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00:00Stay girl.
00:30All right, carry on Barnett.
00:45All things pass, nothing lasts forever.
00:48She was a good bitch.
00:49She had a good life.
00:52And there are some things one prefers to do oneself.
00:56Maybe that's a service one would quite like to be available on the national health.
01:00Or indeed compulsory.
01:02Well, compulsory for some.
01:06The young king there, under the watchful eye of the Prime Minister.
01:16His guide and mentor in so many ways.
01:19What a rigmarole.
01:21A full state funeral now.
01:24The woman simply hung around too long.
01:29Better a quick exit than clinging to the wreckage of a lost career.
01:34Some people seem to lack all sense of timing.
01:49The Prime Minister clearly moved at the passing of Britain's longest serving and first woman
01:55Prime Minister.
01:56Speaking earlier today, he said, a remarkable life and a remarkable and inspiring career.
02:04This is and will remain a momentous day in the history of our great country.
02:12Well what else could I say?
02:14Certainly not the truth.
02:15You'll be asking for a statue on Parliament Square next, a national memorial.
02:19I want to erase that woman from the public memory, Elizabeth.
02:23I want to wipe her off the board.
02:27I want to be remembered as the greatest Prime Minister since Winston Churchill.
02:30And you will be, Francis.
02:32I want to do something about Europe before I go.
02:35I've left my mark on England.
02:38I want to leave my mark on the world.
03:02Good afternoon, sir.
03:03Good afternoon.
03:04Ah, Prime Minister.
03:08Right, sir.
03:09This one first.
03:10Then this one and that.
03:11That's the Cyprus one.
03:12Right.
03:13Oh, I thought you might like to glance through the paper.
03:19Thank you, Barry.
03:20That's very thoughtful of you.
03:38People are so very unappreciative, aren't they?
03:56They seem to be incapable of understanding what I have done, what I may yet do for my
04:00country's good.
04:01All the burdens you've had to bear for their sake.
04:03They understand nothing.
04:05How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.
04:09Francis, this afternoon you said, before I go.
04:15You've never said that before.
04:16Haven't I?
04:17Well, we all have to go sooner or later, Elizabeth.
04:21Daddy.
04:25Daddy!
04:30But not yet.
04:33No, not yet.
04:36There are too many things I want to do first.
04:38I think it's time you considered your own needs, Francis.
04:40Not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you.
04:44We need a little pension plan.
04:47There's a man I'd like you to meet.
04:49His name is Nuresh.
04:51He's a Turkish Cypriot.
04:53He's given very generously to the party funds.
04:56He genuinely wants to help.
04:58I think he's one of us.
05:00Thank you, Elizabeth.
05:03How do you feel about me now?
05:06A force of nature, perhaps.
05:08I've been here so long now that love me or hate me,
05:11it's hard for you to imagine anyone else in my place.
05:15Isn't it?
05:18But there are some who, would you believe it, dream of little else.
05:22My honourable friends, of course.
05:24My loyal ministers, my cabinet.
05:28Tom Makepeace, Foreign Secretary.
05:30An honourable man.
05:33Bullock, Capstick, Ravenscourt, Sparrowhawk, Crow.
05:37All honourable men.
05:39Until they sniff out any weakness.
05:41And then the younger generation.
05:43Rayner, Polcutt, Wolfin.
05:46Best kept on the leash and muzzled.
05:48John Rayner in particular looks as if he'd worry sheep.
05:53This latest report does feature a number of cases
05:56where there do seem to be real grievances.
05:59And I think we need to pay special attention...
06:01I think it's time to ginger things up a bit.
06:03Remind them who's the leader of the pack.
06:05Select a scapegoat and enact token mounting.
06:08Who shall it be?
06:12Geoffrey?
06:14Little Geoffrey Wooser-Pitt?
06:17No, not Geoffrey.
06:19Not this time.
06:25Let's start with Betsy Bullock.
06:29...making sure that this situation can never arise again.
06:33We must make it clear we are not abandoning the elderly.
06:37Of course we're not abandoning the elderly.
06:39That's why we brought in age insurance.
06:41If they pay, they're OK.
06:43If not, well, there's no skin off our noses.
06:45Damage limitation again, Betsy?
06:47I'd rather see it as an opportunity
06:49to reaffirm some basic principles, Prime Minister.
06:52The basic principle in this case being the right to live forever.
06:55In perfect health, at the expense of the taxpayer.
06:58I thought politics was about making choices.
07:00Of course it's about making choices.
07:02And treating each other like human beings.
07:04We can't throw old people out of the hospital onto the road
07:06simply because they don't have the money for their medical treatment.
07:09There has to be a safety net at the bottom line.
07:11It's unarguable.
07:13Nothing's unarguable, Tom.
