1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,360 'It is now five days since the Labour MP John Stonehouse 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,160 'disappeared off this beach in Florida...' 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:09,000 I just wondered if you'd... heard anything? 4 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:11,640 Nothing at all, I'm afraid. 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,760 We have reason to suppose that this isn't your real name. 6 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,000 Who's Dums, Joe? 7 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:18,120 CRIES 8 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,640 We can't have one of our MPs faking his own death 9 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,960 and then reappearing on the other side of the world! 10 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,760 He is our majority, Betty. He has to be made to see sense. 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,240 Maybe it was me you, er, you really wanted to get away from? 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,000 No, of course not! 13 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,320 How marvellous to see you both! 14 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:37,000 I thought we were going to be together! The two of us! 15 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,000 It's just a few details to iron out. 16 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:43,160 John Stonehouse, I have an order for your extradition 17 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:48,080 to the United Kingdom to face 15 charges of forgery, theft and fraud. 18 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:01,480 So as you know, Mr Stonehouse, this programme is about people 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,720 who have gone missing in mysterious circumstances. 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:11,440 Now, it's possible that some of our viewers might not know who you are. 21 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,840 Really? Do you think so? 22 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,120 It is possible. 23 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,840 So it's very important to tell your story 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,360 as simply and clearly as you can. 25 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,760 Simply. Clearly. 26 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,480 Got it. 27 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,240 Mr Stonehouse! Mr Stonehouse! 28 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,160 How does it feel to be finally out on bail, Mr Stonehouse? 29 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,520 I have no complaints about the way I've been treated. 30 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,000 No, my accommodation was quite satisfactory 31 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,560 and the food unexpectedly nutritious. 32 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,680 What I-What I would take issue with, though, is the, erm... 33 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,240 is the way in which my applications for bail have been repeatedly denied 34 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,520 in a manner in which I can only conclude as, erm, 35 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,840 politically motivated. 36 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,200 It was the... It was the humbug and hypocrisy 37 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,840 that I witnessed in politics that caused my breakdown, 38 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,880 and now it's that hypocrisy and humbug 39 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:38,760 that is trying to deny me now a fair hearing. Thank you. 40 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,880 Did you have a message you'd like to send to the public? 41 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:43,800 Wake up, England! 42 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:44,920 Thank you. 43 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,960 CLAMOURING 44 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,720 Hello, darling. 45 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,360 HE CHUCKLES 46 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,800 Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home, Dad. 47 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,400 Oh, thank you! Oh, Lord! Look at that! 48 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,800 Look at that. That's wonderful. 49 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,240 Ah! Wonderful to be back. 50 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:12,960 CHUCKLES 51 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:19,360 Erm, yes, even-even though it took an absurdly long time to-to... 52 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,440 to sort out the, er, 53 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:26,080 the-the misunderstandings surrounding my case, 54 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,680 it... I have to say, 55 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:32,080 I found the experience extraordinarily interesting. 56 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,400 Talking to people, as one does, and lending an ear, 57 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:41,040 it became obvious that-that-that a lot of them, the vast majority, 58 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,400 I daresay, don't deserve to be in prison. 59 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,080 They don't deserve it. 60 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,520 They're there through no fault of their own, 61 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:55,200 and through an unfortunate series of...of...of... 62 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,320 Misunderstandings? Misunderstandings. 63 00:03:58,360 --> 00:03:59,840 Exactly so! 64 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,080 RADIO: 'Demonstrations are currently being held up and down the country. 65 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,560 'In other news: Six weeks after his sensational return 66 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,400 'to the UK, MP John Stonehouse was released on bail from Brixton prison 67 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,440 'this morning, 68 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,000 'effectively holding the fate of the Government in his hands.' 69 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:17,440 SHE TURNS RADIO OFF 70 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,320 Just like old times. 71 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:37,680 Not quite. 72 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,720 I know the conditions of your bail 73 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,600 forbid you from seeing Sheila Buckley, 74 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,560 but let me make my position perfectly clear. 75 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:54,800 You are not to see her again, either now or in the future, 76 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:57,120 in or outside of work. 77 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,000 Is that understood? 78 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,640 Absolutely! 