All language subtitles for The Newsreader s02e04 The Hungry Truth.eng

1998. Huh?

The year Australia is gonna chuck
itself a year-long birthday party.

What about
the Aboriginal perspective?

Come on. Helen, honestly?

We've got the team here
to cover all the bases.

EVELYN: She's lying to our faces.
I don't know what more I can do.

Call an ambulance!

Kay. Kay. Kay, it's Daddy.
Come on, darling.

My daughter.
I think she might have overdosed.

That trollop from the Sun,
Donna Gillies, the gossip woman.

She's got something going to print.
She wants a response.

DONNA: Is it true
that you were committed

to the Larundel
psychiatric facility?

A couple of years ago,
someone was keen

to sell a story to her about me.

My advice -
have something to offer her.

DALE: What if we offer her
an engagement?

Dale, there are some things that
I just would never want to trade.

WOMAN: Make it natural.
Feel your groove, yeah?

Feel each other. Yes!
MAN: Not literally.

DALE: I think I need you
to go over the moves again.

Yeah.
Just start with your feet.

Let's put aside an hour for that
later today.

ROB: Dani, do you start with
your right or your left?

Right.
Right. Always the right.

So, we begin
with landscape images.

We're flying over beaches,
ranges, over ranges.

Whirls of red dust in the outback.

Now we're fading up on each of you,
turning to the camera,

stars of the network.

And then when the tempo changes,

that's when we cut
to all of you moving together.

If you just want to watch
Danielle, OK?

So, we're just swaying side to side.

Keeping it simple, loose.

Mmm. And singing as well.

Boys on the male vocal,
Helen - female.

No, I'm not...I'm not gonna pretend
that that's my actual voice.

It's a group singalong, so it won't
read as your voice per se.

If she's not singing,
I'm not singing.

Well, I don't think this reflects
on us as journalists. It's a promo.

It's important that
the news team's foregrounded.

Foregrounded?
What does that even mean?

OK, let's bring it back
into the room.

Let's get some smiles on those faces

and get those feet
moving vaguely together.

Alright. Thank you.
If we just get...

You were just getting it.
It is looking...

Beautiful teamwork.
You three look fantastic as well.

OK, stand by!

Playback!

SONG: ..with a cheer

And...action!

For a birthday like no other

Right, more energy! National pride!

Two hundred years
Alright, here we go!

Big energy now!

In '88, the party's here

That's it!

Tune in to Australia's year
More energy! Come on!

Here we go! Take it up!

Let's raise the flag
Yes!

And sing the song

We'll celebrate all year long
Oh, celebrate!

We'll celebrate all year long

Here we go. Now, feel the love.
Feel it getting closer

Feel the growing sense of pride.
Yes. Yes, yes.

Hold that feeling. Hold it.

(SILENCE)

Keep holding it.

Cutting there.

Fantastic. Well done.

Well done, everyone. Thank you.
I have to go again.

Can we have one...
one more go, maybe?

WOMAN: She's done so well
with the physical recovery.

We just...we now need
to understand why.

Why Kay had those moments
of refraction

into addiction and...overdose.

KAY: Mum.

She's talking to you.

Oh.

I was just saying, we understand
it's not always possible, but...

..we find it's much better
to involve the whole family.

Oh, of course.

And Geoff would absolutely be here,

but he was called interstate
for work.

Might it be possible
to conduct these sessions

a little later in the evening?

She wants the cover of darkness. She
doesn't want anyone to see him here.

Mrs Walters, I can assure you we
take confidentiality very seriously.

We've had several high-profile
people on these grounds.

Really?

Well, who?
It's confidential, Mum.

Oh. Yeah, of course. Sorry.

Uh...well, thank you.
I'll put that to Geoff.

She's lying.

She'll never tell him.

Darling.

I might have made a lot of mistakes,
but I've never lied to you.

Not once.

(PAN SIZZLES)

Hello to viewers across the nation.
I'm Geoff Walters.

Welcome to our live coverage
from Western Australia

as this historic re-enactment
of the First Fleet...

Can we change the channel?
Well, no-one else is going live.

Now, this journey began
seven months ago,

when these majestic ships departed
Portsmouth in the United Kingdom,

tracing our 18th-century ancestors.

And finally, today,
our helicopter's in the sky.

You can hear it now above you.
(HELICOPTER WHIRRS)

Let's see the fleet
as it draws close to Australia.

What a glorious sight indeed.
('GOD SAVE THE QUEEN' PLAYS)

One can only imagine
the sheer spectacle

as this re-enactment
finally reaches Sydney Harbour

on our 200th birthday,

watched by all of Australia

and welcomed by
Their Royal Highnesses

Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

We are a young nation. A humble one.

A nation that typically shies away
from grand gestures.

But as we reflect on the journey
from 1788 to today,

it's hard not to feel a sense of
pride, a sense of sincere glory...

PAUL: Oi!
Excuse me. How dare you?

Helen.

I am Lynus Elroy Preston of the
Wanggumara, Yorta Yorta ancestry.