07:15Nothing's unthinkable.
07:17There are too many old people in this country.
07:19It's a problem.
07:21Let's not shy away from it.
07:23What are you suggesting, John? Euthanasia at 65?
07:25Of course not, Prime Minister.
07:28I'm very relieved to hear it.
07:30I saw beggars on the street yesterday, Betsy.
07:32I thought the Vagrancy Act had cleared
07:34that public nuisance off our streets for good.
07:36I'm afraid there are still some problems, Prime Minister.
07:38I didn't want to hear any more about your problems
07:40or listen to any more of your excuses.
07:42I had hoped that in this area, as in others,
07:45we might have been able to grasp the nettle
07:47and challenge the culture of dependency.
07:49I have to tell you, I'm very disappointed, Betsy.
07:52Prime Minister, if you're suggesting
07:54we abandon the last remaining safeguards in our system,
07:57we'll be the pariahs of Europe.
07:59I'm absolutely serious.
08:01More than one way of being European, Tom.
08:03Thank you.
08:05Thank you all very much.
08:07We'll talk soon, Betsy.
08:17Betsy?
08:21He's such a bastard.
08:23I know.
08:26He's given him what he wanted.
08:28He just likes playing games, that's all.
08:30Your turn today, someone else's tomorrow.
08:32You'll be back on the mantelpiece, Betsy.
08:34Trust me.
08:36You're a good friend, Geoffrey.
08:38Well, I should think so, too.
08:40And if at any time you felt inclined
08:42for something a little bit closer than that,
08:45well, you know how much I've fancied you all these years.
08:49Geoffrey Boozabit.
08:51You're an impossible man.
08:53No, no.
08:56Quite feasible.
08:58Quite feasible in every way.
09:00Believe me.
09:10Come in, Geoffrey.
09:14Prime Minister.
09:16How's poor Betsy taking it?
09:18Poor Betsy is quite upset.
09:20She called you a bastard.
09:22I've been called worse.
09:25I thought you were on Makepeace, wasn't it?
09:27Flushing them out of cover into open ground, yes.
09:29Each of them sees himself as leadership material.
09:31But you don't.
09:33No, I don't.
09:35Rayner doesn't have the intellect.
09:37Makepeace doesn't have the guts.
09:39Well, having so little of either myself,
09:41it isn't for me to comment, is it?
09:43I do think there are a couple of sanctimonious shits, though.
09:45Yes.
09:47Look, just put the word about discreetly, would you?
09:49The PM is contemplating a cabinet reshuffle.
09:51Not a wholesale purge, just two or three key posts.
09:54Absolutely no question of giving up the leadership in the near future.
09:56Right.
09:58It might be time to put a bit of stick about.
10:02Order.
10:04Order.
10:06Mr. Graham Glass.
10:08Will the Prime Minister tell us
10:10the latest unemployment figures
10:12for manufacturing in England and Wales?
10:14Yes.
10:17I put them on your desk this morning, Prime Minister.
10:27I thank the Honourable Gentleman
10:29for giving me this opportunity
10:31of confirming that the unemployment figures
10:33are down again this month.
10:35A complete vindication
10:37of this Government's
10:39unwavering commitment
10:41to the people.
10:43I thank the Honourable Gentleman
10:45for giving me this opportunity
10:47of confirming
10:49a complete vindication
10:51of this Government's economic policies.
10:53Yes, but what are the actual figures?
10:55Does he know what they are?
10:57Order.
10:59He doesn't know.
11:01He doesn't know.
11:03He doesn't care.
11:05Order.
11:07Order.
11:09He doesn't know.
11:11He doesn't know.
11:14The total unemployment
11:16is 1,875,403.
11:18That's as of the first of this month, of course.
11:24Time's up.
11:26Statement from the Prime Minister.
11:30Next month,
11:32the Greek and Turkish Presidents of Cyprus
11:34will meet here in Britain
11:36to sign the peace settlement
11:38that has eluded all parties
11:40for over a generation.
11:43This peace settlement
11:45has been made available
11:47through the initiatives
11:49your Prime Minister
11:51was able to set in motion
11:53and follow through
11:55in some of the toughest
11:57and most intricate negotiations
11:59in recent years.
12:01And thanks is due to,
12:03I think,
12:05to my right Honourable Friend
12:07the Secretary of State
12:09for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
12:12Cyprus has a particular significance for me
12:14if the House will permit me
12:16to be personal for a moment.
12:18I spent three crucial years
12:20on that beautiful island
12:22at a very troubled time.
12:24It would hardly be an exaggeration
12:26to say that I grew up there.
12:42Right Honourable and Honourable Members
12:44will forgive me this once, I hope,
12:46if I find it a little difficult
12:48to concentrate
12:50on trivial domestic squabbles today.
