All language subtitles for Summer of Rockets 1x05 - Episode 5

Mr Samuel?

Mr Samuel?

You need treatment.

You've been hit.

Hallelujah!

As I always say.

I said they were going mad
here but now...

...there's nothing to do.

You need to sit still, Mr Samuel,
till they get you to hospital.

I'm perfectly fine.

They're just going to clean out
the wound and check there's

nothing else wrong.

Don't let that man
back in the hospital.

I'll do my best, Mr Samuel.

Dad?

Dad?

Dad?

You've been asleep for
nearly two days now, dear.

- Are you feeling any better?
- I'm not sure quite yet.

An airman went berserk,
that's what they say,

at the airfield.

Is that what they're saying?

But you're safely back with us.

And you'll be home very soon.

Mr Petrukhin... Mr Petrukhin?

You have an infection.

We need to get more
antibiotics into you,

which means you'll need
to stay with us a few...

- I'd like to see him. You can't see
- him, you cannot visit him,

no visitors are allowed to see him,
you cannot see him!

It is imperative that I see him!
I have something to tell him!

You cannot see him!

I think he can smell it.

I'm sure he can smell it.

I managed to smuggle one in.

I thought a quick munch on some
really ripe French cheese,

and Samuel will be up
and about in no time.

I told him it's your
favourite thing.

Almost - you're forgetting the wine.

That'll be coming soon.

It's very good of you to visit him.

No, don't be silly.
We love your father, we all do.

- He's a unique fellow.
- He is.

Seemingly old-fashioned
but modern on the inside,

isn't he?

I can't help thinking that soon
all hospitals will be full

of his bleeper.

In fact, I must make a note to speak
to the doctors here about it.

What's that clock?

Ah, the clock!

I'm not sure I should tell you.

Knowing how worried
you are about bombs and rockets.

This... is the Doomsday Clock.

The Doomsday Clock?

That does sound worrying.

Yes, well, that's the whole idea.

Scientists each year calculate
how close we are

to midnight - nuclear war.

This year it's three
minutes to midnight.

- Three minutes?!
- Hm.

It's our job, all of us,
to push the hands back a little,

to, say, 12 minutes to midnight.

Or 10:30. That would be even
better, wouldn't it?

It would.
10:30 would be even better, Hannah.

Well, your face is lighting up,
old chap, as you eat that,

which is splendid.

- Come on, darling. Yes. Yes,
- we mustn't take up too much time.

I just want to tell you something.

Don't say anything about your search
for Anthony on the telephone

at home. Not if you want it
to be private.

I think the secret service
is listening in.

Listening in?
To us? Why would they do that?

I think you may be
exaggerating, Samuel.

The shock of the cheese perhaps.

I mean it.

I just... thought I'd tell you that.

Hello, Samuel.

It's good to see you.

They nearly got you, didn't they?

Yes.

Thank you for warning me.

I'm not going to let
that happen again.

It's too late for visitors.

I'll call the nurse -
you'll be thrown out.

There's no need for that.
I will be very brief.

I just wanted to let you know
we're putting a 24-hour guard

on your house.
Your factory will be watched, too.

We're not convinced the young man
who did the shooting

was acting on his own.

We will do our very best to keep
you and your family safe.

I involved you in all this.
I feel... responsible for putting

you in danger -
for you getting shot, in fact.

And yet you managed to miss it all?

You went to take an urgent phone
call at exactly the right moment,

- didn't you, Mr Field?
- It was extremely lucky, yes.

We must both make sure
we continue to be lucky.

- Mrs Shaw? Mike Spearman here.
- Yes?

I just wanted to let you know
that I've completed the interviews

for the residents of Ardmore Road,
and I couldn't get any

more information about the men
in the blue car who may have torn

- down the posters of Anthony.
- I see, right.

But... an elderly gentleman
did give me a forwarding address

for a resident of Number 14,
and he thought it's possible

more than one person went
to this address from Number 14.

It's in South London, it's...

No, don't give me the address.

- I'll come and see you this afternoon.
- Ah, but I...

I will come and
see you this afternoon.

More news about Anthony?

It's another possible address.
I mustn't get too excited.

But it's another lead.

Well, you won't go rushing
to the press now.

Rushing? It's hardly rushing
after all this time.

No, I shouldn't have said that,
it was silly, I'm sorry.

Maybe it's best not to, isn't it?

All that public exposure,
the shame of it - all kinds

of questions could be fired at us,
and we're both so ignorant,

aren't we?

