1 00:00:04,140 --> 00:00:06,216 Stay, girl. 2 00:00:39,380 --> 00:00:42,050 All right. Carry on, Burnett. 3 00:00:46,345 --> 00:00:49,215 All things pass. Nothing lasts for ever. 4 00:00:49,973 --> 00:00:52,049 She was a good bitch. 5 00:00:52,226 --> 00:00:54,723 She had a good life, and there are some things 6 00:00:54,924 --> 00:00:57,220 one prefers to do oneself. 7 00:00:57,397 --> 00:01:00,300 Actually, that's a service one would like to be available 8 00:01:00,501 --> 00:01:02,604 on the National Health. 9 00:01:02,777 --> 00:01:04,983 Or indeed compulsory. 10 00:01:05,154 --> 00:01:07,609 Well, compulsory for some. 11 00:02:07,085 --> 00:02:09,161 The young king there 12 00:02:09,379 --> 00:02:12,795 under the watchful eye of the Prime Minister, 13 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:15,836 his guide and mentor in so many ways. 14 00:02:16,511 --> 00:02:18,587 What a rigmarole! 15 00:02:18,763 --> 00:02:21,088 A full state funeral now. 16 00:02:21,265 --> 00:02:24,385 The woman simply hung around too long. 17 00:02:26,103 --> 00:02:30,764 Better a quick exit than clinging to the wreckage of a lost career. 18 00:02:31,316 --> 00:02:34,685 Some people seem to lack all sense of timing. 19 00:02:47,831 --> 00:02:51,663 The Prime Minister... clearly moved at the passing 20 00:02:51,835 --> 00:02:55,998 of Britain's longest-serving and first woman prime minister. 21 00:02:56,172 --> 00:02:58,745 Speaking earlier today, he said... 22 00:02:58,924 --> 00:03:03,467 A remarkable life and a remarkable and inspiring career. 23 00:03:03,637 --> 00:03:08,631 This is and will remain a momentous day in the history of our great country. 24 00:03:11,686 --> 00:03:15,635 - What else could I say? - Certainly not the truth. 25 00:03:15,856 --> 00:03:19,521 They'll ask for a statue on Parliament Square next! 26 00:03:19,735 --> 00:03:23,898 I want to erase that woman from the public memory, Elizabeth. 27 00:03:24,072 --> 00:03:26,645 I want to wipe her off the board. 28 00:03:26,825 --> 00:03:30,692 I want to be the greatest prime minister since Churchill. 29 00:03:30,912 --> 00:03:33,070 You will be, Francis. 30 00:03:33,247 --> 00:03:36,050 I want to do something about Europe before I go. 31 00:03:36,251 --> 00:03:38,454 I've left my mark on England. 32 00:03:38,627 --> 00:03:41,200 I want to leave my mark on the world. 33 00:03:51,222 --> 00:03:54,176 - Over here, sir. - Over here, sir. 34 00:03:55,184 --> 00:03:57,757 - Thank you, sir. - One more before you go. 35 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,021 - Good afternoon, sir. - Good afternoon. 36 00:04:06,194 --> 00:04:08,270 Ah, Prime Minister! 37 00:04:10,490 --> 00:04:12,654 Right, sir, this one first, 38 00:04:12,655 --> 00:04:14,819 then this one, and that's the Cyprus file. 39 00:04:15,494 --> 00:04:19,361 I thought you might like to glance through the paper. 40 00:04:22,334 --> 00:04:26,082 Thank you, Barry. That's very thoughtful of you 41 00:04:57,366 --> 00:05:00,699 People are so very unappreciative, aren't they? 42 00:05:00,869 --> 00:05:06,076 They do not understand what I have done and what I may do for my country. 43 00:05:06,249 --> 00:05:11,159 Or the burdens you've had to bear for their sake. They understand nothing. 44 00:05:11,337 --> 00:05:13,808 "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have 45 00:05:14,009 --> 00:05:15,879 a thankless child!" 46 00:05:16,049 --> 00:05:20,213 Francis, this afternoon you said, "Before I go..." 47 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:22,877 You've never said that before. 48 00:05:23,598 --> 00:05:26,634 We all have to go sooner or later, Elizabeth. 49 00:05:26,809 --> 00:05:28,184 Daddy. 50 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,104 Daddy! 51 00:05:36,234 --> 00:05:38,310 But not yet. 52 00:05:39,988 --> 00:05:43,985 No, not yet. Far too many things I want to do first. 53 00:05:44,158 --> 00:05:46,779 It's time you considered your own needs. 54 00:05:46,953 --> 00:05:51,947 Not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you. 55 00:05:52,124 --> 00:05:54,697 We need a little pension plan. 56 00:05:54,876 --> 00:05:57,450 There's a man I'd like you to meet. 57 00:05:57,629 --> 00:06:00,748 His name is Nures. He's a Turkish Cypriot. 58 00:06:00,924 --> 00:06:03,545 He's given generously to the party funds. 59 00:06:03,718 --> 00:06:06,173 He genuinely wants to help. 60 00:06:06,345 --> 00:06:09,844 - I think he's one of us. - Thank you, Elizabeth. 61 00:06:11,016 --> 00:06:15,179 How do you feel about me now? Like a force of nature, perhaps? 62 00:06:15,353 --> 00:06:18,971 I've been here so long now that, love me or hate me, 63 00:06:19,149 --> 00:06:22,897 it's hard for you to imagine anyone else in my place. 64 00:06:23,569 --> 00:06:25,229 Isn't it? 65 00:06:26,363 --> 00:06:29,898 But there are some who dream of little else. 66 00:06:30,075 --> 00:06:34,737 My honourable friends, of course. My loyal ministers, my cabinet. 67 00:06:37,082 --> 00:06:40,996 Tom Makepeace, Foreign Secretary, an honourable man. 68 00:06:42,461 --> 00:06:45,035 Bullock, Capstick, Ravenscourt, 69 00:06:45,214 --> 00:06:47,290 Sparrowhawk, Crowe - 70 00:06:47,466 --> 00:06:51,131 all honourable men until they sniff out any weakness. 71 00:06:51,345 --> 00:06:53,918 And then the younger generation - 72 00:06:54,097 --> 00:06:56,422 Rayner, Polecutt, Wolfin. 73 00:06:56,599 --> 00:06:59,173 Best kept on the leash and muzzledI 74 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:02,139 John Rayner looks as if he'd worry sheepI 75 00:07:03,689 --> 00:07:07,307 This latest report does feature a number of cases 76 00:07:07,484 --> 00:07:10,105 where there seem to be real grievances, 77 00:07:10,278 --> 00:07:12,900 and we need to pay special attention... 78 00:07:13,073 --> 00:07:15,403 It's time to ginger things up, 79 00:07:15,404 --> 00:07:17,734 remind them who's the leader of the pack, 80 00:07:17,910 --> 00:07:20,316 select a scapegoat and enact a token mounting. 81 00:07:20,517 --> 00:07:22,323 Who shall it be? 82 00:07:24,166 --> 00:07:25,909 Geoffrey? 83 00:07:26,585 --> 00:07:29,158 Little Geoffrey Booza Pitt? 84 00:07:30,130 --> 00:07:33,047 No, not Geoffrey. Not this time. 85 00:07:34,050 --> 00:07:36,439 We cannot be seen to condemn the very old 86 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,628 to disability or illness. 87 00:07:38,804 --> 00:07:41,378 Let's start with Betsy Bourke. 88 00:07:41,557 --> 00:07:44,460 ..hospital area managers, making sure that this situation 89 00:07:44,661 --> 00:07:46,764 can never arise again. 90 00:07:46,937 --> 00:07:50,851 We must make it clear we are not abandoning the elderly. 91 00:07:51,024 --> 00:07:56,231 Of course not! That's why we brought in age insurance. If they pay, they're OK. 92 00:07:56,904 --> 00:07:59,525 If not, well, it's no skin off our noses. 