1 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,320 Aye, you just told me. 2 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:11,840 You're gonna go and make yourself a cup of tea. 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,520 You just-- no, not for me, Dad, thanks. 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:21,120 I'm 2,000 miles away, Dad, remember? 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,000 Listen, I just called to say that, erm... 6 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,000 It's... 7 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,560 It's Alex, Dad. 8 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,800 It's your son. 9 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,320 Well, I just called to say that I'm, er... 10 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,440 Yep. Yeah, I remember the old songs. 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,000 Of course I do. 12 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:50,920 ♪ There was a soldier ♪ 13 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:52,920 ♪ A Scottish soldier ♪ 14 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,120 ♪ Who wandered far away ♪ 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:56,960 ♪ And soldiered far away ♪ 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,160 ♪ There was none bolder ♪ 17 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,480 ♪ With good broad shoulder ♪ 18 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,000 ♪ He... ♪ 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:04,800 ♪ He fought in many a fray ♪ 20 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,000 ♪ And fought and won ♪ 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,720 Dad? 22 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,320 Dad? 23 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,080 How is he? 24 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:28,640 He's fine, aye. 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,120 Nobody ever died of a lost memory. 26 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:35,560 You ready for this, Dimarco? 27 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:38,000 Born for it. 28 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,040 You, Sarge? 29 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,200 Aye. Let's go. 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,520 Let's get this done. 31 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,440 This one's for Nick Page. 32 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,360 Where are you going? 33 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,200 Work. 34 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,160 Where's Mummy? 35 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,000 She's in hospital having the baby. 36 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:15,800 Yusra will look after you. 37 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,600 Is the baby going to live here? 38 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,040 Yes. 39 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,120 You, me, Mummy, and the baby. 40 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,720 We can play soldiers when I get back. 41 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,640 Promise? 42 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,600 On parade 1800 hours, Corporal Markham. 43 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,160 - Mmm. - Back to sleep. 44 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,640 Oh, no. What time is it? 45 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,520 Early. 46 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,520 A good wife would have been... 47 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:05,720 would have been up and cooked her husband breakfast. 48 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,600 You've got seven minutes. 49 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:12,000 What time will you be home? 50 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,200 Hmm? Oh, I'm not sure. 51 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,640 It's best if you don't know too much. 52 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,440 But you'll be home for tea? 53 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,720 Hmm? Mmm, mm-hmm. 54 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:24,560 What shall I make? 55 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,960 Ah, you decide. 56 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,360 - It's not plugged in. - Oh, it won't take too long. 57 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:34,640 I have to go. 58 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,040 - Mmm! - Sorry. 59 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,560 Corporal Stoneham, he says it is time to go. 60 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,560 Look after him. 61 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,600 Of course. 62 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:19,960 Terribly sorry. 63 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,400 Aden, where East meets West-- 64 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,520 vital as an oil refinery, 65 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,040 as well as a Gulf trade route. 66 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,640 The beach here at Aden is lovely. 67 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,240 The sand is warm, 68 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,360 and the sharks are not always hungry. 69 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,360 The occasional outbreaks of violence are caused 70 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:51,880 by what are officially called "dissident tribesmen." 71 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,840 As long as there's trouble, there must be troops. 72 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,000 The Queen has full confidence in Aden's future, 73 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,240 describing it as the perfect example of Colonial rule. 74 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,520 The raid party will be landing as I speak, 75 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,080 including Baxter and Dimarco. 76 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,760 Their objective-- to capture one man. 77 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,840 The target's code name is "Starfish." 78 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,480 He's brutal. 79 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,080 He's clever. 80 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,560 His real name is Abdul Kadir Hakim, 81 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,080 and we believe he's responsible for the murder of Captain Page. 82 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:44,760 Now, we've received intelligence 83 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,360 that Starfish will be at a remote farmhouse here, 84 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,400 which the raid party will storm at 1300 hours. 85 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,040 Our job is to rendezvous upcountry with the raid party 86 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:54,600 on the other side of the mountain, 87 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,800 where they'll be handing Starfish over to us 88 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,120 for escort back here. 89 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,360 We'll be in two Land Rovers travelling in convoy. 90 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,600 Captain Martin will command the second Land Rover. 91 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,520 Now, we'll have to use the Dhala Road, I'm afraid. 92 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,520 We've no choice about the route. 93 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,120 Just seven miles of it. 94 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,320 We will maintain complete radio silence 95 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,120 from the moment we leave this base, 96 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,840 and it stays that way until we return with the prisoner. 