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This programme contains
some scenes of a sexual nature
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Did you hear what Harold the Wise
said about the trip to Rhodesia?
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"I would be very, very, very
disappointed."
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"I would be very, very, very
disappointed."
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"I would be very, very, very
disappointed, and so would
my whippet."
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Thank you very much indeed.
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So, Senor Besselli,
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I have news. John Pardoe has
practically confirmed it.
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Grimond is stepping down. One more
year, 18 months at the most.
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I would be "very, very, very
disappointed" if that's not true.
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What can I say but, congratulations?
Just think, though, given
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the balance of power, the next
leader of the Liberal Party could be
Deputy Prime Minister. Well, quite.
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I never did care very much
for the word deputy.
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Well, I'll be there for you,
all the way.
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Finance is going to be a problem,
of course, as ever.
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Well, I'd love to help, but I'm not
exactly a millionaire.
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And I'm stuck here in an office with
a leaky roof and I can't even afford
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my own staff. Tell me, what's that
secretary of yours like, Elizabeth?
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Any good? Oh, yes.
Particularly in bed.
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Pedro!
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I adore you!
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You and your monstrous appetites!
Weren't you a lay preacher?
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Well, obviously you were, literally.
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Call it a hobby.
Some people play golf,
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I like screwing.
THEY LAUGH
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Between the two of us,
when I was young,
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I was so desperate,
I'd go looking on the spear side.
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Are you telling me...that you...
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..were usable?
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I'm a little bit so, yes.
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If that's not too shocking.
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Peter Pedro Bessell von Bessellbach!
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Well, out of anyone in this room,
I'm probably the least shocked of
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all, if you understand my meaning.
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I think so. It's hardly a great
surprise now, is it?
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I...suppose not.
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What would you say you are,
vis-a-vis men and women?
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What are you? 50-50?
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More like 80-20.
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I mean, 80% for the ladies.
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Yeah.
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Yes, I call myself 80%,
but...80%...gay.
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Gosh, I'm not sure that word's ever
been said within these walls before.
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Not in that context. My wife insists
that gay means happy.
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I think she's absolutely right.
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And I intend to be very happy,
very many times in my life.
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And very much so with him.
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Very, very, very much so.
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Careful, now. Keep it discreet.
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I'm not sure any boy's worth ending
up in prison for.
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You protecting me, Pedro?
If I must, Jeremy,
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then I will. At last!
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Thank God, someone to protect me
from myself.
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I am going to order some port, to
celebrate.
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Peter, we are nothing but a pair
of old queens.
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To...Her Majesty.
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Her Majesty.
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HORN HONKS
Morning, Jonty. Morning, Jeremy.
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It is my duty to inform the Prime
Minister that if he continues
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to restrict immigration, he is
staunching the lifeblood of this
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country... Hear, hear! ..and, and
fuelling the rise of
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the "Keep Britain White" campaign.
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Citizens from all over the
Commonwealth deserve a free and safe
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right of entry, or else the
Government may find that its
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White Paper is very aptly named.
APPLAUSE
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PHONE RINGS
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Bessell speaking.
Pedro, I have a problem.
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Meet me at The Ritz, 12 o'clock.
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It was delivered last week to my
mother, and she read it,
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every single word, all 17 pages.
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"From Norman Josiffe?"
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You mean, he's one of your...
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"Jeremy and I have had a homosexual
relationship..."
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Oh, my God, your mother read this?!
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What does he want? Money?
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The vast sum of £30.
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He can't even blackmail properly.
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Well, who is he, exactly?
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He is, um...
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..well, when I first
met him, he was...
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..very heaven.
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SPLASHING
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Good morning.
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And a very, very
fine morning it is, too.
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Jeremy Thorpe. I've come to stay for
the weekend.
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I'm a guest of Mr Van de Vater.I know, sir. He said.He was very excited.
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What's your name? Norman, sir.
Another Norman?
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Mein host, Norman Van de Vater
and Norman...
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What is that, French?Um, I don't know, sir.
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Really?
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You've never so much as enquired
about your own surname?
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Ah, complicated, yes. Sorry.
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No, no, no, no. My fault, my fault.
It's private.
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It's a great...great
passion of mine.
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Well, just...the right sort
of mount for me, really.
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It depends.
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What about you, Norman?
You're the great expert, I see.
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It's marvellous. Where are you?
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Don't let anyone ever tell you to
stop.
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Jeremy. What's my name?
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I wonder, it's just a thought,
but if you ever
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move on from Norman,
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Norman, and you find
yourself in London,
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why don't you get in touch?
Would that be all right?
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Right. Well, I must...trot on.
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And, lo and behold,
just over a year later...
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KNOCKING AT DOOR
Yeah!Excuse me, Mr Thorpe.
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Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
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Right away.
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Graham. Jeremy.
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Norman.
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Oh, sorry. Mind Mrs Tish.
