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Leader of
the opposition on five.

Hello?

Get that to James.

...the Princess of Wales
who is expecting a baby...

Between 50 and 60
scrap metal workers

are reported to have--

Newsroom.

Yeah, Paul Dean.

Dean.

Went to IRN.

Went to IRN, try there, yeah.

Okay, bye.

Reported to have landed
illegally on the island

of South Georgia
in the South Atlantic, stop.

The foreign office
reacted skeptically to reports

that the Argentine government
was planning--

How's Mary?

Hm?

Oh, she's well.

Jolly well, thanks.

Very well indeed.

One minute.

Now, before
the news at 12 o'clock,

there's just time to tell you

about Women's Hourthis afternoon.

Commander Freddie Bracknell
will be talking about

his four years as a German
prisoner of war in Stalag III.

The mountaineer, John Clayton,
will be reliving

the thrills and perils
of Mount Everest.

And Polly Morel
will be finding out

from the historian professor,
John Gurty,

how the governments
of Eastern Europe distort

their recent past
in history books

to suit their present policies
and allegiances.

That's Freddie Bracknell,
John Clayton, and John Gurty,

all on Women's Hour

at just after two o'clock
this afternoon.

BBC news at 12 o'clock.

There is cautious optimism
in Brussels.

...it's going to get thicker
as the evening goes by.

And there's [indistinct]that's the price that we pay

for having high pressure
over the country

at this time of the year,
this time pressure...

-

And meanwhile, in the north,
it's rather topsy turvy.

Come on, you promised.

Well, tell her
you've got a piece to finish

or something.

Oh, you can do it.

She is gonna be there.

I told you last week, but
Jeremy, come on, concentrate.

Listen, all I want you to do
is introduce me to her.

That's all.

And, uh, just give me
a big buildup.

So I took him by the elbow,

steered him into a corner
of the room and said,

"Where do you think you are,
young man?

Faber's?"

Ah, glad you could come.

James Penfield.

Good, good.
Is anyone getting you a drink?

He wrote
the Berlin Airlift chapter.

I know, I know.

Gentlemen, let me introduce you

to one of our most talented
contributors to The Cold War ,

James Penfield.

He wrote the opening chapter
on the Berlin Airlift,

one of the best chapters
in the book.

James, basically this is
our UK sales team.

Now, what was I saying?

My dear James.

Not here.

To the airlift.

...reads books
during a recession.

Any sign of
the goddess, Barrington?

Not yet.

...truth is that
none of them

will get off their backside
and sell books.

Is there anybody here you know?

One or two.

Great lot.

Some Social Democrats,
some diligent anticommunists.

A man from the political section
of the US Embassy.

And this exquisite
Californian wine

courtesy of the CIA.

By the way, I hear your Mr. Gold

is about to become very rich.

I hope you've told him
that most of the ideas

for the chapter on
the Berlin Airlift came from me.

Fuck off.

So it all
worked out perfectly.

- That's her.
- She keeps the house.

He got the car

and the baby's still
with the au pair!

Jeremy!

-

Jeremy, how fantastic.

Susan, darling.

You're so famous now.

And you're so beautiful.

What are you doing here?

Well, we're thinking of doing

this current affairs thing
for schools.

World history since 1945.

12 programs, lots of stock film.

Oh, well in that case,
you must meet

my very dear friend,
James Penfield.

Brilliant analyst
of recent history

and a world authority
on the Berlin Airlift.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Was that your chapter then?

It was very good.

Thanks.

Actually, you know,
we have already met

at the Vidor film last week.

Oh, oh yes.

You won't remember,
we didn't actually speak.

Oh, oh look,
I'm being terribly rude.

This is Bob, Bob Tuckett.

Bob was at Oxford too.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Hello.

Excuse me.

Oh.

- Thanks.
- Charles!

In many ways,

I'm right behind
the women's movement.

Sometimes I wish
they'd just get on with it

and stop moaning on.

The office was split
right down the middle.

I mean, as a woman,

I could understand
what they were saying.

That current affairs is
all about what men did.

But as a human being,
and a television researcher,

as a professional,
I could just sense

they've got it all wrong.

I could see there were two paths
I could go down.

Power or not power.

And down the not power path
was lots of sisterly feeling,

masochism, and frustration.

And down the other path,
I could keep on working.

So of course
I voted with the men

and the other women
all resigned.

I think they're mad, don't you?

Can I give you a lift?

No, it's all right, I can--
I can get a cab.

Night-night.

You said this word, finally.

We've heard this before.

Difficult when it gets cl--

when it gets close to finally
the main points of the news.

Hm?

Now today.

Not a very sexy list.

We can't leave off
all these court cases.

Royals, what's Charles giving
Diana for her birthday?

He's not telling.

You'd better follow him
around then.

Newcastle are following Charles

to see if anybody throws
a bottle at his car

like last time.

Good.

I want to drop
this panda business,

unless something happens soon.

We've got two people
down at the zoo,

looking into the cage.

Give it one more day.

These scrap merchants from,
uh, where is it?

Grytviken?

Anything in there?

Oh, it could be.

Keep an eye on it.

Okay.

I'm just thinking aloud.

Well, we'll go through
the whole list in order.

Cabinet reshuffle, Chris?

Bob's ringing the Minister.

He's finding out
where they're all going to be.

John's gonna be at Caxton Hall.

We'll try and lay on
a radio count.

Prime Minister's appearing on
the Jimmy Young show

at 10:30 this morning.

Should get something
out of that.

Now, matters Irish.

It's expected that Mr. Hague

will be questioned by
the

about Washington reports

that American military
cooperation with Britain,

although officials insisted
that these reports...

Hello, sir.
Morning to you.

Morning to you, sir.

I'll take your coats. This way.

I was only
10 years old at the time.

But it's the first international
crisis I can remember.

It's obviously a key point
in our recent history.

Well, the key point.

And I've always thought
that sooner or later

we would have to re-examine Suez

in the light of
subsequent events.

And now, suddenly with all this
Falklands business upon us,

it's become clear
that we do need to take

another look at '56.

Now the way I see the book

is that it would get away
completely--

Would you like a dessert?

