• 4 months ago
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00:00You didn't need to do this.
00:10You didn't need to involve them.
00:12They're my sister's children, for God's sake.
00:16We need to make sure we have your full cooperation.
00:17What do you want me to do?
00:18Say goodbye.
00:19It won't even make it to the front page, ten grand, ten grand.
00:33Will she be smuggy?
00:34She shagged a footballer, for God's sake, she didn't find a cure for cancer.
00:38Two grand, non-negotiable, end of story.
00:41How do you want to do this?
00:55As painlessly as possible.
00:58But before we do that, I need something from you.
01:10Shall we?
01:16Hello?
01:21Hello?
01:27Hello?
01:33Clive?
01:48Clive?
02:02Clive?
02:16Clive?
02:36Clive?
02:56Stop, stop, stop!
03:22Let's get out of here.
03:39...among these bright young things is your new field officer, Mr Carter,
03:42and your four additional desk officers, Miss Evershed,
03:45courtesy of the Home Secretary's timely recruitment drive.
03:48Shortlist this by tomorrow morning, please.
03:50We're getting first dibs ahead of the other sections.
03:53Six languages, a double first from Bristol, and hobbies include kitesurfing.
03:57Oh, cute too. Better brush up your CVs, boys.
04:00I thought that's why we had vetting consultants,
04:02so that we didn't have to go through the sordid details of each candidate.
04:04I like to know the sordid details of anyone I'm going to be working with intimately.
04:10Within professional boundaries, of course.
04:12Of course.
04:13These are the pick of the crop.
04:14They have the best scores in the interviews and in the psychometric tests,
04:18which our esteemed HR specialist...
04:20Deborah Langham.
04:21...will be with us on hand tomorrow to explain more clearly.
04:24She can start with the word psychometric.
04:26She'll be here in the morning.
04:27At 9am, actually.
04:29Which will give you plenty of time to sift through the dross
04:31to choose which are the most stellar candidates to join our illustrious brotherhood.
04:37What?
04:38No, I was just thinking a clique or circle might be more inclusive.
04:42Don't you think?
04:43No. I like brotherhood.
04:45Anyone else have a problem with my way of expressing myself today?
04:47Harry, you need to see this.
04:50Well, details are still sketchy,
04:52but what we do know is that Clive McTaggart,
04:54a former high-ranking member of the intelligence services,
04:57was found dead at his home this morning from an apparent suicide.
05:01Mr McTaggart's sister has confirmed that he had been fighting cancer for the past year
05:06and that the pain had become increasingly difficult to bear.
05:16Are you okay?
05:17Yes.
05:24How well did you know him?
05:26As well as anyone, I suppose.
05:28Which isn't saying very much.
05:30I'm sorry.
05:31No, it's fine.
05:32It's fine.
05:33It's fine.
05:34It's fine.
05:35It's fine.
05:36It's fine.
05:37It's fine.
05:38It's fine.
05:39It's fine.
05:40It's fine.
05:41It's fine.
05:42It's fine.
05:43It's fine.
05:44We worked together several times over the years,
05:47although he wasn't exactly the most gregarious man I ever met.
05:56He wasn't married?
05:57No.
05:58Probably considered himself married to the service.
06:01That's all right, then.
06:03I was worried he died alone and lonely.
06:10If you feel like you want to talk to someone...
06:15I don't have any plans later.
06:18You know.
06:21Thank you, Ruth, but I've got to return a few calls.
06:24Nothing like a sudden death to bring old friends out of the woodwork.
06:29The Falklands. It's got to be the Falklands.
06:32No, Moscow.
06:33He knew what Brezhnev's flunkies were up to before they did.
06:36No, no, you're both wrong.
06:37His finest hour was in recruiting yours truly.
06:40I knew he had to have a black mark somewhere.
06:42To have achieved all that and end up like you did.
06:45That's our luck.
06:46It's our luck.
06:47It's our luck.
06:48It's our luck.
06:49It's our luck.
06:50It's our luck.
06:51It's our luck.
06:52It's our luck.