79 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,560 One hundred percent. 80 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:10,920 Hm. 81 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,040 CLEARS HIS THROAT 82 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,680 I think I'm just going to pop out for a quick stroll, 83 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,920 if you don't mind? Just to clear my head. 84 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,440 Hm. 85 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:55,400 BARBARA TALKS QUIETLY: I just don't know what the best thing to do is. 86 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:59,600 I know people are saying that he's making a laughing stock of us. 87 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,720 All of us. 88 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:06,680 I just want to do whatever possible to keep the family together, 89 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,520 try to act normally, no matter how abnormal the situation is. 90 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,680 Well, that's very reassuring. 91 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,400 Thank you. 92 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,640 No, it-it means a lot, really. 93 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,400 All right, well, er... better go. 94 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,120 Speak soon. 95 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:28,560 Bye. 96 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,080 Good morning, darling! SHE YELPS 97 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,680 Oh! 98 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,400 The Ayes to the right, three hundred and sixteen. 99 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,720 The Noes to the left, three hundred and sixteen. 100 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,320 CHEERING 101 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,440 The Ayes to the right, three hundred and sixteen. 102 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,840 The Noes to the left, three hundred and sixteen. 103 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:03,120 CHEERING 104 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,640 Order. Order! 105 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:11,200 That's the second time in a week that Stonehouse has defied the whips 106 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,080 and missed the vote, Prime Minister. 107 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,640 Prime Minister? 108 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,480 Tell me, Betty... 109 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,400 do you ever wonder what happens... 110 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,120 afterwards? 111 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:30,920 Afterwards, Prime Minister? 112 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,040 You know, Goodnight Vienna and all that. 113 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:40,880 Do the lucky ones, or the virtuous ones, really go to a better place? 114 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,760 Do you mean the House of Lords, Prime Minister? 115 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,680 HE CHUCKLES 116 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,400 Maybe I do, Betty. Maybe I do. 117 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,040 John Stonehouse, Prime Minister... 118 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,920 If he misses another vote, 119 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,560 then the Tories could table a motion of no confidence, 120 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,240 and if that happens, we'll be well and truly... 121 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,000 I know exactly where we'll be, Betty. 122 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,880 Let me see if I've got this straight. 123 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,320 In order to stay in power, 124 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,840 we need the support of someone who's either off his rocker 125 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,200 or pretending to be off his rocker, or else sufficiently off his rocker 126 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,000 not to be able to tell whether he's really off his rocker or not. 127 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,840 There, does that about cover it? 128 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,600 Yes. 129 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,920 It's time to bring the awkward sod back to heel. 130 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,280 Hello, darling. 131 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,440 You're late. 132 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,200 Well, you know what it's like when you, er... 133 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:10,720 meet old chums and start, er... chatting away and... 134 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,200 ..chewing the fat. 135 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,480 Time flies, so... 136 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,880 Just, er... 137 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,320 ..clear my head. 138 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,960 Yes, of course you're scared, darling. That's perfectly natural. 139 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:02,160 No, I don't expect you to wait indefinitely. Absolutely not. 140 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,080 No, no, no. It's just a matter of timing. 141 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,040 'Darling. Hello? Are you there?' 142 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:10,120 Yes. 143 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,320 'Oh, it's all right. I thought we'd been cut off.' 144 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,360 I miss my Dums... 145 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,520 'I miss my Dums, too. 146 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:21,520 'Terribly. Terribly. It's like an ache.' 147 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:23,480 What sort of an ache? 148 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,400 Just a... 149 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,040 Just a sort of all-over sort of ache. 150 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:38,080 I miss the touch of you. 151 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,920 'Feeling you beside me. 152 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,000 'Your arms wrapped around me.' 153 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:45,320 Do you? 154 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,120 'Mmm.' 155 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,480 And I miss the things you do to me. 156 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:55,360 What-What sort of things? 157 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,120 The way you make me forget myself. 158 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,480 Do I? 159 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,720 You know you do. 160 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,640 'Just be patient, my love.' 161 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:09,640 Just for a little while longer. 