I'm having one.

Uh, no, thanks.
Just coffee, please.

I--I think I'll have, uh,
some of that.

Yes. I'd like the book
to get away completely--

I think I'll have--no, no.

And two coffees.

I'm sorry.

I--I--I would just want you
to get away completely

from all the moralizing and
the talk of national humiliation

that is now
the standard line on Suez.

Oh, you are not
a Socialist, then.

No.

Oh, good.

I'd want to set out the events
as they happened.

The way I see it is this.

The British empire was an ideal.

It may have become
totally obsolete

by the middle of the century,

but it wasn't
totally dishonorable

to try and defend its remains,

and try and salvage
some self-respect,

which is what I think

the Conservatives
are trying to do.

And then--

Would you like a Sambuca?

Yes, please.

Hm, two Sambucas.

Yes, there's the, uh,
the essential business

of the British collusion
with Israel.

Of course it's proved
beyond all doubt now.

But I'd want to set it
in the context

of diplomacy and warfare.

If you're about
to attack one country,

it makes sense to encourage
its neighboring countries

to attack it too.

The French understood this.

They could never make out
all the embarrassment

and breast beating
of the British.

My enemies enemy is my friend.

It's as simple as that.

See, if we'd not been
so scrupulous,

we'd need not have been
so ashamed.

Now, it's as if we've
discovered ourselves again.

We're acting independently.

When the standard line
has always been that since Suez,

we couldn't lift a finger
without the Americans.

Your readership will be mainly
first and second year

American college students.

The freshmen and sophomores.

Ah, you have the lingo.

Jolly good!

Because that means
you'll have to keep it simple.

Not stupid, mind, but simple,
very, very simple.

And always remember that
it's an American readership.

Like I was saying,
I think the American angle

on the Suez is very important.

I don't want to say
they let us down.

I think that's wrong.

A good ally is one who doesn't
back you up in your mistakes.

Who tells you when to pull back.

The Americans were good allies.

It's as simple as that.

Just a moment.

Susie Barrington.

Hello, Jimmy.

Dad.

I'm just making
your mother's tea.

Come in the kitchen.

So how is she?

Oh, she doesn't complain much.

You know what she's like.

Keeps on asking
when you're coming.

And I'm sorry about Saturday.
I couldn't get away.

Oh, she knows you're very busy.

Especially now
with everything going on.

The doctor says
to try her on solids.

But she's been
right off her food.

Here, take this up to her.

Tell her you made it.

She'll like that.

Yeah.

Jimmy.

Mum.

I knew you'd come today.

I said to Dad this morning,

that boy of ours
will be here this afternoon.

Just you see.

He said,
"Don't get your hopes up,"

but...I knew.

Do you have to go straight away?

No.

No, not yet.

Oh, good.

Stay a little while.

She's asleep.

Well, everyone's been marvelous.

Really, Jimmy.

The neighbors come in and sit
with her while I'm at the shop.

That's good.

And Joe Ramage,
you remember him?

Well, he comes along
and helps me out.

Oh yes, yes,
I think you told me.

You like a cup of tea?

Oh, no thanks, Dad.

Well, have some beer.

I've got some here.

No, no, that's fine.

Gee, I really think
I should be going.

I've got a meeting tonight.

Well, the bed's all made up
if you want to stay.

Um...

I'll call you in a couple days,
shall I?

Yeah.

What did you think of
the Vidor film?

-

Quite liked it.

I wasn't as enthusiastic
as everyone else was.

I thought it was terrific.

I thought it went on
rather too long.

I didn't want it to end.

I didn't like that man.

Oh, I thought he was wonderful.

Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.

This afternoon's performance
at the Barbican Hall

will begin in 10 minutes.

Please take your seats.

And the shape of it all.

It was sort of shapeless.

Well didn't, you know,
the long flashbacks,

didn't you think
they worked really well?

I know what you mean,
but I don't like flashbacks.

They make me feel as if
I'm holding my breath.

I like progress.

You don't like flashbacks

because your mother's
a historian.

Good theory.

But I like my mother.

I have no aversions
to what she does.

Too bad.

What does your father do?

My real father?

Uh huh.

Well, he was a flashback.

You're a clerk
in a rather dowdy office.

You're pleased with the ease
with which you can

write summaries and bulletins
from news agency printouts.

Knowing how to judge length,
ending a broadcast on the dot.

Having everything run
as smoothly as possible.

Selecting a running order
that makes sense.

Knowing instinctively
what you can and cannot do.

It's professionalism.

And you're at this third stage?

No, no, there's a fourth,
numbness.

You do everything right,
but you feel nothing either way.

I think you're exaggerating.

Oh?

If you aren't, you should
jolly well change your job.

Ah, yes.

Yes.

You're much too old
to be making a drama

out of alienation or
whatever you want to call it.

You've got to
take responsibility

for your own happiness.

That's what I think, anyway.

It's the poet laureate himself.

How sweet!

Thank you, thank you.

You too been smoking
that illegal stuff again?

We were just admiring
your poem in the TLS , Edward.

Ah, yes.

It's terribly good.

Don't tell me
you actually read it, Jeremy.

Oh, committed it
to memory forever.

- See?
- Blasé and epicene.

We--we were just
chortling over that.

Blasé and epicene.

It perfectly describes
the new foreign secretary.

I hope you don't mind, Edward.

I've borrowed it
for my piece today.

Attributed?

Of course.

Why is there
a new foreign secretary?

Who was the old one, anyway?

Needn't concern you, Edward.

James has got news.

He needs a poet's advice.

I don't want any jokes
about this.

James is in love.

Congratulations.

Who with?

A glamorous young lady
way above his station.

Bastard.

Name of Susie Barrington.

Daughter of eminent historian,
Ann Barrington.

- Stepdaughter of scandalous...
- More like lovers,

really, Mummy and I.

Or sisters.

And then a couple of years
after Daddy died,

not long after I'd left Oxford,

she started seeing various men.

I was furious.

Then I started seeing
what was a different man and..

I suppose I grew up a little
and began to understand.

So I wrote her a long letter.