We're both so completely
ignorant, aren't we, Kathleen?

Barnabas Minor?

Do you want to know
what I think it is?

I think you have some English
history stuck down your trousers,

Barnabas Minor, do you?

Oh, no, sir.

Do you know what
the punishment is for lying?

Two strokes, sir? Two strokes?!

Two strokes?!

Certainly not! It's ten strokes -
absolute minimum!

Unless I approve of the history
you've sneaked in.

Who have you got down there?

Edward the Confessor?

Edward the Confessor?!

There's even men in the garden.

It is to keep us safe, they said -

just in case that madman
at the airbase had an accomplice.

We're not safe here, Miriam.
Hannah, can you come here, please?

Does anyone know
what he was confessing to?

Does anyone out there have any idea?

For the safety of the family,
I want the following to happen.

Sasha will go back to school -
I've spoken to the headmaster,

and because of what's happened to
me, Sasha will not be punished.

Well, thank God for that.

And we all have to be split up -
each of us has to be in a separate place.

Whatever for? Surely
the family ought to be together.

It's only for a few days,
until I have more information.

I promise this is
for the best, Miriam.

You must go and stay with your
sister. And leave you?

I won't do that, I won't agree
to that, Samuel. You must do this.

I can't explain yet
why it's so important,

but you must.

And, Hannah, you have a new friend
that you've been staying with -

who is it? Come on!

It's Esther Davies from the factory.

Esther? Good Lord, you've been
staying with Esther!

Well, they'd never look for you
there, at least.

And where are you going to be?

I haven't decided yet.
Not here, certainly.

I've never tried
to disappear before.

There's a big party at Hampstead
tomorrow night.

Should I not go to it?

No, go to that -
that will be perfectly safe.

I don't - understand.
How can we be in danger

here when we're surrounded by the
secret service, for goodness' sake?

That's what I've got to find out.

So, it's goodnight from me,
and it's go away, Barney.

More quickly than that.
Go away, Barney!

Please, please...

It's good to see you all,
but, please, back to work.

It's possible, just possible,
that my family is in danger.

What?! But they got the guy
who did the shooting.

I know, but that might not
be the end of it.

Who else is involved, then?

But you'll not be in any further
danger because I've told you

nothing, and I need to keep it
like that.

You can't keep it like that.

I promise you,
this is the safest course.

- I have to disappear for a few days.
- Disappear? How are you going to

do that? You have no idea
how to do that.

I know, but I have to give it a try,
while I work out

what's in our best interests.

Do not trust Mr Field.

Do not answer his calls.

- And do not let him in here.
- Right.

I won't.

We will find a way
out of this, Courtney.

I'm just stepping out
for a moment, Shirley.

Hello, Manytone Electrics.
Mr Petrukhin, yeah, he's just...

- Is he there or not?
- Mrs Shaw?

Ah, Sam, there you are.

I need to talk to you,

in person.

I'm sorry, I can't understand that.

I can't understand!

I told you, I can't understand!

Excuse me!

Oh, don't look like that, Sasha.
You'll be all right back at school.

There'll be no punishment.

The headmaster has told your
father that.

But maybe they'll change their mind.

They - certainly won't
change their mind,

not after what's happened
to your father.

But it's very important, Sasha,
that you keep out of trouble,

any sort of trouble.

We have enough to worry
about at the moment.

Understand?

Back here again, are you?

Want to tell us about it, lady?

This is so strange, Esther.

Setting off for a ball tonight
seems so unnecessary.

That's why - and don't say no,
please don't say no -

that's why I want you
to come with me.

Say yes. Please say yes!

They won't let you in?
Oh, yes, they will.

They're frightened
of me now, remember?

And I've brought you a dress.

That's why I've got so much luggage.

- Yes?
- I've come to see a Mrs Shaw.

I believe she's staying here.

There is a lady of
that name here, yes.

There's a gentleman
here for Mrs Shaw.

So, there you are.

This gentleman wishes
to see you, Mrs Shaw.

All callers must be out of the house
by 9:45 at the latest.

Unless they have a room, of course.

Do you have one I can
have for tonight?

I don't let rooms out
for one night only.

So, how long is
Mrs Shaw staying for?

Well, I've made
an exception for her.

So I suppose I could make
a second exception.

Paid for in advance,
two guineas a night.

Two guineas?

All rooms are single occupancy,
of course, and must contain

just one individual only after 9:45.

There are no exceptions to that.

