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00:24You wanted to see me.
00:29I'm assuming the original intel for this Maltese op came from Cyclops?
00:35Yes. He told me about Igor's annual trips to Valletta.
00:39So that information was a plant. Everything else is two.
00:43It wasn't. His explanation was entirely credible.
00:46So you're sure of the intelligence. What about him?
00:49It's all in the file. I've known him since I was a student in St. Petersburg.
00:52And 18 years later, he shows up in London, working undercover at the Russian Embassy,
00:58a senior Moscow intelligence officer, apparently looking to switch lanes.
01:02He was already disillusioned. Ukraine was the final straw.
01:05You obviously kept in touch.
01:06We stayed friends.
01:09Were you ever lovers?
01:10No.
01:12Did you want to be?
01:14Not relevant.
01:15Did he?
01:20Briefly, perhaps.
01:22But, um, I was already engaged as steward, so even if we'd wanted to...
01:27Ah, I see.
01:30So it's what he might have done but didn't that makes you so sure of his loyalty.
01:35A moment of weakness, perhaps, that he chose not to take advantage of?
01:42Isn't that worthy of trust?
01:45We can all lie to someone we love.
01:48Not had you done as an incurable romantic.
01:52This job rather beats that out of you, I'm afraid.
01:56You're one of our best agent runners, Kate, but a great desk head requires many qualities.
02:01Certainty isn't one of them.
02:03So you're backing Zach?
02:03You need to find out if your friend Cyclops has been playing you, inadvertently or not,
02:09or you won't just be the youngest head of the Russia desk.
02:11You'll be the shortest serving, too.
02:16Will you run for the leadership, Foreign Secretary?
02:18Right now, my thoughts are just very much with Anthony and Jane.
02:21Foreign Secretary, you've got five days till the election.
02:24Don't be so coy.
02:25You need to get a move on, really.
02:27I think in a situation like this, it's very important to maintain our composure as a party.
02:31Hmm.
02:33What did C have to offer?
02:35Strategic ambiguity.
02:38The speciality.
02:39Meaning we have to prove that we were right or we're fucked.
02:42Oh.
02:43And Echo might be, too.
02:45I'm going to set up a meeting with Cyclops tomorrow morning at the London safe house.
02:48That's right.
02:50You need to shut that down.
02:51Zach's in the building.
02:52Yeah, of course, but it's a shame we can't show them this.
02:56Come on.
02:57That's Mr. Ryan Walker leaving the NATO conference last night after the PM's announcement by the back door.
03:05No official car, no PPOs, and no special advisor, Melissa Morris.
03:10No, nothing.
03:11So I talked to our Portuguese friends, the Lord Triangulation.
03:14And this was the drop-off point.
03:17Little villa in the hills.
03:19Guess who owns it?
03:20Er, Putin's secret mistress.
03:23Close.
03:24Try Dmitry, Krimzov's brother-in-law.
03:27Are you serious?
03:28Oh, yeah.
03:29So Mr. Walker's response to the resignation of our Prime Minister is to go AWOL with the Russian Foreign Minister.
03:36Are you certain that Krimzov was at the villa?
03:40Well, he got there half an hour before Ryan.
03:45Now, there was another arrival in a taxi from the Lisbon Royale.
03:48I haven't ID'd him yet, but are you ready for the piĆØce de rĆ©sistance?
03:52Yeah.
03:54The man in the murk is Lev Amatov, our cuddly British oligarch.
04:01So Ryan meets the Russian Foreign Minister off-grid in a...
04:05Oh, yeah.
04:07Off-grid.
04:07In a get-together brokered by a billionaire with historic ties to the Kremlin.
04:14I would call that politically suspect.
04:17Otherwise known as murky as fuck.
04:24Stuart had a night out with Melissa at the last party conference.
04:27He said she seemed disillusioned by working with Ryan.
04:30I should talk to her.
04:31Hmm.
04:32We need to talk more about this, but not here.
04:33Sure.
04:34Do you fancy a cuppa?
04:36Yeah.
04:41If this leaks, Ryan's finished.
04:44Why take the risk of going in person?
04:46Enough or you're going to refuge.
04:48Or maybe Ryan is the one with the art.
04:51On which subject?
04:53Why would Imogen accept a 200 grand donation from a man like Lev Amatov?
04:59Oh, on paper you could argue that he's legit, right?
