1 00:00:36,745 --> 00:00:38,372 The gentleman in the front row. 2 00:00:38,455 --> 00:00:41,800 The question that the country undoubtedly wishes to know the answer to 3 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:45,175 is if there is to be a ground invasion in Egypt and when? 4 00:00:45,254 --> 00:00:48,224 No announcement has been made yet saying that the police... 5 00:00:48,298 --> 00:00:52,223 I am curious that Eden calls the intervention in Suez a police action. 6 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:54,729 With a ground invasion imminent, 7 00:00:54,805 --> 00:00:57,399 are we in fact at war with Egypt and Israel? 8 00:00:57,474 --> 00:00:58,521 Thank you. 9 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,979 As you may appreciate, under the restrictions of the 14-day rule, 10 00:01:02,145 --> 00:01:06,150 this programme is unable to comment on events unfolding in Suez. 11 00:01:06,233 --> 00:01:09,362 However, we are able to discuss events in Hungary. 12 00:01:09,444 --> 00:01:12,163 And I would like to open questions from the floor. 13 00:01:12,656 --> 00:01:14,954 You sir, in the bow tie. 14 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:17,456 MAN 2'. What legal right does Eden have to leave... 15 00:01:18,662 --> 00:01:20,289 - Are you expecting someone? - No. 16 00:01:22,708 --> 00:01:24,335 Don't answer it. 17 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:31,140 Sorry, am I late? 18 00:01:31,216 --> 00:01:33,264 - Freddie! - I'm starving. 19 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:35,012 Sorry, already eaten. 20 00:01:35,512 --> 00:01:37,731 Hector. You haven't even got it on. 21 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:39,228 We lost track of the time. 22 00:01:39,308 --> 00:01:40,935 - Open it. - Fine. 23 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,688 - It's French. - I can see that. 24 00:01:44,062 --> 00:01:46,281 Is stew all right? It's not very warm. 25 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:47,733 Marvellous. 26 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:49,159 - Oh. - Mmm. 27 00:01:52,487 --> 00:01:53,830 Oh, your nose is freezing. 28 00:01:53,905 --> 00:01:55,373 I swear it's colder in Belgravia. 29 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:56,496 Colder than Clapham? 30 00:01:56,575 --> 00:01:58,498 Yes. I've just spent the last four hours 31 00:01:58,577 --> 00:02:00,875 waiting outside the Elms' mansion block. 32 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:02,206 He's on! 33 00:02:07,502 --> 00:02:08,879 Cheers! 34 00:02:09,504 --> 00:02:10,596 Do you mind? 35 00:02:12,424 --> 00:02:13,767 Suit yourself. 36 00:02:16,178 --> 00:02:19,227 Again and again, passions have come to the bail. 37 00:02:20,057 --> 00:02:24,403 Ever since the uneasy armistice of 1949, 38 00:02:25,187 --> 00:02:26,564 Israel and the Arab states... 39 00:02:27,314 --> 00:02:28,941 Ah! This 1'0"!'- 40 00:02:29,024 --> 00:02:31,368 ...Egypt has been insisting ever since then 41 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:34,701 that she is still at war with Israel. 42 00:02:36,698 --> 00:02:38,826 The other reflection is this. 43 00:02:39,451 --> 00:02:40,919 It's a personal one. 44 00:02:42,454 --> 00:02:45,253 All my life, I've been a man of peace, 45 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:50,508 working for peace, striving for peace, 46 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,136 but I'm utterly convinced 47 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,888 that the action we have taken is right. 48 00:02:56,677 --> 00:03:00,352 There are times for courage, times for action. 49 00:03:00,764 --> 00:03:02,937 Our passionate love of peace, 50 00:03:03,975 --> 00:03:05,898 our intense loathing of war 51 00:03:07,229 --> 00:03:09,948 have often held us back from using force, 52 00:03:11,066 --> 00:03:14,320 even at times when we knew in our heads, 53 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:16,071 if not in our hearts, 54 00:03:17,072 --> 00:03:20,372 that its use was in the interests of peace. 55 00:03:22,119 --> 00:03:24,622 And I believe with all my heart and head, 56 00:03:25,664 --> 00:03:27,211 for both are needed. 57 00:03:27,749 --> 00:03:29,547 Good night to you all. 58 00:03:30,961 --> 00:03:32,087 Eden was certainly resolute. 59 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:34,593 They'll have to let the opposition respond. 60 00:03:34,673 --> 00:03:37,347 We cannot call ourselves a public television service 61 00:03:37,551 --> 00:03:40,805 and not let the opposition... Gaitskell bat back. 62 00:03:41,179 --> 00:03:43,932 Oh, brilliant, we'll have McCain on our backs again. 63 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:45,858 I don't know, he's gone pretty quiet. 64 00:03:45,934 --> 00:03:47,652 We normally have a call or one of his visits. 65 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:49,025 It's been three days. 66 00:03:49,062 --> 00:03:50,939 And less than 72 hours we go out. 67 00:03:51,523 --> 00:03:53,742 Why is he not hovering to see how we will sell it? 68 00:03:53,817 --> 00:03:56,240 If we can sell it, with their fortnightly gag. 69 00:03:56,319 --> 00:03:58,413 - There are ways around these things. - Are there? 70 00:03:58,947 --> 00:04:02,372 I've been lying awake for the last three nights trying to come up with one. 71 00:04:02,451 --> 00:04:05,705 We can't debate, we can't comment, we can't analyse, 72 00:04:05,787 --> 00:04:08,461 we can only deliver the most basic facts 73 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:10,963 until two weeks after they've discussed it in Parliament. 74 00:04:11,209 --> 00:04:12,882 It makes a mockery of what we do. 75 00:04:12,961 --> 00:04:14,963 So we make a mockery of it. 76 00:04:15,046 --> 00:04:19,051 We present the facts in a way that points to the truth. 77 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:24,064 We garner opinion from abroad. What? 78 00:04:24,139 --> 00:04:25,982 Comment and assessment from our American cousins 79 00:04:26,057 --> 00:04:28,185 in the light of Eisenhower's election campaign. 80 00:04:29,478 --> 00:04:31,480 They can't stop us broadcasting the views of foreign nationals. 81 00:04:32,189 --> 00:04:33,907 You're brilliant. 82 00:04:34,649 --> 00:04:35,696 Why should we be gagged 83 00:04:35,776 --> 00:04:37,449 when the newspapers can print what they like? 84 00:04:44,493 --> 00:04:45,585 Where did you get this? 85 00:04:45,660 --> 00:04:47,662 I cannot divulge my sources but suffice to say 86 00:04:47,746 --> 00:04:49,544 that will run as a leader in tomorrow's Observer. 87 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:50,749 "We wish to make an apology. 88 00:04:51,041 --> 00:04:53,544 "We had not realised that our government was capable..." 89 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:56,176 ...of such folly and of such crookedness. 90 00:04:58,423 --> 00:04:59,595 Hector, 91 00:05:01,259 --> 00:05:03,227 you have the country in your palm. 92 00:05:05,180 --> 00:05:07,274 They'll listen to you, to us. 93 00:05:07,349 --> 00:05:09,101 We show the public what the world thinks 94 00:05:09,184 --> 00:05:10,936 and we affirm what they already know. 95 00:05:12,437 --> 00:05:14,610 The rumours are out there, the press are talking of collusion, 96 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:16,987 that this is a rushed war, 97 00:05:17,067 --> 00:05:19,661 secretly orchestrated by Britain and France with the help of Israel, 98 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:21,117 to get the canal back. 99 00:05:21,196 --> 00:05:24,700 And we overlook that there's no proof whatsoever of collusion? 100 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:27,961 We can't just assume that our government's guilty. 101 00:05:28,036 --> 00:05:29,538 That's hardly impartialjournalism, is it? 102 00:05:29,746 --> 00:05:31,965 You'll bring the show down. McCain would have a heart attack. 103 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:33,124 And? 104 00:05:33,959 --> 00:05:36,257 Go easy because McCain's cage is a little bit rattled? 105 00:05:37,212 --> 00:05:39,840 We get out on the streets tomorrow. 106 00:05:40,632 --> 00:05:43,431 We canvas opinion from the people at the rally and fire the debate. 