's right. - And what's not. 1011 01:06:58,709 --> 01:07:00,333 Basic point. 1012 01:07:00,419 --> 01:07:01,996 There are times when the interests of 1013 01:07:02,087 --> 01:07:05,586 the government and the interests of the country are coincident. 1014 01:07:05,673 --> 01:07:07,914 You can't put a cigarette paper between them. 1015 01:07:08,009 --> 01:07:09,551 Do you agree? 1016 01:07:10,469 --> 01:07:13,884 - Do you agree? - I don't disagree. 1017 01:07:15,224 --> 01:07:17,797 So, I need to be clear. 1018 01:07:17,893 --> 01:07:21,510 I'm contemplating reorganisation. Had you heard that? 1019 01:07:21,605 --> 01:07:22,980 As a matter of fact, I had. 1020 01:07:23,064 --> 01:07:24,344 Oh, really. Who from? 1021 01:07:27,735 --> 01:07:29,359 Yes. 1022 01:07:29,445 --> 01:07:33,145 A department of Homeland Security. 1023 01:07:33,240 --> 01:07:36,857 It'd be a popular move after the failures of the last 10 years. 1024 01:07:36,952 --> 01:07:38,861 Let's have a Royal Commission to give us cover, 1025 01:07:38,954 --> 01:07:41,361 then let's reconfigure the services entirely. 1026 01:07:41,456 --> 01:07:42,784 Why not? 1027 01:07:43,333 --> 01:07:45,574 I hardly need say for everyone already in place 1028 01:07:45,668 --> 01:07:47,790 it could mean huge advancement. 1029 01:07:47,878 --> 01:07:49,420 Johnny? 1030 01:07:50,172 --> 01:07:51,369 Huge opportunity. 1031 01:07:52,466 --> 01:07:54,090 Or its opposite. 1032 01:07:55,302 --> 01:07:57,709 Right. You understand me. 1033 01:08:06,395 --> 01:08:09,181 There's one other thing I'd like to discuss. 1034 01:08:09,273 --> 01:08:11,942 Before he died, Benedict gave you a file? 1035 01:08:13,944 --> 01:08:17,395 My own view is that file should not have been distributed. 1036 01:08:17,489 --> 01:08:19,860 And for that reason, I'd like it returned. 1037 01:08:24,579 --> 01:08:25,741 Well? 1038 01:08:26,455 --> 01:08:27,830 I don't know what to say. 1039 01:08:27,915 --> 01:08:31,864 I don't carry secret files about my person, so I don't have it with me. 1040 01:08:31,960 --> 01:08:34,746 After all, I came here tonight for social reasons. 1041 01:08:34,838 --> 01:08:36,913 I find that very hard to believe. 1042 01:08:37,007 --> 01:08:39,793 You don't strike me as an overly sentimental kind of person. 1043 01:08:39,884 --> 01:08:43,252 Didn't you come here because you wanted to talk to me? 1044 01:08:43,346 --> 01:08:47,592 I think we both know we have a question to answer, Prime Minister. 1045 01:08:47,683 --> 01:08:49,426 And what question is that? 1046 01:08:49,518 --> 01:08:52,269 Why do you imagine Benedict gave me the file? 1047 01:08:52,896 --> 01:08:55,303 - You tell me. - Why did he show it around? 1048 01:08:55,398 --> 01:08:56,892 Why did he do that? 1049 01:08:56,983 --> 01:08:58,097 I've no idea. 1050 01:08:58,192 --> 01:09:00,563 - He showed it to the home secretary. - Indeed. 1051 01:09:01,279 --> 01:09:04,481 What's your view, given the sensitivity of the subject matter? 1052 01:09:04,573 --> 01:09:07,407 My guess is Benedict knew he was ill. 1053 01:09:07,493 --> 01:09:10,244 Sorry, he'd already had a heart attack? 1054 01:09:10,329 --> 01:09:13,578 - But also his arm was dragging. - His arm? 1055 01:09:13,665 --> 01:09:15,574 I noticed at a meeting with the home secretary. 1056 01:09:15,667 --> 01:09:17,410 It's a familiar sign. He couldn't pick up his papers. 1057 01:09:17,502 --> 01:09:20,538 - What meeting was that? - I think Benedict knew he was dying. 1058 01:09:20,630 --> 01:09:25,090 He handed out the file because he wanted certain issues discussed. 1059 01:09:25,509 --> 01:09:28,082 He wanted everything out in the open. 1060 01:09:29,346 --> 01:09:33,722 And so, whatever else, we must respect his wishes. 1061 01:09:35,810 --> 01:09:37,220 He was my friend. 1062 01:09:37,770 --> 01:09:40,011 So for me it's a matter of honour. 1063 01:09:40,439 --> 01:09:41,683 Honour? 