House Of Cards S01 E12 - Chapter Twelve
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00:00Reports are coming in of serious civil unrest in Cyprus.
00:07Attacks on British villages, bars and restaurants.
00:10Riotous assembly, criminal damage and a fray.
00:13Apparently someone's leaked the news that there's been a massive oil strike in Watlingwater,
00:19just off the northern Cyprus coast.
00:23The Turks have got the lot, and the Greeks are playing very hell about it.
00:29A tragedy for the Cyprus settlement.
00:32And naturally, a chance to reassert our own superiority over the pretender make peace,
00:38and enhance our standing in the polls.
00:42Watch this.
00:44Can the Prime Minister deny that he has cynically manipulated the Cyprus settlement
00:48so that British and Turkish interests could acquire exploitation rights for offshore oil?
00:53Did he know of the presence of oil before the boundaries were negotiated?
00:57Was Sir Clyde Watling made aware of the presence of oil before he delivered his casting vote?
01:02And will the Prime Minister give us his assurance
01:04that neither he nor any member of his family has profited from these shabby dealings?
01:09Order! Order! Order!
01:14Prime Minister.
01:18I am amazed that any member of this house
01:22should choose this moment to raise these sleazy innuendos.
01:26When British property is at risk,
01:28when British lives are threatened,
01:30when the very stability of Europe is in danger.
01:34But I will give him his answer.
01:36No, there is no truth in the accusation.
01:39No, there was no manipulation of the border settlement.
01:43How could there be?
01:44What is he suggesting?
01:45That five distinguished international judges acted corruptly?
01:50If he is, then let him say so.
01:54Mr. Tom, make peace.
01:55Madam Speaker, of course I was not suggesting that the judges themselves acted corruptly.
01:59What I am questioning is whether they were adequately briefed about the oil deposits.
02:03Whether information was deliberately held back from them by this government
02:07in order to further British interests at the expense of the local Greek community.
02:11Exactly as I forecast in this house three weeks ago.
02:14Is it any wonder that they are protesting and demonstrating?
02:18Wouldn't you if you had been sold down the river?
02:20Isn't the Prime Minister able to comment on that?
02:33I have to inform the House that half an hour ago
02:36the British High Commissioner in Cyprus was attacked by an armed mob
02:40and the High Commissioner and a number of his staff
02:43are being held as hostages inside the building.
02:46The Right Honourable Gentleman might well reflect on the consequences
02:50that sometimes follow malicious rumour mongering.
02:53Perhaps he might now wish that he had remained silent
02:57instead of fanning the flames of riot and disorder.
03:02I could say more, but my thoughts must be with those of our countrymen
03:06whose lives are in peril.
03:08The House will excuse me now.
03:10I have to take urgent counsel with my ministers.
03:17This is even better than we dare to hope for.
03:20An act of quantum aggression calling for decisive action by a strong leader.
03:24Someone who's not afraid to put a bit of stick about.
03:27Cry, havoc and let slip the dogs of war and so forth.
03:31Do not mistake me. My anger and determination is real.
03:35I feel it. It courses through my veins.
03:38I feel strong again. I feel young again.
03:47Ah, General Cotton.
03:48Prime Minister.
03:49May I present Claire Carlson, my PPS.
03:51I do.
03:52Geoffrey Boozer Pitt.
03:53I do.
03:54John Raynor.
03:55I do.
03:56Michael Wolfin.
03:57How do you do?
03:58Commander Corder, you know.
03:59Yes, we've met.
04:00Come and sit down.
04:01Now, I see this as a military as well as a political situation.
04:04We ought to regard it as tantamount to a small war.
04:07Do you propose to negotiate over the return of the hostages, Prime Minister?
04:10No. We're going to attack and retake the High Commission.
04:13It's British property and there are British citizens there.
04:15Those terrorists gave us no warning. They'll get none.
04:18Straight in.
04:19I want minimal British casualties. Not so fussy about their people.
04:22Can you deliver?
04:23It's a bit tricky. Element of surprise and so on.
04:25What we want to do is to kick the shit out of them before they know it's happening.
04:28Yes.
04:29Broadly speaking, yes.
04:30And we want to beam it all back home.
04:32The feel-good factor.
04:33Our boys bounding through the olive groves and...
04:37Sorry.
