1 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,317 Four o'clock in the afternoon. 2 00:00:56,318 --> 00:00:59,216 The most propitious time for public statements. 3 00:00:59,383 --> 00:01:02,095 No, I haven't fallen prey to astrologers. 4 00:01:02,260 --> 00:01:06,433 A four o'clock announcement catches the evening television news 5 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,521 and first editions of the newspapers. 6 00:01:09,687 --> 00:01:11,982 Well, here we go. 7 00:01:12,148 --> 00:01:13,859 Afternoon, Tim. Ahem! 8 00:01:15,318 --> 00:01:18,448 Gentlemen, ladies, please sit down. 9 00:01:18,615 --> 00:01:21,202 Come and sit down, Tim. 10 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,144 Some of you know that it is with quite 11 00:01:26,145 --> 00:01:29,587 a little reluctance that I find myself here. 12 00:01:29,754 --> 00:01:33,551 I am more used to serving behind the scenes. 13 00:01:33,717 --> 00:01:38,223 But since so many have pledged their support for me, 14 00:01:38,390 --> 00:01:40,643 I would be very arrogant to spurn them. 15 00:01:41,686 --> 00:01:44,105 So... I accept nomination 16 00:01:44,106 --> 00:01:46,942 for the leadership of the Conservative Party. 17 00:01:47,108 --> 00:01:51,198 I have a great belief in the people of this country. 18 00:01:51,990 --> 00:01:57,038 I think they know the kind of government they want. 19 00:01:57,205 --> 00:02:00,647 A government that's firm and fair. 20 00:02:00,648 --> 00:02:05,132 A government that is not afraid to govern. 21 00:02:05,297 --> 00:02:10,305 I would like to see a bit less ideology and a bit more common sense. 22 00:02:10,470 --> 00:02:13,391 A bit more common humanity 23 00:02:13,392 --> 00:02:16,312 in our conduct of affairs here and abroad. 24 00:02:16,479 --> 00:02:18,356 Daddy! 25 00:02:20,234 --> 00:02:23,696 As you were. Any comments, Tim? 26 00:02:23,863 --> 00:02:27,910 - Fine. Committed yourself to nothing. - Quite. 27 00:02:28,077 --> 00:02:31,039 Still, we'll need more than speeches. 28 00:02:31,206 --> 00:02:34,668 Yes. First ballot. Who are we up against? 29 00:02:34,835 --> 00:02:37,672 McKenzie, Earle, Woolton, Samuels. 30 00:02:37,839 --> 00:02:43,721 And three no-hopers: Bairsted, Llewellyn-Jones-Rhys and Bogg. 31 00:02:43,887 --> 00:02:46,807 Right. McKenzie, Health. 32 00:02:46,808 --> 00:02:49,729 No chance of getting him into a demo at a hospital? 33 00:02:49,896 --> 00:02:52,920 Doesn't go to hospitals. 34 00:02:52,921 --> 00:02:56,362 Got beaten up by nurses. Has trouble getting insured. 35 00:02:56,528 --> 00:03:02,161 - Where does he have his photo taken? - Cybertech. They make wheelchairs. 36 00:03:02,328 --> 00:03:05,248 A photo opportunity with wheelchairs. 37 00:03:05,457 --> 00:03:07,960 That sounds promising. 38 00:03:12,005 --> 00:03:14,927 - Nearly there, Minister. - Right. 39 00:03:15,094 --> 00:03:17,931 You'll meet Mr. Fairchild, the managing director, 40 00:03:18,245 --> 00:03:20,350 and Dr Sinita Brahmachari, 41 00:03:20,558 --> 00:03:25,607 - the engineer who designed the chair. - Indian, is he? 42 00:03:25,773 --> 00:03:30,530 SHE is a British citizen, Minister. Born in Coventry. 43 00:03:30,696 --> 00:03:35,411 - The chair's won what? - Brussells Gold Medal, Helsinki Award. 44 00:03:35,618 --> 00:03:40,542 It's been adopted as standard in Sweden, Holland, Norway and West Germany. 45 00:03:40,708 --> 00:03:43,254 - Not here? - Too expensive for us. 46 00:03:43,461 --> 00:03:46,174 Right. Dr Brahmachari, yes? 47 00:03:46,383 --> 00:03:49,512 Yes, Mr. McKenzie. Here we are. 48 00:03:54,934 --> 00:03:57,667 What the hell's going on? 49 00:03:57,668 --> 00:04:00,817 Who let these people in? I'm not having this. Drive on. 50 00:04:01,025 --> 00:04:03,487 Drive on to the next place. 51 00:04:03,695 --> 00:04:06,867 - I can't move. - Get me out of here. 52 00:04:07,075 --> 00:04:09,891 It's all right, sir. They can't get in. 53 00:04:09,892 --> 00:04:12,707 Do as I damn well say. Back out. 54 00:04:12,874 --> 00:04:16,754 - I wouldn't advise it. - Do it. Do it! 55 00:04:25,473 --> 00:04:27,559 He's dead. 56 00:04:30,146 --> 00:04:34,109 ''Health Minister maims cripple in hit-and-run.'' 57 00:04:34,276 --> 00:04:37,196 Poor man must have panicked. Next? 58 00:04:37,363 --> 00:04:40,492 - Harold Earle. - Got anything on him? 59 00:04:40,658 --> 00:04:44,622 There was a whiff of scandal about ten years ago. 60 00:04:45,414 --> 00:04:48,543 Rent boy. In a train. To Red Hill. 61 00:04:48,710 --> 00:04:53,508 Yes. Wanted to sell his story but we bought it and hushed him up. 62 00:04:53,674 --> 00:04:56,387 Be ungentlemanly to bring that up. 63 00:04:56,553 --> 00:04:59,891 A man's private life should be private. 64 00:05:00,057 --> 00:05:04,230 On the other hand, getting sucked off in second class 65 00:05:04,397 --> 00:05:06,900 is hardly Prime Ministerial behaviour. 66 00:05:07,067 --> 00:05:12,699 - Yes, you have a point there. - I think we have something in the file. 67 00:05:47,950 --> 00:05:50,454 ''Personal and family reasons.'' 68 00:05:50,620 --> 00:05:52,707 Shame. 69 00:05:52,874 --> 00:05:55,585 His mother's in very poor health, I hear. 70 00:05:55,751 --> 00:06:01,176 - Woolton and Samuels? - Samuels is clean. Never a foot wrong. 71 00:06:01,343 --> 00:06:04,033 A lot of funny stories about Pat Woolton, 72 00:06:04,243 --> 00:06:06,307 but nothing we can really use. 73 00:06:06,474 --> 00:06:08,977 I've a lot of time for Patrick Woolton. 74 00:06:09,144 --> 00:06:13,149 McKenzie was a fool and Earle was a security risk. They had to be stopped. 75 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:18,697 If Samuels or Woolton emerges as a clear leader, I'll stand down. 76 00:06:18,863 --> 00:06:21,868 There's more to politics than ambition. 77 00:06:22,077 --> 00:06:24,684 It's a feature article. Well, two, really. 78 00:06:24,894 --> 00:06:26,874 But you figure in both. 79 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:31,004 ''Independent'' magazine want ''Downfall of a Prime Minister''. 80 00:06:31,171 --> 00:06:34,154 I sold the ''Sunday Express'' colour mag an idea about... 81 00:06:34,155 --> 00:06:36,511 It sounds a bit crude... 82 00:06:36,678 --> 00:06:39,265 MPs with sex appeal. 