93 00:07:59,699 --> 00:08:02,272 Damage limitation again, Betsy? 94 00:08:02,451 --> 00:08:07,159 I'd rather see it as an opportunity to reaffirm some basic principles. 95 00:08:07,330 --> 00:08:09,536 The principle here being 96 00:08:09,537 --> 00:08:11,743 the right to live for ever in perfect health? 97 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,328 - Politics is about making choices. - Of course it is! 98 00:08:15,546 --> 00:08:18,962 And treating each other like human beings. 99 00:08:19,133 --> 00:08:21,820 We can't throw old people out of hospital 100 00:08:22,021 --> 00:08:24,507 because they can't pay for treatment! 101 00:08:24,721 --> 00:08:27,426 We need a safety net. It's unarguable. 102 00:08:27,641 --> 00:08:30,131 Nothing's unarguable, Tom. 103 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:32,635 Nothing's unthinkable. 104 00:08:32,812 --> 00:08:37,604 We have too many old people in Britain. Let's not shy away from the problem. 105 00:08:37,817 --> 00:08:41,351 What are you suggesting, John? Euthanasia at 65? 106 00:08:41,528 --> 00:08:44,897 - Of course not, Prime Minister. - I'm very relieved. 107 00:08:45,115 --> 00:08:47,606 I saw beggars on the street yesterday. 108 00:08:47,826 --> 00:08:50,156 I thought the Vagrancy Act 109 00:08:50,157 --> 00:08:52,487 had cleared that nuisance off our streets. 110 00:08:52,663 --> 00:08:55,237 There are still problems, Prime Minister. 111 00:08:55,416 --> 00:08:57,989 I don't want to hear about your problems. 112 00:08:58,711 --> 00:09:01,332 I had hoped in this area, as in others, 113 00:09:01,505 --> 00:09:04,085 we could have grasped the nettle 114 00:09:04,086 --> 00:09:06,665 and challenged the culture of dependency. 115 00:09:06,843 --> 00:09:09,334 I'm very disappointed, Betsy. 116 00:09:09,512 --> 00:09:11,967 Prime Minister, if we abandon 117 00:09:11,968 --> 00:09:14,423 the last remaining safeguards in our system, 118 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,173 we'll be the pariahs of Europe! 119 00:09:17,353 --> 00:09:19,974 More than one way of being European. 120 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:25,316 Thank you. Thank you all very much. 121 00:09:25,485 --> 00:09:27,727 We'll talk soon, Betsy. 122 00:09:35,744 --> 00:09:37,286 Betsy. 123 00:09:39,248 --> 00:09:41,821 - He can be such a bastard. - I know. 124 00:09:42,709 --> 00:09:45,330 I thought I'd given him what he wanted. 125 00:09:45,503 --> 00:09:47,857 He just likes playing games. 126 00:09:47,858 --> 00:09:50,212 Your turn today, someone else's tomorrow. 127 00:09:50,383 --> 00:09:52,292 You'll be back on the mantelpiece, Betsy. 128 00:09:52,493 --> 00:09:54,001 Trust me. 129 00:09:54,178 --> 00:09:56,669 You're a good friend, Geoffrey. 130 00:09:56,847 --> 00:09:58,923 I should think so too. 131 00:09:59,641 --> 00:10:02,642 If at any time you felt inclined 132 00:10:02,643 --> 00:10:05,644 for something a little bit closer than that... 133 00:10:05,855 --> 00:10:08,476 You know how I've always fancied you! 134 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:12,481 Geoffrey Booza Pitt, you're an impossible man! 135 00:10:12,695 --> 00:10:14,237 No, no. 136 00:10:14,405 --> 00:10:16,481 Quite feasible. 137 00:10:16,657 --> 00:10:19,693 Quite feasible in every way. Believe me. 138 00:10:28,501 --> 00:10:31,620 Come in, Geoffrey. 139 00:10:35,132 --> 00:10:37,208 - Prime Minister. - How's Betsy? 140 00:10:37,426 --> 00:10:40,925 She's quite upset. She called you a bastard. 141 00:10:41,096 --> 00:10:43,337 I've been called worse. 142 00:10:43,515 --> 00:10:47,049 That was all about John Rayner and Tom Makepeace. 143 00:10:47,226 --> 00:10:50,346 Flushing them out of cover into open ground. 144 00:10:50,521 --> 00:10:53,854 - Each of them sees himself as leader. - You don't? 145 00:10:54,066 --> 00:10:59,486 No. Rayner doesn't have the intellect, Makepeace doesn't have the guts. 146 00:10:59,654 --> 00:11:03,817 Having so little of either myself, it isn't for me to comment. 147 00:11:03,992 --> 00:11:06,613 They're a couple of sanctimonious shits. 148 00:11:06,786 --> 00:11:09,703 Yes. Just put the word about discreetly. 149 00:11:09,872 --> 00:11:12,991 The PM is contemplating a cabinet reshuffle. 150 00:11:13,167 --> 00:11:15,918 Not a purge, just two or three key posts. 151 00:11:16,086 --> 00:11:18,440 Absolutely no question 152 00:11:18,441 --> 00:11:20,794 of giving up the leadership in the near future. 153 00:11:20,965 --> 00:11:24,215 It might be time to put a bit of stick about. 154 00:11:27,430 --> 00:11:28,840 Order! 155 00:11:29,848 --> 00:11:32,173 Mr Graham Glass. 156 00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:35,496 Will the Prime Minister tell us 157 00:11:35,497 --> 00:11:38,100 the latest manufacturing unemployment figures? 158 00:11:38,273 --> 00:11:40,514 Hear, hear! 159 00:11:45,988 --> 00:11:47,566 Come on! 160 00:11:49,074 --> 00:11:52,823 I put them on your desk this morning, Prime Minister. 161 00:12:00,543 --> 00:12:04,706 I thank the Honourable Gentleman for allowing me to confirm 162 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:09,376 that the unemployment figures are down again this month. 163 00:12:09,593 --> 00:12:13,756 A complete vindication of this government's economic policies. 164 00:12:13,930 --> 00:12:18,508 Yes, but what are the actual figures? Does he know what they are? 165 00:12:21,437 --> 00:12:23,513 He doesn't know. 166 00:12:23,689 --> 00:12:26,394 He doesn't care. 167 00:12:26,567 --> 00:12:27,977 Order! 168 00:12:28,652 --> 00:12:30,360 Order! 169 00:12:31,488 --> 00:12:35,437 Madam Speaker, if the Honourable Gentleman is too busy 170 00:12:35,617 --> 00:12:40,195 to look up the figures for himself, I am very happy to tell him 171 00:12:40,413 --> 00:12:44,576 that the exact figure is 1,875,403. 172 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:48,119 That's as of the first of this month, of course. 173 00:12:51,756 --> 00:12:55,255 Time's up. Statement from the Prime Minister. 174 00:12:58,638 --> 00:13:01,441 Next month, the Greek and Turkish presidents of Cyprus 175 00:13:01,642 --> 00:13:03,845 will meet in Britain 176 00:13:04,018 --> 00:13:06,663 to sign the peace settlement 177 00:13:06,664 --> 00:13:09,308 that has eluded all parties for over a generation. 178 00:13:09,481 --> 00:13:12,731 This peace treaty has been made available 179 00:13:12,901 --> 00:13:15,255 through the initiatives 180 00:13:15,256 --> 00:13:17,609 your Prime Minister was able to set in motion 181 00:13:17,780 --> 00:13:20,393 and follow through in some of the toughest 182 00:13:20,594 --> 00:13:22,607 and most intricate negotiations 183 00:13:22,826 --> 00:13:24,735 in recent years. 