1 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,480 CHATTER IN GERMAN 2 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,560 Und was ist das da? 3 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,080 CHILDREN GIGGLING 4 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:49,120 CHATTER, LAUGHTER 5 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,120 CHILDREN GIGGLE 6 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,400 If you do confess and confess in full, 7 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:52,400 every secret you ever passed, every death you caused... 8 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,200 If you do that, then you'll be allowed to return home 9 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,640 to live out your days in peace and anonymity. 10 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:04,160 Nice country cottage, village cricket team, friendly local pub... 11 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,360 ..where no-one, not even your family, 12 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,480 and especially not your children, will ever have the slightest idea 13 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,600 of the things you've done. 14 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,200 However, anything less than a full confession 15 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,280 and you will be tried for treason, 16 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,600 where they will scream for your blood until they get it 17 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,600 because, as I am sure you are aware, 18 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,000 by far your biggest sin was to make a mockery of them. 19 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,480 We're having some friends for dinner tomorrow night. 20 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,760 You remember Dick Beeston from The Times, 21 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,760 and Miles Copeland from the CIA? 22 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,160 This isn't a fucking game, Kim. 23 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,240 Now that you've come all this way, 24 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,600 Eleanor would be most upset not to see you. 25 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,440 To say that patience in London is wearing thin 26 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,800 would be a huge understatement. 27 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,280 Put it this way - 28 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,240 if you don't come, 29 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,040 eyebrows will be raised 30 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,480 and questions will be asked. 31 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,640 Unless of course London's already briefed Washington about all this. 32 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:06,560 For the last time, the Americans know nothing. 33 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,600 Well, then. 34 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,160 And no-one even knows I'm here. 35 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,040 Don't be absurd, this is Beirut. 36 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:20,000 You've got 24 more hours. 37 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,400 After that, my hands are tied. 38 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,720 That's settled, then. 39 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,760 Seven-thirty for eight. Bring that appetite of yours. 40 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,880 Arise, shine, for thy light has come. 41 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,000 And the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 42 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:22,520 HE SCOFFS 43 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,360 It appears the Americans are now involved. 44 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,840 Yesterday afternoon in Ohio, this man, 45 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:42,320 Michael Whitney Straight, 46 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,920 date of birth, 09/01/16, 47 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:50,960 he appeared of his own free will at the FBI field office in Cincinnati 48 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,560 to confess that he was recruited by the Russian Intelligence Service 49 00:04:54,560 --> 00:05:00,160 some time in the '30s, whilst at Cambridge with... 50 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,880 Subject claims all contact with RIS terminated November 1945. 51 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:11,360 As far as we know, he's yet to give them any further information. 52 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,880 Maybe he has something to trade. 53 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,440 Moments after he turned himself in, 54 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,640 this Telex, alerting the US Embassy in London, 55 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,880 was delivered to a basement flat in Westminster, 56 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,080 which happens to be just around the corner from... 57 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,000 From Nicholas Elliott's house. 58 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,360 Very good. 59 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,560 Interesting that this man decides to turn himself in to the FBI 60 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,360 right now, of all times. 61 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,320 He obviously got wind of Philby's defection. 62 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,040 Most likely from the very same people 63 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,320 he claims to have terminated all contact with in '45. 64 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,960 Either way, the Americans are on to Elliott. 65 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,160 They know Philby gave him something in Beirut 66 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,520 and we have to find out what that is before they do. 67 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,880 Mark my words, Nicholas Elliott is up to something. 68 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,840 MUSIC PLAYS 69 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,640 THEY SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGE 70 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,720 Are you going to buy us a drink? 71 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,560 Where are you taking us? 72 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,640 THEY TALK IN OWN LANGUAGE 73 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:18,960 WOMEN SQUEAL 74 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,680 GUNSHOT, SCREAMING 75 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:05,960 Everything all right, Erich? 76 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,200 We need to go - now! 77 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:11,640 Erich! 78 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,920 Hello. 79 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,280 Anyone home? 80 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,480 Where were you - Beirut again? 81 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,080 Istanbul. 82 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:29,960 'During the war.' 83 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:37,960 Back in the days 84 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,960 when I was considered rather good at this kind of thing. 85 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,000 Go! Go. 86 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,800 Let's go. 87 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,960 Elizabeth. Darling? Careful, don't flood it. 88 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,000 Wait! 89 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,280 Start the car! Drive! 