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00:02:00You're late.
00:02:26Sorry.
00:02:27It was unavoidable.
00:02:29Trains on Sunday.
00:02:30You know what they're like.
00:02:31Unavoidable?
00:02:32I don't believe it.
00:02:33I've eaten all the food.
00:02:34You've eaten all the food?
00:02:35Now, that's serious.
00:02:36Is this all there is?
00:02:37I told you.
00:02:38What are all these candles for, anyway?
00:02:39It's spooky.
00:02:40Shit.
00:02:41Is this what you used to get up to with him every night?
00:02:42I just like it, that's all.
00:02:43You've got to stop it.
00:02:44It looks like you're grieving.
00:02:45Grieving for a relationship.
00:02:46It must make it ten times worse.
00:02:47I don't like it.
00:02:48I don't like it.
00:02:49I don't like it.
00:02:50I don't like it.
00:02:51I don't like it.
00:02:52I don't like it.
00:02:53I don't like it.
00:02:54I don't like it.
00:02:55Grieving for a relationship.
00:02:57Must make it ten times worse.
00:02:59Thank you, Richard.
00:03:03I've been waiting here for the last six hours just to hear you say that.
00:03:05It is all I need.
00:03:07It is what you need.
00:03:08Come on.
00:03:09I want to get you out of here.
00:03:10This place is bad for you.
00:03:11No.
00:03:12There's nowhere to go around here on a Sunday.
00:03:13Oh, no.
00:03:14She can't even leave the house.
00:03:15Come on, Natalie.
00:03:16There's no need to overdo it.
00:03:19Wait.
00:03:19Wait.
00:03:20Just wait.
00:03:23What's that for?
00:03:24You can't even go down the street with that one.
00:03:26I was giving up, Tim!
00:03:28Get off!
00:03:29Tim, stop it.
00:03:32I don't like seeing you unhappy.
00:03:34Well, I am unhappy.
00:03:36I'm incredibly unhappy.
00:03:37I mean, you buy a flat with your lover
00:03:40and then he leaves you within two months.
00:03:42Six and a half weeks, actually. It's not many worse things.
00:03:44No.
00:03:46My mum and dad are both gone.
00:03:48You're the only person I can tell.
00:03:50Which is terrible.
00:03:54I haven't seen you for ages.
00:03:57I'm sorry. I've been really busy.
00:03:59Students aren't busy.
00:04:01It's a good course.
00:04:03Planning pretend cities.
00:04:06I'm very happy.
00:04:07Yes, I bet you are.
00:04:09You're raving it up in London.
00:04:13Stop playing, Rose. What are you doing?
00:04:15You should always look in these wherever you go.
00:04:17You can judge a town by what's in its tomatoes.
00:04:21Stop it. That's disgusting.
00:04:24Bloody hell, it's too much!
00:04:31Nat, come on.
00:04:33You're out of condition. Come on.
00:04:35Come on.
00:04:37Take this coat off.
00:04:39Take your coat off!
00:04:43Too much smoking. Look at you. Come on!
00:04:45Jesus!
00:05:15I wish I could make it better.
00:05:17I wish I could wake up and be happy.
00:05:19Just...
00:05:21One morning it would be gone, this feeling, and never come back.
00:05:25You could make that happen.
00:05:27Get out of town.
00:05:29Start all over again.
00:05:32A new career?
00:05:36I'm too old to start again.
00:05:38You're not too old. Don't be stupid.
00:05:40That job was never what you wanted.
00:05:42A buyer for that bloody, awful store.
00:05:45You wanted to be artistic.
00:05:47I'm not artistic.
00:05:50No, but you want to be.
00:05:54Kiss me.
00:05:56Come here.
00:06:06I'm sorry.
00:06:08I just needed something to hug.
00:06:12Even you, even my little brother.
00:06:14I'm sorry.
00:06:20Go back to sleep.
00:06:22And you haven't made me feel better,
00:06:25so don't look so smug.
00:06:27Shit!
00:06:29Hey, hey!
00:06:34It's me.
00:06:36What's the matter?
00:06:38I've left my wallet in your flat.
00:06:40So go and fetch it.
00:06:42I haven't got a key.
00:06:44Please. I don't want to miss the train.
00:06:46I'm sorry.
00:06:48I'm sorry.
00:06:50I'm sorry.
00:06:52I'm sorry.
00:06:54I'm sorry.
00:06:57I don't believe this.
00:06:59You appear out of nowhere, use my flat as a hotel.
00:07:01I hardly see you and...
00:07:03Just this time.
00:07:05Please?
00:07:07You'll have to get permission.
00:07:09You'll have to ask my 14-year-old boss.
00:07:20There!
00:07:22The things I do for you, I can't believe it.
00:07:27WHISTLE BLOWS
00:07:29How's the job?
00:07:31Now he asks. It's horrible there.
00:07:33I've become a secretary.
00:07:35My boss is terrified I'm going backwards.
00:07:37WHISTLE BLOWS
00:07:39You know, I look for something creative to wear,
00:07:41trendy, and see what happens.
00:07:43I feel like I'm 150 and six years old.
00:07:45Stop it.
00:07:47OK, OK, I can do anything.
00:07:49You told me, so it must be true.
00:07:51You're not listening.
00:07:54No, no, I am. Look, it's just the train.
00:07:56I've got to talk to you now. Try and do it here.
00:08:00This is stupid. Go on, then.
00:08:02Go. Go!
00:08:04I'm sorry I missed the train.
00:08:06And better write, or I'll kill you.
00:08:08Ring too. Scotland's not that far away.
00:08:10I may be busy.
00:08:12No, you won't. Building a new town, that's nothing.
00:08:14You'll have plenty of time.
00:08:16WHISTLE BLOWS
00:08:18HORN HONKS
00:08:23PHONE RINGS
00:08:26RINGING CONTINUES
00:08:28LAUGHTER
00:08:32Oh, come on, where are you?
00:08:36Oh, Richard, be there.
00:08:38RINGING CONTINUES
00:08:40Hello? Richard.
00:08:42Natalie, it's you.
00:08:44It's only my sister. Only?
00:08:46Who's that you're talking to?
00:08:48My, er...my secretary.
00:08:50We're, um...we're all alone here.
00:08:52I suppose you're in the middle of something.
00:08:55I suppose you're in the middle of screwing her.
00:08:57As it happens, yes.
00:08:59But this is not a regular occurrence.
00:09:01Jesus, you're incorrigible.
00:09:03It's four o'clock in the afternoon.
00:09:05We're celebrating our last few days of freedom.
00:09:07They've finally got the office finished.
00:09:09This place is like out of a horror movie.
00:09:11Maybe it's time to move on again.
00:09:13You always make it sound so easy.
00:09:15Well, I've got a new job. Another one?
00:09:17Yeah, this one's on the continent, if I get it.
00:09:19What? You mean you'll be going abroad?
00:09:21Maybe, yeah.
00:09:23Listen, Natalie, um...
00:09:25I've got to put some clothes on, so, er...
00:09:27I'll call you tomorrow, OK? Promise.
00:09:30Yes, it might be an idea to get dressed
00:09:32walking about naked in the middle of your office.
00:09:34That's ridiculous.
00:09:36I don't like this conversation.
00:09:53Get out of the out!
00:10:23MUSIC FADES
00:10:48Frankly, I'm amazed to see someone like you here.
00:10:51The cut you'll be taking in salary is immense.
00:10:53I mean, all these jobs you've done.
00:10:55Pan-European, Brussels...
00:10:57Oh, take no notice of that.
00:10:59Well, it was just luck, and I wasn't happy doing them.
00:11:01So you think you're going to get this job, do you?
00:11:03Not at the moment, no.
00:11:05You mean you only get the terrific jobs
00:11:07and this isn't one of them?
00:11:09No, I mean, this interview's going rather badly, so, er...
00:11:13Well, don't smoke, but just play with them.
00:11:16I've changed.
00:11:18I saw there was more to life than planning new roads.
00:11:21I discovered the environment a bit late.
00:11:23Mate, I'm not putting this well.
00:11:27I've seen so much incompetence among developers.
00:11:29Bad planning. I want to do something about that.
00:11:31You realise we have no money to speak of?
00:11:33There are no planning controls in this part of the town.
00:11:35All we can do is hound.
00:11:37You mean a sort of urban Greenpeace?
