1 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:31,156 Look at this man. 2 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:34,997 This is Mr Reginald Thompson. 3 00:00:35,077 --> 00:00:37,796 Like many young men newly arrived from the West Indies, 4 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:39,714 he needs a place to rest for the night. 5 00:00:40,123 --> 00:00:42,091 Not far from Victoria would be best. 6 00:00:42,167 --> 00:00:44,795 He starts a new job at the railway station tomorrow 7 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:47,051 and he wants to be on time for work. 8 00:00:47,130 --> 00:00:48,347 Now look to my left. 9 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:50,892 This is Mr Alfred Baker, 10 00:00:50,968 --> 00:00:52,936 also newly arrived in the city, 11 00:00:53,011 --> 00:00:55,184 also about to take up employment tomorrow 12 00:00:55,222 --> 00:00:57,691 in the clerk's office close to Lincoln's Inn. 13 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:07,409 Victoria is not an ideal location, 14 00:01:07,484 --> 00:01:09,486 -but it's cheap... - Here comes the smile. 15 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:10,662 ...and needs must. 16 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:12,205 Yes, there it is. 17 00:01:12,281 --> 00:01:15,581 Here's what happened when we followed them in their search for lodgings. 18 00:01:15,659 --> 00:01:19,755 Counting down. Three, two, one... 19 00:01:19,997 --> 00:01:22,045 Roll Freddie. I'm going in. 20 00:01:22,457 --> 00:01:23,504 Victoria. 21 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:26,508 You will find a hotel or a bed and breakfast on every street 22 00:01:26,587 --> 00:01:28,681 ready to take in guests in search of shelter. 23 00:01:31,049 --> 00:01:32,301 Are you in discomfort 24 00:01:32,342 --> 00:01:34,720 or does it just seem as if you have a pickle up your backside? 25 00:01:34,803 --> 00:01:35,804 Freddie... 26 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:39,683 I want that man banned from the set! 27 00:01:39,808 --> 00:01:41,810 It's camera 2, then back to camera 1. 28 00:01:42,477 --> 00:01:44,821 Three cameras. Three lights. 29 00:01:44,896 --> 00:01:46,944 You're a beat behind every time. 30 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:51,487 And with 75,000 immigrants arriving from the colonies, all with hopes... 31 00:01:51,570 --> 00:01:53,823 When it's red, you hit your light. 32 00:01:53,905 --> 00:01:55,953 If I could see my light, then I would hit my light. 33 00:01:56,033 --> 00:01:59,458 Clear the set, please, ladies and gentlemen. Clear the set. 34 00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:00,753 He's here. 35 00:02:00,829 --> 00:02:03,127 Go in hard on the first question. Have you got them? 36 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:05,083 Yes. I know what I'm doing. 37 00:02:05,167 --> 00:02:07,295 Mr Thompson, could you tell us what happened? 38 00:02:07,377 --> 00:02:10,096 - The lady was very polite... - Ron. 39 00:02:10,172 --> 00:02:12,550 -...but there were no vacancies. - Do starjumps behind the bloody camera 40 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:14,135 if you have to. 41 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:16,894 Behave. 42 00:02:17,346 --> 00:02:19,690 Mr Lyon, I can't breathe. 43 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:22,396 I'll let the American space programme know. 44 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:25,729 ...and one young man with nowhere to sleep tonight. 45 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:26,813 If you're white, 46 00:02:27,606 --> 00:02:28,607 then you're all right. 47 00:02:28,940 --> 00:02:31,409 Freddie L yon, reporting for Th e H o u r. 48 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:33,954 Okay, and... 49 00:02:34,363 --> 00:02:35,910 -go to camera 2... - One. 50 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:37,787 One, uh... One, camera 1. Sorry. 51 00:02:37,866 --> 00:02:38,958 Good evening, Mr Gabot... 52 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:40,794 - He's Gabor, not Gabot. - You are an expert on immigration 53 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:44,043 in Britain. I hope you'll agree that that was a very interesting insight 54 00:02:44,122 --> 00:02:47,171 into the day-to-day prejudice faced by an immigrant arriving in London. 55 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:51,346 Well, yes, it was. Although I don't know the Notting Hill area well. 56 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:54,971 - Something's wrong. - Ask the question. 57 00:02:55,050 --> 00:02:56,643 Ask the bloody question! 58 00:02:56,718 --> 00:02:57,719 And where are you from? 59 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:00,309 Well, actually, Biggin Hill. 60 00:03:00,597 --> 00:03:02,770 Now, the congestion is particularly bad... 61 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:04,692 - Interrupt him. Interrupt! - So I find the best route is to take 62 00:03:04,768 --> 00:03:09,319 the A232 and join the A236 at Croydon. And of course... 63 00:03:09,398 --> 00:03:10,615 He hasn't got questions. 64 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:13,194 ...the A217, which goes all the way to the Wandsworth Bridge. 65 00:03:13,276 --> 00:03:16,075 Once over the river, I do find it's preferable to follow 66 00:03:16,154 --> 00:03:18,748 the Fulham Palace Road, anything rather than face the hordes 67 00:03:18,782 --> 00:03:24,004 on the Bayswater Road. I'm sure your viewers would agree with that. 68 00:03:24,079 --> 00:03:26,753 Three weeks. You said three weeks. 69 00:03:26,832 --> 00:03:29,551 Four. I said give him four. 70 00:03:29,626 --> 00:03:31,628 That's... That's all we have time for tonight. 71 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:34,347 And we're clear. That's a wrap, everyone. 72 00:03:37,092 --> 00:03:39,936 I can't... Hello! 73 00:03:40,846 --> 00:03:44,020 Ron, move that Mars set. We won't be needing it. 74 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:48,107 How difficult is it? 75 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:51,107 We write the questions, you ask them. 76 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:53,567 Questions on the future of the British colony of Cyprus, 77 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:54,867 the slot you scrapped. 78 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:57,571 It's not my fault if you don't pick up the right crib sheet. 79 00:03:57,654 --> 00:03:58,780 I'm not a bloody puppet. 80 00:03:58,822 --> 00:04:00,574 No, you're right. The puppet wanted more. 81 00:04:00,991 --> 00:04:02,709 Freddie... Away. 82 00:04:05,996 --> 00:04:08,670 Right. Your charm is wearing thin, Hector. 83 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:10,467 I wouldn't call it charm. 84 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:14,095 I'd call it trying to make the best of a shoddily run show. 85 00:04:14,171 --> 00:04:16,014 It's a farce. It's a bloody farce. 86 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,012 Mad arm-waving, you screaming at me. 87 00:04:18,717 --> 00:04:19,718 No. 88 00:04:19,801 --> 00:04:21,348 You are the farce. 89 00:04:21,428 --> 00:04:22,554 YOU! 90 00:04:22,971 --> 00:04:25,099 - Clarence. - Clarence. 91 00:04:25,140 --> 00:04:27,814 We've got a terrific piece for next week on the credit squeeze. 92 00:04:27,893 --> 00:04:29,270 It's very exciting. 93 00:04:29,352 --> 00:04:30,353 Very exciting. 94 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:31,689 I look forward to it. 95 00:04:31,772 --> 00:04:33,991 - You should, you really should. - Good night. 96 00:04:37,027 --> 00:04:38,870 - Brilliant. - I'm sorry. 97 00:04:41,448 --> 00:04:42,700 Next week, 98 00:04:43,992 --> 00:04:45,039 do better. 99 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:46,119 Please do better. 100 00:04:47,078 --> 00:04:48,204 Because if you don't, 101 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:53,005 then Freddie wins 12 shillings and my entire Bill Haley collection. 102 00:05:21,112 --> 00:05:22,204 You're pathetic. 103 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:27,912 Merci, madame. 104 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:30,080 Ah, here. 105 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:32,674 Don't give him any. They won't let him on the flight. 106 00:05:32,749 --> 00:05:34,501 You're on fiery form tonight. 107 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,004 Drink up. 108 00:05:38,421 --> 00:05:40,844 Whisky is God's way of telling us that he loves us 109 00:05:40,924 --> 00:05:43,302 and he wants us to be happy. 110 00:05:43,385 --> 00:05:44,386 Goodnight. 111 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:46,764 - Ah! - Oh, no thanks. 112 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:49,771 I'm squiffy on a shandy. Do you need anything else, Miss Rowley? 113 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:51,898 No, it's fine, Miss Coulson, I'll see you on Monday. 114 00:05:51,977 --> 00:05:53,479 Okay. Goodnight. 115 00:05:53,562 --> 00:05:54,563 - Night. - Night. 