107 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:45,846 - Let me go. - Where? 108 00:05:46,638 --> 00:05:49,482 Tomorrow. To the demonstration. Keep you in line. 109 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:53,270 You don't mind slumming it on the streets with a microphone? 110 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:55,981 Sound judgment is required on occasions like this. 111 00:05:56,064 --> 00:05:59,034 One must be light on one's feet and mercurial of mind, 112 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:00,736 ready to adapt to any situation. 113 00:06:00,819 --> 00:06:03,538 Tomorrow's the 4th. We go out on the 6th. 114 00:06:05,615 --> 00:06:06,867 Well, it's a date. 115 00:06:09,744 --> 00:06:11,291 Hell, last bus. 116 00:06:11,913 --> 00:06:13,005 Shall I kip on the sofa? 117 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,166 Good bye. 118 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:21,506 Good night, then. 119 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:42,907 What? 120 00:06:46,990 --> 00:06:49,368 I'm one of the last women to tolerate him. 121 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:53,580 It's not that. 122 00:06:54,456 --> 00:06:55,628 You're different with him. 123 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:57,668 Different? How? 124 00:06:58,835 --> 00:07:00,553 How you should be. 125 00:07:01,463 --> 00:07:03,932 How I think you are when you're not being head girl... 126 00:07:05,175 --> 00:07:06,518 ...News Chief. 127 00:07:09,638 --> 00:07:11,982 Or an irresistible woman. 128 00:07:14,184 --> 00:07:15,811 - Don't be silly. - Am I being? 129 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:31,455 Hello? 130 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:34,038 Uh, yes. But Clarence... 131 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:36,748 Yes. 132 00:07:57,477 --> 00:08:00,481 I wasn't sure if you'd still be up. Hector? 133 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:03,487 Oh, we were going over the outline of the show with Freddie. 134 00:08:04,859 --> 00:08:07,487 Well, you may as welljoin us now you're here. 135 00:08:10,448 --> 00:08:11,574 If Gaitskell insists 136 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:13,831 on responding to the Prime Minister's broadcast tomorrow, 137 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:16,163 it will only fuel the flames. 138 00:08:16,579 --> 00:08:20,800 You are asking the BBC to waive its policy of impartiality? 139 00:08:21,084 --> 00:08:24,759 It is the duty of the BBC to offer the opposition the chance to reply 140 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:28,263 to a ministerial broadcast if it is deemed controversial. 141 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:31,011 It will be neither useful nor reassuring to the public. 142 00:08:31,094 --> 00:08:34,769 We expect The Hour to redress the balance somewhat. 143 00:08:34,889 --> 00:08:37,108 And present the government's view? 144 00:08:37,809 --> 00:08:39,732 Miss Rowley, that's not helpful. 145 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:46,447 The government's actions are not universally supported, 146 00:08:46,609 --> 00:08:47,861 that's your problem. 147 00:08:47,944 --> 00:08:50,788 Be aware that if your programme fails to fall into line, 148 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:53,708 it will comfort the enemy and undermine our country at war. 149 00:08:56,327 --> 00:08:57,624 Angus, 150 00:08:57,704 --> 00:09:01,504 the BBC would neverjeopardise the security of our nation. 151 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:07,806 We are experienced in news management in times of peace and war. 152 00:09:08,131 --> 00:09:11,761 I am merely obliged to tell you that there may be funding implications. 153 00:09:11,843 --> 00:09:13,186 Are you threatening us? 154 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:14,562 Clarence. 155 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:17,015 Always advice, Douglas. 156 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:19,935 Always advice. 157 00:09:21,978 --> 00:09:23,730 Never to be taken as prescriptive. 158 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:36,786 - Let me talk to him. - He doesn't talk. He dictates. 159 00:09:37,994 --> 00:09:39,746 Angus? Angus! 160 00:09:44,793 --> 00:09:46,466 You look like you haven't slept for a week. 161 00:09:46,544 --> 00:09:48,012 And you're the same. 162 00:09:48,213 --> 00:09:50,136 I hope you sleep better tonight. 163 00:09:51,299 --> 00:09:53,097 You were two a penny at my school, 164 00:09:54,344 --> 00:09:55,846 four a penny during the war. 165 00:09:57,514 --> 00:10:00,313 Little men desperately trying to make themselves bigger. 166 00:10:01,851 --> 00:10:03,194 A little quieter, Hector. 167 00:10:04,145 --> 00:10:08,116 Or do you wish the world to know that you have your producer's ear? 168 00:10:09,359 --> 00:10:11,282 These are testing times for us all. 169 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:15,832 The mark of a man is how he conducts himself in these times. 170 00:10:15,907 --> 00:10:18,251 It is? Does Wallace know how you're conducting yourself? 171 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:22,547 You may not be fearful for yourselves but it would be such a pity 172 00:10:22,831 --> 00:10:27,462 if Miss Rowley found her career blighted by mere temptations of the flesh. 173 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:31,173 And she seems such a dear girl. 174 00:11:08,084 --> 00:11:09,210 Dad? 175 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:11,546 Dad? 176 00:11:21,973 --> 00:11:23,941 Yes. Same look in his eyes. 177 00:11:24,893 --> 00:11:26,019 Visitor. 178 00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:27,854 What's happened? 179 00:11:28,146 --> 00:11:30,069 It was like this when I arrived. 180 00:11:30,732 --> 00:11:31,824 Dad, you all right? 181 00:11:33,234 --> 00:11:35,453 He was looking for something, apparently. 182 00:11:36,946 --> 00:11:39,119 You've paid me so many visits recently, 183 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:41,793 I thought I should return the call. 184 00:11:42,243 --> 00:11:44,621 We were just catching up on old times. Weren't we? 185 00:11:44,662 --> 00:11:45,914 Go to bed, Dad. 186 00:11:45,997 --> 00:11:47,374 - Bed? - Yes. 187 00:11:50,835 --> 00:11:52,633 I'll be through in five minutes. 188 00:12:03,097 --> 00:12:05,850 My goodness! What a room. 189 00:12:08,353 --> 00:12:12,529 So many of one's most treasured things. 190 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:19,577 Your father seems well. 191 00:12:21,199 --> 00:12:23,827 He was remembering the tea party 192 00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:27,460 that we had when he came down to visit you once. 193 00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:30,837 Ruthie had one of her awful nosebleeds. 194 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,886 The doctor said it was her nerves. 195 00:12:37,548 --> 00:12:39,642 Stop coming to our house. 196 00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:42,645 Stop loitering on the pavement. 197 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:45,557 Stop bothering us. 198 00:12:46,474 --> 00:12:48,727 You're defiling our memory of Ruth. 199 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:53,357 And stop with these persistent phone calls to myself and my husband. 200 00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:55,567 You will leave this alone, Frederick. 201 00:12:55,650 --> 00:12:58,574 Oh, good, it is him who answers the telephone. I'm never sure. 202 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:04,042 The silence at the other end of the line when I ask why his wife is lying to me? 203 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:10,624 You don't know who you're dealing with. 204 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:13,506 Yes, I do. They're outside now, sitting in their car. 205 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:16,512 Apparently they are convinced that I am a Soviet agent. 