1 00:00:04,906 --> 00:00:04,906 This programme contains some strong language. 2 00:00:06,946 --> 00:00:06,946 It seems I don't have two daughters, I have three. 3 00:00:09,020 --> 00:00:09,020 I want to meet my father.I'd have more confidence in your advice 4 00:00:11,626 --> 00:00:11,626 if the Prime Minister hadn't found out as soon as I did. 5 00:00:13,906 --> 00:00:13,906 I need to be sure you can stick to the story. 6 00:00:15,706 --> 00:00:15,706 Charmian Pepper has been killed. 7 00:00:17,148 --> 00:00:17,148 She'd just met a woman who was willing to confirm Peter Laurence's 8 00:00:19,964 --> 00:00:19,964 stay in Washington.Officially, he was paid to give a speech. 9 00:00:22,426 --> 00:00:22,426 Half a million dollars. 10 00:00:23,804 --> 00:00:23,804 British weapons killed three British NGOs. 11 00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:26,626 We'll need a diversion.Good. 12 00:00:28,348 --> 00:00:28,348 Don't you know how close I am to Dawn? 13 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:30,140 People in your line of work generally like to 14 00:00:32,316 --> 00:00:32,316 jump from raft to raft. 15 00:00:33,788 --> 00:00:33,788 Every politician expects to be Prime Minister. 16 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:35,900 I'm going to have to think about that one. 17 00:00:42,946 --> 00:00:42,946 Julia! 18 00:00:45,436 --> 00:00:45,436 Have you seen this?Tell me what it is. 19 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:47,548 Tomorrow's press digest. 20 00:00:48,892 --> 00:00:48,892 Then I've seen it.What the hell? 21 00:00:51,516 --> 00:00:51,516 How did this happen?I have no idea. 22 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:53,820 That email was private!I drafted it, remember?Did you keep a copy? 23 00:00:56,892 --> 00:00:56,892 It was sent on your private account to the chair of the British 24 00:00:59,196 --> 00:00:59,196 Defence Group. No copies. 25 00:01:00,826 --> 00:01:00,826 Then how has it been leaked to the press, Julia? 26 00:01:03,466 --> 00:01:03,466 "I assure you, Trevor, whatever noises I make in public, 27 00:01:06,706 --> 00:01:06,706 "I will always defend the long-term interests of 28 00:01:08,746 --> 00:01:08,746 "the British Defence Group." 29 00:01:11,164 --> 00:01:11,164 Well?What can I say, Prime Minister? 30 00:01:13,546 --> 00:01:13,546 It's that word, "noises". 31 00:01:15,226 --> 00:01:15,226 Yes.Did you choose it? 32 00:01:17,052 --> 00:01:17,052 You approved it.That's not what I asked! 33 00:01:19,356 --> 00:01:19,356 Makes me sound like a total hypocrite, saying one thing 34 00:01:21,532 --> 00:01:21,532 in public and another in private. 35 00:01:23,324 --> 00:01:23,324 And I rang Trevor, I got him out of bed. 36 00:01:25,564 --> 00:01:25,564 He said no-one else has read it on the British Defence Group. 37 00:01:28,316 --> 00:01:28,316 He even deleted it. That's what he said. 38 00:01:30,364 --> 00:01:30,364 That leaves one possibility. 39 00:01:32,284 --> 00:01:32,284 Someone has leaked it from Downing Street! 40 00:01:35,266 --> 00:01:35,266 Now, I am looking at you, Julia. 41 00:01:37,788 --> 00:01:37,788 I'm looking you straight in the eye. 42 00:01:39,708 --> 00:01:39,708 Prime Minister, I don't have children, so I can't swear 43 00:01:42,076 --> 00:01:42,076 on their lives, but ask yourself - why would I do such a thing? 44 00:01:47,746 --> 00:01:47,746 It wasn't me. 45 00:02:35,026 --> 00:02:35,026 BUZZER 46 00:03:27,868 --> 00:03:27,868 OK. So, now I think I know who your mother must be. 47 00:03:32,284 --> 00:03:32,284 I'm sure you've done your research. 48 00:03:34,908 --> 00:03:34,908 Can't imagine you'd be here if you hadn't done background. 49 00:03:37,212 --> 00:03:37,212 You're Bella Gayle's daughter. 50 00:03:39,964 --> 00:03:39,964 Correct. 51 00:03:42,268 --> 00:03:42,268 Do you want to...? 52 00:03:48,988 --> 00:03:48,988 How is she? 53 00:03:50,626 --> 00:03:50,626 Not very happy about this meeting. 54 00:03:56,924 --> 00:03:56,924 Why did she tell you who I was? 55 00:03:59,506 --> 00:03:59,506 I had to fight pretty hard to get it out of her. 56 00:04:01,596 --> 00:04:01,596 She never wanted to say. 57 00:04:03,004 --> 00:04:03,004 She was a determined woman. 58 00:04:05,052 --> 00:04:05,052 Still is. 59 00:04:06,716 --> 00:04:06,716 She was principled. 60 00:04:09,532 --> 00:04:09,532 Even so, that's a hell of a thing to do, 61 00:04:11,626 --> 00:04:11,626 to raise a child without telling her who her father is. 62 00:04:14,146 --> 00:04:14,146 I thought so. 63 00:04:17,404 --> 00:04:17,404 I never had the slightest inkling that you existed. 64 00:04:20,796 --> 00:04:20,796 I think that's also part of the reason why 65 00:04:22,908 --> 00:04:22,908 she never really wanted to contact you. 66 00:04:26,748 --> 00:04:26,748 I wish she had. 67 00:04:28,796 --> 00:04:28,796 Do you really? 68 00:04:31,066 --> 00:04:31,066 I mean, would you have helped? 69 00:04:33,468 --> 00:04:33,468 Would you have taken me on at the time? 70 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:35,900 That's a difficult question. 71 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:37,500 Why? Would you have wanted me aborted?Rose... 72 00:04:40,188 --> 00:04:40,188 No, really, I'm asking you. I was a different man. 73 00:04:42,620 --> 00:04:42,620 Right, is that a nice way of saying yes?I was ambitious. 74 00:04:46,076 --> 00:04:46,076 And it wouldn't have made any difference anyway, would it? 75 00:04:48,892 --> 00:04:48,892 Bella would have got what she wanted. She always did. 76 00:04:54,012 --> 00:04:54,012 I know this is the question I'm not supposed to ask, 77 00:04:56,508 --> 00:04:56,508 but why did you do it? 78 00:04:58,236 --> 00:04:58,236 Why did you rob the bank? 79 00:05:00,156 --> 00:05:00,156 You make it sound very romantic. 80 00:05:02,524 --> 00:05:02,524 Why did you defraud the bank? 81 00:05:04,426 --> 00:05:04,426 That's less romantic. 82 00:05:06,946 --> 00:05:06,946 I was a high-flyer. 83 00:05:09,372 --> 00:05:09,372 Fraud's quite common. It's more common than anyone knows. 84 00:05:14,506 --> 00:05:14,506 High street banks try to cover it up. 85 00:05:16,546 --> 00:05:16,546 They don't want their customers to realise how easy it is. 86 00:05:19,548 --> 00:05:19,548 But in my case they decided to prosecute.Why your case? 87 00:05:23,068 --> 00:05:23,068 Because they dislike me. 88 00:05:25,116 --> 00:05:25,116 And I stole a little bit more, so... 89 00:05:28,546 --> 00:05:28,546 I didn't want to give you my name when we first got in touch. 90 00:05:31,964 --> 00:05:31,964 I thought maybe you'd remember the case and it might have put you off. 91 00:05:35,868 --> 00:05:35,868 I'd read the coverage. I thought it was pretty racist.Yeah. 92 00:05:39,388 --> 00:05:39,388 Who'd have thought a woman of colour would be clever enough to 93 00:05:41,986 --> 00:05:41,986 steal that much? 94 00:05:44,508 --> 00:05:44,508 What was your reason? 95 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:45,946 The people at the top of the bank were taking great big bonuses, 96 00:05:49,066 --> 00:05:49,066 just reaching their hands into clients' money 97 00:05:50,986 --> 00:05:50,986 and calling it a salary. 98 00:05:53,506 --> 00:05:53,506 So, it was a protest? No, it wasn't a protest. 99 00:05:55,666 --> 00:05:55,666 I just fancied proving something. 100 00:05:58,186 --> 00:05:58,186 Proving what, exactly? 101 00:06:00,106 --> 00:06:00,106 Proving that I was cleverer than them. 102 00:06:03,836 --> 00:06:03,836 From what I've read, you like doing that, too. 103 00:06:09,596 --> 00:06:09,596 And you? 104 00:06:12,226 --> 00:06:12,226 Me?Yeah, what should I know about you? 105 00:06:14,626 --> 00:06:14,626 Then or now?Both. 106 00:06:18,492 --> 00:06:18,492 Uh, well, for many years, I... 107 00:06:21,116 --> 00:06:21,116 ..I used to buy the papers on the way to the Tube.Yeah, mum said. 108 00:06:24,586 --> 00:06:24,586 And I found myself just lingering longer 109 00:06:27,004 --> 00:06:27,004 and longer every day as I realised that Bella... 110 00:06:30,716 --> 00:06:30,716 ..was probably going to be the most interesting person I met that day. 111 00:06:37,820 --> 00:06:37,820 And that's how we started. 112 00:06:39,996 --> 00:06:39,996 PHONE BUZZES 113 00:06:43,004 --> 00:06:43,004 Wait, you're meant to give your phone in. 114 00:06:45,346 --> 00:06:45,346 I'm the Minister of Justice. 115 00:06:50,748 --> 00:06:50,748 Sorry, I've kept you too long, haven't I? 116 00:06:52,796 --> 00:06:52,796 Don't be silly. You haven't kept me. 117 00:06:55,066 --> 00:06:55,066 Does that mean that you'll visit again? 