DOG WHINES
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I certainly will. Hello, Mrs Tish.
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Well, I am grotesquely busy, but we
might have time for a quick confab.
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Now, that is true, except,
as you well know,
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Charles II issued an edict allowing
King Charles Spaniels inside the
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domain, and while this might be
technically a Jack Russell,
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is that right? That's right. You
know what dogs are like, and I think
that some roving
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spaniel might have had his way with
Mrs Tish's mother.
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Which means that she has royal
blood, so I must ask you,
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make way, please. Come.
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Thank you.
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Complete fantasy,
that Charles II thing.
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There is no such law. But so many
people have said it over the years,
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it's assumed to be true, which is a
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very good thing to remember in life,
I think.
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Well, strictly between ourselves,
he's not really a gentleman at all.
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It's a charade, his entire life.
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His real name is Norman Vater,
from Wales.
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Like what?
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Anything in particular?
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"I'd rather hoped to marry one
and seduce the other."
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HE LAUGHS
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I didn't know he kept them, no.
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DOG WHINES
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But that is
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exceedingly kind of you.
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Whatever would you do that for?
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Thank you.
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Thank you very much. It's funny,his name's Norman and my name's
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Well, it's not impossible.
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Yes, of course, yes.
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00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,000Elavil instead. Because I wasn'tvery well in the head.
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Mm, yeah, of course.
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Of course. And they were verygood, they really were,
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And with a view to what, exactly?Well, the thing is, when I ran away
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Whoa!
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HE KNOCKS ON DOOR
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You took him to your mother's house?
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But why?
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I thought it would be fun.
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this is Peter Freeman.
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He is a cameraman. He's coming
with me on that expedition to Malta.
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I said we could give him
a bed for the night, hmm?
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THEY PLAY A JAUNTY TUNE
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Faster.
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THEY PLAY FASTER
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Oh, no, I'm not
on the committee, no, no.
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I just asked the right question at
the right time, that's all.
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I knew him at Oxford. He is a
perfectly decent chap.
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Thank you very much, Jenny.
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I suppose it would, yes.
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DOG WHINES
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Shh, shh!
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Why would there be?
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Did you read the book?
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I think you'll like it.
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Don't look so scared.
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00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,880I'm not. Yes, you are.
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You're like a
frightened little rabbit.
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Is that what you are?
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Are you...my little bunny? Hmm?
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Oh, what's this?
NORMAN SOBS
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Well, dear, dear. What's all this?
JEREMY CHUCKLES
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What's all this?
252
00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:11,600I'm sorry.
253
00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,000
Well, you've had a nice time,
haven't you?
254
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,680
Then why so sad?
255
00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,280No-one's ever beenthis kind to me.
256
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"No-one's ever been
this kind to me."
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Poor little bunny rabbit.
THEY LAUGH
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Don't be silly. Come on.
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Wipe your eyes.
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That's it, that's it. Dry your face.
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Let me see. And shake it off.
Bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh!
262
00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,880Bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh!
And again. Bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh!
THEY LAUGH
263
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,520Bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh! Much better.
264
00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,400
Now I'm going to kiss you,
and you will enjoy it.
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Well, you could enjoy it a bit more.I can't. Why not?
266
00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,080It's wrong.
267
00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,080
Well, THAT'S not wrong.
268
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Now, we are going to need this,
just in case.
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And a good little helping of every
bachelor's friend.
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Just hop onto all fours, there's a
good chap. That always works best,
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don't you think? On the bed?
Yes, on the bed.
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There we are.
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That's it.
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And remember...
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..mother's room.
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And then?
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We did the deed, of course.
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Gosh.
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It's very, very good, this.
280
00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,240
It's excellent. Quite a lot of
lemon, which is rare.
281
00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:20,200
Yeah. So the next time you heard
from Norman was...
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00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,360
..was this? No, no, no, no, no.
283
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I took him straight from mother's
and moved him into rooms.
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Paid the rent, kept him there.
285
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Bunny?
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DOG WHINES
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The march begins, and this
is our story. This is you and me.
BRUCKNER SYMPHONY PLAYS
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This is...this is mankind marching
towards his maker.
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Feel it?
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Maybe that's what Bruckner's
searching for - God and his heaven,
291
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,760
and it's ineffable.
292
00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,440I used to live there for a couple ofmonths, Harrington Road.
293
00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,280
Rather nice houses.Not down that end.
294
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,600Five to a room. We had to go andpiss in the park.
295
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,560Is this your first time on a bus?
296
00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,240
No, it's not.
297
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,680I bet it is. Excuse me, I have been
on a great many buses.
298
00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,360Liar! Well, when I was 16,
299
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we used to have short leave,
like a day out from school.
300
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,160
We'd come up to Paddington,
301
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,200
get the number 36 bus to Lord's,
smuggle on bottles of beer.
302
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,120
It was very wicked.We being you and Lord Snooty?