This is an unlawful trespass.

You have no legal claim
over any of our lands or waters.

This is illegal occupat...

You cannot scribe your lies
into truth!

(SHOUTING)
Australia is not a nation!

It's a crime scene!

There is an ugly truth
in this country!

Back off, OK? Back off.

Your hands are soaked in blood!

Well, are they ever gonna cut back?

GEOFF: "Rowdy protesters briefly
interrupted a live telecast."

That's it? One line?

There's a bit more in this one.

Ah.

"A small group of protesters
disrupted live broadcasts."

That wasn't a disruption,
it was a bloody assault!

Honestly, darling,
it didn't seem that dramatic

because you handled it
with such professionalism.

Also no mention of that.

Darling, I'm worried
that Kay's starting to think

that I'm keeping you from her.

I've visited her several times.
I know.

But now they want to conduct
these counselling sessions.

They're of the belief
that the family should play a role

in someone's recovery.

Well, I know, I know.

But we did insist on her
committing to this facility.

We can't very well refuse...

Nothing at all in the Australian.
..the prescribed program.

It's like it never happened.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(NEWS THEME MUSIC)

Good evening.

Well, I was hoping tonight
I'd be recounting

a weekend of glorious
national celebration.

Instead, we learned
there are those among us

determined to interrupt
our bicentennial commemorations,

convinced that
Australians should feel shame

over the actions of our distant
ancestors some two centuries ago.

Saturday's protest was led
by a half-Irish radio disc jockey

who claims he's the voice
of Aboriginal Australia.

Well, I have many strong links
to genuine Aboriginal leaders,

and they agree with me.

It's time to move forward
as a nation.

History is history,

and dragging us back to the past

does nothing to help
the Aborigines of Australia.

At least, not the real ones.

(TAPE PLAYS)
LYNUS: I am Lynus Elroy Preston

of the Wanggumara,
Yorta Yorta ancestry.

This is an unlawful trespass.

You have no legal claim
over any of our lands or waters...

So, his name's Lynus Preston.

He's not so much a DJ
but a community radio announcer.

He's an academic and an activist.

It looks like a whole lot of
thrashing and yelling. To me.

Well, the yelling is actually
quite a detailed speech.

She read a transcript of it
on the radio.

"You cannot celebrate away
the acts of genocide and war

"inflicted upon
the true owners of this land

"over 200 years of illegal..."

DENNIS: Yeah, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

Look, Helen, I don't know
where you're going with this,

so I'm gonna give you
the benefit of the doubt

and assume that you're not
gonna be so stupid

as to suggest an interview.

Oh, really? Oh...

Geoff Walters spent four minutes
on national television

calling him a sham.

I want to see how he responds.

Bringing this guy in
for an interview

is like asking Gaddafi to come in
and have a chat about weapons!

Our promo says we are gonna cover
every angle of the bicentennial.

Not EVERY angle, Dale!
Not EVERY angle, OK?

We're going to do the...the pretty
ships. We'll do Princess Di.

We'll do concerts!
We'll do Princess Di.

Oh, and if you want
some variety - Charles.

And Geoff has a point.
It's been 200 years.

At some stage...
gotta get over it, hey?

I think Lynus would probably have

a few things to say
about that statement.

That statement?
Mm-hm.

What are you saying? I'm a racist?

(SCOFFS) I'm the least racist person
in this place.

Half my footy team are blackfellas.

Blackfellas.
Yeah.

Look, we all know
what he's gonna say, OK?

So, what's the follow-up
with the fleet?

When are they leaving Fremantle?

Why don't we say to Lindsay,

"We'll give you four minutes of Di
for a minute and a half of Lynus"?

I'd like two.

This is what he's going
to say, right?

He's gonna yell at YOU,
he's gonna turf YOU,

and he's gonna find a way
to blame me.

Let me give it a go.
Oh. Oh, wow!

The moment has finally come

when Dale Jennings
has overestimated himself!

I never thought this would happen.
LINDSAY: Yep?!

I am so excited to see this.

Dale! What do you want?

By '74, there were three of them
on the team.

Actually, four. Barry Kayton.

He was unreal. Full-back.

They were just like the rest of us.

We ate together, showered together,

went to the pub together
after every game.

Rob, stop.
St...?

Lindsay would like four minutes
of, uh, Princess Diana.

Four minutes?
What about Lynus?

(DENNIS LAUGHS)

Dale! Congratulations, mate!

Like, what a great outcome.
I did not see that coming.

LINDSAY: Dennis! In here!

Realistically, is there
four minutes of story?

There hasn't been much Diana footage
coming through lately.

You know what? She is just clearly
a really depressed woman

who hates every choice
that she's ever made in her life.

Maybe that's your story.

LINDSAY: Just do...
pregnancy speculation!

This is the last full story
we ran on Di.

Prince Harry's first day at school,
all the way back in September.

I couldn't figure out
why there'd been such a drought,

so I started combing through
the print clippings,

and basically, Charles went
to Balmoral Castle for the summer

and Diana stayed in London.

