1. Hello.Copy !req
2. Just tell me what's happened.Copy !req
3. And what is it?Copy !req
4. I'll be right down.Copy !req
5. What's happened?Copy !req
6. Susannah.Copy !req
7. Susannah?Copy !req
8. Princess Susannah.Copy !req
9. Is she all right?Copy !req
10. Don't know.Copy !req
11. 'Don't kill me.Copy !req
12. 'Please don't kill me.'Copy !req
13. 'Read the statement.Copy !req
14. 'Yes. All right.Copy !req
15. 'On this screen?Copy !req
16. 'That is correct.Copy !req
17. I'm SusannahCopy !req
18. 'Duchess of Beaumont.Copy !req
19. 'Popularly known as
Princess Susannah.Copy !req
20. 'I am in a place you... er...Copy !req
21. 'cannot find,
held by one you will not trace.Copy !req
22. 'Prime Minister Michael Callow...Copy !req
23. 'Prime Minister
Michael Callow my life...Copy !req
24. '..my life depends on you.Copy !req
25. 'If you do not do precisely
as instructed by, um...Copy !req
26. 'by 4pm this afternoon,
I will be...Copy !req
27. '..I will be executed.Copy !req
28. 'Please.'Copy !req
29. What are you doing? Keep it going.Copy !req
30. Prime Minister, at this point,
I think it's important to sayCopy !req
31. that we are 100% certainCopy !req
32. that this is, indeed,Copy !req
33. Princess Susannah.Copy !req
34. Her car was intercepted
shortly after midnight,Copy !req
35. returning from the wedding
of a college friend.Copy !req
36. She'd insisted on going.Copy !req
37. But you had security on her?Copy !req
38. Two PPOs, still unconscious.Copy !req
39. Heavy sedative, close range,
each with a single puncture wound.Copy !req
40. No sign of struggle.Copy !req
41. Scrap Third World debt?Copy !req
42. Save the fucking libraries?Copy !req
43. We are convinced both the video and
the demand it contains are genuine.Copy !req
44. What demand?Copy !req
45. What Susannah says next...Copy !req
46. It concerns you directly, sir.Copy !req
47. Just play it.Copy !req
48. 'There is only one demand,
and it is a simple one.Copy !req
49. 'At 4pm this afternoon,Copy !req
50. 'Prime Minister Michael Callow must
appear on live British televisionCopy !req
51. 'on all networks,
terrestrial and satellite,Copy !req
52. 'and... No!Copy !req
53. 'On all British networks,
terrestrial and satellite,Copy !req
54. 'and have full unsimulated
sexual intercourse with a pig.Copy !req
55. 'I don't understand!'Copy !req
56. The video ends with a
series of technicalCopy !req
57. specifications for
the broadcast.Copy !req
58. Why are you doing this?Copy !req
59. Is this joke, right?Copy !req
60. "Mike! Ho ho."Copy !req
61. It's real.Copy !req
62. She said pig.Copy !req
63. Sex with a pig.Copy !req
64. They want me to have sex with a pig?Copy !req
65. Live on televisionCopy !req
66. this afternoon.Copy !req
67. But what...? Who...?Copy !req
68. We're checking with embedded operatives,
compiling a list of suspects.Copy !req
69. Meanwhile, the demand has been made.Copy !req
70. There's not long