162 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:12,520 I promise you, nothing can stand in our way. 163 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,240 SHE SIGHS 164 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,200 Bye. Bye, darling. Bye. Bye. 165 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,080 Before I call upon 166 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,440 the Right Honourable Gentleman for Walsall North 167 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:55,080 to make a personal statement, I want to make one thing clear. 168 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,600 In light of his particular circumstances, 169 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,600 he must stick to the wording of his prepared statement. 170 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,720 I will not tolerate any deviations. 171 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,600 I am very grateful, Mr Speaker, for agreeing to my request. 172 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:12,640 The, erm... 173 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:14,680 The events surrounding my disappearance 174 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,320 have caused a great deal of press interest. 175 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,280 Erm... enormous press interest... 176 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,800 all round the world, and I feel I owe it to the House 177 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,720 to offer an explanation for my... my behaviour. 178 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,880 CLEARS HIS THROAT 179 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,880 In the latter half of last year, 180 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:35,960 I suffered a complete mental breakdown. 181 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:42,320 This breakdown was analysed by an eminent psychologist in Australia 182 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:48,640 and described by her as a form of emotional suicide. 183 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:51,840 It took the form of attempting to destroy 184 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,400 the personality of John Stonehouse, 185 00:13:55,440 --> 00:14:01,000 because that personality had become intolerable to him. 186 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:06,400 The nature and the scale of Stonehouse's idealism 187 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,560 proved incompatible with the day-to-day realities 188 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,120 of political life... 189 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,480 The Right Honourable Gentleman 190 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,920 is departing from his prepared statement. 191 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,200 Mr Speaker, I made one or two small textual changes, 192 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:18,680 just for clarity, nothing more. 193 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,360 The Right Honourable Gentleman must say only what has been passed by me! 194 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:28,640 Just being in the Chamber became physically painful 195 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:33,200 because it was a reminder of my lost ideals... 196 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,800 ..of my belief in the fundamental goodness of human nature, 197 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:45,400 a belief that was sorely and continually tested 198 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,280 by the behaviour of my parliamentary colleagues. 199 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,480 MURMOURING 200 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,840 During my time at Westminster, 201 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,480 I have come to see the House of Commons 202 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:03,160 as riddled with deceit, corruption, and hypocrisy. 203 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:04,440 Once again, 204 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,040 the Right Honourable Gentleman is departing from the agreed text! 205 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,680 Parliamentary democracy, our great gift to the world, 206 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,880 has been reduced to nothing more than a charade. 207 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,160 Every five years the people of this country elect people 208 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,800 to represent them. 209 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,440 They do so in the belief that these representatives 210 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,680 are acting in their own best interests. 211 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,640 In reality, they're doing nothing of the sort. 212 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,360 In reality, the vast majority of MPs - 213 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,560 and I have to include myself in this - are no better than robots. 214 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,640 I will not... I will not tolerate this any more! 215 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,640 Docile, unthinking machines. 216 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,400 Voting on issues they don't understand after debates 217 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,160 which they do not listen to. 218 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,840 Deluding themselves that they have anyone's welfare at heart 219 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,200 except, perhaps, their own... 220 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,120 The Right Honourable Gentleman will be seated. 221 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,520 On the 15th of October last, 222 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,560 Sheila Buckley wrote the following letter to John Stonehouse: 223 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,520 "My darling Dums, 224 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,440 "Whichever way you turn, I'll be there for you. 225 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:24,480 "Rest assured that I will do anything in my power to help.' 226 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,320 On the eighth of November last, 227 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,400 John Stonehouse wrote the following letter to Sheila Buckley: 228 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,680 "My darling Dums, 229 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,280 "The thought of being with you is the only thing 230 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,960 "that keeps me going through this vale of hardship." 231 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,680 I find that there is a case to answer against both of you. 232 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:54,920 As a result, 233 00:16:54,960 --> 00:17:00,400 you will be committed to the Central Criminal Court to stand your trial 234 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,520 on charges of deception and theft. 235 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,240 Barbara? 236 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,240 BARBARA: You're sleeping in the spare room. 237 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,080 SIGHS 238 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,360 'The number you have dialled is not in service at this time.' 239 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,000 RINGING 240 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,520 Hello? 241 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,400 Yes, this is he. 242 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,680 Prime Minister! 243 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,160 No, no, no, no, I wasn't asleep. 244 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,520 No, far from it, in fact. 245 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:30,040 Tomorrow? 246 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,440 Yes, of course. 247 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:32,680 Course. 248 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,120 I heard your speech, John. 249 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,840 Bit drastic, there's no getting away from that, 250 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,720 but there was some good stuff in there. Food for thought. 251 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,920 You and me, we may have had our spats, 252 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,000 but beneath it all we're very alike. 253 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,960 Both men of high ideals. Too high, possibly. 254 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,480 Too trusting for our own good. 255 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,840 Worn down by all the back-stabbing. 256 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:02,320 That's what I was trying to get at. 257 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:05,240 And you did get at it, John! Bang on the money. 258 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,720 All the duplicity, the treachery of our so-called colleagues. 259 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,840 The sheer bloody nastiness of them... 260 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,800 Exactly so! Exactly! 261 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:16,560 What a pair we are, eh? 262 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,600 CHUCKLING 263 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,480 That whole business in Miami... 264 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,480 Again, a bit drastic. 265 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,400 Well, more than a bit drastic, let's face it. 266 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,120 But, erm, it couldn't have been easy for you. 267 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:32,880 Took a lot of guts. 268 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,760 Well, I really didn't feel like I had any choice. 269 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,000 I'm sure you didn't, John. I'm sure you didn't. 270 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,360 Something broke. 271 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,680 Something broke inside. 272 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,720 The old John Stonehouse... 273 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,840 had to die. 274 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,000 No, I can see that. 275 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,720 Can you? 276 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,240 Well, of course. 277 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,840 Which of us truly knows who we really are? 278 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,120 Take me, for instance. What do you see? 279 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,840 What am I, John? 280 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,840 Well, you-you're the Prime Minister, Prime Minister. 281 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:15,280 Don't I know it! 282 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,760 No, I mean apart from all that. 283 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,640 I'll tell you what I am. 284 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,320 I'm the big fat spider in the corner of the room. 285 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,000 Sometimes I speak when I'm asleep. 286 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:35,040 Sometimes I may tell you to go to the Charing Cross Road 287 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,920 and kick a blind man. 288 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,440 Would you do that for me? 289 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,280 Well, if you really wanted me to, Prime Minister. 290 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,120 I knew I could rely on you... 291 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,120 when the chips were down. 292 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,520 So, then... 293 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,880 no more silly buggers, eh? 294 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,320 No more silly buggers. 295 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,640 That's the spirit. 296 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,680 Well, I won't take up any more of your valuable time. 297 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,680 I have enjoyed our little chin-wag. 298 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,080 Thank you. 299 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:28,120 You're quite right, of course. 300 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,000 Prime Minister? 301 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,480 What you said about politics. 302 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,880 About what it does to you. 303 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,840 The price you pay... 304 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,680 After a while, something does get broken. 305 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,760 'Following his defection to the United States last month, 306 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,760 'the former Czech spymaster Alexander Marek 307 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,720 'has given his first television interview.' 308 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,760 'Can you tell me what your duties were at the Czech embassy?' 309 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:06,040 'I was in charge of recruiting politicians.' 310 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,640 'Recruiting British politicians to spy for the Czechs?' 311 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,280 'Huh.' 312 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,280 'And how did you do that?' 313 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:18,480 'Sex. 314 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,280 'That was the most effective way. 315 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,880 'Erm... One of our agents would seduce the politician. 316 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,800 'We would film him having sex with a hidden camera, 317 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,920 'and then we would tell him that if he didn't cooperate, 318 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,920 'then we would send the film to his wife.' 319 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,960 'And how senior were these politicians?' 