1064 01:09:46,445 --> 01:09:49,481 Do you know the famous saying about the yellow box? 1065 01:09:49,906 --> 01:09:51,483 I've not heard it, no. 1066 01:09:51,574 --> 01:09:55,156 "Do not enter the yellow box unless your exit is clear". 1067 01:09:55,244 --> 01:09:57,485 I wonder where you think your exit is? 1068 01:09:57,580 --> 01:10:00,414 I don't have an exit, so I don't have a strategy. 1069 01:10:00,499 --> 01:10:02,206 I'm not thinking that far ahead. 1070 01:10:02,668 --> 01:10:06,036 I'm very conscious, Prime Minister, that I've been forced into an area... 1071 01:10:06,129 --> 01:10:08,584 closer to politics than it is to security. 1072 01:10:08,673 --> 01:10:09,787 What I was saying earlier. 1073 01:10:09,883 --> 01:10:13,002 In times of national emergency, the two are the same. 1074 01:10:13,094 --> 01:10:15,667 Nothing is more dangerous than when people make mischief 1075 01:10:15,763 --> 01:10:17,470 by trying to separate them out. 1076 01:10:18,057 --> 01:10:20,132 But surely that's something you're going to have to take up 1077 01:10:20,226 --> 01:10:21,554 with your home secretary. 1078 01:10:21,643 --> 01:10:23,849 Yes. I'm working on that. 1079 01:10:25,063 --> 01:10:27,470 Right now, I'm working on you. 1080 01:10:28,608 --> 01:10:33,234 All right. If the file is correct, it suggests that you had intelligence 1081 01:10:33,321 --> 01:10:35,147 which you failed to share. 1082 01:10:36,115 --> 01:10:38,688 You knew the names of potential British terrorists, 1083 01:10:38,784 --> 01:10:40,408 but you failed to pass them on 1084 01:10:40,494 --> 01:10:43,067 because you didn't want to reveal where you'd got them. 1085 01:10:43,163 --> 01:10:44,822 You risked lives. 1086 01:10:45,332 --> 01:10:49,115 And you knowingly misled Parliament about illegal practices. 1087 01:10:50,336 --> 01:10:51,995 Let's look at the facts. 1088 01:10:52,839 --> 01:10:55,460 The man who compiled that file is dead. 1089 01:10:55,549 --> 01:10:58,300 And with him died the knowledge of who his source was. 1090 01:10:58,385 --> 01:11:00,591 I don't know the source. Do you? 1091 01:11:01,805 --> 01:11:05,138 You know as well as I do, without a source your file is worthless. 1092 01:11:05,225 --> 01:11:07,300 The allegations can't be corroborated. 1093 01:11:07,393 --> 01:11:09,764 Therefore, the allegations can't be correct. 1094 01:11:09,854 --> 01:11:11,976 Is that what you're telling me, sir? 1095 01:11:12,064 --> 01:11:13,308 It's false? 1096 01:11:14,233 --> 01:11:15,775 The allegations are false? 1097 01:11:22,449 --> 01:11:23,693 What time is it? 1098 01:11:25,493 --> 01:11:26,524 Just gone 2:00. 1099 01:11:26,619 --> 01:11:29,405 All other copies of the file have been returned. 1100 01:11:29,497 --> 01:11:31,572 I want yours back within 12 hours. 1101 01:11:33,292 --> 01:11:35,118 2:00 tomorrow, shall we say? 1102 01:11:39,798 --> 01:11:42,882 You've been a loyal servant to this country for many years. 1103 01:11:42,968 --> 01:11:45,209 I'm not expecting you to throw it all away. 1104 01:11:46,387 --> 01:11:49,173 No. Nor am I. 1105 01:11:54,061 --> 01:11:55,887 It's late. Can we get you a room? 1106 01:11:56,772 --> 01:11:59,393 No, thank you. I'm staying at a friend's. 1107 01:12:00,567 --> 01:12:01,811 Goodnight, sir. 1108 01:12:06,322 --> 01:12:08,528 Goodnight, Max. Goodnight, Ted. 1109 01:12:16,039 --> 01:12:18,446 - How did it go? - I want Special Branch. 1110 01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:22,942 - All right? - Yes, but I'm freezing. 1111 01:14:25,407 --> 01:14:27,198 Where are we going? 1112 01:14:33,081 --> 01:14:34,243 I love it. 1113 01:14:35,500 --> 01:14:38,204 - Is this what you do for a living? - Occasionally. 1114 01:14:38,294 --> 01:14:39,538 Wow! 1115 01:14:41,505 --> 01:14:42,619 Wow! 1116 01:14:43,048 --> 01:14:45,123 I had a feeling that if I asked a favour, 1117 01:14:45,217 --> 01:14:47,292 you were the sort of person who'd come through. 