1 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,237 The Margaret Thatcher Memorial. 2 00:01:02,454 --> 00:01:05,028 Is there really no way of preventing it? 3 00:01:05,207 --> 00:01:07,289 It would seem not. 4 00:01:07,290 --> 00:01:09,372 It's all being paid for out of a foundation. 5 00:01:09,546 --> 00:01:12,120 The site was earmarked 15 years ago. 6 00:01:12,299 --> 00:01:14,630 For a time, there seemed some possibility 7 00:01:14,831 --> 00:01:16,962 of putting it up in Grantham 8 00:01:17,138 --> 00:01:19,712 where no one would have to look at it. 9 00:01:19,891 --> 00:01:22,465 Except the unfortunate inhabitants. 10 00:01:22,645 --> 00:01:25,101 Where is Grantham, anyway? 11 00:01:25,273 --> 00:01:27,646 No one seems quite sure. 12 00:01:28,819 --> 00:01:31,393 Couldn't the Arts Council do something? 13 00:01:31,572 --> 00:01:34,194 You forget. We abolished it a year ago. 14 00:01:34,367 --> 00:01:36,941 Yes. Department of National Heritage. 15 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,612 Not their pigeon, apparently. 16 00:01:39,790 --> 00:01:43,955 The best we can hope for is to keep the scale of that thing down 17 00:01:44,129 --> 00:01:47,664 and plan a larger memorial of oneself to stand nearby. 18 00:01:48,384 --> 00:01:50,876 How is she to be represented? 19 00:01:51,054 --> 00:01:55,717 - As the saviour of the Falklands. - A small war in a godforsaken place! 20 00:01:55,893 --> 00:01:58,515 A small war, but very serendipitous. 21 00:01:58,688 --> 00:02:03,647 - Lucky for some, but not for others? - Well, isn't that the way with wars? 22 00:02:16,751 --> 00:02:19,753 A small war in Cyprus over 40 years ago, 23 00:02:19,922 --> 00:02:24,252 and now the Cyprus settlement will inscribe my name in history. 24 00:02:24,427 --> 00:02:28,556 And the Cyprus oilfields will provide my personal pension 25 00:02:28,724 --> 00:02:31,262 if all our enterprises prosper. 26 00:02:31,436 --> 00:02:36,514 The Urquhart Trust, a very comfortable retirement plan for when the day comes. 27 00:02:36,692 --> 00:02:40,737 Not yet, of course. Lots more fun to be had before that. 28 00:02:40,947 --> 00:02:44,993 Statement from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 29 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:49,373 Madam Speaker, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce 30 00:02:49,541 --> 00:02:53,409 that with the cooperation of the Ministry of Defence 31 00:02:53,587 --> 00:02:55,859 I am raising the embargo 32 00:02:55,860 --> 00:02:58,131 on a large number of War Office documents. 33 00:02:58,927 --> 00:03:03,139 These documents date from the early '50s to 1956 34 00:03:03,307 --> 00:03:05,638 and contain a lot of interesting material 35 00:03:05,839 --> 00:03:07,970 about events in Cyprus, Egypt 36 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:11,106 and the Middle East generally. 37 00:03:11,317 --> 00:03:15,980 Freedom of information is a hallmark of good, democratic government 38 00:03:16,156 --> 00:03:20,949 and I'd just like to say I'm very happy to be able to add to its store today. 39 00:03:23,415 --> 00:03:25,491 Mr Joe Badger. 40 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:28,788 If he's so keen on freedom of information, 41 00:03:28,963 --> 00:03:32,380 will he tell us how he got his knees brown 42 00:03:32,592 --> 00:03:36,258 and who paid for his last little trip to the Philippines? 43 00:03:38,933 --> 00:03:43,726 As I'm sure the Honourable Member knows, my essential fact-finding trip... 44 00:03:45,942 --> 00:03:50,651 My essential fact-finding trip was funded jointly by my department 45 00:03:50,822 --> 00:03:53,343 and the Filipino government 46 00:03:53,344 --> 00:03:55,865 in the interests of ethnically sensitive tourism. 47 00:03:56,079 --> 00:03:58,405 Is that what they call it? 48 00:03:58,582 --> 00:04:01,038 Fun without exploitation, 49 00:04:01,210 --> 00:04:05,873 models of imaginative cooperation between the First and Third World 50 00:04:06,049 --> 00:04:08,623 of economic and cultural benefit to all. 51 00:04:08,802 --> 00:04:13,050 Surely the Honourable Member doesn't begrudge me a tan! 52 00:04:13,725 --> 00:04:16,246 And in the strict interests of open government 53 00:04:16,447 --> 00:04:18,767 and freedom of information, 54 00:04:18,940 --> 00:04:22,356 I'm prepared to inform the Honourable Member 55 00:04:22,527 --> 00:04:25,944 that I got a good deal more than my knees brown. 56 00:04:26,115 --> 00:04:28,191 I bet you did! 57 00:04:28,368 --> 00:04:30,906 And furthermore, furthermore... 58 00:04:31,079 --> 00:04:33,517 if he plays his cards right, he might be allowed 59 00:04:33,718 --> 00:04:35,956 to come along with me next time. 60 00:04:36,127 --> 00:04:39,746 Order! 61 00:04:39,965 --> 00:04:42,172 You might regret that. 62 00:04:42,343 --> 00:04:44,668 Not from what I've heard! 63 00:04:45,555 --> 00:04:48,509 Order! Order! 64 00:05:00,823 --> 00:05:03,030 Mr Urquhart? 65 00:05:04,494 --> 00:05:07,449 Hello. Do we know each other? 66 00:05:08,165 --> 00:05:11,701 I believe you met my father once in Cyprus, 1956. 67 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:15,544 I wrote to you about the war graves. You said you'd help. 68 00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:20,178 - Then I shall. What's your name? - Passolides. Maria Passolides. 69 00:05:20,347 --> 00:05:22,920 How do you do, Miss Passolides? 70 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:26,220 - Phone my secretary for an appointment. - Thank you. 71 00:05:26,395 --> 00:05:28,969 Well, goodbye for the present. 72 00:05:31,527 --> 00:05:36,106 It was him. We prove it now, prove it for certain. 73 00:05:36,866 --> 00:05:41,031 Dad, it was over 40 years ago. How can you be so sure? 74 00:05:41,205 --> 00:05:43,281 I saw it happen. 75 00:05:43,458 --> 00:05:46,079 I was there, but I couldn't stop it. 76 00:05:47,087 --> 00:05:49,163 I saw him. 77 00:05:49,340 --> 00:05:51,796 Those eyes. Pale, pale eyes. 78 00:05:52,009 --> 00:05:54,583 But if you only saw him once... 79 00:05:54,763 --> 00:05:57,385 That was enough. It was the same man. 80 00:05:57,975 --> 00:06:00,549 I should have looked after my brothers. 81 00:06:00,728 --> 00:06:03,350 You did your best, Dad. 82 00:06:03,523 --> 00:06:06,097 They were my little brothers. 83 00:06:06,277 --> 00:06:08,899 Nobody in the village said nothing to me. 84 00:06:09,531 --> 00:06:12,947 But you could see what everyone was thinking. 85 00:06:13,118 --> 00:06:15,473 "He should have looked after his brothers." 86 00:06:15,674 --> 00:06:17,828 How could I stay after that? 87 00:06:21,044 --> 00:06:23,666 Are you quite sure you want to find out? 88 00:06:24,215 --> 00:06:25,590 Yes. 89 00:06:26,301 --> 00:06:27,676 Yes. 90 00:06:28,386 --> 00:06:31,507 But when I know for certain it was that man, 91 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,889 what can I do to punish him? 92 00:06:47,409 --> 00:06:48,987 Oh! 93 00:06:55,961 --> 00:06:58,203 Yes? 94 00:06:58,381 --> 00:07:00,414 Mr Booza Pitt would like to talk to you. 95 00:07:00,515 --> 00:07:02,047 Yes, all right. 96 00:07:06,224 --> 00:07:08,300 Come in, Geoffrey. 97 00:07:10,562 --> 00:07:12,222 FU? 98 00:07:12,398 --> 00:07:15,103 - All right? - Perfectly, thank you. 99 00:07:15,276 --> 00:07:19,440 That was a rather louche performance you gave us this afternoon. 100 00:07:19,615 --> 00:07:23,483 Yeah, it was a bit end of the pier, but the chaps liked it. 101 00:07:23,661 --> 00:07:28,490 I've had a bit of a shock since then. Rather an unpleasant phone call. 102 00:07:28,667 --> 00:07:30,874 - Newspapers? - Not yet. 103 00:07:31,087 --> 00:07:33,400 Francis, I'm awfully sorry, 104 00:07:33,401 --> 00:07:35,714 but I've got myself into a spot of bother. 