12:54There is a world elsewhere
12:56and I am very proud
12:58to have helped
13:00to change that world
13:02for good and forever.
13:05Cheers
13:13Not one of your better days, Barry.
13:15I'm sure I put the file on your desk
13:17this morning, Francis. It must have slipped your mind.
13:21Anyway, you gave them the figures.
13:23That was brilliant. How did you do that?
13:25I made them up, of course. What do you think?
13:27But I'd prefer not to live quite so dangerously
13:29in future.
13:31Brilliant, have you? Awesome.
13:34Claire!
13:36How are you? Did you enjoy that?
13:38I thought it was an outrageous performance
13:40in every possible sense. Tom Maitlis must be furious
13:42and quite rightly so.
13:44He puts on one hell of a good show, though.
13:46He can still do it.
13:48Better than anyone. He's such a star.
13:50There was a moment when I thought he'd lost the plot.
13:52Then he stormed back. Was that real
13:54or just for effect?
13:56Never underestimate him, Claire.
13:58I never would, Geoffrey.
14:00Good. He's talent spawning at the moment.
14:03Let's have a look at your CV.
14:05Prime Minister!
14:07Ah, Tom. You didn't mind, I hope.
14:09Seemed like a good moment.
14:11You agreed I would make the statement to the House.
14:13Did I? My dear fellow, I'm so sorry.
14:15I haven't hurt your feelings, have I?
14:17I did mention your contribution.
14:19Donkey work. The ideas were mine.
14:21The initiatives were mine.
14:23I did 90% of the negotiations in bloody person, Francis.
14:25Don't you think this is rather too important
14:27an issue for wounded vanity, Tom?
14:29But I won't hold it against you.
14:32Good man. Good man.
14:34He is a good man, too.
14:36Very able, fairly honest,
14:38but a bit too ambitious for his own good.
14:40I suppose I shouldn't have roughed him up like that,
14:42but I'm afraid I just can't resist it.
14:46Well, enough of that.
14:48Can't fritter all our time away in Westminster.
14:50None of the real business of the world gets settled there.
15:02Oh, excellent.
15:04Jolly good shot.
15:06It's the turn of the wrist, you see, Mrs. Urquhart.
15:08I wouldn't have thought
15:10you'd be such an aficionado, Mr. Naresh.
15:12Oh, I adore cricket.
15:14You know, I adore everything English.
15:16Cricket at Lord's, Oxford, Lynebourne.
15:18Not enough valour for me.
15:20And English women, perhaps especially.
15:22England has the best women in the world.
15:24You're too kind.
15:26Thank you, Paula.
15:29Thank you, Paula.
15:31So sorry to keep you waiting.
15:33What's the score?
15:35206 for three, Prime Minister.
15:37Jolly good.
15:39Francis, this is Mr. Naresh,
15:41who's been so very generous with his donations to Party Fund.
15:43Mr. Naresh, I'm delighted to meet you at last.
15:45May I say how grateful I am?
15:47It is I who am grateful, Mr. Urquhart.
15:49You have created the climate
15:51in which a man of vision
15:53can express himself to the full.
15:55England is the best country in the world now
15:58for the merchant adventurer.
16:00I was just telling Mrs. Urquhart
16:02how at home I feel here, you know.
16:04I love what you're doing.
16:06I see it as a new Elizabethan age, you know.
16:08The splendour here, the squalor there.
16:10Life in all its rich complexity.
16:12Oh, lovely shot, sir.
16:14Well, thank you very much, Mr. Naresh.
16:16I've been telling Mr. Naresh
16:18about our dream, the Urquhart Trust.
16:20How we'd love to endow a chair
16:22at Oxford or Cambridge.
16:24Far beyond our personal means, of course.
16:26Nothing's impossible.
16:28But nothing will come of nothing, huh?
16:30Mr. Urquhart, I'd like to have a little talk
16:32with you about my native land.
16:34May we?
16:36Of course.
16:38Please.
16:42The Cyprus settlement.
16:44Historic, as you rightly say.
16:46Just a few loose ends to tie up.
16:48Principally the exact nature
16:50of the sea boundaries.
16:52Just a few fish, yes.
16:54What if they were oil?
16:56I understand the seismic survey
16:58failed to show up anything out of the ordinary.
17:00I have better information, Mr. Urquhart.
17:02It's very exciting.
17:04There is oil, a rich concentration of it,
17:06but only in one particular area.
17:08A company with which I'm associated
17:10did some drillings in that part,
17:12oh, some 30 years ago now.
17:14What we learned from that,
17:16combined with the findings of this recent seismic survey,
17:18you see one of those very rare
17:20and poignant business opportunities.
17:22Interestingly enough,
17:24it's on the disputed borderline.
