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Julia?

- Have you seen this?
- Tell me what it is?

Tomorrow's Press Digest.

- Then I've seen it.
- What the hell?

- How did this happen?
- I have no idea.

- That email was private.
- I drafted it, remember?

Did you keep a copy?

It was sent in your private account to
the Chair of the British Defence Group.

No copies.

Then how has it been leaked
to the press, Julia?

"I assure you, Trevor,
whatever noises I make in public,

"I will always defend the long-term
interests of the British Defence Group."

- Well?
- What can I say, Prime Minister?

- It's that word, noises.
- Yes.

- Did you choose it?
- You approved it.

That's not what I asked.

It makes me sound like
a total hypocrite

saying one thing in public
and another in private.

When I rang Trevor,
I got him out of bed,

he said no one else has read
it on the British Defence Group.

He even deleted it. That's what he said.
That leaves one possibility.

Someone has leaked it
from Downing Street.

Now, I am looking at you, Julia.
I'm looking you straight in the eye.

Prime Minister, I don't have children
so I can't swear on their lives,

but ask yourself,
why would I do such a thing?

It wasn't me.

ROADKILL

Okay. So now I think I know
who your mother must be.

I'm sure you've done
your research.

Can't imagine you'd be here
if you hadn't done background.

- You're Bella Gayle's daughter.
- Correct.

Go on then.

How is she?

Not very happy
about this meeting.

When did she tell you
who I was?

I had to fight pretty hard
to get it out of her.

- She never wanted to say.
- She was a determined woman.

- Still is.
- She was principled.

Even so, that's
a hell of a thing to do,

to raise a child without
telling her who her father is.

I thought so.

I never had the slightest
inkling that you existed.

I think that's also part
of the reason

why she never
really wanted to contact you.

I wish she had.

Do you really?
I mean, would you have helped?

Would you have taken me
on at the time?

That's a difficult question.

Why, would you have
wanted me aborted?

- Rose.
- No, really. I'm asking you.

I was a different man.

Right, is that a nice way
of saying yes?

I was ambitious.

And it wouldn't have made any
difference anyway, would it?

Bella would have got what she wanted.
She always did.

I know this is the question
I'm not supposed to ask,

but why did you do it?
Why did you rob the bank?

You make it sound very romantic.

Why did you defraud the bank?
If that's less romantic.

I was a high flyer.
Fraud's quite common.

It's more common
than anyone knows.

High-street banks try
to cover it up.

They don't want their customers
to realise how easy it is.

But in my case,
they decided to prosecute.

Why your case?

Because they disliked me
and I stole a little bit more, so...

I didn't wanna give you my name
when we first got in touch.

I thought maybe you'd remember
the case and it might put you off.

I'd read the coverage,
and I thought it was pretty racist.

Yeah. Who'd have thought
a woman of colour

would be clever enough
to steal that much?

So, what was your reason?

The people at the top of the bank
were taking great big bonuses.

Just reaching their hands into clients'
money and calling it a salary.

- So, it was a protest?
- No. It wasn't a protest.

I just fancied
proving something.

- Proving what, exactly?
- Proving that I was cleverer than them.

From what I've read,
you like doing that too.

And you?

Me?

Yeah. What should I know
about you?

- Then or now?
- Both.

For many years, I used to buy
the papers on the way to the tube.

Yeah. Mum said.

And I found myself just lingering longer
and longer every day

because I realised
that Bella

was probably going to be the most
interesting person I met that day.

And that's how we started.

Wait. You're meant to give
your phone in.

I'm the Minister of Justice.

Sorry. I've kept you too long,
haven't I?

Don't be silly.
You haven't kept me.

Does that mean
that you'll visit again?

How much longer are you supposed
to be in here?

It's about two years, I think.
Well, if I get parole.

This place is a shithole.

My friend has just died

because a guard couldn't work
a defibrillator properly.

She hadn't been trained
because everything here is about money.

They wanna punish us
on the cheap.

And I want my father
to do something about it.

I promise you I'll do one thing.

I will come back
and I will not let you down.

- That's two things.
- Yeah.

- Can I ask you something else?
- Yeah.

Will you own up to me?

That is something
I have to decide.

Hey, Vanessa.

- You sent for me?
- Yes.

The Minister's been making
unscheduled visits.

- I'm sorry?
- You haven't put them in the diary.

He's been going to Shephill
to see a woman called Rose Dietl.