118 00:06:58,492 --> 00:06:58,492 How much longer are you supposed to be in here? 119 00:07:01,116 --> 00:07:01,116 It's about two years, I think. Well, if I get parole. 120 00:07:07,452 --> 00:07:07,452 This place is a shithole. 121 00:07:09,706 --> 00:07:09,706 My friend has just died because a guard 122 00:07:11,548 --> 00:07:11,548 couldn't work a defibrillator properly. 123 00:07:14,748 --> 00:07:14,748 She hadn't been trained because everything here is about money. 124 00:07:17,628 --> 00:07:17,628 They want to punish us on the cheap. 125 00:07:20,444 --> 00:07:20,444 And I want my father to do something about it. 126 00:07:25,948 --> 00:07:25,948 I promise you I'll do one thing. 127 00:07:27,466 --> 00:07:27,466 I will come back and I will not let you down. 128 00:07:30,620 --> 00:07:30,620 That's two things.Yeah. 129 00:07:34,396 --> 00:07:34,396 Can I ask you something else? 130 00:07:36,508 --> 00:07:36,508 Yeah. 131 00:07:37,980 --> 00:07:37,980 Will you own up to me? 132 00:07:44,266 --> 00:07:44,266 That is something I have to decide. 133 00:07:48,156 --> 00:07:48,156 KNOCKING 134 00:07:49,692 --> 00:07:49,692 Dame Vanessa. 135 00:07:52,546 --> 00:07:52,546 You sent for me.Yes, the minister's been making unscheduled visits. 136 00:07:57,226 --> 00:07:57,226 I'm sorry?You haven't put them in the diary. 137 00:07:59,804 --> 00:07:59,804 He's been going to Shephill to see a woman called Rose Dietl. 138 00:08:02,386 --> 00:08:02,386 Do you know who that is? It's not my business to know. 139 00:08:06,140 --> 00:08:06,140 Joy, the civil service accepts that new ministers expect to bring 140 00:08:10,620 --> 00:08:10,620 fresh blood with them when they arrive, 141 00:08:13,244 --> 00:08:13,244 but new blood needs to meet old blood halfway. 142 00:08:18,172 --> 00:08:18,172 Am I interrupting?Not at all. 143 00:08:20,540 --> 00:08:20,540 Minister.Excuse me. 144 00:08:25,066 --> 00:08:25,066 I don't mean to disturb you, Vanessa, 145 00:08:27,196 --> 00:08:27,196 but I was just looking over the draft of my new bill 146 00:08:29,948 --> 00:08:29,948 and I'm confused. 147 00:08:31,786 --> 00:08:31,786 Everything I really care about, the early parole 148 00:08:34,428 --> 00:08:34,428 and the alternatives to incarceration...Yes. 149 00:08:37,308 --> 00:08:37,308 ..it's not there. It's just dropped off. 150 00:08:39,868 --> 00:08:39,868 I don't know if I'm missing some pages 151 00:08:41,916 --> 00:08:41,916 or do I detect your hand in this? 152 00:08:43,906 --> 00:08:43,906 Minister, I know how deeply you feel about prison reform.Indeed I do. 153 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:48,060 But I think it's foolish to draft provisions which have no 154 00:08:51,068 --> 00:08:51,068 chance of becoming legislation. Isn't that for me to decide? 155 00:08:54,268 --> 00:08:54,268 This ministry takes a certain professional pride in ensuring 156 00:08:58,556 --> 00:08:58,556 that our proposals are thought through, practical, 157 00:09:01,186 --> 00:09:01,186 destined to end up on the statute book. 158 00:09:04,316 --> 00:09:04,316 I don't see those proposals coming in to that particular category. 159 00:09:07,906 --> 00:09:07,906 I'm worried that you may be working on... 160 00:09:11,746 --> 00:09:11,746 ..emotion.Is that such a bad thing? 161 00:09:14,026 --> 00:09:14,026 In this context, yes. 162 00:09:15,836 --> 00:09:15,836 If we lose faith in the idea of prison, 163 00:09:19,228 --> 00:09:19,228 we move in to uncharted waters. 164 00:09:24,156 --> 00:09:24,156 Dame Vanessa, 165 00:09:25,308 --> 00:09:25,308 I don't know if you've noticed, 166 00:09:26,780 --> 00:09:26,780 but the government is in uncharted waters. 167 00:09:29,026 --> 00:09:29,026 Right now, we are looking at a no-confidence 168 00:09:31,068 --> 00:09:31,068 vote in the Prime Minister. 169 00:09:32,284 --> 00:09:32,284 That is what I would call uncharted waters. 170 00:09:35,386 --> 00:09:35,386 I think you have been over-affected by your visits to prisons. 171 00:09:39,226 --> 00:09:39,226 There's an element of personal investment. 172 00:09:41,180 --> 00:09:41,180 Oh, yes, possibly, and possibly for the better. 173 00:09:43,612 --> 00:09:43,612 If there were more people in this place who actually had some 174 00:09:46,108 --> 00:09:46,108 intimate knowledge of what goes on inside prisons, 175 00:09:48,412 --> 00:09:48,412 we might make better decisions. New policies have to be tested. 176 00:09:51,946 --> 00:09:51,946 I am suggesting a pioneering trial in one or two prisons only...No! 177 00:09:55,836 --> 00:09:55,836 ..so that we see the effect, so that there is an evidential basis...No! 178 00:10:00,252 --> 00:10:00,252 ..on which any possible innovation may be based, and we make changes 179 00:10:04,186 --> 00:10:04,186 that any of your possible successors will be able to defend. 180 00:10:09,020 --> 00:10:09,020 Possible successors. I see what's going on. 181 00:10:12,106 --> 00:10:12,106 It's foolish for civil servants not to make provision for the future. 182 00:10:15,036 --> 00:10:15,036 A future that, in your case, Dame Vanessa, you devoutly desire. 183 00:10:19,426 --> 00:10:19,426 Let me tell you, there is a reason why this country has never 184 00:10:21,884 --> 00:10:21,884 moved in to the 21st century and it's called the civil service! 185 00:10:25,020 --> 00:10:25,020 I am aware of your view, you've made that plain. 186 00:10:27,516 --> 00:10:27,516 Any time any minister comes in to office with any 187 00:10:30,140 --> 00:10:30,140 trace of passion or a serious idea for change, 188 00:10:33,404 --> 00:10:33,404 there you are in the best traditions of your calling, ready to 189 00:10:36,668 --> 00:10:36,668 throw a wet blanket over anything that might improve people's lives! 190 00:10:40,666 --> 00:10:40,666 Restore the missing clauses to the bill. That's an order. 191 00:10:45,372 --> 00:10:45,372 Is there anything else? 192 00:10:47,746 --> 00:10:47,746 Yes. 193 00:10:49,666 --> 00:10:49,666 I've had a visit and a couple of calls from the director of Shephill. 194 00:10:52,668 --> 00:10:52,668 She seems to believe you have a relative in her prison.Really? 195 00:10:58,428 --> 00:10:58,428 And how is that any business of yours? 196 00:11:05,866 --> 00:11:05,866 Thank you, minister. 197 00:11:08,156 --> 00:11:08,156 No, thank you. 198 00:11:25,546 --> 00:11:25,546 And how's your boss?Bewildering. 199 00:11:27,868 --> 00:11:27,868 He was furious with me for pursuing his daughter. 200 00:11:31,324 --> 00:11:31,324 Now he's met her, he seems full of beans.Why? 201 00:11:33,948 --> 00:11:33,948 I have no idea. 202 00:11:35,626 --> 00:11:35,626 Does he thank me for getting them together? Does he buggery. 203 00:11:40,220 --> 00:11:40,220 For the first time ever, I feel like he's drifting away from me, 204 00:11:42,716 --> 00:11:42,716 and I don't know why. 205 00:11:44,892 --> 00:11:44,892 He's up to something. 206 00:11:48,156 --> 00:11:48,156 What about yours?Rattled. 207 00:11:50,524 --> 00:11:50,524 She doesn't know which way to jump. 208 00:11:52,444 --> 00:11:52,444 Mind you, she thinks it's going to blow over. 209 00:11:58,716 --> 00:11:58,716 And is it? Oh, ask me again in a week. 210 00:12:10,556 --> 00:12:10,556 Mr De Banzie asked if we'd go in round the back. 211 00:12:14,146 --> 00:12:14,146 Of course. Any reason? 212 00:12:16,636 --> 00:12:16,636 No reason, why do you ask? 213 00:12:18,826 --> 00:12:18,826 No, I just wondered, sir. 214 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:21,500 Security, I think. 215 00:12:30,466 --> 00:12:30,466 They're just over there. Right. Thank you. 216 00:12:36,106 --> 00:12:36,106 Peter.Adam, good to see you. You know Trevor's joining us? 217 00:12:41,596 --> 00:12:41,596 No, I did not, but always happy to see Trevor. How are you?Peter. 218 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:46,460 Well, it seems like your tormentor is dead. 219 00:12:51,964 --> 00:12:51,964 Yes. Yes, I read about that in the papers. 220 00:12:56,266 --> 00:12:56,266 Yeah, I was quite taken aback. 221 00:12:59,026 --> 00:12:59,026 Do we know anything more? Do we need to? 222 00:13:02,746 --> 00:13:02,746 Well, she was still pursuing me. 223 00:13:04,956 --> 00:13:04,956 In spite of losing the case, she was still after me. 224 00:13:06,946 --> 00:13:06,946 Well, she's not any more. 225 00:13:10,186 --> 00:13:10,186 No. 226 00:13:12,764 --> 00:13:12,764 Did you know she was in Washington?Did we? 227 00:13:15,708 --> 00:13:15,708 I don't remember. 228 00:13:18,268 --> 00:13:18,268 Look. Peter, you once told me your motto. 229 00:13:21,980 --> 00:13:21,980 What was my motto? 