1 00:01:07,609 --> 00:01:10,021 Um, maybe a little higher. 2 00:01:12,155 --> 00:01:13,270 Freddie? 3 00:01:13,823 --> 00:01:15,814 Your mystery guest. He will be here, won't he? 4 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:18,116 Because if not, I have that bore from the British Communist Party 5 00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:20,570 talking about the fall of Hungary and the effect on its members. 6 00:01:22,665 --> 00:01:23,780 Freddie? 7 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:25,328 Let's hope so. 8 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:27,534 The footage of the demonstration, 9 00:01:27,629 --> 00:01:30,212 I want it in my hand in less than five minutes, Freddie! 10 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:33,707 What's the map for? 11 00:01:34,052 --> 00:01:37,295 Uh, Admiral Green, logistics of a land invasion. 12 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:40,135 -Fact, not opinion, Bel. -Of course. 13 00:01:40,225 --> 00:01:41,681 What's Ron doing with a bookies board? 14 00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:43,809 Isaac's sketch. 15 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:45,431 It's suicide. 16 00:01:46,189 --> 00:01:48,146 -It's satire. -Satire is comment. 17 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:50,099 Clarence, what would you have me do? 18 00:01:50,193 --> 00:01:51,934 I have one piece of footage of a demonstration 19 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:53,777 on which we cannot pass comment, 20 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:56,405 a reasonably dry interview with Admiral Green 21 00:01:56,741 --> 00:01:58,027 and coverage of the American elections, 22 00:01:58,118 --> 00:02:01,531 the result of which will not be called until after we are off air. 23 00:02:01,579 --> 00:02:04,116 Freddie has an idea mid-programme. 24 00:02:04,999 --> 00:02:07,331 I have 60 minutes to fill. 25 00:02:07,418 --> 00:02:08,408 No. 26 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:15,545 The last 24 hours have been an exercise 27 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:20,129 in how to air a news programme that is taking place in less than two hours 28 00:02:20,223 --> 00:02:23,761 when one can't discuss, analyse or debate the news. 29 00:02:23,852 --> 00:02:26,640 I am allowing you to take this programme to the edge of acceptability, 30 00:02:26,771 --> 00:02:28,728 so have your maps, if you must. 31 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:31,022 But Isaac's sketch does not play tonight. 32 00:02:31,109 --> 00:02:33,567 Is it not our duty as journalists 33 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:36,486 to present balanced news frankly, 34 00:02:36,573 --> 00:02:38,484 fearlessly and reasonably? 35 00:02:38,575 --> 00:02:41,533 Life is about compromise. The country is at war. 36 00:02:41,619 --> 00:02:43,576 We cannot show dissent, we cannot show... 37 00:02:43,663 --> 00:02:47,031 News! On a news programme! 38 00:02:47,125 --> 00:02:49,241 It's absurd! 39 00:02:50,086 --> 00:02:52,874 Hector, sweetheart, have we been swimming? 40 00:02:56,551 --> 00:02:59,213 You two really need to sort this out. 41 00:03:00,597 --> 00:03:02,383 You've missed a bit. 42 00:03:03,641 --> 00:03:07,009 Sissy! Coffee in my office now, please. 43 00:03:11,941 --> 00:03:13,431 He slept in his office again, 44 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:16,268 which, by the way, is my perk. Two nights. 45 00:03:17,822 --> 00:03:19,028 Ah, Sissy, just the girl. 46 00:03:19,115 --> 00:03:21,402 Can you type this copy up for me? Thank you. 47 00:03:21,492 --> 00:03:22,607 Have you seen Isaac? 48 00:03:22,660 --> 00:03:25,072 I typed up his script again. He keeps changing it. 49 00:03:25,163 --> 00:03:26,779 He's ever such a perfectionist. 50 00:03:27,790 --> 00:03:29,406 I've done the best I can. 51 00:03:29,459 --> 00:03:31,075 I cut back the footage of the demonstration, 52 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:33,877 removed the image of the police officer attacking that man as he tried to... 53 00:03:33,963 --> 00:03:36,546 Clarence wants to cut Isaac's sketch. 54 00:03:39,636 --> 00:03:41,968 Every broadsheet is raising the issue of collusion. 55 00:03:42,138 --> 00:03:43,549 I said that. 56 00:03:43,681 --> 00:03:46,673 But if we say that Britain colluded with Israel and France in an illegal war 57 00:03:46,768 --> 00:03:48,600 to get the canal back, then we're effectively saying... 58 00:03:49,020 --> 00:03:51,307 Eden lied to his cabinet, his party and the Commons? 59 00:03:52,815 --> 00:03:53,896 Yes. 60 00:03:55,443 --> 00:03:57,184 But we don't say that. 61 00:03:57,278 --> 00:03:59,736 We just acknowledge, as the rest of the world is doing, 62 00:03:59,781 --> 00:04:01,772 that it is an intelligent possibility. 63 00:04:04,327 --> 00:04:07,319 If you use the word "collusion", even in a sketch, 64 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:10,622 then that's treason, isn't it? 65 00:04:11,167 --> 00:04:13,204 They could take us off air. 66 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:18,414 Put the policeman back in. 67 00:04:18,508 --> 00:04:21,125 Tell Isaac to take that hat off in case Clarence sees him. 68 00:04:26,808 --> 00:04:27,843 Whoo! 69 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:29,641 Christ! Hector! 70 00:04:32,814 --> 00:04:34,020 I'm sorry. 71 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:37,937 You can't sleep in your office. 72 00:04:39,612 --> 00:04:40,773 Right. 73 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:47,321 You need to go home to Marnie. 74 00:04:47,412 --> 00:04:48,447 Right. 75 00:04:48,538 --> 00:04:50,404 Aren't you going to say anything else? 76 00:04:51,666 --> 00:04:52,781 I love you. 77 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,416 Is that the best you can do? 78 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:58,332 For the moment, yes. 79 00:04:58,506 --> 00:04:59,996 What does that actually mean? 80 00:05:00,216 --> 00:05:01,627 It's pretty self-explanatory. 81 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:04,133 It isn't. It really, really isn't. 82 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:06,086 Explain. 83 00:05:06,514 --> 00:05:08,380 I'm sorry. You love me. 84 00:05:09,559 --> 00:05:11,675 Well, is this a proposal? (CHUCKLES) 85 00:05:11,769 --> 00:05:14,306 Ooh, how exciting. When were you thinking? June? 86 00:05:14,522 --> 00:05:15,603 Why are you doing this? 87 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:19,558 Because you would want me to play bridge and stop working here, 88 00:05:19,694 --> 00:05:22,982 the place that I love, doing the job that I have waited my whole life for. 89 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:24,688 I'm not asking you to marry me. 90 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:27,733 So what are you asking me? You want me to stay as your mistress? 91 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:32,037 Oh, it's heaps of fun having a mistress. Heaps of fun being a mistress. 92 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:34,114 It's just what every marriage needs. 93 00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:36,745 -Well, I have done it once too often... -Enough! 94 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:41,042 I don't want to be a mistress any more. 95 00:05:43,051 --> 00:05:46,260 And I'm... I'm certainly not waiting to be anyone's wife. 96 00:05:54,812 --> 00:05:56,928 You need a wife. 97 00:05:57,398 --> 00:05:58,854 (DOOR OPENING) 98 00:05:59,984 --> 00:06:01,099 Have you seen Freddie? 99 00:06:01,778 --> 00:06:02,813 No. 100 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:05,354 Shouldn't you be down on the floor? 101 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:28,084 Excuse me. 102 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,267 Please follow me. 103 00:07:03,506 --> 00:07:04,621 Freddie. 104 00:07:04,715 --> 00:07:05,750 I know, I know, I heard. I'll be down in... 105 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:08,129 My office, if you wouldn't mind. 106 00:07:09,220 --> 00:07:10,551 Why, to... 107 00:07:13,349 --> 00:07:15,761 These gentlemen work for Her Majesty's government. 108 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:19,936 Really? 109 00:07:20,523 --> 00:07:21,979 They wish to ask you a few questions. 110 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:24,770 I hope that is acceptable to you, Mr Lyon. 111 00:07:24,819 --> 00:07:25,934 Do I have a choice? 112 00:07:26,028 --> 00:07:27,735 We note you didn't do national service, Mr Lyon. 113 00:07:28,072 --> 00:07:29,107 No. 114 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,652 We've been aware of your activities for some time. 115 00:07:31,742 --> 00:07:33,858 We understand you have been pursuing the death of Peter Darrall. 