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It seems I do not have two
daughters, I have three.

I want to meet my father.
Maybe I would have more confidence
in your advice

if the Prime Minister hadn't found
out almost as soon as I did.

I need to be sure that you can
stick to the story.

Charmian Pepper has been killed.

She'd just met a woman who was
willing to confirm Peter Laurence's

stay in Washington. Officially,
he was paid to give a speech.

Half a million dollars.

British weapons killed three
British NGOs.

We'll need a diversion. Good.

Don't you know how close I am
to Dawn?

People in your line of work
generally like to

jump from raft to raft.

Every politician expects to
be Prime Minister.

I'm going to have to think
about that one.

Julia!

Have you seen this? Tell me
what it is.

Tomorrow's press digest.

Then I've seen it. What the hell?

How did this happen? I have no idea.

That email was private! I drafted
it, remember? Did you keep a copy?

It was sent on your private account
to the chair of the British

Defence Group. No copies.

Then how has it been leaked to
the press, Julia?

"I assure you, Trevor, whatever
noises I make in public,

"I will always defend the long-term
interests of

"the British Defence Group."

Well? What can I say,
Prime Minister?

It's that word, "noises".

Yes. Did you choose it?

You approved it. That's not what
I asked!

Makes me sound like a total
hypocrite, saying one thing

in public and another in private.

And I rang Trevor, I got him
out of bed.

He said no-one else has read it on
the British Defence Group.

He even deleted it. That's what
he said.

That leaves one possibility.

Someone has leaked it from
Downing Street!

Now, I am looking at you, Julia.

I'm looking you straight in the eye.

Prime Minister, I don't have
children, so I can't swear

on their lives, but ask yourself -
why would I do such a thing?

It wasn't me.

BUZZER

OK. So, now I think I know who
your mother must be.

I'm sure you've done your research.

Can't imagine you'd be here
if you hadn't done background.

You're Bella Gayle's daughter.

Correct.

Do you want to...?

How is she?

Not very happy about this meeting.

Why did she tell you who I was?

I had to fight pretty hard to get it
out of her.

She never wanted to say.

She was a determined woman.

Still is.

She was principled.

Even so, that's a hell of a thing
to do,

to raise a child without telling
her who her father is.

I thought so.

I never had the slightest inkling
that you existed.

I think that's also part of
the reason why

she never really wanted to
contact you.

I wish she had.

Do you really?

I mean, would you have helped?

Would you have taken me on at
the time?

That's a difficult question.

Why? Would you have wanted me
aborted? Rose...

No, really, I'm asking you.
I was a different man.

Right, is that a nice way of saying
yes? I was ambitious.

And it wouldn't have made any
difference anyway, would it?

Bella would have got what she
wanted. She always did.

I know this is the question I'm not
supposed to ask,

but why did you do it?

Why did you rob the bank?

You make it sound very romantic.

Why did you defraud the bank?

That's less romantic.

I was a high-flyer.

Fraud's quite common. It's more
common than anyone knows.

High street banks try to cover
it up.

They don't want their customers to
realise how easy it is.

But in my case they decided to
prosecute. Why your case?

Because they dislike me.

And I stole a little bit more, so...

I didn't want to give you my name
when we first got in touch.

I thought maybe you'd remember
the case and it might have put you
off.

I'd read the coverage. I thought
it was pretty racist. Yeah.

Who'd have thought a woman of colour
would be clever enough to

steal that much?

What was your reason?

The people at the top of the bank
were taking great big bonuses,

just reaching their hands into
clients' money

and calling it a salary.

So, it was a protest?
No, it wasn't a protest.

I just fancied proving something.

Proving what, exactly?

Proving that I was cleverer
than them.

From what I've read, you like doing
that, too.

And you?

Me? Yeah, what should I know
about you?

Then or now? Both.

Uh, well, for many years, I...

..I used to buy the papers on the
way to the Tube. Yeah, mum said.

And I found myself just
lingering longer

and longer every day as I realised
that Bella...

..was probably going to be the most
interesting person I met that day.

And that's how we started.

PHONE BUZZES

Wait, you're meant to give your
phone in.

I'm the Minister of Justice.

Sorry, I've kept you too long,
haven't I?

Don't be silly. You haven't kept me.

Does that mean that you'll
visit again?

How much longer are you supposed to
be in here?

It's about two years, I think.
Well, if I get parole.

This place is a shithole.

My friend has just died because
a guard

couldn't work
a defibrillator properly.