00:11:39I'll let you know. I'll call you.
00:11:41No.
00:11:43Tell me now.
00:11:45I prefer to cut the bullshit, and I imagine you do too.
00:11:56Hello, Urban Alert.
00:11:58OK. Hang on.
00:12:00Richard. Richard!
00:12:02Phone call for you.
00:12:04I can't take it. It's your sister.
00:12:06I can't take it.
00:12:08I can't take it.
00:12:10It's your sister.
00:12:12Oh, shit. Yeah, I was meant to...
00:12:14I suppose I'd better take it.
00:12:18Hiya.
00:12:20You've been back six weeks. You haven't called.
00:12:22I did call. I left a message on your machine.
00:12:24You didn't call yesterday.
00:12:27You want to come over? Meet Sinclair?
00:12:29No.
00:12:31Don't do that. Sinclair, since you didn't manage to make it to the wedding.
00:12:33Food. Food's up.
00:12:38Hiya.
00:12:40Lunch on Saturday. 1pm.
00:12:42Yeah. Sure.
00:12:44I'll try to make it.
00:12:46OK. Bye.
00:12:48Families.
00:12:59Look, I want to get a job in the West End.
00:13:01Oh, yeah? What sort of job?
00:13:03No. No, not that.
00:13:05I mean, just a job.
00:13:07I'm beginning to think...
00:13:10We've made a real mistake.
00:13:12Hmm. Could be.
00:13:14I don't usually eat the food I deliver.
00:13:16Come on. Risk it.
00:13:18LAUGHTER
00:13:39Ah, come in. Come in, come in, come in, come in.
00:13:41Sit. Sit down.
00:13:45Miserable little bunch.
00:13:49Delighted to see you all here.
00:13:51I'm sure you will give us a clean bill of health.
00:13:53Hmm.
00:14:04Now...
00:14:07You know you said on August the 4th...
00:14:11..our new block will be an asset for the whole area.
00:14:13We want to share it.
00:14:15Exactly.
00:14:17And as is the regular practice in America,
00:14:19the public will be allowed to see the full glories of our foyer at any time
00:14:22and there will be public tours of the building every day of the week.
00:14:25But getting in here, Mr Gill,
00:14:27is more difficult than entering Fort Knox.
00:14:29That promise was crap, wasn't it?
00:14:31I'm not aware of having made that statement,
00:14:34but, um, it is a small matter.
00:14:36Absolutely.
00:14:38And talking of small matters,
00:14:40let us now move on to the matter of Throppenny Street.
00:14:43Well done.
00:14:46Yeah, well, Colin doesn't look too pleased.
00:14:48What do you expect? Applause? From him?
00:14:52Shit! I was meant to go and have lunch with my sister.
00:14:55Forget it. It's too late now.
00:14:58She's married some boring guy I was meant to meet here.
00:15:01Well, why don't you go?
00:15:45BIRDS CHIRP
00:16:09You're unbelievably late.
00:16:11I know.
00:16:13There's practically no food left.
00:16:15I've eaten all the food.
00:16:17What? Don't you remember?
00:16:21Nothing.
00:16:23This house is extraordinary, Natalie.
00:16:27I thought I'd come to the wrong place.
00:16:31Are you going to come in,
00:16:33or are you going to admire it from out there?
00:16:45The brother.
00:16:47This, at last, must be the brother.
00:16:49Yes, at last it is.
00:16:51I've been eyeing that last piece of pudding,
00:16:53wondering if I could possibly eat it, and now you've turned up.
00:16:56Sit, sit.
00:16:58Have some cold soup.
00:17:00It's all your fault we've eaten so much.
00:17:02BIRDS CHIRP
00:17:04I've learned so much about you.
00:17:06Most of it extremely interesting.
00:17:10It's lovely to meet you.
00:17:12Oh.
00:17:14I don't know, just that, it adds to the flavour.
00:17:16HE CHUCKLES
00:17:18BIRDS CHIRP
00:17:25This is the estate.
00:17:27Very impressive.
00:17:31I love it here.
00:17:34I thought when we moved here that we'd stand out,
00:17:36eccentrics amongst all these rich pricks,
00:17:38but not a bit of it. The place is full of madmen.
00:17:40Dreamers, psychopaths,
00:17:42bank managers who want to be painters,
00:17:44deepfries and merchants who want to be poets
00:17:46who are really rather boringly normal and restrained,
00:17:49in comparison.
00:17:51I see you're reading Proust.
00:17:53Volume 12?
00:17:55Or is that just for our benefit?
00:17:57If you carry that around, people automatically think,
00:17:59Jesus, I feel so guilty, I've never read it.
00:18:01Proust.
00:18:03I'm afraid, though it's nauseating to admit it,
00:18:05I have read the entire thing in French.
00:18:07Stop showing off, Sinclair.
00:18:09My bitch is enjoying it.
00:18:11Apart from anything else, it makes me feel so ignorant.
00:18:13He must see the car.
00:18:17It's very predictable, I know,
00:18:19and it's very vulgar showing it to people,
00:18:21but it's a magnificent car.
00:18:23I just can't help it.
00:18:26I do believe I have to confess
00:18:28in spending money and not just hoarding it.
00:18:30Of course.
00:18:32And fortunately, there's a lot of money in being able
00:18:34to tell people what's going to happen,
00:18:36business trends, analysis, and the wonderful thing is
00:18:38that you can make an awful lot,
00:18:40even if you're wrong.
00:18:42Most people don't realise that.
00:18:44But I'm not wrong.
00:18:47Not often.
00:18:49Come on, that's tea time.
00:18:51Oh, no, Sinclair, not more eating.
00:18:53What about your diet?
00:18:55The diet starts tomorrow.
00:18:57Tea is definitely overdue.
00:19:08So, what do you think?
00:19:10Oh, it's amazing.
00:19:12And everything is wonderful.
00:19:15And Sinclair?
00:19:17Oh, he's great.
00:19:19Does he ever stop talking?
00:19:21Not when he's eating, as you will see.
00:19:23Does he ever let you say anything?
00:19:25Yes, of course.
00:19:27Once a week at least.
00:19:29And how did you get to speak like this?
00:19:31I've always spoken like this, haven't I?
00:19:33Why are you wearing this?
00:19:36What do you mean, why?
00:19:38You wore it that night when I visited you in your flat.
00:19:40You remember?
00:19:42That being said...
00:19:44Oh!
00:19:46A brother and sister reunion.
00:19:48I intrude, I withdraw.
00:19:50You'd forgotten it was her birthday, hadn't you?
00:19:53That's birthday.
00:19:55APPLAUSE
00:19:57Blow them out separately, one by one.
00:19:59Not like that.
00:20:03Go on, darling, do it.
00:20:05A wish for each one.
00:20:07Can we sing it yet?
00:20:09Shh! Shh!
00:20:11I don't know when we're going to sing Happy Birthday.
00:20:13What are you waiting for? Go on!
00:20:18I don't know.
00:20:20I don't know.
00:20:22I don't know.
00:20:24I don't know.
00:20:27OK.
00:20:35Do you know they made a new kind of cream dispenser?
00:20:37Market research showed that people really hated
00:20:39cream coming out of plastic things like toothpastes.
00:20:41So they made this cow.
00:20:43Not unlike this one.
00:20:45Except I think you squeeze its udders.
00:20:51Come on, darling, haven't you finished yet?
00:20:56That took long enough. Anybody think you hadn't done it before?
00:21:04I never realised the Home Counties were so beautiful.
00:21:07All this, so near the city.
00:21:09Yes, all sorts of things happened here.
00:21:11This was the site of a great Victorian party.
00:21:14It had columns of elephants here.
00:21:19What about your new job?
00:21:21Oh, it's fine. They're very serious.
00:21:23You mean they don't laugh at your jokes?
00:21:26And my boss looks rather ill.
00:21:28No, it's OK.
00:21:30The office is decaying, which is amazing,
00:21:32but they're quite efficient.
00:21:34Are you happy?
00:21:36Oh, yes.
00:21:38Yeah, but this isn't you, is it?
00:21:40This house and everything.
00:21:42Oh, it's me, all right. It's very much me.
00:21:44Really? Even though you never get to speak?
00:21:49You do remember, don't you?
00:21:51You keep saying that I don't know what you mean.
00:21:56Do I pass?
00:21:58What?
00:22:01Do I pass?
