All language subtitles for The.Newsreader.S01E06

Mate, newsreading, not for
everyone. Is it a vocal thing?

You know, I am a disaster, but
I'm also relentless, and I'm loyal.

I reckon we can make
you a newsreader.

If you or the network
mistreat my husband in any way,

the public response will
be utterly devastating.

Evelyn, he could die.

I'm sorry, what?

Maybe you don't know
everything about your husband.

You weren't ready, Noelene.
I shouldn't have listened to you.

You're not a producer. Shouldn't
my work speak for itself?

Wouldn't
that be something?

You're the best one
there, Noels. Thank you.

Has anything like this happened
since you were a teenager?

I'm in love with you, Helen.
With who? With who, Dale?

Tim. Only once,
and I stopped it.

As soon as it ended,
I told him, Helen.

I told him that I'm
committed to you!

Helen?

Could you open the door, please?

Helen.

I know you're there.

Can... let me explain.

I think this has all been
blown out of proportion.

It's just...

..they're just two brief
moments in my life.

It is nothing compared
to what I have with you.

Helen. This is not fair.

It's not exactly like
you've been forthcoming

about everything in YOUR life.

Could you just open
the door, please?

I'm gonna call you later, OK?

I'm sorry.

Burgundy pie. That'll
freeze.

Quiche Lorraine.

Does Helen like quiche?

I think I remember
her saying she did.

I tried ringing her place
yesterday. She didn't answer.

She's been busy.

Is something wrong?

When you were a boy, you
always told me everything.

And then you stopped.

Was it something I did?

It's fine, Mum.

We should clear out this
freezer.

I need to start writing
dates on things.

The Montmorency
Primary School fete.

The principal introduces you

and it's just a short speech
and you draw the raffle.

Can it just BE the raffle?

I'll ask them.

Uh, 10 May, the Variety Club
is hosting a charity screening

of Crocodile Dundee,
the Paul Hogan film.

They were hoping both you
and Dale would introduce it.

It's so good.

It's a romantic
comedy, and, uh,

they were hoping a
couple would do it.

Yeah, I don't
think so. Oh, no.

I... I thought I
wouldn't like it,

but it's actually...
it's really good.

It starts a bit slow, but then
when he gets to New York...

..or... and there's this bit
where he gets mugged, and...

Yeah, I don't think so - Dale's not
really into doing the combined stuff,

especially after the
Woman's Day, so...

Has he seen the spread yet?

No.

Have YOU?

No.

Oh. It's
amazing. Hang on.

You want Lindsay to
have a word with Dale?

No, thank you.

He wants a lot more
joint appearances.

He thinks Dale softens you,

makes you more likeable.

Here.

I think we should do his
hair like that all the time.

Mmm. You can keep it.
I've already read it.

Hi. Is Dale sick?

Yep.

Hi. Hi.

Can I come in?

Dale, do you record every
one of your stories?

No. Just some, to review.

Do you watch 'em often?

I generally just watch
them on the night of.

Helen knows, doesn't she?

Did she say something to you?

No.

No. I... I can just tell.

Was I the first?

No, there was someone
in high school.

A friend.

Didn't work out very well.

Can I ask what happened?

His father caught us
after school one day.

They called the police.

He said I forced myself on him.

And...

..I was taken to the station...

..in front of everyone.

They called me a pervert.

I had to change schools.

Have you always known...

..who you are?

Yeah.

I think we're very
different people, Tim.

You know...

..imagining life on the other
side of something like this

can be terrifying.

But it might surprise you.

I've worked my whole
life to be where I am.

Yeah.

Surprised me anyway.

This is ABC
News for Tuesday 29 April.

Details are emerging that indicate
the Soviet Union has suffered

a significant nuclear disaster.

Very substantial quantities of
radiation have been released

in an accident at the Chernobyl
power station in the Ukraine.

The plant is close
to the city of Kiev.

Many hundreds work at the plant

and the surrounding Chernobyl
area has a population

estimated at around 50,000.

Unconfirmed reports are emerging

that a very significant relief
operation is already underway.

I'm going!