320 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,320 'Very senior.' 321 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:55,680 'Are you saying that ministers of the Crown were Czech spies?' 322 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,800 'Well... only one.' 323 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:05,880 'And are you able to identify this senior politician?' 324 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,280 'Um...' 325 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,360 SIGHS 326 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,080 SHOUTS: I'm going out! 327 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,760 What are you doing? 328 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,760 You know we're not supposed to see each other. 329 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,920 I know. I know, I'm sorry, darling. 330 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,640 I just couldn't bear not to see you. 331 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,600 Anyway, I thought you'd be at the House of Commons. 332 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,960 Really? Why? 333 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,040 'The Prime Minister's resignation has caused widespread astonishment. 334 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:49,560 'Suggestions that he might be ill, 335 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,600 'even that he might have become disillusioned, 336 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,680 'have been dismissed as unfounded speculation. 337 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,280 'What's not in doubt, though, 338 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,360 'is that his resignation has plunged the country into a fresh crisis. 339 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,640 'Having lost its majority in the House of Commons, the Government...' 340 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,040 But I just saw him! 341 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,120 Who? Wilson. Yesterday. 342 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,080 I went to see him yesterday. 343 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:08,720 What did he say? 344 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,040 He said that he understood. 345 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,200 That he felt the same way as I do. 346 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:17,480 This is all down to me! 347 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,160 Mmm. 348 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,280 Well, omelette, of course, 349 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:37,120 but there's something... something unusual in there, 350 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,440 something I wouldn't have expected. 351 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,320 Give up? 352 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:42,920 I give up. 353 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,640 Anchovies! 354 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,600 Anchovies! 355 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,920 I would never have guessed that. 356 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,120 How clever you are! You're so clever. 357 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,240 Mm! 358 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,080 You've got to go. 359 00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:59,280 I know. I know... 360 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,680 I know. I just can't see the point any more. 361 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,040 Argh! 362 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:12,520 People often ask me, 363 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,920 what does the English National Party stand for? 364 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,800 My answer is simple. 365 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:23,640 We stand for everything that makes England great: 366 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:28,200 its tolerance, its good manners, its love of nature, 367 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:34,160 and of course its rich and diverse folk-dancing heritage. 368 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:40,400 At this time of great uncertainty, we believe that a return 369 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:46,120 to traditional virtues represents our best hope for the future. 370 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:51,720 So my friends, don't delay, join with us today - 371 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,760 and Let's Make England Merry Again! 372 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,800 MUSIC PLAYS 373 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,120 "I will not continue... 374 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,560 "I am not prepared to continue... 375 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,280 "With the Prime Minister's resignation, 376 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:47,120 "I cannot in all conscience continue to support a government 377 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,200 "I disagree with on so many issues, 378 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,840 "a government whose only concern... 379 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:59,280 "..whose sole concern seems to be surviving from week to week... 380 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:09,800 "I have therefore decided to resign the Labour Whip and join the..." 381 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,360 English National Party? 382 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,880 John, they're fascists! 383 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,120 No, no, that's the National Front. 384 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,280 The English National Party is quite different. 385 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:19,560 What do they believe in? 386 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,960 A devolved English Parliament... 387 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,720 Erm... abolition of income tax... 388 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,480 Morris dancing... 389 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,960 And do you know, I've-I've also... 390 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,760 I've also been giving a lot of thought to the future. 391 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,320 After all this has been sorted out... John... 392 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,000 ..and I have to say I'm feeling quite optimistic about things, 393 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,640 about things in general. John! 394 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,720 And of course, I don't deny that there are problems. 395 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,360 Practical problems. Money, for one. 396 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,800 And, of course, there's the children... John! But I really do... 397 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,720 Let's not look too far into the future, shall we? 398 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,360 Right. 399 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,400 You know what they say about happiness. 