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Secret Service (2026) Season 1 Episode 2
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00:00You're running an op against the chief of Russian intelligence while he's on holiday, which they would consider highly provocative.
00:07To justify an op like this, Igor would have to be trading top-grade insights with his son.
00:12Who's your agent in there, anyway?
00:14She's Mikhail Waradin's Russian nanny.
00:16200 hours of battery life.
00:21He's got nothing to be suspicious about.
00:28I think that's Kirill Markov. He's a ruthless bastard.
00:38He was a poor bastard in our cabinet with pancreatic cancer.
00:43Igor and Kirill Markov hook you in.
00:45We spend the next 10 years chasing a ghost.
00:49Or it's true, and we've just got wind of it.
00:51Emergency statement from the PM.
00:53Given my condition, I feel I owe it to you all to offer my resignation.
00:57I will remain in place until a new leader is chosen.
01:01If a minister running for leadership has been bribed or blackmailed, we'd be catastrophically exposed.
01:06Before I authorize an investigation into any leading politician, I'll need concrete evidence.
01:11The Mark battery's dead.
01:12Yeah, no.
01:14Sweet dreams, huh?
01:16No, no, no, it's not a story.
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06:59Now, our Prime Minister is to go AWOL with the Russian Foreign Minister.
07:04Are you certain that Krimzov was at the Villa?
07:08Well, he got there half an hour before Ryan.
07:13Now, there was another arrival in a taxi from the Lisbon Royale.
07:16I haven't ID'd him yet.
07:18But are you ready for the piece de resistance?
07:21Yeah.
07:22The man in the murk is Lev Amatov, our cuddly British oligarch.
07:30So Ryan meets the Russian Foreign Minister off-grid in a
07:34Off-grid in a get-together brokered by a billionaire with historic ties to the Kremlin
07:43I would call that politically suspect
07:47otherwise known as murky as fuck
07:54Stuart had a night out with Melissa at the last party conference
07:57He said she seemed disillusioned by working with Ryan. I should talk to her. We need to talk more about
08:03this, but not here
08:04Sure. Do you fancy a cuppa?
08:06Yeah
08:12If this leaks, Ryan's finished. Why take the risk of going in person?
08:17Uh, an offer equal to refuge
08:19Or
08:21Maybe Ryan is the one with the arts
08:22On which subject?
08:25Why would Imogen accept a 200 grand donation from a man like Lev Amatov?
08:30Oh, on paper you could argue that he's legit, right?
08:34I mean, Eaton, Cambridge, he's the chairman of Goldscope Media, man's a tech tycoon
08:39Plus he's on the board of the British Museum and the Courtauld Institute, along with Ryan's wife
08:45Imogen went to this conference in Portanovi two years ago
08:50Stuart went
08:51Pretty sure he said that Lev Amatov was there
08:54Well, there's plenty of dirty money in Montenegro, you know
08:58It's a shame we can't investigate
09:01Assuming we follow our orders
09:05If Zack finds out we're working off the books
09:08No, he won't, okay?
09:09Not if we get out of his eye line
09:11As long as you're working on his debrief
09:14He's not gonna give two shits where I am
09:18Anywhere in mind?
09:21Yeah, come on
09:24It's just round here
09:29You live so close
09:30Yeah, well, it means I can wake up whenever I want to
09:36Come on
09:37Come on
09:43Well, it's close to HQ and it's off Zack's radar so I'll take it
09:48Great
09:48Here's a spare key
09:49It's my partner with Sandy's but he's never around so now it's yours
09:55My money is on Ryan declaring first
09:59Well, if Imogen goes up against him, Stuart thinks most of the others will back her
10:03Alright, so let's start with the two of them then
10:07And if anyone else joins the race, I'll go digging, cool?
10:10Yeah
10:12Five days
10:14Better get around with it
10:19It's gonna be a long night
10:41He was no longer
10:43He told me to check
10:43He told me to check
10:45How can I did not make this?
10:46How can I get out of my book?
10:48How are you?
10:48You mean, you're a rebate?
10:51I'm gonna...
10:52I'm going...