00:22:03Do I meet with a brother's approval?
00:22:06Oh, yes. Very definitely.
00:22:08It was like being inside a colour supplement.
00:22:11Pretty women draped about the place,
00:22:13golden-haired children, food available on every surface.
00:22:16Were you envious?
00:22:18Envious? No. No.
00:22:20Or maybe a little.
00:22:22No, it would drive me mad in less than a week living like that.
00:22:25Are you close, you two, you and your sister?
00:22:27Not particularly, no.
00:22:29Not at all. My parents separated when she was a teenager.
00:22:31She went to live with Dad.
00:22:33And now she's married a rich man.
00:22:35Yeah, complete cop-out.
00:22:37She applied for a job. He was the boss.
00:22:39She didn't get the job, but she got in.
00:22:41Anyway, you must come and see.
00:22:43Is that some kind of an invitation?
00:22:45Yeah, maybe.
00:22:47Oh, thanks. How can I resist when it's put like that?
00:22:49I don't know what you two are up to.
00:22:51Chat, chat, chat. Always at it.
00:22:53I want those figures at the end of the day. Do you understand?
00:22:57Jesus.
00:22:59What are you doing here?
00:23:01We were just passing
00:23:03on the way to a wedding in Greenwich.
00:23:06Just couldn't resist dropping by, having a peek.
00:23:08I'm sorry.
00:23:10It's all right.
00:23:12It's all right.
00:23:14It's all right.
00:23:16It's all right.
00:23:18It's all right.
00:23:20It's all right.
00:23:22It's all right.
00:23:24It's all right.
00:23:26It's all right.
00:23:28Just couldn't resist dropping by, having a peek.
00:23:30Sinclair's here.
00:23:32Can he come in?
00:23:34Sinclair.
00:23:36Over here.
00:23:41He feels a little overdressed for this place
00:23:43because of the wedding.
00:23:45Forgive this intrusion, Richard.
00:23:47I feel ludicrously incongruous for a place like this.
00:23:49It's fine. Don't worry.
00:23:51Nats was so keen to have a nose around.
00:23:55So this is what you wanted?
00:23:57Yes, so it appears.
00:23:59What plans are these?
00:24:01Oh.
00:24:03This is...
00:24:06This is very interesting.
00:24:08I know about this, as it happens.
00:24:10I feel there may be a solution
00:24:12which nobody has mentioned
00:24:14because they're all so obsessed with a river frontage.
00:24:16PHONE RINGS
00:24:18Shouldn't that phone be answered?
00:24:20PHONE RINGS
00:24:22Yeah.
00:24:24Probably.
00:24:26PHONE RINGS
00:24:28Sinclair, we've got to go.
00:24:30Yes, just one moment.
00:24:32This is extremely interesting.
00:24:38You don't belong here. This isn't you.
00:24:40Oh, yes, it is. Very definitely.
00:24:44I need to see you properly.
00:24:46Talk about something.
00:24:48I'll make an appointment. Can you fit me in?
00:24:50Sure.
00:24:52Why not? Yeah.
00:24:55Good.
00:25:01Sinclair.
00:25:05Do I keep this?
00:25:07No, I believe we need that.
00:25:25You are four hours late!
00:25:27Sorry. I had to go shopping for Sinclair.
00:25:29Is this deliberate?
00:25:31I've been stuck in here for hours. I couldn't go out.
00:25:33You were late for lunch, even later than this.
00:25:35So it is deliberate? What's the matter with you, Richard?
00:25:37At least I might have been able to watch the cricket,
00:25:40but it's been raining in Manchester, for fuck's sake.
00:25:42It's only just started. Relax, for Christ's sake.
00:25:44You're wearing that again.
00:25:46Is that on purpose too?
00:25:48Maybe this time, yes.
00:25:51Anyway, this isn't much of a greeting.
00:25:55You haven't even shaved.
00:26:05I'm sorry. I don't know what that was for.
00:26:11Can I...? A glass of water.
00:26:14Is it through here? Yeah.
00:26:25So this was what was for lunch, was it?
00:26:42Come on. This is...
00:26:44This is...
00:26:46OK.
00:26:49It just happened.
00:26:51We won't mention it again. I knew you'd say that.
00:26:53I don't know why it happened, but it's stopped.
00:26:55It's over.
00:26:59Let me look at your flat.
00:27:10Oh, it's a bed.
00:27:12I don't want to go up there.
00:27:14How many girls have been up there recently?
00:27:16Hardly any. I've been very celibate. Really?
00:27:20This is nice.
00:27:22I spent my savings on this place.
00:27:24No, this is not a good idea.
00:27:28Please, Richard, I shouldn't have started this.
00:27:30We don't mention it.
00:27:32Just go and sit over there.
00:27:34Is that an order?
00:27:36Just sit.
00:27:45So, is it convenient?
00:27:49Convenient?
00:27:51This flat for buses?
00:27:54For buses?
00:27:56Yes, buses.
00:28:00Yeah.
00:28:02I should probably think there are some buses.
00:28:04What number buses?
00:28:06I don't know.
00:28:08Um, small buses.
00:28:10You know, those ones that beetle about.
00:28:12Hoppers.
00:28:14Hoppers?
00:28:17We've got some crumbs.
00:28:22Oh, no, Richard.
00:28:36You're going to stop me, aren't you?
00:28:38You're going to stop me.
00:28:40I don't know.
00:28:42Come on, stop me.
00:28:44I don't know.
00:28:46I don't know.
00:28:48I don't know.
00:28:51I'm just lying here.
00:28:53I'm not doing anything.
00:28:55I'm not touching. I'm not doing anything.
00:28:57OK.
00:28:59OK, what?
00:29:06Are you clean? Are you clean everywhere?
00:29:08Yeah, of course.
00:29:10I don't believe it. Maybe you are.
00:29:16Please.
00:29:19Please.
00:29:24Stop me, please.
00:29:30Please.
00:29:39I knew you would.
00:29:42Shit.
00:29:45I, er...
00:29:47I'm just putting a tape on.
00:29:49I...
00:29:52Oh, Richard.
00:29:54Oh, Richard.
00:29:56Oh, Richard.
00:29:58Richard.
00:30:13Richard.
00:30:15Richard.
00:30:28That noise.
00:30:31It's the scaffolding.
00:30:33It's driving me mad.
00:30:36No, I like it.
00:30:38I don't know why.
00:30:41And to think we never even really liked each other as kids.
00:30:51OK, that's the last bit.
00:30:54What do you mean, last bit?
00:30:56It just happened.
00:30:58And we don't mention it?
00:31:00Don't know what got into us, et cetera.
00:31:02Precisely. It's never going to happen again.
00:31:06Anyway.
00:31:08Anyway.
00:31:10It's your fault for being away so long.
00:31:12It's always my fault.
00:31:15Of course.
00:31:17I'm going to make the carrots.
00:31:20With lots of butter.
00:31:23They'll be the best I've ever tasted, I'm sure.
00:31:30Try to stop it happening and it's finished.
00:31:35Oh, by the way.
00:31:38Sinclair wants to have lunch with you.
00:31:40Sinclair? Jesus, you mention that now?
00:31:43Sure, it's no problem, is there?
00:32:03Here you are.
00:32:05Good. I've just got to drop something off.
00:32:07Come with me.
00:32:12These lifts are interesting.
00:32:14Are they?
00:32:16Yeah. They've become such a common feature that people hate them.
00:32:19They much prefer the old claustrophobia.
00:32:21Now they all have to pretend that they don't suffer from vertigo.
00:32:24And they feel so exposed, everybody can see them.
00:32:27Imagine coming out of a truly terrible meeting
00:32:29and seeing straight down there.
00:32:31It's frightening.
00:32:33But nobody admits it.
00:32:36Last delivery, I promise.
00:32:39See, these ashtrays are interesting, aren't they?
00:32:41Ridiculously large.
00:32:43People proclaim their importance in such a crass fashion.
00:32:46What will a historian make of these ashtrays?
00:32:49You're interested in everything, Sinclair.
00:32:51Oh, yes, lifts, ashtrays.
00:32:53This secretary here.
00:32:55You...
00:32:57You stay there. He's expecting me.
00:33:03LAUGHTER
00:33:14All done. Simple.
00:33:18So many people pretend they're busy, don't they?
00:33:21Meetings about meetings. Most of it's bullshit.