- Do you know who that is?
- It's not my business to know.

Joy, the Civil Service
accepts that new ministers

expect to bring fresh blood
with them when they arrive.

But new blood needs to meet
old blood halfway.

Am I interrupting?

- Not at all.
- Minister.

Excuse me.

I don't mean to disturb you,
Vanessa,

but I'm just looking over the draft
of my new bill, and I'm confused.

Everything I really care about,

the early parole and the alternatives
to incarceration it's not there.

It's just dropped off. I don't know if
I'm missing some pages,

or do I detect
your hand in this.

Minister, I know how deeply
you feel about prisoner reform.

Indeed, I do.

But I think it's
foolish to draft provisions

which have no chance
of becoming legislation.

Isn't that for me to decide?

This ministry takes
a certain professional pride

in ensuring that our proposals
are thought through, practical,

destined to end up
on the Statute Book.

I don't see those proposals
coming into that particular category.

I'm worried that you may be
working on emotion.

- Is that such a bad thing?
- In this context, yes.

If we lose faith in the idea of prison,
we move into uncharted waters.

Dame Vanessa,
I don't know if you've noticed

but the government
is in uncharted waters.

Right now, we are looking at a no
confidence vote in the Prime Minister.

That is what I would call
uncharted waters.

I think you have been overaffected
by your visits to prisons.

There's an element
of personal investment.

Yes. Possibly.
And possibly for the better.

If there were more people
in this place

who actually had some intimate
knowledge

of what goes on inside prisons,
we might make better decisions.

New policies have to be tested.

I am suggesting a pioneering trial
in one or two prisons only--

- No!
- So that we see the effect.

So that there is an evidentiary basis

on which any possible innovation
may be based.

And we make changes that any
of your possible successors

will be able to defend.

Possible successors?
I see what's going on.

It's foolish for civil servants
not to make provision for the future.

A future, that in your case,
Dame Vanessa, you devoutly desire.

Let me tell you,

there is a reason why this country has
never moved into the 21st century,

and called the Civil Service.

I am aware of your view.
You've made that plain.

Anytime any minister comes into office

with any trace of passion
or a serious idea of a change,

there you are in best traditions
of your calling,

ready to throw a wet blanket

over anything that might improve
people's lives.

Restore the missing clauses
to the bill. That's an order.

Is there anything else?

Yes.

I've had a visit and a couple of calls
from the Director of Shephill.

She seems to believe you have
a relative in her prison.

Really? And how is that
any business of yours?

Thank you, Minister.

No, thank you.

- How's your boss?
- Bewildering.

He was furious with me
for pursuing his daughter.

Now, he's met her.
He seems full of beans.

- Why?
- I have no idea.

And does he thank me
for getting them together?

But does he buggery!

For the first time ever, I feel like
he's drifting away from me

and I don't know why.

He's up to something.

What about yours?

Rattled. She doesn't know
which way to jump.

Mind you, she thinks
it's gonna blow over.

- And is it?
- Ask me again in a week.

Mr. De Banzie has asked
if we'd go in around the back.

Of course. Any reason?

- Reason? Why do you ask?
- No. I just wondered, sir.

Security, I think.

- They're just over there.
- All right. Thank you.

- Peter.
- Adam, good to see you.

You know Trevor is joining us?

No, I did not,
but always happy to see Trevor.

- How are you.
- Peter!

Well, it seems like
your tormentor is dead.

Yes. Yes. I read about that
in the papers.

Yeah. I was quite taken aback.

- Do we know anything more?
- Do we need to?

Well, she was still pursuing me.

In spite of losing the case,
she was still after me.

She's not anymore.

No.

Did you know
she was in Washington?

Did we?
I don't remember.

Look, Peter,
you once told me your motto.

- What was my motto?
- Always put the past behind you.

That's what you said.
You've lived by that.

Yes. Her death is tragic, but for you,
it might be a stroke of luck.

That's all you need to know.

She was a drunk. Even before she died,
we made a decision.

We should have done it weeks ago
actually, after the trial.

We've decided to close down
British-American.

We had a board meeting yesterday
by conference call.

We decided to make a clean cut.
It's served its purpose.

- The staff are being let go.
- All of them? That's necessary is it?

Or else we wouldn't have done it,
would we?

But what's the thinking here? You're not
worried that shutting it down now

might draw more attention
rather than less?

No. It'll be done quietly. Your trial
caused a lot of unwelcome publicity.