to formulate our response.Copy !req
71. Well, I'm not fucking a pig!Copy !req
72. Page one, that's not happening.Copy !req
73. Of course.Copy !req
74. Absolutely, sir.Copy !req
75. Well, have we established a dialogue
with this...?Copy !req
76. We can't. There's no
e-mail address, no code word.Copy !req
77. No channel for negotiation.Copy !req
78. So we focus on finding Susannah.
We get her back.Copy !req
79. However it's done, I don't care.
We stop this now.Copy !req
80. Everyone's working towards this.Copy !req
81. Yes. No. Not everyone. A dedicated
core team. This can't go wide.Copy !req
82. Keep it so far from the press
it's on the other side of Jupiter.Copy !req
83. This only exists in this room.Copy !req
84. It's already outside it.Copy !req
85. If there are hacks sniffing around,
shut them down, bright, red, D Notice.Copy !req
86. Super fucking Godzilla injunction
with ten-inch Whitehall fangs!Copy !req
87. This video came from YouTube.Copy !req
88. What?Copy !req
89. It was uploaded via an encrypted IP
an hour ago.Copy !req
90. Well, get it off there!Copy !req
91. We did after nine minutes, long enough
for it to be duplicated and spread.Copy !req
92. Spread?
How many people have seen this?Copy !req
93. We take down one,
six clones pop up elsewhere.Copy !req
94. How many people?Copy !req
95. 50,000. That's our current estimate.Copy !req
96. The news rooms have got it.Copy !req
97. They're running this on air?Copy !req
98. No. We put a type five D notice out
and they're complying.Copy !req
99. For now.Copy !req
100. It's trending on Twitter.Copy !req
101. For... Fucking internet!Copy !req
102. What now? What's the play book?Copy !req
103. This is virgin territory,
Prime Minister.Copy !req
104. There's no play book.Copy !req
105. Princess Susannah's been kidnapped!Copy !req
106. You scared the shit out of me!Copy !req
107. There's a youtube of it!Copy !req
108. Go to work!Copy !req
109. And satellite,Copy !req
110. '.. And have full unsimulated
sexual intercourse with a pig.'Copy !req
111. No way. It's a piss take, man.
Look at it!Copy !req
112. 'I don't understand!'Copy !req
113. Why this is on the news?Copy !req
114. '.. Carlton Bloom's
controversial exhibitionCopy !req
115. 'closes three weeks
ahead of schedule... 'Copy !req
116. How do we describe it?
"An indecent act"?Copy !req
117. Everyone's seen the video.
They know the details.Copy !req
118. If we mention bestiality
Ofcom would be pissed off.Copy !req
119. Fuck Ofcom!Copy !req
120. We're observing the D Notice.Copy !req
121. Surely we're going to do something.Copy !req
122. We are honouring the D Notice.Copy !req
123. The voluntary D Notice!Copy !req
124. It may be a sportsman-like
gesture but we are making it.Copy !req
125. A woman's life is at stake!Copy !req
126. We follow the procedure.Copy !req
127. My timeline consists
of 100% viewers askingCopy !req
128. why we're not covering it.