Which is not unusual.
Mm-hm.

But now it's December
and Charles is still there

and she's still in London.

They've been living apart
for months.

MURRAY: Maybe they prefer
getting saucy on the phone.

Well, some couples are into that.

Their body language is dire.
Mm-hm.

Have any other outlets
verified where they are?

No. And they've cancelled their
last five official engagements.

I think if you put it all together,

there's only one conclusion
you can draw.

The royal couple have separated.

They just haven't announced it yet.

(LAUGHS) They haven't separated!

You should see ME dropping the kids
off at school. I'm barely human.

Forget the four minutes.
We're gonna need six.

Because I have an exclusive

that reveals a fracture
in the royal family

that's gonna threaten
the whole bicentennial tour.

Oh, what have you got?

Well, that's what the whole country
will be wondering

why you promote the hell out of it
for 24 hours.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
but you have got something?

Yeah. Yeah. And we're gonna
cover it in...in detail.

If...

If you give us two minutes
with Lynus Preston.

Oh, fuck me, Dale! You too?
What is it with you people?

Two minutes with Lynus
for six minutes of Di.

Mate, do you want me
to show you the ratings

for the night Helen made us
do land rights?

It's filed under N
for 'never fucking again'!

Lindsay, you know if you promote
the hell out of this story,

you'll get the biggest numbers
of the year.

Alright.

HELEN: Hey, Dale, do you want to go
and grab some lunch or...

I just got you two minutes
with Lynus.

Beg your pardon?
Two minutes with Lynus.

Does Lindsay know?
Yeah.

Yes, he does. And he hates it.

But I've got a killer Diana story.

Do I have to cover Diana?
No, that's just me and Noelene.

Oh, my God. Thank you so much.

Oh! Can we do the lunch thing later?

Yeah. I'll give you
as much lead time as I can.

OK. Thank you!

It didn't matter who was black and
who was white. We were a footy team.

You know, we'd...hang out together.

(LAUGHS) Some of those boys
were just... Oh!

My mate, um...Deano,
he was like a brother to me.

I'd even go to the mish
every now and then.

Just...special occasion things, you
know, like funerals and whatnot.

Rob, you don't have a racist bone
in your body.

Oh, thank you, Jen. Thank you.

I mean, I would have thought
it was...it was pretty obvious.

I've never known you
to catch up with a Deano.

What?

You catch up with all your old
footy mates, but never Deano.

Well, we all shot off
in different directions after footy,

but we were close.

I've never known you to catch up
with any Aboriginal player.

Sorry, is this 'cause of
what Helen said?

Deano was my mate,
but he lives out in Gunbower.

He...works on a farm.
A farm?

Yeah. What's wrong with that?

He works on a farm?

And you're on television
every night?

He's a labourer. He's a country boy.
He's good with his hands.

He didn't want to work on the telly.
Neither did you.

(CHUCKLES) Noelene, I just don't
think you're understanding me.

You know Diana?

I mean, she was 19 -
she was only 19 -

when she actually met Charles.

Really?
Yeah.

I mean, far out. I made some
horrible choices when I was 19.

(SNORTS)
(CHUCKLES) I did.

And he was in his 30s, too.
Like, it's a big gap.

Do you remember when
she collapsed last year?

That footage?
No. No.

She collapsed, and then
she's being led off by these...

..by these two bodyguards,

and...and Charles is just...
he's just walking behind her,

like he, um...like he was annoyed
by her or something.

Sounds awful.
Yeah. I don't like him.

I don't think she likes him either!
(LAUGHS)

I think she's fucked.
I think she needed a Dale.

Oh, that's my royal commentary,
anyway. I'm gonna have a shower.

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello. Jennings residence.

DALE: Oh, hi. It's me.

Hello, me.
Hi.

Do you know where
Gran's engagement ring is?

I know exactly where it is, darling.
Are you...?

Would you be able to bring it to me?
I could drive down tomorrow.

Uh, when?

I can come first thing.
You tell me when's too early.

Yeah, the morning's good.

OK, I've got to go.
Thanks, Mum. Bye.

In the evening,
we'd stroll down by the river

And as the golden moon
shines brightly up above...

WOMAN: You right there, bub?

Hello. Um, I'm Helen Norville
from News At Six.

I called several times yesterday
hoping to speak with Lynus Preston.

He's on air at the moment.

I'm his Auntie Tiny.
Come on, I'll introduce you.

Oh, I don't want to intrude
if he's on air.

He'll be fine.

LYNUS: That was
the black Elvis himself,

Uncle Roger Knox,
singing Koori Roads.

And that takes us to our last
half-hour of love song dedication,

so, all you mob out there,
you know what to do.

Dial on in if you're a sister

that wants to let that fine brother
know how neat he is,

or if you're a brother
that's too shy

to approach that
beautiful black queen.

Just give me a call, my bred, and
I'll help you unlock that groove.