230 00:13:23,266 --> 00:13:23,266 Always put the past behind you. 231 00:13:24,946 --> 00:13:24,946 That's what you said. You've lived by that. 232 00:13:27,586 --> 00:13:27,586 Yes, her death is tragic, but for you, it might be a stroke of luck. 233 00:13:32,386 --> 00:13:32,386 That's all you need to know. 234 00:13:34,972 --> 00:13:34,972 She was a drunk. Even before she died, we made a decision. 235 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:39,900 We should have done it weeks ago, actually, after the trial. 236 00:13:43,036 --> 00:13:43,036 We've decided to close down British-American. 237 00:13:45,468 --> 00:13:45,468 Mm.We had a board meeting yesterday by conference call, 238 00:13:48,476 --> 00:13:48,476 we decided to make a clean cut. 239 00:13:50,652 --> 00:13:50,652 It's served its purpose. 240 00:13:52,426 --> 00:13:52,426 The staff are being let go.All of them? That's necessary, is it? 241 00:13:56,746 --> 00:13:56,746 Or else we wouldn't have done it, would we? 242 00:13:58,588 --> 00:13:58,588 But what's the thinking here? 243 00:13:59,996 --> 00:13:59,996 You're not worried that shutting it down now might draw more attention 244 00:14:03,132 --> 00:14:03,132 rather than less?No, it will be done quietly. 245 00:14:06,106 --> 00:14:06,106 Your trial caused a lot of unwelcome publicity. 246 00:14:09,404 --> 00:14:09,404 We've kept British-American under the radar for years 247 00:14:12,732 --> 00:14:12,732 and suddenly, we're seeing the name in print, 248 00:14:15,106 --> 00:14:15,106 and the board didn't like it. 249 00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:17,148 But you'll start up another think tank?Eventually. 250 00:14:20,540 --> 00:14:20,540 Different name, different personnel, same philosophy. 251 00:14:23,228 --> 00:14:23,228 Get the US and the UK as close as we can. 252 00:14:26,812 --> 00:14:26,812 It's a great shame, though, isn't it? 253 00:14:28,476 --> 00:14:28,476 I mean, we had good times, didn't we? 254 00:14:30,268 --> 00:14:30,268 Some very good times. 255 00:14:32,060 --> 00:14:32,060 Sure, I was in Washington, of course I was, 256 00:14:34,684 --> 00:14:34,684 arguing from deep experience that the only way the NHS is going 257 00:14:37,786 --> 00:14:37,786 to survive is by bringing in private expertise. 258 00:14:40,426 --> 00:14:40,426 Opening it up is sensible and humane. 259 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:43,260 It's going to save lives. 260 00:14:45,628 --> 00:14:45,628 But of course, I'm not allowed to say that, so I lied. 261 00:14:48,188 --> 00:14:48,188 I had no choice.That's life. 262 00:14:50,172 --> 00:14:50,172 I can talk about privatisation, you can't. 263 00:14:52,426 --> 00:14:52,426 TREVOR CHUCKLES As I remember, 264 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:54,268 you took your money through a company called Stanfield Titles. 265 00:14:57,106 --> 00:14:57,106 Is that right?Yes. In the Virgin Islands? 266 00:15:01,308 --> 00:15:01,308 Yes.You need to wind that up, too. As soon as you can. 267 00:15:04,316 --> 00:15:04,316 Adam, I haven't used that company in years. It's virtually defunct. 268 00:15:07,196 --> 00:15:07,196 Good, so get rid of virtually. 269 00:15:12,706 --> 00:15:12,706 Now, I take it you've seen Dawn's contribution to today's news? 270 00:15:16,546 --> 00:15:16,546 In disbelief. How could she have done something so stupid? 271 00:15:20,060 --> 00:15:20,060 She's weak, she panics.We always knew that about her. 272 00:15:23,266 --> 00:15:23,266 She got carried away, straight choice to make between being 273 00:15:25,756 --> 00:15:25,756 strong or being liked. She made the wrong choice. 274 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:28,828 But even so, sending such a stupid email. 275 00:15:31,260 --> 00:15:31,260 That's what I'm saying, pure panic. 276 00:15:33,308 --> 00:15:33,308 If I can't get export licences for fighter jets, 277 00:15:37,084 --> 00:15:37,084 then I choke to death and Britain chokes with me. 278 00:15:40,092 --> 00:15:40,092 What are you just saying? You leaked the email? 279 00:15:42,268 --> 00:15:42,268 As a matter of fact, not. But you know who did? 280 00:15:45,020 --> 00:15:45,020 Oh, Peter, we don't give a damn who the Prime Minister is, 281 00:15:47,324 --> 00:15:47,324 we really don't, as long as whoever it is 282 00:15:49,116 --> 00:15:49,116 lets us get on with our work. 283 00:15:53,532 --> 00:15:53,532 You look a bit uncertain, Peter. No, it's nothing. 284 00:15:57,244 --> 00:15:57,244 If the three of us can't speak frankly after all 285 00:15:59,420 --> 00:15:59,420 we've done for each other, then who can? 286 00:16:01,306 --> 00:16:01,306 Well, there is something I should warn you about.Oh, go on. 287 00:16:04,186 --> 00:16:04,186 It's a technical thing, but I put Stanfield Titles in my wife's 288 00:16:07,786 --> 00:16:07,786 name, so if I'm going to wind it up, I'm going to need Helen's signature. 289 00:16:11,026 --> 00:16:11,026 There's no reason why that should be a problem, is there? 290 00:16:19,786 --> 00:16:19,786 CHATTERING 291 00:16:27,516 --> 00:16:27,516 Joe, have you seen?Oh, yep. Shark's in the swimming pool. 292 00:16:31,786 --> 00:16:31,786 Did you know she was coming? 293 00:16:35,068 --> 00:16:35,068 Fish her out before she does any damage. 294 00:16:39,036 --> 00:16:39,036 Joe.Gillian. 295 00:16:41,788 --> 00:16:41,788 We see you so rarely. 296 00:16:44,746 --> 00:16:44,746 Would you like to come through and talk to us? 297 00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:47,548 I should like that very much. 298 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:55,100 Just clear this. 299 00:17:02,652 --> 00:17:02,652 Right. HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 300 00:17:04,906 --> 00:17:04,906 You, uh, down from Scotland? 301 00:17:07,906 --> 00:17:07,906 Yes, I came overnight, and I'm going back this evening. 302 00:17:11,386 --> 00:17:11,386 The trains are terrible. 303 00:17:14,428 --> 00:17:14,428 Yes. We've mentioned it in the paper. 304 00:17:17,052 --> 00:17:17,052 That's kind. 305 00:17:22,364 --> 00:17:22,364 Is there anything in particular? 306 00:17:24,988 --> 00:17:24,988 The decision to return to the Peter Laurence business? 307 00:17:27,996 --> 00:17:27,996 Well, we're not returning to it. Really?No, we're developing it. 308 00:17:31,452 --> 00:17:31,452 Taking it to a new level.You ran a story about his daughter.We did. 309 00:17:35,626 --> 00:17:35,626 Taking drugs in Leeds. 310 00:17:37,468 --> 00:17:37,468 Yes, the pictures were newsworthy. She's over 18. 311 00:17:40,348 --> 00:17:40,348 They are of legitimate public interest. 312 00:17:42,652 --> 00:17:42,652 It's the subject of a complaint to the body for press regulation. 313 00:17:46,906 --> 00:17:46,906 With respect, I'm not trembling at that prospect. 314 00:17:49,546 --> 00:17:49,546 Well, perhaps you should be. I've spoken to friends. 315 00:17:53,148 --> 00:17:53,148 Which friends are they? 316 00:17:54,876 --> 00:17:54,876 The consensus is we look small and vengeful. 317 00:17:58,306 --> 00:17:58,306 We look like bad losers. 318 00:17:59,868 --> 00:17:59,868 We've lost to Peter Laurence in court. To our friends, 319 00:18:02,146 --> 00:18:02,146 it doesn't look like journalism, it looks like a vendetta. 320 00:18:05,180 --> 00:18:05,180 I think I should inform you of our plans. 321 00:18:07,786 --> 00:18:07,786 We have new information with which we hope 322 00:18:10,186 --> 00:18:10,186 we can fight the court's verdict. Exactly, that's my point. 323 00:18:13,186 --> 00:18:13,186 We're fighting everything at a loss, so far, of 324 00:18:15,946 --> 00:18:15,946 1.5 million pounds. Well, that's my point. 325 00:18:18,172 --> 00:18:18,172 We're trying to get our money back. Our money? 326 00:18:20,988 --> 00:18:20,988 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT Yours, Gillian. 327 00:18:23,036 --> 00:18:23,036 Before she died, 328 00:18:24,466 --> 00:18:24,466 Charmian Pepper interviewed an ex-employee of British-American. 329 00:18:27,946 --> 00:18:27,946 Do I really need to hear this? 330 00:18:29,386 --> 00:18:29,386 Hasn't that unfortunate girl caused us enough grief? 331 00:18:32,026 --> 00:18:32,026 The witness confirmed that Laurence was indeed in Washington 332 00:18:35,266 --> 00:18:35,266 when he claims to have been in New York. 333 00:18:37,436 --> 00:18:37,436 Now, he got paid for facilitating access for American private 334 00:18:41,532 --> 00:18:41,532 health providers to the NHS. He'd been a junior minister at Health! 335 00:18:45,756 --> 00:18:45,756 He sold his expertise.I see. We have it on tape. 336 00:18:49,340 --> 00:18:49,340 We collected the recording after Charmian's death. 