1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,400 'Russian leaders reacted to the announcement of US plans 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:06,560 'to place missile defence bases in eastern Poland.' 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:08,760 The world is on the edge of an abyss. 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,200 I need you to meet a contact in Moscow. 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,000 I had to plant the package. This is too important to lose. 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,960 Connie is the mole. She is a Russian mole. 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,400 Almost made it. Almost? 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,560 We remain at a state of heightened alert, ready for imminent Russian reprisals. 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:27,880 Then we need to deal with this. 10 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,280 "Tiresias wakes 3pm tomorrow." 11 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:32,960 What the hell is Tiresias? 12 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,600 RUSSIAN RADIO TALK 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,960 RUSSIAN RADIO TALK CONTINUES 14 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,240 RUSSIAN RADIO TALK CONTINUES 15 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,320 We have a serious problem. 16 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:57,800 What's this? 17 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,680 Tiresias. 18 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,560 METAL DETECTOR BEEPS 19 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,240 DETECTOR BEEPS RAPIDLY 20 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,560 GEIGER COUNTER CLICKS 21 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,880 Sugarhorse is an MI5 operation in place for 20 years. 22 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,800 It was designed to warn us of any forthcoming Russian attack on Britain. 23 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,800 We've just ascertained that the Russians have an equivalent operation 24 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,640 but it's bigger and better. 25 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,840 For perhaps 25 years, the Kremlin has had a network 26 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,240 of sleepers, high-level assets, in place throughout the United Kingdom. 27 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,560 The Russians call this operation Tiresias. "Tiresias wakes." 28 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,240 Exactly how big is this? 29 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,200 It's everywhere. All political parties, civil service, 30 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,200 police service, armed forces, security service, M15 and 6. 31 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,000 All of them infiltrated? How is that possible? It was there, all the time 32 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,480 Everything we ever did, everything we gave. This was waiting. 33 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,240 Operation Tiresias, like a node of cancer, biding its time. 34 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,440 There could be hundreds of sleepers, motivated by greed, 35 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,280 ideology, hatred, all unknown, even to each other. 36 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,040 And now Tiresias wakes. What does that mean? 37 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,680 Tiresias has a single purpose - to wait until activated, 38 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,840 and then cripple the United Kingdom. 39 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:27,400 What kind of attack can we anticipate? 40 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,160 We don't know but we're about to find out. 41 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,760 Tiresias wakes at 3pm today. 42 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,320 That's it. That's all we've got. 43 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,480 The fact is, if the Russian's have sleepers spread that wide and buried that deep, 44 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,320 we have no way of knowing who we can trust. 45 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,560 If we sound the alarm, we let Tiresias know we're on to it. 46 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,360 If that happens, best case - they change their plan. 47 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:52,040 Worst case - they bring things forward. Which is why we need Connie. 48 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,320 She's a traitor. She knew the day was coming 49 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,160 when her cover would be blown and she'll have prepared, 50 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,360 stashing intelligence gathered from various Russian operations including Tiresias. 51 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,200 We need a way inside Tiresias, quickly. She's our best hope. 52 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,200 But Connie's in custody, awaiting due process. 53 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:11,280 Given the circumstances, we have to assume Tiresias will be watching her. No choice. 54 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,760 We make it look like the Russians took her. Where is she? 55 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,480 Awaiting transportation to Nemworth Interrogation Unit. 56 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,200 She knows what goes on at Nemworth. She'll cooperate. OK. 57 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,920 Do it. Pick her up. I'll meet you later at Ottawa Bravo. 58 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,280 Home Secretary? 59 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,520 I know you. 60 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,360 George Redman. Counter-espionage. 61 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,880 Ms James, I'm here as a courtesy - to inform you that the service 62 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,360 is determined to prosecute you to the full extent of the law. 63 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,200 You'll be charged with treason... 64 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,040 And the murder of Ben Kaplan, yes. 65 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,920 But first, you'll be transferring me to Nemworth for interrogation. 66 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,880 Can I finish my tea? I'm sorry. No. 67 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,600 SPEAKS RUSSIAN: 68 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,840 Harry, I think you've yet 69 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,640 to meet Marina Connolly. 70 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,800 US Defence and Intelligence Liaison. 71 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,080 Congratulations and welcome to London. Thank you. 72 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,360 Sir Harry, isn't it? Just Harry. 73 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,400 Harry, I hope we can work together 74 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,720 to improve the relationship between our two intelligence communities. 