105 00:07:35,884 --> 00:07:38,802 - Sex or money? - Bit of both, I'm afraid. 106 00:07:38,971 --> 00:07:41,048 Let's have it, then. 107 00:07:41,224 --> 00:07:45,934 My local party chairman is divorcing his wife for adultery, citing me. 108 00:07:46,105 --> 00:07:48,792 That's rather small beer for you. 109 00:07:48,793 --> 00:07:51,480 You might have a slight reselection problem. 110 00:07:51,695 --> 00:07:54,299 He says he's going to resign from the party 111 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:56,903 and take his story to the tabloids. 112 00:07:57,118 --> 00:08:02,244 There are details, nothing too dreadful. It's a bit embarrassing, though. 113 00:08:03,167 --> 00:08:04,745 Oh, erm... 114 00:08:04,919 --> 00:08:09,048 Uniforms and so on. Doctors and nurses. Awfully harmless. 115 00:08:10,175 --> 00:08:12,631 But there are photographs. 116 00:08:12,803 --> 00:08:15,924 - Geoffrey, Geoffrey... - You know me. 117 00:08:16,099 --> 00:08:18,472 Anything else? 118 00:08:18,644 --> 00:08:20,304 Er, well... 119 00:08:20,479 --> 00:08:22,969 He says he's going to say that I tipped off his wife 120 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:25,059 about some shares. 121 00:08:25,235 --> 00:08:27,311 Brindox Chemicals. 122 00:08:27,488 --> 00:08:30,608 - Ahead of the takeover? - Yeah, obviously. 123 00:08:30,783 --> 00:08:35,576 Otherwise there wouldn't be much point in buying them. He should be grateful! 124 00:08:36,957 --> 00:08:38,500 Francis? 125 00:08:39,210 --> 00:08:42,746 I want you to write me a letter of resignation 126 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:45,497 and I want it on my desk within the hour! 127 00:08:45,676 --> 00:08:47,087 Right. 128 00:08:48,179 --> 00:08:50,671 I thought you might possibly... 129 00:08:51,808 --> 00:08:53,220 Right. 130 00:08:54,353 --> 00:08:56,927 Please, Francis, couldn't you just... 131 00:08:57,816 --> 00:09:00,438 No, of course, you're right. I see that. 132 00:09:01,695 --> 00:09:05,824 Please, Francis, I couldn't bear it, out there in the cold. 133 00:09:05,992 --> 00:09:10,785 Sign the letter, but don't date it. What's this wretched man's name? 134 00:09:10,956 --> 00:09:13,530 Tennent. Richard Porterhouse Tennent. 135 00:09:13,751 --> 00:09:17,536 - Francis, I need hardly say... - Sit down and shut up! 136 00:09:19,717 --> 00:09:24,131 Get me a Richard Tennent, local chairman, Hampshire Southeast. 137 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,143 Francis? 138 00:09:28,311 --> 00:09:32,605 - You really are utterly contemptible. - I wouldn't go that far. 139 00:09:32,816 --> 00:09:35,386 No background, no bottom, 140 00:09:35,387 --> 00:09:38,357 absolutely no informing principle but the will to survive. 141 00:09:38,573 --> 00:09:42,025 Just a plump little bag of squirming appetites. 142 00:09:42,202 --> 00:09:44,776 - Francis, that's a bit harsh. - Shut up! 143 00:09:44,997 --> 00:09:49,162 You thought you could endanger my government with impunity 144 00:09:49,336 --> 00:09:51,940 just because I may find your company amusing 145 00:09:52,141 --> 00:09:54,544 and smile at your little jokes? 146 00:09:55,426 --> 00:09:58,428 I've been an utter fool. I am an utter fool. 147 00:09:59,264 --> 00:10:01,756 But, Francis, I've always been for you. 148 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:06,725 You've been my guiding light, my hero, right from way back. 149 00:10:06,899 --> 00:10:11,396 Look into your heart, Francis. You know, I'd do anything for you. 150 00:10:12,906 --> 00:10:15,480 Yes? 151 00:10:15,659 --> 00:10:18,530 - Mr Tennent, sir. - Good. Put him on. 152 00:10:21,291 --> 00:10:23,782 Mr Tennent, Francis Urquhart. 153 00:10:23,961 --> 00:10:28,125 Sorry to spring this on you, but I wanted a confidential word. 154 00:10:28,299 --> 00:10:30,854 You know you've been put up for an honour for public 155 00:10:31,055 --> 00:10:33,009 and political services? 156 00:10:33,180 --> 00:10:37,179 No? Well, I think you deserve something a little better. 157 00:10:37,352 --> 00:10:39,559 A knighthood, in fact. 158 00:10:39,730 --> 00:10:41,141 Yes. 159 00:10:41,315 --> 00:10:43,580 Well, special people don't always realise 160 00:10:43,781 --> 00:10:45,645 how special they are. 161 00:10:45,820 --> 00:10:48,359 There's a waiting list of about 18 months 162 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,898 and all this must remain confidential. 163 00:10:51,077 --> 00:10:53,319 You do understand that? 164 00:10:53,496 --> 00:10:59,002 Good, but I shall be inviting you and...Lady Tennent to dinner very soon. 165 00:11:00,504 --> 00:11:02,830 Yes. Now, one last thing. 166 00:11:03,007 --> 00:11:05,629 I'm sorry to have to ask you this, 167 00:11:05,802 --> 00:11:09,848 but as this will be carrying my personal recommendation, 168 00:11:10,016 --> 00:11:15,058 the Scrutiny Committee isn't likely to come across anything embarrassing? 169 00:11:15,230 --> 00:11:20,024 Sadly, we've had one or two cases where honours have had to be withdrawn. 170 00:11:21,029 --> 00:11:22,856 Excellent. 171 00:11:23,073 --> 00:11:26,739 Goodbye, then, and my best regards to Lady Tennent. 172 00:11:26,911 --> 00:11:29,403 We'll see you both very soon. 173 00:11:29,581 --> 00:11:31,123 Bye-bye. 174 00:11:34,170 --> 00:11:36,412 Francis, what can I say? 175 00:11:36,589 --> 00:11:39,295 I still want that letter, Geoffrey. 176 00:11:39,510 --> 00:11:43,425 I decide who comes and goes from my cabinet and when. 177 00:11:43,598 --> 00:11:45,687 Not the tabloids 178 00:11:45,688 --> 00:11:48,177 and not some dreary little constituency chairman. 179 00:11:48,854 --> 00:11:51,428 All right, Geoffrey, off you go. 180 00:11:54,444 --> 00:11:57,778 - Thank you, Francis. With all my heart. - Yes, yes. 181 00:12:00,994 --> 00:12:03,100 Oh, and, Geoffrey, 182 00:12:03,101 --> 00:12:05,407 that was your knighthood I bought him off with. 183 00:12:16,053 --> 00:12:18,130 Oh, hello, Claire. 184 00:12:20,475 --> 00:12:24,344 - You're looking gorgeous, as ever. - Thank you, Geoffrey. 185 00:12:24,522 --> 00:12:28,188 - How is he today? - In cracking form. Never better. 186 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,732 Having a whale of a time. 187 00:12:34,325 --> 00:12:37,362 Yes? 188 00:12:38,122 --> 00:12:39,664 Claire! 189 00:12:41,542 --> 00:12:44,116 - Do sit down. - Thank you. 190 00:12:52,264 --> 00:12:53,806 Well? 191 00:12:53,974 --> 00:12:56,478 Is Geoffrey Booza Pitt OK? 192 00:12:56,479 --> 00:12:59,182 He usually looks like the cat that got the cream. 193 00:12:59,355 --> 00:13:02,143 I think he just lost one of his nine lives. 194 00:13:06,697 --> 00:13:10,743 Why do you want to be my Parliamentary Private Secretary? 195 00:13:11,411 --> 00:13:13,891 I think I could do the job well. 196 00:13:13,892 --> 00:13:16,371 I think I have the sort of cleverness you need. 197 00:13:16,543 --> 00:13:19,165 What sort of cleverness is that? 198 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,879 The Prime Minister's PPS needs to be very well informed, 199 00:13:24,052 --> 00:13:28,382 but a lot of it comes down to instinct, being clever about people, 200 00:13:28,557 --> 00:13:31,677 screening out the self-seekers, lots more. 201 00:13:31,853 --> 00:13:35,768 You realise that my PPS is a spare set of brains for me? 202 00:13:35,983 --> 00:13:40,645 You wouldn't be able to be seen to have any political views of your own 203 00:13:40,822 --> 00:13:44,191 and all your talents would be at my disposal. 204 00:13:44,368 --> 00:13:46,942 That's one of the attractions. 