1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,600 'The following programme contains strong language 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,800 and scenes of a sexual nature.' 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,680 You are like the plague. 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,520 Always there, however much you bash it away. 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,200 John needs a future, too. 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,840 Sir Edward Coke is looking for a soft man to wed his young daughter. 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,200 What sort of Lady is she? I hear rumours - nothing of the sort. 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,840 And I might just believe them. A paragon of evil 9 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,800 told me I must tell him all I know of you. 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,760 Take me. Bury me. 11 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,240 I wanna forget who I am. (BOTH GROAN) 12 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:03,840 (CELLO MUSIC PLAYS) 13 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,920 Where are we? Patience. 14 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,440 Well, you're never patient with me. Ah. Still. 15 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:20,840 (KISSES) 16 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,120 (FINGERS CLICK) A private concert? 17 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,200 Won't we wait for the music's end? 18 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,080 I don't... like spectators. 19 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,400 Ignore him. He's nothing. 20 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,040 Who's there? Are there other - No. 21 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,600 Every touch is mine. 22 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,640 Every kiss. Every inch of length. 23 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,320 Me. (MOANS) 24 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,400 (MOANS SOFTLY) 25 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,280 Well, who were they? Who? 26 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,160 Who? (CHUCKLES) 27 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,160 You're funny. 28 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,200 But know I only want you. 29 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,240 Are you sure? 30 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,320 There isn't another you want even more? 31 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,400 (CELLO MUSIC RESUMES) 32 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,400 I sometimes wonder if you mean to hold me 33 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,840 not so much by love as... 34 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,920 ...as by awe. 35 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,760 Love IS awe. 36 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,880 (MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY) 37 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,800 See? He's mine. 38 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,600 (KISSING AND HEAVY BREATHING) 39 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:54,920 (DOOR BANGS) 40 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,040 (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) 41 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:58,400 (LIGHT TAPPING) 42 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,640 My ma had the same gift as I 43 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,520 and she would warn me, "Girl... 44 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,320 'tis a dangerous game to know our future. 45 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,400 Bad enough we must live it." 46 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,880 Oh, I quite like danger. 47 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,120 I see. 48 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,600 What else? What else do you see? 49 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,240 Tis a delicate thing fate. 50 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,760 How it breaks ya. For or against ya. 51 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,280 But I see... 52 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,320 ...matters are astir. 53 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,480 The winds of change will blow. Hm. 54 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,880 And if you are ready to proudly wear a false face... 55 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,840 ...blood will fall. 56 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:52,880 But not yours. 57 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:57,280 Now, at the finish... 58 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,920 ...your victory... 59 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:06,520 ...is assured. 60 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 SANDIE: Are we dry, yet? I know I am. 61 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,920 Don't make me laugh, it's unhelpful. 62 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,080 Then stop your nervousness. Or you'll sweat your face right off. 63 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,320 It doesn't matter you've never been to court before. 64 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,280 You are ready for the King. 65 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,040 (MUFFLED CHATTER) 66 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,600 (DOOR CLUNKS) 67 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,240 (CHATTER CONTINUES) 68 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,120 (CHATTER FADES) 69 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,240 (CHATTER RESUMES) 70 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,560 WOMAN: What is she wearing? 71 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,520 What are you doing? You haven't written for weeks. 72 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,560 How is the King? 73 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,800 I don't know. 74 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,240 Somerset has had me too busy to know. 75 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,960 What the fuck have you done - with your face? - Busy doing what? 76 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,080 'Anything low. Away from James. 77 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:34,400 So he and his Scots can toy with me and treat me like shit.' 78 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,880 They trick me. They hurt me. 79 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,880 I don't know where I'm safe or what to believe. 80 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,600 What happened to Sir David? It was easier before. 81 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,400 He just upped and vanished. No. Forget about him. He's gone. 82 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,440 (LAUGHTER AND CHATTER) 83 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,520 I played music... in a veil, 84 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,200 for the King and Somerset and a few others, while they all - 85 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,360 - What? Why? - I was told I was playing at a secret meeting 86 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,240 between Somerset and a Catholic agitator. 