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00:06Welcome back, Mrs. Hart.
00:08Oh, have I been away?
00:11Charming scarf.
00:12Oh, thank you.
00:13Spring, summer, yes.
00:14And just perfect with those boots.
00:17Now, my Psytex presentation at 11, yes?
00:20Oh, Paula's taking that on.
00:23Her last one was a triumph.
00:25We sent her cookies.
00:44Grandy?
00:44No need for big speeches, thank you.
00:47You know, I have apologised a million times,
00:50and there's no-one in the whole world I admire more than you.
00:53Oh, you are doing this speech, are you?
00:55Are you hoping I'll send you biscuits?
00:57Grandy, you have to listen to me.
01:01They know.
01:03They all know you've been ill.
01:05Some source at the hospital.
01:08They're gathering the board in London next Monday.
01:11They told everyone that you've been ill, and I'm afraid.
01:17They've got the votes.
01:20They're going to oust you.
01:21Heart Enterprises, Psytex, it's all to be taken from you and put in their names.
01:28Bedwina.
01:29Yes.
01:30Along with Uncle Kit, Uncle Robin and Aunt Elizabeth.
01:33I'm so sorry.
01:35What can I do?
01:41I see you've been dabbling in lycra.
01:45Oh, our new leisure wear range.
01:47You'll hate it, I'm sure, but I'm convinced it's the next big thing.
01:52Well, looks very comfortable.
01:58Zip fastening on the side would improve the lines.
02:03Leave me, would you, Paula?
02:05I'm suddenly very tired.
02:26Henry, it's Emma.
02:29I've decided I would like to go ahead.
02:33Yes, please.
02:36And we're to be certain it's absolutely watertight.
02:42My birthday?
02:45Not a thing, I imagine.
02:48What use are birthdays?
02:50Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear kid, happy birthday to you.
03:08Right, who wants a slice?
03:11Me.
03:12Yes, please.
03:17This is madness.
03:20Pretending everything's fine.
03:22Throwing a party when we all know war could be declared any second.
03:25We'll be waiting either way.
03:27Might as well eat cake while we're doing it.
03:30Mac, business has been slowing down for months.
03:33I've had to take out loans.
03:35What does Joe say?
03:39Emma, you haven't told him.
03:41He won't hear it.
03:42He's convinced himself war won't happen.
03:44Well, maybe he's right.
03:45He's not.
03:46I need a plan.
03:51Never let a problem that can't be solved with an Emma harsh plan.
03:58Emma.
03:59Mac.
04:00Family photograph.
04:01Everyone in.
04:03Come on.
04:09Come on, put your arm around your wife, man.
04:11Help!
04:14Help!
04:29Help!
04:41Excuse me, sorry.
05:13Did you see? The government's going to be accepting bids for uniform manufacturers.
05:18This is it, Mac. This is how we're going to survive it.
05:22Now I know what you're thinking. Why would they award a contract to someone who's made their name in ladies'
05:26wear, especially a woman, but I think...
05:28So you're going to start manufacturing the material before you've even won the contract?
05:33To make sure I win the contract. They can't say no, can they?
05:36Yeah, but the cost of it...
05:39It's a risk. I know it is.
05:42But the only way I can make it work is...
05:46If I sell the shops.
05:50No.
05:51No, you built those with your own blood, sweat and tears. You can't just give them up.
05:55If I don't do something drastic, the debt collectors will take them anyway.
06:03You don't think I can do it?
06:07I think you can do anything, Emma.
06:12What can I do to help?
06:40What can I do to help?
06:41I think, what can I do to help?
07:03I don't think I can do anything.
07:11house, don't we Adam? Yes, and once finances are back on track we'll find you a new
07:18place. That might not be necessary. Oh? I'm signing up.
07:35Ladies, would you leave us for a moment, please? Of course.
07:48I thought you'd be pleased. You never pass up the opportunity to speak about your days at Sandhurst.
07:53If I thought this was in any way an honorable war, I'd be commending your bravery. But it isn't ours
07:59to fight. Asquith is leading our soldiers to catastrophe. Only a fool would volunteer.
08:05And I suppose I'm a fool. You do remember we own a newspaper? Yes? It's the one thing people will
08:14still be buying. Edwin, do you have any idea how close we are to losing this house? You'll manage
08:21without me. Why? Why are you so set on this?
08:30It's the only way to make it stop. What are you talking about?
08:39Emma Hart. Emma Hart.
