House Of Cards S01 E08 - Chapter Eight
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00:00as it would appear, is the Britain that we want.
00:04Francis Urquhart's government has seemed secure against any assault.
00:08But now, with another election imminent, all this may be changing.
00:12A new and somewhat of thought highly unlikely figure has emerged
00:16as the unofficial leader of the opposition.
00:19In a year when the royal family has been once again rocked by scandal and controversy,
00:24the King himself has emerged as a powerful and effective critic
00:28of Francis Urquhart's hardline policies.
00:31I don't want to rule over a country, I don't want to live in a country
00:34in which people don't care about each other.
00:37Things are going to have to change. I want to be part of that change.
00:40Let us begin to make that change...
00:44now.
00:45And things are changing, it seems.
00:47So much so that the opinion polls are reporting a 13% swing against the government
00:53and a very high level of support for the views expressed by His Majesty.
00:57Thank you.
00:58Well, quite.
00:59It's absolutely bloody outrageous this close to an election.
01:02We should have taken away your licence years ago.
01:04We believe it's very fair reporting of the facts, Mr Stamper,
01:07and we'd like to include an interview with the Prime Minister.
01:10Ah.
01:11Live and at length.
01:12I wouldn't be tempted, sir, framed as it would be with a biased introduction
01:15and probably cut throughout with shots of junkies and beggars and riots and God knows what.
01:19Exactly.
01:20Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.
01:22You can have our written guarantee that the interview would be live
01:25and uninterrupted by anything whatsoever.
01:27Or followed by anything.
01:29The end of the interview would be the end of the programme.
01:31All right.
01:32We'll have that in writing today.
01:35Yes.
01:36Of course.
01:37Naturally.
01:38And who else?
01:39Stroud?
01:40In a separate interview, we thought.
01:42And His Majesty.
01:44His Majesty declined.
01:46I'm sorry to hear that.
01:48Who would interview the Prime Minister?
01:50Who would interview the Prime Minister?
01:52Harvey, naturally.
01:53He is the senior man.
01:55People would expect it.
01:56We think it should be Hannah Milken.
01:58No.
01:59Out of the question, really.
02:00I'm sorry.
02:01Well, then I'd have to advise the Prime Minister to withdraw.
02:03Tim?
02:04Absolutely.
02:05Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.
02:06You do need me, you know.
02:08Otherwise, you haven't really got a programme, have you?
02:10True, sir.
02:11But if I may say so, your need at this present moment is even greater than ours, isn't it?
02:15Now, look.
02:16I really don't hear.
02:17Sarah.
02:18He's right.
02:19We all know it.
02:21Jim Portman?
02:22Done.
02:23Thank you, Michael.
02:32Things are not going well for us.
02:3417 days to the election, 13 points behind.
02:38We may yet turn it.
02:41But it's going to be a damned close-run thing.
02:45It's not as easy as any of us thought it.
02:48To fight the King.
02:51But I will not let him conquer me.
02:54Nothing will prise me loose.
02:58I am ready to do anything.
03:04Daddy!
03:09Am I still the man who did that thing?
03:22Francis?
03:27I summon up remembrance of things past.
03:33They can't win, can they?
03:35It's unimaginable, Francis.
03:37We simply won't permit it.
03:39I like the things you say, Elizabeth.
03:41I'm very glad to hear it.
03:44Cawdor wants to see you.
03:46Cawdor.
03:47Excellent.
03:48A wondrous necessary man, Cawdor.
03:50I find him so.
03:54Cawdor.
03:57Not inconvenient, I hope, sir.
03:59Not at all.
04:02You might remember a little while ago you were asking me to...
04:06Good God, what was that?
04:08I don't know. There wasn't any warning.
04:11It's not one of ours.
04:13I'll find out. Excuse me.
04:16Help me!
04:19Help!
04:23Events. The politician's greatest enemy, they say.
04:26Plan till you're blue in the face, then things just happen.
04:29Events take over.
04:31Not terrorists this time, it seems.
04:34An accident.
04:35A gas explosion in a run-down block of council flats.
04:38That's all.
04:39So why the rush, you're asking?
04:41What's all the fuss about?
04:43You know what it's about.
04:45Every disaster is a photo opportunity in disguise,
04:49playing right into the hands of the king.
04:52To be plunged like this into random, inexplicable tragedy is...
04:55Not really random, sir. Not really so inexplicable.
04:58These are the people who've been left to rot.
05:00The people who couldn't afford to buy their council flats.
05:02The people who couldn't afford to pay the gas bill.
05:04Corbusier House was a disaster that's been waiting to happen...
05:06Oh, for God's sake, Chloe, excuse me, sir,
05:08but you're not seriously suggesting we should come out
05:10with a lot of Windy Marxist rubbish like that when we get there?