06:53It's our luck.
06:54It's our luck.
06:55It's our luck.
06:56It's our luck.
06:57That's our lot in life, isn't it?
06:59To toil away in the darkness and keep our never-shrinking realm out of harm's way
07:03before withering away in some godforsaken cottage.
07:06I'm talking about his state of mind, his disappointment.
07:09We let him down.
07:11Times change, Harry.
07:13He fought a different kind of enemy.
07:14One that had a face.
07:16You ever get the feeling that the face you're looking for is staring back at you from the mirror?
07:19Hardly.
07:20Unless I've come back from some war-torn hellhole with the mother of all towns.
07:27Were you surprised when you heard he'd killed himself?
07:30I mean, I know bowel cancer can be extremely painful.
07:33Well, I think once the cancer had spread to his liver,
07:35he knew it was a matter of months, weeks even.
07:39You knew about that, right?
07:41Of course.
07:58No!
07:59No!
08:00No!
08:01No!
08:02No!
08:03Shh! Shh!
08:04Harry!
08:05Harry!
08:07What was that all about?
08:08What are you doing?
08:09I'm so sorry, Rufy. I didn't know who else to turn to.
08:11I'm in trouble.
08:13Why am I not surprised?
08:28PHONE RINGS
08:31If this isn't hugely important, I hope your passport's up to date.
08:34Harry, it's me. Ruth.
08:36Ruth?
08:37Yes.
08:38What time is it?
08:39Late. Look, I'm sorry to be calling you at this hour, but...
08:41Are you all right?
08:43Me? If I'm fine, thanks.
08:46Well, that's, er...
08:48That's good.
08:50Harry, I was just wondering if...
08:52I was just wondering if perhaps you could come over.
08:56Come over?
08:58Now?
08:59Well, yes.
09:01To your place?
09:03Yes.
09:04No.
09:05I mean, there's, um...
09:09What?
09:11There's someone I need you to meet.
09:14Oh.
09:16You're sure they were British?
09:18Well, put it this way, they weren't Al-Qaeda.
09:20I still don't understand what you were doing there in the first place.
09:23I mean, forgive my scepticism, but of all the reporters out there,
09:26why would Clive McTaggart call a reporter from a tabloid newspaper
09:29that has a, shall we say, less-than-exemplary reputation?
09:32Me or the tabloid?
09:37He knew I wouldn't back off the story.
09:39And exactly how did he know that?
09:41About ten years ago, I got wind of a story that he was involved in.
09:44The government didn't want it publicised.
09:47That was when we first met.
09:49It took a lot of convincing and conjoling to get me to kill him.
09:52But you did kill the story.
09:54Well, I liked the guy.
09:55Besides, it wasn't that great a story.
09:57And this way, he owed me one.
10:01Tell me what he told you.
10:03Exactly.
10:05Well, I just know something's going to happen.
10:08Also, Zulu Papa Uniform 371.
10:11Connecting it.
10:13Is it done?
10:15No, sir. He's not alone. He's with the spook.
10:17You need to hear this.
10:19He said he was getting more and more despondent
10:21about the way our political system has degenerated.
10:24The lies, the spin, Iraq, the whole politics of fear thing.
10:28Dirty bombs and all the other fantasies this government keeps coming up with
10:31to justify their existence,
10:33make themselves look like self-righteous heroes.
10:36He called it velvet fascism, I know.
10:40Although I doubt the people of Manhattan would necessarily agree.
10:43It's Harry Pearce.
10:45Oh, please. 9-11.
10:48The line between fear and complacency is a thin one.
10:51But fear's much better when it comes to getting votes, isn't it?
10:56Anyway, he decided to let the cat out of the bag.
10:59He told me he'd spent the last year writing a book.
11:02He said he thought the country could use an injection of hard truths.
11:05He told me he wasn't going to leave anything out.
11:07Regardless of the official sequencing.
11:09Well, that's what he wanted me for.
11:11Anything can come out if you're willing to take the flak, you know that.
11:14It's one of the marvels of the Internet.
