1 00:00:01,090 --> 00:00:04,128 Mr Shelby, you're not yourself. I should call a doctor. 2 00:00:04,250 --> 00:00:07,561 It's just myself talking to myself about myself. 3 00:00:07,690 --> 00:00:10,364 Michael, you're going to New York. 4 00:00:10,490 --> 00:00:11,490 Why? 5 00:00:11,610 --> 00:00:15,365 Because the company has business to attend to in America. 6 00:00:15,490 --> 00:00:17,766 You knew I was going to be shot... 7 00:00:19,010 --> 00:00:21,127 and you chose not to tell me. 8 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:23,724 I chose my mum. 9 00:00:25,370 --> 00:00:30,047 Thomas Shelby, Labour Party, 48,564! 10 00:00:36,810 --> 00:00:38,483 I've been to a doctor on your behalf. 11 00:00:38,610 --> 00:00:42,047 It starts when you stop. When you rest. 12 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:59,400 Mr Shelby, you're meant to be resting. 13 00:01:01,850 --> 00:01:03,648 I have learnt something, Frances. 14 00:01:05,170 --> 00:01:08,561 There's no rest for me in this world. 15 00:01:08,690 --> 00:01:10,682 Perhaps in the next. 16 00:02:29,370 --> 00:02:30,406 Arthur. 17 00:02:30,530 --> 00:02:33,807 "We cannot give you the assurance you are asking for. 18 00:02:35,370 --> 00:02:38,090 "We expect payment in full." 19 00:02:39,570 --> 00:02:41,368 Here's my favourite part. 20 00:02:42,610 --> 00:02:46,968 "We have never even heard of your people, 21 00:02:47,090 --> 00:02:51,369 "so we are not afraid of your threats." 22 00:02:51,490 --> 00:02:57,407 And they've signed it "the Angels of Retribution". 23 00:02:59,770 --> 00:03:01,204 Hm. 24 00:03:29,570 --> 00:03:31,402 They say they haven't even heard of us. 25 00:03:31,530 --> 00:03:35,046 So tell Aberama and Isiah to introduce themselves. 26 00:03:35,170 --> 00:03:36,524 And, Finn... 27 00:03:36,650 --> 00:03:37,650 you stay out of it. 28 00:05:14,850 --> 00:05:16,045 Yeah. 29 00:05:19,690 --> 00:05:21,010 Wait. 30 00:05:21,130 --> 00:05:22,689 Wait, wait. Say that again. 31 00:05:25,490 --> 00:05:26,810 No. 32 00:05:26,930 --> 00:05:28,569 No, that cannot be possible! 33 00:05:53,450 --> 00:05:56,966 Peter, my beautiful pilot... 34 00:06:01,610 --> 00:06:07,800 Now will you please fly me and my winnings back to England? 35 00:06:19,050 --> 00:06:21,201 Ten spoonfuls of sugar for me, please. 36 00:06:22,570 --> 00:06:24,004 Where's that full one? 37 00:06:24,130 --> 00:06:25,928 Look, Ruby. 38 00:06:26,050 --> 00:06:27,564 Daddy's back from his call. 39 00:06:28,930 --> 00:06:32,890 Everything's going to be all right now. 40 00:07:36,970 --> 00:07:38,882 Oh, no, no. 41 00:07:39,010 --> 00:07:40,524 No, no, no, no, no, no. 42 00:07:50,650 --> 00:07:53,290 Oh, no, no. 43 00:07:55,330 --> 00:07:56,330 Ah! 44 00:07:58,530 --> 00:08:00,806 Hello? 45 00:08:00,930 --> 00:08:02,728 Arthur! Arthur, where's Tommy? 46 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:11,607 Just get to him and tell him that we've lost the lot. 47 00:08:11,730 --> 00:08:13,642 Stay there. You stay put. 48 00:08:13,770 --> 00:08:15,682 You'll hear from Tommy. 49 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:19,490 Arthur, what are you talking about? How is that possible? 50 00:08:19,610 --> 00:08:21,488 It's possible because, this morning 51 00:08:21,610 --> 00:08:23,966 in New York City at 6am, 52 00:08:24,090 --> 00:08:27,561 the Wall Street Stock Exchange crashed 53 00:08:27,690 --> 00:08:29,488 like a steam train. 54 00:08:29,610 --> 00:08:31,920 We were most definitely on board. 55 00:08:39,970 --> 00:08:41,723 Fuck it. 56 00:08:55,050 --> 00:08:57,326 - Oi! Come on, get changed! - Jesus Christ! 57 00:08:57,450 --> 00:08:58,930 Bring the car round! 58 00:09:06,730 --> 00:09:09,404 We've got to get out of here. Hurry up. Come on! 59 00:09:09,530 --> 00:09:11,647 I'm going! 60 00:09:11,770 --> 00:09:14,649 Change of plan. We're not going to London any more. 61 00:09:14,770 --> 00:09:17,729 - We're going straight to Birmingham. - There are other passengers. 62 00:09:17,850 --> 00:09:18,850 Not any more. 63 00:09:46,890 --> 00:09:48,802 If you're going to England, I'm coming with you. 64 00:09:48,930 --> 00:09:50,887 - No. No. - I love you, you love me. 65 00:09:51,010 --> 00:09:53,525 - That's the truth. - Gina, wait, come on. 66 00:09:53,650 --> 00:09:55,209 I want to meet your family. 67 00:09:55,330 --> 00:09:56,366 No, you don't. 68 00:10:11,890 --> 00:10:12,890 Argh! 69 00:10:40,410 --> 00:10:42,322 Now you've heard of us. 70 00:10:52,050 --> 00:10:53,689 Come on. 71 00:10:53,810 --> 00:10:55,403 Couch. Couch! 72 00:10:55,530 --> 00:10:58,967 Put something down for the blood. My sister'll fucking kill me. 73 00:10:59,090 --> 00:11:00,683 Be fucking careful. 74 00:11:00,810 --> 00:11:02,961 She spends thousands of pounds on this shit. 75 00:11:03,090 --> 00:11:04,490 Argh! 76 00:11:04,610 --> 00:11:07,079 - Get me some booze. - Ah! 77 00:11:11,930 --> 00:11:14,126 Just fucking get the thing out of me and sew me up. 78 00:11:14,250 --> 00:11:15,366 Just do it. 79 00:11:18,450 --> 00:11:20,203 Peaky boy, give me your blade. 80 00:11:26,450 --> 00:11:27,725 That's enough. 81 00:11:27,850 --> 00:11:30,206 Don't want you throwing up on your sister's furniture. 82 00:11:31,930 --> 00:11:35,128 - You know what you're doing? - I've done this a thousand times. 83 00:11:35,250 --> 00:11:39,210 I once took a bullet from between two ribs, one inch from the heart. 84 00:11:39,330 --> 00:11:40,764 Mind you, it was a horse. 85 00:11:40,890 --> 00:11:42,643 And the horse did die. 86 00:11:42,770 --> 00:11:44,329 Hold him. Hold him. 87 00:11:57,210 --> 00:11:58,210 There you go. 88 00:11:58,250 --> 00:11:59,479 Just a little one. 89 00:12:01,090 --> 00:12:04,720 - What the fuck is going on? - Oh, fuck. 90 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:06,569 Hello, Ada. 91 00:12:06,690 --> 00:12:09,046 Get out, both of you. 92 00:12:17,090 --> 00:12:18,126 Push this on the wound. 93 00:12:18,250 --> 00:12:19,889 - Keep up the pressure. - Get out. 94 00:12:21,490 --> 00:12:22,490 I'm so sorry, Ada. 95 00:12:22,570 --> 00:12:24,960 They broke a statue of some thin woman. 