She hadn't been trained because
everything here is about money.

They want to punish us on the cheap.

And I want my father to do something
about it.

I promise you I'll do one thing.

I will come back and I will not let
you down.

That's two things. Yeah.

Can I ask you something else?

Yeah.

Will you own up to me?

That is something I have to decide.

KNOCKING

Dame Vanessa.

You sent for me. Yes, the minister's
been making unscheduled visits.

I'm sorry? You haven't put them
in the diary.

He's been going to Shephill to see
a woman called Rose Dietl.

Do you know who that is?
It's not my business to know.

Joy, the civil service accepts that
new ministers expect to bring

fresh blood with them
when they arrive,

but new blood needs to meet old
blood halfway.

Am I interrupting? Not at all.

Minister. Excuse me.

I don't mean to disturb
you, Vanessa,

but I was just looking over
the draft of my new bill

and I'm confused.

Everything I really care about,
the early parole

and the alternatives to
incarceration... Yes.

..it's not there.
It's just dropped off.

I don't know if I'm missing
some pages

or do I detect your hand in this?

Minister, I know how deeply you feel
about prison reform. Indeed I do.

But I think it's foolish to draft
provisions which have no

chance of becoming legislation.
Isn't that for me to decide?

This ministry takes a certain
professional pride in ensuring

that our proposals are
thought through, practical,

destined to end up on
the statute book.

I don't see those proposals coming
in to that particular category.

I'm worried that you may be
working on...

..emotion. Is that such a bad thing?

In this context, yes.

If we lose faith in the idea
of prison,

we move in to uncharted waters.

Dame Vanessa,

I don't know if you've noticed,

but the government is in
uncharted waters.

Right now, we are looking at
a no-confidence

vote in the Prime Minister.

That is what I would call
uncharted waters.

I think you have been over-affected
by your visits to prisons.

There's an element of personal
investment.

Oh, yes, possibly, and possibly for
the better.

If there were more people in this
place who actually had some

intimate knowledge of what
goes on inside prisons,

we might make better decisions.
New policies have to be tested.

I am suggesting a pioneering trial
in one or two prisons only... No!

..so that we see the effect, so that
there is an evidential basis... No!

..on which any possible innovation
may be based, and we make changes

that any of your possible successors
will be able to defend.

Possible successors.
I see what's going on.

It's foolish for civil servants not
to make provision for the future.

A future that, in your case,
Dame Vanessa, you devoutly desire.

Let me tell you, there is a reason
why this country has never

moved in to the 21st century
and it's called the civil service!

I am aware of your view, you've
made that plain.

Any time any minister comes in to
office with any

trace of passion or a serious idea
for change,

there you are in the best traditions
of your calling, ready to

throw a wet blanket over anything
that might improve people's lives!

Restore the missing clauses to
the bill. That's an order.

Is there anything else?

Yes.

I've had a visit and a couple of
calls from the director of Shephill.

She seems to believe you have
a relative in her prison. Really?

And how is that any business
of yours?

Thank you, minister.

No, thank you.

And how's your boss? Bewildering.

He was furious with me for pursuing
his daughter.

Now he's met her, he seems full of
beans. Why?

I have no idea.

Does he thank me for getting them
together? Does he buggery.

For the first time ever, I feel like
he's drifting away from me,

and I don't know why.

He's up to something.

What about yours? Rattled.

She doesn't know which way to jump.

Mind you, she thinks it's going to
blow over.

And is it?
Oh, ask me again in a week.

Mr De Banzie asked if we'd go in
round the back.

Of course. Any reason?

No reason, why do you ask?

No, I just wondered, sir.

Security, I think.

They're just over there.
Right. Thank you.

Peter. Adam, good to see you.
You know Trevor's joining us?

No, I did not, but always happy to
see Trevor. How are you? Peter.

Well, it seems like your
tormentor is dead.

Yes. Yes, I read about that
in the papers.

Yeah, I was quite taken aback.

Do we know anything more?
Do we need to?

Well, she was still pursuing me.

In spite of losing the case,
she was still after me.

Well, she's not any more.

No.

Did you know she was in
Washington? Did we?

I don't remember.

Look. Peter, you once told me
your motto.

What was my motto?

Always put the past behind you.

That's what you said.
You've lived by that.

Yes, her death is tragic, but for
you, it might be a stroke of luck.

That's all you need to know.

She was a drunk. Even before she
died, we made a decision.

We should have done it weeks ago,
actually, after the trial.

