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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:15,618 --> 00:00:20,618 Subtitles by explosiveskull 2 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:24,058 Alec? 3 00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:27,812 Alec. Please, someone help me! Someone help me! 4 00:00:34,095 --> 00:00:35,893 Who are you? 5 00:00:35,895 --> 00:00:37,095 Gladys Wilson. 6 00:00:39,255 --> 00:00:40,973 I'm Alec's wife. 7 00:00:40,975 --> 00:00:43,293 You must have vetted him, before he joined the service. 8 00:00:43,295 --> 00:00:44,493 Of course. 9 00:00:44,495 --> 00:00:46,333 So you looked into who he was. 10 00:00:46,335 --> 00:00:47,773 A writer. 11 00:00:47,775 --> 00:00:50,293 Top-drawer family. Married. 12 00:00:50,295 --> 00:00:51,693 And then divorced. 13 00:00:51,695 --> 00:00:53,813 Look, as I tried to tell your mother, 14 00:00:53,815 --> 00:00:56,653 I married Alec in 1941. 15 00:00:56,655 --> 00:01:01,053 You do know I'm entirely unsuitable for a young lady like you. 16 00:01:01,055 --> 00:01:03,253 He showed me his decree absolute. 17 00:01:03,255 --> 00:01:07,213 It wouldn't have been difficult for him to forge a couple of documents. 18 00:01:07,215 --> 00:01:10,013 I was wondering if I might say a few words about my father's work? 19 00:01:10,015 --> 00:01:12,053 Well, he worked at the Foreign Office, 20 00:01:12,055 --> 00:01:14,133 as well as his writing, of course. 21 00:01:14,135 --> 00:01:16,133 The department's going to fire me. 22 00:01:16,135 --> 00:01:18,253 It'll be very public. 23 00:01:18,255 --> 00:01:19,853 No. No. 24 00:01:19,855 --> 00:01:22,813 - Major Wilson. - You know how it works. 25 00:01:22,815 --> 00:01:25,093 They want me to stay undercover. 26 00:01:25,095 --> 00:01:27,653 So you'll be the disgraced officer forever. 27 00:01:27,655 --> 00:01:29,973 We need his body, Mrs Wilson. 28 00:01:29,975 --> 00:01:31,933 For the funeral. 29 00:01:31,935 --> 00:01:34,613 My mother has arranged a burial service in Southsea. 30 00:01:34,615 --> 00:01:36,853 - But I am his wife. - And so is my mother. 31 00:01:36,855 --> 00:01:39,653 No. No, she is not, she is deluding herself. 32 00:01:39,655 --> 00:01:42,573 She'd know if she'd signed her own divorce papers, wouldn't she? 33 00:01:42,575 --> 00:01:44,775 Yes, yes, well, she did - I have proof. 34 00:01:45,855 --> 00:01:48,933 Few people realise what our country owes to the gallant men 35 00:01:48,935 --> 00:01:51,173 of the silent service. 36 00:01:51,175 --> 00:01:55,493 To them fame and glory seldom comes, riches never. 37 00:01:55,495 --> 00:01:56,933 Who's Dorothy? 38 00:01:56,935 --> 00:01:59,213 Your husband was a good man. 39 00:01:59,215 --> 00:02:01,573 Alec wouldn't lie to me, not like that. 40 00:02:01,575 --> 00:02:04,013 Not for 20 years. 41 00:02:04,015 --> 00:02:05,495 But you know who I am. 42 00:03:18,095 --> 00:03:19,095 Mum? 43 00:03:23,015 --> 00:03:24,293 Blimey. 44 00:03:24,295 --> 00:03:26,133 Who's she? Is that in India? 45 00:03:26,135 --> 00:03:28,293 Was she a friend of Dad's? 46 00:03:28,295 --> 00:03:31,853 -Look, I'll be down in a minute. -What are you doing? -I said I'll be down in a minute. 47 00:03:31,855 --> 00:03:35,055 I'm going back to sea tomorrow - if you're interested. 48 00:03:41,895 --> 00:03:43,215 Who's Dorothy? 49 00:03:49,135 --> 00:03:50,335 She came to the funeral. 50 00:03:52,415 --> 00:03:55,093 You'll have to do better than that. 51 00:03:55,095 --> 00:04:00,375 I don't know her surname. An actress, maybe - someone Alec... 52 00:04:00,535 --> 00:04:03,175 You want a list of all the women he went to bed with? 53 00:04:05,215 --> 00:04:07,293 An Indian man turned up at the burial, 54 00:04:07,295 --> 00:04:09,695 said he was a friend of Alec's from before the war. 55 00:04:11,135 --> 00:04:15,173 That's his handler in Lahore - Shahbaz Karim. 56 00:04:15,175 --> 00:04:16,613 What did he want? 57 00:04:16,615 --> 00:04:18,933 He said I should speak to you. 58 00:04:18,935 --> 00:04:21,933 - Right. -Apparently there are things I don't know about - things about 59 00:04:21,935 --> 00:04:25,935 Alec's work during the war, his relationship with this Dorothy. 60 00:04:28,095 --> 00:04:30,213 But, Alec was with Gladys when he met me 61 00:04:30,215 --> 00:04:32,573 so that's just not possible, is it? 62 00:04:32,575 --> 00:04:36,333 Well, we gave our agents new identities. 63 00:04:36,335 --> 00:04:38,855 Created wives for them, if necessary. 64 00:04:40,855 --> 00:04:44,133 Oh, so it was a marriage of convenience - it was an arrangement. 65 00:04:44,135 --> 00:04:46,533 When Alec was working out in India. 66 00:04:46,535 --> 00:04:47,935 It could have been. 67 00:04:50,495 --> 00:04:51,815 Can you say for sure? 68 00:04:57,095 --> 00:05:00,695 You married, had two healthy sons - why isn't that enough for you? 69 00:05:02,415 --> 00:05:04,455 I just need to know who he was. 70 00:05:06,375 --> 00:05:09,373 You know all you need to know. 71 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:13,973 You met him every week, he confided in you - what did you talk about? 72 00:05:13,975 --> 00:05:17,293 You signed the Official Secrets Act. You know I can't disclose that. 73 00:05:17,295 --> 00:05:19,775 Please! Just tell me - what lies... 74 00:05:21,695 --> 00:05:23,773 ..did he tell? 75 00:05:23,775 --> 00:05:27,333 One son in the Navy, the other off to university. 76 00:05:27,335 --> 00:05:30,735 - What are you saying? - Don't jeopardise their futures. 77 00:05:33,255 --> 00:05:34,895 Stop digging, Alison. 78 00:05:49,095 --> 00:05:50,855 What are you two doing? 79 00:05:52,055 --> 00:05:53,493 We didn't know where you'd gone. 80 00:05:53,495 --> 00:05:56,653 Well, I'm back now. What are you doing with that? 81 00:05:56,655 --> 00:05:59,255 We were just talking about Blakefield. 