75 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,880 In the spirit of which, Marina... Absolutely. This meeting is by way of a heads-up. 76 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:41,640 Today the Russians will call an extraordinary session of the UN Security Council, 77 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:46,280 where they will announce that, in 1996, a portable nuclear device went missing 78 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:51,080 from an American Air Force base in England and has since fallen into the hands of terrorists. 79 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:56,600 The American response would be? Come on, gentleman, we all know this is an absolute crock. 80 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,760 The Russians, in your view, stand to gain...? 81 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:03,200 What they want - they want America gone by any means necessary, 82 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,320 so they discredit the US military presence on European soil, 83 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,920 force us to withdraw. 84 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,160 So, you're assuring me, without equivocation, 85 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,760 that there is no such missing weapon? 86 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,680 Categorically. What we're talking about here, back in the day, 87 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,800 the KGB call 'dezinformatsia'. 88 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,680 Disinformation and it's gonna cause trouble. 89 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,080 So don't let them capitalise on it. 90 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,720 Just don't let them. 91 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,320 'American tactical nuclear weapons,' 92 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,680 stolen from British bases? Unlikely. 93 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:16,680 Tactical nuclear weapon is the holy grail of international terrorism. 94 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:20,640 Such a prize would lead to chatter. There's been no such chatter. 95 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:23,880 So...best guess? 96 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:25,560 Misdirection. 97 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:29,400 Russians make a big noise over here, we all look towards the noise. 98 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:34,320 But we're looking the wrong way. What do you know? 99 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,200 What do I know? 100 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,080 As yet, not enough. 101 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:44,600 I urgently need you to establish what Russia's going to pull out of its hat. Of course. 102 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,080 I'll be in contact. 103 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,240 SPEAKS IN RUSSIAN 104 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,040 MI5. 105 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:25,600 LAUGHTER 106 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,320 Tiresias. 107 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:53,840 A seer, 108 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,480 condemned by Dante to spend all eternity with his head twisted round. 109 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,320 A prophet who could only look backwards. 110 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,560 I'm tired of the dance, Connie. 111 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:08,040 What do you want? Somewhere temperate. 112 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,240 Too much heat is intolerable. It dulls the wits. 113 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,680 New Zealand sounds nice. I'll see what I can do. 114 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,640 I thought the dancing had stopped. Don't see, just do. 115 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,440 Alternatively, I could always break your fingers one by one. You don't have the balls. 116 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,400 You don't think so? 117 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,800 Judging by the way you snatched me, this is a black op. 118 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,320 Which means you don't trust MI5. 119 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:36,440 Which means you've grasped the scale of Tiresias, and you're very frightened. So don't be coy. 120 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,440 What do you have for us? 121 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:44,320 All of it. All of it? 122 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,800 I've had 25 years to put it together, Ros. 123 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,440 On and off, bits and bobs, here and there. 124 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,080 And of course, all the motivation in the world. 125 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,800 You know what I want in return. 126 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,360 I spent eight years in a Russian cell. 127 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:10,920 Eight years! Because I stayed loyal to my country. 128 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,560 I still chew it over, when I'm lying awake at 3am, 129 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:18,160 wondering was it worth it? 130 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,960 But, yeah. It was. 131 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,280 Because I look at you, with all your brilliance 132 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,720 and all your treachery, 133 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,640 and I see everything that I've ever fought against. 134 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,520 Your situation is more precarious than you realised, 135 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,080 so stop pressing buttons and give us something. 136 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,160 Threats don't work with a person who has nothing to lose. 137 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,880 Oh, you're too ingenious to think that I'm threatening you. 138 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,280 I'm offering you a simple choice. 139 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,240 Help us or don't. 140 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,160 I'll leave you to compute the implication. 141 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,440 Has Tiresias gone live? We believe so. 142 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,520 Then have you checked the number stations? 143 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,400 PHONE RINGS 144 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,960 Malcolm, do we still check the number stations? 145 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,000 GCHQ does, yes, as a matter of course. 146 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,480 But it's years since they broadcast anything germane. 