97 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,560 This operation cannot be compromised. 98 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,240 If one Land Rover gets into bother, the orders are clear-- 99 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,400 the other continues to the rendezvous at all costs. 100 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,120 - Sir? - If we make it that far. 101 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,640 What's that, Stoneham? 102 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,360 Nothing, sir. Sorry, sir. 103 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,080 Good. 104 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:43,480 Oh, one more thing. 105 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,360 Erm... 106 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,560 there's a reporter coming with us, 107 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:49,360 so tomorrow the world will know 108 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,320 what a damn good job the Royal Military Police 109 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,080 - is doing. - Sir. - Sir. 110 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:54,840 Prepare the vehicles. Await my orders to leave. 111 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,640 Dismissed. 112 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:02,680 Sir? 113 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:04,680 Orchover? 114 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:06,640 Is it a girl or boy? 115 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,720 Er... no news yet. We don't know. 116 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,160 I'm afraid I don't think there's time for that. 117 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,640 Cleanliness is next to godliness. 118 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:29,920 I make the rules here. 119 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,800 ♪ Love letters straight ♪ 120 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,600 ♪ From your heart ♪ 121 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,800 Help! Oh! Help! 122 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:37,320 Help! Ohhh! 123 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:38,800 Help! 124 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,160 I like your nightie. 125 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:09,560 Oh, er, it's... 126 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,960 Frilly. 127 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:13,920 Yes. 128 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,520 Is he good at fucking? 129 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,360 Your handsome husband. 130 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:33,440 Oh, er... 131 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,120 Why aren't the raid party bringing in Starfish themselves? 132 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:38,960 They're on foot. 133 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,080 Why? 134 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:42,840 It was going to be one para, 135 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,040 but the terrain makes a parachute drop impossible. 136 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,720 And the chopper's too noisy, 137 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,280 so it's a speed-march in from the coast. 138 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:56,360 Royal Marine Commandos? 139 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,200 Oh. 140 00:09:58,600 --> 00:09:59,960 They do exist, then. 141 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:01,840 It's a great honour for any member of this regiment 142 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,560 to serve with the SAS. 143 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,040 Captain Page was halfway between leaving us 144 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,040 and joining them when he was killed. 145 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,640 They've asked for us to do this with them. 146 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,240 It's a tribute? 147 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,040 Yes. That's exactly what it is. 148 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,920 Weapons party, weapons in the hangar, now! 149 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,440 Weapons party, weapons in the hangar, now! 150 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,200 What? 151 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,760 Ed, have a word. Make sure he's ready for this. 152 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,360 - Sir. - Lance Corporal Armstrong, 153 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:00,600 let's have a look at that ankle of yours. 154 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:04,800 The Dhala Road, sir-- 155 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,080 Yeah, sometimes it's better to just get on 156 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,280 and do something and not talk about it. 157 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:11,280 Sir. Sorry, sir. 158 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:16,760 Everything I know about soldiering 159 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:18,480 I've learned from Orchover. 160 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,320 No harm in asking your corporal for advice. 161 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,120 Okay, men, two minutes to zero hour. 162 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,520 - This hurt? - Yeah. 163 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:28,640 - Here? - Yes. 164 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,800 - This? - Ow! 165 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:32,600 Well, you're not fit for this. 166 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,480 You're gonna have to stay here and hold the fort with me. 167 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,000 Er, it's not anywhere in battle-dress regulations, 168 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,440 but there's a convention 169 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,760 that one roll up from the elbow is right. 170 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,280 It's not. It isn't enough. 171 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:48,040 I go a whole roll higher. 172 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,600 That takes you clear of the muscle. 173 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,440 Then the arm has maximum freedom of movement. 174 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,240 People laugh at me, but it can mean 175 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,080 a quarter of a second quicker reloading. 176 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,400 I've seen fatal delay. 177 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,960 I know what a quarter of a second can mean. 178 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,960 Load up! 179 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:29,800 It's the reporter. 180 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,560 It's the seven dwarves. 181 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,880 Which Jeep am I in? 182 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:44,520 How did you know it was a scorpion? 183 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,360 Well, it's always a scorpion, 184 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,720 unless it's a snake. 185 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,680 Well, I had a snake my first week here. 186 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,080 Where was it? 187 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,040 Oh, you have to check every time. 188 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:58,280 Where? 