82 00:06:01,015 --> 00:06:04,015 Dad always said if something happened to him I should step up. 83 00:06:05,455 --> 00:06:08,133 - I've written to the Government. - What? Why? 84 00:06:08,135 --> 00:06:10,413 The Ministry of Works - asking them to return Blakefield. 85 00:06:10,415 --> 00:06:13,053 But Dad's house was requisitioned during the war, you know that. 86 00:06:13,055 --> 00:06:15,853 The war ended 18 years ago, and yet here we are. 87 00:06:15,855 --> 00:06:18,173 It's been tied up in a legal wrangle. Dad's been 88 00:06:18,175 --> 00:06:20,693 - writing for years... - We think Dad was too patient. 89 00:06:20,695 --> 00:06:23,215 All these years we've talked about it. 90 00:06:26,175 --> 00:06:27,175 Fine. 91 00:06:28,375 --> 00:06:31,175 Best coming from me, though. I'll sign it. 92 00:06:32,375 --> 00:06:35,655 - You should get going, shouldn't you now? -Yeah. 93 00:06:37,215 --> 00:06:40,255 Nigel, give your brother a hand, will you? 94 00:06:52,175 --> 00:06:53,335 Right. 95 00:07:30,495 --> 00:07:32,773 -Close your eyes. -Why? -Go on, please. 96 00:07:32,775 --> 00:07:36,375 - Close your eyes. -No! - Go on. Close them. Please? 97 00:07:38,935 --> 00:07:41,455 All right. They're closed. Closed. 98 00:07:42,695 --> 00:07:44,495 Now, open them. 99 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:52,813 Well, it's all right, I suppose. 100 00:07:52,815 --> 00:07:56,213 Come on. I can't wait to introduce you to Nanny B. 101 00:07:56,215 --> 00:07:58,933 - Your old nanny? - Yes, they kept her on as matron. 102 00:07:58,935 --> 00:08:01,773 We lent the house to the Government as a military hospital. 103 00:08:01,775 --> 00:08:05,053 Excuse me, Nurse, is Matron in? I called ahead. 104 00:08:05,055 --> 00:08:07,935 She apologises, Major Wilson, but she had to pop into town. 105 00:08:09,255 --> 00:08:10,775 Come on then, picnic. 106 00:08:22,375 --> 00:08:23,575 Alec, I'm pregnant. 107 00:08:28,895 --> 00:08:30,615 That's wonderful news. 108 00:08:32,695 --> 00:08:35,575 Unless you can't bear to spend the rest of your life with me. 109 00:08:38,295 --> 00:08:39,655 I'm asking you to marry me. 110 00:08:43,775 --> 00:08:46,175 One day we'll move back here as a family. 111 00:08:47,775 --> 00:08:50,015 Safe journey, take care of yourself, OK. 112 00:08:52,535 --> 00:08:55,973 Things don't seem to add up - Blakefield, Dad's job, 113 00:08:55,975 --> 00:08:58,173 - those strange cousins at the funeral. -Gordon... 114 00:08:58,175 --> 00:09:00,453 - I'm going to make some calls, look into Dad's work. -No. 115 00:09:00,455 --> 00:09:02,015 -Don't. -Why? 116 00:09:03,455 --> 00:09:05,455 I've got the time. I'll do it. 117 00:09:06,895 --> 00:09:09,253 Nigel. Get a wiggle on. 118 00:09:09,255 --> 00:09:10,935 He's got a train to catch. 119 00:09:14,655 --> 00:09:16,973 Mum, I don't know what you're up to, 120 00:09:16,975 --> 00:09:19,575 but don't forget about Nige, will you? 121 00:09:23,695 --> 00:09:24,695 Thanks. 122 00:09:40,055 --> 00:09:44,053 Let's go away for a few days. Get some sun on the coast. 123 00:09:44,055 --> 00:09:46,773 Oh, erm, I'm going camping with my friends - 124 00:09:46,775 --> 00:09:48,775 -once I've heard from Oxford. -Right. 125 00:09:50,535 --> 00:09:53,855 - When will you hear? - Any day now, fingers crossed. 126 00:09:55,015 --> 00:09:56,973 You'll be fine, Nigel. 127 00:09:56,975 --> 00:09:58,975 They'd be mad to turn you down. 128 00:10:38,895 --> 00:10:40,973 Who is it? 129 00:10:40,975 --> 00:10:44,293 It's Mrs Wilson - I lived here during the war. 130 00:10:44,295 --> 00:10:46,015 I'm trying to track down the landlord. 131 00:10:50,935 --> 00:10:53,335 You owe me rent, Mrs Wilson. 132 00:10:56,615 --> 00:10:59,493 I moved up here a few years back. 133 00:10:59,495 --> 00:11:02,255 The damp in the basement - bad for me chest. 134 00:11:04,495 --> 00:11:05,933 I see. 135 00:11:05,935 --> 00:11:07,973 What brings you back here? 136 00:11:07,975 --> 00:11:11,373 Not come to collect his books after all these years? 137 00:11:11,375 --> 00:11:14,733 Oh, yeah, I've read them all. 138 00:11:14,735 --> 00:11:16,615 Could spin a good yarn, your Alec. 139 00:11:19,615 --> 00:11:22,853 You can't stop turning the pages trying to work out... 140 00:11:30,615 --> 00:11:33,373 That's all I've got. 141 00:11:33,375 --> 00:11:35,653 I'll give it to you the day after tomorrow. 142 00:11:35,655 --> 00:11:37,773 The day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow. 143 00:11:37,775 --> 00:11:39,175 The day after that! 144 00:11:44,375 --> 00:11:48,533 I'm looking for someone - a colleague of Alec's. 145 00:11:48,535 --> 00:11:50,653 She used to come here. 146 00:11:50,655 --> 00:11:51,655 Oh. Oh. 147 00:11:53,375 --> 00:11:55,975 Come here. Sit down. 148 00:12:10,135 --> 00:12:11,935 Do you remember her? 149 00:12:13,495 --> 00:12:14,775 Did you see her? 150 00:12:20,055 --> 00:12:21,255 And my rent? 151 00:12:24,095 --> 00:12:25,613 How much do you want? 152 00:12:25,615 --> 00:12:27,415 Ten shillings, and I'll let it go. 153 00:12:48,975 --> 00:12:50,015 So... 154 00:12:51,615 --> 00:12:53,495 ..you want to know about Dorothy? 155 00:12:56,815 --> 00:12:58,493 You knew her? 156 00:12:58,495 --> 00:13:00,773 Yeah. She lived here during the war. 157 00:13:00,775 --> 00:13:03,253 No, that was me, I lived here during the war. 158 00:13:03,255 --> 00:13:05,015 First her, then you. 159 00:13:07,215 --> 00:13:11,935 She and Alec moved in just before the war - straight back from India. 160 00:13:14,335 --> 00:13:15,415 Together? 161 00:13:16,695 --> 00:13:18,493 Mm-hm. 162 00:13:18,495 --> 00:13:21,493 Her, Alec, and the little boy. 163 00:13:21,495 --> 00:13:23,775 Brown as berries, they were. 164 00:13:27,455 --> 00:13:28,455 A boy? 165 00:13:29,615 --> 00:13:31,333 Yeah. 166 00:13:31,335 --> 00:13:32,535 There you are. 167 00:13:47,495 --> 00:13:50,253 Ah. Yeah. 168 00:13:50,255 --> 00:13:52,053 May, 1939. 