PHOEBE LAUGHING
Don't let Ben
get all the attention, will you?
Perhaps just to try to be
a little more measured this evening.
Did I mention my wife?
Now would be a terrible time
to tell her
that I'm gonna run for leadership.
CROWD CHEERS,
APPLAUDS
'I don't think you realise
what a disaster this is.'
Let them mewl.
Amina Bates met with Jarvis.
What's she being
a nosy parker about?
Me and you,
what happened to Pheebs.
I can't bear it when you and Ben
argue, LS. You adore each other.
You should just come out with it.
Tell Ben how you really feel.
You know, your dear father helped
to build the labs here.
It would have made him ever so proud
to see you here amongst it all.
Is Martin Gilmour here?
Why?
Curious, why the Fitzmaurices
pay him every year.
Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben!
Look, look, look!
Ben, look out! Look out, Ben!
Ben, Ben, Ben!
SCREAMING
If you say you were behind
the wheel, Martin,
we'll take care of you -
not just now, but always.
So, all clear?
OK? All right?
Oh!
What is it?
Just my shoulder.
Your shoulder's fine, boy.
Your shoulder is perfectly fine.
We've had it seen to.
We've already been through this.
OK. Right, boy?
Here we go, son. Here we go.
Everything all right?
He won't get up.
You've done the hard part. Yeah?
Think of the bigger picture, Martin.
Always the bigger picture.
What you're doing
for my family is...
...it's more
than I can ever possibly repay.
I am grateful beyond words
for this gift, Martin.
Thank you.
Yeah, it was the light
that just really drew me in.
I mean, the windows are just...
They're insane, aren't they?
Mm.
Think it was, erm...
I think they said it was, like,
an old cotton factory or laundry...
I don't know. It was something to do
with women and washing.
BEN CHUCKLES
What do you think?
It's... It's great. Well done, you.
Yeah. There's two bedrooms, you see.
A bathroom each.
I don't know. I was wondering
if you'd consider...
I just think it would be
really f*cking fun.
Wouldn't it? Don't you think?
Bed and board, all taken care of.
No?
Erm...
You're not exactly jumping
at the invitation to...
to live with me, mate.
Look, I...
BEN SIGHS
I know that this might seem
really random and out of the blue.
I get that, and I know...
I know I've been absent.
It wasn't personal, mate, really.
It really wasn't.
Grief is this funny old beast.
It's not linear.
Years and years and years.
But I am...
...out the other side.
OK, look, what... what's...
what's worrying you? You can say.
MARTIN SIGHS
It's just, erm...
...you can't do laundry.
Well...
And I doubt you know
how a vacuum cleaner works.
Yeah, it is... is a bit beyond me.
I mean, it's almost as if you're
completely domestically useless.
Not "almost".
Completely and utterly useless.
MARTIN CLEARS THROAT
All right, so you want me
to leave my house share in Leyton,
which is perfectly pleasant
and fairly ordered...
...and move in here with you?
Er...
Yeah, if you wouldn't mind. Yeah.
Why would I do that?
Well, you know, if I'm gonna rule
the House of Commons
and you're gonna rule
Fleet Street...
...we better have
some late-night chats.
Oh, and, erm, look.
Hold on. Somewhere...
I have actually purchased
these things.
Look at these.
THEY CHUCKLE
And as God is my witness,
I pledge to do the washing-up...
...at least once a month.
MARTIN CHUCKLES
Pinky promise.
♪ Saturday night
And I like the way you move
♪ Pretty baby
♪ It's party time
And not one minute we can lose
♪ Pretty baby
♪ Da-da-da-dum, dee-dee-dee
Nee-nee-na-na-na. ♪
DOOR OPENS
How are you getting on, Martin?
Fine and dandy.
Well... I haven't got good news,
I'm afraid.
The evidence is mounting up
against you.
Several new witness statements
have implicated you.
And the police are applying to hold
you for more time, I'm sorry to say.
How long?
Well, it depends.
