7 00:01:21,873 --> 00:01:24,877 Yeah, mate, I said 30, you can't expect to get away with it like that. 8 00:01:25,043 --> 00:01:26,670 Make a better deal or it's off. 9 00:01:26,837 --> 00:01:30,842 OK? Well, I'll see you tomorrow then, ten o'clock, my place. 10 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:39,187 One forty-nine, please. 11 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:44,776 - How much is the milk? - Forty-nine pence. 12 00:01:49,484 --> 00:01:51,737 - Thank you very much. - Thank you. 13 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,918 One pound, please. Thank you. 14 00:02:34,237 --> 00:02:37,582 Uh-uh. Too much. Much too much butter. 15 00:02:37,741 --> 00:02:39,163 I like butter. 16 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:40,953 Denis. 17 00:02:42,537 --> 00:02:44,164 Mmm. 18 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:50,212 - Milk's gone up. - Hm? 19 00:02:50,379 --> 00:02:54,009 - 49p a pint. - Good grief! 20 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:55,801 We'll have to economize. 21 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:58,561 I suppose we could always sell the car. 22 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,725 Or take in paying guests. 23 00:03:04,935 --> 00:03:06,983 Watch out. She's on the prowl. 24 00:03:14,653 --> 00:03:15,905 Eat your 699. 25 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:25,210 - Goodness! There you are. - Yes. Here we are. 26 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:39,346 How did this happen? How could she possibly have got out? 27 00:03:39,511 --> 00:03:42,981 It's very, very important that the front door is left locked. 28 00:03:43,140 --> 00:03:44,892 - Of course. - Please, make it clear 29 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:47,311 - to whoever's on after you. - Dixon. 30 00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:49,605 I'm afraid I'm going to have to phone the station about this. 31 00:03:49,771 --> 00:03:51,865 - Anything could have happened. - I understand. 32 00:03:52,023 --> 00:03:55,527 Maria, she's starting to clear her husband's cupboard, so... 33 00:03:55,694 --> 00:03:57,071 - Mm-hm. - I may need your help. 34 00:03:57,237 --> 00:04:00,616 Can you bring up any cases that you can find in the basement? 35 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:02,534 Of course. 36 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:10,925 Mm! 37 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:15,463 Beautiful day. 38 00:04:15,630 --> 00:04:18,008 - Mm... - Oh, you've made a start. 39 00:04:18,175 --> 00:04:20,769 Carol's coming soon, I'll get some bags. 40 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:26,692 Anything you want to go to Mark, I'll bring up a suitcase for it. 41 00:04:32,189 --> 00:04:33,736 Uh-uh. 42 00:04:33,899 --> 00:04:37,870 No, no, no, no. The grey. 43 00:04:38,028 --> 00:04:41,202 - You sure? - Mm... 44 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:52,589 Definitely the grey. 45 00:04:52,751 --> 00:04:56,346 Righty oh. Boss knows best. 46 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:07,683 Don't let her take my paper away. 47 00:05:07,849 --> 00:05:11,228 Oh, I haven't had a chance to look at that yet, dear. 48 00:05:11,394 --> 00:05:13,146 Sorry. 49 00:05:14,898 --> 00:05:16,821 Atta girl. 50 00:05:18,235 --> 00:05:19,828 Ah! Damn! 51 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:22,705 - Damn it. - Blot it. 52 00:05:22,864 --> 00:05:26,334 - Blot it. - Pardon? 53 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:34,960 You're supposed to be looking after her. 54 00:05:35,126 --> 00:05:37,549 Now look what you've done. 55 00:05:38,588 --> 00:05:41,592 Are they to keep the loonies out or you in? 56 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:43,260 Hm... 57 00:05:44,803 --> 00:05:46,146 I'll be off then. 58 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:51,231 Wear your scarf. There is a chill out there. 59 00:05:54,729 --> 00:05:57,778 Good morning, Lady Thatcher. Are you all right? 60 00:05:57,941 --> 00:06:02,412 - How are you feeling? - I'm fine, thank you, Susie. 61 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:05,240 I've just been reading about the bombings. 62 00:06:05,407 --> 00:06:10,038 - Of course. Frightful. 63 00:06:14,666 --> 00:06:16,384 - Sorry-. 64 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:20,968 These are the books for you to sign. 65 00:06:21,131 --> 00:06:23,554 I brought as many as I could find. 66 00:06:23,717 --> 00:06:26,516 Shall we go through your appointments? 67 00:06:28,138 --> 00:06:29,765 We said we'd go through them today. 68 00:06:30,932 --> 00:06:33,151 Yes. Of course, dear. Today. 69 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:35,062 The invitation has come from Downing Street 70 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:38,198 for the unveiling of your portrait. I'll put that on the mantelpiece, 71 00:06:38,356 --> 00:06:40,404 and there's an invitation from Lord Armstrong 72 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:43,195 for lunch on the first Friday of next month. 73 00:06:43,361 --> 00:06:45,614 I said no, because you have a concert that afternoon, 74 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:47,282 but if you'd like to... 75 00:06:47,449 --> 00:06:49,918 It looks like a very interesting program. 76 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:52,204 What are they playing? 77 00:06:53,622 --> 00:06:57,252 Um, I think they said... 78 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:59,886 ...Rodgers & Hammerstein. 79 00:07:00,045 --> 00:07:01,843 Oh. 80 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:31,122 Oh... 81 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:35,005 Silly man. 82 00:07:35,163 --> 00:07:38,542 Oh, he hasn't got his scarf on. 83 00:08:19,249 --> 00:08:23,299 - Did someone cover the butter? - I'll go. 84 00:08:23,461 --> 00:08:24,758 - Leave it! - Margaret. 85 00:08:33,596 --> 00:08:34,848 Good girl. 86 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:42,323 Tomorrow, no matter what they do, it'll be business as usual. 87 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:47,865 Two of the small beef, Mr. Roberts. 88 00:08:48,737 --> 00:08:51,365 What is the life blood of any community? 89 00:08:51,531 --> 00:08:53,249 It's business. 90 00:08:53,408 --> 00:08:56,002 Not just big business, but small businesses, like mine. 91 00:08:56,161 --> 00:08:57,504 Margaret! Cups! 92 00:08:57,662 --> 00:09:00,165 We on this island are strong. 93 00:09:00,331 --> 00:09:04,552 We're self-reliant. Sometimes, we're plain bloody-minded. 94 00:09:04,711 --> 00:09:07,214 But we also believe in helping each other. 95 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,132 And I don't mean by state handouts. 96 00:09:09,299 --> 00:09:11,097 Margaret, do you want to come to the pictures? 97 00:09:11,259 --> 00:09:13,102 She's not coming out, she's got to study. 98 00:09:13,261 --> 00:09:15,514 - Miss Hoity-Toity! 99 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:19,355 Never run with the crowd, Margaret. Go your own way. 100 00:09:20,769 --> 00:09:22,112 Go your own way. 101 00:09:23,772 --> 00:09:25,115 Never run with the crowd. 102 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:26,274 Open it then. 103 00:09:31,321 --> 00:09:33,244 I've got a place at Oxford. 104 00:09:38,536 --> 00:09:40,459 Don't let me down, Margaret. 105 00:09:42,123 --> 00:09:43,591 Mother! 106 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:47,887 My hands are still damp. 107 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:58,932 "Margaret Roberts." 108 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:01,726 Oh! 109 00:10:10,735 --> 00:10:14,285 Tea. - Margaret! Cups! 110 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:23,086 They're talking about you again. 111 00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:25,467 Wha... What time is it? 112 00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:29,755 Sun's not quite over the yardarm. 113 00:10:29,921 --> 00:10:31,719 - It's time for tea. 114 00:10:31,881 --> 00:10:35,556 - Look, Margaret. 115 00:10:37,428 --> 00:10:39,396 What have you got on your head? 116 00:10:39,556 --> 00:10:42,309 Found it in the cupboard, and thought, bugger it, 117 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:44,728 it's Friday, why not fancy dress? 118 00:10:44,894 --> 00:10:48,398 - You look ridiculous. - Boss lady no like? 119 00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:50,909 No, Denis, boss lady no like. 120 00:10:51,067 --> 00:10:53,411 She's made a start, that's the main thing. 121 00:10:53,570 --> 00:10:56,540 No, no, no. It's going fine. 122 00:10:56,698 --> 00:11:00,703 But it's taken Carol eight years to persuade her to let his things go. 123 00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:02,496 Feet! 124 00:11:03,746 --> 00:11:06,215 Well, it's her pills. 125 00:11:06,374 --> 00:11:09,469 You can never be sure she's taking them. I think sometimes she hides them. 126 00:11:09,627 --> 00:11:11,550 Oh, rumbled! 127 00:11:11,713 --> 00:11:14,967 They give her about an hour's clarity, then she slips again. 128 00:11:16,551 --> 00:11:19,179 Can I suggest you remove the sticker from the back of your car? 129 00:11:19,345 --> 00:11:21,598 - Sorry. It's always cash... - Then take the sticker off! 130 00:11:21,764 --> 00:11:23,357 I call that false advertising, wouldn't you? 131 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,518 - I've got another... - I would say keep the change, 132 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:26,811 but there isn't any change. 133 00:11:26,978 --> 00:11:28,696 Hello, June. Any news? 134 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:31,904 Look, I brought every single bag I could find. 135 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:37,243 He gave a speech recently, trying to come up with a broad base... 136 00:11:37,405 --> 00:11:39,157 Hello, Ma. 137 00:11:39,324 --> 00:11:41,873 Bloody taxi driver wouldn't take my card. 138 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:46,916 I said don't have a sticker saying you take Visa and then insist on cash. 139 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:48,082 Oh! Can you believe it? 140 00:11:48,249 --> 00:11:51,093 Rummaging around the bottom of my bag. He didn't get a tip. 141 00:11:54,589 --> 00:12:00,267 I didn't know that you were dropping by today, dear. 142 00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:04,149 Yes, you said yesterday, we were going to start on Dad's things. 143 00:12:04,307 --> 00:12:06,981 The cupboards, then I was going to help you dress. 144 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:09,271 - You've got Michael and... - Jacqueline. 145 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:12,907 - Coming for dinner tonight. - Yes, of course. 146 00:12:14,817 --> 00:12:16,819 We're having halibut. 147 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:22,125 This is a major catastrophe that has struck our capital. 148 00:12:22,283 --> 00:12:24,957 - As you can see... - Isn't it terrible? 149 00:12:25,119 --> 00:12:27,087 They think it's al-Qaeda. 150 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:30,046 ...are trying to get all the people out of the building. 151 00:12:30,208 --> 00:12:33,803 The Prime Minister and his senior staff were due to be staying at the hotel, 152 00:12:33,962 --> 00:12:35,179 - but checked out earlier. - Denis! 153 00:12:35,338 --> 00:12:37,966 It'll be fine. Come get your head down. 154 00:12:38,132 --> 00:12:41,102 - It's ten to three, for God's sake. - Denis! 155 00:12:41,261 --> 00:12:43,013 At ten to three this morning, an explosion 156 00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:45,932 extensively damaged the Grand Hotel in Brighton... 157 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:49,148 ... Brighton, scene of the Conservative Party conference. 158 00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:51,938 ...the Prime Minister and a number of her Cabinet were staying. 159 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:54,358 They escaped unhurt, but it's reported that... 160 00:12:54,524 --> 00:12:55,992 Five people have died, 161 00:12:56,150 --> 00:12:58,152 many others are injured, some critically. 162 00:12:58,319 --> 00:13:01,664 The IRA have claimed responsibility. 163 00:13:03,366 --> 00:13:08,213 We must release a statement, offering our condolences. 