05:12It is not Windy Marxist rubbish. It is the simple truth.
05:14Sir...
05:15Why are you so terrified of politics, David?
05:17I very, very seriously urge you, sir, not to take that line
05:19or anything like it when you speak to the press.
05:21Oh, bloody well, shut up, the pair of you. I'm sorry.
05:23No, not another word. I have no intention of speaking to the press
05:25or, indeed, to anybody apart from the victims of this bloody disaster.
05:29I have to let them know that somebody cares about them.
05:32I'm extremely impressed by the way the emergency services
05:35have reacted to this terrible accident.
05:38I think the best thing we can do now is stay out of their way
05:41and make their very difficult and hazardous task as easy as we can,
05:44don't you?
05:58No, he just wants to talk to the survivors.
06:01He's very upset by this awful accident.
06:03Dave, what's all this about you and John Staines?
06:05What?
06:06There's a rumour you're getting called as a witness.
06:08No, that's absolute nonsense. I hardly know John Staines.
06:11You must have got your wires crossed.
06:13Yeah, right. Sorry, Dave. You know these stories.
06:15You have broken up with a wife, though, haven't you?
06:18Your Majesty.
06:19Prime Minister.
06:20We could have done without this public posturing.
06:22I came to comfort my people, that's all.
06:24I'm sure they're thrilled to bits, sir.
06:26Pat a few heads, by all means, if it makes you happy,
06:28but no public statements, please.
06:30We don't want you making mischief out of this now, do we?
06:32Damn you, ma'am.
06:34Don't judge me by your own degraded behaviour.
06:37I'm sorry.
06:38I'm sorry.
06:39I'm sorry.
06:40I'm sorry.
06:41I'm sorry.
06:42I'm sorry.
06:43I'm sorry.
06:44I'm sorry.
06:45Don't judge me by your own degraded standards.
06:48You may want to make political capital out of personal tragedy.
06:51All I want to do is help.
06:52You bloody hypocrite.
06:54Careful!
06:55I've got it, I've got it!
06:56Please let me help.
06:59H.M. and P.M. in a compassionate brawl.
07:02Rather nicely put, don't you think so, Francis?
07:05Yes.
07:06Very witty.
07:07I thought so.
07:08Oh, look at this one.
07:10He's behind you, Your Majesty.
07:12Oh, look, Francis.
07:14There you are, like the demon king.
07:22Government policy blamed as 70 die in tower block disaster.
07:27Now, that's not so good.
07:29Events, events.
07:31These things will pass.
07:33We should control events, Francis, not be blown about by them.
07:36You've been altogether too lax with that fool from the palace
07:39and now he's still in a march on you.
07:41Please let me help.
07:43I think it's time to stop fooling around
07:45and to start inflicting some serious damage,
07:47starting with His Majesty.
07:49All in good time, Elizabeth.
07:50When we've won the election, we can do what we like with him.
07:53But we have to win it first.
07:55But you said not to win was unimaginable.
07:57Then we must make it unimaginable.
07:59Well, we shall.
08:00Good.
08:02Look, don't change the subject. I'm serious.
08:05The press are on to us. Must have been stains.
08:07You mean on to us.
08:08We're not criminals, for God's sake.
08:10What are you saying? You're ashamed of this, or what?
08:12HM's in a very exposed position at the moment.
08:15Anything that Urquhart could use to damage him, he will.
08:18And I'm just about his oldest and closest friend.
08:20Think what the tabloids could do with that.
08:23I think I'd better move out.
08:25All I'm asking is, can't we be discreet till after the election?
08:31You said you loved me.
08:33Remember saying that?
08:35You said that I changed your life and nothing would ever be the same again.
08:40I know.
08:42I meant it.
08:44Well, don't you bloody well forget it.
08:51Look, I've got to be going.
08:53I'll be back on Wednesday. We can talk about it then.
08:57And you just better be here.
09:01David Mycroft. Well, well, well.
09:04I suppose if you turn somebody like Johnny Staines upside down and shake him,
09:08all sorts of things are going to fall out.
09:10No, not now, Judith.
09:13Shut the doors, please.
09:18Yes, indeed.
09:20But I must say, Tim, I am very, very surprised.
09:26There's a security angle there, so long as he makes a secret of it.
09:30And it raises other questions, too.
09:32King's best friend a shirtlifter.
09:34How low can palace morals sink, and so on.
09:38But we wouldn't stoop to that, would we?
09:40Unfortunately, the press are on to it, Francis.
09:43Really? How did they find out?
09:46I think some heartless bastard must have leaked it.
09:49Well, I'm sure they'll be discreet.
09:53Anything else? I do have another meeting, unfortunately.
09:56Yes, there was something I wanted to ask you, have you?
10:00After the election, what do I get?