400 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,880 You have to snatch at it before it flies away. 401 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,280 I hadn't heard that, as a matter of fact. 402 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,320 Snatch at it, you say? 403 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,480 Whoo, there it goes... 404 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,560 Whoo, gone round again. I've got it. 405 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:34,520 Course you're right, darling, as always. 406 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,280 I do know what happiness is. 407 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,560 It's being right here with you. 408 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,160 You won't do anything rash, will you? 409 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,840 What do you mean? 410 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,920 In court. 411 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:53,960 You won't do anything rash. 412 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,400 Darling, you have my word! 413 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:05,320 All rise. 414 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,560 You may sit. 415 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,040 Your Honour, after careful consideration... 416 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,800 ..I have decided to dispense with my legal team... 417 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,120 GASPING 418 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,600 ..my extremely efficient and able legal team 419 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,200 and conduct my own defence. 420 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,640 Given the complexities of my case, 421 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,480 and the frankly absurd nature 422 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,520 of some of the charges against me... 423 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,720 ..I feel that I am the only one who can give an accurate 424 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:54,120 and unbiased account of what really happened. 425 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:59,400 Mr Stonehouse, I strongly advise you to reconsider your decision. 426 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,080 In my experience, 427 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,800 defendants who insist on conducting their own defence 428 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:10,440 invariably end up doing themselves a lot more harm than good. 429 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,680 Sit down, please. 430 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:40,320 Mr Stonehouse, I warned you at the start of this trial 431 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,120 that in choosing to conduct your own defence, 432 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,680 you were making a grave mistake. 433 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,600 No, Mr Stonehouse, I have heard more than enough from you. 434 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,720 As a result of your constant interruptions, 435 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,520 your meandering digressions 436 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,880 and your insistence on contesting every tiny detail 437 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,680 of the prosecution's case, 438 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,920 a trial that was scheduled to last three weeks 439 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,720 has dragged on for almost four months, 440 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,840 at the end of which you have been found guilty 441 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:18,280 on 18 of the 21 counts you faced. 442 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,320 Throughout your trial, 443 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,680 you have sought to lay the blame for what you insisted on calling 444 00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:30,400 your travails at the hands of almost anyone apart from yourself. 445 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:35,320 However, I am quite satisfied that the blame is yours 446 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,840 and yours alone. 447 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:43,760 While I do not claim to be an expert in mental illness, 448 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:48,040 I rather doubt if anyone committing emotional suicide 449 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,480 has cynically committed fraud, 450 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:56,440 obtained two false passports and hatched a sophisticated scheme 451 00:34:56,480 --> 00:35:00,480 to start a new life on the other side of the world. 452 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:04,600 There are those who will say that your fall from grace 453 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,920 is punishment enough. 454 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,720 But given the severity of your offences, 455 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:15,760 I believe I have no choice but to pass the maximum possible sentence. 456 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:21,800 I am therefore sentencing you to seven years imprisonment. 457 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,000 MURMOURING 458 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,480 Sheila Buckley, while I have no doubt 459 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,360 that you aided Mr Stonehouse in his plan, 460 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,480 I am satisfied that you were prompted 461 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,640 more by your devotion to him than by any malicious intent. 462 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:45,160 I am therefore giving you a two-year suspended sentence. 463 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,120 Hello. John Stonehouse! 464 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,920 I don't suppose there's a hanger? 465 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,040 Good night. 466 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:41,640 I tried to bring in some food, but I'm afraid they took it away. 467 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,960 For examination, they said. 468 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,360 Probably looking for bolt-cutters. 469 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,360 No, don't worry about bringing me anything, darling. 470 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,720 Just you being here is more than enough. 471 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:56,120 Just being able to touch you, even over this... 472 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,400 horrid table... 473 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,640 Do you know the most extraordinary thing? 474 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,680 Since I've been here, I feel - 475 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:08,280 and I know this is gonna sound ridiculous - 476 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,080 but for the first time in my life I feel free. 477 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:16,040 It's incredibly liberating being treated as just one of the crowd, 478 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,440 just as an ordinary human being. 