90 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,960 They will kill everyone. The Gestapo will round everyone up... 91 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:17,360 What are you doing? Start the car. 92 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,120 As far as they know, you've been kidnapped. 93 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,600 We don't have time for this. We've been over this, Erich, 94 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,480 there is no chance... 95 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,160 I'm risking the lives of everyone I know, my family, my friends... 96 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,280 The only way they'll find out that you've defected 97 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,880 is if one of us here in this car gets caught and talks. 98 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,440 We have to go. Come on! 99 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,160 That horse-faced woman you play bridge with 100 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,520 who works at Buckingham Palace? 101 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,560 Suzie? Hm. 102 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:34,280 She doesn't have a horse face. 103 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:35,640 You're the one who said... 104 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,920 Never mind. 105 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,720 Do you think she might be able to get us on the guest list 106 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,080 for a private view at the Queen's Gallery this afternoon? 107 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,760 This afternoon? Hm. 108 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,520 Cutting it a bit close, aren't you? 109 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,720 A private view? 110 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,000 You detest that kind of thing. 111 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,720 Art? I think I take umbrage at that. 112 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,760 What's going on? 113 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:05,760 What are you up to? 114 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,440 'Any more toast?' 115 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,800 KNOCK ON DOOR 116 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,680 SPEAKS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGE 117 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,480 A gift from Mother Russia. 118 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,560 Try it. 119 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:58,960 I'm not very hungry. 120 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,480 The coat. 121 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,800 Ah. 122 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,160 Lovely. Thank you. 123 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,120 Today you become a real Russian. 124 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,920 'Speaking of Americans, what have they been told? 125 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,280 'Nothing. Yet. Which is why the sooner you tell me everything, 126 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,000 'the sooner we can take care of them, 127 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,400 'and any others that might be out there.' 128 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,640 Your septic. In the basement. 129 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,600 Do you think it would be possible to rustle up some marmalade? 130 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:32,480 You don't like kasha? 131 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,240 I imagine it could be sent from London 132 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:35,640 in the diplomatic pouch. 133 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,280 Or is it Comrade Galina you don't like? 134 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,400 And some decent tobacco and The Times crosswords wouldn't go amiss. 135 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,160 It's the little things. 136 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,600 For what it's worth, I don't think you could cope with a trial, 137 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,120 much less with everything the press will throw at you. 138 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,160 Frankly, I would never want it to come to that 139 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,080 because all I care about now, 140 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,960 and you know me well enough to know this is true, 141 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:49,240 is salvaging something useful out of this mess. 142 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:54,600 First the stick and then the carrot. I taught you that. 143 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,360 You may well have managed to convince yourself 144 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,360 that you betrayed your country, your friends, your family, 145 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:08,120 in the service of a principle - 146 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,600 a core belief in a greater good, 147 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,520 or some such rubbish, but deep down, Kim, 148 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:20,280 deep down, I know you know you're wrong. 149 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:24,600 I can see it, as I look at you now - wrong, immoral, 150 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,320 politically naive, delusional. 151 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,360 Don't turn your back on me! 152 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,960 As a matter of interest, have you ever given a moment's thought 153 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:39,240 to all the people that have been killed because of you? 154 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:40,880 Comrade Philby. 155 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:07,000 ' "A Master of Men was the Goodly Fere, 156 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,200 ' "a mate of the wind and sea." ' 157 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,920 Come again? 158 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:15,280 "If they think they ha' slain our Goodly Fere, 159 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:19,320 "they are fools eternally." 160 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,440 It's about Jesus on the cross. 161 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:22,840 'You're drunk. 162 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,040 'Yes, indeed. 163 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:27,680 'Do you even believe in God?' 164 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:32,800 Do you mean to tell me... 165 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,000 Are you... 166 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,320 Are you seriously suggesting there's a similarity between you and... 167 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,720 Well... 168 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,120 THEY LAUGH 169 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:50,120 'Oh, that takes the fucking biscuit. It really does!' 170 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,800 Ah. It's moments like this I joined the service for. 171 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,840 The belly laughs! Oh, the belly laughs. 172 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,680 'Bloody marvellous, Kim. You and Jesus!' 173 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,160 ' "..wind and sea..." ' Come again? 