11:16You know, once something's out there,
11:18it is out.
11:20Takes on a life of its own.
11:22Did he give it to you?
11:23That's what I went out there for.
11:24I don't bother. I'm sure that little bestseller's long gone by now.
11:27Must be backed up somewhere. Maybe he emailed it to his lawyer or two.
11:30Forget it. The target was from another age. He didn't even own a computer.
11:33He was strictly a pen and paper man.
11:39Oh, my Christ.
11:41There was something on the table right next to him, like a big notebook.
11:46Black, leather-bound.
11:48You can't stay here.
11:50Why not? I'm safe here. Nobody knows I'm here.
11:53It's out of the question. Tell me you're not carrying a phone.
11:55Yes, why?
11:56Give it to me.
12:01What are you doing?
12:02They could have tracked you to this house. How did you get here?
12:04We're losing our window of opportunity.
12:06I moved to the city.
12:07Then I got a tube here.
12:09My car is still at his house.
12:11So they already know who you are.
12:12Ruth, you can't stay here either.
12:15Adam can take you to a safe house.
12:17What do you want us to do, sir?
12:18What do you mean they already know who I am?
12:20Am I in danger?
12:21You're going to protect me?
12:23Sir.
12:24Stand down.
12:25Stand down and get out of there.
12:27Understood.
12:45I never expected something like this. Not from Clive.
13:15All misguided, stupid, ill-conceived things to do.
13:17I'll call you from the safe house.
13:18Yeah.
13:33I spoke to a friend of mine at Special Branch.
13:35The only car at the house was McTaggart's.
13:37Okay, we need to know who else knew about this book.
13:39Besides Hicks.
13:40Clive wasn't an idiot.
13:41This is not something he would have shared with anyone until it was ready.
13:43Hicks might have.
13:44Do you think he might have let others in on his little secret?
13:46No, I doubt it.
13:47If anyone knows the value of a great scoop, it's Gary.
13:49Look, the real question here is whether this is just the work of some lone black-opped psycho
13:52who doesn't want his skeletons uncovered.
13:54Or something bigger than that.
13:55Hicks said Clive told him.
13:56He wasn't going to leave anything out.
13:58Now, one line about a sexed-up intelligence reporter nearly brought the government down.
14:02We're not talking about one line here.
14:03This is a whole booksworth, straight from the horse's mouth.
14:06This is not about some lone spook wanting to stay out of the limelight.
14:09This could be a disaster for all of us.
14:11Especially now.
14:12I want the bastards who did this, even if they work in this very building.
14:15Now, use extreme caution and watch your backs.
14:18These people have access to the same toys we do.
14:25Um, no.
14:26Well, his face was different.
14:28Different size.
14:29No, his mouth was sort of different.
14:31Different how?
14:32Well, I only saw the guy for a few seconds.
14:34I didn't date him, for God's sake.
14:37Sorry.
14:39McTuckett's phone line looks clean, as far as I can tell.
14:42If it had a bug on it, it's been pulled.
14:44What about his mobile?
14:45That one's trickier.
14:46I can't tell you if it's had anything planted in it without seeing it.
14:49And given that I don't have access to it...
14:50There are other ways someone could have been listening in without tampering with the actual handset itself.
14:53GCHQ.
14:54Let me see what I can dig up.
14:56We've got a couple of faces to work with.
14:59Ruth's figuring out a way of running them through our intel database without raising too many flags.
15:03I ran a trace on Hicks' mobile.
15:05All the numbers that have been trying to contact him today are on his SIM card's memory.
15:08Except for this one.
15:09They've tried four times this morning.
15:11Have you got a name?
15:12Joanna Portman.
15:13It's registered to an address in Camden Town.
15:15She's not with any of our agencies and Hicks says he's never heard of her.
15:18We took a little uninvited tour inside her home computer.
15:21Whoever lives there has been busy googling our Mr Hicks.
15:23Look into it.
15:25Where are you going?
15:26I've got some cages to rattle.
15:27Harry.
15:30Are you sure that's a good idea?