87 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,560 - I know. - You are here to be close to the King 88 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,200 and that's what you must do. I'm trying. 89 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,640 'The whole bedchamber's against me.' (GROANS) No! 90 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,000 How many times have you had the King? 91 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,320 (PANTING AND MOANING) 'Twice.' 92 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,080 Unless you count manual. 93 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,480 (PANTING) No. 94 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,400 No. He worships you. (MOANS) 95 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,240 Ah, you perfect creature of God. 96 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,960 Always round up. You've had the King thrice. 97 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,840 Somerset won't let me a fourth. 98 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,400 Not everything's in his power. (APPLAUSE) 99 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,120 What isn't in HIS is in HERS. 100 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,640 (SCOFFS) They're both monsters. 101 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,760 Only children believe in monsters. 102 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,320 Or those raised by one. 103 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,360 Where are you going? 104 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,680 Hm. Maybe George has another little concert of the flesh to perform at? 105 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:00,840 Oh, fuck off. (LAUGHS) 106 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,600 Yes, let it out. 107 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,120 Or perhaps your son had the best idea? An early exit? 108 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,080 Who dressed you? A prostitute? 109 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,000 I heard you have one. 110 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,080 Careful. 111 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,760 Your first day in court. Let it not be your last. 112 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,600 And look! 113 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,360 Even your phlegm is off-colour. 114 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,560 You should learn from HER. Countess Somerset. 115 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:28,200 That's how you dress. (MUSIC PLAYS) 116 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,600 What are we playing today? What are we playing? 117 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,480 Can I have a little go? 118 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,520 En garde, Your Majesty. Huh? 119 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,200 (BEMUSED CHATTER) 120 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,240 (GRUNTING AND GROANING) 121 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,680 (GUESTS GASP AND APPLAUD) Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha! 122 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,760 Alright. A little light-headed. Enough's enough. Bring me my wine. 123 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,040 Thank you. (GROANS) 124 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,280 (GUESTS GASP) 125 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,720 You're gonna kill your King, are you? Eh? 126 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:24,080 Eh? 127 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,320 Why don't you give me a wee kiss instead? 128 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:27,800 Come here. Mm. 129 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,160 Agh. (GUESTS GASP) 130 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,560 (GRUNTS) 131 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,680 Ah... 132 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:35,920 Ach. Oh. 133 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,800 Oh, my wee little rabbit, it'll be OK. 134 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,560 It'll be OK. Oh. 135 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,840 Ahh. 136 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,240 Agh! (GUESTS GASP) 137 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,400 Not the first body the Somersets have slain... apparently. 138 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,360 Et tu... Countess. 139 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,520 Though the other did not stand again and bow. 140 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,160 I'm so sorry, Caesar. 141 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,080 (GRUNTS) He made me do it. 142 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,560 (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) Enjoy the show, won't you, darling? 143 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,880 (LAUGHTER) 144 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,040 (LIVELY CHATTER) 145 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,480 (WAILS) Keep going. Nearly there. 146 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,920 Wah! Wa-agh! 147 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:23,720 I just wanted to say I'm sorry. You? Christ! What for? 148 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,280 My wife. Apology not accepted. 149 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,800 I still think a union of my Frances and your John 150 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,040 benefits both families. 151 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,880 And my career, in truth. 152 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,880 You and your boy seem... on the rise. 153 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,840 If only my two girls would agree. 154 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,120 They won't, Coke. No. 155 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,160 But still, if I can help. 156 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,360 I may not control my family but I AM Chief Justice. 157 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,480 I AM on the Privy Council. 158 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,800 England's laws, they do obey my... 159 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,600 Agh! SOMERSET: Oh, fuck me. 160 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,400 Coke, are you alright? 161 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,920 Is Sir Edward a wounded squirrel? Oh, no. 162 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,560 No, I'm... I'm fine, Your Majesty. 163 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:07,720 Uh... I'm... I'm... 164 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,320 I'm just off to find my buried nuts. 165 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,520 (LAUGHTER) Yeah, you do that. Fine. 166 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,640 Do I know you, madam? Yes, Your Majesty. 167 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,400 Lady Mary Villiers Compton. (DOOR CLOSES) 168 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,480 Oh. Oh, you're the mother of - Yes. 169 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,600 Yes. Aye. 170 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,880 Oh, he's a good boy. He IS, Your Majesty. 171 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:33,840 And it's such a shame 172 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,280 that he is being treated quite so unkindly. 