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00:00The Margaret Thatcher Memorial.
00:03Was there really no way of preventing it?
00:05It would seem not. It's all been paid for out of the Foundation.
00:09And the site was earmarked 15 years ago, apparently.
00:12For a time, there seemed some possibility of putting it up in Grantham,
00:17where no-one would have to look at it.
00:19Except the unfortunate inhabitants.
00:22Where is Grantham, anyway?
00:25No-one seems quite sure.
00:27Couldn't the Arts Council do something about it?
00:30You forget, my dear, we abolished the Arts Council a year ago.
00:33Of course. Department of National Heritage.
00:36No, not their pigeon, apparently.
00:38It seems the best we can hope for is to keep the scale of that thing down
00:42and perhaps plan a somewhat larger memorial of oneself to stand nearby.
00:46How is she to be represented?
00:48As the saviour of the Falklands, of course.
00:50A small war in a God-forsaken place.
00:53A small war, but very serendipitous.
00:56Lucky for some, but not for others.
00:58Well, isn't that the way with wars?
01:13A small war in Cyprus over 40 years ago.
01:16And now the Cyprus settlement will inscribe my name in history.
01:20And the Cyprus oilfields will provide my personal pension.
01:24If all our enterprises prosper.
01:26The Urquhart Trust.
01:28A very comfortable retirement plan for when the day comes.
01:31Not yet, of course. Lots more fun to be had before that.
01:35Statement from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
01:38Madam Speaker.
01:40It gives me the very greatest pleasure to announce
01:42that as from today, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Defence,
01:46I am raising the embargo on a large number of War Office documents
01:51well in advance of the 50-year rule.
01:54These documents date from the early 50s to 1956
01:57and contain a good deal of interesting material
02:00about events in Cyprus, Egypt and the Middle East generally.
02:04Freedom of information has always been one of the hallmarks
02:07of good democratic government.
02:09And I'd just like to say that I'm very happy
02:12to be able to add to its store today.
02:16Mr Joe Badger.
02:18If he's so keen on freedom of information,
02:21will he tell us how he got his knees brown
02:24and who paid for his last little trip to the Philippines?
02:31As I'm sure the Honourable Member knows,
02:34my essential fact-finding trip...
02:37My essential fact-finding trip was funded jointly
02:42by my department and the Filipino government
02:45in the interests of ethnically sensitive tourism.
02:51Fun without exploitation.
02:53Models of imaginative cooperation between the first and third world
02:57of economic and cultural benefit to all.
03:01Surely the Honourable Member doesn't begrudge me a little bit of a tan.
03:06And in the strict interests of open government
03:09and freedom of information,
03:11I'm prepared to inform the Honourable Member
03:14that I got a good deal more than my knees brown.
03:19And furthermore, furthermore,
03:22if he plays his cards right,
03:24he might be allowed to come along with me next time.
03:29Order!
03:30You might regret that.
03:33Not from what I've heard.
03:35Order! Order! Order!
03:51Mr Urquhart?
03:54Hello.
03:56Do we know each other?
03:58I believe you met my father once in Cyprus, 1956.
04:01I wrote to you about the war graves. You said you'd try and help.
04:04I did, did I? Well, then I shall. May I ask your name?
04:07Pasolidis. Maria Pasolidis.
04:09How do you do, Miss Pasolidis? Come and see me one day soon.
04:12Phone my secretary for an appointment.
04:14Thank you.
04:15Well, goodbye. For the present.
04:20It was him. We prove it now.
04:23Prove it for certain.
04:25Dad, it was over 40 years ago.
04:28How can you be so sure?
04:30I saw it happen.
04:32I was there, but I couldn't stop it.
04:35I saw him.
04:37Those eyes. Pale, pale eyes.
04:40But if you only saw him once...
04:42That was enough. It was the same man.
04:46I should have looked after my brothers better.
04:49You did your best, Dad.
04:51They were my little brothers.
04:54Nobody in the village said nothing to me.
04:57But you could see what everyone was thinking.
05:00I should have looked after his brothers.
05:03How could I stay in the village after that?
05:08Are you quite sure you want to find out?
05:11Yes.
05:13Yes.
05:15But when I know for certain it was that man,
05:19what can I do to punish him?
05:31Oh.
05:40Yes?
05:42Mr. Boozer Pitt would like a quick word with you, Prime Minister.
05:45Yes, all right.
05:49Come in, Geoffrey.
05:53F.U.?
05:55All right?
05:57Perfectly, thank you.
05:59That was a rather louche performance you gave us in the house this afternoon.
06:02Yeah, well, I suppose it was a bit end of the pier.
06:04The chap seemed to like it, though.
06:06Actually, I've had a bit of a shock since then.
06:09Rather an unpleasant phone call.
06:11Newspapers?
06:13Not yet. Look, Francis, I'm awfully sorry, but...
06:16I've got myself into a spot of bother.
06:18What is it this time, sex or money?
06:20A bit of both, I'm afraid.
06:22Let's have it done.
06:24A member of my local party is going to divorce his wife for adultery, citing me.
06:28Really? If I may say so, that's rather small beer for you.
06:31You might find yourself with a slight reselection problem, of course.
06:34He says he's going to resign from the party and take his story to the tabloids.
06:37There are details.
06:39Nothing too dreadful.
06:41It's a bit embarrassing, though.
06:45Oh, um, uniforms and so on.
06:48Doctors and nurses. Awfully harmless.
06:51But there are photographs.