169 00:13:52,055 --> 00:13:53,933 Alec and Dorothy Wilson. 170 00:13:53,935 --> 00:13:55,335 Michael, aged six. 171 00:13:57,255 --> 00:13:59,973 That was her forwarding address, there - 172 00:13:59,975 --> 00:14:01,455 Wensleydale, I think. 173 00:14:04,695 --> 00:14:07,533 But where am I? I moved here in '40, 174 00:14:07,535 --> 00:14:09,853 I'm not marked - I'm not even here. 175 00:14:09,855 --> 00:14:13,773 Yeah, well, Alec never told me about you. 176 00:14:13,775 --> 00:14:18,173 You just came down one day with the rent money, and baby on your arm. 177 00:14:18,175 --> 00:14:19,853 No, but this boy, 178 00:14:19,855 --> 00:14:24,173 this Michael, he doesn't have Alec's surname? 179 00:14:24,175 --> 00:14:26,855 Maybe he was Dorothy's son and they just lived here as colleagues? 180 00:14:28,655 --> 00:14:29,655 Could be. 181 00:14:31,215 --> 00:14:33,253 They had terrible rows. 182 00:14:33,255 --> 00:14:34,933 She gave as good as she got. 183 00:14:34,935 --> 00:14:37,695 She was a strong woman, really took him on. 184 00:14:39,535 --> 00:14:41,655 How is dear old Alec anyway? 185 00:14:44,735 --> 00:14:46,573 He's dead. 186 00:14:46,575 --> 00:14:47,695 Oh. 187 00:15:02,815 --> 00:15:02,893 How are you, Alison? 188 00:15:02,895 --> 00:15:04,215 How are you, Alison? 189 00:15:13,335 --> 00:15:14,855 - Mum? - Mm-hm? 190 00:15:15,975 --> 00:15:19,655 - Didn't you see the letter? - What letter? 191 00:15:26,335 --> 00:15:29,295 An offer to read history at St Catherine's College, Oxford. 192 00:15:30,535 --> 00:15:33,455 Oh, Nigel, I'm thrilled. 193 00:15:35,695 --> 00:15:37,455 I'm over the moon. I really am. 194 00:15:38,655 --> 00:15:41,295 - When are you back? - I already told you - Monday. 195 00:15:44,215 --> 00:15:45,733 You will be OK on your own? 196 00:15:45,735 --> 00:15:47,895 Yes, of course I will. Have some fun. 197 00:15:50,375 --> 00:15:51,693 What will you do? 198 00:15:51,695 --> 00:15:54,655 Plenty to get on with - have you seen the state of the windows? 199 00:16:41,895 --> 00:16:44,213 Our next station will be Wensleydale. 200 00:16:44,215 --> 00:16:45,895 Wensleydale in five minutes. 201 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:40,613 -I'm Mrs... -I know who you are. 202 00:17:40,615 --> 00:17:42,973 - I just... I want to talk to you. - I've got absolutely nothing 203 00:17:42,975 --> 00:17:44,973 - to say to you. -Please, I've just come from London. 204 00:17:44,975 --> 00:17:46,933 You turned up uninvited to my husband's funeral. 205 00:17:46,935 --> 00:17:49,175 The least you could do is answer my questions. 206 00:17:52,255 --> 00:17:53,933 My son's coming over later. 207 00:17:53,935 --> 00:17:56,015 We can talk out here if you like. 208 00:18:25,575 --> 00:18:27,373 I was expecting to see photos of your plays. 209 00:18:27,375 --> 00:18:30,773 - Oh, no, I gave up acting a long time ago. -I see. 210 00:18:30,775 --> 00:18:31,975 Do you? 211 00:18:33,175 --> 00:18:34,495 So what do you want to know? 212 00:18:37,375 --> 00:18:40,373 Did the service pair you up with Alec out in India? 213 00:18:40,375 --> 00:18:43,373 - I guess you've talked to Karim. - No, not really, I... 214 00:18:43,375 --> 00:18:47,213 Well, don't - drinking his life away at the Empire Club. 215 00:18:47,215 --> 00:18:50,293 So he was your handler? You were in the service, though. 216 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:52,773 I don't know what you've been told, but there's no great mystery. 217 00:18:52,775 --> 00:18:55,013 I was just an actress in rep living in Lahore. 218 00:18:55,015 --> 00:18:58,535 -You're not allowed to reveal it to me, confirm your status... -I wasn't a spy, all right? 219 00:19:05,575 --> 00:19:07,375 Alec came to see me in a play. 220 00:19:08,975 --> 00:19:11,693 I was young, I was naive. 221 00:19:11,695 --> 00:19:12,893 We ended up in bed. 222 00:19:12,895 --> 00:19:16,173 And then a few months later we were married at Lahore Cathedral. 223 00:19:16,175 --> 00:19:18,533 So it wasn't a professional relationship? 224 00:19:20,215 --> 00:19:22,335 No, I wouldn't call it that. 225 00:19:28,335 --> 00:19:29,615 Is there anything else? 226 00:19:34,135 --> 00:19:35,295 Is Mike Alec's son? 227 00:19:36,495 --> 00:19:37,775 Of course he is. 228 00:19:45,455 --> 00:19:48,093 Alec visited, did he? 229 00:19:48,095 --> 00:19:52,493 Sent cards, never missed a birthday, a wonderful father for little Mike. 230 00:19:52,495 --> 00:19:54,013 I'm not talking about Mike. 231 00:19:54,015 --> 00:19:56,415 If that's what you're after, you'd better leave. 232 00:19:57,575 --> 00:19:59,415 I said you'd better bloody leave! 233 00:20:02,495 --> 00:20:03,855 Did he lie to you too? 234 00:20:19,775 --> 00:20:20,775 Take a seat. 235 00:20:27,135 --> 00:20:28,215 No. 236 00:20:30,695 --> 00:20:32,215 Not back then. 237 00:20:34,135 --> 00:20:37,693 When we first met he was honest, kind. 238 00:20:37,695 --> 00:20:40,173 Even looked out for his sister back home. 239 00:20:40,175 --> 00:20:42,215 - His sister? - Gladys. 240 00:20:44,015 --> 00:20:45,813 Gladys? 241 00:20:45,815 --> 00:20:49,413 Her husband had just died so she used to write to Alec, asking 242 00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:52,733 for money. We rowed about that - we weren't exactly rolling in it. 243 00:20:52,735 --> 00:20:55,573 - Mrs... I don't even know what to call you. -Dorothy. 244 00:20:55,575 --> 00:20:56,655 Dorothy. 245 00:20:57,935 --> 00:21:01,133 There's things I could tell you. What? 246 00:21:01,135 --> 00:21:03,895 - About your marriage. - We were happy, Alison. 247 00:21:06,015 --> 00:21:08,533 In India, before we came home, before he met you, 248 00:21:08,535 --> 00:21:10,613 we were just a normal, happy family. 