15:31What if they tried talking him out of it?
15:33What if there was no other way?
15:34There's always another way.
15:35What if there wasn't?
15:36Clive McTaggart had more integrity than any man I've ever known.
15:39I can't let his murder go unanswered.
15:41I owe him that.
15:48Clive's death really got to you.
15:50I just hope I don't end up spending my twilight years in bitter disappointment.
15:54I didn't realise you were that close to him.
15:57We were the occasional drink, a meal, now and then at his club.
16:00Not that dreary place.
16:02He liked it.
16:03He said it was the one place he could trust not to bend with the wind.
16:06When he left, he told me he'd finally have time to read.
16:09And to write.
16:11He certainly had enough material to come out with a cracking novel.
16:15I think an autobiography was more what he had in mind.
16:17Well, that would have been a waste of time.
16:19He'd have to leave out all the juicy bits.
16:20Not necessarily.
16:21If he really wanted things to come out,
16:23we both know it's virtually impossible to suppress anything in this day and age.
16:27And Clive had nothing to lose.
16:29Well, I suppose if he was going to write a kill-and-tell book,
16:32he's done us all a huge favour by dying before finishing it.
16:40Roger Thornhill.
16:41Harry Grant. North by North West. His best role, I'd say.
16:44Now, use these from now on in case your old ones are compromised.
16:48You ready? Let's go.
16:54Ah, this is Deborah Langham, our recruitment consultant.
16:57Adam Carter.
16:58Fiona, I trust you've drawn up a shortlist of candidates?
17:01I'm afraid we're going to have to reschedule.
17:03Unless you can deal with it.
17:04Great, thanks.
17:09It's the one on the blue door.
17:11According to the one next door, there were two girls sharing it.
17:14Recent grads.
17:15It's my kind of stakeout.
17:20What?
17:21I love a man in uniform.
17:29I'm here to read the gas meter.
17:31No, no, it's no trouble at all. I'm happy to do it.
17:34OK. Thank you.
17:36Bye.
17:38What?
17:40Gas meter.
17:43It should only take a minute.
17:44OK. Come on in.
17:47All right, that takes care of the desk officers.
17:49What about the field officers' prospects?
17:53I wanted to get your input on the candidates first.
17:55You know, get a clearer understanding of the test results.
17:58See who you thought would be the best candidates for us.
18:01It's just, it's, um...
18:03It's far more sophisticated than we expected.
18:05All right. Let's have a look at what you've got.
18:08I'll be right back.
18:22Big night?
18:23Big night.
18:24Flatmate just landed a big job in the city.
18:27Lucky her.
18:28Is that what you do as well?
18:30Me? God, no.
18:31I mean, yeah, it pays really well, but there are funkier ways to earn a living.
18:35Yeah. Tell me about it.
18:38I didn't mean it like that.
18:40At least you're not cooped up in an office all day, right?
18:43And you get to see how messy people's houses are.
18:45Yeah, it's a charmed life.
18:47Whoa!
18:48Whoa!
18:54What do you do for a living?
18:55I'm a journalist.
18:56An aspiring journalist.
18:58I'm job hunting.
18:59Good luck.
19:00Thanks.
19:01I'm going to need it if people are going to return my calls.
19:05Everyone's too busy, right?
19:06Yeah, I guess so.
19:08Well, at least this time they didn't say,
19:10we'll keep your details on file.
19:12This is pretty serious stuff.
19:14Yeah?
19:15I can do gossipy too, whatever it takes.
19:17Don't say yourself short.
19:19You think?
19:20Yeah, there's plenty of other people who'd do that for you.
19:27I should get going.
19:30Um...
19:32This can sound really stupid, but, um...
19:36I get the feeling that there's a lot more to you than...
19:39Just reading the gas meter.
19:40Yeah.
19:42Sorry, I'm very nosy.
19:44I'd better go.
19:45Meter's running.
19:46Yeah, something like that.
19:54Waste of time.
19:56It's just a kid looking for a job as a journalist.
20:05Let's go and check out the tanks.