17:26So you see,
17:28I'm in a position to be able to help you
17:30so that you can help both our countries.
17:32You are in a position, I believe,
17:34to be able to help me
17:36and help yourself.
17:38Go on.
17:40There's going to be an arbitration panel
17:42of five international judges.
17:44The Turkish side have nominated a Malaysian
17:46and an Egyptian.
17:48The Greek side have nominated a Frenchman and a Serb.
17:50Naturally, they'll split 50-50.
17:52But the chairman,
17:54with the casting vote,
17:56will be a British judge.
17:58Am I right?
18:00You are remarkably well informed,
18:02Mr. Newell.
18:04What can I say?
18:06Knowledge. It's the name of the game.
18:08If the oil fell into the Greek sector,
18:10they'll give the drilling rights
18:12to their friends, the French.
18:14But if it came into the Turkish sector,
18:16all sorts of good things become possible.
18:18For your country,
18:20for my country, for me,
18:22and for you.
18:24Everybody needs a little message.
18:26I'm afraid I couldn't countenance
18:28any irregularity.
18:30No, no, no, of course not.
18:32A judge must be absolutely incorruptible,
18:34absolutely impartial.
18:36But you may be able
18:38to advise on the appointment
18:40of the chairman of the panel.
18:42The selection should be
18:44made most carefully, I think.
18:46It will be,
18:48Mr. Newell.
18:50The Urquhart Trust
18:52sounds
18:54a very noble concept.
18:56It is a very noble concept, Mr. Newell.
18:58And one very close
19:00to my heart.
19:02It's your baby, am I right, Mrs. Urquhart?
19:04I'm afraid my husband is a little too busy
19:06to attend to the details.
19:08Yes, I think I understand.
19:10English understatement. Crazy about it.
19:12Tell me, Mrs. Urquhart,
19:14do you know Cyprus?
19:16No, I'm afraid I've never been there.
19:18A beautiful country, as your husband knows.
19:26I remember it very well.
19:28I'm expecting him now,
19:30but we're supposed to be going out
19:32quite soon.
19:34I'll certainly tell him.
19:36Oh, hold on.
19:38Here he is.
19:40God, what a day.
19:42Claire Carlson.
19:46Hello, Claire.
19:48How are you?
19:50I'm fine, thank you.
19:52How are you?
19:54I'm fine, thank you.
19:56Oh.
19:58Right. Hello?
20:00Oh, yes?
20:04No, I'd better see it myself.
20:06I'll come straight over.
20:08Right.
20:10Sorry.
20:12Tom?
20:14I'll be there. It won't take long.
20:16I'll meet you there.
20:18I won't be late.
20:20Fine. Well, off you go, then.
20:26Bye.
20:56Fuck.
21:26Oh.
21:32Oh, the smell.
21:34Amazing.
21:36I didn't think you'd come.
21:38Oh, I was desperate to see you.
21:40Be with you, that malevolent old man.
21:44I know.
21:46I know.
21:48Come on.
21:51How does he get away with it?
21:53Because we let him.
21:55Let him think he can do anything he likes.
21:57It's gone on too bloody long.
21:59He's got to go.
22:01And if he won't go gently, he'll have to be pushed.
22:03You could do it. I think you should do it.
22:11God, I want you so much.
22:14Come on, then.
22:16Have me.
22:18Claire Carlson.
22:20Member of a Box Hill.
22:22She's married to Bjorn Carlson.
22:24All that money.
22:26Very ambitious girly.
22:28Woman. Sorry.
22:30Woman.
22:32Tom make pieces seen to her bodily needs, is he?
22:34They're at it like rabbits, any chance they get.
22:36Really?
22:38Makes one feel exhausted to think about it.
22:40Oh. I don't know.
22:42As I say, I take very little interest,
22:44either professionally or personally,
22:46in politicians.
22:48But I gather several of your colleagues are rather rum-coved
22:50in that respect.
22:52Yourself not least, if I may put it that way,
22:54as an old friend and mentor, would you agree?
22:56Ah.
22:58Evening, Rayner.
23:00Evening, Wolfin.
23:02Evening, Sir Bruce.
23:04Nasty eyes that man's got.
23:06Still Sir Bruce.
23:08Can't take that away.
23:10You hear people saying there's not a lot of satisfaction
23:12in a knighthood, but I've noticed most of those people
23:14have got one themselves.
23:16Bet you'd like one, eh?
23:18Oh, I'd adore one. Absolute bliss.
23:20Sir Geoffrey Boozer Pitt.
23:22What a mouthful.
23:24It won't happen, though.
23:26Basically, I'm just a chorus boy.
23:28Now,
23:30what do you want?
23:32You want to go to the House of Lords, don't you?
23:34I should certainly be very honoured to serve my country in that capacity.
