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Secret Service - 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,
00:04which 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.
00:19Your cigar, Igor Viktorovich.
00:22He's got nothing to be suspicious about.
00:25Good morning.
00:27Thank you, my friend.
00:29I think that's Kirill Markov.
00:30He's a ruthless bastard.
00:35He's 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.
01:12Lena.
01:14Sweet dreams, huh?
01:16No, no, no.
01:17No, why?
01:17No, no, no.
01:20No, no.
01:21No, no.
01:26No, no, no.
01:38I don't know.
01:40I don't know.
02:09What's happening here?
02:12Are you going to go? What are you doing?
02:16Your little Lenny was lying on us.
02:19And now she's going to tell me all her secrets.
02:23Go back to your bed. I'm her boss now.
02:28I'm her boss now.
02:29He said, she's gone!
02:53I'm her boss now.
03:42You wanted to see me?
03:47I'm assuming the original intel for this Maltese op came from Cyclops?
03:54Yes. He told me about Igor's annual trips to Valletta.
03:58So that information was a plant. Everything else is two.
04:02It wasn't. His explanation was entirely credible.
04:05So you're sure of the intelligence. What about him?
04:08It's all in the file. I've known him since I was a student in St. Petersburg.
04:12And 18 years later, he shows up in London working undercover
04:15at the Russian embassy, a senior Moscow intelligence officer,
04:20apparently looking to switch lanes.
04:22He was already disillusioned. Ukraine was the final straw.
04:25You obviously kept in touch.
04:27We stayed friends.
04:28Hmm.
04:29Were you ever lovers?
04:31No.
04:32Did you want to be?
04:35Not relevant.
04:36Did he?
04:41Briefly, perhaps.
04:43But, um, I was already engaged to Stuart.
04:46So even if we'd wanted to...
04:48Ah, I see.
04:51So it's what he might have done but didn't
04:54that makes you so sure of his loyalty.
04:57A moment of weakness, perhaps,
05:00that he chose not to take advantage of?
05:04Isn't that worthy of trust?
05:07We can all lie to someone we love.
05:10I've had you done as an incurable romantic.
05:14This job rather beats that out of you, I'm afraid.
05:19You're one of our best agent runners, Kate,
05:21but a great desk head requires many qualities.
05:24Certainty isn't one of them.
05:25So you're backing Zach?
05:27You need to find out if your friend Cyclops
05:30has been playing you, inadvertently or not,
05:32or you won't just be the youngest head of the Russia desk.
05:35You'll be the shortest serving, too.
05:39Will you run to the leadership, Foreign Secretary?
05:41Right now, my thoughts are just very much
05:44with Anthony and Jane.
05:45Foreign Secretary, you've got five days
05:47until the election.
05:48Don't be so coy.
05:49You need to get a move on, really.
05:51If you get a situation like this,
05:53it's very important to maintain our composure
05:55as a party.
05:56Hmm.
05:57What did C have to offer?
05:59Strategic ambiguity.
06:03His speciality.
06:04Meaning we have to prove that we were right
06:06or we're fucked.
06:07Oh.
06:08And Echo might be, too.
06:10I'm going to set up a meeting with Cyclops
06:12tomorrow morning at the London Safe House.
06:15You need to shut that down.
06:17Zach's in the building.
06:18Yeah, of course, but it's a shame
06:19we can't show them this.
06:22Come on.
06:23That's Mr. Ryan Walker
06:25leaving the NATO conference last night
06:27after the PM's announcement
06:29by the back door.
06:31No official car,
06:33no PPOs,
06:34and no special advisor,
06:36Melissa Morris.
06:37No, nothing.
06:37So I talked to our Portuguese friends,
06:39did a little triangulation,
06:40and this was the drop-off point.
06:43Little villa in the hills.
06:45Guess who owns it?
06:47Er, Putin's secret mistress?
06:50Close.
06:51Try Dimitri Krimsov's brother-in-law.
06:54Are you serious?
06:55Oh, yeah.