337 00:18:51,708 --> 00:18:51,708 If it's as conclusive as you say, why have you not published it? 338 00:18:56,986 --> 00:18:56,986 I'd like to know. 339 00:19:00,412 --> 00:19:00,412 We're having to tread carefully. 340 00:19:02,746 --> 00:19:02,746 Our lawyers and insurance company are being unnecessarily 341 00:19:05,866 --> 00:19:05,866 cautious after what happened last time. 342 00:19:08,626 --> 00:19:08,626 We're also doing background on his time as a landlord. 343 00:19:11,266 --> 00:19:11,266 There are big questions as to some of the things that 344 00:19:13,468 --> 00:19:13,468 went on in his properties. 345 00:19:14,812 --> 00:19:14,812 So, if you can't get him on one thing, you go after him for another? 346 00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:17,866 Honestly, it's not like that. No, isn't it? 347 00:19:20,316 --> 00:19:20,316 I've never even met Peter Laurence. 348 00:19:22,186 --> 00:19:22,186 I don't know the man, but I have met his wife. 349 00:19:24,156 --> 00:19:24,156 You're talking about Helen? 350 00:19:25,628 --> 00:19:25,628 Yes, I heard her choir singing at St John's Smith Square. 351 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:28,700 They were transcendent. 352 00:19:30,428 --> 00:19:30,428 You could be endangering the future of this newspaper 353 00:19:35,386 --> 00:19:35,386 because of an obsession. 354 00:19:36,828 --> 00:19:36,828 We think of it as investigative journalism. 355 00:19:39,226 --> 00:19:39,226 Always with the same target? 356 00:19:41,436 --> 00:19:41,436 We look small, Joe. 357 00:19:43,676 --> 00:19:43,676 I very rarely interfere in editorial policy, 358 00:19:46,306 --> 00:19:46,306 but I do not want to be known as a proprietor who carries a grudge. 359 00:19:49,308 --> 00:19:49,308 We are at the point of confirming Charmian Pepper's original story. 360 00:19:53,866 --> 00:19:53,866 That issue was settled in court! 361 00:19:56,866 --> 00:19:56,866 If you go on with this, I shall have no alternative. 362 00:20:00,316 --> 00:20:00,316 Alternative to what? 363 00:20:01,596 --> 00:20:01,596 Please don't make me spell it out. 364 00:20:05,386 --> 00:20:05,386 I hope I've made myself clear. 365 00:20:08,636 --> 00:20:08,636 I hate unpleasantness. 366 00:20:12,946 --> 00:20:12,946 Well? 367 00:20:17,340 --> 00:20:17,340 There'll be no unpleasantness. 368 00:20:20,028 --> 00:20:20,028 Good. 369 00:20:33,660 --> 00:20:33,660 Every day I wake up and read your paper.I know. 370 00:20:37,564 --> 00:20:37,564 Well? 371 00:20:39,106 --> 00:20:39,106 That's why I wanted to see you, so I could tell you. 372 00:20:43,906 --> 00:20:43,906 We've hit an unforeseen problem. 373 00:20:49,546 --> 00:20:49,546 Is that hers?I'm sorry. 374 00:20:51,946 --> 00:20:51,946 Does that mean you're not going to publish? 375 00:20:55,548 --> 00:20:55,548 We're not. 376 00:20:59,266 --> 00:20:59,266 HE SIGHS Look. My advice is... 377 00:21:03,466 --> 00:21:03,466 ..take it elsewhere.Oh, yes. 378 00:21:06,364 --> 00:21:06,364 I can get disbarred for this, 379 00:21:07,906 --> 00:21:07,906 and now you want me to go and trust someone like I trusted you? 380 00:21:11,266 --> 00:21:11,266 I've got the names written down here. Just a couple of 381 00:21:14,108 --> 00:21:14,108 editors I think might take it. 382 00:21:21,148 --> 00:21:21,148 I had a visit.What sort of visit? 383 00:21:23,324 --> 00:21:23,324 From my proprietor. 384 00:21:26,204 --> 00:21:26,204 She told me this is not something I am to pursue.Why not? 385 00:21:30,556 --> 00:21:30,556 She's lost a lot of money already, she doesn't want to lose any more. 386 00:21:33,756 --> 00:21:33,756 Is that the real reason? 387 00:21:36,586 --> 00:21:36,586 She likes choral music, she thinks Helen Laurence is a nice woman, 388 00:21:40,306 --> 00:21:40,306 maybe she wants Helen's husband to be Prime Minister. Someone got to her. 389 00:21:44,508 --> 00:21:44,508 Take your pick. 390 00:21:45,788 --> 00:21:45,788 She's a Scottish aristocrat, 391 00:21:47,196 --> 00:21:47,196 who knows what the fuck goes on in her head.She stopped you. 392 00:21:49,756 --> 00:21:49,756 She stopped me under threat of losing my job. 393 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:52,700 That's how it is. 394 00:21:54,706 --> 00:21:54,706 You go any further, we're in the same boat. 395 00:22:10,306 --> 00:22:10,306 Your receipt. Have a nice day. Thank you. 396 00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:17,660 I don't believe it.Hello, Bella. 397 00:22:20,284 --> 00:22:20,284 You've seen her. 398 00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:22,716 Yes, I have.I hope you don't mind me asking, 399 00:22:24,586 --> 00:22:24,586 but I wonder if you could do me a selfie? 400 00:22:26,428 --> 00:22:26,428 Well, actually, I've just got to have a quick chat with a friend of mine.Oh, right, 401 00:22:29,756 --> 00:22:29,756 I'm sorry to have bothered you.No, no, it's fine.Thank you. Goodbye. 402 00:22:33,020 --> 00:22:33,020 You're popular. 403 00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:37,756 I never thought this day would come. 404 00:22:41,404 --> 00:22:41,404 You were never going to tell me. Why not? 405 00:22:46,588 --> 00:22:46,588 Because I wasn't sure you'd be a good father. 406 00:22:49,788 --> 00:22:49,788 That hurts.I wasn't sure you'd even admit to her. 407 00:22:53,180 --> 00:22:53,180 You have a dim view of me. 408 00:22:54,588 --> 00:22:54,588 And I've had a long time to think about it. 409 00:23:00,860 --> 00:23:00,860 I wanted to be responsible for my own life, not depend on a man. 410 00:23:06,108 --> 00:23:06,108 Come on, give me a drag. Are you sure? 411 00:23:08,476 --> 00:23:08,476 I only do this with you. 412 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:12,892 She was doing really well. Good education. I was proud of her. 413 00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:19,356 Then she...blew up, 414 00:23:21,724 --> 00:23:21,724 and I don't know why. 415 00:23:24,476 --> 00:23:24,476 She had everything anyone could ever want, but she still got angry. 416 00:23:29,386 --> 00:23:29,386 I did my best. 417 00:23:31,906 --> 00:23:31,906 But I couldn't control her. 418 00:23:35,868 --> 00:23:35,868 I saw her, and I liked her, genuinely. 419 00:23:43,426 --> 00:23:43,426 If I go public, Bella... 420 00:23:46,684 --> 00:23:46,684 ..then we're going to be naked in a hurricane. All three of us. 421 00:23:50,268 --> 00:23:50,268 It's you who's well-known.Yeah, but I'm used to it. You're not. 422 00:23:54,364 --> 00:23:54,364 The press would be all over you, it's brutal, I promise. 423 00:23:56,988 --> 00:23:56,988 You'd do that for her? 424 00:23:59,164 --> 00:23:59,164 You'd risk your career for her? 425 00:24:03,388 --> 00:24:03,388 Peter Laurence, if you let her down at this point, 426 00:24:05,756 --> 00:24:05,756 I'm never going to forgive you. 427 00:24:07,786 --> 00:24:07,786 You'll be joining a queue. 428 00:24:09,826 --> 00:24:09,826 You do this properly or not at all. 429 00:24:50,026 --> 00:24:50,026 Sir. 430 00:25:00,796 --> 00:25:00,796 Door was open. 431 00:25:02,396 --> 00:25:02,396 After three years, I've developed a sort of psychic gift. 432 00:25:06,748 --> 00:25:06,748 I'm hoping it's going to stay with me. 433 00:25:08,866 --> 00:25:08,866 I can sense when you're in the area. Close it. 434 00:25:12,956 --> 00:25:12,956 I'm sorry I haven't been in touch. 435 00:25:15,586 --> 00:25:15,586 I was shaken by what happened. 436 00:25:18,652 --> 00:25:18,652 And you think I wasn't? 437 00:25:22,306 --> 00:25:22,306 I was appalling. I apologise. 438 00:25:25,948 --> 00:25:25,948 I was rattled that night, and I wanted to tell you that 439 00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:28,426 my family had found out about you. 440 00:25:30,556 --> 00:25:30,556 Sure. 441 00:25:33,116 --> 00:25:33,116 You don't seem surprised. 442 00:25:35,932 --> 00:25:35,932 Here. 443 00:25:37,340 --> 00:25:37,340 It's the one you like. 444 00:25:48,732 --> 00:25:48,732 Now, sometimes you happen to catch sight of yourself in the mirror 445 00:25:51,586 --> 00:25:51,586 when you're not expecting it, and you go, "Who on Earth is that?" 446 00:25:56,668 --> 00:25:56,668 Maybe that's what happened to me the other night. 447 00:26:00,956 --> 00:26:00,956 Who's that ridiculous woman? 448 00:26:04,348 --> 00:26:04,348 You are not ridiculous. 449 00:26:06,396 --> 00:26:06,396 I gave up a perfectly good job in Texas. 