Speaking of groove, how about
a splash of bright lights

for the beautiful
disco queen herself?

Beautiful black queen Marcia Hines

with Your Love Still
Brings Me To My Knees.

Here we go, you mob.
Don't hurt yourself, now.

(SONG FADES IN)

Speaking of divas,
Miss Helen Norville.

I believe I've been
dodging your calls.

Uh, yes, you have indeed.

I don't want to take up
too much of your time,

but I wanted to speak with you
about an opportunity...

Miss Norville. Miss Norville.
..to potentially...

We have a rule here.

Never interrupt Marcia.

Whoo! Ooh!

It's a good song. You know the song?
I do. Mm-hm.

Here. I'll turn it up for you.

Come on, Miss Norville.
I know you can move it.

Um, I'm...
Come on.

First, it's in the shoulders.

The shoulders,
and then move them hips.

That's it. That's it! That's it!

Whoo!
This flame that burns within

My heart will never die...

Whoo!

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS)

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Hey.

Is she here?
No. OK.

You might need to get it resized.

Your gran was...well, you know...
quite an ample woman.

Yeah, we can do that after.

Do you have a plan?

Yeah. I'm gonna do it here.

I've got the chef at Mietta's
to prepare us a special meal

and I've got four bouquets
of flowers coming.

So, Helen will just...
she'll come home,

she'll think it's an ordinary night,

and then she'll walk into a sea
of flowers and fairy lights.

Tonight?

Yeah.

And you're sure?

Yeah.

Yeah, of course.

Sorry. I just...

I just wasn't sure
this was gonna happen.

(CHUCKLES) Mum.

(CHUCKLES)

So, I...I'm assuming you know
that Geoff Walters railed against you

for an entire segment
on Monday night?

He completely misrepresented
what you were trying to say.

He even questioned your heritage,
your Aboriginality.

What happens when
you add milk to tea?

Sorry?
It's still tea, isn't it?

Listen, I read what you were
going to say on that broadcast,

and it was passionate and forthright
and urgent, and you were cut off.

Yeah.

I'd like to give you
a dedicated interview.

With me, tonight, on News At Six.

We have a huge audience.
It's mainly middle Australian.

You'd have the opportunity
to respond to Geoff.

And you'd also be able to get
your message out to the viewers,

challenging them to...
to meet you halfway.

Why halfway?

We could record it here.
In your studio.

I could have a crew here
in 40 minutes.

Just got to go to another meeting.
Now, actually.

You can come if you want.

The protest in Fremantle
when the fleet arrived?

Nah, that was just the beginning.

There's a march being organised
for Invasion Day up in Sydney.

Now, that - that's gonna be
a proper blackout.

Biggest corroboree
we've ever seen in our lifetime.

Oh, I should have told you.

You're not the only one here
that finds me, uh...

..urgent, was it?

There's this French fella here
shooting a documentary about me.

Says he's "award-winning". (LAUGHS)

Gabriel. This is Miss Norville.

Uh, Julian and Tim.

Hi. Helen.

You two know each other?
Uh, Tim...

We both worked...
..used to work at News At Six.

Right.

Well, Helen here
is trying to convince me

that prime-time news is ready
for a troublemaker like me.

Well, if you'll excuse me,
my beautiful Caucasian people.

Let's get set up, s'il vous plait.

You ain't going to hear anything
from back here. Come on, bub.

We're gonna go to Hyde Park,
ain't we?

Well, a few of the mob

are still talking about
stopping at Hyde Park, Uncle,

but we all still hold the view
that we think it's important

to carry on the march all the way
to Lady Macquarie's Chair, yeah?

What? Chair?
The harbour.

Yeah, they've set up
a tent embassy there.

They'll be waiting for us.

You know? That's what we spoke about
in our last meeting.

Yeah, well, I wasn't
at the last meeting.

But I'm here now.

And I think it's important that
we all stick together in Hyde Park.

All the clan groups united. One mob.

Yeah, but there's no historical
relevance in Hyde Park, Uncle.

Look, the point of invasion
happened at the harbour, yeah?

That's where the battle lines are.
"Battle lines"?

You need to play the white man
at the white man's game.

You know, if we're there screaming
and shouting and carrying on,

they ain't gonna see us.

They ain't gonna hear us.

The world's just gonna see a...
mob of angry blackfellas.

With all due respect, Uncle,
I want the world to see our anger.

I want them to see our pain,
you know? Our humanity.

You know, in fact, I demand it.

I'm done waiting for a chair
at the table of democracy.

You know, how many times
have we died

waiting for that to happen, Uncle?

(OTHERS AGREE)

HELEN: Thank you. Thank you so much
for letting me see that.

And...and it's...it's that passion

that I'd really
kind of like to capture.

And I'm just wondering if maybe...
maybe I could call the crew

and we could...we could even
start shooting here now.

Uh, I've got to go to lunch
with my cousins.

Lunch with your cousins?
Mmm. It's a fortnightly thing we do.

I can't be the one
to break tradition.

Hey, you like yum cha, though?