10:53This motherfucker
10:53You're not going to check
10:55and pay for the money
10:57I'm going to check
11:02He's gonna check
11:03we have the money
11:14I don't know.
11:38I don't know.
12:09I don't know.
12:39I don't know.
12:57I don't know.
13:03Did you put an agent in the villa?
13:06I need to go through your tip-off about Igor's holidays in Valletta.
13:11Is there any chance it could be a plant?
13:15Is there why we're here?
13:17You think I set you up?
13:21Your bosses do.
13:23The intel from my op was seismic, much bigger than we expected, and the Chief's now worried
13:27about blowback.
13:29What did you find out?
13:32Could you have been set up?
13:33Could anyone know we've got ears in the villa?
13:36Not for me.
13:40Kate, you're going to have to trust my judgment on this.
13:45Unless you think I'd lie to you.
13:46Of course I don't.
13:50Try to find out what you can about the red flag on Walter.
13:53It's important.
13:54Okay.
13:56I'll be in touch in the usual way.
14:12Morning.
14:13When did you last hear from Echo?
14:15Last night.
14:16A message saying she hadn't managed to change the battery in the mic.
14:18It's possible Moscow knows we're watching Igor.
14:21Fuck.
14:22How?
14:23I don't know yet.
14:24But they've just put Malta on the alert list.
14:26There was a big police bust on Gozo last night.
14:28It was on the news.
14:29Could be over that.
14:30What happened?
14:31Some fintech company breaching Russian sanctions.
14:34Enough to get Moscow's backup.
14:35You know how they like to think of this island as theirs.
14:38Maybe.
14:39But first we need to make sure Echo's safe.
14:42How close can you get to the villa?
14:44Not that close.
14:45But there's a view from the top of the cliff.
14:47Go there.
14:48I'll speak to Rose about this Gozo bust thing.
14:50Don't send Echo any more messages until we've had eyes on her.
14:55Yeah.
14:55Okay.
14:57I know even talking about immigration offends your metropolitan sensibility.
15:02I'd appreciate it if you didn't make an assumption like that.
15:05But my point is it's not a left or a right issue.
15:08I'm a passionate believer in our multicultural society.
15:14But it's got to be protected.
15:16Protected from what?
15:17From being swamped.
15:18By uncontrolled, poorly managed, illegal migrations.
15:21Look, only last week the Home Secretary said we need migrants to do the jobs that other people don't want
15:26to do.
15:27Yeah, well, even so, we've been letting in hundreds of thousands of people a year for more than a decade
15:31without building the homes, the hospitals or anything else we need to accommodate them.
15:35Does that strike you two as sane?
15:37It's going to be hard to keep the economy moving with zero immigration and a higher rate tax of 70%,
15:44which is what you're proposing.
15:45Yeah, on salaries of a quarter of a million pounds.
15:50So, obviously, it'd be a great shame to lose you both.
15:52Sinn Féin this morning are calling for a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should leave the United Kingdom.
16:00If you become Prime Minister, would you agree to that demand?
16:05Well, perhaps it's time we ask the English.
16:10They pay for the Union, after all.
16:12Well, the UK, in or out.
16:15Foreign Secretary, is that really how you are launching your campaign? By playing the dog whistle of English nationalism?
16:25What the hell was all that about? The right-wing press are going to lose their shit.
16:29Good. Just shaking things up. Step away from the middle, maybe catch a wave.
16:33Or you drown.
16:34Ben.
16:34We've only got four days. You want to start our campaign with a bang? Well, this was it.
16:38The bang was supposed to be a tough case on pulling back on immigration, not throwing petrol on a nationalist
16:42bonfire.
16:42An election race, Melissa. I have to offer change.
16:45Well, our MPs are going to hate it.
16:46Yeah, some will, but the party rank and file will agree with me. More than they'd want to have me.
16:51I get it. Of course I do.
16:53But the next time you are going to disappear all night, if you could just send me a text, that
16:57would be great.
16:58Sorry, something came up.
17:00Well, I hope it was worse here.
17:02Absolute chaos here.
17:04I don't know if you saw that lunatic on GMB this morning, talking about a referendum for the English to
17:10leave the UK.