05:02I mean, Eaton, Cambridge.
05:04He's the chairman of Goldscope Media.
05:05Man's a tech tycoon.
05:07Plus he's on the board of the British Museum and the Courtauld Institute, along with Ryan's wife.
05:13Imogen went to this conference in Portanovi two years ago.
05:17Stuart went.
05:18I'm pretty sure he said that Lev Amatov was there.
05:22Well, there's plenty of dirty money in Montenegro, you know.
05:25It's a shame we can't investigate.
05:28Assuming we follow our orders.
05:31If Zack finds out we're working off the books...
05:34No, he won't, okay?
05:35Not if we get out of his eye line.
05:38As long as you're working on his debrief, he's not going to give two shits where I am.
05:44Anywhere in mind?
05:47Yeah, come on.
05:49It's just around here.
05:54You're so close.
05:56Yeah, well, it means I can wake up whenever I want to.
06:00Come on.
06:02Come on.
06:07Well, it's close to HQ and it's off Zack's radar, so I'll take it.
06:12Right.
06:13Here's a spare key.
06:14It's my partner with Sandy's, but he's never around, so now it's yours.
06:20My money is on Ryan declaring first.
06:22Well, if Imogen goes up against him, Stuart thinks most of the others will back her.
06:27All right, so let's start with the two of them then.
06:30And if anyone else joins the race, I'll go digging.
06:33Cool?
06:34Yeah.
06:35Five days.
06:37Better get around with it.
06:42It's going to be a long night.
06:43It's going to be a long night.
06:58It's going to be a long night.
07:03It's going to be a long night.
07:07I'll keep going.
07:08What?! You're a bitch?!
07:11I'm gonna...
07:12I'm gonna...
07:13I'm gonna...
07:15I'm gonna...
07:16I'm gonna...
07:41I don't know.
08:13I don't know.
08:38I don't know.
09:12I don't know.
09:18Did you put an agent in the villa?
09:21I need to go through your tip-off about Igor's holidays in Valletta.
09:26Is there any chance it could be a plant?
09:29Is there why we're here?
09:31You think I set you up?
09:35Your boss is there.
09:37The intel from my op was seismic, much bigger than we expected, and the chief's now worried
09:41about blowback.
09:43What did you find out?
09:45Could you have been set up?
09:47Could anyone know we've got ears in the villa?
09:50Not for me.
09:54Kate, you're going to have to trust my judgment in this.
09:58Unless you think I'd lie to you.
09:59Of course I don't.
10:03Try to find out what you can about the red flag on Walter.
10:06It's important.
10:07Okay.
10:09I'll be in touch in the usual way.
10:24Morning.
10:24When did you last hear from Echo?
10:26Last night.
10:27A message saying she hadn't managed to change the battery in the mic.
10:30It's possible Moscow knows we're watching Igor.
10:33Fuck.
10:33How?
10:34I don't know yet, but they've just put Malta on the alert list.
10:37There was a big police bust on Gozo last night.
10:39It was on the news.
10:40Could be over that.
10:41What happened?
10:42Some fintech company breaching Russian sanctions.
10:45Enough to get Moscow's back up.
10:46You know how they like to think of this island as theirs.
10:48Maybe.
10:50But first we need to make sure Echo's safe.
10:52How close can you get to the villa?
10:54Not that close.
10:56But there's a view from the top of the cliff.
10:57Go there.
10:58I'll speak to Rose about this Gozo bust thing.
11:00And don't send Echo any more messages until we've had eyes on her.
11:04Yeah.
11:05Okay.
11:07I know even talking about immigration offends your metropolitan sensibility.
11:12I'd appreciate it if you didn't make an assumption like that.
11:14But my point is, it's not a left or a right issue.
11:18I'm a passionate believer in our multicultural society.
11:23But it's got to be protected.
11:24Protected from what?
11:26From being swamped by uncontrolled, poorly managed, illegal migration.
11:30Only last week, the Home Secretary said we need migrants to do the jobs that other people don't want to
11:35do.
11:35Yeah.
11:35Well, even so, we've been letting in hundreds of thousands of people a year for more than a decade
11:39without building the homes, the hospitals or anything else we need to accommodate them.
11:43And does that strike you two as sane?
11:45It's going to be hard to keep the economy moving with zero immigration.
11:49And a higher rate tax of 70%, which is what you're proposing.
11:53Yeah.