10:04After the election?
10:06Could I just remind you, Tim, that we have yet to win the election?
10:09Is it insensitive of me to point out that you are party chairman
10:13and we are trailing by 13 points?
10:15Do you think this is the best time to be asking me what you get after the election?
10:20I'd like to know what you have in mind, though, all the same.
10:23Would you?
10:25Well, I thought Chief Whip again.
10:28After all, it's what you're best at, isn't it?
10:31You led me to expect that it would be a senior cabinet post.
10:35You led me to expect Home Secretary.
10:39Well, perhaps it will be.
10:41But you're such a brilliant frightener, Tim.
10:44You'd be wasted in one of those kid-glove jobs.
10:48Has it ever occurred to you that you presume too much?
10:53Not in your case, Tim.
10:55I think I know you rather well, don't you?
11:09Mrs Harvey.
11:14Why don't you call me Sarah?
11:18I suppose I feel I don't know you well enough.
11:25We don't have to be enemies, Tim.
11:27I'm not going to be here for long.
11:30Aren't you?
11:33What were you looking for just then?
11:36Well...
11:39Actually, I was looking to see if there was a file on Mattie Storrin.
11:43Did you know her at all?
11:45I knew her, yes.
11:48Yes, well, I came across some stuff she wrote
11:51and I was interested in her.
11:54I know why you're interested in her.
11:57Do you?
11:58Yes, I do.
12:01So, what can you tell me?
12:05Who are you working for?
12:08What do you mean? I work for Francis, Mr Urquhart.
12:12And who else?
12:14Well, no-one. Myself.
12:16I'm a freelance.
12:18Francis Urquhart has had my total loyalty for 30 years.
12:22He has my total loyalty? I'm in love with him.
12:27Are you?
12:30I wonder if you know the meaning of the word.
12:37Look, this...
12:40It's just silly, you know.
12:43Personal. Embarrassing.
12:46You won't tell him, will you?
12:48I don't know.
12:50I'm going to have to think about it.
12:54But you'll find out, one way or the other.
13:05Lady Isabel, how nice to see you again. Thank you.
13:11I love it here.
13:13Such a feeling of brightness, lightness, youth.
13:16It even smells differently.
13:18It nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses and so on.
13:22Quite delightful.
13:25Come in.
13:27Good afternoon, ma'am.
13:29Hi. How are you, anyway?
13:31I'm very well, thank you, ma'am. And yourself?
13:34I'm very well, thank you, Mr Urquhart.
13:36But I am a bit pissed off.
13:38Oh, dear.
13:39Are you letting him get the better of you?
13:41Life has its ups and downs, ma'am.
13:43We do have one or two aces up our sleeves.
13:45How is your son?
13:47He's lovely.
13:49Plenty of hugs?
13:50Oh, yes.
13:56Things may resolve themselves sooner than anyone expects.
13:59I hope and believe that they will resolve themselves in your favour.
14:03Whether they do or not,
14:05you will need help and advice and protection, too,
14:10from a trusted and powerful source.
14:13It is sometimes possible for a young person with apparently limitless choice
14:18to underestimate qualities like experience
14:22and a deep knowledge of the world and its ways
14:26and the rewards that they can bring.
14:33I know why you're interested.
14:36I think he killed her, Lucy.
14:39We know he killed her near.
14:41Francis Urquhart has had my total loyalty for 30 years.
14:46They'll probably kill you, too, ma'am.
14:53That's the one.
14:54That's her.
14:55That's our lovely girl.
14:57Please!
15:12Good evening, Mrs Harding.
15:14I'm sorry about all this.
15:22Come in.
15:24I can't bear to be the object of your suspicion.
15:27I trusted you, Mattie.
15:30Why couldn't you trust me?
15:32I wanted to.
15:33I still want to.
15:35Do you, Mattie?
15:36I love you.
15:37Tell me properly.
15:40Call me Daddy.
15:42I love you, Daddy.
15:45I just want to know...
15:48What?
15:50Did you kill Roger O'Neil?
15:54Yes.
15:57How?
15:59Rat poison.
16:01He had to be put down.
16:04It was an act of Nazi.
16:07He's at peace now.
16:09Nothing more to fear.
16:11Mattie.
16:12What?
16:14Can I trust you?
16:16You know you can.
16:18Oh, Mattie.
16:20It gives me such pain to say this.
16:23But I don't believe you.
16:26I don't believe I can trust you.
16:31Daddy!
16:38She hits the van.
16:41She slides down slowly.
16:46Someone picks up the cassette.
16:49Not me.
16:50Not at my chaps.
16:53Nobody knows what's on it.
16:55Except you and me.
16:58F.U. doesn't even know it exists.
17:02How do I know it's not a fake?
17:04Or doctored?
17:07You know.