It was seven pages
saying how sorry I was,

and how I was worried
we were drifting apart.

You know...

she wrote me a poem,

a really beautiful poem
about mothers and daughters.

How nice.

Makes me weepy
just to remember it.

So we were fine again.

And then she got married
to Matthew,

who's a womanizer
and a bit of a yob.

Quite nice, really.

Makes TV commercials.

What about yours?

Both dead.

Must be quite nice
in a way, really.

-
- I mean, you don't have any...

Damn.

They're early.

Who?

I called you a taxi.

That's very thoughtful.

Well, you know.

Again?

Yes, if you like.

Call me at work.

To the fleet.

What fleet?

In the Algiers.

Algiers.

...the black ship
of the Royal Navy...

And now, top secret file.

What have you got? Let me look.

Ah, ah, ah, ah.

Tell me what you think
of this first.

Shit.

You approve.

Let me see.

Get away.

You'll see it when I'm ready.

First, I want you to reflect
on my noble behavior

and how your interests
are closest to my heart.

I lay awake at night worrying--

Jeremy, just let me see
what you've got, would you?

You're so hard.

All right, then.

I was chatting with some people
on the diary page,

and the name Barrington came up.

I expressed an interest.

Oh, yes.

An innocent interest.

I found out that last yearVogue ran a series

called "Mothers and Daughters."

Number seven,
Ann and Susan Barrington.

Being a decent
and loving friend,

I went to the files
and made a copy.

- Let me see it.
- Ah, ah, there's more.

The piece celebrates
the undying affection

that exists between
the eminent left-wing historian

and her dazzling daughter.

Well, then the newsroom editor,
who happened to be in the room,

said that years ago, when
he was working on the Guardian ,

Ann Barrington wrote
a very good piece on...

What?

No, you have to guess.

Jeremy, please,
don't piss about.

Just show it to me, will you?

Suez.

It's 1966, the 10th anniversary.

She hasn't written a book on it.

She clearly knew a lot.

Mm.

It's obvious
what you've got to do.

The way into
the daughter's pants

is through the mother.

Up the Suez Canal.

You're so gross.

She's very nice, apparently.

Lives in Norfolk,
very left-wing.

You'll have to
watch yourself there.

Ha, ha.

According to the piece,
the daughter visits often.

You'll have to
get yourself invited

for the right weekend.

You've really got it
all worked out, haven't you?

Well, you don't need to
thank me, if you don't want to.

You can just pay for
these drinks.

That'll be 11 pounds, sir.

I was wondering
if it would be possible

to talk to you.

Well, I've read your book.

I really admired it.

That's very kind of you.

Lecture room two.

I'll look forward to it.

Yeah, thanks, bye.

Room two, do you know it?

Lecture room two?

Thank you.

The withdrawal of
the British from Palestine

and the erosion of
their influence in the area...

...in the Middle East in
the immediate post-war years.

And so a vacuum
had been created.

If United States
did not fill it,

it was assumed that
the Soviet Union would.

Now next week, I should
be considering the extent

to which the behavior
of nation states or governments

can be judged
by any moral criteria

that we would normally apply
to individuals.

Thank you.

Okay?

Right.

All right, well,
what you really need to remember

first off is that
all through the late--

I'm sorry, you're going to
have to lean forward

and speak into this,
if that's possible.

Oh, sorry.

All right, how's that?
That better?

- That'll be fine, right.
- Better then, right.

What you need to remember
is that all through

the late summer,
the early autumn of 1956,

the Egyptians
were running the canal,

and that's their canal
by the way, quite efficiently.

Ships from all over the world

were all passing through
quite smoothly because, you see,

Nasser didn't want
to give the West

any reason
for invading his country.

Sorry, is that--is that
loud enough, by the way?

It's okay.

Right.

So by the time the French
and the British

got round to launching their
invasion in...early in November,

the important economic reasons
for doing so

had just, well,
they largely evaporated.

The canal was running smoothly
and all that remained,

especially for the British,

were the much more marginal
and the emotional arguments.

You
see, if you use the language

of personal behavior,

you could actually say that

this was an affair
of the heart.

The whole idea
was to teach Nasser

a lesson that
he wouldn't forget.

And to appear to be
acting independently,

and to maintain face
in the world,

and particularly
in the Arab world.

And so the ferry moves
across the bay,

top heavy
as a wedged wedding cake,

leaving us to return
to our hotels.

Gulls in nautical trim
cry their farewells,

then drop with avaricious eyes

to take souvenirs
from the debris of the day.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Yes?

- Me?
- Yes.

Oh, oh, yes.

Well, I--I thought perhaps
I'd get the thing started

by asking, you know,
you'll probably think

it's a stupid question
that you get all the time,

but I wondered
if you'd tell us a little

how you actually get an idea.

I mean, your poems
are quite extraordinary

and beautiful,
and I--I wondered, well,

you know, how they came about?

Well, it isn't
a stupid question,

but it is quite a difficult one
to answer.

Um, I suppose ideas come to me
in much the same way

as they come to anybody.

Uh, perhaps the difference

is that I take them
more seriously.

Um, I write them down.

- Odd scraps of things.
-

And then I seem to know
if work has to be done

on the poem,
and it sort of takes shape

as I write it, rather slowly.

Thank you.

Yes.

Uh, you're the one of the most
praised poets of your generation

of younger poets.

And the Sunday Times
just called you

a cross between Dante
and Philip Larkin.

What's your reaction to this?

Well, it's silly, really.

It's journalism.

Yes.

Uh yes, um, what is the poet's
role in society today?

Sorry.

[woman over PA]Edward on four.

Confirmed here
that the United States...

And with talks--

James, take a look at this.

- Wait.
- At last.

At the United Nations
still making little progress,

tension and anxiety
settled on MPs

of all parties
at Westminster, stop.

Take a look at that.

-

Speaking on the Jimmy Young show
earlier today.

It's not bad.

15 news items.

I got exactly the same
running order

as the Bulletin desk.

Terrific.

They're all old pros, guy.

15 news items.

Uh, Mrs. Thatcher said
that the prospects

of a peaceful solution
did not look encouraging.