23:36Yes, Geoffrey.
23:38I'm not embarrassed to admit to that.
23:40Well, Bruce, you'll have to be much nicer to F.E.U.
23:42I'm extremely nice to him.
23:44My leading articles are tremendously warm
23:46and sympathetic to the chap.
23:48But when 70% of the electorate
23:50have had enough of him and say so,
23:52the nation's leading newspaper
23:54can't simply ignore it.
23:56Of course, it's time for him to go.
23:58You know it, I know it, everyone knows it.
24:00He knows it, doesn't he?
24:02He's won so many times, he thinks he's indestructible.
24:04And perhaps he is.
24:06No one is, Geoffrey.
24:08Look at what happened to Margaret.
24:12No one is indestructible.
24:20There's no hold-ups ahead.
24:22We should be back in London by night, sir.
24:24Hmm.
24:38Could you make sure your seatbelt's fastened, sir?
24:42Thank you.
24:46Yeah!
24:54Oh, my God!
24:56Let's have some fun.
25:12Ah!
25:18Bankers! Right!
25:20Who wants some?
25:26Shut up!
25:32Shit, I thought he had a gun.
25:34They were all armed.
25:36Self-defence.
25:38I take it you are up for this?
25:40Yeah. Yeah, absolutely, Gov.
25:42Right.
25:58Oh, God.
26:00Don't go yet.
26:04I shouldn't be here at all.
26:06I've got a launch party for a new book.
26:08I promise to be there.
26:12Come on, now.
26:14Get your knickers on.
26:16You've been missing all those little sausages on sticks.
26:24What is it?
26:26I hate this flat.
26:30Why?
26:32Because it's a company flat?
26:34Because it's his?
26:36You don't like my husband
26:38subsidising your sex life?
26:42It's a safe house.
26:44It's anonymous.
26:48Like what we do here
26:50isn't real.
27:00What we do here
27:02seems very real to me.
27:05What are you saying?
27:08Are you saying you want to stop this?
27:10No.
27:12Don't ever say that.
27:14People are desperate about you.
27:16Know that.
27:28You'd better have a good scrub down
27:30before you clock on.
27:35HE SNIFFS
27:51Horizon next.
27:53But now over to Sonia Stevens in the BBC newsroom.
27:56Reports are coming in of a shooting incident
27:58on the M14 motorway
28:00described as an assassination attempt
28:02on the Prime Minister.
28:04Tom?
28:06Mr Urquhart's official car was apparently
28:08rammed by another vehicle
28:10and forced off the road.
28:12We understand that Mr Urquhart
28:14sustained head injuries
28:16but that his life is not,
28:18repeat not, in danger.
28:20As soon as we have any more news
28:22we'll let you know.
28:24I'd better get up now.
28:26Not from here.
28:28Better go home.
28:30Yes.
28:36BEEPING
28:56GUN CLICKS
28:58GUNSHOT
29:10Mr Urquhart.
29:14Mr Urquhart.
29:16Welcome back.
29:18You're in hospital.
29:20You're OK. You're doing fine.
29:24I'm very glad to hear that.
29:29Oh, yes.
29:31I remember now.
29:35Thank you very much.
29:37I think this could be it, John.
29:39Shit. Shit, shit, shit.
29:41It's too bloody soon. We're not ready.
29:43Hello there. Heard the news.
29:45Shocking, isn't it? No comment.
29:47No comment?
29:49I'm sorry, Sir Bruce.
29:51Not too upset to focus properly.
29:54Deeply shocked.
29:56Gravely concerned, this kind of lawless behaviour.
29:59Happy to see it promptly dealt with.
30:02Our thoughts are with Francis Urquhart tonight.
30:05Praying for his speedy recovery.
30:07Yes, I'm sure they are.
30:09After all, you're not ready yet, are you?
30:12Thank you.
30:26I was doing my duty.
30:28I was carrying out orders.
30:30I have absolutely no misgivings.
30:32Nor did I have then.
30:34Francis?
30:36They were terrorists. Simple as that.
30:39The men in the van.
30:42What van?
30:45On the motorway.
30:47I had to shoot them, mopping up.
30:51There was an olive tree there.
30:54I remember the olive tree burning.
30:59Francis, I think you should rest.
31:02You're not really making much sense, to be frank.
31:09It all seems perfectly clear to me.
31:12Cyprus is back on the map.
31:15Cyprus is back on the agenda.
31:18We're going to make a little history, Elizabeth.
31:22Yes, my dear. We are.
31:26I think I will rest now.
31:29It was awfully good of you to come, Elizabeth.
31:40Mrs. Urquhart, there's a man outside who says his name's Sir Henry Ponsonby.
31:44Then he's probably telling the truth.