17:12Oh, my God.
17:16Why me?
17:18Why do you want me to know?
17:23All I wanted was to serve him.
17:26To be close to him.
17:30That was all.
17:33But I see now what I should have seen all along.
17:36I was always entirely instrumental to him.
17:39Disposable.
17:41Like one of those little plastic razors they have now.
17:45Apparently you can get a few good shaves from them,
17:48and then...
17:51you throw them away.
17:55Look, I didn't put you through all this just to upset you.
18:00Though that was certainly an incidental pleasure.
18:05I need someone else to know.
18:11I've made you a copy of the tape.
18:18Just in case something happens to me.
18:24What are you going to do now?
18:28I haven't quite made up my mind yet.
18:33What are you going to do now?
18:37I haven't quite made up my mind yet.
18:42I haven't quite made up my mind yet.
19:02Urquhart's been to Sloane Castle again.
19:04They must be working out some sort of deal.
19:06She's a fool.
19:08I just wish it had all worked out...
19:11a little differently.
19:13It wasn't your fault, all of that.
19:15She wasn't up to it. She wasn't up to you.
19:18I'm tired of pretending.
19:20You can always sack me if you don't like what I say.
19:27Have your bleeding head chopped off, mate?
19:31Have you ever thought you might be doing that the wrong way?
19:34Bashing away at it like that.
19:36Maybe if you tried it a bit more slowly.
19:40What do you think?
19:41It's all right, don't worry.
19:43Look, what I really came in to tell you...
19:45I have it on very good authority we could be in for a new crop of riots any time now.
19:50Where?
19:51Leeds, Cardiff, Newcastle, Bristol, Oxford.
19:55What I suggest is, tour these places.
19:58Show your face. Let the people see you.
20:01Let them see that you're on their side.
20:03You won't have to make any speeches.
20:05You won't have to give any interviews.
20:07It'll be anything that Urquhart could object to.
20:10It'll just be like when you went to the gas explosion, but on a bigger scale.
20:14John Stroud can make the speeches.
20:16We'll tell him where you're going and he can synchronise.
20:18It'll be brilliant.
20:20Please let me help the nationwide tour.
20:24Oh, you have to do it. You have to go on.
20:27You cannot stop now.
20:29What does David Mycroft say?
20:32He says, no, it's too risky.
20:36If you listened to him, you'd never do anything, would you?
20:47I'll do it, Clay.
20:48You won't regret it, you know.
20:50You always do best when you go with your instincts.
20:52Yes, I don't always find that awfully easy, do I?
20:55You will.
20:57With practice.
21:01I'm sorry.
21:03Is it all right for me to say that?
21:05Yes, yes it is.
21:12Is it all right if I do this?
21:24Oh, that's very good.
21:26You're quite sure?
21:28Yes, it's all there.
21:29He was bypassing the meter and he blew the whole block up.
21:32Hoist with his own petard.
21:34Excellent.
21:36And the rest.
21:37This is all invaluable stuff, Sarah.
21:40I'm most grateful to you.
21:42Glad you're pleased.
21:43Any competent researcher could have done that.
21:45But I wanted you to do it.
21:47Thank you.
21:48Look, you won't mind if I don't stay with you tonight, will you?
21:51What is it?
21:53What's the matter?
21:54Nothing dramatic.
21:55I just have so many things to catch up with.
21:57I do have another life, you know.
21:59I did have another life.
22:01I mind very much, Sarah.
22:03I need you with me this evening.
22:05All right.
22:08Something's happened, hasn't it?
22:11What is it?
22:13You're not getting bored with me, are you?
22:15No, God, no.
22:17We did say, didn't we, that it wouldn't be a lifetime thing.
22:21Nothing lasts forever.
22:25You said you'd leave me when you had learnt everything I had to teach you.
22:29Are you telling me that time has come?
22:32No, I don't think so.
22:35No, I don't think so either.
22:48Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four...
22:57Images of Urquhart's Britain.
22:59The Newham gas explosion.
23:01Doesn't that rather sum things up, Prime Minister?
23:03A decaying and neglected tower block in the inner city
23:06crumbles and disintegrates, unable to withstand the blast,
23:09while a laissez-faire government stands idly by.
23:12Absolute nonsense.
23:13Is it?
23:14The King's doing what he can to help,
23:16while the Prime Minister looks on, unmoved.
23:19Every picture tells a story.
23:21Isn't this a symbol of everything that's wrong with society today?
23:24You might think that.
23:26You might very well think that.
23:28Something is very wrong.
23:30So you're admitting responsibility then, are you?
23:32In that case, don't you think it's time that you stepped down?
23:35I admit nothing of the kind.
23:37The unfortunate victims of the Newham disaster
23:39died as a result of reckless greed and irresponsibility.
