- 10/07/2025
Secret Service agent Michael Fawkes has been given the job of tailing a man called Slade, a scientist who has recently defected from Russia who is suspected of being a Russian spy. But when Fawkes reports back to his boss, Palfrey, he informs him that nothing happened. Has the suspect been warned? British Intelligence thinks so and suspect a spy in their ranks. Quite who it is could be closer than they think, with each man suspecting the other...
Starring Alec Cowan, Tim Piggott-Smith, Antony Brown, Gary Watson, Keith Edwards, Georgine Anderson, Ian Barrett, John Quarmby, Michael Sheard, David Gillies, Simon Watkins, Philip Ettington and Walter Henry. This comes from the anthology series Storyboard and was originally broadcast on August 23rd 1983.
Starring Alec Cowan, Tim Piggott-Smith, Antony Brown, Gary Watson, Keith Edwards, Georgine Anderson, Ian Barrett, John Quarmby, Michael Sheard, David Gillies, Simon Watkins, Philip Ettington and Walter Henry. This comes from the anthology series Storyboard and was originally broadcast on August 23rd 1983.
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00:00Satsang with Mooji
00:30So, we're going to get to the end of the day, so we're going to get to the end of the day.
01:00And so, we're going to go to the next one.
01:30The city of Paris and the city, the city of Paris.
01:36The south is in the city of Paris, so it's not too late.
01:43The city of Paris is a city of Paris.
01:47It is a city of Paris, and it is a city.
01:52The city of Paris is a city of Paris.
01:57Good morning, Mrs. Ranhead.
02:27Good morning, Mr. Palfrey. It's a fine morning.
02:30It is, it is. So I doubt I shall see my promise.
02:34Not today.
02:57What shall we find today, Mrs. Rennie?
03:09A yogi or a commissar?
03:11Which would you prefer?
03:13Somewhere in between.
03:15What Kerstner called one of the more sedate human attitudes.
03:18How dull, Mr. Palfrey.
03:20Dullness is a condition of stability, Mrs. Rennie.
03:22And we esteem stability.
03:24Oh, yes.
03:26Coffee or tea this morning?
03:28Lemon tea. The astringency will aid concentration.
03:32Mr. Fox will be here at any moment.
03:39Morning.
03:40Morning.
03:40How can I appoint Mr. Palfrey?
03:42Got your purse?
03:42You know how to use the lift.
03:51Yeah.
03:51Morning.
03:52Morning.
04:17Yes.
04:18I don't know.
04:48Mr. Fawkes is on his way up.
05:12Good morning, Mr. Fawkes.
05:14Morning.
05:18Yes?
05:19Mr. Fawkes is here, Mr. Porfrey.
05:21Please ask him to come in.
05:27Good morning.
05:29Do sit down.
05:30Will you have coffee?
05:31Oh, thanks.
05:38Don't you find it strange?
05:40No windows?
05:42In this room, it's the interior windows that matter.
05:45The windows of the soul.
05:48What Blake called the eyes.
05:51William Blake, of course, not George.
05:53How do you know I have my coffee, Blake?
05:58Oh, I expect when you were here last.
06:01I've only been here once.
06:02I didn't have coffee.
06:03You don't miss a thing.
06:05Which is why you're on this job.
06:08Now, tell me.
06:09Do sit down.
06:11What happened yesterday?
06:13You met our friend?
06:15I picked him up at exactly the same place at exactly the same time.
06:18What did he do when he left Waterloo?
06:20Took a cab to the embankment gardens.
06:22Was he in a hurry?
06:24Can't be more than ten minutes to walk it.
06:25He got off on the bridge, went down the steps, and sat on a bench.
06:28That was, uh, twenty to eleven.
06:30He sat there until noon.
06:32Then he got up, went back to Waterloo.
06:33He got the 12.25 back to Reading.
06:36Straight back?
06:37Nothing else?
06:39He was back in Aldermaston after lunch.
06:41Surely he picked something up.
06:43Or left it, or met somebody.
06:45Nobody.
06:46Nothing.
06:47He did nothing.
06:52Nothing happened.
06:54Improbably uneventful.
06:55I was there.
06:57Why does a defence scientist, suspected of treason,
07:00come to London, sit on a bench by himself,
07:02and then go home?