31:46Does he want to see my husband?
31:48I told him it's only the immediate family for the time being, but he wasn't happy.
31:52He says he's the cabinet secretary, whatever that is.
31:55He seems to think it gives him special rights.
31:57I'm quite sure he does. I'll have a word with him.
32:02And, nurse, my husband seems a little confused.
32:06I do think it's important that he speaks to no one until he's more himself.
32:09Don't worry, Mrs. Urquhart. I'll make sure he's not disturbed.
32:13Thank you.
32:20Elizabeth.
32:22I came as soon as I could. How is he?
32:24They say he's doing very well.
32:26Not up to seeing you, though, I'm afraid.
32:28Oh.
32:30What happened, Henry?
32:32I was on my way to the country when I got there.
32:34I was on my way to the country when I got the call. I've heard nothing yet.
32:39I say.
32:41I wonder if you'd mind waiting outside for a moment.
32:44Yes, I would.
32:46Ah.
32:47Excuse me.
32:55National Health Service Hospital, of course.
32:59Extraordinary places, aren't they?
33:01Well, actually, I've heard that a National Health Teaching Hospital
33:05is the only place to be if you've really got something wrong with you.
33:08Really?
33:09Oh.
33:10Must remember that.
33:14About this motorway thing.
33:16Yes.
33:18Well.
33:20It's not at all clear, but it does seem possible that it was a bit of a nonsense.
33:25Security a little overzealous in reading the rubric.
33:28You mean they shot three innocent motorists?
33:31Oh.
33:32Innocence, a tricky adjective, I tend to find.
33:35Apparently, these chaps weren't model citizens.
33:39Anyway, I gather Commander Corder has matters in hand.
33:42He's handling the internal investigation.
33:44Good.
33:45Yes, quite.
33:49Oh, the wizard's test for these things.
33:58He's going to be all right, then, Francis?
34:01Oh, yes, they say so.
34:03I'm glad to hear it.
34:05Tricky times.
34:08Look, Henry, this may seem brutally practical,
34:13but I've been thinking about what we'd do if something happened to Francis.
34:19Or if something didn't.
34:21Death or retirement, in short.
34:24What do you mean?
34:26Well, a Prime Minister's salary is laughably small,
34:31and a Prime Minister's pension must be practically negligible.
34:35And yet one notices that ex-Prime Ministers,
34:39how shall I put it,
34:41well, aren't actually short of the odd few million.
34:46Would it be naive of me to ask how this happens?
34:49It can't all come from writing one's memoirs, can it?
34:53Well, no, hardly that.
34:55I suppose it is rather assumed that the incumbent PM
34:58will make his or her private arrangements for a comfortable retirement.
35:02I mean, after all, the incumbent Prime Minister is usually
35:04in a uniquely advantageous position to make such arrangements.
35:08Of course, sometimes the PM may prefer to leave
35:10some of these arrangements to members of his or her family.
35:14I thought that was it.
35:18Well, do let me know if I can be of any help.
35:26I'd like to make it clear that I'm chairing this Cabinet meeting
35:29purely as Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.
35:33As I understand it, the Prime Minister is making a complete recovery.
35:37I'm sure we'd like to minute our warmest good wishes
35:39for his very speedy return.
35:42Hear, hear.
35:43And may I just say that I'm not sure
35:46that the Prime Minister is going to be able to make
35:48his or her private arrangements for a comfortable retirement.
35:51Hear, hear.
35:52And may I just say that I'm sure none of us
35:55could think of a better man to take his place.
35:59Temporarily, of course.
36:02All right, do we have any more information on the shooting incident?
36:05I've had an informal report from Commander Corder.
36:08The men were criminals and armed,
36:11but it wasn't a terrorist attack.
36:13Road rage, apparently.
36:15Bastards got more than they bargained for, bloody good show.
36:17In my view, Commander Corder should be the subject
36:20of any investigation, not the instigator.
36:22It's quite clear, surely, there should be a full inquiry.
36:25Oh, absolutely.
36:27But I've just told you what it'll say.
36:29You can ask the PM when he's better.
36:31I know he'd say the same.
36:32Hear, hear.
36:34Thank you, Home Secretary.
36:35Next business?
36:38Bunsen Bay and Makepeace and no one else.
36:41No one else?
36:42No one.
36:43Not even little Geoffrey Boozer Pitt.
36:45No one.
36:47We did say you weren't able to receive visitors.
36:49Nevertheless, they should have come.
36:51Mark of respect.
36:53I have perceived a most faint neglect of late.
36:56No matter.
36:58Heads will roll.
37:00That bloody little private secretary of mine for a start.
37:02Send him packing, get myself someone with a little bit of spark.
37:06That should be fun.
37:07I see you're feeling better.
37:08Yes, I am.