184 00:13:24,953 --> 00:13:29,247 And thanks is due too to my Right Honourable Friend, 185 00:13:29,457 --> 00:13:33,621 the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 186 00:13:33,795 --> 00:13:38,456 who has, of necessity, been loaded down with much of the donkey work, 187 00:13:38,633 --> 00:13:41,254 and I am very grateful to him. 188 00:13:41,468 --> 00:13:44,837 Cyprus has a particular significance for me, 189 00:13:45,013 --> 00:13:48,880 if the House will permit me to be personal for a moment. 190 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,038 I spent three crucial years 191 00:13:52,039 --> 00:13:54,517 on that beautiful island at a very troubled time. 192 00:13:55,773 --> 00:14:00,351 It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that I grew up there. 193 00:14:13,664 --> 00:14:18,871 Right Honourable and Honourable Members will forgive me this once, I hope, 194 00:14:19,044 --> 00:14:22,164 if I find it a little difficult to concentrate 195 00:14:22,339 --> 00:14:24,960 on trivial domestic squabbles today. 196 00:14:25,717 --> 00:14:28,208 There is a world elsewhere. 197 00:14:29,220 --> 00:14:31,793 And I'm very proud to have helped 198 00:14:31,973 --> 00:14:34,546 to change that world for good... 199 00:14:35,559 --> 00:14:37,635 ..and for ever. 200 00:14:38,812 --> 00:14:40,888 Hear, hear! 201 00:14:42,983 --> 00:14:44,441 Brilliant. 202 00:14:46,361 --> 00:14:48,934 Not one of your better days, Barry. 203 00:14:49,113 --> 00:14:51,667 I'm sure I put the file on your desk, Francis. 204 00:14:51,868 --> 00:14:53,822 It must have slipped your mind. 205 00:14:54,618 --> 00:14:58,782 Anyway, you gave him the figures. How did you do that? 206 00:14:58,956 --> 00:15:01,453 I made them up, but I'd prefer 207 00:15:01,454 --> 00:15:03,950 not to live quite so dangerously in future! 208 00:15:04,669 --> 00:15:07,872 - Brilliant, FU. Awesome. - Thank you, Geoffrey. 209 00:15:08,715 --> 00:15:11,751 Claire! How are you? Did you enjoy that? 210 00:15:11,926 --> 00:15:14,737 It was an outrageous performance. 211 00:15:14,738 --> 00:15:17,549 Tom Makepeace must be quite rightly furious. 212 00:15:18,807 --> 00:15:21,380 He still puts on one hell of a good show. 213 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,967 Better than anyone. Such a star! 214 00:15:24,187 --> 00:15:26,451 At one moment I thought he'd lost the plot, 215 00:15:26,652 --> 00:15:28,516 then he stormed back. 216 00:15:28,733 --> 00:15:32,433 - Was that real or just for effect? - Never underestimate him. 217 00:15:32,611 --> 00:15:36,276 - I never would, Geoffrey. - Good. He's talent-spotting. 218 00:15:36,448 --> 00:15:39,365 He might like the look of your...CV. 219 00:15:39,576 --> 00:15:41,652 Prime Minister! 220 00:15:41,828 --> 00:15:44,401 Tom. You didn't mind, I hope? 221 00:15:44,581 --> 00:15:47,202 You agreed I would make the statement. 222 00:15:47,375 --> 00:15:50,078 Did I? I'm so sorry. I haven't hurt your feelings? 223 00:15:50,279 --> 00:15:52,582 I mentioned your contribution. 224 00:15:52,755 --> 00:15:56,373 "Donkey work"? The ideas and initiatives were mine. 225 00:15:56,550 --> 00:15:59,669 I did 90% of the negotiations in bloody person! 226 00:15:59,845 --> 00:16:03,794 This is too important an issue for wounded vanity, Tom. 227 00:16:03,973 --> 00:16:08,551 But I won't hold it against you. You've done tremendous work on this. 228 00:16:08,728 --> 00:16:10,270 Good man! 229 00:16:10,438 --> 00:16:12,941 He is a good man too. Very able, honest, 230 00:16:12,942 --> 00:16:15,644 but a bit too ambitious for his own good. 231 00:16:15,817 --> 00:16:18,288 I shouldn't have roughed him up like that, 232 00:16:18,489 --> 00:16:20,360 but I just can't resist it. 233 00:16:22,615 --> 00:16:24,779 Enough of that. 234 00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:26,944 Can't fritter all our time away in Westminster. 235 00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:30,784 None of the real business of the world gets settled there. 236 00:16:42,133 --> 00:16:44,885 Oh, excellent! Jolly good shot! 237 00:16:45,595 --> 00:16:48,465 It's the turn of the wrist, Mrs Urquhart. 238 00:16:49,140 --> 00:16:53,303 I wouldn't have thought you'd be such an aficionado, Mr Nures. 239 00:16:53,477 --> 00:16:56,596 I adore cricket. I adore everything English. 240 00:16:56,771 --> 00:16:59,393 Cricket at Lord's, Oxford, Glyndebourne. 241 00:16:59,566 --> 00:17:02,056 Not enough Wagner for me. 242 00:17:02,235 --> 00:17:06,943 And English women especially. England has the best women in the world. 243 00:17:07,114 --> 00:17:09,320 You're too kind. 244 00:17:09,533 --> 00:17:12,818 Thank you, Corder. So sorry to keep you waiting. 245 00:17:13,036 --> 00:17:15,112 What's the score? 246 00:17:15,288 --> 00:17:17,281 206 for 3. 247 00:17:17,499 --> 00:17:19,954 - Jolly good. - Francis, this is Mr Nures. 248 00:17:20,168 --> 00:17:23,916 He's been very generous with his donations to party funds. 249 00:17:24,088 --> 00:17:28,251 Mr Nures, I'm delighted to meet you. I am very grateful. 250 00:17:28,425 --> 00:17:30,999 It is I who am grateful, Mr Urquhart. 251 00:17:31,178 --> 00:17:33,781 You have created the climate 252 00:17:33,782 --> 00:17:36,385 in which a man of vision can express himself fully. 253 00:17:36,558 --> 00:17:40,721 England is the best country now for the merchant adventurer. 254 00:17:40,895 --> 00:17:44,015 I feel at home here. I love what you're doing. 255 00:17:44,190 --> 00:17:46,941 I see it as a new Elizabethan age - 256 00:17:47,109 --> 00:17:49,944 the splendour here, the squalor there. 257 00:17:50,153 --> 00:17:52,905 Life in all its rich complexity. 258 00:17:54,866 --> 00:17:56,490 Lovely shot! 259 00:17:56,701 --> 00:17:58,907 Thank you, Mr Nures. 260 00:17:58,908 --> 00:18:01,113 I was telling Mr Nures about our dream. 261 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:05,618 The Urquhart Trust. We'd love to endow a chair at Oxford or Cambridge. 262 00:18:05,834 --> 00:18:08,408 Far beyond our personal means. 263 00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:13,165 Nothing's impossible, but nothing will come of nothing, huh? 264 00:18:13,341 --> 00:18:17,042 I'd like to have a talk with you about my native land. 265 00:18:17,262 --> 00:18:18,839 Of course. 266 00:18:20,765 --> 00:18:22,425 Please. 267 00:18:24,685 --> 00:18:26,927 The Cyprus settlement. 268 00:18:27,104 --> 00:18:29,595 Historic, as you rightly say. 269 00:18:29,773 --> 00:18:32,346 Just a few loose ends to tie up. 270 00:18:32,525 --> 00:18:35,312 The exact nature of the sea boundaries. 271 00:18:36,070 --> 00:18:38,857 Just a few fish? What if there were oil? 272 00:18:40,032 --> 00:18:44,493 The seismic survey failed to show up anything out of the ordinary. 273 00:18:44,661 --> 00:18:47,781 I have better information. It's very exciting. 