17:11It's just the populist playbook.
17:13You can't read it, can you?
17:14Well, who knows?
17:16Melissa's put a rocket up Imogen's arse, now he's declared.
17:19I mean, she's still on the fence.
17:21Do you think anyone else will run?
17:23No, not if she stops dragging her bloody heels, no.
17:26Oh, babe, before I forget, you know that conference in Montenegro, one you didn't want to go to?
17:32That was a tourist industry junket thing.
17:36Yeah, for hotels. Yeah, we were pitching for investment. Why?
17:40Do you remember who set it up?
17:41It's just the foreign office so on my back about reviewing ministers' security abroad.
17:47Like I need the extra bloody admin.
17:49Yes, I do remember who set it up.
17:51It was the master of slime himself, Lev Amatov.
17:55He invited us and sort of random backbenchers.
17:59I mean, me and Josh told Imogen she shouldn't bother, but she was adamant for some reason.
18:03Did you get the investment?
18:04No.
18:05Of course we didn't.
18:06Anything I got was that food poisoning.
18:07Do you remember the food poisoning I got?
18:09Oh, yeah.
18:10Famous squid.
18:11Famous squid?
18:11Yes, disgusting.
18:13Please.
18:13Gotta go.
18:15Oh, listen, don't forget, tonight is Fiona's parent-teacher thing.
18:17We are under strict instructions to not wear anything embarrassing, okay?
18:22As far as she's concerned, that's impossible.
18:24Love you.
18:25All right.
18:26Love you too.
18:31I spoke to GCHQ and Langley.
18:33They haven't heard any chatter coming out of Malta other than the Gozo bus,
18:37so it probably is the reason Moscow flagged it.
18:41Probably isn't enough.
18:42We'll regroup as soon as Julie's got a closer look at Echo.
18:46What's the news on her brother?
18:47We've moved him to a hostel in St. Petersburg.
18:50As soon as you pull her out, we'll have him on his way to the border.
19:26That's a nice brochure.
19:28That's a nice brochure.
19:30Look at the date.
19:33Look at who was there.
19:35It was two weeks before Lev made his first donation to Harry Comrade's charity.
19:40Well, that's not a very subtle quid pro quo, is it?
19:42Exactly.
19:44So why not declare it?
19:45To stop the press from finding out she's got ties to an oligarch.
19:49It's not a very good look for the Home Office.
19:51So, you're gonna ask her about it?
19:53I think I'll start with Angela White.
19:58It's Julie.
20:00What's the news?
20:01I can't see her.
20:03I've only got a limited for you on the terrace,
20:05but Matty is giving Sandra his breakfast.
20:09Stay where you are,
20:10and call me the second you see anything different.
20:25Well, if it is what you're saying, it'd be a game changer, couldn't it?
20:29No, I think we should wait.
20:30Timing's not right at the moment, but...
20:33Okay.
20:33Okay, yeah, thanks.
20:34Okay, I'll call you then.
20:38Hi.
20:39A video involving a certain female politician has just been brought to my attention.
20:44Okay, what kind of video?
20:46We'll just have to use our imaginations.
20:48What, a sex video of Imogen Conrad?
20:50It sounds implausible, but I have it on good authority.
20:54Well, how do you know it's gonna leak?
20:55I don't. I've just been tipped off that it might.
20:57By who?
20:58A journalist. I don't know.
20:59It doesn't matter who, does it?
21:01We just need a strategy in case it does.
21:03Of course, I sincerely hope it doesn't.
21:05But it has nothing to do with us, will it, Ryan?
21:15You wanted to see me?
21:17Mrs. White, I'm not sure if you remember me.
21:20Of course I do.
21:21You gave no quarter to the committee, which strikes me as a good quality in your line of work.
21:25Let me sign you in.
21:26I think it's better if we take a walk. Is that okay?
21:31I was at the Montenegro conference because Lev asked me to be, and I made no secret of that.
21:36To save you the trouble, here's a donor to my local party.
21:39It seemed like a reasonable ask.
21:41Did the Home Secretary discuss her goals for the trip?
21:44I barely saw her.