249 00:21:10,615 --> 00:21:14,733 - That's the point - you weren't. - Did he say he wasn't happy? 250 00:21:14,735 --> 00:21:16,455 Did he say he didn't love me? 251 00:21:19,095 --> 00:21:20,655 He didn't talk about you at all. 252 00:21:24,775 --> 00:21:27,375 Well, he told me all about you. 253 00:21:28,535 --> 00:21:30,653 Miss McKelvie, the new secretary. 254 00:21:30,655 --> 00:21:33,813 Out of her depth, struggling with the workload. 255 00:21:33,815 --> 00:21:38,053 Coleman soon whipped you into shape and you learned fast. Oh, yeah, 256 00:21:38,055 --> 00:21:42,855 I knew all about you, your first few weeks at the listening service. 257 00:21:44,295 --> 00:21:45,573 You were still together then. 258 00:21:45,575 --> 00:21:48,133 And then he took you out for lunch at the Author's Club. 259 00:21:48,135 --> 00:21:49,573 We bumped into each other. 260 00:21:49,575 --> 00:21:52,253 Bumped into each other. You think that was a coincidence? 261 00:21:52,255 --> 00:21:55,053 - I don't know, I don't know. - I was watching him, Alison. 262 00:21:55,055 --> 00:21:56,893 - Spying on him? - Yes. 263 00:21:56,895 --> 00:21:59,413 I was following him to work, I was waiting for him at lunch, 264 00:21:59,415 --> 00:22:00,935 I was tracking his every move. 265 00:22:18,615 --> 00:22:20,175 Excuse me. Excuse me. 266 00:22:31,655 --> 00:22:34,253 Major Wilson, can I ask you about your book? 267 00:22:34,255 --> 00:22:35,573 You could. 268 00:22:35,575 --> 00:22:37,133 It's not very interesting - 269 00:22:37,135 --> 00:22:39,735 I just sit at my typewriter and make things up... 270 00:22:42,175 --> 00:22:45,495 - Are you all right? - I'm just going to the bathroom. 271 00:22:48,175 --> 00:22:50,093 Are you all right? 272 00:22:50,095 --> 00:22:53,253 Just made a fool of myself in front of my boss. 273 00:22:53,255 --> 00:22:57,295 No, nothing like that. Just a clumsy idiot - spilled my drink. 274 00:23:18,455 --> 00:23:20,333 Do... 275 00:23:20,335 --> 00:23:21,455 Hello, you. 276 00:23:23,775 --> 00:23:25,335 Standing in the dark? 277 00:23:28,375 --> 00:23:30,613 How are you? Busy day? 278 00:23:30,615 --> 00:23:31,775 Mm-hm. 279 00:23:34,735 --> 00:23:36,055 Time for lunch? 280 00:23:38,015 --> 00:23:39,095 Author's Club. 281 00:23:40,815 --> 00:23:41,815 I saw you, Dorothy. 282 00:23:43,895 --> 00:23:45,573 Who is she? 283 00:23:45,575 --> 00:23:49,135 My new secretary, Miss McKelvie - I told you about her. 284 00:24:21,735 --> 00:24:25,615 I think you should go up to Wensleydale - stay with your mum. 285 00:24:27,775 --> 00:24:30,413 The bombs can't go on forever, can they? 286 00:24:30,415 --> 00:24:34,893 - We're happy in the shelter, aren't we, Mike? -Yeah. -Yeah. 287 00:24:34,895 --> 00:24:38,695 The things I've seen, Dorothy. Please, for... 288 00:24:44,775 --> 00:24:46,015 Brave boy. 289 00:24:55,455 --> 00:24:56,615 Come here. 290 00:24:59,175 --> 00:25:00,695 Write to me, won't you? 291 00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:04,573 And if you get scared... 292 00:25:04,575 --> 00:25:06,375 Tell yourself a story. 293 00:25:10,375 --> 00:25:12,215 The next train is about to leave. 294 00:25:13,775 --> 00:25:16,933 I'll settle Mike with Mum and then I'll come back. 295 00:25:16,935 --> 00:25:18,695 You don't trust me, do you? 296 00:25:22,215 --> 00:25:23,335 I love you, you idiot. 297 00:25:27,535 --> 00:25:28,655 Come on. 298 00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:33,135 - Dad! -See you soon. I love you. - Come on. 299 00:25:44,815 --> 00:25:47,255 I returned to Alec as soon as I could. 300 00:25:48,375 --> 00:25:49,975 I followed him for months. 301 00:26:08,775 --> 00:26:12,575 - This looks wonderful. - No, you look wonderful. 302 00:26:15,215 --> 00:26:16,335 Oh, Alec. 303 00:26:18,575 --> 00:26:21,215 I've just never had dinner with a divorced man before. 304 00:26:52,575 --> 00:26:54,093 Again. 305 00:26:54,095 --> 00:26:55,215 Harder. 306 00:27:00,415 --> 00:27:02,295 Get out. Get out. 307 00:27:16,255 --> 00:27:17,575 Go and do your duty. 308 00:27:20,215 --> 00:27:21,295 When you come back... 309 00:27:24,175 --> 00:27:25,615 ..I'll be gone. 310 00:27:36,415 --> 00:27:37,415 I'm sorry. 311 00:27:42,935 --> 00:27:45,053 Sorry? Now? 312 00:27:45,055 --> 00:27:49,293 - It's so long ago. - Why didn't you try and stop him? 313 00:27:49,295 --> 00:27:51,173 You saw me. 314 00:27:51,175 --> 00:27:54,493 - You saw us together and you let him... -He was my husband. 315 00:27:54,495 --> 00:27:57,093 I was 21 years old - I knew no-one in London. 316 00:27:57,095 --> 00:27:59,613 - I had a child. -You should have said something, you should have... 317 00:27:59,615 --> 00:28:03,133 - We were over. -..warned me. -I had to walk away. I needed money. 318 00:28:03,135 --> 00:28:05,133 Yeah, but I saw you, I saw you come to the flat. 319 00:28:05,135 --> 00:28:07,053 - Mike and I, we had nothing. - He gave you money. 320 00:28:07,055 --> 00:28:08,893 -A pittance! -How much? How often? 321 00:28:08,895 --> 00:28:11,655 Once. Five measly fucking pounds! 322 00:28:13,975 --> 00:28:15,295 God, I hated him. 323 00:28:16,575 --> 00:28:20,695 I was livid, I was boiling over with rage. 324 00:28:22,135 --> 00:28:24,453 I couldn't let Mike see it, be infected by my anger, 325 00:28:24,455 --> 00:28:26,693 I was determined about that. 326 00:28:26,695 --> 00:28:30,493 Everything's perfectly normal. Daddy lives away, digs down in London. 327 00:28:30,495 --> 00:28:32,293 All the while singing his praises? 328 00:28:32,295 --> 00:28:34,375 No. No, I knew I couldn't do that. 329 00:28:38,015 --> 00:28:39,493 Did you tell him the truth? 330 00:28:39,495 --> 00:28:42,013 Don't be stupid. What, ruin his life? 331 00:28:42,015 --> 00:28:44,175 Turn him against his own father? 332 00:28:46,055 --> 00:28:47,615 What did you do, then? 333 00:28:51,695 --> 00:28:52,775 Nothing. 