04:39I gather that a man called Theopolis has emerged as the focus of all this
04:43and the main threat to our friend, Nicola.
04:45Yes, that's correct, sir.
04:46Extreme nationalist.
04:48Been a bit out of fashion lately, but he still knows how to wind them up.
04:51He must see this as his big chance.
04:54We could simply take him out.
04:59I think we need to make urgent diplomatic noises.
05:02Try and persuade this chap, Theopolis, to sit down and talk the thing through sensibly.
05:07Would that provide the necessary element of surprise for your chaps?
05:11Yes, I think it would.
05:13Right.
05:38Hello?
05:39Hello?
05:40Jardine here, sir.
05:41We're in.
05:42All under control.
05:43No British casualties.
05:44Just one snag.
05:45The High Commissioner's not here anymore.
05:47They sneaked him out before we came in.
05:48Where is he, then?
05:49No idea, sir.
05:50All right, Jardine.
05:51Well done.
05:52Thank you, sir.
05:53You heard that?
05:54It's a triumph.
05:55A moral and a military triumph.
05:57Thank you all very much.
05:58Yeah, fine, but what about the Commissioner?
06:00It is a triumph and it will be presented as such.
06:03And when we've tracked down the terrorists who are holding the Commissioner
06:06and punished them and reinstated the Commissioner in his rightful place,
06:09then that will be another triumph.
06:11Thank you.
06:12Good night.
06:16And as the prisoners leave the building to be handed over to the civil authorities,
06:20we speak to Major Jimmy Jardine,
06:22who personally led the assault on the British High Commission.
06:25Well, just doing our job, really.
06:26We had the advantage of surprise, which helped to minimise casualties.
06:29Very pleased about that, of course.
06:31Contrary to rumour, none of us really likes killing people.
06:33And what are your feelings this morning, Major Jardine?
06:36Satisfaction that we did our job and did it well.
06:39Very proud of my men, especially the National Servicemen.
06:42Chuffed to the bollocks, really.
06:44What a curious phrase, chuffed to the bollocks.
06:47It's kind of folk poetry, really, isn't it?
06:50Oh, look at this, Francis.
06:53Kebabbed.
06:54Now, I think that's awfully good.
06:56And even the Guardian has a tone of grudging admiration.
06:59Yes, it's worked so far, but we have to go on.
07:02We have to be prepared to do as much as it takes.
07:04Subdue the whole island?
07:05Oh, I hope it won't come to that.
07:07But we have an obligation to uphold the rule of law
07:10and to honour our promises.
07:11Which promises did you have in mind?
07:13To President Nicolau, in the event of any attempt to overthrow him.
07:16Our Falklands.
07:18Our Falklands.
07:23I really am awfully sorry.
07:25I hope we'll be able to rearrange it.
07:27I know John's really, really keen to have you on.
07:29I know this will happen.
07:31Bloody British broadcasting.
07:33You waste my time.
07:35Dad.
07:36Will he be all right? Should we...
07:37He'll be fine.
07:43I really am sorry.
07:44That's not your fault.
07:45Goodbye.
07:47Hello.
07:48Hi.
07:49What happened? I just saw your father.
07:50They cancelled his interview.
07:52Let's go, then.
07:54The Cypriot war graves aren't hot enough news for the Today programme, apparently.
07:58Everything's about the storming of the High Commission.
08:01He's done it again.
08:02If they held a second ballot now, he'd romp it.
08:05I suppose that's all you think about? Party leadership?
08:08No, no. Of course not.
08:10But the trouble is, anyone who attacks him now is going to look like a traitor.
08:13Just keep asking the questions.
08:15He's had his triumph. Maybe he wants to do the right thing now.
08:18Share all the oil and release all the secrets.
08:20I shouldn't think he'd consider that for a moment.
08:22Then it'll all go wrong for him, don't you see?
08:24The whole settlement will break down.
08:26It can't operate without the consent of the people.
08:29Right.
08:31Time for mending fences now.
08:33Time for healing wounds.
08:35Good. Thank you, Maria. That's absolutely the right line to take.
08:38We'll fix that old bastard yet.
08:52Order!
08:54Order!
08:56Is it only peace?
08:58May I congratulate the Prime Minister on a typically flamboyant gesture
09:01which may well have done much more harm than good?