83 00:06:39,432 --> 00:06:42,769 Is that too coarse and frivolous for you? 84 00:06:42,936 --> 00:06:45,439 Well, I don't know... 85 00:06:45,606 --> 00:06:50,821 You've made your mark. Your question in the House started a landslide. 86 00:06:50,988 --> 00:06:53,699 Clever as well as charismatic. 87 00:06:53,866 --> 00:06:56,912 The idea is, there are certain politicians 88 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,292 who have that edge of authority and style, 89 00:07:01,458 --> 00:07:05,631 know how to seize the moment as it passes. 90 00:07:05,797 --> 00:07:08,301 You certainly managed that. 91 00:07:08,468 --> 00:07:12,348 - Just luck, I guess. - It was more than that. 92 00:07:12,555 --> 00:07:15,185 Good contacts, for one thing. 93 00:07:17,062 --> 00:07:20,942 Who tipped you off about the health service? 94 00:07:21,109 --> 00:07:23,945 You know I couldn't tell you that. 95 00:07:24,112 --> 00:07:28,618 No, of course you couldn't. But you could help me guess. 96 00:07:28,784 --> 00:07:34,417 It had to be someone from in the cabinet or someone in Smith Square, yes? 97 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:39,715 You've got lots of friends, but none in the Tory cabinet. 98 00:07:39,882 --> 00:07:44,471 But you used to work in PR for Glick and Featherstone. 99 00:07:44,638 --> 00:07:49,018 And so did one or two people in the party publicity office. 100 00:07:49,185 --> 00:07:52,189 I think it's time to change the subject. 101 00:07:52,398 --> 00:07:54,525 Yes, of course. 102 00:07:54,733 --> 00:07:57,863 You tell Roger his secret is safe with me. 103 00:08:04,496 --> 00:08:07,416 My Urquhart! Have you a second? 104 00:08:07,583 --> 00:08:11,546 - Barely. Busy day for me. - Yes. First ballot tonight. 105 00:08:11,713 --> 00:08:16,010 - I wanted to wish you luck... - Carry on. I'll catch you up. 106 00:08:16,176 --> 00:08:18,658 Bad time, Mattie. 107 00:08:18,659 --> 00:08:21,142 I have to see you. It isn't just personal. 108 00:08:21,349 --> 00:08:23,979 Mrs. Urquhart is going to the country. 109 00:08:24,187 --> 00:08:27,316 Come late, after midnight, in a taxi. 110 00:08:27,524 --> 00:08:30,006 If there's a light over the door, drive on. 111 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,489 No, that's all. No further statement. 112 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:48,926 The result of the first ballot is as follows. 113 00:08:49,092 --> 00:08:53,265 Mr. Peter Bairsted, seven votes. 114 00:08:54,808 --> 00:08:58,438 Mr. George Bogg, one vote. 115 00:09:01,483 --> 00:09:07,199 The Right Honourable Melvyn Llewellyn-Jones-Rhys, 13 votes. 116 00:09:08,576 --> 00:09:13,248 Right Honourable Michael Samuels, 99 votes. 117 00:09:14,082 --> 00:09:18,463 Right Honourable Francis Urquhart, 91 votes. 118 00:09:19,338 --> 00:09:23,928 And the Right Honourable Patrick Woolton, 91 votes. 119 00:09:26,390 --> 00:09:30,562 No clear winner having emerged, 120 00:09:30,769 --> 00:09:36,569 we move to the second ballot one week from today. 121 00:09:39,823 --> 00:09:42,535 Come on, come on! please, God. 122 00:09:45,245 --> 00:09:47,666 Francis, we're in trouble. 123 00:10:11,112 --> 00:10:14,324 I'm not at all pleased with you, Mattie. 124 00:10:14,532 --> 00:10:17,996 Why? What have I done? Don't frown. 125 00:10:18,161 --> 00:10:20,519 I think you know what you've done. 126 00:10:20,833 --> 00:10:23,294 Talked to Kendrick? And he told O'Neill. 127 00:10:23,503 --> 00:10:27,674 Making my task difficult. I'd hoped to take him by surprise. 128 00:10:27,841 --> 00:10:32,013 - I'm sorry. - You promised to leave it to me. 129 00:10:32,179 --> 00:10:34,578 You broke your promise. 130 00:10:34,787 --> 00:10:37,395 Sorry. It was stupid of me. I see that. 131 00:10:38,437 --> 00:10:41,442 It's not a disaster. 132 00:10:41,607 --> 00:10:44,736 It simply means I'll need longer to win his confidence. 133 00:10:45,050 --> 00:10:47,032 That's not important. 134 00:10:47,199 --> 00:10:51,788 - I feel so stupid. - You mustn't put yourself in danger. 135 00:10:51,954 --> 00:10:56,043 Roger isn't a dangerous man, but his master is. 136 00:10:56,251 --> 00:11:00,382 Who is it? You know, don't you? 137 00:11:00,590 --> 00:11:04,241 At the moment, we have only a shred of evidence, 138 00:11:04,555 --> 00:11:07,265 but you might hazard a guess. 139 00:11:07,432 --> 00:11:11,896 Billsborough. Lord Billsborough plotting with Samuels. 140 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:16,902 You might very well think that, Mattie. You might very well think that. 141 00:11:17,068 --> 00:11:22,701 But you mustn't take any more risks. You mustn't place yourself in jeopardy. 142 00:11:22,867 --> 00:11:25,371 Will you promise me that? 143 00:11:25,537 --> 00:11:28,667 Yes. Yes. I promise. 144 00:11:30,543 --> 00:11:32,213 Good. 145 00:11:40,973 --> 00:11:46,606 Playing with the hopes and dreams of a daughter. Now gentle, now hard. 146 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:49,276 Rebuking and rewarding. 147 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:52,029 Chastising and forgiving. 148 00:11:53,030 --> 00:11:55,534 The pleasures of a father. 149 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:58,204 Of a father of daughters. 150 00:11:58,370 --> 00:12:01,708 What greater power is there than that? 151 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:05,213 Why should a man want more? 152 00:12:05,379 --> 00:12:09,885 Why should I yearn to be everybody's daddy? 153 00:12:17,060 --> 00:12:22,067 A nice review. The Landless empire have gone for you in a cautious way. 154 00:12:22,233 --> 00:12:25,071 Despite you not backing his takeover. 155 00:12:25,238 --> 00:12:29,409 The ''Guardian'' is still for Samuels. They would be. 156 00:12:29,575 --> 00:12:32,413 The ''Sun'' finds Woolton most congenial. 157 00:12:32,579 --> 00:12:36,460 So do a lot of our parliamentary colleagues. 158 00:12:36,627 --> 00:12:38,817 Thinking of a get-together? 159 00:12:39,027 --> 00:12:41,633 Woolton and Urquhart in an anti-Samuels pact? 160 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,866 Not yet, Tim. Besides, I think we should leave it to Patrick 161 00:12:45,076 --> 00:12:47,307 to make the first move. 162 00:12:47,515 --> 00:12:50,644 - Good morning. - Good morning, sir. 163 00:12:56,525 --> 00:13:00,907 Sorry, but they know about the address in Praed Street. 