334 00:28:58,015 --> 00:28:59,615 What did you tell him? 335 00:29:05,615 --> 00:29:07,415 Mike means everything to me. 336 00:29:09,135 --> 00:29:10,655 I did it to protect him. 337 00:29:12,855 --> 00:29:14,335 I learned some lines. 338 00:29:16,495 --> 00:29:19,295 Mike came home from school and I was just... 339 00:29:21,135 --> 00:29:22,335 ..sat here as usual and... 340 00:29:25,575 --> 00:29:27,255 ..and I just... 341 00:29:31,015 --> 00:29:32,815 "The telegram man's been." 342 00:29:35,415 --> 00:29:36,415 You see? 343 00:29:38,375 --> 00:29:40,015 No. 344 00:29:43,295 --> 00:29:46,255 "Daddy was saving his friend at Alamein." 345 00:29:51,935 --> 00:29:53,895 "I'm so sorry, Mike." 346 00:29:55,935 --> 00:29:57,135 "We've lost him." 347 00:30:00,095 --> 00:30:01,935 "Daddy won't be coming home again." 348 00:30:04,255 --> 00:30:08,375 All these years - even now - Mike thinks Alec died in 1942? 349 00:30:11,735 --> 00:30:13,773 You've kept that secret for 20 years? 350 00:30:13,775 --> 00:30:15,653 I just wanted a... 351 00:30:15,655 --> 00:30:16,695 normal life... 352 00:30:18,135 --> 00:30:20,373 ..away from all the drama and the lies. 353 00:30:20,375 --> 00:30:23,455 But, Dorothy, you told your son the biggest lie of the lot. 354 00:30:27,135 --> 00:30:28,655 Can you leave now, please? 355 00:30:32,895 --> 00:30:34,055 Please leave. 356 00:30:41,775 --> 00:30:45,053 You regret it, don't you? Lying to Mike? 357 00:30:45,055 --> 00:30:47,213 Depriving him of his father? 358 00:30:47,215 --> 00:30:49,733 Over a life with Alec? 359 00:30:49,735 --> 00:30:52,935 Full of its deceit and uncertainty - no. 360 00:30:55,615 --> 00:30:57,335 I've got no regrets at all. 361 00:30:58,575 --> 00:31:00,775 See, I did what any good mother would do. 362 00:31:02,095 --> 00:31:07,415 I gave my son a safe home, a secure childhood. 363 00:31:11,135 --> 00:31:12,135 Did you? 364 00:31:47,175 --> 00:31:49,213 Mike, isn't it? 365 00:31:49,215 --> 00:31:51,253 I've just come from your mother's house. 366 00:31:51,255 --> 00:31:54,133 Oh, are you a friend from her work? 367 00:31:54,135 --> 00:31:55,853 No, I knew your father. 368 00:31:55,855 --> 00:31:57,653 Major Wilson? 369 00:31:57,655 --> 00:31:59,375 - Did you know him well? - Yes. 370 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:06,653 - During the war. - So just before he died? 371 00:32:06,655 --> 00:32:10,053 Do you know I've never met anyone, apart from Mum, who knew him. 372 00:32:10,055 --> 00:32:12,173 I'd love to hear more about him. 373 00:32:12,175 --> 00:32:13,775 All I have are his novels. 374 00:32:18,815 --> 00:32:18,893 You look just like him. 375 00:32:18,895 --> 00:32:20,655 You look just like him. 376 00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:26,135 We worked together. 377 00:32:28,415 --> 00:32:31,255 - Sorry, I've just got a train to catch. -Of course. 378 00:32:46,855 --> 00:32:49,055 Keep going. Up we go. 379 00:32:51,335 --> 00:32:54,015 Come on. Keep going. Come on. 380 00:32:55,095 --> 00:32:56,335 Come on now. 381 00:32:58,055 --> 00:33:00,173 That's it. 382 00:33:00,175 --> 00:33:02,175 Come on. Come on now. 383 00:33:05,415 --> 00:33:06,575 OK. 384 00:33:11,575 --> 00:33:14,573 - He's kicking us out? - I've tried everything. 385 00:33:14,575 --> 00:33:17,293 But Mum already paid April's rent - we're only a month behind now. 386 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:19,813 He's found an American who'll pay twice the rent. 387 00:33:19,815 --> 00:33:22,893 But, Alec, the baby - where will we go? 388 00:33:22,895 --> 00:33:24,613 Hey, it's going to be all right. 389 00:33:24,615 --> 00:33:27,573 I've found somewhere nearby - ground floor, 390 00:33:27,575 --> 00:33:30,255 no stairs to drag this one up. OK? 391 00:33:32,015 --> 00:33:33,653 I'm sorry, I'm just so exhausted. 392 00:33:33,655 --> 00:33:36,173 I know you are, don't apologise. 393 00:33:36,175 --> 00:33:38,533 This damn war... 394 00:33:38,535 --> 00:33:41,453 As soon as it's over, we'll get to Blakefield, 395 00:33:41,455 --> 00:33:44,173 have all the space we need. 396 00:33:44,175 --> 00:33:50,175 A garden for Gordon to play in, Nanny B to help with the baby, 397 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:53,855 and a study for me so I won't keep you awake with my writing. 398 00:33:59,095 --> 00:34:00,415 It's going to be OK. 399 00:34:02,095 --> 00:34:03,415 I know. 400 00:34:08,855 --> 00:34:10,455 -Keep going. -Come on. 401 00:34:15,295 --> 00:34:16,775 That's it. Keep pushing. 402 00:34:28,895 --> 00:34:31,055 Nearly there, our new home. 403 00:35:02,455 --> 00:35:03,575 Mother! 404 00:35:09,975 --> 00:35:11,095 Where's Alec? 405 00:35:12,375 --> 00:35:13,535 He's at work. 406 00:35:19,055 --> 00:35:21,695 Come on, darling. Let's go and see Mary next door. 407 00:35:22,935 --> 00:35:25,335 We will come back and see Mummy when baby is born. 408 00:36:03,415 --> 00:36:04,655 There we are. 409 00:36:20,295 --> 00:36:21,375 Nigel. 410 00:36:22,535 --> 00:36:23,655 As in Niga. 411 00:36:25,415 --> 00:36:26,615 It means "from darkness". 412 00:36:29,375 --> 00:36:31,295 But we're heading for light. 413 00:36:32,375 --> 00:36:35,615 One day we might even be able to put money in the electric meter. 414 00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:45,493 He's a hungry baby, he drains me. 415 00:36:45,495 --> 00:36:47,215 All babies are hungry. 416 00:36:52,375 --> 00:36:54,733 What do you want, Mother? 417 00:36:54,735 --> 00:36:57,653 How long do you honestly think you can keep on like this? 418 00:36:57,655 --> 00:36:59,533 What do you mean? 419 00:36:59,535 --> 00:37:02,333 What are you doing to provide for my grandchildren? 420 00:37:02,335 --> 00:37:04,293 I'm working, I assure you. 421 00:37:04,295 --> 00:37:06,813 - And where's your salary go? - Mother, I told you... 422 00:37:06,815 --> 00:37:09,333 I wish I could say more. 423 00:37:09,335 --> 00:37:12,893 When the war's over we'll move to Alec's family home in Hampshire. 