20:10I brought you some fresh coffee.
20:12Oh, thanks, darling.
20:14So, what's the news? Have they figured out who they are yet?
20:17Um, we're working on it.
20:19Well, that's it?
20:20That's it. Sorry.
20:23What are you doing?
20:24Oh, just getting busy, you know.
20:27Vital hands and all that.
20:28Mm.
20:30Can I have a look?
20:31No, it's just the usual rubbish.
20:39You're writing about what happened?
20:41Are you insane?
20:42Well, what else am I gonna do?
20:43You can't expect me to sit on a story like this.
20:45Oh, come on, Rufy. This is the story of a lifetime.
20:47A very short lifetime if you carry on like this.
20:49I'm safe here, aren't I?
20:50Of course you are, but I don't think writing about it is part of the deal.
20:53Well, why not? That is what I do.
20:54I can't use my phone.
20:55I'm not even allowed to call the office.
20:57I have to be escorted out of the roof to have a smoke.
20:59I am going nuts here.
21:01But if I write it, once it's out there, they can't hurt me anymore.
21:06Once it's out there?
21:07Just what story are you talking about exactly?
21:08You have no proof.
21:09You've got no other witnesses.
21:10Just think about it. It's nothing more than hearsay.
21:12Yeah, but, you know, once you get to the bottom of it,
21:14we'll have our proof, won't we?
21:18I'll get someone to drive you back to the safe house.
21:20You'll be more comfortable there.
21:34Gas stream. Could I help you?
21:36Yeah, hello.
21:37Someone was just here to read the meter,
21:39and it's now making this really weird ticking noise.
21:42I was hoping you could have him come back and take a look.
21:44His name's Roger Thornhill.
21:46I can have an engineer come by tomorrow morning between 8 and 1.
21:49Wouldn't it be easier to just have him come back now?
21:51He was just here. He's probably just a couple of houses down the road.
21:53I'm sorry, I can't interfere with Mr Thornhill's rounds.
21:55Will tomorrow morning be convenient?
21:59You know what? Forget it. It's fine. It's fine.
22:07It's fine.
22:27Malcolm.
22:28I just took a call from Joe Portman.
22:31It seems that Adam made quite an impression.
22:34I'll let him know.
22:36What?
22:40It seems you have a secret admirer.
23:06I'm sorry.
23:27Doesn't look like there are any mics.
23:29No hidden cameras.
23:31I've been keeping tabs on him, but I don't have any calling cards.
23:37I wouldn't be too sure about that.
23:49They had a fiber optic in there.
23:52That's not something they picked up at Argos.
24:06Sorry. I'm going to have to grab him from you.
24:37Thank you.
24:50That's one.
24:52No.
24:59Can I double check the number I have for him then?
25:01Every time I try ringing I get this weird tone like his line's been disconnected.
25:06I see. Well, how about if I come over and drop my articles off for him?
25:11This is crazy. Take me to the newsroom.
25:15If I don't write this story, somebody else is going to write it before me and that is not going to happen.
25:19So let's just call it a day and take me to the office.
25:21I can't do that. I have my orders.
25:23Not interested in your bloody orders. Just take me to the office.
25:32Mr Higgs!
25:37Higgs has done a run up.
25:54OK. Turn around while I lay off.
26:06Higgs!
26:36What do you think you're doing?
26:37I can't sit on this anymore. I need to write it. It's the only way to get them off my case.
26:41Is that what you think?
26:42Once it's out there, there's no point in them trying to shut me up, is there?
26:45Of course there is.
26:48It'll take them about ten seconds to wipe out your credibility.
26:51Then they'll have you sucking on the inside of a plastic bag just like McTaggart because you couldn't deal with a heartache.
27:00Come on.
27:06I'm sorry.
27:37Yeah, we've got him. It's under control.
27:40All right. See you at the safe house.
28:07Hi.
28:08It's going to sound stupid, but I need you to follow that car. The blue Peugeot.
28:12Look, my husband's in that car and I think he's cheating on me.
28:14I have to know the truth, please.
28:16I'll pay you extra.
