Original subtitles

You were the first woman in Australian history to be offered

a prime time television show.

I'm in love with you.

But would the show be at that much of a risk if you and I...?

I think so, yes.

ROB: Noelene now works for the competition.

The way he treated my wife.

If I don't draw the line at that, who am I?

KAY: Well, you're TV royalty now.

DALE: I felt nothing.

You aren't half the man my father was.

LINDSAY: I buy the exclusive to the story. They are mine.

You release that information, you lose your third newsreader

in a row.

You'd be a disgrace.

There's only one person staring down the barrel of disgrace.

RACE CALLER: He's drawn level with Kudz and put his nose in front.

Lord Hybrow, Tawrrific run on down the outside.

Super Impose in front.

Kudz fighting back, and Tawrrific coming at them on the outside.

Super Impose in front. Kudz on the outside.

Tawrrific wears him down.

Tawrrific has hit the front.

Tawrrific wins the Melbourne Cup by two lengths!

Super Impose...

And there again, that commanding win by Tawrrific,

a triumph for trainer Lee Freedman,

who also trained second place, Super Impose.

What a moment for the Freemans.

A rare quinella in Australian racing history.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

So that concludes our Melbourne Cup coverage, ladies and gentlemen.

But I will be back tomorrow for the 6pm bulletin.

I'm Dale Jennings.

(NEWS THEME MUSIC)

And we're out.

Is this it?

Huh? Where is it? The audience feedback.

On Tuesdays, I get the documents. The letters, the reports, the tapes.

That's all that Jean left.

(SHAKILY) Good evening.

I am...Dale Jennings. (LAUGHTER)

I can reassure viewers that there is still only one king of news.

(LAUGHTER)

..best interviewers,

but she simply cannot pronounce important names like I can.

Francois Mitterrand, Boutros Boutros-Ghali,

Liza Minnelli.

(LAUGHTER)

And she could never clench her buttocks quite as tight as I can.

(GRUNTS)

WOMAN: He's right. I've tried. I can't.

Dale, it's Kay.

I saw you on TV tonight, and I know it's been a while,

but if you need help, I can give you some names.

(BEEP!)

Dale. Bev Gibson here.

Just in regards to the latest audience reports,

we'd like to arrange a meeting.

Could you give me a call? (BEEP!)

LINDSAY: Mate, they've called another bloody crisis meeting.

Now, for fuck's sake, can you show up for this one, please?

Preferably sober.

Where do you want me?

Over here.

(TENDER MUSIC)

It's OK.

It's OK.

Hit me.

Mmm... What?

I want you to hit me.

No, I don't do that.

Dale. Dale, I don't...

I've got it. I've got it. Dale, I don't do it.

It's OK. Hit me. I don't wanna hit you.

HIT ME!

No, I'm not going to hit you.

Please.

No. OK.

Then get out.

I'm gonna go.

Get out! OK.

(SOBS)

Leave! (DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

(SOBS)

(NATIVE BIRDS SQUAWK)

Hey, Leonie, do you think that we could find an East German

that's fleeing to Bonn to interview?

Even if it's just like a live cross from the border?

We've lost the Czechoslovakia story.

What? Bill's reconfigured things.

Bill, you reordered the show?

Yep.

Well, that's... I mean, that's something that we usually talk about.

Yeah.

And I just can't be bothered talking with you for two hours

over every single detail, so...

(CLEARS THROAT) Well, that's the job.

I mean, we both know that I'm doing more than my job.

OK? I'm on the phone with you at every waking hour,

whenever you need me. That's not true.

Yes, it is. I'm on the phone with you.

I'm at your house, picking you up off the floor.

I'm-I'm-I'm... Oh!

I'm holding your fucking hand through every little war for you.

And you know what, Helen?

I just need someone to work with me professionally,

just for once.

Bill.

I don't want to do this with you anymore.

I really tried to protect your feelings.

I mean, I blamed myself.

I blamed your marriage.

I blamed our working relationship.

But I'm not going to be punished because I didn't want to fuck you.

I think you should go home.

Czechoslovakia is back in.

There's a lot of consistent negatives across all ages,

both men and women.

So we would like to show a more relaxed, humorous side.