Third door on the right,
and I'll bring you your change

in the morning.

- I'll explain.
- Yes, I think you'll need to.

And you'll need to tell me what
you're doing in a place like this.

I'm here to find Anthony.

Nobody's heard of him or recognised
him - not yet, anyway.

- Are you hungry?
- Hungry?

Uh... I could be hungry, yes.

Do you... fancy some kedgeree?

- It'll taste better than it looks.
- I'm sure it will.

Why do you need a place
to stay tonight, Samuel?

Because my house isn't
safe at the moment.

Isn't safe? But they caught the man
who did the shooting, didn't they?

Oh, excuse me.
I will use it later.

- We need to be in private.
- Yes.

They're probably all hiding
from somebody or something,

don't you think?

There seems to be only one plate.
Shall we use your room?

Because I've inspected every inch
of mine in case by some miracle

I could find a trace,
you know, of Anthony.

I spent my whole life trying not
to end up in a room like this.

Go on, you tuck in first.

I'm just going to look for clues.
You never know.

I hope you don't mind. Do you?

No, no, I haven't
exactly unpacked yet.

- I didn't want to bring a suitcase.
- Why?

I didn't want to telegraph
I was on the move.

Ah!

One sock. One sock, yes.

- That's a start.
- Yes.

Hannah Petrukhin,
and this is Esther,

Lady Esther Moncrieff.

She only got in from
Paris yesterday.

I managed to persuade her to come.

Told you they were frightened of me.

It's one of the last parties
of the season, Esther.

Time's running out
for people to pair off.

Oh, Hannah, there you are!

We were just wondering,
weren't we, if you'd be here.

We thought you might
decide to stay away.

Don't worry, I wasn't going to miss
this for the world.

We haven't seen you before, have we?

No, you haven't.

Esther has been modelling in Paris.

So, Hannah, when are
you going to hold your party?

- My party?
- Yes, you have to hold a party.

Everybody else has,
and time's running out, isn't it?

And you'll need to find a place
like this to hold it, won't you?

What do you think
of it so far, Esther?

Is it how you imagined?

Scared of me?

Scared of what's
going to happen next.

I've eaten so much kedgeree!

It was a very successful concoction.

We're sitting on the floor,
not one clue between us and...

And a single sock,
which may or may not be important.

Yes. And you're not with
your children and...

...I've lost the only child
I'll have.

That's not very successful, is it?

And the whole bloody house shakes!

All evening, I've been avoiding
asking you this question, Samuel,

and I can't avoid it any more.

Why are the secret service
listening to our phone calls?

Why are they interested in us?

They think that some of the people
you know may be enemies

of the state.

What does that mean?

That some of - the people
who attend your parties,

like Walter's talk about
Victorian buildings,

that some of them may
have... other interests.

Like what?

I know most of these people -
they're friends of Richard and I.

But it's complicated by the fact
that these same secret servicemen

that have made the accusation
could themselves be...

- ...enemies of the state.
- Oh, for goodness' sake!

What is this, some sort
of ludicrous game,

all these men accusing each other
of we-don't-know-what?

Well, at least I don't know what!

It is ludicrous,
but it is what is happening.

Do you know what Aunt Mary said
to me the other day?

She said, "We are so ignorant."

She meant me and her
- and that's true.

I know I don't take very much
interest in Richard's work

and the day-to-day
world of politics...

Like most people, like me -
you can't blame yourself for that.

Oh, yes, yes, I can. I've been

so wrapped up
in our beautiful house and making

the garden as stunning
as it could be, and being a dutiful

wife, and I thought my
ignorance was natural -

as you just said - but of course
it isn't natural at all!

And maybe that's why he went,
why Anthony left,

because I was so closed off from
everything in that bloody house!

It can't be because of that,
it can't be that simple.

Yes, yes, it can!

I had Anthony when I was barely 19,
and all my energy since then,

everything, has gone
into bringing him up right,

encouraging his interests,
his drawing and his music.

And being the perfect hostess
for all the parties we had.

And I was very good at that,
I really thought I was.

And that's why I carried on doing
it, even after he left.

But it was all utterly wrong.

Such a lie.

Because it was my fault.

- It is my fault.
- Well, that's not true.

It's never one person's fault.

I won't cry in front of you again,
once is enough, I can't.

I won't do it again.

No, Samuel. No, just...

...just hold me, please.

That's it.

No. No, that's not just holding me,
is it?

Oh, God, Samuel.

It is 9:50.

All residents should be
in their own room by now.