424 00:37:12,895 --> 00:37:14,493 We're going to be fine. 425 00:37:14,495 --> 00:37:17,373 Mrs McKelvie, I love your daughter very much. 426 00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:18,615 And our two boys. 427 00:37:19,975 --> 00:37:22,295 You've seen him with them, Mother. 428 00:37:24,575 --> 00:37:26,093 There you go, sir. 429 00:37:26,095 --> 00:37:27,095 Thank you. 430 00:37:31,415 --> 00:37:33,773 He's a good father. 431 00:37:33,775 --> 00:37:37,493 You've seen him, feeding them, singing them to sleep. 432 00:37:37,495 --> 00:37:41,173 Yes, I know - I know you're good parents, both of you, 433 00:37:41,175 --> 00:37:46,175 but it breaks my heart to see you living like this, Nigel sleeping 434 00:37:46,295 --> 00:37:48,493 in a box. 435 00:37:48,495 --> 00:37:51,333 And you, Alison, there's not a spare ounce on you. 436 00:37:51,335 --> 00:37:54,773 - I'm all right, I promise you. - What if it's a bad winter? 437 00:37:54,775 --> 00:37:58,573 You get TB or, God forbid, one of the boys develops asthma 438 00:37:58,575 --> 00:37:59,655 or pneumonia. 439 00:38:03,575 --> 00:38:06,175 I've talked it over with my brother and we both agree. 440 00:38:07,415 --> 00:38:10,573 But it's best if it happens now, before you get too attached. 441 00:38:10,575 --> 00:38:12,413 What does? 442 00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:14,615 You should keep Gordon of course, but... 443 00:38:16,375 --> 00:38:17,495 ..Nigel must be adopted. 444 00:38:20,935 --> 00:38:24,333 - No. -He could have a good life, Alison, in another family. 445 00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:26,253 - One with means. - Mother, don't, please. 446 00:38:26,255 --> 00:38:28,575 I know it will be a wrench at first... 447 00:38:30,415 --> 00:38:33,895 ..but you'd have Gordon, and in time, you'd get over it. 448 00:38:34,975 --> 00:38:38,613 - Alec? - Do it for Nigel, please. 449 00:38:38,615 --> 00:38:42,093 I know you want the best for Alison, but we're not giving up our son. 450 00:38:42,095 --> 00:38:44,493 - No, never. - It's out of the question. 451 00:38:44,495 --> 00:38:47,535 - Well, just think about it. - I can't lose my son. I won't. 452 00:38:48,615 --> 00:38:51,693 I simply won't let it happen. 453 00:38:51,695 --> 00:38:54,335 I just want to give the boys a good future. 454 00:38:55,495 --> 00:38:57,255 Do the right thing for them. 455 00:38:58,855 --> 00:38:59,855 So do we. 456 00:39:01,615 --> 00:39:03,493 How long do you honestly think you can keep...? 457 00:39:03,495 --> 00:39:06,053 When the war's over we'll move to Alec's family home in Hampshire. 458 00:39:06,055 --> 00:39:07,935 I love your daughter very much. 459 00:39:31,735 --> 00:39:33,373 "Dear Mrs Wilson, 460 00:39:33,375 --> 00:39:36,693 "We are writing to confirm receipt of your correspondence 461 00:39:36,695 --> 00:39:40,413 "regarding the return of a property requisitioned during the war..." 462 00:39:40,415 --> 00:39:42,893 As soon as it's over, we'll get to Blakefield. 463 00:39:42,895 --> 00:39:44,693 Have all the space we need. 464 00:39:44,695 --> 00:39:46,013 "Further to your letter, 465 00:39:46,015 --> 00:39:51,093 "I must inform you that Blakefield Hall, Hampshire is not owned, 466 00:39:51,095 --> 00:39:54,735 "nor ever has been owned, by a member of the Wilson family..." 467 00:40:17,575 --> 00:40:18,655 Alison? 468 00:40:20,175 --> 00:40:21,373 Alison. 469 00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:23,893 Jim would have done that. 470 00:40:23,895 --> 00:40:26,415 We hate to see you struggling without Alec. 471 00:40:27,895 --> 00:40:30,775 - Such a good man. -My God! Why does everyone keep saying that? 472 00:40:39,335 --> 00:40:41,213 Oh, Nigel, you're home. 473 00:40:41,215 --> 00:40:44,373 Mum? What happened? You're cut. Your hand. 474 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:48,413 It's just a bit of gardening. I just need a bath, that's all. 475 00:40:48,415 --> 00:40:50,773 - I'll put the kettle on, then. - No, I'm going out. 476 00:40:50,775 --> 00:40:53,775 - What? Do you need help? A doctor? - No, no, I'm fine. Be back later. 477 00:41:04,615 --> 00:41:09,653 I'm looking for one of your members, Mr Shahbaz Karim. 478 00:41:09,655 --> 00:41:11,095 If you would like to follow me. 479 00:41:19,855 --> 00:41:21,255 You bloody liar. 480 00:41:22,935 --> 00:41:24,055 Excuse me. 481 00:41:27,295 --> 00:41:28,295 Please. 482 00:41:32,295 --> 00:41:34,213 You said he was a good man. 483 00:41:34,215 --> 00:41:36,893 Tell me, in what way exactly was he a good man? 484 00:41:36,895 --> 00:41:39,213 He served the country. He made sacrifices. 485 00:41:39,215 --> 00:41:43,053 No, he lied over and over again. Before the war, out in India. 486 00:41:43,055 --> 00:41:44,413 Out in India! 487 00:41:44,415 --> 00:41:48,773 He married Dorothy - even told her Gladys was his poor bereaved sister. 488 00:41:48,775 --> 00:41:50,135 Yes, that's how it started. 489 00:41:51,655 --> 00:41:54,215 What started? His utter depravity? 490 00:41:55,495 --> 00:41:57,773 Please be careful, Mrs Wilson. You really don't know 491 00:41:57,775 --> 00:42:00,213 - what you're talking about. - "Oh, shut up, Mrs Wilson. Go home. 492 00:42:00,215 --> 00:42:01,655 "Stop asking questions." 493 00:42:03,895 --> 00:42:05,853 What exactly do you want to know? 494 00:42:05,855 --> 00:42:07,413 Who was he? 495 00:42:07,415 --> 00:42:08,575 Who was my husband? 496 00:42:10,735 --> 00:42:13,093 Alec was a first class agent. 497 00:42:13,095 --> 00:42:16,093 One of a tiny handful at that time. 498 00:42:16,095 --> 00:42:19,893 His work out in India and then during the war - 499 00:42:19,895 --> 00:42:22,133 he saved hundreds of lives. 