And you're familiar with the comedian who impersonates you

on that sketch show.

We thought perhaps you could appear with him on that show

in a specially written sketch.

It's an extremely popular show.

The writers love the idea.

They sent through a few concepts.

They're very funny.

Can you just give us a second here, please, Bev?

Dale.

Dale. Dale. Dale.

Mate, you've got to take this seriously,

because the audience is using words like 'obsessive', 'narcissistic',

and...'fey'.

Which sounds to me like they think you're a weird, up themselves,

little poof.

(CHUCKLES)

You see, Dale, the Heathers and the Maureens of Doncaster,

well, they used to be your bread and butter, but not anymore.

Because they see you and they hate you.

And Dickie hates you, too.

He wants to give you the boot.

But I'm the only one in your corner.

So we need a major course correction now.

Hm?

(BEV SIGHS)

OK.

Oh!

Dale?

Noels?

Sorry. Is it a bit weird that I'm in a hanbok?

Your dad's in a suit.

It's the way they show their love.

My grandmother bought it specially. (TELEPHONE RINGS)

OK. All right, all right.

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

Hello?

Noelene, it's Helen.

Listen, I need you to come into work today.

Bill's had to go home, and I want you and I to run the show.

Sorry. I've got family commitments. Is Bill OK?

Yes. He's fine. Can you come in?

Uh... My grandmother's here.

She just flew in. We're taking family portraits.

OK, well, I'm happy to reimburse the photographer.

She's never left Korea before.

She's only here till Sunday.

Um, maybe I could come in tomorrow or...?

No, Noelene. No, it has to be now.

There's... There's changes about to happen here.

And if you come in, I promise you it'll pay off.

I'm sorry.

I'm always upending my family for these kinds of promises,

but today, I can't.

(HANGS UP)

Haa!

ROB: What do you reckon?

Oh, look! (LAUGHS) Look.

(CLAPS) You look so handsome! Thank you.

I'm just not exactly sure what I'm supposed to do with this.

I'll fix it for you.

OK. This one is going to this way, and then this one is going that way.

OK. That's good. OK.

Oh, you look so handsome.

Thank you.

(PHOTOGRAPHER SPEAKS KOREAN)

Kimchi! ALL: Kimchi!

MAN: (ON RECORDING) He's fake. Vanilla. Bland.

MAN: That feminine touch to his interview.

WOMAN: I think he's absolutely fake.

WOMAN: He just looks like somebody you'd find under a rock.

Sneaky. Slimy. Pale.

WOMAN: Why the hell is this little poof still on TV?

Why?

(STOPS TAPE, REWINDS)

Feminine touch to his interview.

I think he's absolutely fake.

He just looks like somebody you'd find under a rock.

Sneaky. Slimy. Pale.

Why the hell is this little poof...

Hey, Vincent.

So, do you wanna tell me what's happened?

Sorry? You sent Bill home.

Oh, he's taking the rest of the week off. Yeah.

Was there a dispute, or...?

Not from my perspective, no. MAN: One minute!

We've got a really strong show tonight, though.

East Germany crisis is exploding. Hey, listen,

you can't just unilaterally decide to send Bill home.

There is no Public Eye without Bill McFarlane.

What's the issue?

40 seconds!

Should I...?

Of course.

Hi. Oh, great.

All right, here we go, everyone. Standing by.

OK, we're good to go in ten,

nine...

Cheryl! Is Jennings here?

Is his car here?

Oh! He's here. Frank! He's here.

Dale.

Dale...

Can you do something about the face?

Um... Yeah.

(NEWS THEME MUSIC)

10 seconds!

And in six, five, four...

(NEWS THEME MUSIC)

(FLATLY) Good evening.

You are watching News at Six.

I... Lindsay. Lindsay!

I am...

We need to go to a commercial break. No, no, no, no, no, just leave him.

I am...

(MIMICS ZIPPING)

(AS A ROBOT) I am Dale...Jennings.

Get the weekend newsreader down there!

Our top story tonight, the crisis in Berlin... (LAUGHS)

Sorry!

Not as good as that guy, but he's good. (LAUGHS)

(WHISPERS) We're cutting to a commercial.

He's great, and I appreciate it.

So the crisis tonight...