173 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,320 Hm. Unkindly? In what manner of - 174 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,720 You don't think the King has more important concerns? 175 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,800 Yes, how much have you drunk, exactly, Lady Villiers Compton? 176 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:49,840 We've never met before this day and you question my sobriet-ry? 177 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,160 (LAUGHS) It was just a question. 178 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,480 And I think it's pronounced SOBRIETY. 179 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:55,720 (LAUGHTER) 180 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,640 Maybe it's time for a dignified retreat, my Lady? 181 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,040 Not that "dignified" is the right word. 182 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,800 (GUESTS GASP) 183 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,880 SOMERSET: The good Lady Hatton - is right. As always. - Oh. 184 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,360 Come. Get your fucking hands off me! 185 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,760 (GUESTS GASP) Let her leave of her own volition. 186 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,200 Madam, no more. 187 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,800 It's not just your... your fashion that is misjudged. 188 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,960 Let us have peace and play. 189 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,480 That's all I want. 190 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,680 Please. 191 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,160 (DOOR RATTLES AND CREAKS OPEN) 192 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,480 Your Majesty. 193 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,640 You promised me George was a new dawn. 194 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,840 But rather than replace one Somerset, now there are two. 195 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,240 His wife is not my fault, is she? No. 196 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,680 But your son is. Where is he? 197 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:58,800 He needs more time, that's all. He has wasted enough already. 198 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,840 And you. What sort of creature are you? 199 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,360 Or do I not want to know? 200 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,080 Where are you going, Lady Villiers? 201 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,360 To strategically vomit. 202 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,840 (EXHALES AND SNIFFLES) 203 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,440 It all leaves a bitter taste, doesn't it? 204 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,880 Your anger lets them win. Oh, what do you know of them or me? 205 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,560 You wouldn't leave a poor defenceless woman in the street? 206 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,360 Who let that Celt cunt be King? 207 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,240 Not James. Somerset. 208 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,960 Look at him. 209 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,640 I don't even think he's that attractive. But wee Jimmy does. 210 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,240 And here we are... watching from the gods. 211 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,360 I'm sorry. Who are you? 212 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,480 Pretending not to know, son? 213 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,480 I'm the Attorney General. 214 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,000 Statesman, lawman, philosopher. 215 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,720 A giant in a globe of dwarves. 216 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,440 The King will have mentioned me. He must have. Often. 217 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,680 Yes, well, he doesn't really discuss politics. 218 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,320 Oh, it bores him. (SIGHS) And me. 219 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,040 I am Sir Francis Bacon. 220 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,360 Well, Bacon... what is it that you want? 221 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,360 To guide you better than Mamma. 222 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,400 Shouldn't be hard. 223 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,440 You deserve so much more than her. 224 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,040 Let me give it to you, 225 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,760 a fellow, special deity. 226 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,320 Drink? Sure. 227 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,560 (SNIFFLES) 228 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,480 Do you know who I am? No. 229 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,680 I am the Earl of Essex. 230 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,040 I was Countess Somerset's first husband. 231 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,080 Commiserations. 232 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,920 Have you heard the songs they sing about my... 233 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,320 ...my impotence? 234 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,920 Sung from here to Colchester and back, 235 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,280 in every inn or brothel. 236 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,480 That was part of her campaign to smear my name, 237 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,360 to get her divorce from me. 238 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,080 All for her to marry Somerset. 239 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,000 Her lies worked, then? 240 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Not lies, alas. Though... 241 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:03,800 ...I was not unable to... 242 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,680 function... until I wed her. 243 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,280 She cursed me... 244 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,160 ...with witchcraft before our wedding night. 245 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:24,520 She'd already decided she was repulsed by my markings. 246 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,720 Already had eyes for Somerset. 247 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,360 That's why I'm here. 248 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,720 To warn you of the power she yields. 249 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,480 Impotence is not really a concern for me. 250 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,120 Nor witches' spells. Believe me or not... 251 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,160 ...you crossed her today in public. 252 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,440 She will come for you, destroy you and your son... 253 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,280 as she did me. 254 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,080 Flee. 255 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:01,040 That's all you came here to tell me? To flee? 256 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,840 And now you flee, too? 257 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,560 As I wish I HAD, from this country. So why don't you? 258 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,840 She likes to... 259 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,720 She likes to keep me around... 