116 00:05:55,397 --> 00:05:56,865 Rumour has it she can type. 117 00:05:58,191 --> 00:06:01,912 - She's probably taking the A297423... - To Biggin Hill. 118 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,907 He was rather like a flaying fish. 119 00:06:11,913 --> 00:06:14,211 Really, Mr Gabot, do tell... 120 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,127 Do tell us more. 121 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:21,010 - Because I usually take the A2678453... - He's outside. Shh! 122 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:23,968 -...to absolutely the middle of nowhere. - He's outside. 123 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:27,680 Never mind the immigration crisis... 124 00:06:29,139 --> 00:06:30,812 - Lift and shove. 125 00:06:30,891 --> 00:06:32,268 Lift... Lift and shove. 126 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:33,852 -- Lift and shove! 127 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:36,028 -- Lift and shove! 128 00:06:38,148 --> 00:06:39,149 Right. 129 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:41,826 That was really very dangerous. 130 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:46,832 For the person trying to get in or for the person trying to get out? 131 00:06:49,326 --> 00:06:52,170 What if... What if there was a fire and you couldn't get out? 132 00:06:52,621 --> 00:06:53,998 Or someone tried to break in? 133 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,502 I could unpick that with a toothpick if I wanted to. 134 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:56,541 Really, Bel, it's hopeless. 135 00:06:56,625 --> 00:06:59,504 Oh, Freddie. You're very sweet, 136 00:06:59,586 --> 00:07:01,805 when you're not being such a mutant. 137 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:06,509 Oh, no. 138 00:07:07,636 --> 00:07:09,229 I have to do this lying down. 139 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:26,037 Nice to see my Bill Haley collection. 140 00:07:28,365 --> 00:07:29,992 Just checking for scratches. 141 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:32,957 It was all a bad dream. 142 00:07:34,079 --> 00:07:35,331 Don't be wet. 143 00:07:35,413 --> 00:07:37,040 I think I might cry now. 144 00:07:38,083 --> 00:07:39,676 No, don't look at me. 145 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:48,051 Have you finished? 146 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:49,886 No. 147 00:07:52,013 --> 00:07:53,139 Yes. 148 00:07:53,181 --> 00:07:54,353 No. 149 00:07:54,432 --> 00:07:55,775 No. Not yet. 150 00:07:59,688 --> 00:08:01,281 It's all gone horribly wrong. 151 00:08:04,359 --> 00:08:05,360 Teething troubles. 152 00:08:07,779 --> 00:08:09,497 You did it on purpose, didn't you? 153 00:08:11,157 --> 00:08:12,704 Gave Hector the wrong questions? 154 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:14,703 No. 155 00:08:17,372 --> 00:08:18,874 Yes. I don't know. 156 00:08:21,459 --> 00:08:23,211 I'm not sleeping brilliantly at the moment. 157 00:08:23,712 --> 00:08:25,259 Oh, you should sleep. 158 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:28,801 Everyone needs their beauty sleep. 159 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:49,992 Not everyone. 160 00:10:20,495 --> 00:10:22,497 I'm not speaking to you. 161 00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:24,420 What do you expect me to say? 162 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:28,800 Peter was a nice chap. A little flirtatious, perhaps. 163 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:31,222 I don't really approve of that sort of thing, all these young girls. 164 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:32,844 It does go on, of course. 165 00:10:32,924 --> 00:10:35,598 - You shared the same office. - And rarely spoke. 166 00:10:35,677 --> 00:10:37,350 The odd formal dinner, 167 00:10:37,428 --> 00:10:38,600 a coffee here or there. 168 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,941 He liked to fish. I do not. 169 00:10:42,016 --> 00:10:43,438 Why are you lying to me? 170 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:47,568 He was short of money. 171 00:10:48,815 --> 00:10:52,115 I was very busy. He'd fill in for me every other week. 172 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:54,195 - Fill in? - Crosswo rds. 173 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:55,701 I set the crosswords. 174 00:10:57,073 --> 00:10:59,371 Peter was always very interested. 175 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:03,504 Really, I'm very sorry... 176 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:04,752 Which newspaper? 177 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:06,879 Which newspaper did he set the crossword for? 178 00:11:08,418 --> 00:11:09,419 The Evening Standard. 179 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:16,931 The last one he set was printed the day after he died. 180 00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:23,349 That's done it. 181 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:46,543 Terribly sorry. 182 00:11:55,173 --> 00:11:57,096 - Clarence. - Miss Rowley. 183 00:11:59,010 --> 00:12:00,011 Yes. 184 00:12:01,012 --> 00:12:02,013 Sorry? 185 00:12:02,764 --> 00:12:05,688 "Though his glare may so far be a little dim, 186 00:12:05,767 --> 00:12:09,112 "let us pray Mr Madden will guide this rudderless ship, 187 00:12:09,187 --> 00:12:12,817 "namely The Hour. There is only so long that one can wait. 188 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:15,698 "One can only hope for a better tomorrow." 189 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:20,573 Shall we? 190 00:12:38,716 --> 00:12:39,717 Freddie? 191 00:12:45,098 --> 00:12:46,350 You don't like me, do you? 192 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:48,025 - It's not personal. 193 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:52,822 You went to a minor public school in... 194 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:53,898 Sherborne. 195 00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:56,568 Not so minor, then. 196 00:12:56,651 --> 00:12:59,120 Where you excelled at cricket, rugby and fives. 197 00:12:59,195 --> 00:13:00,913 - I bet you were... - Head boy. 198 00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:03,700 Then Cambridge, where everyone hoped for a first, 199 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,751 but sadly, you partied more than you should, 200 00:13:05,827 --> 00:13:07,329 met the right people and had a ball. 201 00:13:07,578 --> 00:13:10,923 Your parents were naturally disappointed, but what's an upper... 202 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:12,458 Lower second? 203 00:13:13,835 --> 00:13:14,836 Third? 204 00:13:17,171 --> 00:13:19,515 Still, you had fun. 205 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:20,637 Indeed I did. 206 00:13:20,717 --> 00:13:23,721 Whereas mugs like me slaved away at a second-rate university 207 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:25,601 with very little of what you would call a good time 208 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,478 for a paltry, unrecognised first. 209 00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:31,022 Most of it in a haze of misery, but I digress. 210 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:32,061 Then... 211 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:34,443 No, I'm not sure what happened then, but probably... 212 00:13:34,522 --> 00:13:35,614 Welsh Guards. 213 00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:36,691 You've seen service? 214 00:13:38,401 --> 00:13:39,698 Oh, God, you've got a medal. 215 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:41,408 TWO? 216 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:44,490 Absurd. 217 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:49,538 So, after victory at the D-Day landing, you came home, 218 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:51,918 looked about you and set your sights on television presenting. 219 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:55,169 You started at a small, regional station, possibly Manchester? 220 00:13:55,251 --> 00:13:56,673 I was on the Sports Desk. 221 00:13:56,753 --> 00:13:58,255 Occasional outside broadcast. 222 00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:00,340 - But your wife didn't like the... - People. 223 00:14:00,381 --> 00:14:01,803 So she got on the phone to pater, 224 00:14:01,883 --> 00:14:04,261 and before your poor, insignificant producer 225 00:14:04,302 --> 00:14:06,179 could say, "Hey, our kid, how did that happen?" 226 00:14:06,220 --> 00:14:08,643 he's watching you front your very own TV programme 227 00:14:09,057 --> 00:14:12,061 while he, despite 40 years of loyal service, is stuck in Manchester, 228 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:13,102 crying into his beer. 229 00:14:15,938 --> 00:14:18,282 As I say, it's not personal. I just don't like privilege. 230 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:21,658 God. You're a snob! 231 00:14:23,321 --> 00:14:25,119 We can't use this, we have no footage of... 232 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:27,667 No, no, no, it's got to be Egypt. Egypt, Egypt- 233 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:31,955 There are furious anti-British tirades playing continuously on their radio. 