07:04It was Tuesday.
07:06The second Tuesday of the month.
07:08Last time it was the Festival Hall,
07:10all the way to London,
07:11for a cup of coffee in the cafeteria.
07:12He sat around for forty-five minutes,
07:14then went home.
07:15And that was the second Tuesday of the month.
07:18He has a standing arrangement
07:19to make himself available at a Rotary of Places
07:22on the second Tuesday of every month.
07:25And last time he also carried a copy of the New Statesman.
07:28You'd say that clinches it?
07:30Well, maybe when he has it,
07:32it's safe to make contact.
07:34But it wasn't safe, was it?
07:36You were there.
07:36He didn't know that.
07:37I'm sure of it.
07:39They didn't make contact, did they?
07:40Well, no.
07:41So perhaps we've got it all wrong.
07:42It was a dangerous signal.
07:43Keep away.
07:43It's possible.
07:44I wonder what could have alerted him.
07:45He didn't act as if anything had alerted him.
07:47If I may turn Miss Mandy Rice-Davis around,
07:49he wouldn't, would he?
07:50What's your opinion of Slade?
07:57And so far it's all suspicion and circumstantial.
08:00No hard evidence.
08:01What do you think?
08:02Well...
08:03What does your intuition tell you about Slade?
08:07I can't work it out.
08:10His manner.
08:12His London trips.
08:14These mysterious assignations with nobody.
08:17Nothing gels.
08:19And yet...
08:20I can't believe he's working for Moscow.
08:24All the indications are that he is, wouldn't you say?
08:26Maybe that's what we're supposed to believe.
08:28A lot of suspicion and not much evidence.
08:30So, er...
08:31Back to the drawing board.
08:35Talking of things not gelling...
08:37What do you make of this amusing, Pete?
08:42The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
08:48Two, five, nine, two, one.
08:54Six, nine, seven, five, two.
08:59Eight, zero, one, mark, one.
09:04Nine, four, two, seven, one.
09:09Three, five, nine, one, six.
09:16That's five groupings of five numerals.
09:19One of those funny little stations in East Germany kept broadcasting it.
09:23The lady sounded quite bored by the time she repeated it for 30 minutes.
09:26The chaps at Cheltenham recorded it for us.
09:28Have they analyzed it yet?
09:29Oh, you know, GCHQ.
09:31They never tell one, but I think they have a good idea what it means.
09:37And what's that?
09:37My guess is that it's some sort of alert.
09:44A cautionary message seems likely.
09:47Y sections say that if the other side start broadcasting messages like that out of schedule,
09:51it usually means a flap.
09:53Some sort of emergency.
09:55I see.
09:55It's like having to warn someone over here hurriedly.
10:00Slade.
10:01Could be anybody, I suppose.
10:05I'm afraid codes are a bit beyond me.
10:08I find the crossword tough enough.
10:11Are you any good at these things?
10:14Moderately.
10:15Now, what about today's?
10:16It's, um, five across, seven letters.
10:22More headless without bends, we hear.
10:24I can't crack it.
10:25Well, more headless.
10:28Without bends.
10:31Straighter without the head.
10:33Straighter without the S.
10:40Mm-hmm.
10:41I think the word you want is traitor.
10:44Dear me.
10:45Traitor?
10:48Couldn't see it for looking.
10:52Right there in front of me.
10:55Oh, my dear fellow.
10:57You have hidden talents.
10:59Maybe you should try your luck with that radio message.
11:02I'll leave it to the chaps at Cheltenham, if you don't mind.
11:03At the moment, I've got enough on my hands.
11:08Can I be of any help?
11:10I mean, if you've got problems, that's what I'm here for, you know, to listen.
11:17I appreciate that.
11:19Well?
11:22Well, when the time comes.
11:24I think it has come.
11:30Don't you find the greatest burden is one can't confide, no one one can talk to?
11:34That's the job.
11:35All part of it.
11:36Well, feel free.
11:37With me, you can relax, speak your mind, get anything you want off your chest.
11:40Well, maybe you want to think about it, take your time.
11:44I'm not sure I understand.
11:49Well, of course you'll do.
11:50More coffee.
11:51Well, I don't think so.
11:54I don't think so.
11:55I don't think so.
11:56It's not very good.