21:45I assumed she was there as a favor to Lev like me, but she didn't seem to be taking any
21:48of it very seriously.
21:50What do you mean by that?
21:51She wasn't at any of the talks.
21:53She seemed, let's put it this way, otherwise occupied.
21:58With what?
21:59She spent an awful lot of time horsing around with her egg.
22:03There were two of them, I think.
22:05One of them was laid up with a tummy bug. It was the other one, John.
22:08Josh. Josh, you were long?
22:10Good looking chap. Maybe there was nothing going on.
22:13But I can't say that I've ever entirely trusted her.
22:17Look, you're putting words in my mouth. I didn't say I was ruling her out.
22:20But that doesn't mean that you can rule her in.
22:24Of course she isn't behind Ryan Walker's referendum bollocks. No, it's X.
22:29Come on.
22:29The only thing that X is a guide to is Elon Musk's artificially inflated testosterone.
22:34See ya.
22:35Can I have that for my manifesto?
22:37We can't hold out for much longer. We need to get out there ahead of Ryan.
22:40Okay?
22:42I need more coffee.
22:45What do you think I should do, love?
22:47I always said Ryan's smarter than he looks.
22:49It's a wrecking ball.
22:51He hasn't even started on us yet.
22:54Then you need to stop him.
22:58Simon.
22:59Hello.
23:01Is the Foreign Secretary taking mind-altering drugs?
23:04Yes, sadly, he is a full-blown crack addict now.
23:08Simon.
23:15Melissa.
23:16It's Kate.
23:17You used to work with my husband Stewart at the Guardian.
23:19We met the Christmas party.
23:21Oh, you're the civil servant.
23:23Home office or was it with MOT?
23:25I actually work for SIS.
23:27We're investigating an issue with the Foreign Secretary's security.
23:32What was that?
23:33Yesterday.
23:34Yesterday.
23:34We were running a routine off in Lisbon and we noticed he left the summit venue without
23:38his protection officers.
23:39I wasn't aware.
23:40No?
23:41So there's no cause for concern over his security detail?
23:45Not so far as I know, no.
23:47You went to meet Lev Amatov, is that right?
23:50A reception at a private villa.
23:52Oddly enough, we can't seem to find a record of the event in the official schedule.
23:56Well, Lev's a personal friend of the Foreign Secretary.
23:58That's no secret.
23:59What about the fact that Dmitry Krimzov was there too?
24:05That's a massive allegation.
24:09You'll have to speak to the Foreign Secretary about it.
24:11I'm sure he'd be keen to avoid a diplomatic scandal,
24:14given the fact he's just announced his leadership bid.
24:18What do you expect me to do about it?
24:20Talk to me, Melissa.
24:23Does Ryan often go AWOL?
24:24Does he shut you out of things?
24:27He might be running the country soon.
24:30Could you do outside come to me?
24:32Of course not.
24:34This is between us.
24:37I'll go.
24:38If you want to talk more.
24:42In confidence, of course.
25:16I have eyes on her.
25:17She's playing cards with Sondra, and she just sent a text.
25:20Saying she's fine.
25:21It all looks normal.
25:22I told you not to send her any more messages.
25:24I didn't.
25:25Then why is she answering a question you didn't ask?
25:29Can you send me the pictures?
25:31I'll run back now and take a look at them.
25:33On it now.
25:35Bill.
25:36Stuart.
25:36I'm going to get off this guest party with you by the end of the day.
25:38Hang on, sir.
25:39You all right?
25:40Did you tell your wife who you forgot to mention works for SIS?
25:43What we discussed in Manchester in confidence?
25:45No, I may have mentioned something to her about you being unhappy.
25:48Oh, yeah.
25:48Okay, what happens at conference days at Conference Inn at the Golden Rule, mate?
25:51Nothing that anyone couldn't have guessed, is it?
25:53Huh?
25:53I'm sorry, though.
25:55Really, I am.
25:56What, so what?
25:56Did Kate say something to you?
25:59I don't want things to turn dirty, Stuart.
26:02That's not why I got into politics.
26:03Then why are you working with Ryan Walker, then?