96 00:12:25,090 --> 00:12:27,161 Fucking statues. 97 00:12:27,290 --> 00:12:29,009 What has Tommy told you? 98 00:12:29,130 --> 00:12:31,690 - Shelbys stay out of the sporting stuff. - What? 99 00:12:31,810 --> 00:12:34,166 - To maintain his fucking reputation? - Oi! 100 00:12:35,210 --> 00:12:36,610 You listen to me. 101 00:12:36,730 --> 00:12:37,846 We've got a chance. 102 00:12:37,970 --> 00:12:40,405 Tommy has given us that chance. 103 00:12:40,530 --> 00:12:44,570 He's got power, we've got money and our past is left behind us. 104 00:12:44,690 --> 00:12:48,127 And you've got a precious young life, Finn, you fucking idiot. 105 00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:50,346 Three inches to the left and that would have been gone. 106 00:12:54,130 --> 00:12:56,520 You've got nothing to prove, Finn. 107 00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:59,609 You have got nothing to prove. 108 00:13:07,010 --> 00:13:09,206 Daddy! Daddy! 109 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:11,786 Come here, you. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. 110 00:13:11,810 --> 00:13:13,005 Ooh! 111 00:13:13,130 --> 00:13:15,725 Now, what have you been up to, eh? 112 00:13:15,850 --> 00:13:17,079 Get it done, Johnny. 113 00:13:20,810 --> 00:13:22,688 All right, you heard the man. Let's go. 114 00:13:31,170 --> 00:13:32,843 Where's Charles? 115 00:13:32,970 --> 00:13:35,439 He's in the wagon. He won't come out. 116 00:13:35,570 --> 00:13:37,482 He heard Johnny talking Rokker. 117 00:13:37,610 --> 00:13:39,966 He understands more Gypsy than we think. 118 00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:42,082 He heard him say you shot the horse. 119 00:13:42,210 --> 00:13:45,282 I told him it was mercy. I said it's what you do when a horse gets sick. 120 00:13:45,410 --> 00:13:46,685 He doesn't understand. 121 00:13:48,010 --> 00:13:50,969 Dad, why did you shoot him? 122 00:13:55,090 --> 00:13:58,208 Charlie, get out here now. Let's get it done. 123 00:14:00,370 --> 00:14:02,601 Charles? Come here. 124 00:14:05,810 --> 00:14:07,085 Sit down. 125 00:14:11,930 --> 00:14:13,080 Now, listen to me. 126 00:14:15,450 --> 00:14:18,124 Your horse was sick. He was in pain. 127 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:20,546 The vet couldn't do anything, even Curly couldn't do anything. 128 00:14:20,570 --> 00:14:21,765 I put him to sleep. 129 00:14:22,890 --> 00:14:24,449 - It's what you do. - No! 130 00:14:24,570 --> 00:14:25,970 It's what you do. 131 00:14:26,090 --> 00:14:30,721 Shoot horses, shoot people. Everybody says. 132 00:15:09,010 --> 00:15:10,888 Dangerous, my beautiful horse. 133 00:15:13,730 --> 00:15:15,050 Too wild to race. 134 00:15:16,570 --> 00:15:18,084 Wouldn't take the reins or the whip. 135 00:15:20,410 --> 00:15:22,003 Should have been a war horse. 136 00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:25,324 Got tired of the pasture. 137 00:15:28,050 --> 00:15:30,565 Couldn't stick the peace and quiet, gave up on life... 138 00:15:32,250 --> 00:15:33,525 and is now free. 139 00:15:38,010 --> 00:15:39,010 In the bleak... 140 00:15:44,010 --> 00:15:45,080 You're crying. 141 00:16:18,850 --> 00:16:19,850 Tom... 142 00:16:20,930 --> 00:16:21,966 I'm sorry. 143 00:16:22,090 --> 00:16:25,003 I didn't know your boy spoke Rokker. 144 00:16:25,130 --> 00:16:26,610 Fill it in, Johnny. 145 00:16:32,410 --> 00:16:33,410 It's fine. 146 00:16:34,530 --> 00:16:36,886 I've called the house, the office. 147 00:16:37,010 --> 00:16:38,763 But if I tell you... 148 00:16:40,370 --> 00:16:41,599 you won't believe it... 149 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:45,684 so I'll show you. 150 00:16:45,810 --> 00:16:46,810 Huh? 151 00:16:59,930 --> 00:17:03,082 I told Michael on Friday this was going to happen. 152 00:17:03,210 --> 00:17:04,963 Yeah. 153 00:17:05,090 --> 00:17:11,610 Fucking Michael... said he was advised by the broker that prices would rebound. 154 00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:14,006 Everybody was told the same thing. 155 00:17:18,450 --> 00:17:19,520 He held on. 156 00:17:26,050 --> 00:17:27,530 - Michael held on? - Yeah. 157 00:17:36,170 --> 00:17:37,399 Michael. 158 00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:47,728 - Michael held on? - Yeah. 159 00:17:50,730 --> 00:17:51,959 Michael held on... 160 00:17:53,610 --> 00:17:56,682 and carried on dancing and playing... 161 00:17:57,930 --> 00:17:59,444 and fucking in the snow. 162 00:18:01,290 --> 00:18:02,565 Charlie! 163 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:05,764 Charlie, come out here now! 164 00:18:07,130 --> 00:18:08,928 Kid never fucking listens. 165 00:18:09,050 --> 00:18:11,121 Never listens, Lizzie. 166 00:18:12,970 --> 00:18:19,001 What do I have to do to make people fucking listen to me? 167 00:18:19,130 --> 00:18:21,247 Holy fuck. 168 00:18:21,370 --> 00:18:23,123 What do we do now, Tommy, eh? 169 00:18:26,850 --> 00:18:27,886 What do we do? 170 00:18:32,330 --> 00:18:37,769 Lizzie, you go with Arthur to Birmingham, you stay in the Midland Hotel. 171 00:18:37,890 --> 00:18:42,601 Arthur, call a full meeting of the board of directors tomorrow at noon. 172 00:18:42,730 --> 00:18:44,449 A full fucking meeting. 173 00:18:44,570 --> 00:18:47,244 What about today, eh? What's wrong with today, Tom? 174 00:18:47,370 --> 00:18:49,441 - I need to do some thinking. - Oh, yeah. 175 00:18:49,570 --> 00:18:51,129 Oh, you do that best on your own, 176 00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:54,049 - don't you, eh? - I won't be on my own. Never on my own. 177 00:18:54,170 --> 00:18:57,925 Lizzie, you have the driver come back tomorrow. 178 00:18:58,050 --> 00:19:01,122 And, Arthur, tell my boy... 179 00:19:02,170 --> 00:19:05,607 that sometimes death is a kindness. 180 00:19:05,730 --> 00:19:06,925 Come on. 181 00:19:57,970 --> 00:19:58,970 What now? 182 00:20:00,770 --> 00:20:02,329 What am I, a genie? 