09:05Two more Cypriots dead at British hands.
09:08Two more widows.
09:10Two more graves.
09:12It is sad. It is very sad.
09:14I'm sure he must feel it as much as I do.
09:16I should just like to ask the Prime Minister,
09:18is there any way now in which he can reassure the people of Cyprus
09:22that he has their best interests at heart?
09:24Yes.
09:26Order.
09:28Prime Minister.
09:31I'd like to thank the Right Honourable Gentleman for his remarks.
09:34Those of us who know the pity of war at first hand
09:36tend to pray it less freely about it.
09:38What we intend to do now is this,
09:40to find and release the High Commissioner
09:43and to offer every assistance to President Nikolaou
09:46to re-establish the rule of law.
09:48What else should we do?
09:50Give in to terrorism and the threat of terrorism?
09:53Order.
09:55Order.
09:57Would it not be a fine and generous gesture
10:00to ensure that the oil revenue, so unexpected as they are,
10:03should enrich both communities in Cyprus?
10:06Not just a conglomerate of British and Turkish interests?
10:09And would it not be just, would it not be simple common sense
10:12to now release all the papers relating to EOKA graves?
10:16Order.
10:20Order.
10:22Prime Minister.
10:25I see no reason to intervene in perfectly proper commercial practices,
10:30nor do I see any reason to interfere
10:33in the perfectly proper regulations of the Official Secrets Act.
10:37Is the Prime Minister anything personal to hide
10:39in the matter of the Cyprus graves?
10:41Order.
10:48I never thought to hear such words spoken in this house.
10:52If the gentleman had set out to foment unrest and violence,
10:56he could not have chosen a better way.
11:00Let him reflect.
11:02If more blood is shed in Cyprus,
11:05it will be upon his conscience,
11:08not upon mine.
11:12CHATTER
11:19Tom?
11:23Have you got a minute? Yes, of course.
11:25No-one else seems keen to talk to me.
11:28I think most people were very moved, Tom.
11:30I was very moved.
11:32You're absolutely right. It is time to heal wounds.
11:35I'm trying to get Francis to see that, but he's on such a high.
11:39I just want you to know I'm still with you.
11:44How can you be with me when you're with him?
11:47Tom, it's just a job.
11:49I'm an ambitious girl, you know that.
11:52That question you asked at the inn really rattled him.
11:55Have you got anything that would stand up?
11:58Is that what this conversation's all about?
12:01He's sent you after me to try to find out how much I know?
12:04No, he doesn't even know I'm talking to you,
12:06and I think he'd be very upset if he did know.
12:08His vanity is truly awesome, Tom.
12:11Have you got anything that would break him?
12:15Not yet.
12:17In an odd way, it's almost like the allegation's to be untrue.
12:21I've always hated the bastard, but he has his own kind of integrity.
12:24So sure of himself and what he stands for.
12:27Rock solid.
12:29How are you now, Tom?
12:32I'm fine. You know.
12:35I'm all right.
12:37I'm still here if you need me.
12:39If there's anything I could do.
12:42You're serious about that?
12:44Try me.
12:49There's a document we're trying to trace.
12:51Cyprus file 743-8.
12:53Marie's relatives?
12:55Yes.
12:56Apparently there's a signature on it from the officer in charge at the time.
13:00I don't have access to the files anymore. It's top secret.
13:04You could get hold of it.
13:06Only by pretending that F.U. had requested it himself.
13:12That's a criminal offence. I could get seven years for it.
13:19No, I'm sorry.
13:21It's too much to ask. You do understand?
13:24Of course. I shouldn't have mentioned it.
13:26Forgive me.
13:28Don't you know yet?
13:31I could forgive you anything.
13:35He has nothing.
13:37All he knows is what he's read in the papers and what that girl has told him.
13:40And that amounts to nothing.
13:41Good. Thank you, Claire.
13:43Not that he could know anything, because there's nothing to know.
13:45You've done nothing wrong.
13:46Exactly.
13:48Do you know what he said?
13:50He said he envied you, your certainty.
13:52Your integrity.
13:54He actually admires you, Francis.
13:56Rock solid. That's how he sees you.
13:58I am rock solid.
14:00Ten times the man he is.
14:02Twenty.
14:04He's like a child seeking comfort.