116 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:34,943 Yes. 117 00:07:35,037 --> 00:07:37,153 And that you've approached an eminent peer and his family 118 00:07:37,248 --> 00:07:38,409 as part of your investigation. 119 00:07:40,042 --> 00:07:41,658 As you are aware, they have suffered a recent loss. 120 00:07:42,628 --> 00:07:44,539 I'm sure they would prefer to be left alone in their grief. 121 00:07:45,631 --> 00:07:46,917 You're very sure. 122 00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:49,249 Thankfully, I have been given reassurance by your editor 123 00:07:49,343 --> 00:07:51,209 that you have now closed your investigation, 124 00:07:51,262 --> 00:07:53,048 that there was no story to be found. 125 00:08:01,564 --> 00:08:02,804 Is that it? 126 00:08:05,359 --> 00:08:07,396 Is that how it works? Am I being signed off? 127 00:08:09,739 --> 00:08:12,356 I suppose there are worse ways to go. 128 00:08:12,575 --> 00:08:15,158 Robbery, heart attack or suicide, I've heard. Is it true? 129 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:19,742 Please forgive Mr Lyon. He's very, very tired. 130 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:22,039 None of us have slept more than a few hours 131 00:08:22,126 --> 00:08:25,790 over the last few weeks and we do have a programme to get out. 132 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,120 I am impressed. 133 00:08:27,757 --> 00:08:29,168 I wasn't sure if any of you could talk. 134 00:08:29,258 --> 00:08:30,794 Well, time is moving on. 135 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,418 Mr Fendley has kindly vouched for your good character. 136 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:34,878 We will not bother you again. 137 00:08:36,891 --> 00:08:38,177 Did you kill her? 138 00:08:38,726 --> 00:08:40,137 Did you murder Ruth Elms? 139 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:42,393 Freddie. 140 00:08:43,731 --> 00:08:47,144 Good afternoon, Mr Lyon. Mr Fendley. 141 00:08:49,820 --> 00:08:51,106 Goodbye. 142 00:08:57,620 --> 00:09:00,282 -Is that really it? -They are merely collectors. 143 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:02,580 They collect information and pass it on to their colleagues, 144 00:09:02,667 --> 00:09:04,578 who verify or deny what they have found. 145 00:09:04,669 --> 00:09:05,909 They are seekers of truth in their own way. 146 00:09:06,003 --> 00:09:08,586 I've been following this story for months! 147 00:09:08,673 --> 00:09:11,290 With you silently encouraging me, Clarence. 148 00:09:11,342 --> 00:09:14,334 And now I am quietly asking you to stop. 149 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:20,056 I had to ask Douglas to use his considerable influence in Whitehall 150 00:09:20,101 --> 00:09:22,138 to get them off your back. 151 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:24,598 -I'm on a list! -Shh! 152 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:35,730 Close the door. 153 00:09:41,664 --> 00:09:42,779 What list? 154 00:09:42,873 --> 00:09:44,910 Of potential KGB recruits. 155 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:46,574 Brightstones, they call them. 156 00:09:46,711 --> 00:09:48,543 "Revert to Brightstone." 157 00:09:49,463 --> 00:09:51,875 Was Peter Darrall giving someone 158 00:09:52,258 --> 00:09:54,249 the nod to find a new Brightstone to replace him? 159 00:09:54,343 --> 00:09:56,004 What, you've seen this list? 160 00:09:56,554 --> 00:09:58,386 No, but I've spoken to someone who has, 161 00:09:58,472 --> 00:10:00,258 someone who would be willing to come on the show tonight, 162 00:10:00,474 --> 00:10:01,839 maybe even to talk about Ruth's death. 163 00:10:01,934 --> 00:10:03,345 The Elms case is tragic 164 00:10:03,603 --> 00:10:05,310 but it is not news. 165 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:10,606 It's time to terminate it. 166 00:10:11,319 --> 00:10:12,354 Terminate? 167 00:10:12,570 --> 00:10:14,607 Too personal a story. 168 00:10:15,031 --> 00:10:17,022 What is the news if it's not personal, Clarence? 169 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:20,362 It's all personal, otherwise why write about it? 170 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:24,868 If it doesn't matter to you personally, then what kind of person are you? 171 00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:28,788 I'm on that list. So was Ruth. 172 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:30,209 Someone put us there. 173 00:10:31,964 --> 00:10:32,999 Sit down, Freddie. 174 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:46,426 What I am about to tell you, you can't reveal it, 175 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,682 as there's a mole at the BBC. 176 00:10:48,773 --> 00:10:51,765 But it might help you lay the Elms case to rest. 177 00:10:51,859 --> 00:10:53,020 In March I received a transcript 178 00:10:53,110 --> 00:10:57,525 of a telephone call between a high-ranking member of the government 179 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,732 and a key operative in the Secret Service. 180 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:05,491 It confirms an unofficial order, bypassing the Foreign Office, 181 00:11:05,539 --> 00:11:10,500 going straight to MI6, to bring down Nasser by whatever means they can. 182 00:11:11,462 --> 00:11:12,543 To assassinate him? 183 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:15,338 In the transcript, two agents are mentioned. 184 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:19,209 Peter Darrall and Tom Kish. 185 00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:24,306 Freddie, Nasser's attempted assassination is a bigger story. 186 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:28,514 I'm asking you to draw a line under this. 187 00:11:28,604 --> 00:11:30,186 You are at risk. 188 00:11:31,565 --> 00:11:32,726 Can't you see that? 189 00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:34,227 (KNOCKING) 190 00:11:35,736 --> 00:11:37,067 Have you seen Hector? 191 00:11:37,154 --> 00:11:40,021 I've written him a new intro for Eisenhower. 192 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:47,737 Lix. 193 00:11:48,165 --> 00:11:50,247 I need you to telephone your man in Cairo. 194 00:11:50,334 --> 00:11:51,790 I need you to ask him to dig deeper. 195 00:11:51,877 --> 00:11:54,335 -Darling, what's wrong? You're sweating. -I need to know everything 196 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:56,496 about that trip Kish and Darrall made in May to Cairo. 197 00:11:56,590 --> 00:11:58,547 What were they doing there? Please, Lix, just do it. 198 00:11:58,634 --> 00:12:01,376 Yeah, all right, all right. I just need some time. 199 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:02,801 -Everyone on set now, please. -Yes. 200 00:12:02,888 --> 00:12:04,253 -We're on in 20 minutes. -LIX: Yeah, coming. 201 00:12:07,184 --> 00:12:09,016 Ron, can you move the top right? 202 00:12:09,061 --> 00:12:11,098 Oi, Billy wilder, where do you want this? 203 00:12:11,188 --> 00:12:13,805 Perhaps behind the flat. Uh, it needs chalking up. 204 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:15,640 No one said anything about chalking up. 205 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:16,816 I'll do it. 206 00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:19,444 Isaac, can you wrap it up? Clarence will be here any minute. 207 00:12:27,705 --> 00:12:28,786 Marnie. 208 00:12:32,042 --> 00:12:34,579 Hector needed a clean shirt and suit. 209 00:12:35,463 --> 00:12:37,795 I was afraid that he might not have changed it all week. 210 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:40,957 It's that way. 211 00:12:43,012 --> 00:12:44,594 Oh, good luck. For tonight. 212 00:12:45,055 --> 00:12:47,968 Daddy's very excited, wondering how it's all going to play. 213 00:12:48,058 --> 00:12:49,389 I'm sure he'll be brilliant. Hector. 214 00:12:57,526 --> 00:12:59,813 -Ron, can... -It's fine, just don't worry about it. 215 00:13:01,071 --> 00:13:03,813 RON: Fifteen minutes, people. Fifteen minutes. 216 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:07,901 I wasn't sure if you preferred your navy or grey. 217 00:13:07,995 --> 00:13:09,577 So I took a decision. 218 00:13:09,663 --> 00:13:11,028 What are you doing here? 219 00:13:11,540 --> 00:13:13,497 We tried the Dorchester, Savoy, 220 00:13:13,584 --> 00:13:16,076 Claridge's, and you don't seem to be staying anywhere. 221 00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:17,581 Have you even shaved today? 222 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:22,291 There's some clean undergarments and socks in the bag and a fresh razor. 223 00:13:23,052 --> 00:13:24,542 Shall I just... 224 00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:26,427 Just put it here? 225 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:28,346 Yes, it's fine, you... Don't flap. 226 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:32,468 I do hope that it didn't get terribly crushed in the Underground. 