205 00:13:47,121 --> 00:13:50,870 I'm not driven by burning visions of a holy city. 206 00:13:51,042 --> 00:13:53,534 I just love politics, you know. 207 00:13:54,004 --> 00:13:56,246 I can't get enough of it. 208 00:13:56,424 --> 00:13:57,799 Good. 209 00:13:59,427 --> 00:14:01,800 Could I ask you something? 210 00:14:01,972 --> 00:14:05,223 Why did you appoint Barry Crumb to this job 211 00:14:05,435 --> 00:14:08,032 and why did you keep him on in it so long 212 00:14:08,233 --> 00:14:10,430 when clearly he wasn't up to it? 213 00:14:11,108 --> 00:14:15,937 As you're so clever about people, perhaps you'd like to suggest an answer. 214 00:14:16,823 --> 00:14:20,525 My guess is that you're extremely wary about trusting people. 215 00:14:21,287 --> 00:14:25,997 You prefer to appoint a fool to the job rather than risk appointing a knave. 216 00:14:26,168 --> 00:14:28,244 Very good. 217 00:14:28,420 --> 00:14:30,710 Very near the mark. 218 00:14:31,382 --> 00:14:32,960 So, erm... 219 00:14:34,636 --> 00:14:37,128 What should I do this time? 220 00:14:37,848 --> 00:14:40,422 You know what I'm going to say. 221 00:14:40,602 --> 00:14:42,884 Appoint someone both clever and trustworthy. 222 00:14:43,085 --> 00:14:44,766 And trust her. 223 00:14:45,441 --> 00:14:47,932 Could I trust you, Claire? 224 00:14:49,195 --> 00:14:51,272 Yes, you could. 225 00:14:51,949 --> 00:14:56,742 I'd like to take a little more time to think about this. One last thing... 226 00:14:56,913 --> 00:14:59,469 Is there anything I should know about you 227 00:14:59,670 --> 00:15:01,825 that might affect my decision? 228 00:15:02,002 --> 00:15:06,167 Anything in your past life, anything in your personal life? 229 00:15:06,341 --> 00:15:10,007 The kind of thing that if I found out about it later, 230 00:15:10,179 --> 00:15:12,361 I might think I wish I'd known about that 231 00:15:12,562 --> 00:15:14,343 when I appointed her. 232 00:15:16,478 --> 00:15:19,978 I've been having an affair with Tom Makepeace. 233 00:15:20,775 --> 00:15:22,317 Really? 234 00:15:23,069 --> 00:15:25,643 Thank you for sharing that with me. 235 00:15:25,823 --> 00:15:30,616 I felt in all fairness you should know. You deserve absolute honesty from me. 236 00:15:30,787 --> 00:15:33,409 I said you could trust me and you can. 237 00:15:34,249 --> 00:15:38,580 Being clever about people, you took the gamble that I knew already. 238 00:15:38,797 --> 00:15:42,961 If I knew already and you lied about it, you'd be utterly sunk. 239 00:15:43,135 --> 00:15:46,671 Coming clean would limit the damage at worst. 240 00:15:46,848 --> 00:15:49,386 But what if I didn't know? 241 00:15:49,559 --> 00:15:53,261 What if this were the first time I'd heard of it 242 00:15:53,481 --> 00:15:56,601 and you've just blurted it out unnecessarily? 243 00:15:57,277 --> 00:16:01,739 Well, that was the gamble, that was the risk you had to take. 244 00:16:01,949 --> 00:16:06,529 At worst, I'd think this woman is a bit too open with herself, 245 00:16:06,705 --> 00:16:09,707 a bit too honest to get on in politics. 246 00:16:10,543 --> 00:16:12,785 But she's awfully sweet. 247 00:16:14,715 --> 00:16:17,965 I don't want anyone to think of me as sweet. 248 00:16:18,636 --> 00:16:20,925 - Or devious. - Don't you? 249 00:16:23,225 --> 00:16:26,677 - Did you know I was having an affair? - Of course! 250 00:16:27,397 --> 00:16:30,647 I should imagine half Westminster knows. 251 00:16:30,817 --> 00:16:33,439 It's the common gossip of the House. 252 00:16:33,612 --> 00:16:36,982 And you think I should engage you as my PPS 253 00:16:37,158 --> 00:16:40,279 and make you privy to all my thinking and decisions 254 00:16:40,454 --> 00:16:45,283 while you're conducting a liaison with the man who wants to chop me down? 255 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:48,331 You're clearly considering it seriously. 256 00:16:48,547 --> 00:16:53,542 You're far too busy to get me up here simply to embarrass and humiliate me. 257 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,211 That's very good, Claire. 258 00:16:56,390 --> 00:17:00,435 You're thinking of gambling too, that I might betray him to you. 259 00:17:00,645 --> 00:17:02,721 And would you? 260 00:17:04,107 --> 00:17:06,681 There's surprisingly little to betray. 261 00:17:06,861 --> 00:17:10,906 He doesn't want to chop you down. He admires you very much. 262 00:17:11,074 --> 00:17:13,696 Does he? That's awfully good of him. 263 00:17:13,869 --> 00:17:17,570 He wishes you valued him more. He feels misunderstood. 264 00:17:17,790 --> 00:17:19,867 Good God! 265 00:17:20,043 --> 00:17:24,753 He's soft in the middle. He's weak and sentimental. He's a loser. 266 00:17:24,924 --> 00:17:27,521 If it came to a fight, you could take him any time. 267 00:17:27,722 --> 00:17:29,919 You could take any of them. 268 00:17:30,097 --> 00:17:32,802 That's why I want to be with you. 269 00:17:38,816 --> 00:17:41,188 But can I really trust her? 270 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:43,715 Why, with so much at stake, 271 00:17:43,716 --> 00:17:46,070 should I feel this urge to put myself at risk? 272 00:17:46,241 --> 00:17:49,492 Why don't I just ditch the pair of them now? 273 00:17:49,662 --> 00:17:53,197 Unprofessional conduct, palpable security risk, 274 00:17:53,375 --> 00:17:58,038 selfish pursuit of private pleasure at the expense of the public good 275 00:17:58,214 --> 00:18:00,818 and the whole smug, hypocritical, 276 00:18:00,819 --> 00:18:03,422 "Times" editorial slop bucket of morality. 277 00:18:03,595 --> 00:18:06,169 Nothing simpler, nothing safer. 278 00:18:06,807 --> 00:18:09,263 Two at a stroke. Finish. 279 00:18:11,021 --> 00:18:12,563 Right... 280 00:18:21,450 --> 00:18:22,826 Yes? 281 00:18:22,993 --> 00:18:25,450 Claire Carlsen, Francis Urquhart. 282 00:18:25,622 --> 00:18:28,991 I thought you'd like to know the job is yours. 283 00:18:30,586 --> 00:18:32,959 That's absolutely confidential. 284 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,332 Don't tell anyone else for the time being. 285 00:18:35,550 --> 00:18:37,839 No, of course not. 286 00:18:38,011 --> 00:18:39,886 Thank you. 287 00:18:40,056 --> 00:18:41,515 It's... 288 00:18:42,684 --> 00:18:47,263 Forgive me, it's...rather a shock. I convinced myself I'd blown it. 289 00:18:47,481 --> 00:18:50,732 Yes, I rather surprised myself. Goodnight. 290 00:18:52,529 --> 00:18:53,988 Yes! 291 00:18:55,199 --> 00:18:59,743 Sometimes the safe thing is just too safe and sensible. 292 00:19:00,831 --> 00:19:04,366 Some games are just too interesting to resist. 293 00:19:07,755 --> 00:19:11,920 You haven't picked the best year for record-keeping in Cyprus. 294 00:19:12,762 --> 00:19:17,471 October 1956 was Suez and Cyprus turned into one big transit camp, 295 00:19:17,642 --> 00:19:20,216 whole regiments coming through. 296 00:19:20,396 --> 00:19:23,516 The last thing anyone worried about was paperwork. 297 00:19:23,691 --> 00:19:26,147 You might be lucky, though. 298 00:19:26,319 --> 00:19:29,440 - There. Troodos Mountains. - Are you sure? 299 00:19:29,615 --> 00:19:32,617 - I was there. - We'd like to see this one. 300 00:19:32,827 --> 00:19:38,036 7438. "Report on security situation and EOKA resistance interception 301 00:19:38,209 --> 00:19:41,828 "in the Troodos Mountains, April to October 1956." 302 00:19:42,005 --> 00:19:44,716 OK. The search may take at least an hour. 303 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:47,427 It's never been digitally referenced. 