28:36Thanks.
29:06Malcolm, any news?
29:07We've recovered some CCTV footage from the entrance gate of a house on the road near McTaggart's.
29:11The camera angle covers the main road.
29:13We got lucky. We've got Hicks's car heading there and 42 minutes later, his car on the way back.
29:18Can you make out who's driving it?
29:20Not really. We're working on enhancing it.
29:22There was another car following it closely.
29:24Blue Mercedes?
29:25Precisely. Like the one Hicks saw parked in McTaggart's drive.
29:29Can you make out the plates?
29:30No.
29:31Precisely. Like the one Hicks saw parked in McTaggart's drive.
29:35Can you make out the plates?
29:36Yep.
29:37X492YCY, but they're fakes.
29:40They've been cloned off some poor salt's fox all down in Devon.
29:43OK. Let me know if the enhancements work out, yeah?
29:46I take it we're not talking about boob jobs, are we?
29:48Hey, what a...
29:49Surprise? Coincidence, maybe?
29:51Actually, I was going to say, small world.
29:53So, read any good meters lately?
29:56Told you you were too good for your job.
30:01What do you mean?
30:02Don't be coy with me.
30:03I want to know why you were sniffing around my house posing as a meter reader,
30:06and I want to know why you whisked Gary Hicks away from his office...
30:08You've been following me.
30:09Look, I don't know what's going on, but whatever it is,
30:11I'm guessing it has something to do with some dirt that Hicks has dug up on someone,
30:14and I want the story.
30:17Who are you, really?
30:18All right.
30:22I work for a private security firm.
30:24And Hicks...
30:26Well, you know Hicks. He has a talent for digging up the muck.
30:29So you're like a bodyguard?
30:30Yeah. Hicks is working on a story at the moment.
30:32He's annoyed a few people,
30:34so we're just babysitting him until the threat passes.
30:36Cool.
30:38I still want the story.
30:42I'm not sure I want the story.
30:44I'm not sure I want the story.
30:47You're too late. Hicks has already written it.
30:49It'll be in the papers tomorrow.
30:52Sorry.
30:55You still did a great job sussing it out, though.
30:58I'll let him know.
30:59I imagine he'll pick up his phone after that.
31:02Look after yourself.
31:46I'm off.
31:47I take it your friend is behaving?
31:49Zaf's babysitting him. I think he's got things under control.
31:52How did you ever get mixed up with someone like Hicks?
31:55He wasn't always like that.
31:56He used to write the most brilliantly incisive pieces about just about anything.
32:00He wrote this piece about Kosovo.
32:02He cared.
32:03But then he realised people were more interested in finding out
32:06whose phone Goran Erikson was scrumping that week.
32:10Harry...
32:12Do you really think we should be doing this?
32:14What?
32:16These people, they're obviously willing to do whatever it takes to suppress it.
32:19Someone's got to draw the line somewhere.
32:21I understand that, and...
32:24I know Clive was your friend, and you can't let his murder go unanswered, but...
32:27It isn't just about Clive's murder.
32:30Or about the book.
32:34Hicks chose me.
32:35He showed up at my doorstep, and there's...
32:38nothing we can do about that.
32:42You can't really think that they can...
32:43You call me when you get to the safehouse.
32:47Right.
33:44Do you know who's taking over from you?
33:46Adam's coming back later.
33:49It's all for a worthy cause, though, right?
33:55I'm making some tea!
34:00Er...
34:02No, thanks, darling.
34:04Er...
34:06No, thanks, darling.
34:23OK, it's me. Listen to me, I've got a story.
34:25I can't tell you what it's about, but I promise you, it is huge.
34:28Just... Just...
34:29Just don't run the presses yet, OK?
34:31Give me someone I can dictate it to over the phone.
34:33I'll call you back as soon as I can.
34:45Call time?
34:46Zulu, Papi, Uniform 371.
34:48Connecting you.
34:49Have you found Hicks?
34:50Yes, sir.
34:52Well, then, take him out.
34:55There are enough people out there who'd love to see him dead.