14:06All he wants is to be told how wonderful he is.
14:08That's his politics.
14:10He's not a man.
14:12He hasn't got the strength to stand alone.
14:14A boy of tears.
14:16Exactly.
14:18So.
14:20How do we proceed from here?
14:23Is it time to heal the wounds?
14:25Is it time to make reparations?
14:27Appease the Cypriot radicals?
14:29Is it time to be magnanimous?
14:32I think that would be weakness.
14:34And it would be seen as weakness.
14:38If you're thinking of making a conciliatory gesture,
14:40why not release all the remaining documents about the graves?
14:45That's not possible, I'm afraid, Claire.
14:47Why not?
14:49There are good reasons, and you don't need to know what they are.
14:52No, of course not.
14:54I'm sorry, I just thought that...
14:56I'm tired, Claire.
14:58It's been a very tiring day.
15:00Yes, of course.
15:02I'll see you in the morning, then.
15:04Yes.
15:06And thank you, Claire.
15:08You've been quite immeasurably helpful.
15:16She knows something, doesn't she?
15:18What is it?
15:20She moves so easily from camp to camp,
15:23like Cressida, her daughter of the game.
15:26She speaks of Makepeace with contempt to me.
15:31How does she speak of me to him?
15:36That's immaterial.
15:38Whatever she knows, it's nothing that could possibly damage me.
15:43I don't think you appreciate the gravity of the situation, Mr. Urquhart.
15:47There's a big demonstration starting right outside.
15:50My people think they've been swindled.
15:52I must have your promise of an immediate renegotiation of the boundaries
15:56so that both sides can benefit from the oil.
15:58My dear chap, that's not up to me.
16:00That's a matter for the international community.
16:02But I need your support now.
16:04You gave me your word.
16:06Is this British justice?
16:08You betrayed my people.
16:09Don't shout at me, Mr. Nicolau. This is a very good line.
16:12And I think you know enough about me to know
16:14that I'm always prepared to back my words with actions,
16:16and I stand by my friends.
16:18You may call upon British troops to assist in peacekeeping
16:21at any time you think it necessary.
16:23You must realize I couldn't possibly do that.
16:26It would make my position absolutely untenable.
16:28I can't use foreign troops against my own people.
16:30My dear chap, my advice to you is that you simply stand firm.
16:34Making concessions in the face of threats is always taken as a sign of weakness.
16:39And please remember, we are prepared to back you all the way.
16:48Well, gentlemen.
16:49We think we've got a lead on the hostage location.
16:52A lot of activity around the presidential lodge.
16:54What?
16:55Not the palace. The hunting lodge in the mountains.
16:58Theodopoulos seems to have taken it over.
17:00We think he's got the High Commissioner there.
17:02Good. Get confirmation.
17:03Perhaps you'd better liaise with army intelligence.
17:06If we are going to go in there, we must be sure.
17:20Come in.
17:25Do sit down, Mrs. Carlson.
17:28Thank you.
17:36There's not a problem, is there?
17:37I'm sure there won't be.
17:39I just wanted to be quite clear.
17:41I don't want to be a nuisance to you,
17:43and I don't want to be a nuisance to anyone.
17:46I'm sure there won't be.
17:48I just wanted to be quite clear.
17:50You see, this particular document has such a high security clearance,
17:54I'm not authorised to read it myself.
17:56Really?
17:59How do you manage, then?
18:01I avert my eyes, Mrs. Carlson.
18:06Now, this is for the Prime Minister, you say?
18:09Yes, that's right.
18:11I am his PPS.
18:13I'm going straight from here to Downing Street.
18:15And you're prepared to sign for it,
18:17taking full responsibility for its safety?
18:19Yes, of course.
18:22Fine.
18:24If you'll just sign and date there, please.
18:33Thank you.
18:35This is the document.
18:41But this isn't a clear folder.
18:43You could read it easily.
18:46But I don't, Mrs. Carlson.
18:49I avert my eyes.
18:51As you will too, of course.
19:02Mr. Corder, please.
19:06On information received,
19:08I arranged to meet my contact at the rocks above Spelea village.
19:12I was attacked by rifle fire.
19:14I took cover and returned fire,
19:17and succeeded in shooting both the terrorists dead.
19:20I was unable to identify the gunman.