We've kept British-American
under the radar for years,

and suddenly we're seeing
the name in print,

and the board didn't like it.

But you'll start up
another think tank?

Eventually. Different name,
different personnel, same philosophy.

Get the US and the UK
as close as we can.

It's a great shame though, isn't it?
I mean, we had good times, didn't we?

Yes. Some very good times.

And, sure, I was in Washington.
Of course, I was.

Arguing from deep experience that the
only way the NHS is gonna survive

is by bringing in
private expertise.

Opening it up is sensible and humane.
It's gonna save lives.

But of course,
I'm not allowed to say that,

so you, you know, I lied.
I had no choice.

That's life. I can talk about
privatisation, you can't.

As I remember,

you took your money through a company
called Stanfield Titles, is that right?

Yes.

- In the Virgin Islands?
- Yes.

You need to wind up that too,
as soon as you can.

Adam, I haven't used
that company in years.

- It's virtually defunct.
- Good. So get rid of "virtually."

Now, I take it you've seen Dawn's
contribution to today's news?

In disbelief.

How could she have done
something so stupid?

- She's weak. She panics.
- We always knew that about her.

She got carried away.

Straight choice to make between
being strong or being liked.

She made the wrong choice.

But even so,
sending such a stupid email.

That's what I'm saying.
Pure panic.

If I can't get export licenses
for fighter jets,

then I choke to death.
And Britain chokes with me.

What are you saying?
You leaked the email?

- As a matter fact, not.
- But you know who did?

Peter, we don't give a damn who the
Prime Minister is, we really don't.

As long as whoever it is,
let's us get on with our work.

- You look a bit uncertain, Peter.
- No. It's nothing.

If the three of us,
can't speak frankly

after all we've done
for each other then who can?

Well, there is something
I should warn you about.

Well, go on.

It's a technical thing, but I put
Stanfield Titles in my wife's name,

so if I'm gonna wind it up,
I'm gonna need Helen's signature.

There's no reason why that
should be a problem, is there?

Good morning.

- Joe, have you seen...
- Yeah.

Shark's in the swimming pool.
Did you know she was coming?

Fish her out
before she does any damage.

- Joe.
- Jillian.

We see you so rarely.

Would you like to come through
and talk to us?

I should like that very much.

I'll just clear this.

Right.

- You down from Scotland?
- Yes. I came overnight.

And I'm going back this evening.
The trains are terrible.

- Yes. We've mentioned it in the paper.
- That's kind.

Is there anything in particular?

The decision to return
to the Peter Laurence business?

Well, we're not returning to it.

- Really?
- No. We're developing it.

- Taking it to a new level.
- You ran a story about his daughter?

We did.

- Taking drugs in Leeds?
- Yes.

The pictures were newsworthy.
She's over 18.

They are of legitimate
public interest.

It's the subject of a complaint
to the body for press regulation.

With respect,
I'm not trembling at that prospect.

Well perhaps you should be.
I've spoken to friends.

Which friends are they?

The consensus is
we look small and vengeful.

We look like bad losers.
We've lost to Peter Laurence in court.

To our friends, it doesn't look like
journalism. It looks like a vendetta.

I think I should inform you
of our plans. We have new information

with which we hope we can fight
the court's verdict.

Exactly. That's my point.
We're fighting everything

at a loss, so far,
of one and a half million pounds.

Well, that's my point.
We're trying to get our money back.

Our money?

Yours, Jillian.

Before she died,

Charmian Pepper interviewed
an ex-employee of British-America.

Do I really need
to hear this?

Hasn't that unfortunate girl
caused us enough grief?

The witness confirmed that Laurence
was indeed in Washington

when he claims
to have been in New York.

Now, he got paid
for facilitating access

for American private health providers
to the NHS.

He'd been a junior minister at Health.
He sold his expertise.

- I see.
- We have it on tape.

We collected the recording
after Charmian's death.

If it's as conclusive as you say,
why have you not published it?

I'd like to know.

We're having to tread carefully.

Our lawyers and insurance company
are being unnecessarily cautious

after what happened last time.

We're also doing background
on his time as a landlord.

There are big questions

as to some of the things
that went on in his properties.

So if you can't get him on one thing,
you'll go after him for another?

- Honestly, it's not like that.
- Oh, isn't it?

I've never even met
Peter Laurence.

I don't know the man,
but I have met his wife.

- You're talking about Helen?
- Yes.