(SERIOUS VOICE) ..in Berlin has escalated,

with the entire East German cabinet...resignsing...

..resulting in thousands...

Sorry. Tens of thousands who continue to cross the border into the West.

Our correspondents have more.

REPORTER: New East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow

was elected with only one vote against him...

And in six, five, four...

Apologise. I apologise, ladies and gentlemen, for my slurring...

Why the hell aren't we cutting? I dunno.

And I-I apologise for...for being stilted, because we all hate stilted.

So...

In nursing homes around the...

That's fake. That's fake. Fake. Fake.

And you hate fake.

But believe me, believe me, you would hate the real me.

Because everyone did.

Everyone hated the real me. Just roll to the story.

And so I changed him!

And now you hate him even more!

So in nursing homes around the country,

man's best friend has been living up to his name

with guide dogs, bringing aged care dogs...

Dale, you're out, mate!

Let's take that back.

Let's take that back.

In nursing homes around the country, man's best friend

has been living up to his name, with a guide dog...

Get off the desk.

Get out of the studio.

You're done.

Follow him.

Dale! Dale.

Dale! Dale! Oh, my God! Dale! Dale!

Come on, buddy.

Just w... Hey!

Dale. Open the door, please.

Mate, things happen. It's...

We will just get you out the back if you just open the door.

Cheryl, can you open the door? Uh, how?

Oh. Uh...

Um... Dale?

Um... Uh, it'd be really awesome if I could just get in...

..get in there. Um, what do you think?

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

Walters residence. Evelyn speaking.

Good afternoon, Evelyn. It's Dale Jennings.

May I please speak to Kay?

No, I'm not sure that's a good idea.

Is that Dale?

He's in no state to talk.

I can handle it.

Dale, are you all right?

What's happened?

Can you come and see me, please?

Dale. I can meet you, but...

..you need professional help.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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

Darling, he is not your responsibility.

Who are you calling?

Wait.

(TELEPHONE RINGS) Oh!

Newsroom. Jean speaking.

It's Evelyn Walters speaking.

We've just received a call from a very disturbed,

very inebriated Dale Jennings.

He's in dire need of assistance.

Oh, I believe Lindsay Cunningham is with him.

Oh, please.

Lindsay Cunningham is the cause of this situation, as you well know.

You know everything that happens in that office,

every abhorrent thing.

For once, would you do something?

All I can tell you, Mrs Walters,

is that Lindsay and Dennis are aware of the situation,

and they have it under control...

What a wasted life you've led.

(TELEPHONES RINGING)

(BANGING ON DOOR) Dale!

Um, how about, I could maybe come inside and I could put on the kettle

and we could have a cup of tea, and we could just have a little chat?

Dale.

Dale.

(DOOR UNLOCKS)

Uh... Dale!

EVELYN: He is beyond help at this point.

I'm not going to ignore him, Mum.

Trust me, the damage is done.

Yeah, and I'm going to be blamed for all of it.

No, you won't.

Yes, I will.

You know I will.

The whole story was "the king of news dates a junkie".

There are ways we can change that story.

There are steps we can take.

I know you think I'm insignificant, but I have watched

this industry for decades.

And you will be much better served listening to me

than going to Dale Jennings.

(TYRES SCREECHING, LOUD MUSIC PLAYING)

(PANTING)

Help!

Vincent wants you in his office.

Also, we just got a tip-off from a police contact.

Dale Jennings was involved in a car collision

and reported drunk and disorderly on City Road.

When? A minute ago.

Oh, my God.

Oh, God.

MAN: Dale! Dale! MAN: Please just step back.

Can you just take a few steps back, please?

Clear a bit of space.

Make a bit of room, please. Dale! Dale!

Back, back. Back!

Do you know this man? Yes, I do.

Dale!

Dale. Dale. Can you stand?

(REPORTERS CLAMOURING)

Just ignore them.

MAN: Helen! Any comment?

(BIRDS WARBLING)

Morning.

There's water there.

You should drink it all.

Did you see?

The crash?

Me on air.

No.

But I've read about it.

What did you read?

I'm sorry, Dale.

You're on the front page of all the papers,

and there's a bunch of press out the front.