304 00:19:47,637 --> 00:19:50,128 That's all right. We'll wait. 305 00:19:50,307 --> 00:19:54,175 Go and have a coffee. I'll give you a bleep when we find it. 306 00:19:54,353 --> 00:19:58,517 - Thank you very much. - All mod cons. Coffee shop's that way. 307 00:19:58,692 --> 00:20:00,898 The coffee's a bit crap, 308 00:20:00,899 --> 00:20:03,105 but they do lemon tea. That's quite good. 309 00:20:03,322 --> 00:20:05,944 I thought I'd mention it. Cyprus and so on. 310 00:20:06,159 --> 00:20:08,781 - Thanks. - You're very welcome. 311 00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:16,461 - How long have you got? - Ten minutes. You didn't have to cook. 312 00:20:16,630 --> 00:20:19,382 I love to cook. I love to cook for you. 313 00:20:19,550 --> 00:20:22,124 This is about the only chance I get. 314 00:20:23,304 --> 00:20:26,591 I wish we had time for a bloody great blowout! 315 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:30,303 There you go. 316 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:34,432 - What about you? - I'm fine. Go on, eat. 317 00:20:44,747 --> 00:20:46,206 Look... 318 00:20:46,374 --> 00:20:48,865 This is a bit awkward. 319 00:20:49,044 --> 00:20:52,330 I think we ought to let this cool off for a while. 320 00:20:53,007 --> 00:20:56,127 - What do you mean? - People know about us. 321 00:20:57,304 --> 00:20:59,925 - Besides Hilary? - So I understand. 322 00:21:00,099 --> 00:21:02,175 From whom? 323 00:21:02,351 --> 00:21:05,970 - Geoffrey Booza Pitt hinted at it. - How does he know? 324 00:21:06,147 --> 00:21:09,268 Does it matter? If he knows, everybody knows. 325 00:21:09,443 --> 00:21:10,819 Hell! 326 00:21:10,987 --> 00:21:13,318 If he's telling people about us, 327 00:21:13,319 --> 00:21:15,650 it's best it isn't true, for the time being. 328 00:21:15,826 --> 00:21:19,611 Or come out in the open. Let them do the worst they can. 329 00:21:19,789 --> 00:21:24,084 You know I'd never leave Bjorn. I told you right from the start. 330 00:21:24,253 --> 00:21:26,826 And you'd never leave Hilary. 331 00:21:27,006 --> 00:21:29,230 I don't know. Might be the best thing for her, 332 00:21:29,431 --> 00:21:31,254 as well as me. 333 00:21:32,971 --> 00:21:35,178 - There's something else. - What? 334 00:21:35,391 --> 00:21:38,511 It's absolutely confidential. I haven't told Bjorn. 335 00:21:38,687 --> 00:21:40,763 What is it? 336 00:21:42,024 --> 00:21:45,228 Francis Urquhart has asked me to be his PPS. 337 00:21:45,403 --> 00:21:48,523 - And you've accepted? - Yes, of course. 338 00:21:48,699 --> 00:21:51,155 Don't look at me like that, Tom. 339 00:21:51,368 --> 00:21:54,370 I'm ambitious. It's the fast lane to promotion. 340 00:21:54,581 --> 00:21:57,302 Is that all it is for you? I thought you wanted 341 00:21:57,503 --> 00:21:59,623 to change things for the better. 342 00:21:59,795 --> 00:22:02,797 I do. I just need to get myself a foothold. 343 00:22:03,007 --> 00:22:05,581 It isn't easy for a woman, Tom. 344 00:22:05,761 --> 00:22:09,095 This is the chance to make myself a power base 345 00:22:09,265 --> 00:22:11,887 and when I've got it, I'll use it for good. 346 00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:14,634 - You said you loved me. - I do. 347 00:22:14,813 --> 00:22:18,349 And you couldn't imagine life without me. Cool off? 348 00:22:18,568 --> 00:22:20,727 Tom, you're the best. 349 00:22:20,904 --> 00:22:23,063 The very best for me. 350 00:22:23,782 --> 00:22:26,190 You give pure gold. 351 00:22:26,953 --> 00:22:29,242 It's just that it's a bit... 352 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:33,508 ..a bit bloody awkward at the moment, Tom. 353 00:22:33,709 --> 00:22:35,201 That's all. 354 00:22:40,511 --> 00:22:44,675 "From the information received, I arranged to meet my contact 355 00:22:44,849 --> 00:22:49,512 "at the red rocks above Spilia village. I was attacked by rifle fire..." 356 00:22:49,688 --> 00:22:53,307 - Bloody liar! - "There were two, possibly three men. 357 00:22:53,485 --> 00:22:55,789 "I took cover, returned fire" 358 00:22:55,990 --> 00:22:58,693 "and managed to shoot both the terrorists dead." 359 00:22:58,866 --> 00:23:02,699 He murdered them in cold blood! My brothers. 360 00:23:02,871 --> 00:23:05,445 "I was unable to identify the gunmen. 361 00:23:05,624 --> 00:23:09,457 "They had nothing to enable me to make the identification. 362 00:23:09,629 --> 00:23:12,150 "I had to consider the risks of reprisal," 363 00:23:12,251 --> 00:23:14,671 "so I buried the bodies at map reference..." 364 00:23:14,885 --> 00:23:17,424 And there's no signature. 365 00:23:18,139 --> 00:23:20,216 It was him. 366 00:23:28,485 --> 00:23:30,976 - This is a photocopy? - Yes. 367 00:23:31,155 --> 00:23:35,818 - So there'll be an original? - Probably at the Ministry of Defence. 368 00:23:35,994 --> 00:23:39,613 They won't release it till well after everyone's dead 369 00:23:39,790 --> 00:23:43,456 to protect the identity of British personnel still living. 370 00:23:43,628 --> 00:23:46,333 They're keen not to upset people. 371 00:23:46,548 --> 00:23:49,040 Yeah, I bet they are! 372 00:23:50,303 --> 00:23:52,877 Update on the Cyprus talks, Tom. 373 00:23:53,056 --> 00:23:56,556 Prime Minister, I thought you'd taken it off my hands. 374 00:23:56,727 --> 00:24:00,061 No, you do the hard work and I take the credit. 375 00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:02,504 I think we all know that. 376 00:24:02,505 --> 00:24:04,735 It's an arrangement that works very well. 377 00:24:04,904 --> 00:24:09,650 Well, I keep in constant touch with both sides and I remain optimistic. 378 00:24:10,327 --> 00:24:12,765 Dimitri Nicolaou and Yassa Yunis 379 00:24:12,766 --> 00:24:15,203 are exceptionally enlightened politicians, 380 00:24:15,374 --> 00:24:18,910 both prepared to bury decades of bitter strife. 381 00:24:19,087 --> 00:24:22,706 It's been almost 25 years since the Turkish invasion 382 00:24:22,883 --> 00:24:28,092 and a Greek Cypriot can see a Turk living in what he regards as his house. 383 00:24:29,224 --> 00:24:31,835 Nicolaou has to deal very tactfully 384 00:24:31,836 --> 00:24:34,646 with a lot of very fierce nationalist opposition. 385 00:24:34,856 --> 00:24:39,020 A lot depends on the final details of the border demarcation. 386 00:24:39,195 --> 00:24:42,611 If that's seen by all sides as fair and equitable... 387 00:24:42,824 --> 00:24:45,576 A British judge will make damn sure it is. 388 00:24:45,786 --> 00:24:48,314 I trust and pray that he will. 389 00:24:48,315 --> 00:24:51,243 This Cyprus settlement is very close to my heart. 390 00:24:52,043 --> 00:24:54,333 In more ways than one. 391 00:24:54,505 --> 00:24:56,552 Which reminds me 392 00:24:56,553 --> 00:24:58,799 it's timeto do a little priming of the pension plan. 393 00:25:21,287 --> 00:25:23,576 There he is over there. 394 00:25:23,748 --> 00:25:27,200 Oh, yes, I remember now. Rather a nice man. 395 00:25:27,419 --> 00:25:30,255 Rather a useful man, I hope. Be careful. 396 00:25:30,423 --> 00:25:34,920 He's very sharp on the nuances and utterly incorruptible. 397 00:25:35,095 --> 00:25:39,758 You go and chat to your new prot�g�e. I can handle this. 398 00:25:41,519 --> 00:25:43,596 Good hunting. 399 00:25:48,319 --> 00:25:49,695 Hello. 400 00:25:49,863 --> 00:25:52,188 I'm Elizabeth Urquhart. 401 00:25:52,366 --> 00:25:55,486 We did meet briefly at a do at Mansion House, 402 00:25:55,661 --> 00:25:58,235 but you probably won't remember me. 403 00:25:58,415 --> 00:26:00,746 Of course I do. Clive Watling. 404 00:26:00,747 --> 00:26:03,078 Oh, yes! It was on the tip of my tongue. 405 00:26:03,254 --> 00:26:05,792 Now, you're the er... 406 00:26:05,965 --> 00:26:08,403 Don't tell me, it's coming. 407 00:26:08,404 --> 00:26:10,842 You're the judge, the international judge. 