The Kremlin has acknowledged
there has been an accident,

a sign of the degree
of Moscow's...

We agreed 4pm. They'll
have to extend the update.

Oh, you know you're worse
the longer the day is.

We can get you there for
the afternoon update.

You don't need to
do the morning one.

This is juvenile.

You did a 5-hour day yesterday

and you looked like you'd
been hit by a truck.

If you go in now...

That was a direct
result of your hysteria.

Well... you know,
it's showing on air.

Dee was at the
hairdresser yesterday.

She said they're all
talking about it.

"He looks low-energy,
drawn, shadow of himself..."

Remarkable how Dee always
has the perfect story

to suit your argument.

Thank you.

Darling?

I love you. I'm worried.

I'm asking you to stay.

Goodbye, darling.

..an uncharacteristic
move that diplomats speculate

might suggest a very
high death toll.

High radiation levels have been
picked up as far away as Scandinavia,

with some monitors recording
levels 10 times above normal.

In Sweden, 600 people were
evacuated from a nuclear plant.

Given recent history,
we are not running with that

until you've confirmed with
at least three sources.

We can be the
source that confirms it!

Noelene, if we go balls out
with the biggest disaster ever

and we're wrong, you're
gonna get sacked again

and I'm not gonna be able
to defend you this time.

You didn't defend me
last time. Rob did.

That's what he says.

Mate, are you crook? No.

Don't come near me if you're
crook. I'm fine. Comms in?

In a minute.

Noelene here wants to go with the
biggest nuclear disaster in history.

Because it must be!

Three Mile Island is supposed
to be the biggest disaster,

and that only affected...

The surrounding counties - as far
as I recall, they only evacuated

a few pregnant women and
that was it, just to be safe.

Yes, and with this,
they're getting five times

the standard level of
radiation in Finland.

Uh, I have
a cousin in Kiev.

I thought maybe we could
try and contact her.

Well, that's a lot
closer than Finland.

Comms feed's in! Alright,
great. Come on, let's go.

So, is this a new
statement or is it a...

No, it's just a
first announcement.

So this is it? This is all we
have for the entire disaster?

There's a report on
radiation in Finland,

but that's only
about a minute or so.

Alright. Well, we'll
go two minutes.

It's a great story for the
newspaper, but we have no pictures.

We've got nothing. So... Let
me call my cousin in Kiev.

I'm sure she's still
at the university.

Have you spoken to her recently?
What time is it in the Soviet Union?

Still the early hours of
morning. So it's worth a try.

That's great. A phone conversation
with your cousin isn't riveting.

She's on the ground in
Kiev, less than 100 miles...

Personal connection - the only news
outlet in Australia who has that.

OK, three minutes, that's
it. Dale, you're producing.

Six! We've got a good nuclear
scientist. We've used him before.

I'll call him right now. Plus...
The history of nuclear accidents.

There's Three Mile Island and I
think there was a British one.

Yeah, four minutes. Dale,
Helen, you find the cousin.

Noelene, you contact
the scientist.

Sceptical.

Can we talk privately?

Helen.

So, um, I'm pretty sure that
there's only one university in Kiev.

It's either called the National
University or Kiev University.

Who would I... who
would I talk to,

who would I call, to...
to get that number?

Noelene, got
that? NOELENE: On it.

Ah!

Didn't think I'd see you
till the afternoon, mate.

Doing the early update.

Noelene, you
got it? NOELENE: Hello?

Thank you for meeting
me at such short notice.

Not at all.

I trust you haven't
mentioned anything?

No, of course not, not a word.

Uh, do you, uh... No.

No?

Oh. Is it too early to order
the chef's 3-course lunch menu?

Not at all.

Yeah. I'll have the same.

Well!

This is a treat. Isn't it, eh?

Now, uh, is there anything...

..in particular you'd
like to discuss?

I'd like to know exactly what
my husband's been offered

to step away from the bulletin.

Well, Geoff is a legacy figure

and the, uh, CEO will
be very generous.

To the tune of...?
Well, you know.