183 00:20:02,450 --> 00:20:04,726 You summon me up with your little bottle of dope. 184 00:20:06,530 --> 00:20:10,888 I take it for the pain, to keep warm. 185 00:20:18,890 --> 00:20:20,244 Is that what it's for? 186 00:20:21,650 --> 00:20:22,650 The warmth? 187 00:20:26,010 --> 00:20:27,046 The warmth. 188 00:20:30,850 --> 00:20:32,125 All this time. 189 00:20:34,010 --> 00:20:35,010 I know. 190 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:39,768 Our love still remains. 191 00:20:43,690 --> 00:20:46,080 But you have to listen to the voices that you hear. 192 00:20:49,330 --> 00:20:50,764 Do what they tell you to do. 193 00:20:53,610 --> 00:20:55,124 Too much to do, Grace. 194 00:20:57,690 --> 00:20:59,044 The kids. 195 00:21:03,810 --> 00:21:05,802 I need to say goodbye. 196 00:21:08,810 --> 00:21:10,449 I need to sleep. 197 00:21:12,450 --> 00:21:13,520 Just think, Tom. 198 00:21:24,930 --> 00:21:26,080 Linda! 199 00:21:31,810 --> 00:21:35,929 Oh, there you are, eh? 200 00:21:40,010 --> 00:21:43,003 You're the chairman, Arthur, so start acting like one. 201 00:21:43,130 --> 00:21:44,484 Chairman, am I, hm? 202 00:21:46,890 --> 00:21:48,006 No. 203 00:21:49,130 --> 00:21:53,170 I'm the fucking doorman, Linda, hm? 204 00:21:54,450 --> 00:21:57,249 And you ain't coming in here tonight, love, dressed like that. 205 00:22:00,730 --> 00:22:02,961 Tommy made me chairman so that... 206 00:22:05,090 --> 00:22:06,444 he could stay clean. 207 00:22:09,210 --> 00:22:10,564 It's called an arrangement. 208 00:22:11,650 --> 00:22:12,879 It's an opportunity. 209 00:22:25,530 --> 00:22:28,170 I know who I am, Linda. 210 00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:33,446 I know who I am and I'm all right with it. 211 00:22:34,810 --> 00:22:35,880 Finally. 212 00:22:37,770 --> 00:22:38,999 I can live with it. 213 00:22:53,010 --> 00:22:54,763 I need you to be all right with it. 214 00:22:58,890 --> 00:23:02,804 I need you to be all right with it, eh? 215 00:23:02,930 --> 00:23:05,126 What is it, eh? 216 00:23:06,530 --> 00:23:07,759 And what do you want, hm? 217 00:23:09,490 --> 00:23:11,959 What, do you want the chairman? Do you? Hmm? 218 00:23:13,050 --> 00:23:18,000 With his fancy briefcase and his gold fountain pen, eh? 219 00:23:20,530 --> 00:23:21,725 What do you want? 220 00:23:23,250 --> 00:23:24,250 Chairman... 221 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:27,641 or doorman? Hm? 222 00:23:27,770 --> 00:23:32,049 You think we can fuck and it'll be OK and I'll be quiet. Well, I won't. 223 00:23:33,810 --> 00:23:37,167 Every week, your brother's down in London, making out he's fucking Robin Hood, 224 00:23:37,290 --> 00:23:40,647 champion of the people, while you're up here running the racket for him. 225 00:23:40,770 --> 00:23:43,186 And according to your "arrangement", if anything should happen, 226 00:23:43,210 --> 00:23:45,930 it'd be you who takes the blame, does the time or swings for it. 227 00:23:52,250 --> 00:23:54,321 - And what do you want? - I want you... 228 00:23:56,170 --> 00:23:57,445 to take the opportunity 229 00:23:57,570 --> 00:24:01,120 that God and the New York Stock Exchange has presented to you. 230 00:24:02,530 --> 00:24:04,506 Mr Shelby, the meeting will be starting soon. 231 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:06,761 Yeah. All right. 232 00:24:08,850 --> 00:24:10,204 Be right there. 233 00:24:40,130 --> 00:24:41,200 Thank you, Edna. 234 00:24:46,370 --> 00:24:47,804 And shut the door. 235 00:24:53,610 --> 00:24:55,602 OK, now... 236 00:24:56,930 --> 00:24:58,410 Mmm, they're nice. 237 00:24:59,570 --> 00:25:00,570 let's begin. 238 00:25:01,850 --> 00:25:05,764 Yesterday, as you all know, there was a fucking terrible... 239 00:25:08,090 --> 00:25:11,367 There was a terrible disaster. Hm? 240 00:25:11,490 --> 00:25:12,719 It wasn't just for us. 241 00:25:14,090 --> 00:25:15,410 It was for the whole world. 242 00:25:17,570 --> 00:25:19,926 Happened in New York. 243 00:25:21,010 --> 00:25:22,160 That's where it happened. 244 00:25:22,290 --> 00:25:24,043 And it slowly spread to London. 245 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:28,761 And then to, er, fucking Hong Kong. Hm? 246 00:25:31,770 --> 00:25:33,807 Whole thing... whole thing went up. 247 00:25:34,810 --> 00:25:38,406 Well, actually the whole thing went fucking down but... 248 00:25:42,210 --> 00:25:45,647 we wasn't the only ones hurt by this. 249 00:25:48,250 --> 00:25:49,286 Whole world is hurt. 250 00:25:50,610 --> 00:25:51,680 A lot of people. 251 00:25:53,130 --> 00:25:54,484 In the papers. 252 00:25:54,610 --> 00:25:56,203 It's all over the news. 253 00:25:56,330 --> 00:25:58,242 - Everyone's talking about it. - Arthur? 254 00:25:59,370 --> 00:26:01,123 Shouldn't we just wait for Thomas? 255 00:26:01,250 --> 00:26:04,482 Polly, Arthur's now the chairman of the board. 256 00:26:06,370 --> 00:26:09,442 Er, Mr Chairman, perhaps while we wait for Thomas, 257 00:26:09,570 --> 00:26:14,645 I might lighten the gloom and express, as a relatively new member of this company, 258 00:26:14,770 --> 00:26:17,888 what a pleasure it is to be in a boardroom that has so many females in it, 259 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:23,165 and all females who are both sharp-witted and decorative. 260 00:26:23,290 --> 00:26:26,647 Yeah, well, we're a very modern company, Mr Greene. 261 00:26:26,770 --> 00:26:27,770 Indeed. 262 00:26:27,850 --> 00:26:33,209 Although there are still some among us who cling to their old-fashioned values. 263 00:26:36,450 --> 00:26:37,520 How far have we got? 264 00:26:39,050 --> 00:26:41,201 We've established that ladies are decorative. 265 00:26:41,330 --> 00:26:42,923 We've only just sat down, Tom. 266 00:26:43,050 --> 00:26:46,930 Actually, um, Arthur has some documents that he'd like to hand out. 267 00:26:47,050 --> 00:26:48,245 Yeah? 268 00:26:48,370 --> 00:26:49,645 What documents? 269 00:26:51,170 --> 00:26:55,642 I was just explaining to everyone, Tom, that, um, well, we're fucked. 270 00:26:55,770 --> 00:26:58,888 - Ain't that right? Hm? - Yes and no. 271 00:27:00,210 --> 00:27:03,920 It is true that a large proportion of the company's funds 272 00:27:04,050 --> 00:27:07,168 were invested in American stocks and shares. 