227 00:13:34,772 --> 00:13:36,604 Are you coming home? 228 00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:42,644 (WOMAN CREW MEMBER GIVING ORDERS) 229 00:13:44,365 --> 00:13:46,697 Your toothbrush. There's a toothbrush. 230 00:13:46,784 --> 00:13:48,115 Thank you. 231 00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:54,239 I said I'd meet Daddy upstairs any minute now. 232 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:57,496 Douglas has invited us for drinks. 233 00:13:59,421 --> 00:14:01,332 Daddy thinks he's worried. 234 00:14:01,423 --> 00:14:03,755 He might have got wind of something. 235 00:14:04,718 --> 00:14:08,131 Apparently, a number of opportunities have been opening up for you. 236 00:14:10,057 --> 00:14:12,173 He can't believe how silly you've been, 237 00:14:12,309 --> 00:14:14,016 the damage you could have caused. 238 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:15,093 Marnie... 239 00:14:18,023 --> 00:14:20,185 I will give you today, Hector. 240 00:14:20,276 --> 00:14:22,358 But if you don't come home, 241 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:24,060 I will divorce you. 242 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:29,524 There's only so much humiliation one girl can take. 243 00:14:32,580 --> 00:14:33,570 Oh. 244 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:36,739 There he is. 245 00:14:39,753 --> 00:14:41,039 Daddy! 246 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:44,297 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 247 00:14:49,305 --> 00:14:51,137 (RINGING CONTINUES) 248 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,356 You all right? 249 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:11,032 FREDDIE: Sissy's calling last checks. 250 00:15:21,295 --> 00:15:23,662 -She's dumped you. -(HECTOR SIGHS) 251 00:15:26,717 --> 00:15:28,207 It gets better. 252 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:31,090 In a couple of months you won't feel like slitting your wrists 253 00:15:31,180 --> 00:15:33,091 every time you see her. 254 00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:38,009 You should write this down. I'm sure it would make a good novel. 255 00:15:38,062 --> 00:15:39,143 Already tried. 256 00:15:41,106 --> 00:15:42,813 You just smile and say your lines. 257 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:44,641 The rest I am sure you can sort later. 258 00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:46,601 You patronising bastard. 259 00:15:46,695 --> 00:15:48,436 I've proved myself over the last three months, 260 00:15:48,530 --> 00:15:49,691 more than proven myself, 261 00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:51,026 and just because I haven't got your wit... 262 00:15:51,116 --> 00:15:54,450 -Aw, self-pity. -...your banter and your dexterity, 263 00:15:54,536 --> 00:15:57,904 your armoury of words designed to floor, to floor me. 264 00:15:57,998 --> 00:15:59,989 Just because I'm too polite to ask the provocative questions... 265 00:16:00,084 --> 00:16:01,574 -And again. -Shut up! 266 00:16:12,096 --> 00:16:13,461 You'll, um, 267 00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:16,882 need to prep for another interview. 268 00:16:18,018 --> 00:16:19,053 Mid-programme. 269 00:16:19,144 --> 00:16:21,886 -With who? -I jotted down a few questions. 270 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:27,775 Oh, my God. Does Bel know? 271 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:31,521 She's humouring me she doesn't but she does. 272 00:16:32,741 --> 00:16:34,277 He's not going to answer these questions. 273 00:16:34,368 --> 00:16:35,950 And I'm not going to ask them. 274 00:16:36,036 --> 00:16:38,619 -Fine. -Though there's one or two is all right. 275 00:16:40,916 --> 00:16:42,748 Do you think I'm a weak person, Hector? 276 00:16:43,961 --> 00:16:44,996 What? 277 00:16:46,296 --> 00:16:50,210 I've never been to war, I've never fought for anything. 278 00:16:52,970 --> 00:16:55,803 You fight every day, Freddie. Weak's not the word I'd use. 279 00:16:57,516 --> 00:17:00,929 My father always said a hero is a man who's too afraid to run away. 280 00:17:05,899 --> 00:17:07,731 If you want we can... 281 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:12,023 run through those together on the floor. 282 00:17:17,244 --> 00:17:19,201 Freddie, I'm going to give you all your birthdays, Christmases 283 00:17:19,288 --> 00:17:21,074 and holidays at once. 284 00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:24,908 There's a story circulating the foreign press. 285 00:17:25,252 --> 00:17:27,789 It's all conjecture, but in May, 286 00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:32,916 Nasser's dentist was approached with a bribe to poison Nasser. 287 00:17:33,010 --> 00:17:36,423 Two MI6 operatives met with him, posing as British diplomats. 288 00:17:36,805 --> 00:17:38,091 I know. 289 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:40,635 Freddie, you need to hear this. 290 00:17:42,519 --> 00:17:47,013 Apparently... Apparently they had a female companion with them. 291 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:51,059 Pretty girl. Blonde. Well-educated. 292 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:52,985 No. 293 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,562 Freddie, it was Ruth. 294 00:17:55,032 --> 00:17:56,693 She was the bait. 295 00:17:57,451 --> 00:17:58,691 It seems as though there was nothing 296 00:17:58,786 --> 00:18:01,403 she wouldn't have done for Peter Darrall. 297 00:18:01,497 --> 00:18:03,955 She was working with them, Freddie. 298 00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:07,162 I'm sorry. 299 00:18:07,836 --> 00:18:09,326 Hector, how did you... 300 00:18:20,516 --> 00:18:23,099 MAN: (ON PA) All staff of The Hour to the studio, please. 301 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:29,347 Five minute introduction, 302 00:18:30,567 --> 00:18:33,935 factual report on the Suez demonstration intercut with footage, 303 00:18:34,029 --> 00:18:36,942 then we're back to the studio for military analysis of the ground invasion 304 00:18:37,032 --> 00:18:39,194 with Admiral Green. See if he's here yet. 305 00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:41,525 Next, move on to coverage of the United States, 306 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,907 Montgomery does general assessment of the election, 307 00:18:43,997 --> 00:18:46,830 then canvasses opinion of the wider political landscape. 308 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:48,324 -Isaac's sketch? -Miss Rowley, 309 00:18:48,418 --> 00:18:49,453 five minutes. 310 00:18:49,545 --> 00:18:52,207 Clear the set please, five minutes. 311 00:18:52,297 --> 00:18:54,504 Mark! Thank you. 312 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:57,751 CLARENCE: Why has Isaac got a moustache? 313 00:18:58,137 --> 00:18:59,844 Uh, Guy Fawkes. 314 00:18:59,930 --> 00:19:01,136 That was yesterday. 315 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,552 (LAUGHING) 316 00:19:06,103 --> 00:19:08,060 (TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 317 00:19:14,444 --> 00:19:15,900 I want them off my set. 318 00:19:16,029 --> 00:19:18,691 We'll be watching from the executive bar upstairs. 319 00:19:18,866 --> 00:19:20,777 -That's meant to comfort me? -Good luck. 320 00:19:21,702 --> 00:19:22,737 Clarence. 321 00:19:27,332 --> 00:19:28,367 Mr Lyon. 322 00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:30,241 You're very chirpy tonight. 323 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:31,951 Well, one must remain optimistic. 324 00:19:33,255 --> 00:19:35,337 Wonderful piece this morning in the Daily Express 325 00:19:35,382 --> 00:19:38,875 rallying around our Prime Minister in the midst of such sniping. 326 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:42,170 I bought 12 copies, handed them out. Boosted party morale. 327 00:19:42,764 --> 00:19:45,426 Nothing like rearranging the deckchairs as that hull starts to tip. 328 00:19:45,684 --> 00:19:47,425 Do you ever tire of such cynicism? 329 00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:49,556 Hope you're cosying up to Macmillan. 330 00:19:49,646 --> 00:19:51,978 Be terribly cold for you when this is all over. 331 00:19:52,149 --> 00:19:54,641 Where will you go when all the dirty secrets come out? 332 00:19:57,529 --> 00:19:59,361 One word of dissent in this time of war and... 333 00:20:01,116 --> 00:20:03,323 They shot deserters for less. 334 00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:06,656 Freddie, see you upstairs afterwards for a drink? 335 00:20:06,830 --> 00:20:09,492 -Ringside seats. -RON: Mr Lyon, time. 336 00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:13,618 -I feel sick. -Don't be wet. 337 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:18,793 WALLACE: Hector. 338 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,298 Douglas invited me down. 339 00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:24,845 To keep an eye on me? 340 00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:32,228 Marnie insisted. 