274 00:18:47,956 --> 00:18:50,791 There is a rich concentration of oil, 275 00:18:50,959 --> 00:18:53,532 but only in one particular area. 276 00:18:54,212 --> 00:18:56,815 A company with which I'm associated 277 00:18:56,816 --> 00:18:59,419 did some drillings in that part 30 years ago. 278 00:18:59,592 --> 00:19:02,195 What we learned from that, 279 00:19:02,196 --> 00:19:04,799 combined with the findings of this recent survey, 280 00:19:04,972 --> 00:19:09,135 you see a very rare and poignant business opportunity. 281 00:19:09,309 --> 00:19:13,258 Interestingly enough, it's on the disputed borderline. 282 00:19:13,438 --> 00:19:17,933 So I'm in a position to help you so you can help both our countries. 283 00:19:18,693 --> 00:19:23,401 You are in a position, I believe, to be able to help me and help yourself. 284 00:19:24,323 --> 00:19:25,900 Go on. 285 00:19:26,074 --> 00:19:30,237 There will be an arbitration panel of five international judges. 286 00:19:30,412 --> 00:19:33,614 The Turks nominated a Malaysian and an Egyptian. 287 00:19:33,790 --> 00:19:36,370 The Greeks nominated a Frenchman and a Serb. 288 00:19:36,571 --> 00:19:38,950 Naturally, they'll split 50/50. 289 00:19:39,128 --> 00:19:44,085 But the chairman with the casting vote will be a British judge. 290 00:19:46,176 --> 00:19:48,252 Am I right? 291 00:19:48,428 --> 00:19:51,049 You are remarkably well informed. 292 00:19:51,222 --> 00:19:55,635 What can I say? Knowledge is the name of the game. 293 00:19:55,851 --> 00:19:58,473 If the oil fell into the Greek sector, 294 00:19:58,646 --> 00:20:01,765 they'll give the drilling rights to the French, 295 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:04,437 but if it came into the Turkish sector, 296 00:20:04,438 --> 00:20:06,934 all sorts of good things become possible. 297 00:20:07,112 --> 00:20:11,358 For your country, for my country. For me and for you. 298 00:20:12,075 --> 00:20:14,826 Everybody needs a little nest egg. 299 00:20:14,994 --> 00:20:17,745 I couldn't countenance any irregularity. 300 00:20:18,455 --> 00:20:20,531 No, no. Of course not. 301 00:20:20,707 --> 00:20:23,186 A judge must be absolutely incorruptible, 302 00:20:23,387 --> 00:20:25,665 absolutely impartial. 303 00:20:25,879 --> 00:20:30,339 But you can advise on the appointment of the chairman of the panel. 304 00:20:32,051 --> 00:20:35,918 The selection should be made most carefully, I think. 305 00:20:36,096 --> 00:20:38,255 It will be, Mr Nures. 306 00:20:40,434 --> 00:20:44,929 The Urquhart Trust. It sounds a very noble concept. 307 00:20:45,146 --> 00:20:47,815 It is a very noble concept, Mr Nures. 308 00:20:48,524 --> 00:20:51,062 And one very close to my heart. 309 00:20:51,063 --> 00:20:53,601 It's your baby, am I right, Mrs Urquhart? 310 00:20:53,779 --> 00:20:57,729 My husband is a little too busy to attend to the details. 311 00:20:57,908 --> 00:20:59,984 I think I understand. 312 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,781 English understatement. Crazy about it! 313 00:21:02,954 --> 00:21:05,527 Mrs Urquhart, do you know Cyprus? 314 00:21:05,707 --> 00:21:07,948 No, I've never been there. 315 00:21:08,126 --> 00:21:11,577 A beautiful country, as your husband knows. 316 00:21:17,551 --> 00:21:19,627 I remember it very well. 317 00:21:33,482 --> 00:21:37,349 I'm expecting him now, but we're going out quite soon. 318 00:21:38,153 --> 00:21:41,735 I'll certainly tell him. Hold on. 319 00:21:41,948 --> 00:21:44,653 - Here he is. - God, what a day! 320 00:21:46,828 --> 00:21:48,903 Claire Carlsen. 321 00:21:50,456 --> 00:21:51,831 Right. 322 00:21:51,999 --> 00:21:53,374 Hello? 323 00:21:54,626 --> 00:21:56,204 Oh, yes? 324 00:21:56,878 --> 00:21:59,250 No, I'd better see it myself. 325 00:21:59,464 --> 00:22:01,789 I'll come straight over. 326 00:22:04,093 --> 00:22:06,169 - Sorry. - Tom! 327 00:22:06,345 --> 00:22:10,129 I'll be there. It won't take long. Another cock-up. 328 00:22:10,307 --> 00:22:12,880 I'll meet you there. I won't be late. 329 00:22:13,060 --> 00:22:15,633 Fine. Well, off you go, then! 330 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,996 Oh, your smell! 331 00:23:30,172 --> 00:23:32,413 - Amazing! - And yours! 332 00:23:33,925 --> 00:23:36,297 I didn't think you'd come. 333 00:23:36,469 --> 00:23:40,763 I was desperate to see you, be with you. That malevolent old man! 334 00:23:41,807 --> 00:23:44,096 I know. I know. 335 00:23:46,478 --> 00:23:48,352 Come on. 336 00:23:51,191 --> 00:23:53,682 How does he get away with it? 337 00:23:53,860 --> 00:23:57,692 Because we let him think he can do anything he likes. 338 00:23:57,864 --> 00:24:01,813 He's got to go. If he won't go gently, he'll have to be pushed. 339 00:24:01,992 --> 00:24:04,566 You could do it. You should do it. 340 00:24:10,834 --> 00:24:13,407 God, I want you so much! 341 00:24:14,462 --> 00:24:17,131 Come on, then. Have me. 342 00:24:18,174 --> 00:24:20,712 Claire Carlsen, member for Box Hill. 343 00:24:20,885 --> 00:24:23,458 She's married to Bjorn Carlsen. 344 00:24:23,637 --> 00:24:25,713 All that money. 345 00:24:25,889 --> 00:24:28,462 A very ambitious girlie...woman. 346 00:24:28,642 --> 00:24:30,718 Sorry. Woman. 347 00:24:30,894 --> 00:24:34,013 Tom Makepeace is seeing to her bodily needs? 348 00:24:34,188 --> 00:24:36,975 - They're at it like rabbits. - Really? 349 00:24:37,191 --> 00:24:40,311 Makes one feel exhausted to think about it. 350 00:24:40,486 --> 00:24:42,562 I don't know. 351 00:24:42,738 --> 00:24:45,383 I take very little interest professionally or personally 352 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:48,028 in politicians' private lives, 353 00:24:48,201 --> 00:24:52,662 but several of your colleagues are rather rum coves in that respect, 354 00:24:52,830 --> 00:24:54,805 yourself not least, 355 00:24:54,806 --> 00:24:56,780 if I may put it that way as an old friend? 356 00:24:57,460 --> 00:24:58,835 Ah. 357 00:25:00,671 --> 00:25:04,620 - Evening, Rayner. Evening, Wolfin. - Evening, Sir Bruce. 358 00:25:05,425 --> 00:25:07,797 Nasty eyes that man's got. 359 00:25:08,762 --> 00:25:11,383 Still, "Sir Bruce". Can't take that away. 360 00:25:11,556 --> 00:25:13,296 People say 361 00:25:13,331 --> 00:25:15,505 there's not a lot of satisfaction in a knighthood, 362 00:25:15,685 --> 00:25:18,258 but most of those people haven't got one. 363 00:25:18,437 --> 00:25:22,055 - I bet you'd like one. - I'd adore one. Absolute bliss. 364 00:25:22,274 --> 00:25:24,847 "Sir Geoffrey Booza Pitt." 365 00:25:25,026 --> 00:25:27,352 What a mouthful! 366 00:25:27,529 --> 00:25:31,656 It won't happen, though. Basically, I'm just a chorus boy. 367 00:25:31,824 --> 00:25:34,398 Now, what do you want? 368 00:25:34,577 --> 00:25:37,198 You want to go to the House of Lords. 