164 00:13:01,116 --> 00:13:03,702 They've guessed about Kendrick. 165 00:13:03,869 --> 00:13:08,458 Francis, help me. I can't take much more. It's not my line of... 166 00:13:08,624 --> 00:13:12,171 What are you doing? Listen to me. 167 00:13:12,338 --> 00:13:14,528 I'm not going to be a gentleman. 168 00:13:14,842 --> 00:13:17,344 If I go down, I'm going to spill the lot... 169 00:13:17,511 --> 00:13:21,891 No one's going down! No one's going to spill anything! 170 00:13:22,058 --> 00:13:26,856 You're going to come out of this with a knighthood. A knighthood. 171 00:13:27,065 --> 00:13:31,904 No one has a shred of proof against you, whatever they think they know. 172 00:13:32,071 --> 00:13:35,450 No one will print that girl's fantasies. 173 00:13:35,659 --> 00:13:39,205 She's a hysterical, trouble-making bimbo. 174 00:13:39,372 --> 00:13:42,292 Nothing to worry about, Roger. All right? 175 00:13:43,585 --> 00:13:46,005 Oh, God, Francis. 176 00:13:46,881 --> 00:13:49,301 I'm not a well man. 177 00:13:49,466 --> 00:13:52,388 I'm not up to this. 178 00:13:52,554 --> 00:13:54,557 Listen. 179 00:13:54,723 --> 00:13:58,687 Go home. Let your girl look after the office. 180 00:13:58,853 --> 00:14:02,651 Go down to the coast for a couple of days. 181 00:14:02,858 --> 00:14:05,362 Then come to my country place. 182 00:14:05,529 --> 00:14:10,535 We'll have a few jars, walk the dogs and sew the whole thing up. 183 00:14:10,702 --> 00:14:15,416 I guarantee that, come Sunday, you'll have nothing to worry about. 184 00:14:15,582 --> 00:14:18,712 And that's a promise, Roger. All right? 185 00:14:18,878 --> 00:14:21,174 All right, Francis. 186 00:14:22,091 --> 00:14:24,511 You're a good friend. 187 00:14:28,140 --> 00:14:30,018 Thank you. 188 00:14:49,082 --> 00:14:52,212 - Bad news? - I'm afraid so. 189 00:14:52,379 --> 00:14:56,342 We shall have a guest. Not your favourite person. 190 00:14:56,509 --> 00:14:59,430 Roger O'Neill, I presume. 191 00:14:59,595 --> 00:15:02,167 He's cracking up. 192 00:15:02,204 --> 00:15:05,437 Someone's been indiscreet and the press are onto him. 193 00:15:05,603 --> 00:15:10,402 It seems his young woman has been talking to my young woman. 194 00:15:10,569 --> 00:15:14,365 - You said you had her under control. - I have. 195 00:15:14,574 --> 00:15:19,997 Nothing connects me with O'Neill. No one knows he's coming to see me. 196 00:15:20,163 --> 00:15:23,293 He's become a bit of a pest, hasn't he? 197 00:15:24,585 --> 00:15:28,966 - After this weekend, no worries. - What happens this weekend? 198 00:15:29,133 --> 00:15:34,140 - I can't tell you. - You've someone else to shack up with? 199 00:15:34,306 --> 00:15:38,270 No! It's business, Penny. Business. 200 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:41,565 This weekend, we were going away. 201 00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,027 Oh, God! 202 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:50,493 - Ah, Penny, what can I say? - Nothing. I don't care. You're no fun. 203 00:15:50,659 --> 00:15:53,788 You used to be a lovely man. Now you lie around, 204 00:15:53,998 --> 00:15:56,501 do drugs and piss your pants. 205 00:15:56,667 --> 00:15:59,379 I was born for better things. Cheers. 206 00:15:59,546 --> 00:16:04,386 - Penny, where are you going? - Back to the old flat, bollock-head! 207 00:16:04,594 --> 00:16:07,681 Ring me and I will talk to you. 208 00:16:07,891 --> 00:16:11,186 If you want to see me again, get your head straight. 209 00:16:11,393 --> 00:16:14,398 Penny, listen... Please! 210 00:16:14,564 --> 00:16:16,442 Penny! 211 00:16:18,694 --> 00:16:21,510 ''Those who wish to air their social consciences 212 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,701 will support Samuels. 213 00:16:23,867 --> 00:16:28,457 ''Those whose politics are of the free-market, buccaneering style 214 00:16:28,624 --> 00:16:31,753 ''need to look no further than Woolton. 215 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,590 ''Those who can't make up their minds 216 00:16:34,591 --> 00:16:37,260 will have an obvious choice in Urquhart.'' 217 00:16:37,426 --> 00:16:40,138 The ''Guardian''? Not very charming. 218 00:16:40,346 --> 00:16:45,020 No, but I come out least worst. They say I stand for something. 219 00:16:45,186 --> 00:16:47,794 No Tory MP wants to tell the local sharks 220 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:50,401 he voted with his social conscience. 221 00:16:50,568 --> 00:16:54,740 Or that he went for a nonentity. Francis Urquhart Who's he? 222 00:16:54,906 --> 00:16:59,079 ''No, I went for Pat Woolton. His heart's in the right place.'' 223 00:16:59,245 --> 00:17:02,249 That's what they say, is it? 224 00:17:02,415 --> 00:17:05,044 Stuff along those lines, yes. 225 00:17:05,253 --> 00:17:07,339 What's this? 226 00:17:07,653 --> 00:17:10,677 It's not a bomb or it would've gone off. 227 00:17:10,842 --> 00:17:13,430 ''Patrick Woolton in congress.'' 228 00:17:13,639 --> 00:17:15,933 Are you sure? 229 00:17:16,850 --> 00:17:20,939 - Not ''in conversation''? - No. Nothing with it. 230 00:17:22,398 --> 00:17:25,320 Bung it on. Let's see what it is. 231 00:17:33,121 --> 00:17:35,833 Great! Ah, splendid! 232 00:17:35,999 --> 00:17:40,797 - Oh, yes! - Hang on, hang on. Can I move my arm? 233 00:17:40,963 --> 00:17:44,928 - Ah! Yes! - You're hurting me. 234 00:17:45,093 --> 00:17:47,806 You love it dirty! love it! 235 00:17:50,642 --> 00:17:52,729 Yes! Yes! 236 00:17:52,896 --> 00:17:55,315 Yes! Oh, yes! Yes! 237 00:17:55,481 --> 00:17:57,568 Yes! Agh! 238 00:17:57,776 --> 00:17:59,863 Yes! Ah! 239 00:18:01,198 --> 00:18:05,620 And how was that for you, then, Penny? 240 00:18:06,621 --> 00:18:11,002 - Brilliant, thank you, Pat - Good, Good, because... 241 00:18:12,377 --> 00:18:16,342 I gave my bloody all. I gave my bloody all. 242 00:18:17,467 --> 00:18:19,763 Ah, Penny. 243 00:18:25,478 --> 00:18:28,273 Girl at the conference. You know. 244 00:18:29,899 --> 00:18:32,612 These things happen. 245 00:18:33,947 --> 00:18:36,617 I'm sorry, Stephanie. 246 00:18:36,784 --> 00:18:39,287 God knows how she... 247 00:18:40,329 --> 00:18:45,128 - I'd never have thought... - I do realise these things go on. 248 00:18:45,294 --> 00:18:48,590 It's how you and I became acquainted. 