PETER: The sun is not going to explode.
There are no fireballs or meteorites.
It is an invisible geomagnetic storm that could disrupt things.
CO-PILOT: Mayday, mayday.
FRASER: Stage one of a bad solar storm
would knock out satellites, potentially destabilising
all transport and navigational systems.
Our daughter is in trouble, Robert!
ELLIE: It's Georgia. They can't bring her round.
She's not breathing.
I just don't have time for this.
MAN: Anna.
ANNA: His sister was in Visegrad.
Not a good place to be a young woman.
He went to look for her, and he just vanished.
COLLIER: Jesus Christ!
JAMES: Air Traffic Control are reporting a mayday
from a diverted flight from Malaga to Oslo.
They think he's running on fumes.
DUNBAR: I'm afraid the news is not what we were hoping for.
We can expect a massive geomagnetic storm surge
in the coming hours.
ROBERT: This is now a national emergency
and COBRA will remain active till its conclusion.
ANNOUNCER: This is your Local Resilience Forum.
We're working to restore power, but it may be some time.
Emergency services are operating at full capacity
so only dial 999 if it's a genuine...
NEWSREADER: Unofficial reports have confirmed
that four super transformers on the electricity grid
have been burned out.
NEWSREADER 2: Major cities including London
are also in chaos...
NEWSREADER 3: ...claimed its first casualties
with two people killed in a collision caused by faulty...
NEWSREADER 4: The government has invoked the 2004
Civil Contingencies Act
which allows it to limit freedom of movement...
NEWSREADER 5: Authorities say that some of the blackouts
are more serious than others.
Four regions: North Wales, East Scotland
Cornwall and Northumberland
have suffered major damage to their infrastructure.
- You OK, Fraser? - Aye, yeah.
Just trying to get through to my dad's care home
but their phone system must be wireless.
He called me just before the mobile masts went down.
- Is he alright? - Oh, he's fine.
He's just convinced there's a plot against his dog.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Good evening, everyone.
Now, I have spoken to Her Majesty
and informed her of the measures I intend to take
under the emergency legislation.
These will include travel restrictions
to and from the worst affected areas
which I will use the Army to enforce.
I'm also enabling special tribunals
in the case of civil disorder.
ELEANOR: MI5 are monitoring the situation.
I'll give the Home Secretary a security briefing
right after this COBRA.
And there's no need to adjust the terror threat yet.
ARCHIE: We've drawn up a contingency plan
which you should all have.
- Fraser? - OK.
Right now, our biggest problem is that emergency staff
cannot get to their places of work
and all the navigational systems are out.
The map shows the worst affected areas
colour coded according to severity.
Why are the big conurbations not showing?
London, Birmingham, Manchester?
Well, unlike the coastal nodes
we're hoping that most of the major cities
will be fixed within the next 48 hours.
As for the rest...
ANNA: How long does transformer replacement take?
It depends, but in some cases, it can be a question of weeks.
- Weeks? - And those are the lucky ones.
Four badly hit areas but only three spare transformers.
- Then... - Tough choices.
One area is gonna be left behind.
If anybody's gonna be Puerto Rico here
- it's Wales, right? - ALL CHUCKLE
I might remind the Home Secretary
that I'm very proud of my Welsh ancestry.
ARCHIE: I apologise to the Head of Intelligence
for my poor attempt at gallows humour
at a difficult moment.
Well, there's no doubt of its difficulty.
Could be months before we're back on our feet
and even then, the economic costs are incalculable.
But we can get through this
if we remain strong and stay together.
COLLIER: My biggest concern right now is keeping
the hospital running
so we can care for the plane crash injuries.
FRASER: OK.
We've got a helicopter coming with blood and medical supplies.
We feel completely abandoned here.
You're not.
I'm coming with the supplies
and I'll see what it's like on the ground there.
I'll report directly back to the PM.
OK.
Thanks, Fraser. What's it like everywhere else?
Well, in spite of the fears of social meltdown
it sounds like most people are out on the streets
having a party and getting pissed.
COLLIER CHUCKLES This proud island race.
Well, give it a few hours, some sore heads
and the mood's likely to change very quickly.
We've also got trouble brewing at the new
Hadley Brook Immigration Removal Centre.