174 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:23,680 ' "If they think they ha' slain our Goodly Fere, 175 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,600 ' "they are fools eternally." ' 176 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,440 You understand, Mr Straight, that we need a whole lot more than just 177 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:56,320 a simple mea culpa. We need the names of your... comrades. 178 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:05,280 This one, you don't get points for. We already know about Philby. 179 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,120 And Burgess. 180 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,760 And Maclean. 181 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,360 Take your time, sir. 182 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,160 CHATTERING 183 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,280 Didn't know you were an art lover, Elliott. 184 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:51,400 Aren't we all? 185 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,200 No Elizabeth? 186 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,400 Fashionably late, as usual. 187 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,920 Sausage on a stick? 188 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,120 It's a frightful cock-up, this Philby business. 189 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,880 Do you know, I had no idea until somebody told me the other day 190 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:08,680 that you two were so close. 191 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,480 Nick, my dear fellow, how good of you to come. 192 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,520 Hello, Tony. 193 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,040 Don't be a cunt, Jack, there's a good chap. 194 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,440 Little bird tells me we may all be having a jolly good laugh 195 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,760 at your expense in the not too distant future. 196 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,320 Everything all right? 197 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,400 Well, you know. Profumo being Profumo. 198 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,720 Oh! 199 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,960 I just wanted to let you know 200 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,600 how dreadfully sorry I am about everything. 201 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,720 Life goes on. 202 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:41,840 What do you think? 203 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,480 I was rather hoping you'd tell me. 204 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,120 Ah, they're my cue. 205 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,480 Kim had us all fooled, you know. 206 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,080 Not just you. 207 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,720 Thanks, Tony. Very kind of you to say so. 208 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,640 And I hope you don't mind me pulling strings to come to this. 209 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,720 No, not a bit, not a bit. Delighted to see you. 210 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,680 Your Majesty, allow me to introduce you to Sir Roger Hollis, 211 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,440 Director General of MI5. 212 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,040 TAPPING 213 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:26,120 MORSE CODE BEEPING 214 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,520 WOMAN: Povernityes' nalevo. 215 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,520 "Turn to your left." 216 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,800 WOMAN: Vash pasport, pozhaluysta. 217 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,840 For use in Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic only. 218 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:39,440 "He cried no cry when they drove the nails 219 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,160 "and the blood gushed hot and free." 220 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,560 IN RUSSIAN: 221 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,360 "He cried no cry... 222 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,920 "..when they drove the nails. 223 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:06,240 "And the blood gushed hot and free." 224 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,840 CHATTER 225 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,720 BLEATING 226 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,480 HE SIGHS 227 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:29,040 Good kip? 228 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,200 This is your house? 229 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,800 My parents'. 230 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,160 A romantic notion of my father's. 231 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,080 It's just that little bit too far from London 232 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,800 and the ballet for my mother. 233 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,280 Oh, that's odd, where's the key? 234 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,080 Ah. Dr Watson, not a moment too soon. 235 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:12,720 What are you doing here? 236 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,320 Hello. 237 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,960 Kim Philby. 238 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,320 You must be Herr Vermehren. Well done, you. 239 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,320 It's all right. He's one of us. 240 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:25,840 C's orders. There's a war on, you know. Walls have ears and all that. 241 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,840 Kettle's on. Hope you like squashed flies. 242 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:29,880 Squashed flies? 243 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,680 An English biscuit that might make you wish you were still a Nazi. 244 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,640 I was never a Nazi. 245 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,600 Wish I could paint. 246 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,040 How did you get in here? 247 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,840 Tradesman's entrance. 248 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,560 Why are you here? 249 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,720 Is that the Secretary of War with Prince Philip? 250 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,040 Act like we're talking about him. 251 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,120 Why? 252 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:04,440 For fun. 253 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,720 Blah de blah de blah... 254 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,400 SHE LAUGHS 255 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,080 That's very good. 256 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,080 I have a question about James Jesus Angleton. 257 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,400 I think he dropped the Jesus. 258 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:22,840 He a friend of yours? 259 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,480 He was always much more a friend of Kim's than mine. 260 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:42,960 Gonna need it in writing, gentlemen. 261 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,040 We don't do that. 262 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,360 My client's told you he's prepared to name names... 263 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:47,680 Name. Singular. 264 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,600 I have only one name. 265 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,880 Total immunity, in writing. Call J Edgar himself if you have to. 266 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,680 And so we're clear, 267 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,560 the name I have isn't in any of the photographs you've shown me. 268 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,040 Darling? 