369 00:25:37,371 --> 00:25:42,578 I'd be very honoured to serve my country in that capacity. Yes, I admit to that. 370 00:25:42,751 --> 00:25:45,870 Bruce, you'll have to be much nicer to FU. 371 00:25:46,046 --> 00:25:48,501 I'm extremely nice to him. 372 00:25:48,673 --> 00:25:53,381 My leading articles are tremendously warm and sympathetic to the chap. 373 00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:58,179 But when 70% of the electorate have had enough of him and say so, 374 00:25:58,349 --> 00:26:01,551 the nation's leading newspaper can't ignore it. 375 00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:05,060 Of course it's time for him to go. Everyone knows it. 376 00:26:05,271 --> 00:26:07,513 He knows it, doesn't he? 377 00:26:07,690 --> 00:26:11,024 He thinks he's indestructible and perhaps he is. 378 00:26:11,235 --> 00:26:13,311 No one is, Geoffrey. 379 00:26:14,113 --> 00:26:16,734 Look at what happened to Margaret. 380 00:26:17,699 --> 00:26:20,190 No one is indestructible. 381 00:26:26,082 --> 00:26:28,104 No hold-ups ahead. 382 00:26:28,105 --> 00:26:30,126 We should be back in London by nine, sir. 383 00:26:44,682 --> 00:26:47,636 Make sure your seat belt's fastened, sir. 384 00:26:51,355 --> 00:26:53,597 Tosser! 385 00:26:53,816 --> 00:26:55,393 Yeah! 386 00:27:00,197 --> 00:27:03,197 - Wanker! - Let's have some fun! 387 00:27:23,259 --> 00:27:24,837 John! 388 00:27:26,304 --> 00:27:28,973 You wankers! Right, who wants some? 389 00:27:34,853 --> 00:27:37,391 - You... - Shut up! 390 00:27:40,442 --> 00:27:44,106 - Shit! I thought he had a gun. - They were all armed. 391 00:27:44,278 --> 00:27:46,354 Self-defence. 392 00:27:46,530 --> 00:27:49,152 I take it you are up for this? 393 00:27:49,867 --> 00:27:53,532 - Yeah. Yeah, absolutely, guv. - Right. 394 00:28:08,092 --> 00:28:10,168 Oh, God! 395 00:28:11,303 --> 00:28:13,379 Don't go yet. 396 00:28:13,555 --> 00:28:16,472 I have to. I shouldn't be here at all. 397 00:28:17,183 --> 00:28:20,433 Hilary's got a launch party for her new book. 398 00:28:20,603 --> 00:28:22,892 I promised to be there. 399 00:28:24,607 --> 00:28:26,683 Come on, then. 400 00:28:26,859 --> 00:28:29,065 Get your knickers on. 401 00:28:29,236 --> 00:28:33,020 You're missing all those little sausages on sticks. 402 00:28:38,077 --> 00:28:40,153 What is it? 403 00:28:40,330 --> 00:28:42,405 I hate this flat. 404 00:28:43,082 --> 00:28:44,457 Why? 405 00:28:44,625 --> 00:28:47,116 Because it's a company flat? 406 00:28:47,294 --> 00:28:49,370 Because it's his? 407 00:28:50,047 --> 00:28:53,830 You don't like my husband subsidising your sex life? 408 00:28:55,719 --> 00:28:58,838 It's a safe house. It's...anonymous. 409 00:29:01,307 --> 00:29:03,596 Like what we do here... 410 00:29:03,768 --> 00:29:05,843 isn't real. 411 00:29:14,778 --> 00:29:17,482 What we do here seems very real to me. 412 00:29:19,782 --> 00:29:21,858 What are you saying? 413 00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:25,779 - Are you saying you want to stop this? - No! 414 00:29:25,954 --> 00:29:28,030 Don't ever say that. 415 00:29:28,206 --> 00:29:30,958 You know I'm desperate about you. 416 00:29:44,054 --> 00:29:48,004 You'd better have a good scrub down before you clock on. 417 00:30:07,743 --> 00:30:12,451 "Horizon" next, but now over to Sonia Stevens in the BBC newsroom. 418 00:30:12,622 --> 00:30:16,240 Reports are coming in of a shooting incident on the M14, 419 00:30:16,459 --> 00:30:20,587 described as an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister. 420 00:30:20,754 --> 00:30:22,130 Tom! 421 00:30:22,297 --> 00:30:26,591 Mr Urquhart's car was rammed and forced off the road. 422 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,512 Mr Urquhart sustained head injuries, 423 00:30:29,513 --> 00:30:32,264 but his life is not, repeat not, in danger. 424 00:30:32,974 --> 00:30:36,888 As soon as we have any more news, we'll let you know. 425 00:30:40,189 --> 00:30:42,395 I'd better go up there. 426 00:30:43,650 --> 00:30:45,856 Not from here. Go home. 427 00:30:46,069 --> 00:30:48,904 - People will be phoning you. - Yes. 428 00:31:30,902 --> 00:31:33,475 Mr Urquhart! 429 00:31:34,822 --> 00:31:37,395 Mr Urquhart, welcome back. 430 00:31:38,325 --> 00:31:40,898 You're in hospital. You're OK. 431 00:31:41,620 --> 00:31:43,696 You're doing fine. 432 00:31:44,539 --> 00:31:47,112 I'm very glad to hear that. 433 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,245 Oh, yes. I remember now. 434 00:31:56,759 --> 00:31:58,834 Thank you very much. 435 00:31:59,011 --> 00:32:03,471 - I think this could be it, John. - Shit! Shit, shit, shit! 436 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,213 It's too bloody soon. We're not ready. 437 00:32:06,392 --> 00:32:09,927 - Hello. Heard the news. Shocking! - No comment. 438 00:32:10,104 --> 00:32:12,180 No comment? 439 00:32:12,356 --> 00:32:14,514 I'm sorry. Sir Bruce. 440 00:32:14,692 --> 00:32:17,265 I'm too upset to focus properly. 441 00:32:17,444 --> 00:32:20,065 Deeply shocked. Gravely concerned. 442 00:32:20,238 --> 00:32:24,900 This kind of lawless behaviour, happy to see it promptly dealt with. 443 00:32:25,076 --> 00:32:27,721 Our thoughts are with Francis Urquhart tonight, 444 00:32:27,922 --> 00:32:30,366 praying for his speedy recovery. 445 00:32:30,539 --> 00:32:32,745 Yes, I'm sure they are. 446 00:32:32,746 --> 00:32:34,952 After all, you're not ready yet, are you? 447 00:32:49,807 --> 00:32:51,883 I was doing my duty. 448 00:32:52,059 --> 00:32:54,431 I was carrying out orders. 449 00:32:54,603 --> 00:32:57,176 I have absolutely no misgivings. 450 00:32:57,355 --> 00:32:59,431 Nor did I have then. 451 00:32:59,608 --> 00:33:01,150 Francis? 452 00:33:01,317 --> 00:33:03,939 They were terrorists. Simple as that. 453 00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:06,318 The men in the van? 454 00:33:07,573 --> 00:33:09,649 What van? 455 00:33:10,326 --> 00:33:13,990 - On the motorway. - I had to shoot them. 456 00:33:16,081 --> 00:33:18,654 There was an olive tree there. 457 00:33:19,417 --> 00:33:21,990 I remember the olive tree burning. 458 00:33:24,797 --> 00:33:27,370 Francis, I think you should rest. 459 00:33:28,008 --> 00:33:31,626 You're not really making much sense, to be frank. 460 00:33:35,348 --> 00:33:37,970 It all seems perfectly clear to me. 461 00:33:38,143 --> 00:33:40,680 Cyprus is back on the map. 462 00:33:41,562 --> 00:33:44,136 Cyprus is back on the agenda. 463 00:33:45,316 --> 00:33:48,850 We're going to make a little history, Elizabeth. 464 00:33:49,028 --> 00:33:51,186 Yes, my dear, we are. 465 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:55,320 I think I will rest now. 466 00:33:56,993 --> 00:34:00,362 It was awfully good of you to come, Elizabeth. 