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In an urban society,

everything connects.

Each person's needs are fed

by the skills of many others.

Our lives are woven together in a fabric,

but the connections that make

society strong also make it vulnerable.

Peaceful up here, in't it?

Oh, I'd love to live out in the country.

Wouldn't you, Jimmy?

Would I 'eck!

- Why not?

- It's dead.

Nowt to do.

Just imagine living down there.

Take you an hour

to get to t'nearest boozer.

Oh, I know, but the air's lovely.

Oh, do you know, I love it

this time of year with spring coming on.

See the leaves just coming out

on that bush over there?

What are you looking at?

Trying to make out where our house is.

Wish I had a pair of binoculars.

You can see t'floodlights at United.

- With the news...

- What time is it?

- There's been further fighting in Iran...

- T'half-time scores will be on.

Oh, honestly!

We're surrounded by all this countryside

and all you can think about is football?

- It's not all I can think about.

- Oh, stop it.

You've got no consideration at all,

sometimes.

You think you can do what you like.

Where are you going?

West Brom 1, Manchester United 0.

West Ham United 2,

Queen's Park Rangers 0.

Division 2- Barnsley 1, Derby County 0...

There you are. It's a peace offering.

- Not much smell to it, though.

- It's lovely.

Heather's supposed to bring good luck.

- It's what they say.

- Wonder if it'll bring me any.

This film, shot secretly

by a West German television crew,

shows one of the Soviet convoys

on the move in northern Iran.

The convoys were first spotted

by United States satellites on Monday

moving across three of the mountain

passes leading from the Soviet Union.

The Soviet foreign minister

has defended the incursions

and has accused the United States

of deliberately prompting

last week's coup in Iran.

Speaking on his arrival in Vienna,

Mr. Gromyko claims the Soviet vehicles

were responding to an appeal...

- Are you being serious?

- Of course I am.

I've never been more serious in my life.

Jimmy.

- Are you sure?

- Not definitely.

I'm normally as regular as clockwork.

Anyway, what if I am?

It's not the end of the world, is it?

And now a look at programmes

later this evening on BBC1.

- And don't forget No.24 today.

- What?

I said don't forget No.24 today. You're

gonna ruin your hearing wi' them things.

Honestly, Jimmy,

you want your bloody head seeing to.

I think he wants

something else seeing to as well.

- Don't blame me. It's not my fault.

- Whose fault is it, you daft bugger?

Don't go blaming it all on Ruth, Jimmy.

That's not fair.

It's irrelevant who's to blame now.

- There you are.

- Ta.

The point is,

what are you going to do about it?

We're gonna get married.

What for?

Because we want to. What do you think?

You don't have to, you know, Jimmy.

I wouldn't want you thinking

we were pushing you into it.

Nobody's pushing us into owt.

It's what we want. We've decided.

I suppose you've talked

about an abortion?

Of course we have,

but neither of us want that.

We wanna get married and have t'baby.

- What does that mean? Abortion.

- Michael...

Never mind what it means. Get on with

your game. It's nothing to do with you.

We were thinking

of getting engaged anyway.

It don't make much difference, really,

it's just brought it forward a bit, that's all.

I hope you know what you're doing,

Jimmy.

It's a hell of a time to be starting a family,

in the middle of a recession.

- What are you doing with that?

- I'm not hurting it.

- Our Jimmy's getting married.

- Are you?

- I might be. Why?

- Well, it's a bit sudden, in't it?

- You're not even engaged.

- How do you know?

It's nowt to do wi' you,

so keep your nose out.

Are you getting married in a church

or a registry office?

Alison, what's an abortion?

- Michael, I've told you once...

- Oh, so that's it.

I'll give you a good hiding

if you don't keep your mouth shut.

- What for? I ain't done anything yet.

- Are you gonna shut up about it?

I hope you two are both satisfied now.

What are you blaming me for?

I haven't done anything wrong.

Come on.

The time now 7:
30. Douglas

Barton with tonight's headlines.

The United States may send troops

to the Middle East

if the Russians don't move their forces

out of Iran.

Come on. Come on.

... Western leaders calling for

immediate withdrawal...

Hang about.

Four people were killed today

on the M6...

Come on.

... when their car was in collision

with a tanker.

The accident happened at the junction...

Do you think we'll get on all right?

I can't see why not. They're ever so nice.

I wish we were meeting

in different circumstances, that's all.

You're making it sound like a funeral.

Well, it is a bit embarrassing, isn't it?

It ought to have been a happy occasion.

It is a happy occasion.

Well, I'm happy, anyway.

I must say, it's brought out

a very determined streak in you, has this.

Mother.

... in the waters off the coast of Iran.

No further details are given in the story,

attributed to the paper's correspondent.

However, one rumor being heard

increasingly in the Capitol today

says the vessel is a US submarine

that has disappeared

whilst on routine patrol in the area.

Didn't you hear what I said, Gordon?

Mr. and Mrs. Kemp are here.

Come on, turn the television off.

You can't watch while they're here.

A Pentagon spokesman

has refused to be drawn on the crisis...

- Oh, hello.

- Do come in.

- Mum, Mrs. Kemp, Mr. Kemp.

- Pleased to meet you.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

- Jimmy, my dad. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp.

- Oh, hello.

- How do you do?

- How do you do, Mrs. Kemp?

- Do go through.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you.

- Come in.

BBC news at eight o'clock.

The Soviet Union has protested strongly

to the United States

about dangerous provocations

by American ships in the Gulf of Oman.

This follows an incident where damage

was caused to the Soviet cruiser Kirov

when she was in collision

with the US destroyer Callaghan.

It's in a bit of a state

but it's got possibilities.

I'd have that door stripped down,

all this paper off and the walls white.

There's about 16 layers on here.

My mother and dad'll help us,

I'm sure they will.

My dad'll give us a hand as well.

He'll be glad of summat to do.

What you laughing at?

His face when my mother said

we could borrow his redundancy money.

Don't.

He were fancying a trip to Bermuda on it.

- Looks like being Blackpool again.

- Oh, dear.

I like the gardens. It's lovely for children

to have somewhere to play.

I wonder if they'll let me

build an aviary down there.

Oh, you and your birds.

Makes you feel funny, though, don't it?

What do you mean?

Us owning a home,

being married, having children.

- Enough to put years on you, in't it?

- Don't be silly.

It'll be lovely.

I just know it will.

- Here you are, love.

- Ta.

American and Israeli

search and rescue vessels

today came across debris and oil slicks

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