1118 01:14:47,385 --> 01:14:48,499 You trust me. 1119 01:14:48,928 --> 01:14:50,671 Why on earth would you trust me? 1120 01:14:50,763 --> 01:14:53,262 Because that's the job. Deciding who to trust. 1121 01:14:53,263 --> 01:14:54,563 That's what the job is. 1122 01:14:56,310 --> 01:14:59,014 Also, you told your father that I work for the Home Office. 1123 01:14:59,104 --> 01:15:00,348 - I lied. - Yeah. 1124 01:15:01,648 --> 01:15:03,106 You trust me because I lied. 1125 01:15:04,693 --> 01:15:05,890 Hmm. 1126 01:15:06,361 --> 01:15:08,234 Well, what were you doing in Cambridge? 1127 01:15:08,321 --> 01:15:10,479 Why, seeing the prime minister, of course. 1128 01:15:16,162 --> 01:15:18,487 - Anyone behind us? - No. 1129 01:15:21,875 --> 01:15:24,745 - Are we going back to London? - No. 1130 01:15:39,558 --> 01:15:42,428 - Two rooms, please. - One room, two beds, please. 1131 01:15:43,895 --> 01:15:45,353 Don't we need to talk? 1132 01:15:50,985 --> 01:15:54,318 I don't want to spoil the evening, but I have a question. 1133 01:15:54,530 --> 01:15:57,863 - The first time we met, the young man... - Ralph. 1134 01:15:58,742 --> 01:16:00,401 Tell me, how did you know him? 1135 01:16:01,369 --> 01:16:03,740 - He came to the meetings. - For the campaign? 1136 01:16:04,330 --> 01:16:06,286 He just turned up out of the blue? 1137 01:16:06,374 --> 01:16:08,033 Said he was keen to help. 1138 01:16:08,543 --> 01:16:09,705 Did he? 1139 01:16:13,589 --> 01:16:15,960 - What's this about? - I got you something. 1140 01:16:16,049 --> 01:16:18,622 Something to thank you for coming to fetch me. 1141 01:16:19,553 --> 01:16:20,750 What is it? 1142 01:16:22,097 --> 01:16:24,422 It's the truth about your brother's death. 1143 01:16:25,892 --> 01:16:28,014 I got hold of the Shabak report. 1144 01:16:28,102 --> 01:16:29,928 How on earth did you do that? 1145 01:16:30,813 --> 01:16:32,307 It's powerful stuff. 1146 01:16:33,315 --> 01:16:37,228 You were right. Jake was killed in cold blood. There was a cover-up. 1147 01:16:38,028 --> 01:16:42,404 You have a cast-iron case for manslaughter. You might get murder. 1148 01:16:42,490 --> 01:16:43,687 It's all in there. 1149 01:16:48,162 --> 01:16:49,406 Have you read it? 1150 01:16:58,213 --> 01:17:01,130 The problem is going to be with using it. 1151 01:17:05,052 --> 01:17:06,629 Why shouldn't I use it? 1152 01:17:06,721 --> 01:17:09,092 Because everyone will know where you got it. 1153 01:17:09,181 --> 01:17:10,260 How would they know? 1154 01:17:10,349 --> 01:17:13,100 You're not cut out for this line of work, are you? 1155 01:17:13,769 --> 01:17:15,144 Tell me what you mean. 1156 01:17:15,228 --> 01:17:18,477 I mean you live opposite me. 1157 01:17:18,565 --> 01:17:19,762 We share a landing. 1158 01:17:22,193 --> 01:17:23,437 I see. 1159 01:17:38,124 --> 01:17:39,368 Do you want a drink? 1160 01:17:40,251 --> 01:17:41,448 Um... 1161 01:17:43,629 --> 01:17:46,084 - Am I driving? - Not with me, you're not. 1162 01:17:48,175 --> 01:17:49,289 Brandy. 1163 01:18:16,618 --> 01:18:20,567 They say you can only begin to mourn once you know the facts. 1164 01:18:23,707 --> 01:18:25,782 Do you think that's true? 1165 01:18:30,338 --> 01:18:32,081 I'm mourning, too. 1166 01:18:33,508 --> 01:18:34,670 Who? 1167 01:18:35,426 --> 01:18:36,968 Who are you mourning? 1168 01:18:37,720 --> 01:18:39,344 My oldest friend died 1169 01:18:41,056 --> 01:18:42,514 a couple of days ago. 1170 01:18:43,809 --> 01:18:45,267 He made an allegation. 1171 01:18:47,688 --> 01:18:52,230 An allegation that, as yet, I've failed to make stick. 1172 01:18:55,069 --> 01:18:56,148 I see. 1173 01:19:02,284 --> 01:19:03,481 Must be tough. 1174 01:19:06,413 --> 01:19:07,907 Well, it is. 1175 01:19:13,378 --> 01:19:14,836 He left me a job to do. 1176 01:19:16,631 --> 01:19:18,374 And my life's not... 1177 01:19:21,677 --> 01:19:23,336 worth living 1178 01:19:24,930 --> 01:19:26,839 till I see it through. 