273 00:27:07,290 --> 00:27:08,519 Invested or hidden? 274 00:27:10,330 --> 00:27:12,606 All investments are approved by the board, Linda. 275 00:27:12,730 --> 00:27:15,689 Only the ones that went through the books, Thomas. 276 00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:21,249 Linda, after this meeting there will be another meeting, for just family. 277 00:27:22,410 --> 00:27:23,446 Did we vote on this? 278 00:27:28,650 --> 00:27:29,650 Arthur? 279 00:27:29,730 --> 00:27:31,250 "Arthur, can't you control your wife?" 280 00:27:32,330 --> 00:27:34,606 We are a very modern company, Mr Greene. 281 00:27:38,330 --> 00:27:41,880 To be precise, everything we channelled 282 00:27:42,010 --> 00:27:45,128 through the New York Stock Exchange is now offering a return 283 00:27:45,250 --> 00:27:47,446 of ten cents to the dollar. 284 00:27:48,650 --> 00:27:49,879 And the Nolan Bank of America, 285 00:27:50,010 --> 00:27:52,479 where we invested our fluidity, 286 00:27:52,610 --> 00:27:56,399 is offering five cents to the dollar on all deposits. 287 00:27:56,530 --> 00:27:59,045 Yeah. 288 00:27:59,170 --> 00:28:01,127 - There is hope. - Why? 289 00:28:01,250 --> 00:28:03,685 What have you got in there, a magic wand? 290 00:28:07,250 --> 00:28:11,085 As nonexecutive director of the company, I need the permission from the chairman 291 00:28:11,210 --> 00:28:14,044 to present my strategy to the board. 292 00:28:14,170 --> 00:28:16,480 Permission granted, Tom. 293 00:29:01,970 --> 00:29:03,962 The Peaky Blinders are coming. 294 00:29:05,050 --> 00:29:06,404 The Peaky Blinders are coming. 295 00:29:06,530 --> 00:29:08,840 Micky, the Peaky Blinders are coming. 296 00:29:11,850 --> 00:29:16,208 Ladies and gents, Peaky Blinders are on their way. Please vacate. Thank you. 297 00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:30,321 - Good to see you. - All right, Mr Shelby. 298 00:29:30,450 --> 00:29:31,884 - Mr Shelby... - Yeah? 299 00:29:32,010 --> 00:29:33,285 thank you for what you did. 300 00:29:33,410 --> 00:29:34,639 What did I do? 301 00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:37,160 He was going to evict us, that bastard Fellows. 302 00:29:37,290 --> 00:29:39,646 Now he's cut our rent in half. 303 00:29:39,770 --> 00:29:42,001 Good. Glad to hear it. Glad to hear it. 304 00:29:43,770 --> 00:29:44,770 All right? 305 00:29:44,810 --> 00:29:47,405 How far can we go, Mr Shelby, with this beautiful dream? 306 00:29:47,530 --> 00:29:50,568 - All the way, brother. All the way. - Revolution, man. 307 00:29:50,690 --> 00:29:54,604 This crash, Mr Shelby. They're saying they're gonna cut my hours. 308 00:29:54,730 --> 00:29:57,040 - Yeah. Where do you work? - Greenhams Engineering. 309 00:29:57,170 --> 00:30:00,004 Greenham brothers. I know them. They're not gonna cut your hours. 310 00:30:00,130 --> 00:30:01,883 God bless you. God bless you both. 311 00:30:02,010 --> 00:30:04,445 - Enjoy your drink. - Gentlemen and ladies. 312 00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:06,641 If you'll all move into the saloon bar, 313 00:30:06,770 --> 00:30:09,080 where you will all be served a free pint of stingo. 314 00:30:10,690 --> 00:30:14,240 Any man who served in France gets a brandy chaser. 315 00:30:14,370 --> 00:30:16,726 And in spite of what you're reading in the newspapers, 316 00:30:16,850 --> 00:30:19,922 I want to hear singing and laughing. Fuck the stock market. 317 00:30:20,050 --> 00:30:21,200 Fuck the stock market! 318 00:30:21,330 --> 00:30:24,641 They backed the wrong horses, so fucking what, eh? 319 00:30:25,810 --> 00:30:29,121 Thank you, Mr Shelby. At last, a politician who gets things done. 320 00:30:29,250 --> 00:30:30,923 You're welcome, brother, you're welcome. 321 00:30:31,050 --> 00:30:32,706 - Get down off the furniture. - Sorry, Ada. 322 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:34,050 I was getting excited, wasn't I? 323 00:30:38,730 --> 00:30:39,730 Right. 324 00:30:41,650 --> 00:30:43,642 Can I begin this family meeting with a proposal? 325 00:30:43,770 --> 00:30:45,762 From now on, we find somewhere else to meet. 326 00:30:45,890 --> 00:30:47,688 Your husband believes that being seen 327 00:30:47,810 --> 00:30:50,086 mixing with the common people is good politics. 328 00:30:50,210 --> 00:30:52,566 Hmm. Well, if this is our campaign for socialism, 329 00:30:52,690 --> 00:30:55,842 perhaps next time, Polly, you won't wear earrings worth more than the pub. 330 00:30:55,970 --> 00:30:58,804 Right. Family meeting. First item. 331 00:30:58,930 --> 00:31:00,523 This. 332 00:31:01,650 --> 00:31:03,721 Dug out of our Finn's arm yesterday 333 00:31:03,850 --> 00:31:06,240 by Aberama Gold using your gin and a razor blade. 334 00:31:06,370 --> 00:31:07,929 Finn? 335 00:31:08,050 --> 00:31:09,266 He says they were sent to Limehouse. 336 00:31:09,290 --> 00:31:10,519 Chinatown. 337 00:31:10,650 --> 00:31:12,243 Sent by fucking who? 338 00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:13,486 Sent by me. 339 00:31:13,610 --> 00:31:17,206 I told Finn to stay out of this. He obviously didn't listen. 340 00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:21,369 Oh, Tommy, sweetheart, I listen to you. 341 00:31:21,490 --> 00:31:25,404 I listen to you when you tell me no more sport for anyone named Shelby. 342 00:31:25,530 --> 00:31:28,602 I listen to you when you make me promises. 343 00:31:30,450 --> 00:31:33,409 What's in Chinatown, Tommy? What the fuck is going on? 344 00:31:34,530 --> 00:31:36,567 £50,000. 345 00:31:36,690 --> 00:31:38,010 In cash. 346 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:41,168 He said they were sent to Chinatown to kill somebody. 347 00:31:42,250 --> 00:31:44,560 That kid needs educating, Tommy, really does. 348 00:31:44,690 --> 00:31:46,124 Jesus Christ, Tommy! 349 00:31:46,250 --> 00:31:48,924 - It was a particular opportunity. - A particular opportunity 350 00:31:49,050 --> 00:31:51,884 presented to me in confidence. I dealt with it in confidence. 351 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:54,047 But you told Polly. 