Hey, can I use the phone
in your office?

Yeah, sure.

-

Would only bring
the rate down to--

Hermes and Invincible came in
from different directions

in a classic
figure of eight attack

on the airfield at Stanley.

You're being very elusive.

Well, tell them you're ill.

Well leave early then.

Do it properly, tell him a lie.

Okay, well just come
when you can.

You got the address?

Yes, it'll be nice.

Why don't you stay?

I have to be up early.

So do I.

Two or three years ago,
I would have stayed

and fucked you.

Just my luck, too late.

Now I'm more wary.

Must be getting old.

You don't trust me?

I don't trust anyone.

It's what comes from
working in television.

You know, in radio,
we're different.

I bet.

Thanks for the meal.

And will I see you in Norfolk
over the weekend?

You just might.

That's enough of that.

We've been playing for
10 minutes, for Christ sake.

That's far too long.

- Here you go.
- Thanks.

What you been up to?

Well, everyone's desperate
for a new Falkland angle.

Purdy's come up with a real dog.

Workers' rights in Argentina.

I've been running around

trying to get people
to do things,

but no one's very keen.

Workers' rights.

Since when did anyone
on that paper

give a damn about
workers' rights?

I said to Purdy,
"Look, tits, bingo,

jingo, horoscopes, sport,

celebs, gossip,

the occasional firm stand
on the--"

The torture of small children.

On the torture of
very small children.

But I start telling them
about their rights--

Hermes rights.

You know, we're even
phrasing in a couple of exiled

RG trade unionists
from Paris for a...a TV tie-in.

One of them had his balls
danced on by the secret police.

The other had to be
hosed off the wall of his cell

after the police
had introduced them--

Come on, out.

Yes, my good man.

I'm sorry,
this is a private conversation.

You'll have to wait, outside.

You can't smoke in here.

This is a squash court.

But we booked it for a smoke.

Didn't we James?

I'm afraid
we haven't quite finished.

Come on, out.

Look, the court is ours
for another half an hour.

Run along.

I said out.

On the other hand,

a quiet drink in the bar

might be slightly
more comfortable.

Hey, I've got some news on Suez.

I suppose a serious drink
might be of some use.

Excuse me, sorry.

Thanks.

Hello?

Oh, hello, Dad.

Look, I've been meaning
to call you. I--

How is she?

Oh, God.

What, in the middle
of the night?

What did the doctor say?

Yes, I will.

I will, I promise.

It's just that I've been
rather busy with the crisis on

and I've been working
day and night.

Look, tell her I'll come
as soon as I can.

I promise.

Yeah, okay.

Give her my love.

Bye.

Because
you see, if you can speak

of a nation like an individual
acting emotionally,

you can also speak of it
acting deceitfully.

Britain and France had entered
into a secret agreement

with the Arabs' deadly enemies,
the Israelis.

The Israelis were to
attack Egypt on an agreed date.

British planes based in Cyprus

were to precision bomb
Egyptian air fields

to protect Israeli cities
from any kind of retaliation.

The British and
the French would invade

on the pretext of
separating the combatants.

And that became a catchphrase
of the day, by the way.

Separating the combatants.

Right.

Hello.

I'm just waiting
for your mother.

She said, "Awfully sorry.

Make yourself comfortable."

She won't be long.

Thanks.

Want to sit down and wait?

All right, thank you, I will.

She's not my mother anyway.

My mother's in Italy.

Oh, really?

Have you come to talk about me?

No, we'll talk history.

What period?

1956, Suez.

Do you want to hear my list
of English Kings and Queens?

Yes, all right.

It goes from Henry the Eighth.

Henry the Eighth,
Edward the Sixth,

Mary, Elizabeth the First,

James the First,
Charles the First.

Charles the Second,
James the Second,

William and Mary, Ann,
George the First, Second,

Third and Fourth,
William the Fourth,

Victoria, Edward the Seventh,
George the Fifth,

Edward the Eighth,
George the Sixth,

Elizabeth the Second.

You missed out the Cromwells.

They don't count.

Mr. Penfield.

I am sorry to have kept you.

That's quite all right.

It's very good of you to see me.

Tom, Daddy would like to see you
in the garden.

And will you ask Betty

to bring us some coffee
in the study?

Okay.

And remember to say please.

-
- Hello.

- He's a little unhappy.
- Betty.

- I hope he wasn't a nuisance.
- I want some coffee...

- He was delightful.
- ...in the study. Please.

Shall we go through?

Yes, yes.

You had no difficulty
finding your way then?

No, your directions
were very clear.

Many times
people miss that turn in.

My first husband
worked for the BBC.

I doubt if anyone there
remembers him now.

Another long-dead
diligent administrator.

Thank you, Betty.

He would have been useful
to them now, you know.

He was involved in the fight
to preserve

the BBC's independence
during the Suez crisis.

One of the few things
he was passionate about.

Thanks, no black is fine,
thank you.

I became involved too.

I started work on a book
that would have been published

on the 10th anniversary of Suez.

But then he died and
I lost the will to write it.

By the time I was over
his death,

other books had been published
and it wasn't worth going on.

What a shame.

Oh, it wasn't much more than
a potboiler.

Suez was very important
to our generation

and I didn't want it forgotten.

And that's why I'd like
to be able to help you.

But really, Mr. Penfield,
I was looking through my notes

before you came.

They're all very much
out of date.

There's been
so much written since.

I don't think I'm your man.

I am a great admirer of yours.

I read all your books
on charters

while I was still at school.

See, I'm a journalist,
not a historian.

And they're questions of,
well, approach, method.

I see.

Are you a socialist,
Mr. Penfield?

Yes.

Well, good.

Suez was a mine field
for both parties.

-

Tom!

Come on, my love.

See ya, Ben.

My husband apologizes
for not joining us.

He has to take Tom into town.

Ah.

Won't you sit down?

Thanks.

Oh, it's not too cold for you,
is it Mr. Penfield?

No, it's fine, thanks.

Thank you.

Since you're a friend
of my daughter's,

I think I'm entitled
to call you James,

don't you think?

Yes, please do.

I was beginning to wonder
who this Mr. Penfield was.