We'd give him some specials,

uh, news stuff, interviewing
- you know, whatever.

His current salary guaranteed for
a minimum of three more years?

Oh!

Look, Evelyn, whatever you throw
at him, he's not going to budge.

If Geoff were axed...
Not on my watch.

..at the hands of the CEO,

he would explode.

But if there were a sufficiently
attractive offer on the table,

I think I could calm him down.

I think I could get him
to take it gracefully.

I just...

..couldn't be the
one to initiate it.

Hm.

Geoff's not very well, is he?

No, the doctors are...
delighted with his progress.

I'll bet you they are.

Let's just be clear.

You want us...

..to axe him.

I want the next stage
of my husband's career

to be as rich as possible,

and I recognise that sometimes
he can get in the way of himself.

Hm.

You sure?

Because if I even
whisper this to the CEO,

he'll want it done soon.

How soon?

Maybe even today.

Could you confirm the details
of the package before then,

including the additional
five years of salary?

You just said THREE years.

Mmm. I changed my mind.

You know, all I can do...

..have a quiet chat upstairs...

..and I'll call you back.

You should do that, then.

You've just ordered
a 3-course meal.

Yes, I did.

Hello. Privet.

Uh... I... I'm looking for,
uh... for Astrid Mannik.

Um... uh, sorry, do
you speak English?

Do
you... do you speak English?

Uh...

Um... I'm... I'm calling...

Any luck? ..from...

Not sure. The nuclear
scientist can do 2pm.

Do you want to finish
this then head out?

I'll check. WOMAN
2: Hello?

Hello. Oh, hello. Hi.

Um... my name is, um...
my name's Helen Norville.

I'm calling from Australia.

I'm looking to speak to
my cousin, Astrid Mannik.

Astrid Mannik? Yes.

I believe she used to work there.
Don't know of an Astrid Mannik.

Uh, sorry. Lindsay wants you.

Hey. Lindsay wants to see you.

Now? Mmm.

Yes? LINDSAY: Uh,
we'll just wait for Rob.

Uh... shut the door,
will you, please, mate?

I'm telling you this in advance
so you can both be prepared.

And no-one else is to know about
this, not Dale, not Dennis.

Nobody. That clear?

Yes. Yep.

Tonight's gonna be
Geoff's last bulletin.

The CEO will tell him at 3pm. He is
to say his goodbyes on air tonight.

Now, Helen, you might
cop some blowback.

Rob, Brett will be doing
the sports news tonight.

You should make yourself scarce.

Mate, y-y... you can't just
give him the boot like that.

No-one's happy about
this. ROB: Yeah.

But should be, like, a... a... a
year of send-offs or something,

shouldn't it?

Mate, there has been a
conversation about this for months,

and just so you know, this
has the support of his family.

So, what, he's just gonna say
his final farewell on air tonight

and then tomorrow it's
gonna be just the two of us?

Yeah, that's right. Audience
is gonna fuckin' hate ME.

They won't. They might.

They will, because I would
hate me. Absolutely might.

Mate, if there was a
better way of doing this,

then, obviously, we
would have got...

He's back.

Back from the update,
coming up now. Right. OK.

Just calm down. Calm
down.

Here he comes. Just act
like you're still talking.

Everything alright?

Yeah. I was just on
my way out, Geoff.

We're just trying to work out how
much of the bulletin we can dedicate

to the Soviet incident.

Mmm.

And why would Rob be a
party to that conversation?

'Cause of this
Russian nuclear thing,

we got to cut back on sports
and he's just cracked the sads.

I'm gonna leave you boys to it.

I've got Astrid's home number!

It's just...

Thank you.

Hey, Noelene.

I'm trying to milk four minutes
out of a story with no footage.

Geoff is about to get the boot.

Tonight.

Does he know?

No. He finds out at 3pm.

The whole country is gonna think
I'm the bastard that knifed him.

They won't. Helen
reckons they will.

They'll blame her
before they blame you.

Why?

Oh.

So they've offered it to you?

No, it's more like
they just...

..told me what was happening.

I'm never gonna be able to look
that bloke in the eye again.