06:53Geoffrey, Geoffrey.
06:55Well, you know me.
06:57Anything else?
06:59Uh, well...
07:01He says he's going to say that I tipped off his wife about some shares.
07:05Brindock's Chemicals.
07:07Ahead of the takeover?
07:09Well, yeah, obviously. Otherwise there wouldn't be much point in buying them, would there?
07:13You'd think he'd be grateful, wouldn't you?
07:17Francis?
07:19I want you to write me a letter of resignation,
07:21setting out the circumstances in full,
07:23and I want it here on my desk within the hour.
07:25Right.
07:27I thought you might possibly...
07:31Right.
07:33Please, Francis, couldn't you just...
07:37No, of course, you're right. I see that.
07:41Please, Francis, I couldn't bear it.
07:43Out there in the cold.
07:45Sign the letter, but don't date it.
07:47What's this wretched man's name?
07:49Tenant. Richard Porthouse Tenant.
07:51Francis, I need hardly say...
07:53Sit down and shut up.
07:57Get me a Richard Tenant,
07:59local chairman, Hampshire South East.
08:03Francis?
08:05You really are utterly contemptible, aren't you?
08:07Well, it wouldn't actually go that far.
08:09No background, no bottom,
08:11absolutely no informing principle
08:13but the will to survive,
08:15just a plump little bag of squirming appetites.
08:17Francis, I do think that's a wee bit harsh.
08:19Shut up.
08:21And you thought that you could endanger
08:23my government with impunity
08:25just because I've sometimes found your company amusing,
08:27just because I've sometimes smiled
08:29at your little jokes.
08:31I've been an utter fool.
08:33I am an utter fool.
08:35But you know, Francis, I've always been for you.
08:37You've been my guiding light,
08:39my hero, right from way back.
08:41Look into your heart, Francis.
08:43You know I'd do anything for you.
08:47Yes?
08:49Mr. Tenant, sir.
08:51Good. Put him on.
08:55Mr. Tenant, Francis Urquhart.
08:57Sorry to spring this on you
08:59but I wanted a confidential word.
09:01You know already, perhaps, that you've been put up
09:03for an honour for your public and political services.
09:05No?
09:07Well, now, look here.
09:09I think you deserve something a little better.
09:11A knighthood, in fact.
09:13Yes.
09:15Well, special people don't always realise
09:17quite how special they are.
09:19There's a waiting list, of course, about 18 months.
09:21And all this must remain
09:23utterly confidential till then.
09:25You do understand that? Good.
09:27But I shall be inviting you and
09:29Lady Tenant
09:31to Downing Street to dinner very soon.
09:33Yes.
09:35Now, one last thing.
09:37I'm sorry to have to ask you this
09:39but as this will be carrying
09:41my personal recommendation,
09:43the committee isn't likely to come across
09:45anything embarrassing in any way.
09:47Sadly, we've had one or two cases
09:49where honours have had to be withdrawn.
09:51Sign of the times, I'm afraid.
09:53Excellent.
09:55Goodbye then
09:57and my best regards to Lady Tenant.
09:59We'll be seeing you both very soon.
10:01Bye-bye.
10:05Francis,
10:07what can I say?
10:09I still want that letter, Geoffrey.
10:11I decide who comes and goes from my cabinet
10:13and when.
10:15Not the tabloids and certainly not some
10:17dreary little constituency chairman.
10:19All right, Geoffrey, off you go.
10:25Thank you, Francis, with all my heart.
10:27Yes, yes, yes.
10:31Oh, and Geoffrey,
10:33that was your knighthood I bought him off with.
10:41Oh, hello, Claire.
10:45You're looking gorgeous, as ever.
10:47Thank you, Geoffrey.
10:49How is he today?
10:51Oh, in cracking form.
10:53Ever better.
10:55And you're way low time.
11:01Yes?
11:03Claire?
11:07Do sit down.
11:09Do sit down.
11:11Thank you.
11:19Well?
11:21I just passed Geoffrey Boozer Pit
11:23on the stairs. Is he all right?
11:25He usually looks like the cat that got the cream, but...
11:27I think he just lost one of his nine lives.
11:33Why do you want to be
11:35my parliamentary private secretary?
11:37I think I could do
11:39the job well.
11:41I think I have the sort of cleverness you need.
11:43What sort of cleverness is that?
11:45The prime minister's
11:47PPS needs to be very well
11:49informed, but a lot of it
11:51comes down to instinct, being clever
11:53about people, screening out the
11:55self-seekers, oh, and lots more.
11:57You realise that my
11:59PPS is in effect a spare set of brains
12:01for me? You wouldn't be able to be seen
12:03to have any political views of your own,
12:05and all your talents and abilities
12:07would be entirely at my disposal.
12:09That's one of the attractions.
12:11I'm not driven by
12:13burning visions of a holy city.
12:15I just love
12:17politics, you know.
12:19I can't get enough of it.
12:21Good.
12:23Could I ask you something?
12:25Why did you appoint
12:27Barry Crumb to such a sensitive
12:29job, and why did you keep him on in it
12:31so long when it was clear he wasn't really up to it?
12:35As you're so clever about people,
12:37Clare, perhaps you'd like to suggest an answer.
12:39My guess
12:41is that you're extremely wary
12:43about trusting people.
12:45You prefer to appoint a fool to the job
12:47rather than risk appointing a knave.
12:49Very good.
12:51Very near the mark.
12:53So, um...
12:57What should I do this time?