467 00:34:09,254 --> 00:34:12,919 Mrs Urquhart, a man outside says he's Sir Henry Ponsonby. 468 00:34:13,091 --> 00:34:17,254 He's probably telling the truth. Does he want to see my husband? 469 00:34:17,428 --> 00:34:19,592 I told him it's only the immediate family, 470 00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:21,757 but he wasn't happy. 471 00:34:21,933 --> 00:34:24,506 He says he's the Cabinet Secretary. 472 00:34:25,144 --> 00:34:28,061 He seems to think it gives him special rights. 473 00:34:28,272 --> 00:34:30,763 I'll have a word with him. 474 00:34:32,984 --> 00:34:36,602 And, Nurse, my husband seems a little confused. 475 00:34:36,779 --> 00:34:41,108 It's important that he speaks to no one until he's more himself. 476 00:34:41,284 --> 00:34:44,154 I'll make sure he's not disturbed. 477 00:34:44,328 --> 00:34:45,703 Thank you. 478 00:34:52,586 --> 00:34:54,245 Elizabeth! 479 00:34:54,421 --> 00:34:57,042 I came as soon as I could. How is he? 480 00:34:57,215 --> 00:34:59,545 They say he's doing very well. 481 00:34:59,546 --> 00:35:01,876 Not up to seeing you, though, I'm afraid. 482 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,926 What happened, Henry? 483 00:35:05,097 --> 00:35:07,718 I was on my way to the country 484 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,339 when I got the call. I've heard nothing yet. 485 00:35:10,519 --> 00:35:14,516 I say! I wonder if you'd mind waiting outside for a moment? 486 00:35:14,689 --> 00:35:16,765 Yes, I would. 487 00:35:16,941 --> 00:35:19,230 Oh. Shall we? 488 00:35:26,450 --> 00:35:29,949 National Health Service hospital, of course. 489 00:35:31,037 --> 00:35:33,610 Extraordinary places, aren't they? 490 00:35:33,790 --> 00:35:35,920 I've heard that 491 00:35:35,921 --> 00:35:38,451 a National Health teaching hospital is the only place to be 492 00:35:38,628 --> 00:35:41,201 if you've got something wrong with you. 493 00:35:41,380 --> 00:35:43,871 Really? I must remember that. 494 00:35:47,010 --> 00:35:49,418 About this motorway thing... 495 00:35:49,596 --> 00:35:50,971 Yes. 496 00:35:51,139 --> 00:35:52,598 Well... 497 00:35:52,765 --> 00:35:55,285 It's not at all clear, but it does seem possible 498 00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:57,806 that it was a bit of a nonsense. 499 00:35:57,978 --> 00:36:01,810 Security a little over-zealous in reading the rubric. 500 00:36:01,982 --> 00:36:05,398 You mean they shot three innocent motorists? 501 00:36:05,569 --> 00:36:08,142 Innocent's a tricky adjective, I find. 502 00:36:08,822 --> 00:36:11,941 Apparently these chaps weren't model citizens. 503 00:36:12,617 --> 00:36:16,235 Anyway, I gather Commander Corder has matters in hand. 504 00:36:16,412 --> 00:36:18,071 He's handling the internal investigation. 505 00:36:18,272 --> 00:36:19,531 Good. 506 00:36:19,707 --> 00:36:21,580 Yes, quite. 507 00:36:24,336 --> 00:36:26,909 Always distasteful, these things. 508 00:36:32,593 --> 00:36:35,262 He's going to be all right, then? Francis? 509 00:36:35,429 --> 00:36:37,635 Oh, yes, they say so. 510 00:36:37,806 --> 00:36:39,882 I'm glad to hear it. 511 00:36:40,059 --> 00:36:42,134 Tricky times. 512 00:36:43,395 --> 00:36:45,471 Look, Henry... 513 00:36:45,647 --> 00:36:48,351 This may seem brutally practical, 514 00:36:48,525 --> 00:36:51,022 but I've been thinking about what we'd do 515 00:36:51,223 --> 00:36:53,519 if something happened to Francis. 516 00:36:54,488 --> 00:36:56,730 Or if something didn't. 517 00:36:56,907 --> 00:36:59,480 Death or retirement, in short. 518 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,236 What do you mean? 519 00:37:02,412 --> 00:37:06,873 Well...a prime minister's salary is laughably small. 520 00:37:07,041 --> 00:37:11,454 And a prime minister's pension must be practically negligible. 521 00:37:11,629 --> 00:37:15,163 And yet one notices that ex-prime ministers... 522 00:37:16,050 --> 00:37:18,208 How shall I put it? 523 00:37:18,886 --> 00:37:22,385 ..aren't actually short of the odd few million. 524 00:37:23,056 --> 00:37:26,472 Would it be naive of me to ask how this happens? 525 00:37:26,643 --> 00:37:30,307 It can't all come from writing one's memoirs, can it? 526 00:37:30,479 --> 00:37:32,555 Hardly that. 527 00:37:33,232 --> 00:37:37,858 It is assumed that the incumbent PM will make his own arrangements 528 00:37:38,028 --> 00:37:40,601 for a comfortable retirement. 529 00:37:40,781 --> 00:37:43,301 The Prime Minister is usually in a unique position 530 00:37:43,502 --> 00:37:45,822 to make such arrangements. 531 00:37:45,994 --> 00:37:50,406 Sometimes the PM may prefer to leave some of these arrangements 532 00:37:50,623 --> 00:37:53,196 to members of his or her family. 533 00:37:53,375 --> 00:37:55,700 I thought that was it. 534 00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:00,087 Well, do let me know if I can be of any help. 535 00:38:13,268 --> 00:38:14,727 Thanks. 536 00:38:18,398 --> 00:38:20,971 I am chairing this cabinet meeting 537 00:38:21,151 --> 00:38:24,769 purely as Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. 538 00:38:24,946 --> 00:38:28,564 The Prime Minister is making a complete recovery. 539 00:38:28,741 --> 00:38:30,964 I'm sure we'd like to minute our good wishes 540 00:38:31,165 --> 00:38:32,987 for his speedy return. 541 00:38:33,162 --> 00:38:35,407 And may I just say that 542 00:38:35,408 --> 00:38:38,452 none of us could think of a better man to take his place? 543 00:38:40,585 --> 00:38:42,957 Temporarily, of course. 544 00:38:43,129 --> 00:38:46,747 Do we have more information on the shooting incident? 545 00:38:46,924 --> 00:38:50,542 I've had an informal report from Commander Corder. 546 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:55,262 The men were criminals and armed, but it wasn't a terrorist attack. 547 00:38:55,432 --> 00:38:57,786 Road rage, apparently. 548 00:38:57,787 --> 00:39:00,140 The bastards got more than they bargained for. 549 00:39:00,311 --> 00:39:04,178 Commander Corder should be the subject of any investigation. 550 00:39:04,357 --> 00:39:07,061 It's clear there should be a full inquiry. 551 00:39:07,234 --> 00:39:08,942 Absolutely. 552 00:39:09,153 --> 00:39:11,726 But I've just told you what it'll say. 553 00:39:11,905 --> 00:39:14,526 I know the PM will say the same. 554 00:39:14,699 --> 00:39:17,404 Do you? Thank you, Home Secretary. 555 00:39:17,619 --> 00:39:19,944 Next business. 556 00:39:20,955 --> 00:39:24,075 Ponsonby and Makepeace and no one else? 557 00:39:24,250 --> 00:39:28,034 - No one else. - Not even little Geoffrey Booza Pitt? 558 00:39:28,212 --> 00:39:32,079 No one. We did say you weren't able to receive visitors. 559 00:39:32,257 --> 00:39:36,124 Nevertheless, they should have come. Mark of respect. 