Lynus, our bulletin's at six o'clock.

If I want to shoot that story,
edit it and get it on today...

Yum cha, cha-cha-cha!
Hey!

It's the yum cha dance.
Seriously, I'm not gonna be...

Proper ceremonial dance, this one.
There's not enough time to do...

Yum cha...
Come on, Helen.

They've got the deadliest
spring rolls. Come on.

Yum cha, cha-cha-cha.

Here, wait up, Auntie! I'm hungry!

Yep, he did the same thing to us.

It's a test.
You probably got that.

Oh, and as for Gabriel,

they think he's the next
big thing in docos.

Not that you're not great.

I just...
Look, if I'm honest, I just...

I don't see Lynus agreeing
to the News At Six.

DALE: Hmm.

This one mentions a reconciliation
meeting set up by the Queen.

I've read that a few times,

and I can't find any actual
evidence to support it.

(PHONE RINGS)

Dale Jennings.

Hey, Dale, um, listen,
can you make sure

that Dennis holds the slot
for the Lynus story?

Where are you?
Uh, I'm at a yum cha restaurant.

But have you shot it yet?
No, I haven't.

Listen...

Dale, Tim is here. Tim Ahern.

He's...he's working for some French
guy doing a documentary on Lynus.

Huh.

Did you know that
he'd moved into doco?

No.

OK, can you just make sure
that they hold the story?

OK.
Thanks.

Kay, how are you feeling now?

I just...

I feel like a failure.

I felt like everything that I do
is insignificant...

..and you're both ashamed of me.

Since when?

Since school.

Are there more specific moments
or feelings you could mention?

Um...

Parent-teacher nights.

And can you describe why
those nights were difficult?

Well, Dad, you, um...

..you never showed. Ever.

Of course not.

Well, your father was
a nightly newsreader.

He was working to support us.

And, Mum, you would go on
for days after

about how embarrassing it was

if the teachers mentioned
a single problem.

I mean, you'd have to concede,
it was rarely a single problem.

I mean, the things I heard
in those meetings.

Truancy. Language.

Congratulations were
hardly in order.

Huh! Parent-teacher night!

I hardly saw my father at all.

He worked so hard,

he was too tired to hold
his morning coffee to drink it.

But I knew that he did that
for my benefit.

I think what Kay might be describing

is a sense of expectation,
disappointment...

I was never disappointed in Kay.

How could I be?

Every time we spoke,
she went on and on

about how wonderful everything was.

Work. Boyfriends.

Of course, I now know
it was all lies.

Well, I learned to lie.

I knew you both had no interest
in hearing the truth.

Honestly!

It's a disease of the modern world,
people casting themselves as victims.

The fact is,
we gave you the childhood

most people could never dream of.

And for you to sit here and attempt
to blame your mother and I...

I'm sorry.
..for your own drug addiction...

I can't do this.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(ALL CHATTER)
LYNUS: Here, how much?

Here. Please, let me...let me.

No, no, no, no, it's fine.
We got it. It's fine.

You come to my country, my land,
I'll show you traditional custom.

Yum cha!
(LAUGHTER)

Lynus, if you want to be
on the news...

(SILENCE)

If you want to be
on the news tonight,

we're gonna have to shoot
within the next hour.

What about tomorrow arvo?
No, I'm sorry.

It's...it's got to be today.

Thing is, I've got to drop
these takeaways to my nephews.

(LAUGHTER)

Alright. (CLEARS THROAT)

Thank you.

Helen!

Don't, Auntie.

(LAUGHTER)

Helen?

Helen.

Hey, just wait.
(SCOFFS) You know what?

I HAVE waited.

I have waited for hours.

I am trying to give you
an opportunity

to get your message out
to a huge audience,

and all you have done
is wasted my time.

Well, why does it have to be
on your time?

How many do you actually think
are gonna watch that documentary?

A thousand, maybe, if you're lucky?

I'm sure you've never watched
News At Six, but it's...

Oh, no, actually, I have.

Let me tell you something.
No-one else cares.

No magazines. No other networks.

I don't see anyone else standing here
offering you this opportunity.

And frankly, Lynus,
now I can see why.

Great. That went well.
Yeah.

Good script, Noelene.
Thanks.

I think we could put in some more
colloquial terms, you know?

Like, more Aussie,
blokey terms, like...

I'll ask Rob.
Hi.

GERRY: Oh, you've heard
I'm joining you tonight?

Well, just at the end,
to introduce the promo, but yeah.

Oh, don't diminish it, Dale.

I've told everyone
it's my newsreading debut.

Did you draft this script?

I did.

Oh. Well, you've done
an admirable job.

But I might adlib a little.

Uh, what?

Dale, it's not adlibbing
if I tell you.

Er, n-no, what?

I don't know,
maybe something like...

.."Some people have issues
with birthdays, but not me.

"A year-long national birthday
is...right up my alley."

You've been looking for an excuse
to drink champagne 365 days straight.

(NOELENE LAUGHS)

That's actually pretty good, Dale.