249 00:18:48,756 --> 00:18:51,636 But you picked the wrong one this time. 250 00:18:51,843 --> 00:18:56,642 Find out what your little whore wants. Buy her off. Do whatever it takes. 251 00:18:56,809 --> 00:19:01,189 - Yes, of course, Stephanie. - Well, go on, then! 252 00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:08,949 Oh, and one more thing. Let me know if I need an HIV test, won't you? 253 00:19:44,951 --> 00:19:48,707 - What was all that about?! - I don't know... 254 00:19:48,915 --> 00:19:51,418 Little bitch! 255 00:19:51,584 --> 00:19:54,214 Don't you touch me again! 256 00:19:56,925 --> 00:20:00,179 Now, what are you talking about? 257 00:20:00,388 --> 00:20:05,603 A tape purporting to be of you and me in Brighton on the job. 258 00:20:05,769 --> 00:20:08,899 My wife played it at the breakfast table. 259 00:20:09,064 --> 00:20:12,278 It must have been you who sent it. 260 00:20:12,485 --> 00:20:16,136 I wouldn't want anyone to know I'd been with you. 261 00:20:16,450 --> 00:20:18,744 I hate to think about it. 262 00:20:18,953 --> 00:20:21,769 I'm not a whore, I don't blackmail people, 263 00:20:22,083 --> 00:20:23,959 I have all the money I need. 264 00:20:24,126 --> 00:20:27,922 I just wish I knew some people I could trust. 265 00:20:28,756 --> 00:20:32,720 If not you... who? 266 00:20:36,474 --> 00:20:38,602 Hello. 267 00:20:40,645 --> 00:20:42,941 It's for you. 268 00:20:45,443 --> 00:20:48,156 - Woolton? - Who's that? 269 00:20:48,323 --> 00:20:50,409 No one you know. 270 00:20:50,723 --> 00:20:52,912 Let's say it's a government health warning. 271 00:20:53,078 --> 00:20:58,419 In your case, there's no such thing as safe sex. In your case... 272 00:20:58,627 --> 00:21:03,091 the withdrawal method is the only viable alternative. 273 00:21:03,299 --> 00:21:05,803 I'm sure you understand. 274 00:21:18,109 --> 00:21:22,073 I've a short statement to make. 275 00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:26,162 I am withdrawing from the contest for the leadership. 276 00:21:26,369 --> 00:21:28,538 I'm a practical man. 277 00:21:28,852 --> 00:21:31,752 I believe my friendFrancis Urquhart has a better chance of winning. 278 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,131 I'm not prepared to split the vote. 279 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:39,303 As of now, Francis Urquhart has my support. 280 00:21:39,470 --> 00:21:41,973 When he's Prime Minister, 281 00:21:42,287 --> 00:21:46,145 as he will be, I'll be proud to serve in his government. 282 00:21:47,020 --> 00:21:49,441 Thank you very much. 283 00:21:50,357 --> 00:21:53,696 Why Urquhart? I didn't know you liked him. 284 00:21:53,863 --> 00:21:57,617 I don't like him. I can't stand the sod, in fact. 285 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:01,956 No, it's because I don't want the other bastard to win. 286 00:22:02,123 --> 00:22:04,584 That... er... girl. 287 00:22:05,544 --> 00:22:08,256 Belongs to a chap called O'Neill. 288 00:22:08,464 --> 00:22:11,551 O'Neill belongs to that evil reptile Billsborough. 289 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,932 - Michael Samuels's sponsor. - That's one way of putting it. 290 00:22:16,099 --> 00:22:18,810 Yes, old Teddy Billsborough. 291 00:22:18,977 --> 00:22:24,401 Riding on Samuels' back, arms around his throat like the old man of the sea. 292 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,801 Samuels belongs to Billsborough. 293 00:22:28,010 --> 00:22:30,659 O'Neill does too. The girl belongs to O'Neill. 294 00:22:30,866 --> 00:22:35,456 - So she belongs to Billsborough. - What a charming world-view. 295 00:22:35,665 --> 00:22:38,669 Everybody belongs to somebody. 296 00:22:38,835 --> 00:22:41,651 I was nobbled by Billsborough in aid of Samuels. 297 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:44,050 One day I'll bloody prove it. 298 00:22:44,217 --> 00:22:49,098 - I'm backing Urquhart as he's older. - Old farts stick together. 299 00:22:49,265 --> 00:22:52,081 Old farts die sooner. I'll be waiting in the wings. 300 00:22:52,291 --> 00:22:54,480 Don't you worry. I'll be back. 301 00:22:59,570 --> 00:23:03,241 I'm not pleased with you, Mattie. I'm angry. 302 00:23:03,407 --> 00:23:06,495 Why? What have I done? Don't frown. 303 00:23:06,703 --> 00:23:09,102 I think you know what you've done. 304 00:23:09,312 --> 00:23:11,918 Talked to Kendrick? And he told O'Neill. 305 00:23:13,586 --> 00:23:15,673 What? 306 00:23:15,839 --> 00:23:18,218 How did you know? 307 00:23:21,388 --> 00:23:25,143 - Sorry. - You promised to leave it to me. 308 00:23:25,309 --> 00:23:27,813 You broke your promise. 309 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,164 I do understand, between the two of us, 310 00:23:39,365 --> 00:23:42,289 that Mr. O'Neill has a cocaine problem. 311 00:23:42,456 --> 00:23:44,125 What? 312 00:23:44,126 --> 00:23:46,420 It's one's business to know these things. 313 00:23:49,005 --> 00:23:52,552 Mr. O'Neill has a cocaine problem. 314 00:23:52,719 --> 00:23:54,701 What? 315 00:23:54,702 --> 00:23:56,682 It's one's business to know these things. 316 00:24:03,232 --> 00:24:06,591 He owed someone a favour. 317 00:24:06,592 --> 00:24:09,949 Believe me, Roger wouldn't hurt a fly. 318 00:24:14,287 --> 00:24:19,502 Somebody in this building,,, It would have to be. 319 00:24:19,668 --> 00:24:25,093 They made it look as if Charles had been subscribing since January the 1st. 320 00:24:32,768 --> 00:24:37,567 Can I say something in absolute confidence? 321 00:24:37,734 --> 00:24:40,487 Yes. Yes, of course you can. 322 00:24:41,571 --> 00:24:45,117 I've heard hints that the tabloids are going to mount an attack 323 00:24:45,431 --> 00:24:47,829 on the PM. A nasty one. 324 00:24:47,996 --> 00:24:50,917 They're going to use his brother, Charles Collingridge. 325 00:24:51,126 --> 00:24:53,211 Don't you know him? 326 00:24:57,675 --> 00:25:00,387 July the 28th. 327 00:25:00,554 --> 00:25:03,057 You heard hints. 328 00:25:04,391 --> 00:25:06,811 Where from? 329 00:25:09,189 --> 00:25:10,858 No. 330 00:25:13,403 --> 00:25:15,280 No. 331 00:25:20,744 --> 00:25:23,874 You trust me, don't you, Mattie? 332 00:25:24,792 --> 00:25:27,295 You know I do. 333 00:25:30,340 --> 00:25:33,470 You trust me, don't you, Mattie? 