19:23I was alone and had to consider the very real risk of reprisals.
19:27I therefore buried the bodies at the map reference here quoted.
19:34Francis Urquhart.
19:39Bodies subsequently confirmed
19:41as Georgios and Euripides Pasolidis.
19:46Special circumstances obtained.
19:48Lieutenant Urquhart to be posted out.
19:52No further action.
20:01Sir Clive.
20:03I've only just heard you were here.
20:06It's lovely to see you again.
20:08Francis sends his apologies.
20:10I thought I'd have you tied up for at least another half an hour.
20:13But perhaps I could offer you some hospitality.
20:16Let's go in here.
20:18Slightly less gloomy, I think.
20:23Do help yourself.
20:25Bit early for me.
20:27You can talk to me, you know.
20:29Francis and I have no secrets.
20:31You're worried about this oil business, aren't you?
20:35Well, yes, I am.
20:38I think Makepeace has got it about right.
20:40The arbitration panel was inadequately briefed.
20:42I think it's quite possible that information was deliberately withheld from us.
20:45About the oil deposits?
20:47Yes, about the oil deposits.
20:49If I'd known about the oil deposits, I would have proposed a very different settlement
20:52involving joint exploitation rights.
20:54I think the Prime Minister should know
20:56I'm considering making a public statement to that effect.
20:59But you did know about it, didn't you?
21:02I'm sorry?
21:04About the oil deposits.
21:06Don't you remember? I told you, didn't I?
21:09I said that everyone was talking about it
21:11and I was amazed you hadn't heard the gossip.
21:13I said I was sure the French judge knew
21:16and you said, ah, that explains a lot.
21:18I'm afraid you don't understand.
21:20A judicial panel can only consider the evidence that's presented to it.
21:23Officially, we knew nothing of the oil.
21:25We were inadequately briefed.
21:27But really, you knew all about it?
21:29That is not material.
21:31It was anecdotal, unsubstantiated gossip.
21:34I was bound to dismiss it from consideration.
21:37Sir Clive, I think that simple folk
21:40might have a deal of trouble grasping that.
21:43They might think that you made your decision
21:45on information that you really had.
21:47And I think perhaps you did let it influence you just a teeny bit.
21:51Didn't you?
21:53I know I would.
22:35Look, sounds a bit silly, this,
22:37but what if nothing happened?
22:39My chaps think that something will.
22:41Yeah, so do my chaps.
22:43Sorry I'm late.
22:45Had to head off the press.
22:47They seem to think there's something up.
22:49There is.
22:51Looks as if Nicolau might be about to go into involuntary retirement.
22:54His people seem to want to boot him out.
22:56We can't permit that. We won't permit that.
22:58With respect, Prime Minister, we're not in a position to prevent it.
23:02This isn't British territory or British property,
23:05and we've had no request for military intervention.
23:08Quite the opposite, in fact.
23:10What's the position, Corder?
23:12Demo's still on the go. No violence.
23:15They're saying Nicolau out, nationalise all British assets,
23:18troops out, usual stuff.
23:20Seems to be coming to some sort of climax.
23:22Hello?
23:24Yes, there's definitely something on the go.
23:28A few hours ago, President Nicolau was abducted
23:31from the presidential palace in Cyprus.
23:34He's now being held under house arrest at an undisclosed location.
23:38Eurios Theodopoulos has declared himself president
23:41by popular acclamation
23:43and opinion in Westminster.
23:45He's now being held under house arrest
23:47at an undisclosed location.
23:49He's now being held under house arrest
23:51at an undisclosed location.
23:54He's now being held under house arrest
23:56at an undisclosed location.
23:58Eurios Theodopoulos has declared himself president
24:01by popular acclamation
24:03and opinion in Westminster tonight
24:05is that Francis Urquhart is going to have to climb down
24:08and negotiate a new deal for Cyprus.
24:12No.
24:15That's the presidential lodge?
24:17Yes, it's on remote control camera via satellite.