How do I reply?Copy !req
129. You don't.Copy !req
130. That is totally backwards.Copy !req
131. No-one else has broken rank.Copy !req
132. Not the Beeb, not Sky, not...Copy !req
133. Facebook's coverage
is pretty comprehensive!Copy !req
134. MaybeCopy !req
135. It's like 9/11's happening andCopy !req
136. we're broadcasting sandwich recipes.Copy !req
137. We're not a chat room!Copy !req
138. It's on CNN and Fox.Copy !req
139. And MSNBC, Al Jazeera, NHK...Copy !req
140. All right.Copy !req
141. God! This planet!Copy !req
142. OK, Sarah, cover the snatch itself.Copy !req
143. Damon, public reaction. Meera,Copy !req
144. the royal angle, upcoming marriage,
etc.Copy !req
145. Simon, set tone with
Standards and Practices.Copy !req
146. We need to explain this without
viewers sicking up their Weetabix.Copy !req
147. Ken, the internet aspect, new paradigm,
Twitter, Arab spring, all that.Copy !req
148. Dan, all graphics run past me.
Keep it functional... no Peppa Pigs.Copy !req
149. Malaika,
update the princess obit VT.Copy !req
150. The Obit VT?Copy !req
151. Mm-hm. First, an awkward phone call.
Least I can do is warn Tom.Copy !req
152. We put a D Notice on it.Copy !req
153. 'It's gone global, Tom.'Copy !req
154. Don't. I'm begging you.Copy !req
155. Don't run it, Martin.Copy !req
156. 'Look, I'm sorry. I can't help you.'Copy !req
157. You know how much help
you're getting hereon in?Copy !req
158. Multiply nothing by shit-all!
UKN are dead for us!Copy !req
159. Shove it up your arse you fucking...Copy !req
160. Interesting.Copy !req
161. A man.Copy !req
162. Man?Copy !req
163. A man!Copy !req
164. Tom, so you're across it...Copy !req
165. I'm exploring contingency plans.Copy !req
166. 'I briefed Callett.'Copy !req
167. Mr Callett.
Noel, from Blue Eye.Copy !req
168. Noel won an Emmy by his effects
work on that HBO moon Western thing.Copy !req
169. Sea Of Tranquillity.Copy !req
170. You won't find better.Copy !req
171. Can you map a head onto a body live?Copy !req
172. Depends if your camera's moving.Copy !req
173. Rule sheet specifies a single hand-held
camera in a constant roving motion.Copy !req
174. Mm.Copy !req
175. Yeah, Gonzo style.
He knows his shit. That's tough.Copy !req
176. "Fruition to be transmitted
in full"?Copy !req
177. Focus on the visuals. Different face
mapped onto a live performer.Copy !req
178. According to those stipulations.Copy !req
179. Fringes of possibility...Copy !req
180. Deadline's at four. We need to know
if it's workable by two.Copy !req
181. Can't happen.Copy !req
182. It has to.Copy !req
183. Our embeds have ruled out the major
players. It's not AQ, not IRA.Copy !req
184. This is what's left...
radicals, hate groups.Copy !req
185. People who've threatened yourself
or the royals.Copy !req
186. They're being pulled in as we speak.Copy !req
187. For more than questioning, I hope.Copy !req
188. Somebody know something.Copy !req
189. 'If we all do it more, there'll be
less waste lying around... 'Copy !req
190. Is it still not on the telly?Copy !req
191. Nothing. Must be a hoax.Copy !req
192. Or a black-out. Heads up!Copy !req
193. 'Some major breaking news
here on UKN.Copy !req
194. In the last two minutesCopy !req
195. 'It's been confirmed
that Susannah, Duchess of BeaumontCopy !req
196. 'has been kidnapped.Copy !req
197. 'A video uploaded
anonymously to the InternetCopy !req
198. 'appears to depict the princess
pleading for her life.Copy !req
199. 'The video also contains a bizarre
ransom demand of a personal natureCopy !req
200. 'involving the Prime Minister,
and a detailed list of instructionsCopy !req
201. 'relating to the enactment
of this demand.Copy !req
202. 'As police round up
potential suspects... 'Copy !req
203. '... across the nation.Copy !req
204. '.. This viewer video shows officers
raiding an address in Bradford.Copy !req
205. 'A man thought to be
connected with a religiousCopy !req
206. pressure group, dragged
to a waiting van... 'Copy !req
207. If it's terrorists,
they'll take her head off.Copy !req
208. For fuck's sake, man!
Just saying.Copy !req
209. They'll be asking for
a million quid or something.Copy !req
210. They want him to do it with a pig.Copy !req
211. Demands...Copy !req
212. Telegraph has the whole video and an
interactive timeline. Tonally stark.Copy !req
213. Brief mention of the ransom being
"a sex act". Nothing too gross.Copy !req
214. Sun runs with "Taken".
Big grab of Susannah...Copy !req
215. Of course I still want that drink.Copy !req
216. Then give me something.Copy !req
217. It's not...Copy !req
218. That won't be possible.Copy !req
219. I'm friendly when I drink.
Very friendly when I'm grateful.Copy !req
220. There's no comment at this timeCopy !req
221. The Guardian are running
a fucking live blogCopy !req
222. and a short piece on
the historical symbolism of the pig.Copy !req
223. '.. Only five hours away,Copy !req
224. 'UKN's Damon Brown analyses
the public reaction to the crisis.'Copy !req
225. 'It's a day like no other.Copy !req
226. 'The kidnap video has been watched
by over 18 million people.Copy !req
227. 'Social networking sites are a... buzz
with 10,000 Tweets per minute.Copy !req
228. 'While we wait for
Downing Street to respond,Copy !req
229. 'the nation is voicing its opinion.Copy !req
230. 'I don't think anyone should concede
to any humiliation under threat.Copy !req
231. 'I couldn't bear to watch that.Copy !req
232. 'I won't be tuning in.