206 00:13:16,587 --> 00:13:18,681 Which I'm not, by the way, 207 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:21,763 in case you're at all concerned. 208 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:26,231 As someone who once knew you, 209 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,684 I am imploring you to leave it. 210 00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:31,235 Just leave us alone in our grief. 211 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:32,528 Grief? 212 00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:35,281 This isn't grief. This is shameful denial. 213 00:13:36,607 --> 00:13:37,824 I will never let this go. 214 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:40,153 Ruth came to me to ask me to help her 215 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:42,739 and I will not stop helping her until the truth is known. 216 00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:45,579 She knew something, something that was terrifying, 217 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,874 something that threatened those who wanted her dead. 218 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:00,848 Oh, you're terrified. 219 00:14:06,179 --> 00:14:07,852 How brave you are. 220 00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:14,987 We're not all as brave as you, Frederick. 221 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,005 Hello? 222 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:43,174 Why did she come to me? 223 00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:45,264 Why did Ruth come to me? 224 00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:47,603 Because you're tenacious. 225 00:14:49,764 --> 00:14:53,314 Because you care more about the truth than you do about your own safety. 226 00:14:56,646 --> 00:15:01,072 Because if I was scared for my life, I would run to you. 227 00:15:04,445 --> 00:15:07,915 And trust that you would know the answer. 228 00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:12,413 Because there's no one else like you, Freddie. 229 00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:16,507 Who is he? Who is Brightstone? 230 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:18,918 Freddie. 231 00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:20,093 Is it me? 232 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:22,513 This is why you shouldn't drink bad wine. 233 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:24,849 Why else are they following me? 234 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:27,768 Because you're an irritant. 235 00:15:29,137 --> 00:15:32,983 You obviously know something, even if you don't know what it is. 236 00:15:34,892 --> 00:15:37,020 You get under people's skin. 237 00:15:40,523 --> 00:15:41,649 Are you still there? 238 00:15:42,984 --> 00:15:44,156 Yes. 239 00:15:45,069 --> 00:15:46,571 They're scared. 240 00:15:47,989 --> 00:15:49,457 McCain, Eden, 241 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:52,710 they're petrified. 242 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:55,963 They should be. 243 00:15:57,748 --> 00:15:59,375 Douglas called me in tonight. 244 00:15:59,876 --> 00:16:01,002 With McCain. 245 00:16:02,712 --> 00:16:03,804 He's worried. 246 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:06,053 We're getting to them, Bel. 247 00:16:07,049 --> 00:16:08,722 I'm putting the phone down. 248 00:16:09,093 --> 00:16:10,891 - Not yet. - Go to sleep. 249 00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:23,366 McCain knows. 250 00:16:24,775 --> 00:16:25,901 About us. 251 00:16:27,945 --> 00:16:30,118 We have to play it carefully now, Bel. 252 00:16:32,033 --> 00:16:33,660 I don't know what you mean. 253 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,628 He will use it against us. 254 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:39,673 Now, don't be naive. 255 00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:42,631 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 256 00:16:44,045 --> 00:16:45,422 Not tonight. 257 00:16:53,971 --> 00:16:55,473 Dad? 258 00:17:00,937 --> 00:17:02,780 I never wanted you to go there. 259 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:06,822 But your mother thought it would be safer. 260 00:17:10,571 --> 00:17:13,199 I always thought a little piece of you never came back. 261 00:17:16,911 --> 00:17:18,458 I packed your case. 262 00:17:18,996 --> 00:17:20,373 I found your bathers. 263 00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:55,993 One, two, three, four! We won't fight in Eden's war! 264 00:18:06,711 --> 00:18:08,713 Here... Here. 265 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,091 Get it, Isaac. Get it. 266 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:16,645 - Where shall I stand? -To the left. Here. 267 00:18:19,015 --> 00:18:21,609 One, two, three, four... 268 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,064 Go, go, go! 269 00:18:23,728 --> 00:18:27,073 We are standing in a side street by Trafalgar Square. 270 00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:30,652 You can see the crowds behind me holding up their placards. 271 00:18:30,901 --> 00:18:35,031 Bevan's words have united the people as they march towards Downing Street. 272 00:18:35,489 --> 00:18:37,241 You can hear the crowd chanting, 273 00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:40,955 "One, two, three, four! We won't fight in Eden's war!" 274 00:18:41,037 --> 00:18:43,586 as they snake their way along from every corner... 275 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:47,127 Hector, you need to come down here. We need to talk to more people. 276 00:18:47,752 --> 00:18:49,379 Freddie, it is a waste of time 277 00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:51,422 canvassing opinion if it can't be broadcast. 278 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:54,304 Nothing's ever wasted, Hector. Come on! 279 00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:56,010 - Isaac. - One more minute. 280 00:19:11,025 --> 00:19:13,119 -- What's so funny? 281 00:19:13,194 --> 00:19:15,162 Isaac's asked me to look over some of his sketches. 282 00:19:15,237 --> 00:19:16,363 They're ever so funny. 283 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:18,040 He wants me to proof them. 284 00:19:18,616 --> 00:19:20,618 - Is that what he calls it? - No, he's not my type. 285 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:24,080 - Sadly, I think you're his. - Really? 286 00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:28,922 Ah, Bel. Freddie in? 287 00:19:29,919 --> 00:19:32,013 He just asked me to do something for him. 288 00:19:32,922 --> 00:19:33,923 What? 289 00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:35,724 Oh, nothing. It can wait. 290 00:19:37,468 --> 00:19:39,516 Has he taken you to the cinema yet? 291 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:42,727 French? I bet French. 292 00:19:42,973 --> 00:19:44,270 You know he doesn't speak a word. 293 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:45,852 It's infuriating. 294 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:48,984 I can only apologise because I more than anyone know how irritating 295 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,819 a trip to the cinema with Freddie could be. 296 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:54,990 But perhaps you don't feel that way. 297 00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:56,491 Feel what way? 298 00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:00,245 About Freddie. 299 00:20:00,324 --> 00:20:03,168 About how infuriatingly irritating he is. 300 00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:06,464 There is a fine line between fury and desire, I tend to find. 301 00:20:10,126 --> 00:20:13,346 I've never seen a film with Freddie in my life, nor do I intend to. 302 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:15,305 I can't stand the cinema. 303 00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:18,635 The darkness. The sense one has of being trapped. 