It's a good opportunity.
Yeah, I know. It's a good job.

Anyone would want the
bloody job. But do you?

No, I just... I just want
to keep doing the sport.

Then tell them that.

Yeah, but then what
are they gonna say?

They're gonna say, "It's either
the main job or nothing."

Then walk.

You did it once and it worked.

You walk out and by the end
of the day, I promise you,

Lindsay would have called
you on his knees begging you

to come back as the
sports reporter.

I don't think so,
Noels. DALE: Noelene!

I've been watching the power
structure here for years. Trust me.

We've got the cousin. I need
everything you have on Kiev.

Distance to the power plant, the
population size, main industries.

Yep.

Where can we do this international
phone call? The studio?

Um, no, there's a... there's...
there's a speakerphone

in the meeting room -
I'll get you a crew in 15.

15.

No, just on the telephone.
Tim. I need you and Ross.

The general
feeling. It's 15 minutes.

Mood on the streets.

Well, OK, I'm gonna have
somebody call you back.

His name's Dale Jennings.

And, um, he'll patch
you through to me, OK?

Thank you.

I'm gonna get changed.

You got it. Afternoon.

Great - um...

..so it's just a phone call.

Uh, we'll put a graphic up of Kiev.
We just need Helen and clear sound.

Actually, it's, um, a relative,

so if you could convey a sense
of intimacy, that would be great.

It's a pretty shit last
hurrah. Would you shut up?

It's his last day. He quit.

What part of "Shut
up" don't you understand?

What? What?
It's not a secret.

Is it?

We're almost ready, if you
want to jump on the call.

Yes?

Hi, Astrid. It's Helen again.

Sorry, could you just get
her to say something else, please?

Um, Astrid, can you just state
your name and profession for sound?

Yes. Um,
I'm Astrid Mannik.

I work at the National
University in Kiev.

Thank you. Rolling.

Astrid, it's so good
to hear your voice.

Can I start by asking you,

what... what has the mood been
like on the streets of Kiev?

Last night,
it seemed very normal.

People out on the
street, everything open.

There was no sense
anything is wrong.

I'm so sorry. Um...

But you are aware... I'm
sorry, can you just cut?

No, don't cut.

Uh, just cut. Just cut.

OK.

Astrid, I'm just
going to take it back.

I'm gonna ask you, um...

I'm not asking you a question.

Fuck.

Just go.

Astrid, you are aware that
there's been an accident,

a... a nuclear accident?

Yes, I heard there was
an incident at the power station.

My brother in Estonia said that he
heard something on the Finnish news.

Why?

Well, we don't have
very many details here,

but what we do know is that over five
times the normal levels of radiation

have been detected in...

..Finland.

Which is how fucking far away?

Astrid, we don't have very many
details here, but what we do...

Astrid, we don't...

Fuck. Christ.

Are you still there, Astrid?

Yes. I'm
so sorry. Alright.

We don't have very many details
here, but what we do know

is that more than five times
the normal levels of radiation

have been detected in Finland,
which is over 800 miles away,

and where you are
now is... is only 70.

Yes.

Uh, but there... there has been no
warning. There... there was no...

Hopefully, there's an
explanation for that.

Um...

..can I ask you to
take some precautions,

like stay in your
flat, shut the windows?

There was something.

Last night, all the
buses were cancelled.

Buses were still passing.

They were all empty. All were
heading towards Chernobyl.

Cut.

Thank you, Astrid.

Give me the tape.

Helen!

Dale! Nuclear
scientist, 2pm.

Walters residence.

I've just been called upstairs
to a meeting with the CEO at 3pm.

No further details.

Just you or you and Lindsay?

Just me. I declined.

Oh.

Well, I'm... I'm sure if
it's anything important,

they'll reschedule.

I just can't help but think
of that poor bastard in Perth.

No!

No. They wouldn't do that.

No, Lindsay wouldn't let them.

Oh, Lindsay's been odd.

How?

Polite.

Maybe he's
sober for once.

I'll call you back.

Oh, God.

I've been called to
a meeting upstairs.

What's it about?