164 00:13:09,163 --> 00:13:10,585 I'm sure they've already... 165 00:13:10,748 --> 00:13:15,754 We must never, ever, ever give in to terrorists. 166 00:13:20,008 --> 00:13:21,726 Is it warm in here? 167 00:13:23,428 --> 00:13:26,147 Now, Ma, are we going long or just below the knee tonight? 168 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:29,276 Oh, below the knee, I should think. 169 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:34,989 No! Don't... Don't move those. 170 00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:38,197 I haven't finished sorting. 171 00:13:46,743 --> 00:13:48,745 I hear you went out today. 172 00:13:50,705 --> 00:13:53,675 You mustn't go out on your own, Mummy. We've talked about that. 173 00:13:54,417 --> 00:13:56,294 There was no milk. 174 00:13:56,461 --> 00:13:58,805 Call Robert, he'll get it for you if June's not up. 175 00:13:58,963 --> 00:14:01,136 I am not for the knacker's yet. 176 00:14:01,299 --> 00:14:04,473 Now, take it easy, Margaret. - No one's saying that. 177 00:14:06,804 --> 00:14:11,184 If I can't go out to buy a pint of milk, what is the world coming to? 178 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:17,108 Really, Carol. Please don't fuss about it. 179 00:14:17,273 --> 00:14:21,779 You've always been like this, fuss, fuss, fuss. 180 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:24,823 You must find something better to do with your time. 181 00:14:26,115 --> 00:14:28,743 It's most unattractive in a woman. 182 00:14:29,952 --> 00:14:31,795 When I was your age, 183 00:14:31,954 --> 00:14:36,585 the last thing I wanted to do was fuss around my mother. 184 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:40,593 Four down, nine letters. 185 00:14:40,755 --> 00:14:43,178 Something B, something T, something N... 186 00:14:43,341 --> 00:14:47,221 Something, something, something. Refusal to change course. 187 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:50,977 - Obstinate. 188 00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:53,142 - What? - I knew you'd get it. 189 00:14:53,309 --> 00:14:56,688 Ob... I'll wear the pearls. 190 00:14:58,439 --> 00:15:00,533 I'll wear the pearls. 191 00:15:09,951 --> 00:15:11,794 There they are. 192 00:15:11,953 --> 00:15:14,206 My little twins. 193 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:18,626 Thank you, dear. 194 00:15:19,877 --> 00:15:21,971 It's nearly all familiar faces: 195 00:15:22,130 --> 00:15:25,259 - William, Michael and his lovely wife. - Jacqueline. 196 00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:29,146 And then there's Peter, James R, James T, 197 00:15:29,303 --> 00:15:32,477 and that very nice man we met last year. 198 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,814 - I remember. - He's bringing his new lady friend, 199 00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:39,607 just to mix things up a bit, because we're rather short of women, 200 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:40,944 but I'm sure we'll manage. 201 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:43,451 I've always preferred the company of men. 202 00:15:47,321 --> 00:15:50,165 - Ma? 203 00:15:57,206 --> 00:16:02,428 Ah, Miss Roberts. Hoping to be chosen as our candidate for Parliament. 204 00:16:02,587 --> 00:16:06,683 Well, I don't like coalitions, I never have. 205 00:16:16,434 --> 00:16:18,857 Start on the outside, work your way in. 206 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:23,196 Attlee has his sights set on the steel industry, you mark my words. 207 00:16:23,357 --> 00:16:25,359 They'll be nationalizing the bloody air next. 208 00:16:25,526 --> 00:16:28,075 Yes, hold your breath, sir. That's government property. 209 00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:29,329 Dreadful. 210 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:32,834 Was your father a political man, too, Miss Roberts? 211 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:35,836 Oh, yes, to his core. 212 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:38,043 And Mayor of Grantham. 213 00:16:38,206 --> 00:16:42,461 - And a grocer as well. - Yes. 214 00:16:42,627 --> 00:16:45,756 And did you help... in the... 215 00:16:45,922 --> 00:16:48,846 - Oh, yes. It was a family business. - ...shop? 216 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:52,353 A very good starting point for the political life, I'm sure. 217 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:54,185 That and a degree from Oxford. 218 00:17:01,437 --> 00:17:03,064 No, don't. Whiskey, please. 219 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:13,449 What I do think is that a man should be encouraged 220 00:17:13,616 --> 00:17:15,618 to stand on his own two feet. 221 00:17:15,785 --> 00:17:19,289 Yes, we help people. Of course we help people. 222 00:17:19,455 --> 00:17:23,961 But for those that can do, they must just get up and do. 223 00:17:24,126 --> 00:17:27,255 And if something's wrong, they shouldn't just whine about it, 224 00:17:27,421 --> 00:17:31,597 they should get in there and do something about it, change things. 225 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:34,979 With all due respect, Miss Roberts, what may have served in Grantham... 226 00:17:35,137 --> 00:17:37,811 Can serve very well for the people of Dartford, too. 227 00:17:37,974 --> 00:17:40,397 - Really? - I know much more than those 228 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,733 who have never lived on a limited income. 229 00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,239 Just like the man or woman in the street, 230 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:49,995 when I am short one week, I have to make economies the next. 231 00:17:50,152 --> 00:17:52,405 Nothing like a slice of fiscal responsibility. 232 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:55,246 A man might call it fiscal responsibility, 233 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:58,378 a woman might call it good housekeeping. 234 00:17:58,536 --> 00:18:02,791 I'm not sure a home economics lesson 235 00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:06,803 is quite what the Dartford constituents need. 236 00:18:06,961 --> 00:18:09,965 They see industry being nationalized, 237 00:18:10,131 --> 00:18:13,931 the unions on the up, the pound on the slide. 238 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:18,189 Whoever can sort that lot out, he's my man. 239 00:18:18,347 --> 00:18:20,941 - Or woman? 240 00:18:24,186 --> 00:18:27,065 Ladies, shall we? 241 00:18:28,149 --> 00:18:31,244 Miss Roberts, do join the ladies. 242 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:47,377 Well. That's told us! 243 00:18:52,089 --> 00:18:55,810 So, Margaret, how would you have dealt with this if you'd been Prime Minister? 244 00:18:57,595 --> 00:18:58,812 Where? 245 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,599 The bombings, Mummy. 246 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:04,440 Today. 247 00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:06,650 We were just talking about them. 248 00:19:08,689 --> 00:19:10,236 No... yes. 249 00:19:10,399 --> 00:19:13,448 We have always lived alongside evil. 250 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:17,832 But it has never been so patient, 251 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:19,867 so avid for carnage, 252 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:24,710 so eager to carry innocents along with it into oblivion. 253 00:19:24,872 --> 00:19:26,124 Hear, hear. 254 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:30,045 Western civilization must root out this evil, 255 00:19:30,211 --> 00:19:33,590 wherever it hides, or she risks defeat 256 00:19:33,756 --> 00:19:38,011 at the hands of global terror in a nuclear age. Unimaginable. 257 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:39,895 The Prime Minister made a very good statement, I thought. 258 00:19:40,054 --> 00:19:43,103 Yes. Clever man. Quite a smoothie. 259 00:19:45,601 --> 00:19:48,445 Miss Thatcher, it's been such a pleasure to meet you. 260 00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:50,527 - You don't mind if I sit down. - No, no. 261 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:55,947 I heard you speak at the conference in Brighton in 1984, 262 00:19:56,112 --> 00:19:59,332 just after the IRA bombed the Grand Hotel. 263 00:19:59,490 --> 00:20:02,084 You were remarkable. 264 00:20:03,077 --> 00:20:05,956 I hope you appreciate what an inspiration you've been 265 00:20:06,122 --> 00:20:08,591 to women like myself. 266 00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:13,596 Well, it used to be about trying to do something. 267 00:20:13,754 --> 00:20:18,510 You see. Now, it's about trying to be someone. 268 00:20:21,846 --> 00:20:26,647 - Mm. Anyway, I... thank you. 269 00:20:26,809 --> 00:20:29,562 - Good night, Lady Thatcher. - Good night to you. 270 00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:34,401 I am so pleased to see your mother looking so well. 271 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:37,446 - Yes, doesn't she. - She certainly does. 272 00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:39,784 William, great to see you, thank you so much for coming. 273 00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:42,245 Thank you. It was lovely, absolutely lovely. 274 00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:44,877 - Can I call you a taxi? - No, no... 275 00:20:48,414 --> 00:20:51,463 OK, hold on to me, that's right. 276 00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:52,717 Ah. 277 00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:55,300 Better. 278 00:20:56,881 --> 00:20:59,805 Do the clasp. I can't quite... 279 00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:03,062 - OK. 280 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:04,221 Yes. 281 00:21:05,806 --> 00:21:08,776 - Oh, you have an eyelash. - Oh? 282 00:21:08,934 --> 00:21:11,562 - Make a wish. 283 00:21:21,739 --> 00:21:24,413 Oh, I spoke to Dr. Michael today. 284 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:29,164 He's very good. Very expensive. 285 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,835 I know you're not due to see him for another month, 286 00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:37,551 but I've spoken to him and he can fit you in tomorrow. 287 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:40,265 Just for a checkup. 288 00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:44,678 Ma, please. 289 00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:48,107 What does Mark think about it? 290 00:21:49,225 --> 00:21:51,478 - Mark? - Mm. 291 00:21:53,562 --> 00:21:57,192 Tell him to come up. I want to talk to him about this. 292 00:21:58,943 --> 00:22:02,038 Mark's with Sarah and the children. 293 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:10,580 Well, tell him to come up and see me after he's kissed them good night, 294 00:22:10,746 --> 00:22:13,044 would you, Carol, darling? 295 00:22:30,808 --> 00:22:32,810 He's not here, Mummy. 296 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:37,114 Mark lives in South Africa. 297 00:22:40,734 --> 00:22:42,953 And you're not Prime Minister any more. 298 00:22:47,449 --> 00:22:50,123 And Dad is, uh... 299 00:22:50,286 --> 00:22:52,129 Dad is dead. 300 00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:03,095 You look exhausted, dear. 301 00:23:06,427 --> 00:23:11,183 You really must try to get some sleep. 302 00:23:15,311 --> 00:23:19,236 Taxis will be few and far between at this hour. 303 00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:27,456 Righty oh. Night-night, Ma. Sleep well. 304 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,959 Good night, dear. 305 00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:19,250 Twenty-four-year-old Miss Margaret Roberts lost her bid 306 00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:22,465 to win a seat in Parliament today, but she has put new life 307 00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,801 into the Dartford Conservative Association. 308 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:27,433 Winning candidate, Mr. Dodds, had better watch out. 309 00:24:27,591 --> 00:24:30,310 This bright young woman is on his tail. 310 00:24:40,688 --> 00:24:44,443 - Eat. - Oh. Disaster. 