352 00:31:54,170 --> 00:31:58,449 Tommy told me there was a pimp in East London who sold kids. 353 00:31:58,570 --> 00:32:00,926 Fucking kids, Lizzie, eh? Hm? 354 00:32:01,050 --> 00:32:05,567 This pimp was blackmailing a senior member of the House of Lords, a very wealthy man. 355 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:08,444 Now this pimp is lying in a ditch, 356 00:32:08,570 --> 00:32:09,890 covered in flies. 357 00:32:10,010 --> 00:32:11,729 World's a better place. 358 00:32:11,850 --> 00:32:16,402 Holy fuck! So now your business is improving the world? 359 00:32:18,130 --> 00:32:19,962 Sometimes, Ada... 360 00:32:21,130 --> 00:32:23,167 killing is a kindness. 361 00:32:23,290 --> 00:32:24,610 Hm? 362 00:32:27,210 --> 00:32:30,123 The man we did the job for is a High Court judge. 363 00:32:30,250 --> 00:32:34,369 We received intelligence from a senior police officer in Scotland Yard. 364 00:32:34,490 --> 00:32:37,961 I've made lots of new friends in London. Men with influence. 365 00:32:38,090 --> 00:32:41,367 The police felt the same way about this pimp as we did. 366 00:32:41,490 --> 00:32:44,244 He wasn't worth a trial. The coppers cleared the streets for us. 367 00:32:44,370 --> 00:32:47,886 This was work commissioned by a High Court judge, by Scotland Yard 368 00:32:48,010 --> 00:32:49,330 and by the House of Lords. 369 00:32:49,450 --> 00:32:51,919 It's a particular opportunity. It's not to be repeated. 370 00:32:52,050 --> 00:32:54,565 - And it was the right thing to do. - Fucking right. 371 00:32:54,690 --> 00:32:56,443 Lizzie, you need to understand. 372 00:32:56,570 --> 00:32:58,163 That you tell Polly, not me. 373 00:32:58,290 --> 00:33:03,206 You need to understand that the corridors of Westminster are very dimly lit. 374 00:33:03,330 --> 00:33:06,641 And for those who make the rules, there are no rules. 375 00:33:06,770 --> 00:33:09,160 We own the ropes. Who's going to hang us now, eh? 376 00:33:09,290 --> 00:33:11,361 We? We own the ropes, do we? 377 00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:15,120 Lizzie, Lizzie, if Finn had've listened to me, you wouldn't have known. 378 00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:17,287 When we go home, I'll explain. 379 00:33:18,490 --> 00:33:20,641 I can't be bothered with this shit. 380 00:33:25,570 --> 00:33:27,004 So... 381 00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:31,204 Tommy Shelby MP. Business as usual. 382 00:33:32,290 --> 00:33:34,247 The strategy I outlined earlier 383 00:33:34,370 --> 00:33:37,886 to rebuild the conventional part of this business will take time. 384 00:33:38,010 --> 00:33:40,605 - In the meantime... - Just business as fucking usual. 385 00:33:40,730 --> 00:33:43,325 In the meantime, it is fortunate that we have maintained 386 00:33:43,450 --> 00:33:45,806 other sources of cash income. 387 00:33:45,930 --> 00:33:49,401 Because until the stock market recovers, cash is king. 388 00:33:49,530 --> 00:33:50,759 And cash we have. 389 00:33:50,890 --> 00:33:52,609 No-one is gonna hang you, Tommy. 390 00:33:52,730 --> 00:33:54,210 You're gonna hang yourself. 391 00:33:56,290 --> 00:33:59,601 Someone has to pay for them paintings on your wall, Ada. 392 00:33:59,730 --> 00:34:01,084 Yeah, bye-bye, Ada. 393 00:34:01,210 --> 00:34:04,442 Tommy, you need to go easy on Ada. 394 00:34:04,570 --> 00:34:06,448 Polly... 395 00:34:06,570 --> 00:34:11,361 when am I ever not easy on Ada, eh? 396 00:34:15,810 --> 00:34:19,565 Thomas, the thing is, Ada... 397 00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:21,761 She's pregnant. 398 00:34:23,690 --> 00:34:25,602 Ada's what? 399 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:29,167 These days, people tell me things without even speaking. 400 00:34:29,290 --> 00:34:30,485 Wait a minute. 401 00:34:30,610 --> 00:34:31,805 Wait a minute. 402 00:34:32,850 --> 00:34:35,763 Ada's fucking pregnant? Hm? 403 00:34:35,890 --> 00:34:40,840 And, Polly, you need to reassure Ada that it's 1929, times have changed, 404 00:34:40,970 --> 00:34:43,769 we've a lot to do, and no-one gives a fuck who the father is. 405 00:34:43,890 --> 00:34:45,085 Really? 406 00:34:46,410 --> 00:34:48,481 I already know who the father is. 407 00:34:48,610 --> 00:34:52,524 But we've had enough shocks for one day. 408 00:34:59,010 --> 00:35:00,239 OK. 409 00:35:09,170 --> 00:35:11,890 All right, go on, then. 410 00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:14,730 How long you known about Ada, huh? 411 00:35:14,850 --> 00:35:16,045 I know her doctor. 412 00:35:16,170 --> 00:35:17,320 He calls me. 413 00:35:20,010 --> 00:35:21,967 Yeah, longer than me. 414 00:35:22,090 --> 00:35:23,160 Have a look at this. 415 00:35:30,090 --> 00:35:32,764 What's that funny writing on there? 416 00:35:32,890 --> 00:35:34,324 Chinese. 417 00:35:34,450 --> 00:35:35,964 Ah, right. 418 00:35:38,490 --> 00:35:39,765 What is it? Hmm? 419 00:35:41,330 --> 00:35:42,330 Bad news? 420 00:35:43,370 --> 00:35:44,486 Maybe. 421 00:35:47,090 --> 00:35:48,319 Angels of Retribution? 422 00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:49,566 Yeah. 423 00:35:49,690 --> 00:35:52,046 Burn the letter they sent. 424 00:35:52,170 --> 00:35:53,570 It's already done. 425 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:00,604 Look at that, Tom. Hm? 426 00:36:02,770 --> 00:36:04,250 Pulled from our brother, eh? 427 00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:07,683 Finally took a first bullet. 428 00:36:08,970 --> 00:36:10,689 No-one fucking listens to me. 429 00:36:15,570 --> 00:36:16,765 Here, give it here. 430 00:36:16,890 --> 00:36:18,244 I'll keep it for him. 431 00:36:18,370 --> 00:36:20,965 I still have my first one. 432 00:36:28,570 --> 00:36:32,644 Arthur, you can tell our comrades they can come back in. 433 00:36:34,490 --> 00:36:36,163 Where are you going, brother? 434 00:37:10,490 --> 00:37:13,449 The huge losses on the British Stock Exchange 435 00:37:13,570 --> 00:37:17,405 will bite into our economy for the foreseeable future. 