- Of course.
- As I told you.

There are absolutely no exceptions.

- Don't worry, I'm just leaving.
- We'll leave the door open.

Thank God.
Thank God for the tiny woman. - Huh.

Because that would only
have made things worse, wouldn't it?

Goodnight, Sam.

Hello, beautiful! Fancy a kiss?!

Want to go up there?

I hope you're signing something
really, really obscene.

See that man? He knows something
about Anthony Shaw.

He gave Mrs Shaw an address.

Let's see if we can find out more.

Mr Ledbury?
I'm a friend of Mrs Shaw's.

- Oh, yes.
- Hannah Petrukhin, and this is Esther,

Lady Esther Moncrieff.

You were a friend of
Anthony's, weren't you?

- Anthony Shaw.
- I was.

I was wondering if I might be able
to ask you a little about him.

You can ask me anything you like.

But a little bit later, ladies.
A bit later.

Come on. I'm not letting him
get away with that.

They're looking at us.

Are they talking about us, I wonder.

Can you read him from here?

Oh, I'd love it if you can!
Eavesdropping from here!

See what they're saying about us.

You've got something?
What's he saying about us?

He's talking about Anthony?

You've got to get more of it.
What's he saying, Esther? Come on.

We've got you, Paul.
We can hear what you're saying.

Let me see!

Is that what he's saying?

They never knew what Anthony was
interested in, his parents.

Never had any idea.

They never knew what Anthony
was interested in.

They really didn't.

His parents had no idea.

Ah. There you are.

Yes, I was sort of hovering,
waiting till I heard you.

- I've decided I'm going to go home.
- You're leaving already?

Yes.

I'm not going to learn anything
more from this place.

There are several reasons why
it's a good idea for me to go home.

Are there?

- Don't you think?
- Such as?

Well, Richard will be missing me,
for a start.

Of course. He will be missing you,
that's right. - Yes.

He hates it when I'm away from home.
Thank you last night, though,

for looking after me.
That was very kind of you. - Right.

I wish we'd found
more than just a sock.

There's a plate missing here.

It's in my room,
I was just about to return it.

So, where will you go,
with your brown paper parcel?

My parcel, yes.
I don't know, I have various ideas.

How long do you have
to keep away from home?

I'm not sure. Until I find out
who's really behind the shooting.

You will be careful,
won't you, Samuel?

Yes.

Actually... I've thought
of where I should go.

The very last place
that they would look for me.

- Which is where?
- You won't tell anyone?

- No-one at all?
- No, of course, of course I wouldn't.

Then it's the hospital, the one
I've just been discharged from.

Hospital?!

Because they know
that I'm not there any more.

Can you do that?

Can you just book into a hospital,
like a hotel, if you're not ill?

Yes. Why not?

I am the bleeper man, after all.

So, Petrukhin, your punishment
is postponed - whether for good,

- we don't know yet, do we?
- Don't we, sir?

We don't know that, no.

So, what have you to say
for yourself?

I'm very sorry, sir,
that I ran away.

Is that all?

This is our first chance to talk
since you've come back,

- and that's all you have to say?
- Yes, sir.

- You have nothing to ask me?
- No, sir.

I think...

...you should be asking me
about Anthony Shaw's

letters, shouldn't you?

Because this is the file
you were looking at.

You broke into the headmaster's
study so you could take a look at this.

I only wanted to
take a look to see if there were...

I know what you wanted to see.

Come here.

So, now you can take
a good look, Petrukhin.

And, as you can see,
there are many letters

from Anthony Shaw,
he wrote to me a lot.

You look surprised.

No, sir. I'm not surprised.

And, as you can also see,
they stopped several years ago,

just before he was 21.

He disappeared, didn't he?

- You know that, don't you?
- Yes, sir.

- Mrs Shaw told me.
- Ah.

- A fine lady, is she not?
- She is, sir.

I expect she was
an excellent mother, too.

I'm sure we both wonder
what happened to Anthony.

Yes, sir.

I wonder if we'll ever know.

Yes?

Mrs Shaw? It's Hannah Petrukhin.

- Hannah? Are you all right?
- Yes, Mrs Shaw.

I get nervous now when a Petrukhin
calls me from a call box.

Oh, no, nothing's wrong, Mrs Shaw.

I have a friend, Esther.
We were at a party

and... she learned
something about Anthony.

Well, what was it?
What did she learn?

I think it would be easier
if we came to see you,

Mrs Shaw, if that's possible.