11:53On salaries of a quarter of a million pounds.
11:58So obviously it'd be a great shame to lose you both.
12:00Sinn FĆ©in this morning are calling for a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should leave the United Kingdom.
12:07If you become Prime Minister, would you agree to that demand?
12:13Perhaps it's time we ask the English.
12:16They pay for the Union, after all.
12:19The UK, in or out.
12:22Foreign Secretary, is that really how you are launching your campaign?
12:26By playing the dog whistle of English nationalism.
12:31What the hell was all that about?
12:33The right-wing press are going to lose their shit.
12:35Good.
12:36Shaking things up.
12:37Step away from the middle, maybe catch a wave.
12:38Or you drown.
12:39Brian.
12:39We've only got four days.
12:41You've already started our campaign with a bang.
12:42Well, this was it.
12:43The bang was supposed to be a tough case on pulling back on immigration.
12:45Not throwing petrol on a nationalist bonfire.
12:47It's an election race, Melissa.
12:48I have to offer change.
12:49Well, our MPs are going to hate it.
12:50Yeah, some will.
12:51But the party rank and file will agree with me.
12:53More than they want to weather me.
12:55I get it.
12:56Of course I do.
12:57But the next time you are going to disappear all night, if you could just send me a text,
13:01that would be great.
13:02Sorry, something came up.
13:04Well, I hope it was worse here.
13:06Absolute chaos here.
13:07I don't know if you saw that lunatic on GMB this morning, talking about a referendum for
13:12the English to leave the UK.
13:14It's just the populist playbook.
13:16He can't read it, can he?
13:18Well, who knows?
13:19Melissa's put a rocket up Imogen's arse now he's declared.
13:22I mean, she's still on the fence.
13:24Do you think anyone else will run?
13:26No, not if she stops dragging her bloody heels, no.
13:29Oh, babe, before I forget, you know that conference in Montenegro, one you didn't want to go to?
13:34That was a tourist industry junket thing, isn't it?
13:38Yeah, for hotels.
13:39Yeah, we were pitching for investment.
13:41Why?
13:42Do you remember who set it up?
13:43It's just the foreign office so on my back about reviewing minister's security abroad.
13:49I can need the extra bloody admin.
13:50Yes, I do remember who set it up.
13:52It was the master of slime himself, Lev Ametov.
13:55He invited us and random backbenchers.
14:00I mean, me and Josh told Imogen she shouldn't bother, but she was adamant for some reason.
14:04Did you get the investment?
14:05No.
14:06Of course we didn't.
14:07Anything I got was that food poisoning.
14:08Do you remember the food poisoning I got?
14:09Oh, yeah, famous squid.
14:11The squid, yes, disgusting.
14:13Please.
14:14Gotta go.
14:15Oh, listen, don't forget, tonight is Fiona's parent-teacher thing.
14:18We are under strict instructions to not wear anything embarrassing, okay?
14:22As far as she's concerned, that's impossible.
14:24Love you.
14:25All right.
14:26Love you too.
14:30I spoke to GCHQ and Langley.
14:33They haven't heard any chatter coming out of Malta other than the Gozo bus, so it probably
14:37is the reason Moscow flagged it.
14:40Probably isn't enough.
14:41We'll regroup as soon as Julie's got a closer look at Echo.
14:45What's the news on her brother?
14:46We've moved him to a hostel in St. Petersburg.
14:49As soon as you pull her out, we'll have him on his way to the border.
15:23That's a nice brochure.
15:27Look at the date.
15:29Look at who was there.
15:32It was two weeks before Lev made his first donation to Harry Comrade's charity.
15:36Well, that's not a very subtle quid pro quo, is it?
15:38Exactly.
15:40So why not declare it?
15:41To stop the press from finding out she's got ties to an oligarch.
15:45It's not a very good look for the Home Office.
15:47So, you're going to ask her about it?
15:49I think I'll start with Angela White.
15:53It's Julie.
15:55What's the news?
15:56I can't see her.
15:58I've only got a limited view on the terrace,
16:00but Matty is giving Sandro his breakfast.
16:04Stay where you are,
16:05and call me the second you see anything different.
16:19Well, if it is what you're saying, it'll be a game changer, couldn't it?
16:23No, I think we should wait.
16:24Timing's not right at the moment, but...
16:26Okay, okay, yeah, thanks.
16:28Okay, I'll call you then.