234 00:14:32,038 --> 00:14:34,712 For weeks now. Until you have something to break, 235 00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:36,668 we can't run it as a story yet. 236 00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:37,752 Freddie? 237 00:14:37,835 --> 00:14:38,836 Abolition of hanging. 238 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,888 Second reading at the House of Lords this afternoon. 239 00:14:40,963 --> 00:14:42,806 - You'll take a camera? - Mmm-hmm. 240 00:14:43,508 --> 00:14:45,135 Right, anyone else? 241 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:46,515 Thank you. Anyone else? 242 00:14:49,055 --> 00:14:51,774 Time is ticking, we're cutting it fine, as ever. 243 00:14:51,849 --> 00:14:54,193 - Again. NASA, Egypt. - Thank you, Lix. 244 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:57,442 We have one day to go, we don't have a programme yet. 245 00:14:57,522 --> 00:14:59,195 The Premium Bonds story works. 246 00:14:59,273 --> 00:15:00,616 Macmillan's backing it. 247 00:15:00,691 --> 00:15:02,864 We could use the footage of the labour strike. 248 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:05,280 - Cutting it a bit fine but... - Brilliant. 249 00:15:05,488 --> 00:15:07,707 And what question would you put to our Chancellor 250 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,492 if, say, you were to interview him, Hector? 251 00:15:09,617 --> 00:15:10,618 Preferably the right one. 252 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:14,042 But please do feel free to intervene, Mr Lyon, 253 00:15:14,122 --> 00:15:16,090 a man of your impressive record. 254 00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:18,259 Any pointers you could throw my way? 255 00:15:18,334 --> 00:15:20,177 - I still say we go with Egypt. - No. 256 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:21,505 I think Hector's got the story. 257 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:23,180 It's what's of interest to the man on the street. 258 00:15:23,548 --> 00:15:25,175 - Lix! - Isaac's got a very good piece, 259 00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:27,727 -haven't you, Isaac? On... - Smokeless fuel. 260 00:15:27,802 --> 00:15:29,395 Life after the Clean Air Act. 261 00:15:29,470 --> 00:15:30,813 Remarkable. 262 00:15:30,888 --> 00:15:32,265 Do you think you could manage that, Hector? 263 00:15:32,348 --> 00:15:34,021 Interviewing a slice of Irish bog? 264 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,647 I don't know. That depends. 265 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:37,478 Perhaps if I'm given the correct questions, 266 00:15:37,562 --> 00:15:39,280 and they're less provocative, more succinct, 267 00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:41,608 I wouldn't find myself grappling to find a decent interview. 268 00:15:41,691 --> 00:15:43,659 I will not have you squabbling like this. 269 00:15:43,734 --> 00:15:46,658 You're like children! You're like bloody children. 270 00:15:46,737 --> 00:15:47,989 Is anybody actually listening to me? 271 00:15:48,072 --> 00:15:49,198 - I am not your mother. - Egypt is the story. 272 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:50,329 I'm not your nurse. 273 00:15:50,408 --> 00:15:53,127 So just grow up, all of you. just grow up. 274 00:15:53,202 --> 00:15:55,421 I'm sorry. I can't work like this. 275 00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:57,123 Excuse me, Clarence. 276 00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:04,672 Sorry, Clarence. 277 00:16:04,755 --> 00:16:09,261 "The Houris like watching the car you've always dreamed of 278 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:12,727 "being driven by a man who has never sat behind a wheel." 279 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:14,599 Telegraph. 280 00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:20,154 Your job is to ensure that Hector is prepared 281 00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:22,948 because you are not on the front line, Freddie, Hector is. 282 00:16:26,777 --> 00:16:28,404 Bel tells me you're working on another story. 283 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:30,156 It's not ready yet. 284 00:16:43,127 --> 00:16:44,128 Clarence? 285 00:16:48,132 --> 00:16:49,133 Rudderless? 286 00:16:49,217 --> 00:16:51,686 At least they didn't say it was because you were a woman. 287 00:16:52,094 --> 00:16:53,471 Perhaps they haven't noticed it yet. 288 00:16:55,181 --> 00:16:56,899 Don't make me regret my choice, Bel. 289 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:00,228 Auribus tenere lupum. 290 00:17:03,731 --> 00:17:05,404 Grab the wolf by the ears. 291 00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:19,205 You all right? 292 00:17:20,122 --> 00:17:21,123 Absolutely. 293 00:17:22,124 --> 00:17:24,252 Is there a single bloody phone here that works? 294 00:17:24,335 --> 00:17:26,383 No, we're between the BBC Home Service 295 00:17:26,420 --> 00:17:28,718 and johnny Morris in priority, apparently. 296 00:17:28,798 --> 00:17:29,845 He's mine. 297 00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:31,642 The World Service sent him up. 298 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:34,391 He speaks Arabic. No harm in being ready, Bel. 299 00:17:37,348 --> 00:17:38,645 Monitoring are sending through 300 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:40,067 the transcripts of the Egyptian broadcasts, 301 00:17:40,101 --> 00:17:42,650 so I need someone to be able to translate. 302 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:46,403 My man in Alexandria, well, he does his best but it's... 303 00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:48,075 It's schoolboy Arabic. 304 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:49,697 Lix has got a lackey? 305 00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:52,830 When you have a president of a Middle Eastern country 306 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:56,159 angry with half the Western world buying arms off the Soviets 307 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:58,210 and whipping up crowds in Alexandria, 308 00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,922 chances are Egypt leads. 309 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:04,589 And Westminster's getting a little edgy, tu ne pense pas? 310 00:18:06,794 --> 00:18:07,795 Find him a desk. 311 00:18:14,302 --> 00:18:15,975 I'm sorry. 312 00:18:18,347 --> 00:18:19,894 You are unspeakable, Freddie. 313 00:18:23,811 --> 00:18:24,983 I am your producer, 314 00:18:25,021 --> 00:18:27,524 you absolutely cannot talk like that in front of Clarence. 315 00:18:35,031 --> 00:18:36,783 It's not just you and me. 316 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:38,334 What's wrong with you? 317 00:18:38,993 --> 00:18:41,997 I could, of course, bring up your obvious attraction to Cary Grant, 318 00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:43,331 but ignoring that, which I won't, 319 00:18:43,414 --> 00:18:45,508 because you are, quite frankly, out of your mind... 320 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:46,876 I'm not listening. 321 00:18:49,879 --> 00:18:51,256 He's slick, 322 00:18:51,339 --> 00:18:53,012 mediocre, 323 00:18:53,090 --> 00:18:55,434 -smug. - I stopped listening at mediocre. 324 00:18:58,387 --> 00:19:00,230 Why did you not even consider me? 325 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,568 Because you're too goddamn ugly. 326 00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:07,397 This is when you reference my brilliance off camera, 327 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,198 my essentiability... 328 00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:10,991 - Not a word. 329 00:19:11,067 --> 00:19:12,239 ...that without me, 330 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:14,783 -you really couldn't go on. - I couldn't go on. 331 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,201 Bel Rowley. 332 00:19:25,373 --> 00:19:26,545 Does yours keep doing this? 333 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:28,834 Police report. 334 00:19:34,548 --> 00:19:36,095 It still says suicide, Freddie. 335 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,975 There are scratches all round the paint around the shower head. 336 00:19:40,054 --> 00:19:41,977 Like she tried to grip it, to pull herself up. 337 00:19:42,056 --> 00:19:43,148 Like she struggled. 338 00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:48,404 Everyone struggles when they're in the throes of dying, 339 00:19:48,479 --> 00:19:50,823 -the body clings to life. - Second paragraph. 340 00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:54,819 Compression to the oesophagus and fracture to the second vertebrae. 341 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:57,784 It's a 7ft 3in drop from shower head to base of bath. 342 00:19:57,822 --> 00:19:59,870 At best, that's slow asphyxiation. 343 00:20:00,408 --> 00:20:02,502 I don't think it'd break your neck, second vertebrae... 344 00:20:02,576 --> 00:20:05,580 To do that you'd have to hang from a tree or a bridge or... 345 00:20:05,663 --> 00:20:07,757 -by violent force. - Is this really scientific? 