334 00:25:34,262 --> 00:25:36,557 You know I do. 335 00:25:38,059 --> 00:25:41,229 You trust me, don't you, Mattie? 336 00:25:42,063 --> 00:25:44,442 You know I do. 337 00:25:54,578 --> 00:25:57,416 Roger! Good man. You made it. 338 00:25:57,582 --> 00:26:00,420 Francis, you're a sight for sore eyes. 339 00:26:00,586 --> 00:26:03,090 Come on inside. 340 00:26:03,257 --> 00:26:05,885 It's a beautiful place you've got here. 341 00:26:06,095 --> 00:26:07,888 Thank you. 342 00:26:17,398 --> 00:26:20,111 - Thanks. Cheers. - Cheers. 343 00:26:22,865 --> 00:26:25,159 - Roger... - Yes? 344 00:26:25,326 --> 00:26:28,476 Barring accidents, we'll be in 10 Downing Street. 345 00:26:28,685 --> 00:26:31,208 I've thought about what I'll need. 346 00:26:31,417 --> 00:26:36,423 - But we'll talk about what YOU want. - I've been thinking about that too. 347 00:26:36,590 --> 00:26:39,510 What you need as well as what I want. 348 00:26:39,677 --> 00:26:45,309 It struck me you could very well do with someone like me there at number 10. 349 00:26:45,475 --> 00:26:48,688 Publicity specialist. Personal spokesman. 350 00:26:48,855 --> 00:26:51,358 No. I've got that all sewn up. 351 00:26:51,524 --> 00:26:54,340 I'd like you to stay on in your present post 352 00:26:54,550 --> 00:26:56,531 under a new chairman. 353 00:26:57,991 --> 00:27:00,286 But that's... 354 00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:03,540 That's nothing. 355 00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:07,503 That's nothing more than I'm doing now! 356 00:27:08,212 --> 00:27:11,090 You said you were going to take care of me. 357 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:13,553 You promised me a K., Francis. 358 00:27:13,719 --> 00:27:16,326 And you deserve it. 359 00:27:16,327 --> 00:27:20,186 But it may be difficult to deliver a knighthood in the short term. 360 00:27:20,353 --> 00:27:25,067 Don't... Don't you bloody try to sell me short, you old bugger! 361 00:27:25,735 --> 00:27:30,324 After all I've done for you! Lied for you! Stolen for you! 362 00:27:30,489 --> 00:27:34,454 Oh, God! I lost the best girl in the world for you! 363 00:27:34,661 --> 00:27:37,373 Leave me stranded in the shit, 364 00:27:37,374 --> 00:27:40,712 I'll drag you down with me till you're blinded and drownded! 365 00:27:40,877 --> 00:27:43,276 I'm only saying it may be difficult 366 00:27:43,277 --> 00:27:46,093 to get you into the New Year's honours list. 367 00:27:46,260 --> 00:27:48,972 There's another one in the spring. 368 00:27:49,138 --> 00:27:52,183 I must say I didn't expect to be abused in this way. 369 00:27:52,393 --> 00:27:54,812 You don't seem awfully well. 370 00:27:55,021 --> 00:27:59,819 I hope I'm going to be able to rely on you to be discreet. 371 00:27:59,986 --> 00:28:02,364 Oh, Francis... 372 00:28:04,199 --> 00:28:06,619 What can I say? 373 00:28:07,286 --> 00:28:09,789 There's nothing I can say. 374 00:28:10,624 --> 00:28:13,043 But I'm sorry. 375 00:28:15,295 --> 00:28:19,885 I got hold of the wrong end of the stick entirely. I... 376 00:28:20,052 --> 00:28:24,516 I've been under a lot of strain with this business. 377 00:28:25,475 --> 00:28:27,979 And Penny going. 378 00:28:29,230 --> 00:28:34,946 But for... for all that, and everything, you can rely on me, Francis. 379 00:28:36,364 --> 00:28:39,764 I'll keep my mouth shut. Honest to God. 380 00:28:40,078 --> 00:28:42,747 Yes, Roger. I believe you will. 381 00:28:44,415 --> 00:28:47,545 Come on, let's have another drink. 382 00:28:58,015 --> 00:29:00,728 She loved me, that girl, Francis. 383 00:29:02,270 --> 00:29:04,775 And I loved her. 384 00:29:08,194 --> 00:29:10,490 LOVE her. 385 00:29:11,282 --> 00:29:13,577 Love her. 386 00:29:14,912 --> 00:29:17,207 She's gone. 387 00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:21,671 She doesn't work for me anymore. 388 00:29:23,130 --> 00:29:25,968 She's gone to work for another man. 389 00:29:29,137 --> 00:29:31,975 She asked me, would I blame her? 390 00:29:33,309 --> 00:29:36,022 How can I blame her? 391 00:29:36,189 --> 00:29:41,112 The things I asked her to do were never in her job description. 392 00:29:42,612 --> 00:29:45,741 Shouldn't be in anybody's job description, 393 00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:48,454 except the job description of a whore. 394 00:29:52,626 --> 00:29:56,589 Sometimes I think we must all be whores now. 395 00:29:58,884 --> 00:30:01,470 Here's to being a whore. 396 00:30:05,558 --> 00:30:07,645 Except... 397 00:30:08,687 --> 00:30:11,274 Except, she had to, really. 398 00:30:12,858 --> 00:30:15,696 It never was my turn to bite the pillow. 399 00:30:17,824 --> 00:30:20,744 She doesn't love me anymore. 400 00:30:20,911 --> 00:30:26,335 She doesn't love me anymore, and my poor heart hurts so bad. 401 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:28,921 It really does hurt. 402 00:30:31,966 --> 00:30:34,678 Now, isn't that a funny thing? 403 00:30:35,596 --> 00:30:38,391 And no one to blame but myself. 404 00:30:43,898 --> 00:30:48,696 I mean, who would have thought I'd be where I am today? 405 00:30:48,863 --> 00:30:54,077 Did you dream of how your life would be, Francis, when you were a boy? 406 00:30:55,287 --> 00:30:57,790 With a boy's heart. 407 00:30:57,956 --> 00:31:01,295 Is this what the Good lord meant for us? 408 00:31:01,462 --> 00:31:04,549 If you can look into the seeds of time 409 00:31:04,757 --> 00:31:08,721 and say which grain will grow, and which will not. 410 00:31:11,223 --> 00:31:13,602 - What? - Nothing. 411 00:31:17,356 --> 00:31:19,734 I like whisky. 412 00:31:21,694 --> 00:31:24,824 I sometimes wish I was an alcoholic. 413 00:31:24,990 --> 00:31:27,578 Life would be so simple. 414 00:31:28,579 --> 00:31:31,583 Getting hold of the other stuff is tedious. 415 00:31:31,792 --> 00:31:34,169 It's a way of sodding life in itself. 416 00:31:38,007 --> 00:31:42,388 I wonder if it'll be any easier when I'm a knight? 417 00:31:42,553 --> 00:31:46,017 Sir Roger O'Neill. 418 00:31:47,352 --> 00:31:53,193 A 50-quid deal for Sir Roger O'Neill. And be quick about it, my good man. 419 00:31:56,572 --> 00:31:59,492 All I want is to be happy. You know that? 420 00:32:00,451 --> 00:32:04,832 And to have my lovely black girl in my bed again. 