311 00:24:44,608 --> 00:24:47,282 Hang on. Hang on. 312 00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:49,538 Hang on. 313 00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:55,537 You shaved thousands off their majority. You did splendidly. 314 00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:58,047 Not splendidly enough. 315 00:24:58,205 --> 00:25:01,880 Ah, I see. Self-pity. 316 00:25:03,085 --> 00:25:06,180 No one's saying you don't need a safe seat. 317 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,090 You deserve a safe seat. 318 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,553 But it does not come unless you learn to play the game a little. 319 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,020 - What game? - You're a grocer's daughter. 320 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:19,230 - And proud of being... - And in their eyes... 321 00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:23,151 ...a single grocer's daughter. 322 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:27,068 But if you were to become the wife of a moderately successful businessman, 323 00:25:27,234 --> 00:25:29,407 then you'd get to Parliament. 324 00:25:29,570 --> 00:25:32,494 And I'd get to be the happiest man in... 325 00:25:33,073 --> 00:25:35,622 ...wherever they select you. 326 00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:51,050 Margaret, will you marry me? 327 00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:57,728 Well? 328 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:03,608 Yes. 329 00:26:03,771 --> 00:26:05,694 Yes! 330 00:26:07,316 --> 00:26:09,114 - Oh... - What? 331 00:26:09,276 --> 00:26:11,495 I love you so much, but... 332 00:26:11,653 --> 00:26:14,748 ...I will never be one of those women, Denis, 333 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:18,332 who stays silent and pretty on the arm of her husband. 334 00:26:18,494 --> 00:26:23,500 Or remote and alone in the kitchen, doing the washing-up, for that matter. 335 00:26:23,665 --> 00:26:24,962 We'll get a help for that. 336 00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:30,973 No. One's life must matter, Denis. 337 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:34,635 Beyond all the cooking and the cleaning and the children, 338 00:26:34,802 --> 00:26:37,772 one's life must mean more than that. 339 00:26:38,472 --> 00:26:42,818 I cannot die washing up a tea cup. 340 00:26:42,976 --> 00:26:45,729 I mean it, Denis. 341 00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:48,399 Say you understand. 342 00:26:48,565 --> 00:26:52,240 That's why I want to marry you, my dear. 343 00:26:52,402 --> 00:26:54,530 Oh. 344 00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:11,588 Now eat. 345 00:27:59,136 --> 00:28:00,353 Oh! 346 00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:02,727 Oh... 347 00:28:07,394 --> 00:28:09,192 There we go. 348 00:28:15,819 --> 00:28:18,789 There they are, my little twins. 349 00:28:28,916 --> 00:28:31,590 Oh... Mark. 350 00:28:34,463 --> 00:28:35,680 Cornwall, wasn't it? 351 00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:37,762 Bloody hell. 352 00:28:41,303 --> 00:28:43,897 Look at 'em, little imps. 353 00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:50,237 You never really got golf, did you'? 354 00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:54,240 You look happy. 355 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:56,697 Yes, I do, don't I? 356 00:28:56,860 --> 00:28:58,828 You're drinking too much. 357 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:04,494 Whatcha doing? Not like you, looking back. 358 00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:08,005 Don't want to dig around too deep, M, don't know what you might find. 359 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:12,425 You can rewind it, but you can't change it. 360 00:29:14,711 --> 00:29:17,885 They grow up so fast, don't they? 361 00:29:38,652 --> 00:29:39,904 Mark. 362 00:29:41,822 --> 00:29:43,870 Oh... 363 00:29:56,503 --> 00:29:58,050 Mr. Eric Deakins, 364 00:29:58,213 --> 00:30:02,764 Labor, 13,437. 365 00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:10,642 Mr. Ivan Spence, Liberal, 366 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:14,939 12,260. 367 00:30:15,105 --> 00:30:18,530 - We won! 368 00:30:18,692 --> 00:30:21,696 Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, Conservative, 369 00:30:21,862 --> 00:30:25,583 29,697. 370 00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:29,416 I can now announce the new Member of Parliament for Finchley, 371 00:30:29,578 --> 00:30:32,001 - 1959... - Come along, please! 372 00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:34,462 ...Mrs. Margaret Thatcher. 373 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:45,556 Please! 374 00:30:45,719 --> 00:30:47,437 Mummy, don't go! 375 00:30:52,726 --> 00:30:56,651 You promised! Hey! Mummy! 376 00:30:56,813 --> 00:30:59,032 Wait, Mummy! 377 00:31:00,067 --> 00:31:03,241 Please don't go! 378 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:08,927 No. 379 00:32:09,636 --> 00:32:11,730 Oh! 380 00:32:22,357 --> 00:32:23,904 Mrs. Thatcher. 381 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:26,240 Excuse me. Sorry. 382 00:32:26,403 --> 00:32:28,531 Mrs. Thatcher, Airey Neave. 383 00:32:28,697 --> 00:32:31,701 Welcome to the madhouse. Follow me. 384 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:44,631 The Honorable Lady, the Member of Parliament for Finchley! 385 00:32:57,476 --> 00:33:00,229 Order! Order! 386 00:33:00,395 --> 00:33:03,444 The Right Honorable Lady, the Secretary of State for Education. 387 00:33:03,607 --> 00:33:05,450 Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 388 00:33:05,609 --> 00:33:09,113 The Right Honorable Gentleman knows very well that we had no choice 389 00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,782 - but to close the schools. 390 00:33:11,948 --> 00:33:14,872 - Shame! - Disgrace! 391 00:33:16,244 --> 00:33:19,373 Because his union paymasters 392 00:33:19,539 --> 00:33:23,043 have called a strike deliberately to cripple our economy. 393 00:33:25,128 --> 00:33:28,177 - Rubbish! - Teachers cannot teach 394 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:32,265 when there is no heating, no lighting in their classrooms. 395 00:33:32,427 --> 00:33:36,022 And I ask the Right Honorable Gentleman, whose fault is that? 396 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:38,149 Yours! 397 00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:46,112 Methinks the Right Honorable Lady doth screech too much. 398 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:52,823 And if she wants us to take her seriously, 399 00:33:52,989 --> 00:33:55,208 she must learn to calm down! 400 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:00,706 - Very good! - If the Right Honorable Gentleman 401 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:04,251 could perhaps attend more closely to what I am saying, 402 00:34:04,417 --> 00:34:07,341 rather than how I am saying it, 403 00:34:07,504 --> 00:34:12,351 he may receive a valuable education in spite of himself! 404 00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:18,858 Why has... Why has this Conservative government failed? 405 00:34:19,015 --> 00:34:21,438 - It hasn't failed. 406 00:34:21,601 --> 00:34:25,276 Why has it forced so many in the public sector 407 00:34:25,438 --> 00:34:29,739 into taking strike action to save their own jobs? 408 00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:39,248 Minister, the breakdown in essential public services, 409 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:43,132 in transport, in electricity, in sanitation, 410 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:45,418 is not the fault of the trade unions. 411 00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:47,837 It's entirely the fault of the trade unions. 412 00:34:48,003 --> 00:34:50,097 But of this Conservative government 413 00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:52,724 in which you so shamefully serve! 414 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:11,114 These power cuts will continue unless we can reach a compromise. 415 00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:15,076 The miners are asking for a 35 percent increase in wages. 416 00:35:15,238 --> 00:35:17,912 Obviously, we can't go anywhere near that. 417 00:35:18,074 --> 00:35:21,123 The unions are not our enemies and never have been. 418 00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:24,881 We want, and have always wanted, the broadest consensus. 419 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,044 - Hear, hear. - I'm sure we are all in agreement 420 00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:29,756 that we must do nothing for the moment 421 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:32,013 that will further inflame the current situation. 422 00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:34,049 - Hear, hear, Prime Minister. - The fact of the matter is, 423 00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:37,014 it's absolutely crucial that we are seen by the public 424 00:35:37,177 --> 00:35:41,023 to be acting as conciliators and not aggressors. 425 00:35:41,181 --> 00:35:43,354 Hear, hear. 426 00:35:46,102 --> 00:35:49,356 - Yes, Education Secretary. - Yes, Prime Minister. 427 00:35:49,522 --> 00:35:51,274 With the miners' union leader today 428 00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:54,615 calling for the army to mutiny in support of the strikes, 429 00:35:54,778 --> 00:35:57,327 this seems the wrong time for conciliation. 430 00:35:58,948 --> 00:36:01,667 Be patient. 431 00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:03,874 They'll come back on again in a moment. 432 00:36:04,037 --> 00:36:07,132 - Anybody got a shilling? - Ah, Boy Scout. 433 00:36:07,290 --> 00:36:08,758 Be prepared. 434 00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:10,919 Thank you, Margaret. 435 00:36:11,086 --> 00:36:12,759 Oh! It lives. 436 00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:15,595 Your thoughts are duly noted. 437 00:36:19,052 --> 00:36:22,522 Compromise, compromise, compromise... 438 00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:25,525 We on this island are strong. 439 00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:27,561 We're self-reliant. 440 00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:31,072 Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeepers. 441 00:36:31,231 --> 00:36:33,654 He meant it as an insult, but to me it's a compliment. 442 00:36:33,817 --> 00:36:37,321 That's why he couldn't beat us, that's why Hitler can't beat us. 443 00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:43,535 We Conservatives believe in giving people the freedom 444 00:36:43,702 --> 00:36:48,048 and opportunity to fulfill their own potential, especially the young. 445 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:50,675 There's no good in pretending we're all equal, we're not all the same, 446 00:36:50,834 --> 00:36:53,553 never have been, never will be. 447 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:59,515 We should encourage our children to aspire to achieve more than we have, 448 00:36:59,676 --> 00:37:03,180 for our children today will be the leaders of tomorrow. 449 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:08,436 It's 1974, you'd think it was World War II. 450 00:37:08,601 --> 00:37:11,104 Blackouts, no petrol. It's a mess. 451 00:37:11,271 --> 00:37:13,273 Heath should resign now and make way 452 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,408 for someone who's not afraid to tackle the unions. 453 00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:17,820 I swear, it's all gone completely out of my head. 454 00:37:17,986 --> 00:37:20,080 My driving instructor says I should pass, but I feel 455 00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:22,957 as if I've hardly had any lessons. Which is ridiculous, isn't it? 456 00:37:23,116 --> 00:37:25,585 - Maybe third time lucky. - Right. 457 00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:28,998 The only thing you should remember is that everyone else 458 00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:33,385 is either reckless or inept. Usually both. 459 00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:37,298 One must be brave if one is to take the wheel. 