304 00:20:19,135 --> 00:20:20,853 Now, a little fun? 305 00:20:21,262 --> 00:20:22,935 Freddie is most certainly that. 306 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:25,983 But what did he ask you to do for him? 307 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:28,186 He wanted some information on Peter Darrall. 308 00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:32,194 It's nothing, darling. His heart is still with you. 309 00:20:32,857 --> 00:20:35,235 - We're just friends. - Of course. 310 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:37,828 I had a friend once. 311 00:20:37,987 --> 00:20:39,330 Treated him like a dog. 312 00:20:39,780 --> 00:20:43,159 Adorable man, absolutely useless at seduction. 313 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:44,368 Then he married someone else 314 00:20:44,452 --> 00:20:47,205 and I realised it wasn't him who was absolutely useless, it was me. 315 00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:53,086 My man in Cairo managed to smuggle out these memos 316 00:20:53,169 --> 00:20:55,263 before British Embassy staff got to them. 317 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,590 They've been burning documents all weekend. 318 00:21:13,564 --> 00:21:17,114 It's getting rather heated. There are people running everywhere. 319 00:21:17,902 --> 00:21:20,576 The sense of anger today is overwhelming. 320 00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:25,413 There are police on horseback desperately trying to control the fray. 321 00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:27,587 Keep the heart out and head focused. 322 00:21:27,870 --> 00:21:29,872 Don't queer the pitch with your emotions. 323 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:32,003 Yeah, this from a man who can't drink a cup of tea without worrying 324 00:21:32,082 --> 00:21:33,834 about the impression of tea leaf pickers in Ceylon. 325 00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:40,641 Stay back, stay back! 326 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:42,973 Freddie, we should get out of here. 327 00:21:43,052 --> 00:21:45,555 Get out? We've got to get further in, Hector, come on! 328 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:48,107 Isaac, come on, over here. 329 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,642 I can't keep the camera straight. 330 00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:51,272 We need to find somewhere and stay there. 331 00:21:51,352 --> 00:21:53,195 I need this microphone. 332 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:05,123 I don't know what time they'll be back. 333 00:22:05,199 --> 00:22:06,667 It's utter mayhem out there. 334 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,874 Bedlam all the way down the Strand. The world has gone quite mad. 335 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:12,082 - I hope they'll be all right. - Oh, I never worry. 336 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:13,791 Hector can always look after himself. 337 00:22:16,502 --> 00:22:19,881 Your poor wife, Mr Fendley. Doesn't she miss you? Working all the time? 338 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:22,683 She is very accommodating. Marry the man and you marry the job. 339 00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:24,726 Yes, well, isn't that so true? 340 00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:28,064 I'm gasping for a cup of tea. 341 00:22:28,138 --> 00:22:30,357 Yes, of course. Perhaps you would, Bel? 342 00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:33,106 Of course. If you go through to my office. 343 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:36,029 Yes, it's quite all right. I do know the way, thank you. 344 00:22:37,398 --> 00:22:38,820 No excuses. 345 00:22:39,650 --> 00:22:41,652 I have more pressing matters on my mind. 346 00:22:42,945 --> 00:22:44,913 Just get her a cup of tea and be nice. 347 00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:50,499 You're all right. 348 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:53,047 We're getting you help. just grip my hand. 349 00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:55,799 - What's your name? - Harry. 350 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:58,632 Harry. Keep talking to me, Harry. 351 00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:01,506 Here you are, now. Have some of this. 352 00:23:01,589 --> 00:23:04,763 We need to get him closer to the road. The ambulance can't get through. 353 00:23:06,135 --> 00:23:07,136 Um... 354 00:23:12,141 --> 00:23:15,111 This is just one of many protestors injured today. 355 00:23:15,603 --> 00:23:18,607 A day of peaceful protest soured by violence. 356 00:23:18,689 --> 00:23:21,112 This is Frederick Lyon reporting for The Hourin London. 357 00:23:23,193 --> 00:23:24,319 You're very lucky. 358 00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:26,743 I have a very small corner in my living room 359 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:29,329 to do all my thank-you cards and letters. 360 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:31,043 Um, if you'd care to leave a message, 361 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:33,621 I can ask Hector to telephone you when he comes back. 362 00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:42,217 I don't usually come into town if I can help it. 363 00:23:43,839 --> 00:23:47,093 It very odd, me being here today. 364 00:23:47,176 --> 00:23:48,553 Puts one's whole week out. 365 00:23:48,636 --> 00:23:50,889 Well, there's always the country at the weekend. 366 00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:52,605 Yes. 367 00:23:55,309 --> 00:23:56,731 Monday is my art class. 368 00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:58,987 I'm absolutely hopeless. 369 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,199 Last week we painted a gentleman in the nude. 370 00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:05,410 Wednesday, Thursday's Bridge. 371 00:24:05,486 --> 00:24:07,363 I'm in a club. I'm actually rather good. 372 00:24:08,572 --> 00:24:10,165 And Fridays is the country. 373 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,870 Except if Hector has to work, and he has had to work a lot. 374 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,459 Yes. 375 00:24:17,081 --> 00:24:19,300 This whole week, in fact, he's not been home. 376 00:24:26,215 --> 00:24:28,718 I say, "Hector, they should pay you more." 377 00:24:30,886 --> 00:24:32,888 Daddy thinks, well, knows, 378 00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:35,145 that Hector won't be staying in the BBC forever. 379 00:24:36,225 --> 00:24:40,025 Daddy says there's a lot of interest around Hector and The Hour. 380 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:44,325 And that's good, that's what I want. It's very, very good. 381 00:24:44,692 --> 00:24:47,036 Will you just excuse me a moment? 382 00:24:47,111 --> 00:24:49,785 At least you're not his secretary. 383 00:24:54,201 --> 00:24:56,249 You see, I knew you were an intelligent woman. 384 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:58,626 I knew that I wouldn't have to say much. 385 00:25:00,207 --> 00:25:02,460 Normally, it's with one of those silly little girls. 386 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,173 I'm just glad that with a clever women like you, 387 00:25:07,256 --> 00:25:10,305 you do fully understand. 388 00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,235 He just can't control himself. 389 00:25:32,406 --> 00:25:33,908 I think it's the creative in him. 390 00:25:35,492 --> 00:25:37,244 Picasso has a heap of lovers. 391 00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:41,507 Not that I'm putting Hector on a par with an artiste like that, 392 00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:45,544 but there is always someone. 393 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:51,767 And normally I have to unpick their little fingers from his arm. 394 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:58,353 But it is such a relief to finally meet a proper woman. 