Just thinking about it is horrible.Copy !req
233. 'That's disgusting.
It is disgusting.Copy !req
234. 'It is disgusting but...
after that, he's gonna be hero.Copy !req
235. 'People will look at him like he's
insane and take his position away.Copy !req
236. 'It will be hilarious to see that on TV.Copy !req
237. 'Nothing too abnormal for MPs.Copy !req
238. 'They're all sexual deviants,
all MPs and Prime Ministers.'Copy !req
239. We've been squeezing hard,
but nothing concrete.Copy !req
240. It's my house! You can't...Copy !req
241. You are in my doorway
touching my door handle!Copy !req
242. Could I have a word?Copy !req
243. It won't come to that.Copy !req
244. And if they don't find her?Copy !req
245. MI5 have got a name.Copy !req
246. They're surrounding the place now.Copy !req
247. Where?Copy !req
248. What?Copy !req
249. Where's the place?Copy !req
250. Truro.Copy !req
251. - Why are you lying?
- What?Copy !req
252. You're lying!Copy !req
253. Truro? Jesus!Copy !req
254. I don't want you worrying.Copy !req
255. You've never patronised me.
Don't start now.Copy !req
256. Whoever this is, is insane.Copy !req
257. And has a princess.Copy !req
258. We'll get through this.Copy !req
259. Not any princess... the princess.Copy !req
260. Princess bloody Facebook bloody
eco-conscious national sweetheart.Copy !req
261. I won't have to do anything.Copy !req
262. Everyone's laughing at us.Copy !req
263. You don't know that.Copy !req
264. I know people.Copy !req
265. We love humiliation.Copy !req
266. I can not laughCopy !req
267. Nothing is going to happen.Copy !req
268. It's already happening
in their heads.Copy !req
269. In their heads, that's what you're
doing, what my husband is doing.Copy !req
270. Please!Copy !req
271. Jane.Copy !req
272. I love you.Copy !req
273. What?Copy !req
274. Palace on the phone, sir.Copy !req
275. Get Alex to stall them.Copy !req
276. She's already been speaking to her
for ten minutes.Copy !req
277. "Her"?Copy !req
278. It's the Queen herself.Copy !req
279. Go on.Copy !req
280. 'As the 4pm deadline draws nearer,
the world holds its breath... 'Copy !req
281. waiting to discover where the princessCopy !req
282. Would they use a female pig?Copy !req
283. It's on the list.Copy !req
284. List of rules,
specifies camera angles and things.Copy !req
285. Like dogme 95.Copy !req
286. It's not like Dogme 95.Copy !req
287. Exactly that.Copy !req
288. What's Dogme 95?Copy !req
289. Cinematic movement.Copy !req
290. Lars von Trier.Copy !req
291. Rules for a director...
no background music,Copy !req
292. only natural light,
for authenticity.Copy !req
293. Same as these, so they can't cheat,
cut another guy's arse pumping away.Copy !req
294. 'I can't think of anything
remotely like this.Copy !req
295. 'A new form of terrorism...Copy !req
296. It's not Islamist. To request
a pig is specifically abhorrent.Copy !req
297. 'That's the point!