260 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,040 as a message to others to never cross her. 261 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,640 She told me if I don't appear, she'll do much worse to me. 262 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,280 What could possibly be worse? 263 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,440 At least I am alive. 264 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,480 You know something else, don't you? 265 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,320 Tell me what you know. 266 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,280 (GASPS) This was a mistake. 267 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,880 Follow him. 268 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,240 Am I your servant now, master? What do you want to be? 269 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,760 Paid. You will. 270 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,120 Anything else? 271 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:56,880 To die a rich, fat old lady, 272 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,840 on a farm bigger than France... 273 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,280 with no Englishmen for a thousand miles. 274 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,320 I will make it yours, mademoiselle. (CHUCKLES) 275 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:08,720 (DOOR CLOSES) 276 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,760 They drug these, you know. (CHATTER AND LAUGHTER) 277 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,400 But I'm either immune or just... 278 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,080 addicted. 279 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:27,920 I wouldn't know. You're not sure WHAT you are yet. 280 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,920 You're all lost in the wilderness. 281 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,480 Thanks for the drink, but I don't understand a thing you say. 282 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,360 Then listen closer. 283 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:36,640 I'm just as lost on the Privy Council. 284 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,240 King Somerset does what he wants with the levers of state. 285 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,040 The powers of life and death over us all. 286 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,480 And the King - the real one - lets him, 287 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,720 suffocated by nothing but a surly buggerer. 288 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:54,720 Are you NOT a... buggerer? 289 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,800 Yes, but I'm a very good one. 290 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,400 So, tell me... 291 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,960 ...what is it that you have against my mother? 292 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,720 Nothing. Never met her. 293 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,040 But she's not the woman you think she is. 294 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,280 Still you make no sense. 295 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,880 Why am I here? Just remember... 296 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,560 the King had boys before Somerset, and more will come, as you have. 297 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,960 The King yearns for a new, fresh cunt. 298 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,600 You. 299 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:34,320 Stop this moping, haunted manner you now wander the court with. 300 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,120 Who wants THAT in their bed? 301 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,640 And stop letting Somerset just stomp all over you. 302 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:43,520 I have heard that he has had - You're safe, son. 303 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,200 I don't feel safe. Somerset will topple. 304 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,080 Be sure you're there, stood tall, when he falls. 305 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:51,960 And what if he doesn't? 306 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,840 Then draw a line with your Goliath and say, "No more. 307 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,800 No more, or I, David, will sling." 308 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,480 Stand your ground. 309 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,440 Take what you want to take. 310 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,480 It looks like you've been hurt. (LAUGHS) 311 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,040 Not sure where I picked those up. 312 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,160 Though, do you WANT to hurt me? 313 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,160 Cos that's... you know, extra. 314 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,600 No. 315 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,240 Then we'll be gentle boys. 316 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,840 Won't we? 317 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,800 You hoping for divine intervention? 318 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,520 Who is not? Those who can't wait on the Lord. 319 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,200 Are you not a true Christian? 320 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,520 You're the one speaking of spells and witchcraft. Not here. 321 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,640 Not in God's home, please. 322 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,280 God loves an honest tongue. 323 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,320 What's the worst she's done? 324 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,080 Sir Thomas Overbury. 325 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,840 He was a good man. 326 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,600 An old friend. 327 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:40,880 He objected to her marriage to Somerset and her divorce from me. 328 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,840 For that, he was put in the Tower on false charges. 329 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:46,640 (HATCH CLINKS) 330 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,120 'He was cursed... as I was... 331 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,600 ...and then poisoned by the Somersets. 332 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,520 Everyone in their inner circle knows.' 333 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,480 They brag of it. 334 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,800 There's a woman who sees the future. 335 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,640 Go to her and she'll be able to help you. 336 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:05,800 Please. 337 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,560 WOMAN: My ma had the same gift as I 338 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,000 and she would warn me, "Girl... 339 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,080 ...'tis a dangerous game to know our future." 340 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,200 Oh, I quite like danger. 