395 00:26:02,686 --> 00:26:04,108 I do like you very much. 396 00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:08,817 You're such fun. 397 00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:16,625 He's alwaysjust on loan. And he always comes back. 398 00:26:20,496 --> 00:26:21,793 Do you love him at all? 399 00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:25,668 I love him. 400 00:26:26,502 --> 00:26:28,675 Warts and all. That's me. That's what I do. 401 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:35,261 And no matter... 402 00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:40,607 And whatever you see of Hector, 403 00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:44,194 I know who he really is. 404 00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:46,021 Do you? 405 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:48,949 - Would you like me to call you a taxi? - No, thank you. 406 00:27:03,372 --> 00:27:05,545 Do tell Hector I called by. 407 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:31,483 -- Yes, come in. 408 00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:37,573 - Are they back yet? - Not yet. 409 00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:40,417 - Clarence... - I can't believe you've been so stupid. 410 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:50,253 I can't explain. 411 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:51,552 Bad luck. I want you to. 412 00:27:53,547 --> 00:27:56,346 I want you to explain to me why you're throwing away your career 413 00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:58,018 for an affair that means nothing, 414 00:27:58,093 --> 00:28:01,267 that will not last beyond this news story, Bel. 415 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:03,644 And if you're telling yourself anything other, then you're lying. 416 00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:08,104 So explain, because in five minutes 417 00:28:08,187 --> 00:28:11,361 I will receive a concerned call from Douglas. 418 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:12,566 I will defend your actions, 419 00:28:12,649 --> 00:28:14,651 I will reassure him that you've come to your senses... 420 00:28:14,735 --> 00:28:16,157 I am not a child. 421 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:18,864 No, you are not! You are producer of this programme. 422 00:28:19,656 --> 00:28:21,374 A programme that is already under pressure. 423 00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:23,373 Can you imagine how McCain will use this against us? 424 00:28:23,619 --> 00:28:24,996 Against you? Against Hector? 425 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:29,299 It is inappropriate, it is unprofessional 426 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:30,421 and it must end. 427 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,343 I will defend your right to make this programme 428 00:28:32,419 --> 00:28:33,466 in whatever way you want to 429 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:36,173 but I cannot defend someone who has sold herself so short! 430 00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:37,807 So fix it. 431 00:28:38,342 --> 00:28:39,389 Fix it now. 432 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:55,614 So is that how you got your second medal? Saving lives? 433 00:28:55,692 --> 00:28:57,444 No, I got my first medal saving lives. 434 00:28:57,527 --> 00:29:01,953 The second one was for an act of heroism, which we need not dwell upon. 435 00:29:02,032 --> 00:29:04,126 You're God's cruel joke. 436 00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:08,126 Sent to throw horrible relief on all our personal inadequacies. 437 00:29:08,205 --> 00:29:10,299 It's only what anyone would have done. 438 00:29:10,374 --> 00:29:12,593 I would have possibly have given him an aspirin, if pushed. 439 00:29:15,128 --> 00:29:18,177 We open with the image of thousands amassing in Trafalgar Square. 440 00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:19,258 Why not? 441 00:29:19,299 --> 00:29:20,676 The newsreels will already have run it. 442 00:29:20,801 --> 00:29:23,771 Peaceful protest or attempt to control the voices of the masses? 443 00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:24,892 Or something a little less leading. 444 00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:26,849 Then we return to an in interview with, um... 445 00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,229 Someone who matters. Someone with a voice. 446 00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:29,855 - Eden. - Macmillan. 447 00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:31,027 Calm down! 448 00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:36,405 Yes, we show the protests. Yes, we cover Bevan's speech. 449 00:29:36,483 --> 00:29:37,826 - You weren't there. - I'll look at the footage 450 00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:39,611 and decide what to do from there. 451 00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:42,073 But I'm serious. We need to find a way 452 00:29:42,155 --> 00:29:47,036 of addressing the suspicion of collusion between Britain and France and Israel. 453 00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:48,371 Like in a sketch. 454 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:50,000 - What kind of sketch? - A satire. 455 00:29:51,248 --> 00:29:53,296 This is a news show, it's not Vaudeville. 456 00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:54,752 A satirical sketch. 457 00:29:54,835 --> 00:29:57,054 Why not? Works on the radio. 458 00:29:57,129 --> 00:29:58,676 I would like to see McCain's face. 459 00:29:58,755 --> 00:30:01,474 And it gets us round the fortnightly gag, doesn't it? 460 00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:02,972 It could be disastrous. 461 00:30:03,051 --> 00:30:04,223 Or daring. 462 00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:06,138 It makes me nervous. 463 00:30:06,179 --> 00:30:07,476 Always a good reason to do it. 464 00:30:10,851 --> 00:30:13,104 - Keep it simple. - Really? 465 00:30:13,186 --> 00:30:14,358 I want it by the end of the day. 466 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:18,400 - You can't run it. - We'll see. 467 00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:20,156 Have you gone mad? 468 00:30:20,235 --> 00:30:22,078 Report the demonstration, yes. But you can't... 469 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:23,701 The Russians have taken Budapest. 470 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:26,575 Hundreds of tanks. 471 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:27,659 It's all over the radio. 472 00:30:27,701 --> 00:30:30,705 Nagy himself making a desperate appeal to the West to intervene. 473 00:30:30,787 --> 00:30:32,004 And we're too busy with Suez. 474 00:30:37,711 --> 00:30:38,883 I've got something for you. 475 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,343 I'm going. I'm going. 476 00:30:49,765 --> 00:30:54,612 A memo from Tom Kish about Peter Darrall in May this year. 477 00:30:56,063 --> 00:30:59,408 They were both in Egypt, on secondment from M16. 478 00:31:00,734 --> 00:31:02,236 McCain was copied in. 479 00:31:03,820 --> 00:31:05,914 They were meant to be there specifically to dig up 480 00:31:05,989 --> 00:31:07,081 dirt on Colonel Nasser. 481 00:31:07,157 --> 00:31:10,331 But it looks like that there were already questions about Peter Darrall. 482 00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:12,753 He'd clearly turned. 483 00:31:14,081 --> 00:31:18,587 They allude to him passing secrets between Egypt and the Soviets. 484 00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:20,420 Reading between the lines, 485 00:31:20,462 --> 00:31:22,965 poor Kish is clearly frantic. 486 00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:25,722 Why the hell was Tom Kish reporting to McCain? 487 00:31:25,801 --> 00:31:27,929 He was reporting to a lot of people. 488 00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:30,434 He'sjust one of several names on the memo. 489 00:31:35,185 --> 00:31:36,186 You all right? 490 00:31:36,269 --> 00:31:37,771 Why can you never get hold of the British Embassy 491 00:31:37,854 --> 00:31:39,652 in Moscow when you need them? 492 00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:47,197 Marnie came by today. 