341 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:35,856 Thought you might need the support tonight. 342 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:37,562 RON: Mr Madden, they're waiting. 343 00:20:37,819 --> 00:20:38,809 That's fine, thank you. 344 00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,941 Cigarette out, please, sir. 345 00:20:48,205 --> 00:20:49,411 She is beside herself. 346 00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:51,030 This is not the time. 347 00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:57,662 Do you have any idea what you're risking here? 348 00:20:58,340 --> 00:21:01,799 I couldn't care less what antics you're embroiled in in your private life, 349 00:21:02,386 --> 00:21:05,003 just don't bring them into your marriage. 350 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:07,922 You have only one of those, Hector. 351 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,636 And one career. 352 00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:12,013 Now, you make them both work or neither will. 353 00:21:12,229 --> 00:21:14,561 Don't tell me what to do, Wallace. 354 00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:15,888 I married your daughter, not you. 355 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:18,478 Don't get ahead of yourself, Hector. 356 00:21:18,819 --> 00:21:20,981 See your limits, like the rest of us do. 357 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:24,272 Success is in your hands. 358 00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:26,733 Think about where your loyalties lie. 359 00:21:27,536 --> 00:21:30,153 Don't be ashamed to let yourself down, 360 00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:31,912 now you've got this far. 361 00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:33,910 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 362 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:40,496 (SIGHS) 363 00:21:41,633 --> 00:21:45,251 So, Admiral, you will notice two lights, two cameras. 364 00:21:45,345 --> 00:21:46,585 When the lights turn red... 365 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,262 Yes, yes, I look. 366 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:50,138 Mr Madden will introduce you 367 00:21:50,225 --> 00:21:52,182 before you talk through your presentation. 368 00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:53,634 Admiral Green, delighted you could join us tonight. 369 00:21:53,729 --> 00:21:54,764 Very good. 370 00:21:54,855 --> 00:21:57,062 Uh, Ron will show you where you're sitting. 371 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,560 Righty ho. 372 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:03,648 -Hurry up, Daddy. It's almost starting. -There we are. 373 00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:06,105 -Uh, Clarence. -Thank you. 374 00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:08,274 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 375 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:13,279 Is your guest here yet? 376 00:22:13,373 --> 00:22:14,408 No. 377 00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:17,666 And a penitent communist won't cut it. 378 00:22:17,753 --> 00:22:20,745 He will if you don't fill that slot, Freddie, I'm serious. 379 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:23,171 I have really, really stuck my neck out for you. 380 00:22:23,258 --> 00:22:24,589 He'll come. 381 00:22:25,969 --> 00:22:27,425 What's wrong? 382 00:22:28,388 --> 00:22:30,379 -Tell me. -Nothing. He'll come. 383 00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:36,094 If he's not here by the end of the second slot, then... 384 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:42,191 Ron, cue up our communist chap for the last slot and I'll give you the nod. 385 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:44,977 Are you coming up? 386 00:22:45,489 --> 00:22:46,695 Moneypenny, 387 00:22:47,657 --> 00:22:52,618 whatever happens tonight, we, um, we mustn't regret a minute of it. 388 00:23:03,548 --> 00:23:05,880 Uh, good luck, everyone. 389 00:23:06,676 --> 00:23:09,759 Let's make this an extraordinary show for extraordinary times. 390 00:23:10,263 --> 00:23:12,595 And Ron, keep the bloody boom out of shot. 391 00:23:12,933 --> 00:23:14,594 (EVERYONE LAUGHING) 392 00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:17,427 Ladies and gentlemen, are we ready? 393 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:23,022 -Oh, Angus, please. -Thank you. 394 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:24,646 Best seat in the house. 395 00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:41,000 Oh, you got a bit of glue on you. 396 00:23:41,336 --> 00:23:43,077 Do you think the moustache is too much? 397 00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:44,791 No, it's very dashing. 398 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:47,919 -Break a leg. -Hope not. 399 00:23:48,009 --> 00:23:49,170 No, it's just what you say when... 400 00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:52,883 No, no, no. I know. Yes, sorry. Funny. 401 00:23:53,181 --> 00:23:54,342 (GIGGLES) 402 00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:56,385 Freddie... 403 00:23:56,476 --> 00:23:58,183 All present and correct. 404 00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:02,184 You know they put donkeys in with racehorses to calm them down? 405 00:24:04,067 --> 00:24:05,273 You all right? 406 00:24:05,902 --> 00:24:07,017 Fine. 407 00:24:10,198 --> 00:24:11,313 Stand by for countdown. 408 00:24:11,908 --> 00:24:14,024 -You'll be able to see? -Yes. 409 00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:18,612 Wonderful team effort. 410 00:24:19,499 --> 00:24:21,081 I do hope it doesn't all go to waste. 411 00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:40,180 Five, 412 00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:45,060 four, three, 413 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:47,812 two, 414 00:24:47,861 --> 00:24:48,942 one. 415 00:24:49,112 --> 00:24:50,147 Go straight to studio. 416 00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:51,815 HECTOR: Good Evening. 417 00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:54,740 Welcome to 7he Hour in this most extraordinary week. 418 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:58,277 In the last seven days, Britain and France have invaded Egypt. 419 00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:02,039 A vast military operation is underway there. 420 00:25:02,584 --> 00:25:05,872 And we are fortunate to have Admiral Green with us here, 421 00:25:05,962 --> 00:25:08,704 one of the leading experts in tactical warfare. 422 00:25:09,090 --> 00:25:11,047 Admiral Green, thank you for joining us in the studio tonight. 423 00:25:11,134 --> 00:25:12,169 Thank you. 424 00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:13,591 ALL: This is the wrong camera. 425 00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:15,427 Wrong camera. 426 00:25:15,639 --> 00:25:16,720 Wrong camera. 427 00:25:21,061 --> 00:25:23,553 And we have this very handy map to demonstrate. 428 00:25:23,647 --> 00:25:24,933 Yes. Would you like to show us 429 00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:27,515 exactly how the French and British invasion unfolded? 430 00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:28,849 Absolutely. 431 00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:33,355 At 05:15 hours yesterday, British airborne forces 432 00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:38,527 were dropped on Gamil airbase, 5 miles west of Port Said. 433 00:25:39,829 --> 00:25:43,197 After a fierce fight, they successfully took the airfield, 434 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,288 while French airborne troops landed south of Port Said. 435 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:49,999 HECTOR: Certainly efficient. 436 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:54,838 This success paves the way for advance on military targets 437 00:25:55,303 --> 00:25:56,793 further south. 438 00:25:57,347 --> 00:25:59,338 Stand by on the Eisenhower election campaign. 439 00:25:59,432 --> 00:26:00,513 How are we doing? 440 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:01,761 Two minutes, 13. 441 00:26:01,851 --> 00:26:03,842 In your view, how well-planned was this operation? 442 00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:08,518 It's impressive, the speed with which it's been organised. Commendable. 443 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:10,186 Yes. Hear, hear. 444 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,109 And it's our duty to continue 445 00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:14,361 until the whole of the canal zone 446 00:26:14,447 --> 00:26:16,779 is once more under British and French control. 