Mate, I haven't heard a thing!

Hey, uh... uh, Jean, have
you got any idea what...

Stop it.

This is insulting. You
clearly know something.

OK.

Why don't you and I
go up and see the CEO?

I don't work with the CEO, Lindsay.
I work with you. Now, tell me.

If you think I'm gonna leave this
office before I get an explanation...

I'm sorry, mate,

but I think we may have
reached the end of the line.

Now, I went into bat for
you, I made the case,

but upstairs just
weren't interested.

When?

A conversation we've been
having for months now.

When do they want me gone?

Well... uh,

upstairs reckon that this
should be your last bulletin.

Now, we can make this
work for you, Geoff.

You've got lots
of leverage. No.

They'll dole out
the specials. Right?

Investigative journalism, anywhere
in the world you want to go,

they will do it, and they'll
pay you years of your salary.

Three years!

We are reporting on
a nuclear disaster,

possibly the biggest in history.

It would be ludicrous for
me to step away tonight.

Let's go up and see
the CEO right now.

Mate, come on.

Well.

You're a better
performer than Lindsay.

I'll give you that.

I was warned only an hour and
a half ago. I had no idea.

I want you to come with
me right now to the CEO.

We'll refuse this together.

It's me today, but you will
end up in the same position.

I have no sway...

They can't do this unless
you agree to keep on script.

I'm asking you not to.

Now, I've always been very...

..discreet about your...

..personal struggles.

I've been encouraged to go
to the press. I refused.

I always put our partnership
above everything.

That's not how I remember it.

Not once since I've
been on this desk

have you shown me the
slightest bit of warmth

or defended me or protected me.

And I have always known that
you would welcome my failure.

You've just never had
the guts to declare it.

He's packing his
bag. Right now!

Geoff. Geoff. The CEO,
he's on his way down.

Let's talk it through. I stay
to work. No other reason.

Now, mate, you've got
a lot of options here.

Here's another option.

How about I go to the press
immediately and detail

exactly how I've been treated
by this network after 30 years?!

Right after surviving
surgery. Oh! Come on, mate.

You've got 'em on the back
foot. You got to use the power!

You don't walk a...
way from it, you...

Fuck! Fuck!

Fuck!

Walters residence.
Evelyn speaking.

He knows. He knows.

He's walked out of this place and
he says he's gonna go to the press.

Now, you said you
could calm him down.

He lets slip in the press,
Evelyn, you can forget about

any kind of golden handshake or
anything else that was discussed.

You there?

Yeah, I'm... I'm...
I'm here. Yeah.

Well, just so you're
aware, Evelyn,

the CEO knows this
was your idea.

Now, Geoff doesn't,
but the CEO does.

So, you know, we don't want
this getting ugly, do we?

What are you suggesting?

Well, if this gets splashed
across the newspapers,

the first thing the
network will say is,

"Geoff's wife personally
asked us to do this."

I doubt we'll be speaking
much in the future, Lindsay,

but allow me to say, you are a
spineless man and a pathetic leader.

Righto. Well.

Safe to assume there's gonna be a
few changes for tonight's bulletin.

We don't know how it's
gonna play out, but, uh,

we're gonna say Geoff
won't be coming back, so...

..Brett, you'll be doing sport, Rob,
you'll be on the desk with Helen.

Thank you.

Uh, Lindsay? Yep?

Sorry, mate. Um... I'll
do sport, but that's it.

No, you'll do what I fuckin'
tell you to do. That's your job.

Yeah, and I appreciate
the opportunity, but it's...

..it's not for me,
mate, I'm sorry.

I couldn't give a rat's
arse what's for you.

Son, I'm trying very hard not to do
me rag here, so I'll make it simple.

I took you from being a
broken-down football player

who could barely string
two words together,

I had your teeth done,
and now look at you.

You are the bloke on the brink

of snagging one of
telly's biggest gigs.

And I appreciate it.

But, like I say, I
just want to do sport.

You walk out on us now,
you leave us in the lurch,

you will never step foot in this
network or any network again.

Well, then.

Um...