00:33:23It's just a way of protecting themselves.
00:33:25I like to get to know people. Of course.
00:33:27I like to find out about my clients.
00:33:29I like to poke around in their personal lives.
00:33:31There's some pretty interesting things going on.
00:33:33There's so much cocaine being taken.
00:33:35Drink to... Sudden hysterical temper tantrums flaring up.
00:33:39We're having one of our great picnics soon.
00:33:42Go not to be missed. You must be there.
00:33:45Natalie didn't want you to come for some reason.
00:34:01Hiya.
00:34:04What's the matter with you?
00:34:10What's happened? What's going on?
00:34:12It's about Colin. He sent a memo. Yours should be somewhere.
00:34:18He's ill.
00:34:24I thought so. I knew he might be.
00:34:32Hi. It's Colin.
00:34:34Yeah.
00:34:38Yeah, well, don't stare. Don't do that.
00:34:41Sorry. I didn't know he was gay.
00:34:44He isn't. He's not.
00:34:46He's had it for some time. I knew, actually.
00:34:49He's letting the office know because he may be spending more time in hospital.
00:34:53And don't worry.
00:34:56Out of the question.
00:35:02Hey! Hold the lift!
00:35:05Can you hold the lift, please?
00:35:08Thanks.
00:35:10Thanks.
00:35:12Hiya.
00:35:14I want to see those threatening street plans by the end of the week, OK?
00:35:18Yeah, of course. I'll make sure that happens.
00:35:32Now, don't forget.
00:35:34I've got a full diary.
00:35:36So the sooner, the better.
00:35:38Understood.
00:35:40Have a nice...
00:35:42Have a good weekend.
00:35:51The sun is getting hotter every year.
00:35:54I heard in New Zealand... New Zealand?
00:35:56..that people were better burnt than they'd never been burnt before.
00:36:00Wouldn't it be interesting if, because of the greenhouse effect,
00:36:03people started using parasols again?
00:36:05So we ended this century using them,
00:36:07just as they did at the end of the last.
00:36:09You could market them, Richard. Make a fortune.
00:36:14Of course, there will be winds at 170 miles an hour, too.
00:36:17Storms like we've never seen before.
00:36:19And there'll be a lot of rain.
00:36:21Of course, there will be winds at 170 miles an hour, too.
00:36:24Storms like we've never seen. There won't be much use doing those.
00:36:31These miniature hurricanes are going to get more and more common.
00:36:34Twice a year.
00:36:36Trees are going to become quite a rarity in southern England.
00:36:40So you're a disaster freak, are you?
00:36:44No.
00:36:46These are just facts.
00:36:48I wonder if your hair will ever be its real colour again.
00:36:54Do you know her before?
00:36:56Before?
00:36:58Before Sinclair, of course.
00:37:01He's changed her completely, apparently.
00:37:05I wonder if she's really clever enough for him.
00:37:09I need to go for a walk.
00:37:19Look for mushrooms.
00:37:22But don't kill us.
00:37:24You know the ones to pick.
00:37:49You shouldn't be here.
00:37:51Don't be silly.
00:37:53Natalie!
00:37:57I need to see you.
00:37:59Listen, we agreed...
00:38:01We agreed nothing, and you want to see me?
00:38:05You can't just pretend it never happened.
00:38:07Can't we?
00:38:09Don't you want to talk about it? Ask why?
00:38:12No.
00:38:14Is it because our parents are dead?
00:38:16Our parents are dead. Is it because we didn't see each other for a long time?
00:38:19There isn't a reason.
00:38:21That's right.
00:38:23I wonder what those two are talking about.
00:38:26Me, I shouldn't wonder.
00:38:32Sinclair's coming. He can see.
00:38:34I don't want him to think anything.
00:38:36You are just my sister. What can he think?
00:38:38Natalie!
00:38:41Well, maybe we need a proper meeting to clear this up.
00:38:44Exactly.
00:38:46I'm not coming to you again.
00:38:48It's just possible...
00:38:50Occasionally I go out of town for work.
00:38:52Oh, yes, the employment agency.
00:38:54Thank you. Nearly made me change my mind.
00:38:57Sometimes I go away to interview people. Maybe I can say I'm doing that.
00:39:01Yeah.
00:39:03Don't whisper like that. I don't want us to look as if we're plotting.
00:39:06But we are.
00:39:08I'm just making normal arrangements with my brother.
00:39:11He's making fun of my job.
00:39:13Tell her she doesn't need to do that job-pokey little agency. It's ridiculous.
00:39:18I'm a partner in it now.
00:39:20Makes all the difference.
00:39:22Tell her she doesn't need to work for work's sake, meeting morons every day.
00:39:25She won't listen to me.
00:39:29We can meet in Sinclair's parents' flat.
00:39:31What? Are you crazy? What are you trying to do?
00:39:34Don't worry. They're away on a cruise. I've got the keys.
00:39:37I sometimes use it when I'm in town.
00:39:39It's being redecorated. It's a bit grotty, but it's somewhere to talk.
00:39:43But this won't be for a fortnight, Richard, if at all.
00:39:47I can't wait that long.
00:39:49Oh, yes, you can.
00:39:52Yes, you can.
00:40:07Oh!
00:40:20I do love you.
00:40:23Of course you do.
00:40:25Do you love me?
00:40:27Of course I do.
00:40:30Even though...
00:40:33Even though it's just me?
00:40:37What do you mean?
00:40:39I don't know.
00:40:41It's only me.
00:40:55Go on, then. I don't mind.
00:40:57You can read it. I can see you edging towards it.
00:41:01Just one chapter.
00:41:03Go on.
00:41:07It's the only thing that shuts me up, isn't it?
00:41:23I may have to go away one weekend. I don't know. It's not decided.
00:41:28No problem.
00:41:31It may be cancelled.
00:41:39Before that, I worked for Tesco's, deputy store manager.
00:41:43Quite a big branch, just off the M25.
00:41:46And then before that in Guildford, I was acting deputy manager at...
00:41:50Can you hear it?
00:42:00I need to get copies of this.
00:42:21I am on time, aren't I?
00:42:23Yes.
00:42:25For once, you are.
00:42:34Jesus.
00:42:38It's like Rosemary's Baby, this place.
00:42:42It's enormous.
00:42:44Sinclair's grandfather made a fortune out of margarine,
00:42:47Sinclair's grandfather made a fortune out of margarine before the First World War.
00:42:53They had three flats like this once.
00:42:56Margarine?
00:42:59So long ago.
00:43:04I never realised the money went back that far.
00:43:12I love these old apartment blocks.
00:43:18I love these old apartment blocks.
00:43:26I'm just going to talk, OK?
00:43:30Talk.
00:43:32OK?
00:43:34Get things...
00:43:39Get things...
00:43:43out in the open.
00:43:47Oh, shit.
00:43:53Stompy, stompy, stompy.
00:43:55Oh, shit.
00:44:01Stompy, stompy, stompy.
00:44:22OK. OK.
00:44:25Oh, shit.
00:44:28OK.
00:44:43Oh, it's so warm.
00:44:46It's great.
00:44:49Why do you think...? No whys.
00:44:53You don't know what I was going to say.
00:44:58It's all right.
00:45:00Just get under the seats and sleep.
00:45:09Where's he going?
00:45:11Where's he going?
00:45:17Oh, Selina.
00:45:22You've forgotten something, haven't you? Yes?
00:45:25Yes? Where's your bag? I see my brother.
00:45:28Sleeping. Sleeping like a baby.
00:45:31Shh.
00:45:33I'm up in town on business, giving myself a treat, going to the theatre.
00:45:38Here, working.
00:45:42Bye-bye. Bye-bye, Selina.
00:45:46Bye-bye, Selina.
00:45:49Yes. Yes.
00:46:02Don't.
00:46:05You look so worried.
00:46:14You know, sometimes I feel this big with Sinclair.
00:46:18No, this big. Even this big.
00:46:22It's nice to be able to tell someone.
00:46:25At last.
00:46:28That's all that's going on here.
00:46:30Understand.
00:46:34Of course.
00:46:38What happens if he tries to ring you?
00:46:40He won't. Not tonight.
00:46:42Fortunately, he's out.
00:46:44Tomorrow, I have to remember.
00:46:46Out? Really?
00:46:48I wonder what he's doing.
00:46:50What he's up to.
00:46:53Maybe he's cheating, too.