Thanks.

And I'd like you to call me Ann.

To Ann.

To James.

See you later.

Bye!

Goodbye.

Hm, I remember what it was
I was going to say.

We were talking about
forgetfulness.

The Czech writer, Kundera,
has one of his characters

say that the struggle of man
against tyranny

is the struggle of memory
against forgetting.

Have some pâté.

History books are the first
onto the bonfires?

No.

If we leave the remembering
to the historians,

the struggle's already lost.

Everyone must have a memory.

Everyone needs to be
a historian.

In this country, for example,

we are in danger of losing
hard-won freedoms

by dozing off
into a perpetual present.

Here I am lecturing you.

Help yourself.

So I can go ahead
and be a historian

without feeling like a poseur.

I shall be fulfilling
a citizen's duty.

If you like.

But don't be too modest, James.

It's a citizen's duty
to remember,

not necessarily to write books.

You are highly qualified.

You are
a responsible journalist,

doing what sounds to me
like a very demanding job.

Every day, you take decisions
that depend on

your sense of history.

A genuine tyranny
would have to get rid of

people like you.

You're kind
to be so encouraging.

I think you'll do very well.

I've met some of her colleagues,

and I must say they struck me
as rather empty people.

Very ambitious and charming,
too, but not serious.

No politics.

I do worry about Susan.

Have you known her long?

She hasn't mentioned you.

Well, actually
we've only just met,

but we're quite good friends.

Pity she couldn't make it
up here today.

Yes.

She'll be here next week though.

Why don't you come too?

I'll show you
the marshes properly.

And if you're lucky,
you might even see

the first of the geese
arriving from Siberia.

Well, I'd hate to be a nuisance.

Oh, don't be silly.

I'll look out some more
Suez material for you.

You'll be very welcome.

As you can see, we're
not entirely short of room.

Well, thank you very much.

You've been very helpful.

See you next weekend, then.

-
- Oh!

I wish you wouldn't drive
so fast, Matthew!

I'll get a bike, I promise.

All right, just off?

Matthew, my husband.

James Penfield.

- Hello.
- Hi.

James is coming to stay
next weekend.

Oh, very good, yes.

I'll see you then.

Come on, Tom.

Let's see if we can get
this thing working.

Bye.

At the same time,
that's behaving aggressively.

And this pursuit of--of virtue,
led to a great many lies...

Getting back to
what I was saying before...

...individuals behave
like governments...

Are you the man
from the BBC?

What?

Sorry, I didn't mean
to frighten you,

but you must be from the BBC.

I've been looking out for you.

You don't exactly
look like a farmer.

I'm Betty.

Oh hello, I'm James Penfield.

Come on and meet the others.

They've been waiting for you.

I found a man from
the BBC, but he's not the man.

Oh, never mind.

We'll just have to make do.

- Hello.
- Would you like a cup of tea?

Well, I--

Jill, get the young man a cup.

Sit yourself down on that log.

- Uh, listen, I--
- Be careful, wobbles.

I've got a puncture.

I was wondering if
I could borrow a jack.

- Oh.
- Pete, Pete!

Pete, Pete!

Sit yourself down.

Here.

Do you want sugar?

No that's fine.

Pete, have we got a jack?

Would you look it up
for our friend here?

I'm sorry to be a nuisance.

Now first of all,
tell us your name.

Uh, Penfield, James Penfield.

James.

This is Carol.

- Hi ya.
- Jill.

- Hello.
- Betty, Mandy...

- Hello, Louise.
- Louise.

That's Pete over there,
and I'm Carmen.

Hi.

There's another 15 of us
out at a meeting.

We'd like to show you
around the camp.

Oh, let him finish
his tea first, poor thing.

I don't know what's happened
to that other man.

He said he'd be here
at three o'clock. We lost...

What do you do
at the BBC, James?

I work for radio news in London.

Oh, well that's marvelous.

But I'm not an interviewer
or a correspondent.

Oh, well that doesn't matter.

I mean, long as we get
our message through

to someone out there.

Jill, where are those handouts?

Oh, they're back here
somewhere.

Oh, great.

Thanks.

It's a bit crumpled, here.

Um, I just--

Yeah. This tells you how

the women's peace camp
came to be set up.

All local women at first.

Later we had support
from women and men

from all over the country.

- Very good.
- The response has been amazing.

Good, good.

Ah, and this is about
the base itself.

How many missiles there are.

What they're going to be
used for and so on.

We have the local radio
down here.

Oh, that's terrific.

No, but what we really need
is national coverage.

It's been difficult with
the Falklands madness going on.

Yes, I'm sure.

Do you think you'll be able
to do something

when you get there?

Well, um, I'll certainly try.

Only problem is, you see,
that I'm news and not features.

Might help if you were attacked
by the police.

Anyway, I'll be back
in a moment, thanks.

Ordinary people
everywhere are saying,

"No, we don't want
these terrible weapons."

That's news!

Yeah.

-
- I won't be a moment, thanks.

Off then?

Oh, yes, uh,

I've just left the jack by
the, uh, the hut there and...

Anyway, thanks for your help.
It's a...

I must be getting back,
so, um...

Anyway, thanks again.

All the best.

Have you got a pass?

- Sorry?
- Have you got a pass?

Oy.

-

Rachel Neal.

It's Rachel Neal.

Fortunate that I was here
to keep Susan entertained.

Sorry, I got held up.

What are you doing here?

Delivering gossip and good will.

It seems we're both going to do
Brighton this year.

Perhaps you should come too.

Will it be fun?

It was last year.

We'll see if we can dig up

some Suez survivors for you.

Well, perhaps I will.

I'm off.

Let's meet.

You promised to tell me
all about Norfolk.

I'll call you.

Okay, we're ready now.

So how was Norfolk?

Did you get on with my mother?

I think she liked me.

Did she talk about me?

No.

We talked about history
and Siberian geese.

Egypt's
President Nasser

has made his grant.

He calls it nationalization.

It's not in chronological order.

There's an hour of stuff,

of which the director
has to choose four minutes.

What'll happen is that
I'll choose it for him.