147 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:27,480 Check them. Tread lightly. No-one should know you're looking. Get back to me as soon as you can. 148 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,880 I've never heard of number stations. 149 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,480 They're a curio, a hangover from the old days. 150 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,160 They're codes broadcast daily on civilian radio frequencies. 151 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,960 Snippets of music, random words, number combinations, 152 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,040 meaningless to anybody except the recipient. 153 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,440 All you need to pick them up is a short wave radio. 154 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,280 They've been repeating the same 20 or 30 messages since, the mid-'80s. 155 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:58,120 Hang on... What? 156 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,160 That's a new one. 157 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,920 What is "rain from heaven"? 158 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,920 A ticket to New Zealand, 159 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,360 a new identity, protection. 160 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,960 "Rain from heaven", Connie. What is it? 161 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,720 If it's big and you give us it, you'll get what you want. 162 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,120 And protection from the Russians. I'll need it. It's yours. 163 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:35,320 Because one is familiar with the benefits of Russian hospitality. What is it, Connie? 164 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,080 What is rain from heaven? 165 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:43,080 When the KGB knew the Soviet Empire was falling, 166 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,480 it put in place certain contingencies. 167 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:51,920 One of them, rain from heaven, involved secreting portable nuclear devices around the United Kingdom 168 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,240 for use in future deployment. 169 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,400 I beg your pardon? Portable nuclear bombs. 170 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,200 Whatever happened in Russia, whoever was running it, the KGB knew 171 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,840 they could strike with devastating force at the heart of Britain. 172 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,320 With a nuclear weapon? 173 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:12,560 All they had to do was broadcast the right code to the right sleeper. 174 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:17,400 Rain from heaven is the "go" code for a nuclear attack on London. 175 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,880 If the sleeper received the "go" code this morning, 176 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:26,720 you have a matter of hours before tens of millions of people are annihilated. How many hours? 177 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,040 We have till 3pm. 178 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,040 Even if we could evacuate London in time... It's not possible. 179 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,600 9 or 10 million. It'll take days. 180 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,560 If we sound the alarm, the panic alone could kill thousands. 181 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,840 We need to locate this device without signalling to Tiresias 182 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:46,440 that we know of its existence. For that I need to hear the number station broadcast. No. 183 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,520 Have you have any idea what time it is? 184 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,040 Tick, tick... TICK. 185 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,040 MOBILE VIBRATES 186 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,320 RUSSIAN RADIO TALK 187 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,000 Each sleeper is assigned a six-digit reference. 188 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,720 250025. 189 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,960 Finland red, Egypt white is a status code. 190 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,600 Followed by a time and location modifier. 191 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,760 It's twice blest? This is a specific instruction to a specific sleeper 192 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,720 to place the bomb in a specific place to detonate at a specific time. 193 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:37,240 I happen to know "rain from heaven" is a nuclear suitcase bomb 194 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,360 because that's the kind of thing one finds hard to forget. And the rest? 195 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:44,280 I don't have it all memorised. It's written down and stashed. 196 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,280 Your insurance policy. We all need an exit plan. 197 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,880 The Tiresias dossier is mine. Where is it? 198 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,160 Dead drop. London Bridge. Where? 199 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,880 Oh, most amusing. Get me there, give me what I want, 200 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,080 and I'll give you the whole of Tiresias, 201 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,320 I'll give you every Russian spy in London, 202 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,520 and I'll tell you who is going to detonate a tactical nuclear weapon and where. 203 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,600 Tick. Tick. Tick. 204 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,440 Do you think the Russians don't know you've got me? 205 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,520 Do you think I haven't let them know where every safe house is? 206 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:49,920 SILENT 207 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,880 He's speaking Russian. 208 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,600 MOTORBIKE APPROACHES 209 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:08,160 TYRES SCREECH 210 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,640 DOG BARKS 211 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:20,800 GUN SHOT 212 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,400 AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE 213 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,400 Run! Go! Go! 214 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:41,960 AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE CONTINUES 215 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,680 We need to split up. Rendezvous at Catherine Wheel Alley. 216 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,320 How many? Six, heavily packed. 217 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,320 Maybe more on the way. Malcolm? 218 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,120 We've got some exigent circumstances developing. 