493 00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:49,996 She said it was a nightmare getting in. 494 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,537 She knows? 495 00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:57,212 It was quietly humiliating. 496 00:31:57,290 --> 00:31:59,042 Apparently, you've done this kind of thing before. 497 00:32:00,627 --> 00:32:01,719 There's a call for you from... 498 00:32:01,795 --> 00:32:03,547 Take a message. I will call them back. 499 00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:07,555 Clarence has warned me that it has to end. 500 00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:09,602 It's not up to bloody Clarence. 501 00:32:09,678 --> 00:32:14,605 We have put ourselves in a ridiculously precarious situation, Hector. 502 00:32:14,683 --> 00:32:16,560 Wallace is on the BBC board. 503 00:32:16,643 --> 00:32:20,443 He has friends in high places. He's friends with McCain. 504 00:32:20,522 --> 00:32:21,944 Christ sake, you're friends with McCain. 505 00:32:22,023 --> 00:32:25,118 Angus McCain is not a friend of mine. You know that damn well. 506 00:32:25,193 --> 00:32:26,615 But I'm not foolish enough 507 00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:28,288 to make enemies with people close to government. 508 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:29,831 Your words, Bel. Remember? 509 00:32:29,906 --> 00:32:32,500 I never thought your ambition would compromise your integrity. 510 00:32:32,576 --> 00:32:33,873 It hasn't. 511 00:32:34,619 --> 00:32:35,745 It doesn't. 512 00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:40,921 Look, we can't talk here. 513 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:43,336 I'll come to yours tonight. 514 00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:44,717 I want to watch the GaitskelFs broadcast. 515 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,924 - Let's watch it together. - No. 516 00:32:49,342 --> 00:32:51,811 - Verda needs a bed. - Oh. 517 00:32:51,887 --> 00:32:53,389 And you should go home to yours. 518 00:32:55,015 --> 00:32:57,109 Hector, just the man I'm looking for. 519 00:33:01,438 --> 00:33:02,940 Sissy, put that call through. 520 00:33:05,442 --> 00:33:07,319 You have to call McCain. 521 00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:09,200 Take him out for a drink, butter him up. 522 00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:10,906 - Do I? - Yes. 523 00:33:20,081 --> 00:33:21,253 - Crikey. - He knew. 524 00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,337 About Peter Darrall. He was in on whatever was going on. 525 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:25,545 You want me to find out? 526 00:33:25,629 --> 00:33:27,347 Get him plastered if you have to. 527 00:33:27,380 --> 00:33:28,632 He talks to you. 528 00:33:29,716 --> 00:33:30,808 Have you been talking to Bel? 529 00:33:32,719 --> 00:33:33,766 You seem friendly enough. 530 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:36,598 I tolerate him. Doesn't mean we talk. 531 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:41,107 - Someone is on edge. - I'm not on edge! 532 00:33:49,236 --> 00:33:51,204 You heard the news from Budapest? 533 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:52,656 Bloody tragedy! 534 00:33:52,739 --> 00:33:55,333 We're ignoring it because we're lost in our own mess. 535 00:33:55,408 --> 00:33:56,705 He'll have to call a ceasefire. 536 00:33:56,785 --> 00:33:58,332 The pound is spiralling down out of control, 537 00:33:58,411 --> 00:34:01,039 even his own cabinet are voicing their concern. 538 00:34:01,122 --> 00:34:02,465 We can't afford a war. 539 00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:05,465 We're strapped in to our seats, unable to truly get up and shout. 540 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,421 They can't shut us down, Clarence. Douglas is... 541 00:34:07,504 --> 00:34:10,223 Is our ally, but Douglas is only one man 542 00:34:10,298 --> 00:34:13,677 and this Corporation is a machine of many cogs and wheels. 543 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,604 There are still those inside, as well as out, under pressure 544 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,682 to support Eden in this campaign. 545 00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:19,812 That doesn't mean we buckle. 546 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:22,690 Christ Sake, Freddie, I've waited my entire life 547 00:34:22,769 --> 00:34:24,316 to run a programme like this. 548 00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:28,108 It's not going to be snatched away from me now. 549 00:34:29,818 --> 00:34:32,947 You have several opportunities still ahead of you. 550 00:34:37,158 --> 00:34:39,331 But this... This is it. 551 00:34:42,122 --> 00:34:43,715 There is not another Hourfor me. 552 00:34:46,334 --> 00:34:48,086 And now I am late 553 00:34:48,169 --> 00:34:50,763 and Edith will be furious because dinner will be spoilt. 554 00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:55,765 You're right. That doesn't mean we buckle. 555 00:34:57,220 --> 00:34:58,312 Clarence. 556 00:35:00,056 --> 00:35:01,228 They're still following me. 557 00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:06,188 - Still pursuing the Elms story? - Yes. 558 00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:08,319 Then you must get quicker on your feet. 559 00:35:22,746 --> 00:35:24,919 Put me through to Whitehall 2995, please. 560 00:35:24,998 --> 00:35:26,295 Thank you. 561 00:35:31,338 --> 00:35:32,635 Thank you. Angus McCain? 562 00:35:37,594 --> 00:35:39,187 Sissy, would you read this? 563 00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:40,221 Miss Rowley wants it any minute. 564 00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:41,648 - I'm very busy, Isaac. - Please. 565 00:35:43,016 --> 00:35:44,939 It's just the bare bones. 566 00:35:45,018 --> 00:35:46,110 I don't get it. 567 00:35:46,186 --> 00:35:47,187 It's too complicated? 568 00:35:47,270 --> 00:35:50,023 - Get what? - Isaac's written a sketch. 569 00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:52,529 Hand it over. Immediately. 570 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:55,824 It's not ready yet. 571 00:35:58,615 --> 00:36:00,458 - It needs to be balanced. - Yes. 572 00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:03,628 We're not looking to lynch anyone, just to stir debate. 573 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:04,914 I need those cartoons. 574 00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:08,166 - Does it work? - I think it does. 575 00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:13,005 A sketch on Suez. They'll pull the plug on us. 576 00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:14,556 What for? 577 00:36:14,631 --> 00:36:16,725 I'd rather debate a question without settling it 578 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,677 than settle a question with no debate. 579 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:19,977 I've got McCain. 580 00:36:21,096 --> 00:36:22,222 One hour. Executive bar. 581 00:36:22,305 --> 00:36:23,306 Shall I come? 582 00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:24,437 No. 583 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:32,695 - Anyone for a drink? - No, thanks. 584 00:36:34,442 --> 00:36:36,160 Looks like it's just you and me, then. 585 00:36:37,404 --> 00:36:38,872 Something like that. 586 00:36:38,947 --> 00:36:40,870 Isaac, want me to type it up? 587 00:36:40,949 --> 00:36:43,122 Oh, would you? My handwriting's pretty illegible. 588 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:44,669 It's characterful. 589 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:46,171 And after we could go and... 590 00:36:46,246 --> 00:36:48,624 Oh, he's here. I told him to wait outside. 591 00:36:50,959 --> 00:36:53,178 Oh, sorry, Isaac. Go and... 592 00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:54,721 Nothing. 593 00:36:54,796 --> 00:36:56,924 Okay. Mind if I type it up tomorrow? 594 00:36:57,006 --> 00:36:58,053 Of course. 595 00:37:01,094 --> 00:37:02,220 Hello. 