37:10Did I give you cause for concern?
37:12You did.
37:13An intimation of mortality, one might say.
37:15I was talking about Cyprus, wasn't I?
37:17Yes, you were.
37:19Frances, I think Mr. Naresh is right.
37:21I think we have a wonderful opportunity to do something for ourselves
37:24and something for our country as well.
37:27We should do business with Mr. Naresh.
37:29I think he's going to be a wonderful, necessary man.
37:31Yes, we'll see.
37:34Are you ready, Mr. Urquhart?
37:35Indeed I am.
37:36And please, wheel that thing away.
37:39Are you sure?
37:40Absolutely.
37:42Thank you so very much.
37:43You've been most kind.
37:44Elizabeth.
37:45Thank you.
37:46Goodbye, goodbye.
37:47Doctor, thank you so very much.
37:48Thank you.
37:49I'm not going to risk being photographed in a weak chair.
38:03What the hell is this, Barry?
38:05This is age-concerned, Prime Minister.
38:06We thought it was rather acute, I think.
38:09They brought me birthday cards, though.
38:11Very good of them, I'm sure.
38:12But I'm not terribly interested in birthdays.
38:14It's really awfully kind of you, but I've got rather a lot of work to do.
38:17Many happy returns, Prime Minister, on the occasion of your 65th birthday tomorrow.
38:24Welcome from all of us to the third age.
38:29Thank you.
38:30Happy birthday to you.
38:32Happy birthday to you.
38:35Happy birthday, dear Prime Minister.
38:39Happy birthday to you.
38:43Thank you, thank you so very much.
38:45Thank you so very much.
38:55So, you thought that was a cute idea, didn't you, Barry?
38:58Well, I have to say the original thought came from one of the girls in the office.
39:01I see, it did, did it? Not from the opposition, then.
39:03Good God, Barry, you have become a liability of late.
39:05Have you seen the papers this morning?
39:07Lots of good coverage, sir.
39:08The update on the shooting, the birthday celebration...
39:10Prime Minister, time to F-O-F-U.
39:12And no fewer than three profiles of Tom Makepeace, the man most likely to succeed.
39:16You call that good coverage, do you?
39:18I don't think we should be over-sensitive, Prime Minister.
39:20It's all very warm, good, humid stuff, I'd say.
39:22Would you indeed. Would you indeed.
39:26Can't work bloody miracles.
39:36And in his feeble way, the man is right.
39:39He can't work bloody miracles.
39:41Nor can I turn the clock back, or halt time, or undo what is done.
39:46But I can bloody well go on, as long as I have strength and will.
39:51I can do everything I need to do.
39:56Come in, Geoffrey.
39:57Is this all right? F-U?
40:00They said you were asking for me.
40:02Yes, of course it's all right, Geoffrey.
40:04And how's your poor head?
40:06Apparently I'm mending very well.
40:08Well, it's actually rather painful. Pain is tiring, isn't it?
40:12Well, at least it hasn't spoiled your good looks.
40:14Mind you, a small scar on the temple can be quite distinguished.
40:21Makepeace chaired the cabinet, did he?
40:24What was he like?
40:25Oh, very statesmanlike. Frightfully responsible.
40:28I tried to tempt him into a little aria, but it was no go.
40:31Everyone was coming on like little goody-two-shoes.
40:33Everyone kept saying, I'm sure that's what he would have wanted.
40:37That's funny, isn't it?
40:38How they all know that what you would have wanted happens to be exactly what they want.
40:42If you see what I mean.
40:44They have no idea what I want, or what I can still do.
40:53I've decided to appoint a new Parliamentary Private Secretary, Geoffrey.
40:57Excellent idea.
40:58Poor Barry Crumbs has been neither use nor ornament for quite some time, has he?
41:03God knows where he gets his hair done.
41:06Uh, I have a thought or two, if you haven't already made up your mind.
41:11You have? Good.
41:12It's your birthday party tomorrow, isn't it?
41:15I can't say I'm anticipating it with any enthusiasm, Geoffrey.
41:18It's another reminder of increasing age.
41:20Oh, bollocks to that.
41:22A man is as young as he feels, and you know it.
41:26You can still see any of them off.
41:28Look at the fear in their eyes.
41:30You're still the biggest swinging dick in Westminster, if you, no question.
41:35If one's allowed to put it that way.
41:54Colonel and Mrs. Bowman.
41:56Colonel, nice to see you again.
41:58Like the sodding Sun King, Wolf.
42:00I wonder how long he thinks he's got.
42:03Longer the better for us.
42:05Let make peace flower and fade a bit.
42:11Evening, Tom.
42:12Hello, there. How are you?
42:16What a limp prick that man is.
42:18Hello, Sarah. I was hoping you'd be here.