08:42What has that damn girl done now? It's what I did to her, Father. That's the why. Emma
08:51Hart is hell-bent on destroying us. It's why she took our mill. She's punishing me and she
08:58won't give up until I've suffered as much as she has. So this is what? What suicide mission?
09:04What could you have possibly done that is so terrible? You risked your life as recompense.
09:14What? Emma and I were involved romantically. I'm sorry, Father. She fell pregnant and I panicked.
09:27I took no responsibility. Or but sent her away entirely alone.
09:40And?
09:45What were you supposed to do? Marry her?
09:51Did you not just hear what I said about the- Oh, yes. Yes. Gerald told me years ago
09:58there was a child.
10:02You knew? And you're not angry?
10:06Well, it's not ideal. Obviously. But boys will be boys. Needs must be met. And inevitably the
10:15sort of girls who are willing are only going to be found in the service quarters.
10:19That. Not with Emma. It was- What? Love? More than love. It was everything.
10:29Whatever silly infatuation you think you had, Edwin, it hardly justifies traipsing off to
10:35France with the very real possibility you won't return. I understand the risks. It's what I have
10:41to do. And I'm sorry, Father. You won't change my mind.
10:56Morning, everyone. Now, I know this is an uncertain and anxious time for us all, so I'll get straight
11:01to the point. From today, my mills and the factory will halt production on the usual hat fabrics and designs,
11:13to produce only a durable wool for military uniforms, which we will eventually be making on an exclusive basis for
11:20the duration of the war.
11:23Unfortunately, this will mean the closing and sale of my shops. But please don't worry. None of you will be
11:29out of work. You're all needed elsewhere.
11:32Those of you who wish to volunteer, I will continue to pay your wages to your families. Then when you
11:36return, your jobs will be here waiting for you. While you're out there fighting to protect our future, we'll be
11:42doing everything we can to protect yours.
11:46Are there any questions? Yes. I have a few. You're selling my shops?
11:54I'm selling my shops. I bought them from you at full price. The deeds are in my name.
11:59I don't care about the deeds, Emma. These shops belong to my father. If you pull the wallpaper down in
12:04that corner, you'll see where my mother marked my height every birthday.
12:07Those memories will still exist with or without these buildings. Perhaps you don't understand what a precarious position we're in.
12:14Who is this we? You talk like we're a team, but you didn't think to ask or even tell me
12:18that you're selling my father's legacy.
12:20These are not normal times. Wouldn't your father want you to do what's needed to survive? Or maybe that's the
12:26problem. Survival isn't something you've ever had to think about before.
12:30What's that supposed to mean? These shops were handed to you, just like everything else in your life.
12:34That doesn't mean I didn't work hard. Can't you just trust that I have explored every option and this is
12:40the one that'll see our family through this wretched war?
12:42Do you have so little faith in me? No, that's not fair and you know it. I had faith in
12:48you the second I saw you.
12:49I gave you a job, remember? And less than a year, I let you a shop and then another, Emma.
12:54I don't think there's anybody in this world who has more faith in you than I do.
13:00Mack had no doubts. Not one.
13:06Laura, please. I said I didn't want to.
13:11Laura.
13:12Laura.
13:12Emma, talk some sentence to him, please. I'll listen to you.
13:14What's going on?
13:16He's signing up. Sacrificing himself for a country that's not even hit.
13:20Laura.
13:20My husband's going to give his life for the whim of a government who won't give women the vote and
13:24I'm supposed to just accept it.
13:25It does seem a bit rash, Mack. It's early days.
13:28I'm not doing this for the government or the king. Can't you see?
13:33If we don't go over there and stop the Germans, they'll bring the fight to us. There's no doubt it'll
13:39reach these shores.
13:40That'll take months, years. The war will be over by Christmas.
13:44And what if it's not?
13:48I can't sit here waiting for them to come to us.
13:52I have to do this.
13:55To keep you safe.
13:57But we don't want you to. Do we Emma? Tell him.
14:01He's right.
14:04We have to do what we can. No matter how risky.
14:07It scares me. Of course it does. I couldn't bear the thought.
14:12But we can't be ruled by fear.
14:15This is bigger than all of us.
14:18We've got good lives that we've worked hard for.
14:21People to protect.
14:24If we don't fight tooth and nail in whatever way we can, God knows what that'll mean for our children.
14:30Doing nothing.
14:32Isn't that the biggest risk of all?
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15:01There she is.
15:03It's Emma Hart.
15:07Look at you.
15:10How far you've come.
15:20You should know that Edwin...
15:23told me everything.
15:26He's got it into his head that he has to, um...
15:31He's, uh...
15:33He's volunteering...