450 00:26:08,956 --> 00:26:08,956 I'm sorry, I... 451 00:26:11,266 --> 00:26:11,266 ..I don't know what you're getting at. 452 00:26:12,826 --> 00:26:12,826 I don't have a trace of self-pity, 453 00:26:14,268 --> 00:26:14,268 I just know it's time for us to stop. 454 00:26:16,906 --> 00:26:16,906 No, no. There's no need. 455 00:26:18,748 --> 00:26:18,748 That's what I came around to say. 456 00:26:20,988 --> 00:26:20,988 I can handle this. I promise, it's not a problem.Isn't it? 457 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:24,316 Madeleine, we can go on. And I don't want to go on. 458 00:26:29,308 --> 00:26:29,308 If you look at it my way, you could say I used you. 459 00:26:32,636 --> 00:26:32,636 I needed you to put me back together when I lost my son, 460 00:26:35,196 --> 00:26:35,196 but now if I'm to survive, I need to move on. 461 00:26:40,066 --> 00:26:40,066 Madeleine, I love you. 462 00:26:43,786 --> 00:26:43,786 You say that now it's over. 463 00:26:53,146 --> 00:26:53,146 I'd say gather up your things, but you don't really have any, do you? 464 00:27:26,908 --> 00:27:26,908 What does she want with you this time? 465 00:27:28,828 --> 00:27:28,828 Well, pretty soon you're going to find out. Contain your excitement. 466 00:27:32,540 --> 00:27:32,540 But since she's got herself in a bloody great hole, 467 00:27:34,844 --> 00:27:34,844 I imagine she's going to want me to dig her out of it. 468 00:27:39,388 --> 00:27:39,388 REPORTERS SHOUTING 469 00:27:47,026 --> 00:27:47,026 Ah, good, the Prime Minister's waiting. 470 00:27:49,308 --> 00:27:49,308 We came as fast as we could. No, we didn't. 471 00:27:51,612 --> 00:27:51,612 We didn't run. The Prime Minister knows Justice is eight minutes away. 472 00:27:55,068 --> 00:27:55,068 You can come in! 473 00:27:56,668 --> 00:27:56,668 You can also give me an explanation. 474 00:28:00,380 --> 00:28:00,380 You go on ahead, I'll see you there. 475 00:28:12,156 --> 00:28:12,156 Dawn, I would love to explain if you can tell me 476 00:28:15,356 --> 00:28:15,356 what I'm meant to be explaining. Peter, I'll put it bluntly. 477 00:28:18,946 --> 00:28:18,946 I promoted you. Any prominence you have is entirely down to me. 478 00:28:22,786 --> 00:28:22,786 Not entirely.So, let me ask you why you're not out there 479 00:28:26,556 --> 00:28:26,556 fighting to save my premiership? 480 00:28:29,180 --> 00:28:29,180 Oh, I see. 481 00:28:31,612 --> 00:28:31,612 Things are going that badly, are they? 482 00:28:33,276 --> 00:28:33,276 Usually you can't get enough publicity, 483 00:28:35,068 --> 00:28:35,068 you and the limelight are in some kind of permanent romance. 484 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:37,500 Now for the first time in years, you've fallen silent. 485 00:28:39,740 --> 00:28:39,740 I heard you on All Talk. 486 00:28:41,596 --> 00:28:41,596 Your support for me was less than wholehearted. 487 00:28:44,626 --> 00:28:44,626 Do you think so? 488 00:28:46,140 --> 00:28:46,140 Maybe I misjudged my tone. 489 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:50,300 I'm facing a confidence motion. 490 00:28:53,052 --> 00:28:53,052 From Stinking Bishop? 491 00:28:55,426 --> 00:28:55,426 Yes.Surely you don't take him seriously? 492 00:28:59,324 --> 00:28:59,324 He's a piece of ripe Tory gammon, but he's gaining votes fast, 493 00:29:02,332 --> 00:29:02,332 and you're saying nothing. I'm not saying nothing. 494 00:29:04,906 --> 00:29:04,906 You're standing on the sidelines. 495 00:29:06,586 --> 00:29:06,586 The Prime Minister's requesting more vocal support. 496 00:29:08,924 --> 00:29:08,924 Yeah, I got that. Thank you. I make one small error of judgment. 497 00:29:12,828 --> 00:29:12,828 A private message, that's all. 498 00:29:14,876 --> 00:29:14,876 I was tired, I was fatigued, it was a moment's inattention, 499 00:29:19,356 --> 00:29:19,356 viciously leaked from I don't know where, 500 00:29:22,236 --> 00:29:22,236 and I'm facing a confidence motion. 501 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:23,900 You...Me? 502 00:29:25,666 --> 00:29:25,666 You're up to your neck in... 503 00:29:29,660 --> 00:29:29,660 You lawyer your way out of the libel courts by the skin of your teeth. 504 00:29:34,306 --> 00:29:34,306 High wire doesn't do it, more like Houdini. 505 00:29:37,066 --> 00:29:37,066 You were for sale, or near as dammit, 506 00:29:39,466 --> 00:29:39,466 and you pay no price for it. 507 00:29:41,948 --> 00:29:41,948 Why? 508 00:29:43,676 --> 00:29:43,676 How does that work out? Do we put it down to misogyny? 509 00:29:47,626 --> 00:29:47,626 Could be. Could also be down to character. 510 00:29:53,148 --> 00:29:53,148 Character?Yeah. 511 00:29:55,906 --> 00:29:55,906 Yours or mine? 512 00:29:57,948 --> 00:29:57,948 You were always respected as a cautious leader. 513 00:30:00,636 --> 00:30:00,636 It was your strength. 514 00:30:02,386 --> 00:30:02,386 So, when you did something careless, people got unreasonably angry. 515 00:30:07,484 --> 00:30:07,484 You just spoke about me like I was in the past tense. 516 00:30:10,906 --> 00:30:10,906 I didn't mean to. 517 00:30:17,386 --> 00:30:17,386 Can I warn you, Peter, 518 00:30:19,306 --> 00:30:19,306 lately, I've been briefed about your private life. 519 00:30:22,426 --> 00:30:22,426 Please go on.Specifically about your family. 520 00:30:27,644 --> 00:30:27,644 What about my family? 521 00:30:29,266 --> 00:30:29,266 About how it's larger than anyone had hitherto known. 522 00:30:33,706 --> 00:30:33,706 Larger. 523 00:30:36,476 --> 00:30:36,476 If you're talking about my unacknowledged daughter...I am. 524 00:30:40,426 --> 00:30:40,426 ..her existence is not exactly news to you. 525 00:30:43,132 --> 00:30:43,132 My impression is that you've known for some time. 526 00:30:45,346 --> 00:30:45,346 Almost as long as I have. 527 00:30:47,386 --> 00:30:47,386 Just an instinct, I could be wrong, but... 528 00:30:49,724 --> 00:30:49,724 Yes, I have recently discovered that I have a third child.In prison. 529 00:30:53,756 --> 00:30:53,756 Yes. 530 00:30:55,306 --> 00:30:55,306 She's had some bad luck in her life. Bad luck? 531 00:30:58,108 --> 00:30:58,108 She swindled a bank. 532 00:30:59,516 --> 00:30:59,516 She was trying to walk away with £1 million. How's that bad luck? 533 00:31:02,908 --> 00:31:02,908 She was angry.What's she got to be angry about? 534 00:31:07,324 --> 00:31:07,324 Believe me, in the unlikely event that 535 00:31:10,426 --> 00:31:10,426 I lose this confidence vote, I shall do everything in my power to 536 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:14,300 ensure that whoever is my successor showed me loyalty throughout. 537 00:31:21,946 --> 00:31:21,946 Now, I very much doubt you want the public 538 00:31:24,284 --> 00:31:24,284 to know about Rose "Ditel". 539 00:31:26,746 --> 00:31:26,746 Dietl. 540 00:31:30,466 --> 00:31:30,466 But if she is the unlucky victim that you make her out to be, 541 00:31:33,826 --> 00:31:33,826 I suggest for her sake, as well as your own, 542 00:31:36,636 --> 00:31:36,636 you think very carefully about it. 543 00:31:41,386 --> 00:31:41,386 So, Peter... 544 00:31:43,906 --> 00:31:43,906 ..do I have your support? 545 00:31:46,620 --> 00:31:46,620 You have it. 546 00:31:49,066 --> 00:31:49,066 Good. 547 00:31:51,946 --> 00:31:51,946 Julia tells me you're going to be on Prebble tonight. 548 00:31:54,620 --> 00:31:54,620 Julia is well-informed.Always. 549 00:31:57,756 --> 00:31:57,756 Well, I shall be watching 550 00:31:59,676 --> 00:31:59,676 and I shall expect to be pleased in what I see. 551 00:32:02,626 --> 00:32:02,626 You should be campaigning for me, unreservedly. 552 00:32:05,564 --> 00:32:05,564 Is that understood? 553 00:32:24,764 --> 00:32:24,764 REPORTERS SHOUT Do you think the Prime Minister 554 00:32:26,876 --> 00:32:26,876 can survive this?Peter, do you have a statement to make? 555 00:32:29,506 --> 00:32:29,506 Will you be supporting the Prime Minister? 556 00:32:31,676 --> 00:32:31,676 Do you know who leaked the email, minister? 557 00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:37,372 Broadcasting House. 558 00:32:55,906 --> 00:32:55,906 So, what was that about? What happened?I'll tell you later. 559 00:32:58,428 --> 00:32:58,428 One thing at a time. 560 00:33:01,372 --> 00:33:01,372 Hello, there. Hello.Nice to meet you, Peter.Nice to see you. 561 00:33:04,426 --> 00:33:04,426 How are you? How are you? Yes. 562 00:33:07,708 --> 00:33:07,708 Good evening, tonight I am speaking with 563 00:33:10,186 --> 00:33:10,186 the Secretary of State for Justice, Peter Laurence. 564 00:33:13,852 --> 00:33:13,852 Good evening, Sian. Good evening, minister. 565 00:33:16,220 --> 00:33:16,220 So, I'll start off with - do you think it's possible for 566 00:33:19,228 --> 00:33:19,228 the Prime Minister to win a vote of confidence in the House of Commons? 567 00:33:22,492 --> 00:33:22,492 Of course it is. The rules are obscure. 