06:56So Mr. Walker's response
06:58to the resignation of our Prime Minister
07:00is to go AWOL
07:01with the Russian Foreign Minister.
07:04Are you certain
07:05that Krimsov was at the villa?
07:08Well, he got there
07:09half an hour before Ryan.
07:13Now, there was another arrival
07:15in a taxi from the Lisbon Royale.
07:16I haven't ID'd him yet,
07:18but are you ready
07:20for the pièce de résistance?
07:22Yeah.
07:22The man in the murk
07:24is Lev Amatov,
07:26our cuddly British oligarch.
07:30So Ryan meets
07:32the Russian Foreign Minister
07:33off-grid in a...
07:34Oh, yeah.
07:36Off-grid.
07:37In a get-together
07:39brokered by a billionaire
07:41with historic ties to the Kremlin.
07:43I would call that
07:45politically suspect.
07:47Otherwise known
07:48as murky as fuck.
07:54Stuart had a night out
07:55with Melissa
07:56at the last party conference.
07:57He said she seemed disillusioned
07:59by working with Ryan.
08:00I should talk to her.
08:01Hmm.
08:02We need to talk more
08:03about this, but not here.
08:04Sure.
08:05Do you fancy a cuppa?
08:06Yeah.
08:12If this leaks,
08:13Ryan's finished.
08:15Why take the risk
08:16of going in person?
08:17Uh, enough
08:18or you're gonna refuse.
08:19Or,
08:20maybe Ryan
08:22is the one
08:22with the arse.
08:23On which subject?
08:25Why would Imogen
08:26accept a 200 grand donation
08:29from a man
08:29like Lev Amatov?
08:30Oh, on paper
08:31you could argue
08:32that he's legit,
08:33right?
08:33I mean,
08:35Eaton,
08:35Cambridge.
08:36He's the chairman
08:37of Goldscope Media.
08:38Man's a tech tycoon.
08:39Plus he's on the board
08:40of the British Museum
08:41and the Courtauld Institute
08:42along with Ryan's wife.
08:45Imogen went to this conference
08:47in Portanovi
08:48two years ago.
08:50Stuart went.
08:51Pretty sure he said
08:52that Lev Amatov
08:54was there.
08:55Well,
08:55there's plenty of dirty money
08:57in Montenegro,
08:58you know.
08:58It's a shame
08:59we can't investigate
09:01assuming we follow
09:02our orders.
09:05If Zach finds out
09:07we're working
09:07off to birds...
09:08No, he won't,
09:09okay?
09:09Not if we get out
09:10of his eye line.
09:11As long as you're
09:12working on his debrief,
09:14he's not gonna give
09:15two shits where I am.
09:18Anywhere in mind?
09:21Yeah, come on.
09:24Just round here.
09:29You need a safe place.
09:31Yeah.
09:31Well,
09:32it means I can wake up
09:33whenever I want to.
09:35Come on.
09:37Come on.
09:43Well,
09:43it's close to HQ
09:45and it's off Zach's radar
09:46so I'll take it.
09:48Right.
09:48Here's a spare key.
09:50It's my partner
09:51with Sandy's
09:52but he's never around
09:53so now it's yours.
09:56My money
09:56is on Ryan
09:57declaring first.
09:59Well,
09:59if Imogen goes up
10:00against him,
10:01Stuart thinks
10:02most of the others
10:03will back her.
10:04Alright,
10:04so let's start
10:06with the two of them
10:07then.
10:07And if anyone else
10:08joins the race,
10:09I'll go digging.
10:10Cool?
10:11Yeah.
10:12Five days.
10:14Better get around
10:15with it.
10:19It's gonna be
10:20a long night.
10:25The last of the time
10:26..
10:33On
10:34me the
10:35last I
10:35showed you that's
10:35what I'm
10:36Did you say it or not?
10:42He told me to check it out.
10:44How did you do that?
10:46How?
10:47What?
10:48Are you a bitch or what?
10:49I will...
10:50I will...
10:52I will...
10:52I will...
10:53I will...