1179 01:19:34,730 --> 01:19:36,769 I just got my life back. 1180 01:19:41,570 --> 01:19:43,895 I don't suppose you'd let me thank you. 1181 01:19:44,948 --> 01:19:47,485 I think I'd die if you thanked me. 1182 01:19:55,082 --> 01:19:58,533 I think some people have been quite surprised by your new appointment. 1183 01:19:58,627 --> 01:20:01,876 Yes. Well, as you know the prime minister and I haven't always seen 1184 01:20:01,963 --> 01:20:03,243 eye-to-eye on every issue, 1185 01:20:03,340 --> 01:20:06,839 but recently events have thrown us together, and do you know what? 1186 01:20:06,926 --> 01:20:08,918 We've found we actually like each other. 1187 01:20:09,721 --> 01:20:11,760 You get on. Extremely well. 1188 01:20:11,847 --> 01:20:14,088 We've always got on on a personal level, and now... 1189 01:20:14,183 --> 01:20:15,677 Didn't hear you get up. 1190 01:20:15,768 --> 01:20:17,427 Good morning. How are you? 1191 01:20:17,519 --> 01:20:20,223 - Better, much better. - Good. 1192 01:20:20,814 --> 01:20:22,142 Do you know the home secretary? 1193 01:20:22,232 --> 01:20:24,438 The one who says, "We can't be free because we have to be safe"? 1194 01:20:24,526 --> 01:20:25,770 That's her. 1195 01:20:25,860 --> 01:20:27,935 - Thank you, Mr Eliot. - Thank you very much. 1196 01:20:28,029 --> 01:20:29,688 She's our deputy prime minister. 1197 01:20:29,780 --> 01:20:31,523 I thought we didn't have a deputy prime minister. 1198 01:20:31,615 --> 01:20:35,564 We do now. Beasley is saying he thinks of her as his natural successor. 1199 01:20:35,661 --> 01:20:37,238 She's been bought. 1200 01:20:37,329 --> 01:20:38,823 We need to go to work. Are you coming with me? 1201 01:20:38,914 --> 01:20:40,028 Try and stop me. 1202 01:20:40,123 --> 01:20:43,906 Well, as you know, some prime ministers designate a deputy, some don't. 1203 01:20:44,002 --> 01:20:46,539 Obviously, it's a mark of how well we're now working together 1204 01:20:46,629 --> 01:20:49,795 that the prime minister has wanted to give me this particular job title. 1205 01:20:59,558 --> 01:21:01,633 - Emma. How are you? - Busy. 1206 01:21:02,644 --> 01:21:05,099 You haven't met, have you? This is Nancy Pierpan. 1207 01:21:05,772 --> 01:21:08,179 - Okay. - So sorry to hear your news. 1208 01:21:09,150 --> 01:21:10,430 She's my neighbour. 1209 01:21:10,526 --> 01:21:12,851 She's kindly doing a stint as my chauffeur. 1210 01:21:14,655 --> 01:21:15,852 Come in. 1211 01:21:22,537 --> 01:21:25,454 Go to the barn. She's waiting for you. 1212 01:21:27,833 --> 01:21:31,450 Do you think Nancy could possibly have a cup of coffee? 1213 01:21:58,611 --> 01:22:01,564 I'm so sorry. I said terrible things. 1214 01:22:02,240 --> 01:22:04,232 It's my fault. I've been stupid. 1215 01:22:04,408 --> 01:22:05,902 I'm a bad father. 1216 01:22:06,577 --> 01:22:08,236 Just put my mind at rest. 1217 01:22:09,455 --> 01:22:12,325 It's not Ralph Wilson, is it? 1218 01:22:12,416 --> 01:22:14,040 Ralph Wilson? 1219 01:22:15,168 --> 01:22:16,710 Why would it be Ralph? 1220 01:22:17,170 --> 01:22:18,877 Because I saw you together. 1221 01:22:19,047 --> 01:22:21,205 - Are you out of your head? - Thank God! 1222 01:22:21,299 --> 01:22:23,624 Is that what you've been thinking? Is that what you think of me? 1223 01:22:23,718 --> 01:22:25,425 I didn't know what to think. 1224 01:22:26,136 --> 01:22:27,416 If you must know, 1225 01:22:29,264 --> 01:22:32,217 - it was a conceptual artist. - Oh. 1226 01:22:33,226 --> 01:22:34,636 Good. Well... 1227 01:22:36,354 --> 01:22:39,473 I'm glad conceptual artists are good for something. 1228 01:22:40,942 --> 01:22:42,270 How long did it last? 1229 01:22:43,152 --> 01:22:44,859 It lasted a week. 1230 01:22:46,321 --> 01:22:47,601 A good week? 1231 01:22:49,991 --> 01:22:52,362 Well, then, your daughter's in with a chance. 