436 00:37:17,530 --> 00:37:22,650 I therefore must ask the trade unions to possess understanding. 437 00:37:22,770 --> 00:37:26,525 The need for their flexibility and cooperation is paramount 438 00:37:26,650 --> 00:37:30,690 in the coming months as we attempt to rebuild this great nation. 439 00:37:34,290 --> 00:37:36,088 Mr Thomas Shelby. 440 00:37:37,570 --> 00:37:38,970 Thank you, Mr Speaker. 441 00:37:40,650 --> 00:37:44,610 My right honourable friend, the member for Epping, 442 00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:47,802 asks that following the crash, 443 00:37:47,930 --> 00:37:52,163 trade union members be more flexible when carrying out their duties. 444 00:37:54,010 --> 00:37:57,321 What he's really asking is that the working man carry the can. 445 00:37:59,570 --> 00:38:03,405 The grand casino in Monte Carlo is a small and timid affair 446 00:38:03,530 --> 00:38:08,559 when compared to the wild games of chance being played in London and New York 447 00:38:08,690 --> 00:38:13,845 by gamblers in silk gloves and beaver hats, who, when they lose their bets, 448 00:38:13,970 --> 00:38:16,201 turn around and ask the shoe-shine to pay for it. 449 00:38:17,610 --> 00:38:21,445 Well, on behalf of the shoe-shines and can carriers of South Birmingham 450 00:38:21,570 --> 00:38:25,007 and all across Great Britain, I would suggest 451 00:38:25,130 --> 00:38:29,249 that those who so recklessly lost their fortunes on the capitalist lottery 452 00:38:29,370 --> 00:38:32,727 learn to shine their own shoes... 453 00:38:32,850 --> 00:38:35,922 carry their own can and pay their own bills. 454 00:38:43,930 --> 00:38:44,930 Mr Shelby? 455 00:38:46,290 --> 00:38:49,203 I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your speech. 456 00:38:49,330 --> 00:38:50,810 You speak very eloquently. 457 00:38:50,930 --> 00:38:52,649 Thank you. 458 00:38:52,770 --> 00:38:57,242 My name's Mosley, by the way. Oswald Mosley. 459 00:38:57,370 --> 00:38:58,370 Yeah, I know who you are. 460 00:38:58,450 --> 00:39:00,726 My constituency borders yours. 461 00:39:00,850 --> 00:39:04,207 And let me just say, you've come to my attention. 462 00:39:07,330 --> 00:39:09,162 Come. 463 00:39:13,570 --> 00:39:14,570 Ah. 464 00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:18,722 I have bad news, Mr... 465 00:39:22,610 --> 00:39:23,610 Shelby. 466 00:39:24,890 --> 00:39:28,520 We agreed 50,000 on completion of business. 467 00:39:28,650 --> 00:39:32,644 My wife and I have had a misfortune on the London Exchange. 468 00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:34,841 There's 20 there. 469 00:39:34,970 --> 00:39:36,802 You'll have to wait for the rest. 470 00:39:49,490 --> 00:39:50,685 Cavalry, eh? 471 00:39:50,810 --> 00:39:52,608 Mm. 472 00:39:52,730 --> 00:39:53,766 Huh! 473 00:39:55,010 --> 00:39:56,080 Yeah. 474 00:39:57,250 --> 00:39:59,640 I spent a long of time waiting for the cavalry, me. 475 00:40:02,050 --> 00:40:06,841 One time, me and my comrades waited three days. 476 00:40:08,130 --> 00:40:09,530 When the cavalry finally came, 477 00:40:09,650 --> 00:40:13,280 an officer, on the back of a fine white horse, 478 00:40:13,410 --> 00:40:18,166 joked that he'd been delayed playing a game of whist. 479 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:23,164 So I took out my Webley revolver and I shot him in the head, 480 00:40:23,290 --> 00:40:26,044 stole his horse, reported him for cowardice. 481 00:40:27,290 --> 00:40:28,690 All for a game of chance. 482 00:40:31,370 --> 00:40:34,807 After my people completed their task in Chinatown, 483 00:40:34,930 --> 00:40:38,606 they collected all the photographs, letters and cheques 484 00:40:38,730 --> 00:40:40,801 that will cause you concern. 485 00:40:40,930 --> 00:40:43,081 I now have them in a safe place. 486 00:40:43,210 --> 00:40:48,968 On Monday, you will give me the full £50,000 in cash... 487 00:40:50,130 --> 00:40:52,770 or I will steal your white horse from under you. 488 00:40:54,410 --> 00:40:58,689 How the fuck did a man like you get into a position of trust 489 00:40:58,810 --> 00:41:01,370 in a place of power and privilege? 490 00:41:01,490 --> 00:41:02,924 A man like me? 491 00:41:07,690 --> 00:41:08,690 A man like me? 492 00:41:10,210 --> 00:41:11,963 Lord Suckerby. 493 00:41:12,090 --> 00:41:13,490 I've seen the photographs. 494 00:41:16,170 --> 00:41:17,170 Monday. 495 00:41:23,930 --> 00:41:25,569 Shelby! 496 00:41:26,890 --> 00:41:28,529 Sorry I'm late, Ada. 497 00:41:28,650 --> 00:41:31,324 We've been having briefings from the Home Office. 498 00:41:31,450 --> 00:41:34,727 The police are concerned about the effect of the crash in industrial areas. 499 00:41:34,850 --> 00:41:37,081 - Right. - Everything all right? 500 00:41:37,210 --> 00:41:38,724 Yeah, fine. 501 00:41:38,850 --> 00:41:41,160 We lost money in New York, so I've been up late. 502 00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:43,286 Your brother been busy? 503 00:41:44,250 --> 00:41:47,721 Er, he's had two meetings with Mr Shapurji Saklatvala, 504 00:41:47,850 --> 00:41:49,842 the former Communist MP for Battersea. 505 00:41:49,970 --> 00:41:52,565 He's been approached by an anarchist group in Walsall - 506 00:41:52,690 --> 00:41:53,806 he's setting up a meeting - 507 00:41:53,930 --> 00:41:57,890 and there's talk of a mass walk-out of bus drivers, Nottingham and Derby, 508 00:41:58,010 --> 00:42:02,641 organised by two Communist convenors not formerly known to Special Branch. 509 00:42:02,770 --> 00:42:05,683 He's also had a telephone conversation with Jessie Eden, 510 00:42:05,810 --> 00:42:09,326 who is organising a committee to resist wage cuts across the city. 511 00:42:09,450 --> 00:42:11,840 But he'll report more when he sees her. 512 00:42:11,970 --> 00:42:13,086 It's all in there, though. 513 00:42:13,210 --> 00:42:14,644 Names and everything. 514 00:42:14,770 --> 00:42:17,506 I heard he had the Labour benches roaring approval in the House today. 515 00:42:17,530 --> 00:42:21,080 Huh. If only he meant it, he'd be dangerous. 