34:58What about the officers?
34:59Do your best to avoid collateral damage, but make sure you get him.
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38:52Yeah?
38:53I thought you were going home.
39:01It's Friday night.
39:04It's not that I want to encourage this sort of behaviour, but...
39:10It'd probably save their lives.
39:14Guess, Hicks has to give me a job now.
39:18Come on, let's get you home.
39:21Wait.
39:24There's more.
39:26There's more.
39:32I put my phone in their car.
39:34Hicks is still alive.
39:37We had to abort.
39:40I'm getting rid of the car now.
39:42Using the signals from Miss Portman's phone,
39:44we were able to plot the killer's route to Burmancy,
39:46where we found the car,
39:47burned to a crisp, erasing any forensic clues as to their identity.
39:51But it wasn't a total loss.
39:53We looked for any other mobiles following the same trajectory
39:56and crossing the cells at the same time.
39:58Unfortunately, since virtually everyone carries a mobile these days,
40:01there were several others following the same routing,
40:03but we had something else to work with.
40:05We looked for a match with signals
40:08coming from the area around McTaggart's house
40:10at the time of the fake suicide.
40:11We found one match.
40:14These are the numbers called from that mobile.
40:16Whoever these guys were, they weren't big talkers.
40:18And the last one
40:20is the number called from the car
40:22after the attempted break-in at the safe house.
40:31A number I believe we are all too familiar with.
40:39Call sign.
40:41As you all know, without the recipient's call sign,
40:43there's no way of determining who they were actually calling.
40:50MEN'S ROOM
41:05You have two messages.
41:07Message one.
41:11Zulu Papa Uniform 3711...
41:15Just hang on!
41:16I must have hit speed dial by mistake when I was putting my phone in their car, and when
41:24I got home, I had a 20-minute traveller waiting for me.
41:35You always been like this.
41:36So, do I have to keep calling you Roger Thornhill, or are you going to tell me your real name?
41:43It's Nick.
41:44Nick Harding.
41:46You don't really work for a security company, do you?
41:48Not exactly, no.
41:53This is where you say goodbye and I never get to see you again.
41:56I'm afraid so.
42:04You were great.
42:05Just try not to share what happened with too many people, will you?
42:08My lips are sealed.
42:15Here's the transcript from Joanna Portman's answering machine.
42:22We've got the call sign.
42:36Call sign.
42:37Zulu Papa Uniform 371.
42:39Connecting you.
42:45Yes?
43:06It's wondering.
43:16Is he working alone, or is he just taking orders?
43:20There's only one way to find out.
43:40Zulu Papa Uniform 371.
43:43Just hang on.
43:46Hicks is still alive.
43:49We had to about to get hit.
43:53I know.
43:54But we can't now.
43:56You people at five really have this obsession with showing off how good you are at sneaking into other people's homes.
44:10Did you try to get him to change his mind?
44:12Do you know anyone who ever managed to talk Clive McTaggart out of anything?
44:15Did you try?
44:17Come on, Harry.
44:18He had no incentive to be reasonable. He was dying.
44:21The cancer had spread to his liver.
44:23You didn't even try, did you?
44:26So where does it stop?
44:28Clive, Hicks, my people, my team.
44:31Good God, Roy.
44:33What did Clive have on you that made you completely lose your mind?
44:36I'm flattered, Harry. Really.
44:38You think this is just about me? You think this is about saving my own arse?
44:42That's always been your problem, Harry, hasn't it? You've never been a team player.
44:46That's why you can never be part of the club.
44:49I don't want to be part of any team that sanctions killing off its own.
44:53Our job, Harry, yours and mine, is to neutralise anything or anyone that can undermine our country's security.
45:00Clive McTaggart was a clear and present danger.
45:03He may have been living in virtual exile, but he still knew the most intimate details of everything that was going on.
45:08His revelations would have been devastating.
45:10They would have weakened us at a time when we need to be strong.
45:13But he had to be stopped.
45:19You can still make things right.
45:21All it takes is one phone call.