12:59You know what
13:01I'm going to say.
13:03Appoint someone both clever and trustworthy.
13:05And trust her.
13:07Could I trust you,
13:09Clare?
13:11Yes, you could.
13:13I'd like to take a little more
13:15time to think about this.
13:17One last thing.
13:19Is there anything I should know about you
13:21that might affect my decision?
13:23Anything in your past life, any gaps
13:25in your CV, anything in your personal life?
13:27The kind of thing that
13:29if I found out about it later
13:31I might think,
13:33I wish I'd known about that when I appointed her.
13:37I've been having an affair
13:39with Tom Makepeace.
13:41Really?
13:43Thank you for sharing that with me, Clare.
13:45Well, I felt in all fairness
13:47you should know.
13:49You deserve absolute honesty from me.
13:51I said you could trust me,
13:53and you can.
13:55I think that being clever about people
13:57you took the gamble that I knew already.
13:59If I knew already and you lied about it
14:01you'd be utterly sunk.
14:03Coming clean would limit the damage at worst.
14:05But what
14:07if I didn't know?
14:09What if this were the first time
14:11I'd heard of it, and you've just
14:13blurted it out unnecessarily?
14:15Well, that was the gamble.
14:17That was the risk
14:19you had to take.
14:21At worst I'd think,
14:23this woman is a bit too open with herself.
14:25A bit too honest
14:27in politics.
14:29But she's awfully sweet.
14:33I don't want anyone to think of me as sweet.
14:35Or devious.
14:37Don't you?
14:41Did you know I was having an affair with Tom?
14:43Of course I knew.
14:45I should imagine half Westminster knows.
14:47It's the common gossip
14:49of the house.
14:51And you think I should engage you
14:53as my PPS and make you
14:55oblivious to all my thinking, all my decisions
14:57while you're conducting a liaison
14:59with a man who wants to chop me down
15:01and take my place.
15:03You're clearly still considering it seriously
15:05or we wouldn't be having this conversation.
15:07You're far too busy to get me up here
15:09simply to embarrass and humiliate me.
15:11That's very good, Clare.
15:13You're thinking of taking a gamble too.
15:15That I might betray him to you
15:17rather than you to him.
15:19And would you?
15:21There's surprisingly little to betray.
15:23He doesn't really want to chop you down, you know.
15:25He actually admires you very much.
15:27Oh, does he? Oh, that's awfully good of him.
15:29He wishes you valued him more highly.
15:31He feels misunderstood and unappreciated.
15:33Good God.
15:35He's soft in the middle, Francis.
15:37He's weak and sentimental. He's a loser.
15:39If it did come to a fight,
15:41you could take him any time.
15:43You could take any of them.
15:45That's why I want to be with you.
15:53But can I really trust her?
15:55Why, with so much at stake, should I feel this urge
15:57to put myself at risk?
15:59Why don't I just ditch the pair of them?
16:01Now.
16:03Unprofessional conduct.
16:05Palpable security risk.
16:07Selfish pursuit of private pleasure
16:09at the expense of the public good.
16:11And the whole smug, hypocritical,
16:13Times editorial slop-bucket
16:15of morality.
16:17Nothing simpler. Nothing safer.
16:19Two at a stroke.
16:21Finish.
16:23Right.
16:33Yes?
16:35Clare Carson, Francis Urquhart.
16:37Sorry to telephone you so late,
16:39but I thought you'd like to know.
16:41The job is yours.
16:43Now, that's absolutely confidential.
16:45Don't tell anyone else for the time being.
16:47No, of course not.
16:49Thank you.
16:51It's...
16:53Forgive me.
16:55It's rather a shock.
16:57I convinced myself I'd blown it.
16:59Yes, I rather surprised myself.
17:01Good night.
17:03Yes.
17:05Sometimes
17:07the safe thing's just too safe
17:09and sensible.
17:11Some games are just too interesting
17:13to resist.
17:16You haven't picked the best year
17:18for a record-keeping,
17:20certainly as far as Cyprus is concerned.
17:22October 1956 was Suez,
17:24and Cyprus turned into one big transit camp,
17:26whole regiments coming through.
17:28The last thing anyone worried about
17:30was keeping the paperwork up to date.
17:32You might be lucky, though.
17:34There. Trodos Mountains.
17:36There. Are you sure?
17:38I was there.
17:40We'd like to see this one, please.
17:427438. Report on security situation
17:44and IOKA resistance interception
17:46in the Trodos Mountains,
17:48April to October 1956.
17:50OK. Well, the search may take
17:52at least an hour.
17:54This stuff has never been digitally referenced.
17:56That's all right. We'll wait.
17:58I tell you what. Why don't you go and have a coffee?
18:00I'll give you a bleep if and when we come up with something.
18:02Thank you very much.
18:04Or mod cons. Coffee shop's that way.
18:06Actually, the coffee's a bit crap.
18:08They do lemon tea, though. That's quite good.
18:10I just thought I'd mention it.
18:12Cyprus and so on. Thanks.
18:14You're very welcome.
18:18How long have you got?
18:20About ten minutes.
18:22You didn't have to cook. I love to cook.
18:24I love to cook for you.
18:26This is about the only chance I get.
18:28I wish we had time
18:30for a bloody great blowout.
18:34There you go.
18:36What about you?
18:38I'm fine. Go on. Eat.
18:42Thank you.
18:50Look.
18:52This is a bit awkward.
18:54I think we ought to let this cool off for a while.