16:31Hi.
16:32A video involving a certain female politician
16:35has just been brought to my attention.
16:37Okay, what kind of video?
16:39We'll just have to use our imaginations.
16:41What sex video of Imogen Comrade?
16:43It sounds implausible, but I have it on good authority.
16:47Well, how do you know it's going to leak?
16:48I don't, I've just been tipped off a bit, not it.
16:50By who?
16:50A journalist, I don't know.
16:52It doesn't matter who, does it?
16:53We just need a strategy in case it does.
16:56Of course, I sincerely hope it doesn't.
16:57It has nothing to do with us, will it, Ryan?
17:07You wanted to see me.
17:09Mrs White, I'm not sure if you remember me.
17:11Of course I do.
17:12You gave no quarter to the committee,
17:14which strikes me as a good quality in your line of work.
17:16Let me sign you in.
17:18I think it's better if we take a walk.
17:19Is that okay?
17:22I was at the Montenegro conference
17:24because Lev asked me to be,
17:25and I made no secret of that.
17:27Save you the trouble,
17:28he is a donor to my local party.
17:30It seemed like a reasonable ask.
17:31Did the Home Secretary discuss her goals for the trip?
17:34I barely saw her.
17:35I assumed she was there as a favour to Lev, like me,
17:37but she didn't seem to be taking any of it very seriously.
17:40What do you mean by that?
17:41She wasn't at any of the talks.
17:43She seemed, let's put it this way,
17:46otherwise occupied.
17:47With what?
17:49She spent an awful lot of time
17:50horsing around with her aid.
17:52There were two of them, I think.
17:54One of them was laid up with a tummy buggy.
17:56It was the other one, John.
17:57Josh.
17:58Josh, you were long?
17:59Good-looking chap.
18:00Maybe there was nothing going on,
18:02but I can't say that I've ever entirely trusted her.
18:06Look, you're putting words in my mouth.
18:08I didn't say I was ruling her out,
18:09but that doesn't mean
18:10that you can rule her in.
18:13Of course she isn't behind Ryan Walker's referendum bollocks.
18:15No, it's X.
18:17Come on.
18:17The only thing that X is a guide to
18:19is Elon Musk's artificially inflated testosterone.
18:22See ya.
18:23Can I have that for my manifesto?
18:24We can't hold out for much longer.
18:26We need to get out there ahead of Ryan.
18:28Okay?
18:29I need more coffee.
18:32What do you think I should do, love?
18:34I always said Ryan's smarter than he looks.
18:37It's a wrecking ball.
18:38He hasn't even started on us yet.
18:41But then you need to stop him.
18:45Simon.
18:46Hello.
18:48Is the Foreign Secretary taking mind-altering drugs?
18:51Yes, sadly, he is a full-blown crack addict now.
18:54Simon.
19:01Melissa.
19:02It's Kate.
19:03You used to work with my husband Stuart, the Guardian.
19:05We met at the Christmas party.
19:06Oh, you're the civil servant.
19:08Home office, or was it with MOT?
19:11I actually work for SIS.
19:13We're investigating an issue with the Foreign Secretary's security.
19:17What was that?
19:18Yesterday.
19:19We were running a routine off in Lisbon,
19:21and we noticed he left the summit venue without his protection officers.
19:24I wasn't aware.
19:25No?
19:25So there's no cause for concern over his security detail?
19:29Not so far as I know, no.
19:32He went to meet Lev Amatov, is that right?
19:34A reception at a private villa.
19:37Oddly enough, we can't seem to find a record of the event in the official schedule.
19:40Well, Lev's a personal friend of the Foreign Secretary, that's no secret.
19:43What about the fact that Dmitry Krimzov was there, too?
19:49That's a massive allegation.
19:52You'll have to speak to the Foreign Secretary about it.
19:55I'm sure he'd be keen to avoid a diplomatic scandal,
19:57given the fact he's just announced his leadership bid.
20:01And what do you expect me to do about it?
20:03Talk to me, Melissa.
20:05Does Ryan often go AWOL?
20:07Does he shut you out of things?
20:10He might be running the country soon.
20:13Could Stuart die to come to me?
20:15Of course not.
20:16This is between us.
20:19I'll go.
20:20If you want to talk more.
20:24In confidence, of course.
20:40Thank you, Mark.
20:56I have eyes on her.