"The legendary newsman's daughter fell in love

"with Dale's stately on screen persona,

"but discovered a deeply troubled man battling his personal demons."

(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

(CHOKES)

Oh, shit.

RICHARD: Were there any signs in the day prior?

No. None whatsoever.

I mean, he was a bit quiet when he came in in the morning,

but he never says much anyway.

But no sense whatsoever that he was about to...

..well, snap, have a breakdown.

I mean, it was deranged, Richard.

And, you know, quite frankly, it was, uh, it was tragic.

But I've got to tell you, Richard, there's other stories coming out

about Dale from certain journos and, uh, you know, Dale in gay bars.

Dale in parked cars with rent boys.

It's skin crawling stuff, mate.

Well... I did say, that first day I met him...

Weak handshake.

Yes, you did, mate. And that was incredibly intuitive. Mmm.

Now, in terms of replacements, mate,

I'm leaning towards that big bloke from Perth. I'll send you his tapes.

I want to screen them for Ann tonight.

She's got a nose for these things. I'll get back to you tomorrow.

Grand. Thanks, Richard. Bye.

Wet bloody droob. Jean!

Jean! Tell Bev I'm on my way up.

You gotta get a press release out about severing all ties

with Dale Jennings.

Are we announcing a replacement? No.

Bloody Dickie and his missus are reviewing the tapes.

We've gotta brace ourselves for that bit of genius.

Do we know where Dale is? No.

Do we know if he's being cared for? Oh, Jesus Christ!

That cretin committed professional 'harikari' live on air,

and he nearly took us with him!

So I could not give a free fuck in a Footscray brothel if he's all right!

Just today, can you do your FUCKING JOBS?

Tell Bev I'm on my way up!

(CLEARS THROAT) Um, Dale, there's chicken in the fridge

and there's lots of vegetables,

if you do feel like you want... to eat.

I'll, um... I'll call you at lunch, and I'll try to get back early.

I'm OK. You don't need to call.

I'm gonna try and get home, like, 7:30 at the latest.

We can talk then, work out a plan.

OK. OK.

Morning.

I assumed we were starting with the German chancellor.

We have a rundown, put together by Paul.

Who?

Paul Stricker.

Apparently covering for Bill.

Helen, however this shakes down, I'm with you.

Helen! Helen. Hi. Paul. Paul Stricker.

(LAUGHS) Wow. Wow.

What a thrill to meet you in the flesh, as they say.

I'm sorry. Who called you?

Oh, uh, Vincent rang. Yeah, just last night.

Asked me to come aboard the good ship Public Eye.

So...

Leonie, can you please get Vincent on the phone for me?

Um...

Sandra, it's Helen for Vincent.

It's urgent.

Yeah. So, um, I just, uh...I just got cracking on a rundown

for you to, um, respond to.

I, uh, I like to think of myself more as a partner in crime, I guess.

Not so much an EP in the traditional... The, um...

..the traditional sense of...of that t...title.

He's out on a marketing shoot all day.

Cool.

Cool. All right. Cool. Yeah.

Um, well, I'm gonna...

I'll be next door when you, you know, whenever you wanna...chat.

How was Dale? Have you spoken to him this morning?

Do you have anything to say about...

What's your reaction to the Kay Walters story?

Mrs Jennings! Hey!

(REPORTERS CLAMOURING) Helen.

..son's sexual orientation, Mrs Jennings.

Helen, please. I know Dale's there.

Please. Come on. Dale! Dale!

The phone won't stop ringing.

And this morning, two reporters came right up to my front door,

yelling questions.

I didn't know what to say.

You don't have to say anything.

What were you thinking?

Were you drunk?

And why would Kay Walters say all these things?

All these horrible distortions.

It's true, Mum.

It's true.

Well, you need a good feed.

You're skin and bone.

I love you.

I hope you can still love me.

Peel those carrots. I'll get started on the potatoes.

(RUNS TAP WATER)

REPORTER: Instead of fleeing to the west,

East Germans are demanding reforms be made at home and now.

Are you happy with the situation now,

here in East Berlin, in East Germany?

MAN: No. I think, uh, the people are not free.

They cannot do what they want.

And that's not OK.

Thank you for coming.

I apologise for my comments.