11:57It's a lot better than the stuff we used to get at Leconfield House.
11:59Oh, yes.
12:00Well, it's a good old day.
12:04They weren't a good old day, weren't they?
12:05Not that long ago.
12:06Not that long ago.
12:07A million light years away, believe me.
12:10It's different now.
12:12We're no longer gentlemen.
12:14Hadn't noticed.
12:16You will.
12:18Yeah.
12:19I suppose you're right.
12:21Things have changed.
12:29You'll miss them, do you?
12:31You'll miss them, do you?
12:32Miss who?
12:33The old crowd.
12:34There's still quite a lot of them about, aren't there?
12:36I sometimes bump into a familiar face.
12:38They're largely upstairs now, of course, or in registry.
12:41Really?
12:42Yeah, that's where most of the old...
12:43Talking of...
12:44Talking of registry.
12:45You've been making yourself busy, haven't you?
12:47Yeah.
12:48I got Sir Slade's file out.
12:51Oh, he has Snow White clearances.
12:53Not a stain, I can tell you.
12:55I suppose one could say that makes him suspicious.
12:58Did you know his daughter's one of the green immunolateralists?
13:02She took part in a demo.
13:04One demo.
13:05Sat in the mud and howled like a banshee, then went back home.
13:08That hardly makes daddy a security risk.
13:10No.
13:12No, I think I saw somewhere...
13:14You were a boy scout at school.
13:16Do you know the scouts are rated as subversive organization by the KGB?
13:19Yeah.
13:20We're not chasing boy scouts.
13:21No.
13:22So you'll have to do better than that if you want to nail Slade.
13:25But I wasn't talking of Slade anyway.
13:27I'm told you asked to see another file in registry.
13:30That's right.
13:31Yours.
13:32Correct.
13:33But you know it is strictly against regulations for an officer to look at his own service file.
13:37I was curious.
13:38Why?
13:40You must have had good reason.
13:43Maybe.
13:44You better tell me.
13:45All right.
13:46Once you make a point of it.
13:49I wanted to see if they'd added anything to my file.
13:52Eh?
13:53Oh come on.
13:54Such as what?
13:55I'm not sure really.
13:58I wondered if I'd been imagining things.
14:01That sounds mysterious.
14:02Imagining what?
14:03Just a feeling.
14:04A sort of instinct I've got that somebody's been keeping an eye on me.
14:07Why on earth should anyone do that?
14:09Maybe it's the new system.
14:10Perhaps there's a spot check going on.
14:12Like I said I'm not sure.
14:15Maybe I have been imagining things.
14:21I don't know.
14:23I wanted to make certain.
14:26And did you find anything?
14:28Yeah.
14:29The file was not available to me.
14:30They quoted regulations.
14:31And reported it to me.
14:32Never mind.
14:33One thing interests me though.
14:35What do you think could have been added to your file?
14:37How would I know?
14:39Take a guess.
14:40Doesn't matter.
14:41I've got the answer now anyway haven't I?
14:42What do you mean?
14:43You've given it to me sitting here.
14:44I don't need to look at the file now.
14:46You seem a bit edgy.
14:48You don't mind me asking you questions?
14:50No it's your job.
14:51Mind you.
14:52I don't know why you should be asking me.
14:54You don't know what it's about?
14:56No.
14:57But er.
14:58It's beginning to get interesting.
15:01Room 104.
15:02Jordan speaking.
15:03Anyway.
15:04Makes a change from following Dr. Slade around.
15:05Good.
15:06Excellent.
15:07Glad you feel pretty relaxed about it all.
15:08Used not to be like this of course as we were saying.
15:09But times change.
15:10Alas.
15:11You have to get somewhere.
15:12No.
15:13I just wondered what the time was that's all.
15:14I'm glad you're not in a hurry.
15:15Because there's something I want you to see.
15:16Play the Stockholm tape please.
15:17Wilco also.
15:18GCHQ has just been on.
15:19Do you want me to say?
15:20We've no secrets here.
15:21The Quick Brown Fox.
15:22They've cracked it.
15:24Keep it.
15:25Roll the tape now.
15:26I'll take it.
15:27I'll take it.
15:28I'll take it.
15:29I'll take it.
15:30I'll take it.
15:31I'll take it.
15:32I'll take it.
15:33I'll take it.