408 00:26:11,013 --> 00:26:13,711 The most distinguished international judge in Europe, 409 00:26:13,912 --> 00:26:16,009 my husband tells me. 410 00:26:16,687 --> 00:26:21,266 Should I be frightened of you? Not unless I've done something wrong! 411 00:26:21,442 --> 00:26:22,985 Exactly. 412 00:26:23,153 --> 00:26:25,525 So...what's it like? 413 00:26:25,697 --> 00:26:28,044 Are you actually doing any of it at the moment? 414 00:26:28,245 --> 00:26:29,992 Judging, I mean. 415 00:26:30,161 --> 00:26:32,735 I'm so frightfully ignorant about the law. 416 00:26:32,914 --> 00:26:35,584 I sort of picture you sitting in judgment 417 00:26:35,685 --> 00:26:38,254 over some frightful international criminal 418 00:26:38,421 --> 00:26:40,919 like that chap in "Batman", 419 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,417 but I suppose it's rather more cerebral than that. 420 00:26:43,594 --> 00:26:45,805 It can be like that, 421 00:26:45,806 --> 00:26:49,016 but more typically one arbitrates in some international negotiation. 422 00:26:49,684 --> 00:26:52,365 Just now it's Cyprus, finalising the sea boundaries, 423 00:26:52,566 --> 00:26:54,846 fishing rights and so on. 424 00:26:55,024 --> 00:26:57,646 Cyprus! That must be a tricky one. 425 00:26:57,819 --> 00:27:02,363 Not especially. The area of difference is clear and not very large. 426 00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:06,532 There's a certain amount of ritual posturing to endure. 427 00:27:06,705 --> 00:27:11,083 The French are often prone to that and this case is no exception. 428 00:27:11,252 --> 00:27:14,372 And all that oil must complicate things too. 429 00:27:14,548 --> 00:27:18,498 What oil? There isn't any oil. Not in significant amounts. 430 00:27:18,678 --> 00:27:23,340 We have the most recent seismic surveys. Oil's not part of the picture. 431 00:27:23,517 --> 00:27:26,297 But didn't the French have another survey done, 432 00:27:26,498 --> 00:27:28,678 all very hush-hush? 433 00:27:28,856 --> 00:27:33,270 I'm sure I heard something about it. Perhaps I wasn't supposed to. 434 00:27:33,445 --> 00:27:36,067 Apparently there's oodles of the stuff. 435 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,637 If it goes to the Greek side, 436 00:27:38,638 --> 00:27:41,034 the French will have the exploitation rights. 437 00:27:41,914 --> 00:27:44,156 Something like that. 438 00:27:44,333 --> 00:27:48,414 But wouldn't that make things very difficult for a French judge? 439 00:27:48,630 --> 00:27:51,751 You know, to remain impartial and so on? 440 00:27:51,926 --> 00:27:54,880 Yes, it would. It should. 441 00:27:56,598 --> 00:27:59,718 Oh, I do hope I haven't complicated things. 442 00:27:59,894 --> 00:28:02,599 I was sure you would know all about it. 443 00:28:04,024 --> 00:28:06,349 I've rather put my foot in it. 444 00:28:06,568 --> 00:28:08,645 No, not at all. 445 00:28:08,821 --> 00:28:13,614 I have to deal with the facts as they're presented to me as evidence. 446 00:28:13,785 --> 00:28:17,535 And I shall. One or two things have just become clear. 447 00:28:17,748 --> 00:28:19,955 Oh, I really am awful. 448 00:28:20,126 --> 00:28:22,832 Still a blurter after all these years! 449 00:28:23,005 --> 00:28:26,125 - Please say you'll forgive me. - Yes, of course. 450 00:28:26,843 --> 00:28:29,085 You weren't to know. 451 00:28:32,391 --> 00:28:36,342 I'd like to talk to you about Tom Makepeace, Claire. 452 00:28:36,521 --> 00:28:38,847 Yes, I thought you would. 453 00:28:39,024 --> 00:28:41,604 It's all right. Of course I'll stop seeing him. 454 00:28:41,805 --> 00:28:44,185 I was ready to end it in any case. 455 00:28:44,405 --> 00:28:47,258 Tom doesn't handle these things well 456 00:28:47,259 --> 00:28:50,112 and if half Westminster knows about it... 457 00:28:50,287 --> 00:28:52,364 I exaggerated. 458 00:28:54,042 --> 00:28:56,563 If I said that I would prefer it 459 00:28:56,564 --> 00:28:59,084 if you didn't cut off from him completely, 460 00:28:59,298 --> 00:29:02,466 would that make life impossibly difficult for you? 461 00:29:02,677 --> 00:29:05,003 Not impossibly difficult, no. 462 00:29:05,222 --> 00:29:09,386 I haven't gone off him or anything. Not in the physical sense. 463 00:29:10,061 --> 00:29:12,517 Quite the reverse, in fact. 464 00:29:12,689 --> 00:29:16,225 We're extraordinarily well attuned in that respect. 465 00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:25,531 You want me to spy on him? 466 00:29:25,747 --> 00:29:28,417 I want to know what he really wants. 467 00:29:28,625 --> 00:29:32,161 No one could be as selfless as he purports to be. 468 00:29:32,380 --> 00:29:36,425 - What does he say to you? - We don't talk about politics much. 469 00:29:36,593 --> 00:29:40,971 - That's not what we're about. - Claire, what does he say about me? 470 00:29:41,140 --> 00:29:43,217 The whole truth, now! 471 00:29:43,393 --> 00:29:46,644 He doesn't like you, but that won't surprise you. 472 00:29:46,855 --> 00:29:50,688 He admires your ability, but thinks you've used it to wrong ends. 473 00:29:50,902 --> 00:29:55,446 He thinks your policy on Europe could lead to England's isolation. 474 00:29:56,408 --> 00:29:58,982 He thinks you're past it, in decline. 475 00:29:59,203 --> 00:30:01,660 Too old to cut the mustard. 476 00:30:03,542 --> 00:30:05,998 Only one question remains. 477 00:30:06,170 --> 00:30:10,335 Is he going to challenge for the leadership and if so, when? 478 00:30:11,593 --> 00:30:14,049 - I don't know. - Find out! 479 00:30:36,540 --> 00:30:38,866 Oh, you know... 480 00:30:39,043 --> 00:30:41,617 I really thought I'd lost you. 481 00:30:42,297 --> 00:30:44,373 I couldn't... 482 00:30:44,549 --> 00:30:47,551 I couldn't bear the thought of not doing this, 483 00:30:47,752 --> 00:30:50,554 not giving you all... 484 00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:54,426 It feels so good. 485 00:31:02,071 --> 00:31:04,396 So this is cooling off? 486 00:31:05,074 --> 00:31:07,316 Being sensible, is it? 487 00:31:07,494 --> 00:31:09,570 Don't mock me! 488 00:31:09,746 --> 00:31:12,320 I can't help it if I'm hooked on you. 489 00:31:17,839 --> 00:31:19,417 Oh, God! 490 00:31:20,593 --> 00:31:22,752 You're so lovely. 491 00:31:23,930 --> 00:31:26,007 I'm so lucky. 492 00:31:27,142 --> 00:31:28,720 We are. 493 00:31:29,395 --> 00:31:32,017 Oh, we are lucky! 494 00:31:44,788 --> 00:31:47,078 Does he know about us? 495 00:31:50,337 --> 00:31:52,793 I really don't think I care. 496 00:31:53,465 --> 00:31:56,087 I'm sure he doesn't have much interest. 497 00:31:57,971 --> 00:32:02,016 He's so cold-blooded, he's like an old lizard on a rock, 498 00:32:02,184 --> 00:32:04,640 those pale eyes flickering! 499 00:32:08,358 --> 00:32:11,360 I think he's quite scared of you, Tom. 500 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:17,655 He's never shown me much sign of it. 501 00:32:17,828 --> 00:32:22,621 You're far less dangerous to him inside the cabinet than outside. 502 00:32:22,834 --> 00:32:26,085 He'd love to sack you, but he's scared that if he did... 503 00:32:26,255 --> 00:32:28,663 I'd go for the party leadership? 504 00:32:28,883 --> 00:32:32,668 Everyone knows you could win the next election. 505 00:32:32,888 --> 00:32:35,510 You're far more popular now than he is. 506 00:32:36,726 --> 00:32:38,802 You know what? 507 00:32:39,521 --> 00:32:41,597 Foreign Secretary. 508 00:32:43,192 --> 00:32:45,434 That's all I ever wanted. 509 00:32:46,154 --> 00:32:48,728 But if he continues to interfere, 510 00:32:50,117 --> 00:32:53,321 if he undoes all those patient achievements, 511 00:32:56,291 --> 00:32:58,913 if he stops me doing my job, 512 00:33:00,546 --> 00:33:03,037 then I'll bloody well have his! 513 00:33:03,967 --> 00:33:05,342 Yes! 514 00:33:09,890 --> 00:33:12,809 And you might communicate that to him 515 00:33:13,854 --> 00:33:16,392 in that...tactful way 516 00:33:16,565 --> 00:33:19,270 you PPSs...cultivate. 