26:07Huh?
26:08Does that make sense?
26:11It's called no business being anywhere near Downing Street, and you know that.
26:15And I know that you know.
26:16Listen to me.
26:16Listen.
26:17There is always room for someone like you in our office.
26:22I know that to be true.
26:24I know that Imogen will snap you up.
26:26I know it.
26:28Just think about it.
26:32Just have a think.
26:42Stop. Go back one.
26:44You see that on the edge of the frame?
26:47They're playing cards.
26:48Why would they need security?
26:55I just got another text.
26:57She's requesting a meet?
27:00I hope your mum is okay.
27:01It would be good to see her soon.
27:03We can see a security guard in one of your shots.
27:07So?
27:07So?
27:08I think she's been blown.
27:09She's answering questions we didn't ask her.
27:11She's being chaperoned.
27:12And now all of a sudden she wants a meet.
27:18Okay.
27:19What next?
27:21I'll talk to Zack.
27:23But I think I'm going to have to go back.
27:31You think her meet request is a setup?
27:33I don't know, but something feels off.
27:36And now we know Malta's on the alert list as of last night.
27:39Can you authorise a team to extract her?
27:46It's too risky, Kate.
27:49Best case we'd get you there in two days.
27:51But we need the Foreign Secretary to sign off putting weapons through the diplomatic bank.
27:55I don't have two days.
27:57I'd have to go unarmed.
28:00I can't advise that as your SO.
28:03Eagle Security will be armed to the teeth and there might be more on the way.
28:08I'm sorry, but the answer's no.
28:12We've got no idea how it's going to go down out there, which is exactly what Moscow always wants.
28:19We're just going to have to hope you're wrong and Echo hasn't been blown.
28:36I'm not leaving her there.
28:38He made the right call. There are too many unloans.
28:41I made a promise to her. And Alexei, I know how much your agents matter to you.
28:46It's why you've got this job. But you have to know when an op goes beyond your control.
28:50I'm not leaving her there, Rose.
28:53Suppose that's right. You walk into a trap.
28:55I can handle it.
28:56Surely, your priority has to be...
29:02...has to be protecting the Russia desk.
29:04If any of you were compromised out there, it would take weeks to get a new team up to speed.
29:10By which time, Moscow's asset would be in Downing Street.
29:13There's a chance I'll have to take.
29:17You take a break, okay? Go home. See your kids.
29:23Shit, Fiona.
29:38There she is. I told you she'd be here.
29:41Nice of you to show off.
29:42Sorry I'm late, darling.
29:43Sorry.
29:44What have I missed?
29:45That's the same old story.
29:46She's got a fantastic brain.
29:48When she's focused, but she is too easily distracted.
29:51Wow.
29:52Okay.
29:53That's Imogen.
29:54She's in.
29:56Okay.
29:56Right.
29:56So I'm gonna shoot off.
29:58So we have done everything apart from history and politics.
30:01And this is the queue for the A-level choices.
30:02Stu, I'm gonna have to work late tonight as well.
30:03Love you, darling. Bye, bye.
30:08Next.
30:10Mum.
30:10Hmm.
30:11Sorry.
30:12Um.
30:13Hello.
30:16Do I have £8,000?
30:19£8,000.
30:20£8,50.
30:21£9,000.
30:22£9,000.
30:23£10,000.
30:24So I have £10,000 for this gorgeous Matisse lithograph.
30:29Do I have...
30:30£11,000.
30:31Thank you, sir.
30:32£12,000.
30:34£13,000.
30:36£14,000.
30:38Shall we round it up, Mr Amatov?
30:40£15,000 for such a great cause.
30:47Sold.
30:48£15,000.
30:49To the kind gentleman here.
30:53I'm so sorry, James.
30:54He's been held up.
30:55Can we push it back for 20 minutes, please?
30:59Well, right now he's the only candidate, so of course he's gonna win.
31:01Sympathy for Imogen.
31:02Melissa thinks we'll play as an act of toxic masculinity.
31:07Melissa's a millennial Puritan.
31:09Trust me, anyone with ovies will just be bitching about Imogen's figure.