346 00:20:07,832 --> 00:20:09,049 She didn't kill herself. 347 00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:14,593 They'll say that you fell for a 21 -year-old's conspiracy theory. 348 00:20:14,672 --> 00:20:17,346 - I made a promise to her. - Because they tapped into your own. 349 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:18,426 They did. They do. 350 00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:25,858 I knew her. 351 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:27,606 I stayed with her family during the war. 352 00:20:32,523 --> 00:20:34,446 Peter Darrall was setting the crosswords 353 00:20:34,525 --> 00:20:36,448 'm The Evening Standard every other week. 354 00:20:36,527 --> 00:20:38,746 He was using them 355 00:20:38,779 --> 00:20:40,122 to send messages. 356 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,869 A perforation to pick up certain letters. 357 00:20:48,038 --> 00:20:49,210 - Because he's a spy. - A spy. 358 00:20:53,043 --> 00:20:55,262 The last crossword he set was published the day he died. 359 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,468 - MI5? - MI6. 360 00:20:59,049 --> 00:21:00,596 Maybe 361 00:21:00,676 --> 00:21:02,599 he was killed by a Russian looking for this. 362 00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:05,185 - What does it say? - I don't know. 363 00:21:05,389 --> 00:21:06,732 I never finish crosswords. 364 00:21:08,893 --> 00:21:12,067 Seven letters. "Many set free." Possibly an anagram. 365 00:21:12,146 --> 00:21:15,025 You know that a monthly subscription to Marvel 3 All-True Crime 366 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:16,780 doesn't make you a real detective? 367 00:21:16,859 --> 00:21:17,860 Doesn't it? 368 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:21,910 They publish the answers the next day. 369 00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:23,912 - Why don't you just... - I would if I could bloody find it. 370 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,252 Amnesty. 371 00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:28,788 "Many set." 372 00:21:29,205 --> 00:21:30,206 Very good. 373 00:21:30,498 --> 00:21:32,751 But not good enough to be considered 374 00:21:33,334 --> 00:21:34,677 as a front man for The Hour. 375 00:21:34,752 --> 00:21:36,004 - Oh, God. - Right? 376 00:21:38,506 --> 00:21:41,009 - It's a fact, Moneypenny. - And stop calling me that. 377 00:21:41,091 --> 00:21:43,810 As your producer, that qualifies me as something more than a secretary. 378 00:21:43,886 --> 00:21:45,888 You know I have a story here. 379 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:47,689 No, you don't. Not yet. 380 00:21:47,765 --> 00:21:49,642 Abolition of hanging. House of Lords. 381 00:21:52,228 --> 00:21:54,322 You know Lord Elms has an office there? 382 00:21:58,776 --> 00:22:00,369 Be nice to Hector. 383 00:22:01,070 --> 00:22:02,071 Why? 384 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,584 Sorry, do you mind? 385 00:22:12,706 --> 00:22:14,003 Behave, Freddie. 386 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,592 Ignore him. 387 00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:17,715 He's a melancholic. 388 00:22:17,795 --> 00:22:19,468 And thanking you again. 389 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,309 He likes to hoard newspapers, rather like a tramp. 390 00:22:23,384 --> 00:22:26,388 No, I like to keep them because one day, they will have their use. 391 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:28,939 This is Mister... 392 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:30,516 Kish. Thomas Kish. 393 00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:32,726 Pretty girl. 394 00:22:34,562 --> 00:22:35,563 Yes. 395 00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:39,742 Just need a... 396 00:22:40,150 --> 00:22:41,151 Yes, of course. Sorry. 397 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:42,828 Thank you. 398 00:22:43,153 --> 00:22:45,030 I didn't know where to put him, so I thought you might share. 399 00:22:45,489 --> 00:22:47,036 Oh. Help yourself. 400 00:22:49,952 --> 00:22:50,953 Isaac. 401 00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:55,416 Bel Rowley. 402 00:23:15,436 --> 00:23:19,612 Hawley Harvey Crippen, john Christie, Ruth Ellis. 403 00:23:19,690 --> 00:23:22,694 All hanged for very different heinous crimes. 404 00:23:23,694 --> 00:23:27,164 But today, a momentous bill already passed in the House of Commons 405 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,333 is to be heard in the House of Lords, 406 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:32,787 which may put an end to capital punishment in this country for good. 407 00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:36,215 All I'm getting is rain. It's like court shoes on parquet. 408 00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:39,214 Shall we try inside? 409 00:23:41,045 --> 00:23:42,092 Thanks. 410 00:23:44,006 --> 00:23:46,555 You know, you always click your heel harder on the third step. 411 00:23:46,634 --> 00:23:48,261 - No, I don't. - Yes, you do. 412 00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:54,475 Uh, we need to work on your links today. 413 00:23:54,558 --> 00:23:56,981 Say more, smile less. 414 00:23:57,061 --> 00:23:59,655 Yes, I hear the newspapers don't like the smile. 415 00:24:00,022 --> 00:24:01,239 Do you really not read them? 416 00:24:01,315 --> 00:24:03,909 Front page and sport. I find that normally covers it. 417 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,158 - Incredible. - What? 418 00:24:06,236 --> 00:24:08,238 I should be interested in the bored bile 419 00:24:08,322 --> 00:24:10,825 of some fat hack stuck in Fleet Street on an expense account? 420 00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:12,581 They refer to an absence of intellect. 421 00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:14,833 They may be right. It's overrated. 422 00:24:15,913 --> 00:24:17,540 You really don't care what they think? 423 00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:19,291 I care what you think. 424 00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:24,054 Four o'clock. In the studio. 425 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:26,348 Ron? 426 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:28,805 - Reel three's fine. - Thank you, Ms Rowley. 427 00:24:28,884 --> 00:24:30,636 Miss Rowley, your mother's here. 428 00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:34,269 Woo-hoe'.! 429 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:43,028 What about here? 430 00:24:43,107 --> 00:24:44,700 Well, it's as light as it's probably going to get. 431 00:25:06,255 --> 00:25:07,256 Hello? 432 00:25:50,007 --> 00:25:51,554 If it's pink, it's fish paste. 433 00:25:53,635 --> 00:25:56,184 I can't stay much longer. It's madness today. 434 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:57,848 We should have gone to that little Italian. 435 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:02,862 Ooh. When did you cut your hair? 436 00:26:04,313 --> 00:26:07,157 Um, last month, perhaps. I don't remember. 437 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:08,825 Platinum would suit you, darling. 438 00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:12,155 Yes. If I wanted to look like a lady who works the docks. 439 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:15,032 She insisted on coming, she's been mad keen to know what we do here. 440 00:26:15,115 --> 00:26:16,742 Or is she checking up on us? 441 00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:18,498 Darling, why don't you sit here? 442 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:22,585 - I've got to go, Ma. - Five more minutes. 443 00:26:31,298 --> 00:26:33,016 Isn't that your editor? 444 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:34,469 Producer. 445 00:26:37,346 --> 00:26:39,394 How old do you think she is? 446 00:26:39,473 --> 00:26:40,690 I don't know. 447 00:26:40,766 --> 00:26:42,359 She must be nearly 30. 448 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:44,061 Twenty-eight. 449 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:45,104 Thank you. 450 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,150 She looks just like that actress... 451 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:53,787 You know, the one we saw in that thingy. 452 00:26:55,239 --> 00:26:57,241 - Where's the Bolshevik? - Out. 453 00:26:59,159 --> 00:27:00,786 How's the broker? 454 00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:03,042 Banker. He's fine. 455 00:27:03,122 --> 00:27:04,624 I expect, I haven't seen him in weeks. 456 00:27:05,749 --> 00:27:06,750 How's Bill? 457 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:08,927 - Clive. - Don't know. 458 00:27:10,212 --> 00:27:11,304 Don't care. 459 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:13,632 You worry so. 460 00:27:14,258 --> 00:27:16,010 Is that her mother? 461 00:27:16,093 --> 00:27:18,095 Oh, God, it is, it's Verda Rowley. 462 00:27:19,930 --> 00:27:22,479 Well, she left her husband. 463 00:27:25,561 --> 00:27:27,154 Don't stare, darling. 