10:53I will...
10:54Well, she will pay!
11:38I don't know.
12:09I don't know.
12:49I 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?
13:21Yeah, bosses do.
13:23The intel from my op was seismic, much bigger than we expected, and the Chief's now worried about 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 in 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.
14:11Good morning.
14:13When did you last hear from Echo?
14:15Last night.
14:16A message saying she hadn't managed to change the battery and the mic.
14:18It's possible Moscow knows we're watching Igor.
14:21Fuck.
14:22How?
14:23I don't know yet, but 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.
14:29It could be over that.
14:30What happened?
14:31Some fintech company breaching Russian sanctions.
14:34Enough to get Moscow's backup.
14:36You 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 by uncontrolled, poorly managed, illegal migration.
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.
15:35And does 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.
15:46Yeah, on salaries of a quarter of a million pounds.
15:50So, obviously, it'd be a great shame to lose you both.
15:53Sinn 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?
16:07Perhaps it's time we ask the English.
16:10They pay for the Union, after all.
16:13The UK, in or out.
16:16Foreign Secretary, is that really how you are launching your campaign?
16:20By playing the dog whistle of English nationalism?
16:26What the hell was all that about?
16:28The right-wing press are going to lose their shit.
16:29Good.
16:30Just shaking things up.
16:32Step away from the middle, maybe catch a wave.
16:33Or you drown, brain.
16:34We've only got four days.
16:36You want to start our campaign with a bang?
16:37Well, 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.
16:44I 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.
16:48More than they'd want to admit.
16:51I get it, of course I do, but the next time you are going to disappear all night, if you
16:55could just send me a text, that would 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.
17:13He can't read it, can he?
17:14Well, who knows?
17:16He's just put a rocket up Imogen's ass, 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.
17:37Yeah, we were pitching for investment.
17:39Why?
17:40Do you remember who set it up?
17:41It's just the foreign office so on my back about reviewing minister's 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.
17:54He 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?
18:12Yes, disgusting.
18:13Please.
18:14Gotta 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.
18:26All right, love you too.
18:31I spoke to GCHQ and Langley.
18:33They haven't heard any chatter coming out of Malta other than the Gozo bust, so it probably
18:38is 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?
18:48We'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.
19:30Look at the date.
19:33Look at who was there.
19:35It was two weeks before Lev made his first donation to Harry Conrad'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.
19:52So, you're going to ask her about it?
19:54I 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 view 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,
20:27it'll be a game changer, couldn't it?
20:29No, I think we should wait.
20:31Timing's not right at the moment, but...
20:33OK, OK, yeah, thanks.
20:34OK, I'll call you then.
20:38Right.
20:39A video involving a certain female politician
20:42has just been brought to my attention.
20:44OK, 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,
20:52but I have it on good authority.
20:54Well, how do you know it's going to 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, it doesn't say any help, it doesn't.
21:05They have 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,
21:22which 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.
21:28Is that OK?
21:31I was at the Montenegro conference
21:33because Lev asked me to be,
21:34and I made no secret of that.
21:36To save you the trouble,
21:37he is 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 favour to Lev, like me,
21:47but she didn't seem to be taking any of 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,
21:56otherwise occupied.
21:58With what?
21:59She spent an awful lot of time
22:01horsing around with her aid.
22:03There were two of them, I think.
22:05One of them was laid up with a tummy buggy.
22:06It was the other one, John.
22:08Josh.
22:09Josh, you were long?
22:10Good-looking chap.
22:11Maybe 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.
22:19I didn't say I was ruling her out,
22:20but that doesn't mean that you can rule her in.
22:24No, of course she isn't behind Ryan Walker's referendum bollocks.
22:27No, it's X.
22:29Come on.
22:29The only thing that X is a guide to
22:31is 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.
22:38We need to get out there ahead of Ryan.
22:41Okay?
22:42I need more coffee.
22:44What do you think I should do, love?
22:47I always said Ryan's smarter than he looks.
22:50It's a wrecking ball.
22:51He hasn't even started on us yet.
