1
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(pips of Morse code)

2
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You took your time.

3
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Last man out of Dunkirk, was you?

4
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It’s good to see you, Sergeant.

5
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Lads, Lieutenant Chase
has decided to join us!

6
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-All right, sir?
-The war’ll be over in six weeks.

7
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-It’s good to see you, Joe.
-You, too, sir.

8
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This is George, sir.

9
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-George.
-Sir.

10
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Welcome to hell, sir.

11
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If the sand doesn’t
get in your arse crack,

12
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then the flies will get
in your wedding tackle.

13
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That’s how we lost our last
officer.

14
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Septic foreskin. Nasty.

15
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We’ve not seen much action yet,

16
00:02:01,922 --> 00:02:04,460
but maybe the Italians were
just waiting for you to arrive, sir.

17
00:02:06,033 --> 00:02:07,973
That’s Rajib,
in charge of the sappers.

18
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Same rank as you,
but more convincing.

19
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A bit full of himself.

20
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But I’d be full of myself if I

21
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single-handedly blew
a hole in a mountain

22
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so the Scots Guards could get
through and chase the enemy.

23
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(aircraft approaches)

24
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Every afternoon
the Italians fly over.

25
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Just to show us
they know where we are.

26
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They never attack, sir.

27
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But I think you kept your
dignity. That’s the main thing.

28
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Fuck off, Sergeant.

29
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How’s that Polish wife of yours?
Did you ever see her again,

30
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or did you go home and make it
up with the one you got up the duff?

31
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My wife, Kasia, is safe.

32
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She’s in England,
living with my mother.

33
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I thought you said she was safe.

34
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JAN:
That is the thing about Gandalf.

35
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He has tricked Bilbo Baggins
into having a party for the dwarfs.

36
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You say he forced Bilbo to
host a party with no notice...

37
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..and then recruited him
to undertake an arduous journey?

38
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That is what is good about the
story,

39
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Bilbo decides to do it.

40
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I need to read more now.

41
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Once your court case is over,
perhaps he’ll relax more.

42
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You have Jan here.
You have Grzegorz here.

43
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You need to shape up.

44
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I cannot hide what is inside me.

45
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Oh, of course you can!

46
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You aren’t the first woman who’s
been compelled by circumstance

47
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to hide their anger.

48
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Every rock bun at
the Women’s Institute

49
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bears testimony
to a woman’s rage.

50
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The next leave I get,

51
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we’ll get a stonemason to put
Dad’s name on under Mum’s.

52
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Josie Bennett and
Douglas Bennett.

53
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Second billing.

54
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It’s what he’d have wanted.

55
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There you are, Dad.
Happy now?

56
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"Pacifist proves his point
by getting killed by Hitler."

57
00:05:01,827 --> 00:05:02,893
Beauty!

58
00:05:05,519 --> 00:05:06,584
I’ve got to go.

59
00:05:07,172 --> 00:05:08,291
Me, too.

60
00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:10,533
I’ve got a date with a
battleship.

61
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I mean, I’ve got to get away.

62
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From here.

63
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Well, you can’t do that, Lois.

64
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You’re all I’ve got.

65
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We’re all we’ve got now.

66
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I wanted to die in that house.

67
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When it started coming down,
I didn’t run.

68
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I waited.

69
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I just wanted it to kill me.

70
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IN FRENCH:

71
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(door bursts open)

72
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IN GERMAN:

73
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(he winces)

74
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(PLAYS: Nocturne Op.9 No.2 by Chopin)

75
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The second man we’ve
lost this week. To Jack.

76
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He was a fine pilot.

77
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(piano music continues)

78
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(machine-gun fire)

79
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Well, he was OK.

80
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That was in poor taste.

81
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Was it, Stephen?

82
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Sorry.

83
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He was a fine pilot.

84
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(piano music continues)

85
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(soldiers shout in German)

86
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IN GERMAN:

87
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(doorknob rattles,
banging on the door)

88
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IN GERMAN:

89
00:10:01,979 --> 00:10:03,467
(knocking on the door)

90
00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,680
(doorknob rattles,
banging on the door)

91
00:10:07,380 --> 00:10:08,700
(knocking on the door)

92
00:10:16,613 --> 00:10:18,973
(doorknob rattles)

93
00:11:28,919 --> 00:11:32,119
IN GERMAN:

94
00:11:51,453 --> 00:11:53,933
LUC:

95
00:12:09,667 --> 00:12:13,374
David, all the pilots we’ve lost,
and all you can do is joke about it?

96
00:12:14,486 --> 00:12:16,154
Can you think of a better
response?

97
00:12:17,428 --> 00:12:19,093
I think we’ve both
lost enough mates to

98
00:12:19,133 --> 00:12:20,782
stop treating death
like one big joke.

99
00:12:21,303 --> 00:12:22,373
Don’t you?

100
00:12:22,579 --> 00:12:25,059
I think I’ve lost enough mates
to know it is one big joke.

101
00:12:27,453 --> 00:12:29,893
I worry how it affects a chap
if he can’t show any sorrow.

102
00:12:30,526 --> 00:12:33,292
-And the morale of the others.
-I didn’t say I wasn’t sorry.

103
00:12:34,653 --> 00:12:36,741
The laughter
isn’t hiding my feelings, sir.

104
00:12:37,671 --> 00:12:38,706
It is my feelings.

105
00:12:42,785 --> 00:12:44,133
Perhaps it’s a Jewish thing.

106
00:12:46,182 --> 00:12:47,293
Well...

107
00:12:48,748 --> 00:12:50,980
..if you can’t laugh about
half the world hating you...

108
00:12:52,382 --> 00:12:53,622
..what can you laugh about?

109
00:12:54,126 --> 00:12:55,646
(he sighs)

110
00:12:59,542 --> 00:13:02,253
HARRY: The last time most of us were
engaging the enemy, we were retreating,

111
00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,155
getting out of Dunkirk
to save our own skins.

112
00:13:06,687 --> 00:13:10,407
Today is different, cos
today we’re on the front foot.

113
00:13:11,470 --> 00:13:13,712
We move to position one,
secure Badris,

114
00:13:13,737 --> 00:13:15,217
and clear the way
for the next regiment.

115
00:13:15,460 --> 00:13:18,128
Rajib and the sappers will make sure
we don’t get blown up along the way.

116
00:13:18,217 --> 00:13:19,417
Yeah, we’ll try to make sure.

117
00:13:20,907 --> 00:13:24,977
We lay minefields east and west
to limit the enemy’s escape routes.

118
00:13:24,977 --> 00:13:26,777
What if the
Italians fly over, sir?

119
00:13:27,776 --> 00:13:30,223
You lie very still,
hold your balls, and pray.

120
00:13:30,248 --> 00:13:31,409
(laughter)

121
00:13:31,434 --> 00:13:33,034
Just like any other night, then.

122
00:13:33,059 --> 00:13:34,914
HARRY: It’s imperative
that we go undiscovered.

123
00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:36,248
If Operation Compass fails,

124
00:13:36,424 --> 00:13:38,785
we lose the Eastern
Mediterranean and the Suez Canal.

125
00:13:39,623 --> 00:13:42,383
And if we fail, the Nazis
cut off our oil supply...

126
00:13:43,657 --> 00:13:45,783
..and they have Europe
secure in their grasp.

127
00:13:46,030 --> 00:13:49,046
If we lose North Africa to the
Nazis, we lose Europe, too.

128
00:13:49,417 --> 00:13:51,679
If we lose our oil supply,
we lose the war.

129
00:13:53,047 --> 00:13:55,817
So, British forces will drive
the Italians out of Egypt.

130
00:13:55,857 --> 00:13:58,246
And after that, we drive
the Nazis out of Europe.

131
00:13:58,371 --> 00:14:00,131
Yes, come on!

132
00:14:00,963 --> 00:14:02,403
The first drinks are on Sarge.

133
00:14:03,464 --> 00:14:04,617
Nice speech.

134
00:14:07,253 --> 00:14:08,310
Thanks.

135
00:14:08,497 --> 00:14:09,974
You’ve fought the Italians
elsewhere?

136
00:14:12,537 --> 00:14:13,608
Ethiopia.

137
00:14:16,017 --> 00:14:18,057
The Italian soldiers
didn’t want to be there.

138
00:14:18,512 --> 00:14:20,672
In fairness, my men didn’t
want to be there, either.

139
00:14:21,369 --> 00:14:24,817
But it’s amazing what you can get the
lower classes to do for three square meals

140
00:14:25,271 --> 00:14:27,308
and a little bit of money
to send home, hey?

141
00:14:32,737 --> 00:14:33,890
What about you?

142
00:14:34,884 --> 00:14:35,977
Where have you fought?

143
00:14:36,977 --> 00:14:38,029
Northern France.

144
00:14:38,617 --> 00:14:39,656
Dunkirk.

145
00:14:40,057 --> 00:14:41,082
Home.

146
00:14:42,787 --> 00:14:43,787
Home is the bloodiest.

147
00:14:45,377 --> 00:14:46,377
Hm!

148
00:14:47,979 --> 00:14:51,514
OK, well, I’m sorry to tell you
that my boys are such a good unit

149
00:14:52,174 --> 00:14:53,661
you’ll be going home again
in no time.

150
00:14:56,557 --> 00:14:57,689
And maybe we all will.

151
00:17:07,523 --> 00:17:09,563
(Vera starts to cry)

152
00:17:11,444 --> 00:17:12,458
Hello.

153
00:17:13,491 --> 00:17:14,841
Sorry I’m so early.

154
00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:17,960
Joyce isn’t here yet.

155
00:17:21,292 --> 00:17:22,945
But I am, so...

156
00:17:23,232 --> 00:17:24,412
Thank you.

157
00:17:24,652 --> 00:17:25,845
If you don’t mind.

158
00:17:29,739 --> 00:17:31,019
You look exhausted.

159
00:17:32,139 --> 00:17:34,179
Do you have time to sit for a
while?

160
00:17:38,922 --> 00:17:42,755
I feel as though my life
is happening to somebody else.

161
00:17:43,485 --> 00:17:44,925
That’s how it is.

162
00:17:45,540 --> 00:17:47,437
When the Germans
killed my mother, I...

163
00:17:49,292 --> 00:17:51,572
That’s a good way of saying
how grief is.

164
00:17:51,612 --> 00:17:52,912
I don’t think it’s grief.

165
00:17:53,912 --> 00:17:55,098
I wish it was.

166
00:17:57,005 --> 00:17:59,515
But I know what grief
feels like. And this isn’t it.

167
00:18:04,519 --> 00:18:06,879
She’s very beautiful, your baby.

168
00:18:10,052 --> 00:18:11,172
Thank you.

169
00:18:11,598 --> 00:18:13,945
It must be hard for you on your
own.

170
00:18:15,332 --> 00:18:16,732
It is, yes.

171
00:18:17,438 --> 00:18:19,024
But you wouldn’t be without her.

172
00:18:19,972 --> 00:18:21,172
I mean...

173
00:18:21,638 --> 00:18:25,322
after your loss, at least you
have something to live for.

174
00:18:25,458 --> 00:18:27,018
People say that, don’t they?

175
00:18:27,492 --> 00:18:29,092
And I agree with
them when they do.

176
00:18:29,725 --> 00:18:33,135
But inside,
I would be without her tomorrow.

177
00:18:36,432 --> 00:18:38,392
I don’t think you mean that.

178
00:18:38,612 --> 00:18:39,772
I do.

179
00:18:43,652 --> 00:18:46,165
What will you do,
now that you’re here?

180
00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:48,213
The same as you.

181
00:18:49,139 --> 00:18:50,205
Find a way...

182
00:18:50,892 --> 00:18:51,976
to get away.

183
00:18:52,812 --> 00:18:54,196
How do you know that’s what I
want?

184
00:18:55,392 --> 00:18:59,535
Because you are so keen to tell
me you can’t grieve your father...

185
00:19:00,374 --> 00:19:02,494
..and that you have no love
for your baby.

186
00:19:03,260 --> 00:19:04,347
It is as though...

187
00:19:04,652 --> 00:19:07,652
if you say it often enough
you will believe it yourself.

188
00:19:07,692 --> 00:19:09,082
And if you believe it, then...

189
00:19:10,052 --> 00:19:12,110
you can forgive yourself
for getting out.

190
00:19:12,931 --> 00:19:14,432
Do you think it’s
unforgivable...

191
00:19:15,838 --> 00:19:16,864
..if I go?

192
00:19:17,852 --> 00:19:19,715
You may never forgive yourself.

193
00:19:20,312 --> 00:19:21,885
But I’m not telling
you not to go.

194
00:19:24,798 --> 00:19:25,953
I’m warning you...

195
00:19:27,607 --> 00:19:30,031
..what you will have to be
strong enough to live with.

196
00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:36,079
(Vera coos)

197
00:19:44,112 --> 00:19:47,000
-What are you looking so happy about?
-Nice to have a change of scene, hey?

198
00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,407
A change of scene?
Are you joking me?

199
00:19:49,812 --> 00:19:51,282
We’re driving ten miles to more sand

200
00:19:51,307 --> 00:19:53,252
that looks just like the sand
where we came from.

201
00:19:53,252 --> 00:19:55,107
This is gonna be
Italian-occupied sand.

202
00:19:55,132 --> 00:19:56,158
Oh, great!

203
00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,852
Sand with added
Italian machine-gun fire.

204
00:19:59,336 --> 00:20:00,930
We’re digging in
half a mile from their base.

205
00:20:01,791 --> 00:20:02,931
Sitting ducks.

206
00:20:03,505 --> 00:20:06,183
The sergeant said at least
we’re not fighting Germans.

207
00:20:07,905 --> 00:20:10,745
The Italians can’t shoot.
Nothing to worry about.

208
00:20:11,798 --> 00:20:13,758
(gunfire)

209
00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,052
I thought you said
they weren’t good shots, Sarge!

210
00:20:18,092 --> 00:20:19,252
They missed you, didn’t they?

211
00:20:30,913 --> 00:20:32,227
If we take out the
machine gunner, they’re

212
00:20:32,252 --> 00:20:33,740
not gonna hang
around with light arms.

213
00:20:36,252 --> 00:20:37,925
We’ve got 50 seconds
between reloads.

214
00:20:40,292 --> 00:20:42,052
They’re reloading. Blow it!

215
00:20:44,418 --> 00:20:45,636
Take cover!

216
00:20:48,590 --> 00:20:51,690
Now, go!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

217
00:20:55,571 --> 00:20:56,571
(gunshot)

218
00:21:01,972 --> 00:21:03,198
Grenade!

219
00:21:19,765 --> 00:21:21,045
STAN: Nice bowling, sir.

220
00:21:21,497 --> 00:21:23,557
A bit of a suspect action,
but it did the job.

221
00:21:26,099 --> 00:21:27,346
Good-looking
bastards, aren’t they?

222
00:21:30,258 --> 00:21:32,325
I think you might have been
in the desert too long, Stan.

223
00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:45,296
They don’t seem to have
much fight in them.

224
00:21:45,732 --> 00:21:47,852
Mussolini wanted a fight, not
them.

225
00:21:49,961 --> 00:21:51,774
RAJIB: See if you can
find anything useful in here.

226
00:21:52,732 --> 00:21:55,132
I hear the Italians have
good food, good wine.

227
00:22:12,052 --> 00:22:13,812
(doorbell rings)

228
00:22:18,586 --> 00:22:19,661
SCOTTISH ACCENT:
Mrs Chase?

229
00:22:19,686 --> 00:22:20,940
James Danemere.

230
00:22:21,010 --> 00:22:22,865
I understand you’ve been
expecting me.

231
00:22:22,890 --> 00:22:24,542
-Delighted to meet you.
-Erm...

232
00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:27,643
You were expecting me, weren’t you?

233
00:22:27,668 --> 00:22:30,172
I hope this is the right house.
It is Mrs Chase, isn’t it?

234
00:22:31,024 --> 00:22:32,932
I was told to expect you
after Christmas.

235
00:22:33,012 --> 00:22:34,812
That’s what the War Office
informed me.

236
00:22:34,837 --> 00:22:36,008
-(Vera starts to cry)
-Ah...

237
00:22:36,033 --> 00:22:37,992
Oh, I, er...

238
00:22:38,017 --> 00:22:41,012
I understood you’d already given
shelter to a young Polish refugee.

239
00:22:41,037 --> 00:22:43,212
I was led to believe
they were a tad older than...

240
00:22:43,237 --> 00:22:44,854
Er, no, no, no.

241
00:22:44,879 --> 00:22:48,291
Er, Jan, the young Polish
refugee, is 12 years old.

242
00:22:48,316 --> 00:22:49,418
That...

243
00:22:50,117 --> 00:22:51,664
is my granddaughter you can
hear.

244
00:22:52,123 --> 00:22:53,463
I wasn’t entirely serious.

245
00:22:53,997 --> 00:22:55,820
Terrible sense of humour, I’m afraid.

246
00:22:56,477 --> 00:22:59,981
I’ve spent too long surrounded
by junior staff at the civil service,

247
00:23:00,357 --> 00:23:04,797
who feel obliged to laugh at my awful
jokes in the hope of impressing me.

248
00:23:06,630 --> 00:23:08,470
-Well, do come in, yes.
-Thank you.

249
00:23:13,877 --> 00:23:15,077
A token...

250
00:23:15,717 --> 00:23:16,891
..of my thanks.

251
00:23:17,877 --> 00:23:20,957
Thank you. Flowers are
so hard to find these days.

252
00:23:20,997 --> 00:23:23,557
I probably should have brought
two cabbages and a cauliflower,

253
00:23:23,597 --> 00:23:26,550
but, er, I think we should grab
the small luxuries while we can.

254
00:23:26,575 --> 00:23:27,634
Indeed.

255
00:23:27,659 --> 00:23:30,292
Joyce, could you find a vase
for these, please,

256
00:23:30,317 --> 00:23:32,004
and show Sir James to his room?

257
00:23:32,029 --> 00:23:34,979
Oh, no, I just need directions,
not an escort, thank you.

258
00:23:35,357 --> 00:23:36,945
I was in the RAF in the Great
War,

259
00:23:36,970 --> 00:23:39,591
so, er, navigation
is one of my few strong points.

260
00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:41,056
Of course.

261
00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:42,464
Er...

262
00:23:42,797 --> 00:23:46,757
Well, it’s upstairs, to the
right, follow the corridor...

263
00:23:48,077 --> 00:23:50,463
I have to say, I have no idea

264
00:23:50,488 --> 00:23:53,968
what the protocol or social
form is for this situation.

265
00:23:53,993 --> 00:23:55,261
(he chuckles)

266
00:23:55,371 --> 00:23:57,291
Thank the Lord for that.
Neither do I.

267
00:23:57,625 --> 00:24:00,225
But if I can reassure you,
I shall be mostly absent.

268
00:24:00,250 --> 00:24:03,157
And when I am here,
I endeavour not to disturb the peace.

269
00:24:03,197 --> 00:24:04,517
Oh, I shouldn’t
worry about that.

270
00:24:04,542 --> 00:24:06,652
Peace is in rather short supply,
I’m afraid.

271
00:24:06,863 --> 00:24:11,743
I can’t imagine either of us thought
our lives would take such a turn.

272
00:24:11,768 --> 00:24:14,132
And yet, here we are.

273
00:24:14,157 --> 00:24:17,401
-Upstairs and to the left, you said?
-Er, to the right.

274
00:24:17,426 --> 00:24:21,397
Oh, now, is dinner a formal
affair, or am I to eat in my room

275
00:24:21,437 --> 00:24:23,477
like a travelling salesman
with a guilty conscience?

276
00:24:24,536 --> 00:24:27,856
Ah, I really had no indication
that dining was to be involved.

277
00:24:28,590 --> 00:24:29,704
I’m teasing your opinion.

278
00:24:31,250 --> 00:24:32,923
I dare say you shall get used to that.

279
00:24:35,277 --> 00:24:36,530
I doubt that very much.

280
00:24:47,957 --> 00:24:49,397
(he locks the door)

281
00:27:26,037 --> 00:27:27,317
(door opens)

282
00:27:40,117 --> 00:27:41,277
(footsteps)

283
00:28:11,617 --> 00:28:12,890
It’s like Aladdin’s cave.

284
00:28:16,209 --> 00:28:18,624
Do you ever wonder if we might
be fighting on the wrong side, sir?

285
00:28:20,770 --> 00:28:23,410
GEORGE: It’s an old wound, sir.
It’s already septic.

286
00:28:24,917 --> 00:28:26,585
The barbed wire just took the
top off.

287
00:28:28,297 --> 00:28:30,117
I’ve done what I can,
but you need to look after it.

288
00:28:30,377 --> 00:28:32,147
All right, thank you, George.

289
00:28:32,204 --> 00:28:33,600
This sword’s gonna come in
handy!

290
00:28:35,004 --> 00:28:37,004
MAN: Lieutenant,
you’d better come take a look.

291
00:28:37,092 --> 00:28:38,532
A sandstorm’s coming!

292
00:28:39,167 --> 00:28:40,616
It looks like a belter.

293
00:28:40,641 --> 00:28:42,037
God, no wonder they surrendered.

294
00:28:42,901 --> 00:28:45,243
If life’s this good, you’re not
gonna want it to end, are you?

295
00:28:47,477 --> 00:28:49,277
(wind starts to howl)

296
00:30:41,197 --> 00:30:43,157
(she fights back a sob)

297
00:30:59,277 --> 00:31:01,957
(swing music plays)

298
00:31:05,997 --> 00:31:08,003
Is this the wild time
you promise me?

299
00:31:08,977 --> 00:31:10,370
Well, it’s early.

300
00:31:11,569 --> 00:31:14,317
You are not like the Jewish guys
back in Warsaw, huh?

301
00:31:14,842 --> 00:31:19,277
Because they were all married
off by the time they were your age.

302
00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:20,656
You sound like my grandad.

303
00:31:21,128 --> 00:31:22,955
"Why can’t you find
a nice Jewish girl to marry?"

304
00:31:24,122 --> 00:31:25,197
Lois.

305
00:31:25,663 --> 00:31:28,357
David, this is my friend Lois.

306
00:31:29,023 --> 00:31:30,990
Lois, this is David.

307
00:31:33,016 --> 00:31:34,184
I’ll get you some drinks.

308
00:31:36,108 --> 00:31:37,177
Sit down, please.

309
00:31:40,555 --> 00:31:42,342
So, Grzegorz said
you were the singer.

310
00:31:43,372 --> 00:31:44,864
I’ve not done much singing
lately.

311
00:31:45,476 --> 00:31:47,375
My dad died. I went a bit mad.

312
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:48,715
And now they worry
if they give me a

313
00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:50,300
microphone I’ll just
stand there crying.

314
00:31:51,206 --> 00:31:52,280
Right.

315
00:31:53,263 --> 00:31:54,366
I’m sorry about your dad.

316
00:31:57,124 --> 00:32:00,340
So, are you going to proposition me now,
or wait until you’ve got a drink in you?

317
00:32:00,947 --> 00:32:03,187
-What?
-What line are you gonna use?

318
00:32:03,746 --> 00:32:06,346
"We might be dead tomorrow,
so we may as well have some fun."

319
00:32:08,246 --> 00:32:09,445
I’ve got better lines than that.

320
00:32:10,684 --> 00:32:12,951
A word to the wise, mate,
don’t use them on me.

321
00:32:13,332 --> 00:32:15,572
-I’m bad luck.
-I don’t believe that.

322
00:32:16,058 --> 00:32:17,591
My mum died when I was ten.

323
00:32:17,865 --> 00:32:19,271
My house just got bombed.

324
00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:22,244
The love of my life got me pregnant,
but married somebody else.

325
00:32:22,269 --> 00:32:23,469
My dad died.

326
00:32:23,677 --> 00:32:25,357
Oh, and the last pilot
to ask me to marry

327
00:32:25,382 --> 00:32:26,782
him got killed in
the Battle of Britain.

328
00:32:29,223 --> 00:32:30,250
Well...

329
00:32:31,723 --> 00:32:33,723
..maybe I’m the good luck
you’ve been waiting for.

330
00:32:33,858 --> 00:32:34,877
Nah.

331
00:32:36,810 --> 00:32:39,730
Here you are. That’s for you.
That’s for you, mate.

332
00:32:49,117 --> 00:32:51,999
Hello again, folks.
I hope you enjoyed the interval.

333
00:32:52,197 --> 00:32:54,157
(wolf whistles)

334
00:32:57,889 --> 00:32:59,010
(snoring in the next bed)

335
00:32:59,277 --> 00:33:00,330
These are good.

336
00:33:00,637 --> 00:33:02,370
They help your eyes adjust
to night flying.

337
00:33:02,963 --> 00:33:04,615
I didn’t think they were for
fashion.

338
00:33:06,221 --> 00:33:08,277
Pirates wore eye patches
for the same reason.

339
00:33:10,713 --> 00:33:12,420
I see myself pretty much as a...

340
00:33:12,923 --> 00:33:14,110
an air pirate.

341
00:33:14,135 --> 00:33:15,255
(she chuckles)

342
00:33:15,283 --> 00:33:16,723
So, is this what you had in
mind?

343
00:33:20,794 --> 00:33:21,917
Very much so.

344
00:33:27,426 --> 00:33:29,024
How long has Lois been so...?

345
00:33:30,810 --> 00:33:32,032
Unpredictable?

346
00:33:32,190 --> 00:33:33,350
Always.

347
00:33:33,423 --> 00:33:34,583
But this bad?

348
00:33:35,078 --> 00:33:36,250
Since her dad died.

349
00:33:37,316 --> 00:33:38,830
No wonder she wants to run away.

350
00:33:39,370 --> 00:33:42,155
-She told you about that, did she?
-It seems like a good idea.

351
00:33:43,250 --> 00:33:45,652
-She’s got a baby.
-It’ll be looked after.

352
00:33:46,407 --> 00:33:48,362
Babies do survive that
kind of thing, you know.

353
00:33:48,956 --> 00:33:51,679
-Speaks the expert.
-Speaks one of those babies.

354
00:33:53,067 --> 00:33:55,677
My grandparents raised me.
And look at me...

355
00:33:56,124 --> 00:33:57,997
more or less perfect.

356
00:33:58,809 --> 00:33:59,968
More or less.

357
00:34:15,377 --> 00:34:17,217
(footsteps on the landing)

358
00:34:17,242 --> 00:34:18,522
(door opens)

359
00:34:44,177 --> 00:34:48,257
JAMES: Please understand there
must be no further contact. Over.

360
00:34:48,497 --> 00:34:51,217
MAN ON RADIO:
Roger. Everything’s on schedule?

361
00:34:51,491 --> 00:34:54,395
JAMES: Drops weekly, same place. Over.

362
00:34:56,091 --> 00:34:58,651
(distant shouting)

363
00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:01,817
MAN: Nein!

364
00:35:07,411 --> 00:35:08,603
MAN: Nein!

365
00:35:11,851 --> 00:35:14,731
(wind howls)

366
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:21,017
STAN: The sandstorm isn’t
passing any time soon, lads.

367
00:35:21,042 --> 00:35:22,762
So, get bedded
down till it does.

368
00:35:28,037 --> 00:35:31,263
-How do you spell irresistible?
-Are you writing to your sister?

369
00:35:32,737 --> 00:35:33,937
My sweetheart.

370
00:35:34,990 --> 00:35:36,098
In case I don’t see her again.

371
00:35:36,950 --> 00:35:38,550
Mate, we’ll be fine.

372
00:35:39,857 --> 00:35:42,952
That thing I said, you know, about
us being sitting ducks and all that,

373
00:35:43,451 --> 00:35:44,540
take no notice.

374
00:35:45,171 --> 00:35:46,557
I’m just a moaning bugger, OK?

375
00:35:48,243 --> 00:35:50,030
-Yeah.
-Stick with me.

376
00:35:50,750 --> 00:35:52,900
My looks, your brains,
we’ll be just fine.

377
00:35:58,549 --> 00:36:00,686
-Have you got some spare paper?
-If we’re gonna be just fine,

378
00:36:00,711 --> 00:36:02,819
-why do you want to write a letter?
-Not that kind of paper.

379
00:36:02,844 --> 00:36:04,844
I mean bog roll. I’ve
already used my three sheets.

380
00:36:14,430 --> 00:36:17,470
(wind howls)

381
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:14,003
(door clangs open)

382
00:38:55,171 --> 00:38:56,371
Jan!

383
00:38:56,630 --> 00:38:57,937
Sir James.

384
00:38:59,697 --> 00:39:00,777
I hear...

385
00:39:01,650 --> 00:39:03,973
..you play chess.

386
00:39:08,731 --> 00:39:09,845
Hm...

387
00:39:11,971 --> 00:39:13,561
You’ve been well taught, Jan.

388
00:39:16,211 --> 00:39:17,971
But you need to be more
deceptive.

389
00:39:18,851 --> 00:39:25,771
Sometimes, it’s necessary to
expose one’s flank as open to attack

390
00:39:25,811 --> 00:39:29,411
in order to trick your opponent
into thinking

391
00:39:29,451 --> 00:39:31,851
you’re more vulnerable
than you actually are.

392
00:39:31,891 --> 00:39:33,078
And then...

393
00:39:33,103 --> 00:39:35,503
you can spring the trap
from the other flank.

394
00:39:38,744 --> 00:39:40,143
You win by deceit.

395
00:39:40,590 --> 00:39:42,828
Well, I win by guile.
That...

396
00:39:43,535 --> 00:39:45,971
may or may not involve deceit.

397
00:39:46,205 --> 00:39:49,811
I do hope you aren’t encouraging
Jan in bad habits, Sir James.

398
00:39:49,851 --> 00:39:51,601
Oh, undoubtedly.

399
00:39:51,626 --> 00:39:53,586
But he’s a very fine player
without my help.

400
00:39:53,945 --> 00:39:56,411
Jan was telling me about
your daughter-in-law

401
00:39:56,451 --> 00:39:59,108
and her unfortunate altercation
in a tearoom.

402
00:40:00,331 --> 00:40:01,410
Was he?

403
00:40:02,644 --> 00:40:04,997
Well, unfortunate
is a very good description.

404
00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:07,971
-Well, if there’s anything I can do.
-Not really.

405
00:40:08,011 --> 00:40:09,171
It’s a legal matter.

406
00:40:10,011 --> 00:40:11,288
And embarrassing.

407
00:40:11,771 --> 00:40:12,917
Well, as luck would have it,

408
00:40:12,942 --> 00:40:15,283
I specialise in both legal
matters and embarrassment.

409
00:40:16,356 --> 00:40:19,317
If you want to take me into your
confidence, I may be able to help.

410
00:40:22,216 --> 00:40:23,285
Ah...

411
00:40:27,771 --> 00:40:28,817
Check.

412
00:40:59,051 --> 00:41:00,051
(music plays)

413
00:41:02,799 --> 00:41:05,731
MAN: Nairobi Station, and
the arrival by train of 200 ATSs.

414
00:41:05,947 --> 00:41:09,094
The first batch of girls from the
United Kingdom for service in East Africa.

415
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:12,420
"ATS, adventure through service,"
say the recruiting posters.

416
00:41:12,808 --> 00:41:14,628
Well, here’s a slice of adventure all

417
00:41:14,653 --> 00:41:16,152
right, and a nice capital T to go with it.

418
00:41:16,177 --> 00:41:18,177
(music plays)

419
00:41:22,630 --> 00:41:24,780
I never thought I’d want to see
the sun and the flies again,

420
00:41:24,805 --> 00:41:27,102
but anything’s got to be better
than that fucking sandstorm.

421
00:41:27,196 --> 00:41:28,356
Agreed.

422
00:41:30,171 --> 00:41:32,091
Are we in Egypt or Libya now, sir?

423
00:41:33,390 --> 00:41:35,350
Er, Egypt. Why?

424
00:41:36,149 --> 00:41:38,051
Oh, cos if I cop it,
I’d like to know where.

425
00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:42,236
Two minutes!

426
00:41:43,131 --> 00:41:46,929
STAN: Right then, by the left, let’s go!

427
00:41:47,710 --> 00:41:49,130
Move it! Move it!

428
00:41:49,970 --> 00:41:51,136
Two minutes, lads!

429
00:41:51,161 --> 00:41:54,427
You all know what you’re doing,
we’re infantry, we do the hard bit.

430
00:41:55,524 --> 00:41:57,644
-Joe’s not here, Sarge.
-What?

431
00:41:58,090 --> 00:42:00,247
What do you mean?
Where’s he gone, sightseeing?

432
00:42:00,507 --> 00:42:03,084
He went for a dump in the night.
I thought he’d come back.

433
00:42:03,804 --> 00:42:05,703
He must’ve lost his way
in the sandstorm.

434
00:42:06,570 --> 00:42:08,490
-How long has he been missing?
-I don’t know, sir.

435
00:42:09,803 --> 00:42:11,284
It could be six hours or more.

436
00:43:54,491 --> 00:43:55,971
(he sighs)

437
00:44:26,851 --> 00:44:28,771
-Cairo, you say?
-Yes.

438
00:44:28,830 --> 00:44:30,750
-It’s in Egypt.
-Yes, I...

439
00:44:32,747 --> 00:44:34,187
I’m aware of the geography.

440
00:44:34,591 --> 00:44:36,384
That is not what I’m puzzled by.

441
00:44:36,630 --> 00:44:38,786
There’s an ATS ambulance service
out there.

442
00:44:38,811 --> 00:44:41,805
And if your father were alive,
if Douglas was still here,

443
00:44:41,830 --> 00:44:44,029
-what do you suppose he’d say?
-He’d have said, "Don’t go."

444
00:44:45,268 --> 00:44:47,335
And I wouldn’t have paid
a blind bit of notice.

445
00:44:47,896 --> 00:44:49,476
I just know I need to do my bit.

446
00:44:49,516 --> 00:44:52,708
And looking after your daughter and
keeping her safe is not doing your bit?

447
00:44:53,208 --> 00:44:54,223
No.

448
00:44:55,216 --> 00:44:56,336
It isn’t.