189 00:12:58,680 --> 00:12:59,920 Bottom of the bed. 190 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:08,640 There's a little blood. 191 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,160 You have to push! 192 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:12,680 This baby has to be born now! 193 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,000 - That's it. - Breathe. 194 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,600 There, there, there. Your baby's out. 195 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,600 It's okay. 196 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,920 Fetch the doctor. 197 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:34,480 Where's my baby? 198 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,200 Is it all right? 199 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,480 Oh! 200 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,160 This is Mary Markham's. 201 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,000 You should be naked in bed with your brand-new husband. 202 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,160 - There'll be a time for nighties. - Where are they going today? 203 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,880 Upcountry, which is a euphemism. 204 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,920 Hmm. Well, it's best we don't know too much. 205 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,680 Is that what he said? 206 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,680 In case the NLF kidnap us and tie us to a tree 207 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,240 and take away our virtue 208 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,080 and force us to tell them battle plans 209 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,920 we've been discussing with our husbands? 210 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,880 Hmm. 211 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,720 Do you love him? 212 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,280 Of course. 213 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,560 In every breath and between every breath? 214 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,960 Yes. 215 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,920 Quickly, we're coming through! Aah! 216 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,360 Call him Peter. 217 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:02,480 - Doctor? - Yes? 218 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:04,920 The baby-- Peter. 219 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,640 My husband, Major Markham-- I don't want him worrying. 220 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,200 - Please, don't tell him. - Mm-hmm. 221 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:36,520 It's only seven miles, Stoneham. 222 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,360 It'll be over before you know it. 223 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,560 You sit up front. 224 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:51,320 Thank you. 225 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:59,800 Foot down. Straight ahead. 226 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,240 Don't look at anything other than the road, okay? 227 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,360 Let's go! 228 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,640 Contact front! 229 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,200 Your first time? 230 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,480 We're behind time. 231 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:17,960 Mile and a half. 232 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:19,480 We'll run in. Move! 233 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,280 Let's go, let's go, let's go! 234 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,200 - Are you all right? - Yes, sir. 235 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,240 So pick it up. Come on. Come on. 236 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:51,320 They're here. 237 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,560 My dresses! 238 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,960 No more frilly nighties for you. 239 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:03,720 ♪ Close the door, light the light ♪ 240 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:05,720 ♪ We're staying home tonight ♪ 241 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:07,160 ♪ Far away... ♪ 242 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,840 - We should go to the club. - The club? 243 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,800 The BP Club. Let's go. 244 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:14,480 Oh, but the men'll be back soon, and... 245 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,680 You can swim and lie in the sun 246 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,600 and come back glowing for your Joe. 247 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,080 ...of our own 248 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,520 ♪ We'll build a world of our own ♪ 249 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,880 ♪ That no-one else can share ♪ 250 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:33,080 ♪ All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there ♪ 251 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,840 ♪ And I know... ♪ 252 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,400 Did you know Nick Page well? 253 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,000 Yes. 254 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,440 It was hard for Joe, anyway, following in his footsteps, 255 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:50,920 and now he's dead it's even harder. 256 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:52,480 Really? Oh! 257 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,120 ♪ Lonely nights without sleeping ♪ 258 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,680 ♪ While I longed for your touch ♪ 259 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,680 ♪ Now your lips can't evade ♪ 260 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,200 ♪ The heartache I've known ♪ 261 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,960 ♪ Come with me to a world of our own ♪ 262 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:18,320 Bring the squad to a halt! 263 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,680 What's that? 264 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,080 It's my father, sir. 265 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,920 Nothing that can identify a soldier comes with us, ever. 266 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,000 We don't exist. 267 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:53,240 Show me your feet. 268 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,640 - I'm fine, sir. - Boots off, soldier. 269 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,800 My God. 270 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,400 It's just blisters, sir. 271 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:21,400 Jesus Christ. 272 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:22,960 I didn't want to let anyone down, sir. 273 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:24,720 You didn't want to let your regiment down. 274 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:26,160 I'll be fine, sir. 275 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,280 I can't tell you how many deaths I've seen 276 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,440 caused by pride masquerading as bravery. 277 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,040 We won't make it to the target on time, sir. 278 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:35,560 We will. 279 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,080 Packs off! 280 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,040 Swap out. 281 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,720 Two hours. We'll be back for you. 282 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,200 No. 283 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,800 Sarge, just get me a beer later, all right? 