22:54Then you need to stop him.
22:58Simon.
22:59Hello.
23:02Is the Foreign Secretary taking mind-altering drugs?
23:04Yes, sadly, he is a full-blown crack addict now.
23:08Simon.
23:09Simon.
23:15Melissa, it's Kate.
23:17You used to work with my husband Stuart at The Guardian.
23:19We met at the Christmas party.
23:21Oh, you're the civil servant.
23:23Home office or was it with Emma Day?
23:25I actually work for SIS.
23:27We're investigating an issue
23:29with the Foreign Secretary's security.
23:32What was that?
23:33Yesterday.
23:34We were running a routine off in Lisbon
23:36and we noticed he left the summit venue
23:37without his 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.
23:53Oddly enough, we can't seem to find a record
23:54of the event and 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.
24:18And what 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 Stuart Hayes 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.
24:59Thank you, Mark.
25:16I have eyes on her.
25:17She's playing cards with Sondra
25:19and she just sent her pecs saying 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.
25:36Stuart.
25:40Did you tell your wife
25:41who you forgot to mention works for SIS?
25:43What we discussed in Manchester in confidence.
25:45I may have mentioned something to her
25:47about you being unhappy.
25:48Okay, what happens at conference days
25:49at conference in 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.
25:56So what, did Kate say something to you?
25:59I don't want things to turn to a 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 got no business being anywhere near Downing Street,
26:14and you know that, and 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.
26:29Just think about it.
26:32Just never 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 mom 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?
27:07I 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 Zach.
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 authorize 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.
27:56I don't have two days.
27:57I'd have to go unarmed.
28:00I can't advise that.
28:01As 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.
28:20We're just going to have to hope you're wrong and Echo hasn't been blown.
28:36I'm not leaving her there.
28:38You made the right call.
28:39There are too many unknowns.
28:41I made a promise to her.
28:42And Alexei.
28:43I know how much your agents matter to you.
28:46It's why you've got this job.
28:47But you have to know when an op goes beyond your control.
28:50I'm not leaving her there, Rose.
28:53I suppose that's right.
28:54You walk into a trap.
28:55I can handle it.
28:57Surely your priority has to be...
28:59Excuse me.
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?
29:21Go home.
29:22See your kids.
29:23Shit, Fiona.
29:26Fiona.
29:38There she is.
29:39Told you she'd be here.
29:41Nice of you to show up.
29:42Sorry I'm late, darling.
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, so I'm going to shoot off.
29:58So we have done everything apart from history and politics.
30:01And this is the cue for the A-level choices.
30:02Stu, I'm going to have to work late tonight as well.
30:03Love you, darling.
30:04Bye-bye.
30:05Bye-bye.
30:09Next.
30:10Mum.
30:10Um, sorry.
30:12Oh, I know this.
30:14Hello.
30:17So do I have 8,000 pounds?
30:198,000, thank you.
30:208.50, 9,000, 9,000, 10,000.
30:24So I have 10,000 pounds for this gorgeous Matisse lithograph.
30:29Do I have 11,000, thank you, sir.
30:3212,000 to a 13,000, 14,000.
30:38Shall we round it up, Mr. Amitow?
30:4015,000 for such a great cause.
30:52I'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 going to win.
31:01Sympathy for image of Melissa thinks we'll play as an act of toxic masculinity.
31:07Melissa's a millennial Puritan.
31:09Trust me, anyone with ovaries will just be bitching about Imogen's figure.
31:12Yeah, either way, it'll force her to pull out, if she's got the balls to stand against you.
31:16Yeah, but still, it's a hefty price for her to have to pay.
31:18I don't know how bad this type actually is.
31:19If you want to win, you've got to play everything in your hand.
31:22Yeah, half measures aren't going to get you anyway.
31:23I'm so 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.
31:28All right, I'll see you later.
31:30You have to, you know.
31:43Please tell me the tip-off about the tape didn't happen at the Lisbon party.
31:47No, 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, especially 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.
