1 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:14,120 [ Whirring ] 2 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,360 Nancy: There is a photograph that sits on my desk, 3 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,760 taken long ago. 4 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:30,440 It captures my family, like flies in amber, 5 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,320 just before we all set out into the world. 6 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,000 Surely within the decade we'd all have married well 7 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,360 and be quietly breeding the next generation 8 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,640 of British aristocrats. 9 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,040 Unfortunately, it didn't quite turn out like that. 10 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,120 [ Birds singing ] 11 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,400 [ Lively jazz music playing ] 12 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,200 Here! 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:54,680 [ Gasps ] 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,960 [ Music continues ] 15 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,040 Nancy: Instead, within a few short years, 16 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,040 we would all have gone entirely off the rails... 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,840 Decca! Pass it to me, fast! Fast! 18 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:06,640 [ Woman screams ] 19 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,760 [ Music continues ] 20 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,360 Nancy: How did it happen? 21 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,120 Well, it's a long story, 22 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,680 but this was the day that I first noticed 23 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,520 something was amiss. 24 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,760 [ Music continues ] 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,440 Although I was the eldest, 26 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,000 you can't blame me for the rot setting in. 27 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,560 Lord, no. 28 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,600 [ Music continues ] 29 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,480 It was definitely my sister Diana 30 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,760 who started the ball rolling. 31 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,000 She was the beauty of the family, 32 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,880 but she also had a will of iron. 33 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:44,200 My brother, Tom, was the only boy 34 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,960 and, as such, the heir to the entire family fortune. 35 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,880 So unfair. 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,280 Pamela was the quiet one. 37 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,800 But beware... still waters run deep. 38 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,760 [ Music continues ] 39 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,480 [ Breathes deeply ] 40 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,600 [ Girls giggling ] 41 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,520 Nancy: And the youngest three? 42 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,200 Don't be fooled by their girlish antics. 43 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,000 [ Laughs ] 44 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,400 [ Grunts softly ] 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,160 [ Music continues ] 46 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,160 Aaaaah! 47 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,800 [ Chuckles ] 48 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,400 Unity: It's mine! I want it! 49 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:22,960 Nancy: One of my sisters would become 50 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,360 the most hated woman in Britain. 51 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,960 [ Music continues ] 52 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,680 But I'm getting ahead of myself. 53 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,920 [ Up-tempo jazz music playing ] 54 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:45,280 [ Music continues ] 55 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,096 Hamish: "Oh, the sheer joy of this delightful house 56 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:48,176 with its garden, swimming pool, 57 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,120 and 300 acres of farmland, 58 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,520 the radiant Mrs. Diana Guinness has decorated the interior 59 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,880 in a simple, youthful way." 60 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:00,840 - Oh, stop. Don't read that. - Oh, quiet, simple youth! 61 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:03,200 "Her husband, Bryan Guinness, 62 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,000 is the dashing heir to the Guinness fortunes." 63 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,760 - Well! - Very dashing. 64 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,320 "And they already have two beautiful baby boys. 65 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,080 Surely, this is quite the perfect marriage." 66 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,760 [ All groan ] 67 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,560 - Stop it! - Who brought this rag? 68 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:18,400 Joss found it on the train. It's wonderful. 69 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,720 Thanks, friend. Ooh, ooh, this is good - 70 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,720 "Diana's sister, the Honourable Pamela Mitford, 71 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,560 is understood to be running the farm for the young couple. 72 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:29,360 Fancy, a female farmer!" 73 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,400 God! 74 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,200 How do they get hold of all this? 75 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:34,560 I mean, who on earth tells them? 76 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:36,400 They pay for it! 77 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,216 This kind of stuff shifts copies by the lorryload. 78 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,000 Joss is always hard up. It's probably him. 79 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,080 Oh, that's right. Blame the poor boy. 80 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,600 Ridiculous. Take it away. 81 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,280 "Her younger sister, Unity, 82 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,000 will be one of next year's debutantes." 83 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:49,600 If she learns to be more ladylike. 84 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,120 Nom, nom, nom! 85 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,800 Bobo, we should throw a coming-out party 86 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:53,960 for you next season. 87 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,336 - [ Muffled ] Really? - Yes, good idea. 88 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,080 Here or in the London house? 89 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,480 - In London, of course. - Yeah. 90 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,000 Yes? We'll do it. 91 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,680 Listen to this. "Her elder sister, Nancy..." 92 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:03,760 Ah, finally. 93 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,120 [ Chuckles ] 94 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,840 "published the most entertaining novel, 95 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,640 'Highland Fling, ' earlier this year"... 96 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,080 - Yay! - Hear, hear! 97 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,856 - Thank you, thank you. - Fancy, a female hack! 98 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,280 Quiet, you. 99 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,136 "which was dedicated to Mr. Hamish Erskine..." 100 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,840 - Ooh! - Yay! 101 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,800 "to whom, it is understood, 102 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,080 she is unofficially engaged." 103 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,840 What?! No, no, no. No, it's nonsense. 104 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,280 - Engaged?! - It's nonsense! 105 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,536 - [ All talking at once ] - That is quite enough of that! 106 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,560 [ Talking stops ] 107 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Thank you. 108 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,920 [ Woman giggling ] 109 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,040 [ Sighs ] 110 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,280 [ Baby cooing ] 111 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,320 [ Baby fusses ] 112 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,760 [ Knocks on door ] 113 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:57,456 I promised Muv I'd have the piglets back by six, 114 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,680 so we need to be setting off. 115 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:00,136 No, no, no. Don't bother coming down. 116 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,960 No, I'd like to say goodbye. Give me a second. 117 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,000 [ Baby fusses ] 118 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,240 - Nance? - Mm? 119 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,800 Is all well with you and Hamish? 120 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,040 Fine. 121 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,240 Fine. He's still young... 122 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:17,840 barely out of Oxford. 123 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,696 Not everyone wants to settle down and marry the minute 124 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,400 they're old enough. 125 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:23,856 Sorry. I didn't mean that. I just meant... 126 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,400 No. No, you're right, actually. 127 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,880 The thing is, unlike your Bryan, 128 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,560 Hamish actually has to earn a living, 129 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,616 and until he gets a job, we can't afford a place of our own, 130 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,040 so... 131 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:37,920 anyway, I've given him six months. 132 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,720 Good! Good for you. 133 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,840 And having a job, a purpose in this world, 134 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,080 is so important for a man. 135 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,480 Bryan's just had everything handed to him on a plate. 136 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,680 And a man without a purpose is... 137 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,520 [ Baby fusses ] 138 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,840 What, boring? Surely not. 139 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,360 No, no. It's just... 140 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,160 content, I suppose? 141 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,440 Yes, that's it. 142 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:12,040 Bryan is perfectly content with everything. 143 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:13,920 Anyway, let's round up the girls 144 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,480 and get them back to The Fortress. 145 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,160 Nancy: And there it was... my first inkling 146 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,920 that things might be about to unravel. 147 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 [ Up-tempo jazz music playing ] 148 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,280 The estate we all grew up on 149 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,080 sat in a glorious corner of Oxfordshire 150 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,840 that had been in our family for hundreds of years. 151 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,360 [ Music continues ] 152 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,120 And for all that time, 153 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,960 life had carried on here in much the same way. 154 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,320 But now times were changing. 155 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:48,960 [ Music continues ] 156 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,360 [ Water splashes ] 157 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,400 Radio announcer: Today we address a subject 158 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,720 that is fast becoming a matter of debate 159 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,200 across the countryside. 160 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:58,280 Nancy: My father had lost a fortune in the crash, 161 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,400 and, consequently, we, like the rest of the country, 162 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,080 were facing a time of, well, economic uncertainty. 163 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,000 - [ Coughing ] - [ Groans ] Oh! 164 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:08,200 Shh! 165 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:11,160 [ Singing indistinctly ] 166 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,080 Denmark has embraced indoor pig-fattening 167 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,680 with remarkable success, 168 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,720 and Danish pork is now arriving on British shores 169 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,760 in greater quantities 170 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,080 and at prices that are hard to match. 171 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:28,880 [ Music continues ] 172 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,360 [ Groaning ] 173 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:32,840 [ Music continues ] 174 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:34,800 Radio Announcer: This is the BBC, 175 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,920 and now, the news headlines. 176 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,200 The latest figures from the Ministry of Labour 177 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,040 show an increase in unemployment 178 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,400 of almost a quarter of a million people 179 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,440 in the last five weeks alone, 180 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:48,480 with the building trade, coal mining... 181 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,280 - Good God. - and metal goods manufacture 182 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:51,800 particularly hard-hit. 183 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,400 - Oh. Do be quiet. - This news follows... 184 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,480 [ Radio turns off ] 185 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,920 [ Clock chiming ] 186 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,280 [ Up-tempo jazz music playing ] 187 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,200 [ Chiming continues ] 188 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,280 Oh. 189 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,920 - Ah. - [ Chuckles ] 190 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,800 [ Chuckles ] 191 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,440 [ Music continues ] 192 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,120 Sweetheart. 193 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,000 - Darling. - Darling. 194 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,240 [ Music continues ] 195 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,080 Wow, you're getting very good at that. 196 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,240 Sydney: Where's Nancy? 197 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:38,560 [ Chiming continues ] 198 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,640 David: Come on. 199 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,240 [ Clocks chiming ] 200 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,320 [ Rooster crows ] 201 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,120 Nancy! 202 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,880 In six seconds, you will be late! 203 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,160 [ Chiming continues ] 204 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,200 Two, three, four. 205 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,080 [ Footsteps approach ] 206 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,160 - Good morning, Farve. - [ Chuckles ] 207 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,240 - [ Humming ] - Good morning. 208 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,320 - Good morning. - Good morning, all. 209 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,320 Toast, Farve? 210 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:23,880 Thank you, Debo. Thank you. 211 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,720 - Muv, I... - Oh, Unity, elbows. 212 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,400 - Muv. - Elbows! And sit up. 213 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,960 - All of you, sit up! - Muv, Muv, 214 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,320 I found a girls' grammar school in Oakdale... 215 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:34,736 - Oh. Not again. - not far from here. 216 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:36,400 It's a day school, not a boarding school, 217 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,080 so I could come home every afternoon. 218 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:39,800 Darling, we've already been through this. 219 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,456 But could we just at least go and visit? 220 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,080 Girls don't need school. 221 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:48,120 We tried it once with Unity, and she was expelled after a month. 222 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,240 Utter disaster. 223 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,640 - [ Chuckles ] - It was horrible! 224 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,400 "Uncontrollable temperament, " wasn't it, Bobo? 225 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,360 Darling, she wasn't expelled. We were just invited to remove her. 226 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,200 My kipper, please. 227 00:09:58,280 --> 00:09:59,296 Anyway, you've got a perfectly good governess. 228 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:00,920 But I want to go to university, 229 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,800 and to do that, you have to pass exams, 230 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,000 and how can I pass exams with a stupid governess?! 231 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,040 That's a very rude thing to say about a person. 232 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:09,680 [ Sighs ] 233 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,200 Anyway, if you went to school, you'd probably hate it. 234 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,840 - I would hate it. - All the boys all loathe it. 235 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,440 Mm, all that hockey. No animals. 236 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:17,680 - Yes. - Thank you. 237 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:18,960 But I really want to go. 238 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,840 School is for boys! 239 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,920 Understood?! 240 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:31,840 Moving on, 241 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,760 there are to be some economies made in this household 242 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,560 starting today. 243 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,000 Firstly, the central heating boiler 244 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,000 will be switched off forthwith. 245 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:44,640 But it's freezing! 246 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,200 It's spring, Nancy. 247 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,200 If you're cold, what do you do, Debo? 248 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,680 - Put on another layer? - Exactly. 249 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,040 Secondly, 250 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,760 hot baths will now be taken 251 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,320 every two days. 252 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,000 - [ Whispers ] Yes! - Thirdly, yes, 253 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,320 for the coming London season, 254 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,920 our Mayfair house will be let out to tenants. 255 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,800 - Really? - Mm? 256 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,040 But... But it's... 257 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,560 But it's Unity's coming-out year, isn't it? 258 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,280 Mm? 259 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,736 Which means we'll have a number of events 260 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,760 to organise in London, won't we? 261 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,240 Darling? 262 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,200 Well... 263 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:28,480 well, we can stay in the flat above the garages. 264 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:30,560 I'm sure we can all fit in there. 265 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,440 - It'd be tremendous fun. - Ow! 266 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,520 It's rather damp, though, isn't it? 267 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,360 Lastly, all females over the age of 18 268 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,880 will have their allowances cut by half. 269 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,640 - [ Gasps ] - I suppose I've got my wages 270 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:45,920 from the farm. 271 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,416 - Mm-hmm. - And how am I supposed to live? 272 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,400 You can desist from buying your fancy clothes 273 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:50,960 and your lipstick... 274 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:52,640 - [ Snickers ] - and stop going 275 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,200 to those abominable nightclubs. 276 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,040 - There are a number of... - That is my final word! 277 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,520 [ Mid-tempo jazz music plays ] 278 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:05,976 [ "The Internationale" plays on piano, footsteps running ] 279 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,520 [ Door opens, slams ] 280 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,960 Jesus Christ Almighty! 281 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:15,720 ♪ Arise, ye victims of oppression ♪ 282 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:20,440 ♪ Arise, ye workers of the world ♪ 283 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:21,800 [ Grunts softly ] 284 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,960 ♪ Come all away from solid ground ♪ 285 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,760 - [ Grunts softly ] - [ Whistle, clang ] 286 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,280 - Aah! - [ Explosion ] 287 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,240 [ Coughing ] 288 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:31,720 [ Breathing heavily ] 289 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,760 Prepare to die, rebel! 290 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,440 - [ Gun cocks ] - No. 291 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,760 - Bang! - [ Groans ] 292 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,960 [ Blows ] 293 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:44,960 ♪ Arise, ye victims of oppression ♪ 294 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,000 - ♪ Arise ♪ - Aaaah! Fire! 295 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:50,720 [ Gunfire ] 296 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,360 [ Shouting in distance ] 297 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,000 - [ Gunfire continues ] - What on earth is going on?! 298 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,600 [ Gunfire stops ] 299 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:01,280 For God's sake, you two, look at this mess. 300 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,480 - [ Discordant notes play ] - Unity... 301 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:05,400 I expect you to set an example. 302 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:06,880 In a few months' time, 303 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,240 you're going to be dancing at balls with gentlemen. 304 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,560 It's high time that you two grew up 305 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,680 and started thinking seriously about your future! 306 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,000 Your father and I cannot keep you forever. 307 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,760 You're going to have to find husbands, and... 308 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,120 let's face it, 309 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,800 neither of you are beauties like Diana 310 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:28,400 or clever like Nancy 311 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,040 or practical like Pam. 312 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:31,760 Can't you see 313 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,416 that if you don't start behaving properly, 314 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,160 you're going to end up as penniless old maids? 315 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,200 Because no man in his right mind 316 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,160 is going to put up with this silly obsession you have 317 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,440 with rebellions and uprisings. 318 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:43,640 It's not silly! 319 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,400 It's happening all over the world. 320 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,480 Honestly! Now you have to start thinking of yourselves as women. 321 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,640 As wives, as housekeepers, as mothers. 322 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,120 These are all incredibly important roles... 323 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,280 roles you were made for. 324 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:04,000 Just tidy up this room, both of you, and yourselves. 325 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,720 Good God. 326 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:10,000 [ Suspenseful music plays ] 327 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,240 [ Door closes ] 328 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:13,400 - Bang! - Bang! 329 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,040 [ Gasps ] 330 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,640 - [ Applause ] - I thank you. 331 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,720 After the war, 332 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:23,320 we were promised a land fit for heroes to live in. 333 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:24,640 And what have we got? 334 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,640 Nancy: Meanwhile, despite being married 335 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,480 to one of the richest men in London, 336 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,920 Diana, too, was preoccupied with ideas 337 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,200 of rebellion and revolution. 338 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,760 Oswald: Millions on the dole, 339 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,320 slum housing, and hunger. 340 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,840 In modern Britain, it's a disgrace. 341 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,760 This is supposed to be a free country, 342 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,720 but freedom, true freedom, 343 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,600 is the chance to work for a decent wage, 344 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,880 to feed, to clothe, 345 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,680 to house your family. 346 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,760 God, I hate these political evenings. 347 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,000 [ Applause ] 348 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,960 Which side is he on, anyway? 349 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,200 Was Tory, then Labour. 350 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,240 Now he's starting up his own party. 351 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,560 [ Chuckles softly ] All over the shop, then. 352 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,000 Oswald: a new economic system, 353 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:13,600 a system where all working people 354 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,160 will have the chance to share in the profits 355 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,480 they help to create... 356 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,440 an alternative to capitalism, 357 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,320 an alternative to communism, 358 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,840 a return to a Britain that is truly great 359 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,080 and powerful once again! 360 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,640 And we are the only party 361 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,240 that can actually deliver on these promises... 362 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,000 we, the British Union of Fascists! 363 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,680 [ Applause ] 364 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,456 I think real change probably is the only answer 365 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,360 when you look at the state of the country. 366 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,600 Well, let's... let's sneak off before he starts up again, eh? 367 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,136 Rather rude to leave so early, isn't it? 368 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,680 No one will notice. 369 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,440 I'll tell you what... we'll separate. 370 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,360 Give me a couple of minutes, and I'll meet you down by the door. 371 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,440 [ Indistinct conversations ] 372 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,200 Mrs. Guinness? Oswald Mosley. 373 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,520 Everyone calls me "Tom." 374 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,160 - I don't think we've been... - Introduced? No. 375 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,320 But we almost have been so many times. 376 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,120 You were at the Sassoons' ball in July last year. 377 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,400 Yes, but I don't recall... 378 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,560 Oh, but... I recall... you... 379 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,160 most vividly. 380 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,680 Then, uh, in September, you were in Venice 381 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,320 with your... with your husband, 382 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,000 and I spotted you again. 383 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,040 You were crossing the Rialto Bridge... 384 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,640 like a vision. 385 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,000 [ Snickers ] 386 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,200 So, you see, I, um... 387 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,440 Well, I simply couldn't let you go this time 388 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,520 without inviting you to dinner. 389 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,000 It's a... It's a fundraising dinner for the party. 390 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:13,560 [ Sighs ] 391 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,640 May I send you an invitation? 392 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,480 I thought what you had to say was very... 393 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,640 persuasive. 394 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,880 But whether they, the British public, 395 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,120 are ready for radical change 396 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,520 is another matter. 397 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,320 No. 398 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,920 I think they're desperate 399 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 for change. 400 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,560 - You may send an invitation. - [ Inhales deeply ] 401 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:45,800 Excuse me. 402 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,000 My husband's waiting. 403 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,680 Yes, of course. 404 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,760 [ Up-tempo jazz music playing ] 405 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,920 [ Laughter, indistinct conversations ] 406 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,440 [ Music continues ] 407 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,480 Hello, darling! 408 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,040 - Hello, you. - Mm! 409 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,400 Darling! 410 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,880 So, my love, what can be so important? 411 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,400 Important? 412 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,056 Come on. You'd better blurt it out straight away. 413 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,776 - Don't keep a girl in suspense. - [ Laughing ] Blurt? 414 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,120 There's nothing to blurt, angel. 415 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,880 I just thought I hadn't seen you all week 416 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,160 and you must be in need of some entertainment. 417 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,856 On the telephone, you said you had something 418 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:30,480 especially important to say to me. 419 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:31,560 Did I? 420 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,560 Well, I do. 421 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,320 Well, it's how much I love you 422 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:39,480 and what an utterly delicious creature I think you... 423 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,960 Hamish... 424 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,120 I have gone to a good deal of trouble, you know. 425 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,240 I borrowed a dress, had my hair done, 426 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,480 come across town on the bus 427 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,816 because I couldn't afford a taxi, 428 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,136 all because I thought that tonight, 429 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,000 you were finally going to... 430 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,440 Oh, God. 431 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:55,960 Nancy, please don't. 432 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,240 Four years, Hamish. 433 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,760 - Four years. - Darling girl, look, 434 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,240 you know I love you with every inch of my being. 435 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:03,920 There's no one as clever as you, 436 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,680 as elegant or as funny as you are, 437 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,480 but marriage? Really? 438 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,920 It seems to me so very much not fun... 439 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,400 babies, nannies, jobs. 440 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,440 Can't we just squeeze in a few more months 441 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,160 of complete and joyous irresponsibility? 442 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,520 Please? 443 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,040 You know there is no one on God's green earth 444 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,640 I would ever consider marrying apart from you. 445 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,040 [ Chuckles ] Now come on, my angel. 446 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:46,200 I have a mass of gossip with which to regale you, 447 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:47,920 plus... 448 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,600 an actual £5 note. 449 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,080 The night is young. The world is our oyster. 450 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:54,800 You are full of clichés. 451 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:59,240 Mm. And you [Smooches] are the light [Smooches] of my life. 452 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,760 You are drunk as a Lord. 453 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,760 Well, you can be, too, if you get your skates on. 454 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,360 I'll tell you what... let's ditch here 455 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,640 and go to the Embassy and dance. 456 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,720 [ Up-tempo jazz music plays ] 457 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,040 [ Indistinct conversation ] 458 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,240 Could I have some chocolate, Boud? 459 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,040 Do give a sister a square. 460 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:37,400 No, no. I do not want chocolate anywhere near this dress. 461 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,320 I hate this dress. It stinks of moth balls. 462 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:41,936 Well, there's no money for anything else, 463 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,600 so if you don't like it, 464 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,400 you're just going to have to stay at home. 465 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,080 She can't stay at home. The party's in her honour. 466 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,440 - Evening, all. - Tom, darling, how was court? 467 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,320 Uh... we lost. 468 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:55,760 - Oh, no. - What's for supper? 469 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,800 - Haddock. - [ All imitate gagging ] 470 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,200 You will get what you are given. 471 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:00,640 I'll be going out, then. 472 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,760 More lovely boiled fish for the rest of you. 473 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,040 Tom, it would be less wasteful if you could let me know 474 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:07,320 your eating arrangements in advance, please. 475 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,280 It plays havoc with the housekeeping budget. 476 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,000 - Yep. - No, I'm serious. 477 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,280 Must dash. Bon appétit. 478 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,560 Ohh! 479 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,360 - [ Fabric tears ] - Oh, Unity, you hopeless child! 480 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,256 - [ Gasps, laughs ] - Oh, no! What have you done?! 481 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,840 Stop laughing! It's not funny! 482 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,640 - [ Both laughing ] - Both of you stop. 483 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,280 [ Laughter continues ] 484 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:28,560 Nancy: It was my mother's responsibility 485 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,200 to see her six daughters happily married and provided for. 486 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,360 But things weren't exactly going to plan. 487 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,320 Radio announcer: in Birmingham today 488 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,520 when hunger marchers clashed with police. 489 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,400 - [ Snoring ] - Thousands of protesters 490 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:50,960 are marching to London 491 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:55,320 to petition Parliament about mass unemployment. 492 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,440 Sydney: Darling? 493 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,040 Well? 494 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,720 Did you have a lovely time? 495 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,120 Sweet of you, but there... 496 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,120 really is no need to wait up for me anymore. 497 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,320 - See you in the morning. - Huh? 498 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:22,920 [ Muttering ] Okay. Yeah. 499 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,240 That man Hamish is no good for Nancy. 500 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,000 I don't know why she's so attached to him. 501 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,120 Ugh. He's not a man. 502 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,200 He's a boy, 503 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,480 and not much of a boy, either. 504 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,400 Darling, is there anything I can do to help with the accounts? 505 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,160 You know, two heads are so much better than one. 506 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,000 No, no. No. 507 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,800 Perfectly under control. 508 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,480 Really? 509 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,000 - So? - Hmm? 510 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,720 All your deadlines have come and gone. 511 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,200 - Still no proposal. - I know, Joss. 512 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,040 I know you think I should walk away, 513 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,160 but I can't just give up on him after all this time. 514 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,520 We're so deeply attached. It would be like... 515 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,040 like cutting off an arm. 516 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,440 Alright. 517 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,400 Well, if you'll permit me to inquire, 518 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,480 have you two...? 519 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,160 No. 520 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,200 And you're quite sure that he isn't... 521 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:28,440 a fan of Oscar Wilde? 522 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,120 No! 523 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,760 No. We've discussed it. 524 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,400 He assures me absolutely not. 525 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:34,920 Okay. 526 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,960 Well, if it isn't that, 527 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,680 it must be the English problem. 528 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:40,760 Which is...? 529 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,040 The vast majority of Englishmen 530 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,880 are crippled with sexual shyness. 531 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,320 Dear God! Well, wh-wh-what's to be done? 532 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,120 [ Snickers ] 533 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,800 Come on. 534 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,200 The woman must take control of things in the bedroom. 535 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:58,400 Me? 536 00:23:58,480 --> 00:23:59,960 But I haven't a clue. 537 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,960 She must be... 538 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,600 direct without being domineering... 539 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,680 encouraging without being patronising. 540 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,400 In fact, she... 541 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,400 she must seduce him totally 542 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,480 without ever seeming to lose her virtue. 543 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,560 Oh, easy, wouldn't you say? 544 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,000 - Ohh. - [ Laughs ] 545 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:28,176 Emerald: So good of you to come on your own, Diana. 546 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,200 I do hope Bryan didn't mind relinquishing you. 547 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:31,736 Diana: Oh, no. Bryan hates the opera. 548 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,800 But I adore it, so I'm always more than happy 549 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,680 to make up the numbers. 550 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,680 [ Indistinct conversations ] 551 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,560 - Ah, here he is. - Emerald, forgive me. 552 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,120 You've met Mrs. Guinness, have you? 553 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:45,200 Yes. 554 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,200 Mrs. Guinness, of course. 555 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:49,720 What a nice surprise. 556 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,576 - [ Bell rings ] - Right. Let's take our seats, 557 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,680 shall we? 558 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,560 [ Indistinct conversations ] 559 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,640 [ Orchestra playing ] 560 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,640 [ Applause ] 561 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,720 [ Music continues ] 562 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,680 [ Whispering ] God, I've missed you. 563 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,760 [ Music continues ] 564 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,320 [ Music continues ] 565 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:51,360 [ Gasps ] 566 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,400 Shift over a bit. 567 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,600 What? What's this? 568 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,680 Well, everyone else does it at these house parties. 569 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,240 It's more or less what they're for. 570 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,280 Even people who aren't unofficially engaged do it. 571 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:04,400 [ Chuckles ] 572 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,056 Don't look so horrified and do give me a cuddle. 573 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,080 I'm freezing. 574 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,160 Mmm, you smell lovely. 575 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,680 - [ Chuckles nervously ] - [ Chuckles ] 576 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,280 [ Both chuckle ] 577 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,600 What? What? What is it? What is it? What is it? 578 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,680 There's something I should have told you before, 579 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,120 but I didn't want to upset you. 580 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:53,520 Well? 581 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,480 My parents are sending me to America. 582 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,120 - What?! - For a year, at least... 583 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,560 possibly forever... 584 00:26:58,640 --> 00:26:59,920 on Friday. 585 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,760 - Friday?! - I know! I'm sorry. 586 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,760 I-I-I-I thought I could talk them round, 587 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,760 get out of it somehow, but, well, I can't. 588 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,680 It's the party on Saturday. It's Unity's coming-out! 589 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,560 I know, but the ship sails on Friday. 590 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,960 They've got all sorts of job interviews set up for me 591 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,920 which I can't possibly delay. 592 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,200 They said they want me to make a go of things out there. 593 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,880 It's too awful. It's the last thing I want to do. 594 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,616 - Well, don't go, then! - I have no choice! 595 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,040 - You do! - I can't! 596 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:24,456 They've threatened to cut me off if I don't go! 597 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,000 - Well, let them! - I can't! 598 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,040 Darling, how will I survive?! 599 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:31,200 Well, when were you going to tell me, then, hmm? 600 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,880 Thursday night or... or just a telegram from New York? 601 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,680 Nancy, please. I've been in shreds about this. 602 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,640 Oh, hellfire and damnation, Hamish! 603 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,200 Why didn't you tell me before?! 604 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:41,480 Angel, I'm... 605 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,400 - I'm so, so, so sorry. - No! 606 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,560 [ Up-tempo jazz music playing ] 607 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,040 [ Vehicles passing ] 608 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,920 [ Horn honks ] 609 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,720 Thank you. 610 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,240 Oh, hello. I'm just going round to the flat 611 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:13,600 with the party dress for Unity. 612 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,136 - Shan't be long. - Before you go, could I have 613 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,880 a word, please? 614 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,560 - Shall I take that, ma'am? - Thank you. 615 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,360 Bryan: Someone saw you at lunch today... 616 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:35,760 with Tom Mosley. 617 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,200 That's right. 618 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,856 And on Monday I had lunch with Cecil Beaton 619 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,160 and last week with Harold Acton. 620 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,240 That's different. 621 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,040 Well, yes... 622 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,360 in a way. 623 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,400 This is more political talk. 624 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,600 I really think Mosley's on the right track with this new party, 625 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,440 and he has such... vision... 626 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,520 Stop it! 627 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:04,320 The man is a dreadful womaniser. It's common knowledge. 628 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,000 It must be so... 629 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,920 so humiliating for his poor wife. 630 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,160 And I'm afraid that people have already started talking 631 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,480 about you in... 632 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,600 in disparaging terms. 633 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,840 Now, it's... it's too late 634 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:25,240 to stop him coming to the party, 635 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,320 but I-I must insist that... 636 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,520 that you do not lunch with him again. 637 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,200 You're right. 638 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:43,360 I understand. 639 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,400 I'm so sorry. 640 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,120 Woman: 1, 2, 3, flash. 641 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,360 [ Camera shutter clicks ] 642 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,560 Lovely. Thank you. 643 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,800 [ Indistinct conversations ] 644 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,520 Where in God's name is she, hmm? 645 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,600 Darling, will you stop looking up there? 646 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,480 Everyone will think there's something wrong. 647 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,520 She's probably just saying goodbye to her rat. 648 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,240 Oh, God. You don't think she'll bring that with, do you? 649 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,400 Absolutely not. I warned her. 650 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,480 I wouldn't put it past her. 651 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,760 [ Indistinct conversations ] 652 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,000 Man: Mr. Churchill! 653 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,840 [ Camera shutters clicking ] 654 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,320 Woman: That's him?! 655 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,960 [ Conversations continue ] 656 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,320 Mr. Churchill! 657 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:41,656 Woman: You should be ashamed of yourself! 658 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,440 Man: Mr. Churchill, we're starving! 659 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,480 - Winston! - Diana Dyna-mite! 660 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,280 [ Laughs ] 661 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:53,280 Well, look at you, dear girl. Marvellous! 662 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,800 Unity: To bed with you! And you! 663 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,880 - Oh, here she is. - Oh, that's a relief. 664 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,000 [ Gasps ] Oh, here she is. Excuse me. 665 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,000 [ Camera shutter clicks ] 666 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,680 [ Applause ] 667 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,520 - Yeah! - Bravo! 668 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,560 Thanks so much for the dress, Honks. 669 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,320 You are a brick. 670 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,800 Welcome to the grown-up world. 671 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,880 [ Up-tempo jazz music playing ] 672 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:08,240 You know, Hugh Balfour keeps asking after you. 673 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,120 Very decent horseman. 674 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,000 Owns the finest herd of Angus cattle in the land. 675 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,560 And rich. 676 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:15,800 Awfully rich, I believe. 677 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,320 Yes. I wish I was a gold digger sometimes. 678 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,600 You could at least dance with him. 679 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,400 Might cheer you up, jigging about a bit. 680 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,960 You are sweet, Pam, but not tonight, thanks. 681 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,080 Pam? 682 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,800 Harry here is desperate to dance with you 683 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,640 but too shy to ask. 684 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:34,960 Off you both go. 685 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,600 I want everyone to have 686 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,040 a particularly wonderful time tonight. 687 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,760 Why particularly tonight? 688 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,400 Well, it might be the last party for a while. 689 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,800 Really? I thought you loved them. 690 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,280 You're so good at them. 691 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,320 Bored with it all these days... 692 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,320 all that aching small talk 693 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,720 when you think about what's actually happening in the world. 694 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaking of which, how are you bearing up post-Hamish? 695 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,480 Oh... not... 696 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,160 very well at all, really. 697 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,880 And bad news travels fast, I see, 698 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,920 from all the pitying glances. 699 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,800 [ Music continues ] 700 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,160 - Oh, Nance, I am sorry. - Mm. 701 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,760 [ Music continues ] 702 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,120 [ Laughter, indistinct conversations ] 703 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,920 [ Music continues ] 704 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,160 [ Music stops, cheers and applause ] 705 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,520 [ People shouting in distance ] 706 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,160 Man: Move along or I will call the police! 707 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,120 Protestors: [ Chanting ] Feed the hungry! Give us grace! 708 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,680 [ Up-tempo jazz music playing ] 709 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,480 - Hey! - Hey! 710 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,160 - Hey! - [ Laughs ] 711 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:17,880 [ Music continues ] 712 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,200 Let me know when you have time. 713 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,040 [ Indistinct conversations ] 714 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:26,800 [ Laughing ] 715 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,320 [ Music continues ] 716 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,560 Protestors: ♪ Feed the hungry, give us grace ♪ 717 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:34,280 ♪ Feed the hungry ♪ 718 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:38,120 The only way to think about it, is that it's for the best. 719 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:39,800 You've been set free. 720 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,320 Now Hamish is out of the way, 721 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,920 you're ready to meet the man who's gonna be the true, 722 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,200 great love of your life. 723 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,280 I probably will get over him eventually, won't I? 724 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,640 Yes. Of course you will! 725 00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:57,120 Meanwhile, life is bloody miserable. 726 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,200 Here I am, living at home, 727 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,720 penniless, and still a virgin at 28. 728 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,240 I mean, it's grotesque. 729 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:05,440 [ Laughs ] 730 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,520 [ Mid-tempo jazz music playing ] 731 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,840 [ Indistinct conversations ] 732 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,560 [ Music continues ] 733 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:37,360 [ Music stops, cheers and applause ] 734 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,080 Hi. 735 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,160 [ Footsteps approach ] 736 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,080 Sorry. It's a really poor crop this season. 737 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,800 And I'm supposed to go through this round of parties 738 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,920 year after year, waiting to be picked? 739 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,400 [ Scoffs ] Can't think of anything worse 740 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,000 than having to marry one of that lot. 741 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,080 You're right. 742 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:12,800 Don't let this pack of chinless wonders crush your spirit. 743 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:18,120 Anyway, there's more to life than hooking a husband. 744 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,800 Just pursue whatever interests you, 745 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,480 whatever it is you feel passionate about. 746 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,720 That's the thing. 747 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,200 Really? 748 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,480 And what do you feel passionate about? 749 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,080 For a long time, I... didn't know. 750 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,800 I was searching for something, I suppose. 751 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,080 But now... 752 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,240 well... 753 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,600 there's someone here tonight 754 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,280 who has some revolutionary ideas 755 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,240 about how this country needs to change. 756 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:57,000 I think he'll actually be prime minister one day. 757 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,320 Would you like to meet him? 758 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,800 Of course. 759 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,520 Come on, then. 760 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,960 [ Slow jazz music playing ] 761 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,560 [ Music stops, applause ] 762 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:22,200 [ "Dancing in the Dark" playing ] 763 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:23,800 - Well done. - Oh. 764 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,960 Mrs. Guinness. 765 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,400 Shall we match our spouses? 766 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,480 [ Music continues ] 767 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,400 All right. Why not? 768 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,480 [ Music continues ] 769 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,440 [ Speaks indistinctly ] 770 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,520 [ Music continues ] 771 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,640 [ Slow suspenseful music plays ] 772 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:11,600 - [ Rat squeaks ] - Well? How many proposals? 773 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,720 Oh, God. [ Smooches ] 774 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,200 If you could have seen them, Boud. 775 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,400 [ Chuckles ] 776 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,440 What a miserable bunch they were. 777 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:24,560 [ Door slams, people shouting in distance ] 778 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,080 [ Shouting intensifies ] 779 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:27,760 Stand aside! 780 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,120 - Relax! - Come on! 781 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,200 [ Shouting continues ] 782 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:38,920 - Ugh! - [ Both gasp ] 783 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,280 - Get up! - Aah! 784 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,240 - Get over here! - Get! 785 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,240 [ Shouting continues ] 786 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,880 Jessica: My God! They must hate us! 787 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,760 They're suffering out there 788 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,720 while we're... we're stuck in here like... 789 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,440 like... like dolls in a dolls' house! 790 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,520 Undo me, will you? 791 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,600 I was talking to a friend of Diana's downstairs, 792 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,560 leader of the British Fascists. 793 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,640 I'm going with her to hear him speak tomorrow night. 794 00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:22,560 She says he's brilliant. 795 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,440 You should come with. 796 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,600 [ Scoffs ] I can't imagine that anyone at this party 797 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,200 has the answer to the problems of those hunger marchers. 798 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,080 If they did, they'd be down there with them right now. 799 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,600 [ Indistinct conversations ] 800 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:40,960 [ Slow jazz music playing ] 801 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,840 - Thank you so much. - Of course. 802 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:47,120 - See you soon. - Thank you. 803 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,200 [ Music continues ] 804 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,920 [ Conversations continue ] 805 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,360 The two people I need to speak to. 806 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,240 Oh, dear. What have we done? 807 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,800 - It was her fault. - Tom, It was not my fault. 808 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,320 I have to tell you both about something important. 809 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,200 Good God. What is it? 810 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,280 I'm leaving Bryan. 811 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,320 What? Y-You're joking. 812 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:25,760 You can't leave Bryan! 813 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,800 Why on earth would you leave Bryan? 814 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,760 Because I'm in love with Tom Mosley. 815 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:31,880 - Ah. - Mosley?! 816 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:33,600 Shh! Yes. 817 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,680 You can't leave Bryan for Tom Mosley. 818 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,280 Yes. 819 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,056 I'm going to ask Bryan for a divorce in the morning. 820 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,360 Oh. No. No, no, no. Did you know about this? 821 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,960 No. Well, no. I... 822 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,280 I mean... 823 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,040 Are you sure, Nard? 824 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:51,920 Bryan loves you so much. 825 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,360 And I can't bear the thought of hurting him. 826 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,240 Well, then don't leave him. 827 00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:00,320 But with Mosley, it's... 828 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,880 something on a completely different level. 829 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,080 I can't explain it. 830 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,960 I just know I'm meant to be with him 831 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,840 for the rest of my life. 832 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,000 But if you leave Bryan, 833 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,320 your reputation will be ruined forever. 834 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,800 It'll be all over the press, 835 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,400 and you'll be hated by everyone who loves Bryan, 836 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:21,720 which is everyone. 837 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,600 Aren't you gonna tell her 838 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,136 that she'd be throwing everything away? 839 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,840 I... 840 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:33,960 I think she knows exactly what she's throwing away. 841 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:40,440 Bryan is a wonderful father, 842 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,840 and he'll see the children whenever he likes. 843 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:46,360 They'll always have two parents who love them deeply. 844 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,600 I know in my heart I'm doing the right thing. 845 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,680 And I want you two especially 846 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:54,440 to try to understand that. 847 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,440 [ Door opens ] 848 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,120 Ah, there you are. [ Chuckles ] 849 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,000 Diana: Bryan. 850 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:10,616 [ Slow jazz music playing in distance ] 851 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,600 Come on. It's the last dance, 852 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,056 and you haven't danced with me all evening. 853 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:15,720 [ Chuckles ] 854 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,800 [ Music continues ] 855 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,200 Nancy: Diana's decision that night 856 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,400 to walk out on her perfect life 857 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,000 in pursuit of passion 858 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,280 felt utterly cataclysmic. 859 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:35,360 [ Music continues ] 860 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:39,560 At the time, I rather admired her rebellious panache, 861 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,240 though, of course, back then, 862 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:44,480 I didn't know how dangerous Mosley would become. 863 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,320 [ Music continues ] 864 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,760 And she certainly set a precedent for the younger ones. 865 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,480 Why shouldn't they, too, follow their hearts and dreams? 866 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,520 Why shouldn't they make their mark on the world 867 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:00,520 and to hell with the consequences? 868 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,200 [ Music continues ] 869 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:07,880 This was the calm before the storm. 870 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,000 But in a few short years, 871 00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,120 all hell would indeed break loose... 872 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,840 and not just for my family 873 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:17,640 but for the world. 874 00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:21,280 [ Music fades ] 875 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,360 [ Up-tempo jazz music playing ] 876 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:48,720 [ Music stops ] 877 00:43:48,944 --> 00:43:52,944 Sub extracted from file & improved by RIP1964 for addic7ed.com