341 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:27,960 I see. 342 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,240 What else? 343 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,200 What else do you see? 344 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,080 It's a delicate thing... 345 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,800 fate. 346 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,800 The winds of change will blow... 347 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,120 ...and if you are ready to proudly wear a false face... 348 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:47,280 blood will fall. 349 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,640 But not yours. 350 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,120 And at the finish... 351 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,680 ...your victory is assured. 352 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,160 Hm. 353 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,400 A little vague. I see what I see. 354 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,280 Mm. 355 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,760 Do you see what I see? May the Devil piss in your eyes 356 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,640 and your hollow black heart if you mock me. 357 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,640 He might. But there it is. 358 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,280 I see... 359 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,720 ...a man chokes to death in a prison cell, poisoned... 360 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,840 by an untouchable Lady and Lord who'll never hang for it. 361 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,800 But all who helped him will. 362 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,040 The guard who served it. 363 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,120 'The Lieutenant of the Tower bribed to get it in.' 364 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,480 The lady-in-waiting who laced the pie. 365 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,960 'The apothecary who supplied the poison.' 366 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,800 And the witch... who cursed the man. 367 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,160 Who doesn't want to see a woman like that hang? 368 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,400 Unless she might offer evidence that points to the rest. 369 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:41,680 Chief Justice, 370 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,880 here is evidence of a conspiracy to murder Sir Thomas Overbury 371 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,240 by Lord and Lady Somerset. 372 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,000 That you wish me to prosecute? No. 373 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,520 If you attempt to try it now, before the box's contents are made public, 374 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,160 Somerset will lean on the King, who'll lean on YOU. 375 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,360 Bury it. Take it home. 376 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:00,480 Hide it with your most precious things. 377 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,680 Lady Hatton is the sort 378 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,320 who'll have your effects searched. She'd never dare. 379 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,360 What's in the box? Hm. 380 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:15,160 I already told you. Will you do it? 381 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,600 If you do, George and I will rise further, our children may be wed... 382 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,800 ...and I will take you with us on our ascent. 383 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,080 What do you think? 384 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,520 The King will excrete with joy. (CHUCKLES) 385 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,720 Shall we expose more flesh? Always. 386 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,760 Miss Turner. 387 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,800 (CLICKS FINGERS) 388 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,920 Well, don't YOU look ghastly! 389 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,160 Haven't you duties to attend? 390 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,760 Or your instrument to play? 391 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,800 I have words... 392 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,640 ...to say to the Earl of Somerset... 393 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,160 if I may. 394 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,280 Well, my husband and I have no secrets. 395 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,520 We share everything. 396 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,560 Even truth. 397 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,920 I want it to stop. 398 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,800 What? He's even sweating, poor bitch. 399 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,960 Come on. Stop what? 400 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,440 Yes, out with it. 401 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,520 These... intimidations... 402 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,000 ...threats and games, all of it. 403 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,920 No more, please. 404 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,040 But what do you want? A towel. 405 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,320 More... More time... with the King. 406 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,480 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) 407 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,120 So why don't you ask him? 408 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:01,800 What's going on? 409 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,320 Oh... Your... Majesty. 410 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,280 I... 411 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,000 ...miss... our... 412 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,600 ...close... 413 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,840 ...the moments... Ah. 414 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,560 He wants more time with you, Sire. 415 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,600 Is that what YOU want, Your Majesty? 416 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,200 More of HIM? 417 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,080 Less of ME? 418 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:37,920 (SIGHS) 419 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,440 Is it the pox? Likely so. 420 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,480 And he brought it to your palace. 421 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,480 But how was he infected? Well, let us not speculate, Sire. 422 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,280 Though, if I was being unkind... (WHISPERS) ..I'd guess. 423 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,040 Your Majesty. 424 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,000 How can I touch you... 425 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,800 and risk the whole nation's sanctity? 426 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,840 Return if you are ever yourself again. 