269 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,600 This is Mrs Thomas I was telling you about. 270 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,280 Right. Yes, of course. Hello. 271 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,800 And may I introduce Sir Anthony Blunt, 272 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,480 Purveyor of the Queen's Pictures? 273 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:23,960 Surveyor. 274 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,360 What? Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. 275 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,200 What did I say? Purveyor. 276 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,720 Mrs Thomas is from Newcastle. 277 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,360 Durham. She's one of your old mob. 278 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:35,760 MI5? Mm-hm. 279 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,120 Counter-intelligence, no less. 280 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:44,160 How do you do, Sir Anthony? 281 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,680 We're a dying breed, old boy. 282 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,400 We were hoping you might have a few moments 283 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,920 to tell us about the new Vermehren. 284 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:56,520 What? 285 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,400 The Vermeer. 286 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,520 You said... Vermehren. 287 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:01,720 Vermeer. 288 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,840 I meant Vermeer. 289 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:10,800 Well, er, Vermeer... as I'm sure I don't need to... 290 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,000 is such an important artist 291 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,800 and this particular painting that in actual fact belongs to... 292 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,960 I... I'm so sorry, will you please forgive me? 293 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,480 Heavens, don't worry about us. 294 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:23,520 Duty calls. 295 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,320 Who's Vermehren? 296 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,240 He meant Vermeer. 297 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,960 Well, I think that's quite enough culture for one day, don't you? 298 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,480 Lovely to finally meet you. 299 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:36,840 You, too. 300 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:40,600 Lovely. 301 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,400 Are you all right? 302 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,560 Come on. 303 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,360 For you. 304 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:51,600 Order of The Red Banner... for services to the Soviet people. 305 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,800 Lovely, thank you. 306 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:23,360 Thank you. 307 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,400 It's a step up from that frightful diesel they serve at the palace. 308 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,520 What does Erich Vermehren have to do with Tony Blunt? 309 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,680 What lovely weather we're having! Don't be an arse, darling. 310 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,760 It was a slip of the tongue. Nothing more. 311 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,320 You wanted to go to that thing tonight 312 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,760 just so you could drop Vermehren's name to Tony. 313 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,320 All right. Don't you dare try to deny it, not to me. 314 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,400 Look... And don't do that, either. 315 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,480 I'm not some fucking secretary chasing office gossip. 316 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,280 And all I wanted was a nice quiet supper with my wife. 317 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,680 Bit on the elaborate side, don't you think? 318 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,240 What? 319 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:12,960 Mistaking Vermehren for Vermeer. 320 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,840 Shall we talk about something else? 321 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,960 Kim told you something, didn't he? In Beirut. 322 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,760 Darling... Something about Tony Blunt. 323 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,840 Which one is penne? And you wanted to test if it was... 324 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,800 You almost gave Tony a heart attack. 325 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,480 It's true, isn't it, whatever Kim told you? 326 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,600 If it isn't, I'm a goner. 327 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,120 Penne's the little tubey ones. 328 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,640 Everything hangs on what Blunt does next. 329 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:01,080 Yes, that was the whole purpose of the exercise today. 330 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,520 Elaborate but effective. 331 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,720 So thank you, darling, as always, 332 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,720 for your help, but could we now please change the subject? 333 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,240 This Mrs Thomas person... 334 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,240 ..friend or foe? 335 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,760 Not sure yet. Definitely some promise there, though. 336 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,120 You used to say that about me. 337 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,040 I know. But that was just to get in your knickers. 338 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,800 You beast! I dare you! 339 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,920 GIGGLING 340 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,320 Silly arse! 341 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,360 Ogon' yest'? Ogon'. 342 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,960 Ogon', ogon' yest'? 343 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:12,800 I sigaret? 344 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,840 Huh? 345 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,280 Spasibo. 346 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,480 So, he says to her... 347 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,840 .."My name is Dr Brown 348 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:57,560 "and the other day I went on the train to Exeter 349 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,600 "where I had scones and strawberry jam for tea. 350 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,160 "And on the way, the train stopped just outside Taunton 351 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:09,480 "where I saw a lovely rainbow over a field of black and white cows." 352 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:14,200 And then he checks her eyes and ears and reflexes and so on, 353 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,880 and after he had finished with all that he asked her, 354 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,160 "Where did I travel to on the train?" And Mother says... 355 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,680 Exeter. ..Exeter. 