447 00:26:19,703 --> 00:26:20,738 DOUGLAS: Nut? 448 00:26:20,870 --> 00:26:22,031 Yes, why not? 449 00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:26,790 This is the only way to bring stability. 450 00:26:26,876 --> 00:26:28,787 Let's hope so. Thank you very much, Admiral. 451 00:26:28,878 --> 00:26:30,243 Thank you very much. 452 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,166 So far so good. 453 00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:34,707 HECTOR: And now it's over to America, 454 00:26:34,801 --> 00:26:37,008 with news coming in that Eisenhower has taken Texas. 455 00:26:37,804 --> 00:26:39,511 Here is a report from our man in Washington, 456 00:26:39,848 --> 00:26:42,886 Robert Montgomery, who sent this from the election trail. 457 00:26:43,393 --> 00:26:44,554 Thank you. 458 00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:47,766 Certainly, canvassing opinion, it is clear that Eisenhower seems 459 00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:50,018 -on course to win. -Thank you. 460 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:56,736 But there are those who believe his surge in popularity has been in part 461 00:26:56,823 --> 00:26:59,861 bolstered by his refusal to be drawn into the crisis in Suez. 462 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:03,570 AMERICAN MAN: Your Prime Minister may with good intentions have defended Suez 463 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:05,613 -and your economic interests. -Oh, Christ. 464 00:27:05,874 --> 00:27:09,412 But from an American perspective, well, we'd be asking questions. 465 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:10,576 Clarence? 466 00:27:10,670 --> 00:27:14,163 That's why I voted for Eisenhower, because he kept the hell out of there. 467 00:27:16,384 --> 00:27:17,670 Whose idea was this? 468 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:22,592 Views expressed by foreign nationals do not contravene the rule. 469 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:33,565 The protests in London are in response to events in Suez. 470 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:35,685 And our country is divided. 471 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:37,648 God, what next? 472 00:27:37,864 --> 00:27:39,571 We've been on streets of London this week. 473 00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:41,023 Stand by TC. 474 00:27:41,117 --> 00:27:42,528 And this is what we saw. 475 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:44,325 Cue TC. 476 00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:47,788 We are standing in a side street by Trafalgar Square. 477 00:27:47,874 --> 00:27:50,081 You can see the crowds behind me. 478 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:54,287 "Law Not War" is the message they are taking to Downing Street today. 479 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:55,420 (CROWD CHANTING) 480 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:57,168 You can hear the crowds chanting, 481 00:27:57,258 --> 00:28:00,717 "One, two, three, four! We won't fight in Eden's war!" 482 00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:05,131 as they snake their way from every corner along Whitehall. 483 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:07,808 I met a man who had come down from Carlisle this morning. 484 00:28:08,478 --> 00:28:09,843 Also, another one from Lincolnshire. 485 00:28:09,938 --> 00:28:11,849 -Turn back on the sound levels a bit. -...from Bradford, from Wales... 486 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:14,147 -BEL: Time? -Twelve minutes, 14 seconds. 487 00:28:14,234 --> 00:28:18,228 Madam, I notice you're wearing medals. May I ask you which regiment? 488 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:20,395 Royalist Cambridge. 489 00:28:21,324 --> 00:28:23,565 -Looks nervous tonight. -FREDDIE: Hmm. 490 00:28:25,286 --> 00:28:27,323 -Your husband's? -Son's. 491 00:28:28,998 --> 00:28:30,079 I don't want to lose another, 492 00:28:30,166 --> 00:28:32,157 not when I don't know what we're fighting for. 493 00:28:32,335 --> 00:28:35,373 I notice that you've brought his daughter here today. 494 00:28:35,463 --> 00:28:37,079 She never knew him. 495 00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:39,794 I want her to remember today. 496 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:46,965 So, if Anthony Eden is sincere in what he is saying, 497 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:49,057 and he may be... 498 00:28:49,894 --> 00:28:53,558 Um, anyone for a top-up? 499 00:28:53,773 --> 00:28:56,765 -No, thank you. -If he is sincere what he is saying, 500 00:28:56,860 --> 00:28:58,851 then he is too stupid to be a prime minister. 501 00:28:58,945 --> 00:29:00,527 (CROWD LAUGHING) 502 00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:09,157 Good on the Green interview. 503 00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:11,488 -I would have been harder. -You weren't interviewing. 504 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:13,123 Ron, get the communist chap ready. 505 00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:15,541 I can't wait any longer, Freddie. 506 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,752 He's not coming. 507 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:18,920 Where are you going? 508 00:29:19,007 --> 00:29:20,247 Let me make one more phone call. 509 00:29:22,677 --> 00:29:25,465 Isaac, get ready. We're going straight to the sketch. 510 00:29:29,225 --> 00:29:31,557 WOMAN: The police have gone bleeding mad. 511 00:29:31,644 --> 00:29:32,884 They're just hitting out at anybody. 512 00:29:32,979 --> 00:29:35,311 There's a woman back there on the floor. No one's helping her. 513 00:29:35,648 --> 00:29:37,389 HECTOR: It's becoming rather heated. 514 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:39,691 You can see people running all over the place. 515 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:42,736 There are police on horseback desperately trying to control the fray. 516 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:48,700 A little harsh. 517 00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:50,243 No laws broken yet, Angus. 518 00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:56,158 Maybe I'd better have that top-up. 519 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:03,707 Time. 520 00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:05,258 Five, 521 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:07,336 four, 522 00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:09,171 three, 523 00:30:09,265 --> 00:30:11,222 two, 524 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:12,549 one, back to studio. 525 00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:14,351 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 526 00:30:18,107 --> 00:30:19,097 (SIGHS) 527 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,227 It was Ovid who said that a horse never runs so fast 528 00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:26,105 as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. 529 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:27,314 MCCAIN: What now? 530 00:30:27,408 --> 00:30:28,773 Here at The Hour, we thought what better way 531 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:31,405 to view the fast unfolding events of recent days 532 00:30:31,913 --> 00:30:34,905 than by our very own Day At the Races. 533 00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:39,242 And what a beautiful day it is, 534 00:30:39,337 --> 00:30:42,580 as punters place their last bets for this key race. 535 00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:45,089 You can see them lining up at the post. 536 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:47,171 One or two are certainly frisky. 537 00:30:47,303 --> 00:30:49,886 There's Colonel Nasser in the red, white and black of Egypt... 538 00:30:49,973 --> 00:30:51,884 -Sketch? -...nipping at the Israeli's mane. 539 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:53,591 You never said anything about a sketch. 540 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:57,223 There's the neigh of the Stars and Stripes, President Eisenhower. 541 00:30:57,313 --> 00:31:00,601 He's got the blinkers on, but his nose is set. 542 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:03,810 Yes, Eisenhower's hoping for electoral victory today. 543 00:31:04,737 --> 00:31:08,025 And from where we're standing, it could be any man's race. 544 00:31:08,616 --> 00:31:09,822 And they're off! 545 00:31:09,909 --> 00:31:13,368 It's a good start for Rule Britannia and Mademoiselle Francaise, 546 00:31:13,454 --> 00:31:15,491 heading off at a steady pace. 547 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,371 What is he saying? 548 00:31:17,792 --> 00:31:19,783 I think it's a play on horse-racing, Daddy. 