Basically, everything's going wrong here
and I haven't got the staff, but we'll find a way.
Hang on in there, Stuart, and keep me posted.
Will do.
Ellie's friend is in a coma
after they took drugs together.
There will inevitably be questions
about the provenance of the drugs.
- You need to be very careful. - I know.
Any suggestion that you were in any...
I'm not stupid, Anna.
Now, do you have transport home?
Er, I'm staying at Francine's. It's just over the river.
- Think she's going to say yes. - Great.
We can use Archie's rage to reconnect Cornwall.
Robert.
Is Peter going to...
QUIETLY: Is Peter going to speak to Ellie?
I haven't fully signed off on Francine yet, by the way.
Just remember, you can't be seen to be...
Didn't you notice I changed the subject there?
I did, that's why I changed it back.
Peter's awfully smart but it's a moot point whether he knows
the difference between getting all his ducks in a row
and perverting the course of justice.
I've heard you, Anna.
Now, please, get out of here before I get cross with you.
- I'll be back in four hours. - Make it six.
Tired people make bad decisions.
HORN HONKS
THUNDER RUMBLES
- Chief Constable Collier. - GUARD: Come through.
Thank you.
CLAMOUR IN DISTANCE
SPEED: Over a third of our officers failed to turn up
for their shifts.
Transport system's in total chaos.
You're gonna have to bus in extra staff, aren't you?
Look, all our resources are being directed dealing with
casualties from the plane crash
and trying to keep the hospital functioning.
Sir, they're piling up mattresses.
You know what they're gonna do with them, don't you?
They're gonna set fire to 'em, use 'em to start a riot.
CLAMOUR CONTINUES - And we can't control this.
This place is a bomb waiting to go off.
- I need to get back. - So you're just gonna leave us?
You're not the only emergency, Hugh.
This is an absolute clusterfuck.
I hear you and I'm gonna talk to London
and try and explain what we're facing here, OK?
INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
GUITAR STRUMS
INDISTINCT SHOUTS - HORNS HONK
MAN: Mate, you should keep your distance
- look where you're going! - HORN HONKS
RACHEL: So what type of drugs were involved exactly?
OK, so, coke.
But we only had a couple of grams between us.
Oh, portion control. That's good.
And then we had the tea to take the edge off.
Um, and that was made from the Fentanyl patches.
And then I think Georgia took a couple of benzos
- but they were hers. - Just to stop you there, Ellie
I don't think it's sensible right now to start
dividing responsibility up...
- The police are gonna ask her. - PETER: Sure, sure.
So we have a scenario where Georgia supplied
- some of the drugs... - No, I didn't say she supplied.
They were hers.
And I suppose the point is whether anything is really...
The coke, the fentanyl, all the Class-A stuff
who got hold of that?
PETER: Right.
So, what I'm saying here is that
we need to manage this very carefully
thinking about the long-term repercuss...
On what?
- On Georgia? Or on Dad's career? - PETER: On everything.
ROBERT: There is no long term for Georgia.
She's bloody braindead now, thanks to your utter stupidity.
Robert...
PETER: Getting back to the practicalities of any...
I can't take part in this conversation.
I think you're absolutely right, Prime Minister.
You've had a lot on your plate, so why don't you leave this
to Rachel and me to discuss with Ellie?
You're OK to leave it with us to sort out what's best for Ellie?
Have to make a final decision on those transformers.
DOOR CLOSES
You have to say that Georgia provided all the drugs.
- No way. - It's not going to affect her.
It will affect her family, and it's not true.
RACHEL: Do you want to spend three years in prison?
Your dad's right about one thing
her life is effectively over.
You do still have some control over yours though.
INDISTINCT CONVERSATION - ROBERT CLEARS THROAT
So, er, what have we decided?
- Um, we haven't. - Then we must.
So we come back to the same issue.
Three transformers for four regions.
All four crisis zones are gonna suffer
but one of them is gonna be in a whole world of pain.
- And in terms of sourcing? - Most European countries
have replacements.
We do have one on order from KPG in Germany.
- How long? - Hopefully, within a week.
HE SCOFFS In an ideal world, of course.
Do we have a loser yet?
I honestly think Scotland is a gimme
- and we could toss a coin... - Tossacoin!
It's a figure of speech, Robert.