596 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,438 How tall do you reckon he is? 597 00:37:05,849 --> 00:37:07,601 Slgll, 'loll- 598 00:37:07,809 --> 00:37:09,561 Ready? Let's go. 599 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:24,033 Did you take those? 600 00:37:25,368 --> 00:37:26,540 Yes. 601 00:37:28,371 --> 00:37:29,543 Don't you miss it? 602 00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:33,130 Yes. 603 00:37:34,878 --> 00:37:36,551 And you wouldn't go back? 604 00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:39,507 Report overseas again, take photos again? 605 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:41,559 Too old, too slow and... 606 00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:47,940 That one 607 00:37:48,016 --> 00:37:49,984 was taken just outside of Madrid. 608 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:54,064 They were one of the last to surrender in '39. 609 00:37:56,357 --> 00:37:59,657 She was running away from her house, leaving everything. 610 00:37:59,736 --> 00:38:02,364 A row of men are being executed just behind that door. 611 00:38:04,741 --> 00:38:06,084 Amongst them, her husband. 612 00:38:08,411 --> 00:38:11,415 She... She didn't look back. 613 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:15,753 And I was irritated because I had my camera in my hand 614 00:38:15,835 --> 00:38:17,178 and I couldn't find another film. 615 00:38:18,838 --> 00:38:21,842 They were being shot one by one and all I could think was, 616 00:38:23,051 --> 00:38:24,974 "I've got no bloody film." 617 00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:28,518 I'm still proud I got it. 618 00:38:28,598 --> 00:38:30,066 Got to grab it while you can. 619 00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:34,775 - Another? - No. 620 00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:36,940 I've reached my limit. 621 00:39:14,811 --> 00:39:15,903 You got glasses. 622 00:39:17,105 --> 00:39:18,152 Yes. 623 00:39:19,232 --> 00:39:20,575 You didn't tell me. 624 00:39:20,650 --> 00:39:23,494 - Well, I don't tell you everything. - Yes, you do. 625 00:39:25,321 --> 00:39:26,413 You all right? 626 00:39:28,116 --> 00:39:29,163 Absolutely. 627 00:39:44,716 --> 00:39:45,933 What's wrong? 628 00:39:46,968 --> 00:39:49,062 It's my father who's been messing up the house. 629 00:39:51,180 --> 00:39:52,898 Making it look like it's been burgled. 630 00:39:54,017 --> 00:39:55,143 Why? 631 00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:57,319 He's always trying to find something. 632 00:39:58,396 --> 00:39:59,898 Hmm. That sounds familiar. 633 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,446 Hello? 634 00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:09,283 Hello? 635 00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:12,710 Is that you? 636 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,252 Lora' Elms. 637 00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:20,923 Lord Elms? 638 00:40:30,929 --> 00:40:31,930 WOMAN ON PHONE". Hello, Operator. 639 00:40:32,013 --> 00:40:35,438 Operator, from where was that last call placed? 640 00:40:35,516 --> 00:40:39,146 - Framlingham 2355, sir. Jhank you. 641 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:42,607 Guess who just... 642 00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:57,664 - Good evening, sir. - Glengoyne, please. 643 00:40:58,289 --> 00:40:59,541 Certainly. 644 00:41:02,877 --> 00:41:03,878 Thanks. 645 00:41:09,258 --> 00:41:11,431 Same'? -Mmm-hmm. 646 00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:17,062 - Would you like to sit here, sir? - Uh...corner table, please. 647 00:41:26,943 --> 00:41:28,411 I can't stay long. 648 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:32,457 They want us all after Gaitskell's broadcast. 649 00:41:32,532 --> 00:41:33,875 Well, they will have to wait. 650 00:41:33,950 --> 00:41:35,668 Oh, Hector, that's not like you. 651 00:41:35,702 --> 00:41:38,706 Whatever you think you have on me, I have something more on you, Angus. 652 00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:42,042 Thank you very much. 653 00:41:42,125 --> 00:41:43,217 Thank you. 654 00:41:44,711 --> 00:41:45,712 Mmm-hmm? 655 00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:47,805 And what might that be, dear boy? 656 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:50,391 Your relationship with Adam Le Ray. 657 00:41:55,430 --> 00:41:56,682 Hector. 658 00:41:56,764 --> 00:41:59,563 Oh, I'm not interested in the details of your private life, Angus. 659 00:42:00,685 --> 00:42:02,813 But other people certainly might be. 660 00:42:06,399 --> 00:42:08,618 Why did Tom Kish copy you in on a memo 661 00:42:08,693 --> 00:42:11,947 that was clearly a matter of national security? 662 00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:27,212 My father was a drinker. 663 00:42:29,672 --> 00:42:33,347 Gave it up when I was 19. 664 00:42:33,426 --> 00:42:38,683 He swore he could never remember a word during one of his episodes. 665 00:42:40,808 --> 00:42:43,311 Whisky does obscure the memory, doesn't it? 666 00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:48,616 - I won't remember any of this tomorrow. - Of course. 667 00:43:03,956 --> 00:43:05,708 May I hold on to it? 668 00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:15,264 Last spring, I was approached by Lord and Lady Elms. 669 00:43:15,301 --> 00:43:18,225 Our families had been acquainted for years. 670 00:43:18,304 --> 00:43:22,559 They asked me to allay their concerns. 671 00:43:22,642 --> 00:43:27,273 - They're daughter had become involved. - With Peter Darrall? 672 00:43:28,314 --> 00:43:29,941 They knew I had connections at the Foreign Office, 673 00:43:30,024 --> 00:43:31,947 they asked me to make inquiries. 674 00:43:32,026 --> 00:43:33,994 I dutifully agreed. 675 00:43:34,070 --> 00:43:37,040 I had hoped to reassure them. 676 00:43:39,033 --> 00:43:41,912 Much to my surprise, it was revealed that 677 00:43:41,994 --> 00:43:45,089 Darrall worked for M16 678 00:43:45,164 --> 00:43:47,792 and that they clearly had concerns of their own. 679 00:43:47,875 --> 00:43:54,133 This was verified to me in that memo which I was included in. 680 00:43:56,092 --> 00:43:57,969 So you informed Lord and Lady Elms? 681 00:43:58,052 --> 00:43:59,269 I informed Lord and Lady Elms 682 00:43:59,345 --> 00:44:02,224 their daughter was involved with a very dangerous man, 683 00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:04,559 a SPY. a traitor. 684 00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:08,692 They in turn had discovered that she was...in trouble. 685 00:44:10,106 --> 00:44:12,450 So, you introduced the idea of Adam Le Ray. 686 00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:17,951 She talked to the press. 687 00:44:19,991 --> 00:44:22,835 No, sorry. She talked to Mr Lyon. 688 00:44:24,328 --> 00:44:27,502 Whatever lengths had been gone to to protect her, 689 00:44:27,540 --> 00:44:29,292 she had now made her own bed. 690 00:44:29,375 --> 00:44:30,592 Oh. 691 00:44:31,711 --> 00:44:33,304 Miss Elms had been singled out by Darrall, 692 00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:35,677 by the Soviets. 693 00:44:37,300 --> 00:44:42,181 The KGB have a list circulating, which M16 managed to intercept. 694 00:44:42,263 --> 00:44:45,142 On this list are the names 695 00:44:45,224 --> 00:44:49,024 of young men and women, bright, intelligent, 696 00:44:49,103 --> 00:44:54,485 often connected, who might be susceptible, 697 00:44:54,567 --> 00:44:57,867 open to betraying their country. 698 00:45:02,533 --> 00:45:04,501 Apparently they call them their Brightstones. 699 00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:30,857 If you're cold, there's an extra blanket. 700 00:45:30,937 --> 00:45:33,440 Or you can turn the gas on if you wake in the night. 701 00:45:41,489 --> 00:45:47,246 I used to think the worst possible thing would be to be like you. 702 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,713 But I can never be like you. 703 00:45:56,045 --> 00:45:57,797 I can never live so lightly. 