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00:00:11If your sweetheart sends a letter a good-bye,
00:00:26it's no secret.
00:00:29You feel the record.
00:00:33This way, by the way.
00:00:43The end of the bar.
00:00:49Hello.
00:00:50Hello, Porchy.
00:00:54Find the place all right now?
00:00:55Taxi driver, dear?
00:00:57Yes.
00:00:58Of course.
00:01:00Wonderful.
00:01:15Is it just me or is this place faintly ridiculous?
00:01:20Two of my great hates in life, fine dining in central London.
00:01:25I just thought it's the kind of special occasion place one came if one had a special question
00:01:31to ask.
00:01:43This moment I wish I were a poet, not a horse breeder.
00:01:55Will you marry me?
00:02:01Oh, poor G.
00:02:03That sounds like a no.
00:02:05No.
00:02:06No.
00:02:06It's not a no.
00:02:08No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:02:13Twelve no's.
00:02:14I would love to.
00:02:16On one condition.
00:02:19That you don't still hold a torch for her.
00:02:22Who?
00:02:25Oh.
00:02:27Her.
00:02:36I know how close you were and how close your families still are.
00:02:41It's true.
00:02:41She and I, we are close.
00:02:43I was close to her father.
00:02:45I am close to her sister.
00:02:46Our families are close.
00:02:48In many ways, and I speak as a breeder myself, it would have been a good match.
00:02:52Perfect match.
00:02:53I won't deny it.
00:02:56Except for the fact it was never on the cards.
00:03:03For her, there was only ever Philip.
00:03:17I won't deny it.
00:03:19I won't deny it.
00:03:20I won't deny it.
00:03:22I won't deny it.
00:03:23And for you?
00:03:32It was only you.
00:03:34I won't deny it.
00:04:09A little bit.
00:04:34A little bit.
00:05:04A little bit.
00:05:34A little bit.
00:05:35A little bit.
00:05:37A little bit.
00:05:46A little bit.
00:05:51A little bit.
00:06:02A little bit.
00:06:02Write you, Arjog.
00:06:03Yes, I'll let him know.
00:06:06I'm sure he'll be delighted.
00:06:09Bye.
00:06:18Are you winning?
00:06:20No.
00:06:22There was one brief, tantalizing moment when I thought I had it.
00:06:28I moved in.
00:06:31I moved in for the kill, but then one wrong brush stroke and it got away once again.
00:06:38I've just been talking to Jock about your 80th birthday.
00:06:42Oh, don't mention it.
00:06:44Oh, don't mention it.
00:06:44Because it happens on the same day as the opening of Parliament, they've decided to combine events
00:06:50and hold a reception in your honor at the Great Hall.
00:06:53Oh, that's very nice.
00:06:55Oh, and it's going to be Graham Sutherland.
00:06:58Oh, and it's going to be Graham Sutherland.
00:07:10Who?
00:07:11I've never heard of him.
00:07:12He's got quite the reputation.
00:07:14He's a modernist.
00:07:15Oh, I'm sure I can trust a modernist with an English name.
00:07:19Give me a German modernist or an Italian.
00:07:24They're the ones who have to start all over again.
00:07:27Whatever would an Englishman want to change?
00:07:51It's grand to be home again after so long an absence.
00:07:55The surgeon who operated on me told me yesterday that all was well.
00:08:00I'll need to have a further period of convalescence, put on some weight.
00:08:06There's nothing else to worry about.
00:08:09As I said, it's grand to be home again.
00:08:13I look forward to being back at work just as soon as possible.
00:08:37Hello.
00:08:38Poor G.
00:08:40I hope I'm not disturbing.
00:08:42Goodness.
00:08:43Am I disturbing?
00:08:47No.
00:08:48Good.
00:08:49It's all real.
00:08:50I think we're making a mistake.
00:08:52I think we should lead from the start.
00:08:55And I think you're wrong.
00:08:57But we both know he doesn't hold up naturally.
00:08:59We tried holding him up against Darius before.
00:09:02And Darius won.
00:09:03That was the Guineas, which is a mile.
00:09:06This is the King George, a mile and a half.
00:09:11What will we do if he plays up before the race?
00:09:13He always plays up.
00:09:15That's who he is.