15:35I'll take it.
15:36I'll take it.
15:37I'll take it.
15:38I'll take it.
15:39I'll take it.
15:40It's a quick brown fox.
15:41I'll take it.
15:42I'll take it.
15:43Okay.
15:44you keep it roll the tape now turn your chair around so you can see I don't
15:51suppose anyone's told you about the Americans little windfall no of course
15:55not they haven't been spreading it about that debriefing Gorski he came over to
15:59them a few days ago just walked into their Stockholm Embassy would you believe
16:02it good of the yanks to let us see it
16:14now what about the man in London I've already told you tell us again we have
16:24a man in their security service D section you dealt with me no it was too
16:30important who controls it they never told me the files were kept from us what's
16:37his name huh you think they would tell us I drop off the new man knows what
16:44directors left excuse me nobody else what about the information he gives as I said
16:50he's a member of D section of SIS he keeps us posted about their countermeasures who
16:57they are onto their targets interesting isn't it isn't there any more of course
17:04you want to go on very much how does he communicate with Moscow usual ways we
17:11shall run exact details later yes now I appreciate you don't know his real name
17:18but he must have been referred to by a code name a code name yes what is it
17:23Derek who picked it how should I know how long has Derek been working for you oh a
17:28long time months years years I don't know when he started
17:34you must have some idea I'm tired I would like a drink okay we'll take 10
17:53fascinating isn't it I always had my suspicions about Gorski really what about that he tried to buy
18:01his way over to the Yanks one day with a load of junk how interesting why did you
18:04suspect that no things one hears Gorski living it up Oslo Warsaw Rome wine women
18:09and dollars I'm surprised the KGB had trusted in this long so you think he's
18:15trying to sell the Americans a bill of goods of course he's just the type wants
18:19the good life in the West but knows what the price is names anybody's names you
18:24seem very well informed about Gorski I studied him he was in Frankfurt the same time I was ah glad you
18:30reminded me the DG seen the tape he thinks there's something in it and you do too the Americans are impressed
18:40yeah they would be if it vilifies us so impressed they sent us the cassette no useful and where is
18:44comrade Gorski now the Yanks are looking after him yeah I bet they are what about Derek you think Gorski made it all up no I wouldn't say that I always thought there might be somebody
18:59somewhere like Derek working on the inside wouldn't be the first time any idea who it could be
19:08actually yeah we both know don't we
19:15anyway the chap we're after is Dr. Slade I think our wires have got crossed my fault
19:29you mean er Derek's just a red herring oh come come my dear chap as you said we both know who Derek is who do you suppose he is you're Derek
19:38do you mind if I smoke go ahead
19:57go ahead
20:04I've been dying for one
20:16you know they're dead right about you I don't follow what they say about you who are they around the corner in head
20:27office just gossip of course even so tell me they say that you're a past master covering things up that
20:35you've got behind that desk by being the most dangerous man in the service dangerous because
20:39there's no defense against you once you put the finger on somebody they're finished doesn't matter you've got the wrong man
20:44you said covering things up you know what I mean
20:48what exactly am I covering up who Derek is
20:54I see
20:58fascinating you are a remarkable man Michael
21:01so tell me
21:03who is Derek
21:05everything in here is being recorded isn't it
21:08of course every word
21:09you sure you want me to say
21:10my dear chap why do you think we're all here
21:11to cover things up I'd say to protect the inside man
21:14I'm intrigued and who might that be
21:15you sure you don't want to switch this tape off
21:17no you just go ahead tell me who it is we're all looking for
21:21you Mr. Palfrey
21:23you're Derek
21:31well
21:47deuce
21:49I suppose so
21:54except it hasn't got us anywhere
21:56right
21:57depends who we're talking about
21:58one of us being Derek
22:00I thought we were discussing the good doctor Slade
22:02did you really
22:10personnel tell me you put in for leave
22:12yeah I thought I'd take a couple of weeks off next month
22:15I could do with a holiday
22:17oh couldn't we all