1232 01:22:52,452 --> 01:22:54,111 How do you know it's a girl? 1233 01:22:54,204 --> 01:22:56,077 Because I had a girl. 1234 01:23:14,264 --> 01:23:17,015 I don't know why I bothered to make you all lunch. 1235 01:23:17,099 --> 01:23:19,174 - God knows, I've got enough to do. - It's delicious. 1236 01:23:22,521 --> 01:23:25,058 Everyone says Benedict knew he was dying. 1237 01:23:25,148 --> 01:23:28,397 So why didn't he at least leave us an order of service? 1238 01:23:28,485 --> 01:23:31,319 Did he ask for anything in particular? 1239 01:23:32,030 --> 01:23:36,738 Oh, you know. Stuff about England. 1240 01:23:40,162 --> 01:23:41,869 So typical. So typical of him. 1241 01:23:42,831 --> 01:23:46,614 I don't think Benedict gave a damn about England, did he? Except... 1242 01:23:46,710 --> 01:23:49,117 as some version of paradise. 1243 01:23:49,212 --> 01:23:51,121 Imaginary, like all paradise. 1244 01:23:52,006 --> 01:23:54,840 I'm sure it's what the Belgians feel about Belgium. 1245 01:23:54,926 --> 01:23:56,420 I'm sure they do. 1246 01:23:56,510 --> 01:23:58,134 And the frigging Albanians. 1247 01:24:01,431 --> 01:24:02,711 And you're no use. 1248 01:24:03,850 --> 01:24:05,130 You like jazz. 1249 01:24:13,401 --> 01:24:16,105 Johnny, can you come with me, please? 1250 01:24:28,331 --> 01:24:30,952 - There was a politician. - I'm sorry? 1251 01:24:34,462 --> 01:24:37,415 An American politician came here for lunch. 1252 01:24:37,506 --> 01:24:39,048 Couple of weeks ago. 1253 01:24:40,258 --> 01:24:43,009 I don't suppose you remember his name. 1254 01:24:46,431 --> 01:24:49,550 He piloted his plane to the local airfield. 1255 01:24:52,853 --> 01:24:55,224 You didn't mention this before. 1256 01:24:57,024 --> 01:24:58,815 I was angry before. 1257 01:25:10,286 --> 01:25:11,910 Is the plane enough of a clue? 1258 01:26:16,471 --> 01:26:18,644 It's not certain, 1259 01:26:18,645 --> 01:26:22,245 but there's a fair chance that I'm going to have to leave the country. 1260 01:26:23,519 --> 01:26:27,847 I have a feeling this week may not end well. 1261 01:26:30,275 --> 01:26:31,934 I'm running out of rope. 1262 01:26:33,987 --> 01:26:37,236 They're not gonna make me deputy prime minister. 1263 01:26:41,744 --> 01:26:44,069 Will I see you at the funeral? 1264 01:26:44,914 --> 01:26:46,242 I'll try. 1265 01:26:48,417 --> 01:26:51,168 "Try" as in you will, "try" as in you won't? 1266 01:28:11,409 --> 01:28:12,606 He's on his way. 1267 01:28:20,542 --> 01:28:22,119 You're gonna tell me what you're doing? 1268 01:28:22,211 --> 01:28:23,705 I'm doing what you do for a living. 1269 01:28:23,795 --> 01:28:26,120 Aren't you in the surveillance business? 1270 01:28:26,214 --> 01:28:29,048 Going through your things, seeing what's there. 1271 01:28:29,968 --> 01:28:33,217 Don't worry. I don't do guns or violence. 1272 01:28:35,139 --> 01:28:36,336 How did you get in? 1273 01:28:37,099 --> 01:28:39,055 There's a dead-lock in the combination. 1274 01:28:39,143 --> 01:28:43,010 We still have skills in the public sector you don't in the private. 1275 01:28:43,397 --> 01:28:44,641 Contact, contact. 1276 01:28:45,940 --> 01:28:48,477 Nancy, you can come up now. 1277 01:28:48,568 --> 01:28:50,110 This is an expensive outfit. 1278 01:28:50,737 --> 01:28:53,654 I was wondering who'd stake such a serious investment. 1279 01:28:53,739 --> 01:28:56,194 And then I saw the photo on the fridge. 1280 01:28:56,283 --> 01:28:58,074 I had you marked from the beginning. 1281 01:28:58,160 --> 01:28:59,819 - I know you did. - From the moment I met you. 1282 01:28:59,912 --> 01:29:01,868 I've been taking photos of your operation. 1283 01:29:01,955 --> 01:29:05,204 - Are they on that camera? - And sending them to a computer. 1284 01:29:05,291 --> 01:29:07,164 You're Jill Tankard's little boy. 1285 01:29:09,170 --> 01:29:10,249 Nothing to say? 1286 01:29:14,341 --> 01:29:18,420 This is the man who pretended to support your campaign. 