How long?
Well, they can hold you
for up to 36 hours,
but if they apply to the magistrate,
then I'm afraid they can hold you
for up to 96 hours.
Yes.
If the magistrate approves.
That... That's four days.
They can't keep me here
for four days!
I'm afraid they can.
I'm sorry, Martin.
So, the police have requested
your consent
to access your medical records.
What have my medical records
got to do with anything?
They don't have to disclose
why they made the request.
They're just asking
for your consent.
You don't have to say yes.
Then no.
I'll let them know now.
DOOR OPENS,
CLOSES
'Mozart Turkish March
Electro Remix'
LAUGHTER,
LIVELY CHATTER
GUESTS APPLAUDING
Jarvis has announced.
Just now.
BEN CHUCKLES
'I have spent my entire life
'maintaining the values
of this great nation.
'I believe that
under my leadership,
'the Conservative Party
will be home to a proud...'
Well, looks like he beat us to it.
BEN SCOFFS
Fair play.
DOOR OPENS,
CLOSES
What a night, eh?
SHE CHUCKLES
Have you seen it? It's just dropped.
We've seen it.
Not ideal.
Ben's announced, too.
He's impulsive.
That's just how he is.
Team's gotta learn to go with it.
It just would be good to be able
to assess the competition
and adjust accordingly.
Well, hopefully, you're up
for the job of handling it all.
Yeah, of course we are. Absolutely.
Good.
I wonder if
there's an opportunity here
while Jarvis is under our roof.
Just another way
to dent his confidence a bit.
You know?
Hm.
Oh, ding.
What?
Well, LS and I found a massive bag
of chang in his room.
Absolutely mahoosive.
Yeah, perhaps we don't want
to open up the drug can of worms,
especially given your own personal
relationship with substance abuses.
Fair. Done a lot of work
on burying that for you, mate.
Yeah, OK, good. Yeah, got it.
I can help.
I think I can help.
Is it always like that?
Erm, no, it's just, like,
flared up recently.
Yeah, it's really angry.
It's a bit sore.
No, no. This does the red.
It's a little bit flaky,
but... there we go.
Hm, there. There.
I mean, I'm not gonna let you
walk around like that, am I?
You'd do the same for me.
There. So pretty.
Stunning, Lucy.
LUCY CHUCKLES
Thanks.
Er, too small. Yeah.
Too small. Take it. Oh, look!
Oh.
Sweet! It's got
a little castle on it.
You don't have to do this now.
No, honestly, it's the kind of thing
if you don't do now,
it just doesn't get done.
Er, do you want blue,
or are you gender-neutral?
Don't wanna say the wrong thing.
Well, if you're sure
you don't need it...
Yeah. I've got the bottle
steriliser. I'll get it all out.
You need so much kit,
so just take everything.
Save your money. Take it all.
I've got so much stuff, too.
I guess this is the perk of
having a baby later in life, Lucy.
All your friends can give you
their hand-me-downs.
The gift of geriatric motherhood.
You must be very excited, Clarissa.
Jarvis's announcement video.
So slick.
Oh.
Yes!
Are you ready?
Like, properly ready?
I think so.
Yeah? Do you have support?
Yes. Er, well, how do you mean?
Like a support structure
while the campaign heats up.
Do you have a therapist?
No, I don't.
Do you think I need one?
Maybe. I mean, only you can say.
I just...
I think it's so important to have
a really strong support network.
You know, because to be
a prime minister's wife -
which, let's be honest,
that's obviously the ultimate goal -
that is an insane amount
of pressure.
Where are you going?
I'm just gonna check on Martin.
No, no, he's fine. He's fine.
Sit down. Just sit down.
Jarvis and I have discussed it.
We talk it through.
We talk everything through.
Sure. I mean,
the thing is, Clarissa,
it's not actually about the men.
It's about the stamina
of the women behind the men.
And I'm just concerned
that the cracks are already
beginning to show for you.
Oh, really?
Mm.