We've decided to close down
British-American.

Mm. We had a board meeting
yesterday by conference call,

we decided to make a clean cut.

It's served its purpose.

The staff are being let go. All
of them? That's necessary, is it?

Or else we wouldn't have done it,
would we?

But what's the thinking here?

You're not worried that shutting it
down now might draw more attention

rather than less? No, it will be
done quietly.

Your trial caused a lot of
unwelcome publicity.

We've kept British-American under
the radar for years

and suddenly, we're seeing the name
in print,

and the board didn't like it.

But you'll start up another
think tank? Eventually.

Different name, different personnel,
same philosophy.

Get the US and the UK as close as
we can.

It's a great shame, though,
isn't it?

I mean, we had good times,
didn't we?

Some very good times.

Sure, I was in Washington,
of course I was,

arguing from deep experience that
the only way the NHS is going

to survive is by bringing in
private expertise.

Opening it up is sensible
and humane.

It's going to save lives.

But of course, I'm not allowed to
say that, so I lied.

I had no choice. That's life.

I can talk about privatisation,
you can't.

TREVOR CHUCKLES
As I remember,

you took your money through
a company called Stanfield Titles.

Is that right? Yes.
In the Virgin Islands?

Yes. You need to wind that up, too.
As soon as you can.

Adam, I haven't used that company
in years. It's virtually defunct.

Good, so get rid of virtually.

Now, I take it you've seen Dawn's
contribution to today's news?

In disbelief. How could
she have done something so stupid?

She's weak, she panics. We always
knew that about her.

She got carried away, straight
choice to make between being

strong or being liked.
She made the wrong choice.

But even so, sending such
a stupid email.

That's what I'm saying, pure panic.

If I can't get export licences for
fighter jets,

then I choke to death and Britain
chokes with me.

What are you just saying? You leaked
the email?

As a matter of fact, not.
But you know who did?

Oh, Peter, we don't give a damn who
the Prime Minister is,

we really don't, as long as
whoever it is

lets us get on with our work.

You look a bit uncertain, Peter.
No, it's nothing.

If the three of us can't speak
frankly after all

we've done for each other,
then who can?

Well, there is something I should
warn you about. Oh, go on.

It's a technical thing, but I put
Stanfield Titles in my wife's

name, so if I'm going to wind it up,
I'm going to need Helen's signature.

There's no reason why that should be
a problem, is there?

CHATTERING

Joe, have you seen? Oh, yep.
Shark's in the swimming pool.

Did you know she was coming?

Fish her out before she does
any damage.

Joe. Gillian.

We see you so rarely.

Would you like to come through
and talk to us?

I should like that very much.

Just clear this.

Right.
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

You, uh, down from Scotland?

Yes, I came overnight,
and I'm going back this evening.

The trains are terrible.

Yes. We've mentioned it in
the paper.

That's kind.

Is there anything in particular?

The decision to return to
the Peter Laurence business?

Well, we're not returning to it.
Really? No, we're developing it.

Taking it to a new level. You ran
a story about his daughter. We did.

Taking drugs in Leeds.

Yes, the pictures were newsworthy.
She's over 18.

They are of legitimate public
interest.

It's the subject of a complaint to
the body for press regulation.

With respect, I'm not trembling
at that prospect.

Well, perhaps you should be.
I've spoken to friends.

Which friends are they?

The consensus is we look small
and vengeful.

We look like bad losers.

We've lost to Peter Laurence in
court. To our friends,

it doesn't look like journalism,
it looks like a vendetta.

I think I should inform you of
our plans.

We have new information
with which we hope

we can fight the court's verdict.
Exactly, that's my point.

We're fighting everything at
a loss, so far, of

1.5 million pounds.
Well, that's my point.

We're trying to get our money back.
Our money?

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
Yours, Gillian.

Before she died,

Charmian Pepper interviewed an
ex-employee of British-American.

Do I really need to hear this?

Hasn't that unfortunate girl
caused us enough grief?

The witness confirmed that Laurence
was indeed in Washington

when he claims to have been in
New York.

Now, he got paid for facilitating
access for American private

health providers to the NHS. He'd
been a junior minister at Health!

He sold his expertise. I see.
We have it on tape.

We collected the recording after
Charmian's death.

If it's as conclusive as you say,
why have you not published it?

I'd like to know.

We're having to tread carefully.

Our lawyers and insurance
company are being unnecessarily

cautious after what happened
last time.