219 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,480 Exactly how exigent? On a scale of what? I need an escape route. 220 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,640 That could be tricky. Six heavily- armed moving in from our east. A kill-squad. 221 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,880 Harry, it's a maze. There's half a dozen ways they could cut you off. 222 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:04,960 So where do we go? 223 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,080 Move, Harry, move! 224 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:13,000 Keep heading west via Brushfield Street. It's heavily populated. That will afford the best cover. 225 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,400 'Do you copy?' 226 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:17,920 Harry? 227 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:23,600 Well, bring them back! Yeah, I'm trying! 228 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,960 Stop. I'm gonna send in CO19, special forces, anyone. 229 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,480 Harry said "no". Sod him. 230 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,160 Look, CO19, the police, special forces, anyone, 231 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,240 they could, in complete ignorance, be taking orders from Tiresias. 232 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,480 DISTANT SIRENS 233 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,760 We need to cross London to get the Tiresias dossier. 234 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,760 If we do that, we need someone to act on that intelligence. 235 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,280 We're not going to stop this from happening 236 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,040 if you're not back on the grid. 237 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,200 We'll be fine. All we need to do is cross London. How hard can that be? 238 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,080 They'll have people listening in. 239 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,720 Keep comms to a minimum and watch the rooftops. 240 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,240 Don't worry, I've got another route in mind. Good luck. 241 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,600 HE SPEAKS RUSSIAN 242 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,840 HE PLAYS THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER 243 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,040 CLOCK TICKS 244 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,280 HE SPEAKS RUSSIAN 245 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,000 Hmm, Harry Pearce. 246 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,800 RECORDER PLAYS 247 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:41,280 RADIO NOISE 248 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,200 HE SIGHS 249 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,640 WHIRRING, BOOT POPS OPEN 250 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,360 Anything yet? 251 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:53,240 No news. They're maintaining comms silence. 252 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,480 Let's hope comms silence is all it is. 253 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,000 They were in Spitalfields. 254 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:01,400 They need to get to London Bridge, nearly a mile away. What's their likely route? 255 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,680 It's the City, the highest density of CCTV cameras in London. 256 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,600 Above or underground, they'll be under constant surveillance. Of the two? 257 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,200 They should go for the tube station. 258 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,360 Crowd cover and the possibility of changing route at the last minute. 259 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:15,000 Our comms won't work underground. They're alone. 260 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,200 You trained them. I trained Connie, too. 261 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,880 Well, if anyone's going to survive, it's that treacherous cow. 262 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:25,400 I need to speak to the Home Secretary. The moment you have anything... The moment. 263 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,480 Does "rain from heaven" mean anything to you? 264 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,240 Should it? 265 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,120 The Russians are mounting an attack on London 266 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:40,840 using a tactical nuclear device, which the Kremlin will then claim 267 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,040 was stolen from a US base within the UK. 268 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,040 Their thinking being, that after such a catastrophe, 269 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,120 Europeans will no longer tolerate US installations on their soil. 270 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,960 How long does it take to evacuate Parliament? 271 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,680 10-12 minutes. 272 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,120 There's a drill, a regular drill. 273 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:02,760 Then at 2.45 this afternoon, 274 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,800 you'll receive a call from me, or one of my officers. 275 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,720 If that call comes, you must evacuate the Government 276 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,600 and the Royal Family into their deep-level shelters. 277 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,560 There will be no time for a public warning. 278 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:21,080 NEWS REPORT: 'Unprecedented scenes at the United Nations today, 279 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,640 'when a Russian delegation accused the US of failing to report 280 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,920 'the loss of several tactical nuclear weapons 281 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,520 'from an American air force base in southern England. 282 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,280 'Russia claims the devices may have fallen into the hands 283 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:33,800 'of terrorist organisations. 284 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,120 'The Government has been quick to deny the allegations 285 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:39,800 'that any weapons have gone missing in Britain.' 286 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,840 'Contrary to what the media would apparently prefer to believe, 287 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,800 'communications between British and American intelligent services 288 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,160 'are second to none. 289 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,400 'However vivid and newsworthy it is, there is no substance whatsoever, 290 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,720 'to Russia's bizarre and irresponsible accusation.' 