00:09:17You don't seem the slightest bit worried.
00:09:20Anything else?
00:09:22Well, can I just say one more time, for the record, I think we should start fast and run
00:09:30at a good clip.
00:09:33Noted.
00:09:34I am right sometimes, you know.
00:09:36Even you said yourself that I have good instincts.
00:09:39You do.
00:09:41I might well live to regret it.
00:09:44That and a good many other things.
00:09:47Oh dear.
00:09:47Such as?
00:09:49Good night.
00:10:29Mr. Sutherland, Prime Minister.
00:10:31Good morning.
00:10:32How do you do?
00:10:33Good morning.
00:10:33Hello.
00:10:34How do you do?
00:10:34Good morning.
00:10:35How do you do, sir?
00:10:36It's an honor.
00:10:37I don't know.
00:10:37The honor is mine.
00:10:45So where do you want me?
00:10:51So, will we be engaged in flattery or reality?
00:10:57Are you going to paint me as a cherub or a bulldog?
00:11:00I imagine there are a great number of Mr. Churchills.
00:11:04Yes, indeed there are.
00:11:07Well, as you search for him, perhaps I can implore you not to feel the need to be too accurate.
00:11:14Why?
00:11:15Accuracy is truth.
00:11:16No.
00:11:17By accuracy we have the camera.
00:11:20Painting is the higher art.
00:11:24I paint a bit myself, you know.
00:11:28Yes, sir, I know.
00:11:29Yes, sir, I know.
00:11:29And I never let accuracy get in the way of truth if I don't want it to.
00:11:34If I see some landscape I like and I wish there wasn't a factory in the background, I leave the
00:11:41factory out.
00:11:45So, Mr. Sutherland, tell me, I'm fascinated.
00:11:48What is your process?
00:11:54First I shall take some photographs.
00:11:57They'll be useful as reference when I get back to the studio.
00:12:00Then I shall do some charcoal sketches, studies of the head, hands.
00:12:03And, er, then I'll work the sketches out.
00:12:09The actual painting up will be done in my, er, studio at home.
00:12:16Um, is this, do you mind?
00:12:18Perfect, all right, carry on.
00:12:21You, er, what pose are you thinking of?
00:12:27Seated.
00:12:29Hmm.
00:12:31A good right standing.
00:12:33It might be more commanding.
00:12:36Dynamic.
00:12:37It might make me look younger.
00:12:42I thought the painting was supposed to celebrate reaching a certain age.
00:12:46Four score years, Winston.
00:12:48Yeah.
00:12:49I think seated is more senatorial.
00:12:52Oh, senatorial.
00:12:55What nonsense.
00:13:00Yes, I agree.
00:13:02Yeah.
00:13:09Cigar or no cigar?
00:13:13No cigar.
00:13:15Garter rose or no garter rose?
00:13:17No finery.
00:13:19No grandiosity.
00:13:22Dressed merely as a parliamentarian.
00:13:25Are prosaic.
00:13:28Oh.
00:13:29Oh.
00:13:31I liked him.
00:13:33Yes, I could tell.
00:13:35He was smith, blushing like a little girl.
00:13:39Well, he's rather a wow.
00:13:42A wow?
00:13:43Torn, handsome, saturnine.
00:13:46Bit of a Heathcliff.
00:13:48He wants total control.
00:13:50Well, any artist worth anything would insist on that.
00:13:53You don't really want a flatterer.
00:13:55Yes, I do.
00:13:56No, you don't.
00:13:58Besides, it's manifestly clear he's a fan.
00:14:00Oh, no, don't be silly.
00:14:02You can smell the socialism on him.
00:14:04Even the socialists acknowledge you saved the country.
00:14:07Well, through gritted teeth.
00:14:10I have the protective instincts of a loving wife.
00:14:13And I can tell you this one is not an assassin.
00:14:16Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:14:18Oh, look at me.
00:14:18Oh, look at that one.
00:14:19That was the one.
00:14:20Kathy Aurel was jumping up against.
00:14:23Oh, boy, I can't wait to go.
00:14:24I might support Aurel one.
00:14:31Aurel, a fruitful Aurel, the Queen's Lord.
00:14:33Followed by Bamos and Darius Milbauer.
00:14:36Isn't the fucking marketer?