32:12They'll say you're like one of Moscow's fellow travellers, like the old left.
32:15Was 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 should know about?
32:37You are making a mountain out of a molehill with this.
32:40Okay, you took a huge risk.
32:41I'm sure people already know that you went off without your PPO.
32:43I want people!
32:44There were 50 of you ministers staying at St. 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.
32:55Sorry, 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, no, no.
33:07Construction was meant to be your expertise.
33:10Offering finance was mine.
33:12Do not get in this car room till I've sent you.
33:14If my luck goes under now, I am seriously...
33:17Listen to me, John.
33:18If you get fired, we're going to keep your fucking mouth shut.
33:30You can soak 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...
33:39I'm not stupid.
33:41You've known this guy for five minutes.
33:44Have this conversation with Dad, see what he says.
33:46Dad's not the power of workaholic.
33:48Look, I know I've been away a lot recently.
33:51I think he'll 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 boss home.
34:12I have no idea what you're talking about.
34:15And if he's going to grab a million quid out of my heart,
34:17my defender, we've got another fucking thing coming.
34:20I'm just going to be here.
34:21Robert Peirston?
34:23Are you alone?
34:24Yeah, I am.
34:26Oh, well, this is strictly off the record.
34:32Here he is.
34:33Monsieur Laurent Sauvert.
34:35He's a Swiss national.
34:36I was able to track him from Krimsov's Lisbon Villa
34:39back to his hotel.
34:40Who is he?
34:41I have no idea yet,
34:42but 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,
34:53do you have any more thoughts about Malta?
34:56A few.
34:57Yeah?
34:59We deliberately made the approach to the church long,
35:02so even if this meet is a set-up,
35:04the Russians won't want her to deviate from our plan,
35:07which will stretch them.
35:09And that's my chance.
35:11What, you intercept her en route?
35:13I've got some ideas about that, too.
35:16Oh, fuck.
35:16Oh, yeah, I'm going to need to drink.
35:21I think this is still good.
35:25Yeah.
35:26Do you want one?
35:27No, thanks.
35:29Oh, are you going to tell Julie
35:32that 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.
35:39Man, forget about the suits.
35:41You can't do this on your own.
35:46You should go and make friends with your bed.
35:49Get some rest and then decide
35:51whether 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, yeah?
36:08Our understanding is that with four days to go,
36:11the Home Secretary, Imogen Conrad,
36:13will join the leadership contest tonight.
36:16We're expecting her announcement within the next...
36:18Are you ready?
36:18Who's out there?
36:19Everyone.
36:20Hurry.
36:24You've got this, Imogen.
36:29Wish me luck.
36:33Good luck.
36:43It is my great and timely pleasure
36:46to announce my campaign
36:47to be the next leader of our party
36:50and of our great country.
37:06To join the waiting press corps.
37:08And we need to cut away from that now
37:11for some pretty sensational news
37:13about the other leadership candidates.
37:15In the last few minutes,
37:16our political editor, Robert Peston,
37:18has broken a bombshell of a story,
37:21to put it mildly,
37:22concerning the Foreign Secretary Ryan Walker.
37:25The allegation that Mr. Walker
37:27slipped away from his personal protection team
37:30at the NATO summit in Lisbon this week
37:32and went to a party
37:34with the Russian Foreign Minister,
37:36Dmitry Krimsov,
37:37hosted by frequent donor
37:39to numerous British political parties,
37:43Lev Amatov.
37:44This is an absolutely extraordinary story.
37:46Our Foreign Secretary Ryan Walker
37:47having a private meeting
37:49with his Russian...
37:50Okay, we've got an hour
37:51to calm the storm
37:52or this race is over.
37:53Yeah, I think you should stay quiet.
37:54No, no, no.
37:54You shouldn't stay quiet.
37:55They'll crucify you.
37:56We just said it was
37:57some freelance diplomacy.
37:58Pre-Ukraine, that might have worked.
38:00But now...
38:01Well, have you got any better ideas?
38:02I'm just saying,
38:02in this current climate,
38:03it looks shady as hell.