460 00:37:37,464 --> 00:37:39,717 - Right oh. - Right, move. 461 00:37:39,883 --> 00:37:41,180 Move to your right a little bit. 462 00:37:41,342 --> 00:37:43,640 But if I move to the right, aren't I on the wrong side of the road? 463 00:37:43,803 --> 00:37:45,555 - Carol! - Well, he's in the way! 464 00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:47,349 - To the right. Move to the right! 465 00:37:47,515 --> 00:37:49,813 - Hey! Look out! 466 00:37:49,976 --> 00:37:52,980 So sorry! Terribly sorry! 467 00:37:58,359 --> 00:38:00,157 Hey, look at me, driving! 468 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,822 Thanks, Ma, that was terrific! 469 00:38:01,988 --> 00:38:03,661 I really feel like I've got a handle on it now. 470 00:38:03,823 --> 00:38:04,995 You should have seen us, Pa. 471 00:38:05,158 --> 00:38:08,287 Are you trying to cook your own breakfast? 472 00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:10,831 - Denis! - I can boil a bloody egg. 473 00:38:10,997 --> 00:38:12,044 Mummy took me for a test drive. 474 00:38:12,207 --> 00:38:14,209 We went absolutely everywhere. All over the place. 475 00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:17,970 - Yeah? - I've decided. I'm going to run. 476 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:19,255 What for? 477 00:38:21,132 --> 00:38:24,602 I'm going to run for Leader of the Party. 478 00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:31,359 - Silly me! - Good luck! 479 00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:33,191 All the time I thought I was having a driving lesson, 480 00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:35,481 it was all about my mother, just for a change! 481 00:38:35,647 --> 00:38:38,526 - What's she on about? - Her driving test this morning! 482 00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:42,161 - Oh, right. Of course. - Are you saying you want 483 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:43,572 to be Prime Minister? 484 00:38:43,738 --> 00:38:49,586 Oh! What I'm saying is that someone must force the point, 485 00:38:49,744 --> 00:38:51,838 someone must say the un-sayable. 486 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:54,215 None of these men have the guts. 487 00:38:54,374 --> 00:38:56,342 - The Prime Minister has been 488 00:38:56,501 --> 00:38:58,219 very loyal to you, MT. 489 00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:00,927 But he's weak, and he's weakened the party. 490 00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:05,051 One must know when to go. 491 00:39:05,218 --> 00:39:06,765 You're shaking. Here, let me... 492 00:39:06,928 --> 00:39:08,521 I can do it! 493 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,899 Goodness me! 494 00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:15,358 What is the matter with everyone this morning? 495 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,113 I've told you what the matter is. 496 00:39:17,272 --> 00:39:18,865 The business is a bit rocky at the moment 497 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:20,400 and the doctor says I need a rest. 498 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:22,911 Do you need a rest? 499 00:39:23,069 --> 00:39:25,242 Oh, God. 500 00:39:25,405 --> 00:39:28,409 We both know it's highly unlikely 501 00:39:28,575 --> 00:39:30,202 that I would ever be elected leader. 502 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:33,622 I'll never be elected leader. But I will run. I will run. 503 00:39:33,788 --> 00:39:37,759 Just to nip at their heels and make them reaffirm the principles on which 504 00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:40,796 - the Conservative Party must stand. 505 00:39:43,923 --> 00:39:46,802 There's so much to do. 506 00:39:46,968 --> 00:39:49,471 You're insufferable, Margaret, do you know that? 507 00:39:51,931 --> 00:39:53,808 Denis, you married someone 508 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:58,105 who is committed to public service, you knew that. 509 00:39:58,271 --> 00:40:01,150 - And it is my duty... - Don't call it duty. 510 00:40:01,316 --> 00:40:04,286 It's ambition that's gotten you this far. Ambition. 511 00:40:04,444 --> 00:40:09,166 And the rest of us, me, the children, we can all go to hell! 512 00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:13,249 Don't worry about me, I'll be fine! 513 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:15,379 Where did you go? 514 00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:17,711 - South Africa. - Yes. 515 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:21,924 How many days passed before you realized I'd gone? 516 00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:24,930 Probably had to ask the cleaning woman where I was. 517 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:28,059 When did I lose track of everyone? 518 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:31,516 - Too busy climbing the greasy pole, MT. - How did I...? 519 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:33,852 Mrs. Thatcher, I understand you recently visited 520 00:40:34,015 --> 00:40:36,234 - the United States of America. - Oh, oh... 521 00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:39,566 What is it you took away from your visit which may be of value, 522 00:40:39,729 --> 00:40:43,575 - here in Great Britain? - That's rather easy to answer. 523 00:40:43,733 --> 00:40:47,078 They are unafraid of success. 524 00:40:48,071 --> 00:40:50,290 We in Great Britain and in Europe 525 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:53,201 are formed mostly by our history. 526 00:40:53,368 --> 00:40:56,918 They, on the other hand, are formed by their philosophy. 527 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,630 Not by what has been, but by what can be. 528 00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:04,217 Oh, we have a great deal that we can learn from them, yes. 529 00:41:04,379 --> 00:41:05,756 Oh, yes! 530 00:41:10,426 --> 00:41:12,053 Well... 531 00:41:13,513 --> 00:41:15,436 Uh... 532 00:41:17,392 --> 00:41:20,817 For a start, that hat has got to go. 533 00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:22,572 And the pearls. 534 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:27,076 In fact, I think all hats may have to go. 535 00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:31,866 You look and sound like a privileged Conservative wife, 536 00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:33,499 and we've already got her vote. 537 00:41:33,658 --> 00:41:36,707 You've got lovely hair, but we need to do something 538 00:41:36,869 --> 00:41:38,621 with it, to make it more... 539 00:41:38,788 --> 00:41:41,632 - Important. - Yes. Give it more impact. 540 00:41:41,791 --> 00:41:44,590 But the main thing is your voice. 541 00:41:44,752 --> 00:41:47,221 It's too high, and it has no authority. 542 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:50,224 Methinks the lady doth screech too much. 543 00:41:50,383 --> 00:41:54,229 People don't want to be harangued by a woman or hectored. 544 00:41:54,387 --> 00:41:58,858 Persuaded, yes. That "Oh, yes," at the end of the interview, 545 00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:01,486 that's authoritative, that's the voice of a leader. 546 00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:03,191 Quite. 547 00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:07,029 It's all very well to talk about changing my voice, Mr. Reece, 548 00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:12,413 but for some of my colleagues to imagine me as their leader... 549 00:42:12,572 --> 00:42:15,542 ...would be like imagining, I don't know, 550 00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:18,169 being led into battle by their chambermaid. 551 00:42:18,327 --> 00:42:21,331 It's my background and my sex. 552 00:42:22,457 --> 00:42:27,008 No matter how I've tried, and I have tried, to fit in, 553 00:42:27,170 --> 00:42:29,593 I know I will never be truly one of them. 554 00:42:29,756 --> 00:42:32,930 If I may say so, I think that's your trump card. 555 00:42:33,092 --> 00:42:36,141 You're flying in the face of everything the Tories have been thus far. 556 00:42:36,304 --> 00:42:39,979 It's really terribly exciting. 557 00:42:40,141 --> 00:42:44,066 One simply has to maximize your appeal, 558 00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:46,447 bring out all your qualities, 559 00:42:46,606 --> 00:42:50,486 and make you look, and sound, like the leader that you could be. 560 00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:52,449 You've got it in you to go the whole distance. 561 00:42:52,612 --> 00:42:53,909 Absolutely. 562 00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:57,793 What... Prime Minister? 563 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:03,631 Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no. 564 00:43:03,790 --> 00:43:05,463 In Britain? 565 00:43:05,625 --> 00:43:09,721 There will be no female Prime Minister here, 566 00:43:09,879 --> 00:43:13,383 not in my lifetime. No. 567 00:43:13,549 --> 00:43:17,520 And I told Airey, I don't expect to win the leadership, 568 00:43:17,678 --> 00:43:21,649 but I am going to run, just to shake up the party. 569 00:43:21,808 --> 00:43:25,312 Respectfully, Margaret, I disagree. 570 00:43:25,478 --> 00:43:28,652 If you want to change this party, lead it. 571 00:43:28,815 --> 00:43:30,442 If you want to change the country, lead it. 572 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:33,487 What we're talking about here today is surface. 573 00:43:33,653 --> 00:43:36,907 What's crucial is that you hold your course, 574 00:43:37,073 --> 00:43:38,916 and stay true to who you are. 575 00:43:39,075 --> 00:43:41,328 Never be anything other than yourself. 576 00:43:41,494 --> 00:43:43,872 Leave us to do the rest. 577 00:43:50,878 --> 00:43:54,178 Gentlemen, I am in your hands. 578 00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:58,095 I may be persuaded to surrender the hat. 579 00:43:58,261 --> 00:44:02,311 But the pearls were a gift from my husband on the birth of our twins, 580 00:44:02,473 --> 00:44:05,272 and, um, 581 00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:09,189 they are absolutely non-negotiable. 582 00:44:10,690 --> 00:44:13,068 And... 583 00:44:15,278 --> 00:44:18,077 Good, I think we can lose the handbag, Mrs. Thatcher. Yes? 584 00:44:19,031 --> 00:44:20,908 And hands down by side. 585 00:44:21,075 --> 00:44:24,830 Right up. 586 00:44:26,747 --> 00:44:29,921 Because this isn't about the voice, it's about belief. 587 00:44:30,084 --> 00:44:34,260 The very core. So a nice deep breath and really fill out against my hands. 588 00:44:39,385 --> 00:44:40,807 You're calling Mr. Thatcher, how would you do that? 589 00:44:40,970 --> 00:44:43,473 - Denis. - Yes, I want authority. 590 00:44:43,639 --> 00:44:44,982 - I want conviction, I want... - Denis. 591 00:44:45,141 --> 00:44:47,519 That's right, one more time, and breathing in. And... 592 00:44:47,685 --> 00:44:48,857 Denis. 593 00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:52,991 - Yes, M! - Sorry. No, no, no. 594 00:44:54,609 --> 00:44:57,328 You are the backbone of our nation! 595 00:44:57,486 --> 00:44:59,784 Small firms like Loveday's Ice Cream. 596 00:44:59,947 --> 00:45:01,915 - So nice to meet you, ladies. - Nice to meet you. 597 00:45:02,074 --> 00:45:05,669 I'll just have a small one, because I'm watching my figure. 598 00:45:05,828 --> 00:45:08,001 Whoo! That's for you, young man! 599 00:45:08,164 --> 00:45:10,758 I passionately believe that it's the growth 600 00:45:10,917 --> 00:45:13,716 of small businesses into larger ones 601 00:45:13,878 --> 00:45:16,131 that is critical for Britain's future. 602 00:45:16,297 --> 00:45:19,392 Well, it has to be something icy on a stick for Denis. 603 00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:23,600 That's the only way that we will produce jobs, 604 00:45:23,763 --> 00:45:26,391 real jobs, jobs that sustain. 605 00:45:29,477 --> 00:45:33,232 The Trade Union Movement was founded to protect workers. 606 00:45:33,397 --> 00:45:38,324 Now it persecutes them. It stops them from working. 607 00:45:38,486 --> 00:45:42,081 It is killing jobs and it is bringing this country to its knees. 608 00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:45,790 I say enough. It's time to get up. 609 00:45:45,952 --> 00:45:47,954 It's time to go to work. 610 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:52,876 It's time to put the "Great" back into Great Britain! 