20:58She's playing cards with Sandra,
20:59and she just sent her text, saying she's fine.
21:01It all looks normal.
21:02I told you not to send her any more messages.
21:04I didn't.
21:05Then why is she answering a question you didn't ask?
21:09Can you send me the pictures?
21:10I'll run back now and take a look at them.
21:12Got it, now.
21:14Bill.
21:15Stuart.
21:16By the end of the day, I'm not saying.
21:18You all right?
21:19Did you tell your wife who you forgot to mention works for SIS?
21:22What we discussed in Manchester in confidence?
21:24No, I may have mentioned something to her about you being unhappy.
21:27Okay, what happens at conference days at conference in at the Golden Rule, mate?
21:29Nothing that anyone couldn't have guessed, is it?
21:31Huh?
21:32I'm sorry, though.
21:33Really, I am.
21:34Wait, so what?
21:35Did Kate say something to you?
21:37I don't want things to turn dirty, Stuart.
21:40That's not why I got into politics.
21:41Then why are you working with Ryan Walker, then?
21:45Huh?
21:46Does that make sense?
21:49It's got no business being anywhere near Downing Street, and you know that, and I know that
21:53you know.
21:53Listen to me.
21:54Listen.
21:55There is always room for someone like you in our office.
21:59I know that to be true.
22:01I know that Imogen would slap you up.
22:03I know it.
22:05Just think about it.
22:09Just have a think.
22:18Stop.
22:19Go back one.
22:20You see that on the edge of the frame.
22:23They're playing cards.
22:24Why would they need security?
22:30I just got another text.
22:32She's requesting a meet.
22:35I hope your mom is okay.
22:36It would be good to see her soon.
22:39We can see a security guard in one of your shots.
22:42So?
22:42I think she's been blown.
22:44She's answering questions we didn't ask her.
22:46She's being chaperoned.
22:47And now all of a sudden she wants a meet.
22:52Okay.
22:54What next?
22:55I'll talk to Zach.
22:58But I think I'm going to have to go back.
23:05You think her meet request is a setup?
23:07I don't know, but something feels off.
23:10And now we know Malta's on the alert list as of last night.
23:13Can you authorize a team to extract her?
23:19It's too risky, Kate.
23:22Best case we'd get you there in two days.
23:24But we need the Foreign Secretary to sign off putting weapons through the diplomatic bank.
23:28I don't have two days.
23:30I'd have to go unarmed.
23:32I can't advise that.
23:34As your SO.
23:35Eagle Security will be armed to the teeth and there might be more on the way.
23:40I'm sorry, but the answer's no.
23:44We've got no idea how it's going to go down out there,
23:47which is exactly what Moscow always wants.
23:51We're just going to have to hope you're wrong and...
23:54Echo hasn't been blown.
24:07I'm not leaving her there.
24:08You made the right call.
24:10There are too many unloans.
24:11I made a promise to her.
24:13And Alexei, I know how much your agents matter to you.
24:16It's why you've got this job.
24:17But you have to know when an op goes beyond your control.
24:20I'm not leaving her there, Rose.
24:22I suppose that's right.
24:24You walk into a trap...
24:25I can handle it.
24:26Surely, your priority has to be...
24:31Has to be protecting the Russia desk.
24:34If any of you were compromised out there,
24:36it would take weeks to get a new team up to speed,
24:39by which time Moscow's asset would be in Downing Street.
24:42There's a chance I'll have to take.
24:46You take a break, okay?
24:49Go home.
24:50See your kids.
24:52Shit, Fiona.
25:06Well, she is.
25:07Told you she'd be here.
25:08Nice of you to show up.
25:10Sorry I'm late, darling.
25:12What have I missed?
25:13That's the same old story.
25:14She's got a fantastic brain when she's focused,
25:16but she is too easily distracted.
25:18Wow.
25:19Okay.
25:20That's Imogen.
25:21She's in.
25:23Okay.
25:23Right, so I'm going to shoot off.
25:25So we have done everything apart from history and politics,
25:27and this is the cue for the A-level choices.
25:29Stu, I'm going to have to work late tonight as well.
25:30Love you, darling.
25:30Bye-bye.
25:35Next.
25:36Mum.
25:37Sorry.
25:39Oh, please.
25:40Hello.
25:43Do I have 8,000 pounds?
25:458,000, thank you.
25:468,50, 9,000, 9,000, 10,000.
25:50So I have 10,000 pounds for this gorgeous Matisse lithograph.
25:54Do I have 11,000, thank you, sir.
25:5812,000.
25:59Do I have 13,000?
26:0114,000?
26:03Should we round it up, Mr. Amitow?
26:0515,000 for such a great cause.
26:1215,000 pounds for the kind gentleman here.
26:17I'm so sorry, James.
26:18He's been held up.
26:19Can we push it back for 20 minutes, please?
26:23Well, right now, he's the only candidate, so of course he's going to win.
26:25Sympathy for image of Melissa thinks we'll play as an act of toxic masculinity.
26:30Melissa's a millennial Puritan.
26:32Trust me, anyone with ovies will just be bitching about Images' figure.
26:35Yeah?
26:36Either way, it'll force her to pull out if she's got the balls to stand against you.
26:39Yeah, but still, it's a hefty price for her to have to pay.
26:41I don't know how bad this type actually is.
26:42If you want to win, you've got to play everything in your hand.
26:44Yeah?
26:44Half measure don't want to get you, anyway.
26:46So sorry to interrupt.
26:47I'll have to drag him away for the Times interview.
26:49You can do it in the car.
26:50Oh, okay.
26:51All right.
26:51I'll see you later.
26:52You have to.
26:53You have to.
27:05Please tell me the tip-off about the tape didn't happen at the Lisbon party.
27:08No, of course not.
27:10Does it exist?
27:12Was it filmed by the Russians?
27:14Yes, it exists.
27:15I've told you, I've got no idea if filmed the bloody thing or who's in it with her.
27:18Okay, if it's real and there's any hint that you were behind the leak, you know that it would sink
27:22us.
27:22I'd sink her first, surely.
27:23Not necessarily.
27:24A personal smear like this could make a heroine of her, especially if the Kremlin are behind it.
27:28There's no evidence of that.
27:29Doesn't matter.
27:30The right-wing press will have a field day.
27:32They'll say you're like one of Moscow's fellow travellers, like the old left.
27:35What's Lev Amatov at the Lisbon party?
27:39He's Amanda's friend, not mine.
27:40He's also got a Russian passport, family ties to Putin.
27:43Yes, he's also a British citizen who earned his money here fair and square.
27:47Do you know, we're happy enough to use his money to prop up public spending.
27:49He just dropped 50 grand in there on student scholarships.
27:53Is there anyone else there that should know about?
27:56You are making a mountain out of a molehill with this.
27:59Okay, you took a huge risk.
28:00I'm sure people already know that you went off without your PPO.
28:02Come on, people!
28:03There were 50 of you minutes of staying at the same hotel, Ryan.
28:06Look, could we just leave the cross-question to the journalists, please?
28:09I've really got to take this!
28:12John, hi, sorry, I'm up to my ears.
28:15Now?
28:16You're landing on something now?
28:18I'm a public figure, in case you haven't noticed.
28:20Jesus.
28:22John, John, no, no, no, no, no.
28:24No, construction was meant to be your expertise.
28:28Offering finance was mine.
28:29Do not get in this car room till I tell you.
28:31My luck goes under now.
28:33I am seriously...
28:34Listen to me, John.
28:36You get fired from me and keep your fucking mouth shut.
28:46You can smoke all you like.
28:48You're not spending the weekend at Jay's.
28:49Not after what your teachers said tonight.
28:52Why could I see my boyfriend when I'm not at school?
28:54If you make a mistake, Fiona...
28:56You're stupid.
28:57You've known this guy for five minutes.
29:00Have this conversation with Dad, see what he says.
29:02That's not the power of workaholic.
29:05I know I've been away a lot recently.
29:07I think you like getting away from us.
29:09It's bad timing, but I have to go away again tomorrow.
29:14Oh, for God's sake.
29:15I'll get the boss home.
29:27I have no idea what you're talking about.
29:30If you're expecting everything to me and quit out of my heart, my defender, we've got another fucking thing coming.
29:35Robert Peston?
29:37Are you alone?
29:38Yeah, I am.
29:40Oh, well, this is strictly off the record.
29:46Here he is, Monsieur Laurent Sauvert.
29:49He's a Swiss national.
29:50I was able to track him from Crimson's Lisbon Villa back to his hotel.
29:53Who is he?
29:55I have no idea yet, but man doesn't show up on our radar, or anywhere else for that matter.