568 00:33:25,116 --> 00:33:25,116 She may prefer to hold a leadership election within the party. 569 00:33:28,188 --> 00:33:28,188 To be honest, I haven't discussed the choice with her. 570 00:33:31,004 --> 00:33:31,004 And would you yourself be interested in standing? 571 00:33:33,226 --> 00:33:33,226 We are nowhere near that, nowhere near. 572 00:33:35,292 --> 00:33:35,292 I'm getting on with the work of my department, and of course, 573 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:37,724 I've let the Prime Minister know that she has my full support. 574 00:33:40,220 --> 00:33:40,220 You do seem to be setting about the job at Justice with an axe. 575 00:33:43,306 --> 00:33:43,306 Ah, well, I wouldn't say an axe. 576 00:33:45,020 --> 00:33:45,020 Uh, I would hope it's more targeted, more forensic than that. 577 00:33:48,106 --> 00:33:48,106 Gardening shears, maybe. 578 00:33:49,692 --> 00:33:49,692 Some people have charged you with caring more about the criminal 579 00:33:52,786 --> 00:33:52,786 than you do about the victim. 580 00:33:54,428 --> 00:33:54,428 That is quite ridiculous. 581 00:33:56,796 --> 00:33:56,796 It is true that I am constantly shocked by the squandering 582 00:34:00,828 --> 00:34:00,828 of human potential. 583 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:02,300 That's something I know a little bit about from my own experience. 584 00:34:05,986 --> 00:34:05,986 And what experience is that? I have some... 585 00:34:10,066 --> 00:34:10,066 ..personal knowledge of what goes on in British prisons. 586 00:34:12,988 --> 00:34:12,988 You mean beyond your professional responsibility? 587 00:34:16,786 --> 00:34:16,786 Yes. 588 00:34:18,946 --> 00:34:18,946 I've not spoken about this before, 589 00:34:20,626 --> 00:34:20,626 but I have a daughter who is serving a sentence right now, in jail. 590 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:26,300 In fact, in Shephill. 591 00:34:28,348 --> 00:34:28,348 And I've only recently discovered that she's... 592 00:34:32,386 --> 00:34:32,386 Uh, well, let's say that I had no knowledge of her existence, 593 00:34:36,156 --> 00:34:36,156 and finding out about her has been one of the best things that's ever 594 00:34:38,908 --> 00:34:38,908 happened in my life. 595 00:34:41,026 --> 00:34:41,026 Many years ago, I had a child that I knew nothing about. 596 00:34:45,436 --> 00:34:45,436 Her name is Rose, and she and I are now reconciled. 597 00:34:48,828 --> 00:34:48,828 And she is a prisoner? 598 00:34:52,220 --> 00:34:52,220 Correct. 599 00:34:53,756 --> 00:34:53,756 JULIA! 600 00:34:56,386 --> 00:34:56,386 Most people, I think, will be astonished... 601 00:34:59,388 --> 00:34:59,388 What the hell is this? ..by your revelation and wonder 602 00:35:02,460 --> 00:35:02,460 whether you've been forced to make it. 603 00:35:04,444 --> 00:35:04,444 All of this is completely voluntary. I'm saying it because I want to. 604 00:35:07,546 --> 00:35:07,546 He wants to get it out of the way before he makes his move 605 00:35:09,948 --> 00:35:09,948 for the leadership. Is that what he's thinking? 606 00:35:12,508 --> 00:35:12,508 With Peter you never know. 607 00:35:14,626 --> 00:35:14,626 Of course I am fully aware that this will cause a great deal of hurt 608 00:35:17,628 --> 00:35:17,628 to my family and those around me. 609 00:35:19,186 --> 00:35:19,186 I am the guilty one here, there's no question about that. 610 00:35:21,724 --> 00:35:21,724 There's also no point in pretending that my daughter committed 611 00:35:24,604 --> 00:35:24,604 a small crime. She didn't, she committed a big one. 612 00:35:27,466 --> 00:35:27,466 And does it worry you at all, 613 00:35:29,532 --> 00:35:29,532 the effect that this admission may have on your political career? 614 00:35:32,266 --> 00:35:32,266 You use that word admission.That many people within your party... 615 00:35:34,972 --> 00:35:34,972 You're making it sound as if this is someone I should be ashamed of. 616 00:35:37,980 --> 00:35:37,980 I don't mean that you should, however... 617 00:35:40,066 --> 00:35:40,066 I am not ashamed, in fact, quite the opposite. I'm proud. 618 00:35:42,652 --> 00:35:42,652 I'm proud of my daughter. I'm proud that she exists. 619 00:35:45,020 --> 00:35:45,020 This is the 21st century. 620 00:35:46,556 --> 00:35:46,556 I think people understand that we don't all live faultless lives. 621 00:35:50,780 --> 00:35:50,780 I've made terrible mistakes, and I've paid for them, 622 00:35:54,044 --> 00:35:54,044 but my daughter is not a mistake. 623 00:35:56,540 --> 00:35:56,540 And just to be clear, I'm saying this now because she wants me to. 624 00:36:00,706 --> 00:36:00,706 And I think it's about time that she was listened to. 625 00:36:03,466 --> 00:36:03,466 For many years, she's lived a shadow existence, 626 00:36:06,226 --> 00:36:06,226 in a good home with a good mother, 627 00:36:08,316 --> 00:36:08,316 but now, I want my daughter to be part of my life. 628 00:36:14,652 --> 00:36:14,652 Thank you, minister.Thank you. 629 00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:18,620 The game's in play. What's the verdict? 630 00:36:21,466 --> 00:36:21,466 First impression, Twitter's kind of 60-40. 631 00:36:25,724 --> 00:36:25,724 For which? For or against?For. You see. 632 00:36:29,386 --> 00:36:29,386 "Brave and honest." "Incredible television." Er... "Iconic moment." 633 00:36:33,660 --> 00:36:33,660 "Terrific courage." "I always thought he was a prick 634 00:36:35,866 --> 00:36:35,866 "and now I'm sure of it." 635 00:36:37,308 --> 00:36:37,308 "Patriarchal swine." I told you it would work. 636 00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:40,700 Joy's on this stuff all night, we'll see how it goes. 637 00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:43,260 It's only going to get better. You watch. 638 00:36:46,716 --> 00:36:46,716 REPORTERS SHOUTING 639 00:37:03,292 --> 00:37:03,292 Well, what happened? You said you were going to the paper. 640 00:37:05,916 --> 00:37:05,916 Are you cross-examining me? It's all about his daughter. 641 00:37:08,386 --> 00:37:08,386 That's all there is, everywhere.Yep. 642 00:37:10,460 --> 00:37:10,460 How's he got this daughter he didn't know about? 643 00:37:12,466 --> 00:37:12,466 That could work either way, for him or against him, but 644 00:37:14,428 --> 00:37:14,428 one thing's for sure, no-one's talking about anything else. 645 00:37:16,732 --> 00:37:16,732 Did the paper not hear the tape? Yeah, they heard it. 646 00:37:18,716 --> 00:37:18,716 So, when are they publishing?Luke, I've got an conscience of my own. 647 00:37:21,596 --> 00:37:21,596 I don't need anybody else to do the job. 648 00:37:39,708 --> 00:37:39,708 Thank you. 649 00:37:46,186 --> 00:37:46,186 Mrs Laurence, this is very kind of you.Oh, it's nothing. 650 00:37:50,626 --> 00:37:50,626 I might be a poor judge of character, 651 00:37:53,026 --> 00:37:53,026 but I was surprised when you agreed to have lunch. 652 00:37:56,924 --> 00:37:56,924 Well, I'm not often in town. 653 00:37:59,548 --> 00:37:59,548 It's so sad they've modernised this place. 654 00:38:01,788 --> 00:38:01,788 It was the last decent lunch spot in London.Really? 655 00:38:05,052 --> 00:38:05,052 I've never been here before. 656 00:38:06,588 --> 00:38:06,588 Oh, I thought barristers specialised in long lunches? 657 00:38:09,148 --> 00:38:09,148 No, we grab a sandwich and cram facts for the afternoon. 658 00:38:12,156 --> 00:38:12,156 Oh, I'm surprised.Excuse me. Thank you. 659 00:38:14,524 --> 00:38:14,524 Yeah, it's one of the most common misunderstandings about us. 660 00:38:18,428 --> 00:38:18,428 One of them. What's the other? 661 00:38:20,284 --> 00:38:20,284 Well, that we're cynical and completely uncaring 662 00:38:22,908 --> 00:38:22,908 about the truth. 663 00:38:24,380 --> 00:38:24,380 I never felt that.And that we defend people 664 00:38:26,876 --> 00:38:26,876 that we know are guilty. 665 00:38:28,426 --> 00:38:28,426 In fact, we never do that. It's unethical. 666 00:38:30,466 --> 00:38:30,466 Is that why you never ask? 667 00:38:33,106 --> 00:38:33,106 Mm. 668 00:38:35,516 --> 00:38:35,516 Mrs Laurence, I think you and I got on reasonably well, didn't we? 669 00:38:38,780 --> 00:38:38,780 Yeah, I think so.I hope I did a professional job. 670 00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:41,986 You won.Yes. 671 00:38:44,866 --> 00:38:44,866 Is that what you mean by professional? 672 00:38:47,996 --> 00:38:47,996 You were courteous and calm. You had to be patient, I knew that. 673 00:38:52,348 --> 00:38:52,348 I'd never been in a witness box. You did very well. 674 00:38:56,866 --> 00:38:56,866 Thank you. You rehearsed me. Yes.Thoroughly. 