Don't write it down!

Write that down.

It's funny, Dale.

LINDSAY: Dale! Dale Jennings!

I have just spent half an hour
getting my ears bent sideways

by a cretin called Harold somebody

who used to be a royal correspondent
we used in the '70s.

He's seen our
Charles and Diana promo.

He's guaranteeing me

they're gonna get News At Six
barred from the royal tour.

Is that possible?
I gotta tell you,

if Charles and Diana are doling out
Australian television interviews

and we're blacklisted,
we are royally fucked!

They rarely do interviews and don't
have any planned for this trip.

I don't mean to be rude here,
Noelene, but are you sure?!

Well, I say let's...get him
on the desk, argue it out live.

Right, mate, just watch yourself.
This bloke's beyond camp.

He's like...Liberace
in a Christmas cake.

He acted like
I just shat on his religion.

Do we have his number?
Yes, yes. Ask Jean.

Great. Great.

ANNOUNCER: Tonight at six,
the royal marriage in turmoil.

Beyond the gossip,
beyond the rumours -

tonight, Dale Jennings
presents exclusive evidence

of the fractured union
of Charles and Diana.

A royal marriage in crisis,

a bicentennial tour in question,

and a princess adrift.

Tonight, only on News At Six.
(PHONE RINGS)

Helen Norville.

CHARLIE: Now, that's
what I call a promo.

What's this...
"exclusive evidence" you have?

Nothing. I mean, it's just that.

Charles and Diana have been
living separately for a bit.

Just more Lindsay faff. God, I can't
believe he's still in the job.

Sorry to say, tonight's ratings
are going to be huge, Helen.

Could buy Lindsay another year.
Hmm.

Helen, if it's royal stories
that bother you,

maybe it's not Lindsay
who needs to move on.

Well, I would,
I mean, I fucking would

if any other network would have me.

What? They'd snap you up.
Why wouldn't they?

You are immensely valuable.

News At Six is lucky to have you
and they got you for a song.

You'd get double
at any other network.

Look, I probably shouldn't
be telling you this,

but, um...I was on the brink
of giving Lindsay the arse

before I got the arse.

Really?

And you're not the only News At Six
staff member who wants him gone.

Well, who?

Oh, that's not the point. Helen...
Rob?

Helen, I can't talk
about it, alright?

Dennis?

(SIGHS)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)

There's a Lynus Preston
here to see you.

I gotta go.

Audience of millions, you reckon?

Lynus, you've left it so late

that there's probably not even
enough time to edit it.

No cuts sound good to me.

After you, Miss Norville.

You have to mix a few shades
together to get my complexion.

Oh...
I'm just joking.

Oh. (LAUGHS AWKWARDLY)

Um, yep. Yeah.

You good?
Mmm.

OK.

Lynus Preston,

last weekend, you interrupted
a national broadcast

during the re-enactment
of the First Fleet.

You were arrested
and may face court.

What were you trying to say?

Australia was invaded,
not colonised.

You know, this is
an illegal occupation.

You broke your own law

and your precious King George III
stated very clearly

that in order to claim land...
(CHUCKLES)

..it has to be unowned.

And Captain Cook knew
that there were owners

that had a recognised law.

I don't think that very many people
would deny that history.

But...it was 200 years ago.

Yeah, but that illegal act
is being upheld to this day.

And not just upheld,
but is being celebrated - by you.

You know, you present these
pretty ships as a celebration,

but really,
they're just a re-enactment

of rape, murder
and brutal savagery...

OK. Can you just pause for a second?

Um...

You're just delivering a diatribe.

People are just gonna switch off.

What, you'd rather
I put on a little show?

I've watched you, Lynus, and you do
know how to connect to people.

So, maybe just try putting a little
bit more of yourself into it.

(SIGHS)

Talk about...

..how you feel.

Yeah?
Yeah.

OK. You good?

Good?
Mm-hm.

Lynus, it's been argued

that you have both Aboriginal
heritage and Anglo-Saxon.

So...

..why claim only the Aboriginal side?

Well, but I don't.

You know, let me tell you,
I may be part Irish,

but I haven't been a guest of honour
at any St Paddy's Day,

and I love myself a Guinness.

(CHUCKLES)

When people look at you,
they...they...

..they see a confident DJ.

So, some might wonder...

..how can you really be feeling
the pain of two centuries ago?

You know, my eldest brother
passed away two months ago.

He was 55 years old.
And that's young, you know?

And my brother before that,
he died at 49.

And now I'm the only brother left,
and I'm 33 years old.

You know, when people
were talking about

the life expectancy of our mob,

my eldest brother would say,
these whitefellas,

they think we die because of
disease and chronic illness,

alcoholism, drugs, violence,
suicide, you name it,

but none of that,
none of that matters.

It's all bullshit.

Because our mob dies
from a broken heart.

And every time we bury one of our
loved ones way before their time,

we are constantly reminded

about everything
our people have gone through.