516 00:42:21,210 --> 00:42:24,442 Didn't know you drank stout, Ada. Thought it was gin. 517 00:42:24,570 --> 00:42:26,562 Times are hard. 518 00:42:28,130 --> 00:42:30,087 Hm. 519 00:42:32,010 --> 00:42:34,206 Exactly how much did you lose? 520 00:42:35,410 --> 00:42:37,845 Don't worry about it. Tommy has a plan. 521 00:42:37,970 --> 00:42:42,010 He thinks that we can turn the collapse of the stock exchange to our advantage. 522 00:42:42,130 --> 00:42:45,567 He says, "When others retreat, you advance." 523 00:42:45,690 --> 00:42:49,001 He says, "We can wave cash in the faces of desperate men." 524 00:42:51,010 --> 00:42:53,525 Tell your brother from me, he's doing excellent work. 525 00:42:53,650 --> 00:42:57,929 I'm told two more military contracts for vehicles 526 00:42:58,050 --> 00:43:01,043 and parts for the Army in India are on their way to him. 527 00:43:17,730 --> 00:43:18,730 Fuck. 528 00:43:25,210 --> 00:43:26,564 Come. 529 00:43:26,690 --> 00:43:29,205 Mr Shelby, this arrived from New York. 530 00:43:29,330 --> 00:43:30,969 It's from Winston Churchill. 531 00:43:32,450 --> 00:43:35,648 He says he was in New York and had dinner with Charlie Chaplin 532 00:43:35,770 --> 00:43:37,966 and Chaplin mentioned your name. 533 00:43:38,090 --> 00:43:40,924 So he was in New York and he doesn't mention the crash. 534 00:43:41,050 --> 00:43:43,440 No. Even though, in the bar last night, 535 00:43:43,570 --> 00:43:48,440 Mr Churchill's private secretary reckoned he lost £75,000 in two hours. 536 00:43:50,690 --> 00:43:51,690 And you? 537 00:43:53,330 --> 00:43:56,289 Were you affected, Mr Shelby? 538 00:43:56,410 --> 00:43:58,686 I'm going to my apartment, Adam. 539 00:43:58,810 --> 00:43:59,810 You lock up. 540 00:43:59,850 --> 00:44:03,810 Sorry, Mr Shelby, you... you have one more appointment. 541 00:44:03,930 --> 00:44:06,320 You set it yourself. It's in the diary from last week. 542 00:44:06,450 --> 00:44:07,930 A journalist from the Times. 543 00:44:08,050 --> 00:44:09,803 He used to be with the Birmingham Mail. 544 00:44:09,930 --> 00:44:11,683 He sent you some questions. 545 00:44:11,810 --> 00:44:13,642 You said you wanted to meet him. 546 00:44:13,770 --> 00:44:14,770 He's outside. 547 00:44:15,850 --> 00:44:16,850 Yes. 548 00:44:17,970 --> 00:44:19,040 Send him in. 549 00:44:23,330 --> 00:44:27,529 Mr Shelby? Mr Levitt from the London Times. 550 00:44:27,650 --> 00:44:29,369 Have a seat. 551 00:44:29,490 --> 00:44:31,482 Adam, you go home, I'll lock up. 552 00:44:37,130 --> 00:44:40,567 Mr Shelby, do you remember me? 553 00:44:42,690 --> 00:44:44,329 No. 554 00:44:44,450 --> 00:44:49,241 Once, in Small Heath, you were burning photographs of the King. 555 00:44:49,370 --> 00:44:55,480 - London Times. You've done well. - As have you, sir, to put it mildly. 556 00:44:55,610 --> 00:44:57,727 I sent you a list of questions. 557 00:44:57,850 --> 00:44:59,921 Yeah, I misplaced them. 558 00:45:01,130 --> 00:45:03,042 Yeah, well, you have a lot on your plate. 559 00:45:03,170 --> 00:45:04,365 Yes. 560 00:45:04,490 --> 00:45:07,289 All I remember is that your questions interested me. 561 00:45:07,410 --> 00:45:09,163 Oh! 562 00:45:09,290 --> 00:45:10,565 Good. 563 00:45:11,810 --> 00:45:13,529 Sorry, just... 564 00:45:13,650 --> 00:45:15,243 Ah, here we are. 565 00:45:16,250 --> 00:45:17,809 Yes, um... 566 00:45:19,570 --> 00:45:24,929 Um... So, Mr Shelby, traditionally in this country, 567 00:45:25,050 --> 00:45:29,841 print journalists take no interest in the, er, the private lives of politicians. 568 00:45:29,970 --> 00:45:31,927 Private lives? 569 00:45:32,050 --> 00:45:36,124 But in these modern times, especially in America... 570 00:45:36,250 --> 00:45:41,006 journalists are beginning to... Well, that is to say, yes, um... 571 00:45:41,130 --> 00:45:43,008 Readers are beginning to say... 572 00:45:44,050 --> 00:45:47,282 want to know more about the men who represent them. 573 00:45:47,410 --> 00:45:48,685 Of course. 574 00:45:48,810 --> 00:45:50,722 In these modern times. 575 00:45:51,810 --> 00:45:55,087 Whereas before it would have been seen as ungentlemanly to, er, 576 00:45:55,210 --> 00:45:58,999 to ask a public figure questions about personal matters 577 00:45:59,130 --> 00:46:02,009 - or business affairs. - Oh, well. No need to worry. 578 00:46:02,130 --> 00:46:03,644 I'm no gentleman. 579 00:46:07,450 --> 00:46:08,600 Hm. 580 00:46:10,370 --> 00:46:11,963 Er, Mr Shelby, as I said in my letter, 581 00:46:12,090 --> 00:46:14,810 ten years ago I was a journalist on the Birmingham Evening Mail. 582 00:46:17,010 --> 00:46:19,161 And of course, working in that city, 583 00:46:19,290 --> 00:46:22,089 it was impossible not to know your name... 584 00:46:23,730 --> 00:46:26,165 and your reputation. 585 00:46:29,090 --> 00:46:31,924 So, when I saw that you had been elected as a socialist... 586 00:46:32,050 --> 00:46:33,370 You reflected on the fact 587 00:46:33,490 --> 00:46:39,168 that working people can indeed change their lives for the better... 588 00:46:40,490 --> 00:46:44,803 channel their abilities in new directions, discover better methods, 589 00:46:44,930 --> 00:46:50,289 aim for happier outcomes, even win awards for industry. 590 00:46:50,410 --> 00:46:52,163 You can write this down, Mr Levitt. 591 00:46:52,290 --> 00:46:55,681 The question I have for you, Mr Shelby, is this. 592 00:46:57,250 --> 00:47:02,120 Was your conversion from bookmaker to socialist politician 593 00:47:02,250 --> 00:47:05,129 a gradual thing or... 594 00:47:06,490 --> 00:47:10,040 a road to Damascus experience? 595 00:47:11,130 --> 00:47:12,803 Yeah. 596 00:47:12,930 --> 00:47:14,808 Now I hear that question... 597 00:47:16,730 --> 00:47:18,323 I remember receiving your letters 598 00:47:18,450 --> 00:47:21,602 and I distinctly remember your use of the word "bookmaker". 599 00:47:22,970 --> 00:47:26,122 - Were you not a bookmaker, sir? - Yes. 600 00:47:26,250 --> 00:47:30,529 I gained a licence in 1919 for on-track betting. 601 00:47:30,650 --> 00:47:31,879 But, since 1923, 602 00:47:32,010 --> 00:47:35,447 I've made my fortune in the manufacture, sale and export of motor cars. 603 00:47:35,570 --> 00:47:37,004 And lately gin. 604 00:47:37,130 --> 00:47:40,601 And lately three new homes for orphaned children. 