421 00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:08,879 Just for the cuddle. 422 00:32:10,046 --> 00:32:12,550 Just for the warmth. 423 00:32:13,968 --> 00:32:16,597 Now she's gone, I get so cold. 424 00:32:16,806 --> 00:32:19,225 Cold as stone. 425 00:32:20,142 --> 00:32:22,938 Right through to the bone. 426 00:34:05,356 --> 00:34:07,735 This is an act of mercy. 427 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,116 Truly. 428 00:34:12,283 --> 00:34:14,786 You know the man now. 429 00:34:15,745 --> 00:34:21,127 You can see he has nowhere to go. He's begging to be set free. 430 00:34:21,795 --> 00:34:24,214 He's had enough. 431 00:34:26,175 --> 00:34:29,221 And when he's finally at rest, 432 00:34:29,428 --> 00:34:33,935 then we'll be free to remember the real Roger. 433 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,151 The burning boy in the green jersey, 434 00:34:42,821 --> 00:34:46,283 with that legendary, fabulous sidestep, 435 00:34:47,869 --> 00:34:51,540 and the brave, terrified smile. 436 00:35:23,246 --> 00:35:25,749 An act of mercy. 437 00:35:34,092 --> 00:35:37,222 You've been asleep for hours, Roger. 438 00:35:37,388 --> 00:35:40,935 - I'm sorry... - It's six o'clock. Listen, 439 00:35:41,102 --> 00:35:46,734 change of plan. The BBC are coming to film some footage. I had to agree. 440 00:35:46,900 --> 00:35:49,529 Can't let them find you here. 441 00:35:49,695 --> 00:35:52,302 You'll have to get going. 442 00:35:52,303 --> 00:35:54,911 I left it as long as I dared before disturbing you. 443 00:35:55,076 --> 00:35:58,059 Listen, go back to your flat and stay there. 444 00:35:58,269 --> 00:36:00,626 I'll contact you in the morning. 445 00:36:00,793 --> 00:36:04,673 - Right. Look, Francis... - Listen, don't worry. 446 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,760 Everything's going to be fine, Roger. 447 00:36:07,927 --> 00:36:10,221 Absolutely fine. 448 00:36:10,388 --> 00:36:13,100 Now, just a moment. There. 449 00:36:46,432 --> 00:36:48,519 Just... 450 00:36:49,604 --> 00:36:52,232 Just keep awake. 451 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,735 Just keep straight. 452 00:36:54,902 --> 00:36:57,030 Done it before. 453 00:36:58,572 --> 00:37:02,119 Done it all. Been everywhere. 454 00:37:03,162 --> 00:37:05,457 Seen it all. 455 00:37:10,337 --> 00:37:12,841 Jesus, Mary and Joseph! 456 00:37:13,634 --> 00:37:15,928 That's better. 457 00:37:16,888 --> 00:37:19,808 That woke me up. Fine now. 458 00:37:20,850 --> 00:37:24,814 Ah, it's a doddle. Easy for a clever boy like me. 459 00:37:26,732 --> 00:37:29,862 Who was top in arithmetic? Hmm? 460 00:37:30,028 --> 00:37:34,284 Roger O'Neill, and him the youngest boy in the class. 461 00:37:35,201 --> 00:37:38,852 And who was selected as fly-half for the All-Ireland Under-14s? 462 00:37:39,478 --> 00:37:41,251 Roger O'Neill. 463 00:37:41,417 --> 00:37:43,921 The laughing ghost. 464 00:37:44,088 --> 00:37:47,843 Ducking and weaving. Ducking and weav... 465 00:37:50,762 --> 00:37:54,768 Oh, thank you, Jesus, in your mercy. 466 00:38:36,695 --> 00:38:39,115 Just this once. 467 00:38:39,282 --> 00:38:44,288 'Cause it can't be denied it does you no good in the long run. 468 00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:49,920 Get through this weekend. Then finish. 469 00:38:50,963 --> 00:38:53,383 Get my lovely girl back. 470 00:38:53,591 --> 00:38:55,970 Health farm. 471 00:38:56,971 --> 00:38:58,848 Shag... 472 00:38:59,723 --> 00:39:02,102 ourselves... 473 00:39:02,269 --> 00:39:03,854 No. 474 00:39:04,813 --> 00:39:07,192 Take her... 475 00:39:07,692 --> 00:39:10,321 Take her to the west coast. 476 00:39:11,739 --> 00:39:13,825 Galway. 477 00:39:14,993 --> 00:39:18,539 So beautiful there. 478 00:39:20,416 --> 00:39:25,006 See her eyes sparkle when she sees that sea. 479 00:39:25,923 --> 00:39:28,302 That sky. 480 00:39:30,304 --> 00:39:33,141 Ahh... Jesus. 481 00:39:34,643 --> 00:39:36,854 Magic. 482 00:39:49,744 --> 00:39:52,768 Yes, yes. I have seen it, as a matter of fact. 483 00:39:53,082 --> 00:39:55,586 I find it quite irresponsible. 484 00:39:55,752 --> 00:39:58,777 I'd be surprised if Michael Samuels 485 00:39:58,987 --> 00:40:02,219 was ever a member of the Communist Party. 486 00:40:02,385 --> 00:40:05,610 And as for his CND and pro-gay stance, 487 00:40:05,911 --> 00:40:08,435 well, that was a long time ago 488 00:40:08,601 --> 00:40:13,191 when he was an undergraduate at Cambridge, I understand. 489 00:40:13,358 --> 00:40:18,364 I think we should forgive a man a few youthful indiscretions. 490 00:40:18,531 --> 00:40:21,034 What, me? 491 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,328 No, no, no. 492 00:40:23,537 --> 00:40:25,894 I was too busy as a young lieutenant 493 00:40:26,104 --> 00:40:28,668 in the Scots Guards for anything like that. 494 00:40:29,962 --> 00:40:34,467 - What do you make of it? - Nothing seems to make sense. 495 00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:37,449 That file on Samuels was in Central Office. 496 00:40:37,763 --> 00:40:40,058 So O'Neill again, I suppose. 497 00:40:40,224 --> 00:40:43,353 I suppose, but O'Neill working for who? 498 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:48,526 He worked for Billsborough on behalf of Samuels. This smear is on Samuels. 499 00:40:48,693 --> 00:40:52,865 Billsborough playing a double game? Landless? Urquhart? 500 00:40:53,032 --> 00:40:56,161 - No, not Urquhart. - Why not? 501 00:40:56,327 --> 00:40:59,248 I just... Oh, it's hopeless. 502 00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:03,462 I don't know why I'm still working on it. 503 00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:09,052 I have no job. No one except the BBC will even use me as a freelance. 504 00:41:09,218 --> 00:41:14,434 I just keep thinking, ''Two days more. I'll give it two days till the election. 505 00:41:14,601 --> 00:41:17,521 ''If I haven't got any further, I'll give up.'' 506 00:41:18,563 --> 00:41:21,388 The infuriating thing is, 507 00:41:21,389 --> 00:41:24,613 I feel as if I already have the answer somehow. 508 00:41:25,864 --> 00:41:28,451 I just can't see it for looking. 