We're also doing background on his
time as a landlord.

There are big questions as to
some of the things that

went on in his properties.

So, if you can't get him on one
thing, you go after him for another?

Honestly, it's not like that.
No, isn't it?

I've never even met Peter Laurence.

I don't know the man, but I have met
his wife.

You're talking about Helen?

Yes, I heard her choir singing at
St John's Smith Square.

They were transcendent.

You could be endangering the future
of this newspaper

because of an obsession.

We think of it as
investigative journalism.

Always with the same target?

We look small, Joe.

I very rarely interfere in
editorial policy,

but I do not want to be known as
a proprietor who carries a grudge.

We are at the point of confirming
Charmian Pepper's original story.

That issue was settled in court!

If you go on with this, I shall have
no alternative.

Alternative to what?

Please don't make me spell it out.

I hope I've made myself clear.

I hate unpleasantness.

Well?

There'll be no unpleasantness.

Good.

Every day I wake up and read your
paper. I know.

Well?

That's why I wanted to see you,
so I could tell you.

We've hit an unforeseen problem.

Is that hers? I'm sorry.

Does that mean you're not going
to publish?

We're not.

HE SIGHS
Look. My advice is...

..take it elsewhere. Oh, yes.

I can get disbarred for this,

and now you want me to go and trust
someone like I trusted you?

I've got the names written
down here. Just a couple of

editors I think might take it.

I had a visit. What sort of visit?

From my proprietor.

She told me this is not something
I am to pursue. Why not?

She's lost a lot of money already,
she doesn't want to lose any more.

Is that the real reason?

She likes choral music, she thinks
Helen Laurence is a nice woman,

maybe she wants Helen's husband to
be Prime Minister. Someone got to
her.

Take your pick.

She's a Scottish aristocrat,

who knows what the fuck goes on
in her head. She stopped you.

She stopped me under threat of
losing my job.

That's how it is.

You go any further, we're in
the same boat.

Your receipt. Have a nice day.
Thank you.

I don't believe it. Hello, Bella.

You've seen her.

Yes, I have. I hope you don't mind
me asking,

but I wonder if you could do me
a selfie?

Well, actually, I've just got to
have a quick chat with a friend of
mine. Oh, right,

I'm sorry to have bothered you. No,
no, it's fine. Thank you. Goodbye.

You're popular.

I never thought this day would come.

You were never going to tell me.
Why not?

Because I wasn't sure you'd be
a good father.

That hurts. I wasn't sure you'd
even admit to her.

You have a dim view of me.

And I've had a long time to think
about it.

I wanted to be responsible for my
own life, not depend on a man.

Come on, give me a drag.
Are you sure?

I only do this with you.

She was doing really well.
Good education. I was proud of her.

Then she...blew up,

and I don't know why.

She had everything anyone could ever
want, but she still got angry.

I did my best.

But I couldn't control her.

I saw her, and I liked her,
genuinely.

If I go public, Bella...

..then we're going to be naked in
a hurricane. All three of us.

It's you who's well-known. Yeah,
but I'm used to it. You're not.

The press would be all over you,
it's brutal, I promise.

You'd do that for her?

You'd risk your career for her?

Peter Laurence, if you let her down
at this point,

I'm never going to forgive you.

You'll be joining a queue.

You do this properly or not at all.

Sir.

Door was open.

After three years, I've developed
a sort of psychic gift.

I'm hoping it's going to stay
with me.

I can sense when you're in the area.
Close it.

I'm sorry I haven't been in touch.

I was shaken by what happened.

And you think I wasn't?

I was appalling. I apologise.

I was rattled that night,
and I wanted to tell you that

my family had found out about you.

Sure.

You don't seem surprised.

Here.

It's the one you like.

Now, sometimes you happen to catch
sight of yourself in the mirror

when you're not expecting it,
and you go, "Who on Earth is that?"

Maybe that's what happened to me
the other night.

Who's that ridiculous woman?

You are not ridiculous.

I gave up a perfectly good job
in Texas.

I'm sorry, I...

..I don't know what you're getting
at.

I don't have a trace of self-pity,

I just know it's time for us
to stop.

No, no. There's no need.

That's what I came around to say.

I can handle this. I promise,
it's not a problem. Isn't it?

Madeleine, we can go on.
And I don't want to go on.

If you look at it my way, you could
say I used you.

I needed you to put me back together
when I lost my son,

but now if I'm to survive,
I need to move on.

Madeleine, I love you.