31:12Either way, it'll force her to pull out, if she's got the balls to stand against you.
31:15Yeah, but still, it's a hefty price for her to have to pay.
31:18I don't know how bad this term actually is.
31:19If you wanna win, you've gotta pay everything in your hand.
31:21Half measures aren't gonna get you anyway.
31:23So sorry to interrupt.
31:24I'll have to drag him away for the Times interview.
31:26You can do it in the car.
31:27Oh, okay.
31:28I'll see you later.
31:30You have to.
31:31You have to.
31:43Please tell me the tip off about the tape didn't happen at the Lisbon party.
31:46No, of course not.
31:48Does it exist?
31:51Was it filmed by the Russians?
31:53Yes, it exists.
31:54I've told you, I've got no idea if filmed the bloody thing or who's in it with them.
31:56Okay, if it's real and there's any hint that you were behind the leak, you know that it would sink
32:01us.
32:01I sink her first, surely.
32:02Not necessarily.
32:03A personal smear like this could make a heroine of her.
32:06Especially if the Kremlin are behind it.
32:07There's no evidence of that.
32:08Doesn't matter.
32:09The right-wing press will have a field day.
32:11They'll say you're like one of Moscow's fellow travellers, like the old left.
32:15What's Lev Amatov at the Lisbon party?
32:19He's Amanda's friend, not mine.
32:20He's also got a Russian passport.
32:22Family ties to Putin.
32:23Yes, he's also a British citizen who earned his money here fair and square.
32:27Do you know, we're happy enough to use his money to prop up public spending.
32:30He just dropped 50 grand in there on student scholarships.
32:34Is there anyone else there that I should know about?
32:37You are making a mountain out of a molehill with this.
32:39Okay, you took a huge risk.
32:41I'm sure people already know that you went off without your PPO.
32:43What people?
32:44There were 50 of you ministers staying at the same hotel, Ryan.
32:47Look, could we just leave the cross question to the journalists, please?
32:50I've really got to take this.
32:54John, hi, sorry, I'm up to my ears.
32:57Now?
32:58You're landing on something now?
32:59I'm a public figure, in case you haven't noticed.
33:02Jesus.
33:04John, John.
33:05No, no, no, no.
33:06No, no.
33:07Construction was meant to be your expertise.
33:10Offering finance was mine.
33:11Do not get in this car room until I tell you.
33:14My lark goes under now.
33:15I am seriously...
33:17No, listen to me, John.
33:18If you get fired, you're better keep your fucking mouth shut.
33:29You can smoke all you like.
33:31You're not spending the weekend at Jay's.
33:33Not after what your teachers said tonight.
33:35Why could I see my boyfriend when I'm not at school?
33:37If you make a mistake, Fiona, you're stupid.
33:40Hey, you've known this guy for five minutes.
33:44Have this conversation with Dad, see what he says.
33:46Dad's not the paranoid workaholic.
33:49I know I've been away a lot recently.
33:51Think you like getting away from us?
33:54It's bad timing, but I have to go away again tomorrow.
33:58Oh, for God's sake.
34:00I'll get the bus home.
34:20Robert Peston?
34:22Are you alone?
34:24Yup, I am.
34:26Oh, well, this is strictly off the record.
34:32Here is Monsieur Laurent Sauvert.
34:35He's a Swiss national.
34:36I was able to track him from Krimsov's Lisbon Villa back to his hotel.
34:40Who is he?
34:41I have no idea yet, but a man doesn't show up on our radar,
34:45or anywhere else for that matter.
34:47Well, that tells us something.
34:48Mm-hmm.
34:51So, um, do you have any more thoughts about Malta?
34:56A few.
34:57Yeah?
34:59We deliberately made the approach to the church long, so even if this meet is a set-up,
35:04the Russians won't want her to deviate from our plan, which will stretch them.
35:09And that's my chance.
35:10What, you intercept her en route?
35:13I've got some ideas about that, too.
35:16Oh, fuck.
35:17Uh, yeah, I'm gonna need a drink.
35:21I think this is still good.
35:24It's...
35:25Yeah.
35:26Do you want one?