517 00:33:22,906 --> 00:33:24,983 I'll try. 518 00:33:25,159 --> 00:33:26,867 Oh, Tom! 519 00:33:27,078 --> 00:33:29,534 I'm so glad you said that. 520 00:33:30,832 --> 00:33:35,542 I think you should challenge, and the sooner the better for all of us. 521 00:33:36,839 --> 00:33:40,209 I really thought you'd gone over to his side. 522 00:33:41,679 --> 00:33:43,921 How could I do that? 523 00:33:44,766 --> 00:33:47,138 You're in my heart, Tom. 524 00:33:47,853 --> 00:33:50,059 You're in my bones. 525 00:33:54,778 --> 00:33:58,194 - Mrs Carlsen, have you a moment? - Later. 526 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:12,670 He'll take any shit you hand out so long as he can keep his job. 527 00:34:12,841 --> 00:34:15,796 What if I take his job away from him? 528 00:34:16,011 --> 00:34:18,585 He might feel he had to fight you then. 529 00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:21,173 What should I do, Claire? 530 00:34:21,351 --> 00:34:25,302 Don't ask me that about Tom. Not after all we've had together. 531 00:34:25,523 --> 00:34:28,228 What would you do in my place? 532 00:34:29,319 --> 00:34:31,396 Get rid of him. 533 00:34:46,631 --> 00:34:48,292 Elizabeth? 534 00:34:48,467 --> 00:34:50,959 Oh! Thank you. 535 00:34:56,852 --> 00:34:59,344 Forgive me, Francis... 536 00:34:59,522 --> 00:35:02,144 Is what you're considering wise? 537 00:35:02,317 --> 00:35:04,808 I haven't made up my mind yet. 538 00:35:04,987 --> 00:35:09,282 Francis, you might do something on a whim or in a flash of temper. 539 00:35:09,451 --> 00:35:13,401 - All the more fun. - Think, Francis. Remember Stamper. 540 00:35:13,580 --> 00:35:16,184 You underestimated him, 541 00:35:16,185 --> 00:35:18,789 his capacity for malice, resentment, revenge. 542 00:35:18,962 --> 00:35:23,126 You thought he was your creature, but he turned against you. 543 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:28,296 Ultimately Stamper underestimated me, but this case is entirely different. 544 00:35:28,473 --> 00:35:31,261 Makepeace was never my creature. 545 00:35:31,435 --> 00:35:35,765 He's a disruptive influence, totally isolated in the cabinet. 546 00:35:35,941 --> 00:35:39,061 Not in the parliamentary party or in the country. 547 00:35:39,236 --> 00:35:43,531 If you humiliate him in the reshuffle, he'll turn against you. 548 00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:47,485 Leave him where he is and he has to make supportive noises. 549 00:35:48,456 --> 00:35:50,698 In public at any rate. 550 00:35:50,875 --> 00:35:53,373 Wait until he does something 551 00:35:53,374 --> 00:35:55,871 to make himself less popular, then be rid of him. 552 00:35:56,048 --> 00:35:58,290 That would be sensible. 553 00:36:00,011 --> 00:36:04,057 One wonders if your new girl is giving you the best advice. 554 00:36:04,225 --> 00:36:07,843 She's not just telling you what you want to hear, I hope? 555 00:36:08,021 --> 00:36:12,185 One doesn't detect the tiniest trace of jealousy, does one? 556 00:36:12,359 --> 00:36:14,436 Hardly, Francis. 557 00:36:16,448 --> 00:36:20,493 A little pique perhaps because I didn't choose her for you. 558 00:36:20,703 --> 00:36:25,116 But overwhelmingly concerned for your welfare, your security. 559 00:36:25,876 --> 00:36:30,752 These final years should be a triumphant consolidation, not a desperate struggle. 560 00:36:30,965 --> 00:36:35,427 You're not suggesting that a contest between Makepeace and myself 561 00:36:35,596 --> 00:36:38,169 would be a desperate struggle? 562 00:36:38,349 --> 00:36:41,137 I can take the man any time I like. 563 00:36:41,311 --> 00:36:43,885 Of course you could. 564 00:36:44,690 --> 00:36:47,187 What thrillingly pugnacious language! 565 00:36:47,188 --> 00:36:49,685 But why put yourself to all that trouble? 566 00:36:50,572 --> 00:36:54,238 After all, it's not as if you had anything to prove. 567 00:36:56,412 --> 00:36:58,904 I think I'll go up, Francis. 568 00:36:59,082 --> 00:37:01,574 Well, I won't be very long. 569 00:37:04,881 --> 00:37:07,277 Of course she's right. 570 00:37:07,278 --> 00:37:09,674 I have nothing to prove and I have nothing to fear. 571 00:37:09,845 --> 00:37:14,175 No one can threaten me now. No one is left who can threaten me now. 572 00:37:14,350 --> 00:37:16,972 Mattie gone, Stamper and Sarah gone, 573 00:37:17,145 --> 00:37:20,930 Roger O'Neill, with his brave, terrified smile, gone. 574 00:37:21,108 --> 00:37:22,686 All gone. 575 00:37:23,695 --> 00:37:27,480 No one knows anything that could possibly damage me, 576 00:37:27,658 --> 00:37:30,232 except Corder and Elizabeth. 577 00:37:30,411 --> 00:37:32,488 And myself. 578 00:37:32,664 --> 00:37:35,120 So what do I have to fear... 579 00:37:36,126 --> 00:37:38,203 ..but fear itself? 580 00:37:40,340 --> 00:37:44,670 You're very privileged. I don't know anyone else who's invited up here. 581 00:37:44,845 --> 00:37:49,674 - I'm still waiting for my invitation. - It's his own private roof garden? 582 00:37:49,851 --> 00:37:52,722 Not quite. In theory, any MP can use it, 583 00:37:52,897 --> 00:37:57,025 but the Prime Minister comes up here when he needs to be alone 584 00:37:57,193 --> 00:38:01,903 to think something through, and doesn't welcome any intrusions. 585 00:38:02,074 --> 00:38:04,478 There's a tragic story. 586 00:38:04,479 --> 00:38:07,283 A young journalist he befriended killed herself up here. 587 00:38:07,456 --> 00:38:11,454 Jumped off the roof. He saw it happen, couldn't stop her. 588 00:38:11,627 --> 00:38:14,166 That was before he was Prime Minister. 589 00:38:14,339 --> 00:38:17,791 - He still likes to go there? - He's not like other people. 590 00:38:18,010 --> 00:38:20,632 Your connection with him is Cyprus? 591 00:38:20,805 --> 00:38:23,585 I'm trying to help my father find out about his brothers 592 00:38:23,786 --> 00:38:25,966 who were killed there in '56. 593 00:38:26,145 --> 00:38:29,265 He'll help you. He's very interested in Cyprus. 594 00:38:31,067 --> 00:38:34,069 Prime Minister! Here's Miss Passolides. 595 00:38:34,238 --> 00:38:37,275 - Thank you, Claire. - Thank you. 596 00:38:37,492 --> 00:38:41,739 Miss Passolides! I hope you didn't mind all those stairs. 597 00:38:41,914 --> 00:38:43,990 No, not at all. 598 00:38:44,166 --> 00:38:46,740 What an extraordinary place this is! 599 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,455 One likes to get away now and then, get above it all. 600 00:38:50,674 --> 00:38:54,542 I like to imagine that the air is a little purer up here. 601 00:38:55,638 --> 00:38:58,260 I was born in the Highlands of Scotland. 602 00:38:58,433 --> 00:39:00,788 One could stand on the rocks, 603 00:39:00,789 --> 00:39:03,143 see ten miles and not another living soul! 604 00:39:03,898 --> 00:39:08,063 Sometimes I think I was a complete fool to come into politics, 605 00:39:08,237 --> 00:39:10,563 but, well, here we are. 606 00:39:11,199 --> 00:39:14,010 I'm very grateful for this. Very surprised too. 607 00:39:14,211 --> 00:39:16,621 I'm not one of your supporters. 608 00:39:16,831 --> 00:39:20,911 I guessed something of the kind and it's completely immaterial. 609 00:39:21,127 --> 00:39:23,838 It's my privilege and my pleasure to serve you, 610 00:39:24,039 --> 00:39:26,549 whether you voted for me or not. 611 00:39:26,717 --> 00:39:29,838 Whatever else you may have done or not done, 612 00:39:30,013 --> 00:39:33,133 the Cyprus settlement was a wonderful achievement. 