22:18going abroad
22:19somewhere in the sun I hope
22:21away from it all
22:23but you usually take your holiday later in the year
22:26personnel didn't object
22:27leaves the Slade business a bit in the air doesn't it
22:30oh don't worry about that
22:31it'll all be tied up by then
22:32your confidence does you credit
22:34sudden decision was it
22:37of a holiday I mean
22:39look if it isn't convenient I can put it off of course
22:42the department comes first
22:44never doubted it Michael
22:45you know that
22:46no you've got a lot of leave entitlement piled up
22:48that was another reason I thought I'd cash it in
22:50absolutely
22:51well it's convenient
22:52the department must pay you back everything at Ojo
22:58yes
23:00oh yes fine
23:02yes now please
23:04I have a visitor
23:07no stay I should have said we have a visitor
23:10come in
23:11will you need us sir
23:15no I think we'll see him on our own
23:17yes sir
23:18how's the flight
23:19fine
23:20you snort all the way
23:21thank you
23:26hello major
23:27hello
23:28I'm the man
23:30I know who you are
23:32this is um
23:34Mr. Fawkes
23:35Michael I'm sure I don't have to introduce Major Gorski
23:39do sit down Major
23:40thank you
23:41can I get you anything
23:42no no
23:43coffee
23:44lemon tea
23:45something stronger
23:46vodka
23:47I have a splendid Polish Wiberowa
23:48100 proof
23:49very kind
23:50but I need nothing
23:51Michael
23:52not for me
23:53sure
23:54oh very well
23:55anything you want Major to say the word
23:56thank you
23:57I am well looked after
23:58good
24:04it's really like a little reunion isn't it
24:08for you too I mean
24:10please
24:11your paths have crossed
24:13that's right Michael
24:15you remember Frankfurt
24:18you know what I was doing there
24:20I know what your official assignment was
24:27ah
24:28now I understand
24:38very attractive
24:42we owe Sonia a lot
24:45it's not every day that a secretary at the Soviet liaison mission in Frankfurt turns double agent
24:51two days after her last contact with us she was killed
24:56hit and run outside that ugly opera house
24:59quite tragic
25:01safer to kill her there than drag her screaming back to Moscow I suppose
25:05it could have been an accident
25:06you were her control Michael
25:08her contact in Frankfurt
25:09you believe that
25:10oh no not really
25:11what do you think Major
25:13I wasn't there I left Frankfurt before it happened
25:17they never traced the car
25:19if I had a suspicious mind I might surmise that someone tipped off her people that she was supplying us with information
25:25it's possible
25:26I'm glad you agree
25:28F-section thinks so
25:29it's a little like our service
25:31you people do not trust each other
25:33if we trusted anyone we wouldn't be doing this trouble
25:36my friend we have much in common you and I
25:40oh how did we come to be talking about poor Sonia of course Frankfurt do forgive me
25:46um
25:47I think we ought to break for lunch soon this afternoon we can get down to a proper debriefing
25:52anything you want to put on the agenda Michael
25:56what about Slade
25:58what a good point I'd almost forgotten
26:01yes Major when we get down to it later you may be able to fill us in about Dr. Benjamin Slade of the atomic weapons research establishment at Aldermaston
26:08oh I've never heard of such a man
26:12that's him
26:14then why should I know this man
26:16because there are suspicions that he may be working for your masters
26:19I beg your pardon
26:21you're late masters
26:23no this has not come to my knowledge
26:25if he is working for Moscow you would have heard
26:28well I don't know everything of course
26:31sometimes only codenames
26:33like Derek
26:35but a contact at Aldermaston yes I would hear of a man in such a place
26:39and you've never heard of Slade
26:40I've said no
26:42anybody like him?
26:43I think we should leave it till after lunch
26:45Major Gorski must be tired
26:47of course
26:49thank you yes I would like it
26:51it was a long journey
26:53our guest deserves a little break we'll have him back later
26:56I'm sure he's going to tell us a lot of very useful things aren't you Major
26:59I will try to be helpful
27:01I think I know what you want
27:02I'm sure you do we'll see you later
27:03I'll see you later
27:33exhausting business
27:36sitting around talking
27:40you tired Michael
27:43gets a bit much doesn't it
27:45I mean the whole bloody business
27:49deceiving, cheating, twisting, lying
27:52trusting nobody not even once so
27:57you must find this work very difficult
28:00why?