509 00:41:46,431 --> 00:41:49,811 7998. Oh, John, hi. 510 00:41:50,020 --> 00:41:52,731 Roger O'Neill's dead. 511 00:41:53,524 --> 00:41:55,527 What? 512 00:41:55,693 --> 00:41:58,155 The Southampton police found him 513 00:41:58,365 --> 00:42:00,825 in a toilet on the M27 at 4:30 this morning. 514 00:42:02,034 --> 00:42:05,038 Drug-induced heart failure, apparently. 515 00:42:05,246 --> 00:42:07,500 Sorry. That's that. 516 00:42:09,543 --> 00:42:12,256 God, I feel so bad about this. 517 00:42:13,424 --> 00:42:18,222 I jacked him in. And the job. I couldn't go on with him like that. 518 00:42:18,388 --> 00:42:21,350 I thought if I left him he could get himself straight. 519 00:42:21,664 --> 00:42:23,478 I know he can do it. 520 00:42:25,062 --> 00:42:27,358 I mean... 521 00:42:27,567 --> 00:42:30,111 God... I'm sorry. 522 00:42:30,319 --> 00:42:32,197 That's OK. 523 00:42:34,699 --> 00:42:37,496 He could be such fun, you know? 524 00:42:38,913 --> 00:42:43,294 He didn't give a bugger. He was such a wicked man. 525 00:42:45,631 --> 00:42:49,052 What was he doing in Southampton? 526 00:42:49,217 --> 00:42:54,225 He was supposed to spend the weekend with someone. Wouldn't say who. 527 00:42:54,391 --> 00:42:57,561 I'd left him, and I rang him up three times a day 528 00:42:57,875 --> 00:43:00,316 just to make sure he was all right. 529 00:43:00,482 --> 00:43:04,613 Do you know... why he died? 530 00:43:07,699 --> 00:43:12,915 What d'you mean? He had heart failure, or someone sold him some bad stuff. 531 00:43:13,081 --> 00:43:16,002 What does it matter? He's dead. 532 00:43:16,168 --> 00:43:20,883 He was being used by someone. That's why he involved you. 533 00:43:21,092 --> 00:43:24,220 I think he was being blackmailed. 534 00:43:25,429 --> 00:43:28,351 He wasn't the only one. 535 00:43:29,310 --> 00:43:31,146 I... erm... 536 00:43:31,354 --> 00:43:34,900 I went with Pat Woolton at the party conference. 537 00:43:35,066 --> 00:43:37,779 Someone taped us and sent it to Pat. 538 00:43:37,945 --> 00:43:39,573 God. 539 00:43:39,740 --> 00:43:42,660 - Who? - Don't know. 540 00:43:44,286 --> 00:43:46,790 Pat thought it was me. 541 00:43:49,459 --> 00:43:53,966 You don't care about Roger. You just want a good story. 542 00:43:54,133 --> 00:43:56,177 I do care, Penny. 543 00:43:56,491 --> 00:43:59,056 I don't want to talk about this anymore. 544 00:43:59,889 --> 00:44:01,976 Roger's dead. 545 00:44:02,142 --> 00:44:05,271 I don't actually care about anything else. 546 00:44:05,585 --> 00:44:08,401 So go away, please, and leave me alone. 547 00:44:08,608 --> 00:44:10,028 - Urquhart? - No! 548 00:44:10,194 --> 00:44:11,738 Then who? 549 00:44:11,905 --> 00:44:14,783 Someone with access to confidential information. 550 00:44:14,993 --> 00:44:17,245 Not just party secrets, cabinet secrets. 551 00:44:17,412 --> 00:44:21,584 The Territorial Army leaks, the hospital cuts, Mendox. 552 00:44:21,749 --> 00:44:26,965 You'd have to be on three different cabinet committees to know all those. 553 00:44:27,131 --> 00:44:31,095 The only person on all three was Collingridge. 554 00:44:31,303 --> 00:44:33,598 Let's try motive again. 555 00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:36,519 Who stood to gainfrom all the leaks and dirty tricks? 556 00:44:36,685 --> 00:44:41,275 Anyone who wanted to get rid of Collingridge and be Prime Minister. 557 00:44:41,442 --> 00:44:43,861 Earle, McKenzie, 558 00:44:44,027 --> 00:44:46,531 Samuels, Billsborough, 559 00:44:46,698 --> 00:44:49,118 Woolton, Urquhart. 560 00:44:49,284 --> 00:44:54,500 Every one of those has been smeared, nobbled or buggered up except Urquhart. 561 00:44:54,666 --> 00:44:58,713 The snag is, Urquhart's not a cabinet minister. 562 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:02,218 - He didn't have to be. - What? 563 00:45:04,095 --> 00:45:09,769 He didn't have to be. He'd have known about those things by being Chief Whip. 564 00:45:10,936 --> 00:45:13,482 Every department has a Whip. 565 00:45:13,690 --> 00:45:17,445 The junior Whips report to the Chief Whip. 566 00:45:17,612 --> 00:45:22,409 The Chief Whip is informed of anything that is likely to be sensitive. 567 00:45:22,575 --> 00:45:25,245 And he knows personal stuff. 568 00:45:25,246 --> 00:45:27,916 Would he know about Woolton and that girl? 569 00:45:29,168 --> 00:45:32,839 They met in Urquhart's suite, at his party. 570 00:45:33,005 --> 00:45:37,804 Jesus! Mattie, why the hell didn't you think of Urquhart sooner? 571 00:45:37,969 --> 00:45:41,850 - I couldn't bear to think it was him. - Why not? 572 00:45:42,058 --> 00:45:44,771 Can't you guess? 573 00:45:46,106 --> 00:45:48,984 I'm having an affair with him. 574 00:45:50,152 --> 00:45:52,572 Francis Urquhart? 575 00:45:52,738 --> 00:45:55,284 He's old enough to be your father. 576 00:45:55,451 --> 00:45:58,579 What on earth do you think that matters? 577 00:46:00,665 --> 00:46:02,751 I'm in love with him. 578 00:46:08,382 --> 00:46:13,181 You met Patrick at Urquhart's party. Did anyone arrange that meeting? 579 00:46:13,347 --> 00:46:15,293 Roger did. 580 00:46:15,329 --> 00:46:18,563 Look, did you come all this way just to make me cry again? 581 00:46:18,729 --> 00:46:23,277 Of course I didn't. Listen. Was Roger acting for someone? 582 00:46:23,444 --> 00:46:25,905 He was. He didn't say who, though. 583 00:46:26,113 --> 00:46:31,120 Could it have been Urquhart? Did he and Roger know each other well? 584 00:46:31,286 --> 00:46:33,490 I don't think so. 585 00:46:33,491 --> 00:46:37,294 Roger was doing some work for him. Urquhart was angry. 586 00:46:37,460 --> 00:46:39,923 Some cock-up over computer files. 587 00:46:40,131 --> 00:46:43,344 Urquhart has a country house. Do you know where? 588 00:46:44,470 --> 00:46:47,641 I used to have all the cabinet private numbers. 589 00:46:47,850 --> 00:46:50,394 I handed the list in when I left. 590 00:46:50,603 --> 00:46:55,943 No, hang on. I could give you the code. It was my PIN number. 0703. 591 00:47:26,438 --> 00:47:28,733 0703... 592 00:47:30,486 --> 00:47:34,157 0703... 0703. 593 00:47:53,055 --> 00:47:57,853 - Could you say that again, please? - Lyndhurst 37428. 594 00:47:58,019 --> 00:48:02,192 - Is that Lyndhurst. Surrey? - Lyndhurst, Hampshire. 595 00:48:02,359 --> 00:48:05,279 It's the middle of the bloody night here! 596 00:48:42,283 --> 00:48:44,369 - Hello. - John. 597 00:48:44,536 --> 00:48:47,665 Where Roger O'Neill was found... 