23:43A fourth-floor tenant who was disinclined to pay his gas bill
23:46decided to bypass the meter and tap directly into the main.
23:51He made a botch of it
23:53and succeeded in killing or maiming 72 of his friends and neighbours.
23:57End of story.
23:58You don't think that the deep divisions in society are even partly to blame?
24:02You're quite happy with the way things are.
24:04Indeed I am not.
24:05There is a deep division in society today
24:08between those who want to work and enjoy the fruits of their labours
24:12and abide by and uphold the laws of the land,
24:14and an increasing number of what it has become fashionable to call
24:18the disaffected, the disadvantaged, the differently motivated,
24:22what we used to call lazy people, dishonest people,
24:26people who don't want to take responsibility for their actions or their lives.
24:31So you don't feel inclined to do anything about the situation?
24:34On the contrary.
24:35I've decided that the time has come to take quite drastic action.
24:40We're going to bring back national service
24:43as the first step in a large-scale programme of public works.
24:48We're going to get our young people, all our young people, off their backsides.
24:53We're going to put a large investment into Britain's future
24:56and we're damn well going to get our money's worth.
24:58But what you're talking about is universal conscription in peacetime.
25:03Listen, it can't be right that young people in the very prime and flower of youth
25:10should spend half the day loafing in bed
25:13and the rest selling each other drugs and stealing from each other.
25:17Let's give our young people a chance to learn self-discipline again,
25:21a chance to feel proud of themselves and walk tall.
25:24But this is a complete departure.
25:26I have a great belief in Britain, you know.
25:28We are not a nation of social workers or clients of social workers.
25:33We are not, please God, a nation of deserving cases.
25:37We are a fierce, proud nation
25:39and we are still, God willing, a nation to be reckoned with.
25:45You were brilliant tonight.
25:47Thanks to your briefing, I simply added a few grace notes.
25:50Like the little references to God.
25:52We are, please God, a nation of very fierce, bad rabbits.
25:57Fierce, bad rabbits?
26:00Beatrix Potter, a major influence on my prose style.
26:04There, now you know all my secrets.
26:11What's the matter, Sarah?
26:14Nothing.
26:17I suppose I was just thinking that I'll never know all your secrets.
26:21Oh, but then perhaps that's as it should be.
26:24I'm sure I don't know all of yours.
26:30Sarah,
26:32I thought I detected a sudden reluctance earlier this evening.
26:37Perhaps reluctance is too strong a word.
26:41I worry about Andrew. I don't want to lose him.
26:45He's a good friend.
26:47Of course.
26:51We talk about freedom so much, don't we?
26:55But none of us really believes in it.
26:59I do.
27:01Yes, perhaps you do.
27:03But most people don't want it at all.
27:05Most people are weak and stupid and cowardly and contemptible.
27:11You see,
27:13the great beauty of conscription
27:16is that we'll be able to use the 18 to 23-year-olds
27:19to subdue their younger brothers in the inner cities
27:22and on those ghastly estates.
27:25And then we can think about exporting them,
27:28use the British fighting man to redress the balance of trade.
27:34You really mean that, don't you?
27:37Oh, why not?
27:39After all, nobody wants these young people.
27:42Not even their own parents.
27:44They have no skills.
27:46They have no education. They have no self-discipline.
27:48They're utterly useless.
27:51But we're going to make them useful, Sarah.
27:55Like factory farming.
28:02What's the matter?
28:05Sarah, I can't bear it when you shrink from me.
28:11I need your intelligence.
28:14You haven't changed, have you?
28:18I can trust you, can't I, Sarah?
28:22Yes, you can.
28:26You know you can.
28:33It's a gigantic confidence trick, this National Service nonsense,
28:37but he's captured the initiative with only six days to go.
28:41Well, we'll do our best.
28:43Look, I've decided to spend three days touring some of the most deprived areas,
28:46St Paul's, Handsworth, Moss Side.
28:48I'm forbidden to speak, but I can at least be seen to listen,
28:50and that's what these people need to be listened to,
28:52not forced in the uniforms, marched about and bullied.
28:55I'm talking about 24-hour days.
28:57I want to eat with these people or go hungry with them.
29:00Perhaps I'll challenge the press to do the same. What do you think?
29:03Well, sir, it'll be hard to say you're not aligning yourself politically
29:06in the clearest way.
29:08Well, if people insist on seeing it as a political act, then let them.
29:11Sir...
29:12David, this is not just a challenge to Francis Ergot,
29:15though God knows he needs to be stopped in his tracks.
29:17It's a challenge to myself.
29:19I need to know who I am, need to know what I can do.
29:21Does it make sense to you at all?
29:25Yes. Yes, it does, sir.
29:29Well, the best of luck to us all, then.
29:37Leave it.