427 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,880 IF you ever are. 428 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,880 Out! 429 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,960 What did you do? 430 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,200 All the vile things I need do to get you inside James' bed 431 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,480 and now you can't step foot in the palace. 432 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,440 Can you just care for me? 433 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,200 I do. A great deal. 434 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,280 (BIRDSONG) (DOG BARKS OUTSIDE) 435 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,160 Who are you? 436 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,640 I'm the new girl. 437 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,000 Will I heal? 438 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,280 I've known many girls in the... villages where I worked, 439 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,880 who... came down with these sores. 440 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:19,800 Most recover in time. 441 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,680 (CROAKS) Mostly. 442 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,000 Mostly? 443 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,440 (GROANS) 444 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,920 But not all of them? 445 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,600 I won't lie to you. Some are marked still. 446 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,640 (SIGHS DEEPLY) 447 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,400 Have I seen you somewhere? 448 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,360 You probably passed my family farm. 449 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:45,840 Ah. 450 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,520 Am I, um... cursed? 451 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:59,520 Well, if any has cursed you, they'll have your fucking ma to answer to. 452 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,440 BACON: Oh, I'm sure deep down she's a big softie. 453 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,720 Do you know him? (SIGHS) Mm. 454 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,680 What is it, Francis? 455 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,720 Lady Hatton is telling everyone 456 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,440 that Coke is readying some legal case against the Somersets. 457 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,960 There's witchcraft in it. On what charge? 458 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,120 Murder. Thomas Overbury. 459 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,840 They cursed him and then murdered the poor fuck. 460 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,200 And, as Attorney General, I've asked for details 461 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,880 but Coke is stalling, while Somerset is shitting his britches, 462 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:48,800 begging at the King's feet for days to issue a pre-emptive pardon against all possible charges. 463 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,640 The King had it drafted, 464 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,800 presented to the Privy Council. 465 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,360 And what happened? Did it work? 466 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,240 'We told the King, "A general pardon against all past crimes, 467 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,440 impossible to sanction or sign."' 468 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,240 'And what did Somerset do?' 469 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,560 He offered his own legal counsel. 470 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,280 When will this... this trial - Ways to go yet. 471 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,040 Seems they had many underlings in it who need to be tried first. 472 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,800 So, recover... quickly. 473 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,160 And know this, George. 474 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,280 The Somersets... 475 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,080 they are un-fucking-done! 476 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,040 A goddess in cloth, my Lady. I agree. 477 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,000 I'm not sure this is a good time to bring more attention to - 478 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,040 Oh, the more attention, the better. That's what I say. 479 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,720 What is it about your family and unwanted appearances? 480 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,360 No, let Miss Turner stay. 481 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,680 You don't tell me what to do. Then go. 482 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,840 How's George? 483 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,480 He's a leper now, isn't he? 484 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,760 Hm. Despite your best efforts, not yet. 485 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,480 (SCOFFS) What efforts? 486 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,880 This. Doesn't look much like George. 487 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,080 But I suppose that's not its purpose, is it, 488 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,080 the "corpus", to push him towards death? 489 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,200 The hair that's pinned to it, that one of your vicious boys 490 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,720 plucked from George, that ties the spell. 491 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,880 What is she talking about? 492 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,160 No idea. Can I see? 493 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,080 Yes, of course. 494 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,600 Thank you, Miss Turner. Wouldn't want that to get out anywhere. 495 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,680 Rumours of witchcraft are damaging for both the cursed AND the cursee. 496 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,480 But you'll soon find that out when it gets to the legal courts. 497 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,600 The Overbury matter, at least. 498 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,560 Not the curse on George. 499 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,720 So, you found a doll with a hair on it? 500 00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:11,600 (SCOFFS) What proof is that? 501 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:15,160 Of anything? You're pathetic. In every way. 502 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,760 Let us see. Yes... we will. 503 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,280 Because if we were to have poisoned Overbury, 504 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,520 anyone we plotted with would be the most loyal of animals. 505 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,040 The sort who know, to keep us all safe, 506 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,080 they must keep their mouths forever firmly shut. 507 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,440 The thing about mouths is there are countless ways to open them. 508 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,840 (LIVELY CHATTER) 509 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:47,200 Mr Franklin, I'm waiting for an answer. 