Apology accepted.

Dennis.

Come in.

ROB: Noels.

Shh. Have you heard?

Heard what? There's something about, um...

..tons of people moving out of East Germany.

It's on the news.

Into Czechoslovakia?

No, something about... they're going over the wall.

They could be going through it.

..impatient to join the exodus, laid siege to tourist offices

for exit papers. (PROTESTERS CHANTING)

REPORTER: ..is ABC news. In a historic night in Berlin,

tens of thousands of East Germans have breached the wall

that has divided the city for three decades.

The joyous stampede came as the East German regime

bowed to political protest... It's a protest?

..and gave up its 40-year battle... I dunno.

..to lock away its people from the world,

announcing unrestricted passage across all its borders.

The authorities had wanted Berliners to wait, but nothing...

ROB: No, Noels, Noels, do we really need to do TV and radio?

Yep. I reckon you should just go in.

Oh. I'm not in till Monday,

and I don't know what's happening with Helen.

Hey?

She wanted me to come in on Wednesday.

Drop everything and come in and run the show. But...

Why didn't you say?

She wasn't guaranteeing anything.

I think she was just saying what she had to say

to get me to come in. What, Helen?

No, she's not like that.

She just knows how bloody good you are. She'd be keen.

Well, I don't know.

What... Well, you want to do it, don't you?

Yes.

But it's not just about me, I mean...

What do you want?

Today or in life?

Both.

Oh, Noels. For me, that's easy.

It's just a few days a week with Hana,

a few days on sport, calling the footy,

one full day, just us as a family,

and that'd do me.

You just knew that?

Yeah.

And I know you.

This is your grand final.

The team's in.

You're a player down.

They need you, right?

So...

Let's get out there, Kim.

Rickards. Get on the field.

HELEN: I don't understand why they've suddenly allowed

this to happen. I mean, it must be a mistake.

Do you have a correspondent there?

No. Not yet.

Well, you're gonna want one, and one in Moscow,

get Gorbachev's reaction.

Yeah. (TELEPHONE RINGS)

And the historical context.

How many people have been killed trying to breach that wall?

Yeah.

Hello?

LEONIE: Hi. I've got Paul and Walshy here for you.

Helen. Greg Walsh.

I'm sure you've seen everything that's happening.

Yeah, yeah, I'm watching the coverage now.

Right. Yes. Well.

Certainly this is one of the biggest news stories of the year,

if not the decade.

If not the century. Yes, yes.

And in light of that, Bill has graciously agreed

to return as EP.

Oh, how big of him.

Noelene has just arrived, and Paul has also offered to stay on

as an additional producer.

Yeah. Uh, Helen, breaking news just really brings out the best in me,

and, uh, well, you know, with Bill and your good self,

we've got a hell of a team for this.

Um, I'd like to discuss adding an additional person to the team.

Uh, who?

Dale Jennings. What?

Dale Jennings?

Well, I think that he could be an additional producer

working directly with me.

Uh, Helen, in light of, uh, Dale Jennings' recent troubles,

I'd be very surprised if Vincent and the boys upstairs agreed to that.

But I'll float it w...

What are you doing? Oh. I'm just...

I was just testing the water.

But seriously. Not now,

in the future, at some point, would you consider it?

I just feel, working together,

you, me and the story, that was...

That was the happiest time of my life.

Me too.

But I don't want to be Dale Jennings anymore.

Who do you want to be?

I don't know yet.

(CELEBRATIONS ON TV)

Right. There are two networks live from Berlin already now.

How far away are we?

Look, within the hour, if we have any luck.

Evelyn Walters on the line for you. What? Why?

Well, she didn't say,

but she was quite vehement about speaking with you.

Listen, we are in the middle of history here.

I don't want to talk to her.

They've just sent 140 minutes of historical footage.

Do I need a producer to go through it, or am I doing it myself?

Wait a minute. Lindsay, just take the call if you need.

Jesus. Dennis!

I don't wanna talk to that vinegar titted old witch!

I'll do it.

Come on.

I'm terribly sorry, Mrs Walters.

I'm going to have to ask you to call back again in another ten minutes.

I will ensure that Lindsay can take the call then.

Shit.