291 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,640 Well, where is he? He'll be here. 292 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,360 We haven't got time for this. He'll be here! 293 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,160 Why did you do it? 294 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,200 Why do you think? 295 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,920 People usually turn traitor for fanaticism, or reward. 296 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,360 I can't imagine either applies to you. 297 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:33,920 No neither did. 298 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,440 After Gorbachev, the humiliation of the Soviets, 299 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,080 we were expected to watch... While America became a global hyper-power. 300 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,560 No wonder they called it Tiresias. I'm no friend of the Russians. 301 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:43,600 You just hate America? 302 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,320 No, I just hate imbalance. You and I both think the same, Ros. 303 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,240 Always have done. It's why you hate me. 304 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,240 Not because I'm a spy. Because you're looking in a mirror. 305 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,480 Did you lose the eyeball? If I did, not for long. We need to move. 306 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,920 They'll be watching the station. They're watching everything. 307 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,000 BULLET FLIES 308 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,320 TRAFFIC NOISE 309 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:08,640 This way. 310 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,880 London's riddled with disused tunnels. 311 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,880 We can use them to get to London Bridge undetected. 312 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,120 ELECTRIC CRACKLE 313 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,720 That way. How bad is it? 314 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,760 It's fine. It missed all the important stuff. I'll live. 315 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,360 Don't speak too soon. 316 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,240 That's live. 317 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,440 SHE TALKS RUSSIAN 318 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,560 BOTH TALK RUSSIAN 319 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,880 HE WHISTLES 320 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,280 THEY TALK RUSSIAN 321 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,600 Shit! 322 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,400 Whose idea was this? I forget. 323 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,760 ELECTRIC CRACKLE 324 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,560 Leave it alone! Leave it alone! 325 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,600 It's fine. We don't want your stuff. We just want to pass. 326 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:15,560 It's not your stuff, it's mine. Leave it alone! Here, take my watch. 327 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,320 Leave it alone. Whatever. 328 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,280 Move. 329 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,080 This is the service tunnel we need. 330 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,960 It'll take us directly to London Bridge. 331 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,960 THEY TALK RUSSIAN 332 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,600 Malcolm? 333 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:51,800 Nothing yet. Right, well we're not going to stand around here 334 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,760 and wait for this to happen. 335 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:58,640 The FSB came after us in numbers. Their orders were to assassinate Connie and the rest of us. 336 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,880 But do you think they know what's about to happen? 337 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,080 Do you think they know about "rain from heaven"? 338 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:06,880 An operation of this magnitude would be classified above Top Secret. 339 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,360 Well above even a Station Head's security clearance. 340 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,680 But the FSB are here in London with us. 341 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,080 They have families, people they love. 342 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:16,680 Can we arrange a parlez? 343 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,920 The handshake protocols change weekly. 344 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,240 Can you access them without alerting anyone? 345 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,760 I shouldn't be able to. But you can. Of course I can. 346 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,400 What are you planning? Truth or dare. 347 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,080 I need to have a chips down conversation with Viktor Sarkisiian. 348 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:03,480 I've contacted the Russians using the emergency handshake. I've got a car waiting for you. 349 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:08,080 Harry, you're walking directly into the arms 350 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,800 of people who want you dead. 351 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,480 Then I'll try my best to be charming. 352 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,800 God, then we're in trouble. Hmm. Come back. 353 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:20,800 Malcolm, I know I can rely on you. Some things change, that never will. 354 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,880 Good luck. 355 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,320 CONNIE PUFFS AND PANTS 356 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,560 What time is it? 357 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,000 Half past. 358 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,480 You're not going to make it. 359 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,520 Your best chance of survival might be... Might be what? 360 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:52,160 To go deeper. You'd do that, would you? Burrow down here like a rat? 361 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:53,720 Like a mole. 362 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:57,080 And wait for Central London to be annihilated? Yes. 363 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,640 And here's you with no love for Russia. 364 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:16,240 What happens if they're waiting for us when we surface at London Bridge? 365 00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:18,480 Do they know where the dead drop is? Of course not. 366 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,080 That dossier is my insurance. Why would I let them see it? 367 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:25,320 They seem to know everything else. Do you think I want this to happen? 