18:56What do you mean?
18:58People know about us.
19:00You mean besides Hillary?
19:02So I understand.
19:04From whom?
19:06Geoffrey Boozer Pitt hinted at it.
19:08How does he know?
19:10It doesn't matter. If he knows, everybody knows.
19:12Oh, hell.
19:14If he's telling people about us,
19:16it's best that it shouldn't be true.
19:18For the time being, at least.
19:20Or come out in the open.
19:22Let them do the worst they can.
19:24Tom, you know I'd never leave Bjorn.
19:26I told you that right from the start.
19:28And you'd never leave Hillary.
19:30I don't know.
19:32Might be the best thing for her.
19:34As well as me.
19:36There's something else.
19:38It's absolutely confidential.
19:40I haven't even told Bjorn.
19:42Come on. What is it?
19:44Francis Burkett has asked me to be his PPS.
19:46And you've accepted?
19:48Yes, of course.
19:50Don't look at me like that, Tom.
19:52I'm ambitious.
19:54He's offering me the fast lane to promotion.
19:56Is that all it is for you?
19:58I thought you had some principles.
20:00I thought you wanted to change things for the better.
20:02I do. I do.
20:04I just need to get myself a foothold.
20:06He's offering me the chance to make myself a power base.
20:08And when I've got it, I'll use it for good.
20:10I thought you said you loved me.
20:12I do.
20:14You said you couldn't imagine life without me.
20:16What do you mean, cool off?
20:18Tom, you're the best.
20:20The very best for me.
20:22You give pure gold.
20:26It's just that it's a bit...
20:30A bit bloody awkward at the moment, Tom.
20:32That's all.
20:34The information received,
20:36I arranged to meet my contact
20:38at the red rocks above Spillier Village.
20:40As I approached the meeting place,
20:42I was attacked by rifle fire.
20:44Bloody liar.
20:46There were certainly two, possibly three men.
20:48I took cover, returned fire,
20:50and succeeded in shooting
20:52both the terrorists dead.
20:54He murdered them in cold blood.
20:56My brothers.
20:58I was unable to identify the gunmen.
21:00They had no weapons.
21:02I was unable to identify the gunmen.
21:04They had nothing with them
21:06which could enable me to make the identification.
21:08I was alone and had to consider
21:10the very real risks of reprisal.
21:12Therefore buried the bodies at Map Reference.
21:14And there's no signature.
21:16It was him.
21:26This is a photocopy, isn't it?
21:28Yes.
21:30Probably. That would be at the Ministry of Defence, I'd say.
21:32They won't release the original
21:34till well after everyone's dead.
21:36It's to protect the identity of British personnel
21:38who may still be living.
21:40There's a lot of messy stuff goes on.
21:42They're keen not to upset people.
21:44Yeah. I bet they are.
21:46Update on the Cytrus talks, Tom.
21:48Well, Prime Minister,
21:50I thought you'd rather taken it off my hands.
21:52No, no, not at all.
21:54You do the hard work and I take the credit.
21:56I think we all know that.
21:58It's a government that works very well, I feel.
22:00Well, as it happens,
22:02I do keep in constant touch with both sides.
22:04And I do remain very optimistic.
22:06Dimitri Nicolaou and Yasser Younis
22:08are both exceptionally enlightened politicians,
22:10both prepared to bury decades of bitter strife,
22:12the Greeks particularly.
22:14It's been almost 25 years since the Turkish invasion.
22:16And a Greek Cypriot can look across a valley
22:18and see a Turk
22:20living in what he still regards as his house
22:22on his land.
22:24Nicolaou has to deal very tactfully
22:26with a very fierce nationalist opposition
22:28which is still simmering.
22:30I think a lot depends on the final details
22:32of the border demarcation.
22:34If that's seen by all sides as fair and equitable...
22:36First class British judge presiding?
22:38He'll make damn sure it is.
22:40I trust and pray that he will.
22:42This Cyprus settlement is very close to my heart.
22:44In more ways than one.
22:46Which reminds me,
22:48it's time to do a little priming
22:50of the pension plan.
22:56The Greek Cypriot
23:00The Greek Cypriot
23:02The Greek Cypriot
23:04The Greek Cypriot
23:06The Greek Cypriot
23:08The Greek Cypriot
23:10The Greek Cypriot
23:12The Greek Cypriot
23:14Now he is over there.
23:16Oh yes, I remember now.
23:18Rather a nice man, I thought.
23:20Rather a useful man, I hope.
23:22Be careful.
23:24Wise and utterly incorruptible.
23:26You go and chat to your new protégé.
23:28I can handle this.
23:32Good hunting.
23:38Hello.
23:40I'm Elizabeth Urquhart.
23:42We did meet briefly
23:44at a little-do-it mansion house
23:46but you probably meet so many people you won't remember me.
23:48Yes, of course I do. Clive Watley.
23:50Oh yes, of course.
23:52It's my turn.
23:54Now, you're the...
23:56Now don't tell me it's coming.
23:58You're the judge.
24:00The international judge.
24:02The most distinguished international judge in Europe,
24:04my husband tells me.
24:06Should I be frightened of you?
24:08Not unless I've actually done something wrong, I suppose.
24:10Exactly.
24:12So,
24:14what's it like?
24:16Are you actually doing any of it at the moment?
24:18Judging, I mean.
24:20It's a bit different about the law.
24:22I sort of picture you sitting in judgment
24:24over some frightful international criminal
24:26like that chap in Batman.