611 00:45:54,085 --> 00:45:55,678 The incompetence of the Labor government... 612 00:45:55,836 --> 00:45:58,089 - ...continue to misinform 613 00:45:58,256 --> 00:46:02,477 and spend in this incessant and blasé manner. 614 00:46:02,635 --> 00:46:05,559 - We have paid the price... - Mrs. Thatcher, they're ready for you. 615 00:46:05,721 --> 00:46:08,190 - Thank you. - Give 'em hell. 616 00:46:08,349 --> 00:46:09,601 - You look magnificent. 617 00:46:09,767 --> 00:46:11,269 Next stop, Prime Minister. 618 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,233 - Oh, Airey... - Let's go. 619 00:46:13,396 --> 00:46:14,943 The new leader of the Conservative Party, 620 00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:18,326 - Margaret Thatcher! 621 00:46:36,294 --> 00:46:38,137 Hm... 622 00:46:43,718 --> 00:46:45,595 Good night, Margaret. - Oh... 623 00:46:45,761 --> 00:46:47,980 My money's on the filly to win. 624 00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:51,814 Oh... Thanks, Airey. Good night. 625 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:02,577 No! 626 00:47:02,737 --> 00:47:05,741 No, no! No! Airey! 627 00:47:07,241 --> 00:47:08,458 Ai Fey! 628 00:47:13,414 --> 00:47:15,587 The Irish National Liberation Army has claimed 629 00:47:15,750 --> 00:47:18,845 responsibility for the death of MP Airey Neave, 630 00:47:19,003 --> 00:47:22,177 Margaret Thatcher's spokesman on Northern Ireland. 631 00:47:33,642 --> 00:47:36,646 If you want to change the party, lead it. 632 00:47:36,812 --> 00:47:39,861 If you want to change the country, lead it. 633 00:47:40,024 --> 00:47:43,449 You've got it in you to go the whole distance. 634 00:47:45,404 --> 00:47:50,205 - Now, as the test draws near, 635 00:47:50,368 --> 00:47:52,587 - I ask your help. 636 00:47:52,745 --> 00:47:56,841 That together we can shake off the shackles of Socialism 637 00:47:56,999 --> 00:48:01,425 and restore to greatness this country that we love... 638 00:48:01,587 --> 00:48:05,808 And the only way is for the Conservative Party to win! 639 00:48:07,343 --> 00:48:10,347 Is she gonna get there? Watch those blocks rise... 640 00:48:10,513 --> 00:48:12,481 Go, Maggie! 641 00:48:34,912 --> 00:48:37,665 It's Friday the 4th of May, an historic day for Britain, 642 00:48:37,832 --> 00:48:41,211 a Conservative government led by Mrs. Thatcher is set to lead... 643 00:48:41,377 --> 00:48:44,130 Mrs. Bandaranaike in Sri Lanka, Mrs. Gandhi in India, 644 00:48:44,296 --> 00:48:47,015 but never in the West has there ever been a woman Prime Minister. 645 00:48:47,174 --> 00:48:49,643 The place that she has now secured in British history, 646 00:48:49,802 --> 00:48:52,225 as the first woman ever to be invited to form a government. 647 00:48:52,388 --> 00:48:54,686 The bonus of one of the most famous addresses in the world, 648 00:48:54,849 --> 00:48:56,317 Number 10 Downing Street. 649 00:48:56,475 --> 00:48:59,695 This is it. Steady the buffs, old girl. 650 00:49:08,529 --> 00:49:11,248 - Good afternoon. - Congratulations, Prime Minister. 651 00:49:11,407 --> 00:49:14,206 - I should just like to say 652 00:49:14,368 --> 00:49:18,043 that I take very seriously the trust placed in me 653 00:49:18,205 --> 00:49:23,006 by the British people today, and I will work hard every day 654 00:49:23,169 --> 00:49:25,672 to live up to that responsibility. 655 00:49:25,838 --> 00:49:28,762 And now, I should like to share with you 656 00:49:28,924 --> 00:49:32,349 a prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. 657 00:49:35,014 --> 00:49:39,861 Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. 658 00:49:40,019 --> 00:49:43,819 Where there is error, may we bring truth. 659 00:49:44,523 --> 00:49:48,744 Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. 660 00:49:48,903 --> 00:49:53,534 And where there is despair, may we bring hope. 661 00:50:04,752 --> 00:50:06,971 - Shoulders back, tummies in! 662 00:50:07,129 --> 00:50:10,008 - Thank you, Michael. 663 00:50:10,174 --> 00:50:13,769 Look this way, please. 664 00:50:13,928 --> 00:50:15,225 Three, two, one. 665 00:50:25,105 --> 00:50:28,951 Robert, could you bring the car around? She's been ready for ages. 666 00:50:33,489 --> 00:50:36,993 I am perfectly healthy. 667 00:50:37,576 --> 00:50:40,500 No need for any of this. 668 00:50:40,663 --> 00:50:43,007 Just let them look under the bonnet, MT. 669 00:50:43,165 --> 00:50:45,463 Make sure everything is hunky dory. 670 00:50:45,626 --> 00:50:50,132 Oh, really, this is becoming quite tiresome. 671 00:50:50,297 --> 00:50:52,299 - What is? - You. 672 00:50:52,466 --> 00:50:58,098 I was on my own for 24 years before I met you, 673 00:50:58,264 --> 00:51:02,440 and I can manage perfectly well without you now. 674 00:51:03,435 --> 00:51:05,984 So will you please go away, 675 00:51:06,146 --> 00:51:08,820 and stop bothering me? 676 00:51:08,983 --> 00:51:12,704 Just look straight ahead, straight at me, that's it. 677 00:51:12,861 --> 00:51:15,740 - Are you noticing night sweats? - No. 678 00:51:16,657 --> 00:51:20,082 - Hallucinations? - No. 679 00:51:21,620 --> 00:51:25,090 - Sleep? - Yes. I sleep. 680 00:51:25,249 --> 00:51:27,422 Four, five hours a night. 681 00:51:27,585 --> 00:51:29,587 So you wake early? 682 00:51:29,753 --> 00:51:33,257 And I stay up late. I always have. 683 00:51:33,424 --> 00:51:35,518 We just want to keep abreast of it, that's all. 684 00:51:35,676 --> 00:51:38,429 Yes. Of course. 685 00:51:38,596 --> 00:51:40,974 Grief is a very natural state. 686 00:51:41,140 --> 00:51:44,064 My husband has been gone for years. 687 00:51:44,226 --> 00:51:46,194 Cancer. 688 00:51:46,353 --> 00:51:50,153 Carol says you've decided to let his things go. Probably a good thing. 689 00:51:50,316 --> 00:51:53,069 Yes. It was my idea. To Oxfam. 690 00:51:53,235 --> 00:51:57,411 Perfectly good stuff. People can use these things. 691 00:51:57,573 --> 00:51:59,325 Hm... 692 00:51:59,491 --> 00:52:01,619 Still, it must be a bit disorientating. 693 00:52:01,785 --> 00:52:05,164 - You are bound to be feeling... - What? 694 00:52:06,832 --> 00:52:10,086 What am I "bound to be feeling"? 695 00:52:12,463 --> 00:52:15,262 People don't think any more. They feel. 696 00:52:15,424 --> 00:52:18,849 "How are you feeling?" "Oh, I don't feel comfortable." 697 00:52:19,011 --> 00:52:21,764 "Oh, I'm so sorry, we, the group, we're feeling..." 698 00:52:21,930 --> 00:52:26,151 Do you know, one of the great problems of our age 699 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:29,814 is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings 700 00:52:29,980 --> 00:52:33,359 than they do about thoughts and ideas? 701 00:52:33,525 --> 00:52:37,575 Now, thoughts and ideas, that interests me. 702 00:52:37,738 --> 00:52:40,958 Ask me what I am thinking. 703 00:52:41,116 --> 00:52:43,539 What are you thinking, Margaret? 704 00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:47,544 Watch your thoughts, for they become words. 705 00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:50,960 Watch your words, for they become actions. 706 00:52:52,336 --> 00:52:56,182 Watch your actions, for they become habits. 707 00:52:56,340 --> 00:52:59,844 Watch your habits, for they become your character. 708 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:04,311 And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. 709 00:53:04,473 --> 00:53:06,726 What we think, we become. 710 00:53:08,143 --> 00:53:11,022 My father always said that. 711 00:53:11,188 --> 00:53:14,067 And I think I am fine. 712 00:53:19,321 --> 00:53:22,916 But I do so appreciate your kind concern. 713 00:53:29,581 --> 00:53:31,458 Oh, do please answer that. 714 00:53:31,625 --> 00:53:34,048 It might be someone who needs you. 715 00:53:37,172 --> 00:53:39,550 I'll give Carol a quick ring, let her know we're back, 716 00:53:39,717 --> 00:53:42,311 and then I'll put your electric blanket on. 717 00:53:43,846 --> 00:53:47,020 Steady, steady, steady! 718 00:53:48,434 --> 00:53:51,734 Damn. Fore! 719 00:53:51,895 --> 00:53:54,774 What about that medicine man, eh? 720 00:53:54,940 --> 00:53:57,944 Ah. Cold supper. 721 00:53:58,110 --> 00:54:00,829 Standards are slipping, Margaret. 722 00:54:01,697 --> 00:54:04,246 You really gave it to that quack, didn't you, darling? 723 00:54:04,408 --> 00:54:08,208 Just like the old days. Hallucinations, my eye! 724 00:54:08,370 --> 00:54:11,624 How dare he? But then, you give us all the runaround, don't you? 725 00:54:13,751 --> 00:54:18,757 I know you can hear me, sweetheart, so there's no use pretending you can't. 726 00:54:19,798 --> 00:54:22,517 Enough. Denis, enough! 727 00:54:22,676 --> 00:54:24,519 Dismissed! 728 00:54:31,977 --> 00:54:34,696 She does it in the end. Kills him. 729 00:54:37,065 --> 00:54:39,534 I don't know why you're being so scratchy. 730 00:54:39,693 --> 00:54:41,695 It's not as if you've got anyone else to talk to. 731 00:54:41,862 --> 00:54:45,537 "When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride..." 732 00:54:45,699 --> 00:54:49,749 It's a marvel to me that you can still quote whole chunks of Kipling, 733 00:54:49,912 --> 00:54:52,290 but try remembering the name of that woman who just made you 734 00:54:52,456 --> 00:54:55,175 that god-awful cold collation. 735 00:54:55,334 --> 00:54:57,883 No? Come on, you can do it. 736 00:54:58,045 --> 00:55:00,047 Month of the year. 737 00:55:00,214 --> 00:55:02,057 One syllable. 738 00:55:02,216 --> 00:55:04,560 Rhymes with moon. 739 00:55:04,718 --> 00:55:06,311 - June. - June! Bingo! 740 00:55:06,470 --> 00:55:08,893 Knew you'd get there in the end. 741 00:55:09,056 --> 00:55:14,028 "When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, 742 00:55:14,186 --> 00:55:17,440 he shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside." 743 00:55:17,606 --> 00:55:19,734 - "But the she-bear, thus accosted," 744 00:55:19,900 --> 00:55:22,244 rends the peasant tooth and nail, 745 00:55:22,402 --> 00:55:25,906 "for the female of the species is more deadly than the male." 746 00:55:26,073 --> 00:55:28,917 - "When Nag, the basking cobra, 747 00:55:29,076 --> 00:55:31,374 hears the careless foot of man..." 748 00:55:47,219 --> 00:55:50,393 If I can't hear you, I can't see you. 749 00:55:50,556 --> 00:55:52,979 If I can't see you, you're not here. 750 00:55:53,141 --> 00:55:57,021 And if you're not here, I'm not going mad. 751 00:55:57,187 --> 00:55:58,655 I will not go mad. 752 00:55:58,814 --> 00:56:01,112 I won't go mad... I will not go mad... 753 00:56:01,275 --> 00:56:04,324 I will not go mad. I will not. 754 00:56:04,486 --> 00:56:07,706 Baroness Thatcher made an apparently routine visit 755 00:56:07,865 --> 00:56:09,082 to her doctors today. 756 00:56:09,241 --> 00:56:11,039 Although rarely seen in public. 757 00:56:11,201 --> 00:56:14,125 Britain's longest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century, 758 00:56:14,288 --> 00:56:16,962 remains a controversial figure. 759 00:56:17,124 --> 00:56:20,628 Almost lovingly dubbed by the Soviets "The Iron Lady," 760 00:56:20,794 --> 00:56:23,217 she is credited, with her friend Ronald Reagan, 761 00:56:23,380 --> 00:56:26,133 with a decisive role in the ending of the Cold War. 762 00:56:26,300 --> 00:56:28,849 - Margaret... - Her supporters claim she transformed 763 00:56:29,011 --> 00:56:32,356 the British economy and reversed the country's post-war decline. 764 00:56:32,514 --> 00:56:34,437 - I am so sorry. - Her detractors blame 765 00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:38,070 her savage public spending cuts and sweeping privatization of... 766 00:56:43,984 --> 00:56:48,080 - I... don't recognize myself. 767 00:56:59,958 --> 00:57:01,551 Hm... 768 00:57:12,179 --> 00:57:14,932 Am I out of the doghouse yet? 769 00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:22,402 Oh. They're unveiling that portrait of me 770 00:57:22,564 --> 00:57:24,658 at Number 10 next month. 771 00:57:24,816 --> 00:57:26,409 Mm. 772 00:57:27,945 --> 00:57:31,870 Yes, it's... the invitation, it's on the mantelpiece. 773 00:57:32,032 --> 00:57:35,002 So it'll be Churchill, 774 00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:38,414 Lloyd George and me. 775 00:57:38,580 --> 00:57:41,800 - Just the three of us. 776 00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:45,595 I said I didn't want any big fuss... 777 00:57:45,754 --> 00:57:48,382 - No. - ...but they insisted. 778 00:57:48,548 --> 00:57:52,098 Lovely little article in The Telegraph. 779 00:57:53,762 --> 00:57:56,982 "The Woman Who Changed the Face of History." 