30:00Well, that tells us something.
30:01Mm-hmm.
30:04So, um, do you have any more thoughts about Malta?
30:08A few.
30:09Yeah?
30:11We deliberately made the approach to the church long, so even if this meet is a set-up, the Russians
30:17won't want her to deviate from our plan, which will stretch them.
30:21And that's my chance.
30:23What, you intercept her en route?
30:25I've got some ideas about that, too.
30:28Oh, fuck.
30:28Oh, yeah, I'm going to need a drink.
30:33I think this is still good.
30:36Yeah.
30:37Do you want one?
30:38No, thanks.
30:40Oh, are you going to tell Julie that you're thinking of going rogue?
30:45There's every chance they'll fire me, Rav.
30:48I can't do that to either of you.
30:49And forget about the suit.
30:52You can't do this on your own.
30:56You should go and make friends with your bed.
30:59Get some rest and then decide whether you want to throw your entire career away.
31:04If you stop drinking that shit now...
31:07I'll let you know in the morning, yeah?
31:17Our understanding is that with four days to go, the Home Secretary, Imogen Conrad, will join the leadership contest tonight.
31:25We're expecting her announcement within the next...
31:26Are you ready?
31:27Who's out there?
31:28Everyone.
31:29Hurry.
31:32You've got this, Imogen.
31:37Wish me luck.
31:41Good luck.
31:50It is my great and timely pleasure to announce my campaign to be the next leader of our party and
31:57of our great country.
32:12To join the waiting press corps.
32:15And we need to cut away from that now for some pretty sensational news about the other leadership candidate.
32:21In the last few minutes, our political editor, Robert Peston, has broken a bombshell of a story, to put it
32:27mildly, concerning the Foreign Secretary, Ryan Walker.
32:30The allegation that Mr. Walker slipped away from his personal protection team at the NATO summit in Lisbon this week
32:38and went to a party with the Russian Foreign Minister, Dmitry Krimsov, hosted by frequent donor to numerous British political
32:46parties, Lev Amatov.
32:48This is an absolute extraordinary story. Our Foreign Secretary, Ryan Walker, having a private meeting with his Russian...
32:54Okay, we've got an hour to calm the storm, or this race is over.
32:57Yeah, I think you should stay quiet.
32:58No, no, no, you shouldn't stay quiet, they'll crucify you.
33:00We just said it was some freelance diplomacy.
33:02Free Ukraine, that might have worked.
33:04But now...
33:05Well, have you got any better ideas?
33:05I'm just saying, in this current climate, it looks shady as hell.
33:08Yeah, well, maybe I had no choice but to go to that fucking party.
33:10Yeah, well, I hope you hang whoever leaked it.
33:12Oh, don't worry, I'm on it.
33:14Okay, News at Ten are asking for you. If you come clean now, perhaps we can salvage this.
33:19Okay, well, just call Bloody Pest and tell them to get here immediately.
33:21Too late. We won't make the end of the show.
33:23Well, then tell them to extend it.
33:27Okay.
33:33Well, as we said, we've extended the programme tonight after we were told the Foreign Secretary wanted to give us
33:38some context for our explosive revelations earlier.
33:41And I'm pleased to say Robert is with him right now. Robert.
33:45Thanks, Tom.
33:46Foreign Secretary, you had a private meeting at a Lisbon party, of all things, with the Foreign Minister of Russia,
33:56a hostile state.
33:57You were not accompanied by any officials. There are no notes of the meeting.
34:01There was a clear breach of protocol. National security has been put at risk.
34:05Your colleagues say to me that you should resign and give up all ambitions to be leader of their party.
34:11I won't be resigning any time soon, Robert.
34:14Why on earth not?
34:15In the business of diplomacy, it's sometimes worth taking a risk, even a personal one.
34:20What on earth were you thinking of?
34:22Look, it was a social gathering, right, hosted by a very well-known British party donor where Dmitry Krimsov was
34:28a guest.
34:28Did you expect Krimsov to be there?
34:31I did expect Krimsov to be there.
34:32So why didn't you take your officials?
34:34Well, it's not a widely publicised fact that Dmitry Krimsov lost his only son last year.
34:39And it's fairly well known that my wife and I...
34:48Sorry.
34:53We lost our only child, also a boy, three years ago.
35:06Sorry.