Make love to a pig!'Copy !req
298. Make love?Copy !req
299. Steer them away
from the grisly details.Copy !req
300. 'Let's not dwell
on any of the details.Copy !req
301. 'This is already
a huge national talking point.Copy !req
302. 'Isn't this precisely what whoever
is behind this is looking for?'Copy !req
303. How's Her Majesty taking it?Copy !req
304. "I trust you'll do everything
in your power to get her back."Copy !req
305. And we are.Copy !req
306. It wasn't a collective "you".
It was a singular "you", ie me.Copy !req
307. Sir, we may have something. Jamie's
been tracing the video's origin.Copy !req
308. I thought it was untraceable.Copy !req
309. Technically, yes, so I thought,
"Work with what we do now"Copy !req
310. That video, before Youtube
compression it was 57.3 meg.Copy !req
311. Algorithm.Copy !req
312. Anyway, we also know
it was uploaded at 3:16 AM.Copy !req
313. I ran a nationwide traceback
on uninterrupted one-way uploadsCopy !req
314. of precisely 57.3 meg
in the minutes leading up to 3:16,Copy !req
315. and the closest I can get
is a postcode.Copy !req
316. It came from somewhere in there.Copy !req
317. Looks like a campus.Copy !req
318. Yeah. Closed 2010.Copy !req
319. It's been empty since.Copy !req
320. Latest I-sat image on this area?Copy !req
321. 3 AM flyover shot from last night...Copy !req
322. Looks like it had lights on.Copy !req
323. We got him. We got him.Copy !req
324. Alert the local team.
Full squad. I'll man it.Copy !req
325. With helmet-cam relay.
We can watch the operation.Copy !req
326. Press office, OK, Tom?Copy !req
327. Yes!Copy !req
328. Right. Confident?Copy !req
329. It's a kick-bollock scramble,
but with finessing it should be OK.Copy !req
330. Finesse quickly.
Our performer's on his way.Copy !req
331. It's a new one for me, obviously.
I wouldn't normally... You know.Copy !req
332. You seen any of my films?Copy !req
333. No.Copy !req
334. I'm pretty trad... bish, bash, bosh.
In, out.Copy !req
335. Yeah, well...Copy !req
336. What do I put on the invoice?
That's what I'm wondering.Copy !req
337. There won't be any invoicing.Copy !req
338. - Oi-oi, Rod!
- Oi-oi!Copy !req
339. Need to prep two statementsCopy !req
340. Good outcome. Bad outcome.Copy !req
341. Rescue operation?Copy !req
342. Goon squad's heading
for postcode in Buckinghamshire.Copy !req
343. HP84TD, a college or something.
They should be there by now.Copy !req
344. Yeah, I've reduced
the luminance...Copy !req
345. Agent Callett, this is Mr Flynn.Copy !req
346. AKA, Rod Senseless.Copy !req
347. Stage name.Copy !req
348. Yeah. Well...Copy !req
349. You need to get into this.Copy !req
350. Is there a dressing room I can use?Copy !req
351. No.Copy !req
352. Where's my co-star?Copy !req
353. Be rude not to give her a kiss
beforehand.Copy !req
354. Outside in the truck.Copy !req
355. Full of joie de vivre, isn't he?Copy !req
356. You also need to wear this...
on your head.Copy !req
357. Board's been prised away.
That's where they got in.Copy !req
358. OK.Copy !req
359. 'Target identified.'Copy !req
360. Commissioner. Thank you.Copy !req
361. So, team red...Copy !req
362. 'Any orders, boss?'Copy !req
363. Continue reconnaissance
and await instructions,Copy !req
364. before you proceed.Copy !req
365. 'With the 4pm deadline
three hours away,Copy !req
366. 'time is running out
for the Prime Minister... 'Copy !req
367. They got in, yeah?Copy !req
368. Do you think I'd be here
if they had?Copy !req
369. We've got statements
for either outcome.Copy !req
370. Listen,
coverage is very sympathetic.Copy !req
371. Can't think about coverage now!Copy !req
372. But it's on-side?Copy !req
373. Strong undercurrent of sympathy.Copy !req
374. Every poll indicates
understanding, disgust with theCopy !req
375. captor, outrage at the whole
thing, but not at you.Copy !req
376. If Walker's team fuck up, I'm not
saying they will, but if they do,Copy !req
377. the public anticipates
non-compliance.Copy !req
378. There'll be squawks from the usuals,Copy !req
379. but it's not "England expects".Copy !req
380. If he kills her, there's no blood
on your hands. Bottom line.Copy !req
381. 'With hours to go, time is running
out for the security services.Copy !req
382. 'Joining us is actress Lydia... 'Copy !req
383. Thought this was coming from IB7.Copy !req
384. We trimmed the edges
so it's coming direct.Copy !req
385. Twinkle tits from?Copy !req
386. Actress, Downton Abbey,
knows the princess.Copy !req
387. This came for you,
left at reception.Copy !req
388. Courier dropped it off.Copy !req
389. Know how to plug this in?Copy !req
390. Jack, call the police. Take it!Copy !req
391. Get someone to shoot that first.Copy !req
392. What the fuck is this?Copy !req
393. 'I gave you rules.