780 00:57:57,140 --> 00:57:58,892 Huh... 781 00:58:03,397 --> 00:58:06,901 Less than two years ago, 782 00:58:07,067 --> 00:58:09,570 the Prime Minister quoted St. Francis... 783 00:58:12,030 --> 00:58:15,830 Yes, and talked about bringing faith, 784 00:58:15,993 --> 00:58:19,748 - hope, and harmony to this country. 785 00:58:19,913 --> 00:58:22,587 Mm... Denis? 786 00:58:34,761 --> 00:58:37,731 Can the Right Honorable Lady deny 787 00:58:37,889 --> 00:58:43,191 that having brought about the highest level of unemployment since 1934... 788 00:58:43,353 --> 00:58:47,074 - ...the biggest fall in total output 789 00:58:47,232 --> 00:58:50,827 in steel and coal production in one year since 1931 790 00:58:52,904 --> 00:58:57,626 ...and the biggest collapse in industrial production since 1921?! 791 00:58:57,784 --> 00:59:00,287 - Order! Order! 792 00:59:02,247 --> 00:59:07,299 Can she also accept that her free-market economics, 793 00:59:07,461 --> 00:59:10,340 designed to create a growing middle class, 794 00:59:10,505 --> 00:59:16,057 ensures that the rich get richer and the poor are irrelevant?! 795 00:59:16,219 --> 00:59:18,597 Out! Out! Out! Maggie! Maggie! Maggie! 796 00:59:18,764 --> 00:59:21,267 - Out! Out! Out! - Look at me! 797 00:59:21,433 --> 00:59:24,357 Look at me! You're supposed to be a mother! 798 00:59:24,519 --> 00:59:26,692 You're not a mother, you're a monster! 799 00:59:26,855 --> 00:59:29,324 You're a monster! 800 00:59:29,483 --> 00:59:30,860 May we have a word, Prime Minister? 801 00:59:31,026 --> 00:59:34,451 Yes, but in order to arrive at the palace on time, 802 00:59:34,613 --> 00:59:37,583 Geoffrey and I are will be walking out of that door in 15 minutes. 803 00:59:37,741 --> 00:59:39,459 - As you can see... - I know you're running late, Margaret, 804 00:59:39,618 --> 00:59:41,370 but we have to address this situation 805 00:59:41,536 --> 00:59:43,254 in the light of tomorrow's blistering press coverage. 806 00:59:43,413 --> 00:59:45,131 Blistering! The knives are out. 807 00:59:45,290 --> 00:59:47,258 Your draft budget has been leaked, Geoffrey. 808 00:59:47,417 --> 00:59:49,044 They are baying for our blood. 809 00:59:49,211 --> 00:59:53,466 Michael, we can't possibly buckle at the first sign of difficulty. 810 00:59:53,632 --> 00:59:55,885 - No one is saying we have to buckle. - But is this really the time 811 00:59:56,051 --> 00:59:57,553 to be making these spending cuts 812 00:59:57,719 --> 00:59:59,642 in the middle of one of the deepest recessions 813 00:59:59,805 --> 01:00:01,682 this country has ever experienced? 814 01:00:01,848 --> 01:00:05,318 - We need a plan of action, Margaret. - Absolutely. A strategy. 815 01:00:05,477 --> 01:00:07,650 - We must be armed. - Agreed. 816 01:00:07,813 --> 01:00:10,032 There's a perception, Margaret, rightly or wrongly, 817 01:00:10,190 --> 01:00:12,409 that we are now completely out of touch with the country. 818 01:00:12,567 --> 01:00:15,867 Really. How much is a pack of Lurpak? 819 01:00:16,029 --> 01:00:19,078 - Lurpak? - Butter, Francis. 820 01:00:19,241 --> 01:00:23,212 Forty-two pence. Anchor butter is 40 pence. 821 01:00:23,370 --> 01:00:26,670 Flora margarine, still the cheapest, at 38p. 822 01:00:26,832 --> 01:00:30,427 I can assure you I am not out of touch. 823 01:00:32,671 --> 01:00:35,891 - Sorry. I didn't hear you. 824 01:00:36,049 --> 01:00:38,222 - What did you say? - Nothing, Prime Minister. Nothing. 825 01:00:38,385 --> 01:00:41,229 No, no, please. Don't try to hide you opinions. 826 01:00:41,388 --> 01:00:45,985 Goodness me, I'd much rather you were open and straightforward about them, 827 01:00:46,143 --> 01:00:51,195 instead of continuously and damagingly leaking them to the press. 828 01:00:55,485 --> 01:00:56,953 Well? 829 01:00:57,112 --> 01:01:00,366 - Well... - People can't pay their mortgages. 830 01:01:00,532 --> 01:01:02,785 The manufacturing industry is practically on its knees. 831 01:01:02,951 --> 01:01:06,296 Honest, hard-working, decent people are losing their homes. 832 01:01:06,454 --> 01:01:08,206 - It's terribly shameful. - The point is, Prime Minister, 833 01:01:08,373 --> 01:01:10,046 we must moderate the pace... 834 01:01:10,208 --> 01:01:12,210 If we even have a hope of winning the next election. 835 01:01:12,377 --> 01:01:15,722 Ah. Worried about our careers, are we? 836 01:01:15,881 --> 01:01:18,100 - Really. - That's quite absurd. 837 01:01:18,258 --> 01:01:22,354 Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending, we will be bankrupt. 838 01:01:22,512 --> 01:01:25,015 Yes, the medicine is harsh, 839 01:01:25,182 --> 01:01:29,688 but the patient requires it in order to live. 840 01:01:29,853 --> 01:01:32,026 Should we withhold the medicine? 841 01:01:32,189 --> 01:01:35,693 No. We are not wrong. 842 01:01:35,859 --> 01:01:39,955 We did not seek election and win in order to manage 843 01:01:40,113 --> 01:01:42,582 the decline of a great nation. 844 01:01:42,741 --> 01:01:46,211 The people of this country chose us because they believe 845 01:01:46,369 --> 01:01:49,293 we can restore the health of the British economy, 846 01:01:49,456 --> 01:01:51,550 and we will do just that. 847 01:01:52,375 --> 01:01:55,128 Barring a failure of nerve. 848 01:01:56,588 --> 01:01:58,181 Anything else? 849 01:01:58,340 --> 01:02:00,058 - Prime Minister. - Prime Minister. 850 01:02:00,217 --> 01:02:05,519 You have saved the day once again, Crawfie. You're an angel. 851 01:02:07,307 --> 01:02:09,935 You can't just close down a conversation 852 01:02:10,101 --> 01:02:11,728 because it's not what you wish to hear. 853 01:02:11,895 --> 01:02:15,820 Oh, Geoffrey, I don't expect everyone to just sit there and agree with me. 854 01:02:15,982 --> 01:02:18,826 But what kind of leader am I if I don't try to get my own way, 855 01:02:18,985 --> 01:02:21,488 do what I know to be right? 856 01:02:21,655 --> 01:02:23,703 Yes. But, Margaret... 857 01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:30,881 ...one must be careful not to test one's colleagues' loyalties too far. 858 01:02:46,471 --> 01:02:49,566 We are now one split nation, 859 01:02:49,724 --> 01:02:54,480 with a huge gulf dividing the employed from the unemployed. 860 01:02:54,646 --> 01:02:59,743 The Thatcher plan is to break the Trade Union Movement. 861 01:02:59,901 --> 01:03:03,030 There must be closures of uneconomic coal mines. 862 01:03:03,196 --> 01:03:06,666 We seek only an efficient industry. 863 01:03:06,825 --> 01:03:11,126 The miners are being starved back to work, the need is desperate! 864 01:03:23,925 --> 01:03:26,553 There are those who would say hold back, 865 01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:29,724 there are those who would make us retreat, 866 01:03:29,889 --> 01:03:33,018 but we shall never give in to them. 867 01:03:34,519 --> 01:03:37,864 We shall never waver, not for a second, 868 01:03:38,023 --> 01:03:42,950 in our determination to see this country prosper once again. 869 01:03:51,870 --> 01:03:55,340 A car bomb has exploded outside Harrods department store, 870 01:03:55,498 --> 01:03:57,717 killing six people and injuring 71. 871 01:03:57,876 --> 01:04:00,800 Eleven soldiers died today when two bombs were detonated 872 01:04:00,962 --> 01:04:03,932 during military parades in Hyde Park and Regent's Park. 873 01:04:04,090 --> 01:04:06,309 Seven horses also died in the blast. 874 01:04:06,468 --> 01:04:08,721 The IRA have claimed responsibility. 875 01:04:20,357 --> 01:04:25,238 And now, it must be business as usual. 876 01:04:35,246 --> 01:04:38,216 Come on, love, come to bed. 877 01:04:38,375 --> 01:04:40,469 I don't know why you do this to yourself every year. 878 01:04:40,627 --> 01:04:43,301 It's a speech at conference, not the Magna Carta. 879 01:04:46,174 --> 01:04:48,393 Time to call it a day, darling. 880 01:04:48,551 --> 01:04:50,724 It's ten to three, for God's sake. 881 01:04:50,887 --> 01:04:53,185 Oh, I know, I'm coming, DT. 882 01:04:53,348 --> 01:04:54,941 - Come on... - Nearly there. 883 01:05:06,945 --> 01:05:08,413 Denis! 884 01:05:12,117 --> 01:05:13,414 Denis! 885 01:05:17,997 --> 01:05:21,171 Oh, there you are. Are you all right'? 886 01:05:26,589 --> 01:05:29,012 My shoes! 887 01:05:37,475 --> 01:05:40,649 That's when I thought I'd lost you. 888 01:05:50,447 --> 01:05:52,245 Mark? 889 01:05:53,575 --> 01:05:55,543 Hello, darling. 890 01:05:57,287 --> 01:06:00,461 Oh... No. No, I'm fine. 891 01:06:00,623 --> 01:06:02,751 I... I'm very well. 892 01:06:02,917 --> 01:06:05,591 How... How is, uh... 893 01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:08,848 ...Sarah? 894 01:06:09,007 --> 01:06:11,009 Yes, and the children? 895 01:06:14,262 --> 01:06:15,764 Oh. 896 01:06:18,057 --> 01:06:19,855 Oh, you can't. 897 01:06:21,019 --> 01:06:22,737 That's a pity. 898 01:06:25,148 --> 01:06:28,493 Well, I was hoping to see you. 899 01:06:30,487 --> 01:06:33,036 Yes. Oh, no, that's fine. 900 01:06:33,198 --> 01:06:36,202 Really, darling. That's fine. 901 01:06:37,494 --> 01:06:41,419 Of course. Another time. 902 01:06:41,581 --> 01:06:43,333 Yes, darling. 903 01:06:46,377 --> 01:06:48,675 Yes. I can't wait. Lovely. 904 01:06:50,590 --> 01:06:52,342 Yes. 905 01:06:54,844 --> 01:06:56,437 Mark? 906 01:06:58,515 --> 01:07:00,392 Mm... 907 01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:05,151 Oh. Oh, dear. 908 01:07:22,372 --> 01:07:24,500 That was Mark. 909 01:07:24,666 --> 01:07:26,418 Not able to come. 910 01:07:26,584 --> 01:07:28,712 That boy's always going AWOL. 911 01:07:28,878 --> 01:07:32,633 Well, it costs him a great deal to fly everyone up here. 912 01:07:32,799 --> 01:07:37,771 There you go, making excuses for him. Now look where it's got you. 913 01:07:37,929 --> 01:07:41,479 Did you know that Yul Brynner was a gypsy from Vladivostok? 914 01:07:41,641 --> 01:07:46,112 Yes. Yes, he moved to Paris when he was 14. 915 01:07:46,271 --> 01:07:49,275 And he played the King of Siam 916 01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:52,284 4,625 times 917 01:07:52,443 --> 01:07:55,743 on the London and Broadway stages. 918 01:07:57,657 --> 01:08:00,957 - What are you doing? - One likes to make an effort. 919 01:08:01,119 --> 01:08:05,090 - A snifter? - You're dead, Denis. 920 01:08:05,248 --> 01:08:08,923 - Well, if I'm dead, who you talking to? 921 01:08:09,085 --> 01:08:11,429 - Shall we dance? - Oh. 922 01:08:40,742 --> 01:08:42,744 Oh! 923 01:08:50,418 --> 01:08:52,386 The Falkland Islands, 924 01:08:52,545 --> 01:08:55,173 the British colony in the South Atlantic, has fallen. 925 01:08:55,340 --> 01:08:57,809 Argentina claims its marines went ashore 926 01:08:57,967 --> 01:09:00,470 as a spearhead this morning to capture key targets, 927 01:09:00,637 --> 01:09:03,106 including the capital, Port Stanley. 928 01:09:03,264 --> 01:09:09,112 Gentlemen, the Argentinean junta, which is a fascist gang, 929 01:09:09,270 --> 01:09:13,491 has invaded our sovereign territory. This cannot be tolerated. 930 01:09:13,650 --> 01:09:17,450 May I make plain my negotiating position: 931 01:09:17,612 --> 01:09:22,459 I will not negotiate with criminals or thugs. 932 01:09:22,617 --> 01:09:25,837 The Falkland Islands belong to Britain, 933 01:09:25,995 --> 01:09:28,373 and I want them back. 934 01:09:28,539 --> 01:09:33,545 Gentlemen, I need you to tell me today if that is possible. 935 01:09:33,711 --> 01:09:35,839 Possible... just, Prime Minister. 936 01:09:36,005 --> 01:09:38,508 We can have a task force ready to sail in 48 hours. 937 01:09:38,675 --> 01:09:41,554 - Forty-eight hours. But? - But... 938 01:09:41,719 --> 01:09:43,392 We have a very narrow weather window. 939 01:09:43,554 --> 01:09:46,273 We can't fight in winter down there, nobody can. 940 01:09:46,891 --> 01:09:50,691 If we are going, we have to go now. 941 01:09:55,024 --> 01:09:58,995 Why were the islands left without any naval protection? 942 01:09:59,153 --> 01:10:00,951 In the last round of defense cuts, 943 01:10:01,114 --> 01:10:04,038 we judged the risk of invasion to be small. 944 01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:06,794 Did we? - And if you remember, Prime Minister, 945 01:10:06,953 --> 01:10:10,002 you agreed that we should reduce the naval presence in the area 946 01:10:10,164 --> 01:10:12,883 to an absolute minimum. 947 01:10:16,212 --> 01:10:22,060 Margaret, the cost of sending 28,000 men and a hundred ships 12,000 miles, 948 01:10:22,218 --> 01:10:24,562 almost to Argentina, will be absolutely crippling. 949 01:10:24,721 --> 01:10:28,100 I don't think we should be worrying about money at this point, Geoffrey. 