00:46:55This isn't cheating. Absolutely not.
00:46:58Anyway, that's an American expression. Is he faithful?
00:47:01Faithful.
00:47:03Yes, I think he is. Well, it's never really occurred to me he wasn't.
00:47:07We can see. He always goes in on Saturday mornings to work.
00:47:10Even when we have people over for lunch, he insists on going in.
00:47:13But nothing stops him. We can take a look at him tomorrow.
00:47:21But don't they know you're here? I don't think so, no.
00:47:24I hardly ever come. We'll see.
00:47:28I wonder if you could see if Sinclair Bryant is in his office.
00:47:32Mr Bryant? One moment.
00:47:35What are you going to say if he is there? This is silly.
00:47:39No reply.
00:47:41What? There is no reply.
00:47:49I don't know. I don't know what I feel.
00:47:53Shit!
00:47:55Shit!
00:47:57What's the matter?
00:48:00Just be quiet.
00:48:02What's wrong with you? Stop!
00:48:04What the fuck's wrong?
00:48:07Just be quiet.
00:48:14You're meant to be in the need. Come on.
00:48:18Come on!
00:48:25Come on.
00:48:34Do you like it?
00:48:55Come on.
00:49:14This is important. Don't distract me.
00:49:20Hello. Sinclair.
00:49:23I was just wondering when you'd ring. How are you?
00:49:26Fine, but tired. Fine.
00:49:28How's the hotel? It's a little gloomy, but the rooms are very big.
00:49:32That's big old. Provincial hotels can be very depressing.
00:49:36How's the food?
00:49:38Food? Yes, you would ask that. Food.
00:49:43Well, it's excellent. I'm just going out for a quick bite now and then I'm going straight to bed.
00:49:48Very early tonight, OK? OK, darling.
00:49:51How are the beds? Beds?
00:49:53Beds are...
00:49:56I've got a single average I'd say quite nice.
00:49:59Fine.
00:50:01OK. Bye-bye.
00:50:08I'd hate to have a real affair.
00:50:11Lies, deceit, all that.
00:50:14All that.
00:50:19You don't feel... No questions. I told you they were forbidden.
00:50:22You're so calm.
00:50:24We're doing something illegal, a major taboo, could go to jail,
00:50:27and you just seem to find it mildly relaxing.
00:50:29We're not doing anybody any harm.
00:50:31We're not sticking needles into our arms, killing ourselves with drink.
00:50:35Just enjoy it, the last moment.
00:50:38The last moment?
00:50:43What if it wasn't the last moment? What do you mean?
00:50:47Then we could go off together somewhere. Like where?
00:50:50I don't know.
00:50:52Mexico?
00:50:54People always go to Mexico in stories and things, don't they?
00:50:57When they're fugitives. But we're not fugitives.
00:51:00And how would we live?
00:51:02There are plenty of ways of making money.
00:51:05We could write a blockbuster novel.
00:51:08You know, the sort you buy in airports. That's easy enough.
00:51:14I mean it. Shh! Stop it.
00:51:16We can't go anywhere. Don't think it. Not even as a joke.
00:51:29Being single.
00:51:31What about it?
00:51:36It's not as simple as it used to be.
00:51:40You're suddenly feeling older, are you?
00:51:43My little brother.
00:51:54Shit!
00:51:57Christ!
00:52:03Don't be calm.
00:52:06No, no. No rip-offs.
00:52:11That's it.
00:52:14Hello. Could you give me the number of the Royal George Hotel, Nuneaton, please?
00:52:21No.
00:52:23I want to speak to Mrs Natalie Bryant, please.
00:52:30Wait. You are in Nuneaton, are you?
00:52:35Look.
00:52:37Could you give me the name of every hotel in Nuneaton, please?
00:52:42It's urgent. There's a flood in the kitchen.
00:52:54Let's get this straight.
00:52:58The hotels...
00:53:01The hotels.
00:53:06Stop talking to yourself.
00:53:10There is an explanation.
00:53:14There must be.
00:53:23No, this is too much. Don't do this.
00:53:38Stop it. Stop it.
00:53:40Do things logically.
00:54:11Come on.
00:54:18This place could have hardly changed in 50 years.
00:54:22It's like a time warp, isn't it?
00:54:25Yes.
00:54:29It'd be nice to stay here, wouldn't it?
00:54:32No.
00:54:40Thank you.
00:54:58We don't need to go back yet.
00:55:01Don't you see? We really don't.
00:55:05Listen, Richard.
00:55:07Richard, listen to me.
00:55:09Now, we don't see each other. Listen.
00:55:12We don't set eyes on each other until you're going out with someone.
00:55:15Get yourself a girlfriend.
00:55:16You're setting me tasks now.
00:55:18I'm not seeing you until that happens, because you're getting addicted to this.
00:55:21It only happened twice. That's not addiction.
00:55:23You see, I fancy you.
00:55:25And I love you as a brother, that's all.
00:55:27And you fancy me, and you're beginning to love me as a lover.
00:55:30And that's going to end badly, as messily.
00:55:32Unless we're careful.
00:55:35So maybe I've always fancied you a little, and...
00:55:38probably I should never have done anything...
00:55:40Shh!
00:55:47So I find myself a girlfriend, and then what happens? Can I see you?
00:55:50You don't want to, then.
00:55:51But if I do?
00:55:52We'll see.
00:55:57Strange bargain.
00:56:02That's simple.
00:56:13Richard.
00:56:15Come into the church and feel no guilt. Come on.
00:56:17I dare you.
00:56:32Come on.
00:56:48Oh, you do look beautiful.
00:56:50I mean it. I promise you.
00:56:57Richard, please.
00:56:59Please don't try to make it normal.
00:57:03I don't want it to be normal.
00:57:17We are in here.
00:57:21So it appears.
00:57:25I went on an orgy of shopping.
00:57:28You had the time?
00:57:30I had most of the afternoon off yesterday.
00:57:32Between meetings.
00:57:35I went on a spree to kill the boredom.
00:57:40Right.
00:57:45It's lovely.
00:57:47Very useful.
00:57:48It's not meant to be useful.
00:57:53I had a disaster with the washing-up machine.
00:57:56It doesn't matter.
00:57:58You're hopeless with anything mechanical, Sinclair.
00:58:03How was the hotel?
00:58:06Sorry?
00:58:07How was the hotel?
00:58:09It was gloomy. I told you.
00:58:12Huge and drafty.
00:58:15What was it called?
00:58:17I told you what it was called.
00:58:21Well, I just wanted to avoid it in the future.
00:58:24You've never been to Narnia. You're never likely to go.
00:58:27What is this?
00:58:29It's fine. I don't need to know. I was just curious.
00:58:38The Royal George.
00:58:41And it is a good idea to avoid it.
00:58:48Very good.
00:58:53I'm glad you're back.
00:58:55So am I.
00:59:04Thank you. Not before time.
00:59:07I wish we were getting somewhere.
00:59:09So do I.
00:59:11You haven't been to visit Colin in hospital yet, have you?
00:59:14No, I will. I will, I promise.
00:59:16You keep putting it off.
00:59:22Is there something else?
00:59:26Jessica.
00:59:28What are you doing tonight?
00:59:30I've been meaning to ask you for some time.
00:59:32What's that twinkle for?
00:59:34What twinkle?
00:59:35I don't believe this, Richard.
00:59:37The vanity! Just get out of here before I lose my temper.
00:59:40I was just asking you out.
00:59:42I thought you were meant to be something of an expert.
00:59:44You seem decidedly rusty to me.
00:59:46Rusty? Certainly not. What's the answer?
00:59:48No. No!
00:59:50I've never seen anyone so obviously thinking about another...
00:59:53Another what?
00:59:54I was going to say another woman,
00:59:56but it's more likely to be a 15-year-old girl, isn't it?
00:59:58Who is she? Are you at a loose end tonight because of her?
01:00:01Or are you trying to forget her?
01:00:19Hiya.
01:00:22So you remember me.
01:00:24Of course.
01:00:34Come on, I'm here now.
01:00:41Just a minute. I've forgotten something.
01:00:45Terrible, eh?
01:00:47I can never decide on which flavour to use.
01:00:49What do you use?
01:00:51I prefer Strawberry Elite.
01:00:53You're safer with Strawberry Elite.
01:01:10I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
01:01:13Fresh air at last.
01:01:15Fresh air? This is fresh air?
01:01:17Oh, yeah.
01:01:19When you've had people grabbing at you all day, this is wonderful.
01:01:22Ah, free at last.
01:01:28It's not like it used to be round here, is it?
01:01:33What do you want to do now?
01:01:35Apart from that, of course.
01:01:37I'm not sure.
01:01:39Apart from that, of course.
01:01:41I'm not sure I want to do that.
01:01:43Not just yet.
01:01:45Can I just be with you a bit, can I?
01:01:47Maybe.
01:01:49You know what you're like?
01:01:51You're like someone who's trying to make an alibi for himself.
01:01:54Perhaps I am.
01:01:56An alibi for what?
01:01:58Not murder, anyway.
01:02:00Something infinitely worse than that.
01:02:03I promise you, Inspector, it wasn't me.
01:02:05It wasn't me!
01:02:07It's the man with the yellow socks. I keep telling you, it's going to be him.
01:02:10Stop it.
01:02:12You always know what's going to happen. Don't tell me.
01:02:20Hello?
01:02:22It's me.
01:02:24Listen, we can arrange to meet.
01:02:26Your condition's being met. Fulfilled.
01:02:31Who is she?
01:02:33Just somebody I know. Slightly.
01:02:35Why? Are you jealous?
01:02:40Doesn't sound like a proper one to me.
01:02:45We can't talk now.
01:02:47I'll think about it.
01:02:53That was Richard. He's got himself a new girlfriend.
01:02:58He's calling with progress reports at this time of night?
01:03:02He must be drunk.
01:03:04Yes.
01:03:06He hasn't been for years.
01:03:12It's not right, is it, that she'd be as hot as this in England?
01:03:16You worry, Paula.
01:03:18Worry? What's it about?
01:03:20Oh, you know, anything and everything.
01:03:22The end of the world.
01:03:24Why bother?
01:03:26There's nothing much you can do about that.
01:03:28And sex.
01:03:30What's it about?
01:03:34Oh, this is nice.
01:03:37Let's just do this.
01:03:39No more.
01:03:41You mean it's better than nothing?
01:03:43No. It's too warm to do any more.
01:03:51Do you think about sex a lot?
01:03:53Some days I think about nothing else.
01:03:56Around four o'clock, usually.
01:03:59It used to seem so simple, didn't it?
01:04:01Except you're probably too young to remember.
01:04:03But now...
01:04:05there's a man at work who has AIDS.
01:04:07Poor guy.
01:04:09I'm sorry.
01:04:11I suppose soon almost everybody will know somebody who's got it.
01:04:15Yeah, but him being right there, now,
01:04:17in a strange way,
01:04:19it's almost like a sign
01:04:21from I don't know where
01:04:23that what I'm doing is right.
01:04:25And what are you doing?
01:04:28I'm just trying to escape.
01:04:30Where's it to go?
01:04:32I heard.
01:04:34Where are you going? Tell me.
01:04:36What do you have to do?
01:04:38I've found a simple way.
01:04:40It's better than any drug.
01:04:42Any desert island.
01:04:44Really?
01:04:46So what do you need the alibi for?
01:04:48Nothing very much.
01:04:51I'm just in love with someone.
01:05:00I love you.
01:05:31I love you.
01:05:37Hello.
01:05:39Alan.
01:05:41Yes.
01:05:44No, no, I'm fine.
01:05:47Look, I'm busy at the moment.
01:05:49I'll call you back, OK?
01:05:53Wait a moment.
01:05:55This is from my home answering machine.
01:06:00We had a burglary last week, Alan.
01:06:04I just want to see if there's anything there,
01:06:06any wrong numbers,
01:06:08anything that doesn't sound right.
01:06:10I'm going to be a little late.
01:06:12I'll be back by eight, maybe before.
01:06:21I thought you weren't coming.
01:06:23I nearly didn't.
01:06:26Is this new?
01:06:28It's a ferry.
01:06:30We're not going up.
01:06:32If you've got anything to say to me, you can say it here.
01:06:34Here?
01:06:36Yes. Go and sit over there.
01:06:38You're always telling me where to sit.
01:06:42So what do you want?
01:06:44I want to touch you.
01:06:46I don't want you to.
01:06:49I did what you said.
01:06:51Your task.
01:06:53I don't believe you. I don't believe anything's changed.
01:06:59Why did you come here today, then,
01:07:01if you don't want to?
01:07:03Sinclair's been asking about the hotel I stayed in.
01:07:05Really?
01:07:07Did he believe you?
01:07:09I think so. I don't know.
01:07:11Good.
01:07:14Then this can last all summer, then, can't it?
01:07:16At least until...
01:07:18No, Richard, you see, you really need it,
01:07:20and I won't have that.
01:07:23If this is an addiction like you say it is,
01:07:25then maybe I'm prepared to...
01:07:27Don't say that.
01:07:29Don't say what?
01:07:31Say the rubbish you were about to say,
01:07:33that you're prepared to die for it because that's crap.
01:07:35You want...
01:07:37You want to pretend this is all going to end tragically,
01:07:39something enormously final,
01:07:41because you find that idea exciting.
01:07:43No.
01:07:45That's not true.
01:07:47No?
01:07:49No.
01:07:51I need you, Richard.
01:07:53I really need you as a friend.
01:07:55Friend?
01:07:57Come on, Natalie, just give me the key and...
01:07:59Get off, Richard! Get off!
01:08:01Get off me! Get off me!
01:08:03For Christ's sake!
01:08:12We don't want somebody reporting us.
01:08:14No, we don't need to go to jail, do we?
01:08:17Hadn't you better get back to work?
01:08:19No, my boss is very ill. I've told you, he's got AIDS.
01:08:21Oh, yes, I'm sorry. Have you seen him yet?
01:08:23No.
01:08:25That's very cowardly. Why not?
01:08:27You've got to go at once.
01:08:29You keep setting me tasks.
01:08:31Well, why not? I am your sister, after all.
01:08:35And if I do go?
01:08:37I make no promises.
01:08:40You can have one kiss, just one.
01:08:42I shouldn't, but one kiss can do no harm.
01:08:50Keep away from me.
01:08:52Till the end of next month, then you will have proved something to me.
01:09:19Hiya.
01:09:21Hi.
01:09:23See you later.
01:09:50I, um...
01:09:52I didn't know what to bring,
01:09:54so I've brought a couple of books.
01:09:58Great. Thanks.
01:10:00There's a third one in here,
01:10:02but it's got a little bit messed up.
01:10:05A biro burst in my pocket.
01:10:07I was wondering whether or not to give it to you,
01:10:09but it's the most fun out of the three.
01:10:11No, give it to me. Fine.
01:10:13Sorry, that was awful.
01:10:15No problem.
01:10:19You can go when you like. Don't feel...
01:10:21I'm sorry, I didn't mean to look...
01:10:23It's like someone made you come.
01:10:27The parents haven't been to see me.
01:10:29Really? I'm sorry, that's...
01:10:31Just like them.
01:10:33True to form.
01:10:40I probably should have bought some fruit. I know. I'm sorry.
01:10:42Stop apologising all the time. It's nauseating.
01:10:45Stop wiping the book like that.
01:10:47You're driving me crazy.
01:10:49I'll read it with the stains, OK?
01:10:52Right?
01:10:54Right.
01:10:58Listen, are you allowed out of bed,
01:11:00out of here, for an afternoon?
01:11:02Yes, if I want to.
01:11:04It can be negotiated.
01:11:06I've got a meeting with Lapinshaw Mercantile.
01:11:08You want to come?
01:11:10I could brief you on the way.
01:11:18I think those are all the important ones.
01:11:22Look at it.
01:11:24It's like fighting with a pea-shooter, what we're trying to do.
01:11:27Might get one extra zebra crossing.
01:11:29Better than nothing.
01:11:31You know, I can remember when they first announced what was going to happen here.
01:11:34It was going to be this great new city.
01:11:36The new Venice. Modern but magical.
01:11:38One of the wonders of Europe.
01:11:40Yeah, I can remember that too.
01:11:42And look what happened.
01:11:44You're becoming an architectural reactionary, Richard.
01:11:48No. No, a modernist, definitely.
01:11:51Always thought I was.
01:11:55This is incredible, isn't it?
01:11:57You're the one that's ill, yet you're the optimist.
01:12:00That's because you're determined not to be.