You say that now it's over.

I'd say gather up your things, but
you don't really have any, do you?

What does she want with you
this time?

Well, pretty soon you're going to
find out. Contain your excitement.

But since she's got herself in
a bloody great hole,

I imagine she's going to want me
to dig her out of it.

REPORTERS SHOUTING

Ah, good, the Prime Minister's
waiting.

We came as fast as we could.
No, we didn't.

We didn't run. The Prime Minister
knows Justice is eight minutes away.

You can come in!

You can also give me an explanation.

You go on ahead, I'll see you there.

Dawn, I would love to explain if
you can tell me

what I'm meant to be explaining.
Peter, I'll put it bluntly.

I promoted you. Any prominence you
have is entirely down to me.

Not entirely. So, let me ask you
why you're not out there

fighting to save my premiership?

Oh, I see.

Things are going that badly,
are they?

Usually you can't get enough
publicity,

you and the limelight are in some
kind of permanent romance.

Now for the first time in years,
you've fallen silent.

I heard you on All Talk.

Your support for me was less
than wholehearted.

Do you think so?

Maybe I misjudged my tone.

I'm facing a confidence motion.

From Stinking Bishop?

Yes. Surely you don't take
him seriously?

He's a piece of ripe Tory gammon,
but he's gaining votes fast,

and you're saying nothing.
I'm not saying nothing.

You're standing on the sidelines.

The Prime Minister's requesting
more vocal support.

Yeah, I got that. Thank you.
I make one small error of judgment.

A private message, that's all.

I was tired, I was fatigued, it was
a moment's inattention,

viciously leaked from I don't
know where,

and I'm facing a confidence motion.

You... Me?

You're up to your neck in...

You lawyer your way out of the libel
courts by the skin of your teeth.

High wire doesn't do it,
more like Houdini.

You were for sale,
or near as dammit,

and you pay no price for it.

Why?

How does that work out? Do we put
it down to misogyny?

Could be.
Could also be down to character.

Character? Yeah.

Yours or mine?

You were always respected as
a cautious leader.

It was your strength.

So, when you did something careless,
people got unreasonably angry.

You just spoke about me like I was
in the past tense.

I didn't mean to.

Can I warn you, Peter,

lately, I've been briefed about
your private life.

Please go on. Specifically about
your family.

What about my family?

About how it's larger than anyone
had hitherto known.

Larger.

If you're talking about my
unacknowledged daughter... I am.

..her existence is not exactly
news to you.

My impression is that you've
known for some time.

Almost as long as I have.

Just an instinct, I could be
wrong, but...

Yes, I have recently discovered that
I have a third child. In prison.

Yes.

She's had some bad luck in her life.
Bad luck?

She swindled a bank.

She was trying to walk away with
£1 million. How's that bad luck?

She was angry. What's she got to be
angry about?

Believe me, in the unlikely
event that

I lose this confidence vote, I shall
do everything in my power to

ensure that whoever is my successor
showed me loyalty throughout.

Now, I very much doubt you want
the public

to know about Rose "Ditel".

Dietl.

But if she is the unlucky victim
that you make her out to be,

I suggest for her sake, as well
as your own,

you think very carefully about it.

So, Peter...

..do I have your support?

You have it.

Good.

Julia tells me you're going to be on
Prebble tonight.

Julia is well-informed. Always.

Well, I shall be watching

and I shall expect to be
pleased in what I see.

You should be campaigning for me,
unreservedly.

Is that understood?

REPORTERS SHOUT
Do you think the Prime Minister

can survive this? Peter, do you have
a statement to make?

Will you be supporting
the Prime Minister?

Do you know who leaked
the email, minister?

Broadcasting House.

So, what was that about? What
happened? I'll tell you later.

One thing at a time.

Hello, there. Hello. Nice to
meet you, Peter. Nice to see you.

How are you? How are you? Yes.

Good evening, tonight I am
speaking with

the Secretary of State for Justice,
Peter Laurence.

Good evening, Sian.
Good evening, minister.

So, I'll start off with - do you
think it's possible for

the Prime Minister to win a vote of
confidence in the House of Commons?

Of course it is.
The rules are obscure.

She may prefer to hold a leadership
election within the party.

To be honest, I haven't discussed
the choice with her.

And would you yourself be
interested in standing?

We are nowhere near that,
nowhere near.

I'm getting on with the work
of my department, and of course,

I've let the Prime Minister know
that she has my full support.