464 00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:28,321 Sorry. 465 00:27:28,689 --> 00:27:31,568 I'm quite back on my feet. In fact, it's really rather exciting. 466 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:34,620 - Where are you staying? - Cynthia's. She's been marvellous. 467 00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:38,032 Robert's still appalling. 468 00:27:38,115 --> 00:27:42,336 He reminded me I had a daughter with a very nice little flat. 469 00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:47,504 Oh, please, God, no... 470 00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:51,170 Try not to... 471 00:27:51,628 --> 00:27:53,972 Miss Rowley, I must apologise. Marnie insists on... 472 00:27:54,047 --> 00:27:55,515 Yes, Ca role Lesley. 473 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:58,394 Hector doesn't agree with me, but you lookjust like her. 474 00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:01,350 The Embezzler? 475 00:28:01,430 --> 00:28:03,853 Have you not seen it? She's terribly good. 476 00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:04,933 No. 477 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:07,402 Hector hates it when I pop in. 478 00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:10,230 - No, I don't, love. - One is just so curious. 479 00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:12,403 This is my mother. 480 00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:14,905 - Hello, you must be very proud. - Hello. 481 00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:16,446 That's my baby doll. 482 00:28:17,779 --> 00:28:19,326 We have to go, leave. 483 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:21,033 Yes, we should go, too, darling. 484 00:28:24,161 --> 00:28:28,257 "Baby doll"? I'll be 28 in August. 485 00:28:28,916 --> 00:28:33,046 Why not Bel or Isabel? The name that you christened me. 486 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:35,551 Now I'm suddenly called a showgirl. 487 00:28:36,924 --> 00:28:38,016 The lock's broken. 488 00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:41,686 You have to lift the door a little and then a quick push and you're in. 489 00:28:42,638 --> 00:28:44,766 There are some cold chops in the refrigerator. 490 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:47,101 Help yourself if you're hungry. I'll be back by 9:00. 491 00:28:48,435 --> 00:28:50,688 I won't forget this, sweetheart. 492 00:28:50,979 --> 00:28:52,151 Yes, you will. 493 00:29:07,371 --> 00:29:08,372 Miss Rowley? 494 00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:11,083 Did you make Mr Madden a cup of tea again this morning? 495 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:12,167 No. 496 00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:14,545 Well, yeah, but he just smiles at you and then... 497 00:29:14,628 --> 00:29:17,051 Miss Coulson, do you want to be taken seriously, 498 00:29:17,130 --> 00:29:19,553 or forever be some stupid little marionette 499 00:29:19,633 --> 00:29:22,227 fluttering on the arm of every good-looking man in the BBC? 500 00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:24,889 - No. - Well, first rule, you don't make tea. 501 00:29:25,222 --> 00:29:27,020 - Right, but I... - You're a very pretty girl, 502 00:29:27,099 --> 00:29:29,818 but the last thing I need is someone distracting those around you. 503 00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:31,778 - Don't send me back there. - Where? 504 00:29:31,853 --> 00:29:34,151 I didn't ask for you, therefore I don't know where I send you back to. 505 00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:36,279 Like most things in this corporation, people just arrive 506 00:29:36,358 --> 00:29:38,235 and you are expected to accept them, no questions asked. 507 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:40,825 Personnel. 508 00:29:40,904 --> 00:29:42,827 They're on the second floor. It's where all the secretaries come from. 509 00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:43,907 Miss Coulson, 510 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,201 how old are you? 511 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:48,954 Cooper. It's actually Cooper. 512 00:29:49,037 --> 00:29:50,505 As in Gary. 513 00:29:50,580 --> 00:29:52,708 But there's a Miss Sally Cooper down in Children's Casting 514 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,338 and they was concerned I was going to get her post. 515 00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:56,045 - How old are you? - Twenty-one. 516 00:29:57,254 --> 00:29:58,255 Twenty. 517 00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,050 Nineteen, but I can type 100 words a minute 518 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:03,056 and I've got a distinction in shorthand. 519 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,434 The Houris the most exciting posting I've had since I got here. 520 00:30:06,513 --> 00:30:08,106 I've been in the mail room since January. 521 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:11,314 Well, that would imply you can stick on a stamp but not keep out my mother. 522 00:30:11,393 --> 00:30:12,645 I'm not like them. 523 00:30:12,728 --> 00:30:15,197 The rest of them in that typing pool, always on the lookout. 524 00:30:15,272 --> 00:30:16,649 I ain't looking for that. 525 00:30:16,732 --> 00:30:18,860 I want to be part of something. Part of this, 526 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:21,904 and I know I can be useful and helpful to you. 527 00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:24,490 Miss Cooper, less is more. 528 00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:39,045 The BBC. 529 00:30:40,714 --> 00:30:41,715 Very good. 530 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:46,728 I had a mind to go into broadcasting once. 531 00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:52,684 You've done well for yourself, Frederick. 532 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,355 Lord Elms, 533 00:30:57,356 --> 00:30:59,233 I was hoping to interview you, sir. 534 00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:02,528 To get your reaction to the bill. 535 00:31:02,611 --> 00:31:04,409 It won't get passed, if that's what you mean. 536 00:31:04,488 --> 00:31:06,206 So you voted against it? 537 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:08,200 Does it matter? 538 00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:12,379 We get the vote we deserve and the rest can hang. 539 00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:13,580 That doesn't make it right. 540 00:31:19,044 --> 00:31:20,045 Is it on? 541 00:31:24,841 --> 00:31:30,314 As in everyday life, the word "right" has no single unequivocal meaning. 542 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:36,066 Is the widow of the police officer murdered by a violent attacker 543 00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:40,362 not right to demand reasonable justice for her late husband? 544 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,737 But is the man 545 00:31:42,943 --> 00:31:47,574 falsely convicted and sentenced to be hanged also not right to demand 546 00:31:47,656 --> 00:31:52,958 that same reasonable justice? To demand his right to life? 547 00:31:55,997 --> 00:31:56,998 In a democracy, 548 00:31:57,999 --> 00:32:00,093 the only thing one can be right about 549 00:32:00,794 --> 00:32:02,467 is the right to ask the question. 550 00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:04,385 And the real question is, 551 00:32:05,882 --> 00:32:07,600 "Do we live in a democracy?" 552 00:32:10,137 --> 00:32:11,138 Or 553 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:13,978 under the illusion of one? 554 00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:21,941 What sort of a camera is it? 555 00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:24,192 Auricon. 556 00:32:25,861 --> 00:32:28,330 Ruthie liked to make little films. 557 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,217 I didn't come to the funeral. 558 00:32:43,170 --> 00:32:44,513 To Ruth's funeral. 559 00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:46,181 I didn't know if you'd want me there. 560 00:32:48,758 --> 00:32:51,056 You are always welcome, Frederick. 561 00:32:52,262 --> 00:32:53,479 You always were. 562 00:32:58,685 --> 00:33:00,062 She came to see me. 563 00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:03,569 She wanted me to help her. 564 00:33:04,441 --> 00:33:05,533 And did you? 565 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:11,831 Well, one could argue 566 00:33:12,782 --> 00:33:16,662 that swift death is preferable to a lifetime's imprisonment. 