In the debate
in the House on Suez,

the Prime Minister said,

"I truly think that we have
done everything in our power

to show our good will.

Colonel Nasser's
arbitrary action,

and reach of Egypt's solemn
undertakings reveals the nature

of the regime with which
we have to deal."

It was in the House of Commons

that the government's decision
was announced,

following Israel's advance
into Egypt.

Sir Anthony said--

Now does he look like
a man on speed?

...have called upon
Egypt and Israel

to stop all war-like action
forthwith,

and to withdraw
their military forces

to a distance of 10 miles
from the canal.

He also indicated
possible action to separate

the belligerents and
to guarantee freedom

of transit through the canal.

First, the scene
at a port in Cyprus,

with accent on
the French preparations

for seaborne landings in Egypt.

Always in readiness
for Anglo-French action

to restore order
in the Middle East.

Already,
highly successful attacks

on Egyptian airfields
had been carried out,

and now these ships and
troops awaited orders

to follow up
the airborne landings,

in the general plan
to separate the combatants

and secure the freedom
of the canal

to a width of 10 miles
on either side.

It's up to everyone here
in Britain to do everything

in our power to back up
all our forces

who are so coolly
and efficiently

carrying out their duties.

The damage caused
by that airborne assault

on the morning of November
the fifth was localized.

But a few blocks suffered badly
in the first hours.

...the canal and
to restore law and order

in the Middle East.

Why don't they make propaganda
films like that anymore?

[man over intercom]Is that all?

Yes, thanks.

Do you think
Mum has invited you back

for her sake or for mine?

I haven't really
given it much thought.

Well, you should.

Let's get on.

Yeah.

Charles, I didn't know
you were back.

Did you have a good holiday?

Not too bad, thanks.

How have you been?

I've been working hard
on that book

I was telling you about.

Are you coming to the meeting?

I don't think I can face it.

Come on,
you can keep me company.

How's Mary?

She's fine.

Well, actually--

- Excuse me.
- All right, sorry.

We're broken up.

It's all over.

Charles, that's terrible.

What happened?

Look, I'd rather you didn't
ask me questions.

I can't hack it.

Really gets at them,

and they won't admit it,
these types.

They said we put both sides.

Theirs and the government's,

multilateralists and
unilateralists,

hawks and doves.

As far as they're concerned,

there's only one side
to the question.

Nuclear weapons are bad,
full stop, end of discussion.

And anyone thinks
there's more to it than that,

they're, what is it?

They're...under cover of
an authoritative new service

propagating a military
definition of reality.

Still, with the party
conferences coming up,

there's bound to be
some action on that front.

And we'll be doing something
anyway.

Won't all be Falklands business.

James, is there something
for us in this?

If I can tie it up
with something else?

It's--it's all a bit cranky,
small scale stuff.

Vegetarians, hippies,
disturbed housewives.

It's a local radio story,
if that.

They're mad.

Well, just an idea.

Now I want to talk about
this radio car cockup yesterday.

It was
an emotional occasion.

Hundreds of small craft
led by six fire tugs

making fountains of water
formed an escort flotilla.

And four Wasp helicopters
flew past in salute.

In the city, the Financial Times
ordinary share index

was down 10 points
an hour ago, at 529.8.

BBC radio news.

My God, we made it.

Well done, Charles.

I knew you wouldn't let me down.

My God, that was close.

Whoo.

-

The second is, uh,
less pleasant.

A Pole is confronted by a German
and a Russian soldier.

Which should he shoot first?

The German first,
the Russian second.

Duty before pleasure.

I've heard that one at school.

Then you are
a well-educated young man.

Tom has been reciting

his English Kings and
Queens to me.

Me too.

Apparently the Cromwells
don't count.

Haven't you socialist
historians in the west

made Kings and Queens
out of date, do you suppose?

We keep trying.

I can tell you that
the history of the monarchy

is alive and well
in the national memory.

I shot a commercial,
a sort of vignette,

of Kings and Queens,
Henry the Eighth, Mary.

Elizabeth the First.

Elizabeth the First, and so on.

Had a fantastic response.

What were you advertising?

Oh, some new lager.

Oh, I am pleased to hear

that there is at least
some national memory.

I agree with Ann that
the British forget too quickly.

Here, you have [indistinct],

and yet no monuments to those

who struggled to win them
for you.

Now, that is why I think
there is hope for the Poles.

Whoever occupies their country,

they remember their dates and
they keep adding to them.

December 1981, 1978, '76, '70,
cut in 1940, 1920 and so on.

It's a subversive list.

Say it out loud
on the streets of Warsaw

and you might get arrested.

Good night, oh, no,
I'm very tired.

Don't turn out
the hall light

and don't close the door!

I won't, good night.

Night.

I haven't seen much of you.

Oh, it's a bit of a mad house.

For some reason,
a lot of my mother's friends

seem to specialize
in monologues.

Well, he's all right, professor.

Um, Susie--

Tom, bed!

- Go on.
-

Susie?

Um, will you come on a walk
with me tomorrow?

I might.

You might?

Susie, James,
are you up there?

Hello, Mummy.

Betty's made us some coffee.

You want some?

Yes, we do.

Well, we're in the library.

You might?

Yes, might.

Remember you're here
to talk to my mother.

Ah, Susan,
I'm interrogating Matthew.

I am asking him how
a director of advertisements

and a socialist get along
so well together.

How does the lion
lie down with the lamb?

By staying in town all week

and lying down
with several lambs.

Not so.

We meet halfway.

Ann has grown very fond
of her material comforts.

She even owns land
with a Keep Out sign

posted on the boundary.

I bought a wood
because a local farmer

was going to cut it down.

The signs were already there.

And you?

Oh, well, I earn
so much money at what I do

I can't even begin to defend it.

I used to shoot a whole line
about the value

and necessity of advertising.

You were more interesting then.

Now, I'm an agnostic,
and so is Ann.

If she'd only admit it.

Oh, come on, James.

Defend me from this tripe.

Well, there's no reason
why a socialist

shouldn't enjoy comfort.

Or own a wood,
or even be very rich.

The problem is making that
available to everyone.