Maybe tomorrow when
Esther's not at work.

Dr Philip Jones to
Paediatrics immediately, please.

So, these are the rooms for our
private patients, Mr Petrukhin.

- I hope this will do.
- Absolutely.

It's perfect.

We will have to charge
you the same rate,

- I'm afraid, as our private patients.
- Of course.

I just want to be able to study
the workings of the hospital

around the clock, to help
with the development

of the staff locator.

I'll see you around the
hospital, then, Mr Petrukhin.

Yes, you will.

Dr Small? You will keep the fact
that I'm staying here

strictly confidential?

I think everything will
work better that way,

if as few people as possible
know about it.

Where are you, Samuel?
You must tell me where you are.

It's best you don't know.

What do - you mean,
it's best I don't know?

- How on Earth can that possibly be true?
- Right now it is true.

I realise there's all sorts of
things

you're not telling me,
I'm not that stupid!

What's that noise?

Are you at a train station, Samuel?
Is there somebody with you?

Nobody's with me,
Miriam, of course not.

Put in more money, Samuel,
you're cutting off.

I don't have any more change,
I'll call you... - Samuel!

Hello. There's no need to stand,
please.

- Mrs Shaw, this is Esther.
- I'm delighted to meet you.

You'll forgive me if I come
straight to the point.

You've found something out
about Anthony, you say?

We were at a party,
Mrs Shaw, and that man,

Paul Ledbury, was there.

And Esther can lip-read,
and she saw him saying

to his friends, she saw him say,
"They never knew what he was really

"interested in, his parents.

"They never had any idea."

And? What did he say then?

I'm afraid we didn't
find out any more.

You came all the way
here to tell me that?

Yes, well, we thought
it might be useful.

Well... on its own
like that, it's tantalising,

naturally, but how do you even know
they were talking about Anthony?

Oh, yes, they were, definitely.

But you didn't catch
what he was referring to?

Can't you get Paul
Ledbury to tell you?

Well, yes, I could certainly try,

but he's always extremely
reluctant to talk to me.

Well, thank you, you're very kind
for taking the trouble.

I thought perhaps, now we're here,
because Esther notices things

sometimes, maybe we could have
a look at some of Anthony's things.

Well... why not?

I'm sorry for disturbing
you, Aunt Mary.

Come in, come in.

I tend to hide away here in the
afternoons and bury myself in books.

- This is Esther.
- She's deaf, she can't...

Oh, I see. It makes my problems
seem very small.

Yes, that's one of
Anthony's pictures.

He was 15 when he did that.

We think they're images
of the end of the world,

or of some great storm.

He painted in all sorts of styles,
as children often tend to do.

Horses? There aren't any horses
in the picture.

Oh, yes! Horses! So there are!

You've spotted something
all the rest of us missed!

I've looked at all
of these, of course.

I've never seen anything
hidden in them, though.

And then, of course, there's this.

He spent months doing this.

It's the last bit of artwork he did.

It's a sort of fantasy town,
a futuristic place.

All the people look
like they're frozen, don't they?

Like they've been stopped moving
by some tremendous force.

Maybe it's the moment
before the bomb.

- What have you seen?
- Oh, yes.

There are lots of birds.

He drew so much detail.

There are even people
inside the aeroplane.

But isn't it odd -
turkeys on the rooftops?

Oh, yes, the rabbit.

Not sure I'd noticed
that one before.

I think we need a magnifying glass.

Esther, you've uncovered
a whole zoo!

I'd noticed the birds,
but none of these.

It's like a children's game
where you have to spot the tiger

in the forest, but here
they're everywhere.

Because he liked animals.

Maybe he went to a zoo.

Maybe he's been working
at a zoo all this time.

But they're all farm animals.

Well, maybe a farm, then.

He's working at a farm
in the countryside somewhere.

No, it's nothing to do
with a zoo or a farm.

Can't you see what it's saying?

Look at the animals
and then look at the people.

Can't you see?

It's about not eating animals,
that's what it's about.

It's about not killing
animals for food.

People are frozen,
caught in a moment of disgust

because the animals have taken over!

The animals are no longer meat!

That's why there are so many pigs
and cows and chickens,

because nobody dare
eat them any more.

That can't be right.

Anthony never mentioned anything
about not eating meat.

But children have secrets,
don't they?

This is not such a huge thing
that it had to be kept secret.

Of course it didn't.

We never would have stopped Anthony
from giving up meat.

I don't see that in the picture.