567 00:33:20,874 --> 00:33:22,717 One could argue that. 568 00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:39,894 Mr Lyon, 569 00:33:39,976 --> 00:33:42,024 Lix was looking for you. 570 00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:44,607 We did this story last week. 571 00:33:44,731 --> 00:33:47,029 And you smiled last week, 572 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,455 and then you flicked your eyes up and down... Yes, just like that. 573 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,407 If it's a short script, learn it. 574 00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:55,704 It's this bloody desk. 575 00:33:55,784 --> 00:33:58,253 It's not the desk's fault. It's you. 576 00:33:59,412 --> 00:34:02,165 The only thing that's stopping you is you. 577 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:05,210 Sorry. My mother does this to me. 578 00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:09,556 - She seemed very nice. - That's just her flirting with you. 579 00:34:11,925 --> 00:34:13,017 So did your wife, 580 00:34:13,677 --> 00:34:14,769 seem very nice. 581 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:18,640 Freddie says... 582 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:21,101 Mr Lyon. 583 00:34:21,142 --> 00:34:22,985 He can be quite kind, if you just... 584 00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:24,362 If I keep away from you? 585 00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:28,817 I don't know why you're so nervous. 586 00:34:30,318 --> 00:34:32,161 You're charming and you're effortless 587 00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:34,410 and then the minute you turn to look into the camera, you just... 588 00:34:34,489 --> 00:34:36,583 Everyone's waiting there for me to be brilliant. 589 00:34:36,658 --> 00:34:40,959 I can't just pluck the name of the President of Liberia out of the ether. 590 00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:43,381 I need to stick to a script. 591 00:34:43,456 --> 00:34:45,879 But then when I look down, I look up again and there you all are, 592 00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:48,838 standing there staring back at me, it's bloody terrifying! 593 00:34:51,965 --> 00:34:53,933 Perhaps Mr Lyon would have been a better fit. 594 00:35:03,184 --> 00:35:05,653 How did you get into news? 595 00:35:09,899 --> 00:35:11,321 I was about... 596 00:35:11,401 --> 00:35:12,698 sixteen. 597 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:15,280 I used to sit in my father's study listening to the wireless. 598 00:35:15,989 --> 00:35:18,117 1933. Vernon Bartlett 599 00:35:18,867 --> 00:35:21,495 discussing Hitler's decision to leave the League of Nations. 600 00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:25,707 Most powerful thing I've ever heard. 601 00:35:28,543 --> 00:35:31,638 It pulled me out of that drab little room and into the middle of a crisis 602 00:35:31,713 --> 00:35:34,592 as if I was sitting there with them, the third person at the table. 603 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,560 That's how it should be. 604 00:35:40,055 --> 00:35:41,056 Stand up. 605 00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:49,989 They need to see you. 606 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:53,152 They need to know who you are. 607 00:35:56,446 --> 00:35:58,665 Trust you, as they would a friend. 608 00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:04,330 They need to hear you talk as I just heard you. 609 00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:09,922 A man who does the job that other men would kill to do 610 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:13,388 and that women want to sit next to at the dinner table, 611 00:36:13,421 --> 00:36:15,719 because you're the most dangerous man in the room. 612 00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:19,219 There you are. 613 00:36:19,803 --> 00:36:20,975 Lix is looking for you. 614 00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:23,727 Thank you, Freddie. 615 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:27,731 Yes, okay, listen to this. 616 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:30,939 The military have moved into the central square of Alexandria, 617 00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:33,904 they've cordoned off the crowd. Nasser's been speaking for coming up to an hour 618 00:36:33,983 --> 00:36:35,280 and, uh... 619 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:36,907 Yes, and it doesn't seem like he's stopping. 620 00:36:36,986 --> 00:36:38,408 Our man in Alexandria is leaning out of the window, 621 00:36:38,488 --> 00:36:40,832 -and he's holding up the phone. - Give us pictures, Lix. 622 00:36:40,907 --> 00:36:43,535 Apparently there are thousands of people waving, cheering... 623 00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:45,791 It's... It's like a carnival. I... 624 00:36:47,247 --> 00:36:49,591 I can't understand, it's Arabic, sorry. Mr Kish? 625 00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:51,584 What exactly is Nasser saying? 626 00:36:51,668 --> 00:36:53,670 This canal is an Egyptian canal. 627 00:36:53,795 --> 00:36:56,765 - Yes? - It is an Egyptian Limited Company. 628 00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:01,346 120,000 Egyptians died digging the canal and then 629 00:37:01,428 --> 00:37:04,022 Britain forcibly deprived us of our right in it. 630 00:37:04,097 --> 00:37:05,895 - What's he saying? Are we going to war? - Don't be daft. 631 00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:07,066 Where's Clarence? 632 00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:08,522 - I don't know. - You listening now? 633 00:37:10,019 --> 00:37:13,364 - What happens now? - I don't know. I don't... I don't know. 634 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,158 - Let me think. - We are. 635 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:18,112 - We are, we're going to war. - We're not going to war, Miss Cooper. 636 00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:20,071 We're carrying on preparing for tomorrow's show. 637 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:22,533 We are taking in our stride the incoming news that Colonel Nasser 638 00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:24,868 has taken control of this country's most important trade route. 639 00:37:24,951 --> 00:37:27,875 We are reorganising and regrouping. Lix... 640 00:37:27,954 --> 00:37:30,298 Freddie, Hector, Ron, now. 641 00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:32,967 Sissy, telephone lines. We need them all working. 642 00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:35,136 - Maintenance said Friday. - Go down to the floor right now? 643 00:37:35,211 --> 00:37:37,179 Now, please. Everyone back to their desks, 644 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,304 talk to anyone you can find. Lix, do we have a camera down there? 645 00:37:40,383 --> 00:37:41,680 I've spoken to Donaldson 646 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,138 and two of the boys from the Cairo agency should be there now. 647 00:37:44,512 --> 00:37:46,435 We need to find someone. Someone from the Egyptian Embassy, 648 00:37:46,514 --> 00:37:47,640 somebody who can talk for Nasser. 649 00:37:47,724 --> 00:37:50,273 What about that minister? Was based in Cairo, now in London? 650 00:37:50,351 --> 00:37:52,024 An outspoken supporter of Nasser. 651 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:53,104 Hafiz. 652 00:37:53,563 --> 00:37:54,689 I went to school with his son. 653 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,743 Hafiz drinks at the Layali club. 654 00:37:58,818 --> 00:38:00,866 - Sorry, not a member. - I'll get us in. 655 00:38:01,446 --> 00:38:03,164 Is there anything you can't do, Hector? 656 00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:04,995 Um... Not really. 657 00:38:05,074 --> 00:38:07,873 Egyptian forces are swarming the entire canal. 658 00:38:07,952 --> 00:38:10,080 They're taking over the Suez offices. 659 00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:12,541 They're lining up workers and making them stand outside. 660 00:38:12,582 --> 00:38:13,629 I'll get my car. 661 00:38:15,502 --> 00:38:16,719 I got the interview with Elms. 662 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:19,346 When do you get it back from the lab? 663 00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:22,179 First thing, if Mr Albert gets a lick on. You have to see it, Bel. 664 00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:24,181 You have to hear what Lord Elms said. If we run this film... 665 00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:26,058 Well, I don't know what we're running tomorrow, 666 00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:27,559 but when I decide, I'll let you know. 667 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:28,640 I'll come with you. 668 00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:29,974 To meet Mr Hafiz. 669 00:38:30,475 --> 00:38:32,352 - No, it's fine. Hector and I can... - Home Affairs desk. 670 00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:34,108 This could loosely be considered Home Affairs 671 00:38:34,187 --> 00:38:35,905 with a bit of Foreign Affairs thrown... 672 00:38:37,232 --> 00:38:38,734 Why are you being such a child? 673 00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:40,615 Now is not the time for you to be a child. 674 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:51,003 My name's Hector Madden. 675 00:38:51,079 --> 00:38:53,457 Is it just me, or has Hector shrunk? 676 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:54,757 I'm sure he was taller. 