510 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,720 Are you an apothecary of long standing, 511 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:52,160 and did you give poison to Miss Turner, 512 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,080 which was used to murder Sir Thomas Overbury? 513 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,680 Well, I AM an apothecary, 514 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,200 and... you COULD say it was poison, 515 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,360 but... these drugs have many uses. 516 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,640 (ONLOOKERS SHOUT) 517 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:10,040 (HORSE NEIGHS) 518 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,560 (TENSE MUSIC DROWNS VOICES) 519 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,000 (ONLOOKERS SHOUT) 520 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:47,640 I thought you were under house arrest... you and your... 521 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:51,120 ...wife. SOMERSET: It's true. 522 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,840 Coke had us detained like criminals. 523 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,400 But you ARE...criminals. I am... 524 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:11,040 Write to the King. Tell him there's still time for a pardon. 525 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,600 Why would I do that? So we can share him. 526 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:15,960 Like you want. 527 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,720 Even if... 528 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:22,480 I didn't detest you... 529 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,160 ...he won't respond to my letters. 530 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,640 He's returned them all... 531 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,160 unopened. 532 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,560 They say he leaves his chamber even less than I do. 533 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,120 Oh, he is lost without us. 534 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,440 Go to him in the flesh. 535 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,360 As I can't. 536 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,640 Look at me. 537 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,960 (INHALES TEARFULLY) 538 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,240 What are you doing? 539 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:33,160 I didn't ever want to keep you from the King... 540 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,080 ...but the King from YOU. 541 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,240 I love you. 542 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:45,280 Since I first saw you. 543 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:49,680 You're lying. Look in my eyes and doubt me. 544 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,400 You know what I want. 545 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:03,520 Give it to me. 546 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,080 (PANTING AND GRUNTING) 547 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,000 (MOANING) 548 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,440 How do you find the strength? 549 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,080 A miracle. 550 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,360 How will you do it? 551 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,320 Get my pardon? Ah. 552 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,600 Ahh. My wife can hang if she has to. 553 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,160 (BOTH LAUGH) As long as I am free, I don't... 554 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,000 I barely have the energy to leave my bed... 555 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,880 let alone beg a king... 556 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,680 ...for your freedom. 557 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,680 Most hours, I long for death. 558 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,040 I just wanted, like my mother... 559 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:12,320 ...to fuck you... (LAUGHS) 560 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,120 ...and it be the last thing that you think of before you hang. 561 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,680 Mwah. 562 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,040 (GROANS) 563 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,360 (MUFFLED CHATTER) 564 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,640 This speaks for itself. 565 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,440 Also in the box... 566 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,360 letters you sent to the witch 567 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,800 who had it made on YOUR say. 568 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,600 That witch has fled into the ether, so we cannot ask her why. 569 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,360 I swear my husband did not know. 570 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,520 I acted alone. 571 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,320 For my own purpose. 572 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,320 It's noble... to protect him. 573 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:14,520 But who of our jury believes that a man of the Earl of Somerset's stature 574 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,720 could be so blind as to his own wife's deeds? 575 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:20,920 (MURMURING) 576 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,520 I was neither guilty of, nor privy to, any wrong Overbury suffered. 577 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,080 We'll see what the jury weigh more heavily. 578 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,800 Your words... 579 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,240 ...or the mass of evidence that damns you to guilt. 580 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,520 Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset... 581 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,160 ...the jury have reached their verdict. 582 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:55,760 You have been found guilty 583 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,640 of the poisoning and murder of Sir Thomas Overbury. 584 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,680 You will be carried to the Tower... 585 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,240 ...and from thence to a place of execution, 586 00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:12,680 where you will be hanged until dead. 587 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,880 May the Lord have mercy on your soul. 588 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,800 (MUFFLED CHATTER) 589 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:38,920 (CHATTER CONTINUES) 590 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,000 Lady Villiers Compton. Lady Hatton. 591 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,160 Frances. Sir Edward. 592 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:53,680 You all look well. 593 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:56,280 You were impressive at the trial, Sir Edward. 594 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,320 The court makes a man of you. 595 00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:01,480 How's George? Is he better yet? 596 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,840 It is what it is. Hm, is it? So he won't recover? 