24:28But I suppose
24:30it's rather more cerebral than that.
24:32Occasionally, just like that.
24:34But more typically one's arbitrating
24:36in some international negotiation.
24:38Just now at Cyprus, finalising the sea boundaries,
24:40fishing rights and so on.
24:42Oh gosh, Cyprus.
24:44That must be a tricky one.
24:46Not especially.
24:48Well, not very large.
24:50There's a certain amount of ritual posturing to endure.
24:52The French are often
24:54particularly prone to that.
24:56And this case is no exception.
24:58And all that oil must complicate things too.
25:00What oil?
25:02There isn't any oil.
25:04Well, not in significant amounts.
25:06We had the most recent seismic surveys.
25:08No, oil's not part of the picture at all.
25:10No, but didn't the French have another survey done?
25:12All very hush-hush and commercially sensitive.
25:14I'm sure I heard something about it.
25:16Perhaps I wasn't supposed to.
25:18But apparently there's orders of the stuff.
25:20And if it goes to the Greek side,
25:22then the French have been promised
25:24the exploitation rights.
25:26Something like that.
25:28But wouldn't that make things
25:30terribly difficult for a French judge?
25:32You know, to remain impartial and so on.
25:36Yes, it would.
25:38It should.
25:40Oh, I do hope I haven't complicated things.
25:42You see, I was so sure you'd know all about it.
25:44I really have rather put my foot in it, haven't I?
25:46No, no, not at all.
25:48You see, I have to deal with the facts
25:50as they're presented to me in the court
25:52as evidence.
25:54And I shall.
25:56One or two things have just become very clear.
25:58Oh, I really am awful.
26:00Still a blurter after all these years.
26:02Oh, please do say you'll forgive me.
26:04Oh, yes, of course, of course.
26:06You won't, you know.
26:08I'd like to talk to you
26:10about Tom Makepeace, Clare.
26:12Yes, I thought you would.
26:14It's all right.
26:16Of course I'll stop seeing him.
26:18I was ready to end it in any case.
26:20It was getting difficult.
26:22Tom doesn't handle these things very well.
26:24And if, as you say,
26:26half Westminster knows about it...
26:28Um, I exaggerated.
26:30If I said that I would prefer it
26:32if you were to forgive me,
26:34I would.
26:36If I said that I would prefer it
26:38if you didn't cut off from him completely
26:40for the present,
26:42would that make life impossibly difficult for you?
26:44Not impossibly difficult, no.
26:46I haven't gone off him or anything.
26:48Not in the physical sense, at any rate.
26:50Quite the reverse, in fact.
26:52We're extraordinarily well attuned
26:54in that respect.
27:02You want me to spy on him?
27:04I want to know
27:06what he really wants.
27:08No one could be as selfless as he purports to be.
27:10What does he say when he's with you?
27:12Believe it or not, we don't talk about politics much.
27:14That's not what we're about.
27:16Don't waste my time, Clare.
27:18What does he say about me?
27:20The whole truth. Now.
27:22Well, he doesn't like you, of course,
27:24but I'm sure that's no surprise to you.
27:26He admires your ability, but he thinks
27:28you've used it to wrong and perverted ends.
27:30He thinks you're sacrificing our future
27:32for a policy in Europe that could lead to England's isolation.
27:34He thinks you're past it,
27:36in decline,
27:38too old to cut the mustard.
27:42Only one question remains.
27:44Is he going to challenge
27:46for the leadership, and if so, when?
27:48I don't know.
27:50Find out.
28:02Oh.
28:04Oh.
28:06Oh.
28:08Oh.
28:10Oh.
28:12Oh.
28:14Oh, you know,
28:16I really thought I'd lost you.
28:18Oh, God.
28:20I never thought
28:22I was
28:24not having you.
28:26Oh.
28:28It feels so good.
28:30Oh.
28:32Oh.
28:34Oh.
28:36Oh.
28:38So this is cooling off.
28:40I'm being sensible, isn't I?
28:42Don't love me.
28:44I couldn't feel it
28:46if I'm hooked on you.
28:52Oh, God.
28:54You're so lovely.
28:56You're so lovely.
28:58I'm so lucky.
29:02We are.
29:04Oh, we are lucky.
29:18Does he know about us?
29:20Oh.
29:22Oh.
29:24I really don't think I care.
29:26I'm sure he doesn't have much interest.
29:30He's so cold-blooded.
29:32He's like an old blizzard
29:34on a rock, those pale eyes
29:36flickering.
29:40I think he's
29:42quite scared of you, Tom.
29:46He's never shown me
29:48much sign of it.
29:50Far less dangerous to him inside the cabinet than outside.
29:52He'd love to
29:54sack you, but he's scared that if he did...
29:56Go for the party
29:58leadership?
30:00Everyone knows you could win
30:02the next election.
30:04You're far more popular in the country now than he is.
30:08You know what?
30:10Foreign secretary.
30:14That's all I ever wanted.
30:16But if he continues
30:18to interfere,
30:20if he undoes
30:22all those patient achievements,
30:26if he stops me doing my job,
30:30then I'll bloody well
30:32have his.
30:34His?
30:40And you might communicate that to him
30:42in that
30:44tactful way
30:46you BPSs cultivate.
30:52I'll try.
30:54Oh, Tom.
30:56I'm so glad you said that.
31:00I think you should challenge him,
31:02and the sooner the better for all of us.
31:06I really thought you'd gone over to his side.
31:10How could I do that?