00:14:39I know.
00:14:54It's so clever!
00:14:56I know, I know.
00:15:08What a champion.
00:15:11What a champion.
00:15:12Oh, hello.
00:15:26I remember getting the phone call from your father when he was born.
00:15:31By Hyperion out of Angelola.
00:15:33Yes, we gave him his first milk, remember.
00:15:38Watching him grow up, everyone thought his elder brother would be the star.
00:15:41Your clever papa always had an instinct for this one.
00:15:44The underdog.
00:15:45And he backed him.
00:15:47And an underdog became a star.
00:15:49Yes, and his favourite horse.
00:15:54So, what's next, Rajan?
00:15:56Well, we've received an invitation to the Laurel International.
00:16:02America?
00:16:03Yes, next month.
00:16:05Well, he's what, four?
00:16:08Already at the older end of the spectrum.
00:16:09Hmm.
00:16:11If you were asking my opinion.
00:16:12Well, that is why I asked you here today.
00:16:16My honest advice?
00:16:18I'd consider retiring him now.
00:16:20At the top of his game.
00:16:22The best middle-distance horse in Europe with a sky-high market value.
00:16:27Let him earn you some proper money as a stud.
00:16:30Well, I'm surprised to hear you turning down the opportunity of going to America.
00:16:36Why?
00:16:38Well, that's where your girlfriend's from, isn't it?
00:16:42Fiancee.
00:16:43Fiancee?
00:16:45Goodness.
00:16:49Who is she?
00:16:51Money, I hope, so you can keep up the stables.
00:16:53Actually, she's a Portsman.
00:16:55Dear, so no money.
00:16:56Some money.
00:16:57But a horse mad.
00:16:59Well, she'd have to be.
00:17:03You'd approve, I think.
00:17:06Well, can I meet her?
00:17:07If you promise you won't scare her.
00:17:09Why would I scare her?
00:17:10You're the queen.
00:17:12Only some of the time.
00:17:13All the time.
00:17:14That makes you terrifying.
00:17:16And she's heard a lot about you.
00:17:19From whom?
00:17:20From me.
00:17:22Some of it nice, too.
00:18:03One you let get away.
00:18:06What?
00:18:07He's always carried a torch for you.
00:18:09What, she?
00:18:11That's nonsense.
00:18:13He told me himself.
00:18:15One night while in his cups.
00:18:18That doesn't count.
00:18:21When a man's had a drink, that's when the truth comes out.
00:18:24No, that's when the nonsense comes out.
00:18:26Besides, you have interests in common.
00:18:29Forces aren't an interest for you, they're a passion.
00:18:32A passion your husband doesn't share.
00:18:34He has other passions.
00:18:36So I hear.
00:19:06Sir, good morning.
00:19:12The foreign secretary is here, sir.
00:19:14Shall I show him in?
00:19:16No.
00:19:18Not here.
00:19:32Sorry to keep you waking.
00:19:35As apposite as ever.
00:19:38I didn't mean it like that.
00:19:44There's ugliness in the air, Anthony.
00:19:48I have nothing of beauty to say.
00:19:50Then say what you must.
00:19:52Deposit your ugliness and go.
00:19:54I have more important things to do.
00:20:01Very well.
00:20:07At some point, every leader must ask himself whether by staying in office he is giving to the country or
00:20:18taking from it.
00:20:19Helping or harming.
00:20:22Helping or harming.
00:20:23And I would suggest that for some time now, you have been taking and harming.
00:20:31And therefore I come to you in the name of the party and of the country for the very last
00:20:38time, Winston, to bid you to stand down.
00:20:42I will in good time, yeah, at the right time.
00:20:46The right time was nine years ago when you lost us the election.
00:20:49And I have since avenged that defeat by winning us the last election.
00:20:53I won us that, Winston.
00:20:55I won that.
00:21:02People voted conservative in the clear expectation that you would give way to me.
00:21:07Oh, that is such rubbish.
00:21:09They voted conservative because they couldn't stomach socialism.
00:21:13Inflation is out of control.
00:21:15And with every misjudgment, with every miscalculation, with every utterance you make,
00:21:23that appetite to return to the left is growing.
00:21:26Be careful, Anthony.