I've heard her choir singing
at St John's Smith Square.

They were transcendent.

You could be endangering
the future of this newspaper

because of an obsession?

We think of it
as investigative journalism.

Always with the same target?
We look small, Joe.

I very rarely interfere
in editorial policy,

but I do not want to be known
as a proprietor who carries a grudge.

We are at the point of confirming
Charmian Pepper's original story.

That issue was settled in court.

If you go on with this,
I shall have no alternative.

- Alternative to what?
- Please don't make me spell it out.

I hope I've made myself clear.

I hate unpleasantness.

Well?

There will be no unpleasantness.

Good.

Every day I wake up
and read your paper.

I know.

Well?

That's why I wanted to see you,
so I could tell you.

We've hit an unforeseen problem.

- Is that hers?
- I'm sorry.

Does that mean
you're not going to publish?

We're not.

Look, my advice is
take it elsewhere.

Oh, yes.
I can get disbarred for this,

and now you want me to go and trust
someone like I trusted you.

I've got the names
written down here

just a couple of editors
I think might take it.

- I had a visit.
- What sort of visit?

From my proprietor.

She told me this is not
something I am to pursue.

Why not?

She's lost
a lot of money already.

- She doesn't wanna lose anymore.
- Is that the real reason?

She likes choral music. She thinks
Helen Laurence is a nice woman.

Maybe she wants Helen's husband
to be prime minister.

Someone got to her.
Take your pick.

She's a Scottish aristocrat.

Who knows what the fuck
goes on in her head.

She stopped you.

She stopped me
under threat of losing my job.

That's how it is.

You go any further,
we're in the same boat.

- Your receipt. Have a nice day.
- Thank you.

- I don't believe it.
- Hello, Bella.

- You've seen her?
- Yes, I have.

I hope you don't mind me asking, but
I wonder if you could do me a selfie?

Well, actually, I'm just gonna have
a quick chat with a friend of mine.

Oh, right. Yes.
I'm sorry to have bothered you.

No, no. It's fine.

- Thank you. Goodbye.
- You're welcome.

You're popular.

I never thought
this day would come.

So, you were never
gonna tell me? Why not?

'Cause I wasn't sure
you'd be a good father.

- That hurts.
- I wasn't sure you'd even admit to her.

You have a dim view of me.

And I've had a long time
to think about it.

I wanted to be responsible
for my own life. Not depend on a man.

- Come on. Give me a drag.
- Are you sure?

I only do this with you.

She was doing
really well.

Good education.
I was proud of her.

And she... blew up,
and I don't know why.

She had everything anyone
could ever want but she still got angry.

I did my best
but I couldn't control her.

I saw her and I liked her,
genuinely.

If I go public, Bella...

we're gonna be naked in a hurricane.
All three of us.

It's you who's well-known.

Yeah, but I'm used to it,
you're not.

The press will be all over you.
It's brutal, I promise.

You'd do that for her?
You'd risk your career for her?

Peter Laurence,
if you let her down at this point,

I am never gonna forgive you.

- You'll be joining a queue.
- You do this properly, or not at all.

Sir.

Door was open.

After three years,
I've developed a sort of psychic gift.

I'm hoping
it's gonna stay with me.

I can sense when you're
in the area. Close it.

Sorry I haven't been in touch.

- I was shaken by what happened.
- And you think I wasn't?

I was appalling,
and I apologise.

I was rattled that night

and I wanted to tell you
that my family found out about you.

Sure.

You don't seem surprised.

Here.
It's the one you like.

You know how sometimes you happen
to catch sight of yourself in the mirror

when you're not expecting it,
and you go, "Who on earth is that?"

Maybe, that's what happened
to me the other night.

Who's that ridiculous woman?

You are not ridiculous.

I gave up a perfectly
good job in Texas.

Madeleine, I'm sorry. I'm...

- I don't know what you're getting at.
- I don't have a trace of self-pity.

- I just know it's time for us to stop.
- No. No. There's no need.

That's what I came around
to say.

I can handle this.
I promise, it's not a problem.

- Isn't it?
- Madeleine, we can go on.

But I don't want to go on.

If you look at it my way,
you could say I used you.

I needed you to put me back together
when I lost my son.

But now, if I'm to survive,
I need to move on.

Madeleine, I love you.

You say that now it's over.

I'd say gather up your things
but you don't really have any, do you?

What did she want
with you this time?