449
00:44:56,929 --> 00:44:58,569
I wish it was. But it really
isn’t.

450
00:44:58,716 --> 00:45:01,662
You do realise that what
you’re doing is quite unnatural?

451
00:45:02,116 --> 00:45:03,708
If I stay here, then I will die.

452
00:45:04,116 --> 00:45:05,680
Would that be natural enough for
you?

453
00:45:05,770 --> 00:45:08,822
-We’re at war, we all might die.
-I don’t mean like that.

454
00:45:09,142 --> 00:45:10,536
It will destroy me.

455
00:45:10,762 --> 00:45:12,162
It is destroying me.

456
00:45:16,789 --> 00:45:18,187
I admire your honesty.

457
00:45:19,596 --> 00:45:20,882
If not your judgment.

458
00:45:22,801 --> 00:45:26,116
I know of many mothers who may
have wished to do what you’re proposing,

459
00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:29,516
but you’re the only one I’ve met who
seems intent on going through with it.

460
00:45:32,236 --> 00:45:34,772
I was the only kid in the street
with a dad who was a conchie.

461
00:45:34,839 --> 00:45:37,916
So, being the only one
is not a problem for me.

462
00:45:39,722 --> 00:45:42,396
I assume the reason
you’re sharing this news with me

463
00:45:42,396 --> 00:45:45,394
is because you expect me to
take on the full-time care of Vera?

464
00:45:45,696 --> 00:45:48,696
Well, you and Joyce, yes.
Of your son’s child.

465
00:45:48,889 --> 00:45:51,655
Yes, I’m aware that she’s
my son’s child, thank you, Lois.

466
00:45:53,503 --> 00:45:54,557
I’m sorry.

467
00:45:55,342 --> 00:45:56,418
But, yes.

468
00:45:56,902 --> 00:45:58,102
Not forever.

469
00:45:59,709 --> 00:46:01,056
And why should I help you?

470
00:46:03,156 --> 00:46:04,222
Because...

471
00:46:06,095 --> 00:46:09,474
..you know what it’s like
not to have maternal feelings.

472
00:46:12,383 --> 00:46:13,548
(she laughs)

473
00:46:17,363 --> 00:46:21,127
Pointing out my shortcomings seems
a curious way to curry favour with me.

474
00:46:22,382 --> 00:46:23,743
I didn’t mean to insult you.

475
00:46:25,396 --> 00:46:26,473
I was just...

476
00:46:28,949 --> 00:46:30,774
I was just trying
to make you understand.

477
00:46:36,969 --> 00:46:38,210
Well, I do understand.

478
00:46:39,269 --> 00:46:40,534
But I just don’t approve.

479
00:46:41,149 --> 00:46:43,353
But then I’m sure
my disapproval is...

480
00:46:44,276 --> 00:46:45,632
..neither here nor there to you.

481
00:47:08,596 --> 00:47:10,436
(they argue)

482
00:48:06,182 --> 00:48:07,336
Ah!

483
00:48:07,463 --> 00:48:08,943
Kasia, he’s here!

484
00:48:09,696 --> 00:48:13,196
Oh, Sir James,
we are forever in your debt.

485
00:48:13,410 --> 00:48:16,156
-Isn’t that so, Kasia?
-Yes, thank you.

486
00:48:16,576 --> 00:48:17,829
Erm, how did you do it?

487
00:48:17,854 --> 00:48:21,099
Well, my solicitor said that
someone had spoken to the police,

488
00:48:21,124 --> 00:48:24,043
somebody with considerable
influence.

489
00:48:24,223 --> 00:48:25,596
So, thank you.

490
00:48:25,849 --> 00:48:28,209
Oh, it was my absolute pleasure.

491
00:48:28,290 --> 00:48:30,703
The man sounded like
a pompous ass anyway.

492
00:48:31,229 --> 00:48:32,316
Influence?

493
00:48:32,523 --> 00:48:33,943
Not guile and deceit?

494
00:48:37,212 --> 00:48:39,603
Er, Kasia is delighted.

495
00:48:39,912 --> 00:48:41,203
Isn’t that so, Kasia?

496
00:48:41,378 --> 00:48:44,238
She just finds it
a little difficult to show it.

497
00:48:44,415 --> 00:48:45,861
Isn’t that what you told Jan,

498
00:48:46,356 --> 00:48:48,772
that guile and deceit
might be the way to win?

499
00:48:49,236 --> 00:48:50,396
I did.

500
00:48:50,628 --> 00:48:54,181
And it speaks well of him
that he can quote me exactly.

501
00:48:54,662 --> 00:48:57,029
I hope you don’t think that
I’ve, er, corrupted him.

502
00:48:57,054 --> 00:48:59,782
I wouldn’t want to muddy
his grasp of right and wrong.

503
00:49:00,563 --> 00:49:03,904
It would take more than a stranger
beating him at chess to corrupt him.

504
00:49:03,949 --> 00:49:04,949
Ah.

505
00:49:05,869 --> 00:49:08,269
But thank you for helping me.
I do appreciate it.

506
00:49:08,436 --> 00:49:09,889
Good. Good.

507
00:49:09,969 --> 00:49:12,289
-I’m just happy to be of use.
-Yes.

508
00:49:12,726 --> 00:49:13,815
Thank you.

509
00:49:24,522 --> 00:49:25,780
RAJIB:
Have you written the letter?

510
00:49:28,149 --> 00:49:30,781
"Died in battle taking on the
enemy."

511
00:49:32,923 --> 00:49:35,883
-The usual comforting lie.
-It’s not a lie, though, is it?

512
00:49:39,812 --> 00:49:41,163
The desert is the enemy.

513
00:49:42,623 --> 00:49:44,008
The worst enemy I’ve ever faced.

514
00:49:49,636 --> 00:49:51,076
Well, here’s to comforting lies.