29:41Son of a...
29:42Yes?
29:43David, Bill Rochester from the Clarion. Sorry to post so late.
29:46How did you get this number?
29:48Oh, friend of a friend. I thought I ought to tell you
29:50you're about to become a bit of a celebrity in your own right.
29:53I'm sure you know why.
29:56I'd like you to consider giving me an exclusive.
29:59I wouldn't mess you about, David.
30:01You get a really sympathetic angle.
30:03As you probably know, I'm gay myself.
30:05David?
30:09Sorry, no comment.
30:28Can I take pictures, can't I?
30:29Yes, of course.
30:30Please take as many pictures as you like, but no interviews.
30:34His Majesty has come to talk to the people who live here.
30:37Now, he's very happy for you to get as close as you like,
30:40but we are relying on your co-operation.
30:42There's no formal security here, as you can see.
30:45No security? Is that why?
30:47He trusts the people. He hasn't run any barriers.
30:49Good one, David.
30:54I'm so very sorry.
30:56Something won't be done.
31:05I'm so distressing, David.
31:09I'm sure you made a difference to them.
31:13Look, I think I ought to travel on the bus thing with everybody else.
31:18I shouldn't, sir. You won't get a moment's peace.
31:21I'm not here for a rescue, David.
31:23That poor woman.
31:24David! Bill Rochester. We spoke on the phone.
31:27Not now.
31:28Take the car, sir. Believe me, it's best.
31:32Yes, OK.
31:34I identify myself entirely with what the King is doing.
31:37I think we should thank God we have a King who cares about his people
31:41and is willing to show it.
31:43Every caring person knows a change is coming.
31:46The King is showing us the way.
31:48All we need to do now is to vote for what we know in our hearts to be right.
31:52A new start under a new government.
31:55John Stroud, speaking now.
31:58It's really very well managed.
32:01Rather too well managed.
32:03I think you should do something, Francis.
32:05I think so too. Corder?
32:07Accident of some sort.
32:09Riot. Explosion.
32:15Small bomb. Minor injuries. IRA code word.
32:18All the usual Provo hallmarks.
32:20We could lay that on at 90 minutes' notice.
32:23No, not this time.
32:25I was thinking more of something like a happening.
32:28Bit of street theatre. With a happy ending.
32:32And a moral, of course.
32:54Ladies and gentlemen, we'll shortly be arriving in Manchester,
32:57where His Majesty has an engagement at Moss Side.
33:00My colleague, Miss Carmichael, will be looking after you there.
33:04Before I bow out, though, there's something I'd like to say.
33:10I've been told that the King has decided
33:12that he's going to have a meeting with the Queen of England
33:15and that he's going to have a meeting with the Queen of England
33:18and that he's going to have a meeting with the Queen of England
33:22I have decided to resign today
33:24from my post as Press Secretary to the King.
33:28I think that some of you may have already guessed the reason.
33:32I'm a homosexual.
33:34I had hoped that my private life might remain just that,
33:38but that's no longer the case.
33:41In any case, I don't want to hide anything.
33:45So, there we are, chaps.
33:48Well, why resign? Why not carry on?
33:51Why should being gay be a bar to you doing your work?
33:54Yes, I know what you're saying and I thought hard about it, but...
33:58Well, it's not really odd, is it? Not really.
34:01I mean, I'm supposed to be a channel for news, not a target of gossip.
34:05Maybe one day it'll be possible.
34:08I hope so.
34:10Why did you hide it all this time, then?
34:12I didn't. It wasn't until my marriage broke up recently
34:15that I realised that was the path I wanted to take.
34:21That's all.
34:23No heroics.
34:25And no regrets either.
34:27And no more questions.
34:29And if you can't make something out of that,
34:31you're not the men and women I take you to.
34:46APPLAUSE
35:11Open up.
35:16And then Mr Patel.
35:18This way, Your Majesty.
35:22This is the community centre that the tenants built and run themselves.
35:26No, no, we change of plan.
35:29We're going this way. This way. Come on. Quick.
35:34Who are these people?
35:36I don't know. I thought they were with you.
35:42SCREAMING
35:46SCREAMING
35:58Don't panic. Don't panic. Calm down, everyone.
36:03Calm down. It's all over.
36:05Now, if you'd just like to make your way back to the coach,
36:08we'll be on our way.
36:10The King is quite safe.
36:13The Prime Minister today confirmed that he had personally authorised
36:17the presence of a selected squad from the Parachute Regiment,
36:20which had been secretly shadowing the royal tour throughout.
36:24He spoke to John Sarkey this afternoon.
36:26I'm just delighted that the whole incident passed off
36:29without any serious injury.
36:31And particularly delighted, of course, that His Majesty is safe and well.