45:27You want me to give you Hicks?
45:29He's got to go, Harry.
45:31I can do it with you or without you.
45:42I want Hicks, Harry. Make it happen.
45:57You're not part of the club. He actually said that.
46:00This complicates things a little. We don't know who they are or how many they are.
46:05Harry, this is getting out of hand. You need to tell the JIC.
46:09Thereby opening a can of worms which would lead straight to the front pages. We don't need that.
46:13Besides, one of them could be on the committee.
46:15What about Juliet? Her cage was rattled. It did the trick.
46:21If only we had the book.
46:25That one, I think.
46:27Think carefully. Your life may depend upon it.
46:32That one.
46:35What about the handwriting?
46:38It's suicide note.
46:42Is it enough? Plenty.
46:48Do it.
46:54Do it.
47:14I'd have preferred to have given Malcolm more time. We don't even know what the original looks like.
47:18And risk another close call like the other night.
47:20You're putting your life on the line based on nothing more than a guess.
47:23I'm going to be late.
47:29I want you to call off the dogs.
47:31What are you talking about?
47:33This.
47:36Where did you find this?
47:38I spoke to Roy Woodry. You were in on it. You had Clive killed because of this.
47:44Are you wired?
47:46No. It's just you and me.
47:49Roy found out about the book. He came to see me about it. We had to do something.
47:54He said he'd take care of it. I didn't know he'd go that far.
47:57But you and your little cabal were happy to see him get away with it.
48:01We've all got a job to do, Harry.
48:03Sometimes it's not a particularly pleasant one, but it has to be done.
48:07Clive was brilliant at what he did.
48:10But his job, his duty, to you, to me, to the whole country,
48:13was to take his secrets and any misgivings he had to the grave.
48:17Instead he chose to stab us in the back.
48:19We're better than that.
48:21You know what's going on out there. We're living in dangerous times.
48:24We're better than that.
48:26We should be.
48:28But sometimes we have no choice.
48:31I didn't want him killed.
48:33But I have no tolerance for weaklings who decide to cleanse their soul
48:37before they meet their maker with little regard for the mess they're going to leave behind them.
48:41What are you going to do with that?
48:43I'll hang on to it.
48:45I'll hang on to it.
48:47And you will take care of Roy.
48:49You'll find some dark rock for him to crawl under
48:51and you'll make sure his path never crosses mine again.
48:53Oh, come on, Harry.
48:54This is non-negotiable, Juliet.
48:56Fine.
48:57You'll make sure nothing like this ever happens again on your watch
48:59and you'll leave Hicks alone.
49:01Since when did you care about a maggot like that?
49:03You'll call off the dogs. This ends here, now, all of it.
49:06Unless you want to see this hit the presses.
49:08You wouldn't do that.
49:10Try me.
49:16You can't write this.
49:18I can't not write it.
49:20You can't write it now.
49:22If you do, I won't be in a position to help you again,
49:24and mark my words, you will need help.
49:26I thought MacTaggart was your friend.
49:28We're talking about losing a battle, not a war.
49:31This isn't over.
49:33And when the time comes, it just might be handy to have you around.
49:46Why not? Look at those eyes.
49:49Seven languages, Zeph. You can't argue with that.
49:52Plus, we'd have one less harassment suit to deal with.
49:54They all have pluses and minuses, but we have to make some decisions.
49:57What about you, Adam?
49:59Adam?
50:04As long as the betting doesn't flag anything too outrageous,
50:06the job's yours if you want it.
50:08You're kidding.
50:10Oh?
50:12Seriously?
50:14Seriously.
50:16It's not like a lifetime commitment or anything.
50:18No, you do it for as long as you want to.
50:20But you've got to want to.
50:25This is insane.
50:27Can you think of a funkier way to make a living?
50:43Oh.
51:05If you're reading this note, I'm probably already long gone,
51:08and not, I suspect, as a result of this dreadful illness.
51:11I'm afraid I'm going to have to burden you one last time with this.
51:16I only ask that you do with it as you see fit.
51:19Yours, Clive.