35:07And I wanted to express my private sympathy, Tim, in the hope that we might find some common ground, man
35:15-to-man, if I'm allowed to say that these days.
35:17I imagine I speak for everybody watching that, you know, obviously, I feel for you enormous compassion, given the tragedy
35:27that you suffered.
35:29But what do you think you actually achieved?
35:32How many people do you know would be bold enough to walk in that door and sit down with Dmitry
35:35Krimsov?
35:36How many people do you know would try to better that diplomatic relationship between Europe and Russia?
35:41I'd like you to name someone in the cabinet that you would have that confidence in.
35:44Thank you, Robert. Robert Peston there with the Foreign Secretary.
35:47And that was quite some interview.
35:49This leadership race is certainly hotting up.
35:53Let's move on to some of the day's other news now.
35:55And having promised repeatedly that...
36:10Kate.
36:13Sorry to have summoned you so late, Mrs. Henderson. I've been on national television fighting for my political life.
36:19I saw. I'm sorry.
36:22So you won't mind if I ask you a few simple questions?
36:25Of course.
36:27Did you know about my meeting with Dmitry Krimsov?
36:30Yes.
36:30How?
36:31Some basic detective work.
36:35I'm the Foreign Focking Secretary, your boss.
36:38I don't need any covert surveillance.
36:40I understand Kate had concerns about your personal security.
36:47Did you link my meeting to the press?
36:49No.
36:50You sure about that?
36:51Absolutely.
36:52Do you think I don't know who your husband works for?
36:54If you have a problem with my husband, I suggest you take it up with him, Foreign Secretary, or Imogen
36:59herself.
37:01But you'll admit, you don't like my politics, do you?
37:04I'm a civil servant. Your politics are none of my business.
37:08Is there anything else you'd like to tell us, Kate?
37:13No.
37:15Unless Mr. Walker would.
37:17Do you think I would take the trouble to come here if I'd done anything underhand?
37:22It's not my job to say, sir.
37:24My job is to help keep you safe.
37:26If we failed to do that here at SIS, then I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say it
37:31is deeply regrettable.
37:35Well, if you have no more questions, Foreign Secretary.
37:42Take this as an official warning.
37:47Do not meddle with the democratic process.
38:07Hiya.
38:09Hi.
38:10Did you see it? What a fucking night.
38:12Front row seat.
38:13I mean, Meg's already asked for his resignation. He's cooked. He's done.
38:17Well, I think it's going to take more than this to kill him off.
38:19I mean, maybe, but it now means that Imogen is officially in the fucking race.
38:25Can I ask you something?
38:27Yeah?
38:28Do you think Imogen's ever been unfaithful?
38:30Well, to Harry?
38:33I mean, no, not that I know of. Why?
38:37Forget it.
38:40Katie, if you've heard something about that, I could really do with knowing, you know, especially given she's now declared.
38:44No, forget about it. I just wanted your opinion.
38:47All right.
38:48You're okay? You had a rough night?
38:51I've had better.
38:54Anything you can talk about, or...?
38:59I was accused of passing intel about the Krimzoff meeting to you.
39:04To me?
39:06Well, who's accused you? Zach?
39:09Man of the moment. Ryan Walker.
39:12I mean, honestly, do they think we'd be that fucking stupid?
39:14Apparently so.
39:20Did you know, though?
39:22About Ryan meeting Krimzoff. I mean, is that what that trip was about?
39:25I can't talk about it.
39:26No, you can't talk about it, but given the fact that you are investigating...
39:28We're not, and that's it, Stuart. I can't talk about it.
39:30All right.
39:33Sorry.
39:37Well.
39:39Bloody hell.
39:41Well, we better win, then.
39:42No.
39:43I'm a civil servant. I can't comment.
39:45Yes.
39:45Your neutrality is noted as ever.
39:48I'm not joking, Stuart.
39:49I'm not joking.
39:55I'm really sorry, but I have to go away again tomorrow.
39:58I'll be gone before you're up, though.
40:00Okay.
40:02What?
40:02Oh.
40:03What is it? Is it something serious, or...?
40:07It's a potentially hostile environment.
40:37Everything is in place.
40:40Now you're going to find out what Anderson knows.
40:46Malta is not the best place to die.
40:50Only stupid.
40:54Confirm the meeting in the church this morning.
40:58Now.
40:59All right.
41:00Please.
41:02All right.
41:08Oh