28:02because in this job one needs to be a professional disbeliever
28:06strongly held belief can be very inconvenient gets in the way
28:11you're wrong you know it can be a great strength in this work
28:14you find it so
28:17I know so
28:18I know so
28:23magnificent isn't it
28:27perhaps you're right
28:28perhaps you're right
28:42it's a Maryland Grammar School
28:44Cambridge
28:45second-class honors of modern languages
28:47short service commission station Berlin
28:49bachelor does not seem to have attracted a circle of close friends
28:51keeps to himself no permanent liaison
28:53here we are
28:55converted to Roman Catholicism
28:56that was
28:58ah yes
29:001975 I see
29:02you uh
29:04wanted to see your file
29:06Michael this is part of it
29:08well
29:11doctors look at x-rays
29:13I look at files
29:15yours is very informative
29:27aren't you hungry
29:32not particularly
29:34I think we ought to get something to eat
29:35recharge the batteries
29:37I'd rather finish
29:39Michael
29:41I made it a firm rule
29:42not to skip meal breaks
29:44that's the way to get ulcers
29:46and an intelligence man with ulcers is like a boxer with a broken hand
29:51back at 2.30
29:53you mean go out
29:55well I shouldn't risk the canteen
29:57yes get a breath of fresh air while you're at it
29:59clear the head
30:01alone?
30:05I'd like to come along but I've got paperwork
30:07it'll have to be a sandwich for me
30:09but no reason why you shouldn't go
30:11sure?
30:12heavens ma'am why not
30:13are you going to take the first plane to East Berlin
30:15or ask for sanctuary at the Russian Embassy
30:18of course not
30:20well then
30:212.30 all right
30:272.30
30:432.30
30:57has he gone?
30:58all clear Mr hall
31:01i'll be with Mr Kilpick whatever happens. i want to know immediately
31:06I'll be with Mr. Kilpek. Whatever happens, I want to know immediately.
31:36Aren't you taking a hell of a chance letting him go round in the middle of his interrogation?
31:49I'd be tempted to make a run for it.
31:51There is a risk. A calculated one.
32:00You know, he just doesn't look it. But don't you agree?
32:04What precisely is a traitor expected to look like?
32:07You know what I mean? Of course you do.
32:09You've made my job a lot easier if you could tell me.
32:11No, you're right, of course. It's wishful thinking.
32:14Fawkes is our man. That's not wishful thinking.
32:16Good. And you're going to get him to admit it? Of course.
32:19But if you don't, it's a useless exercise. We've made too many mistakes in the past.
32:25I haven't.
32:29Did I ever tell you that at one time they had doubts about you?
32:33Really?
32:34They got quite bothered about little bits and pieces.
32:38Used to work late at Curzon Street. Came in a couple of times at weekends.
32:41Walked home from the office by curious routes.
32:44Did I?
32:47Do you remember Carter in security?
32:50Got a positive bee in his bonnet about you.
32:52Became terribly suspicious because you bought books of poetry in backstreet bookshops.
32:56He was convinced it was to work out some kind of code.
33:00I didn't know Carter had such a vivid imagination.
33:03Yes, he was an idiot.
33:05Still, you should have seen the circumstantial brief he built up.
33:08But it's still on my file, I suppose.
33:11It's dead and forgotten.
33:13Dead and forgotten.
33:15I'm relieved to hear it.
33:17A glass of wine?
33:20Or will that blunt your perception?
33:22One glass, I think.
33:24We're almost there anyway.
33:26You sound confident?
33:27I am.
33:28Ah, very.
33:31Near the mazel.
33:33Nice.
33:35Flowery.
33:37Some fish eggs.
33:42It's lump fish, not sturgeon.
33:46Poor man's caviar.
33:48Help yourself.
33:55That's very refreshing.
33:58So now, tell me.
34:00What are you going to do with him when he returns?
34:03Finish him.
34:07Yes?
34:28The quick brown fox.
34:29You're not supposed to call.
34:31Get off the line.
34:32I have to see you.
34:33It's not possible.
34:34You don't understand.
34:35There's only a couple of hours left.
34:36There's no more death for me.
34:38Very well.
34:40Covent Garden.
34:42The usual place.
34:43Half an hour.
34:45I'll be waiting.
34:46For God's sake, be there.
34:48We intercepted that call to you.
34:49Yes, sir.
34:50Yes, sir.
34:51The usual place.
34:55I'll be waiting.
34:56For God's sake, be there.