Well, pretty soon you're gonna find out.
Contain your excitement.

But since she's gotten herself
in a bloody great hole,

I imagine she's gonna want me
to dig her out of it.

- Good. The Prime Minister's waiting.
- We came as fast as we could.

No, we didn't.
We didn't run.

The Prime Minister knows
Justice is eight minutes away.

You can come in!
And also give mean explanation.

You go on ahead.
I'll see you there.

Dawn,
I would love to explain

if you can tell me
what I'm meant to be explaining.

Peter, I'll put it bluntly.
I promoted you.

Any prominence you have
is entirely down to me.

Not entirely.

So let me ask you,

why are you not out there
fighting to save my premiership?

I see.

Things are going that badly,
are they?

Usually you can't
get enough publicity.

You and the limelight are in
some kind of permanent romance.

Now, for the first time in years, you've
fallen silent. I heard you on Alltalk.

Your support for me
was less than wholehearted.

You think so?
Maybe I misjudged my tone.

- I'm facing a confidence motion.
- From Stinking Bishop?

- Yes.
- I'm sure you don't take him seriously.

He's a piece of ripe Tory gammon
but he's gaining votes fast,

and you're saying nothing.

- I'm not saying nothing.
- You're standing on the side-lines.

The Prime Minister is requesting
more vocal support.

- Yeah. I got that. Thank you.
- I make one small error of judgement.

Private message. That's all.
I was tired. I was fatigued.

It was a moment's inattention.

Viciously leaked
from I don't know where,

and I'm facing
a confidence motion.

- You...
- Me?

You're up
to your neck in...

You lawyer your way out of the libel
courts, by the skin of your teeth.

High wire doesn't do it.
More like Houdini.

You were for sale
or near as damn it.

And you pay no price for it.
Why? How does that work out?

- Do we put it down to misogyny?
- Could be.

It could also be down
to character.

- Character?
- Yeah.

Yours or mine?

You were always respected
as a cautious leader.

That was your strength.

So when you did something careless,
people got unreasonably angry.

You just spoke about me
like I was in the past tense.

I don't mean to.

Can I warn you, Peter?

Lately, I've been briefed
about your private life.

- Please go on.
- Specifically about your family.

What about my family?

About how it's larger
than anyone had hitherto known.

Larger...

If you're talking about
my unacknowledged daughter--

I am.

Her existence
is not exactly news to you.

My impression is that
you've known for some time,

almost as long as I have.

Just an instinct,
I could be wrong, but...

Yes, I have recently discovered
that I have a third child.

- In prison.
- Yes.

- She's had some bad luck in her life.
- Bad luck?

She swindled a bank. She was trying
to walk away with a million pounds!

- How's that bad luck?
- She was angry.

What has she got
to be angry about?

Believe me, in the unlikely event
that I lose this confidence vote,

I shall do everything
in my power

to ensure that whoever is my successor,
showed me loyalty throughout.

Now, I very much doubt you want
the public to know about Rose Ditelle.

Dietl.

But if she is the unlucky victim
that you make her out to be,

I suggest for her sake
as well as your own,

you think
very carefully about it.

So, Peter...
do I have your support?

You have it.

Good.

Julia tells me you're going
to be onPrebble tonight.

- Julia is well-informed.
- Always.

Well, I shall be watching, and I shall
expect to be pleased in what I see.

You shall be campaigning
for me unreservedly.

Is that understood?

Do you think the Prime Minister
can survive this?

Peter do you have
anything to say?

Will you be supporting
the Prime Minister?

Do you know
who leaked the email, Minister?

Broadcasting house.

So, what was that about?
What happened?

Tell you later.
One thing at a time.

Hello there. Hello.

- Nice to meet you, Peter.
- Nice to see you. How are you?

How are you? Yes.

Good evening.

Tonight, I am speaking with the
Secretary of State for Justice,

Peter Laurence.

- Good evening, Sian.
- Good evening, Minister.

So I'll start off with,

do you think it's possible
for the Prime Minister

to win a vote of confidence
in the House of Commons?

Course it is.
The rules are obscured,

she may prefer to hold a leadership
election within the party.

To be honest, I haven't discussed
the choice with her.

And would you, yourself,
be interested in standing?

We are nowhere near that.
Nowhere near.

I'm getting on with the work
in my department.

And, of course,
I've let the Prime Mister know

that she has my full support.

You do seemn to be setting about
the job at Justice with an axe?

