Glorious 39 Page #6

He's saying the wrong line.

It's utterly wrong!

Rewind. Rewind that.

I need to watch that back.

You should listen to it again, Anne.

Did you hear that? "You should

listen to it again, Anne."

Rewind again, please.

The real line is,

"You should listen to me, Jenny."

He called you Anne instead of Jenny

and totally rewrote the line.

You should listen to it again, Anne.

Anne.

Listen.

- You're here, Miss Anne.

- I'm late, Lucy, I know.

There you are. I've been waiting

to have my tea until you arrived.

There's some miserable-looking

walnut cake,

but the sandwiches look promising.

It's been a long journey.

I'm just going to change.

So we're exploring the objectives

that we set out and agreed upon

at the last meeting

and how we might

achieve them in practice.

And the 3rd objective

remains, I think you'll agree,

as important as ever

and shouldn't be forgotten...

And I think it will simplify matters

if we combine the next 2

under the same heading

and treat them together...

Gilbert.

We should make sure the scheme

for applying the greatest pressure

on these individuals

- is coordinated in one place.

- Balcombe.

The operation that was mounted

on the first 2 individuals

has been successful and

they will be troubling us no more.

And the 3rd one, on Hector Haldane,

is, I think, about to be achieved.

But we do now need to give

this operation a name

to ease communication amongst us.

I can give you a name.

You want a name?

I've got the perfect name.

Let's call it "Thin Men Dancing".

We won't forget that in a hurry,

a name like that.

"Thin Men Dancing"?

It's certainly eccentric.

Where did that come from?

Anyway, why not?

- No chance of confusion there!

- Ralph.

No!

I've got the perfect name.

Let's call it "Thin Men Dancing".

And let us see how much dancing

they need to do!

I did knock, miss.

I didn't think you could hear me.

Her Ladyship's wondering

if you're ready for tea.

Beatrice Townsend rang me yesterday.

She said at least there is

one silver lining to this war:

one won't have to wake up

every Friday morning

wondering if one has got

the guest list right for the weekend.

But I expect the competition

between her and Emerald Cunard

will begin again very soon.

They won't let a small thing

like a war stop their entertaining.

Nor should they. Don't you agree?

I agree it will take

more than a war to stop them.

And we mustn't let it stop us either.

We must stick together down here,

my dear,

or we will go absolutely mad.

We will do everything together -

listen to the wireless,

play Mah-Jong, go to church,

do everything like twin sisters.

Yes, Aunt Elizabeth.

Don't look so thoughtful, my dear.

But, of course, you have had

such a horrid shock.

Poor Mr. Williams.

I hope it wasn't seeing

his whole career spread out

in the programmes from my collection

that made him so desperate.

Having one's life summed up

can be very dispiriting.

This little war

makes everything uncertain.

This is the National

Programme from London.

First news, copyright reserved.

The Foreign Office.

Can I have extension 182,

Lawrence Newbolt, please?

One moment.

I'm sorry,

there is no reply from extension 182.

You've broken the rules already,

my dear, moving the gramophone!

We're going to do

everything together, remember?

Come in here and let's listen

to what the world is getting up to

and if we should take it seriously.

I can usually only enjoy

the countryside in very small doses.

But it is very peaceful here.

The war seems such a long way off.

Although, since no bombs

are dropping anywhere,

maybe London is this quiet.

Do you know

what's happening with Papa?

- Have you heard from him?

- No, I haven't.

But then he dislikes using

the telephone almost as much as I do.

We don't seem to be alone.

Anyone we know?

Apparently not.

Just have to change my shoes, dear,

after that country walk.

You've got my other shoes, haven't you?

- Let me help you.

- Thank you, my dear.

I'm so glad you're here

to keep me company, my dear.

Thank you.

And now I am going to spoil it all

and ask you just to scrape the shoes.

Because if they go into the bag

like that,

they'll make these shoes

all muddy on the way back.

There's a scraper round the corner.

There you are, my dear.

I was just telling the vicar

we must do some fundraising

for the restoration.

After all, it was our family

that built this church.

And what a good job they made of it.

Hopefully we will still be looking

after it in another thousand years.

It must be marvellous to end up

being part of such a family.

"To end up"?

I haven't just joined, you know.

Of course. A slip of the tongue.

I meant such an old, established

family. The sense of history.

It must be such a good feeling.

I just have to get rid of this.

Of course, it won't start.

Miss Anne, that car ain't safe to drive.

I have to go to London urgently.

I got a message from work.

- That car ain't safe, Miss Anne.

- I've got to go.

Get out of the way, Lucy!

Miss Anne, don't go! Miss Anne!

Don't go!

Come on. You're not

going to give out on me.

What the hell does he want?

Bloody farmers!

The road ahead is closed. There

is a military exercise taking place.

You'll have to find another route through.

I'm going to London. How do I get there?

By another route.

Yeah. Thank you for that.

Just thought you might help!

Where's that lorry that passed me?

You seem to have allowed

him through with no problem.

Could you switch

your engine off, please?

- Can I see your identity card?

- My identity card?

- I don't have one.

- You don't have one?

From yesterday everyone

needs to carry an identity card.

It's the law. There are no exceptions.

- I'm afraid I'll have to detain you.

- Detain me? Why?

I've been down at the film studio.

That's why I don't have one.

I really need to get to London today.

Without a card you're going nowhere.

I am the daughter of a Member

of Parliament, Sir Alexander Keyes.

If you telephone him, or allow me...

Step out of the vehicle, please.

Move over to that side

of the vehicle, please.

Get into the vehicle.

I think you might at least

tell me where I'm going.

Can I ask you to come this way now?

Come on, quickly!

We've had a lot of people like you today,

taking no notice of the regulations.

So this is what happens.

Hello again.

I don't suppose you're going to tell me

how long I am going to be held here.

I wouldn't complain if I were you, miss.

We have the power now

to detain anyone indefinitely.

- Did you know that?

- No, I didn't know.

Habeas corpus.

Do you know what

habeas corpus is, miss?

Of course... Of course I do.

Well, it doesn't exist any more. It's gone.

We can keep you as long as

we want, wherever we want.

Don't need to ask a judge any more,

don't need to ask anybody.

Don't even need to tell anyone

where you've gone.

Glorious! What are you doing?

What has happened to you?

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