303
00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:53,280
Yes, that's right. Good old Snooty.
NORMAN CHUCKLES
304
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,280How is Snooty?
He's absolutely top-hole,
305
00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,120
ripping.
306
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:05,160
This country's application to join
the Common Market represents a huge
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opportunity, for growth
308
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,200
and investment, and not just for the
bankers and businessmen in London -
309
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they have lined their
pockets enough -
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but for my constituents
in North Devon,
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and for all the good and honest
workers across the land,
312
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Europe represents a bold new
horizon -
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an undertaking from which we may
profit and learn, and enrich our
314
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lives for generations to come.
315
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GASPING
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00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,080
"I wasn't going to say anything
compromising, but can't stop
317
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,320
"myself saying, 'I love you
and can't wait to see you'.
318
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,360
"Yours affectionately, Jeremy."
319
00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:55,480
Buuuuuu-nny!
320
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,360
NORMAN SOBS
321
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,440I'm left on my own all day.
322
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,400
Oh, for God's sake. Do you realise
how busy I am?
323
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,400But what am I supposed to do?!
324
00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:25,880
Well, I want you to promise, if
you're ever back in London,
325
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,800
to get in touch. Yes?
326
00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:30,520
Cheers.
327
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,480
Maybe it's time you thought
about moving on...
328
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:41,920
..doing something with your life.
329
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,840
What do you think, Bunny?
330
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,440
That dressage school, whatever
happened to that?
331
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,720That would be wonderful,but I can't.
332
00:23:57,360 --> 00:23:58,760It's in France.
333
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,880
"..In haste, Bunnies can
and will go to France.
334
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,640
"Yours affectionately, Jeremy."
335
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,720
But what happened to bloody France?!
336
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,400They said no.Go on, how is that my fault?!
337
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,440
Well, I got you that other job at
the stables and you threw that away.
338
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,240I told you! It was that man,he was vile to me!
339
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,640
Dare I say that if you drank a
little less and took fewer of those
pills... Why is that?
340
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,560Why do you think I need them?
341
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,800Because of you, the thingsyou've done to me.
342
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,080
Oh, really, what is
that supposed to mean? Huh?
343
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,280You have infected me, Jeremy, withthe virus of homosexuality!
344
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,080
"You've infected me with
the virus of homosexuality."
345
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,880
Where did he go?
346
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,480
God knows.
347
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,880I've come to tell you about myhomosexual relations
348
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,680with Jeremy Thorpe MP.
349
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,360
DOOR CLOSES
350
00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:02,640
CHAIR SCRAPES
351
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,000I was a victim
352
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,040of his lust
353
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,880and appetites.
354
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,800And if you ask me why it's taken meso long to come to the police, then
355
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,960all I can say is that I wasin thrall to the man.
356
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,600That's my explanation. In thrall.
357
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,680You have these as proof.
358
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,240I'll give you two of the best.
359
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,960Look. His handwriting,and "Bunnies".
360
00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:37,480My nickname's Bunny.That's proof enough, isn't it?
361
00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:42,720I'll keep the rest, thank you.
362
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,160It's my insurance policy.
363
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,400
God knows what he got up to.
364
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:42,320
I thought I was rid of him, and
then, out of the blue, that,
365
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,280
to Mother, telling her everything.
366
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,240
Did she believe it?
367
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,960
No, no, of course not.
368
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,120
And now he says he's taken rooms in
Dublin under the care
369
00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:01,400
of a Father Sweetman.
370
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,200
This is where you come in.
Oh, God, doing what, exactly?
371
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,960
You take that thing and
you confront him in Dublin.
372
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,440
I can't put anything in writing,
so I need you to see him in person
373
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,040
and warn him off, and I mean
seriously,
374
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,720
go and put the shits
up the little sod.
375
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,040
You tell him that that amounts to
blackmail and that he will have the
376
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,800
full weight of the law upon his head
377
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,880
if he ever tries
anything like that again.
378
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,760
And you make it very clear that he
is not to contact me ever,
379
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:30,440
he is not to talk about our former
association in any shape or form,
380
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,120
and he is not to write to my mother,
describing acts of anal sex, under
381
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,080
any circumstances whatsoever.
382
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:07,520
His name is Norman Josiffe.
383
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,800
I've asked him to meet me here at
eight o'clock,
384
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,120
so it's imperative you let me know
as soon as he turns up.
385
00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:16,400Certainly, sir. Room ten, thank you.
Thank you.
386
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,480
Oh, God!
387
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,680
HE SIGHS
388
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,560
I called yesterday for Norman,
Norman Josiffe.
389
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:44,640
Is he there?
390
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,240Mr Norman Josiffe.
391
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,600
Norman?
392
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,480Mr Bessell, I take it?
393
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,280
I was expecting you last night.
394
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,440
This is highly inconvenient.
I waited a very long time.
395
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,480I think you'll find, Mr Bessell,that I am not at your beck and call.