675 00:39:01,786 --> 00:39:01,786 Juries like witnesses that aren't too certain. 676 00:39:04,380 --> 00:39:04,380 If you're overly sure of yourself, they begin to suspect you. 677 00:39:08,924 --> 00:39:08,924 You said you were in New York.Yes. Shopping.I said I was shopping. 678 00:39:13,276 --> 00:39:13,276 Yes, and you went to see a show? Yes.On Broadway, together. 679 00:39:16,348 --> 00:39:16,348 The Book Of Mormon.You mentioned the Rainbow Room...That's right. 680 00:39:19,228 --> 00:39:19,228 ..for cocktails. The Empire State.Yes. 681 00:39:22,236 --> 00:39:22,236 The fact that you couldn't quite remember 682 00:39:24,106 --> 00:39:24,106 everything in exact detail, that added to the impression of honesty. 683 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:28,700 An impression. 684 00:39:31,426 --> 00:39:31,426 Please tell me what this is about. 685 00:39:33,628 --> 00:39:33,628 Look, Helen, as far as I was concerned, 686 00:39:35,676 --> 00:39:35,676 this was just another case. 687 00:39:37,276 --> 00:39:37,276 High-profile, yes, but legally unexceptional. 688 00:39:41,180 --> 00:39:41,180 But now it's different because one of the parties is a senior 689 00:39:44,060 --> 00:39:44,060 government minister and another has been killed. 690 00:39:47,772 --> 00:39:47,772 Do you know that for sure? What I'm saying... 691 00:39:51,420 --> 00:39:51,420 ..it was one thing to help Peter with an alibi 692 00:39:53,468 --> 00:39:53,468 when reputations were at stake. 693 00:39:55,324 --> 00:39:55,324 But now it's lives. 694 00:39:57,826 --> 00:39:57,826 Also, he's now confessing to a daughter from an affair long 695 00:40:00,636 --> 00:40:00,636 ago, so I can only imagine how painful that is for you, 696 00:40:04,906 --> 00:40:04,906 what you're going through. Did you have a childhood sweetheart? 697 00:40:09,148 --> 00:40:09,148 Yes. I haven't seen him in years. I stayed with my sweetheart. 698 00:40:15,356 --> 00:40:15,356 I have a memory of him as he was then. 699 00:40:20,668 --> 00:40:20,668 If you don't believe the journalist died accidentally, 700 00:40:23,548 --> 00:40:23,548 then you should prove it. 701 00:40:24,956 --> 00:40:24,956 Helen, I don't think you've wholly understood just how serious 702 00:40:27,708 --> 00:40:27,708 this stuff is. 703 00:40:29,506 --> 00:40:29,506 I've understood perfectly. 704 00:40:36,796 --> 00:40:36,796 But I'll tell you one thing, 705 00:40:38,396 --> 00:40:38,396 if I do betray a man I've been with for 30 years, it won't be 706 00:40:41,084 --> 00:40:41,084 because a professional advocate took me to a posh lunch. 707 00:40:45,372 --> 00:40:45,372 In fact, it won't be because of anyone else. 708 00:40:47,386 --> 00:40:47,386 It will be what I decide for myself. 709 00:41:01,186 --> 00:41:01,186 BUZZER 710 00:41:02,908 --> 00:41:02,908 This... Can I do this? 711 00:41:11,420 --> 00:41:11,420 Have you read it?No. Is it any good? 712 00:41:14,626 --> 00:41:14,626 Yeah, it is. Pretty good.Thank you. 713 00:41:21,106 --> 00:41:21,106 I watched the TV. 714 00:41:23,146 --> 00:41:23,146 Yeah, that was the point. I was talking to you. 715 00:41:27,996 --> 00:41:27,996 How was my mum?You know your mother. 716 00:41:31,068 --> 00:41:31,068 She gave me a hard time.Yeah. 717 00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:35,100 I can't believe when I get out I'm going to have a dad. 718 00:41:38,940 --> 00:41:38,940 I hope I'll see you before then.Good. 719 00:41:41,948 --> 00:41:41,948 You know where I am. 720 00:41:45,148 --> 00:41:45,148 Yeah. 721 00:41:48,028 --> 00:41:48,028 Is it...? Are we allowed to kiss? 722 00:41:50,780 --> 00:41:50,780 On the cheek, sir, but no hand contact. 723 00:42:11,266 --> 00:42:11,266 BEEPS 724 00:42:31,548 --> 00:42:31,548 FAINT BEAT PLAYS 725 00:42:36,988 --> 00:42:36,988 Mum's upstairs. She's waiting for you. 726 00:42:43,004 --> 00:42:43,004 I'm sorry you've been upset. 727 00:42:44,988 --> 00:42:44,988 She's as angry as I am. Angrier. 728 00:42:51,644 --> 00:42:51,644 You know, maybe once, I'd like you to go on television and tell 729 00:42:54,524 --> 00:42:54,524 your adoring public just how much you love your other two daughters. 730 00:42:58,364 --> 00:42:58,364 The two you had WITH your wife. 731 00:43:01,308 --> 00:43:01,308 Lily...You're selfish. 732 00:43:05,026 --> 00:43:05,026 You're utterly selfish. 733 00:43:08,412 --> 00:43:08,412 You've got the talk. My God, you've got the talk. 734 00:43:11,868 --> 00:43:11,868 You've got it all worked out, 735 00:43:13,340 --> 00:43:13,340 just how the people around you never stop suffering. 736 00:43:25,186 --> 00:43:25,186 OPERA PLAYS 737 00:43:39,586 --> 00:43:39,586 MUSIC STOPS 738 00:43:41,986 --> 00:43:41,986 You know what's odd about getting old? You're the same person, 739 00:43:45,596 --> 00:43:45,596 and yet you're not.Who are you talking about? You or me? 740 00:43:49,948 --> 00:43:49,948 I married a furniture salesman. I didn't a Prime Minister. 741 00:43:53,026 --> 00:43:53,026 Oh, hold on, that is a long way off. 742 00:43:54,876 --> 00:43:54,876 The whole country's still talking about Rose Dietl. 743 00:43:57,500 --> 00:43:57,500 I know perfectly well that's just you getting the subject 744 00:43:59,868 --> 00:43:59,868 out of the way.Believe it or not, it was also me 745 00:44:01,980 --> 00:44:01,980 trying to give Rose a life. There are two things in play. 746 00:44:04,906 --> 00:44:04,906 And the other thing, you going to Downing Street. 747 00:44:07,356 --> 00:44:07,356 Were you planning to talk to me about that?Helen. 748 00:44:10,786 --> 00:44:10,786 Of course I'll talk to you. 749 00:44:13,436 --> 00:44:13,436 And the journalist that was killed? I know nothing about that. 750 00:44:16,906 --> 00:44:16,906 I didn't even know she was in Washington.Really? 751 00:44:19,666 --> 00:44:19,666 Well, if I looked in to your eyes, would I be able to tell any more? 752 00:44:26,748 --> 00:44:26,748 You talk all the time about freedom, 753 00:44:29,308 --> 00:44:29,308 but is freedom really the ultimate good? 754 00:44:32,386 --> 00:44:32,386 Helen.Is it? 755 00:44:34,556 --> 00:44:34,556 Compared with loyalty? 756 00:44:36,284 --> 00:44:36,284 We started out together and we will end up together. You know that. 757 00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:40,700 We've always known that. 758 00:44:45,586 --> 00:44:45,586 And the Prime Minister, that is a long journey. 759 00:44:49,546 --> 00:44:49,546 That's weeks ahead, and there's so many things that can go wrong. 760 00:44:52,796 --> 00:44:52,796 Nobody becomes leader by right. 761 00:44:55,228 --> 00:44:55,228 Well, on the other hand... 762 00:45:01,066 --> 00:45:01,066 I was thinking maybe this weekend you could come down and meet Rose. 763 00:45:04,666 --> 00:45:04,666 With press or without? 764 00:45:07,516 --> 00:45:07,516 Without. 765 00:45:10,012 --> 00:45:10,012 Then, yes, I'd like that. 766 00:45:16,220 --> 00:45:16,220 Good. 767 00:45:19,740 --> 00:45:19,740 Oh, by the way, I've got something I need you to sign. 768 00:45:24,988 --> 00:45:24,988 Won't take a moment. I'll just leave it with you. 769 00:45:27,228 --> 00:45:27,228 What is it? 770 00:45:28,906 --> 00:45:28,906 It's the ownership of Stanfield Titles. 771 00:45:31,546 --> 00:45:31,546 If you remember, it's in your name. 772 00:45:33,586 --> 00:45:33,586 Why am I signing?I'm dissolving it. 773 00:45:36,316 --> 00:45:36,316 It's just a technicality. 774 00:45:52,188 --> 00:45:52,188 So, can't wait for tomorrow. 775 00:45:55,906 --> 00:45:55,906 No.She knows it's over. 776 00:45:58,204 --> 00:45:58,204 By this time tomorrow, your man's going to be making his move. 777 00:46:02,428 --> 00:46:02,428 Do you have any idea who leaked the email? 778 00:46:09,946 --> 00:46:09,946 I don't believe it. It came from you?Yes. 779 00:46:14,780 --> 00:46:14,780 But you did yourself out of a job. 780 00:46:16,636 --> 00:46:16,636 Not quite. Adam De Banzie spoke to me. 781 00:46:21,500 --> 00:46:21,500 Why De Banzie?Well, if he gets in, Peter's going to keep me on. 782 00:46:24,346 --> 00:46:24,346 I'm just jumping rafts. 783 00:46:26,172 --> 00:46:26,172 Adam De Banzie does not run the government. 784 00:46:29,026 --> 00:46:29,026 Doesn't he? 785 00:46:30,466 --> 00:46:30,466 Gosh, my mistake. 786 00:46:58,940 --> 00:46:58,940 Good morning, minister. Good morning.Morning, everyone. 787 00:47:03,106 --> 00:47:03,106 Obviously, clear all commitments. We start planning from here. 788 00:47:06,428 --> 00:47:06,428 Of course.How are the papers? I haven't seen them. 789 00:47:09,308 --> 00:47:09,308 Horrible. But less horrible than yesterday, 790 00:47:12,106 --> 00:47:12,106 and even less horrible than the day before. 