549 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:21,326 (CHUCKLES) 550 00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:23,791 You see, there's rather witty odds 551 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:26,544 on Rule Britannia and Mademoiselle Francaise to win. 552 00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:30,336 -It's a bloody farce. -What fun! 553 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:35,807 And there's no stopping the Colonel, he's a good nose ahead. 554 00:31:36,185 --> 00:31:38,893 And the United Nations are clearly flagging. 555 00:31:42,108 --> 00:31:43,143 Pull back a bit. 556 00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:44,520 Eisenhower has fallen back, 557 00:31:44,611 --> 00:31:46,648 his eye on the long game. 558 00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:50,022 Penny. Will you double-check that there are no messages for me? 559 00:31:52,702 --> 00:31:54,693 He's threatening to invade. 560 00:31:54,787 --> 00:31:57,575 He's invading. Colonel Nasser is not happy. 561 00:32:00,251 --> 00:32:02,458 The Israeli's in suspect form. 562 00:32:08,259 --> 00:32:11,172 Oh, look out. Here come the American press. 563 00:32:11,512 --> 00:32:14,095 And the American press are voicing concern. 564 00:32:14,891 --> 00:32:17,053 Two riderless horses are moving in, 565 00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:21,057 Man of Peace and Illegal War. 566 00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:26,479 Rule Britannia and Mademoiselle Francaise are clearly astounded. 567 00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:29,903 It looks like Man of Peace will undoubtedly win this race. 568 00:32:31,449 --> 00:32:33,656 Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is mayhem. 569 00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:36,284 I've never seen the like, it is mayhem today. 570 00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:40,414 Illegal War will now take over Man of Peace to cross the line. 571 00:32:41,417 --> 00:32:43,533 I specifically said no sketch! 572 00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:46,954 The Steward is waving the flag... 573 00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:50,666 Just bring the bloody lights down. 574 00:32:50,843 --> 00:32:54,757 In a fury, there's sure to be an enquiry. 575 00:32:55,598 --> 00:32:58,090 Stop it. Bring the lights down if you have to, now. 576 00:32:58,184 --> 00:33:00,642 Ladies and gentlemen, the race has been pulled... 577 00:33:01,062 --> 00:33:02,268 -Now! -...as the riderless horses 578 00:33:02,355 --> 00:33:04,437 cross the line in a photo finish. 579 00:33:16,285 --> 00:33:19,368 So, this is the BBC. 580 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:21,787 Where do you want me? 581 00:33:21,874 --> 00:33:23,205 Ladies and gentleman, 582 00:33:23,292 --> 00:33:24,623 all bets are off. 583 00:33:24,961 --> 00:33:26,872 There are no winners today. 584 00:33:26,963 --> 00:33:28,328 Bring the lights up on Hector. 585 00:33:32,552 --> 00:33:34,759 Are you completely, completely mad? 586 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:37,053 I said no sketch. I specifically said no sketch! 587 00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:38,175 What the hell do you think you're doing? 588 00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:40,348 Trying to keep this show on air. We're still live. 589 00:33:43,896 --> 00:33:46,058 Stand by with the Communist Party interview. 590 00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:49,728 Counting down. 591 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:55,690 Five, four, three, two, one. 592 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,901 We're joined in the studio with a member of the British Communist Party, 593 00:33:59,579 --> 00:34:01,616 -who is... -(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING) 594 00:34:01,956 --> 00:34:03,572 Different interview. Get our comrade out. 595 00:34:04,292 --> 00:34:05,532 I'm terribly sorry, ladies and gentlemen. 596 00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:09,085 That, uh, that interview won't be happening. Um... 597 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:10,708 And what do we have next? 598 00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:14,166 This is my programme, Clarence. You left tonight in my hands. 599 00:34:14,260 --> 00:34:16,217 Bel, dear. You might want to see this. 600 00:34:22,810 --> 00:34:24,141 Thatta boy. 601 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:25,639 HECTOR: I must apologise for a technical fault, 602 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,892 there are gremlins everywhere. 603 00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:29,731 But that will not stop us tonight. 604 00:34:29,817 --> 00:34:32,024 Our next guest, Lord Elms of Framlingham. 605 00:34:32,153 --> 00:34:34,520 What was Hector thinking of? 606 00:34:34,614 --> 00:34:35,900 This could ruin him. 607 00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:36,980 MCCAIN: What's he doing here? 608 00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:38,611 HECTOR: .../s a conservative peer of the House of Lords. 609 00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:41,326 I don't know. I'll find out. 610 00:34:41,454 --> 00:34:42,660 -Ready? -Yes. 611 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:45,455 ...momentous events of the last week. 612 00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:49,535 The House of Lords, of course, is one of our oldest institutions and... 613 00:34:51,464 --> 00:34:53,171 uh... 614 00:34:54,717 --> 00:34:56,003 and plays a vital role. 615 00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:57,380 BEL: Is he bottling it? LIX: Yes. 616 00:34:57,512 --> 00:35:02,052 ...in making laws and keeping an eye on the actions and decisions of government. 617 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:03,682 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 618 00:35:05,561 --> 00:35:06,596 Yes. 619 00:35:06,687 --> 00:35:09,600 ...in bringing a wealth of experience, 620 00:35:09,690 --> 00:35:12,853 making laws and legislation and public policy... 621 00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:14,230 I will try to find out. 622 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:19,239 You're going to have to explain to Douglas why no one was informed 623 00:35:19,325 --> 00:35:22,613 that Lord Elms would be joining us on the programme tonight. 624 00:35:30,711 --> 00:35:31,997 Keep going. 625 00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:36,669 Tonight, Lord Elms 626 00:35:38,302 --> 00:35:39,758 will be interviewed by 627 00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:48,143 my colleague, Mr Frederick Lyon, our global affairs reporter, 628 00:35:48,521 --> 00:35:52,731 who has been keeping a very close eye on events. 629 00:35:53,568 --> 00:35:55,400 Lord Elms will no doubt have something to say 630 00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:56,817 -about the current situation. -Christ. 631 00:35:58,114 --> 00:36:00,947 -And in particular... -Ron, keep it going. 632 00:36:04,912 --> 00:36:06,277 Camera 2. 633 00:36:18,426 --> 00:36:21,635 Um... Good Evening, Lord Elms. 634 00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:25,088 Thank you for joining us tonight. 635 00:36:25,141 --> 00:36:26,552 Thank you for asking me. 636 00:36:27,768 --> 00:36:30,726 You have been a member of the House of Lords for many years. 637 00:36:31,105 --> 00:36:33,267 Yes, I also have served in both world wars 638 00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:36,190 and for several years I practised at the bar. 639 00:36:36,277 --> 00:36:39,395 And you've known Sir Anthony Eden for many years. Is that correct? 640 00:36:40,531 --> 00:36:41,566 Yes. 641 00:36:41,657 --> 00:36:43,147 And what is your opinion of the Prime Minister? 642 00:36:51,918 --> 00:36:56,879 I... I have believed him an honourable man. 643 00:36:57,506 --> 00:36:59,998 I supported the Prime Minister in the past. 644 00:37:00,092 --> 00:37:01,503 And what of now, Lord Elms? 645 00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:06,550 I ask you as someone who has believed and for many years 646 00:37:06,641 --> 00:37:08,006 served this government. 647 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:10,972 What is your view of the government today? 648 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,096 I find that 649 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:18,103 all that I believed, all that I held true, 650 00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:23,155 has been turned upside-down in these last few fragile months. 651 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:25,523 FREDDIE: I see. 652 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:27,526 And why is that, sir? 653 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:32,285 I don't care what you do, but you shut down this programme down now. 654 00:37:33,793 --> 00:37:35,704 Did you hear that, Clarence? 