00:21:27Too much excitement is not good for one so soon after an operation.
00:21:31Spoken by a man who, only two months ago, was effectively dead.
00:21:35Which makes two of us.
00:21:37I have recovered.
00:21:38That's not what I hear.
00:21:40I hear you're a shadow of your former self.
00:21:44That when you walk, the pills rattle around inside of you.
00:21:48I have something that you'll never see again.
00:21:52A clean bill of health.
00:21:55A stallion said the same.
00:21:57He died wrothling on the floor.
00:22:01Mr. Sutherland is here.
00:22:04Hello, Anthony.
00:22:05Uh, Anthony was just leaving.
00:22:08Pillowed clean there.
00:22:11Yes, I was, uh...
00:22:15Just leaving.
00:22:17Here we are.
00:22:19Morning.
00:22:21Morning.
00:22:22This, uh, this is my wife, Kathleen.
00:22:24She'll assist me sometime.
00:22:26I hope you don't mind.
00:22:27Shh, shh, shh, shh.
00:22:55I don't know.
00:22:59Over here.
00:23:07What's that you're using?
00:23:09Pencil.
00:23:10But which kind?
00:23:144B or 6B or something.
00:23:16Not sure.
00:23:18It's a 6B.
00:23:21And on what paper?
00:23:23Drawing paper.
00:23:24I paper heavyweight cotton.
00:23:26Cold pressed deckle edge.
00:23:28Sized with gelatine.
00:23:36How many paintings has your husband complete in a year, Mrs Sutherland?
00:23:413 or 4.
00:23:44Would you care to guess how many I average?
00:23:4710?
00:23:5015?
00:23:5060.
00:23:53Of course.
00:23:54I'm just a hobbyist.
00:23:56An enthusiast.
00:23:58Not a major artist like your husband.
00:24:03Taking his time.
00:24:07Over here.
00:24:20I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:22I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:23I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:24I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:24I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:25I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:26I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:26I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:27I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:27I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:28I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:31I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:34I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:36I'm just a hobbyist.
00:24:38I did a little reading about you, Mr. Sutherland, after our last session.
00:24:44Did you?
00:24:44Yeah, quite interesting.
00:24:46From what I read, this is all very new to you, this portraiture.
00:24:51I don't think anyone starts out wanting to be a portraitist.
00:24:54Yeah, but in your search for your metier, you've tried a bit of everything.
00:24:59That's true.
00:25:02I came to painting quite late.
00:25:04But now that you've found it, you'll never leave it, yes?
00:25:07Yeah, I quite understand.
00:25:27How is it, Mrs. Sutherland?
00:25:32It has truth.
00:25:35Am I to be allowed a peek?
00:25:37No.
00:25:39Why not?
00:25:40I could give you advice.
00:25:42After all, I know this face better than you do.
00:25:46If you've made the neck too thick or the arms too long, I can tell you.
00:25:50I find in general people have very little understanding of who they are.
00:25:54One has to turn a blind eye to so much of oneself in order to get through life.
00:25:58And you see it as your responsibility to bring all that out into the open?
00:26:02Certainly.
00:26:02The good as well as the bad.
00:26:03Just concentrate on the good and all will be well.
00:26:07You're not just painting me, you know.
00:26:10You're painting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
00:26:15and everything that great office represents.
00:26:17Democracy.
00:26:18Freedom.
00:26:18The highest ideals of government and leadership.
00:26:22Just remember that.
00:26:34Yes.
00:26:36Lord Porchester, Your Majesty.
00:26:40Plug in.
00:26:42Porchy.
00:26:43What a palaver.
00:26:44What is?
00:26:45Getting through to you.
00:26:47I picked up the phone to you just after nine this morning.
00:26:50It's now gone midday.
00:26:51Oh, don't exaggerate.
00:26:53But yes, I know.
00:26:54It is infuriating.
00:26:55Fire away.
00:26:56You asked me to come to some figures for you with regard to Oriole.
00:26:59Although I'm numerically dyslexic, runs in the family, I'm afraid, like the high forehead.
00:27:04I have done the sums.
00:27:06See if this helps you with your decision.
00:27:08In the course of his lifetime as a racehorse, Oriole has made you just over £40,000.
00:27:13Goodness.