396
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,560You might be a Member of Parliament,but that gives you no authority in
397
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:30,120Ireland, and certainly none over me.Now, what do you want?
398
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,520
Well, the problem is,
I have to go home.
399
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,640
I'm only here for the one night, so
you'll have to come with me to the
400
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,000
airport and have a word en route.
401
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,200
In the car. Chop chop.
402
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,000
My friend and colleague, JT,
403
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,040
insists that you cease and desist
from contacting him or...
404
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,800Tell Jeremy Thorpe I don't care.
JT insists that you stop.
405
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,520Jeremy Thorpe can say whatever hewants. JT, JT! JT demands that you
406
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,400
stop or he will take legal action
against you. I have here in this
407
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,720
case an extradition order from the
Home Secretary. If you don't stop,
408
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,600
the order will be released and you
will be taken back to the
409
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,280
United Kingdom to face trial.Show me. What?
410
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,400The extradition order. Show me.
411
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,920
But it's in here. Show me.
412
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,840
You wrote to his mother, Norman!
413
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,440
You can understand why he so cross,
can't you?
414
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,800
His own mother! I supposeit was a bit much.
415
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,560He loved me.He wrote me a letter, it said,
416
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,280"I want to live on a farm with you."
417
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,320I don't know, isn't that love?
418
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:44,360
Wouldn't everything be better
if you just left him in the past,
419
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,200
like everyone does
with every old lover?
420
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:48,960
Move on, find someone else.
421
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,960
Wouldn't that be nice?You called him my lover.
422
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,880
Yes. Thank you.
423
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,600
Look, I can help.
424
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:04,480
I can give you £5 as a weekly
425
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,320
retainer until you're settled.
426
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,000Thanks.
427
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:13,120
And you can have
my telephone number,
428
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:18,440
so that if anything arises, you
contact me, not him.
429
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,680
You've got that? Is that clear?I suppose so.
430
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:26,240
Good. And you'll sort outmy National Insurance card?
431
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,040
In what way? Oh, he didn't tell youabout that, did he?
432
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,760Of course he didn't.
433
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,920Mr JT and his fiddle-dee-dee.
434
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,520Did he tell you my life is hellbecause I haven't got a card?
435
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,760He promised to get me a new one, anddid he? No, he didn't!
436
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,120
Can't you get a new card yourself?That's the whole point.
437
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,000Technically, he was my employer,because he paid for everything, so
438
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,920he's got to do it. If I don't havea National Insurance card, I can't
439
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,320work, I don't get benefits, I don'texist. I'm like an exile here.
440
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:53,080
Well, I'll see what I can do. No,not you, it has to be Jeremy Thorpe!
441
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,960
All right. That card is my entireidentity. You'll get your card.
442
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,880Without it, I don't exist!
All right, all right, all right!
443
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,440
So...a new card,
444
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:10,960
five quid, and we're agreed never to
discuss these things again, yes?
445
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,600Yes. Is that it?
446
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,680Yes. We've covered everything?
447
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,640Yes. Thank you.
448
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,440Although...
449
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,000..that letter about the farm,I kept that.
450
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,240I saved it, along with 25love letters from...JT.
451
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,960And I had them all nice and safein a suitcase,
452
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,680which I then lost...
453
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,360on a train...
454
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,840..in Switzerland.
455
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:50,040
He did what?! He went for a job in
Berne and fell asleep, and then he
456
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,720
got off the train...
Yes, but what letters?
457
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,840
Which ones? What
letters did he mean?
458
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,800
Well, he described them
as love letters,
459
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,840
written on House of Commons
notepaper,
460
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:02,880
and he said you sent him a very
lovely note when Mrs Tish died.
461
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,840
Hmm? Oh, the dog. Christ!
462
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,960
Bloody idiot.
463
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,960
Well, we've got to get
those letters back.
464
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,560
Good morning, this is Jeremy Thorpe.
465
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:18,040
Yes, I need a number for the British
Consulate in Berne, if I may.
466
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,640
Je cherche une valise.
467
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:24,360
HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH
468
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,200
Merci. Foreign Office, please.
469
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:35,640
Allo?
470
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,040
Lost property. Erm, property...
Property perdu, s'il vous plait.
471
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,560
Property perdu. Any luck?
472
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,280
Nothing. I told you I've got that
American trip for the next
473
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,000
fortnight, but
do you remember Diana Stainton?
474
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,880
I do. She's working for me now.
I've left her in charge.
475
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,080
If anyone can find it, it's her.
476
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,800Diana Stainton here. Can I leave amessage for Mr Thorpe?
477
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,920It's the suitcase. I found it.
478
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,960
PHONE RINGS
479
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,920Hello? Diana, darling.
Are you in a gorgeous negligee?
480
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,680I'm not. Are you?
481
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,720
Always so funny. They said you'd
found that silly old suitcase.