655 00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:37,126 LORD ELMS: I find myself... 656 00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:38,703 I'll call Presentation now. 657 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:45,006 ...at an impasse, with a sense of loss so great 658 00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:49,464 one could call it a crisis of my own. 659 00:37:51,185 --> 00:37:52,641 Put me through to Presentation. 660 00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:57,480 It's a personal crisis, sir. 661 00:37:57,942 --> 00:37:59,649 A story that is close to you? 662 00:38:01,904 --> 00:38:03,736 But it is not simply personal. 663 00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:06,648 It is a loss of trust. a loss of belief, 664 00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:12,955 and more a loss of my own ability to judge 665 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,452 what is true any more. 666 00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:19,957 But is it not the case, Lord Elms, that it is a personal experience 667 00:38:20,756 --> 00:38:23,248 that has led to this doubt? 668 00:38:26,345 --> 00:38:28,131 AlLT know is that 669 00:38:28,681 --> 00:38:31,423 when the authority of a government is challenged, 670 00:38:31,559 --> 00:38:34,768 that government will do everything in its power 671 00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:39,352 to ensure they are not exposed as the 672 00:38:40,609 --> 00:38:44,853 liars and murderers 673 00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:48,781 that they are. 674 00:39:03,716 --> 00:39:07,300 Liars and murderers, these are strong words, Lord Elms. 675 00:39:08,095 --> 00:39:10,177 Yes, I do not use them lightly. 676 00:39:10,389 --> 00:39:14,508 And what was it that made you so radically change your view? 677 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,727 I've come to understand 678 00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,814 that it is possible, Frederick, 679 00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:24,147 to be a patriot and at the same time 680 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:26,485 question and judge 681 00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:31,029 the wisdom and rightness of the government in power. 682 00:39:31,369 --> 00:39:33,110 Ladies and gentlemen. 683 00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:37,997 If we cannot debate that which troubles our society, 684 00:39:39,293 --> 00:39:41,409 and more importantly troubles our government, 685 00:39:41,796 --> 00:39:45,289 then we cannot, in all honestly, calls ourselves a democracy. 686 00:39:49,637 --> 00:39:51,298 If we cannot question 687 00:39:51,555 --> 00:39:54,013 our leaders as they embark on what has been called 688 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:57,559 an illegal military action, an action publicly opposed 689 00:39:58,020 --> 00:39:59,636 by the United States government... 690 00:40:00,606 --> 00:40:01,971 DOUGLAS: Shut it down, now. 691 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:04,728 ...and the countries of the United Nations Security Council... 692 00:40:04,944 --> 00:40:06,651 I want it off, now! 693 00:40:06,737 --> 00:40:09,399 If we cannot reasonably and intelligently query our politicians... 694 00:40:09,490 --> 00:40:11,447 -Shut down The Hour. -...about the rightness of an action 695 00:40:11,534 --> 00:40:13,150 that appears at heart to be deceitful... 696 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:16,282 -CLARENCE: Do it now. -...then we are not a free... 697 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:39,759 You're fired. 698 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:42,933 Right. I expected nothing less. 699 00:41:04,211 --> 00:41:06,077 For God's sake, turn that camera off. 700 00:41:18,517 --> 00:41:20,929 Thirty-six minutes, 39 seconds. 701 00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:22,969 It's not bad. 702 00:41:23,063 --> 00:41:25,851 WOMAN: Lord Elms, your car is waiting for you. 703 00:41:28,861 --> 00:41:30,226 Thank you. 704 00:42:00,893 --> 00:42:02,304 Lord Elms, 705 00:42:03,395 --> 00:42:06,228 did you realise how far Peter Darrall had led Ruth... 706 00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:07,893 No. 707 00:42:09,401 --> 00:42:11,267 You know, Frederick, 708 00:42:11,362 --> 00:42:15,026 when you were first evacuated to us, you were nearly 12. 709 00:42:15,115 --> 00:42:17,982 We sent our driver to the station to pick you up. 710 00:42:18,077 --> 00:42:20,284 It was only many years later he told me that 711 00:42:20,579 --> 00:42:23,116 you chatted all the way to the house, 712 00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:25,414 insisted on sitting next to him. 713 00:42:25,459 --> 00:42:27,325 You thought he was me. 714 00:42:28,087 --> 00:42:30,078 You didn't see his rough hands. 715 00:42:30,506 --> 00:42:33,715 You only saw a man you could talk about cars with. 716 00:42:35,219 --> 00:42:37,631 I've thought often of this and 717 00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:40,637 what a disappointment we must have been to you, 718 00:42:40,766 --> 00:42:43,007 I must have been. So stiff. 719 00:42:43,727 --> 00:42:47,391 Always sitting in the back, away from the real conversation, 720 00:42:47,523 --> 00:42:51,187 when all you wanted was to sit in the front and talk. 721 00:42:52,653 --> 00:42:56,112 I realise it's what Ruthie longed for from me. 722 00:42:58,659 --> 00:43:00,445 Such discoveries. 723 00:43:01,704 --> 00:43:03,115 All too late. 724 00:43:06,458 --> 00:43:08,119 We should have talked to her. 725 00:43:10,546 --> 00:43:12,537 Not let her stray so far. 726 00:43:18,554 --> 00:43:20,044 It all comes back to Ruth. 727 00:43:24,059 --> 00:43:26,050 That's why MI6 killed her. 728 00:43:29,231 --> 00:43:31,393 It all comes back to Ruthie. 729 00:43:44,038 --> 00:43:45,494 I'll drive you home. 730 00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:48,786 I have my car, I can drive my wife home. 731 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:51,167 Daddy, I'll be fine. 732 00:43:52,755 --> 00:43:56,874 Shall we talk speak tomorrow, Hector? There's a lot to talk about. 733 00:43:59,345 --> 00:44:03,964 -You made the right decision tonight. -I made a decision tonight, Wallace. 734 00:44:05,017 --> 00:44:06,974 Well, you know where I am. 735 00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:11,979 -Five minutes? -Hector. 736 00:44:12,066 --> 00:44:15,309 -Wait downstairs. -You're coming home. 737 00:44:20,783 --> 00:44:23,696 Please convey my commiserations to Miss Rowley. 738 00:44:25,996 --> 00:44:28,078 For her programme tonight. 739 00:44:39,718 --> 00:44:41,675 I can't go back to the mailroom. 740 00:44:42,471 --> 00:44:44,132 I can't, I can't bear it. 741 00:44:44,515 --> 00:44:48,474 The trick is to get very, very drunk. And then dance until you're sick. 742 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:53,392 Fancy a drink? 743 00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:56,732 I'll just get me coat. 744 00:44:57,653 --> 00:44:59,485 Mr Lyon? 745 00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:02,363 Well, at least you can't say your copy's boring any more. 746 00:45:04,660 --> 00:45:06,822 -Whiskey's finished. -Lix. Coming? 747 00:45:06,912 --> 00:45:09,870 No, not tonight. Tonight I just want to go home. 748 00:45:11,875 --> 00:45:15,459 Bravo, sweetheart. Today you reminded me why I do this job. 749 00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:42,061 You bottled that last interview. 750 00:45:42,614 --> 00:45:45,231 Ambition over integrity, Hector. Well done. 751 00:45:46,952 --> 00:45:48,989 Freddie needed a chance. 752 00:45:49,079 --> 00:45:50,786 Liar. 753 00:45:53,375 --> 00:45:56,083 -Do you think it's over? -(SCOFFS) Yes. 754 00:45:58,380 --> 00:46:00,041 -I'm sorry. -Don't be. 755 00:46:00,132 --> 00:46:01,873 I take nothing back. 756 00:46:06,180 --> 00:46:08,387 You're going back to Marnie. 757 00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:15,136 What if we left now? 758 00:46:15,773 --> 00:46:19,107 What if we just went, you and me? To France or... 759 00:46:24,198 --> 00:46:26,064 No, I thought not, too. 760 00:46:29,661 --> 00:46:31,243 Apparently, there, um... 761 00:46:31,497 --> 00:46:36,162 there are openings in the Natural History department. 762 00:46:41,423 --> 00:46:43,790 -Maybe I'll see you there. -Mmm. 763 00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:18,370 -Did we go too far? -Quite possibly. 764 00:47:21,255 --> 00:47:22,495 Most definitely. 765 00:47:24,675 --> 00:47:26,040 Good work, James. 766 00:47:27,886 --> 00:47:29,672 You, too, Moneypenny. 767 00:47:37,604 --> 00:47:40,437 Wait. Where's Clarence? 768 00:47:41,233 --> 00:47:43,190 It's over, Freddie. 769 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:46,776 Clarence? 