1287 01:29:18,637 --> 01:29:20,214 I can't believe what you did. 1288 01:29:20,639 --> 01:29:21,883 I can't believe it. 1289 01:29:23,141 --> 01:29:26,556 - How far would you have taken it? - I'd have slept with you. 1290 01:29:26,644 --> 01:29:28,303 For Queen and country, I would have done it. 1291 01:29:28,396 --> 01:29:31,065 I was never interested in you, I was interested in him. 1292 01:29:31,148 --> 01:29:33,603 I meant to believe that it was a coincidence. 1293 01:29:34,109 --> 01:29:38,569 An Ml5 man just happens to live opposite a known subversive. 1294 01:29:38,655 --> 01:29:39,852 I'm not a subversive. 1295 01:29:39,948 --> 01:29:42,070 - Then what the fuck are you? - Ralph! 1296 01:29:42,158 --> 01:29:44,150 It's time to have a word with your mum. 1297 01:29:59,049 --> 01:30:02,464 I'm going to leave early. Please cancel all my appointments. 1298 01:30:08,974 --> 01:30:10,218 He's back in contact. 1299 01:30:25,364 --> 01:30:26,906 What made you choose this place? 1300 01:30:26,991 --> 01:30:28,983 Best reason, because the food is good. 1301 01:30:29,076 --> 01:30:32,907 Hello. I've got whisky, but my friend usually drinks white wine. 1302 01:30:32,996 --> 01:30:34,276 - Whisky. - Of course. 1303 01:30:36,124 --> 01:30:40,073 So, interesting choice. How does it feel to be unemployable? 1304 01:30:40,503 --> 01:30:42,127 What's in the bag? Have you brought me the file? 1305 01:30:42,213 --> 01:30:44,999 I've been trying to calculate how long you've been working this racket. 1306 01:30:45,091 --> 01:30:46,170 What racket is that? 1307 01:30:46,258 --> 01:30:48,962 You're running a cowboy unit out of Downing Street. 1308 01:30:49,053 --> 01:30:51,468 Don't think you can call it a cowboy unit. 1309 01:30:51,469 --> 01:30:52,555 We answer to the prime minister. 1310 01:30:52,556 --> 01:30:55,046 - Clearly you've forgotten, so do we. - What's your point? 1311 01:30:55,141 --> 01:30:56,967 The prime minister never liked the security services 1312 01:30:57,060 --> 01:30:59,301 because we refused to tell him what he wanted to hear 1313 01:30:59,395 --> 01:31:01,102 and we were always bothering him with facts. 1314 01:31:01,189 --> 01:31:03,477 So he started his own intelligence unit. Am I right? 1315 01:31:03,566 --> 01:31:05,439 Dealing directly with the Americans. 1316 01:31:07,569 --> 01:31:12,360 In traditional practice, the torturers are meant to be held at arm's length. 1317 01:31:12,741 --> 01:31:14,021 You have no proof. 1318 01:31:14,117 --> 01:31:16,786 Well, as a matter of fact, I do. 1319 01:31:17,203 --> 01:31:19,112 I found Ben's source. 1320 01:31:19,330 --> 01:31:21,536 I've spoken to Ben's source. 1321 01:31:21,624 --> 01:31:25,039 - I don't believe you. - Believe what you like. 1322 01:31:25,127 --> 01:31:27,036 And will that source go on the record? 1323 01:31:27,588 --> 01:31:29,132 Can you produce that source? 1324 01:31:29,133 --> 01:31:31,015 That's a gamble you're going to have to take. 1325 01:31:31,716 --> 01:31:34,918 Johnny, you're bluffing with an empty hand. 1326 01:31:35,303 --> 01:31:37,793 Is the prime minister willing to take that risk? 1327 01:31:37,889 --> 01:31:39,632 I know the source. 1328 01:31:48,482 --> 01:31:50,972 Face it, the world's changed. 1329 01:31:51,693 --> 01:31:53,732 What are the British gonna do? Get new allies? 1330 01:31:53,820 --> 01:31:57,188 - Allies who behave better? - Benedict was onto you, wasn't he? 1331 01:31:57,281 --> 01:31:59,403 He'd worked it out. That's why he put the file out. 1332 01:31:59,492 --> 01:32:01,614 Because he knew you were betraying your own department. 1333 01:32:01,702 --> 01:32:04,879 Reporting to the prime minister isn't betrayal. 1334 01:32:04,880 --> 01:32:06,692 You financed a piece of private enterprise... 1335 01:32:06,693 --> 01:32:08,993 and employed your own son. 1336 01:32:10,001 --> 01:32:12,372 I've taken photographs of his premises. 