I'm just saying that some people's lives will change
- whatever we decide. - What do you think, Fraser?
- I agree on Scotland. - Hm.
The plane crash factor does make the transportation issue
even harder with the A1 closed, so...
Northumberland can wait.
Get the rest on the road with military protection immediately.
You're not really one of us, are you, Fraser?
- No, I'm a civil servant. - Uh-huh.
- But in your heart, you believe... - In public service.
But if it's any consolation
my dad's one of your biggest fans
and thinks you should be leading the country.
Oh!
He's a mean-spirited old bastard and a borderline racist
- with early-stage dementia. - ARCHIE LAUGHS
Good man.
If only there were more like him I'd be choosing my cabinet.
Keep it up, Fraser.
Even if you do wear a secret red rose
you're doing an excellent job.
MAN: No, the emergency generator isn't working either.
That's what he's trying to fix.
OK, yeah.
Yeah, he's downstairs now. Hang on.
I'm looking for Edin Tosumbegovic.
Oh. Uh, are you his partner? He said...
Room 505.
I'd give you a key card, but the doors are not working.
- Stairs are over there. - Thank you.
Fraser, got a message from your father's care home.
They'd like you to call urgently.
I've been trying to get in touch. How did they call?
Landline. Must have got hold of a non-cordless phone.
- Thanks. - Mm.
Hi. Thanks.
Hi. Yeah, it's, er, Fraser Walker.
Sorry about that. The phones keep going down.
HE SIGHS
Thank... thanks for letting me know.
Yep. Thank you.
HELICOPTER WHIRS
SHE KNOCKS
EDIN: Anna?
I have an hour.
I never found Emina.
She was seen at the Vlina Vlas hotel.
That's where the Chetniks...
I know what happened to women there.
Most of them were barely women.
Now, it's a...
boutique hotel.
Nobody cares what once happened in those rooms.
You think she was killed there?
There's a witness who says she was taken
to the bridge over the Drina.
Executed there, and...
thrown into the river.
Why didn't you contact me again?
I went out of my mind.
Your parents would tell me nothing.
I was captured just outside Visegrad.
They sent me to a camp.
Afterwards?
Took me a little time to recover from that experience.
When I was better, I went home to take care of my parents.
And met somebody else.
It wasn't as easy as that.
My parents had lost a daughter in terrible circumstances.
So you married a Muslim girl to please them?
Couldn't let them lose a son as well.
Couldn't break their hearts all over again.
So you broke mine.
It wasn't a...
particularly happy marriage.
I don't think I made her very happy.
And where is she now?
She died a little over a year ago.
SHE SIGHS SHAKILY
Oh, my God. Look. Look at the sky.
Aurora borealis.
In London?
ANNA: It's the solar storm.
...Airlines flight LM36 from Malaga has risen to 42.
Now, due to ongoing transport problems affecting the A1
following that crash
many victims families' still can't reach their loved ones.
Use the RAF to bring the victims' families up.
Authorities are still struggling to put a figure
on the number of fatalities
caused by the nationwide blackout
but current estimates put the number at between 10 and 15.
Excuse me, sir.
While air crash investigators are yet to publish
their official verdict
the Ammara Airline crash is believed to have been caused
by the solar storm's effect on avionics.
ROBERT: I just got word from the hospital.
A little while ago, Georgia's parents agreed
to switch off her life-support machine.
- She's died. - ELLIE WHIMPERS
Oh, sweetheart, I'm so sorry.
ELLIE SOBS
Oh, I'm so, so sorry.
ELLIE SOBS
Listen, El...
I'm your father, darling.
And I love you very much.
I know you would never intentionally hurt anyone.
Georgia made her own choices.
Her poor parents. SHE SNIFFLES
It's a terrible decision for any parent to make.
But it's time for you to move on now.
This will pass, OK?
This will pass.
ELEANOR: So, she died.
They switched off the life-support machine.
Takes some of the pressure off their emergency generators
I suppose.
Even by your standards, that is remarkably callous.
I'm not terribly sympathetic to posh druggies.
Normally, there would be an absolute shitstorm
on the front pages.
Yeah, not a bad time to bury a potential scandal.
He must be hoping it will all just go away.
Hm.
What is your interest here?
I am a Russian mole seeking to engineer
the Prime Minister's resignation
and install puppets at every level of government.