34:57Please tell Mr. Palfrey the Hampstead number just received a call.
35:01Forks, he's made contact.
35:05Covent Garden. The usual place.
35:09Half an hour. I'll be waiting.
35:13For God's sake, be there.
35:17We intercepted that call just over 15 minutes ago. We're too late.
35:21Not at all. I've got five people there. Doing what? Waiting.
35:25But we don't know where the devil they're meeting. The usual place.
35:29What's the usual place? You know what a labyrinth Covent Garden is.
35:33You haven't a chance, man. At the bottom end of Covent Garden is Maiden Lane.
35:37In Maiden Lane there is a Catholic church. Forks has in recent months become something of a churchgoer.
35:41He goes to confession there. I think we'll be in time.
35:55Of course, there areania and big��慢慢 mentioned.
35:58Be that, there is a little moss on our people.
36:00Say it.
36:02We call it a chicken and kald it to our Japan.
36:04It'sbrook fire.
36:06It looks like you do.
36:08I'm going to keep everything healthy.
36:10It looks like you're welcome.
36:13But it might have a good day.
36:15If you're here to make a kitchen nine.
36:17And after a kitchen and a dentist, I'll help you for Next to your convenience store.
36:20So, let's get started.
36:50Come on, don't give it to me!
37:20Let's go.
38:20The quick brown fox couldn't come.
38:24He sent me.
38:27The confessional.
38:42You weren't supposed to call.
38:44You disobeyed instructions.
38:45It's too late. They know.
38:47I have to go back very soon.
38:49There isn't much time.
38:50Tell me everything. Quickly.
38:52There isn't much time.
38:54Am I in focus?
39:24you must have been right on time I do apologize doesn't matter got everything you want yes
39:41thank you well this shouldn't take much longer sit down Michael sit down have you
39:46decided where you'll be going going on leave have you made any plans what about
39:52Slade oh forget Slade that's all sorted out since when we've got dr. Slade tied up
39:56don't worry no think of yourself now here this might interest you read it aloud
40:06read it
40:09discontinue operations break all contacts cease activity I told you Cheltenham had
40:14deciphered the code yes I know well Michael obviously somebody's been
40:21compromised and they're trying to warn him absolutely any idea who it is Derek who
40:25else wonder if he got the message of course you did Michael oh dear thought
40:34you've given up on that
40:45the thing that surprises me is that you've never asked me once ask what why why you're
40:52the one who's sitting there why you were trusted servant of the crown is being
40:57subjected to this why on earth should I pick on you aren't you curious of course I'm curious it's the
41:01kind of statement of the year I'm angry I'm puzzled I'm appalled what's the use I know
41:09the section once your cards mark that's it but you haven't bothered to ask the
41:13reason I find that fascinating you tell me of course sure you'd reveal it all your
41:18sources your informers lay it all on the table oh come on there's no point that's why
41:26I'm sorry you feel that way I was hoping you demand to know I thought you'd jump up and say what's all
41:35this about I would if I was accused of treason I don't think I would have remained as cool as you
41:39I'm damn sure I would have asked what the devil it's based on and that omission makes me guilty no of
41:47course not I find it interesting that's all listen a few months ago we began
42:01intercepting these little jumbles of Morse they didn't mean a thing at first look I
42:05thought you said this wouldn't take longer I do sit down then we picked up other little snippets a
42:15curious remark at a cocktail party somebody knew something they shouldn't know never mind then one
42:23of our little jobs aborted the other side seemed to know all about it and gradually a common
42:30denominator emerged guess what it was Derek right first time one way or another he had been privy to
42:38these things interesting but who was Derek GCHQ got a partial message on the Morse readings the Americans
42:47picked up a couple of hints and maybe Derek also got a little careless Derek went to Frankfurt on a job
42:55and would you believe it our friend Gorski arrived there too very careless indeed and poor Sonia had her
43:03unfortunate accident isn't it all rather circumstantial oh absolutely you couldn't
43:09hang a dog on there and that's it not quite dr. Slade was put under surveillance Derek was given
43:19the case he was told that Slade was suspected of passing secrets from Aldermaston to Moscow Central
43:25and you know a very curious thing happened we picked up a message from Derek to Moscow
43:30checking if Slade was in fact one of their spies in England and Moscow replied that they didn't know