24:20be taken, but we'd have to accept the risk of heavy casualties as well as the
24:23obvious threat to the hostages. I think we should hold back. Now Theodopolis has
24:28issued a statement of his conditions for releasing the hostages. Recognition of
24:33the popular national government renegotiation of the Watling water
24:36settlement. Immediate and permanent withdrawal of all British bases. Tell him
24:40he'll have his answer in two hours. Now, forest fires are commonplace in that
24:46area. I know it well. I propose that we start one and under the guise of putting
24:52the fire out, your chaps can take the lodge and release the hostages. That is
24:56an extremely risky enterprise. I'm aware of that. Can it be done? I don't
25:00recommend it, Prime Minister. Do it. If you, uh, I wonder if we ought to pause a
25:06little here just to think through the implications. Substantial casualties. All
25:11those nice little national servicemen fresh out of school. Maybe we could
25:16workshop one or two alternative storylines. How long will you need? Two
25:24hours ideally. 3 a.m. their time. Set it up. This meeting is adjourned for one hour.
25:30Thank you all very much.
25:41It's a bit scary, isn't it? Yes, it is. Look, it all goes wrong. You will remember that I
25:50spoke out strongly against it, won't you? Is that what you're doing? I'll do the same to you.
25:55What if it goes well, Geoffrey? Well, in that case, there's no problem. What are we supposed to do
26:04for an hour, I wonder? No idea. We could look around the house for a bit.
26:11I've never had a quickie in Melbourne town, have you? Geoffrey! Sorry, Tara's always been a bit of
26:17an aphrodisiac for me. Have you got a moment, Mrs. Carlson? Yes, of course.
26:22Excuse us. In here, will do.
26:32Give me your bag. I beg your pardon? Don't piss me about.
26:40Is it in here? I don't know what you're talking about.
26:50This. The Prime Minister asked me to get that for him personally. No, he didn't.
26:59I'll take charge of it now, Mrs. Carlson. Are you going to tell him? That's the
27:06least of your worries. Look, I know you think I'm just trying to save my own
27:11skin, but if I were you, I'd wait before I did anything with that. You might find
27:16you're backing the wrong horse. What are you going to do? You'll just have to wait
27:22and see, won't you?
27:36I don't know what you're talking about, Mrs. Carlson, but if I were you, I'd wait
27:41before I did anything with that horse.
28:06They're in. We've got three minutes before we have to put on the raid.
28:36Ah!
29:07I am very happy to say that the rule of law has been re-established in Cyprus and that
29:13the British High Commissioner is safe and well. Our British troops, some of them young
29:19National Service men on their first mission, have done their country credit and will continue
29:24to do so. Later today, a military detachment under the command of Major Jardine will escort
29:31the British High Commissioner and the President back to the capital in triumph.
30:02Schoolgirls?
30:09Yes, sir. They've got bunches of flowers and they're singing songs. Quite sweet, really.
30:14Except they say they won't let us through unless we lay down our arms and surrender.
30:22We can't allow ourselves to be threatened by schoolchildren, Jardine.
30:29Well, I realise it's a bit ridiculous, sir, but what does one actually do? They're just
30:36little girls, you see. We don't want to hurt them. The children are in front and the men
30:40are massed behind them. It's extremely tricky.
30:42Order him to get Nicola to address the crowd. Do you get that, Jardine?
30:46Yes, sir. I'm afraid he's not up to it. He's got a bullet in his left lung. He's not in
30:51good shape at all. And that's another consideration, sir. We have some serious casualties who need
30:55urgent hospitalisation and the bodies need to be shipped out quickly too. It's very warm
31:01here. It's not nice.
31:03Yes, right. I see your point. Hold on. I think we should airlift out the dead and wounded
31:09then sit tight till it simmers down a bit and the girls go back to school.
31:12No. By all means, order the airlift, but these people must understand that I will not be
31:16dictated to. Order him to clear the road by any means necessary. Use whatever it takes.
31:22I don't think that's wise, Prime Minister.
31:24Your comments are noted. Issue the order.
31:29Jardine, we're organising an immediate airlift of the dead and wounded. You got that?
31:33Yes, sir. Thank you very much indeed.
31:35In the meantime, your orders are to clear the road using minimum violence.
31:41Clear the road?
31:42Yes. Clear the road.
31:46Right.
31:54Thank you. Thank you.
31:58We too want peace.
32:02But I have to tell you that under the current emergency you constitute an illegal assembly.
32:08My orders are to clear the road. Please go home now or my soldiers will have to disperse you.
32:15Go home now. Thank you.
32:28Squad, port arms and advance.
32:38Please go home. Go home now.
32:42Thank you.
33:08Fire!
33:13Hold your fire!
33:15Hold your fire!
33:17Hold your fire!
33:36Oh, Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.
33:47Jesus.
34:10The death of a child is a terrible thing.
34:13But these children were coerced into illegal and riotous assembly by their own parents
34:19and suffered a terrible consequence.
34:24You want a strong leader who is not afraid to act.
34:29You chose me.
34:32Whatever I do, whatever is done in my name,
34:38you partake of it.
34:43Tell me it isn't true.
34:45Mattie, can I trust you?
34:47You know you can.
34:49Oh, Mattie.
34:51I'm sorry.
35:10I think we should view this realistically, Francis.
35:12I'm terribly sorry, but I don't think you can hold on any longer.
35:15You still don't understand me, do you?
35:17I don't surrender. I am rock solid. I will survive.
35:21This Cyprus business is a little local difficulty.
35:24Now we have established order, we may make some small concessions.
35:29The party wants a new leader, Francis.
35:31A new leader?
35:34Who could replace me?
35:36Makepeace?
35:38I can destroy Makepeace any time I want.
35:40The man's a philanderer.
35:42I'm afraid it would involve some slight embarrassment for you, Claire.
35:46You'd do that to me?
35:47With the very keenest reluctance.
35:49I don't think people care much about that sort of thing anymore.
35:53Not compared with killing schoolgirls.
35:59Francis, I don't want to quarrel with you.
36:02Let's part friends, please. Yes?
36:10I'm sorry, Francis.
36:16I'm sorry.
36:34Thank you for Evangelist Pasolidis.
36:36Hey, that's me.
36:47Yes?
36:51Geoffrey.
36:52Hi.
36:55Come in. Sit down.
37:03Well, um, I suppose you'll have realised why I'm here.
37:06To offer your wholehearted support?
37:08Well, uh, no, to offer my resignation, actually.
37:12On a matter of principle.
37:14On a matter of principle.
37:16You are resigning on a matter of principle?
37:18Yeah.
37:19Sorry.
37:21I've given an exclusive to the Clarion on it.
37:23I can't go back on that now.
37:25It's that Cyprus business.
37:27In the road.
37:29A bit too rich for my blood.
37:32You know?
37:34After all I've done for you, Geoffrey.
37:37Yeah, I know.
37:39Sorry.
37:40I've always been grateful.
37:42And I've always had a weakness for you.
37:45Come here.
37:53Nearer.
37:58Nearer.
38:02Yes, good.
38:05What are you doing, F.U.?
38:08Where is your heart?
38:10I'm sorry, F.U.
38:12You know what I'm like.
38:15Yes.
38:17I know what you're like.
38:20There's no need to resign, Geoffrey.
38:23I'm sorry, but actually there is, F.U.
38:26I already have your resignation.
38:29Yes, here we are.
38:31Adultery and insider dealing.
38:33Much more interesting for the Clarion, wouldn't you say?
38:37Uh...
38:43What can the Prime Minister possibly say
38:47to atone for what happened yesterday?
38:54I don't know.
38:57I have nothing to atone for.
39:00The Right Honourable Gentleman
39:02has a very feeble grasp on the realities of life.
39:05Without the rule of law,
39:07without respect for the rule of law,
39:09we are nothing but beasts that want discourse of reason.
39:14It was necessary
39:17to restore the rule of law
39:20in such a way
39:22to restore the rule of law in Cyprus.
39:27This has been done.
39:32Of course we mourn the deaths of children.
39:35But the rule of law is,
39:38must be, absolute.
39:46Order.
39:49Order.
39:51Order.
39:54Order.
40:10Tom.
40:14It's nearly over.
40:16You've got it now.
40:18I just wanted to say I'm back. I'm here for you.
40:21I've told you that. I'm here for you now, Tom.
40:24I never really went away.
40:27Claire.
40:29I've got something for you.
40:31It's a photocopy, but I have seen the original.
40:35I found it for you, Tom.
40:37Actually, we've seen this already.
40:39Oh.
40:41Thanks all the same. Much appreciated.
40:44About the other thing.
40:47Hard to say this.
40:49I can't afford to have you near me any more, Claire.