605 00:47:42,770 --> 00:47:45,330 You can write all this down, Mr Levitt. 606 00:47:46,610 --> 00:47:49,250 I have another question, Mr Shelby. 607 00:47:49,370 --> 00:47:53,842 In Birmingham, at the time that I was there, 608 00:47:53,970 --> 00:47:56,201 there was a Major Campbell. 609 00:47:57,530 --> 00:47:58,725 He was found dead. 610 00:47:59,810 --> 00:48:01,802 A member of your family was charged. 611 00:48:11,130 --> 00:48:13,964 Right, you answer me this. Answer me this. 612 00:48:16,410 --> 00:48:19,960 What is your Tory newspaper more afraid of? 613 00:48:20,090 --> 00:48:22,605 Is it evolution or revolution? 614 00:48:22,730 --> 00:48:26,246 And what is it about working-class men like me, 615 00:48:26,370 --> 00:48:29,727 standing up in the House of Commons and speaking from the heart, 616 00:48:29,850 --> 00:48:34,845 what is it that so troubles you that you would try to undermine me? 617 00:48:34,970 --> 00:48:37,201 I am talking about specific events, sir. 618 00:48:37,330 --> 00:48:38,330 Which I don't recall... 619 00:48:39,770 --> 00:48:42,444 with which I was never personally linked, 620 00:48:42,570 --> 00:48:46,041 and after which all convictions were quashed. 621 00:48:52,530 --> 00:48:57,525 Yeah, now... I recall receiving your letter... 622 00:48:59,010 --> 00:49:00,967 and I recall that when I did... 623 00:49:02,490 --> 00:49:06,803 I asked a colleague of mine to carry out some research. 624 00:49:09,650 --> 00:49:10,720 Just a moment. 625 00:49:16,130 --> 00:49:18,804 Here we are. 626 00:49:27,330 --> 00:49:29,925 Ah, Michael Levitt. 627 00:49:30,050 --> 00:49:31,050 Correct? 628 00:49:32,330 --> 00:49:34,447 - Yes. - Yes. 629 00:49:34,570 --> 00:49:36,004 Journalist. 630 00:49:36,130 --> 00:49:38,122 Unmarried. 631 00:49:38,250 --> 00:49:40,082 An apartment in Maida Vale. 632 00:49:41,090 --> 00:49:44,606 An apartment opposite the underground station. 633 00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:49,449 "Unmarried" is underlined. 634 00:49:49,570 --> 00:49:52,642 Mr Levitt enjoys walks in the park. 635 00:49:52,770 --> 00:49:54,284 Sometimes alone. 636 00:49:54,410 --> 00:49:56,447 Sometimes not alone. 637 00:49:58,010 --> 00:50:00,241 Sometimes with other men. 638 00:50:06,050 --> 00:50:10,283 Sometimes with other men. 639 00:50:13,050 --> 00:50:16,760 I'm old-fashioned... Michael. 640 00:50:17,810 --> 00:50:20,405 I believe private lives should remain private. 641 00:50:21,650 --> 00:50:24,085 Not everything modern is good, now, is it? 642 00:50:28,450 --> 00:50:29,725 You gonna write this down... 643 00:50:31,330 --> 00:50:33,287 in your little fucking book? 644 00:50:41,330 --> 00:50:42,889 Well? 645 00:50:43,010 --> 00:50:44,808 Not yet. 646 00:50:44,930 --> 00:50:46,603 I didn't tell him. 647 00:50:46,730 --> 00:50:50,007 Him knowing or not knowing has no relevance to what we're drinking. 648 00:50:51,530 --> 00:50:52,566 It's vintage. 649 00:50:54,010 --> 00:50:57,208 Fuck it. 650 00:50:57,330 --> 00:50:58,650 This... 651 00:51:00,370 --> 00:51:01,599 is for us. 652 00:51:03,890 --> 00:51:05,483 Let's drink to the baby. 653 00:51:08,170 --> 00:51:10,287 Polly, do you remember when I was last pregnant? 654 00:51:12,650 --> 00:51:14,767 You were going to take me to Cardiff. 655 00:51:14,890 --> 00:51:16,847 I was going to get rid of it. 656 00:51:17,930 --> 00:51:19,125 What about this time? 657 00:51:22,730 --> 00:51:23,925 Imagine. 658 00:51:26,450 --> 00:51:28,203 The father's scared. 659 00:51:28,330 --> 00:51:30,003 He runs away. 660 00:51:30,130 --> 00:51:31,280 You're left. 661 00:51:33,490 --> 00:51:35,561 Oh, sweetheart. 662 00:51:35,690 --> 00:51:40,890 The baby's black, he's a bastard and it's Birmingham. 663 00:51:42,530 --> 00:51:43,850 But you don't care. 664 00:51:44,970 --> 00:51:47,360 Because the world has changed. 665 00:51:48,810 --> 00:51:51,120 And the baby's eyes are golden. 666 00:51:51,250 --> 00:51:55,927 And you're gonna leave her with Aunt Polly every day to look after. 667 00:51:56,050 --> 00:51:59,282 Aunt Polly, who insisted that you called her Elizabeth. 668 00:51:59,410 --> 00:52:01,481 How do you know it's a her? 669 00:52:01,610 --> 00:52:04,648 Cos I'm Polly Gray. 670 00:52:04,770 --> 00:52:06,523 It's a girl? 671 00:52:06,650 --> 00:52:07,650 Golden. 672 00:52:08,850 --> 00:52:12,127 To be born in the year 1930, 673 00:52:12,250 --> 00:52:14,970 where everything will be changed for the better. 674 00:52:16,730 --> 00:52:19,609 She'll be the colour of a Hollywood Oscar. 675 00:52:22,850 --> 00:52:24,284 What will Tommy say? 676 00:52:27,530 --> 00:52:29,169 Tommy knows. 677 00:52:32,530 --> 00:52:33,850 Hmm! 678 00:52:33,970 --> 00:52:38,681 He's also seen that the world's big and round and he says, "So what?" 679 00:52:43,690 --> 00:52:45,807 Tommy is right, you know, Ada. 680 00:52:47,250 --> 00:52:49,640 We are flying above the rules now. 681 00:52:52,610 --> 00:52:55,045 We're bold people, aren't we, Polly? 682 00:52:56,690 --> 00:52:57,965 That's the beauty. 683 00:53:12,410 --> 00:53:13,410 Hello, Cyril. 684 00:53:15,210 --> 00:53:17,122 Least you're still talking to me. 685 00:53:27,090 --> 00:53:28,160 Where is everyone? 686 00:53:28,290 --> 00:53:30,122 Your wife is upstairs with Ruby. 687 00:53:33,610 --> 00:53:39,925 You know, Frances, if there were to be a snap election in this house today... 688 00:53:41,530 --> 00:53:42,805 wouldn't win it... 689 00:53:43,850 --> 00:53:46,684 not even if I were running against the devil himself. 690 00:53:46,810 --> 00:53:47,810 No. 691 00:53:48,850 --> 00:53:50,045 - I gathered. - Mm. 692 00:53:51,770 --> 00:53:53,363 Where's Charles? 693 00:53:53,490 --> 00:53:54,719 Charles is in the stable. 694 00:53:56,850 --> 00:53:58,170 Thank you. 695 00:54:18,090 --> 00:54:19,524 Did Arthur explain? 696 00:54:19,650 --> 00:54:21,482 He said it's God's will. 697 00:54:23,410 --> 00:54:24,969 But you're not God! 698 00:54:35,610 --> 00:54:37,841 No, I'm not God. 699 00:54:42,810 --> 00:54:43,926 Not yet.