-
- Rubbish. Absolute--

If everybody
is to have everything,

then you need to plan
very carefully.

You need to control the future.

This is the tragedy of Marxists.

The future
is not ours to control.

Nothing turns out as we plan.

Sorry, tired.

I don't have
the actual speeches now.

You'll have to chase them.

Right, I will, thanks.

And these are transcripts
of various radio broadcasts,

including Gate Skills ,
the one they tried to stop.

Excuse me, it's
a phone call for Mr. Penfield.

Take it in here?

-
- Thanks.

Hello?

How did you get this number?

I see. Um...

Look, I'm sorry about last week.

No, I'm--I'm up here
researching something.

Is she?

Well can't they give her
painkillers or something?

Right. Um...no, look, look.
I'm s--

I can't just
drop everything, it--

Yes, look, well, look,
I'll be there.

Tell her I'll be there,

the day after tomorrow
or something.

All right?

Okay, yes.

All right, bye.

It's a relative of mine.

She's not very well.

I'm sorry, what were you saying?

Jeremy phoned this morning.

Oh, what did he want?

He's making plans for Brighton.

He thought we could
all travel down together.

Well, that'll be fun.

In your car.

Why not?

Hello?

Anyone for a walk?

Tom isn't, I can tell you.

Well.

Don't you want to walk, Tom?

No.

Actually, I've been
once today already.

I think I'll stay here with him.

James and I have been indoors
all morning.

Well, he's very keen to go.

Susie.

See you when you get back.

Go?

Yes.

There was so much
hypocrisy, the reasoning.

The war had just ended.

And the language
was very much the same

as it had been
before the first reform act.

A small minority thought that
England really belonged to them.

They owned it.

They made it.

And the rest, the wage earners,
were foreigners,

outsiders,
intent on wrecking it all.

Didn't Evelyn Waugh say
that the country under Attlee

seemed to be under
enemy occupation?

Did he?

I left school and I went to work
for the Labor party.

My brother George
had just been killed in Greece,

and he'd been an active member.

I hero-worshiped him.

He was 25 years old.

I can understand why
people of your generation

want to write about that time.

They feel betrayed.

They want to know
what went wrong.

What went wrong?

Oh, many things.

Inertia,
Stalin and the Cold War.

Lack of nerve.

We took the seediest, most
inefficient fifth of the economy

into state care,
poured millions into it.

And then put
the same old duffers in charge.

A new broom
with very old bristles.

I don't like admitting it,
but I am happy.

Matthew's right, I like comfort.

I like being able
to do my own work,

and not having to teach.

I love my house and my garden.

And my wood.

And I'm very happy walking here
with you.

You have such a quiet,
strong sense of purpose.

Energy.

Think I can rely on you

to take the uncomfortable
stands in life.

I've done my bit.

No!

They only go one, two, three,
for the last time.

- Look, you there were, okay?
- Yeah.

One, two, three.

Yes, but this one,

this one can go diagonally
that way, can't it?

That can go by the square.

No, it can't.

It went on the starting
position, so that can go two.

Mm-hmm.

But otherwise it can only
go one forward...

I might give you a ring
when we get back to London.

Um, there's something
I wanted to talk to you about.

Can you let me have your number
before you leave?

Oh, sure.

Good.

Have you ever seen a television
commercial being made?

No.

You might find it
quite interesting.

James.

You can go

one, two, three, or...

Excuse me.

That's what I did.

You went one, two.

I wanted to show you.

It was taken
six months before he died.

It's for you, Mr. Fox.

All right.

All right, thank you, Betty.

Hello?

Oh, hi.

Yeah, yeah.

What's up?

James.

Hello?

Hold on.

It's that lady
from Norfolk again.

I'm not here.

Terribly sorry, he doesn't seem
to be here at the moment.

No.

Yes, if I see him I will.

Goodbye.

She's going to phone back.

Next time tell her
I've gone away.

Mm-hmm.

James giving some woman
the old heave-ho, hm?

Exactly that.

And cut.

Steve?

Not the best, Governor,
not the best.

All right,
we'll go again please.

- 2:30.
- Come on now, quickly!

One more!

Call it!

-

We want some more steam.

Last moment,
we want a lot more steam.

Frank, please give it to her
the other way

will you darling?

- David.
- Yeah, Frank.

All right, Steven.

All right.

One more please before lunch!

We've got about six minutes!

Right.

Oh, James, you made it.

I'm just gonna do one more take

and we'll break for lunch.

- Excuse me, please.
- Want some coffee?

I've got some tea.

Oh, you've got some tea?

Okay.

Right.

Here we go.

Come on boys.

Lots of smiles from
our warm, loving, happy family.

Quiet please!

Right, turn over.

- Rolling off you.
- Rolling!

And mark it.

Six, take 12,
guide track.

Run playback.

And cut.

Very good, well done.

And check the gates,
please, check the gates.

Break for lunch, please!

Just checking the gates.

We'll print that one.

Well done.

My darling, see you soon.

Right, James, come on.

Let's go before
the clients get hold of me.

All right?

Yeah.

Were you impressed?

Great clearage, everyone.

We might have
led the world once

into the Industrial Revolution,

but now we lead
with television commercials.

We're the best,
it's as simple as that.

Even the Americans
will admit it now.

The scripts, the acting,
the camera work.

Everything, we've got the lot.

Nearly all
the good directors here

have ambitions
to make serious films.

I mean, this, uh,
this food we're eating now.

What--what would you call that?

Ploughman's lunch.

Traditional English fare.

In fact, it's the invention
of an advertising campaign

we ran in the early '60s to
encourage people to eat in pubs.

You're kidding.

A completely successful
fabrication of the past.

Listen, James.

There's something else
I want to talk to you about.

I'm pretty broad-minded.

And I'd rather be frank
than have everybody...

misunderstand one another,
if you see what I mean.

Susie told me
that your visits to Norfolk

had, well, um, ulterior motives.

She said that?

Yes.

You weren't really interested
in Suez at all.

Incredibly enough,
you were interested in my wife.

Now listen--

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Let me go on before
you get the wrong idea.

Ann and I have kept to
our separate beds

for the last three years.