Well, I wouldn't say an axe.

I would hope it's more targeted,
and more forensic than that.

Gardening shears, maybe.

Some people have charged you
with caring more about the criminal,

than you do about the victim.

That is quite ridiculous.

It is true, that I am
constantly shocked

by the squandering
of human potential.

And that's something I know a little bit
about from my own experience.

And what experience is that?

I have some... personal knowledge
of what goes on in British prisons.

You mean beyond
your professional responsibility?

Yes.

I've not spoken about this before,
but I have a daughter,

who is serving a sentence
right now in jail.

In fact, in Shephill.

And I've only recently
discovered that she's...

Let's say that I had
no knowledge of her existence

but finding out about her

has been one of the best things
that's ever happened in my life.

Many years ago, I had a child
that I knew nothing about.

Her name is Rose,
and she and I are now... reconciled.

And she is a prisoner?

Correct.

Julia!

Most people,
I think will be astonished...

- What the hell is this?
- ...by your revelation.

And wonder whether
you've been forced to make it.

All of thisis completely voluntary.
I'm saying it because I want to--

He wants to get it
out of the way,

before he makes his move
for the leadership.

- Is that what he's thinking?
- With Peter, you never know.

Of course, I am fully aware that this
will cause a great hurt to my family

and those around me.

I am the guilty one here.
There's no question about that.

There's also no point in pretending that
my daughter committed a small crime,

she didn't,
she committed a big one.

And does it worry you at all?

The effect that this admission
may have on your political career?

- You use that word admission--
- That many people within your party--

No. But you're making it sound as if
this is someone I should be ashamed of.

I don't mean
that you should, however--

I am not ashamed.
In fact, quite the opposite. I'm proud.

I'm proud of my daughter.
I'm proud that she exists.

This the 21st century.
I think people understand

that we don't all live
faultless lives.

I've made terrible mistakes,
and I have paid for them.

But my daughter
is not a mistake.

And just to be clear, I am saying
this now, because she wants me to.

I think it's about time
that she was listened to.

For many years,
she's lived a shadow existence.

In a good home,
with a good mother.

But now, I want my daughter
to be part of my life.

- Thank you, Minister.
- Thank you.

The game is in play,
what's the verdict?

First impression,
Twitter's kind of 60/40.

With... for or against?

- For.
- You see!

"Brave and honest,"
"Incredible television,"

"Iconic moment,"
"Terrific courage,"

"I always thought he was a prick
and now I'm sure of it."

- "Patriarchal swine."
- I told you it would work.

Joy's on this stuff all night,
we'll see how it goes.

It's only gonna get better.
You watch.

Well, what happened?
You said you were going to the paper?

- Are you cross-examining me?
- It's all about his daughter.

- That's all there is everywhere.
- Yup.

How's he got this daughter
he didn't know about?

Well, that could work either way,
for him or against him.

But one thing's for sure
no one's talking about anything else.

- Did the paper not hear the tape?
- Yeah, they heard it.

So, when are they publishing?

Luke, I've got a conscience of my own I
don't want anybody else to do the job.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

Mrs. Laurence,
this is very kind of you.

It's nothing.

I might be
a poor judge of character,

but I was surprised
when you agreed to have lunch.

I'm not often in town.

It's so sad
they've modernised this place.

It was the last decent
lunch spot in London.

Really?
I've never been here before.

I thought barristers
specialised in long lunches.

No. We grab a sandwich
and cram facts for the afternoon.

- I'm surprised.
- Excuse me.

Thank you. Yeah, it's one of...

one of the most common
misunderstandings about us.

One of them?
What's the other?

That we're cynical
and completely uncaring about the truth.

I never felt that.

And that we defend people
that we know are guilty.

In fact, we never do that.
It's unethical.

Is that why you never ask?

Mrs. Laurence, I think you and I
got on reasonably well, didn't we?

- Yeah, I think so.
- I hope I did a professional job.

- You won.
- Yes.

Is that what you mean
by professional?

You were courteous and calm.
You had to be patient, I knew that.

- I had never been in a witness box.
- You did very well.

Thank you.
You rehearsed me.

- Yes.
- Thoroughly.

Juries like witnesses
that aren't too certain.

If you're overly sure of yourself,
they begin to suspect you.

You said you were
in New York.

- Yes.
- Shopping.

- I said I was shopping?
- Yes.

- And you went to see a show.
- Yes.