40:53I'm afraid you're far too deeply implicated
40:56with Francis Urquhart in people's minds.
40:58Sorry, but I have to take a realistic view.
41:01Politically, you're pure poison now.
41:05Goodbye, Claire.
41:15I will outlast you.
41:20Six more days.
41:23I'm not done yet.
41:45I will not give way.
41:51I will never give way.
41:57I will survive.
42:01I will survive.
42:14We have to save him.
42:16He can't do it by himself any more.
42:19I know.
42:24Makepeace has a copy of the tape.
42:27Makepeace? You've started the ball rolling.
42:30Mm-hm.
42:32But we need to take very drastic action now.
42:36You must understand that.
42:38Yes.
42:40It's dangerous.
42:42But Francis will come out of it unsullied.
42:45If it goes right, he'll be a hero.
42:48If you can promise me that, then do it, Cawdor.
42:53Thank you for agreeing to see me, Prime Minister.
42:56What do you want?
42:58A tape has come into my possession.
43:00It appears to implicate you in the unlawful deaths of two people.
43:04A man called Roger O'Neill and a woman called Mattie Storrin.
43:07Perhaps you know of it?
43:09Indeed I do.
43:11And so do I.
43:13I'm here to see you.
43:15I'm here to see you.
43:17I'm here to see you.
43:19Perhaps you know of it?
43:21Indeed I do. And so do the security services.
43:24Needless to say, it's not genuine.
43:26I'm very glad to hear that.
43:28You do understand that I shall have to make it public.
43:31Do what you damn well like.
43:38I'll wait until after Thatcher Day.
43:40I wouldn't want to spoil your pleasure at beating her record.
43:50Daddy!
43:56Mr Urquhart?
44:07Miss Passerithes, I understand you've seen a copy of a certain document.
44:11I wanted to explain...
44:13How can you explain? You killed my uncles.
44:15I should tell you my father wants to kill you.
44:18Do you want to kill me, Maria?
44:20No. I want you tried for murder, though.
44:23Perhaps I might be able to change your mind.
44:26They were mine, those two young men, your uncles.
44:29They were mine.
44:31What do you mean?
44:33I turned them.
44:35They were my informers.
44:37They were in danger from their own people.
44:39I had to kill them for my sake, for their sake.
44:42Can you imagine their deaths at the hands of their own people?
44:48No.
44:50I don't believe you.
44:52You must know.
44:54I'm going to make this public.
45:01You must do as you wish.
45:06Goodbye, Maria.
45:18Goodbye, Gellert.
45:26Goodbye, Gellert.
45:38Those boys in Cyprus were not informers.
45:41I made them tell me.
45:43They were runners for Ayoka,
45:45and they knew the whereabouts of an arms cache.
45:48I told them I'd shoot them if they didn't tell me where it was.
45:51They didn't believe me.
45:53So I killed the younger brother to convince the elder.
45:56Still, he wouldn't tell me.
45:59Then I shot him through the kneecap.
46:02Then he told me.
46:04Then I shot him through the head.
46:08Then I burned their bodies.
46:15They were just young boys, Elizabeth.
46:22I can still see their faces burning.
46:27Their hair burning.
46:29Francis?
46:31The sound of it.
46:33The smell of it.
46:35Francis!
46:39They have the tape. They have the Cyprus document.
46:42We're lost.
46:44No.
46:46We can be safe still.
46:48We've done it before, and we can do it again.
46:51Corder knows how.
46:53Put your trust in Corder.
46:55He's going to arrange something very special on Margaret Thatcher Day.
47:00We can be safe still?
47:03Oh, yes, Francis.
47:06We can be safe still.
47:10Francis Urquhart, the Prime Minister, with Mrs Urquhart.
47:14Today, he beats Margaret Thatcher's record
47:17of 4,227 days in office,
47:21here to commemorate her memory.
47:24And the young king steps forward to unveil the statue.
47:39APPLAUSE
47:45CHOIR SINGS
48:09CHOIR SINGS
48:25SCREAMING
48:27SCREAMING
48:36Francis, my dear.
48:39Safe now.
48:43It was the only way, my darling.
48:46You do understand.
48:57CHOIR SINGS
49:04It's OK, sir.
49:06Everything is under control.
49:09You'll be in charge now.
49:11Anything you need, we are right behind you.