31:12You're in my heart, Tom.
31:16You're in my bones.
31:34He'll take any shit
31:36you hand out so long as he can keep his job.
31:38That's the bottom line.
31:40What if I take his job away from him?
31:42That could be different. He might feel he had to fight you then.
31:44What should I do, Claire?
31:48Don't ask me that about Tom.
31:50Not after all we've had together.
31:52What would you do if you were in my place?
31:56Get rid of him.
32:10Elizabeth?
32:12Oh.
32:14Thank you.
32:20Forgive me, Francis.
32:22Hmm?
32:24Is what you're considering wise?
32:26I haven't made up my mind yet.
32:28I know you, Francis.
32:30Once something is in your mind, you might do it on a whim
32:32or in a flash of temper.
32:34All the more fun.
32:36Think, Francis. Remember Stamper.
32:38You underestimated Stamper,
32:40his capacity for malice, resentment, revenge.
32:42You thought he was your creature,
32:44but he turned against you.
32:46Ultimately, it was Stamper who underestimated me.
32:48But this case is entirely different, Elizabeth.
32:50Makepeace was never my creature.
32:52He's never been my friend.
32:54He's a disruptive influence,
32:56totally isolated in the Cabinet.
32:58Not in the Parliamentary Party, though,
33:00or in the country.
33:02If you humiliate him in the reshuffle,
33:04he'll feel bound to turn against you.
33:06He'll know where he is,
33:08and he'll feel bound to make supportive noises.
33:10In public, at any rate.
33:12Wait until he does something
33:14to make himself less popular,
33:16then you can be rid of him.
33:18Yes, that would be the sensible move, of course.
33:22One wonders if your new girl
33:24is giving you the best advice.
33:26She's not just telling you what you want to hear, I hope.
33:28One doesn't detect
33:30the tiniest trace of jealousy, does one?
33:32Hardly, Frances.
33:36A little peak, perhaps,
33:38because I didn't choose her for you.
33:40But overwhelmingly concerned
33:42for your welfare, your security.
33:44These final years
33:46should be a triumphant consolidation,
33:48not a desperate struggle.
33:50Oh, now, you're not suggesting
33:52that a contest between Makepeace and myself
33:54would be a desperate struggle?
33:56I'm twice the man that he is.
33:58I can take him any time I like.
34:00Of course you could.
34:02Of course you could.
34:04What thrillingly pugnacious language.
34:06But why put yourself
34:08to all that trouble?
34:10After all, it's not as if you had anything to prove.
34:14I think I'll go up, Frances.
34:18Well, I won't be very long.
34:22Of course she's right.
34:24I have nothing to prove,
34:26and I have nothing to fear.
34:28No one can threaten me now.
34:30No one is left who can threaten me now.
34:32Matty, gone.
34:34Stamper and Sarah, gone.
34:36Roger O'Neill, with his brave, terrified smile, gone.
34:38All gone.
34:42No one knows anything
34:44that could possibly damage me,
34:46except Corda and Elizabeth,
34:48and myself.
34:50So what do I have to fear?
34:54But fear itself.
34:56You're very privileged, you know.
34:58I don't know anyone else who's invited up here.
35:00I'm certainly still waiting for my invitation.
35:02You mean it's his own
35:04personal private roof garden?
35:06No, not quite. In theory, any MP
35:08can use it, but it's well known
35:10the Prime Minister likes to come up here when he needs to be alone
35:12to think something through,
35:14and doesn't welcome any intrusions.
35:16There's rather a tragic story attached to it.
35:18Apparently a young journalist
35:20he defended came up here and killed herself.
35:22Jumped off the roof. Awful.
35:24He saw it happen. Couldn't stop her.
35:26That was a long time ago, of course,
35:28before he became Prime Minister.
35:30But he still likes to go there.
35:32He's not like other people.
35:34You're in connection with him at Cyprus, isn't it?
35:36Yes. I'm trying to help my father find out about his brothers.
35:38They were killed there in 56.
35:40I'm sure he'd be glad to help you.
35:42He takes a very keen interest in anything to do with Cyprus.
35:44Prime Minister?
35:46Here's Miss Pasolides.
35:48Thank you, Clare.
35:50Thank you.
35:52Miss Pasolides.
35:54I hope you didn't mind all those stairs.
35:56No, not at all.
35:58What an extraordinary place this is.
36:00One likes to get away now and then,
36:02get above it all, if only in a literal sense.
36:04I like to imagine
36:06that the air is a little purer up here.
36:08I was born in the highlands of Scotland.
36:10There one could stand on a rock,
36:12see ten miles in any direction
36:14and not another living soul.
36:16Sometimes I think I was a complete fool
36:18to come into politics.
36:20But, well, here we are.
36:22I'm very grateful for this.
36:24Very surprised, too.
36:26I have to say I'm not one of your supporters.
36:28Well, I did rather guess something of the kind.
36:30And it's completely immaterial.
36:32It's my privilege to serve you,
36:34whether you voted for me or not.
36:36My privilege and my pleasure.
36:38I was going to say, whatever else
36:40you may have done or not done,
36:42the Cyprus settlement was a wonderful achievement.
36:44Thank you.
36:46It's one very close to my heart.
36:48I love Cyprus, the island, the people.
36:50I didn't always meet them
36:52in the happiest of circumstances, of course.
36:54Some of my memories of that place
36:56are rather painful to recall now.
37:00Did you go there as a national serviceman?
37:02Not quite.