..thank you for the
last five years, and...

..I'm sorry it's come to this.

Oh, fuck me sideways!
Listen to me!

This is News at Six!

You do the job you're
paid to do!

Jesus Christ!

Get me Dale Jennings.

News to car two.
News to car two.

Car two.

How far away are you?

Uh, we're just about
to do Dale's stand-up.

Put Dale on now, please.

Uh, it's Dale.

Hey, mate, I need you to
get back here right now.

Uh, well, we're just about
to shoot the stand-up,

um, then we'll come back.

Look, it is... it is the
End of Days here, OK?

Geoff's been booted. Rob's done a
runner. Lindsay's blown his top.

Like, he's literally
frothing at the mouth.

So I need you to get
back here now, please.

You're on the desk.

Uh, I don't know. You are.

Are we getting this or...?

No?

What are you doing?

He admitted it.

They're forcing me to step down.

I walked out.

What do you mean?

They wanted me to resign on air

at the end of the bulletin.

Precisely what
they did in Perth.

Where's Peter Monahan's number?

Is it in here? What?

Peter Monahan. At The Sun.

Darling, let's just calm down.

Let's take a seat and
step through this.

Hello. Uh, Peter Monahan,
please, uh, features writer.

Ah. Uh, could you have him call Geoff
Walters at home? He has my number.

As soon as possible, thank you.

Why are you wanting
to call Peter Monahan?

I'm going to detail everything
that happened in that newsroom.

The public should know.

Well, wouldn't it be
better to keep it private

while we're still negotiating?

We? We are not
negotiating anything.

Well, darling, this
impacts me too.

Let... let's consider
what you could leverage.

You are the face
of that network.

They'd surely offer you specials,
hosting positions, years of salary.

Let's consider what you want.

What?

Years of salary?

I think we could aim for that
- three years, maybe more.

That's what Lindsay said.

You've been making calls.

Well, darling, it is simply
what you deserve at a minimum.

Oh, jeez. Took your bloody time.

Come on. Let's go.

Got him.

Hey! Here he is.

Um, Dennis
told you, did he?

About Geoff? Yeah.

It's gonna
be a special bulletin tonight.

You're on the desk.

With Helen? Mmm.

Does she know? No.

She's gonna be alright, isn't
she? She'll be fine.

One thing we do agree
on, though, is, uh,

if we put you out there as the
new newsreader, you're toast.

You're finished, mate. Yeah.

So, what we're gonna do, we're
gonna bill you as an expert

on the whole nuclear thing.

Uh, I'm across a lot of the
detail, but I'm not an expert.

Well, you're
gonna be. DENNIS: By 6pm.

Yeah, you got an hour
and a half to turn yourself

into big chief king
expert on the whole story.

Now, you're gonna be there
tonight and tomorrow night.

And...

..after the story plays out...

We will keep you
on the desk. Yeah.

How's that, hey?
Hey?

When the dust
settles, in a few months,

we will promo the hell out of
both of you, the whole shebang,

with a big voiceover -

"News at Six with
Helen Norville and..."

"Dale Jennings - the
golden couple of news."

I need to speak to Helen.
You can't, Dale.

She's about to do an update.

Meet with her afterwards, spend
every waking minute with her,

because both of you
have got to blitz this.

And, Dale.

You know, there may be some,
uh, Geoff-related trauma

associated with all of this.

But you're gonna be fine.

Whatever happens, son, you
just concentrate on the job.

Evelyn Walters speaking.
Leave it, please!

Ah. Peter Monahan from The Sun,
returning a call from Geoff.

Peter. Hello.

Hang up, please!

Hang up.

Well, there were
signs, of course.

This is a, uh, culmination of things
that have been brewing for years.

It's much bigger than me.

This is, uh... this is about the
value of, uh, news and reporting

versus entertainment.

I want to talk
about all of that.

Very good. I'll
give you my address.

29 Bowers Street... Peter.

Uh, Peter, wait. D...

Do not give that interview.

Take a day to collect
your thoughts.

Do you think if you
bury the News at Six,

some other network's
gonna pick you up?