791 00:47:13,916 --> 00:47:13,916 You're saying that in ten days they might be positively pleasant? 792 00:47:16,732 --> 00:47:16,732 It's usually ten days. 793 00:47:18,140 --> 00:47:18,140 Listen, Joy, wherever we're going, I want you to come with me. 794 00:47:21,788 --> 00:47:21,788 Thank you, that makes me so happy. 795 00:47:24,226 --> 00:47:24,226 Just doesn't feel right without you. 796 00:47:27,548 --> 00:47:27,548 Good. 797 00:47:32,476 --> 00:47:32,476 Right, better start plotting the day. 798 00:47:35,868 --> 00:47:35,868 Peter, sorry, I haven't liked to ask, I've rather assumed. 799 00:47:39,946 --> 00:47:39,946 If you are going to Downing Street, I am coming with you, presumably? 800 00:47:42,780 --> 00:47:42,780 Hey, hey, hey. Let's not jump ahead. Don't want to jinx it. 801 00:47:46,236 --> 00:47:46,236 This is just the start of the campaign. There's a long 802 00:47:48,604 --> 00:47:48,604 way to go.No, it's just, I was speaking to Julia 803 00:47:52,066 --> 00:47:52,066 and she did mention... Mention what? 804 00:47:55,786 --> 00:47:55,786 You'd had a word with her already. 805 00:47:59,036 --> 00:47:59,036 Yeah. You should probably take that up with her. 806 00:48:12,604 --> 00:48:12,604 Shut the door. 807 00:48:22,140 --> 00:48:22,140 I haven't read anything. 808 00:48:26,428 --> 00:48:26,428 No.In the paper. What's happening? It all fell apart.Why? 809 00:48:29,506 --> 00:48:29,506 You really want to know?Don't you think you owe me an explanation? 810 00:48:32,188 --> 00:48:32,188 I don't owe you anything. 811 00:48:34,066 --> 00:48:34,066 So, what's that?I want a precis by closing time, with bullet points. 812 00:48:39,292 --> 00:48:39,292 You went to see Lapidus.Yes. 813 00:48:42,826 --> 00:48:42,826 You're right.How was he? 814 00:48:45,116 --> 00:48:45,116 He's scared of losing his job. He's been told to kill the story. 815 00:48:48,508 --> 00:48:48,508 Told by who?By whom. By whom. 816 00:48:50,626 --> 00:48:50,626 It's English, if you want to be a lawyer. Well, what can I tell you? 817 00:48:53,266 --> 00:48:53,266 He has changed his mind, he doesn't want to proceed, he's been leant on. 818 00:48:56,508 --> 00:48:56,508 So, we just leave it?Luke, whistle-blowing isn't romantic. 819 00:48:59,026 --> 00:48:59,026 It's more like suicide. 820 00:49:00,540 --> 00:49:00,540 If I go hawking this stuff around, I'm going 821 00:49:02,332 --> 00:49:02,332 to be thrown out of Chambers, I'll be finished. 822 00:49:04,188 --> 00:49:04,188 And please tell me, for what? To see justice done. 823 00:49:06,620 --> 00:49:06,620 OK, Luke, maybe you don't want to be a lawyer. 824 00:49:08,476 --> 00:49:08,476 Because for all I know, you want to burn your career before it's 825 00:49:11,292 --> 00:49:11,292 even begun and spend the rest of your life in the ashes. Do you? 826 00:49:14,266 --> 00:49:14,266 Because that's what's going to happen unless you learn to let go. 827 00:49:19,036 --> 00:49:19,036 I only met her once. 828 00:49:21,916 --> 00:49:21,916 And you think it's all very funny, going to meetings. 829 00:49:25,948 --> 00:49:25,948 But addiction isn't funny. 830 00:49:28,828 --> 00:49:28,828 And at that meeting and afterwards, I heard what 831 00:49:31,196 --> 00:49:31,196 she had to say about the things she's tried to do in her life. 832 00:49:34,716 --> 00:49:34,716 She was a decent person, Rochelle. 833 00:49:38,300 --> 00:49:38,300 I only knew her briefly, but I thought she was great. 834 00:49:43,356 --> 00:49:43,356 And you. 835 00:49:45,148 --> 00:49:45,148 You're going to be the first QC of your generation, we all know that. 836 00:49:47,746 --> 00:49:47,746 Fine. 837 00:49:50,146 --> 00:49:50,146 But what we didn't know, that is the only thing that matters to you. 838 00:50:04,156 --> 00:50:04,156 You were my hero, Rochelle. 839 00:50:07,100 --> 00:50:07,100 I admired you. 840 00:50:10,236 --> 00:50:10,236 Fine. 841 00:50:12,668 --> 00:50:12,668 Admire someone else. 842 00:50:31,356 --> 00:50:31,356 Peter Laurence is with us, and, of course, we're all worried 843 00:50:34,428 --> 00:50:34,428 it could be for the last time. 844 00:50:36,226 --> 00:50:36,226 I wouldn't say that. 845 00:50:38,268 --> 00:50:38,268 That's all in the hands of my colleagues. 846 00:50:40,380 --> 00:50:40,380 I'd never try and prejudge a vote. 847 00:50:42,172 --> 00:50:42,172 Let's just say if you don't make it to Downing Street tonight, 848 00:50:44,796 --> 00:50:44,796 a lot of us are going to lose a lot of money. 849 00:50:46,716 --> 00:50:46,716 We've all been down the betting shop. 850 00:50:48,636 --> 00:50:48,636 I'm very touched by that. 851 00:50:50,044 --> 00:50:50,044 Only eight weeks ago, Dawn Ellison was looking at a clear blue sky. 852 00:50:54,106 --> 00:50:54,106 Now she's history. How quickly did that happen? 853 00:50:57,148 --> 00:50:57,148 I think politics in the 21st-century, 854 00:50:59,626 --> 00:50:59,626 it's more volatile. Things move faster. 855 00:51:02,204 --> 00:51:02,204 That's a fact. That's just the world we're living in. 856 00:51:04,666 --> 00:51:04,666 Personally, that doesn't frighten me. 857 00:51:07,546 --> 00:51:07,546 I find that exciting, and more important, 858 00:51:10,076 --> 00:51:10,076 if I'm lucky enough to make it into Downing Street, I will enter it 859 00:51:13,596 --> 00:51:13,596 unencumbered and beholden to no-one. 860 00:51:16,796 --> 00:51:16,796 Do you think that things can keep on changing at this pace? 861 00:51:19,676 --> 00:51:19,676 Because from the outside, from where I'm looking at it, 862 00:51:22,108 --> 00:51:22,108 I don't know how you lot keep up! 863 00:51:24,348 --> 00:51:24,348 We don't have to be politicians. 864 00:51:25,948 --> 00:51:25,948 No-one forces us. We do it because we want to. 865 00:51:29,026 --> 00:51:29,026 I'm sure you do, Peter. I'm sure you do. 866 00:51:54,108 --> 00:51:54,108 Well, we did say this one was full of surprises.This one? 867 00:51:58,666 --> 00:51:58,666 Peter Laurence. 868 00:52:00,380 --> 00:52:00,380 Did we? Oh, yes. 869 00:52:07,996 --> 00:52:07,996 Oh, you're back! How did it go? 870 00:52:13,666 --> 00:52:13,666 It looks like you're going to be the Prime Minister's daughter.Yeah. 871 00:52:17,386 --> 00:52:17,386 I'll just have to put up with it, won't I? 872 00:52:20,412 --> 00:52:20,412 Sure. 873 00:52:23,146 --> 00:52:23,146 Oh, come on. Is it really that bad? 874 00:52:33,276 --> 00:52:33,276 If you think it will make any difference now 875 00:52:35,068 --> 00:52:35,068 we know who your father is... 876 00:52:36,476 --> 00:52:36,476 I know it won't, 877 00:52:38,396 --> 00:52:38,396 but it's making a difference to me. 878 00:52:42,946 --> 00:52:42,946 It's always been a position of trust, hasn't it, Sydney? 879 00:52:46,426 --> 00:52:46,426 Sorry, sir? 880 00:52:50,266 --> 00:52:50,266 Driver to the Prime Minister. 881 00:52:53,756 --> 00:52:53,756 Sure, you couldn't be closer. 882 00:52:56,386 --> 00:52:56,386 No, sir. 883 00:52:58,236 --> 00:52:58,236 But it works both ways, doesn't it? 884 00:53:01,244 --> 00:53:01,244 You know everything about me. On the other hand, 885 00:53:03,676 --> 00:53:03,676 I know a lot about you. 886 00:53:06,346 --> 00:53:06,346 I don't quite know what you mean, sir. 887 00:53:10,012 --> 00:53:10,012 I mean I'm not quite as stupid as I look. 888 00:53:22,620 --> 00:53:22,620 REPORTERS SHOUTING 889 00:53:30,300 --> 00:53:30,300 Good afternoon. 890 00:53:35,420 --> 00:53:35,420 All my life, I have refused to be weighed down by the past. 891 00:53:41,628 --> 00:53:41,628 I believe in the future, I believe in freedom. I really do. 892 00:53:45,916 --> 00:53:45,916 By all means, judge me by my results, 893 00:53:48,348 --> 00:53:48,348 but today at least I can tell you my intention. 894 00:53:51,106 --> 00:53:51,106 I will do anything, anything, 895 00:53:54,876 --> 00:53:54,876 to set my country free. 896 00:53:58,076 --> 00:53:58,076 Thank you. 897 00:53:59,626 --> 00:53:59,626 REPORTERS SHOUTING 898 00:54:07,676 --> 00:54:07,676 APPLAUSE 899 00:54:11,580 --> 00:54:11,580 Hello. Hello. Hello. 900 00:54:15,036 --> 00:54:15,036 Hello, nice to see you. 901 00:54:17,746 --> 00:54:17,746 Goodness me! Look at this. 902 00:54:21,346 --> 00:54:21,346 Bravo! 903 00:54:24,956 --> 00:54:24,956 Good to see you. This is my wife, Helen. 904 00:54:54,716 --> 00:54:54,716 What's this? 905 00:54:56,986 --> 00:54:56,986 Stanfield Titles. 906 00:55:06,620 --> 00:55:06,620 I'd hoped you'd signed it. Well, obviously not. 907 00:55:13,468 --> 00:55:13,468 I'll be upstairs if you need me. See you later. 908 00:55:28,636 --> 00:55:28,636 HE SIGHS 909 00:55:39,004 --> 00:55:39,004 KNOCKING 910 00:55:43,786 --> 00:55:43,786 Prime Minister.