37:04I took a short service commission,
37:06three years instead of two.
37:08Do you know, I was only 19 when I first went out there.
37:10Very naive, as you can imagine.
37:12Very idealistic, passionate
37:14about Greek culture and language.
37:16Do you speak Greek?
37:18It's a bit rusty now.
37:24That's very good.
37:26One or two bits stick in my mind.
37:28I suppose your job
37:30was gathering information on Ioca resistance,
37:32or were you actually involved in capturing them?
37:34Oh, no, nothing so dramatic, I assure you, Maria.
37:36Someone who spoke Greek as well as you do
37:38would have been very useful in the interrogation,
37:40I should have thought.
37:42No, no, no, I was lucky enough to miss all that kind of thing.
37:44Our problem...
37:46I don't know whether you'd be able to help.
37:48We're trying to locate my uncle's graves.
37:50They were killed in some sort of skirmish
37:52in the Trudos Mountains,
37:54above the village of Spilia.
37:56I see.
37:58We went to the public records office at Kew.
38:00We think we found a copy of the official report on the incident,
38:02but it was very brief,
38:04and the name of the officer in charge was blanked out.
38:06Yes, I see.
38:08The clerk at Kew said it's likely
38:10there will be a more detailed account on record,
38:12perhaps on a secret file at the Ministry of Defence.
38:14We don't want to stir up trouble.
38:18I just want to set my father's mind at rest.
38:20I understand entirely.
38:22So much unfinished business from that time.
38:24And later, in 1974,
38:26when the Turks invaded.
38:28That's when I lost my mother.
38:30So much blood.
38:32So much sorrow.
38:36Will you let me see what I can do, Maria?
38:38Yes, thank you.
38:40Thank you. You're very kind.
38:42It's the least I can do.
38:44I wish it could be more.
38:46Yes, I believe you. Thank you.
38:54I've just had a telephone call
38:56from Mr Naresh.
38:58The judges have decided on the sea boundaries.
39:00They split 50-50, as predicted.
39:02And Sir Clive has given
39:04his casting vote to the Turkish side.
39:06Excellent.
39:08Thanks in no small measure to you, my dear.
39:10To the future.
39:12To the Urquhart Trust.
39:14To our personal pension plan.
39:16Happy days.
39:22Sorry.
39:24Frighteningly sorry, Prime Minister.
39:26Was that a political point, Polcutt?
39:28Good God, no.
39:30A spasm of cramp, Prime Minister. Sorry.
39:32Spasm of cramp.
39:38Order.
39:40Questions to the Prime Minister.
39:42Mr Hugh Pugh.
39:46Does the Prime Minister have any thoughts
39:48to share with us
39:50on the eve of another crucial European summit,
39:52most particularly
39:54about when he'll do something practical
39:56to make Europe work efficiently?
39:58Yeah.
40:00For example,
40:02if he believes in a single market,
40:04as he says he does,
40:06will he continue to turn his back on a single currency?
40:08When is he going to put his money
40:10where his mouth is?
40:14The Honourable Gentleman makes an excellent point
40:16and I entirely agree with him.
40:18Of course, we all want to bring about
40:20an effective single market in Europe.
40:22I'm not sure that destroying
40:24the image of our young king on the coin of the realm,
40:26with all the disrespect
40:28to the monarchy that that implies,
40:30will bring utopia any closer,
40:32but there we are.
40:34The Honourable Gentleman believes it
40:36and who am I to argue him into common sense and sanity?
40:40Let me say this to him, however.
40:42It is my conviction that we can do
40:44most good for Europe
40:46by being resolutely British.
40:48By showing Europe
40:50the way to go,
40:52rather than trotting at Europe's heels.
40:54Europe has a great deal more to learn
40:56from the cradle of democracy
40:58than it has to teach us.
41:00And if the Honourable Gentleman doesn't believe that,
41:02perhaps he shouldn't be here at all.
41:04Perhaps he should be rustling sheep in the border country
41:06like his ancestors.
41:08Order! Order!
41:10Order!
41:12Prime Minister.
41:14If we want to build a really efficient
41:16single market,
41:18here is a proposal I fully intend to suggest
41:20to my fellow leaders at the summit.
41:24A single language for Europe.
41:26The waste of money involved
41:28in dealing in a multitude of languages
41:30must run into billions
41:32measured in whatever currency you will.
41:34Waste, confusion,
41:36misunderstanding.
41:38Clearly, we need to be able
41:40to speak with one voice.
41:42I suppose
41:44it's just one of those accidents of history
41:46that the only possible language
41:48is English.
42:00How was I?
42:12Francis, I've never seen anything like it.
42:14You were completely bloody impossible.
42:16Thank you.
42:18I meant to be. It pays to be completely
42:20impossible from time to time.
42:22Put a bit of stick about. Show them who's who and what's what.
42:24Just for badness, eh?
42:26You didn't mean any of that about a single language?
42:28It wouldn't be a bad idea at all.
42:30But, no, it was just a bit of mischief.
42:32It'll hold up all that single
42:34currency nonsense for a while
42:36and be worth a few percent in the opinion polls
42:38and it'll make some people very angry.
42:40Not bad for five minutes' work.
42:42All right.
42:44Let's be serious now.
42:46I'd like to run a few thoughts past you on the reshuffle.
42:48Who wins? Who loses?
42:50Who's in? Who's out?
42:52When and how we stick it to them, placing the leaks.
42:54I'd like you to liaise with Geoffrey on that.