368 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,520 A nuclear weapon in London? 369 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,400 I am what I am, but I've done more for this country than you'll ever know. 370 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,960 You ever hear of Bridget Driscoll? Should I have? 371 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,680 First person ever to be run over and killed by a car. 372 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,840 She was a daughter, a wife, a mother. 373 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,400 But all that's faded away now. 374 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,800 All Bridget Driscoll is, is a single moment. 375 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:49,640 Whatever you've done for this country Connie, it's gone. What's lost can never be found. 376 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,000 Agh! Leave me alone! Leave me alone! 377 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,720 GUN SHOT RINGS OUT 378 00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:59,320 What would you do if you were them? 379 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,720 Send in a runner. So would I. Move! 380 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:19,280 What are you doing? 381 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:23,120 This circle represents a 1.5 mile blast zone from central London. 382 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:28,960 All buildings within will be destroyed, all life extinguished. 383 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:33,240 It's incredible, we have no more protection now than we did then. 384 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:38,880 '..To the ground. This is what is called fallout. 385 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,240 'So these are the two dangers. 386 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:46,960 'First heat and blast which is followed by fallout. 387 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,600 'The heat and blast is so severe that it can kill 388 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:55,560 'and can destroy buildings for up to five miles from the explosion. 389 00:39:55,560 --> 00:40:00,760 'Start looking now for materials for your fallout room and inner refuge. 390 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,600 'Here is a list of things and some ideas to use. 391 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:10,000 'Bricks, concrete blocks, bags or boxes filled with earth or sand. 392 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,040 'If you cannot get hold of sandbags...' 393 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,960 Do you realise your kill-squad is trying to hit my officers 394 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:53,400 before they can prevent a nuclear weapon from being detonated in London? 395 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,040 In an hours time, tens of thousands of people will be dead. 396 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:59,640 If your officers succeed in killing mine, you will have succeede 397 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:03,400 in nothing except killing yourself and your family. 398 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,520 Your country, your own country is about to kill you, Viktor, 399 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,120 and I'm here alone to tell you that. 400 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,960 If I'm lying... Well, keep me, ship me to Russia. 401 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,720 If the best you can hope for from this operation is Connie James, 402 00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:20,640 I'm a much bigger prize. The FSB can do with me whatever it is it does with people like me. 403 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,360 Viktor, look at me! We're short of time. 404 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:27,200 If I'm lying, what's the worst that can happen? 405 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:32,640 You can make a gift of me to your superiors - a senior British intelligence officer. 406 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:36,000 If I'm not lying, your children have less than an hour to live. 407 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:48,720 OK. 408 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:51,240 OK. 409 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:53,760 I believe you, Harry. 410 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,280 They've gone underground. 411 00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:57,840 The old Tube tunnels. 412 00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:02,080 Communication is impossible so I need to know their destination. 413 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:03,880 Where are they headed? 414 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:08,760 Harry, come on. 415 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,560 You came to me for help, so accept it. 416 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,520 What is their destination? 417 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,920 Get me a map. 418 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:40,080 BELL TOLLS 419 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,320 Service tunnels will take you to the surface, that way. 420 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,120 What are you gonna do? Beretta 9 mil, standard NATO issue. 421 00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:08,600 Two rounds expended. I'll draw them off to the platform. 422 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,920 THEY SPEAK RUSSIAN 423 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:34,400 GUNSHOT 424 00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:52,120 Shit! 425 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:45,480 PHONE 426 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:50,520 SPEAKS RUSSIAN 427 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:55,560 Da? 428 00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,480 It's your lucky day. 429 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:23,960 Which one is it? 430 00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,280 This one. 431 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:37,080 It's fine. 432 00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:38,840 It's fine. They're here to help. 433 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,440 How nice. What's the code? 434 00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:47,080 34590X/Falls The Shadow. 435 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:54,400 It's all here. Every sleeper they've got. The bomber? 436 00:50:54,400 --> 00:51:00,200 2-5-0-0-2-5. The bomber's name is Walter Crane. 437 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:01,760 The bomb's at Grosvenor Square. 438 00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:05,600 Wait. By the time you've mobilized the Broken Arrow Unit, it'll be too late. 439 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:08,680 Even if they arrive in time, which they won't, they're dealing with 440 00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:12,320 a Cold War weapon they've never experienced and don't know how to work. Bring it to me, I'll do it. 441 00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:14,080 What? I'll do it. 442 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:18,240 Have you got anyone in Grosvenor Square? 