- I don't think it's that at all.
- Kathy?

Where are you?

It makes one so calm, doesn't it?

Feeding these animals.

That's why we keep them,
for precisely that.

After being in Parliament all day
and having to deal with some

of the ridiculously
self-important people there,

to come and do this...

...it's blissful.

Every time I see you, Hannah,
I think of something

falling on us from the sky.

Bit of Sputnik or a bit of bomb.

- Do you still worry about that?
- Yes, all the time.

And now I've seen the Doomsday
Clock, it's worse, of course.

I've always been interested
in what young people are thinking.

How they worry about what could
happen to our world.

Its destruction.

The final war that
could end all this.

I think you might be right.

Mr Field, what can I do for you?

You can find Mr Petrukhin for me.

It's good to see where
these things are made.

I was always a believer,
ever since the first demonstration.

- So, where is Mr Petrukhin?
- I can't tell you that.

- Why ever not?
- Because he doesn't trust you.

You weren't there when
the shooting happened.

It really is very simple,
Mr Johnson.

We need to know where Samuel
is in order to protect him.

So, are you going
to tell me where he is?

I'm not, no.

And, as it happens, I don't know.

- You don't?
- No.

Well, that is a great pity
for all our sakes.

I'm absolutely determined
this situation does not become even

messier, Mr Johnson. I don't want
anybody else to get hurt.

I certainly don't want to see
anything happen to Samuel.

So, these tiny animals
are what you feel it's all about?

Yes. Yes, they are.
Especially this one.

I have to be honest, Mrs Shaw.

I think this is a very slender lead.

I've looked through all of Anthony's
drawings and paintings,

as you know, and there's
all sorts of things.

There's flowers and battleships...

I want to follow this line of
inquiry, Mr Spearman.

I think it's the nearest we've got.

Have you done what I've asked you
to do? You have made enquiries?

I have, yes. Today I visited the
only two vegetarian restaurants in

the West End and there is no sign
of your son working there,

eating there,
ever having been there.

I also spoke to the Vegetarian
Society and they've had

no contact with him or anybody
answering his description.

I see.

And what about the hotels
serving purely vegetarian food?

Well, there's one on the west coast
of Scotland and there is one

a little nearer in Norfolk.

Do you really want me to visit them?

No, I will visit the one
in Norfolk myself.

I'll go there tonight.
In fact, I will go there today.

Aren't you in the wrong country,
mate? What?!

We'll run well out of bananas.

Come over here! Leave it!

You in the stupid top, come
here! They're not worth it!

Go back where you belong!
Come on, mate, come try it!

Get back to where you're from!

We know where you are, mate.
We'll see you later.

There she is.

We just thought you probably
needed some company.

I get by myself, you know.

I've been studying, as it happens.

Besides, I've got to try to get
to university, and that means

I've got to get a scholarship,
so I've been quite busy, actually.

Then you'll need some
distraction, won't you?

Yes.
Esther's brought you a letter.

It was delivered to the factory.

She's living here now, you know.

Esther's mum's moved in
with her boyfriend.

It couldn't be better for you.

It's from my friend Nicholas.

He's one of the few
people I can talk to -

apart from you, of course.
It's a pity.

He says he's given up his novel,
but he's writing jokes now,

and comedy sketches, and trying to
make his living that way.

Oh, Esther, I've missed him so much.

And I've so wanted to talk
to him about my father

and what happened to him.

I'm so worried about my dad, Esther.

Samuel? Samuel? Samuel?!

Samuel, it is you!

Lord Wallington?

Oh, goodness sakes,
stop calling me that.

Arthur, please!

Did Kathleen tell
you that I was here?

Kathleen? No.

- Why, does she know you're here?
- I don't think so.

I was just trying to work out
how you found me.

No, no, nobody told me.

I rang the hospital and encouraged
them to take your bellboy machine

seriously, put in a word,
and they said you were here,

making a study of the workings
of the hospital.

I am, yes. Although very few people
know about it.

Anyway, that's the reason I've come
here, to rescue you, Samuel.

Rescue me?

Yes, you can't be staying
another night here,

eating ghastly hospital food,

so, Richard and I are going to take
you out for a slap-up meal.

How does that sound?

And there's somebody
we'd like you to meet.

I'd like a single room
for one night, please.

- You haven't booked?
- I have not, no.

If you could sign your name,
please, madam.

So, Mrs Milton, you do realise
this hotel serves only

- vegetarian food at all meals?
- I do, yes.