And until we're ready
to tell that story

and speak that truth
in this country,

our mob will continue to die
way before their time.

And I'm tired of burying my family.

NADIA: Recovery's never
a straight line.

It's rare that residents don't have
at least one relapse.

You suspect she's actually relapsed?

No. Not necessarily.

We didn't get any explanation.
They just found her room empty.

Oh, the amount of money we've paid!

I know. It's very upsetting.

Addiction is a terrible illness.

Oh, for goodness' sake.
Is it an illness? Or is it a choice?

You could at least be consistent!

Er, Mrs Walters,
I've been here many times,

and there's one thing
that gives me confidence

for a resident and their family,

and that's if someone continues
to show up for them.

(GROANS) Goodbye.

(LAUGHS)

Now, Gerry, you famously enjoy...

..enjoy...

Huh...mmmm-urrrr...

So, Gerry, you famously enjoy
a birthday... Arrgh!

Uh... Uh-huh...

So, Gerry... (LAUGHS)

Huh! Hoo! Hoo!

Any excuse to drink champagne
365 days a y...

Huuuuh!

Any excuse to drink cham...
Any excuse. Excuse.

Uhh-uhh! (CLEARS THROAT)

Any excuse to drink champagne
365 days a year. (LAUGHS)

CHERYL: Dale.

There you are. Come on.

Oh.

Need anything?

Uh, nope.
OK.

Tonight, the fractured royal
marriage - an explosive report

on the troubled union of
Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

We speak to one of
the bicentennial protest leaders

who tells us why
he refuses to celebrate.

And we're joined by a special guest

for the world premiere
of our 1988 network promo.

I'm Dale Jennings.
And I'm Helen Norville.

Welcome to News At Six.

As Prince Charles
and Princess Diana's

bicentennial tour approaches...

How'd it go?
..evidence is emerging...

She knows what she's doing.

..suggesting the royal marriage
is in grave trouble.

A string of cancellations
and absences

has royal-watchers speculating

that the couple may have
already separated.

Dale Jennings filed this report.

For most of this decade,
the Prince and Princess of Wales

have appeared to be living
a fairytale...

Howard Page. Royal correspondent.

I'm sorry, but if I am expected
to respond to this, I...

90 seconds!

Hello. I'm Helen.

Hi. Nice to meet you. Welcome.

In November, Diana was
conspicuously absent

from the wedding of
Lady Amanda Knatchbull,

an event attended by...

Noelene! Go down to Murray's
with Dennis now!

European footage just landed.
Follow me.

Uh, of what?

Of Charles and Di in Berlin
looking like happy families.

Now, Lindsay wants two minutes
after the break.

Has something being dropped?
Yes.

When you write the intro,
make sure you give it to Dale -

not Helen, Dale -
at the last minute!

Go, go, go, go, go!

30 seconds.

And also, there's gonna be
a change after the break.

What?
Hmm? What do you mean?

I don't know. Er, breaking news?

Noelene's going to bring
new scripts down to the studio.

What are you doing?
Can you find out what the story is?

I'm calling Lindsay.
I want to know what it is.

(PHONE RINGS)

No, Jean. No.

10 seconds!

Do you know what the story is?
Like, what's the...

And in five. Four.

Can you tell us what the story is?
You could find out.

Well, long-time royal-watcher
Harold Page

has tracked Charles and Diana's
union for years,

from courtship to marriage,

through the births
of the two princes.

Harold, is the royal marriage over?

Absolutely not.

That is absurd and offensive

and there's not
one whit of truth in it.

Well, how do you explain the months
the royal couple have spent apart?

Princess Diana is,
as we all know, a city girl.

Charles recognises that in his wife
and respects it.

And that is the key to the absolute
strength of the royal marriage.

Now that the two children
are at school,

the princess is enjoying discos,
musicals, parties.

The prince, of course, has...
(CHUCKLES)

..been there, done that...

Oh, so you admit
there is incompatibility?

Not at all.

Well, many people can see the rift.
It's obvious in their body language.

Well, they must be seeing something
very different to what I'm seeing.

You need a typist?
No, it's faster if I do it.

When we first met Diana
six years ago,

she was, to be blunt,
rather frumpy and shy.

Now, thanks to the love
of the prince,

she has blossomed before our eyes.

What you in the media forget

is that behind the titles
of prince and princess

are two human beings

building a successful marriage
under enormous pressure,

and they do that
not just for themselves

but for all of us, their subjects,

because they are raising
our future king.

Running this sort of
baseless gutter journalism,

I consider to be nothing less
than an attack on the monarchy,

and by extension,
an attack on all of us,

the loyal citizens
of the Commonwealth.

Well, Mr Page, that's all
we have time for, I'm afraid.

We'll be back right after the break.

And we're out.

It's just more Charles and Di stuff
that appeared in Germany.

Well, then what have they cut?

I haven't heard
they're dropping anything.

(PHONE RINGS)
No!

They're asking for you
down on the floor.

No, I'm gonna knock off early.

HELEN: Why isn't anyone answering?