677 00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:58,469 Hello, Mr Hafiz. My name's Hector Madden... 678 00:38:58,545 --> 00:39:01,890 When we first met, you couldn't even knot your tie straight. 679 00:39:03,299 --> 00:39:04,721 You'd never tried an oyster... 680 00:39:05,093 --> 00:39:06,766 Personally, not much of a loss. 681 00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:10,145 ...been to the theatre, read Woolf or Wilde. 682 00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:13,059 I did that. 683 00:39:14,894 --> 00:39:17,067 It's what you do for someone when you believe in them. 684 00:39:17,146 --> 00:39:18,568 And you believe in him? 685 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:25,075 I've got "atom", 686 00:39:26,447 --> 00:39:28,245 "shamble", "evolve". 687 00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:31,286 Freddie. 688 00:39:34,664 --> 00:39:35,665 Freddie! 689 00:39:39,419 --> 00:39:42,593 We were hoping to entice you onto The Hour. 690 00:39:42,672 --> 00:39:44,390 So that you can interrogate me? 691 00:39:44,465 --> 00:39:45,933 - No. - Yes. 692 00:39:47,468 --> 00:39:48,469 Mr Hafiz, 693 00:39:49,178 --> 00:39:52,557 we would like to bring a balanced view to rapidly unfolding 694 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:53,812 and sensitive political events. 695 00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:56,486 Your president has stolen our canal. 696 00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:58,279 It hasn't been without provocation. 697 00:39:58,354 --> 00:40:01,073 I can just see the headlines tomorrow, "Grabber Nasser". 698 00:40:01,691 --> 00:40:03,318 - It does have a certain ring to it. - Freddie. 699 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:05,699 - May I apologise. - Why? 700 00:40:05,778 --> 00:40:07,655 He's only saying what the world will say. 701 00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:10,537 But they do not know the truth. 702 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,085 And what is the truth, Mr Hafiz? 703 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:13,878 If you come onto our programme, 704 00:40:13,953 --> 00:40:16,081 perhaps you'd have the chance to tell the country. 705 00:40:16,164 --> 00:40:18,041 If I'm interviewed by a gentleman. 706 00:40:24,380 --> 00:40:26,553 Here, let me give you a hand with those. 707 00:40:26,633 --> 00:40:27,634 Right. 708 00:40:29,594 --> 00:40:31,562 You'll need the background, you can't wing it. 709 00:40:31,638 --> 00:40:34,061 Start with these. You'll need... 710 00:40:39,646 --> 00:40:42,525 Perhaps a little more than a Children's Britannica. 711 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:46,277 How do you do it? 712 00:40:48,071 --> 00:40:50,369 How do you know exactly the right question to ask? 713 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:51,870 Because 714 00:40:52,617 --> 00:40:54,585 I'm not afraid of the answers. 715 00:40:56,412 --> 00:40:57,413 Right, this is good. 716 00:40:58,414 --> 00:41:00,667 I've marked the best pages. Ignore the last chapter. 717 00:41:05,672 --> 00:41:06,673 Thank you. 718 00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:09,008 This is for Bel, 719 00:41:10,009 --> 00:41:11,010 not for you. 720 00:41:12,929 --> 00:41:13,930 You're still an arse. 721 00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:15,807 Freddie! 722 00:41:19,060 --> 00:41:20,607 Do you ever wash up? 723 00:41:20,687 --> 00:41:23,861 Saucepans, not much. Cutlery, occasionally. 724 00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:26,610 And she won't even make me a cup of tea. 725 00:41:28,736 --> 00:41:29,908 I'll walk you. 726 00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:31,331 It's all right, I can drive her home. 727 00:41:31,656 --> 00:41:33,158 Very nice seeing you, Ms Rowley. 728 00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:36,499 Dad, I'll be through in a minute. 729 00:41:37,745 --> 00:41:39,543 Hector Madden. Pleased to meet you, Mr Lyon. 730 00:41:40,206 --> 00:41:41,549 Yes, Captain. 731 00:41:46,254 --> 00:41:48,131 Well, good night. 732 00:41:51,926 --> 00:41:52,927 Thank you. 733 00:42:10,486 --> 00:42:11,487 Are you nervous? 734 00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:13,872 Terrified. 735 00:42:17,493 --> 00:42:19,086 You can't bottle it, Hector. 736 00:42:19,162 --> 00:42:21,665 You have to be as tough on him as you would be on the next man. 737 00:42:25,001 --> 00:42:26,218 McCain's not going to like it. 738 00:42:26,586 --> 00:42:27,587 Stuff McCain. 739 00:42:31,966 --> 00:42:32,967 It's left. 740 00:42:37,972 --> 00:42:40,521 - Which floor? - Top. 741 00:42:41,267 --> 00:42:42,439 - Here? - Mmm-hmm. 742 00:42:47,523 --> 00:42:48,570 Are you all right? 743 00:42:49,484 --> 00:42:50,485 Fine. 744 00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:52,452 Then why are you shaking? 745 00:43:08,669 --> 00:43:10,171 Oh, damn. 746 00:43:27,772 --> 00:43:29,069 Military upbringing. 747 00:43:29,148 --> 00:43:30,650 I can't help it. 748 00:43:30,733 --> 00:43:32,735 I'm pathologically unable to see a woman in the rain 749 00:43:32,819 --> 00:43:35,538 without holding up an umbrella over her. 750 00:43:51,754 --> 00:43:52,846 Don't be frightened. 751 00:43:54,257 --> 00:43:55,258 Gravity... 752 00:43:56,676 --> 00:43:58,303 You have a natural gravity. 753 00:43:59,387 --> 00:44:00,388 Hello? 754 00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:05,476 Good night. 755 00:44:06,102 --> 00:44:07,274 - Good night. - Hello? 756 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:15,820 Ma, sorry, I'm... 757 00:44:20,449 --> 00:44:22,326 - He rang. - Yes, he did. 758 00:44:26,289 --> 00:44:27,336 Oh, don't do that. 759 00:44:28,416 --> 00:44:30,384 They always telephone, darling, 760 00:44:30,459 --> 00:44:32,086 -in the end. - Right. 761 00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:33,675 That's right. 762 00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:36,724 Have you even heard the news today? 763 00:44:38,134 --> 00:44:39,226 Egyptian troops... 764 00:44:43,556 --> 00:44:44,682 Doesn't matter. 765 00:44:48,978 --> 00:44:50,730 Verda, World War III will break out 766 00:44:50,813 --> 00:44:53,612 and you'll be so busy trying to squeeze yourself into that bloody dress, 767 00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:55,068 -you'll miss it. - Darling, 768 00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:58,871 please don't become one of those women who feels the need 769 00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:00,368 to have a career and not a life. 770 00:45:02,575 --> 00:45:04,998 I'd rather be that woman than waiting for a bloody phone call. 771 00:45:05,077 --> 00:45:08,331 Hmm. Did you not sleep well last night? 772 00:45:08,414 --> 00:45:10,257 It always makes you so grumpy. 773 00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:12,427 The last thing I want is sleep. I've woken up. 774 00:45:17,173 --> 00:45:18,595 You should try it, Ma. 775 00:45:30,978 --> 00:45:33,777 But in spite of the smiles and the friendly handshakes, 776 00:45:33,856 --> 00:45:38,111 Egypt's answer to the 18-nation plan for international control of the Suez Canal 777 00:45:38,194 --> 00:45:39,867 is still a net refusal 778 00:45:40,613 --> 00:45:43,287 as Mr Menzies flies back to London with the disturbing knowledge 779 00:45:43,366 --> 00:45:45,710 that although he and his committee did their best, 780 00:45:45,952 --> 00:45:47,625 their mission has failed. 781 00:45:50,206 --> 00:45:53,756 Interviewed at the airport, Mr Menzies tells how the 18-nation plan 782 00:45:53,876 --> 00:45:56,800 was explained in great detail to President Nasser, 783 00:45:56,879 --> 00:45:59,177 so that he should be left in no doubt as to... 784 00:46:38,254 --> 00:46:39,346 Egypt? 785 00:46:58,816 --> 00:46:59,908 Clarence. 786 00:47:00,735 --> 00:47:02,362 - I would have told you. - McCain already has. 787 00:47:02,445 --> 00:47:05,824 - They have their spies everywhere. - Naguib Hafiz is a coup. You know it. 788 00:47:05,906 --> 00:47:08,705 A man who will be a mouthpiece for Nasser? 789 00:47:08,784 --> 00:47:11,833 An Arab Nationalist whom Eden sees as a Soviet puppet? 790 00:47:11,912 --> 00:47:14,631 How can we be impartial if we only tell one side of the story? 791 00:47:14,707 --> 00:47:16,550 That is why I am about to tell them 792 00:47:16,625 --> 00:47:19,378 that I leave it to the discretion of my producer to decide. 793 00:47:22,131 --> 00:47:25,305 But Freddie must forgo his interview with Lord Elms. 794 00:47:25,384 --> 00:47:26,385 Elms complained? 795 00:47:26,469 --> 00:47:29,848 Freddie was seen speaking to him in the corridor in the House of Lords. 796 00:47:29,972 --> 00:47:32,600 There are things said in grief that a man may later regret. 797 00:47:32,683 --> 00:47:34,230 You must tell Freddie the film blew. 798 00:47:36,604 --> 00:47:37,730 Pick your battles, Bel. 799 00:47:39,690 --> 00:47:41,784 Mr Fendley, Mr McCain's here. 800 00:47:42,485 --> 00:47:43,486 Thank you. 801 00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:49,412 When did you... When did you first become aware... 802 00:47:49,492 --> 00:47:52,416 When did you first become aware of President Nasser's intentions 803 00:47:52,495 --> 00:47:53,667 to seize the canal? 