And no meat can be brought
into the hotel in either

- ...sandwiches or snacks.
- I understand.

Good.

Not everybody appreciates that.

How did you come to hear about us?

The Vegetarian Society.

- Are you a member?
- No, but I am about to join.

It's a nice room, thank you.

Are there several young men
of your age working at this hotel?

There are a few, yes, madam.

- And have you worked here long?
- Two years, madam.

Is there anything else, madam?

No, not at the moment.

Thank you.

So, Samuel, meet our
very distinguished dining companion,

- Sir Reginald Maddox, the general.
- Ah, yes, you're the inventor chap.

- Delighted to meet you.
- I say...

Now everyone's looking at us.

Richard does have that effect
on people almost wherever he goes.

Not everywhere, that's rubbish.

Not in Parliament, certainly.

We need a screen put around us,
don't we?

So, do you have your bellboy
pager thing on you?

I do, as it happens.
I never go anywhere without it.

Ah.

Funny-looking thing.
Bloody useful, I expect.

- I hear you got shot at.
- Yes, at an airbase.

- Two people were killed, in fact.
- Nasty business.

It was an awful business.
Let's banish it, shall we,

order some champagne.

- The menu, madam.
- Thank you.

There's no special tonight, madam.

The wine list, madam.

We were shown this absurd government
film, warning children what to do

during a nuclear attack.

It consisted of hiding
under their desks at school

- with their hands on their heads.
- Duck and cover.

There's even a little song.

? Duck and cover
Duck and cover

? Under the table. ?

Yes, my daughter's always
talking about this film.

Samuel has the most
delightful daughter.

I showed her the Doomsday Clock.

She's rather obsessed by it now.

Yes, she's interested in most
things. She's always reading.

Ah, yes, books.

You know the play by Shakespeare
about the mad Scottish general?

What's it called?
The one with the witches.

Macbeth.
- No.

- No? There's another one, is - there?
- What'd you say? Macbeth?

Yes, that's it. Well, you know at
the end there's a wood that moves?

He's told there's nothing to worry
about until a wood moves,

- and then a wood does move.
- When Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane.

That's right.

Because all the soldiers carry trees
and bushes in front of them.

Well, I have a wood that can move.

Well, that's hardly possible,
is it, Reginald?

- The general has a wood that moves.
- I bloody well have,

and it's not in Scotland.

And it'll freeze their blood.

Coming out of the night,
coming straight at them.

- Freeze whose blood?
- Well, the fucking Russians, naturally.

They're absolutely everywhere.

They've burrowed their way into all
sorts of places in this country.

And then of course
there's the fucking Jews.

They're running everything again.

Taken them no time at all to get
back to where they always were.

Reginald!

Samuel is Jewish.

Now, you must take
that back immediately. - What?

Are you? Well, I mean...

...you're not, of course, like them.
I mean...

Well, you sell things
to deaf people for a start.

You're not just about making money
and getting everything for yourself.

And you're not a recent
immigrant, are you?

Reginald, you don't want Samuel
to think you're some sort of

grotesque, old dinosaur, do you?

Certainly not.

Because, actually,
I'm not that at all.

Now, let's talk
about your invention,

because I think I'm able
to help you get some people

interested in it.
You must tell me how it works.

I will. In a moment.

Where are you going?

Just the cloakroom.

- Samuel, the general has to go.
- Yes, I've just been given a message.

I've been called away.

Even at my age, there's sudden
urgent business to attend to.

Marvellous meeting you.

We'll meet again, I'm sure.

The old bastard still doesn't know
how to behave, does he?

He certainly doesn't, no.

Don't worry about him.

And certainly not about
his horrible views.

- He's hardly a close friend of ours.
- Definitely not.

But I wanted you to meet him,
because he's still very influential

in military circles.

He could get all the Armed Forces
to take the bleeper.

Today, he was having a little bit
of a lapse, though.

- More than a little.
- Absolutely, more than a little.

So, now we must make amends
and have a riotous night.

And you're going to come and stay
with me, aren't you,

in my rather cosy London flat?

No, that's very kind of you,
but it's totally unnecessary.

We can't have you mouldering
away in a hospital room, can we?

Besides, Kathleen's away
and I need the company.

Please. Please, come.

Excuse me.

You don't know this man, do you?

He never came here, did he?

No, madam, I've never
seen him, I don't think, no.

None of you have ever seen this man?

Please, look carefully.

- No.
- He's Anthony Shaw.

Although he may be
using another name.