'I said no cheating.Copy !req
394. 'Some more breaking news,Copy !req
395. 'and a severed finger, thought
to belong to Princess Susannah,Copy !req
396. 'has been delivered to UKN,
along with a videoCopy !req
397. 'apparently showing the kidnapper
removing it from the princess.Copy !req
398. 'UKN News has passed all material
to Scotland Yard... 'Copy !req
399. Fucking hell!Copy !req
400. God! I can't watch this!
He's got to do what they want.Copy !req
401. Yes, he fucking has!Copy !req
402. '.. Which contained a statementCopy !req
403. 'accusing Downing Street of
attempting to break the rulesCopy !req
404. 'This grim development comes just hoursCopy !req
405. before the 4PM deadline... 'Copy !req
406. Jesus!Copy !req
407. Unless I'm mistaken,
our mystery man specifiedCopy !req
408. no visual trickery
in his original demand, didn't he?Copy !req
409. I considered it necessary...Copy !req
410. Considered it necessary.Copy !req
411. To divise...Copy !req
412. FUCKING HELL!Copy !req
413. - Mike...!
- Don't!Copy !req
414. It's nor...Copy !req
415. One word, I swear I will fucking...!Copy !req
416. What did you do, Alex?Copy !req
417. I had a back-up plan.Copy !req
418. A man prepared to do it
and an FX company thatCopy !req
419. would paint your head
onto his shoulders.Copy !req
420. You actually
thought that would work?Copy !req
421. I believed it worth considering.Copy !req
422. Then you're a stupid bitch.Copy !req
423. With your interest at heart.Copy !req
424. Who knew about this?Copy !req
425. A select few.
It seems some idiot at the studioCopy !req
426. recognised our designated performer,Copy !req
427. Tweeted a photo and the online
hivemind did the maths.Copy !req
428. It's not playing well.Copy !req
429. With who?Copy !req
430. With, er... anyone.Copy !req
431. 'A few hours ago, public opinion
was behind Prime Minister Callow,Copy !req
432. 'with only 28%
of the public believingCopy !req
433. 'he should fulfil the bizarre
and illegal request.Copy !req
434. 'In the wake of these images,Copy !req
435. 'and the delivery of the princess's
finger, the mood is shifting.Copy !req
436. 'It'll be humiliating, but nothing
compared to her suffering.Copy !req
437. 'With the appearance of finger...Copy !req
438. 'He's just got to do it.Copy !req
439. Yes, he has to do it.Copy !req
440. 'What's the alternative?Copy !req
441. 'We can get another Prime Minister.