560 00:39:36,303 --> 00:39:39,089 I have perceived a faint neglect of late. 561 00:39:39,264 --> 00:39:42,348 No matter. Heads will roll. 562 00:39:43,059 --> 00:39:46,677 That bloody little Private Secretary of mine for a start. 563 00:39:46,854 --> 00:39:50,519 I'll get myself someone with a little bit of spark. 564 00:39:50,691 --> 00:39:53,608 - I see you're feeling better. - Yes, I am. 565 00:39:53,777 --> 00:39:56,350 Did I give you cause for concern? 566 00:39:56,529 --> 00:39:59,316 You did. An intimation of mortality. 567 00:39:59,490 --> 00:40:03,357 - I was talking about Cyprus, wasn't I? - Yes, you were. 568 00:40:03,536 --> 00:40:06,109 Francis, I think Mr Nures is right. 569 00:40:06,288 --> 00:40:08,891 We have a wonderful opportunity to do something 570 00:40:09,092 --> 00:40:11,495 for ourselves and our country. 571 00:40:11,668 --> 00:40:16,495 We should do business with Mr Nures. He'll be a wonderful, necessary man. 572 00:40:16,673 --> 00:40:19,590 Yes, we'll see. 573 00:40:19,759 --> 00:40:24,337 - Are you ready, Mr Urquhart? - Indeed I am. Wheel that thing away! 574 00:40:25,306 --> 00:40:27,879 - Are you sure? - Absolutely. 575 00:40:28,058 --> 00:40:31,676 Thank you very much. You've been most kind. Elizabeth! 576 00:40:31,853 --> 00:40:33,228 Goodbye. 577 00:40:33,438 --> 00:40:36,059 Doctor, thank you so much. Thank you. 578 00:40:36,232 --> 00:40:40,230 I'm not going to risk being photographed in a wheelchair. 579 00:40:50,829 --> 00:40:53,948 - What the hell is this, Barry? - Age Concern. 580 00:40:54,123 --> 00:40:56,697 We thought it was rather a cute idea. 581 00:40:57,251 --> 00:40:59,824 They brought you a birthday card, sir. 582 00:41:00,004 --> 00:41:02,625 I'm not terribly interested in birthdays. 583 00:41:02,798 --> 00:41:05,549 Very kind, but I have a lot of work to do. 584 00:41:05,717 --> 00:41:08,837 Many happy returns, Prime Minister, 585 00:41:09,012 --> 00:41:12,546 on the occasion of your 65th birthday tomorrow. 586 00:41:12,724 --> 00:41:15,215 Welcome from all of us 587 00:41:15,393 --> 00:41:17,800 to the third age! 588 00:41:17,979 --> 00:41:20,054 Yes, thank you. 589 00:41:20,231 --> 00:41:23,979 ♪ Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you 590 00:41:24,693 --> 00:41:28,607 ♪ Happy birthday, Prime Minister 591 00:41:28,822 --> 00:41:32,273 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 592 00:41:33,201 --> 00:41:36,404 Thank you very much. I really am most touched. 593 00:41:37,747 --> 00:41:39,822 Smile, please! 594 00:41:44,211 --> 00:41:47,330 So you thought that was a cute idea, Barry? 595 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:50,839 Well, it came from one of the girls in the office. 596 00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:53,297 Not from the opposition? 597 00:41:53,469 --> 00:41:57,087 You have become a liability! Have you seen the papers? 598 00:41:57,264 --> 00:41:59,838 Lots of good coverage, your birthday... 599 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:03,136 "Our pensioner Prime Minister. Time to FO, FU." 600 00:42:03,353 --> 00:42:07,849 And three profiles of Tom Makepeace, "the man most likely to succeed". 601 00:42:08,024 --> 00:42:11,144 - That's good coverage? - Don't be oversensitive. 602 00:42:11,319 --> 00:42:16,027 - It's good-humoured stuff, I'd say. - Would you indeed? Would you indeed? 603 00:42:17,032 --> 00:42:19,606 I can't work bloody miracles. 604 00:42:27,542 --> 00:42:30,329 And in his feeble way, the man is right. 605 00:42:30,503 --> 00:42:33,076 He can't work bloody miracles. 606 00:42:33,255 --> 00:42:35,793 Nor can I turn the clock back 607 00:42:35,966 --> 00:42:38,539 or halt time or undo what is done. 608 00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:41,174 But I can bloody well go on. 609 00:42:41,346 --> 00:42:46,008 As long as I have strength and will, I can do everything I need to do. 610 00:42:48,770 --> 00:42:51,343 - Come in, Geoffrey. - Is this all right? 611 00:42:51,939 --> 00:42:54,856 FU? They said you were asking for me. 612 00:42:55,025 --> 00:42:57,599 Yes, of course it's all right, Geoffrey. 613 00:42:57,820 --> 00:43:01,864 - How's your poor head? - Apparently I'm mending very well. 614 00:43:02,032 --> 00:43:04,439 It's rather painful. Pain is tiring. 615 00:43:05,285 --> 00:43:08,321 At least it hasn't spoiled your good looks. 616 00:43:08,538 --> 00:43:12,405 A small scar on the temple can be quite distinguished. 617 00:43:14,376 --> 00:43:16,949 Makepeace chaired the cabinet, did he? 618 00:43:17,796 --> 00:43:21,793 - What was he like? - Very statesmanlike and responsible. 619 00:43:22,008 --> 00:43:25,626 I tried to tempt him into a little aria, but it was no go. 620 00:43:25,803 --> 00:43:28,923 Everyone came on like Little Goody Two-Shoes. 621 00:43:29,098 --> 00:43:31,245 They kept saying, 622 00:43:31,246 --> 00:43:33,392 "I'm sure that's what HE would have wanted." 623 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,891 It's funny how what you would have wanted 624 00:43:36,092 --> 00:43:38,222 is exactly what THEY want. 625 00:43:38,899 --> 00:43:41,389 They have no idea what I want 626 00:43:41,568 --> 00:43:43,809 or what I can still do. 627 00:43:48,115 --> 00:43:51,650 I'm appointing a new Parliamentary Private Secretary. 628 00:43:51,827 --> 00:43:53,903 Excellent idea. 629 00:43:54,079 --> 00:43:58,741 Barry Crumb has been neither use nor ornament for quite some time. 630 00:43:58,917 --> 00:44:01,490 God knows where he gets his hair done! 631 00:44:03,338 --> 00:44:06,623 I have a thought or two if you haven't decided. 632 00:44:06,841 --> 00:44:08,917 You have? Good. 633 00:44:09,093 --> 00:44:11,666 It's your birthday party tomorrow. 634 00:44:11,845 --> 00:44:14,342 I don't anticipate it with any enthusiasm. 635 00:44:14,543 --> 00:44:16,840 It's another reminder of increasing age. 636 00:44:17,058 --> 00:44:19,134 Bollocks to that! 637 00:44:19,311 --> 00:44:22,560 A man is as young as he feels and you know it. 638 00:44:23,481 --> 00:44:28,059 You can still see any of them off. Look at the fear in their eyes! 639 00:44:28,235 --> 00:44:31,853 You're still the biggest swinging dick in Westminster, FU. 640 00:44:33,115 --> 00:44:35,819 If one's allowed to put it that way. 641 00:44:52,758 --> 00:44:56,376 - General and Mrs Baum. - General, nice to see you. 642 00:44:56,553 --> 00:44:59,126 Like the sodding Sun King, Wolf! 643 00:44:59,305 --> 00:45:01,926 I wonder how long he thinks he's got. 644 00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:04,590 The longer the better for us. 645 00:45:04,769 --> 00:45:07,390 Let Makepeace flower and fade a bit. 646 00:45:10,649 --> 00:45:13,899 - Evening, Tom. - Hello there. How are you? 647 00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:18,269 What a limp prick that man is! 648 00:45:18,489 --> 00:45:21,276 Hello, Sarah. I was hoping you'd be here. 649 00:45:22,451 --> 00:45:25,238 - I hate this dressing up. - Ghastly! 