Why? How do I seem?
Well, you've just clearly lost
so much weight.
You have.
It's, erm... It's noticeable.
It's a worry.
Oh, have I? No, it's just...
It's just running after children.
I eat. I promise.
You haven't been
bringing your food up again,
have you, Clarissa?
Serena.
What?
I just don't think we need to...
I... We shouldn't make
anyone uncomfortable, maybe.
So much of women's suffering
takes place behind closed doors.
And I'm just concerned
for her wellbeing,
because, you know, politics aside,
we're all human beings.
And Clarissa and I
were at school together,
so I do remember
the hospitalisations.
Sort of in and out of...
What were they?
...force-feeding farms.
I'm just looking out for you,
Clarissa, woman to woman,
because when they ask you
about being institutionalised
for a mental health disorder -
because, let's be honest, anorexia
is a mental health condition -
you know, if that gets out,
you are gonna need answers.
That's all. Yeah?
Our daughters are looking to us.
As wives, mothers, yeah?
Can we step up?
Just have a think about it.
Thank you.
I'm fine now.
Mm.
Thanks for your concern, though.
I think I should go after her.
No, no.
She'll last five f*cking minutes.
Well played.
SERENA EXHALES
Neither of them have what it takes.
Well f*cking played.
Mm.
♪ I'm gonna go, go, go
There's no stopping me
♪ I'm burning through the sky, yeah
♪ 200 degrees, that's why
They call me Mr Fahrenheit... ♪
Play those tunes!
♪ I'm travelling
At the speed of light
♪ I wanna make a supersonic man
Out of you
♪ Don't stop me now
♪ I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball
♪ Don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
♪ Just give me a call
Don't stop... ♪
MUFFLED MUSIC
CONTINUES
DOOR OPENS
Ha!
I haven't danced like that
in decades, Japes.
Come and join. You'll like it.
SHE SNIFFLES
You OK, Japer?
I can't do it.
What is it?
I'm not made for it.
Japes!
Hey, don't boo-boo, Japes. Come on.
I'm not strong.
Are you joking?
I'm not.
You're the strongest f*ck
I've ever met.
You pulled out twin boys
with your bare hands,
without even a sniff of paracetamol.
You're an absolute beast.
It's the meanness. It's the cruelty.
I knew I'd confront it when you ran,
but I didn't expect it to happen
so soon and so viciously.
How dare they unsettle my queen?
I just don't like to be around it.
I don't like to think
of human beings as so competitive,
so self-interested, so brutal.
I know.
No, I need to think that
there's some decency in the world.
There is decency, Japer.
Look at me.
You're a sensitive soul.
And that's exactly what people need
in their lives right now.
You're going to Princess Di
the f*ck out of this country.
SHE CHUCKLES
Yes, you are.
HE LAUGHS
Imagine the difference you'll make
to people's lives, Japes,
with your kindness.
Thank you, Button.
Well? Hm?
Thank you.
HE SNIFFS HARSHLY
What have you eaten today?
I ate some of that fish.
Liar.
BAG ZIP RASPS
You just pushed it around
your plate. I watched you.
Eat it, Japer.
Please don't, Button.
Eat.
Where were you
at the time of the sh**ting?
I-I was trying to host
a birthday party for my husband.
That's all I was doing.
Do you have any idea who shot
your husband, Mrs Fitzmaurice?
Yes.
Who shot him?
Martin Gilmour.
Why did he sh**t him?
Because...
Because he was in love with him.
He was in love with him, OK?
'Skinny Love'
by Bon Iver
OK.
What do you think?
Oh, my... That is...
It's delicious.
Yeah? Is it good?
Yeah. Mm-hm.
Think my salad's done.
Mm?
BEN CHUCKLES
You never wash it!
Every time, I tell you,
you need to wash it properly.
Right.
♪ I tell my love to wreck it all
♪ Cut out all the ropes
And let me fall... ♪
How do you do it?
What?
How do you make everything
taste so good?