1337 01:32:16,757 --> 01:32:20,125 Fuck this. This isn't the student union. I'm not here to debate. 1338 01:32:20,219 --> 01:32:22,425 The world's moving on, and it's time it did. 1339 01:32:22,513 --> 01:32:25,881 Because you guys, with your public-school ties and your, 1340 01:32:25,974 --> 01:32:30,018 "After you, old chap," didn't make much of a job of it, did you? 1341 01:32:30,103 --> 01:32:33,222 Last meeting of the club, Johnny. Last meeting of the club. 1342 01:32:37,109 --> 01:32:40,857 In the last 48 hours you've broken every rule in the book. 1343 01:32:40,946 --> 01:32:44,397 You're no longer in the service. You will never work again. 1344 01:32:44,491 --> 01:32:45,605 Your pension's gone. 1345 01:32:45,700 --> 01:32:49,364 And if you blow the whistle now you'll also go to prison. 1346 01:32:49,454 --> 01:32:50,734 Is that what you want? 1347 01:32:51,080 --> 01:32:54,863 Because that's what lies ahead if you don't give me that file. 1348 01:32:56,168 --> 01:32:58,623 - I'm willing to cut a deal. - What's the deal? 1349 01:32:59,129 --> 01:33:01,880 No Royal Commission, no reorganisation. 1350 01:33:01,965 --> 01:33:03,423 - Is that all? - No. 1351 01:33:04,050 --> 01:33:08,510 Publication of the internal Israeli report on the death of Jake Pierpan. 1352 01:33:09,806 --> 01:33:11,715 - You're crazy. - We leak it. 1353 01:33:11,808 --> 01:33:14,477 The government admits it's deeply concerned. 1354 01:33:14,560 --> 01:33:18,687 It's shocked at the cover-up in the occupied territories. That's the deal. 1355 01:33:19,106 --> 01:33:20,516 - You know it's impossible. - Is it? 1356 01:33:20,607 --> 01:33:22,682 - Of course! - It's the quid pro quo. 1357 01:33:22,776 --> 01:33:25,480 You give me something, I give you something. 1358 01:33:25,570 --> 01:33:29,982 Think about it. This is far worse. 1359 01:33:33,911 --> 01:33:37,824 Isn't the temptation of heroism coming a little late in your career? 1360 01:33:39,166 --> 01:33:41,739 I've watched you work. I always admired you. 1361 01:33:41,835 --> 01:33:46,413 I thought, "Johnny's clever. Johnny keeps out of trouble. 1362 01:33:47,507 --> 01:33:49,795 "Johnny's a lucky man, he's got a life". 1363 01:33:53,846 --> 01:33:56,419 Don't you have a life, Jill? 1364 01:34:04,147 --> 01:34:05,522 It's the girl, isn't it? 1365 01:34:06,858 --> 01:34:08,731 You're doing this for the girl. 1366 01:34:10,694 --> 01:34:13,860 They come and go. Don't they, Johnny? 1367 01:34:14,823 --> 01:34:15,985 They come and go. 1368 01:34:19,870 --> 01:34:21,412 Not this time. 1369 01:34:27,668 --> 01:34:29,375 Is the file in there? 1370 01:34:43,099 --> 01:34:45,221 - Hello? - Is that Allegra? 1371 01:34:45,309 --> 01:34:46,340 It is. 1372 01:34:46,852 --> 01:34:49,805 I believe my friend Rollo gave you a document. 1373 01:34:49,897 --> 01:34:51,059 He did. 1374 01:34:51,440 --> 01:34:54,855 Go ahead, broadcast. You have my permission. 1375 01:34:57,737 --> 01:34:59,776 - Thank you. - Good luck. 1376 01:35:38,316 --> 01:35:40,023 - What are you doing? - Just reading. 1377 01:35:40,109 --> 01:35:41,271 Okay. 1378 01:35:42,403 --> 01:35:44,229 Looking for the next great novel. 1379 01:35:45,155 --> 01:35:47,147 They don't seem to understand that feelings are interesting, 1380 01:35:47,241 --> 01:35:49,778 but the world is interesting, too. 1381 01:35:52,954 --> 01:35:55,623 - Want some coffee? - I have to say goodbye. 1382 01:35:57,208 --> 01:35:59,745 - Goodbye? - Yeah. 1383 01:36:01,837 --> 01:36:03,663 What does goodbye mean? 1384 01:36:08,176 --> 01:36:11,295 If you want a Saab, it's waiting in Cambridge. 1385 01:36:11,388 --> 01:36:13,759 You'll have to pay the parking charges, 1386 01:36:14,641 --> 01:36:16,467 but it's nicer than your Peugeot. 