15:34to fight punishing himself for what happened between the pair of you.
15:40Now, if what Edwin says is true and your feelings for each other were in fact genuine, then...
15:46I'm sure you don't want his life at risk any more than I do.
15:52So, I thought you could write him a letter.
15:58Saying that you'll forgive him.
16:00Absorbing him.
16:02Maybe, just maybe, he'll see sense.
16:08No.
16:15No.
16:16No.
16:17A word you're unfamiliar with, Squire.
16:19I'm not as well read as you, but I believe if you look it up in the dictionary,
16:23it means there'll be a cold day in hell before I do any such thing.
16:29Emma.
16:31My son could die.
16:32And that has absolutely nothing to do with me.
16:42Oh, you used to remind me so much of your mother.
16:47But I can see now, you're quite different.
16:51What do you know about my mother?
16:53Oh, she didn't tell you.
16:55Elizabeth.
16:56She used to serve our family much like you did.
17:00I was very fond of her.
17:04You're lying?
17:05We spent a wonderful summer together.
17:07Out on the moors.
17:09In the caves.
17:11On the top of the world.
17:14Only, she was able to see our time together for what it was.
17:18She didn't bear a grudge.
17:21And I'm asking you to do the same.
17:24Find it in your heart to forgive.
17:28I think it's what your mother would want.
17:36Well, why didn't you help her?
17:41She could have lived.
17:45If we could have got a doctor to see her to give her medicine,
17:49you could have paid for that.
17:53I, uh...
17:54I, uh...
17:54My father ran into a burning building to save your son.
17:57He gave his life for him.
17:59You wouldn't even give one penny for my mother's.
18:02That's hardly fair.
18:03No such thing as fair.
18:04Not in this world, though I see why you believe in it.
18:06Since every coin you've ever tossed has landed heads up,
18:09but that is just luck.
18:10All I'm trying to do is protect my child.
18:12Edwin is a grown man who is choosing to put himself in the line of fire.
18:16My mother never had a choice her whole life.
18:19No need to get upset.
18:20Oh, I'm not upset.
18:21I am burning with rage.
18:23And that will never change.
18:25You, your sons, your wife, you destroyed my family.
18:28And you could be quite sure I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
18:40No.
19:10No.
19:27Oh, you didn't do it.
19:31Oh, my God.
19:35Hey!
19:36Hey!
19:36Hey!
19:37Hey!
19:37Hey!
19:38Hey!
19:39Hey!
19:39Hey!
19:42Oh, my God.
20:19I'll be up soon.
20:21It's already morning.
20:23Been here all night.
20:27I'm sorry.
20:31I've been thinking.
20:33And we need to give ourselves the best possible chance of winning the military uniform contract.
20:39So that's why I think you should do the presentation.
20:47What?
20:48Perform it, I mean.
20:49I'll write it.
20:50Or we can write it together.
20:52And practice it over and over until you know it back to front.
20:54Emma.
20:55I know you're angry with me about the shops, but this is for our family, for the children.
21:00Those lords are never going to give the contract to a woman.
21:03They want someone who looks like them.
21:05A man they can trust in.
21:06And I don't know a more trustworthy man than...
21:08I've signed up.
21:16Joe.
21:19Is this because Mac?
21:23I'm not daft, Emma.
21:26I wouldn't risk leaving our children without a father just to prove to you I'm as much of a man
21:30as he is.
21:33I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared.
21:37But how could I ever look them in the eye?
21:40Kit and Edwina.
21:42If I didn't do everything I could to protect them.
21:48But...
21:50I need you.
21:55Sorry, Emma.
21:58I didn't know.
22:02You never have done before.
22:24You never have done before.
22:26People worried the Boer War would last for years.
22:28And look how quickly that ended.
22:31Weren't there two Boer Wars?
22:33Yes.
22:34The second one lasted three years.
22:39Still, I'm sure that this time next year we'll all be back to our normal lives and everyone will be
22:43so grateful to you for your bravery here, Edwin.
22:46Yes, I'm sure you'll be a huge asset on the battlefield.
22:49With all your experience wielding pens and fanning about the newsroom.
22:54I'm looking forward to the parades when it's over.
22:58I expect there'll be some.
22:59Yeah, it's a parade.
23:01That should make all the death worth it.
23:08What?
23:09He's obviously not coming.
23:10He is.
23:13No.
23:15He isn't.
23:29Everyone's wondering where you are.
23:32I thought you'd be too busy drinking champagne, toasting the stupidest decision that everyone's ever made.
23:40Adam.
23:43It's not too late to tell him how you feel.
23:45I made that perfectly clear.
23:57I don't want you to have any regrets.
24:00They're poisonous.
24:03I wish I'd told Adele.
24:05Yes, perhaps if you had, instead of whatever it was you said that drove her back to the drink, she'd
24:11still be here.
24:28Edwina, love, listen.
24:30Listen, do you understand what Daddy's saying?
24:33That I've got to go away for a little while.
24:35Can I come?
24:37No, love.
24:40Daddy's got an important job to do.
24:42I'll be back before you know it.
24:44For Christmas.
24:49Yeah.
24:51For Christmas.
25:00You should sleep.
25:02You'll need it.
25:09It's for the birthdays.
25:12I've got up to Edwina's 16th, which is impossible to imagine, isn't it?
25:24Will you, um, if I don't...
25:35You will.
25:40Oh, my God.
25:46I don't know.
25:47I don't know.
25:47I don't know.
25:49Uh, my God.
26:05Let me know.
26:07Let's go.
26:37Let's go.
27:13Let's go.
27:14Edwin?
27:16Yes?
27:17Yes.
27:18I hope...
27:21you find...
27:23peace.
27:24I know that's a strange thing to say, given...
27:29but it seems to me as though that's what you're looking for.
27:34That's what you've always been looking for.
27:38You might be right about that.
27:41But...
27:45I'm not sure I deserve it.
28:01I'm sorry.
28:04I know you wanted this to be.
28:06I...
28:08I never should have pretended I was capable of giving you what you wanted.
28:32You shouldn't wait for me.
28:35Whatever happens, don't wait.
28:39You deserve that heart-soaring love you've always dreamed of.
28:47The kind you had with Emma.
28:56How?
28:56I found the letters.
29:00Oh God.
29:02That's why I had to alter my dress.
29:07I wanted to meet her.
29:11I can see why she made your heart so...
29:16I'm sorry you lost her.
29:21I'm sorry you lost her.
29:21I'm sorry why...
29:25I'll win.
29:35What a mess.
29:52We just saw her in a room.
29:52I don't know.
30:37Safe travels.
31:05Safe travels.
31:16Safe travels.
31:28Safe travels.
31:41Safe travels.
31:44Safe travels.
31:57Safe travels.
32:04Safe travels.
32:07Safe travels.
32:21Safe travels.
32:31Safe travels.
32:34Safe travels.
32:55Safe travels.
33:08Safe travels.
33:18Safe travels.
33:20Safe travels.
33:36Safe travels.
33:37Safe travels.
33:39See you soon, then, Emma.
33:53See you soon, Emma.
34:21See you soon, Emma.
34:49See you soon, Emma.
35:36No sense us being at war, well, they are.
35:41Very generous of you.
35:43Famous pacifist, aren't I?
35:48Listen to this.
35:50Remember to drink your tea while it's still hot.
35:52You often set it aside and forget when you're lost in your work.
35:57I swap it for a fresh one before you notice.
36:00And I've left a shawl on the back of your chair.
36:03Use it.
36:05You always feel the cold when the evening draft creeps in.
36:11He knows you pretty well.
36:12What are we supposed to do without them?
36:16We carry on.
36:24You should stay.
36:26Stay here.
36:28Not just tonight, but until they come home.
36:32Get each other through it.
36:41But we won't be wallowing.
36:43You've got your presentation.
36:45I can't win without you.
36:47They'll never take me seriously.
36:48That's what a woman would say.
36:51Now a man, with all your achievements, and a proposal as good as yours, he would go in there and
36:59act like he'd already won.
37:07Adam.
37:09She killed my son.
37:13Who has?
37:16Adam, Edwin's not dead.
37:19He's...
37:20She'll pay.
37:22I'll make sure that woman pays.
37:25Who?
37:29Emmer Hart.