482
00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:30,640Waiting at Victoria left luggage.I'll collect it tomorrow morning.
483
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:35,320
Just give me the details, I'll do it
for you.No, Mr Bessell asked me tofind it, so it's my responsibility.
484
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,920The suitcase belongs to Mr Josiffein Dublin, so I'll return it tohim. Much easier if I do it.
485
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,080I disagree. Not like you, Diana,
saying no to a gentleman.
486
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,520Goodnight, Mr Thorpe. I'll drive
you, that's what I'll do.
487
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,400
Can't have you traipsing round town
with a heavy suitcase, it's not
488
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,360
right. Are you still in that
Islington lair?
489
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,360Yes. Then I shall pick you up, eight
o'clock sharp, tomorrow morning,
490
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,160
there's a good girl. Cheerio.
491
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:01,760
Thank you...
492
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,560Thank you very much.
493
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,640
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I
just need to pop back to my flat.
494
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,360
I remember I've left something at
home. I won't be two ticks.
495
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:18,920If you must.
496
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,720Mr Thorpe! What do you need thatfor? No matter!
497
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,560Mr Thorpe! That is not yours!
498
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:48,880Oh!
499
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,200
SHE KNOCKS AT DOOR
500
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,160Mr Thorpe, what on earth areyou doing?! I'd like an answer.
501
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,400Mr Thorpe! I must insist!
502
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,800Mr Thorpe, open this door!
503
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,640That is not your property.Mr Thorpe, let me in right now!
504
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,560Mr Thorpe!
505
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:16,720Mr Thorpe!
506
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,080Mr Thorpe!
507
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,960Mr Thorpe, let me in!
508
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,320Mr Thorpe!
509
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,040
Now, then, if you would
510
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:34,280
very kindly return that to
Mr Josiffe, I think we're done.
511
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,320
Splendid. Come along.
512
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,040
And that, I think we can safely say,
513
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,120
is that.
514
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,240
Farewell, Miss Norma Josiffe.
515
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,240
Farewell indeed, but promise me,
sort out that insurance card,
516
00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:53,040
for God's sake. Give him something
that connects us, officially?
517
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,680
Absolutely not, no.
518
00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,520
Did you love him?
519
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,720
Oh, God.
HE SCOFFS
520
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,680
Hmm. Sorry, old thing,
but I have to wonder.
521
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,200
Did you? Well, he was a man.
522
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,160
But did you love him at all?
523
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,720
Not even once, for a moment?
524
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,040
Pedro, that doesn't even exist.
525
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,360
It does for Norman.
He seems to find it easy.
526
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,360
Doesn't he just? Yeah.
527
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:30,240
I wonder...
528
00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:34,600
..should I envy him?
529
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:42,720
I spoke to Leo the other day.
530
00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:46,760
Leo Abse - still obsessed with his
bill to decriminalise homosexuality.
531
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,920Jeremy. Leo. Thought I'd catch you.
532
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,840
You'll have to be very, very
quick. I'm going ahead with it, intothe lions' den.
533
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,040A Private Member's Bill for theCommons next month.
534
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,840
Well, you're a brave man. My wifesays I'm brave for wearing this
535
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:03,680waistcoat. Make no mistake, though,I don't believe those lost souls
536
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:09,080will ever be happy, but it's ourduty in Parliament to help them.
537
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:10,840Poor bloody queers.
538
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,920My first proposal,I asked the Lord Chancellor.
539
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:17,120Do you know what he said?I willrefuse to sit in any Cabinet meeting
540
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:21,000where this filthy subject is evenbeing discussed.
541
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,320We would be licensingbuggers' clubs.
542
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:29,240I have no desire to go down inhistory as the man responsible for
543
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,760legalising sodomy in Britain!
544
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,680But then, finally,I found someone to help me.
545
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,560Lord Arran.
546
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,840
Boofy? Boofy.
547
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,680Lord Arran. Oh, call me Boofy.
548
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,840Boofy. This way.
549
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,720
Now, what size are you?
550
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:49,760A size eight, why?
551
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,840
It's the badgers. Badgers?
552
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,640Mm. Conservation mad.
553
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,640
We've given them the run of the
house.
554
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,320
Oh, there's one! That one's Rosie.
555
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:03,520
Yes, there's a cat flap in the
kitchen and in they come.
556
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:07,040
That's why you need the boots,
to protect your ankles. Ah!
557
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,280
They bite, the little buggers.
Give you tuberculosis.
558
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,160And ringworm. Oh, terrible ringworm.
559
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:17,720
Fiona, this is Leo. Leo, this is
Fiona.Hello. How do you do?
560
00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:19,280
And we're celebrating.
561
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:24,520
She's just achieved speeds of
81.65 mph across Lake Windermere.
562
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,080I'm sorry?
SHE LAUGHS
563
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:31,040Turns out the Countess of Arran is achampion powerboat racer.