479 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,040 You'll never be ordinary for me. 480 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,800 Well, there's ordinary and ordinary, of course. 481 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,480 What do you think prompted your husband's behaviour? 482 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,920 Well, that's a very difficult question to answer. 483 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,040 Er... 484 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,680 I have been reading about something called the male menopause, 485 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:49,560 and I... and I wonder if that might have something to do with it. 486 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:56,320 May I ask, what are your feelings for your husband? 487 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,520 Sadness... 488 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,320 Pity. 489 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,840 And... anger? 490 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:12,560 Yes... 491 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,200 Anger. 492 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,320 "Intolerable"? 493 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,000 I'm sorry. 494 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,920 "The petitioner in the divorce action, Barbara Susan Stonehouse, 495 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:29,320 "finds it intolerable to live with the respondent, 496 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,360 "John Thomson Stonehouse." 497 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:36,760 It's funny what we choose to focus on, isn't it? 498 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,720 You see, the key word there for me is "adultery". 499 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,880 But then so much of a marriage is what you choose not to notice. 500 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,240 Did you really think I didn't know, John? 501 00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,240 About your secrets? 502 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,520 The things you tried to hide. 503 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,320 I saw what I wanted to see, at least to begin with. 504 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,440 But do you know the strangest thing? 505 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,560 Is I think you knew. 506 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,640 On-On some level, 507 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:23,240 I-I think you knew that I could see through all your-your little veils, 508 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:28,360 and you didn't like it. You didn't like it one little bit. 509 00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:34,640 And so you-you kept squirreling more and more things away, 510 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,480 bigger and bigger secrets 511 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,560 until finally you came to the biggest secret of the lot. 512 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,520 Well, I didn't see that one coming. 513 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,520 No. You, er... 514 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,600 You really got me there. 515 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:01,960 I do... 516 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,800 I do love you, you know. 517 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,840 SHE LAUGHS 518 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,800 You know, for once, I actually believe you. 519 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:20,280 You thought you could have it all, didn't you, John? 520 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,840 Everything your heart desired. 521 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,400 But in the end... 522 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,160 Hello? 523 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:19,760 Hello, everyone. 524 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,320 I'm here! 525 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,480 Where is everybody? 526 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,440 Where have you all gone? 527 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,600 HEARTBEAT 528 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,400 Quick. Warden in. Warden. Warden! 529 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,800 Warden! We need a warden in here! We need someone in here. 530 00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,800 PANTS 531 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:19,760 Heart. 532 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,400 You remember Sheila? 533 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:26,840 She's a... 534 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:28,800 friend of Dad's. 535 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:17,880 Here we go again. 536 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,880 It's the nightly bedtime story. 537 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,040 Nearly there, John. 538 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,640 Nearly there, Dave. 539 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,400 How are you feeling? 540 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,240 Happy. 541 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,360 Happy and... 542 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,120 thankful. 543 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,600 Soppy sod. 544 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:06,800 Goodbye, darling. See you this evening. 545 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:08,360 Good luck! 546 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,800 I don't want Daddy to go! 547 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,720 Don't you worry, darling boy. I'll be back as soon as you know it, 548 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:20,000 and I promise I will never, ever, ever go away again. 549 00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:28,040 # Maybe it is raining Where our train will ride 550 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:34,920 # Oh the little travellers Are warm and snug inside 551 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:41,520 # Rocking, rolling, riding Out along the bay 552 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:48,520 # All bound for Morningtown Many miles away... # 553 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,280 Bye. 554 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:19,200 HE SIGHS 555 00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:21,040 Mr Stonehouse? 556 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:26,520 Mr Stonehouse? 557 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,600 Mr Stonehouse? 558 00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,360 Mr Stonehouse? 559 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,040 Are you all right? 560 00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,600 Subtitles by accessibility@itv.com