So we haven't got any correspondents yet,

but we're chasing a couple of options. Leonie?

I'm trying a contact in Warsaw, but it's the middle of the night.

OK. Found some archive footage of Reagan

demanding they tear down the wall.

Yep. I can show you. All right.

I think we need the full context of the situation

from after the Second World War.

And there's more, um, from last night?

(FAST FORWARDS TAPE)

Are there any from Brandenburg Gate?

Not yet.

You all right?

What happened to the change?

What?

You said there might be a change? With Bill?

Oh, yeah. Well, events took over.

Did you pitch Dale to replace Bill?

No, not to replace Bill.

It was... Anyway. It's not going to happen now, so...

Did you pitch me?

I called you on Wednesday and you said no.

I said I couldn't drop everything that instant and come straight in.

Did that disqualify me?

Well, it's news.

You have to be ready at any moment.

That's...that's how it is. And you know that.

I've killed myself for this show.

I call with my ideas,

even on days off. Mm-hm.

When I joined this team, that's when the numbers started rising.

I appreciate it. And then finally it starts winning

and you're holding all the cards.

And instead of pitching me, you pitch a former boyfriend

who disgraced himself on live television,

was incoherent on the street two nights ago.

I do not hold all the cards.

You have the number one show on television.

Your name is literally in the title.

You have power and you know how to use it - when it suits you.

There's plenty of archive of Brandenburg Gate.

I'll find some to cut in.

(TAPE FAST FORWARDS)

Evelyn Walters again. Line one.

Oh, Jesus Christ, Jean. Really?

Well, why don't you just see what it is? Fob her off.

Apparently her daughter Kay is with her as well.

Why do I get the distinct feeling

that dogs are pissing on my swag here, eh?

Let's do it.

Take the call. Put 'em through.

(CLEARS THROAT) Ah! Ladies, how are you?

Lindsay, I appreciate you taking our call.

We wanted to speak as a matter of principle.

Principle? Principle!

Evelyn, is that something you've just stumbled across

in your gin-soaked dotage?

Lindsay, neither my daughter or I

have ever personally been in your employ,

but we have borne witness to the abhorrent damage you inflicted

on my husband, then on Dale Jennings.

Listen, I think young Kay has done the real damage there

on both counts.

And we have taken action.

Oh, have we just? What action have you taken?

Lindsay, it's Kay.

Hello, sweetheart.

You've been a pretty talkative kitty cat lately, haven't you?

Mum and I have penned a detailed report of your treatment

of both men.

The threats and the abuse.

And we've sent that account directly to your CEO, Richard Bertrand.

(LAUGHS) That's it, is it?

That's your big move.

A letter to Richard Bertrand.

Mr Bertrand is an upstanding man.

I'd anticipate a swift conclusion to your career at News at Six.

You've got many deficiencies as a human being, Evelyn,

but I never thought naivety was one of them.

Listen to me, Richard Bertram and his wife,

they call themselves intuitive.

They are about as intuitive as a fresh bucket of cow shit.

He's a limp dick dunce who's fallen upwards all his fucking life.

And the beauty of the situation is he knows it,

and he knows I know it.

So as long as I just play along

and pretend that he's got a spine or a functioning set of testicles,

I am as safe as fucking houses.

But you know what, girls?

Good on you for having a crack. Thanks for the concern.

And next time I'm on the bog,

I'll make sure to read one of your tell-alls.

Ta-ta.

Sorry you had to hear that.

But I'm sure you'll agree, it's better you're aware.

(DIAL TONE)

Yeah. Hello? Lindsay.

You are to vacate your office right now.

Whatever you can't carry by hand will be sent on to you.

But you are to leave immediately.

Uh...

Dickie... Richard, mate. Uh, where are you now?

Lovely to hear your voice again, Lindsay.

Mate, I'm not aware of how much you may have heard

of that conversation, but I can assure you that is not reflective

of my true thoughts, and it was an attempt at, um...

Well, Dennis is here, and he can confirm this.

It was an attempt at humour.

Come on.

Um... (CLEARS THROAT) Mr Bertrand.

Yeah, it's a huge news day, and our coverage won't be compromised.

Yeah, I've got everything in hand, and I'm ready.