01:12:02Aren't you?
01:12:04Aren't you?
01:12:06Maybe.
01:12:08We'll have to see what we can do about that, Richard.
01:12:15Sir, I'm terribly sorry...
01:12:17No, no, no, no, it's OK, beautician.
01:12:20Go on.
01:12:22Sorry to have kept you waiting, gentlemen.
01:12:25Colin was able to make it after all.
01:12:28How good of you to come.
01:12:30Um, we are a little pressed for time.
01:12:32In that case, let's not waste any more of it.
01:12:34Richard?
01:12:36Right.
01:12:38It appears there have been a number of people
01:12:41Right.
01:12:43It appears there have been some interesting developments in the last few weeks.
01:12:47You made a statement saying that you had absolutely no intention
01:12:51of going back on plans for providing housing on the site.
01:12:54And then just a week after that, there's a secret meeting
01:12:57between you and two civil servants from the Department of the Environment.
01:13:01Untrue, untrue.
01:13:03We have a memo to prove it, would you believe.
01:13:05It says, meeting with Lapinshaw Mercantile
01:13:08about whether they will be held to promises.
01:13:10Could I...?
01:13:12Gentlemen, please, don't be so eager.
01:13:14You'll see it all in due course when we publish in five days' time.
01:13:18Now, I think you should just listen.
01:13:20After all, you are getting a sneak preview of it
01:13:23before it becomes public.
01:13:28I think that's very generous of us.
01:13:30Don't you, Richard?
01:13:32Definitely.
01:13:34Very considerate.
01:13:36Mm, it is curried tuna, isn't it?
01:13:39What do you think?
01:13:42Yeah, cheers.
01:13:44Have a taste. Go on.
01:13:46No, thank you.
01:13:48No, no, no, please, don't have it.
01:13:50I've got my sandwich, so please, thank you very much.
01:13:53No, no, no. Thank you.
01:13:58That was great.
01:14:00Yes. The sandwich was nice anyway.
01:14:04I'll get you back then.
01:14:06Yes.
01:14:09That's much better.
01:14:40It's very early, I know.
01:14:42I... I'm sorry.
01:14:44We were already up.
01:14:46Is Natalie around?
01:14:50Natalie's gone out already.
01:14:52She's not here?
01:14:54No, she's not.
01:14:56Come, Richard.
01:14:58Come, Richard.
01:15:00Come, Richard.
01:15:02Come, Richard.
01:15:04Come, Richard.
01:15:06Come.
01:15:09Come with me.
01:15:13It's very convenient, you being here,
01:15:15cos I'm not going to work this morning.
01:15:17Definitely not.
01:15:19Where are we going?
01:15:20Just a little trip. I've hired this for myself,
01:15:22but it's perfect. You should be here.
01:15:24Oh, no. No, I don't like boats.
01:15:26Don't worry. I know absolutely nothing about boats either,
01:15:29but he does. Fernando does.
01:15:31He comes with the boat.
01:15:33You've got to come, Richard.
01:15:38Come.
01:15:54Relax.
01:15:56You're here now.
01:15:58Yeah.
01:16:08It's okay.
01:16:29Oh, no!
01:16:31It's coming!
01:16:35It's coming!
01:16:38Other people's children are wonderful, aren't they?
01:16:40Yes.
01:16:42Do, um...
01:16:44Do you and Natalie plan?
01:16:46Oh, yeah, someday.
01:16:49Natalie doesn't feel ready at the moment.
01:16:54As I'm sure you know.
01:16:57Relax, Richard.
01:17:00Jesus.
01:17:02Why is it so hot?
01:17:09You know,
01:17:11dinosaurs roamed around here more than anywhere else in England.
01:17:16There was a sort of dinosaur rush hour at certain times of the day
01:17:20along this river.
01:17:22Great herds of them wading along here.
01:17:30So what will remain of our world, Sinclair,
01:17:32in a couple of hundred years?
01:17:34We've spent too much time thinking about the end of the world.
01:17:38Today.
01:17:40I promise you.
01:17:43Not before lunch.
01:17:45I'm a professional forecaster, remember?
01:17:48Come on.
01:17:49I know a secluded spot.
01:17:51Secluded spot?
01:17:53Fernando will stay here. He prefers eating on his own.
01:17:55No, I'm sure Fernando would love to...
01:18:00Is he going to kill me, do you think?
01:18:07No.
01:18:14Didn't have anything but the lychees.
01:18:17You didn't know I was coming.
01:18:19You couldn't have.
01:18:21No, of course not.
01:18:24So this was all for you?
01:18:26Sure, why not?
01:18:33Probably full of corpses.
01:18:37She's having an affair, isn't she?
01:18:42If you mean Natalie...
01:18:44Who else would I mean?
01:18:46Don't give me dumb replies, please, Richard.
01:18:48It insults both of us.
01:18:50If you mean Natalie, then I'm sure that she isn't.
01:18:52She's lying to me all the time.
01:18:57People lie to you, suddenly can't think of anything else.
01:19:02You've spotted little signs of her.
01:19:04Little signs.
01:19:06She's been carrying around a giant placard
01:19:08saying I'm fucking somebody else.
01:19:16So who is it?
01:19:20You tell me.
01:19:22I don't know.
01:19:25I don't believe that.
01:19:27Sinclair, I can promise you that she hasn't talked to me about it.
01:19:32You know I'll find out.
01:19:36Yeah?
01:19:39I know.
01:19:48I've got a plan now, anyway.
01:19:50You have?
01:19:52Oh, yes.
01:20:07LAUGHTER
01:20:10They must have known you were here, Richard.
01:20:13They've tracked you down.
01:20:36CAR ENGINE ROARS
01:21:02What on earth are you doing here?
01:21:04Surprise visit. I had to see you.
01:21:06We'd agreed. I don't care what we'd agreed.
01:21:09What's going on here?
01:21:11We're leaving.
01:21:13What do you mean, leaving?
01:21:15And I want the house to look nice
01:21:17for the last weeks we spend in it.
01:21:19Where are you going? America.
01:21:21We're going to live there, in Connecticut.
01:21:23What do you mean, live?
01:21:25Live, you know.
01:21:27Take up residence, change of scene.
01:21:29For a few years or so.
01:21:31Yes, I've had offers of work before, of course,
01:21:33but my work can't be avoided.
01:21:35But this was suddenly irresistible and we succumbed, didn't we?
01:21:39It wasn't just the money, the house, the timing.
01:21:42Everything seemed right.
01:21:44We've got to talk about this.
01:21:46We have to, of course.
01:21:49Nothing can change, you understand?
01:21:55There may be some things for you here, Richard,
01:21:58but if you want them, we can't possibly take everything.
01:22:08There you are.
01:22:10You said the other bloody hotel. I said here.
01:22:12We can't talk here. This is ridiculous.
01:22:14Can't we? People having tea, they can't here.
01:22:16Why are we here? You're expecting me to cause trouble, aren't you?
01:22:18Yes. We're going somewhere else. No, no.
01:22:20Now, St Clair's meeting me here in a little while, by the way.
01:22:23What are you doing? What's this for?
01:22:25Look, just keep still.
01:22:27You can't go in without a tie. They'll throw you out.
01:22:29Natalie, what the... Keep still.
01:22:36It's the hottest summer since Queen Victoria.
01:22:39It was always like this when we were living in Camden Street.
01:22:43Is it because of me? No.
01:22:46Time for a change.
01:22:48St Clair wants to get out of England. The economy's going down the ship.
01:22:51And working in an employment agency is not exactly the answer to my dream.
01:22:55You're running away now. No.
01:22:58St Clair's a wise man.
01:23:00He's a little overwhelming and maybe I thought I couldn't cope.
01:23:04I love him and he's right.
01:23:12If they knew about this.
01:23:17Do you find that idea exciting, don't you?
01:23:20Not particularly.
01:23:22It looks just like another cafeteria.
01:23:24If they knew, they'd be surprised.
01:23:28That's true, isn't it?
01:23:29You broke the rules.
01:23:31There was no agreement between us, Richard. You know that, my love.
01:23:39What is this, Richard? Come on.
01:23:41I'm just asking you very simply.
01:23:45Please don't go yet.
01:23:48I've helped you constantly, after all.
01:23:51So many times.
01:23:53Please do this for me.
01:23:59Okay, you...