00:27:15But, if you were to put him out to stud, he could make you far more.
00:27:18He's a recognised champion with a top-notch pedigree.
00:27:21You could stand him at Wolferton's stud for top dollar.
00:27:27Well, that's the decision then.
00:27:30Good.
00:27:31And in the meantime, I'll ask if I can get you a direct line.
00:27:36To you?
00:27:37Yes, to me.
00:27:38Why?
00:27:39Or is there anyone else you wanted to speak to here?
00:27:42No.
00:27:43Good.
00:27:47What is it?
00:27:49Top dollar.
00:27:50I need numbers.
00:27:52400.
00:27:53A pot.
00:27:54A shot.
00:27:56Sorry, I'm trying to find a less onomatopoeic express of what is ultimately...
00:27:59I know what it is.
00:28:00A shag.
00:28:01A cover.
00:28:02A cover?
00:28:04Yes, that's the correct term.
00:28:06For a horse hump.
00:28:09Yes.
00:28:11So what might you earn then over the course of the year?
00:28:14Well, in one year alone, Oriole might cover 40 mares.
00:28:20Making about 16,000 pounds.
00:28:23Good for him.
00:28:24In the course of his lifetime at the stud, he might sire 500, 600 foals.
00:28:29Making me over 200,000 pounds.
00:28:32Creating an entire generation of offspring.
00:28:34Yes.
00:28:36Father to all the fells in our stables and any other stable that could afford him.
00:28:40Yes.
00:28:42Oh, I see.
00:28:42So in time, every horse out there could somehow be related to Oriole.
00:28:49Yes, I suppose so.
00:28:52Like old man Carnarvon.
00:28:56Who?
00:28:57Your friend Porchy's father.
00:29:01Porchy?
00:29:01No.
00:29:02Like I said, his father.
00:29:04Yes, they're both called Porchy.
00:29:07Wasn't that the rumour?
00:29:08What rumour?
00:29:10Oh, that he'd had so many affairs.
00:29:12An entire generation of British aristocrats was related to him.
00:29:17An illegitimate Porchy in every great house in the land.
00:29:23High foreheads everywhere.
00:29:26A numerical dyslexia.
00:29:29What?
00:29:30Nothing.
00:29:31What?
00:29:32Nothing.
00:29:37Michael.
00:29:39Dear boy.
00:29:45Good night.
00:29:47Good night.
00:29:50Let me have a look here.
00:29:52Marvellous.
00:29:53Shall we?
00:29:54Come on.
00:29:54You look beautiful.
00:29:56Mm-hmm.
00:30:16The Wind.
00:30:24Come on.application
00:30:24— No. Oh,
00:30:26No. No.
00:30:28No.
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00:30:30No.
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00:30:31No.
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00:31:46Good morning.
00:31:47Morning.
00:32:00You're a wife this time.
00:32:03No.
00:32:05I asked her not to come.
00:32:11Since this is to be our final session,
00:32:14I wanted us to be all alone.
00:32:21In silence, preferably.
00:32:23Yes, yes.
00:32:25I'll be a good boy.
00:32:33I quite understand the need for concentration.
00:32:37Painting the picture is like fighting a battle, a bloody battle.
00:32:43In the gladiatorial fight to the death,
00:32:46the artist either wins or loses.
00:32:51Are you winning?
00:32:53I hope so.
00:32:56You think I'll like it?
00:32:58I think that's possibly too much to ask for.
00:33:02But I do take comfort from the fact that your own work is so honest and revealing.
00:33:08Oh.
00:33:10Thank you for the compliment.
00:33:16Are there any works that you're referring to in particular?
00:33:21I was thinking especially of the goldfish pond here at Chartma.
00:33:27The pond?
00:33:28Why the pond?
00:33:29It's just a pond.
00:33:31It's very much more than that,
00:33:32as borne out by the fact that you've returned to it again and again,
00:33:36more than 20 times.
00:33:37Well, yes, because it's such a technical challenge.
00:33:40It eludes me.
00:33:43Well, perhaps you elude yourself, sir.
00:33:45That's why it's more revealing than a self-portrait.
00:33:48Oh, that's nonsense.
00:33:50It's the water, the play of light, the trickery, the fish down below.