42:21Lovely.
42:22He is just lovely, isn't he?
42:24Yes.
42:25Isn't he wonderful?
42:26Yes, we are. Absolutely.
42:28Good evening, sir. How are you?
42:29I'm very much better, thank you.
42:31Mr. Naresh, how nice to see you.
42:32Would you excuse me, please?
42:34It's so good of you to visit us again. I know how busy it must be.
42:38For you, I'd drop everything, Mrs. Urquhart.
42:41A very glittering occasion. Very nice.
42:43And you yourself, Mrs. Urquhart, drop dead gorgeous.
42:46Thank you very much.
42:48Tell me, isn't that Sir Clive Watling, the border arbitration chairman
42:52on whom so many of our hopes and dreams depend?
42:55I do believe it is.
42:56I should like so much to meet him.
42:58I don't think that's a very good idea.
43:00I want to keep you all for myself.
43:02I'm delighted you could make it, Sir Clive.
43:04I've wanted to meet you for so long.
43:06Far and away the best international jurist in Europe.
43:09I hear it everywhere.
43:11You must be very much in demand.
43:13I am pretty busy at the moment, yes.
43:15And now, of course, this Cyprus business.
43:17Let's go over there for a moment, shall we?
43:19Come along, Henry.
43:23I need hardly say how delighted I am
43:25that a British judge has been chosen to chair the panel.
43:27I just wanted to be sure you were quite happy with everything.
43:30Your fellow judges on the panel, for example.
43:32Broadly speaking.
43:34Saladier will be difficult, no doubt.
43:36Yours is.
43:37Oh, you can be as rough as you like with Saladier, Clive.
43:40We'd have absolutely no problem with that.
43:42We're not too keen on the French at the moment.
43:46I see.
43:47It goes without saying that this is an exceptionally prestigious task.
43:51Whoever does this and gets it right
43:53goes straight into the history books
43:55with the peerage and the usual box of tricks.
43:57Um, Mr Urquhart...
43:59I know you're not interested in baubles, nor am I.
44:02But in this case, you may just have to submit with a good grace.
44:08You spoke of getting it right.
44:12You do understand the limits.
44:14There is a distinction between international politics and international law.
44:19Of course.
44:20Which you will negotiate with your unrivalled acumen and wisdom.
44:25These sea boundaries may prove to be absolutely crucial.
44:32Yes.
44:33I see.
44:35Well, that all seems quite excellent to me.
44:39Let's join the party, shall we?
44:44You approve our choice?
44:47Utterly incorruptible.
44:49Absolutely impartial.
44:51He just can't stand Frenchmen.
44:53And who can blame him for that?
45:03A ravishing young man.
45:05He's never here.
45:07You know that, don't you?
45:09Of course you do.
45:11He used to help out with your research in foreign affairs.
45:15Is that her husband?
45:17Yes.
45:18Bjorn Carlson.
45:20Someone told me that man's worth 200 million.
45:23Can that be right?
45:25He's got all that money, and he still can't keep his wife on the straight and narrow.
45:29Have you heard anything about that, Tom?
45:32No.
45:33No, I haven't.
45:34Shags like a rattlesnake.
45:36That's what I heard.
45:38Ambitious with it, too.
45:40Mind you, I could be wrong.
45:42Excuse me, Geoffrey.
45:47That one...
45:49It's very different.
45:54Excuse me.
46:01Sarah, how lovely to see you.
46:03And you.
46:04How are the girls?
46:05Quite young ladies now.
46:07Be in touch.
46:09Prime Minister.
46:10Mrs Carlson.
46:11It's lovely of you to invite us. My husband's absolutely thrilled.
46:14We're very pleased that you were both able to come.
46:17He must be a very busy man.
46:19Yes, he is.
46:23Has Geoffrey Boozer-Pitt said anything to you about me?
46:26Geoffrey mentions you from time to time.
46:29I can't recall anything specific.
46:31He thinks very highly of you, as does everyone else, it seems.
46:36I understand you might be looking for a new PPS quite soon.
46:40Yes.
46:42And?
46:43Well, I'm sure this isn't the form, but...
46:45I'd like you to consider me for the job.
46:47I'd love to do it, and I think I'd do it very well.
46:51Well, Mrs Carlson, it's very kind of you to make yourself available.
46:56Will you let me think about this?
46:58I don't have to decide straight away.
47:01I'm sorry.
47:02I know it's very cheeky of me.
47:04Indeed it is.
47:05But let me reassure you, you've done yourself no harm by it.
47:11You will have to excuse me now.
47:13You will have to excuse me now.
47:16Yes, of course.
47:19Thank you for listening.
47:27No, no.
47:29Not this one.
47:32You might very well think that.
47:34I couldn't possibly comment.