598 00:48:47,831 --> 00:48:51,587 The motorway services where O'Neill was found. 599 00:48:51,754 --> 00:48:55,258 It's only eight miles from Urquhart's country house! 600 00:49:54,789 --> 00:49:57,085 - Adrian! - Hi, Mattie. 601 00:49:57,252 --> 00:49:59,713 What's going on? It feels like Christmas. 602 00:49:59,879 --> 00:50:03,426 - The Urquhart mob celebrating. - Already? 603 00:50:03,593 --> 00:50:07,097 - Looks like it's the Whip. - Have you seen him? 604 00:50:07,305 --> 00:50:10,225 Urquhart? No, won't do interviews till it's official. 605 00:50:10,539 --> 00:50:12,521 You needn't have hurried. 606 00:50:12,729 --> 00:50:17,652 - Come and have a cup of tea. - No. There's someone I need to see. 607 00:50:17,818 --> 00:50:20,239 Thanks, Adrian. 608 00:51:25,737 --> 00:51:31,286 - I believe you're looking for Francis. - Oh, yes. Yes, I am. Thank you. 609 00:51:31,493 --> 00:51:34,748 Um... you're one of the Whips, aren't you? 610 00:51:34,914 --> 00:51:38,461 - Tim Stamper. - I'm Mattie Storin. 611 00:51:38,628 --> 00:51:42,591 Lately of the ''Chronicle''. Currently a charge upon the state. 612 00:51:42,758 --> 00:51:46,388 - It's not... - We've spoken on the phone. 613 00:51:46,555 --> 00:51:51,853 - I was wondering what you'd look like. - It's urgent. Where's Mr. Urquhart? 614 00:51:52,062 --> 00:51:56,567 - What do you want to see him about? - It's personal. 615 00:51:56,775 --> 00:52:01,615 Yes, I'm sure it is. You'll appreciate he has rather a heavy day today. 616 00:52:01,823 --> 00:52:07,664 - I'm sure he'll make time to see me. - Oh, I shouldn't be surprised at all. 617 00:52:09,457 --> 00:52:12,170 - Roof garden. - Right. 618 00:52:12,336 --> 00:52:14,961 He wanted time to himself. 619 00:52:14,962 --> 00:52:18,386 You'd better be right about his eagerness to see you. 620 00:52:18,552 --> 00:52:21,682 Thank you very much for your help 621 00:53:13,954 --> 00:53:16,584 Mattie, little Mattie. 622 00:53:16,791 --> 00:53:20,547 - I was thinking about you. - I don't think you were. 623 00:53:20,714 --> 00:53:26,554 Indeed I was. Now the struggle seems to be over, I could help you. 624 00:53:28,098 --> 00:53:31,227 Mattie? Is there something the matter? 625 00:53:31,434 --> 00:53:34,147 Is there anything I can do? 626 00:53:34,314 --> 00:53:38,069 You're upset about something. What is it? 627 00:53:38,236 --> 00:53:40,739 Tell me it isn't true. 628 00:53:40,904 --> 00:53:42,783 What? 629 00:53:42,949 --> 00:53:44,972 Tell me it isn't true. 630 00:53:45,182 --> 00:53:47,622 Tell you what isn't true? What, Mattie? 631 00:53:47,789 --> 00:53:50,459 I have many talents, but I'm not a mind-reader. 632 00:53:50,668 --> 00:53:54,631 That you're the one. You were all the time. 633 00:53:54,797 --> 00:53:59,846 The one who framed Collingridge. The one who leaked the documents. 634 00:54:00,054 --> 00:54:04,059 The one who frightened me. The one who killed O'Neill. 635 00:54:04,268 --> 00:54:08,231 Tell me it isn't true. Tell me. 636 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,360 Mattie, Mattie... 637 00:54:12,485 --> 00:54:16,658 Look at me. Come on, now. That's better. 638 00:54:18,202 --> 00:54:20,914 You trust me, don't you? 639 00:54:21,081 --> 00:54:23,292 Did you...? 640 00:54:23,459 --> 00:54:26,045 Did you kill Roger O'Neill? 641 00:54:26,212 --> 00:54:31,093 Mattie, have you any idea at all how much this pains me? 642 00:54:31,926 --> 00:54:34,764 I feel for you very deeply. 643 00:54:34,931 --> 00:54:39,020 I can't bear to be the object of your suspicion. 644 00:54:39,185 --> 00:54:43,567 I trusted you, Mattie. Why couldn't you trust me? 645 00:54:43,733 --> 00:54:46,863 I wanted to. I still want to. 646 00:54:47,030 --> 00:54:49,241 - Do you? - I love you. 647 00:54:49,449 --> 00:54:52,870 Tell me properly. Call me Daddy. 648 00:54:54,162 --> 00:54:56,667 I love you, Daddy. 649 00:54:57,835 --> 00:55:01,089 - I just want to know. - What? 650 00:55:02,214 --> 00:55:04,718 Did you kill Roger O'Neill? 651 00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:08,390 Yes. 652 00:55:09,682 --> 00:55:12,395 - How? - Rat poison. 653 00:55:14,062 --> 00:55:16,775 He had to be put down. 654 00:55:17,526 --> 00:55:20,238 It was an act of mercy. 655 00:55:20,404 --> 00:55:24,034 He's at peace now. Nothing more to fear. 656 00:55:26,578 --> 00:55:29,207 - Mattie... - What? 657 00:55:30,208 --> 00:55:32,503 - Mattie... - What? 658 00:55:33,837 --> 00:55:36,341 Can I trust you? 659 00:55:36,508 --> 00:55:40,471 - You know you can. - Oh, Mattie. 660 00:55:40,638 --> 00:55:43,558 It gives me such pain to say this. 661 00:55:43,725 --> 00:55:46,103 But I don't believe you. 662 00:55:46,269 --> 00:55:48,773 I don't believe I can trust you. 663 00:55:52,443 --> 00:55:54,322 Daddy...! 664 00:56:13,303 --> 00:56:17,809 Something made me turn round. I must have heard her. 665 00:56:17,976 --> 00:56:20,563 I had no chance of preventing her. 666 00:56:21,396 --> 00:56:23,900 Yes, I knew her slightly. 667 00:56:24,067 --> 00:56:29,282 She was a very talented young woman, but rather highly-strung. 668 00:56:30,742 --> 00:56:34,205 She interviewed me on several occasions. 669 00:56:34,413 --> 00:56:39,294 She was very upset about losing her job as a political correspondent. 670 00:56:40,671 --> 00:56:43,174 Death is always sad. 671 00:56:43,340 --> 00:56:46,678 But the unexpected death of a young person 672 00:56:46,992 --> 00:56:49,599 on the threshold of her career 673 00:56:49,765 --> 00:56:52,269 is especially upsetting. 674 00:56:52,436 --> 00:56:55,043 Francis Urquhart commenting 675 00:56:55,253 --> 00:56:58,068 on the death of a journalist earlier today. 676 00:56:58,234 --> 00:57:01,138 Mr. Urquhart, at Buckingham Palace, 677 00:57:01,339 --> 00:57:04,242 will be invited by the Queen to form... 678 00:57:08,956 --> 00:57:11,543 No. I have nothing to say. 679 00:57:13,087 --> 00:57:14,755 No. 680 00:57:16,174 --> 00:57:17,842 No. 681 00:57:18,593 --> 00:57:21,722 Don't you see? I had to do it. 682 00:57:22,931 --> 00:57:25,644 How could I have trusted her? 683 00:57:28,396 --> 00:57:31,234 You might very well think that. 684 00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:34,238 I could not possibly comment.