500 00:42:22,135 --> 00:42:25,575 He betrayed Gladys. He seduced Dorothy and he married me. Why? 501 00:42:29,415 --> 00:42:33,213 When I first met Alec, he was happily married to Gladys. 502 00:42:33,215 --> 00:42:35,613 He had all the makings of a brilliant agent 503 00:42:35,615 --> 00:42:37,053 but he had no contacts. 504 00:42:37,055 --> 00:42:41,133 I needed to find a way to introduce him to Indian high society. 505 00:42:41,135 --> 00:42:44,973 Alec. How's the novel coming on? 506 00:42:44,975 --> 00:42:47,135 I'm writing to my wife, Gladys. 507 00:42:49,975 --> 00:42:52,493 The novel, however, is with my new agent. 508 00:42:52,495 --> 00:42:56,013 He's sent it to every publishing house in town. 509 00:42:56,015 --> 00:42:59,255 Good. Come on, there's someone I want you to meet. 510 00:43:00,575 --> 00:43:02,455 Knock, Karim, why don't you?! 511 00:43:03,935 --> 00:43:08,975 Miss Wick, may I present Mr Alexander Wilson. 512 00:43:09,095 --> 00:43:11,093 Hello, I'm Dorothy. 513 00:43:11,095 --> 00:43:12,853 Alec. 514 00:43:12,855 --> 00:43:14,613 No, got my own. 515 00:43:14,615 --> 00:43:16,215 So, did you enjoy the show? 516 00:43:18,735 --> 00:43:20,695 I was in the palm of your hand. 517 00:43:22,495 --> 00:43:24,173 What about the play? 518 00:43:24,175 --> 00:43:25,775 It was good, funny. 519 00:43:27,215 --> 00:43:29,853 I've never seen it played for laughs like that. 520 00:43:29,855 --> 00:43:32,255 - Was it too much? - Not for me. 521 00:43:34,095 --> 00:43:36,733 Dorothy, I need Alec to get into the summer party 522 00:43:36,735 --> 00:43:38,973 at the Governor's residence. 523 00:43:38,975 --> 00:43:41,815 I was wondering if you needed a partner. 524 00:43:45,535 --> 00:43:48,613 I could see that Alec was troubled by the arrangement, 525 00:43:48,615 --> 00:43:52,013 having to deny his family and his life with Gladys. 526 00:43:52,015 --> 00:43:53,733 But we had work to do. 527 00:43:53,735 --> 00:43:56,895 Our intelligence says the mole is within the inner circle. 528 00:43:58,375 --> 00:43:59,895 Start with the ADC. 529 00:44:00,935 --> 00:44:02,575 Partial to whisky. 530 00:44:05,295 --> 00:44:06,775 With Dorothy on your arm... 531 00:44:08,175 --> 00:44:09,813 ..you can go anywhere, 532 00:44:09,815 --> 00:44:11,015 meet anyone. 533 00:44:16,015 --> 00:44:17,495 It's for your country, Alec. 534 00:44:18,735 --> 00:44:21,933 Alec soon realised what I needed from him. 535 00:44:21,935 --> 00:44:25,415 Once unsure about deception, he began to enjoy it. 536 00:44:28,655 --> 00:44:33,573 Dorothy, I would want you to introduce and then disappear. 537 00:44:33,575 --> 00:44:36,293 Alec, I need you to speak to him alone. 538 00:44:36,295 --> 00:44:39,213 Commit every word to memory. 539 00:44:39,215 --> 00:44:40,335 Good luck. 540 00:44:44,895 --> 00:44:47,695 You're in love, remember? 541 00:44:53,055 --> 00:44:55,215 But Dorothy told me they simply fell in love. 542 00:44:57,095 --> 00:45:00,895 - So she lied. - Lied? I'm not sure. 543 00:45:03,055 --> 00:45:05,933 We spend our whole lives justifying the decisions we made in the 544 00:45:05,935 --> 00:45:10,373 past - constructing our own intricate versions of the truth. 545 00:45:10,375 --> 00:45:14,773 When you live with deceit for long enough, it rubs off. 546 00:45:14,775 --> 00:45:18,175 You learn to mould every situation to your own advantage. 547 00:45:20,535 --> 00:45:24,053 As the weeks went on, I became concerned. 548 00:45:24,055 --> 00:45:27,733 Their affair was useful to our undercover operation, 549 00:45:27,735 --> 00:45:30,975 but I never imagined that they would fall in love. 550 00:45:33,415 --> 00:45:35,333 - Morning. - Sorry. 551 00:45:35,335 --> 00:45:36,655 Are you all right? 552 00:45:39,015 --> 00:45:40,095 Just, erm... 553 00:45:42,055 --> 00:45:44,495 ..bad dreams. When I write, they go away. 554 00:45:45,895 --> 00:45:47,255 What are you writing? 555 00:45:49,015 --> 00:45:50,015 The novel. 556 00:45:52,015 --> 00:45:53,415 I'm trying to. 557 00:46:00,575 --> 00:46:02,413 Hello, stranger. 558 00:46:02,415 --> 00:46:04,653 Good morning. Where's Alec? 559 00:46:04,655 --> 00:46:07,335 He's at the bazaar, he'll be back soon. 560 00:46:12,175 --> 00:46:13,493 What? 561 00:46:13,495 --> 00:46:15,573 Don't get in too deep, my dear. 562 00:46:15,575 --> 00:46:16,735 You set us up. 563 00:46:19,695 --> 00:46:22,173 I thought this all would have suited you rather well. 564 00:46:22,175 --> 00:46:24,733 I just don't want to see you get hurt, that's it. 565 00:46:24,735 --> 00:46:28,093 Well, I'm fine, thanks for your concern. 566 00:46:28,095 --> 00:46:30,853 Darling, Karim's here. 567 00:46:30,855 --> 00:46:32,693 Shahbaz! 568 00:46:32,695 --> 00:46:34,453 Assalam-o-Alaikum. 569 00:46:34,455 --> 00:46:35,575 Alaikum salam. 570 00:46:36,655 --> 00:46:37,775 I got your post. 571 00:46:38,975 --> 00:46:41,693 I know you've been waiting to hear from a certain person in England. 572 00:46:41,695 --> 00:46:43,175 - Thank you. - No. 573 00:46:45,095 --> 00:46:47,735 That's just your sister, Gladys. 574 00:46:49,175 --> 00:46:50,613 Now this one... 575 00:46:50,615 --> 00:46:53,255 Longmans Green - isn't that a publisher? 576 00:47:01,375 --> 00:47:05,893 They want to publish my first novel and the one that I'm writing now. 577 00:47:05,895 --> 00:47:08,853 They'll wire me the advance! 578 00:47:08,855 --> 00:47:11,493 Alec's real life was feeding into his fiction and Dorothy soon 579 00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:13,533 became part of his story. 580 00:47:13,535 --> 00:47:16,933 So they did work together - they had some sort of arrangement? 581 00:47:16,935 --> 00:47:18,573 Yes. 582 00:47:18,575 --> 00:47:22,533 But they only married because Dorothy fell pregnant. 583 00:47:22,535 --> 00:47:27,575 Dorothy found a fakir in the bazaar who said he would deal with it. 584 00:47:27,735 --> 00:47:31,653 He'd helped British women before - but of course there were risks. 