443 00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:20,960 It's the American Embassy. We practically live there. 444 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:22,600 Bring us the bomb. Are you insane? 445 00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:24,440 No time to do anything else. 446 00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:26,000 Bring us the bomb, we take it underground. 447 00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:29,600 If the bomb detonates, we lose central London but we minimise radioactive fallout. 448 00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,320 And I need a working light and a tool kit. 449 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:34,480 And a bottle of gin. 450 00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:59,280 PHONE 451 00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:05,960 'Mr Home Secretary. This is MI5, Section D. 452 00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:08,680 'Harry Pearce told you to expect a call. 453 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,640 'This is that call. 454 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:13,080 'You know what to do.' 455 00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:18,120 Very well. I'm sorry, sir, but you do need to hurry. 456 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:21,680 Yes. Of course. I... Good luck. 457 00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:23,560 And to you. 458 00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:28,000 Anyone you need to call? 459 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,360 Well. 460 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,440 Mum'll be watching A Place In The Sun 461 00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:36,840 and waiting for Countdown. She loves Countdown. 462 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:40,520 Why spoil it, eh? 463 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,800 This is the Home Secretary. 464 00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:49,040 I'm invoking protocol Landslide. 465 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:52,000 That's right, Landslide. 466 00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:53,520 Now. 467 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:02,520 TANNOY: 'The major incident alert has been activated. 468 00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:06,600 'Please make your way to your designated deep-level shelter. 469 00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:10,280 'The major incident alert has been activated. 470 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:14,120 'Please make your way to your designated deep-level shelter. 471 00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:17,360 'The major incident alert has been activated...' 472 00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:18,880 Come on, Harry. 473 00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:28,760 Nervous? 474 00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:32,440 Should I be? 475 00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:49,840 Right. 476 00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:55,840 You should both leave. 477 00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:58,880 Hurry up, please. 478 00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:02,440 I thought you weren't nervous. I'm not. Fine. Stay. 479 00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:31,240 Connie? This isn't an improvised explosive device cooked up by some halfwit undergraduate. 480 00:55:31,240 --> 00:55:32,760 There are fail-safes and back-ups. 481 00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:36,040 By cutting that wire, I've initiated a secondary countdown. 482 00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:41,840 A conventional explosive would go off in less than two minutes. 483 00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:51,120 If I haven't removed the uranium, it will cause a chain reaction and a nuclear explosion. 484 00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:55,000 I need to remove the shell from the central housing 485 00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,440 and separate the two isotopes. 486 00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:00,480 When I do that, 487 00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:03,960 the bomb cannot reach critical mass and will no longer be nuclear. 488 00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:10,360 It will, however, go up in my face. 489 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:17,360 The bomb kills whoever disarms it, so go, please. 490 00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:19,240 Both of you. 491 00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:20,880 No. 492 00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:27,760 What you've lost can sometimes be found, Lucas. 493 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,040 I remove the uranium. 494 00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:32,560 It's just a bomb. 495 00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:37,480 I'm not scared of bombs. 496 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:45,880 Connie. 497 00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:47,400 Oh, Lucas. 498 00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:57,040 At 3am, when you can't sleep and the nightmares come, who do you blame for what happened to you? 499 00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:00,840 Eight years in a Russian hell? Who do you blame? 500 00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:02,960 I blame Harry. 501 00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,080 Then it's time to let it go. It wasn't Harry's fault. 502 00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:10,200 Who was it, Connie? Who sold me out? 503 00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:15,400 You have 10 seconds. Who was it? 504 00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:18,080 Nine seconds. I need to know. 505 00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:19,840 Eight seconds. Just say it! 506 00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:21,400 Leave now. 507 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:24,200 It was me, always me. 508 00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:55,400 I need a Broken Arrow Unit with full Hazmat Containment with probable radiation leakage. 509 00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:58,960 London Bridge. 510 00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:19,680 You OK? 511 00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:25,840 They'll never know. 512 00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:29,880 No. And that's a good thing, Lucas. You know it is. 513 00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:35,320 I need to talk to Harry. 514 00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:39,400 SPEED DIAL TONES, RINGING TONE 515 00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:41,480 Harry? 516 00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:45,920 Has anyone made contact with him? 517 00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:16,000 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd