WEBVTT 00:01:12.831 --> 00:01:13.927 Helen? 00:01:13.951 --> 00:01:15.911 Could you open the door, please? 00:01:20.551 --> 00:01:22.031 Helen. 00:01:24.151 --> 00:01:25.767 I know you're there. 00:01:25.791 --> 00:01:28.511 Can... let me explain. 00:01:32.031 --> 00:01:34.287 I think this has all been blown out of proportion. 00:01:34.311 --> 00:01:36.070 It's just... 00:01:37.591 --> 00:01:39.807 ...they're just two brief moments in my life. 00:01:39.831 --> 00:01:43.511 It is nothing compared to what I have with you. 00:01:49.791 --> 00:01:51.247 Helen. This is not fair. 00:01:51.271 --> 00:01:52.807 It's not exactly like you've been forthcoming 00:01:52.831 --> 00:01:54.527 about everything in YOUR life. 00:01:54.551 --> 00:01:56.711 Could you just open the door, please? 00:02:09.351 --> 00:02:11.751 I'm gonna call you later, OK? 00:02:18.031 --> 00:02:19.870 I'm sorry. 00:02:42.431 --> 00:02:45.727 Burgundy pie. That'll freeze. 00:02:45.751 --> 00:02:48.727 Quiche Lorraine. 00:02:48.751 --> 00:02:51.751 Does Helen like quiche? 00:02:52.751 --> 00:02:55.711 I think I remember her saying she did. 00:02:59.231 --> 00:03:02.591 I tried ringing her place yesterday. She didn't answer. 00:03:03.831 --> 00:03:05.711 She's been busy. 00:03:10.791 --> 00:03:12.511 Is something wrong? 00:03:19.391 --> 00:03:23.207 When you were a boy, you always told me everything. 00:03:23.231 --> 00:03:25.471 And then you stopped. 00:03:29.951 --> 00:03:32.687 Was it something I did? 00:03:32.711 --> 00:03:34.951 It's fine, Mum. 00:03:39.471 --> 00:03:42.047 We should clear out this freezer. 00:03:42.071 --> 00:03:45.630 I need to start writing dates on things. 00:03:48.831 --> 00:03:51.887 The Montmorency Primary School fete. 00:03:51.911 --> 00:03:53.567 The principal introduces you 00:03:53.591 --> 00:03:56.727 and it's just a short speech and you draw the raffle. 00:03:56.751 --> 00:03:59.287 Can it just BE the raffle? 00:03:59.311 --> 00:04:00.791 I'll ask them. 00:04:02.191 --> 00:04:05.727 10 May, the Variety Club is hosting a charity screening 00:04:05.751 --> 00:04:08.887 of Crocodile Dundee, the Paul Hogan film. 00:04:08.911 --> 00:04:11.367 They were hoping both you and Dale would introduce it. 00:04:11.391 --> 00:04:13.727 It's so good. 00:04:13.751 --> 00:04:15.827 It's a romantic comedy, and, 00:04:15.851 --> 00:04:17.967 they were hoping a couple would do it. 00:04:17.991 --> 00:04:20.007 Yeah, I don't think so. No. 00:04:20.031 --> 00:04:21.647 I... I thought I wouldn't like it, 00:04:21.671 --> 00:04:24.007 but it's actually... it's really good. 00:04:24.031 --> 00:04:26.647 It starts a bit slow, but then when he gets to New York... 00:04:26.671 --> 00:04:29.327 ...or... and there's this bit where he gets mugged, and... 00:04:29.351 --> 00:04:32.247 Yeah, I don't think so - Dale's not really into doing the combined stuff, 00:04:32.271 --> 00:04:35.527 especially after the Woman's Day, so... 00:04:35.551 --> 00:04:37.607 Has he seen the spread yet? 00:04:37.631 --> 00:04:38.927 No. 00:04:38.951 --> 00:04:40.527 Have YOU? 00:04:40.551 --> 00:04:41.567 No. 00:04:41.591 --> 00:04:44.071 It's amazing. Hang on. 00:04:47.111 --> 00:04:49.631 You want Lindsay to have a word with Dale? 00:04:51.831 --> 00:04:53.287 No, thank you. 00:04:53.311 --> 00:04:55.687 He wants a lot more joint appearances. 00:04:55.711 --> 00:04:57.827 He thinks Dale softens you, 00:04:57.851 --> 00:05:00.047 makes you more likeable. 00:05:00.071 --> 00:05:01.871 Here. 00:05:06.591 --> 00:05:09.207 I think we should do his hair like that all the time. 00:05:09.231 --> 00:05:13.191 You can keep it. I've already read it. 00:05:40.871 --> 00:05:43.207 Hi. Is Dale sick? 00:05:43.231 --> 00:05:44.751 Yep. 00:06:05.751 --> 00:06:08.311 Hi. Hi. 00:06:11.871 --> 00:06:13.751 Can I come in? 00:06:32.591 --> 00:06:34.447 Dale, do you record every one of your stories? 00:06:34.471 --> 00:06:37.871 No. Just some, to review. 00:06:38.871 --> 00:06:40.447 Do you watch 'em often? 00:06:40.471 --> 00:06:44.031 I generally just watch them on the night of. 00:06:51.511 --> 00:06:53.327 Helen knows, doesn't she? 00:06:53.351 --> 00:06:55.567 Did she say something to you? 00:06:55.591 --> 00:06:57.047 No. 00:06:57.071 --> 00:06:58.951 No. I... I can just tell. 00:07:06.431 --> 00:07:08.671 Was I the first? 00:07:10.951 --> 00:07:14.207 No, there was someone in high school. 00:07:14.231 --> 00:07:16.111 A friend. 00:07:18.351 --> 00:07:21.271 Didn't work out very well. 00:07:22.871 --> 00:07:25.271 Can I ask what happened? 00:07:30.071 --> 00:07:34.231 His father caught us after school one day. 00:07:38.511 --> 00:07:40.551 They called the police. 00:07:43.111 --> 00:07:46.207 He said I forced myself on him. 00:07:46.231 --> 00:07:47.711 And... 00:07:48.791 --> 00:07:51.271 ...I was taken to the station... 00:07:54.791 --> 00:07:56.751 ...in front of everyone. 00:08:01.071 --> 00:08:04.031 They called me a pervert. 00:08:10.151 --> 00:08:13.351 I had to change schools. 00:08:18.271 --> 00:08:21.431 Have you always known... 00:08:22.871 --> 00:08:24.911 ...who you are? 00:08:27.431 --> 00:08:28.671 Yeah. 00:08:36.711 --> 00:08:39.887 I think we're very different people, Tim. 00:08:39.911 --> 00:08:42.367 You know... 00:08:42.391 --> 00:08:45.167 ...imagining life on the other side of something like this 00:08:45.191 --> 00:08:47.071 can be terrifying. 00:08:48.151 --> 00:08:49.911 But it might surprise you. 00:08:52.591 --> 00:08:56.287 I've worked my whole life to be where I am. 00:08:56.311 --> 00:08:58.311 Yeah. 00:09:03.111 --> 00:09:05.271 Surprised me anyway. 00:09:29.391 --> 00:09:33.887 This is ABC News for Tuesday 29 April. 00:09:33.911 --> 00:09:36.887 Details are emerging that indicate the Soviet Union has suffered 00:09:36.911 --> 00:09:39.527 a significant nuclear disaster. 00:09:39.551 --> 00:09:42.007 Very substantial quantities of radiation have been released 00:09:42.031 --> 00:09:45.887 in an accident at the Chernobyl power station in the Ukraine. 00:09:45.911 --> 00:09:48.367 The plant is close to the city of Kiev. 00:09:48.391 --> 00:09:50.247 Many hundreds work at the plant 00:09:50.271 --> 00:09:52.487 and the surrounding Chernobyl area has a population 00:09:52.511 --> 00:09:54.887 estimated at around 50,000. 00:09:54.911 --> 00:09:56.807 Unconfirmed reports are emerging 00:09:56.831 --> 00:09:59.807 that a very significant relief operation is already underway. 00:09:59.831 --> 00:10:01.207 I'm going! 00:10:01.231 --> 00:10:03.387 The Kremlin has acknowledged there has been an accident, 00:10:03.411 --> 00:10:04.867 a sign of the degree of Moscow's... 00:10:04.891 --> 00:10:08.487 We agreed 4pm. They'll have to extend the update. 00:10:08.511 --> 00:10:12.287 You know you're worse the longer the day is. 00:10:12.311 --> 00:10:14.647 We can get you there for the afternoon update. 00:10:14.671 --> 00:10:17.247 You don't need to do the morning one. 00:10:17.271 --> 00:10:18.727 This is juvenile. 00:10:18.751 --> 00:10:20.507 You did a 5-hour day yesterday 00:10:20.531 --> 00:10:23.087 and you looked like you'd been hit by a truck. 00:10:23.111 --> 00:10:24.367 If you go in now... 00:10:24.391 --> 00:10:26.807 That was a direct result of your hysteria. 00:10:26.831 --> 00:10:28.847 Well... you know, it's showing on air. 00:10:28.871 --> 00:10:30.967 Dee was at the hairdresser yesterday. 00:10:30.991 --> 00:10:32.827 She said they're all talking about it. 00:10:32.851 --> 00:10:35.367 "He looks low-energy, drawn, shadow of himself..." 00:10:35.391 --> 00:10:38.727 Remarkable how Dee always has the perfect story 00:10:38.751 --> 00:10:40.087 to suit your argument. 00:10:40.111 --> 00:10:42.471 Thank you. 00:10:44.831 --> 00:10:46.447 Darling? 00:10:46.471 --> 00:10:49.847 I love you. I'm worried. 00:10:49.871 --> 00:10:52.527 I'm asking you to stay. 00:10:52.551 --> 00:10:54.191 Goodbye, darling. 00:11:05.831 --> 00:11:08.167 ...an uncharacteristic move that diplomats speculate 00:11:08.191 --> 00:11:10.647 might suggest a very high death toll. 00:11:10.671 --> 00:11:14.967 High radiation levels have been picked up as far away as Scandinavia, 00:11:14.991 --> 00:11:19.487 with some monitors recording levels 10 times above normal. 00:11:19.511 --> 00:11:23.247 In Sweden, 600 people were evacuated from a nuclear plant. 00:11:23.271 --> 00:11:25.407 Given recent history, we are not running with that 00:11:25.431 --> 00:11:27.567 until you've confirmed with at least three sources. 00:11:27.591 --> 00:11:28.827 We can be the source that confirms it! 00:11:28.851 --> 00:11:31.167 Noelene, if we go * out with the biggest disaster ever 00:11:31.191 --> 00:11:33.167 and we're wrong, you're gonna get sacked again 00:11:33.191 --> 00:11:35.287 and I'm not gonna be able to defend you this time. 00:11:35.311 --> 00:11:38.007 You didn't defend me last time. Rob did. 00:11:38.031 --> 00:11:39.511 That's what he says. 00:11:40.631 --> 00:11:41.727 Mate, are you crook? No. 00:11:41.751 --> 00:11:44.267 Don't come near me if you're crook. I'm fine. Comms in? 00:11:44.291 --> 00:11:45.487 In a minute. 00:11:45.511 --> 00:11:49.287 Noelene here wants to go with the biggest nuclear disaster in history. 00:11:49.311 --> 00:11:50.267 Because it must be! 00:11:50.291 --> 00:11:52.727 Three Mile Island is supposed to be the biggest disaster, 00:11:52.751 --> 00:11:54.127 and that only affected... 00:11:54.151 --> 00:11:56.527 The surrounding counties - as far as I recall, they only evacuated 00:11:56.551 --> 00:11:59.147 a few pregnant women and that was it, just to be safe. 00:11:59.171 --> 00:12:00.787 Yes, and with this, they're getting five times 00:12:00.811 --> 00:12:02.727 the standard level of radiation in Finland. 00:12:02.751 --> 00:12:04.587 I have a cousin in Kiev. 00:12:04.611 --> 00:12:06.687 I thought maybe we could try and contact her. 00:12:06.711 --> 00:12:09.127 Well, that's a lot closer than Finland. 00:12:09.151 --> 00:12:13.031 Comms feed's in! Alright, great. Come on, let's go. 00:12:34.711 --> 00:12:37.367 So, is this a new statement or is it a... 00:12:37.391 --> 00:12:39.187 No, it's just a first announcement. 00:12:39.211 --> 00:12:41.447 So this is it? This is all we have for the entire disaster? 00:12:41.571 --> 00:12:43.847 There's a report on radiation in Finland, 00:12:43.871 --> 00:12:45.267 but that's only about a minute or so. 00:12:45.391 --> 00:12:47.047 Alright. Well, we'll go two minutes. 00:12:47.071 --> 00:12:50.107 It's a great story for the newspaper, but we have no pictures. 00:12:50.131 --> 00:12:53.107 We've got nothing. So... Let me call my cousin in Kiev. 00:12:53.131 --> 00:12:54.367 I'm sure she's still at the university. 00:12:54.391 --> 00:12:56.707 Have you spoken to her recently? What time is it in the Soviet Union? 00:12:56.731 --> 00:12:58.167 Still the early hours of morning. So it's worth a try. 00:12:58.191 --> 00:13:00.987 That's great. A phone conversation with your cousin isn't riveting. 00:13:01.011 --> 00:13:01.887 She's on the ground in Kiev, less than 100 miles... 00:13:01.911 --> 00:13:04.307 Personal connection - the only news outlet in Australia who has that. 00:13:04.331 --> 00:13:06.667 OK, three minutes, that's it. Dale, you're producing. 00:13:06.691 --> 00:13:09.947 Six! We've got a good nuclear scientist. We've used him before. 00:13:09.971 --> 00:13:12.907 I'll call him right now. Plus... The history of nuclear accidents. 00:13:12.931 --> 00:13:16.227 There's Three Mile Island and I think there was a British one. 00:13:16.251 --> 00:13:18.787 Yeah, four minutes. Dale, Helen, you find the cousin. 00:13:18.811 --> 00:13:20.447 Noelene, you contact the scientist. 00:13:20.471 --> 00:13:21.931 Sceptical. 00:13:23.671 --> 00:13:25.367 Can we talk privately? 00:13:25.391 --> 00:13:27.167 Helen. 00:13:27.191 --> 00:13:31.007 So, um, I'm pretty sure that there's only one university in Kiev. 00:13:31.031 --> 00:13:34.807 It's either called the National University or Kiev University. 00:13:34.831 --> 00:13:36.367 Who would I... who would I talk to, 00:13:36.391 --> 00:13:38.187 who would I call, to... to get that number? 00:13:38.211 --> 00:13:39.890 - Noelene, got that? - On it. 00:13:41.791 --> 00:13:44.247 Didn't think I'd see you till the afternoon, mate. 00:13:44.271 --> 00:13:46.071 Doing the early update. 00:13:52.431 --> 00:13:55.991 - Noelene, you got it? - Hello? 00:14:01.711 --> 00:14:04.247 Thank you for meeting me at such short notice. 00:14:04.271 --> 00:14:05.727 Not at all. 00:14:05.751 --> 00:14:08.247 I trust you haven't mentioned anything? 00:14:08.271 --> 00:14:09.727 No, of course not, not a word. 00:14:09.751 --> 00:14:11.327 Do you... No. 00:14:11.351 --> 00:14:12.887 No? 00:14:12.911 --> 00:14:17.967 Is it too early to order the chef's 3-course lunch menu? 00:14:17.991 --> 00:14:19.407 Not at all. 00:14:19.431 --> 00:14:21.951 Yeah. I'll have the same. 00:14:23.511 --> 00:14:25.271 Well! 00:14:26.631 --> 00:14:29.127 This is a treat. Isn't it? 00:14:29.151 --> 00:14:32.287 Now, is there anything... 00:14:32.311 --> 00:14:35.607 ...in particular you'd like to discuss? 00:14:35.631 --> 00:14:38.507 I'd like to know exactly what my husband's been offered 00:14:38.531 --> 00:14:41.127 to step away from the bulletin. 00:14:41.151 --> 00:14:42.607 Well, Geoff is a legacy figure 00:14:42.631 --> 00:14:46.847 and the, CEO will be very generous. 00:14:46.871 --> 00:14:49.007 To the tune of...? Well, you know. 00:14:49.031 --> 00:14:50.487 We'd give him some specials, 00:14:50.511 --> 00:14:53.447 news stuff, interviewing - you know, whatever. 00:14:53.471 --> 00:14:58.590 His current salary guaranteed for a minimum of three more years? 00:15:01.751 --> 00:15:05.287 Look, Evelyn, whatever you throw at him, he's not going to budge. 00:15:05.311 --> 00:15:08.127 If Geoff were axed... Not on my watch. 00:15:08.151 --> 00:15:09.587 ...at the hands of the CEO, 00:15:09.611 --> 00:15:12.251 he would explode. 00:15:13.551 --> 00:15:17.967 But if there were a sufficiently attractive offer on the table, 00:15:17.991 --> 00:15:19.487 I think I could calm him down. 00:15:19.511 --> 00:15:22.487 I think I could get him to take it gracefully. 00:15:22.511 --> 00:15:24.287 I just... 00:15:24.311 --> 00:15:26.591 ...couldn't be the one to initiate it. 00:15:32.671 --> 00:15:35.247 Geoff's not very well, is he? 00:15:35.271 --> 00:15:37.687 No, the doctors are... delighted with his progress. 00:15:37.711 --> 00:15:39.991 I'll bet you they are. 00:15:41.271 --> 00:15:43.191 Let's just be clear. 00:15:45.311 --> 00:15:47.127 You want us... 00:15:47.151 --> 00:15:48.927 ...to axe him. 00:15:48.951 --> 00:15:51.807 I want the next stage of my husband's career 00:15:51.831 --> 00:15:53.447 to be as rich as possible, 00:15:53.471 --> 00:15:57.910 and I recognise that sometimes he can get in the way of himself. 00:15:59.191 --> 00:16:01.047 You sure? 00:16:01.071 --> 00:16:04.047 Because if I even whisper this to the CEO, 00:16:04.071 --> 00:16:06.167 he'll want it done soon. 00:16:06.191 --> 00:16:07.607 How soon? 00:16:07.631 --> 00:16:09.471 Maybe even today. 00:16:13.831 --> 00:16:18.047 Could you confirm the details of the package before then, 00:16:18.071 --> 00:16:20.647 including the additional five years of salary? 00:16:20.671 --> 00:16:22.487 You just said THREE years. 00:16:22.511 --> 00:16:24.751 I changed my mind. 00:16:26.551 --> 00:16:28.791 You know, all I can do... 00:16:30.711 --> 00:16:33.431 ...have a quiet chat upstairs... 00:16:34.471 --> 00:16:36.247 ...and I'll call you back. 00:16:36.271 --> 00:16:39.407 You should do that, then. 00:16:39.431 --> 00:16:42.327 You've just ordered a 3-course meal. 00:16:42.351 --> 00:16:44.191 Yes, I did. 00:16:52.511 --> 00:16:53.967 Hello. Privet. 00:16:53.991 --> 00:16:58.127 I... I'm looking for... for Astrid Mannik. 00:16:58.151 --> 00:17:00.687 Um... sorry, do you speak English? 00:17:00.711 --> 00:17:04.030 Do you... do you speak English? 00:17:10.071 --> 00:17:12.647 Um... I'm... I'm calling... 00:17:12.671 --> 00:17:14.007 Any luck? ..from... 00:17:14.031 --> 00:17:16.727 Not sure. The nuclear scientist can do 2pm. 00:17:16.751 --> 00:17:18.207 Do you want to finish this then head out? 00:17:18.231 --> 00:17:19.647 - I'll check. - Hello? 00:17:19.671 --> 00:17:21.687 Hello. Hello. Hi. 00:17:21.711 --> 00:17:23.687 Um... my name is, um... my name's Helen Norville. 00:17:23.711 --> 00:17:24.967 I'm calling from Australia. 00:17:25.091 --> 00:17:27.287 I'm looking to speak to my cousin, Astrid Mannik. 00:17:27.311 --> 00:17:28.807 Astrid Mannik? Yes. 00:17:28.831 --> 00:17:32.050 I believe she used to work there. Don't know of an Astrid Mannik. 00:17:35.311 --> 00:17:37.071 Sorry. Lindsay wants you. 00:17:41.111 --> 00:17:43.767 Hey. Lindsay wants to see you. 00:17:43.791 --> 00:17:45.247 Now? 00:17:45.271 --> 00:17:48.087 - Yes? - We'll just wait for Rob. 00:17:48.111 --> 00:17:50.631 Shut the door, will you, please, mate? 00:17:54.471 --> 00:17:58.207 I'm telling you this in advance so you can both be prepared. 00:17:58.231 --> 00:18:01.327 And no-one else is to know about this, not Dale, not Dennis. 00:18:01.351 --> 00:18:02.447 Nobody. That clear? 00:18:02.471 --> 00:18:03.727 Yes. Yep. 00:18:03.751 --> 00:18:06.047 Tonight's gonna be Geoff's last bulletin. 00:18:06.071 --> 00:18:10.527 The CEO will tell him at 3pm. He is to say his goodbyes on air tonight. 00:18:10.551 --> 00:18:13.287 Now, Helen, you might cop some blowback. 00:18:13.311 --> 00:18:16.607 Rob, Brett will be doing the sports news tonight. 00:18:16.631 --> 00:18:18.167 You should make yourself scarce. 00:18:18.191 --> 00:18:20.607 Mate, y-y... you can't just give him the boot like that. 00:18:20.631 --> 00:18:22.127 - No-one's happy about this. - Yeah. 00:18:22.151 --> 00:18:24.547 But should be, like, a... a... a year of send-offs or something, 00:18:24.571 --> 00:18:25.548 shouldn't it? 00:18:25.572 --> 00:18:28.227 Mate, there has been a conversation about this for months, 00:18:28.251 --> 00:18:31.487 and just so you know, this has the support of his family. 00:18:31.511 --> 00:18:33.627 So, what, he's just gonna say his final farewell on air tonight 00:18:33.651 --> 00:18:36.331 and then tomorrow it's gonna be just the two of us? 00:18:36.631 --> 00:18:38.687 Yeah, that's right. Audience is gonna *' hate ME. 00:18:38.711 --> 00:18:39.688 They won't. They might. 00:18:39.712 --> 00:18:41.587 They will, because I would hate me. Absolutely might. 00:18:41.611 --> 00:18:42.967 Mate, if there was a better way of doing this, 00:18:42.991 --> 00:18:44.687 then, obviously, we would have got... 00:18:44.711 --> 00:18:46.287 He's back. 00:18:46.311 --> 00:18:48.687 Back from the update, coming up now. Right. OK. 00:18:48.711 --> 00:18:51.247 Just calm down. Calm down. 00:18:51.271 --> 00:18:54.391 Here he comes. Just act like you're still talking. 00:18:55.391 --> 00:18:56.567 Everything alright? 00:18:56.591 --> 00:18:58.351 Yeah. I was just on my way out, Geoff. 00:19:01.871 --> 00:19:04.627 We're just trying to work out how much of the bulletin we can dedicate 00:19:04.651 --> 00:19:06.170 to the Soviet incident. 00:19:06.272 --> 00:19:08.967 And why would Rob be a party to that conversation? 00:19:08.991 --> 00:19:11.247 'Cause of this Russian nuclear thing, 00:19:11.271 --> 00:19:14.247 we got to cut back on sports and he's just cracked the sads. 00:19:14.271 --> 00:19:16.367 I'm gonna leave you boys to it. 00:19:16.391 --> 00:19:18.430 I've got Astrid's home number! 00:19:21.471 --> 00:19:23.367 It's just... 00:19:23.391 --> 00:19:24.871 Thank you. 00:19:31.191 --> 00:19:32.207 Hey, Noelene. 00:19:32.231 --> 00:19:34.407 I'm trying to milk four minutes out of a story with no footage. 00:19:34.431 --> 00:19:37.047 Geoff is about to get the boot. 00:19:37.071 --> 00:19:38.310 Tonight. 00:19:49.471 --> 00:19:50.527 Does he know? 00:19:50.551 --> 00:19:52.367 No. He finds out at 3pm. 00:19:52.391 --> 00:19:55.047 The whole country is gonna think I'm the bastard that knifed him. 00:19:55.071 --> 00:19:57.467 They won't. Helen reckons they will. 00:19:57.591 --> 00:19:59.227 They'll blame her before they blame you. 00:19:59.251 --> 00:20:01.210 Why? 00:20:02.671 --> 00:20:04.287 So they've offered it to you? 00:20:04.311 --> 00:20:06.087 No, it's more like they just... 00:20:06.111 --> 00:20:07.847 ...told me what was happening. 00:20:07.871 --> 00:20:10.967 I'm never gonna be able to look that bloke in the eye again. 00:20:10.991 --> 00:20:13.607 It's a good opportunity. Yeah, I know. It's a good job. 00:20:13.631 --> 00:20:16.027 Anyone would want the bloody job. But do you? 00:20:16.051 --> 00:20:18.087 No, I just... I just want to keep doing the sport. 00:20:18.111 --> 00:20:19.567 Then tell them that. 00:20:19.591 --> 00:20:21.047 Yeah, but then what are they gonna say? 00:20:21.071 --> 00:20:24.207 They're gonna say, "It's either the main job or nothing." 00:20:24.231 --> 00:20:25.367 Then walk. 00:20:25.391 --> 00:20:27.167 You did it once and it worked. 00:20:27.191 --> 00:20:29.887 You walk out and by the end of the day, I promise you, 00:20:29.911 --> 00:20:32.167 Lindsay would have called you on his knees begging you 00:20:32.191 --> 00:20:33.847 to come back as the sports reporter. 00:20:33.871 --> 00:20:36.751 - I don't think so, Noels. - Noelene! 00:20:38.111 --> 00:20:41.191 I've been watching the power structure here for years. Trust me. 00:20:50.031 --> 00:20:53.207 We've got the cousin. I need everything you have on Kiev. 00:20:53.231 --> 00:20:56.687 Distance to the power plant, the population size, main industries. 00:20:56.711 --> 00:20:57.588 Yep. 00:20:57.612 --> 00:20:59.947 Where can we do this international phone call? The studio? 00:20:59.971 --> 00:21:01.027 Um, no, there's a... there's... there's a speakerphone 00:21:01.051 --> 00:21:03.407 in the meeting room - I'll get you a crew in 15. 00:21:03.431 --> 00:21:04.407 15. 00:21:04.431 --> 00:21:06.927 - No, just on the telephone. - Tim. I need you and Ross. 00:21:06.951 --> 00:21:08.647 The general feeling. It's 15 minutes. 00:21:08.671 --> 00:21:10.047 Mood on the streets. 00:21:10.071 --> 00:21:11.647 Well, OK, I'm gonna have somebody call you back. 00:21:11.671 --> 00:21:13.671 His name's Dale Jennings. 00:21:14.671 --> 00:21:17.807 And, um, he'll patch you through to me, OK? 00:21:17.831 --> 00:21:19.647 Thank you. 00:21:19.671 --> 00:21:22.031 I'm gonna get changed. 00:21:40.231 --> 00:21:42.631 You got it. Afternoon. 00:21:49.951 --> 00:21:51.807 Great - um... 00:21:51.831 --> 00:21:53.487 ...so it's just a phone call. 00:21:53.511 --> 00:21:58.111 We'll put a graphic up of Kiev. We just need Helen and clear sound. 00:22:02.271 --> 00:22:04.247 Actually, it's, um, a relative, 00:22:04.271 --> 00:22:08.071 so if you could convey a sense of intimacy, that would be great. 00:22:09.391 --> 00:22:11.247 It's a pretty shit last hurrah. Would you shut up? 00:22:11.271 --> 00:22:13.007 It's his last day. He quit. 00:22:13.031 --> 00:22:14.727 What part of "Shut up" don't you understand? 00:22:14.751 --> 00:22:16.847 What? What? It's not a secret. 00:22:16.871 --> 00:22:18.911 Is it? 00:22:19.911 --> 00:22:22.671 We're almost ready, if you want to jump on the call. 00:22:45.511 --> 00:22:47.847 Yes? 00:22:47.871 --> 00:22:49.887 Hi, Astrid. It's Helen again. 00:22:49.911 --> 00:22:52.087 Sorry, could you just get her to say something else, please? 00:22:52.111 --> 00:22:56.247 Um, Astrid, can you just state your name and profession for sound? 00:22:56.271 --> 00:22:58.847 Yes. Um, I'm Astrid Mannik. 00:22:58.871 --> 00:23:02.191 I work at the National University in Kiev. 00:23:03.871 --> 00:23:06.151 Thank you. Rolling. 00:23:11.151 --> 00:23:13.407 Astrid, it's so good to hear your voice. 00:23:13.431 --> 00:23:15.487 Can I start by asking you, 00:23:15.511 --> 00:23:18.527 what... what has the mood been like on the streets of Kiev? 00:23:18.551 --> 00:23:20.287 Last night, it seemed very normal. 00:23:20.311 --> 00:23:23.287 People out on the street, everything open. 00:23:23.311 --> 00:23:26.111 There was no sense anything is wrong. 00:23:31.591 --> 00:23:34.151 I'm so sorry. Um... 00:23:39.951 --> 00:23:42.287 But you are aware... I'm sorry, can you just cut? 00:23:42.311 --> 00:23:43.847 No, don't cut. 00:23:43.871 --> 00:23:46.487 Just cut. Just cut. 00:23:46.511 --> 00:23:47.707 OK. 00:23:47.731 --> 00:23:49.487 Astrid, I'm just going to take it back. 00:23:49.511 --> 00:23:51.367 I'm gonna ask you, um... 00:23:51.391 --> 00:23:53.127 I'm not asking you a question. 00:23:53.151 --> 00:23:54.687 *. 00:23:54.711 --> 00:23:55.711 Just go. 00:23:58.591 --> 00:24:00.827 Astrid, you are aware that there's been an accident, 00:24:00.851 --> 00:24:02.487 a... a nuclear accident? 00:24:02.511 --> 00:24:06.087 Yes, I heard there was an incident at the power station. 00:24:06.111 --> 00:24:09.887 My brother in Estonia said that he heard something on the Finnish news. 00:24:09.911 --> 00:24:11.231 Why? 00:24:16.191 --> 00:24:18.287 Well, we don't have very many details here, 00:24:18.311 --> 00:24:21.887 but what we do know is that over five times the normal levels of radiation 00:24:21.911 --> 00:24:24.407 have been detected in... 00:24:24.431 --> 00:24:26.071 ...Finland. 00:24:27.831 --> 00:24:30.191 Which is how * far away? 00:24:35.111 --> 00:24:39.207 Astrid, we don't have very many details here, but what we do... 00:24:39.231 --> 00:24:40.487 Astrid, we don't... 00:24:40.511 --> 00:24:42.190 *. Christ. 00:24:47.831 --> 00:24:49.367 Are you still there, Astrid? 00:24:49.391 --> 00:24:52.471 Yes. I'm so sorry. Alright. 00:24:53.711 --> 00:24:56.167 We don't have very many details here, but what we do know 00:24:56.191 --> 00:24:59.647 is that more than five times the normal levels of radiation 00:24:59.671 --> 00:25:03.847 have been detected in Finland, which is over 800 miles away, 00:25:03.871 --> 00:25:07.447 and where you are now is... is only 70. 00:25:07.471 --> 00:25:09.407 Yes. 00:25:09.431 --> 00:25:13.631 But there... there has been no warning. There... there was no... 00:25:19.311 --> 00:25:21.470 Hopefully, there's an explanation for that. 00:25:23.951 --> 00:25:25.567 ...can I ask you to take some precautions, 00:25:25.791 --> 00:25:27.847 like stay in your flat, shut the windows? 00:25:27.871 --> 00:25:29.007 There was something. 00:25:29.031 --> 00:25:31.807 Last night, all the buses were cancelled. 00:25:31.831 --> 00:25:33.807 Buses were still passing. 00:25:33.831 --> 00:25:38.471 They were all empty. All were heading towards Chernobyl. 00:25:46.871 --> 00:25:48.071 Cut. 00:25:49.551 --> 00:25:51.887 Thank you, Astrid. 00:25:51.911 --> 00:25:53.751 Give me the tape. 00:25:59.831 --> 00:26:02.031 Helen! 00:26:03.151 --> 00:26:06.351 Dale! Nuclear scientist, 2pm. 00:26:23.511 --> 00:26:25.247 Walters residence. 00:26:25.271 --> 00:26:28.647 I've just been called upstairs to a meeting with the CEO at 3pm. 00:26:28.671 --> 00:26:30.567 No further details. 00:26:30.591 --> 00:26:33.567 Just you or you and Lindsay? 00:26:33.591 --> 00:26:35.950 Just me. I declined. 00:26:37.711 --> 00:26:40.167 Well, I'm... I'm sure if it's anything important, 00:26:40.191 --> 00:26:42.687 they'll reschedule. 00:26:42.711 --> 00:26:45.087 I just can't help but think of that poor bastard in Perth. 00:26:45.111 --> 00:26:46.487 No! 00:26:46.511 --> 00:26:48.527 No. They wouldn't do that. 00:26:48.551 --> 00:26:50.007 No, Lindsay wouldn't let them. 00:26:50.031 --> 00:26:51.727 Lindsay's been odd. 00:26:51.751 --> 00:26:53.567 How? 00:26:53.591 --> 00:26:54.927 Polite. 00:26:54.951 --> 00:26:57.751 Maybe he's sober for once. 00:26:58.751 --> 00:27:00.071 I'll call you back. 00:27:02.231 --> 00:27:04.431 God. 00:27:16.511 --> 00:27:18.767 I've been called to a meeting upstairs. 00:27:18.791 --> 00:27:20.607 What's it about? 00:27:20.631 --> 00:27:22.087 Mate, I haven't heard a thing! 00:27:22.111 --> 00:27:24.047 Hey, Jean, have you got any idea what... 00:27:24.071 --> 00:27:25.687 Stop it. 00:27:25.711 --> 00:27:28.567 This is insulting. You clearly know something. 00:27:28.591 --> 00:27:30.047 OK. 00:27:30.071 --> 00:27:33.167 Why don't you and I go up and see the CEO? 00:27:33.191 --> 00:27:37.790 I don't work with the CEO, Lindsay. I work with you. Now, tell me. 00:27:40.111 --> 00:27:43.487 If you think I'm gonna leave this office before I get an explanation... 00:27:43.511 --> 00:27:45.407 I'm sorry, mate, 00:27:45.431 --> 00:27:49.247 but I think we may have reached the end of the line. 00:27:49.271 --> 00:27:51.567 Now, I went into bat for you, I made the case, 00:27:51.591 --> 00:27:53.487 but upstairs just weren't interested. 00:27:53.511 --> 00:27:54.467 When? 00:27:54.491 --> 00:27:56.527 A conversation we've been having for months now. 00:27:56.551 --> 00:27:58.607 When do they want me gone? 00:27:58.631 --> 00:28:00.927 Well... 00:28:00.951 --> 00:28:04.967 upstairs reckon that this should be your last bulletin. 00:28:04.991 --> 00:28:06.987 Now, we can make this work for you, Geoff. 00:28:07.011 --> 00:28:08.207 You've got lots of leverage. No. 00:28:08.231 --> 00:28:11.087 They'll dole out the specials. Right? 00:28:11.111 --> 00:28:14.007 Investigative journalism, anywhere in the world you want to go, 00:28:14.031 --> 00:28:16.447 they will do it, and they'll pay you years of your salary. 00:28:16.471 --> 00:28:17.448 Three years! 00:28:17.472 --> 00:28:21.047 We are reporting on a nuclear disaster, 00:28:21.071 --> 00:28:23.167 possibly the biggest in history. 00:28:23.191 --> 00:28:25.751 It would be ludicrous for me to step away tonight. 00:28:26.831 --> 00:28:29.327 Let's go up and see the CEO right now. 00:28:29.351 --> 00:28:32.030 Mate, come on. 00:28:40.031 --> 00:28:41.367 Well. 00:28:41.391 --> 00:28:44.207 You're a better performer than Lindsay. 