704 00:46:00,091 --> 00:46:01,764 It all matters too much to me. 705 00:46:08,015 --> 00:46:11,440 It all matters very much to me, sweetheart, 706 00:46:11,519 --> 00:46:14,648 I just don't let my face show that. 707 00:46:14,730 --> 00:46:17,529 It's all about how you sell it. 708 00:46:17,608 --> 00:46:22,034 You have a suitcase and five pounds in a savings account. 709 00:46:22,113 --> 00:46:25,708 But that very nice lady who sold me a cup of tea 710 00:46:25,783 --> 00:46:27,956 in that little hovel that you call a café on the corner, 711 00:46:28,035 --> 00:46:29,287 she doesn't know that. 712 00:46:29,370 --> 00:46:30,496 Well, what does it matter? 713 00:46:31,497 --> 00:46:32,498 Hmm? 714 00:46:41,716 --> 00:46:43,468 Why do we have to be married? 715 00:46:44,885 --> 00:46:46,228 Or not married? 716 00:46:48,597 --> 00:46:50,691 Why can't we do what the hell we like? 717 00:46:53,102 --> 00:46:57,903 Men can. They can sleep with women without getting a name for themselves. 718 00:46:57,940 --> 00:46:59,032 They can have careers. 719 00:46:59,108 --> 00:47:05,912 Darling, you... You have a career. You have a career. 720 00:47:18,377 --> 00:47:22,507 Well, I'm going to do exactly what I like and to hell with the rest of them. 721 00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:30,222 What? 722 00:47:32,099 --> 00:47:33,567 You're more like me than you know. 723 00:47:37,146 --> 00:47:38,238 Come on. 724 00:47:39,357 --> 00:47:40,358 Come on. 725 00:47:41,067 --> 00:47:45,117 Good evening. It has been a tragic and terrible week, 726 00:47:45,196 --> 00:47:49,292 indeed a tragic and terrible day. 727 00:47:49,367 --> 00:47:53,588 How tragic it is that we, by our criminal folly, 728 00:47:53,621 --> 00:47:58,843 should have lost the moral leadership of which we were once so proud. 729 00:48:01,379 --> 00:48:05,600 Here at home, the government policy of war with Egypt 730 00:48:05,674 --> 00:48:08,803 has produced terrible heart searchings. 731 00:48:08,886 --> 00:48:12,811 The Archbishop Of Canterbury has led a deputation 732 00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:16,940 of all denominations of the churches to the government. 733 00:48:17,019 --> 00:48:18,862 What are the consequences? 734 00:48:18,938 --> 00:48:22,909 We have violated the Charter of the United Nations. 735 00:48:22,942 --> 00:48:29,291 We have betrayed all that Great Britain has stood for in world affairs. 736 00:48:29,365 --> 00:48:31,834 Since the war, at least, 737 00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:35,834 we have supported every stand against aggression. 738 00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:37,881 We did so... 739 00:48:56,225 --> 00:48:57,647 - About... - Yes? 740 00:49:00,229 --> 00:49:01,822 Uh, the other night. 741 00:49:03,899 --> 00:49:05,071 What? 742 00:49:09,405 --> 00:49:12,909 We are, you and I... 743 00:49:12,992 --> 00:49:16,667 We are...between you and I... 744 00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:20,086 all right? 745 00:49:23,210 --> 00:49:25,463 We're marvellous, Freddie. 746 00:49:26,630 --> 00:49:28,052 Good. Good. 747 00:49:31,260 --> 00:49:32,227 Mmm. 748 00:49:40,019 --> 00:49:42,488 - Did Hector say what time he'd be back? - Uh, no. 749 00:49:43,147 --> 00:49:44,399 Damn! 750 00:49:55,868 --> 00:49:57,165 Freddie. 751 00:49:58,204 --> 00:50:01,549 - The code. It said something about... - Brightstone, revert to... 752 00:50:01,624 --> 00:50:03,592 Brightstone. She was a Brightstone. 753 00:50:03,667 --> 00:50:06,090 - Who? What? - Ruth Elms was a Brightstone. 754 00:50:06,170 --> 00:50:08,343 - What are you talking about? - I'll tell you in the car. 755 00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:10,474 Where are we going? 756 00:50:10,549 --> 00:50:11,892 Well, I don't know. I'd thought you'd know. 757 00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:15,642 They were in on it. The Elms were in on it. 758 00:50:16,555 --> 00:50:19,058 - They live in Suffolk. - I'll drive. 759 00:50:19,099 --> 00:50:20,692 You can't walk in a straight line. 760 00:50:20,768 --> 00:50:23,988 Does it matter? It's nearly midnight. There will be no one on the roads. 761 00:50:24,063 --> 00:50:25,406 Here. 762 00:50:27,525 --> 00:50:28,777 Put this on. 763 00:50:55,261 --> 00:50:57,013 Not yet, not yet. 764 00:50:57,096 --> 00:50:58,723 Wait until I've pulled away. 765 00:51:00,057 --> 00:51:03,311 A lady never removes her hat in a gentleman's car. 766 00:51:27,376 --> 00:51:28,502 Hector. 767 00:51:32,339 --> 00:51:33,556 One more minute. 768 00:51:36,927 --> 00:51:38,645 I've been here three hours. 769 00:51:41,765 --> 00:51:43,563 - Just wait until... - They're awake. 770 00:51:59,700 --> 00:52:02,874 - Good morning, sir. - Are they in? Are Lord and Lady Elms in? 771 00:52:02,953 --> 00:52:04,796 I wish to speak with Lord Elms, excuse me. 772 00:52:04,872 --> 00:52:06,340 Lord Elms! 773 00:52:07,291 --> 00:52:08,292 Lord Elms! 774 00:52:09,126 --> 00:52:10,127 I know! 775 00:52:10,628 --> 00:52:15,350 I know! I know about Tom Kish and Peter Darrall. 776 00:52:15,382 --> 00:52:17,350 I know that you married your daughter off, 777 00:52:17,426 --> 00:52:19,019 I know what you did! 778 00:52:21,221 --> 00:52:22,564 Good morning, Freddie. 779 00:52:26,810 --> 00:52:28,062 What I don't understand... 780 00:52:28,145 --> 00:52:29,818 Shall we come in here and talk? 781 00:52:29,897 --> 00:52:33,242 What I don't understand is why you came to me if you don't want me to help... 782 00:52:33,317 --> 00:52:34,569 Shall we sit? 783 00:52:34,652 --> 00:52:36,620 - Thank you. - No. 784 00:52:36,695 --> 00:52:38,789 Ruth came to see me because she couldn't talk to you, 785 00:52:38,864 --> 00:52:40,286 because she was so frightened. 786 00:52:40,366 --> 00:52:42,084 She was frightened and pregnant and you did nothing. 787 00:52:42,159 --> 00:52:44,127 You did more than nothing, you married her off. 788 00:52:44,203 --> 00:52:45,500 Don't speak to him! 789 00:52:49,667 --> 00:52:51,920 Don't say anything to him, Richard. 790 00:52:52,878 --> 00:52:54,972 She didn't kill herself. Admit it. Say it! 791 00:53:04,556 --> 00:53:07,400 No. She didn't. 792 00:53:09,853 --> 00:53:11,981 Please, Richard. Please. 793 00:53:13,232 --> 00:53:15,951 We've tried silence, Alice, and it doesn't work. 794 00:53:17,778 --> 00:53:19,075 We tried doing what they asked. 795 00:53:20,698 --> 00:53:22,325 And it still didn't save her. 796 00:53:25,077 --> 00:53:28,377 They thought she was a liability to herself 797 00:53:28,455 --> 00:53:32,551 but the biggest liability to her was us. 798 00:53:35,629 --> 00:53:38,178 We knew what that threat meant. 799 00:53:38,257 --> 00:53:39,930 We were trying to save her life! 800 00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:44,893 No, please. 801 00:53:48,976 --> 00:53:50,228 Who are "they"? 802 00:53:54,189 --> 00:53:57,693 "They" are us. 803 00:53:59,862 --> 00:54:01,079 Men like me. 804 00:54:04,616 --> 00:54:05,993 There was a list. 805 00:54:07,828 --> 00:54:09,045 Yes. 806 00:54:10,205 --> 00:54:11,582 Did you see it? 807 00:54:12,833 --> 00:54:14,255 The list of Brightstones? 808 00:54:16,420 --> 00:54:19,264 - Was there anybody else you recognised? - Yes. 809 00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:24,512 You, Freddie. 810 00:54:27,598 --> 00:54:28,690 You. 811 00:54:32,227 --> 00:54:36,277 If Sir Anthony Eden is sincere in what he is saying, 812 00:54:37,441 --> 00:54:41,537 if nations more powerful than ourselves 813 00:54:41,612 --> 00:54:45,082 accept the absence of principle, 814 00:54:45,157 --> 00:54:50,334 the anarchist/c attitude of Eden, and launch bombs on London, 815 00:54:51,538 --> 00:54:53,131 what answer have we got? 816 00:54:53,207 --> 00:54:56,006 They have besmirched the name of Britain. 817 00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:59,964 They have made us ashamed of the things of which formerly we were proud. 818 00:55:03,258 --> 00:55:07,684 One, two, three, four! We won't fight in Eden's war! 819 00:55:07,763 --> 00:55:11,484 The y have offended against eve/y principle of decency 820 00:55:11,558 --> 00:55:14,232 and there is only one way in which they can 821 00:55:14,311 --> 00:55:18,612 even begin to restore their tarnished reputation. 822 00:55:18,690 --> 00:55:21,159 And that is to get out! Get out! Get out! 823 00:55:23,612 --> 00:55:26,866 Eden must go! Eden must go!