564
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:37,400
Good Lord.That bloody DonaldCampbell, I'll catch him, the devil!
565
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:42,160
Now, boots, badgers, and I must show
you the wallabies later.
566
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:46,520
What else? Oh, yes, queers.
567
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,040But thank God for your support,Boofy.
568
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:55,000
What puzzles me is that the
heterosexual man is so relentless in
569
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,320
his attack.We've had some dreadfulletters, full of bile,
570
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,640quoting Deuteronomy and Leviticus.
571
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,160No-one ever mentionsthe Sermon on the Mount.
572
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,240
I had shit sent to me.
573
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:09,480
A parcel of shit. Shit in the post!
574
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,440
Human shit!
575
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,480
My secretary thought it was pate.
576
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:18,560
She said, "I threw it away, Lord
Arran, it wouldn't keep."
577
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:20,600What chance do you think we stand?
578
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,680Every day, we gain more votes.
579
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,480
Not fast enough for some.
580
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,800
Oh, goodness me.Sweetheart...
I'm fine.
581
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:39,240
You might wonder why an old kidney
like me would want to help.
582
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:41,480
But I've seen what the law can do.
583
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,960
My brother...
584
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:50,400
..the seventh Earl...Queer as springtime.
585
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,720
When we were children,
586
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:59,480
in the nursery,
587
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,800
I'd reach out...
588
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,280
..every night,
589
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,920
held his hand until he slept, but...
590
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,760
..he...
591
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,000
..he was such a clever boy.
592
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,160
He translated The Three Musketeers,
did you know?
593
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:19,520
The Penguin Classic.
594
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:25,560
And the deaths go on - by hanging,
by poison, by gas -
595
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:29,680
men killing themselves
through fear and shame.
596
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,840
And I don't think it's suicide.
597
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:38,840
I think it's murder.
598
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,120
They are murdered
by the laws of the land.
599
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,200
And I think it's time it stopped.
600
00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:54,280Now we stand in a unique position
601
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,600to change the law
602
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:58,640and save their lives.
603
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,720Have I got your vote?
604
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:09,600
And what did you say?
605
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,720
Well, I said yes.
606
00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:16,000
Of course I said yes.
607
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,480
My God, what kind of man do you
take me for?
608
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,600
It's astonishing to think, if Leo
Abse wins, there will be freedom.
609
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,040
Those men will be free to be pitied,
that's all.
610
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:32,320
I don't care what change
they make to the law,
611
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,960
if anything about me
ever became public,
612
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,040
I give you my word, Peter,
613
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,640
I would put a gun to my head and
blow my brains out.
614
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,920
Then, I shall protect you, as ever.
615
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,760
Thank you. Not at all.
616
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,160
Well, I shall see you tomorrow.
Enough of this nonsense.
617
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,240
There's work to be done.
Exciting times ahead.
618
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,920
Very, very, very exciting, yes.
"Very, very, very."
619
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,360
"Very, very, very, very, very..."
Get out, come on.
620
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,360Thorpe - John Jeremy, Liberal Party.
621
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,56016,797.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
622
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,560And the leadership electionstands as follows.
623
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,440Mr Hooson and Mr Lubbock withdraw,so Mr Jeremy Thorpe is elected
624
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,200leader of the Liberal Party.
625
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,680
Thank you.
626
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,240
Jeremy! Thank you very much.
Thank you.
627
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,080
Pedro. The best man won.
628
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:38,400# For he's a jolly good fellow,for he's a jolly good fellow
629
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,800# For he's a jolly good fellow
630
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,280# And so say all of us. #
631
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:48,120
I swear on my grandfather's sword
632
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:52,280
that I shall lead a Liberal crusade!
633
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,520
CHEERING
634
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,040
You're the youngest man to lead a
British political party in more than
635
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:07,320
a century. Well, Pitt the Younger
was, well, younger. He was 24 when
636
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:11,760
he became Prime Minister, so you
could say I'm behind schedule.
637
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:16,200
Is that the plan - Prime Minister?
Well, you laugh...
638
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,760
Pedro, I've come to a
very important conclusion.
639
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:24,400
If I'm to get any further,
I had better get married.
640
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,560
Really? Who do you have in mind,
the Queen Mother?
641
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,400
I'm absolutely serious.
I spoke to Mike Steele.
642
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,600
The splendid and sphinx-like Mike,
a question -
643
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:37,160
how would it affect our ratings in
the polls if I were to get married?
644
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,520Gosh, well, it mightdo you some good.
645
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,680People don't trust a bachelor.
646
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,800We might go up by 2%.
647
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,240
Really? How about five?
648
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:51,800
Shall we say five? 5% it is.
649
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,320
DOOR CLOSES
650
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:57,720
There is one obvious problem. I'll
close my eyes, grit my teeth and
651
00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:01,560
then after a few months, I'll say,
"I'm tired and old and impotent,
652
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:05,600
"darling," and that'll be that.