284 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,680 ♪ ...oh-oh-oh-ohh ♪ 285 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:11,360 ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 286 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,640 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh ♪ 287 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,600 ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 288 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,480 Oh, what's that smell? 289 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,560 Fish and chips, gin, Ambre Solaire. 290 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,880 This is my favourite place in the world. 291 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,560 ♪ Oh, my love... ♪ 292 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:32,760 Who's that? 293 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,240 Harvey Tilbrook. 294 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:35,640 What does he do? 295 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:37,120 He says he's a BP man. 296 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,120 - He says? - He's not. 297 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,400 - How do you know he's not? - Oilmen never take 298 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,640 - their jackets off. - So what does he really do? 299 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,400 He's a big, fat spy. 300 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,000 Ah! 301 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,560 Lassie or Elvis? 302 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,840 Hello, Harvey. What are you talking about? 303 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,680 With Mrs. M. still in hospital, you're in charge of Christmas, 304 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,120 and the club needs to know the Christmas afternoon film. 305 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,640 "The Third Man." 306 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,680 This is Joe Martin's wife. 307 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,760 Nick Page's replacement, 308 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,200 so actually it's you in charge of Christmas. 309 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,160 Your husband outranks her husband. 310 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,920 Hmm. I hear you work for BP. 311 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,360 My husband swears by BP. 312 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,840 We almost ran out of petrol once in Norfolk 313 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:29,600 because he wouldn't stop at an Esso garage. 314 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,960 16 miles south of Cromer on the A14. 315 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,560 Can we get a drink while you two talk about roads 316 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,080 in East Anglia? 317 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,400 - The usual, Clive. - Certainly, ma'am. 318 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,080 Uh, a b-bitter lemon. 319 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,600 - With a twist? - Yes, please. 320 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,800 You stick a double in that and put it on my tab. 321 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,080 I can't seem to s-stop shivering. 322 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,960 You're cold because that's what happens when you lose blood. 323 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:19,120 It's not... 324 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,640 - I-It's not-- - Could I have a word, Doctor? 325 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,040 Oh. 326 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:28,800 - It's not stopping. - I can see that. 327 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,120 - Well, perhaps Colonel Amery-- - No, I can fix this. 328 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,080 How? 329 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,280 Get the anaesthetist. Let's get her under. 330 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:37,960 - For what? - Hysterectomy. 331 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:39,960 - But Colonel Amery-- - Just get the anaesthetist, 332 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:42,680 Nurse. 333 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:11,560 Take up defensive positions. 334 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,560 It's a Land Rover. 335 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,600 Not a Jeep. 336 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,560 I could show you around. 337 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,880 Sure. What? 338 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,840 The Land Rover. It... 339 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,560 The door comes off, 340 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,120 so when you're jumping in and out, you don't have to bother 341 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,400 about a door to open and close all the time. 342 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:14,680 Slow down. 343 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,200 Relieve Orchover, Stoneham. 344 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,520 If anything happens out here, you're on your own. 345 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,520 We have responsibility for each other, 346 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,080 but not for you. 347 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,240 Thank you. 348 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,880 It makes a change not to be patronised by a man in uniform, 349 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,320 and it makes my job of reporting on who you kill 350 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,120 and how and why so much easier. 351 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:02,800 And now he wants to perform a hysterectomy. 352 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,760 Oh. Who's the doctor? 353 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,280 - Dr. Rankin. - Hmm. 354 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:07,840 It's not lack of experience 355 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:09,360 in junior doctors that kills patients. 356 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,760 It's pride. Who is she? 357 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:13,040 Her name's Mary Markham. 358 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,960 - Oh, my God! - You know her? 359 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,480 I was at Sandhurst with Harry Markham. 360 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,440 Oh. 361 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:19,760 We're in, sir. 362 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,040 - For what? - Hysterectomy. 363 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:22,920 - Close her up. - Sir? 364 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:24,840 Get me six feet of rolled bandage, 365 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,840 soak it in iodine, and fold it three times. 366 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,640 - Sir-- - A big hole in the groin 367 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,920 from a piece of shrapnel and it wouldn't stop bleeding, 368 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,520 so we packed it tight with every bandage we had. 369 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,520 I mean, we really jammed it in. 370 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:42,160 Sergeant Paul Miller, Malaya, 2nd of June, 1957. 371 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,680 We're going to do the same thing with Mary Markham. 