- On Broadway, together.
- The Book of Mormon.

- You mentioned the Rainbow Room.
- That's right.

- For cocktails.
- The Empire State.

Yes. The fact that you couldn't quite
remember everything in the exact detail

that added
to the impression of honesty.

An impression?

Please, tell me
what this is about.

Now, Helen, as far as I was concerned,
this was just another case.

High profile, yes,
but legally unexceptional.

But now it's different,

because one of the parties
is a senior government minister

and another has been killed.

Do you know that for sure?

What I'm saying, it was one thing
to help Peter with an alibi

when reputations were at stake.
But now it's lives.

Also he's now confessing
to a daughter from an affair long ago.

So, I can... only imagine
how painful that is for you,

what you're going through.

Did you have
a childhood sweetheart?

Yes.
I haven't seen him in years.

I stayed
with my sweetheart.

I have a memory of him
as he was then.

If you don't believe
the journalist died accidentally

then you should prove it.

I don't think you've wholly understood
just how serious this stuff is.

I've understood perfectly.

But I'll tell you one thing. If I do
betray a man I've been with for 30 years

it won't be because a professional
advocate took me to a posh lunch.

In fact, it won't be
because of anyone else,

it will be what I decide
for myself.

This... can I do this?

- You read it?
- No.

- It any good?
- Yeah, it is.

- Pretty good.
- Thank you.

- I watched the TV.
- Yeah. That was the point.

I was talking to you.

- How was my mum?
- Well, you know your mother.

- She gave me a hard time.
- Yeah.

I can't believe when I get out
I'm gonna have a dad.

- I hope I'll see you before then.
- Good. You know where I am.

Yeah.

Is it...
Are we allowed to kiss?

On the cheeks, sir,
but no hand contact.

Mum's upstairs.
She's waiting for you.

- I'm sorry you've been upset.
- She's as angry as I am.

Angrier.

You know, maybe once
I'd like you to go on television

and tell your adoring public just how
much you love your other two daughters.

The two you had with your wife.

- Lily.
- You're selfish.

You're utterly selfish.

You've got the talk.
My God, you've got the talk.

You've got it all worked out

just how the people around you
never stop suffering.

You know what's odd
about getting old?

You're the same person
and yet you're not.

Are you talking about you or me?

I married a furniture salesman,
I didn't a prime minister.

Oh, hold on.
That is a long way off.

The whole country is still
talking about Rose Dietl.

I know perfectly well. That's just you
getting the subject out of the way.

Believe it or not, it was also
me trying to give Rose a life.

There are two things in play.

And the other thing,
you going to Downing Street,

were you planning to talk to me
about that?

Helen,
of course I'll talk to you.

- And the journalist that was killed?
- I know nothing about that.

I didn't even know
she was in Washington.

Really? If I looked into your eyes
would I be able to tell anymore?

You talk all the time
about freedom,

but is freedom really
the ultimate good?

- Helen...
- Is it?

Compared with loyalty?

We started out together
and we will end up together.

You know that.
You've always known that.

And the prime minister,
that is a long journey.

It's weeks ahead, there's so many things
that can go wrong.

- Nobody becomes leader by right.
- Well, on the other hand.

I was thinking, maybe, this weekend
you could come down and meet Rose.

With press or without?

Without.

Then yes, I'd like that.

Good.

Oh, by the way, I've got something
I need you to sign.

Won't take a moment,
I'll just leave it with you.

What is it?

It's the ownership
of Stanfield Titles.

- If you remember, it's in your name.
- Why am I signing?

I'm dissolving it.
It's just a technicality.

So can't wait for tomorrow.

No.

She knows it's over.
By this time tomorrow

your man's gonna be
making his move.

Do you have any idea
who leaked the email?

I don't believe it.

- It came from you?
- Yes.

But you did yourself
out of a job?

Not quite.
Adam De Banzie spoke to me.

Why De Banzie?

If he gets in Peter's gonna keep me on.
I'm just jumping rafts.

Adam De Banzie
does not run the government.

Doesn't he?
Gosh, my mistake.

- Good morning, Minister.
- Good morning, everyone.

Obviously, clear all commitments.
We start planning from here.

Of course.

How are the papers?
I haven't seen them.

Horrible.

But less horrible than yesterday

and even less horrible
than the day before.

You're saying that in ten days
they might be positively pleasant?

- It's usually ten days.
- Listen, Joy.

Wherever we're going,
I want you to come with me.