Helen, I have to say, to hit us with an ultimatum like this

on a day like today is just... It's offensive.

Can you not see how unreasonable it is?

Look, can we at least get the Berlin coverage to air

before we engage in these discussions?

Apart from anything else, this is completely unfair to Bill.

No one else in this industry was willing to work with you, Helen.

Bill was. And he made you into a number one news star.

All the major breakthroughs, all the specials.

That was Bill McFarlane!

And the team that you are proposing.

Noelene. She only works two days a week.

She was an assistant only two years ago.

Leonie has only just stepped up to chief of staff.

They do not have the experience to run a flagship like this.

And you do not get to dictate the entire producing team.

You are already on one of the best contracts in television.

You control the stories you cover, the clothes you wear,

the direction of the show, and you get paid handsomely for it.

But you do not get to control this.

That's the deal.

Do you accept it?

No.

Well, if you change your mind, you've got my number.

She's all fucking yours, mate.

(WHISPERS) Fucking bitch.

You can bin most of that crap. I don't want it.

Because the only thing worth taking out of this shithole,

besides myself...

That bottle of whisky.

(CHUCKLES) You two. Huh?

Two old dogs who turned and bit the hand.

You do deserve each other.

But well played.

Big news day.

Better move your arses.

(LAUGHS)

Come on.

You old pinched sphincter.

(LAUGHS)

Bye, Lindsay. Go fuck yourself.

Well, OK, everybody. Ross, get on the road.

Murray, I'm gonna need a cut of that satellite footage

in half an hour. Yes.

OK. Let's go, everyone!

We've got news to deliver.

REPORTER: And then, finally, they broke through.

(CROWDS CHEERING)

They arrived in the west to cheers, bouquets

and an eruption of long suppressed national feelings.

I think that the Germans are one people.

They took up the invitation... Well...

Can you believe it?

..graffiti on the all itself...

Noelene, it's a yes from Leonie.

Just confirmed - 3 million visas now granted.

3 million?

Can we cross back to Berlin?

Yes. You'd have about 30 seconds. Great. Let's do that.

Can we, uh, can we get Berlin on standby, please?

Crossing back in...

..seven, six, five, four, three...

Incredible imagery there from Berlin, where we've heard

3 million visas have already been granted.

Berlin, if you're there, what's the mood like now?

Has the euphoria on the streets abated?

Not at all, Helen.

It's now the early hours of Monday morning and people are celebrating.

They're popping champagne

as they reunite with their loved ones.

And of course, thousands upon thousands of people continue

to pass through the wall, all of them walking into a new era

for Germany and indeed for the world.

Wow. In stark contrast to the revelry on the street,

East Germany's communist leadership is in crisis.

Our political analyst has more.

We're out. Can he still hear?

Hey, Dale, can you still hear me? Yes. Yeah.

I mean, I was bluffing, Helen. I have no idea what the mood is.

I haven't slept for 40 hours.

I think I'm jet-lagged. It's freezing here.

Well, it was great.

Go find out.

Thank you.

For the final sign-off,

did you want to touch on reunification?

Or maybe the Soviet Union?

Uh, I think both. And then I think we should go broader.

You know, what it means to the world.

Bitte schoen.

Uh, danke schoen.

(CHEERING CONTINUES)

('WHEN TOMORROW COMES' BY THE EURYTHMICS)

Six, five, four, three...

We'll be back tomorrow with all the latest from Berlin,

as well as a broader look at what this means

for Germany's reunification, for the Soviet Union,

indeed, for a world about to enter a new decade.

You've been watching Public Eye.

I'm Helen Norville.

# Underneath your dream lit eyes

# Shades of sleep have driven you away

# The moon is pale outside

# And you are far from here

# Breathing shifts your careless head

# Untroubled by the chaos of our lives

# Another day, another night

# Has taken you again, my dear

# And you know

# That I'm gonna be the one

# Who'll be there

# When you need someone to depend upon

# When tomorrow comes

# Wait till tomorrow comes, yeah, yeah

# When tomorrow comes

# Wait till tomorrow comes, yeah, yeah

# When tomorrow comes

# I wanna be with you

# When tomorrow comes

# I wanna be with you

# When tomorrow comes. #

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