38:04Yeah, well, maybe I had no choice
38:05but to go to that fucking party.
38:07Yeah, well, I hope you hang
38:08whoever leaked it.
38:08Oh, don't worry.
38:09I'm on it.
38:11Okay.
38:12News at ten are asking for you.
38:13If you come clean now,
38:14perhaps we can salvage this.
38:15Okay, well, just call Bloody Pest
38:17and tell them to get here immediately.
38:18Too late.
38:19We won't make the end of the show.
38:20Well, then tell them to extend it.
38:24Okay.
38:30Well, as we said,
38:31we've extended the programme tonight
38:33after we were told
38:34the Foreign Secretary
38:35wanted to give us
38:36some context
38:37thanks for our explosive revelations earlier.
38:40And I'm pleased to say
38:41Robert is with him right now.
38:43Robert.
38:43Thanks, Tom.
38:44Foreign Secretary,
38:46you had a private meeting
38:48at a Lisbon party,
38:50of all things,
38:52with the Foreign Minister of Russia,
38:55a hostile state.
38:56You were not accompanied
38:57by any officials.
38:58There are no notes
38:59of the meeting.
39:00There was a clear breach of protocol.
39:02National security
39:03has been put at risk.
39:05Your colleagues say to me
39:06that you should resign
39:08and give up all ambitions
39:10to be leader of their party.
39:11I won't be resigning
39:12any time soon, Robert.
39:14Why on earth not?
39:15In the business of diplomacy,
39:16it's sometimes worth
39:17taking a risk,
39:19even a personal one.
39:20What on earth
39:21were you thinking of?
39:22Look,
39:23it was a social gathering,
39:24right,
39:24hosted by a very well-known
39:26British party donor
39:27where Dmitry Krimsov
39:28was again...
39:28Did you expect
39:29Krimsov to be there?
39:31I did expect Krimsov
39:32to be there.
39:33So why didn't you
39:34take your officials?
39:34Well,
39:36it's not a widely publicised fact
39:38that Dmitry Krimsov
39:39lost his only son last year.
39:40And it's, um,
39:42it's fairly well known
39:43that my wife and I,
39:47um...
39:50Sorry.
39:54Uh,
39:55we lost our only child.
39:57Um,
39:58also a boy.
40:00Um,
40:01three years ago.
40:08Sorry.
40:09And I...
40:10I wanted to express
40:12my private sympathy
40:13to him
40:13in the hope
40:14that we might
40:14find some
40:16common ground
40:17man-to-man
40:18if I'm allowed
40:19to say that these days.
40:20I imagine I speak
40:22for everybody watching
40:23that, you know,
40:24obviously
40:25I feel
40:26all for you
40:27enormous compassion
40:29given the tragedy
40:31that you suffered.
40:32But what do you think
40:33you actually achieved?
40:35How many people
40:36do you know
40:36would be bold enough
40:37to walk in that door
40:38and sit down
40:38with Dmitry Krimsov?
40:39How many people
40:40do you know
40:41would try to better
40:42that diplomatic relationship
40:43between Europe
40:44and Russia?
40:45I'd like you to name
40:46someone in the Cabinet
40:47that you would have
40:48that confidence in.
40:49Thank you, Robert.
40:49Robert Peston there
40:50with the Foreign Secretary.
40:52And that was
40:53quite some interview.
40:54This leadership race
40:55is certainly hotting up.
40:58Let's move on
40:58to some of the day's
40:59other news now.
41:00and having promised
41:01repeatedly
41:02that by...
41:15Kate.
41:19Sorry to have summoned you
41:20so late,
41:21Mrs. Henderson.
41:22I've been on national television
41:23fighting for my political life.
41:25I saw.
41:26I'm sorry.
41:27So you won't mind
41:28if I ask you
41:29a few simple questions?
41:32Of course.
41:33Did you know about
41:34my meeting
41:34with Dmitry Krimsov?
41:36Yes.
41:37How?
41:38Some basic detective work.