650 00:45:25,454 --> 00:45:27,862 Yes, well, absolutely. 651 00:45:28,582 --> 00:45:32,200 - Good evening, sir. How are you? - Very much better. 652 00:45:32,377 --> 00:45:35,995 - Mr Nures, how nice to see you. - Excuse me, please. 653 00:45:36,172 --> 00:45:38,793 Good of you to visit. You must be busy. 654 00:45:38,966 --> 00:45:41,588 - For you, I'd drop everything. - Really? 655 00:45:42,261 --> 00:45:45,072 A very glittering occasion. Very nice. 656 00:45:45,073 --> 00:45:47,884 And you, Mrs Urquhart, drop-dead gorgeous. 657 00:45:48,058 --> 00:45:50,465 Thank you very much. 658 00:45:50,644 --> 00:45:54,641 Isn't that Sir Clive Watling, the Border Arbitration Chairman, 659 00:45:54,814 --> 00:45:57,387 on whom so many of our hopes depend? 660 00:45:57,567 --> 00:46:00,354 - I believe it is. - I'd like to meet him. 661 00:46:00,528 --> 00:46:04,940 I don't think that's a good idea. I want to keep you all for myself. 662 00:46:05,115 --> 00:46:08,235 Sir Clive, I've wanted to meet you for so long. 663 00:46:08,410 --> 00:46:11,031 The best international jurist in Europe! 664 00:46:11,204 --> 00:46:14,822 I hear it everywhere. You must be very much in demand. 665 00:46:15,375 --> 00:46:17,865 I am pretty busy at the moment. 666 00:46:18,044 --> 00:46:22,705 And now this Cyprus business. Let's go over there. Come along, Henry. 667 00:46:25,551 --> 00:46:30,212 I'm delighted that a British judge has been chosen to chair the panel. 668 00:46:30,388 --> 00:46:32,962 Are you quite happy with everything? 669 00:46:33,141 --> 00:46:35,762 Such as your fellow judges on the panel? 670 00:46:35,935 --> 00:46:39,600 Broadly speaking. Saladier will be difficult, no doubt. 671 00:46:39,772 --> 00:46:43,437 - He always is. - Be as rough as you like with Saladier. 672 00:46:43,609 --> 00:46:46,396 We'd have no problem with that. 673 00:46:46,570 --> 00:46:49,855 We're not too keen on the French at the moment. 674 00:46:50,031 --> 00:46:51,988 I see. 675 00:46:52,158 --> 00:46:54,779 This is an exceptionally prestigious task. 676 00:46:54,952 --> 00:46:59,744 Whoever does this and gets it right goes straight into the history books 677 00:46:59,915 --> 00:47:03,035 with a peerage and the usual box of tricks. 678 00:47:03,210 --> 00:47:06,828 - Mr Urquhart... - You're not interested in baubles. 679 00:47:07,005 --> 00:47:09,043 Nor am I. 680 00:47:09,044 --> 00:47:12,082 But in this case, you may just have to submit with a good grace. 681 00:47:13,511 --> 00:47:16,346 You spoke of...getting it right. 682 00:47:17,890 --> 00:47:20,463 You do understand the limits? 683 00:47:20,642 --> 00:47:22,796 A distinction exists 684 00:47:22,797 --> 00:47:25,351 between international politics and international law. 685 00:47:25,522 --> 00:47:30,942 Of course, which you will negotiate with your unrivalled acumen and wisdom. 686 00:47:31,152 --> 00:47:36,063 These sea boundaries may prove to be absolutely crucial. 687 00:47:38,701 --> 00:47:40,776 Yes. I see. 688 00:47:42,204 --> 00:47:45,489 Well, that all seems quite excellent to me. 689 00:47:46,166 --> 00:47:48,739 Let's join the party, shall we? 690 00:47:51,504 --> 00:47:53,829 You approve our choice? 691 00:47:54,006 --> 00:47:56,331 Utterly incorruptible, 692 00:47:56,509 --> 00:47:58,750 absolutely impartial. 693 00:47:58,927 --> 00:48:03,091 He just can't stand Frenchmen, and who can blame him for that? 694 00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:13,556 Ravishing, yeah? 695 00:48:13,774 --> 00:48:15,850 He's never here. 696 00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:19,146 You know her, don't you? Of course you do. 697 00:48:19,321 --> 00:48:23,484 She used to help out with your research in foreign affairs. 698 00:48:23,658 --> 00:48:26,992 - Is that her husband? - Yes, I think it is. 699 00:48:27,161 --> 00:48:29,450 Bjorn Carlsen. 700 00:48:30,122 --> 00:48:32,653 Someone told me that man's worth 200 million. 701 00:48:32,854 --> 00:48:34,784 Can that be right? 702 00:48:35,461 --> 00:48:37,815 He's got all that money 703 00:48:37,816 --> 00:48:40,169 and can't keep his wife on the straight and narrow. 704 00:48:40,340 --> 00:48:42,913 Have you heard anything about that? 705 00:48:43,093 --> 00:48:45,334 No. No, I haven't. 706 00:48:45,512 --> 00:48:48,845 Shags like a rattlesnake that's what I heard. 707 00:48:49,015 --> 00:48:52,633 Ambitious with it too. Mind you, I could be wrong. 708 00:48:52,810 --> 00:48:54,968 Excuse me, Geoffrey. 709 00:48:56,522 --> 00:48:58,680 1900, right. That one... 710 00:49:00,525 --> 00:49:02,981 It's very different with me. 711 00:49:05,905 --> 00:49:09,855 Would you excuse me just for a moment? I'll be right back. 712 00:49:13,412 --> 00:49:16,531 - Sarah, how lovely to see you. - And you. 713 00:49:16,707 --> 00:49:20,075 - How are the girls? - Quite young ladies now. 714 00:49:20,252 --> 00:49:22,327 Be in touch. 715 00:49:22,504 --> 00:49:24,876 - Prime Minister. - Mrs Carlsen. 716 00:49:25,048 --> 00:49:27,538 It's lovely of you to invite us. 717 00:49:27,717 --> 00:49:32,378 We're pleased that you could both come. Your husband must be very busy. 718 00:49:32,554 --> 00:49:34,713 Yes, he is. 719 00:49:35,932 --> 00:49:40,475 Has Geoffrey Booza Pitt said anything to you about me ? 720 00:49:40,645 --> 00:49:45,223 He mentions you from time to time. I can't recall anything specific. 721 00:49:45,399 --> 00:49:49,646 He thinks very highly of you, as does everyone else, it seems. 722 00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:53,864 I understand you might be looking for a new PPS quite soon. 723 00:49:54,032 --> 00:49:55,408 Yes. 724 00:49:56,201 --> 00:49:57,576 And? 725 00:49:57,744 --> 00:50:00,098 I'm sure this isn't the form, 726 00:50:00,099 --> 00:50:02,452 but I'd like you to consider me for the job. 727 00:50:02,623 --> 00:50:06,039 I'd love to do it and I think I'd do it very well. 728 00:50:06,711 --> 00:50:11,289 Well, Mrs Carlsen, it's very kind of you to make yourself available. 729 00:50:11,465 --> 00:50:14,038 Will you let me think about this? 730 00:50:14,217 --> 00:50:16,791 I don't have to decide straightaway. 731 00:50:16,970 --> 00:50:19,508 I'm sorry. It's very cheeky of me. 732 00:50:19,722 --> 00:50:24,301 Indeed it is, but you've done yourself no harm by it. 733 00:50:27,730 --> 00:50:30,303 You'll have to excuse me now. 734 00:50:30,482 --> 00:50:32,558 Yes, of course. 735 00:50:34,027 --> 00:50:36,696 Thank you for listening. 736 00:50:41,784 --> 00:50:43,326 No, no. 737 00:50:43,995 --> 00:50:46,070 Not this one. 738 00:50:47,247 --> 00:50:49,821 You might very well think that. 739 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,538 I couldn't possibly comment.