37:33dearest joe i don't know when or even if this letter will reach you
37:38but i have to try to tell you how sorry i am because you're right a marriage should be about
37:45two partners and i regret more than anything that i never gave you the chance to be mine
37:52i've been so proud so stubborn thinking i had to do it all on my own
37:57that i didn't notice the sacrifices you made the quiet strength you were offering
38:04how you loved me supported me and trusted me without asking for anything in return
38:12it was unforgivable deciding to sell the shops so i've taken them off the market
38:18yes we are in significant debt but some things are more important than money
38:35immediately i have every faith that i'll win the bid for the military uniform contract
38:40just as i have every faith that you'll come home to me
38:44and when you do joe i'll be the partner you deserve
38:48i promise you that
39:15gentlemen our men fathers brothers sons husbands
39:21including my own are out on the fields of france fighting for king and country
39:25the least we can do is provide them with the best possible uniforms to aid their path to victory
39:30the most durable wool the most functional designs
39:34and i am the person to make that happen
39:37i know i'm not the usual sort to stand before you
39:39as you've likely observed i'm not a man
39:45but i ask you to pay attention not to who i am but to what i'm offering
39:51i am the proud owner of two mills and a factory full of workers poised to begin sewing our soldiers
39:57uniforms immediately
39:58subject to your approval of my designs
40:01i've already begun producing the fabric needed at my own cost
40:05i knew that inflation on the price of raw materials would be coming and fast
40:08so the day war was declared
40:10i secured the wool needed to make 16 000 uniforms
40:13at a price of one shilling per pound
40:16if you were to buy that wool today
40:17you wouldn't be able to get it for less than one shilling and three pence
40:20tomorrow
40:22it will be higher
40:23and that's how i know that not one of the men you've heard from so far
40:26will be able to offer you a more competitive price than i can
40:29time is not a luxury we have gentlemen
40:31the war has begun
40:33pick me and not only can i offer you the highest quality at the lowest price
40:37but i can begin today
40:46i've had an idea
40:48and it's rather brilliant if i do say so myself
40:51oh well let's hear it
40:53you should join the vad
40:55we can train together
40:56oh it'll be so much more fun if it's the two of us
41:00i really think you'd get something out of it
41:03well i don't think so
41:04why not
41:06well i don't think adam would
41:09i mean he needs me here
41:11especially with edwin gone
41:12and what about what you need
41:15well i
41:17i don't i'm
41:19i'm fine
41:21are you
41:23yes
41:27what
41:29nothing it's just
41:31you seem to spend a lot of time worrying about mr fairlie's needs but
41:37he doesn't seem to give yours a second thought
41:41what a thing to say that
41:42that's not true
41:45isn't it
41:47no i
41:49look i know adam can be
41:53but he's been through an awful lot
41:55i mean he lost his wife
41:57and you
41:58lost your sister
41:59yes yes i did
42:00i lost her
42:00we both
42:01lost someone that we adored that day
42:03and it was my fault
42:04because i broke adele's heart
42:06i betrayed her
42:06i drove her back to the drink
42:08you broke her heart
42:10all on your own
42:11and what about mr fairlie
42:12i was the last person to speak to her
42:15no you weren't
42:16i was
42:19no it was
42:21mr fairlie
42:23i heard him
42:24in mrs fairlie's room
42:26arguing saying the cruelest things
42:28only a few hours before she
42:32are you making this up
42:34no
42:36i swear
42:41thank you so much
42:42i really appreciate you giving me the opportunity
42:44you're welcome
42:45you've got my details haven't you
42:47if you have any further questions
42:48yes
42:51adam fairlie
42:51charlie
42:52good to see you old boy
42:54how long has it been
42:56how's that horse of yours running
42:58huh
42:59i'm going to insist that you dine with us again soon
43:01i know olivia's just dying to see penny
43:04now
43:05regarding those uniforms
43:07i think we could be the perfect course
43:09i want to be prepared
43:10i want to be in contrast
43:11thank you
43:32contract lost
43:34i lost
43:36but it's okay
43:38there'll be a way won't there
43:40find a way to fix it
43:42fix everything
43:45i haven't come up with a plan yet
43:47but i always do
43:48i have
43:49i have
44:08I don't know.
44:39Mummy, why are you crying?
44:43I love you.
44:47I love you, Edwina.
44:53No, I haven't heard from Edwina for a while.
44:57But I'll give her your regards.
45:01And watertight, yes?
45:05All right, goodbye.
45:15Would you send Paula in, please?
45:19No more secrets, Paula. Agreed?
45:22No more secrets.
45:24And I'd like you to contact the family, please.
45:27I believe I'm going to have that birthday party, after all.
45:30Ask Jerry to make travel arrangements.
45:33The whole clan.
45:34For this weekend.
45:35This weekend?
45:36Before Monday.
45:38That's right.
45:38My children can celebrate with me en route to their famous meeting.
45:43Let's make this an occasion to remember.
45:47We're going home.
45:56Good to be home.
45:58Always.
45:59We need to preserve our legacy at all costs.
46:02And I think I've got the answer.
46:03A partnership with the Fairleys.
46:05I would have spat if someone suggested it before now.
46:07Are all the traitors present?
46:10Let's get started, shall we?
46:17All right.
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