1387 01:36:19,228 --> 01:36:21,718 This is a small painting you might like. 1388 01:36:22,648 --> 01:36:24,723 It's by the same artist, 1389 01:36:26,235 --> 01:36:27,729 but not as good. 1390 01:36:28,153 --> 01:36:29,647 Couldn't possibly take it. 1391 01:36:29,738 --> 01:36:31,018 You can take it. 1392 01:36:31,823 --> 01:36:34,313 You're going to live for many years and be an old woman. 1393 01:36:34,409 --> 01:36:37,991 And this way, you'll always have something decent on your wall. 1394 01:36:39,580 --> 01:36:41,655 Going to tell me why you have to go? 1395 01:36:41,749 --> 01:36:43,159 I've cut a deal. 1396 01:36:43,250 --> 01:36:46,250 They've gone along with it, but they don't like it. 1397 01:36:46,336 --> 01:36:48,375 They'll make my life not worth living. 1398 01:36:49,381 --> 01:36:51,337 Would you like me to come with you? 1399 01:36:54,886 --> 01:36:57,211 I couldn't ask you to do that. 1400 01:36:59,807 --> 01:37:03,507 Couldn't or... won't? 1401 01:37:11,067 --> 01:37:14,601 I'm not really used to the idea of having feelings again. 1402 01:37:16,655 --> 01:37:19,441 It's dangerous, isn't it? 1403 01:37:27,874 --> 01:37:29,783 Too dangerous for you? 1404 01:37:34,422 --> 01:37:37,671 I'm frightened. I fuck everything up. 1405 01:37:39,718 --> 01:37:40,880 Shh. 1406 01:38:14,250 --> 01:38:15,530 Thank you. 1407 01:38:15,626 --> 01:38:17,784 - You're welcome. - This is very kind of you. 1408 01:38:24,384 --> 01:38:25,926 We're heading north. 1409 01:38:44,861 --> 01:38:48,395 We're here today to remember the life of Benedict Baron. 1410 01:38:49,323 --> 01:38:52,276 The hymns and readings have been chosen by his family. 1411 01:38:52,868 --> 01:38:56,651 And the first hymn by his oldest friend, John Worricker. 1412 01:38:57,372 --> 01:38:59,530 I Vow to Thee, My Country. 1413 01:39:12,261 --> 01:39:17,764 � I vow to thee, my country 1414 01:39:17,849 --> 01:39:22,593 � All earthly things above 1415 01:39:22,687 --> 01:39:27,728 � Entire and whole and perfect 1416 01:39:27,817 --> 01:39:32,774 � The service of my love � 1417 01:39:37,075 --> 01:39:39,400 The government today responded officially 1418 01:39:39,494 --> 01:39:41,782 to the document obtained by the BBC 1419 01:39:41,871 --> 01:39:44,575 which reveals that the peace campaigner Jake Pierpan 1420 01:39:44,665 --> 01:39:47,036 was gunned down in the occupied territories... 1421 01:39:47,585 --> 01:39:50,371 when he was clearly holding a white flag. 1422 01:39:50,671 --> 01:39:54,205 The prime minister, Alec Beasley, today visiting his constituency, 1423 01:39:54,299 --> 01:39:57,750 acknowledged the strengths of public reaction to the revelation. 1424 01:39:58,144 --> 01:40:00,561 Even at times of national crisis, 1425 01:40:00,662 --> 01:40:03,762 certain basic human freedoms have to be protected. 1426 01:40:04,350 --> 01:40:07,801 We must never stop insisting on telling the truth to our enemies, 1427 01:40:07,895 --> 01:40:11,974 but sometimes we have to tell the truth to our friends as well. 1428 01:40:12,065 --> 01:40:16,856 That's a difficult duty, but between democracies with shared values 1429 01:40:16,945 --> 01:40:18,522 it's an essential one. 1430 01:40:19,405 --> 01:40:23,947 � And there's another country 1431 01:40:24,034 --> 01:40:28,861 � I've heard of long ago 1432 01:40:29,039 --> 01:40:34,198 � Most dear to them that love her 1433 01:40:34,294 --> 01:40:39,204 � Most great to them that know � 1434 01:40:39,715 --> 01:40:42,040 Politicians on all sides in Britain... 1435 01:40:42,134 --> 01:40:44,007 are today expressing their shock... 1436 01:40:44,294 --> 01:40:46,187 at the news that the Israeli Army... 1437 01:40:46,188 --> 01:40:48,388 suppressed a highly critical Shabak report, 1438 01:40:48,473 --> 01:40:51,390 which established the truth about the death of a British peace... 1439 01:40:51,476 --> 01:40:53,801 I wonder, could we change the station? 1440 01:40:53,895 --> 01:40:55,554 Anything you want? 1441 01:40:55,647 --> 01:40:57,438 I'd like some jazz.