00:33:59I think all our work is unintentionally revealing,
00:34:02and I found it especially so with your pond.
00:34:04Beneath the tranquility and the elegance and the light playing on the surface,
00:34:08I saw honesty and pain, terrible pain.
00:34:12The framing itself indicated to me that you wanted us
00:34:16to see something beneath all the muted colors deep down in the water.
00:34:25Terrible despair,
00:34:27hiding like a leviathan, like a sea monster.
00:34:31You saw all that?
00:34:34Yes, I did.
00:34:37Perhaps that says more about you than me.
00:34:39Mm-hmm.
00:34:42Perhaps.
00:34:46May I ask you a question, Mr. Sutherland?
00:34:49Hmm.
00:34:50It's about one of your paintings,
00:34:53the one you call pastoral,
00:34:55with all that gnarled and twisted wood,
00:35:01those great ugly dabs of black.
00:35:05I found something malevolent in it.
00:35:10Where did that come from?
00:35:13Well, it's very perceptive.
00:35:15That was, uh,
00:35:16it was a very dark time.
00:35:18My, uh,
00:35:20my son,
00:35:21John,
00:35:23passed away,
00:35:24eight to two months.
00:35:30Oh, my.
00:35:32I am sorry.
00:35:39Yes, thank you.
00:35:58You have five, yes?
00:36:00Four.
00:36:04Marigold was the fifth.
00:36:07She left us at age two years, nine months.
00:36:12Septicemia.
00:36:13I'm so sorry.
00:36:14I had no idea.
00:36:18We settled on the name Marigold
00:36:22on account of her
00:36:24wonderful golden curls
00:36:26in a most extraordinary color.
00:36:32Regretfully,
00:36:34though perhaps mercifully,
00:36:36I was not present
00:36:37when she died
00:36:39when I came home.
00:36:41Clemmie
00:36:45roared like a wounded animal.
00:36:54We bought Chantwell
00:36:57a year after Marigold died.
00:37:03That was when I put in
00:37:07The Pond.
00:37:11The Pond.
00:37:37Yeah.
00:37:54Oh,
00:37:56thank you.
00:37:59It's a pleasure.
00:38:07I look forward to seeing it.
00:38:27Let me, let me, let me,
00:38:33let me free,
00:38:34it is the death
00:38:40to death.
00:38:50Hello.
00:38:51Hello.
00:38:53Shall we?
00:38:55Yes.
00:39:00Given this is Oriel's debut,
00:39:02we want to leave nothing to chance,
00:39:04I've called up
00:39:04three different mayors.
00:39:06Very rarely does a forced
00:39:07tryst make a fruitful tryst.
00:39:10One wants the perfect fall,
00:39:11one needs to be prepared
00:39:12to wait for the perfect peril.
00:39:14Shall we?
00:39:14No, no, girl.
00:39:15Meet Neocracy.
00:39:17No, the Aga Khan.
00:39:18Indeed.
00:39:19Yes.
00:39:20Recently retired,
00:39:21with a good record
00:39:21as a winner.
00:39:22Lovely temperament.
00:39:24My only concern would be,
00:39:26is she perhaps a little too...
00:39:28Special.
00:39:29I worry that if we left
00:39:30least through to it,
00:39:31nothing would ever happen.
00:39:33Which is why I've also
00:39:34called up Turkish blood.
00:39:36As you can see,
00:39:38an altogether different proposition.
00:39:40Strong, willful,
00:39:41with a terrific track record
00:39:42herself.
00:39:43I really would be
00:39:44breathing the best
00:39:45with the best.
00:39:46I'm sensing a bar.
00:39:47Through memory,
00:39:48your Oriel
00:39:49is something
00:39:50of a sensitive soul
00:39:51that hit him
00:39:52to be intimidated
00:39:53or come unstuck
00:39:54and faced
00:39:54a fiery warrior
00:39:55like this.
00:39:56That's very considerate
00:39:57of your portrait.
00:39:58Which is why I have a good feeling
00:39:59about our third candidate.
00:40:01Feast your eyes
00:40:02on Temple Bar.
00:40:03A hot thoroughbred
00:40:04with the winning streak herself.
00:40:06A little on the young side,
00:40:08perhaps.
00:40:09Just three.