Thank you.
That makes me so happy.

It just doesn't feel right
without you.

Good.

Right, better start plotting
the day.

Peter, sorry. I haven't liked to ask,
I've rather assumed.

If you are going to Downing Street
I am coming with you, presumably?

Let's not jump ahead.
Don't wanna jinx it.

This is just the start of the campaign.
It's a long way to go.

No. It's just... I was speaking
to Julia and she did mention.

Mention what?

You'd had a word
with her already.

Yeah. You should probably
take that up with her.

And shut the door.

I haven't read anything.

- No.
- In the paper. What's happening?

It all fell apart.

- Why?
- You really want to know?

Don't you think you owe me
an explanation?

- I don't owe you anything.
- So, what's that?

I want a pr�cis by closing time
with bullet points.

You went to see Lapidus?

- Yes. You're right.
- How was he?

He's scared of losing his job.
He's been told to kill the story.

- Told by who?
- By whom.

By whom is English if you want to be a
lawyer, but what can I tell you.

He has changed his mind
he doesn't want to proceed.

- He's been leant on.
- So we just leave it?

Luke, whistle blowing isn't romantic,
it's more like suicide.

If I go hawking
this stuff around,

I'm going to be thrown out
of chambers.

I'll be finished.
And please tell me, for what?

- To see justice done.
- Okay, Luke.

Maybe you don't want
to be a lawyer.

Because for all I know,

you want to burn your career
before it's even begun

and spend the rest of your life
in the ashes, do you?

Because that's what's going to happen
unless you learn to let go.

I only met her once,

and you think it's all
very funny going to meetings.

But addiction isn't funny.

And at that meeting and afterwards
I heard what she had to say

about the things she's tried
to do in her life.

She was a decent person,
Rochelle.

I only knew her briefly
but I thought she was great.

And you, you're gonna be the first QC
of your generation, we all know that.

Fine.

But what we didn't know, that is
the only thing that matters to you.

You were my hero, Rochelle.

I admired you.

Fine.

Admire someone else.

8 weeks later

Peter Laurencen is with us

and, of course, we're all worried
it could be for the last time.

I wouldn't say that, right?

That's all in the hands
of my colleagues.

I'd never try
and pre-judge a vote.

Let's just say, if you don't make it
to Downing Street tonight,

a lot of us are gonna lose
a lot of money.

We've all been down
the betting shop.

I'm very touched by that.

Only eight weeks ago,

Dawn Ellison was looking at
a clear blue sky, now she's history.

How quickly did that happen?

I think politics in the 21st century
is more volatile.

Things move faster, that's a fact.
That's just the world we're living in.

Personally,
it doesn't frighten me.

I find that exciting
and more important,

if I'm lucky enough to make it
into Downing Street,

I will enter it unencumbered
and beholden to no one.

Do you think that things can keep
on changing at this pace?

Because from the outside,
from where I'm looking at it,

I don't know
how you lot keep up.

We don't have
to be politicians.

No one forces us.
We do it because we want to.

I'm sure you do, Peter.
I am sure you do.

We did say this one
was full of surprises.

- This one?
- Peter Laurence.

Did we? Oh, yes.

Hey, you're back.
How did it go?

Looks like you're gonna be
the Prime Minister's daughter?

Yeah. I'll just have
to put up with it, won't I?

Sure.

Come on.
Is it really that bad?

If you think it'll make any difference,
now we know who your father is...

I know it won't.
But it's making a difference to me.

It's always been a position of trust,
hasn't it, Sydney?

Sorry, sir?

Driver to the Prime Minister.

After all,
you couldn't be closer.

No, sir.

It works both ways,
doesn't it?

You know everything about me.

On the other hand,
I know a lot about you.

I don't quite know
what you mean, sir.

I mean,
I'm not quite as stupid as I look.

Good afternoon.

All my life, I have refused to be
weighed down by the past.

I believe in the future,
and I believe in freedom. I really do.

By all means,
judge me by my results,

but today at least
I can tell you my intention.

I will do anything, anything,
to set my country free.

Thank you.

Hello. Hello.

Hello, nice to see you.

Goodness me.
Goodness me, look at this.

Bravo.

This... Good to see you.
This is my wife Helen.

- Hi.
- Hello.

What's this?

Stanfield Titles.

- I'd hoped you'd signed it.
- Obviously not.

I'll be upstairs if you need me.
See you later.

Prime Minister?