You do seem to be setting about
the job at Justice with an axe.

Ah, well, I wouldn't say an axe.

Uh, I would hope it's more targeted,
more forensic than that.

Gardening shears, maybe.

Some people have charged you with
caring more about the criminal

than you do about the victim.

That is quite ridiculous.

It is true that I am constantly
shocked by the squandering

of human potential.

That's something I know a little bit
about from my own experience.

And what experience is that?
I have some...

..personal knowledge of what goes on
in British prisons.

You mean beyond your professional
responsibility?

Yes.

I've not spoken about this before,

but I have a daughter who is serving
a sentence right now, in jail.

In fact, in Shephill.

And I've only recently discovered
that she's...

Uh, well, let's say that I had no
knowledge of her existence,

and finding out about her has been
one of the best things that's ever

happened in my life.

Many years ago, I had a child that
I knew nothing about.

Her name is Rose, and she and I are
now reconciled.

And she is a prisoner?

Correct.

JULIA!

Most people, I think, will be
astonished...

What the hell is this?
..by your revelation and wonder

whether you've been forced to
make it.

All of this is completely voluntary.
I'm saying it because I want to.

He wants to get it out of the way
before he makes his move

for the leadership. Is that what
he's thinking?

With Peter you never know.

Of course I am fully aware that this
will cause a great deal of hurt

to my family and those around me.

I am the guilty one here, there's no
question about that.

There's also no point in pretending
that my daughter committed

a small crime. She didn't,
she committed a big one.

And does it worry you at all,

the effect that this admission
may have on your political career?

You use that word admission. That
many people within your party...

You're making it sound as if this is
someone I should be ashamed of.

I don't mean that you
should, however...

I am not ashamed, in fact, quite
the opposite. I'm proud.

I'm proud of my daughter.
I'm proud that she exists.

This is the 21st century.

I think people understand that we
don't all live faultless lives.

I've made terrible mistakes,
and I've paid for them,

but my daughter is not a mistake.

And just to be clear, I'm saying
this now because she wants me to.

And I think it's about time that she
was listened to.

For many years, she's lived
a shadow existence,

in a good home with a good mother,

but now, I want my daughter to be
part of my life.

Thank you, minister. Thank you.

The game's in play.
What's the verdict?

First impression, Twitter's
kind of 60-40.

For which? For or against? For.
You see.

"Brave and honest." "Incredible
television." Er... "Iconic moment."

"Terrific courage." "I always
thought he was a prick

"and now I'm sure of it."

"Patriarchal swine."
I told you it would work.

Joy's on this stuff all night,
we'll see how it goes.

It's only going to get better.
You watch.

REPORTERS SHOUTING

Well, what happened? You said you
were going to the paper.

Are you cross-examining me?
It's all about his daughter.

That's all there is,
everywhere. Yep.

How's he got this daughter
he didn't know about?

That could work either way, for him
or against him, but

one thing's for sure, no-one's
talking about anything else.

Did the paper not hear the tape?
Yeah, they heard it.

So, when are they publishing? Luke,
I've got an conscience of my own.

I don't need anybody else to do
the job.

Thank you.

Mrs Laurence, this is very kind of
you. Oh, it's nothing.

I might be a poor judge
of character,

but I was surprised when you agreed
to have lunch.

Well, I'm not often in town.

It's so sad they've modernised
this place.

It was the last decent lunch
spot in London. Really?

I've never been here before.

Oh, I thought barristers specialised
in long lunches?

No, we grab a sandwich and cram
facts for the afternoon.

Oh, I'm surprised. Excuse me.
Thank you.

Yeah, it's one of the most common
misunderstandings about us.

One of them. What's the other?

Well, that we're cynical
and completely uncaring

about the truth.

I never felt that. And that we
defend people

that we know are guilty.

In fact, we never do that.
It's unethical.

Is that why you never ask?

Mm.

Mrs Laurence, I think you and I got
on reasonably well, didn't we?

Yeah, I think so. I hope I did
a professional job.

You won. Yes.

Is that what you mean
by professional?

You were courteous and calm. You had
to be patient, I knew that.

I'd never been in a witness box.
You did very well.

Thank you. You rehearsed me.
Yes. Thoroughly.

Juries like witnesses that aren't
too certain.

If you're overly sure of yourself,
they begin to suspect you.

You said you were in New York. Yes.
Shopping. I said I was shopping.

Yes, and you went to see a show?
Yes. On Broadway, together.