515
00:49:51,883 --> 00:49:53,083
Hey, Rajib?

516
00:49:55,762 --> 00:49:57,002
To comforting lies.

517
00:50:11,603 --> 00:50:13,813
ROBINA: I really didn’t think
I would have a tree this year.

518
00:50:14,203 --> 00:50:17,288
Yes, it was just standing in the
churchyard. I’m sure nobody will miss it.

519
00:50:17,750 --> 00:50:19,750
I take it that’s your
sense of humour again.

520
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:21,240
-Guilty as charged.
-Hm!

521
00:50:23,236 --> 00:50:25,480
No, it was in the office.
There was nobody there.

522
00:50:25,505 --> 00:50:30,098
It seemed a shame not to commandeer
it for morale-boosting purposes.

523
00:50:30,202 --> 00:50:32,219
Do I seem in need
of morale boosting?

524
00:50:34,850 --> 00:50:35,928
I’m hardly the...

525
00:50:37,069 --> 00:50:38,799
..person to talk to about
babies.

526
00:50:39,036 --> 00:50:41,267
Erm, it’s not really
my field of expertise.

527
00:50:41,696 --> 00:50:42,753
Erm...

528
00:50:43,396 --> 00:50:44,533
But...

529
00:50:46,883 --> 00:50:49,163
..in the end, the little
mite is your grandchild.

530
00:50:49,229 --> 00:50:50,469
I know.

531
00:50:52,202 --> 00:50:53,385
I know.

532
00:50:54,042 --> 00:50:55,922
But if I say I will have Vera...

533
00:50:57,023 --> 00:50:58,413
..then I feel like I’m...

534
00:51:00,585 --> 00:51:01,979
..colluding with her flit.

535
00:51:03,271 --> 00:51:04,278
And if you don’t?

536
00:51:05,563 --> 00:51:07,283
Well, I rather fear
she’ll find somebody

537
00:51:07,323 --> 00:51:09,008
else to look after the
baby and go anyway.

538
00:51:10,622 --> 00:51:13,293
Well, it is Christmas, I
suppose.

539
00:51:15,669 --> 00:51:19,027
I’m sorry, I don’t
understand the relevance.

540
00:51:20,363 --> 00:51:24,337
Well, the season when
babies are left at the, er...

541
00:51:24,983 --> 00:51:26,943
..mercy of a stranger’s
kindness.

542
00:51:27,243 --> 00:51:29,913
I think you’re thinking of Moses
and the bulrushes.

543
00:51:30,163 --> 00:51:31,603
Oh, yes.

544
00:51:33,935 --> 00:51:36,163
Wrong time of year.
Wrong country, too.

545
00:51:36,163 --> 00:51:37,742
Mm. And Old Testament.

546
00:51:38,515 --> 00:51:39,750
The Old Testament!

547
00:51:39,843 --> 00:51:40,894
Hm.

548
00:51:42,353 --> 00:51:45,683
Well, I haven’t known you
very long, Robina, but, erm,

549
00:51:45,963 --> 00:51:48,905
it strikes me
you really don’t have a choice.

550
00:51:49,711 --> 00:51:52,730
Besides which, you have a
ready-made mother in waiting.

551
00:51:53,816 --> 00:51:55,689
-Is there?
-Well, Kasia, your...

552
00:51:56,063 --> 00:51:57,268
your son’s wife.

553
00:51:57,668 --> 00:51:59,002
It’s his baby.

554
00:51:59,177 --> 00:52:02,363
She’s stuck here
with nothing to do.

555
00:52:02,983 --> 00:52:04,663
Surely, with a little...

556
00:52:05,056 --> 00:52:07,220
..gentle persuasion, she’d help.

557
00:52:07,443 --> 00:52:08,603
Hm.

558
00:52:19,223 --> 00:52:20,535
It’s Christmas Eve.

559
00:52:39,203 --> 00:52:42,663
MAN: Enemy planes spotted, bearing
15 miles out at 60 degrees. Over.

560
00:52:43,396 --> 00:52:45,596
OK, children, we’re in business.

561
00:52:45,804 --> 00:52:47,083
David, you’re with me.

562
00:52:47,769 --> 00:52:49,146
What, they’ve sent bombers
to Manchester?

563
00:52:50,276 --> 00:52:51,516
At Hanukkah?

564
00:52:52,436 --> 00:52:54,328
I take this very personally
indeed.

565
00:52:56,363 --> 00:52:58,363
(air-raid siren wails)

566
00:53:00,649 --> 00:53:01,809
CONNIE: Hi, Doris.

567
00:53:02,543 --> 00:53:04,583
(engine starts)

568
00:53:21,163 --> 00:53:23,483
(bombs explode in the distance)

569
00:53:26,156 --> 00:53:28,116
(crockery rattles)

570
00:53:29,963 --> 00:53:33,403
(explosions draw nearer)

571
00:53:34,175 --> 00:53:35,568
STEPHEN: David, enemy sighted.

572
00:53:35,835 --> 00:53:37,643
Heinkel ahead. I can’t see cover.

573
00:53:39,095 --> 00:53:40,135
Going in.

574
00:53:44,163 --> 00:53:46,563
-Stephen, he’s in my sights.
-Take him.

575
00:53:46,603 --> 00:53:48,523
(machine-gun fire)

576
00:53:58,089 --> 00:54:00,649
DAVID: Heinkel’s hit! She’s down.
Over.

577
00:54:02,663 --> 00:54:04,583
STEPHEN: I’m hit! I’m hit!

578
00:54:05,883 --> 00:54:08,243
DAVID:
Eject! Stephen, eject!

579
00:54:26,563 --> 00:54:29,083
(scraping)

580
00:54:30,283 --> 00:54:31,803
(guard dog barks in the distance)

581
00:54:46,403 --> 00:54:47,489
(Vera cries)