And I can't imagine
that Susie hasn't hinted

at the kind of life I lead
in London.

I'm not telling you
how to run your affairs.

I'm just saying, I don't mind.

I'm giving you permission.

Hello?

You don't know me.

My name's Edward Long.

I'm a friend of James Penfield.

He asked me to phone you.

I don't know
what any of this means,

but he said you'd understand.

Yes, that's right.

He said he's got to
go away for a while

and that he'll be
writing to you,

and please don't try
and contact him.

Hello?

God, that was terrible.

Don't ever ask me
another favor like that.

You were wonderful.

I'm very grateful.

She hung up.

Why couldn't you just
write to her?

I will.

Sooner or later.

Trouble is
I hate writing letters.

Now, where do you want to eat?

Still in love?

I'm not sure.

Susan!

- Hello, James.
- Hi.

Darling.

You look like an angel.

Where's your hat?

Oh no!

They won't let you in
without one.

Brighton, James.

-

-
- Don't point it at James!

Voila!

Cheers.

Here's to
the 99th Annual Conference

of the National Union
of Conservative

and Unionist Association.

To the 99th annual conference.

...the 99th annual conference

of the National Union

of Conservative and
Unionist Association.

Ah, the seaside.

Isn't it heavenly?

Gorgeous.

What have you got there?

I look naked without one.

What?

One of these.

Oh, yes, where's mine?

I want to look like you.

What about James?

Oh.

We'll see what we can do.

Promise?

Promise.

And there's a farmer
just standing there,

and he's buttoning up his flies.

And behind him you can see

all these thousands of sheep,

sort of nibbling away
peacefully.

-

And, um, and we lowered him
on the ground

and the sheep's sort of
looking up at him

with great big, soft eyes.

And we say, yes,
but when will I see you again?

Oh.

I think that's my niece there,
excuse me.

Shall we have a drink
or something?

Oh, excuse me. There's Nicky.

And then the theory goes,

you'll be back in favor
and in line for a real job.

Is that right?

Well, it's a theory.

Interesting.

Oh excuse me, there's Willie.

I want to see him, too.

We don't seem to get
much time to talk.

I know, I'm sorry.

[man over PA]Miss Susan Barrington.

Miss Susan Barrington.

-

General Sir James Penfield.

Services during
the Norfolk campaign.

-

Hello.

-

It was they
who rebuffed aggression.

- They who--
- I've managed to book

a table for us at Queens.

...a powerful blow
for democracy,

human rights, and
international order.

I believe this will prove
of wider significance

even than the event itself.

We were seen to be fighting
to defend principles,

which are fundamental
to free nations everywhere.

And our reputation
has been enhanced as a result.

Francis is in cracking form,
don't you think?

you may film me

all afternoon if you wish.

And he's promised
not to talk to the press.

It's because he desires you.

Women are always get the break
from these conferences.

It's true.

I was here last year
doing a piece, remember?

I was in the bar with all these

northern trade unionists
and their sponsored MPs.

They were all
incredibly fat and beer,

huge trousers and braces,
and so sweet.

They kept looking at my badge
which had Press written on it,

and saying, "Oh, can I?"

And then he was sick
on your dress?

No, no, he wasn't.

He just lowered himself
slowly onto a bar stool

and said, "Oh, don't feel bad.

I had six onion barges,
three pots of lard."

I gotta go.

See you at dinner.

"Six onion barges."

Great girl.

Did you shake the mother off?

Yes, finally.

Big mistake, I think.

You might have learned a lot.

Are you up to something?

Employing
left wing counselors

of neighboring councils.

-
- Left wing councils...

Left wing councils
employing Labor candidates

in the paid voluntary sector.

We now face a professional left,

financed at the rate-payer
and tax-payer's expense.

And just more money
is not a solution in itself.

As we have given more money
to the professional left--

This is
not going to be a speech

about the Falklands campaign,

though I would be proud
to make one.

- [protestors shouting]- But I want to say just this,

for it is true
for all our people.

The spirit of the South Atlantic

was the spirit of Britain
at her best.

Hear, hear!

It has been said that
we surprised the world.

That British patriotism
was rediscovered

in those spring days.

Mr. President,
it was never really lost.

But it would be no bad thing
if the feeling

that swept the country then,

were to continue to inspire us.

Well, if there was any doubt
about the determination

of the British people,

it was removed by the men and
women who, a few months ago,

brought a renewed sense of pride

and self-respect to our country.

They were
for the most part young.

Let all of us here, and
in the wider audience outside,

pause and reflect on what we,
who stayed at home,

owe to those who sailed
and fought,

and lived and died and won.

If this is
tomorrow's generation,

then Britain has little to fear
in the years to come.

You will tell the people
the truth,

and the people
will be our judge.

Shit!
I can't believe it!

You're fucking Susan!

Jeremy, shit,
you're meant to be my friend,

- for Christ's sake!
- I am.

You are a fucking liar!

You're a regular pervert.

This really is your idea
of a good time?

Susan and I
are very old friends, James.

Fuck off.

Well, you were obviously
getting nowhere with her.

I was waiting for the right
moment to tell you that.

Oh, God.

You even cooked
up that Norfolk trip.

Well, it might have worked.

Well, really,
I would have been delighted

for you if it had.

She wasn't interested.

Not my fault.

You're a piece of shit.

I've known Susan
for more than 15 years.

James, we're old allies.

-

James, I can't begin to tell you

how pleased we all are.

Congratulations,
and I really mean it.

Well, thanks very much.

It's everything we wanted.

Very good read.

Terrific piece of work.

Here's to you, and to Suez.

And to history.

The days of man
are but as grass.

For he flourisheth
as a flower of the field.

For as soon as the wind
goeth over it, it is gone.

And the place thereof
shall know it no more.

For as much as it has pleased
all mighty God

of His great mercy
to take onto Himself

the soul of our dear sister,
here departed.

We therefore commit her body
to the ground.

Earth to earth,
ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

In sure and certain hope
of the resurrection

to eternal life
through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who shall change our lowly body

that it may be like
unto His glorious body

according to
the mighty workings...