372 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,960 What are you all looking at? Move. 373 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,240 I'm sure it'll be fine, sir. 374 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,560 I don't like us being in one place for too long. 375 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,680 I meant Mrs. Markham. 376 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,520 Right. Yes, of course. 377 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:16,280 Want a drink with me some time? 378 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,880 Mm, mm. 379 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,320 I think the answer's yes... 380 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,200 about Joe. 381 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,880 - In bed? - Mm-hmm. 382 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,160 Good. 383 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,520 That's good. 384 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,480 Of course, it means he's had other girls-- 385 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,680 dress rehearsals for you. 386 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,040 But you need to be the one. 387 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:02,680 You need to be surprising... 388 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,240 and unpredictable... 389 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,200 and profound. 390 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,080 I want you to be happy. 391 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,560 Let's swim. 392 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,760 The bleeding's stopped. 393 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,080 Sergeant Miller in Malaya-- did he live? 394 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,880 - The risk of infection is high. - But did he live? 395 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:08,520 Get her husband here now. 396 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,920 Understood. Thank you, Doctor. 397 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,160 It's Mrs. Markham, sir. 398 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,160 She's-- it's touch and go. 399 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:19,960 They've asked for the Major. 400 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:21,040 Let's go. 401 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,800 Load up! 402 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,680 I'm sorry about Nick Page. 403 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,480 Can you dive? 404 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,840 No. 405 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,800 I'll teach you. 406 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,640 Come on. 407 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,200 Oh, erm... 408 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,280 All right? 409 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,640 Yeah. Well, what if there's something in there that-- 410 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,000 - Arms up. - Arms up. 411 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,040 - Arms up. - Head down. 412 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:12,760 Oh, no, hold on, how deep is it? 413 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,680 It's deep enough. 414 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:15,800 - Oh. - Kick your legs out. 415 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,240 That's all there is to it. 416 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,200 Very good. 417 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,120 What are you doing that for? 418 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,240 - The sharks don't like it. - Oh. 419 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,440 - Huh? - Should have a shark net, 420 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,560 really, but stones seem to work. 421 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:39,640 Oh, Harvey! 422 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:46,800 I'm going-- 423 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,080 Come on. 424 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,160 Ah. 425 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,640 Hey! Armstrong! 426 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,360 Stop, stop, stop! 427 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:28,600 Sergeant! Sarge. 428 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,640 - Retreat! Fire! - Fall back! 429 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:12,160 Contact front. Fall back to the AOP. 430 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,520 Sir, we should go and find them. 431 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,640 Not our orders. 432 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,280 What if they've got Starfish and they make it back here 433 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:31,920 and we're gone? 434 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,600 Man down! Man down! 435 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,840 Dimarco, move! 436 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:53,320 Right flanking! 437 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,760 Go! Move! Move! 438 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:03,960 Let's go. 439 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,760 Re-org! Re-org on me! 440 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:10,520 Re-org! Re-org! 441 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:11,640 Move! Move! 442 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,360 Ready, ready, ready! 443 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,160 We've got to move. 444 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,160 We've got to move or we'll die here. 445 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:25,080 Shit. 446 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,440 - Cliff! - Dimarco, move! 447 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,480 Go, go, go! 448 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,040 Oh, God. 449 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,760 - Ready. - One at a time, go! 450 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,320 Sir. 451 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,320 Climb fast. Don't stop. Don't think. 452 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:07,720 - Sir? - Dimarco-- 453 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:09,280 Look, I don't know how to say this-- 454 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:10,760 What is it? 455 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:12,920 I'm-- I'm frightened of heights, sir. 456 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:21,600 Who the hell is that? 457 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,880 Halt! 458 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:29,840 - Sir? - Yes. 459 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:31,360 It's your wife. 460 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,120 You need to turn around and come back now. 461 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,600 Just don't look down. 462 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,360 Climb. Don't look-- 463 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,000 Sir! 464 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:43,760 Shit. 465 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:12,560 Captain? 466 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,480 I can't make this decision... 467 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,960 choosing between my wife and my men. 468 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,280 I understand. 469 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:33,800 You have to make it for me. 470 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,640 We can't leave them out there. 471 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,520 Mary Markham is being looked after. 