We can't live without a princess.Copy !req
442. Of course...Copy !req
443. 'If he doesn't get her released,
he's finished, isn't he?Copy !req
444. 'Online polls suggest
that 86% of votersCopy !req
445. 'now believe
the demand should be met.Copy !req
446. 'Damon Brown... 'Copy !req
447. When are Walker's team
hitting the college?Copy !req
448. They need time...Copy !req
449. No more pissing around.Copy !req
450. Julian's advising against...Copy !req
451. I'm advising for.
They go in now. They go in now.Copy !req
452. Where's my obit VT?Copy !req
453. What would you say if I said I was
near where Susannah's being held?Copy !req
454. I'd say bullshit.Copy !req
455. Then you'd be wrong.Copy !req
456. Have you got a crew with you?Copy !req
457. I'm not stupid.Copy !req
458. Malaika?Copy !req
459. Hello?Copy !req
460. Are you getting this?Copy !req
461. Yeah. Don't put yourself
in any danger.Copy !req
462. Still getting this?Copy !req
463. Yeah. Just stay safe, Malaika.
Be careful!Copy !req
464. If this doesn't work...Copy !req
465. we need...Copy !req
466. Armed police! Lay down on the floor!
Lay down on the floor!Copy !req
467. Move!Copy !req
468. Fuck!Copy !req
469. It's a decoy.Copy !req
470. They must have bounced the upload
from here with a proxy. I'm sorry.Copy !req
471. Jesus!Copy !req
472. They're looking right at her!Copy !req
473. They can't see her.Copy !req
474. 'Malaika, make sure they can't... 'Copy !req
475. Stay down! Don't move!Copy !req
476. Run, Malaika! Run!Copy !req
477. Get out of there. Come on!Copy !req
478. Armed police!Copy !req
479. Is it him?Copy !req
480. Where the fuck is Jack?Copy !req
481. Advance! Advance! Advance!Copy !req
482. Get down!Copy !req
483. Get down!Copy !req
484. UKN. It's Malaika something
or other. She's from UKN.Copy !req
485. You press? Yes.Copy !req
486. There goes your RTS Award.Copy !req
487. There must be something.Copy !req
488. There's nothing there, Mike.Copy !req
489. There'll be a clue.
Some evidence.Copy !req
490. We've done all we can.Copy !req
491. You rescued mannequin.Copy !req
492. I'm sorry, Michael...Copy !req
493. Fuck off, Julian!Copy !req
494. 20 past three. We're out of time.Copy !req
495. We're not out of time!Copy !req
496. We're not out of time.Copy !req
497. It's not going to happen.Copy !req
498. To the public...Copy !req
499. Fuck the public!Copy !req
500. To the public, this would be one man
of questionable popularityCopy !req
501. putting personal embarrassment
over the life of a girl.Copy !req
502. They will not release her anyway.
She's probably already dead.Copy !req
503. If she isn't,
he'll kill her and upload the video.Copy !req
504. Everyone will see it.
The world will see it.Copy !req
505. The mood will border on insurrection
and you will be destroyed,Copy !req
506. I guarantee you...
utterly destroyed.Copy !req
507. The polling bears that out.Copy !req
508. You won't just be
a disgraced politician,Copy !req
509. The public, the Palace and the Party
insist on compliance.Copy !req
510. Fuck the Party!Copy !req
511. Refuse, and I've been advisedCopy !req
512. that we cannot guarantee
your physical safety.Copy !req
513. Or that of your family.Copy !req
514. But...Copy !req
515. I've made arrangements
for the broadcast.Copy !req
516. I can't...Copy !req
517. I'm sorry, Michael.
It's out of your hands.Copy !req
518. 'Let's take you live to the
scene in central London.Copy !req
519. 'As we see the Prime Minister's car
travelling across London... 'Copy !req
520. He's got to do it.Copy !req
521. The world's bloody broken.Copy !req
522. '.. Appears to be heading west
to Bankside Studios.'Copy !req
523. We've ratified the law...
after midnight,Copy !req
524. it'll be a criminal of fence to store
any recording or images of the event.Copy !req
525. They're doing an announcement
to warn people offCopy !req
526. even watching, some sonic
tone that causes nausea.Copy !req
527. '.. When public opinion
has very much hardened,Copy !req
528. 'following the delivery
of the princess's severed finger.Copy !req
529. 'As the 4pm deadline approaches,
the nation is at a stand stillCopy !req
530. 'watching the extraordinary