950 01:10:28,266 --> 01:10:29,768 We can't afford to go to war. 951 01:10:30,685 --> 01:10:32,528 We have to go now. 952 01:10:33,730 --> 01:10:35,448 Now. 953 01:10:37,734 --> 01:10:39,953 The government has now decided 954 01:10:40,111 --> 01:10:43,035 that a large task force will sail, 955 01:10:43,197 --> 01:10:47,668 as soon as all preparations are complete. 956 01:10:47,827 --> 01:10:50,296 Prime Minister, 957 01:10:50,455 --> 01:10:53,550 we do still have three weeks before our ships reach the islands. 958 01:10:53,708 --> 01:10:55,460 All we're saying is that we shouldn't give up 959 01:10:55,626 --> 01:10:57,674 on trying to find a diplomatic solution. 960 01:10:58,713 --> 01:11:02,092 The US Secretary of State has arrived, Prime Minister. 961 01:11:02,258 --> 01:11:07,139 So you are proposing to go to war over these islands. 962 01:11:07,305 --> 01:11:11,310 They are thousands of miles away, a handful of citizens, 963 01:11:11,476 --> 01:11:14,730 politically and economically insignificant, if you'll excuse me. 964 01:11:14,896 --> 01:11:18,446 Just like Hawaii... I imagine. 965 01:11:19,901 --> 01:11:23,326 - I'm sorry? - 1941, 966 01:11:23,488 --> 01:11:26,537 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. 967 01:11:26,699 --> 01:11:28,872 Did America go, cap in hand, 968 01:11:29,035 --> 01:11:32,084 and ask Tojo for a peaceful negotiation of terms'? 969 01:11:33,122 --> 01:11:36,296 Did she turn her back on her own citizens there 970 01:11:36,459 --> 01:11:39,133 because the islands were thousands of miles away 971 01:11:39,295 --> 01:11:40,797 from the mainland United States? 972 01:11:40,963 --> 01:11:44,638 No! No! No! 973 01:11:44,801 --> 01:11:48,977 We will stand on principle, or we will not stand at all. 974 01:11:49,138 --> 01:11:53,439 But, Margaret, with all due respect, when one has been to war... 975 01:11:53,601 --> 01:11:56,229 With all due respect, sir, 976 01:11:56,395 --> 01:12:00,366 I have done battle every single day of my life, 977 01:12:00,525 --> 01:12:03,324 and many men have underestimated me before. 978 01:12:04,278 --> 01:12:06,997 This lot seem bound to do the same, 979 01:12:07,156 --> 01:12:10,035 but they will rue the day. 980 01:12:12,286 --> 01:12:14,539 Now, shall I be mother? 981 01:12:16,332 --> 01:12:20,428 Tea, Al, how do you take your tea? Black or white? 982 01:12:32,181 --> 01:12:35,355 The Argentinean ship the General Belgrano and her escorts 983 01:12:35,518 --> 01:12:39,273 are pursuing course 273 degrees towards the Argentinean mainland. 984 01:12:39,438 --> 01:12:41,736 We are tracking them with our submarine HMS Conqueror. 985 01:12:41,899 --> 01:12:44,243 Is this ship a threat? 986 01:12:44,402 --> 01:12:48,123 Both of these ships are carrying Exocet missiles, Prime Minister. 987 01:12:48,281 --> 01:12:51,751 Just yesterday, they launched, then aborted, 988 01:12:51,909 --> 01:12:54,378 an attack inside the exclusion zone. 989 01:12:54,537 --> 01:12:56,164 There is a risk they could try it again. 990 01:12:56,330 --> 01:12:59,004 The Belgrano is sailing directly away from the islands. 991 01:12:59,166 --> 01:13:01,043 Can it really be regarded as a threat? 992 01:13:01,210 --> 01:13:03,554 She's been changing course continually. 993 01:13:03,713 --> 01:13:06,387 There's a strong possibility that they'll attempt a pincer movement 994 01:13:06,549 --> 01:13:08,267 on our carrier group. 995 01:13:08,426 --> 01:13:11,350 I advise that we engage them. 996 01:13:11,512 --> 01:13:15,608 Hit the Belgrano as a warning to the others, send them all back to port. 997 01:13:15,766 --> 01:13:18,815 It'll play badly internationally. We'll be seen as aggressors. 998 01:13:18,978 --> 01:13:21,401 This will be an escalation, Prime Minister. 999 01:13:21,564 --> 01:13:25,114 If there is to be an escalation, it's better that we start it. 1000 01:13:25,276 --> 01:13:28,371 It is steaming away, Prime Minister. 1001 01:13:40,917 --> 01:13:42,260 Sink it. 1002 01:13:58,184 --> 01:14:00,937 HMS Sheffield, a Type 42 destroyer, 1003 01:14:01,103 --> 01:14:04,903 was attacked and hit late this afternoon by an Argentine missile. 1004 01:14:05,066 --> 01:14:09,071 It is seen as retaliation for the sinking of the General Belgrano, 1005 01:14:09,236 --> 01:14:11,284 in which over 300 Argentinean sailors died. 1006 01:14:11,447 --> 01:14:16,920 Prime Minister. The latest casualty figures from the Sheffield. 1007 01:14:17,078 --> 01:14:20,048 - I must write to them. 1008 01:14:20,998 --> 01:14:22,796 Prime Minister? 1009 01:14:25,836 --> 01:14:27,804 The families. 1010 01:14:30,549 --> 01:14:32,222 I must write to them. 1011 01:14:32,385 --> 01:14:35,264 A Type 21 frigate, HMS Ardent, 1012 01:14:35,429 --> 01:14:37,807 was hit by bombs and rockets. 1013 01:14:37,974 --> 01:14:40,648 Antelope went the way of the other two British ships 1014 01:14:40,810 --> 01:14:43,188 - lost so far... - Foreign Secretary. 1015 01:14:43,354 --> 01:14:47,860 I've just been briefed by Admiral Fieldhouse. He told me, bluntly, 1016 01:14:48,025 --> 01:14:51,655 that if the Argentineans are prepared and willing to risk their aircraft, 1017 01:14:51,821 --> 01:14:55,200 they have enough Exocet missiles to cripple most of our fleet. 1018 01:14:57,910 --> 01:15:01,505 President Reagan and President Belaunde of Peru have some new proposals... 1019 01:15:01,664 --> 01:15:03,883 ...new proposals for the peace plan. 1020 01:15:04,041 --> 01:15:07,511 Peace plan? There will be no appeasement. 1021 01:15:07,670 --> 01:15:11,516 This is a war. It's a war they started, 1022 01:15:11,674 --> 01:15:13,802 but by God, we will finish it. 1023 01:15:14,677 --> 01:15:18,352 Shall I tell you what I'm going to Write 1024 01:15:18,514 --> 01:15:23,315 to every single one of these families, these heartbroken families? 1025 01:15:23,477 --> 01:15:24,820 I'm going to tell them 1026 01:15:24,979 --> 01:15:30,907 that no British soldier will die in vain... for the Falklands. 1027 01:15:31,068 --> 01:15:36,950 Lieutenant Colonel Jones. Captain Wood. Captain Dench. 1028 01:15:37,116 --> 01:15:41,542 As the only Prime Minister in the history of our country 1029 01:15:41,704 --> 01:15:46,210 who is also a mother with a son of my own, 1030 01:15:46,375 --> 01:15:50,972 I can imagine your agony, and your grief. 1031 01:15:52,923 --> 01:15:54,891 Prime Minister, we have secured the beachhead. 1032 01:15:55,051 --> 01:15:58,305 The Argentinean troops are demoralized and ill-equipped. 1033 01:15:58,471 --> 01:16:01,190 The paratroops have taken Goose Green. 1034 01:16:02,600 --> 01:16:04,648 Shortly after dark last night, 1035 01:16:04,810 --> 01:16:09,031 our forces surrounding Port Stanley carried out what the Commander in Chief 1036 01:16:09,190 --> 01:16:13,115 has described as a brilliant surprise night attack. 1037 01:16:20,910 --> 01:16:23,754 Thatcher, bed. 1038 01:16:23,913 --> 01:16:26,462 From their new positions, our forces can see 1039 01:16:26,624 --> 01:16:29,377 large numbers of Argentine soldiers retreating 1040 01:16:29,543 --> 01:16:31,796 and streaming back into Port Stanley. 1041 01:16:31,962 --> 01:16:35,842 Our forces are moving forward to exploit their success. 1042 01:16:56,403 --> 01:16:58,576 - Well done, Margaret. - Congratulations. 1043 01:16:58,739 --> 01:17:02,243 We congratulate the men and women 1044 01:17:02,409 --> 01:17:06,209 of our armed forces for their skill, bra very, 1045 01:17:06,372 --> 01:17:08,841 and loyalty to this country. 1046 01:17:08,999 --> 01:17:14,256 We were faced with an act of unprovoked aggression, 1047 01:17:14,421 --> 01:17:19,769 and we responded as we have responded in times past: 1048 01:17:19,927 --> 01:17:23,477 With unity, strength, and courage... 1049 01:17:23,639 --> 01:17:26,017 - ...sure in the knowledge 1050 01:17:26,183 --> 01:17:30,359 that though much is sacrificed, 1051 01:17:30,521 --> 01:17:34,617 in the end, right will prevail over wrong. 1052 01:17:34,775 --> 01:17:37,779 Hear, hear! 1053 01:17:37,945 --> 01:17:41,575 And I put it to the Right Honorable Gentleman opposite 1054 01:17:41,740 --> 01:17:44,619 that this is not a day for him to carp, 1055 01:17:44,785 --> 01:17:48,335 find fault, demand inquiries. 1056 01:17:48,497 --> 01:17:52,502 They will happen, I can assure him of that, 1057 01:17:52,668 --> 01:17:54,921 for we have nothing to hide. 1058 01:17:55,087 --> 01:17:58,512 No. This is a day 1059 01:17:58,674 --> 01:18:01,848 to put differences aside, 1060 01:18:02,011 --> 01:18:05,356 to hold one's head high 1061 01:18:05,514 --> 01:18:08,233 and take pride in being British. 1062 01:18:08,392 --> 01:18:10,861 Hear, hear! 1063 01:18:17,359 --> 01:18:18,736 Well done, Prime Minister. 1064 01:18:32,625 --> 01:18:35,048 Gotcha! Well, that paid off, old girl! 1065 01:18:35,211 --> 01:18:36,713 Your ratings have soared, 1066 01:18:36,879 --> 01:18:41,350 from the most hated Prime Minister of all time to the nation's darling. 1067 01:18:41,508 --> 01:18:46,309 The world at your feet, and Britain was back in business. 1068 01:18:46,472 --> 01:18:49,476 "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher") 1069 01:19:14,708 --> 01:19:17,837 The Berlin Wall has fallen. The gates have been opened! 1070 01:19:18,003 --> 01:19:20,552 The police are making no attempt... 1071 01:19:24,510 --> 01:19:27,855 I don't agree. I don't agree in any measure. 1072 01:19:28,013 --> 01:19:31,688 Prime Minister, the question of the European single currency will come up. 1073 01:19:31,850 --> 01:19:33,773 I don't think the country is ready for it yet. 1074 01:19:33,936 --> 01:19:35,813 But we cannot bury our heads in the sand... 1075 01:19:35,980 --> 01:19:38,574 A lot of Conservative MP's and Ministers are saying 1076 01:19:38,732 --> 01:19:41,201 that there must be a change in that style of management, 1077 01:19:41,360 --> 01:19:44,364 that Mrs. Thatcher must listen more, and on occasion, give in. 1078 01:19:44,530 --> 01:19:45,998 The point is, Prime Minister, 1079 01:19:46,156 --> 01:19:48,454 I don't think we can sell the idea of a tax 1080 01:19:48,617 --> 01:19:50,870 that asks everyone to pay the same. 1081 01:19:51,036 --> 01:19:52,788 Our policies may be unpopular, 1082 01:19:52,955 --> 01:19:54,582 but they are the right policies. 1083 01:19:54,748 --> 01:19:58,469 Prime Minister, I just don't think we can ask the poorest of the poor 1084 01:19:58,627 --> 01:20:01,380 to pay the same amount of tax as a multi-millionaire. 1085 01:20:01,547 --> 01:20:03,845 There you go again! Why not? 1086 01:20:04,008 --> 01:20:07,137 - Because... - Because people, on the whole, 1087 01:20:07,303 --> 01:20:09,772 think that the tax is manifestly unfair. 1088 01:20:09,930 --> 01:20:12,558 Nonsense. Errant nonsense. 1089 01:20:12,725 --> 01:20:14,523 This is a simple proposition. 1090 01:20:14,685 --> 01:20:18,155 If you live in this country, you must pay for the privilege. 1091 01:20:18,314 --> 01:20:21,739 Something, anything. If you pay nothing, you care nothing. 1092 01:20:21,900 --> 01:20:25,200 What do you care where you throw your rubbish? 1093 01:20:25,362 --> 01:20:28,992 Your council estate is a mess, your town, graffiti, what do you care? 1094 01:20:29,158 --> 01:20:31,502 It's not your problem, it's somebody else's problem. 1095 01:20:31,660 --> 01:20:34,288 It's the government's problem. 1096 01:20:35,748 --> 01:20:39,343 Your problem, some of you, 1097 01:20:39,501 --> 01:20:42,596 is that you haven't got the courage for this fight. 1098 01:20:42,755 --> 01:20:45,508 No, you haven't had to fight hard for anything. 1099 01:20:45,674 --> 01:20:49,304 It's all been given to you, and you feel guilty about it. 1100 01:20:49,470 --> 01:20:53,475 Well, may I say, on behalf of those who have had to fight their way up, 1101 01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:57,235 and who don't feel guilty about it, 1102 01:20:57,394 --> 01:21:00,819 we resent those slackers who take, take, take, 1103 01:21:00,981 --> 01:21:03,075 and contribute nothing to the community. 1104 01:21:03,233 --> 01:21:07,079 And I see the same thing, the same cowardice 1105 01:21:07,237 --> 01:21:10,411 in our fight within the European Union, cowardice, 1106 01:21:10,574 --> 01:21:15,330 for the sovereignty of Britain, the integrity of the pound! 1107 01:21:15,496 --> 01:21:18,591 Some of you... want to make concessions. 1108 01:21:18,749 --> 01:21:21,172 Some of you want to make concessions. 1109 01:21:21,335 --> 01:21:24,930 I hear, some of you, 1110 01:21:25,089 --> 01:21:28,684 agree with the latest French proposals. 1111 01:21:28,842 --> 01:21:31,516 Well, why don't you get on a boat to Calais? Hm? 1112 01:21:31,678 --> 01:21:33,521 Why don't you put on a beret, 1113 01:21:33,680 --> 01:21:37,685 and pay 85 percent of your income to the French government! 1114 01:21:47,111 --> 01:21:49,489 Right. 