I don't.
Yeah, you do.
Everything you make
is just delicious.
I can't do it.
Oh, you could, with some practice.
And this place, how do you know
where everything goes?
I've... I've seen you,
scurrying about the place,
arranging things.
"Oh, I want to put a table here,
then a little painting there."
How do you know
how to make everything work?
Erm, I suppose...
...you just go with what feels good.
♪ And I'm holding all the tickets
♪ And you'll be owning
All the fines... ♪
Hm.
♪ Who will love you?
♪ Who will fight?
♪ Who will fall far behind? ♪
That felt good.
Yeah, it did.
Hey, you lot.
You're not drunk enough.
You need to get more drunk!
We need to get people
more drunk, right?
That's the answer to everything,
isn't it?
Not always.
Well, yeah, fair. Good point.
Oh, God, look at this. Brilliant!
'Wow!'
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
Maybe we should escape, Martin.
Huddle up in your B&B.
Is that why you put me there?
To have me where you want me?
Easy escape route?
But it would be nice, wouldn't it?
I'm gonna change my glasses.
Should I change my glasses?
I just... I don't like the feeling.
You know, I don't like
the feeling of him...
Oh, thank you, darling.
...of him encroaching on us.
He creeps, Jarvis, doesn't he?
Don't you think he creeps?
Well, he's not relenting.
He's not backing down.
No, and he's peacocking
all over my party!
It's unbelievable.
And the nerve, the nerve
to ask for my endorsement!
Honestly, the entitlement.
The barefaced cheek.
You never liked him, did you?
Loathed him at school, I remember.
I did. I loathed him at uni, too.
Yeah, and the rumours.
All those poor girls
that he did God knows what to.
What are we gonna do, Martin?
Are we just gonna leave it?
Are we just gonna say nothing,
are we? Do nothing?
Is that who we are?
Silent and complicit?
Are you saying there's a move left?
I mean, I can think of one.
LAUGHTER,
LIVELY CHATTER
LAUGHTER
Oh!
SHE EXHALES
Thought you'd run off and left me.
Well, I tried to,
but I got trapped with the wives.
How was that?
Satanic.
We're never gonna leave here,
are we?
We're just gonna stay here
and die here. Cool.
Should we just pick a patch
to be buried in?
Bagsy the chapel.
Luce?
Mm? Can we find
somewhere private to talk?
Yeah, I think
that might be a good idea.
THEY CHUCKLE SOFTLY
KNOCKING ON DOOR
I'm just checking there's no Narnia.
HE LAUGHS
I think we're all good.
OK. Yeah.
Oh!
Oh, this is nice.
SHE CHUCKLES
Ah. Physical affection. Mm.
Not usually your thing.
Not usually.
You didn't wince. What a gentleman.
I... I feel like I owe you
an apology, really.
Oh.
And I'm sorry I put you
in the position I did,
bringing you here,
making you sit on a table
with Jarvis.
You're pregnant.
You're not feeling great.
And you had to run off.
It's just... It's not OK.
Thank you.
What's brought this on?
Well, I just... I know
how much you love your food.
THEY LAUGH
I mean, to be fair,
I did have a good go on it.
Seriously, though...
...things must be bad
between you and Jarvis
for you to just get up
and leave the table.
Well, I mean, it...
it is what it is.
What is it, though?
Lucy. I mean,
you can't even look at him.
You visibly shrink when he's around.
Did something happen?
Is there something I should know?
No.
You would tell me, wouldn't you?
Course I would.
Well, it's just...
...Heidi, she once made this remark.
Did she?
Yeah. Yeah, just in passing.
About the night of the crash.
I just never knew
what she meant by it.
What did she say?
Well, just that
something might have happened.
That he might have...
might have done something to you.
Like what?
I don't know.
You don't remember?
SHE INHALES
SHE CLEARS THROAT
No.
Should we talk to him?
Should I talk to him?
Get to the bottom of it?
Why, is there a bonus in it for you?