597 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,000 Just like everyone says. What a shame. 598 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,920 - Woman. - One shouldn't listen to gossip, should one? 599 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,440 Well, mourn your son all you want, he will never have my daughter. 600 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,960 As long as there's blood in my strong heart. 601 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:18,880 As long as the terms are clear. 602 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,520 Ha. Aha. 603 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,320 Oh, you DO have some wit. I'll give you THAT. 604 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,440 But nothing else. Ever. 605 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,480 Such a different atmosphere at court since the trial. 606 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,000 A new age. 607 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,160 What have you created, dear Mary? 608 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:42,960 (DOOR CLOSES) 609 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,480 (CHATTER) 610 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,920 Can you ever forgive me? Whatever for, Your Majesty? 611 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,600 He tried to tell us about their... unkindness. 612 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:13,240 And we... shunned you. 613 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,120 You carry his... 614 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,680 ...his face, you know... 615 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:22,840 ...on yours. 616 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,160 It hurts to even... (INHALES) 617 00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:31,840 (SNIFFLES) 618 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:36,720 I may need some time alone to - Walk with me, Your Majesty. 619 00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:39,400 I deserve that. It is all I ask. 620 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,480 (CHATTER CONTINUES) 621 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,560 I was told you're a... you were a harridan. 622 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,080 But I can see you're like me. 623 00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:01,000 Against the odds of what is thrown at us, we survive. 624 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:04,400 Though I worry that... that doll, 625 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,680 the Overbury figure, do you, um... 626 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,040 Do you think they made one of me? 627 00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:12,640 I've, uh... I've read of such things. 628 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:14,760 Death spells. Fertility spells. 629 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,040 Even... love spells. 630 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,840 Their curse is over, Your Majesty. 631 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:29,960 Well... 632 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:33,160 Well, I heard your infection had taken you from me. 633 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:36,040 I should have written and responded to your letters. 634 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:38,320 I - You have lost, as well. 635 00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:43,600 You really DID love him, didn't you? 636 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:49,440 I've wronged you. 637 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,160 You shall have more titles, land... 638 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,840 compensation. 639 00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:59,200 I plan a trip to Scotland. (CHUCKLES) 640 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,440 Come with me as my closest aide. 641 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,000 And now... 642 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,800 at this hour... 643 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:11,160 ...tae my chamber. I need you. 644 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,080 May I perform for you, Your Majesty? 645 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,920 (CHUCKLES) 646 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,840 I've missed your audience. 647 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:25,600 All the world shall hear you play. 648 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:55,440 (GENTLE STRINGS PLAY) 649 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,360 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 650 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,160 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 651 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,320 I suppose the pox was the best warning 652 00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:07,200 George could have been given. 653 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:10,040 "Do not associate with strange men." 654 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:11,840 I don't know. 655 00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:15,320 Some of my best experiences have been with strange men. 656 00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:16,720 Hm, I'm sure. 657 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:20,200 Never visit my home again. And leave George be. 658 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,440 A more impressive appearance than the last time, anyway. 659 00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,200 Vomiting in the gutter. 660 00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,160 Drunken screaming at your foes 661 00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:32,600 in that dreadful outfit and painted face. 662 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,880 Or... was it all deliberate? 663 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,520 James DOES love an underdog and you played the role perfectly. 664 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:41,480 Hm. I've never acted a day in my life. 665 00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:43,640 I can almost believe that. Believe what you want. 666 00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:46,760 Do what you want. Just leave my fucking boy alone. 667 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:50,680 Sir David and I always disagreed about the fucking boy's potential. 668 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,840 He was sceptical. But I am not. 669 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:55,920 And I did warn Sir David... 670 00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:57,680 not to threaten you. 671 00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:02,200 Blackmail is a low art but you went lower. 672 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,400 You and your girl. Are you threatening me? 673 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,440 It seems to be the fashion. 674 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,080 Is it? Should I threaten you back? 675 00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:13,680 No. I assume you HAVE. 676 00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:16,640 Now be quiet... 677 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,400 ...and let George play. (MUSIC CONTINUES) 678 00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:36,200 AccessibleCustomerService@Sky.uk