41:42I'm the Foreign Focking Secretary.
41:44Your boss.
41:45I don't need
41:46any covert surveillance.
41:47I understand Kate
41:48had concerns
41:50about your personal security.
41:54Did you leak
41:55my meeting to the press?
41:56No.
41:57You sure about that?
41:58Absolutely.
41:59Do you think
42:00I don't know
42:01who your husband works for?
42:02If you have a problem
42:03with my husband,
42:04I suggest you take it up
42:05with him,
42:06Foreign Secretary,
42:06or Imogen herself.
42:09But you'll admit,
42:10you don't like my politics,
42:11do you?
42:12I'm a civil servant.
42:13Your politics
42:14are none of my business.
42:17Is there anything else
42:18you'd like to tell us, Kate?
42:22No.
42:24Unless Mr. Walker would.
42:26Do you think I would
42:27take the trouble
42:28to come here
42:28if I'd done anything
42:30underhand?
42:31It's not my job
42:32to say, sir.
42:33My job is to help
42:34keep you safe.
42:36If we fail to do that
42:37here at SIS,
42:38then I'm sure
42:39I speak for everyone
42:40when I say
42:41it is deeply regrettable.
42:45Well,
42:47if you have no more questions,
42:49Foreign Secretary,
42:52take this
42:53as an official warning.
42:57Do not meddle
42:58with the democratic process.
43:19Hiya.
43:20Hi.
43:21Did you see it?
43:22What a fucking night.
43:24Front row seat.
43:26I mean,
43:26Meg's already asked
43:27for his resignation.
43:27He's cooked.
43:28He's done.
43:29Well, I think it's going to take
43:30more than this
43:30to kill him off.
43:31I mean, maybe,
43:31but it now means
43:32that Imogen
43:32is officially
43:33in the fucking race.
43:37Can I ask you something?
43:39Yeah?
43:40Do you think
43:41Imogen's ever been unfaithful?
43:43Well, to Harry?
43:46I mean,
43:47no,
43:47not that I know of why.
43:50Forget it.
43:52Katie,
43:53if you've heard something
43:54about that,
43:55I could really do
43:55with knowing,
43:56you know,
43:56especially given
43:57she's now declared.
43:57No,
43:58forget about it.
43:59I just wanted your opinion.
44:00All right.
44:02You're okay?
44:03You had a rough night?
44:05I've had better.
44:08Anything you can talk about,
44:11or...?
44:13I was accused
44:14of passing intel
44:15about the Krimzoff meeting
44:16to you.
44:18To me?
44:21Well,
44:21who's accused you?
44:22Zach?
44:23Man of the moment,
44:25Ryan Walker.
44:26I mean,
44:27honestly,
44:27do they think
44:28we'd be that fucking stupid?
44:29Apparently so.
44:35Did you know that?
44:37About Ryan meeting Krimzoff.
44:39I mean,
44:39is that what that trip was about?
44:40I can't talk about it.
44:41You can't talk about it,
44:42but given the fact
44:42that you are investigating...
44:43We're not,
44:44and that's it, Stuart.
44:45I can't talk about it.
44:46All right.
44:49Sorry.
44:53Well,
44:55bloody hell.
44:57Well,
44:57we better win then,
44:58eh?
44:58I'm a civil servant.
45:00I can't comment.
45:01Yes.
45:01Your neutrality
45:02is noted as ever.
45:04I'm not joking, Stuart.
45:05I'm not joking.
45:11I'm really sorry,
45:12but I have to go away
45:13again tomorrow.
45:15I'll be gone
45:15before you're up, though.
45:17Okay.
45:19What?
45:19Oh.
45:21What is it?
45:21Is it something serious,
45:22or...?
45:24It's a potentially
45:25hostile environment.
45:56everything is in place.
45:59Now you're going to find out what Anderson knows.
46:06Malta is not the best place to die.
46:09Long is stupid.
46:14Confirm the meeting in the church this morning.
46:18Now.
46:27Now.
46:30Now.
46:40Now.
46:55Now.
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