Nice little Fitzmaurice pay packet
if you dish some dirt?
Oh, yeah. It's all coming out now.
What the f*ck is going on, Martin?
Taking me to this ridiculous party
and bringing me into this cupboard.
We don't even get this close
when we're having sex.
And then you ask me a question
like that.
You are something else, you are.
Squirrel?
Papa?
Are you decent?
Yeah. Yep.
GEORGE CLEARS THROAT
How's Martin?
Oh, he's a beast.
We were up till late last night.
Still gets up crack of dawn,
gets his suit on. Amazing.
You know he's doing well
at the paper, right?
Good for him.
Yeah.
When is he planning
on getting his own place?
Er...
I don't know. Why?
Might be time.
Time for what?
Time to stop your nonsense.
You and Martin. Whatever it is.
Martin and I have been put through
a lot together.
And we've... It...
It's really hard to describe.
Well, you don't need to describe it,
because it's got to stop.
You're on track for the top.
And this is a Christian country.
Says the atheist.
GEORGE SCOFFS
Look... in my day,
it didn't matter so much, you know.
We didn't have these blasted phones
tracking and recording
our every movement.
And you're doing well in the party.
You've had your fun,
and now it ends.
♪ Come on, shake your body
Baby, do the conga
♪ I know you can't control yourself
Any longer
♪ Come on, shake your body
Baby, do the conga
♪ I know you can't control yourself
Any longer... ♪
You look lost.
SHE GASPS
No. No, not lost.
Huh!
We're all like moths to the light
with this one, aren't we?
Jarvis.
There's just something
I wanna ask you. Hm?
Erm...
I just think that it... it...
it might seem that people,
like, er, old friends,
had an idea...
...that, erm, like...
So I'm just... It's just...
I'm like...
Whoa, what the f*ck?
You know, if that makes any sense.
No. Sorry, I'm completely lost.
Well, I just... I feel
like I need to ask you if, erm...
What is it?
I need to ask you, like,
a really, really difficult question.
DOOR OPENS
Lucy!
MUSIC BLARING,
CHEERING
Jarvis!
Piggy!
EXHALES DEEPLY
♪ Dee-dee-na-na-na... ♪
'Saturday Night'
by Whigfield
♪ Saturday night
I feel the air is getting hot
♪ Like you, baby
♪ I'll make you mine
You know I'll take you to the top
♪ I'll drive you crazy... ♪
Mate, you love this song.
Not now, Ben.
If not now, when? If not me, who?
Lucy won't talk.
♪ It's party time
And not one minute we can lose. ♪
Well, thank you for asking.
It couldn't have been easy.
No. Maybe she'll warm up
to the idea tomorrow.
We might have to lean
into the situation.
I don't think so, no.
LAUGHTER
You're bent f*cking backwards, mate.
How are you gonna lean?
With Amina, I mean.
We might have to lean
into giving her what she wants.
To change the narrative?
Perhaps... Perhaps
you could give her something.
I've got nothing left to give.
She's out for blood, LS.
She's here.
And she is not gonna go away.
You need to give her something.
So, what, you want me to make up
a story or to lie for you?
No! No, no, no, no, no, no.
Then what?
I... Ah, fu...
I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know.
Something about your dad?
How you got into Burtonbury?
Jesus Christ.
That's all we've got left.
How do you do that?
What?
Just twist your brain like that,
distort things.
Will you do it or not?
Hell no!
Well, then we've got a big problem.
No, YOU have a big problem.
No. We...
CHUCKLES
We are in this together, LS.
We always have been.
And we always will be.
No.
No, mate. I'm sorry.
There is a line.
There has to be a line.
You have to give her something.
And then you need to get rid of her.
MARTIN SIGHS
It's the only way. You know it is.
Don't overthink it.
I'm counting on you.
He's shedding.
And he's not eating.
ROOSTER WHIMPERING
Poor Rooster.
I... I can't do it, LS.
It's time.
I can't.