613 00:39:33,309 --> 00:39:35,883 Thank you. It's very close to my heart. 614 00:39:36,813 --> 00:39:39,387 I love Cyprus, the island, the people. 615 00:39:40,734 --> 00:39:44,899 I didn't always meet them in the happiest of circumstances. 616 00:39:45,073 --> 00:39:49,486 Some of my memories of that place are rather painful to recall now. 617 00:39:50,538 --> 00:39:53,112 Did you go there on national service? 618 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:57,746 No, I took a short service commission - three years instead of two. 619 00:39:57,921 --> 00:40:01,042 I was only 19 when I first went out there. 620 00:40:01,259 --> 00:40:05,720 Very naive, idealistic, passionate about Greek culture and language. 621 00:40:05,889 --> 00:40:09,389 - You speak Greek? - It's a bit rusty now. 622 00:40:15,776 --> 00:40:19,312 - That's very good. - One or two bits stick in the mind. 623 00:40:19,489 --> 00:40:22,093 Did you gather information on EOKA resistance 624 00:40:22,294 --> 00:40:24,697 or did you capture them? 625 00:40:24,870 --> 00:40:27,991 No, nothing so dramatic, I assure you, Maria. 626 00:40:28,166 --> 00:40:32,628 Someone who spoke Greek would have been useful in interrogation. 627 00:40:32,797 --> 00:40:36,546 No, I was lucky enough to miss all that kind of thing. 628 00:40:36,718 --> 00:40:39,838 Our problem... I don't know if you can help... 629 00:40:40,014 --> 00:40:42,636 We're trying to locate my uncles' graves. 630 00:40:42,809 --> 00:40:47,472 They were killed in a skirmish in the Troodos Mountains above Spilia. 631 00:40:47,648 --> 00:40:50,733 - I see. - We went to the Public Records Office. 632 00:40:50,943 --> 00:40:55,108 We found a copy of the official report on the incident, 633 00:40:55,282 --> 00:40:58,817 but the name of the officer in charge was blanked out. 634 00:40:58,995 --> 00:41:00,738 Yes, I see. 635 00:41:00,914 --> 00:41:04,746 The clerk said it's likely there is a more detailed account, 636 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,793 perhaps on a secret file at the Ministry of Defence. 637 00:41:09,007 --> 00:41:11,498 We don't want to stir up trouble. 638 00:41:11,677 --> 00:41:14,797 I just want to set my father's mind at rest. 639 00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:16,864 I understand. 640 00:41:16,865 --> 00:41:18,757 So much unfinished business from that time. 641 00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:22,311 And later in 1974 when the Turks invaded. 642 00:41:23,316 --> 00:41:26,732 - That's when I lost my mother. - So much blood. 643 00:41:27,362 --> 00:41:29,901 So much sorrow. 644 00:41:31,909 --> 00:41:36,157 - Will you let me see what I can do? - Yes. You're very kind. 645 00:41:36,373 --> 00:41:39,743 It's the least I can do. I wish it could be more. 646 00:41:39,961 --> 00:41:42,534 Yes, I believe you. Thank you. 647 00:41:49,597 --> 00:41:52,967 I've just had a telephone call from Mr Nures. 648 00:41:53,143 --> 00:41:58,020 The judges have decided on the sea boundaries. They split 50/50. 649 00:41:58,232 --> 00:42:02,646 And Sir Clive has given his casting vote to the Turkish side. 650 00:42:02,863 --> 00:42:06,197 Excellent. Thanks in no small measure to you. 651 00:42:06,367 --> 00:42:09,155 - To the future. - To the Urquhart Trust. 652 00:42:09,329 --> 00:42:12,449 - To our personal pension plan. - Happy days. 653 00:42:18,590 --> 00:42:21,711 Sorry. Frightfully sorry, Prime Minister. 654 00:42:21,886 --> 00:42:24,460 Was that a political point, Polecutt? 655 00:42:24,639 --> 00:42:28,507 Good God, no. A spasm of cramp, Prime Minister. Sorry. 656 00:42:28,686 --> 00:42:30,762 Spasm of cramp. 657 00:42:36,570 --> 00:42:40,070 Order! Questions to the Prime Minister. 658 00:42:40,283 --> 00:42:42,691 Mr Hugh Pugh. 659 00:42:44,121 --> 00:42:48,166 Does the Prime Minister have any thoughts to share with us 660 00:42:48,334 --> 00:42:51,834 on the eve of another crucial European summit, 661 00:42:52,005 --> 00:42:55,126 particularly about when he'll do something practical 662 00:42:55,301 --> 00:42:57,875 to make Europe work efficiently? 663 00:42:58,847 --> 00:43:03,640 For example, if he believes in a single market as he says he does, 664 00:43:03,853 --> 00:43:07,436 why does he turn his back on a single currency? 665 00:43:07,649 --> 00:43:11,268 When is he going to put his money where his mouth is? 666 00:43:14,157 --> 00:43:16,753 The Honourable Gentleman makes an excellent point 667 00:43:16,954 --> 00:43:18,950 and I agree with him. 668 00:43:19,121 --> 00:43:22,242 We all want an effective single market in Europe. 669 00:43:22,417 --> 00:43:24,956 I'm not sure that destroying the image 670 00:43:25,057 --> 00:43:27,495 of our young king on the coin of the realm, 671 00:43:27,673 --> 00:43:30,136 with all the disrespect to the monarchy 672 00:43:30,337 --> 00:43:32,799 that implies, will bring Utopia any closer, 673 00:43:32,971 --> 00:43:37,385 but the Honourable Gentleman believes it and who am I to argue him 674 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,134 into common sense and sanity? 675 00:43:40,355 --> 00:43:42,929 Let me say this to him, however. 676 00:43:43,108 --> 00:43:46,893 It is my conviction that we can do most good for Europe 677 00:43:47,071 --> 00:43:49,645 by being resolutely British, 678 00:43:49,825 --> 00:43:54,903 by showing Europe the way to go, rather than trotting at Europe's heels. 679 00:43:55,123 --> 00:43:58,642 Europe has a great deal more to learn from the cradle of democracy 680 00:43:58,843 --> 00:44:01,162 than it has to teach us, 681 00:44:01,380 --> 00:44:04,999 and if the Honourable Gentleman doesn't believe that, 682 00:44:05,176 --> 00:44:08,014 perhaps he should be rustling sheep in the border country 683 00:44:08,215 --> 00:44:10,053 like his ancestors. 684 00:44:10,266 --> 00:44:12,971 Order! Order! Order! 685 00:44:14,479 --> 00:44:16,556 Prime Minister. 686 00:44:16,732 --> 00:44:20,398 If we want to build a really efficient single market, 687 00:44:20,570 --> 00:44:25,565 here is a proposal I intend to suggest to my fellow leaders at the summit. 688 00:44:25,784 --> 00:44:28,821 A single language for Europe. 689 00:44:29,539 --> 00:44:33,537 The waste of money in dealing in a multitude of languages 690 00:44:33,752 --> 00:44:38,082 must run into billions, measured in whatever currency you will, 691 00:44:38,299 --> 00:44:41,716 waste, confusion, misunderstanding. 692 00:44:41,929 --> 00:44:46,307 Clearly we need to be able to speak with one voice. 693 00:44:47,435 --> 00:44:51,101 I suppose it's just one of those accidents of history 694 00:44:51,273 --> 00:44:54,394 that the only possible language is English. 695 00:44:56,029 --> 00:44:58,402 Order! Order! 696 00:45:16,470 --> 00:45:19,591 - How was I? - I've never seen anything like it. 697 00:45:19,766 --> 00:45:22,637 You were completely bloody impossible! 698 00:45:22,811 --> 00:45:27,059 Thank you. It pays to be completely impossible from time to time. 699 00:45:27,275 --> 00:45:31,653 Put a bit of stick about, show them what's what, just for badness! 700 00:45:31,822 --> 00:45:36,319 - So you don't want a single language? - It wouldn't be a bad idea. 701 00:45:36,536 --> 00:45:39,110 But it was just a bit of mischief. 702 00:45:39,289 --> 00:45:42,659 It'll hold up that single currency nonsense for a while 703 00:45:42,835 --> 00:45:47,545 and be worth a few per cent in the polls and it'll make some people angry. 704 00:45:47,716 --> 00:45:50,089 Not bad for five minutes' work! 705 00:45:50,302 --> 00:45:52,592 All right, let's be serious. 706 00:45:52,764 --> 00:45:56,264 I'd like to run a few thoughts past you on the reshuffle. 