472 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:45,880 Let's go. 473 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,200 Stop! 474 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,880 No! 475 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:57,920 Do you believe in God? 476 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:02,760 Yes. 477 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:06,960 Good. 478 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,320 Pray. 479 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,720 Our Father... 480 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,680 who art in heaven... 481 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,440 hallowed be thy name. 482 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,040 Thy kingdom come. 483 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:44,440 Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. 484 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,480 Give us this day... 485 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,080 ...our daily bread. 486 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,000 And forgive us our trespasses... 487 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,560 ...as we forgive those who trespass against us. 488 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,960 And lead us not into temptation. 489 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,240 But deliver us from evil... 490 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:24,680 ...for thine is the kingdom. 491 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:31,600 The power and the glory are yours 492 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,120 forever and ever. 493 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:39,560 Amen. 494 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,880 Sir? 495 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:58,560 It's Dimarco. 496 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:12,680 You can't do that. 497 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,520 It's my job. 498 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,200 They knew. 499 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,720 They know. It's there for us to see. 500 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,920 It might be an ambush. 501 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,320 Sir, we should do something. 502 00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:27,240 - Sir? - Miss Franklin! 503 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,160 Miss Franklin! 504 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,600 Baxter, no! Don't touch it, Sergeant! 505 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,320 It may be booby-trapped. 506 00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,560 If you were to apply for compassionate leave, 507 00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:02,800 you'd probably get it, because you'd be applying to me. 508 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:15,080 He fought in the Great War, your father? 509 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,960 He doesn't like to talk about it. 510 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:22,080 Men don't. 511 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:33,080 There's a photograph of him in uniform. 512 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:37,480 He looks... 513 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,320 like a... 514 00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:43,560 proper soldier. 515 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:45,400 Perhaps you could show it to me sometime. 516 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:47,560 I don't have it anymore. 517 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:54,800 But... 518 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:56,600 you could talk to him, couldn't you? 519 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,240 Have you ever... 520 00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:01,880 talked to him about it? 521 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:35,520 I'll drive you to the hospital, sir. 522 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:37,160 Thank you. 523 00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,120 Your father likes your hair combed this way. 524 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,480 Perfect. 525 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,920 Oh, George! 526 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,280 Daddy's coming! Daddy! 527 00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:18,040 Dad! Daddy! 528 00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:25,840 He's going to see your new baby brother. 529 00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:28,160 But he promised. 530 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:51,440 I've been learning Arabic, and my dresses are here. 531 00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:53,240 - Have you been drinking? - A little. 532 00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:55,240 Oh, Joe, there's a most wonderful club. 533 00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:56,800 Hmm. Who did you go with? 534 00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,000 Alison Laithwaite. She's a friend already. 535 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:03,400 - She can't be. - What? Why? 536 00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,760 Her husband is not an easy man, and I'm superior in rank to him. 537 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:08,120 Well, you can sort that out. 538 00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:09,800 Not if my wife is undermining me! 539 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,400 - What do you mean? - Through her relationship 540 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:14,000 - with Alison Laithwaite. - Well, Alison doesn't care 541 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,000 - about that kind of thing. - I do! 542 00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:19,280 I care. 543 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:26,720 And it isn't Alison Laithwaite 544 00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:28,760 who's putting her life on the line. 545 00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:40,880 ♪ Silent night ♪ 546 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,720 ♪ Holy night ♪ 547 00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:50,440 ♪ All is calm ♪ 548 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:54,920 ♪ All is bright ♪ 549 00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:59,240 ♪ Round yon virgin ♪ 550 00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:03,920 ♪ Mother and child ♪ 551 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:35,160 Ohh. 552 00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:47,160 Peter, this is Daddy. 553 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:52,640 Hello, Peter. 554 00:49:58,160 --> 00:49:59,800 There. 555 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,760 That's your lovely daddy. 556 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:13,640 Ooh, Peter. 557 00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:21,920 Hello, Dad? 558 00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:23,560 It's Alex. It's your son. 559 00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:28,760 Dad, do you mind if I ask you a few questions? 560 00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:34,000 Yeah. Yeah, I do, I remember. 561 00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:36,720 The old songs, yeah. 562 00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:38,680 You first? 563 00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:44,280 ♪ There was a soldier ♪ 564 00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:47,560 ♪ A Scottish soldier ♪ 565 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:49,160 ♪ Who wandered... ♪ 566 00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,000 I saw a shooting star. 567 00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,400 They're dead. 568 00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:03,560 That's what you're seeing. 569 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:05,960 A death. 570 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,560 I'll get you another.