35:27No, thanks.
35:29Oh.
35:30Are you gonna tell Julie that you're thinking of going rogue?
35:35There's every chance they'll fire me, Rav.
35:37I can't do that to either of you.
35:38And forget about the suit.
35:41Like, you can't do this on your own.
35:46You should go and make friends with your bed.
35:49Get some rest, and then decide whether you want to throw your entire career away.
35:54If you stop drinking that shit now.
35:57I'll let you know in the morning.
35:59Yeah?
36:08Our understanding is that with four days to go, the Home Secretary, Imogen Conrad,
36:13will join the leadership contest tonight.
36:16We're expecting her announcement within the next...
36:17Are you ready?
36:18Who's out there?
36:19Everyone.
36:21Hurry.
36:24You've got this, Imogen.
36:29Wish me luck.
36:33Good luck.
36:43It is my great and timely pleasure to announce my campaign to be the next leader of our party and
36:50of our great country.
37:06To join the waiting press corps.
37:08And we need to cut away from that now for some pretty sensational news about the other leadership candidate.
37:15In the last few minutes, our political editor, Robert Peston, has broken a bombshell of a story, to put it
37:21mildly, concerning the foreign secretary Ryan Walker.
37:25The allegation that Mr. Walker slipped away from his personal protection team at the NATO summit in Lisbon this week
37:32and went to a party with the Russian foreign minister, Dmitry Krymsov.
37:37Hosted by frequent donor to numerous British political parties, Lev Amatov.
37:44This is an absolutely extraordinary story. Our foreign secretary, Ryan Walker, having a private meeting with his Russian...
37:50Okay, we've got an hour to calm the storm or this race is over.
37:53Yeah, I think you should stay quiet.
37:54No, no, no, you shouldn't stay quiet. They'll crucify you.
37:56Look, we just said it was some freelance diplomacy.
37:58Free Ukraine, that might have worked. But now...
38:01Well, have you got any better ideas?
38:02I'm just saying, in this current climate, it looks shady as hell.
38:04Yeah, well, maybe I have no choice but to go to that fucking party.
38:07Yeah, well, I hope you hang whoever leaked it.
38:09Oh, don't worry. I'm on it.
38:11Okay. News at 10 are asking for you. If you come clean now, perhaps we can salvage this.
38:15Okay, well, just call Bloody Pest and tell them to get here immediately.
38:18Too late. We won't make the end of the show.
38:20Well, then tell them to extend it.
38:24Okay.
38:30Well, as we said, we've extended the programme tonight after we were told the Foreign Secretary wanted to give us
38:36some context for our explosive revelations earlier.
38:40And I'm pleased to say Robert is with him right now. Robert.
38:43Thanks, Tom.
38:44Foreign Secretary, you had a private meeting at a Lisbon party, of all things,
38:52with the Foreign Minister of Russia, a hostile state.
38:56You were not accompanied by any officials. There are no notes of the meeting.
39:00There was a clear breach of protocol. National security has been put at risk.
39:05Your colleagues say to me that you should resign and give up all ambitions to be leader of their party.
39:11I won't be resigning any time soon, Robert.
39:14Why on earth not?
39:15In the business of diplomacy, it's sometimes worth taking a risk, even a personal one.
39:19What on earth were you thinking of?
39:22Look, it was a social gathering, right?
39:24Hosted by a very well-known British party donor where Dmitry Krymsov was again.
39:28Did you expect Krymsov to be there?
39:31I did expect Krymsov to be there.
39:33So why didn't you take your officials?
39:34Well, it's not a widely publicised fact that Dmitry Krymsov lost his only son last year.
39:40And it's fairly well-known that my wife and I...
39:50Sorry.
39:55We lost our only child.
39:58Also a boy.
40:00Three years ago.
40:08Sorry.
40:09And I wanted to express my private sympathies to him in the hope that we might find some common ground,
40:17man-to-man, if I'm allowed to say that these days.
40:20I imagine I speak for everybody watching that, you know, obviously, I feel for you enormous compassion given the tragedy
40:30that you suffered.
40:32But what do you think you actually achieved?