- But really? - SHE CHUCKLES: Oh, really?
I only ever have one interest.
Our national security.
Thank you.
Stuart.
It is complete chaos here.
Please tell me it isn't going on for much longer.
I need to get back for the return flight to London.
DISTANT CLAMOUR
ADMINISTRATOR: Remain calm!
Do not abuse the staff.
We are trying to deal with an extremely difficult situation.
We will attempt to see to you as soon as we possibly can.
Please try and stay calm...
- See what I'm talking about? - Yeah.
The situation's getting worse here minute by minute.
Sorry, just a second.
ADMINISTRATOR: Do not try and charge devices
from our power supply.
We are operating with emergency generators.
Right, look, get back to him and tell him we'll go over there
as soon as we can.
There's trouble in the new detention centre.
I have to get down there and take a look.
I'll ride shotgun with you
if you can get me back here in an hour?
OK, let's go. This way.
CROWD CLAMOURS
MAN: The end of the world!
I've not been unfaithful to my husband in all our marriage.
I wasn't, er...
I didn't... plan this.
What, you mean you didn't purposefully arrange
the northern lights?
- Oh, yeah, that I did, but... - SHE LAUGHS
No.
Has he been unfaithful to you?
Probably.
I don't ask.
It's not a trade-off.
Do you feel bad?
SHE CHUCKLES Not now.
Are you happy together?
- Happy... - Mm?
I'm gonna go check the basement. It's taking too long.
OK.
- How's it going? - Yeah, I think we're OK.
GENERATOR WHIRS
What if someone recognises me?
Live a little dangerously. Hide behind me.
SHE CHUCKLES
For God's sake!
GENERATOR CLUNKS
ELECTRICITY SPARKS
ENGINEER: Oh, no!
Help, help! Help!
Help me! Come on!
ENGINEER SCREAMS
ANNA CHUCKLES
DISTANT SHOUT: Somebody!
Help!
Edin...
Help! Help!
Help! Somebody, help!
Help!
- What happened? - The generator...
It just... it just exploded!
- Hey, easy. - It just exploded...
It just exploded...
ANNA: God, your hands! - We need to get water on these.
I have to clear out the hotel. I have to clear the hotel!
No. I have to clear the hotel!
Go! We'reonit.
He's dead. He's dead...
OK. We need to go.
Come on!
DISTANT SHOUTS
COLLIER: So how will they get the replacement transformer
through the site of the plane crash?
FRASER: There is no replacement transformer.
Not yet anyway.
Wait, it could take weeks to get installed
but there isn't even one on the way?
There were only three spares for four regions.
We had to make some tough decisions.
Fuck me!
They're exploring all the options.
You better bring guns next time
because this is just one night without power.
What's it gonna be like in a week?
FRASER: This doesn't look good.
Some of the prisoners must have got out and nicked a car.
FRASER: I'll get out. - Be quick. And careful!
Hurry up!
FRASER: Right, go.
Who are these people?
COLLIER: They look like asylum seekers.
I'm not so bothered about them, but there's also
high-security criminals awaiting deportation
and if any of those bastards get out
then it's a completely different story.
I have to go in and see if they're alright in there.
What do you want to do?
- I'm coming with you, of course. - You sure?
DISTANT SHOUTS
- Fire! - Get out!
Fire!
- Get out the hotel! - Fire! Come on, get out!
- Get out! - DISTANT SHOUTS
- Get out of the building! - Come on!
- Fire! - ANNA SHOUTS
- Fire! - Get out of the hotel!
THEY SHOUT
EDIN: Come on. Come on, this way!
PEOPLE SCREAM
GLASS SHATTERS
BUILDING CREAKS
PEOPLE CLAMOUR
QUIETLY: Hugh! Hugh! Where is everyone?
They all ran away when the office was stormed.
It was chaos.
The prisoners in the main blocks all broke out.
I've been stabbed.
OK, don't worry, we'll get you the hospital.
GLASS SHATTERS - Fraser, give me a hand.
Shit! The high-security prisoners are getting out.
SPEED: Christ! - Fraser, come on.
We have to get him out of here, or they'll finish him off.
- Hey, hey! - ANNA AND EDIN COUGH
Hurry! Fire's everywhere! Come out this way!