770 00:47:50,367 --> 00:47:53,280 Mr Lyon. We were just talking about you. 771 00:47:55,539 --> 00:48:00,375 (SIGHS) You really have outdone yourself tonight. 772 00:48:00,460 --> 00:48:03,248 Could you have done any more to undermine the future of this programme? 773 00:48:04,381 --> 00:48:06,668 Really? I thought we showed restraint. 774 00:48:06,758 --> 00:48:08,874 We could have been far more controversial. 775 00:48:09,344 --> 00:48:11,051 What do you mean? 776 00:48:12,055 --> 00:48:15,218 To reveal the government's unofficial attempts to destroy Colonel Nasser 777 00:48:15,309 --> 00:48:17,425 might destabilise the country at a time of war. 778 00:48:17,519 --> 00:48:20,432 And we wouldn't want to do that to an already weakened Prime Minister. 779 00:48:20,522 --> 00:48:23,310 Unsubstantiated and outrageous accusations. 780 00:48:23,442 --> 00:48:25,524 Who the hell do you think you are? 781 00:48:25,611 --> 00:48:27,352 Unofficial conversations have taken place between 782 00:48:27,446 --> 00:48:29,403 the government and the Secret Service 783 00:48:29,489 --> 00:48:32,481 alluding to an attempt to assassinate Nasser. 784 00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:34,943 Ruth Elms knew this. That is why they killed her. 785 00:48:39,791 --> 00:48:41,327 What does he mean? 786 00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:44,417 -Clarence... -I have absolutely no idea. 787 00:48:45,297 --> 00:48:47,288 -Clarence, he needs to know. -Know what? 788 00:48:47,341 --> 00:48:50,879 My apologies. It's been, um, a long night. 789 00:48:51,303 --> 00:48:54,762 Hmm. Well, I'm sure it will all look very different in the morning. 790 00:48:58,769 --> 00:48:59,804 Clarence. 791 00:49:08,987 --> 00:49:10,318 Clarence? 792 00:49:10,572 --> 00:49:13,735 Stupid, stupid stupid, stupid, stupid boy! 793 00:49:15,035 --> 00:49:17,572 What you did tonight was sabotage. 794 00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:22,453 Everything that I have worked for for the last 30 years, gone. 795 00:49:22,668 --> 00:49:24,705 -It was the truth. -The truth? 796 00:49:25,337 --> 00:49:28,546 Righteous enthusiasm disguised as integrity. 797 00:49:30,717 --> 00:49:33,755 Together, you 798 00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:38,510 and the entire team of The Hour have dismantled 799 00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:42,559 the core of everything we have built. 800 00:49:42,646 --> 00:49:45,013 Your positions are untenable. 801 00:49:47,526 --> 00:49:51,110 (VOICE BREAKING) You could not have disappointed me more, Freddie. 802 00:49:51,196 --> 00:49:53,233 I told you about that transcript because... 803 00:49:53,323 --> 00:49:55,655 What? What was I meant to do with it? 804 00:49:55,701 --> 00:49:58,068 Run it. Just bloody run it, Freddie. That's all you had to do. 805 00:49:58,203 --> 00:50:00,240 You told me not to say anything. 806 00:50:00,330 --> 00:50:03,322 When have you ever listened to anybody who has asked you to be quiet? 807 00:50:03,417 --> 00:50:04,907 You normally broadcast it to the world. 808 00:50:05,002 --> 00:50:07,664 -And slander the whole government? -Yes. 809 00:50:11,633 --> 00:50:16,469 Why do you think I brought you in as part of this team, Freddie? Hmm? 810 00:50:19,808 --> 00:50:23,176 Because I saw something in you I once saw in myself. 811 00:50:25,105 --> 00:50:27,187 The courage of my convictions. 812 00:50:28,191 --> 00:50:30,774 If you were planning to expose us, me, yourself 813 00:50:31,069 --> 00:50:32,776 in that way, at least make it worth it. 814 00:50:32,863 --> 00:50:35,776 Save your speeches, because they don't work. 815 00:50:36,450 --> 00:50:38,566 You blew the story, Freddie. 816 00:50:38,952 --> 00:50:41,193 No, you... Worse than that. 817 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:44,993 You teased us with a story that you did not deliver. 818 00:50:45,709 --> 00:50:48,167 I gave you the story of your career. 819 00:50:49,087 --> 00:50:50,794 And you ran with a personal one. 820 00:50:51,089 --> 00:50:53,626 You're useless to me now, you... 821 00:50:56,887 --> 00:50:59,504 I cannot look at you. I can't... 822 00:51:00,474 --> 00:51:02,932 You're no longer an asset. (COUGHING) 823 00:51:12,652 --> 00:51:14,393 It's you. 824 00:51:17,908 --> 00:51:19,615 I'm your Brightstone. 825 00:51:21,745 --> 00:51:22,735 What? 826 00:51:22,829 --> 00:51:24,866 You put me on that list. 827 00:51:29,377 --> 00:51:30,617 Clarence? 828 00:51:38,220 --> 00:51:40,632 You put me on that list, like Darrall put Ruth. 829 00:51:43,391 --> 00:51:47,055 "There's a Soviet agent working within the BBC, Freddie." 830 00:51:49,940 --> 00:51:52,682 That's why you burnt the cigarette paper. 831 00:51:53,026 --> 00:51:55,518 In case they traced it back to you. 832 00:51:56,154 --> 00:51:59,317 It's not me they're watching, is it? It's you. 833 00:52:03,203 --> 00:52:05,160 That click on the telephone? 834 00:52:06,540 --> 00:52:09,407 It's not us they're listening to, it's you. 835 00:52:10,418 --> 00:52:13,035 -Tell me the truth! -Freddie... 836 00:52:14,005 --> 00:52:17,043 Are you the Soviet agent working within the BBC? 837 00:52:24,099 --> 00:52:25,305 No comment. 838 00:52:25,392 --> 00:52:28,350 Perhaps I might rephrase that. My apologies. 839 00:52:30,647 --> 00:52:35,562 In June, a respected academic and Soviet spy, 840 00:52:35,819 --> 00:52:38,777 Peter Darrall, was murdered in London. 841 00:52:41,992 --> 00:52:45,451 Unfortunately, he was unable to do his drop that day 842 00:52:45,537 --> 00:52:49,246 to inform his, what? 843 00:52:50,083 --> 00:52:52,916 Colleague? Associate? 844 00:52:53,962 --> 00:52:54,997 ...you 845 00:52:56,965 --> 00:53:00,754 that he'd been rumbled and that perhaps it'd be better 846 00:53:00,844 --> 00:53:03,506 if he revert to Brightstone, find himself a new agent. 847 00:53:04,639 --> 00:53:06,846 Did you have anyone particular in mind? 848 00:53:07,559 --> 00:53:09,015 Perhaps me? 849 00:53:12,355 --> 00:53:14,892 Mr Fendley, I must ask you to reply. 850 00:53:14,983 --> 00:53:16,098 The nation is waiting. 851 00:53:16,193 --> 00:53:18,560 There was a time, Freddie, when... 852 00:53:20,238 --> 00:53:24,197 When a man had to find other ways to defy his government. 853 00:53:25,493 --> 00:53:26,779 This was mine. 854 00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:28,360 My God, Clarence! 855 00:53:28,705 --> 00:53:32,915 Join the bloody British Communist Party if you will, 856 00:53:33,001 --> 00:53:35,584 raise a bloody flag if you must, but to spy? 857 00:53:36,338 --> 00:53:37,453 Why? 858 00:53:37,839 --> 00:53:41,252 Did you not see what Russia has just done in Hungary? 859 00:53:41,301 --> 00:53:42,962 That pass you by? 860 00:53:44,179 --> 00:53:45,544 Clarence! 861 00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:49,260 I don't know why they don't suspect us more, 862 00:53:49,351 --> 00:53:51,183 us journalists. 863 00:53:54,147 --> 00:53:56,935 We're thrust into world events, life-changing events. 864 00:53:59,611 --> 00:54:02,228 And they expect us not to be changed. 865 00:54:05,033 --> 00:54:08,401 Well, it changed me. It changed my view of the world. 866 00:54:11,206 --> 00:54:12,788 Suddenly it all... 867 00:54:13,792 --> 00:54:15,874 Suddenly it all made sense. 868 00:54:16,002 --> 00:54:18,209 But to betray your country? 869 00:54:19,005 --> 00:54:20,291 Was there really no better way? 870 00:54:20,340 --> 00:54:23,583 To defend what I believed in? I didn't think so. 871 00:54:28,306 --> 00:54:29,717 Not until 872 00:54:30,684 --> 00:54:33,346 these last few months, not until now. 873 00:54:36,064 --> 00:54:38,271 Not until this programme. 874 00:54:43,029 --> 00:54:45,020 Hope at the last hour. 875 00:54:48,159 --> 00:54:49,524 You're a spy. 876 00:54:53,665 --> 00:54:55,281 What do I do now? 877 00:54:56,126 --> 00:54:58,993 What any good journalist would do, you... 878 00:55:01,506 --> 00:55:02,996 You run it. 879 00:55:03,091 --> 00:55:05,048 Tell the world what I am. 880 00:55:08,388 --> 00:55:11,050 -For Ruth. -BEL: Freddie? 881 00:55:13,184 --> 00:55:14,845 Is... Is everything... 882 00:55:15,270 --> 00:55:18,979 I must go home, to...to Edith. 883 00:55:31,411 --> 00:55:32,993 Goodnight. 884 00:55:39,836 --> 00:55:40,997 Freddie? 885 00:55:42,339 --> 00:55:44,046 You all right? 886 00:55:47,594 --> 00:55:49,460 Do you trust me? 887 00:55:50,096 --> 00:55:51,461 -What? -Would I betray you? 888 00:55:51,556 --> 00:55:53,388 No. Yes. 889 00:55:55,977 --> 00:55:57,593 Big betrayal or small betrayal? 890 00:55:57,687 --> 00:55:59,098 I'd never betray you. 891 00:55:59,230 --> 00:56:01,562 -No. -I'm a good person. 892 00:56:01,900 --> 00:56:03,015 Yes. 893 00:56:05,695 --> 00:56:06,776 Do you trust me? 894 00:56:08,531 --> 00:56:09,692 More than anyone else. 895 00:56:09,783 --> 00:56:11,069 Not good enough. 896 00:56:11,159 --> 00:56:12,866 Missed the mark again. 897 00:56:15,914 --> 00:56:17,404 I hate you. 898 00:56:22,128 --> 00:56:23,368 I hate you. 899 00:56:31,096 --> 00:56:32,507 (CHUCKLES) 900 00:56:35,266 --> 00:56:36,882 I hate you, too. 901 00:56:56,162 --> 00:56:59,120 FREDDIE: Come on. We've got a story to write.