356 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:30,440 Very good. "And what did I have for tea?" 357 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,280 And Mother says... 358 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,200 Scones and strawberry jam. 359 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,640 "Excellent! Excellent!" says the doctor, 360 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,960 and then he asks her, "What's my name again?" 361 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,960 And Mother thinks to herself and she says, 362 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,640 "Er, Johnson, Dr Johnson." 363 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,920 And the doctor pauses and he tells her, 364 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:58,480 "No. No, Brown, Dr Brown." 365 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:03,560 To which Mother replies, "Oh, yes, that's right. 366 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,720 "That's right, I knew it was something common." 367 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,600 HE SNICKERS 368 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,520 You silly arse! 369 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,720 LAUGHING 370 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,080 What's funny? 371 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,920 Nothing. 372 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,160 I was just thinking about my mother. 373 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:44,920 Vashe zdorov'ye. 374 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,280 Bottoms up. 375 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,280 Tell me about your mother. 376 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,160 She's dead now. 377 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,080 Did she know about... your work? 378 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,320 No. 379 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,080 You were close? 380 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,120 Very. 381 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:21,560 KNOCK ON DOOR 382 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,120 Evening, sir. 383 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:43,920 Ooh. 384 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,840 What? Damp. 385 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,600 Mould. 386 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,280 Erm... Before you start, 387 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:01,720 you should know that, officially, I'm not here. 388 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:03,280 Start what? 389 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,120 OK. 390 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,040 Oh, do you mean the CIA don't officially know you're here, 391 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:14,040 or your mission here hasn't been officially rubber stamped? 392 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:15,560 Mission? 393 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:21,160 When the man from your embassy dropped off an envelope... 394 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,640 ..this morning, was that official? 395 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,920 And while you're unofficially here, 396 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:32,760 are you by chance working on anything of an intelligence... 397 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,720 ..or counter-intelligence nature 398 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:41,960 that under normal circumstances you'd tell us about? 399 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,000 Who sent you? No-one. 400 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,880 Young lady... 401 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,240 This is just between us. 402 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:57,400 Then I am sorry to say... you've wasted your time. 403 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,760 It's definitely mould. 404 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,880 I'd ask for my money back if I were you. 405 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,400 Ah, there you are, Nanny. 406 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:33,680 IN RUSSIAN: 407 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,280 What? 408 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:54,800 IN RUSSIAN: 409 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,760 CLEARS HER THROAT 410 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,480 Mrs Thomas? 411 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,920 Who's Vermehren? 412 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,800 This really isn't the time or place. 413 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:31,800 Do you know, er... 414 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,600 SHE LAUGHS 415 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:41,080 My husband, he's a man who works incredibly hard, 416 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,280 day in and day out... 417 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,120 No, this'll only take a minute. 418 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,440 ..doing everything he can to make people's lives better, 419 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:57,200 while I stand here, trying to nail down what on earth it is 420 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:03,320 that you chaps have been playing at for 20 years. 421 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,600 And when I get home tonight, 422 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:10,160 because he knows that I'm not allowed to talk about my work, 423 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,800 he'll pretend to be asleep to make my life easier. 424 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,800 So do you know what? 425 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,360 I couldn't care less about the time and the place. 426 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,320 She's in there... Ssh! 427 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:34,920 'Come on, then.' 428 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,480 What does he do, your husband? 429 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:40,920 A doctor. GP. 430 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:48,240 Drinks are in there. Hands off the silver, I'll be back in a jiffy. 431 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,520 Message received. 432 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:07,880 And so, old friend, one day it'll just be you and me... 433 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,280 You and I? You and me? 434 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,600 Finish the sentence first. 435 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,440 ..against the Soviets. 436 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,160 You and me. 437 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,320 We sweat and strain. 438 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,480 What's this? 439 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:26,520 Open it. 440 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:52,880 For the day when you and I can only afford to trust each other 441 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,520 and the West depends on us. 442 00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:03,400 "The hounds of the crimson sky gave tongue, 443 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,800 "but never a cry cried he." 444 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:15,880 Where's this taken? 445 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:17,200 Istanbul. 446 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,240 During the war? 447 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:19,520 Hm. '43. 448 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:20,920 Our wedding day. 449 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,520 You got married in Istanbul? 450 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,280 'We were both posted there. 