40:35How many people do you know would be bold enough to walk in that door and sit down with Dmitry
40:39Krymsov?
40:39How many people do you know would try to better that diplomatic relationship between Europe and Russia?
40:44I'd like you to name someone in the Cabinet that you would have that confidence in.
40:49Thank you, Robert.
40:49Robert Peston there with the Foreign Secretary.
40:52And that was quite some interview.
40:54This leadership race is certainly hotting up.
40:57Let's move on to some of the day's other news now.
41:00And having promised repeatedly...
41:15Kate.
41:19Sorry to have summoned you so late, Mrs. Henderson. I've been on national television fighting for my political life.
41:25I saw.
41:26I'm sorry.
41:28So you won't mind if I ask you a few simple questions?
41:31Of course.
41:33Did you know about my meeting with Dmitry Krymsov?
41:36Yes.
41:37How?
41:38Some basic detective work.
41:41I'm the foreign fucking secretary, your boss.
41:45I don't need any covert surveillance.
41:47I understand Kate had concerns about your personal security.
41:55Did you leave my meeting to the press?
41:56No.
41:57You sure about that?
41:58Absolutely.
41:59Do you think I don't know who your husband works for?
42:02If you have a problem with my husband, I suggest you take it up with him, Foreign Secretary, or Imogen
42:07herself.
42:09But you'll admit, you don't like my politics, do you?
42:12I'm a civil servant. Your politics are none of my business.
42:17Is there anything else you'd like to tell us, Kate?
42:22No.
42:23Unless Mr. Walker would.
42:26Do you think I would take the trouble to come here if I'd done anything underhand?
42:30It's not my job to say so.
42:33It's not my job to say so.
42:33My job is to help keep you safe.
42:36If we fail to do that here at SIS, then I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say it
42:41is deeply regrettable.
42:45Well, if you have no more questions, Foreign Secretary.
42:52Take this as an official warning.
42:57Do not meddle with the democratic process.
43:19Hiya.
43:20Hi.
43:21Did you see it? What a fucking night.
43:24Front row seat.
43:26I mean, Meg's already asked for his resignation. He's cooked. He's done.
43:28Well, I think it's going to take more than this to kill him off.
43:31I mean, maybe, but it now means that Imogen is officially in the fucking race.
43:37Can I ask you something?
43:39Yeah?
43:40Do you think Imogen's ever been unfaithful?
43:43Well, to Harry?
43:46I mean, no, not that I know of. Why?
43:50Forget it.
43:53Katie, if you've heard something about that I could really do with knowing, you know, especially given she's now declared.
43:57No, forget about it. I just wanted your opinion.
44:00All right.
44:02You okay? You had a rough night?
44:04I've had better.
44:08Anything you can talk about, or...?
44:13I was accused of passing intel about the Crimsoff meeting to you.
44:18To me?
44:20Well, who's accused you? Zach?
44:23Man of the moment.
44:25Ryan Walker.
44:26I mean, honestly, do they think we'd be that fucking stupid?
44:29Apparently so.
44:35Did you know that?
44:37About Ryan meeting Crimsoff? I mean, is that what that trip was about?
44:40I can't talk about it.
44:41You can't talk about it, but given the fact that you are investigating...
44:43We're not, and that's it, Stuart. I can't talk about it.
44:46All right.
44:48I'm sorry.
44:53Well...
44:55Bloody hell.
44:57Well, we better win then, eh?
44:59I'm a civil servant. I can't comment.
45:01Yes.
45:01Your neutrality is noted as ever.
45:04I'm not joking, Stuart.
45:05I'm not joking.
45:06I'm not joking.
45:11I'm really sorry, but I have to go away again tomorrow.
45:15I'll be gone before you're up, though.
45:17Okay.
45:18What?
45:20I...
45:20What is it?
45:21Is it something serious, or...?
45:23It's a potentially hostile environment.
45:50It's a potentially hostile environment.
45:56Everything is in place.
45:59Now you're going to find out what Anderson knows.
46:05Malta is not the best place to die.
46:09Only stupid.
46:14Confirm the meeting in the church this morning.
46:18Now.
46:23What is it?
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