What about the men?
653
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:07,000
What men?
654
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,880
All the same, if she's not going to
complain, you'll need to find a girl
655
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:17,400
who's led a sheltered life.
Then that is what I shall do.
656
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,560
I'll make her the luckiest girl in
the world.
657
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,520
Let the hunt begin.
658
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,720
ENERGETIC ROCK MUSIC PLAYS
659
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:53,120Oh, it's good. It's very good.
660
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:56,520It's... I'll tell you what it is,it's the lining makes it look cheap.
661
00:45:56,520 --> 00:46:00,680If that was in mustard or scarlet,
662
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:02,920then I think that wouldreally come alive.
663
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,640Oh, my God. You've got quite an eye.
664
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:08,560Mind you, you are one of those verylucky men -
665
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:10,280you'd look good in anything.
666
00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:15,800Oh, my goodness!
667
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,640
MUSIC: Friday On My Mind
by The Easybeats
668
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:24,920Go on, give us a smile.
669
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,400Pop the glasses on.
670
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,600Flash us the lining again.
671
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,160A bit more saucy. That's good.
SHE LAUGHS
672
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,040You are very, very good at this.
673
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,760Now, Eve needs someoneexactly your height, tomorrow at ten
674
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,440o'clock. Am I really, though?
675
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,800Why am I good, do you think?I don't understand.
676
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:43,600What am I doing that's good?
SHE LAUGHS
677
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,200
That's great, Norman. OK, I want you
to turn to the left.
678
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:49,680
Yeah, that's nice. Hold that.
679
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,400Oh, gorgeous! You're a natural!
680
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,280
That's great, Norman.
681
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,200I can hardly believe all the fuss.
682
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,280I'm just a boy from Bexleyheath,after all.
683
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,040Patrick said that they love it.
684
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,120He said that they love you and theywant you back on Thursday for the
685
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:17,160cover! Oh, my goodness!
SHE SQUEALS
686
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,720
Show us more of your left side.
Lean this way.
687
00:47:20,720 --> 00:47:22,200
Yeah, yeah.
688
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,560
Wow, that's great. Oh!
689
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,200
Oh, nice, yes.
690
00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:37,520We knew nothing about it. Well, we
691
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,680
tried to keep the wedding day a
secret, but you lot outfoxed us.
692
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,600I had the devil's work, talking himinto a honeymoon.
693
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,520Jeremy is always so busy.
But not any more.
694
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:52,280
I must say, what started as a
dalliance has turned into something
quite wonderful.
695
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:56,280I may be from Bexleyheath but mymother became pregnant abroad,
696
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:59,720mysteriously, so my fathercould be anyone.
697
00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:02,560
Just concentrate, Norman.
698
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:06,680
Look at me. Leave the ball, leave
the ball where it is.
699
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:08,880
You've been having too much fun.
700
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,680
Look at me. Mm-hmm. Yeah, OK.
701
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,160
Concentrate.
702
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:16,720Sorry. Just concentrate, yeah?
703
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:18,600
Rupert, my friend, here, look.
704
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,640
And, look.
705
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:24,160
Oh, good, you see, he's changing the
thingy.As fast as we can now,thanks.
706
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:28,240We don't want to get cold. No, it's
fine, it's fine. We're perfectly
happy. Isn't that right?
707
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:30,440Careful. I've got him, I've got him,
I've got him.
708
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,000He's a bit sleepy. Well, we can't
have that, little chap,
709
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,080
there's a whole world to see.
710
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,720
Well done, you. Celia said she'dpop in later.
711
00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:42,520
She'll have a fight on her hands,
taking him off me.
712
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:44,440
Won't she, Prince Rupert?
713
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,880
Are you Prince Rupert or are you
Rupert the Bear?
714
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:53,840
Hello. Daddy calling. Hello.Mr Thorpe! Hm? Ah.
715
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,680
And big smile.
716
00:48:56,680 --> 00:49:00,640You know, it's entirely possible,between you and me,
717
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:02,800that I could be royalty.
718
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,520
Norman! Right, you can take the
glasses off.
719
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:07,560I'd like to keep them on, please.
Take them off.
720
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,920
Christ, can we get some make-up
under his eyes, please?!
721
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,840
Well, I'm going to say goodnight.
722
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:17,360Oh, Jeremy!
723
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:23,400Not till you've danced with me.
I absolutely refuse. But I insist.
724
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:27,400
SLOW JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS
Well, that is going to wake the
baby. He'd be delighted for us.
725
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,840
Good Lord. You are
making a grave error.
726
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:31,840Am I?
SHE CHUCKLES
727
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,880
You see? It's not that hard.
728
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,040There we go.
729
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:48,720Ooh! I'm sorry. You see, it was
inevitable.
730
00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:51,360
I'm so... You did that on purpose.
Not at all, no. You did.