situation play out.Copy !req
531. 'Just to remind you, this is now
a story of global significance... 'Copy !req
532. "Michael Callow has displayed
incredible bravery"Copy !req
533. "in what was a matter
of life or death."Copy !req
534. That's how it opens,
then we should move on...Copy !req
535. OK. Yeah.Copy !req
536. Everything prepared?Copy !req
537. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
538. It's sedated?Copy !req
539. Injection. It's docile.Copy !req
540. It's time to go in now.Copy !req
541. '.. An unprecedented nature.'Copy !req
542. 'This is an official announcement.Copy !req
543. In a few minutes,Copy !req
544. 'the Prime Minister will perform
an indecent act on your screens.Copy !req
545. '..In the hope that it will ensure
the release of Princess Susannah.Copy !req
546. 'Recording or possessing a copy of
this broadcast will become illegalCopy !req
547. at midnight.Copy !req
548. 'All viewers are advised to turn off
their televisions immediately.Copy !req
549. 'The broadcast will commence after
the following tone.'Copy !req
550. We're complying with
the stipulated rules.Copy !req
551. You'll have to keep going...Copy !req
552. You'll have to see it through
to the end.Copy !req
553. We've placed visual aids in your
eyeline, which might help if you...Copy !req
554. get into trouble.Copy !req
555. The suggestion we're getting
from psychologistsCopy !req
556. is that you should take
as long as you need.Copy !req
557. If you rush, it might be
misinterpreted as eagernessCopy !req
558. or even enjoyment.Copy !req
559. It's just
a skeleton crew inside.Copy !req
560. Closed set.Copy !req
561. There he is!Copy !req
562. 'I trust this will bring about the
safe return of Princess Susannah.'Copy !req
563. 'I...Copy !req
564. 'I love my wife.'Copy !req
565. 'May God forgive me.'Copy !req
566. No!Copy !req
567. Jesus! Poor bastard!Copy !req
568. But it's been on for nearly an hour.Copy !req
569. It's history, this.Copy !req
570. We've got her. Susannah.Copy !req
571. They released her?Copy !req
572. Stumbling about in the city.Copy !req
573. Sedated. She can't remember
anything, but she's unharmed.Copy !req
574. But her finger?Copy !req
575. Not hers. DNA shows it's male.Copy !req
576. What?Copy !req
577. There is one other thing. There's a
CCTV grab of her from half three.Copy !req
578. It seems he let her go
30 minutes before it happened.Copy !req
579. Why?Copy !req
580. My guess...Copy !req
581. he knew everyone would
be elsewhereCopy !req
582. watching screens.Copy !req
583. So it's a statement.Copy !req
584. Ma'am?Copy !req
585. That's what this was all about,
making a point.Copy !req
586. Should we, er...?Copy !req
587. Lose that page of the report.Copy !req
588. No-one sees it, especially the PM.Copy !req
589. Of course.Copy !req
590. Good news, Michael.Copy !req
591. You saved her.
Susannah's alive and well.Copy !req
592. 'On the one-year anniversary
of his humiliating ordeal,Copy !req
593. 'an apparently unconcerned Michael
Callow put in an assured performanceCopy !req
594. 'at a public appearance,
accompanied by his wife Jane.Copy !req
595. Here I go.Copy !req
596. 'OK.Copy !req
597. 'The other central figure in events
was also before the cameraCopy !req
598. 'at last night's
Children Of Valour Awards.Copy !req
599. 'Princess Susannah
made her first public appearanceCopy !req
600. 'since announcing her pregnancy.Copy !req
601. 'It was one year ago that
the Turner Prize-winning artist,Copy !req
602. 'Carlton Bloom,Copy !req
603. 'coerced the Prime Minister
into committing an indecent act.Copy !req
604. 'As the anniversary arrived,
one art critic caused controversyCopy !req
605. 'by describing it as "the first
great artwork of the 21st century".Copy !req
606. 'While cultural commentators
debate its significance,Copy !req
607. 'with a global audience
of 1.3 billion,Copy !req
608. 'it was an event
in which we all participated.Copy !req
609. However, the incident failed
to destroy a Prime Minister,Copy !req
610. 'who holds an approval rating
three points higher than last year.Copy !req
611. 'Damon Brown, UKN.'Copy !req
612. Jane.Copy !req
613. Jane, please.Copy !req