707 00:45:56,476 --> 00:45:58,558 Who wins, who loses, 708 00:45:58,559 --> 00:46:00,641 how we stick it to them, placing the leaks. 709 00:46:00,815 --> 00:46:03,271 Liaise with Geoffrey. 710 00:46:06,363 --> 00:46:08,937 Hello, Tom. How's tricks? 711 00:46:14,373 --> 00:46:16,704 Francis, I'd like a few words in private. 712 00:46:16,905 --> 00:46:18,835 That won't be necessary, Tom. 713 00:46:19,004 --> 00:46:22,124 My PPS is very discreet, as I'm sure you know. 714 00:46:24,510 --> 00:46:28,591 - Look, I think it would be better if... - Stay where you are, Claire. 715 00:46:28,807 --> 00:46:30,966 You have a job to do. 716 00:46:31,143 --> 00:46:34,762 Sorry about that, Tom. What was it you wanted exactly? 717 00:46:34,939 --> 00:46:37,513 What the hell were you playing at? 718 00:46:37,693 --> 00:46:40,114 For the sake of a few cheap cracks, 719 00:46:40,115 --> 00:46:42,735 you put everything we've done in jeopardy! 720 00:46:42,907 --> 00:46:46,526 What will our European partners think of that performance? 721 00:46:46,703 --> 00:46:49,277 You make it impossible for me to do my job. 722 00:46:49,498 --> 00:46:52,012 I build up relationships of trust over years patiently 723 00:46:52,213 --> 00:46:54,327 with serious professionals, 724 00:46:54,504 --> 00:46:57,921 international statesmen, and you throw it away! What for? 725 00:46:58,134 --> 00:47:00,708 To get on the front page of the "Sun"? 726 00:47:00,887 --> 00:47:03,118 Don't take it so seriously. 727 00:47:03,119 --> 00:47:05,349 And it's not all Queensberry Rules in Europe. 728 00:47:05,559 --> 00:47:09,095 Occasionally, one needs a bit of pepper on the gloves. 729 00:47:09,272 --> 00:47:11,349 That's not good enough. 730 00:47:11,525 --> 00:47:13,607 You can't screw around with foreign policy 731 00:47:13,808 --> 00:47:15,689 without consulting me! 732 00:47:15,863 --> 00:47:19,363 It seems I can, but in future the problem won't arise. 733 00:47:19,576 --> 00:47:22,494 I have come to a momentous decision 734 00:47:22,705 --> 00:47:25,790 and I'm glad you're the first to hear the news. 735 00:47:25,959 --> 00:47:28,533 - You're resigning? - No, Tom, you are. 736 00:47:28,754 --> 00:47:31,328 As Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 737 00:47:31,507 --> 00:47:34,628 I want to keep your talent in the government, 738 00:47:34,803 --> 00:47:38,884 but you're a bit too influenced by your continental chums 739 00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:42,018 with their baccalaureates and their Mercedes. 740 00:47:42,228 --> 00:47:45,432 I thought you might like to take a stab at Education. 741 00:47:45,607 --> 00:47:50,021 Some might see that as a step down, but it's right up your street. 742 00:47:50,238 --> 00:47:54,568 You could have long chats with teachers about the meaning of life 743 00:47:54,743 --> 00:47:57,282 and Plato's "Republic" and all that. 744 00:47:57,497 --> 00:48:00,617 I should imagine you would enjoy that, Tom. 745 00:48:01,376 --> 00:48:03,453 You bastard! 746 00:48:03,629 --> 00:48:05,955 Education doesn't appeal, then? 747 00:48:06,174 --> 00:48:09,923 - Did you think I'd accept? - No, but it was worth a try. 748 00:48:10,095 --> 00:48:12,669 - It's that or nothing. - I choose nothing. 749 00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:15,346 Up to you. 750 00:48:16,728 --> 00:48:18,306 Tom... 751 00:48:18,522 --> 00:48:21,310 You will put it in writing, won't you? 752 00:48:22,610 --> 00:48:27,154 - You'll regret this, Francis. - Well, now, I wonder if I shall. 753 00:48:53,856 --> 00:48:56,976 - Sorry. - No good in knocking the press about. 754 00:48:57,152 --> 00:49:00,463 It wasn't our fault this time. What did you think of his performance? 755 00:49:00,664 --> 00:49:02,574 Unnecessary? 756 00:49:02,742 --> 00:49:06,028 Don't fancy a comment, do you, on or off the record? 757 00:49:06,204 --> 00:49:10,250 Yes, I thought it was outrageous. The last straw, in fact. 758 00:49:10,417 --> 00:49:12,991 I've just given him my resignation. 759 00:49:13,171 --> 00:49:15,662 Good one, Tom. One day, eh? 760 00:49:15,841 --> 00:49:19,460 - You're not serious? - Dicky, get your chaps together. 761 00:49:19,637 --> 00:49:24,181 Meet me in the lobby room in 15 minutes. I'll be making a statement. 762 00:49:24,351 --> 00:49:26,973 - Right. - Tell them it'll be well worth it. 763 00:49:28,189 --> 00:49:29,564 Right! 764 00:49:40,912 --> 00:49:44,662 Thank you all for coming along at such short notice. 765 00:49:51,884 --> 00:49:56,345 This afternoon I resigned as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary 766 00:49:56,514 --> 00:49:59,635 and the Prime Minister accepted my resignation. 767 00:49:59,810 --> 00:50:03,429 I shall make a full statement to the House next week, 768 00:50:03,606 --> 00:50:06,020 but the reason for my resignation 769 00:50:06,021 --> 00:50:08,435 is that "areas of disagreement on policy, 770 00:50:08,612 --> 00:50:11,175 "in particular in Europe, 771 00:50:11,176 --> 00:50:13,738 have made it very difficult for this government 772 00:50:13,952 --> 00:50:18,247 "to maintain a consistent position vis-�-vis our neighbours 773 00:50:18,416 --> 00:50:22,913 "and have made it impossible for me to do my job as Foreign Secretary, 774 00:50:23,088 --> 00:50:27,336 "a job I've always aspired to and which I relinquish with bitter regret." 775 00:50:27,552 --> 00:50:29,212 That's all. 776 00:50:29,387 --> 00:50:33,006 And you're not moving to another government post? 777 00:50:33,183 --> 00:50:36,802 - That's right, I'm not. - Were you offered another post? 778 00:50:36,980 --> 00:50:39,056 - Yes. - Which one? 779 00:50:39,232 --> 00:50:42,851 - No comment. - You sound bitter and angry, Tom. 780 00:50:43,028 --> 00:50:45,520 Would that be fair comment? Are you angry? 781 00:50:45,698 --> 00:50:47,988 Yes, I'm extremely... 782 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,734 bitterly disappointed. 783 00:50:50,955 --> 00:50:53,957 OK, I'm angry that I've been forced to resign 784 00:50:54,158 --> 00:50:56,959 from a job I've loved doing. 785 00:50:57,170 --> 00:51:00,670 - So what are your plans now? - Go home and relax. 786 00:51:00,842 --> 00:51:04,887 Enjoy my first weekend in ten years with no red boxesI 787 00:51:05,097 --> 00:51:09,641 But in the longer term, well, I shall make a full statement next week. 788 00:51:09,852 --> 00:51:12,656 Tom, it's known that your major areas of disagreement 789 00:51:12,857 --> 00:51:15,061 are with the Prime Minister. 790 00:51:15,234 --> 00:51:18,769 You said some of his speeches have been irresponsible 791 00:51:18,988 --> 00:51:22,109 and embarrassing to our European neighbours. 792 00:51:22,284 --> 00:51:26,781 Would you say it's time for Francis Urquhart to step down now? 793 00:51:26,956 --> 00:51:29,495 That's really not for me to say. 794 00:51:29,668 --> 00:51:32,206 Come on, Tom. Should he go? 795 00:51:33,506 --> 00:51:37,551 Well, in his own words, you might very well think that. 796 00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:41,136 - I could not possibly comment. - You bastard! 797 00:51:41,348 --> 00:51:45,561 Thomas Makepeace commenting on his shock resignation today 798 00:51:45,770 --> 00:51:47,977 from the post of Foreign Secretary. 799 00:51:48,148 --> 00:51:52,313 Bastard! He'll be dangling in the wind before I've done with him! 800 00:51:52,487 --> 00:51:56,153 - I did warn you. - What can he do? He's not a fighter. 801 00:51:56,325 --> 00:51:59,860 He's soft in the middle. He's a sentimental dreamer. 802 00:52:00,038 --> 00:52:02,611 I can take him any time I like. 803 00:52:03,500 --> 00:52:07,000 Of course you can, my dear. Of course you can.