36:35But this raises the question, does it not,
36:37whether the King was misguided in embarking on a meet-the-people tour
36:41without any of the usual security precautions?
36:43Heart of gold, but not safe to be let out on his own?
36:46Would that be a fair comment, Prime Minister?
36:48You might say that, Mr Sarkey. I couldn't possibly say that.
36:51I have far too much respect for His Majesty to say anything of the sort.
36:55And on the eve of the election,
36:57the polls are showing Francis Urquhart inching into the lead again.
37:01The latest opinion poll shows a clear majority for the Conservatives.
37:06PHONE RINGS
37:09Hello.
37:11We need to talk.
37:13Yes. Not on the phone.
37:15Can you come round, please?
37:17Do you remember the address? Yes.
37:19Don't say it. Just come.
37:21I'll be there.
37:26I wanted you to know I've made my mind up.
37:29I'm taking the tape to the police.
37:32To the ordinary CID.
37:34They're quite straight at the moment, believe it or not.
37:37Not immediately,
37:39but as soon as the result of the election is beyond doubt.
37:42Well, it's quite hard to get down in history
37:45as the man who lost us the election, now, could I?
37:50So, we win the election, you force Urquhart's resignation.
37:56It's his job you want, isn't it?
37:58Yes, I want his job.
38:00I have my own ideas about the way this country should be governed.
38:04And you can be a part of them.
38:07I think you understand me.
38:10What do you want me to do?
38:12Nothing.
38:14Do nothing. Do nothing?
38:16Till the election.
38:18Tomorrow.
38:20Just one day.
38:23Just stay calm.
38:26Smile.
38:28Smile.
38:31And watch him come down.
38:59Yes?
39:04Yes.
39:08Well, perhaps you were right all along.
39:11Thank you, Cawdor.
39:15Frances?
39:19Frances?
39:23Frances?
39:25Frances?
39:31I'm sorry to disturb you,
39:33but we've had some very distressing news.
39:36Stamper?
39:38Stamper has a tape?
39:40A tape of what?
39:43Apparently, Matt Historian was recording the conversation
39:46on the roof terrace before you...
39:49before she fell.
39:56And Stamper acquired the tape
39:59and held it all this time.
40:02Waiting to use it against you.
40:05No, no, he wanted to serve me.
40:09I pushed him too far.
40:11I treated him with contempt because it pleased me,
40:14because that's the way it works.
40:17If I treated him better,
40:19I would be safe now.
40:21You can be safe still.
40:23He just told the girl. Why did he do that? Why?
40:26Why would he have told her, of all people?
40:29Because he wanted insurance.
40:31Because he wanted to hurt her.
40:33Because he doesn't care if she lives or dies. What does it matter?
40:36Listen to me.
40:38You can be safe still.
40:42Both of them?
40:45You must.
40:47You know you must.
40:50That lovely, intricate brain.
40:55You chose her, Elizabeth. You chose her for me.
40:58You must.
41:00I know it hurts,
41:02but the country's need is greater than their need.
41:09Yes.
41:15Can it be organised in time?
41:18Oh, yes.
41:20The means have always been in place.
41:24All that's required
41:26is to spring the trap.
41:31I am in blood
41:33steeped in so far.
41:39Have Cawdor come round at once.
41:41I'll give him his orders.
41:43Then we'll go down to the constituency.
41:49This way, please. This way.
41:51Ready?
41:53And it's gone.
42:02And now we're going live to Billericay.
42:05As returning officer for Billericay,
42:08I'm pleased to announce
42:10that you have been appointed
42:12to the position
42:14of Chief of Police.
42:16As returning officer for Billericay,
42:19I declare that the votes cast
42:21are as follows.
42:23Edgar Andrew.
42:25Conservative.
42:2741,642 votes.
42:32Helen Holmes.
42:34Labour.
42:3633,016 votes.
42:38Government holding with a decreased majority
42:41in line with the late swing predicted at the exit polls,
42:44which should see the government back in office
42:46with a small but workable majority.
42:48George Lionel Baberson.
42:50Conservative.
42:5122,732.
42:55Andrew Phillips.
42:57Liberal Democrat.
42:5819,420.
43:00And that's another game for the government,
43:02this time at the expense of the Liberal Democrats.
43:15And the news this morning,
43:17for those of you who haven't been up all night,
43:19is that Frances Arquette is back
43:21with a projected majority of 22 seats.
43:24John Stroud conceded defeat at 3 o'clock this morning.
43:28I did say I'd leave
43:30when I felt I'd learnt as much as I could from you.
43:33And you have, have you?
43:35I think so, yes.
43:37And what about me?
43:39Is my education over too?
43:41No, I think you still have a little more to learn after I've gone.
43:46Try to understand.
43:53Do you remember me saying
43:55that I wouldn't do anything to endanger my marriage?