731
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,720
That is me dancing. I'll try again.
732
00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:57,000Don't try and get out of this.
733
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:18,760I said, I'm sorry!You were late,three times in a row,
734
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,160and then on Tuesday,you didn't even turn up.
735
00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:23,520Sorry, Norman, you're off the books.
736
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:37,320Please.
737
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:39,280Open the door, open the door, I canexplain.
738
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,560Please, please, please!Please, Lyn, please! No!
739
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:42,960Lyn!
740
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:56,000
Shh-shh-shh-shh.
BABY GURGLES
741
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,640
There we go.
742
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:01,560
PHONE RINGS
743
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,360
Colberton 263. 'Could I speak toMr Thorpe, please?'
744
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:12,640
I'm sorry, he's not in at the
moment. Who is this?
745
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:14,360I'm sorry to bother you.
746
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:17,360I got your number from theLiberal Club in Barnstable.
747
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,920'Is that Mrs Thorpe?'
Yes, and who are you?
748
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:23,240My name is Norman Josiffe.
749
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:28,880I don't suppose he mentioned me, butI need my National Insurance card.
750
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,120'Can you tell him, please?'
751
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:35,320'From me, from Norman,that I need it?'
752
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:38,040I've been working in Ireland,you see,
753
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:41,760and everything's gone a little bitwrong, and I don't think you people
754
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:43,280know how it works.
755
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:48,120That card says whether I'm entitledto benefits, and I literally need it
756
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:49,560right now!
757
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:52,120'I am penniless.' I'm sorry,
I don't understand.
758
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,000
Why would Jeremy have your card?
759
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:57,760'Because he was my employer.'
760
00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:00,080He was my employer and my lover.
HE SOBS
761
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:08,320'He told me he loved me again andagain, and I've got nothing.'
762
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:12,000All I need is that card and thenI'll leave you alone.
763
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,440And can you tell himthat I've changed my name?
764
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:17,320He will need to put thaton the card.
765
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,160I've adopted the family name of theFourth Earl of Eldon,
766
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:23,280who sired me, I'm convinced,as his illegitimate son.
767
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:28,640So tell Jeremy from now on myname is Norman Scott.
768
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:31,640'Norman Scott.
769
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:33,040'Thank you.'
770
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:34,320
LINE DISCONNECTS
771
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:39,400
Scott.
772
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:44,240
Mr Norman Scott.
773
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:48,360And what did Caroline say?
774
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:49,840
It's disgusting.
775
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:52,880
He was absolutely disgusting.
776
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:57,240
This man has been conducting,
shall we say, a vendetta.
777
00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:59,640
And if he was in any way
trying to make you feel...
778
00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:02,000
I don't care. I don't want to hear
anything about it.
779
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:05,600
Well, he's obviously insane.
780
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:10,720
Jeremy, we will never discuss
this in any way, ever.
781
00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:14,120
Is that understood?
782
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:18,160Then, what do we do?
783
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,880
We get rid of him.How?
784
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:24,560
We could scare him.
785
00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:26,560
My friend David, he knows some men.
786
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:29,080What? To rough him up, do you mean?
787
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:31,000I'm not sure that would work.
788
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:35,440
Norman? He'd be terrified,
the creature's pathetic.
789
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:38,160I'm not sure.It's an easy mistake to make.
790
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:41,600He's effeminateand therefore we think he's weak,
791
00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:43,440but that man sits in pubs and clubs
792
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,240and houses and hotelstelling all the world
793
00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:49,800about his homosexuality out loud,all day long.
794
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:51,640It doesn't bother him who'slistening -
795
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:54,440priests or housewivesor landlords or anyone.
796
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:58,040He tells the truth and doesn't care.
797
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:02,040No-one else does that, Jeremy.No-one. Certainly not us.
798
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:06,160In this whole land, there is Normanand Norman alone.
799
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:07,760To be blunt, he amazes me.
800
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,240I think he's one ofthe strongest men in the world.
801
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:17,560
Well, in that case,
there is only one thing we can do.
802
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:18,880
Kill him.
803
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:21,040Oh, if only we could...!
No, I mean it.
804
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,160
We kill him. Have him killed.
805
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:27,240Don't be ridiculous.
806
00:54:27,240 --> 00:54:30,640
He will destroy me
and the party and my marriage.
807
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:33,920
What if the next person he talks to
is a journalist, hm?
808
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:36,520For God's sake, Jeremy,we're Members of Parliament.
809
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:38,120We can't sit here and discussmurder.
810
00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,600
No worse than shooting a sick dog.It's a damn sight worse.
811
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:42,560
I really don't care. I don't care
if we shoot him
812
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:44,120
or we strangle him or we poison him
813
00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:47,360
or we bludgeon him or we tie him up
in a sack and drop in the Thames -
814
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:49,440
there is only one way for us to
survive -
815
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:52,440
Norman Scott has got to die.
So, how?
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