WOMAN: Help, help!
Get her out of here.
- Go! - I can't open the door!
Hey!
SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
Come on. It's this way.
WOMAN SCREAMS
Help!
- Get away from the door. - WOMAN: I am!
Go to the back of the room!
- Are you away from the door? - Yes!
GUNSHOTS
Edin?
MAN: Come on! - Wait! Edin!
MAN: Come on! - Edin!
- Come on, we have to leave. - Edin!
MAN: We can't stay here! The smoke is getting thicker!
Come on! Go, go, go. Come on.
COLLIER: Hurry up.
You're alright.
Let's get him in the back.
Hurry, hurry!
Get back! Stay back there, I'm telling you!
Stay back! Get back!
Stay back, I'm telling you!
MEN SHOUT
- Go! - SPEED: Quick...
Go!
FRASER GRUNTS Go! Go!
COLLIER: Shit! OK, hold on!
Come on...
TYRES SCREECH
Jesus!
FRASER: Hit the brakes! - I'm trying!
- Ready, hold on! - Hit the brakes!
TYRES SCREECH
EDIN: Come on! - WOMAN COUGHS
Come on, move!
- Come on. We need to get out! - THEY COUGH
We need to get out, come on.
ANNA COUGHS - STAIRS CLATTER
EDIN: Anna?
Anna!
THEY COUGH
Are you alright?
ANNA: I can't... I can't breathe.
EDIN: Take her.
MAN: You'll be alright. Come on.
EDIN: Are you OK? - ANNA: I can't breathe.
I can't breathe!
EDIN: You need to get up. Come on. Go!
I got you. I got you.
ANNA COUGHS - Watch it! Come on.
Come on!
You've gotta... gotta move.
- Come on. - ANNA GASPS
MEN YELLS INDISTINCTLY
EDIN: Come on!
PEOPLE CLAMOUR
FIREFIGHTER: Come to me!
MAN: Help!
THEY SHOUT
FIREFIGHTER: You're safe, you're safe!
MAN: That's it. That's it, I've got you!
WOMAN CRIES
ANNA GASPS
I bet that wasn't covered in the Civil Service entrance exams.
FRASER LAUGHS
That's the last time anyone calls me a pen-pusher.
HELICOPTER WHIRS
My dad died tonight.
He was in a care home.
He tried to move when the power cut out
and he fell down the stairs.
I'm very sorry to hear that.
I made a nasty joke about him before he died.
I make nasty jokes about my family all the time.
It doesn't mean I don't love them.
Well... I gotta get back to London.
Don't forget us, OK?
I promise you I'll do everything in my power
to help you get through this.
RACHEL WHISPERS: Robert?
Robert.
Come to bed.
I can't. Not yet.
Must phone Georgia's parents.
I'll give them our condolences.
I can't let Ellie face the possibility of prison
Robert, I...
I know. I know.
I'm the lawyer. Leave it to me and Peter.
We will get through this.
PHONE BUZZES
What is it?
The voltage instability issue has been rectified.
Power will soon be restored to the major cities.
But the rest of the country...
Certain places won't be able to turn a light on
for quite some time.
Sorry I woke you.
I'm glad it was you.
DOG WHINES
HE SIGHS
Hey.
HE CHUCKLES
SIRENS WAIL
INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
CAMERAS CLICK
Oh, come on! Now's not the time...
Oh, God. I think he recognised me.
No.
OFFICER: 10-45 to Gold Command, receiving, over?
Gold Commander, receiving.
Some very distressed kids have just walked in
from the university.
- You need to hear this, sir. - OK, I'm on my way.
I have to go.
Will I see you again?
You said you were going home.
Do you want me to?
PETER: The police have arrived to talk to Ellie.
Already?
You'd think they had better things to do.
Given the circumstances, they need to be seen to...
I understand the bloody circumstances, Peter.
You're telling my daughter it's OK to lie to the police.
With all due respect, I think you might need to
talk to your wife about that side of things, Prime Minister.
There is something else.
A situation has developed at the university
next to the Hadley Brooke Immigration Removal Centre.
Reports are very confused
but it seems a group of the escapees
have got in there and started to attack the students.
Oh, God.
- Is Anna back yet? - I'm not sure.
I need Anna for this.