Jean isn't, Noelene isn't.
FRANK: I'm not sure.

Are they taking calls
from the control booth?

That's all the information I've got.

Well, you can't add
two minutes of footage...

Helen, I don't know.
What are they dropping, Noelene?

Charles and Diana are in Germany.
No.

There's lots of footage of them
looking devoted to each other.

What have they cut?!
I don't know.

Not what are they adding!
I've just been writing the intro!

Are they dropping Lynus?!
I don't know.

And we are back!
Great!

In five! Four!

In news just to hand,
after weeks of cancelled appearances,

it appears the Prince and Princess
of Wales have finally re-emerged...

Goodnight, Jean.
..commencing a world tour of Germany.

Goodnight.

Their Royal Highnesses appeared
warm, affectionate and relaxed,

raising hopes that their bicentennial
tour will proceed as planned.

Our European correspondent has more.

How much longer?

Uh, there's still, like,
sport and weather and...

They're done 6:30.

REPORTER: ..for a week-long tour
of the country.

FRANK: 20 seconds!

(WHISPERS) Hi. How are you?

Helen.

You've got the interview.
We will find another spot for it.

Dale, we both know that
that is absolute bullshit.

And in five!

I'm sorry.
Four!

I'm gonna get a drink.

Well, returning once again...
Hang on.

..to our nation's
bicentennial celebration,

the News At Six team have recently
joined the entire network family

to participate in
a very special promo.

Australia's Year is
a specially composed 1988 anthem,

and joining the chorus is
our favourite adopted Australian,

Mr Gerry Carroll.

Now, Gerry, you love a birthday,
don't you?

Well, Dale, I'm the kind of person

who likes to celebrate
a birth MONTH, not a birthday.

So the prospect of
a year-long national birthday,

it's music to my ears.

Any excuse to drink champagne
365 days straight. (LAUGHS)

Well, I'm already celebrating, so
I'm aiming for, I don't know, 400?

Too good.

We'll be back with sport.

But right now, let's enjoy the world
premiere of Australia's Year.

MAN: Can you feel it
getting closer?

Feel the growing sense of pride?

From the outback to the cities

And through the countryside

WOMAN: Can you hear it,
the excitement?

Hear the music and the cheer

For a birthday like no other

Two hundred years

In '88
The party's here

Tune into
Australia's year

Let's raise the flag
And sing the song

We'll celebrate all year long

We'll celebrate
all year long

Can you feel it getting closer?

Feel the growing sense of pride.

It's pretty catchy!

FRANK: And we're out!

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello?

Lynus, it's Helen Norville.

Did you watch?

Oh, I enjoyed it.

You know, the first half telling me
that the royal marriage is over,

and then right at the last minute,
everything's fine.

I'm sorry.

Miss Norville, we've been
fighting for 200 years.

And lucky for your mob,
we're a very patient people.

Now, if you'll excuse me,
I've got a march to organise.

DALE: Uh...

(CLEARS THROAT)

Wait. Helen, I just want you
to wait just a second...

You know, Dale, when you struck
that deal with Lindsay,

did he just say, "Tell her whatever
you like, but just shut her up,

"and then we can do whatever we want
in the end anyway"?

No, no. It didn't...

You know, you did not seem
even remotely surprised.

When?
When he pulled it.

I was on air. I was trying
to get through the bulletin.

Could you just wait? Wait!
What?

Please, just give me a second
to just...

Surprise. God.

So, this is my second attempt
at this,

and I didn't think
it could go any worse, but...

OK, Dale, so, your second attempt
at what?

Let me just...let me just...
Can I just...

No, no, no.
I feel like I want...

Let me just get through this,

'cause I've had the words
in my head for days.

(SIGHS)

Helen... OK.

We've been in each other's lives
for two years.

Now...um...

(SIGHS) No-one knows me like you.

No-one challenges me like you.

No-one knows every part of me
like you.

And I hope you feel
the same way, 'cause...

..I love you.

(SIGHS)

Helen Norville...

..will you do me the honour
of being my wife?

Dale, I love you so much.

So, so much.

But I...I can't.

(HELEN SIGHS)

I c...I-I can't.

Ooh! (SNIFFS)

Hey, it's fine.
OK.

Um...
I-it's fine.

OK.
I'm...

I'm so, so sorry. I'm just...

(CAR DOOR CLOSES, ENGINE STARTS)

Oh...

NOELENE: We had a phone call
from Geoff Walters's daughter

wanting to speak to you.

GEOFF: Reporting on
our own families now?

That's a line we've never crossed.

I want to be compensated
for the story.

You're paying her?

She has a drug addiction, Lindsay!

(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)

CHARLIE: An opportunity's come up,

and with the Christmas break
starting tomorrow,

I just thought it'd be good
to follow up soon.

DALE: Obnoxious Charlie Tate!

Please don't leave messages
like that for me at work.

Messages like what?

That wasn't THE cameraman, was it?
The one you told me about?

Look at us! The Russell Street gang!
We're back together again!

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