1115 01:21:49,655 --> 01:21:52,454 What can we realistically hope to achieve by the end of session, 1116 01:21:52,616 --> 01:21:56,621 Lord President? And why have we not made more progress to date? 1117 01:21:56,787 --> 01:22:00,132 What is that? Is that the timetable? 1118 01:22:00,290 --> 01:22:02,759 - I haven't seen that. - It is, Prime Minister. 1119 01:22:02,918 --> 01:22:05,967 - May I see it? - Yes, yes, of course. 1120 01:22:12,469 --> 01:22:14,972 The wording is sloppy here. 1121 01:22:17,808 --> 01:22:19,276 - And here. 1122 01:22:19,435 --> 01:22:21,403 - If you say so. - I do say so. 1123 01:22:21,562 --> 01:22:24,065 - It's merely a first draft. 1124 01:22:24,231 --> 01:22:29,203 This is ridiculous. There are two "T's" in "committee." 1125 01:22:29,361 --> 01:22:33,366 Two "T's." Geoffrey, this is shameful. Shameful! 1126 01:22:37,453 --> 01:22:41,378 I can't even rely on you... for a simple timetable. 1127 01:22:41,540 --> 01:22:42,541 Are you unwell? 1128 01:22:44,501 --> 01:22:47,630 Yes, you are unwell. 1129 01:22:50,257 --> 01:22:52,760 Give me your pencil. Give it to me! 1130 01:22:58,015 --> 01:23:01,144 If this is the best you can do, I had better send you to hospital, 1131 01:23:01,310 --> 01:23:04,735 and I shall do your job as well as my own and everyone else's. 1132 01:23:04,897 --> 01:23:09,494 Gentlemen, as the Lord President has chosen to come to Cabinet unprepared... 1133 01:23:10,944 --> 01:23:13,163 ...I shall have to close the meeting. 1134 01:23:18,494 --> 01:23:20,588 Good morning. 1135 01:24:12,464 --> 01:24:18,062 Can't pay! Won't pay! Can 't pay! Won't pay! 1136 01:24:52,796 --> 01:24:54,298 Geoffrey. 1137 01:24:54,464 --> 01:24:56,592 My letter of resignation. 1138 01:24:59,595 --> 01:25:02,474 Our differences, I'm afraid, 1139 01:25:02,639 --> 01:25:05,859 cannot be reconciled. 1140 01:25:17,571 --> 01:25:20,791 I have done what I believe to be right 1141 01:25:20,949 --> 01:25:24,374 for my party and my country. 1142 01:25:24,536 --> 01:25:29,508 The time has come for others to consider their own response 1143 01:25:29,666 --> 01:25:33,671 to the tragic conflict of loyalties with which I have myself wrestled... 1144 01:25:33,837 --> 01:25:36,465 Geoffrey's speech in the House of Commons was devastating. 1145 01:25:36,632 --> 01:25:38,634 He just couldn't take any more of the bullying. 1146 01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:39,892 He was almost inviting someone 1147 01:25:40,052 --> 01:25:42,805 to challenge her for leadership of the party. 1148 01:25:42,971 --> 01:25:44,314 She behaved appallingly. 1149 01:25:44,473 --> 01:25:47,602 I wouldn't have spoken to my gamekeeper like that. 1150 01:25:49,853 --> 01:25:52,322 I don't think she can survive this. 1151 01:25:52,481 --> 01:25:56,236 I'm here to announce my decision to put my name forward 1152 01:25:56,401 --> 01:25:58,654 as leader of the Conservative Party. 1153 01:25:59,655 --> 01:26:02,909 I have nothing but admiration for our Prime Minister, 1154 01:26:03,075 --> 01:26:08,332 Margaret Thatcher, but I believe our party 1155 01:26:08,497 --> 01:26:12,001 and our country need a new leader. 1156 01:26:12,167 --> 01:26:16,388 It's extraordinary... - I'm the Prime Minister. 1157 01:26:16,546 --> 01:26:20,050 ...make it possible for Conservative MPs to depose 1158 01:26:20,217 --> 01:26:21,844 - a sitting Prime Minister. - Sweetie. 1159 01:26:22,010 --> 01:26:23,933 He already has open support. 1160 01:26:24,096 --> 01:26:26,849 As Conservative MPs gather in Westminster to decide 1161 01:26:27,015 --> 01:26:29,063 who they will back in the leadership contest, 1162 01:26:29,226 --> 01:26:31,024 the Prime Minister said she would not be diverted 1163 01:26:31,186 --> 01:26:33,484 from critical international affairs. 1164 01:26:33,647 --> 01:26:37,527 Tonight in Paris, Mrs. Thatcher is among 34 world leaders 1165 01:26:37,693 --> 01:26:40,663 who came here to celebrate the end of the Cold War 1166 01:26:40,821 --> 01:26:46,294 and to herald the start of a peaceful new age of East-West cooperation. 1167 01:26:46,451 --> 01:26:48,328 There's a general feeling that Mrs. Thatcher 1168 01:26:48,495 --> 01:26:50,247 is going to win on the first ballot. 1169 01:26:50,414 --> 01:26:52,087 "We're going to put it to bed tomorrow night," 1170 01:26:52,249 --> 01:26:54,172 is how one of her campaign staff puts it. 1171 01:26:56,712 --> 01:27:00,717 M, I think you should come home and defend yourself, old girl. 1172 01:27:00,882 --> 01:27:03,385 Heseltine is campaigning ferociously. 1173 01:27:03,552 --> 01:27:05,054 I do think my time is better spent 1174 01:27:05,220 --> 01:27:07,518 seeing an end to the Cold War. Don't you? 1175 01:27:07,681 --> 01:27:11,436 After all this time, they know what I stand for. 1176 01:27:12,436 --> 01:27:15,656 Will she, or will she not, be in the job tomorrow? 1177 01:27:15,814 --> 01:27:19,944 Margaret, they can't touch you. 1178 01:27:25,282 --> 01:27:27,751 Mrs. Thatcher has failed to win enough votes 1179 01:27:27,909 --> 01:27:30,788 to secure an outright win in the leadership contest 1180 01:27:30,954 --> 01:27:35,209 and must now decide whether to put her name forward for the second round. 1181 01:27:35,375 --> 01:27:38,754 As Mrs. Thatcher leaves Paris for London to make 1182 01:27:38,920 --> 01:27:42,265 her last-ditch attempt to pull together support for her leadership, 1183 01:27:42,424 --> 01:27:44,847 the ship may have sailed. 1184 01:27:47,095 --> 01:27:49,223 Treachery! 1185 01:27:49,389 --> 01:27:52,859 We will never win another election led by that woman. 1186 01:27:53,018 --> 01:27:54,611 We need a leader who listens. 1187 01:27:54,770 --> 01:27:56,647 This isn't about her, it's about the party. 1188 01:27:56,813 --> 01:27:58,781 One must know when to go. 1189 01:27:58,940 --> 01:28:02,240 The question is, how does anyone put it to her? 1190 01:28:02,402 --> 01:28:06,077 If you were to stand, I, of course, would vote for you, Prime Minister. 1191 01:28:06,239 --> 01:28:08,617 Prime Minister, I, of course, would vote for you... 1192 01:28:08,784 --> 01:28:11,913 But I don't think you can win. The loyalty of all of my colleagues... 1193 01:28:12,078 --> 01:28:14,297 It was the people who put me here. 1194 01:28:14,456 --> 01:28:18,177 The loyalty of all of my colleagues cannot be counted upon. 1195 01:28:18,335 --> 01:28:21,509 It's up to them to tell me when to go. 1196 01:28:21,671 --> 01:28:25,551 Margaret, you can't let them do this to you. 1197 01:28:26,718 --> 01:28:28,971 Please, boss. 1198 01:28:29,137 --> 01:28:31,515 They'll destroy you. 1199 01:28:31,681 --> 01:28:34,025 Throw in the towel now, love. 1200 01:28:35,477 --> 01:28:38,981 Don't let those bastards see you humiliated. 1201 01:28:41,775 --> 01:28:44,574 You just won't win, darling. 1202 01:28:44,736 --> 01:28:46,454 Not this time. 1203 01:28:47,906 --> 01:28:51,126 - Oh, Denis. 1204 01:28:54,120 --> 01:28:56,714 I am the Prime Minister. 1205 01:28:56,873 --> 01:28:59,717 Order! Order! 1206 01:28:59,876 --> 01:29:02,220 The Right Honorable Gentleman is afraid. 1207 01:29:02,379 --> 01:29:04,723 This is their naked strategy of closing 1208 01:29:04,881 --> 01:29:06,724 some coal mines and then selling off... 1209 01:29:06,883 --> 01:29:09,682 They believe in striking, I believe in working! 1210 01:29:09,845 --> 01:29:12,519 This is the woman who's watched ten men on hunger strike 1211 01:29:12,681 --> 01:29:15,150 starve themselves to death and never flinched! 1212 01:29:15,308 --> 01:29:17,356 Despicable and cowardly. 1213 01:29:17,519 --> 01:29:20,489 - Cynical Falklands war... - More homeowners, 1214 01:29:20,647 --> 01:29:24,322 - more shareowners, more savings... - Showing to the bankers... 1215 01:29:28,572 --> 01:29:31,621 Yes, yes, yes! 1216 01:29:31,783 --> 01:29:34,286 I offer my resignation 1217 01:29:34,452 --> 01:29:38,548 after 11 and a half extraordinary years... 1218 01:29:38,707 --> 01:29:42,462 ...proud to have left Britain in a much better state 1219 01:29:42,627 --> 01:29:44,345 than when we took office. 1220 01:29:54,055 --> 01:29:55,352 What's this then? 1221 01:29:58,143 --> 01:30:00,521 A radio. 1222 01:30:00,687 --> 01:30:03,281 How useful. 1223 01:30:48,944 --> 01:30:51,413 Steady, MT. 1224 01:30:58,662 --> 01:31:01,290 Mrs. Thatcher! 1225 01:31:06,795 --> 01:31:09,344 The greatest Prime Minister since Churchill 1226 01:31:09,506 --> 01:31:12,476 deposed by a bunch of spineless pygmies! 1227 01:31:12,634 --> 01:31:16,935 All those years of taking the tough decisions. 1228 01:31:17,097 --> 01:31:18,849 Does any of it matter now? 1229 01:31:19,015 --> 01:31:20,483 It's all been turned to mush! 1230 01:31:20,642 --> 01:31:23,111 - Hm? - By these fools! 1231 01:31:23,269 --> 01:31:25,567 These lily-livered pinkos! 1232 01:31:25,730 --> 01:31:27,903 - These inept placaters. 1233 01:31:28,066 --> 01:31:30,034 Very good! These vacillators. 1234 01:31:30,193 --> 01:31:34,323 - Vacillators! Poll takers. - Popularity seekers. 1235 01:31:34,489 --> 01:31:37,038 So busy taking the pulse of the public! 1236 01:31:37,200 --> 01:31:40,704 - Weak! Weak! Weak! - These weak, weak... 1237 01:31:40,870 --> 01:31:43,043 - All of them, weak! - ...weak men! 1238 01:31:46,126 --> 01:31:49,801 Don't they know if you take the tough decisions... 1239 01:31:51,381 --> 01:31:53,975 ...yes, people will hate you today, 1240 01:31:54,134 --> 01:31:56,307 but they'll thank you for generations. 1241 01:31:56,469 --> 01:31:59,769 Or forget you entirely and chuck you out with the rubbish. 1242 01:32:15,530 --> 01:32:17,123 Oh! 1243 01:32:19,367 --> 01:32:23,167 All I wanted was to make a difference in the world. 1244 01:32:23,329 --> 01:32:26,879 And you did, love, you did. 1245 01:32:30,670 --> 01:32:33,389 Yes... Oh... 1246 01:32:33,548 --> 01:32:38,930 All I wanted was for my children to grow up well and be happy, 1247 01:32:39,095 --> 01:32:41,393 happier than I was, certainly. 1248 01:32:46,227 --> 01:32:49,447 He kept all this. 1249 01:32:51,983 --> 01:32:54,953 Oh, yes. 1250 01:32:57,280 --> 01:33:00,375 And I wanted you to be happy, of course. 1251 01:33:00,533 --> 01:33:02,752 Were you happy, Denis? 1252 01:33:06,915 --> 01:33:09,088 Tell me the truth. 1253 01:34:25,326 --> 01:34:27,203 Denis? 1254 01:34:30,707 --> 01:34:31,799 Denis? 1255 01:34:34,377 --> 01:34:36,220 Denis? 1256 01:34:39,465 --> 01:34:41,388 Here's your bag. 1257 01:34:41,551 --> 01:34:44,100 All packed, sorted. 1258 01:35:06,034 --> 01:35:07,502 Denis, wait. 1259 01:35:07,660 --> 01:35:10,539 Where are your shoes? 1260 01:35:10,705 --> 01:35:14,300 You... You can't go without your shoes. 1261 01:35:16,502 --> 01:35:19,381 - Not yet. - Steady. 1262 01:35:20,465 --> 01:35:23,014 Yes. Steady. 1263 01:35:23,176 --> 01:35:25,395 - Steady the buffs. - Steady the buffs. 1264 01:35:27,180 --> 01:35:29,729 No. Not yet! 1265 01:35:29,891 --> 01:35:33,896 Denis! Wait! 1266 01:35:34,062 --> 01:35:38,317 I don't... I said I don't want you to go yet. 1267 01:35:39,317 --> 01:35:41,285 Denis! Please! 1268 01:35:41,444 --> 01:35:45,074 Not... Don't... No. 1269 01:35:45,240 --> 01:35:47,413 I'm not... 1270 01:35:47,575 --> 01:35:50,749 I don't want to be on my own. 1271 01:35:50,912 --> 01:35:53,586 You're gonna be fine on your own, love. 1272 01:35:53,748 --> 01:35:56,217 You always have been. 1273 01:35:57,794 --> 01:36:00,593 Denis... 1274 01:36:00,755 --> 01:36:05,306 No, no, no! 1275 01:36:35,415 --> 01:36:38,464 Mummy. 1276 01:36:38,626 --> 01:36:40,424 - Good God! 1277 01:36:40,586 --> 01:36:43,385 - Mum, are you all right? - Yes. 1278 01:36:43,548 --> 01:36:46,427 - What have you been doing? 1279 01:36:46,592 --> 01:36:51,018 Mummy, you should have called for help, silly old sausage. 1280 01:36:51,180 --> 01:36:54,059 Have you not even been in your bed properly? You've done all this? 1281 01:36:54,225 --> 01:36:57,775 Yes, it's all sorted. Finished. 1282 01:36:57,937 --> 01:37:00,781 Yes, well, don't worry about that. June and I can crack on with it. 1283 01:37:00,940 --> 01:37:04,114 I was just going to get dressed. 1284 01:37:04,277 --> 01:37:08,282 Shall I call someone, see if anyone can come and do your hair? 1285 01:37:09,157 --> 01:37:12,707 No... You do it. 1286 01:37:17,457 --> 01:37:21,052 Right, I'm off, June. Susie's going to drive me. 1287 01:37:21,210 --> 01:37:24,885 - Just loading the car. - OK. Bye! 1288 01:37:35,808 --> 01:37:37,310 Oh, let me do that, Margaret. 1289 01:37:37,477 --> 01:37:41,448 No, dear, it's all right. I'll do it. 1290 01:37:41,606 --> 01:37:44,280 Carol said you might go to the House of Lords today? 1291 01:37:44,442 --> 01:37:49,744 - No, no. I'm not going anywhere.