804 00:47:53,746 --> 00:47:54,838 Don't work so hard. 805 00:47:55,373 --> 00:47:56,374 Go again. 806 00:47:57,208 --> 00:47:59,131 You be Mr Hafiz and I'll be you. 807 00:48:00,127 --> 00:48:02,596 Westminster is concerned 808 00:48:02,671 --> 00:48:05,345 and I wanted to illuminate the situation for you. 809 00:48:06,425 --> 00:48:07,426 I, um... 810 00:48:08,260 --> 00:48:09,261 Thank you. 811 00:48:10,054 --> 00:48:12,273 I insisted that it wasn'tjust anyone coming down to talk to you 812 00:48:12,348 --> 00:48:14,851 and I realise, of course, that this is all very new for you, 813 00:48:14,934 --> 00:48:17,938 but you can't go ahead with this interview tonight. 814 00:48:20,856 --> 00:48:22,358 But I can, Mr McCain. 815 00:48:22,441 --> 00:48:26,116 One must be aware that politicians are very devious. 816 00:48:26,195 --> 00:48:28,493 The Arab world has a rich literary tradition. 817 00:48:28,572 --> 00:48:29,915 Now, this is a very dangerous mix. 818 00:48:30,533 --> 00:48:34,959 A politician who understands the power of a good narrative 819 00:48:35,037 --> 00:48:36,380 could hardly be called impartial. 820 00:48:36,455 --> 00:48:38,708 And that is why we intend to interrogate him. 821 00:48:40,835 --> 00:48:44,385 You joined Nasser on a recent trip to Moscow. Would you care to comment? 822 00:48:44,463 --> 00:48:46,761 See, now is when you build. 823 00:48:47,591 --> 00:48:48,968 - Well... - I'm sorry, Mr Hafiz, 824 00:48:49,051 --> 00:48:50,394 I didn't catch that. 825 00:48:50,469 --> 00:48:53,268 Was it in order to discuss the arms deal? 826 00:48:53,347 --> 00:48:57,443 The arms deal was with Czechoslovakia? The arms were Soviet, Mr Hafiz. 827 00:48:57,518 --> 00:48:59,896 How long have you planning to seize the Suez Canal? 828 00:48:59,979 --> 00:49:00,980 Would he know that? 829 00:49:01,814 --> 00:49:03,532 Of course. Now you. 830 00:49:04,442 --> 00:49:06,695 I would very much like to help you, Miss Rowley. 831 00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:11,408 Now, there are many powerful people who will be very unhappy 832 00:49:11,490 --> 00:49:15,120 if you allow Mr Hafiz onto your programme this evening. 833 00:49:15,578 --> 00:49:17,546 I really feel it is my duty to protect you. 834 00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:18,880 I don't need your protection. 835 00:49:21,667 --> 00:49:23,886 Perhaps if the programme was scripted 836 00:49:23,961 --> 00:49:26,089 and we saw a transcript prior to broadcast? 837 00:49:26,172 --> 00:49:28,174 Then it could hardly be called a live interview. 838 00:49:28,299 --> 00:49:30,802 If you proceed with this reckless behaviour, 839 00:49:30,885 --> 00:49:35,186 I cannot guarantee what our response in government will be, 840 00:49:35,556 --> 00:49:36,557 qufie frankw. 841 00:49:39,810 --> 00:49:41,187 I run a news programme. 842 00:49:42,563 --> 00:49:44,736 It's my job to cover the news. 843 00:49:45,483 --> 00:49:47,201 That's what I intend to do tonight. 844 00:49:48,402 --> 00:49:49,904 Anything else is reckless. 845 00:49:52,198 --> 00:49:54,200 Now, if you'll excuse me, 846 00:49:54,617 --> 00:49:57,996 I have a show about to go on air that I must attend to. 847 00:49:59,580 --> 00:50:01,378 Must be those maternal instincts again. 848 00:50:06,378 --> 00:50:08,176 Auribus tenere lupum. 849 00:50:11,258 --> 00:50:12,680 Look it up. 850 00:50:21,227 --> 00:50:22,228 Sorry. 851 00:50:23,270 --> 00:50:25,568 This is me dad. He'sjust testing the line. 852 00:50:25,648 --> 00:50:28,777 All the engineers were tied in putting more lines on the Sports Desk upstairs. 853 00:50:33,864 --> 00:50:34,865 Hello? 854 00:50:36,534 --> 00:50:40,038 He can't work out what that click is on the line, but he will do. 855 00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:41,292 Right, thank you. 856 00:50:41,914 --> 00:50:43,257 Very good, carry on. 857 00:50:48,754 --> 00:50:49,755 Mr Madden... 858 00:50:50,339 --> 00:50:52,808 We shall march forward to political and economic independence. 859 00:50:54,385 --> 00:50:56,308 All right. Will you be much longer with that, Mr Kish? 860 00:50:56,387 --> 00:50:57,388 Not much longer. 861 00:51:00,266 --> 00:51:02,109 If we look back, we do so only to demolish 862 00:51:02,184 --> 00:51:04,232 the relics of oppression, civility, exploitation... 863 00:51:04,311 --> 00:51:05,358 He's good. 864 00:51:05,604 --> 00:51:08,528 Yes, the only Englishman I know who can switch 865 00:51:08,607 --> 00:51:10,905 from the classical Arabic to the Egyptian vernacular 866 00:51:10,985 --> 00:51:13,033 without batting an eyelid. 867 00:51:13,571 --> 00:51:16,324 Thirty minutes, ladies and gentlemen, 30 minutes. 868 00:51:21,370 --> 00:51:22,371 Freddie. 869 00:51:23,998 --> 00:51:26,672 Your Elms film blew. There was a problem with the sound. 870 00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:28,002 But Mr Nelson said he could clean it up. 871 00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:29,086 I'm sorry. 872 00:51:30,421 --> 00:51:32,014 You're doing that funny thing with your eyes again. 873 00:51:34,633 --> 00:51:35,725 Bel. 874 00:51:35,801 --> 00:51:38,930 Everyone needs to get to the studio, we're live in 30 minutes. 875 00:52:07,791 --> 00:52:10,510 Places, everybody, please. 876 00:52:14,298 --> 00:52:15,299 You set? 877 00:52:15,466 --> 00:52:16,467 Yep. 878 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,223 Watch the smile. Makes you look like Crippen. 879 00:52:19,470 --> 00:52:21,643 Was he a good-looking bastard, too? 880 00:52:21,847 --> 00:52:24,896 Mr Hafiz, thank you. This way, please. 881 00:52:30,939 --> 00:52:33,442 Parcel, Mr Lyon. It just arrived. 882 00:52:37,154 --> 00:52:38,406 Eyes ahead, Isaac. 883 00:52:56,548 --> 00:52:58,721 It's fine. I'll be there. 884 00:52:59,468 --> 00:53:00,469 Fine. 885 00:53:08,143 --> 00:53:09,520 Now, do you have everything you need? 886 00:53:10,396 --> 00:53:11,864 I see we're being watched. 887 00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:14,566 Always. 888 00:53:15,567 --> 00:53:16,568 This way, Mr Hafiz. 889 00:53:22,199 --> 00:53:23,701 It's just you, 890 00:53:23,742 --> 00:53:25,995 talking to that boy 891 00:53:26,078 --> 00:53:27,830 sitting in his father's study. 892 00:53:58,193 --> 00:53:59,240 Stand by, studio. 893 00:54:00,237 --> 00:54:01,329 Five, 894 00:54:01,572 --> 00:54:02,573 four, 895 00:54:02,823 --> 00:54:03,949 three, 896 00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:05,792 tWO/ 897 00:54:06,493 --> 00:54:07,494 0H8. 898 00:54:07,619 --> 00:54:08,620 Fade up vision. 899 00:54:08,787 --> 00:54:10,380 - Go grams. -Good evening, 900 00:54:10,706 --> 00:54:12,049 and welcome to The Hour, 901 00:54:12,124 --> 00:54:14,468 the most important 60 minutes of news of your week. 902 00:54:15,377 --> 00:54:17,755 We lead with the story that dominates, 903 00:54:17,838 --> 00:54:20,717 President Nasser's seizing of the Suez Canal Company. 904 00:54:21,049 --> 00:54:23,347 To shed some light on this growing crisis, 905 00:54:23,427 --> 00:54:26,727 we're joined by one of the leading supporters of Egypt's President, 906 00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:28,352 Mr Naguib Hafiz. 907 00:54:30,184 --> 00:54:31,185 Good evening. 908 00:54:31,810 --> 00:54:34,029 - Thank you for joining us. -Thank you for inviting me. 909 00:54:34,146 --> 00:54:35,648 What is your opinion 910 00:54:35,731 --> 00:54:38,860 of President Nasser's decision to take over the Suez Canal Company? 911 00:54:39,610 --> 00:54:42,329 The canal is situated in Egyptian territory 912 00:54:42,404 --> 00:54:46,284 and it has quite simply reverted back to Egyptian control. 913 00:54:46,366 --> 00:54:47,913 Well, if I may 914 00:54:47,993 --> 00:54:49,370 correct you, Mr Hafiz, 915 00:54:49,453 --> 00:54:53,549 the canal is owned by the French and British Suez Canal Company. 916 00:54:54,166 --> 00:54:55,258 It is theft. 917 00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:57,586 I prefer "reclamation". 918 00:54:58,337 --> 00:55:01,011 Well, you can be certain the British public won't perceive it that way. 919 00:55:01,089 --> 00:55:03,342 Britain has for too long 920 00:55:03,425 --> 00:55:06,599 behaved like a distant relative of Egypt 921 00:55:06,678 --> 00:55:10,683 who believes he is still entitled to the family silver. 922 00:55:15,562 --> 00:55:16,563 You off? 923 00:55:17,648 --> 00:55:18,649 Mmm. 924 00:55:19,483 --> 00:55:20,826 Till we meet again. 925 00:55:21,568 --> 00:55:22,569 Yes. 926 00:55:23,612 --> 00:55:26,240 Your country has been sold a fiction 927 00:55:26,949 --> 00:55:28,872 by an impotent Prime Minister 928 00:55:29,535 --> 00:55:31,629 surrounded by all his cronies 929 00:55:32,579 --> 00:55:35,674 and by a corrupt and deceitful government. 930 00:55:47,010 --> 00:55:50,230 The British Empire is over. 931 00:55:55,060 --> 00:56:01,443 So you are accusing Prime Minister Eden of weakness, worse, of lying. 932 00:56:05,153 --> 00:56:08,373 Of selling to the British public a fiction. 933 00:56:09,825 --> 00:56:12,795 And is President Nasser hoping to build an empire of his own? 934 00:56:12,870 --> 00:56:16,295 Are there any plans to enlist Soviet support for this new empire? 935 00:56:33,724 --> 00:56:36,443 Is President Nasser declaring war on the British empire? 936 00:56:38,061 --> 00:56:39,153 Mr Hafiz? 937 00:56:40,856 --> 00:56:43,700 The country is waiting, Mr Hafiz, I must press you.