He's my son, and he's been
missing for years.

You're quite certain, all of you?

I'm sorry, madam.

It's this young man I'm looking for.

It's my son, and he's missing.

If he didn't stay here,
maybe he worked here?

No, I've never seen him.

He's a handsome boy, isn't he?

Not much further till we get
to my little hideaway.

That's Anthony.

I've only seen one
photograph of him before.

Yes, I hope it doesn't seem
like a shrine to him.

We were The Three Musketeers.

On our best days, anyway.

Isn't this a wonderful bottle?

Richard keeps them here for me.

Because I don't partake any more.

My hell-raising days are over.

Well, almost.

This is the place
we always come to dream.

To dream?

That's right.

You're a man of dreams, too,
aren't you, Samuel?

Yes, maybe.

About future inventions,
that sort of thing, yes.

All three of us are dreamers, then.

We've set the world to rights
many times in this room, Samuel.

Talked about how to make it safe.

Well, safer, certainly.

Mm. Like, for instance, what to do
about the secret service.

They almost certainly caused
the shooting you were caught up in,

- Samuel.
- I know.

They're out of
control, no question.

In fact, I'd say they're the cause
of all of our problems,

not only in this country,
but in the US,

the secret service in Europe, too.

They're behind all the so-called
"accidents" of history.

I've spent all my life in diplomacy,
Samuel, as you know.

I've been an ambassador,
even secretary-general

of the League of Nations for a
while, and wherever you are

in the world, whatever job you're
doing, they're always bloody there.

And now the Russians have penetrated
our secret service to quite

a ridiculous extent.

And that's worrying,
isn't it, Samuel?

Yes, it is, very unsettling, yes.

As a White Russian, you must really
mind that, mustn't you?

Of course. And also
as an Englishman.

There are, however,
one or two members of

the secret service who I trust.

They're friends of mine,

and they're determined to fight
the penetration by the Russians.

And the general?

Where does he fit in?

We told you, don't worry
about the general.

We hardly know him.

Now, I would like to propose
a toast, to us.

There's a problem,
I can't with water, it's unlucky.

Oh, well.
One drop will banish the bad luck.

So, Samuel, here's to us three.

And our plans for the future.

To us, yes.

If you'll excuse me one moment.

You're always slipping away, Samuel.

The end of the passage.

Thank you for the meal
and for the wine.

I think I must return
to the hospital,

I'm not feeling
particularly well.

You're feeling unwell?
Is there something we can do?

No, no, I'd just rather be there.

After all, it's the place
to be when you're feeling like this.

Can I help you, madam?

- I just wondered...
- What is it you want, madam?

I just wanted a word
with that young man.

Excuse me?

Excuse me?

Anthony?

Can I help you, madam?

- I've found you.
- His name's David, not Anthony.

David Harris.

You couldn't leave us
a moment, please?

But I've got to continue
this work...

Could you leave us a moment,
please?!

Oh, Anthony!

Oh, God!

Sorry, madam, but my name is David.

I work here.

You've mistaken me for someone else.

It's all right.

It's all right, Anthony,

I know it's a shock.

I don't mind what you're calling
yourself. I'll call you David,

if you like.

But I know it's you. It is you.

Madam, I'm not who you think I am.

I need to get on with this, madam.

Do you... do you live here?

Do you sleep here, in the hotel?

Yes, madam, I do.

OK. OK, then.

That's all I need to know.

- Hello?
- Richard?

Kathleen, there you are!
Where are you, darling?

I've found him. I've found Anthony!

What?! You have?! You really have?!

Yes, yes!

He's calling himself David,
but I know it's him!

What do you mean you know it's him?
I mean, is it him or not?

It is him, it's definitely him!

Darling, I'll explain
all when you get here.

I'm at a hotel in Norfolk,
the Bedingham Hall Hotel,

near Cromer.
Come first thing, won't you?

I... I can't believe it.

I... I can't believe
you've found him.

- I'll definitely set off really early.
- Just you, darling.

Nobody else, not even the driver.

- We don't want to frighten him.
- No.

- Is that you, Mr Field?
- Samuel.

- Where the hell are you?
- I need to see you, Mr Field.

It's about bloody time! We certainly
do need to see each other!

Look, come here for 11 o'clock.

I need to do something first -
we're moving offices, you see.

I'll be there. 11 sharp.

Mr Field?

Mr Field?

I only went out for half an hour,
and this happened.

They even killed the dog.

We really have to put
a stop to this.