The Book Of Mormon. You mentioned
the Rainbow Room... That's right.

..for cocktails.
The Empire State. Yes.

The fact that you couldn't
quite remember

everything in exact detail, that
added to the impression of honesty.

An impression.

Please tell me what this is about.

Look, Helen, as far as
I was concerned,

this was just another case.

High-profile, yes,
but legally unexceptional.

But now it's different because one
of the parties is a senior

government minister and another has
been killed.

Do you know that for sure?
What I'm saying...

..it was one thing to help
Peter with an alibi

when reputations were at stake.

But now it's lives.

Also, he's now confessing to
a daughter from an affair long

ago, so I can only imagine how
painful that is for you,

what you're going through.
Did you have a childhood sweetheart?

Yes. I haven't seen him in years.
I stayed with my sweetheart.

I have a memory of him
as he was then.

If you don't believe the journalist
died accidentally,

then you should prove it.

Helen, I don't think you've wholly
understood just how serious

this stuff is.

I've understood perfectly.

But I'll tell you one thing,

if I do betray a man I've been
with for 30 years, it won't be

because a professional advocate
took me to a posh lunch.

In fact, it won't be because
of anyone else.

It will be what I decide for myself.

BUZZER

This... Can I do this?

Have you read it? No. Is it
any good?

Yeah, it is. Pretty good. Thank you.

I watched the TV.

Yeah, that was the point.
I was talking to you.

How was my mum? You know
your mother.

She gave me a hard time. Yeah.

I can't believe when I get out
I'm going to have a dad.

I hope I'll see you before
then. Good.

You know where I am.

Yeah.

Is it...? Are we allowed to kiss?

On the cheek, sir, but no
hand contact.

BEEPS

FAINT BEAT PLAYS

Mum's upstairs. She's waiting
for you.

I'm sorry you've been upset.

She's as angry as I am. Angrier.

You know, maybe once, I'd like you
to go on television and tell

your adoring public just how much
you love your other two daughters.

The two you had WITH your wife.

Lily... You're selfish.

You're utterly selfish.

You've got the talk.
My God, you've got the talk.

You've got it all worked out,

just how the people around you
never stop suffering.

OPERA PLAYS

MUSIC STOPS

You know what's odd about getting
old? You're the same person,

and yet you're not. Who are you
talking about? You or me?

I married a furniture salesman.
I didn't a Prime Minister.

Oh, hold on, that is
a long way off.

The whole country's still
talking about Rose Dietl.

I know perfectly well that's just
you getting the subject

out of the way. Believe it or not,
it was also me

trying to give Rose a life.
There are two things in play.

And the other thing,
you going to Downing Street.

Were you planning to talk to me
about that? Helen.

Of course I'll talk to you.

And the journalist that was killed?
I know nothing about that.

I didn't even know she was in
Washington. Really?

Well, if I looked in to your eyes,
would I be able to tell any more?

You talk all the time about freedom,

but is freedom really
the ultimate good?

Helen. Is it?

Compared with loyalty?

We started out together and we will
end up together. You know that.

We've always known that.

And the Prime Minister, that is
a long journey.

That's weeks ahead, and there's so
many things that can go wrong.

Nobody becomes leader by right.

Well, on the other hand...

I was thinking maybe this weekend
you could come down and meet Rose.

With press or without?

Without.

Then, yes, I'd like that.

Good.

Oh, by the way, I've got something
I need you to sign.

Won't take a moment. I'll just leave
it with you.

What is it?

It's the ownership of
Stanfield Titles.

If you remember, it's in your name.

Why am I signing? I'm dissolving it.

It's just a technicality.

So, can't wait for tomorrow.

No. She knows it's over.

By this time tomorrow, your man's
going to be making his move.

Do you have any idea who
leaked the email?

I don't believe it. It came from
you? Yes.

But you did yourself out of a job.

Not quite. Adam De Banzie
spoke to me.

Why De Banzie? Well, if he gets in,
Peter's going to keep me on.

I'm just jumping rafts.

Adam De Banzie does not run
the government.

Doesn't he?

Gosh, my mistake.

Good morning, minister.
Good morning. Morning, everyone.

Obviously, clear all commitments.
We start planning from here.

Of course. How are the papers?
I haven't seen them.

Horrible. But less horrible
than yesterday,

and even less horrible than
the day before.

You're saying that in ten days they
might be positively pleasant?

It's usually ten days.

Listen, Joy, wherever we're going,
I want you to come with me.