43:58Yes.
44:00Well, I did. I nearly destroyed it.
44:03But not quite.
44:05No, not quite.
44:07I'm sorry, Frances.
44:09Do you care that much, Sarah?
44:11Yes. Yes, I do.
44:14Oddly enough.
44:16I never thought I could feel so much for anyone.
44:19Nor I.
44:24Nor I.
44:26After Matty.
44:30Oh, Sarah.
44:32Sarah.
44:34How many times...
44:36How many times...
44:41what we have...
44:47what we have had is unique.
44:52It is.
45:00Goodbye, Frances.
45:06Goodbye.
45:37PHONE RINGS
45:39Clary Carmichael?
45:41We haven't met. I'm Sarah Harding.
45:43Please listen. I think you're someone I can trust.
45:46And I think you know how to make things happen.
45:49Now, I've got something I want to give you.
45:51It could change everything.
45:55Thank you. Thank you all so very much.
45:58What about the king, Mr Urquhart?
46:00What's going to happen to the king, Mr Urquhart?
46:03Mr Urquhart!
46:05Mr Urquhart!
46:09And Mr Urquhart leaves for Buckingham Palace
46:12for what might be an interesting meeting.
46:14It's no secret that the king has become strongly identified
46:17in many people's minds with the opposition.
46:19And now his own future has become a matter for speculation.
46:31Congratulations, Mr Urquhart.
46:33Thank you, sir.
46:36I was expecting you might want to dispense with such niceties.
46:40Oh, by all means.
46:42I'm heartily sorry you're still Prime Minister,
46:44but I'm not in the least downhearted.
46:46The tide has turned against you,
46:47and I'm very glad to have played my part in that.
46:49I think you'll be out before the end of the year, Mr Urquhart,
46:52and Britain will be all the better for it.
46:54Your opinions, sir, are no longer of any interest to anyone but yourself.
46:58You have risked everything in opposing me,
47:01and you have lost.
47:03I have come here to demand your abdication from the throne.
47:11The people won't back you at it.
47:13I shan't need to consult them again, sir.
47:15They have re-elected me,
47:17and I cannot and I will not tolerate a monarch
47:19who is bitterly and publicly opposed to me.
47:22You must abdicate, sir.
47:24It is the only honourable course you must see that.
47:28Oh, well, I don't think you're in any position
47:30to speak of honourable courses.
47:35I'll continue to oppose you openly and publicly
47:38while I remain on the throne,
47:40and if I am forced to relinquish the throne,
47:42then I shall continue to fight you as a commoner.
47:45I shall welcome the opportunity,
47:47and I shall take very keen pleasure in defeating you in the polls.
47:50I wouldn't bet on it, sir.
47:52I'm afraid you won't be of much interest as a commoner.
47:56I doubt if anyone will be particularly interested
47:58in what you have to say.
48:00You have no constituency, you see, no power base.
48:04You represent nothing but one talentless and discredited family,
48:08and very soon you won't represent even that.
48:12You will represent nothing.
48:15You will mean nothing.
48:18You will be nothing.
48:22Well, we'll see.
48:26I spent my whole life preparing to be king.
48:31I feel no compunction, sir.
48:33You tried to destroy me.
48:35No, I didn't want to destroy a man.
48:38You wanted to destroy the monarchy.
48:40Not at all, sir.
48:42Don't you understand what I'm telling you?
48:45I have no wish to.
48:47It is you I want to destroy, not the monarchy.
48:52My family came south with James I.
48:55We were defenders of the English throne
48:58before your family was ever heard of.
49:00It is to preserve the ideal of a constitutional monarchy
49:04that I now demand your abdication.
49:14You're a monster, Hercule.
49:16You're a monster, Hercule.
49:21You might very well think that, sir.
49:24But your opinion doesn't count for very much now, does it?
49:29Good day, sir.
49:46Good day, sir.
50:17Call me Daddy.
50:20I love you, Daddy.
50:23Now, Maggie, can I trust you?
50:26You know you can.
50:28Maggie.
50:47Two of the Prime Minister's closest aides
50:49died today in separate terrorist atrocities.
50:52Mr Tim Stamper, the chairman of the Conservative Party,
50:55and Mrs Sarah Harding, the political and media consultant,
50:58were the victims of car bombs in central London.
51:01There were other casualties,
51:03and the police say that they were deliberately targeted.
51:06Special Branch confirmed that the attacks
51:08bore all the hallmarks of the provisional IRA.
51:17Well, what would you have?
51:19Britain must be governed,
51:21and you know who will do it best.
51:24If you will the end, you must will the means.
51:29These things happen all over the world.
51:33Believe me, it's all for the best.
51:39What's the matter?
51:41You do trust me, don't you?
51:46Of course you do.