585 00:47:31,655 --> 00:47:34,173 But Dorothy was willing to take them. 586 00:47:34,175 --> 00:47:35,893 To give up her child? 587 00:47:35,895 --> 00:47:39,693 Yes. But Alec wouldn't let her go through with it. 588 00:47:39,695 --> 00:47:42,375 That was the kind of man he was - decent. 589 00:47:43,775 --> 00:47:46,773 But he couldn't divorce Gladys because he was a Catholic. 590 00:47:46,775 --> 00:47:48,495 He was desperate. 591 00:47:50,655 --> 00:47:52,255 So I came up with a plan. 592 00:47:53,655 --> 00:47:55,853 I faked a wedding for them. 593 00:47:55,855 --> 00:47:57,375 Lahore Cathedral. 594 00:47:58,615 --> 00:48:00,573 It was a fake wedding? 595 00:48:00,575 --> 00:48:02,813 They never properly married? 596 00:48:02,815 --> 00:48:05,093 Alec didn't sign the register. 597 00:48:05,095 --> 00:48:07,933 He had no choice but to keep deceiving Dorothy. 598 00:48:07,935 --> 00:48:10,253 You can't condone Alec's lies. 599 00:48:10,255 --> 00:48:14,093 I have to, I showed him how to lie, keep secrets. 600 00:48:14,095 --> 00:48:15,573 I shaped him. 601 00:48:15,575 --> 00:48:17,813 Then how can you sleep at night? 602 00:48:17,815 --> 00:48:19,733 He saved hundreds of lives. 603 00:48:19,735 --> 00:48:21,973 And us women have to pay the price? 604 00:48:21,975 --> 00:48:25,413 Do his dirty work? Lie to our children? 605 00:48:25,415 --> 00:48:27,333 It's the price you have to pay 606 00:48:27,335 --> 00:48:28,935 for the service he gave. 607 00:49:07,135 --> 00:49:08,575 Mrs Wilson. 608 00:49:13,775 --> 00:49:16,133 I didn't know where else to go. 609 00:49:16,135 --> 00:49:17,415 What's happened? 610 00:49:25,455 --> 00:49:26,895 You're not alone, Alison. 611 00:49:28,815 --> 00:49:29,855 Talk to me. 612 00:49:40,455 --> 00:49:42,175 Alec let me down, Father. 613 00:49:45,335 --> 00:49:46,455 He deceived me. 614 00:49:48,855 --> 00:49:50,055 I thought he loved us. 615 00:49:51,135 --> 00:49:52,215 I'm sure he did. 616 00:49:57,215 --> 00:49:59,375 We have all sinned, Mrs Wilson. 617 00:50:04,135 --> 00:50:05,375 But what do I do now? 618 00:50:06,935 --> 00:50:08,375 How do I look my boys in the eye? 619 00:50:14,015 --> 00:50:15,455 They know nothing about this. 620 00:50:18,815 --> 00:50:20,055 Keep it that way. 621 00:50:21,455 --> 00:50:22,535 Protect them. 622 00:50:25,015 --> 00:50:27,493 And how would I be judged by your God? 623 00:50:27,495 --> 00:50:29,535 The one you're not sure about? 624 00:50:30,935 --> 00:50:32,015 He is forgiving. 625 00:50:34,735 --> 00:50:35,975 Protect them. 626 00:50:38,535 --> 00:50:40,015 Nigel, I'm home. 627 00:51:28,895 --> 00:51:31,295 - I don't want to upset her. - Don't worry about it. 628 00:51:32,455 --> 00:51:34,175 You will be fine, I promise. 629 00:51:44,455 --> 00:51:47,893 Gordon, what a wonderful surprise. Come in. 630 00:51:47,895 --> 00:51:50,853 There's plenty to eat, all your favourites - cheese and tomato, 631 00:51:50,855 --> 00:51:54,575 fish paste. Come on, you must be hungry. 632 00:51:55,855 --> 00:51:57,895 Tuck in, then you can tell me all your news. 633 00:52:00,095 --> 00:52:03,813 I worried you, I know I did. But I'm fine, I really am. 634 00:52:03,815 --> 00:52:05,653 Mum, what's going on? 635 00:52:05,655 --> 00:52:07,935 A letter came - from Blakefield. 636 00:52:09,615 --> 00:52:10,735 You read it. 637 00:52:18,895 --> 00:52:22,133 It is ours, but they're using it as a training base - 638 00:52:22,135 --> 00:52:23,855 they can't give it back yet, look. 639 00:52:26,015 --> 00:52:28,655 I'm sorry, I was disappointed as well. 640 00:52:30,375 --> 00:52:32,413 I told you there'd be a reason. 641 00:52:32,415 --> 00:52:34,255 Right, who wants a cup of tea? 642 00:52:36,135 --> 00:52:37,815 I've found Nigel digs. 643 00:52:39,015 --> 00:52:41,933 A family in Oxford he can stay with until term starts. 644 00:52:41,935 --> 00:52:43,413 What? 645 00:52:43,415 --> 00:52:44,735 No, I'm fine now. 646 00:52:45,935 --> 00:52:47,733 I told you, I wanted to tell her that. 647 00:52:47,735 --> 00:52:49,975 -I'm OK. -Go and pack a bag. 648 00:52:55,135 --> 00:52:57,893 I phoned the Ministry last night. 649 00:52:57,895 --> 00:53:00,493 They said that Blakefield had never been owned by Dad. 650 00:53:00,495 --> 00:53:03,533 Well, there must be some kind of mistake. Here. 651 00:53:03,535 --> 00:53:07,575 I made other calls too - Repton School, Cambridge. 652 00:53:09,215 --> 00:53:11,813 Dad lied about going there. 653 00:53:11,815 --> 00:53:15,453 And this, that he gave me on my 21st... 654 00:53:15,455 --> 00:53:17,973 I took it to a jeweller - there's no family crest. 655 00:53:17,975 --> 00:53:20,053 Stocking filler, the man called it. 656 00:53:20,055 --> 00:53:22,813 None of it makes any sense. Who was he, Mum? 657 00:53:22,815 --> 00:53:25,493 I have genuinely no idea who Dad was. I even phoned 658 00:53:25,495 --> 00:53:28,373 the Foreign Office and there's no record of him working there. 659 00:53:28,375 --> 00:53:30,093 No, but we worked there together... 660 00:53:30,095 --> 00:53:33,493 - If you're telling the truth. -What? - Why should I believe you?! 661 00:53:33,495 --> 00:53:35,853 How I do know you're not lying as well? Covering up for him? 662 00:53:35,855 --> 00:53:37,013 Go. 663 00:53:37,015 --> 00:53:39,373 Did you write that letter, Mum? 664 00:53:39,375 --> 00:53:41,093 Did you write that bloody letter? 665 00:53:41,095 --> 00:53:43,493 Go upstairs, get Nigel and get out. 666 00:53:43,495 --> 00:53:44,855 I said get out! 667 00:54:01,455 --> 00:54:03,893 - Why do we have to go right now? - We can't stay. 668 00:54:03,895 --> 00:54:05,895 Can I not say goodbye first? 669 00:55:30,898 --> 00:55:35,898 Subtitles by explosiveskull 49826

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