I'll take care of it.
You two. Men behaving sadly.
Aw. Mm.
You know what's messed up?
Is how easily we just
euthanise animals. Like, why?
Why don't we do
everything we possibly can?
You know, a life is a life,
isn't it?
How do we know
that Rooster isn't lying there,
screaming at us, saying,
"Just save me"?
Squirrel, come on.
You've got to let Rooster go.
I've got sculpt and flow at ten.
Mm.
Stay hydrated. Hm?
End of an era.
Yep.
Do you mind if I take
some work calls here?
I mean, it's yours and Ben's place,
so I don't want to impose if it's...
Do you know, I'll go
to the Coffee Bean, actually,
cos it's... I like it there.
It's fine.
Don't waste your time with him.
Don't what?
There are a few things
you need to know about Ben.
He has a string of girls coming in
and a string of girls going out.
And I'm only telling you this
because I can see you have a brain
between your ears,
and I would hate
to see you ripped to shreds.
Honestly, Serena,
I can't tell you the amount of girls
I've had to pick up off this floor
and put back together.
ROOSTER WHIMPERING
Oh. OK.
Thanks for the heads-up.
I appreciate your concern.
I'll pack up my things
and go to Coffee Bean.
Don't rush on my account.
Please, just take your time.
Poor Rooster.
Poor boy.
Still, he served
a very important purpose,
because if I'd served
a prison sentence
for a crime I didn't commit,
I'd want to be given a Rooster, too.
Yeah. We've told each other
everything.
Yeah. All our deepest,
darkest secrets.
You've been an amazing friend,
Martin, looking out for Ben,
and looking out for me.
But I'm afraid you have
completely misread the situation.
Ben's fallen for me.
He's gone.
And I feel the same.
It's taken us both by surprise,
but I think that says more about
the f*ck we were with before
than anything else.
Hm.
And don't worry, my lips are sealed.
SHE EXHALES
Why would he hurt
someone that he loves?
SERENA SIGHS
Er, well, they just had this...
Oh, God.
...this messed-up... whatever it was.
I thought it was over.
SERENA SNIFFLES
God, what do I know?
I don't know anything any more.
You spend your life
barrelling in one direction,
and then all of a sudden,
you have to pivot and change.
Was Martin Gilmour interested
in your husband romantically?
Yes. Yes.
So he shot him
because he couldn't be with him?
He, what,
couldn't take that reality?
Is that what you're telling us?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It was always gonna happen.
It was always gonna end in disaster.
I knew it.
If I'm honest, I knew it all along.
SERENA SCOFFS
LIVELY CHATTER,
LAUGHTER
MUSIC BLARES
MUSIC SLOWS,
DISTORTS
MUSIC QUICKENS,
BLARES
A negroni, please.
Amina!
Martin.
How are you?
Good. You?
Good, good. You've been busy.
I try.
Never take a night off?
Do you want me to take a night off?
I don't care, Amina.
You can do what you want.
Really?
Sure.
OK. Good to know.
Shall we?
OK.
DANCE MUSIC PLAYING
So...
...why visit Jarvis Conrad?
I've been visiting lots of people.
It's part of the job.
You understand.
Why not come to Ben, come to me?
I'm here now.
Go on, then.
What have you got?
Just questions.
OK.
Questions about you and Ben.
Go on. Ask away.
Well... how do I put this?
You just don't track.
HE SCOFFS
How so?
You're the son of a carpenter
from South Wales.
You end up at Burtonbury,
then Oxford.
You're clearly incredibly bright.
You're one of the finest
opinion writers around,
and now all you do
is bow to these people.
I write what I write.
You have justified the unjustifiable
time and time again -
the misuse of campaign funds,
breach of lobbying rules.
And yet, it never seems
to harm your personal brand.
Ben, mate!
Hey.
Well, maybe people
like my writing, Amina.
Ben Fitzmaurice is running to be the
leader of the Conservative Party,
so, par the course, there'll be
a piece about his inner circle.