They won't.

They watch the numbers
as closely as anyone.

I think you've done enough with
your little interventions, Evvie.

My little interventions
are the reason

you have held that position
for the 30 years you have.

Yes, I spoke to
Lindsay this morning.

I have always been there,
quietly managing situations.

If I hadn't been, this moment
would have happened years ago!

You might have decades of work
ahead of you, your best years,

mine too, but only
if you listen to me!

Our top story again - it is
now clear that the Soviet Union

has suffered an unprecedented
nuclear disaster.

We'll have details
and in-depth analysis

in a special edition of the
bulletin, tonight at six.

They want me on
the desk with you.

Can we talk?

Yep.

I did hide things from you.

I'm sorry.

The things that I hid...

..are the things that
I don't want to exist.

It's...

Are you gay?

Every time, um,
anything happened,

I'd tell myself...

.."That's... that's it.

"It's... it's the last time.
It's out of my system."

But, um...

..but, you know, I...
I have these feelings.

They won't go away.

But neither will my
feelings for you.

And it feels like...

..it's like being torn apart.

I was admitted to a mental
institution when I was 16

for six months.

So...

..here we are.

I can't go up there like this.

You're gonna be just fine.

I'm gonna be right next to you.

I love you just the way you are.

Yeah. Hi there. It's,
um, Daniel... Davidson.

I'm, uh, a... a viewer.

Can I please speak to Noelene?

It's a caller for you.

He says he's a viewer.

It's Rob.

Line five.

I'm busy.

Well, I just...

..need you to know that
they've already called

and asked me to stay
on, in sport, so...

..you were right.

Just trust me next time.

Oh, I'd trust you
again this time.

Also...

..don't call pretending
to be someone else.

It looks suspicious.
Jean knows it's you.

Yeah, right.

So, what, are you... are
you saying I can just

ring as me, Rob, and...

..ask you, Noelene,

out for a... for a drink?

Yeah. You can do that.

OK.

Hey, Noelene.

It's me, Rob.

Um, would you like to come out

for a drink at the pub

after the bulletin,
where, you know,

there... there might
be people from work?

Well, I've got a lot
to finish up here.

I might be a couple of hours.

I'll wait.

See ya later.

Alligator.

The introduction is
timing closer to a minute.

So that's seven minutes
in total, give or take.

OK. Yep. We'd
originally said four.

I know.

So that's three minutes
more than the agreed amount.

Noelene, you've made
your point. Thanks.

Yeah, I know. Just,
um... I'll call you back.

The story is only gonna get bigger
and bigger, for at least a week.

I can deliver it all for you,

if you take me off autocue
and make me a producer.

Can you at least wait until
we've got the bulletin on air

before you hardball me?

No. Tell me now.

Fine.

Fine? Fine.

Hey, Noelene? Mmm?

Who was the leading goal
kicker in the '85 season?

Simon Beasley.

But for me,

the player to watch
is Gary Ablett.

Oh! I agree.

Good work today.

No, it's overstating
the facts, mate.

Yeah. '64.

I want to start
by saying that...

..I've always believed that
newsmen and newsroom politics

should never, ever
become the story.

But today, a line was crossed,

and I feel it is my duty to
go public with the grave...

..very grave, concerns
that I have about the...

..the current state
of television news.

And what are those concerns?

Management has
come to see the...

..nightly newsreaders
as merely entertainers,

to be grouped with soap
stars and game show hosts.

I see it very differently.

I've always believed in
a, uh, special trust.

There's 10 minutes!
They're here!

Think I left my
jacket somewhere.

Uh, Dale needs a jacket!

20 seconds, mate.

On my hand in five, four...

Evidence emerges
suggesting the Soviet Union

has suffered a catastrophic
nuclear disaster.

Tonight, we'll hear
from nuclear scientists

who can speak to the devastating
impacts of the catastrophe.

We get all the latest updates
from our European correspondents.

And we'll bring you the
moment this disaster impacted

Helen's own family.

Good evening. I'm
Helen Norville.

And I'm Dale Jennings.

You are watching News at Six.