00:40:10We don't mind that,
00:40:11do we?
00:40:17Immediate engagement.
00:40:18Yes.
00:40:19I must say,
00:40:20I do like this one.
00:40:21Mm.
00:40:22Would appear
00:40:23if the feeling is mutual.
00:40:29Telegrams have been pouring
00:40:30into Dining Street today
00:40:32to wish Sir Winston Churchill
00:40:34a happy 80th birthday
00:40:36on this,
00:40:37the 30th of November.
00:40:38They come from all parts
00:40:40of the globe.
00:40:43Happy birthday,
00:40:46that darling old pug.
00:40:53Happy birthday to you.
00:40:58Happy birthday to you.
00:41:02Happy birthday to you.
00:41:05Happy birthday to you.
00:41:05Happy birthday to you.
00:41:07Happy birthday to you.
00:41:11Happy birthday to you.
00:41:12Happy birthday to you.
00:41:16Happy birthday to you.
00:41:42Oh, is it time?
00:41:43It is, Paul.
00:41:44Right.
00:41:53Let's go.
00:41:53Go sit down, Michael.
00:41:54Thank you, Paul.
00:41:55Westminster Hall, silent witness of nearly a thousand years of history, was the scene
00:42:00of the birthday presentations to Sir Winston.
00:42:55I am deeply honoured to be here today.
00:43:01No politician has ever received such an honour before, and I am deeply grateful.
00:43:10I am aware, however, that after having served my country for 54 of my 80 years,
00:43:26it is a word that hangs in the air.
00:43:32And indeed, this is the perfect occasion for it.
00:43:36The stage is set, and the audience is assembled all ready for a grand valediction.
00:43:46There is only one problem.
00:43:48The lead actor has forgotten his life.
00:43:53And instead of standing down, he is taking an encore.
00:43:59Oh dear, he is playing with them all.
00:44:03When your political colleagues are kind enough to present you with a portrait by an ambitious
00:44:11modernist, one has to ask oneself, is it a gift?
00:44:18Or is it a curse?
00:44:27Mr. Sutherland, the artist, and I spoke a great deal during my sittings.
00:44:35I reminded him of the stakes involved, that his portrait was not just of me, but of the office
00:44:45I represent, indeed, of our entire system of government.
00:44:50So, at long last, I look forward to unveiling this painting.
00:45:31A fine patriotic piece of modern art.
00:45:35A fine patriotic piece of modern art.
00:45:41A fine understanding of animated art.
00:46:10why are you here i understand you've rejected the painting i have on what grounds that is
00:46:18not a painting it's a humiliation how shall i paint him today sitting on a chair producing
00:46:28a stool a broken sagging pitiful creature squeezing and squeezing that's not how it's being seen
00:46:37that is how it is and i will not accept it i don't think it's wise to reject it it
00:46:44was commissioned
00:46:44by the members of the joint houses of parliament as a sign of respect but then they should have
00:46:48commissioned an artist who is respectful instead of a judas wielding his murderous brush look at it
00:46:55it is a betrayal of friendship and an unpatriotic treacherous cowardly assault by the individualistic
00:47:05left as regards the friendship clearly there is none i accepted this commission because i admired
00:47:13you and i came through the experience admiring you even more you make monsters of everyone you admire
00:47:20it's not vindictive no it's art it's not personal you are a lost soul a narcissist without
00:47:30direction or certainty please sir don't overreact give it time i showed the sketches to your wife
00:47:38throughout the process she remarked on how accurate they were that is the whole point
00:47:42it is not a reasonably truthful image of me it is sir it is not it is cruel age is
00:47:50cruel
00:47:57if you see decay it's because there's decay if you see frailty it's because there's frailty
00:48:03i can't be blamed for what is and i refuse to hide and disguise what i see
00:48:14if you're engaged in a fight with something then it's not with me
00:48:24it's with your own blindness
00:48:36i think you should go
00:48:38i think you should go
00:49:08i think you should have to remember
00:49:22he's right what i am that man in the painting
00:49:31and wretched and decaying and i cannot go on you've said that before
00:49:43and this time i mean it i'm tired
00:49:49you've had enough
00:49:52i have my love
00:49:59this time i really have good
00:50:47of course i knew it was coming
00:50:50if i'm being frank there were one or two moments when i might have even hoped for it too
00:50:56prayed no doubt
00:51:06you really have been the most remarkable servant to your country thank you ma'am no winston
00:51:12on behalf of us all thank you
00:51:20and you wish for mr eden to take over i do well that will make him happy for a day
00:51:27or two
00:51:29he might even stop cursing me then he will be overwhelmed by a job in which no man can ever
00:51:35succeed and curse me again for leaving it to him
00:51:41it might be an idea not to tell him that before he starts no ma'am
00:51:48so
00:51:51this is our last audience
00:52:02yes
00:52:08however will i cope without you you will be fine ma'am
00:52:15i have nothing more to teach you which is why it's time for me to leave
00:52:31your majesty
00:52:47it
00:52:48no
00:52:58it
00:53:11no
00:53:13You're up.