That includes you -
who you are, where you're from.
OK. That's fair.
Well, I was born in South Wales.
My father was a cabinet maker.
For a brief spell,
he worked in Hampshire.
He worked on the science
laboratories at King's School.
King's School? It's the name of
the science buildings at Burtonbury.
There's three of them.
They needed restoration,
and he worked on them. OK.
I must have been about seven,
seven or eight.
They knew I was bright, my parents.
They knew I was quick.
Always asking questions
they didn't have answers for.
Mm-hm.
But we weren't there long.
Maybe nine months or so,
maybe a bit longer.
So from Hampshire to South Wales?
Yes. Yeah.
But my father met a schoolmaster
while he was working there,
and this guy, er, told him
about the scholarship programme.
It went over my mother's head,
obviously. She's religious.
Puritan. Stay in your lane,
keep it humble, don't show off.
I understand.
But my father was persistent.
He made it clear to her that
I should have the best education.
Right.
I should make something of my life.
Sure. Why not?
Yeah. And then he died...
when I was ten.
How did he die?
Accident at work.
Industrial?
HE SCOFFS
You'd love that, wouldn't you?
Yes, Amina.
A piece of machinery fell on him.
I mean, an industrial accident
is an industrial accident.
I'm sorry that happened.
Was there ever an investigation?
There was a small amount
of compensation for my mother,
but not enough for fees or anything.
So, this schoolmaster at Burtonbury,
he encouraged you to apply?
It's a...
It's a little more than that.
HE CLEARS THROAT
Yes, the schoolmaster...
...reached out
before the entrance exams.
He explained that there was
a full scholarship available
and that he would take care
of the application.
My mum was hesitant,
but the opportunities were obvious.
Of course.
What we didn't realise
was that, erm...
...this master and my father...
HE CLEARS THROAT
...there was, er...
there was a lot of letters.
Over the years, they kept in touch.
I don't know for sure, but...
...there was something there.
"Something"?
Something more than friendship.
Do you mean that they were...?
That they were in some sort of...
...intimate relationship, yeah.
Oh, I see.
Mm.
So you're saying
your late father's relationship
with this schoolmaster
is how you entered this whole world?
In a way, yeah.
Your wife still speaking to you?
Well...
Well, that is very bold of you
to share that.
Especially as your mother
is still alive?
Yes. And presumably, she wouldn't
want something like this coming out.
No.
So I hope that that's enough -
enough for you, for your readers,
for you to leave us alone.
I don't think any element
of what you've just shared with me
would be of any concern
to them whatsoever.
Our readership aren't interested
in intimate personal matters.
That is not why we do what we do.
But you're free
to throw your mother under the bus
in any way you like.
Our readers are concerned
with free and fair journalism.
They're also interested
in the movement of capital
between the ruling elites.
We were given authorisation
by the Crown Court
to access the Fitzmaurices'
private holdings company,
one that's registered
in the Virgin Islands.
And we saw the payments
going from that company
to a limited company
that we can trace to your name.
£100,000 every year.
And those payments began
shortly after the fatal accident
that k*lled Phoebe Fitzmaurice.
Any statement to make on that?
No. The Fitzmaurices
also made another payment.
£20,000 transferred
around the same time
that your first payment
went through.
Do you have any idea who
that payment was made to, Martin?
I don't, no.
It was made to Gupreet Singh.
Do you know who Gupreet Singh is?
No. He was an undergraduate
studying Natural Sciences.
He was on his way to his first
try-out for the rowing team,
and he witnessed Ben Fitzmaurice
driving the car recklessly.
He later withdrew his statement.
I don't think he ever made it
to the water.
You didn't k*ll Phoebe,
did you, Martin?
No.
I can prove Ben Fitzmaurice
k*lled his own sister.
You took the blame,
and you've been receiving payments
from them ever since, haven't you?
Yes. I have.
I think that changes everything.
Don't you?
Yeah.
It changes everything.
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