43:35anything about Slade Derek was in a real spot wasn't he here was SIS telling him that Slade was
43:41suspected of being a Soviet agent and the Soviets saying that they'd never heard of him he was
43:45puzzled you were puzzled weren't you in this room remember you kept asking Gorski if he knew
43:49anything about Slade had he ever heard of Slade or anybody like him you kept pressing Gorski you kept at
43:54it because you wondered if you were being double-crossed if Moscow no longer trusted you will
43:59you need me much longer do come in and meet your shadow dr. Slade Michael I don't suppose you ever
44:06seen dr. Slade close-up take a good look we borrowed him from MOD to do a little play acting for us to lay
44:12the bait and see if you'd rush to your Soviet friends about him I see what a waste of taxpayers money I'm sorry you've wasted your time and mine I wouldn't call it a waste of time
44:26do sit down doctor he's smiling
44:30the bastard's smiling you sure we've got the right man sir if you were innocent would you be smiling
44:38it's finished Michael they've written you off cease activity discontinue operation they've written off Derek
44:47what's that got to do with me
44:51do you play chess doctor sometimes would you agree that a good chess player who
44:57finds himself in a hopeless situation resigns with dignity
45:00yes you've played a very good game for a long time but now you're finished it's
45:06over give in Michael it's mate
45:14all right now I'll tell you something
45:21the one thing you need you haven't got an admission a confession got a lot of suspicion
45:27and little bits and pieces and you know there's a Russian spy in the section code named Derek but
45:32the one thing you can't prove is that I am Derek or that Derek is me play back your tapes read your
45:39transcripts check them till you're blue in the face you won't find a shred of evidence that would
45:42convict a blind monkey you know damn well you've lost
45:46that's what this little inquisition is all about isn't it to get me to say maya culpa I admit my guilt no jury on earth would convict me without a confession
46:04go on if you think you've got me arrest me charge me I've never admitted anything and I'm not going to because I've got nothing to admit you have failed
46:18you got nothing you hear me nothing every trick in the book and it's going nowhere I admit nothing
46:28I think you know the rest it's not possible it's all there Michael on tape everything you told him everything never
46:43it can't be the quick brown fox Michael he sent you I'm afraid we've been tapping your contacts phone for 10 months
46:57you you bloody well knew and you played this game what for to torture me you enjoy it
47:27we needed an admission from you I must say you went into great detail we're grateful but you can't use this recording as evidence against me it was tricked out of me I wouldn't say that
47:38it was a fully voluntary statement given to an officer of the security service he'll swear to it
47:42you know damn well that's a lie the tape doesn't say so there may even be a caution on it soon
47:47oh yes very deceitful very underhand you would know wouldn't you
47:57what now
48:0440 years I should think
48:0830 if you're lucky
48:11unless
48:15well
48:19you could be useful Michael
48:21carrying on as you are but working for us
48:24passing
48:25passing
48:26information
48:27disinformation you mean
48:31it shouldn't be difficult for you
48:33switching sides
48:35if I do
48:37no charges no trial no prison
48:40if I don't
48:43all right
48:53all right
48:57all right
48:59I knew you would
49:02why did he do it
49:06Catholic
49:08a convert
49:10every man seeks his own salvation
49:14there are bishops who say better red than dead
49:18priests who back terrorists
49:20they're merely a means to an end
49:23and who's to say they're wrong
49:25after all God does work in mysterious ways
49:30and who's to까
49:33to
49:33and who the
49:48sent in entries
49:49...
49:51...
49:52...
49:54Send them in, please.
50:08Please. I hope you've enjoyed your visit over here.
50:13It has been interesting. You fly back in the morning?
50:17Yes, to Andrews Air Force Base. I shall have much work to do with the Americans.
50:24Tell me, Major, if I wanted to pass a little tip to your late employers in Moscow,
50:33do you know people who could do it?
50:37There are ways.
50:39The name of a person passing them information.
50:44Information?
50:47Disinformation.
50:51You know what they would do.
50:54Of course.
50:56Poor Derek.
51:00Poor Michael.
51:06What a pity.
51:09Beware of the day.
51:13I'm doing so, печies.
51:23Here's how much I am.
51:28We have to look at these.
51:32I'll see you next time.
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