00:53:24You're up.
00:54:09I want something more personal for Winston.
00:54:16What about dinner here or Buckingham Palace?
00:54:20No, there. Downing Street?
00:54:22Yes. It would be quite the compliment. You and Philip go there for dinner.
00:54:28I'll ask Philip.
00:54:30No, you'll tell Philip money.
00:54:33Dinner? Downing Street, oh God. Why not?
00:54:39If you look at it, you think?
00:54:42I mean, if I were a stallion, would I fancy her?
00:54:46Attraction isn't so much about looks as smell.
00:54:50Oh, I see. Well, does she smell good?
00:54:52Well, we'll see, don't we?
00:55:03Rather like us, darling, when we were courting.
00:55:05Shh. Will you please? Be quiet.
00:55:10Yeah, look. Here we go.
00:55:12All right. You all right?
00:55:17Hold her steady.
00:55:19Ready?
00:55:23All right. I say.
00:55:28Over here.
00:55:32Back off.
00:55:35Good guy.
00:55:38Good boy.
00:55:38Good boy.
00:55:39Good boy.
00:55:41Is that it?
00:55:442,000 guineas for that.
00:55:46As long as he's done what he needs to do, and it bears fruit, I don't mind.
00:55:50Well done, Portchey.
00:55:54Yes, indeed.
00:55:56Well done, Portchey.
00:55:58I hear he's been given a direct line.
00:56:01Who?
00:56:02Portchey, so he can call straight in.
00:56:04I know only because I tried to get one for Mike and was refused.
00:56:08Yes.
00:56:09On account of him not being a family member.
00:56:12Portchey is like family.
00:56:13Is he?
00:56:15Yes.
00:56:16Part of the furniture.
00:56:19Well, as long as you don't sit on him many times too.
00:56:31Well, that all seemed to go well.
00:56:35Oh.
00:56:35Yes, it did, isn't it?
00:56:39You all right?
00:56:43Mmm.
00:57:08Can you leave us now, please?
00:57:11Yes, ma'am.
00:57:28I have nothing to hide from you.
00:57:31Nothing.
00:57:35Portchey is a friend.
00:57:39And yes, there are those who would have preferred me to marry him.
00:57:43Indeed, marriage with him might have been easier.
00:57:48Might have even worked better than ours.
00:57:53But to everyone's regret and frustration, the only person I have ever loved is you.
00:58:04And can you honestly look me in the eye and say the same?
00:58:16Can't you?
00:58:28Can't you?
00:58:32I have nothing.
00:58:33Pray silence.
00:58:35Okay.
00:58:35For her majesty, the queen.
00:58:44my lords ladies and gentlemen dear winston and lady churchill
00:58:56my confidence in sir anthony is complete and i know he will lead the country onto great
00:59:04achievements but it would be useless to pretend that either he or any of those successes who
00:59:12may one day follow him in office will ever for me be able to hold the place of my first
00:59:19prime minister to whom my husband and i owe so much and for whose wise guidance during
00:59:28the early years of my reign i shall always be so profoundly grateful
00:59:40i will remember you always your magnanimity your courage at all times
00:59:55and for your unfailing humor founded in your unrivaled mastery of the english language
01:00:04i take comfort from the fact that in losing my constitutional advisor
01:00:13i gain a wise counselor
01:00:19to whom i shall look for help and support in the days which lie ahead
01:00:33may there be many of them
01:00:34may there be many of them
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