451 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:27,560 'Your wife's SIS? 452 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:29,680 'She was my secretary. 453 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:30,960 'Oh!' 454 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:34,840 Do you drink whisky? 455 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,680 Oh, if I must. 456 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:42,760 You have that. 457 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:47,440 After you. 458 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:56,800 STATIC 459 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:57,920 COUGHING 460 00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:59,320 What? 461 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:29,360 My wife wants to know whether you're friend or foe. 462 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,440 It's funny, MI5 have a similar question about you. 463 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,560 HE CHUCKLES 464 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:44,640 Mud in your eye. 465 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,040 THEY CLINK GLASSES 466 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,520 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 467 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:01,200 Erich Vermehren... 468 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:07,400 ..is a devout Catholic who hated the Nazis... 469 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,040 ..and thought the best way to fight them was from within. 470 00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:19,960 Until I came along. 471 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,160 And Philby. 472 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,400 HE SIGHS 473 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:36,360 The truth is, had it not been for Kim's innate ability 474 00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:40,760 to be able to befriend almost anyone under any circumstances, 475 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:47,080 all my efforts to get Vermehren to defect to England 476 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,400 may have come to nought, 477 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,800 and he may never have given us the identities 478 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:56,640 of the hundreds of Abwehr officers and their sources all across Europe, 479 00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:01,520 which, it's no exaggeration to say, changed the course of the war... 480 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,720 'all the way to D-Day.' 481 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:05,520 To us. 482 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:09,960 And getting away with it. 483 00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,320 Thank you. 484 00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:19,000 There you are. Thank you. 485 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,760 All he ever asked in return was... 486 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,840 ..we do what we could for his friends in the German resistance, 487 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:29,680 and we did, we did with intelligence, 488 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,400 and weapons drops and radio equipment. 489 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,560 It's about to rain. 490 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,240 CHUCKLING 491 00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:51,040 Oh! 492 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:55,160 THEY LAUGH 493 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,120 Come on. 494 00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:12,720 What? 495 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,600 What? 496 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:22,760 Hindsight. 497 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:29,920 HE SIGHS 498 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:54,720 Just as Vermehren and his friends in the Catholic resistance 499 00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:58,400 were anti-Nazi, they were also fiercely anti-Bolshevik 500 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:00,440 and determined that after the war, 501 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:04,480 no part of Germany would ever fall into the hands of the Russians. 502 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:11,240 So... when Churchill and Roosevelt and Stalin... 503 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,240 ..agreed how to carve up Germany... 504 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:22,800 ..Vermehren's friends who were faced with being marooned 505 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,840 in the Russian sector... 506 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,800 ..tried to make a break for it to the British sector. 507 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,920 CHATTERING 508 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,080 SCREAMING 509 00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,280 Philby betrayed them to the Russians? 510 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:45,480 That's who Vermehren is. 511 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:51,840 No. Only I, and now you, 512 00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:53,720 know anything about what I've just told you. 513 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,120 And the Russians. 514 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,040 And the Russians. 515 00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:01,880 And Sir Anthony Blunt. 516 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,800 That's what that was about. 517 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:16,520 He knows about Vermehren because he works for the Russians. 518 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,880 Which is what Philby told you in Beirut. 519 00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,120 So... 520 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:34,040 what do I tell my wife? 521 00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:37,800 Friend or foe? 522 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:45,440 Who else knows about Blunt? 523 00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:48,280 No-one. 524 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:49,760 Just us. 525 00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:41,240 KNOCK AT DOOR 526 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,320 KNOCKING CONTINUES 527 00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:54,120 Sorry for the late hour. 528 00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,360 Is this it? Yes, sir. 529 00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:57,840 Good night. 530 00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:09,240 Jesus fucking... 531 00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:13,000 ..Christ. 532 00:50:35,240 --> 00:50:37,320 WHISPERS: Ey, prosnis'. 533 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:39,200 Hey, wake up! 534 00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:52,080 "The hounds... 535 00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:55,440 "..of the... 536 00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:01,040 "..crimson... 537 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,200 "..sky... 538 00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:10,480 "..gave... 539 00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:14,520 "..tongue. 540 00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:21,400 "But... 541 00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,600 "..never... 542 00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:32,440 "..a cry... 543 00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:36,320 "..cried he." 544 00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:41,280 We're in business. 545 00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,600 Subtitles by accessibility@itv.com