Thank you, that makes me so happy.

Just doesn't feel right without you.

Good.

Right, better start plotting
the day.

Peter, sorry, I haven't liked to
ask, I've rather assumed.

If you are going to Downing Street,
I am coming with you, presumably?

Hey, hey, hey. Let's not jump ahead.
Don't want to jinx it.

This is just the start of
the campaign. There's a long

way to go. No, it's just, I was
speaking to Julia

and she did mention...
Mention what?

You'd had a word with her already.

Yeah. You should probably take
that up with her.

Shut the door.

I haven't read anything.

No. In the paper. What's happening?
It all fell apart. Why?

You really want to know? Don't you
think you owe me an explanation?

I don't owe you anything.

So, what's that? I want a precis by
closing time, with bullet points.

You went to see Lapidus. Yes.

You're right. How was he?

He's scared of losing his job.
He's been told to kill the story.

Told by who? By whom. By whom.

It's English, if you want to be
a lawyer. Well, what can I tell you?

He has changed his mind, he doesn't
want to proceed, he's been leant on.

So, we just leave it? Luke,
whistle-blowing isn't romantic.

It's more like suicide.

If I go hawking this stuff around,
I'm going

to be thrown out of Chambers,
I'll be finished.

And please tell me, for what?
To see justice done.

OK, Luke, maybe you don't want to be
a lawyer.

Because for all I know, you want to
burn your career before it's

even begun and spend the rest
of your life in the ashes. Do you?

Because that's what's going to
happen unless you learn to let go.

I only met her once.

And you think it's all very funny,
going to meetings.

But addiction isn't funny.

And at that meeting and afterwards,
I heard what

she had to say about the things
she's tried to do in her life.

She was a decent person, Rochelle.

I only knew her briefly, but
I thought she was great.

And you.

You're going to be the first QC of
your generation, we all know that.

Fine.

But what we didn't know, that is
the only thing that matters to you.

You were my hero, Rochelle.

I admired you.

Fine.

Admire someone else.

Peter Laurence is with us,
and, of course, we're all worried

it could be for the last time.

I wouldn't say that.

That's all in the hands
of my colleagues.

I'd never try and prejudge a vote.

Let's just say if you don't make it
to Downing Street tonight,

a lot of us are going to lose a lot
of money.

We've all been down
the betting shop.

I'm very touched by that.

Only eight weeks ago, Dawn Ellison
was looking at a clear blue sky.

Now she's history. How quickly did
that happen?

I think politics in
the 21st-century,

it's more volatile.
Things move faster.

That's a fact. That's just the world
we're living in.

Personally, that doesn't frighten
me.

I find that exciting,
and more important,

if I'm lucky enough to make it into
Downing Street, I will enter it

unencumbered and beholden to no-one.

Do you think that things can keep on
changing at this pace?

Because from the outside, from where
I'm looking at it,

I don't know how you lot keep up!

We don't have to be politicians.

No-one forces us. We do it because
we want to.

I'm sure you do, Peter.
I'm sure you do.

Well, we did say this one was full
of surprises. This one?

Peter Laurence.

Did we? Oh, yes.

Oh, you're back! How did it go?

It looks like you're going to be
the Prime Minister's daughter. Yeah.

I'll just have to put up with it,
won't I?

Sure.

Oh, come on. Is it really that bad?

If you think it will make any
difference now

we know who your father is...

I know it won't,

but it's making a difference to me.

It's always been a position of
trust, hasn't it, Sydney?

Sorry, sir?

Driver to the Prime Minister.

Sure, you couldn't be closer.

No, sir.

But it works both ways, doesn't it?

You know everything about me.
On the other hand,

I know a lot about you.

I don't quite know what you
mean, sir.

I mean I'm not quite as stupid
as I look.

REPORTERS SHOUTING

Good afternoon.

All my life, I have refused to be
weighed down by the past.

I believe in the future, I believe
in freedom. I really do.

By all means, judge me by
my results,

but today at least I can tell you
my intention.

I will do anything, anything,

to set my country free.

Thank you.

REPORTERS SHOUTING

APPLAUSE

Hello. Hello. Hello.

Hello, nice to see you.

Goodness me! Look at this.

Bravo!

Good to see you.
This is my wife, Helen.

What's this?

Stanfield Titles.

I'd hoped you'd signed it.
Well, obviously not.

I'll be upstairs if you need me.
See you later.

HE SIGHS

KNOCKING

Prime Minister.