42:58Hello, Tom.
43:00How's tricks?
43:06Francis, I must have a few quick words
43:08in private.
43:10No, I don't think that'll be necessary, Tom.
43:12My PPS is very discreet, as I'm sure you know.
43:16Look, I really think it would be better if I...
43:18Stay where you are, please, Claire.
43:20You have a job to do.
43:22I'm sorry about that, Tom.
43:24What was it you wanted exactly?
43:26What the hell do you think you were playing at just now?
43:28For the sake of a few cheap cracks,
43:30you seem prepared to put everything we've done in jeopardy.
43:32What are our European partners
43:34going to think of a performance like that?
43:36You make it impossible for me to do my job.
43:38I've built up relationships of trust
43:40over years, patiently and with skill,
43:42with serious professionals,
43:44respected international statesmen,
43:46and you throw it all away. What for?
43:48To get your picture on the front page of the Sun?
43:50You shouldn't take it all so seriously, Tom.
43:52And it's not all Queensberry rules in Europe, you know.
43:54Occasionally, one needs a bit of pepper
43:56on the gloves.
43:58No, that's not good enough, Francis.
44:00You can't go screwing around with foreign policy
44:02without having a courtesy to consult me first.
44:04Well, it would seem that I can.
44:06But in future, the problem won't arise.
44:08I have come to a very momentous decision, Tom,
44:10and I'm very glad
44:12that you're the first one to hear the news.
44:14You're resigning?
44:16No, Tom, you're resigning.
44:18As Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that is.
44:20I very much want to keep your talent in the government.
44:22But I think you've let yourself get a bit too influenced
44:24by all your exciting continental chums
44:26with their baccalaureates
44:28and their Mercedes.
44:30I thought you might like to take a stab at education.
44:32Some people might see that as a step down,
44:34but I think it would be
44:36right up your street.
44:38You could have nice, long chats with teachers
44:40about the meaning of life and Plato's Republic
44:42and all that kind of thing.
44:44I should imagine you would enjoy that, Tom.
44:48You bastard.
44:50Secretary of State for Education doesn't appeal, then?
44:52Did you think I'd accept that?
44:54No, I didn't, quite frankly, but I thought it was worth a try.
44:56It's that or nothing.
44:58Then I choose nothing.
45:00Up to you.
45:02Tom,
45:04you will put it in writing,
45:06won't you?
45:08You'll regret this, Francis.
45:10Well, now I wonder if I shall.
45:20Sorry.
45:38Sorry.
45:40Sorry for knocking the press about.
45:42It wasn't our fault this time.
45:44What did you think of that performance of his
45:46just now at question time?
45:48Honor of the record?
45:50Yes. I thought it was outrageous.
45:52The last straw, in fact.
45:54And I've just given him my resignation.
45:56Good one, Tom. One day, eh?
45:58You're not serious?
46:00Look, Dickie, can you get your chap together?
46:02Meet me in the lobby room, say, in about 15 minutes.
46:04I'll be making a statement and answering questions.
46:06Right.
46:08Tell him it'll be well worth it.
46:10Right.
46:18Thank you all
46:20for coming along
46:22at such short notice.
46:30This afternoon,
46:32I resigned from my position
46:34as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary
46:36and the Prime Minister accepted my resignation.
46:38I shall be making a full statement
46:40to the House next week.
46:42But briefly, the reason for my resignation
46:44is that areas of disagreement
46:46on policy,
46:48in particular government policy in Europe,
46:50have made it very difficult for this government
46:52to maintain a consistent position
46:54vis-à-vis our neighbours
46:56and have made it impossible for me
46:58to do my job as Foreign Secretary.
47:00A job I have aspired to
47:02throughout my career
47:04and which I relinquish with bitter regret.
47:06That's all.
47:08Are we to understand
47:10that you're not moving to another government post?
47:12That's right. I'm not.
47:14Were you offered another government post?
47:16Yes, I was.
47:18Which one?
47:20No comment.
47:22You sound quite bitter and angry about this, Tom.
47:24Would that be fair comment?
47:26Are you angry?
47:28Yes, I'm extremely bitterly disappointed.
47:30All right, I'm angry
47:32that I've been forced to take this extreme step
47:34and resign from a job I've loved doing.
47:36So what are your plans now?
47:38Go home and relax.
47:40Enjoy my first weekend in ten years
47:42and I'll be out of boxes.
47:44But in the longer term,
47:46as I say, I shall be making a full statement next week.
47:48Tom, it's no secret
47:50that your major areas of disagreement
47:52have been with the Prime Minister himself.
47:54You're on record as saying
47:56that some of his speeches have been irresponsible
47:58and embarrassing to our European neighbours.
48:00Would you say it's time for Francis Urquhart
48:02to step down now, hand over the reins to a younger man?
48:04That's really not for me to say.
48:06Oh, come on, Tom.
48:08Should he go?
48:10Well, in his own words,
48:12you might very well think that.
48:14I could not possibly comment.
48:16You bastard.
48:18Thomas Makepeace there,
48:20commenting on his shock resignation this afternoon
48:22from the post of Foreign Secretary.
48:24Bastard. He'll be dangling and twisting in the wind
48:26before I'm done with him.
48:28I did warn you, Francis.
48:30Still, what can he do? He's not a fighter.
48:32He's soft in the middle.
48:34He's a sentimental dreamer.
48:36I'm twice the man that he is.
48:38Of course you can, my dear.
48:40Of course you can.