01:24:00My love, what's happened is lost your inner confidence a little bit, that's all.
01:24:05You could do anything if you put your mind to it. Remember, you know that.
01:24:10I'll ask you one more time.
01:24:16I should never have let this happen.
01:24:21It was a terrible mistake.
01:24:28You couldn't handle it, could you?
01:24:30Stop it!
01:24:32Richard!
01:24:36Richard!
01:24:39I don't believe you're this hot.
01:24:45It's not that serious, Richard.
01:24:49This is my beautiful brother here,
01:24:52who's funny, not afraid of anything.
01:24:56Just let it go, Richard.
01:24:58Let it go.
01:25:01It's simple, it's easy.
01:25:04It'll be gone soon.
01:25:06It won't happen.
01:25:11I'm not going to let you go away.
01:25:13Oh, really, so how are you going to stop me?
01:25:15I will stop you.
01:25:17I'm not safe here.
01:25:18You brought me here because you thought you could handle me.
01:25:21Well, you're wrong.
01:25:23For God's sake.
01:25:37Hello, you two.
01:25:39I didn't say Richard was going to be here as well.
01:25:42English tea, I'm really going to miss these.
01:25:45Cucumber sandwiches are going to be the last one we see for quite a while.
01:25:55Oh, I've just got to phone work,
01:25:58check on a couple of things.
01:26:04We're having a great time.
01:26:06Being lazy, saying goodbye to London,
01:26:09going to shows, tourist attractions we've never seen.
01:26:14Keeps Natalie occupied.
01:26:21These notice boards are often surprisingly interesting.
01:26:25See what's going on elsewhere in the hotel.
01:26:32Natalie, I promise you, I'm not kidding, you cannot go.
01:26:34Get out of here, Richard, I told you, there's no going back.
01:26:37I cannot answer for what will happen if you try and leave.
01:26:39You can't answer, stop being so melodramatic.
01:26:41You're determined to make something happen.
01:26:42Natalie, this is me.
01:26:44Look, you know that I've never been desperate about anything.
01:26:47I never expected this to happen either, but it has.
01:26:50Look, just come with me.
01:26:52Natalie, just...
01:26:53Stop it!
01:26:54Come with me, just a talk.
01:26:56Come to my flat, get rid of Sinclair.
01:26:58Is the lady all right?
01:27:00Yes, yes.
01:27:02For God's sake.
01:27:08I don't know what happened, where did you go?
01:27:10She just wanted some change.
01:27:12All right, I'm warning you.
01:27:25Natalie!
01:27:37Natalie!
01:28:07Natalie!
01:28:14Hey!
01:28:15Open up!
01:28:16Hey!
01:28:18Hey!
01:28:37Hey!
01:29:08Richard.
01:29:12Come on.
01:29:14Come on.
01:29:16Come on.
01:29:18Come on, come on.
01:29:19Come on!
01:29:25Silly boy.
01:29:28So you took vitamin pills as well.
01:29:31More vitamin pills than sleeping pills, it looks like.
01:29:34It's not the best way to kill yourself.
01:29:38I came back for the tie, actually.
01:29:42Partly for that.
01:29:44It's rather a good one, you've messed it up.
01:29:49You wanted to frighten me, did you?
01:29:52You half managed it.
01:29:54You're precious to me, Richard.
01:29:56I don't want you to hurt yourself, but I'm not going to let you destroy us both.
01:30:03Do you understand?
01:30:07Come on, pull yourself together.
01:30:10I don't love you when you look like this all messy.
01:30:13Please, Natalie, whatever you do, don't tell me to pull myself together.
01:30:17Okay.
01:30:19Okay, now.
01:30:21If you behave yourself,
01:30:24and you're brave enough,
01:30:28you can come to our going away party.
01:30:30Sinclair's hired some gardens.
01:30:32Do you want to do that?
01:30:34I'll see, Natalie.
01:30:37I think you'll manage it somehow.
01:30:55Stop staring at them, they'll be going soon.
01:30:58It's okay.
01:31:00I don't mind.
01:31:03Okay.
01:31:07I think we should keep them here.
01:31:10In memory.
01:31:11You don't sound too sure.
01:31:13No, I am. You should.
01:31:18You'll do well running this place.
01:31:20High praise.
01:31:23Thank you.
01:31:25Come with me tomorrow.
01:31:27Please.
01:31:32Thank you.
01:31:49If there's anything that you've been longing to say to us for years,
01:31:52but felt you never could, now is the time.
01:31:54Don't hold back anything.
01:31:55Insulting, shocking, spiteful, growth.
01:31:58This is turning itself into a speech,
01:32:00forcing itself into a speech,
01:32:01so the only way to stop myself...
01:32:24Look at them.
01:32:26They're like presiding royalties,
01:32:28saying goodbye and good riddance to all of us.
01:32:30Why do you mind so much?
01:32:45She's a tartan.
01:32:48And, what's more, you should see his table manners.
01:32:50They're ex-certificates.
01:32:53Right the children off eating for days.
01:32:56He loves pink teas.
01:33:22Come on.
01:33:45Get off!
01:33:47Richard, I'll kill you!
01:33:49Put it up!
01:33:50Don't do it!
01:34:06I want to kill you.
01:34:21Fucking...
01:34:22So fucking easy for you!
01:34:25I hate you!
01:34:30Fucking bastard!
01:34:50No!
01:35:08You used me!
01:35:10Used you!
01:35:11To get a little excitement into your marriage.
01:35:13Make it take fire again.
01:35:15Make you feel strong.
01:35:16Help you find yourself.
01:35:18How bored were we in your wonderful house?
01:35:21Just play with this, shall we?
01:35:23Now we're all refreshed again.
01:35:24Please, Richard!
01:35:25And now we think we no longer need him.
01:35:27Let's just throw him away.
01:35:29Well, what about me?
01:35:31What has happened to me?
01:35:34I hate you!
01:35:36I won't allow you to...
01:35:38Stop it, Richard!
01:35:39I won't eat you!
01:35:40What if you were pregnant?
01:35:41Then I won't.
01:35:43The child would have an enormous head, probably.
01:35:48Stop it, Richard!
01:35:50You're gonna stop this!
01:36:09I'm sorry.
01:36:11I didn't mean to use you.
01:36:14Maybe I did use you.
01:36:18Now we're even.
01:36:20Are we?
01:36:24I love you.
01:36:29I knew you'd want this to end with one of us dying.
01:36:31Trust you to get both of us nearly killed.
01:36:41But I'll tell you a secret.
01:36:44What secret?
01:36:47Is it over? It's not going to erupt again?
01:36:50Not for the moment.
01:36:54We're not going the way Sinclair's deal fell through.
01:36:57But we still wanted to have the party.
01:37:01Serves me right, doesn't it?
01:37:16I love you.
01:37:46I love you.
01:38:17I love you.
01:38:29Something tells me it's the end of the party.
01:38:47Do I feel OK?
01:38:49Yes.
01:38:54You look as if you've been in mortar fire, you two.
01:38:57We have.
01:38:58You know, don't you?
01:39:02I know a few things.
01:39:06I know a few things.
01:39:11I know a few things.
01:39:13I know a few things.
01:39:19I know that there was something extraordinary between you two.
01:39:23Something that had to be purged.
01:39:28I don't want to know any more.
01:39:31There is a limit beyond which I can't go.
01:39:37I don't want to hear it.
01:39:40It's enough that the worst is over.
01:39:43You think so?
01:39:45It's over.
01:39:51It's getting less intense, isn't it?
01:39:56You're being so calm, Sinclair.
01:39:59It's amazing.
01:40:01I'm amazed myself, for somebody had to be calm around here.
01:40:06I mean...
01:40:10I could start screaming.
01:40:15Maybe I will.
01:40:17Delayed shock, who knows?
01:40:22I don't think so.
01:40:26I hope not.
01:40:27Told you he was wise, didn't I?
01:40:31So, Sinclair...
01:40:34You know everything.
01:40:37What's going to happen then?
01:40:40To us or the human race?
01:40:42Both.
01:40:47I haven't a clue.
01:40:57Bonfires, look.
01:40:59That's autumn.
01:41:01Those fires, always the typical end to summer.
01:41:04You wouldn't call this summer typical?
01:41:07No.
01:41:21Could be a good idea, we're not going away after all.
01:41:27I might have begun to miss this.
01:41:34Let's go.