00:28:44.231 --> 00:28:45.687 I'll give you that. 00:28:45.711 --> 00:28:49.847 I was warned only an hour and a half ago. I had no idea. 00:28:49.871 --> 00:28:52.487 I want you to come with me right now to the CEO. 00:28:52.511 --> 00:28:55.487 We'll refuse this together. 00:28:55.511 --> 00:28:58.407 It's me today, but you will end up in the same position. 00:28:58.431 --> 00:28:59.487 I have no sway... 00:28:59.511 --> 00:29:04.447 They can't do this unless you agree to keep on script. 00:29:04.471 --> 00:29:06.511 I'm asking you not to. 00:29:07.511 --> 00:29:09.207 Now, I've always been very... 00:29:09.231 --> 00:29:12.207 ...discreet about your... 00:29:12.231 --> 00:29:13.687 ...personal struggles. 00:29:13.711 --> 00:29:17.047 I've been encouraged to go to the press. I refused. 00:29:17.071 --> 00:29:19.747 I always put our partnership above everything. 00:29:19.771 --> 00:29:22.171 That's not how I remember it. 00:29:23.071 --> 00:29:25.647 Not once since I've been on this desk 00:29:25.671 --> 00:29:28.007 have you shown me the slightest bit of warmth 00:29:28.031 --> 00:29:31.327 or defended me or protected me. 00:29:31.351 --> 00:29:34.607 And I have always known that you would welcome my failure. 00:29:34.631 --> 00:29:37.311 You've just never had the guts to declare it. 00:30:05.711 --> 00:30:09.191 He's packing his bag. Right now! 00:30:10.271 --> 00:30:12.307 Geoff. Geoff. The CEO, he's on his way down. 00:30:12.331 --> 00:30:15.647 Let's talk it through. I stay to work. No other reason. 00:30:15.671 --> 00:30:17.367 Now, mate, you've got a lot of options here. 00:30:17.391 --> 00:30:19.127 Here's another option. 00:30:19.151 --> 00:30:22.927 How about I go to the press immediately and detail 00:30:22.951 --> 00:30:26.991 exactly how I've been treated by this network after 30 years?! 00:30:29.951 --> 00:30:32.887 Right after surviving surgery. Come on, mate. 00:30:32.911 --> 00:30:35.587 You've got 'em on the back foot. You got to use the power! 00:30:35.611 --> 00:30:37.367 You don't walk a... way from it, you... 00:30:49.431 --> 00:30:52.287 Walters residence. Evelyn speaking. 00:30:52.311 --> 00:30:53.847 He knows. He knows. 00:30:53.871 --> 00:30:56.287 He's walked out of this place and he says he's gonna go to the press. 00:30:56.311 --> 00:30:58.767 Now, you said you could calm him down. 00:30:58.791 --> 00:31:00.967 He lets slip in the press, Evelyn, you can forget about 00:31:00.991 --> 00:31:04.207 any kind of golden handshake or anything else that was discussed. 00:31:04.231 --> 00:31:06.007 You there? 00:31:06.031 --> 00:31:07.967 Yeah, I'm... I'm... I'm here. Yeah. 00:31:07.991 --> 00:31:10.367 Well, just so you're aware, Evelyn, 00:31:10.391 --> 00:31:12.727 the CEO knows this was your idea. 00:31:12.751 --> 00:31:14.427 Now, Geoff doesn't, but the CEO does. 00:31:14.451 --> 00:31:17.007 So, you know, we don't want this getting ugly, do we? 00:31:17.031 --> 00:31:18.567 What are you suggesting? 00:31:18.591 --> 00:31:20.927 Well, if this gets splashed across the newspapers, 00:31:20.951 --> 00:31:23.727 the first thing the network will say is, 00:31:23.751 --> 00:31:26.551 "Geoff's wife personally asked us to do this." 00:31:28.511 --> 00:31:31.287 I doubt we'll be speaking much in the future, Lindsay, 00:31:31.311 --> 00:31:35.790 but allow me to say, you are a spineless man and a pathetic leader. 00:31:43.911 --> 00:31:46.087 Righto. Well. 00:31:46.111 --> 00:31:48.967 Safe to assume there's gonna be a few changes for tonight's bulletin. 00:31:48.991 --> 00:31:51.047 We don't know how it's gonna play out, but, 00:31:51.071 --> 00:31:53.927 we're gonna say Geoff won't be coming back, so... 00:31:53.951 --> 00:31:57.887 ...Brett, you'll be doing sport, Rob, you'll be on the desk with Helen. 00:31:57.911 --> 00:31:58.847 Thank you. 00:31:58.871 --> 00:31:59.967 Lindsay? Yep? 00:31:59.991 --> 00:32:03.447 Sorry, mate. Um... I'll do sport, but that's it. 00:32:03.471 --> 00:32:06.367 No, you'll do what I *' tell you to do. That's your job. 00:32:06.391 --> 00:32:08.687 Yeah, and I appreciate the opportunity, but it's... 00:32:08.711 --> 00:32:10.887 ...it's not for me, mate, I'm sorry. 00:32:10.911 --> 00:32:13.647 I couldn't give a rat's arse what's for you. 00:32:13.671 --> 00:32:17.687 Son, I'm trying very hard not to do me rag here, so I'll make it simple. 00:32:17.711 --> 00:32:20.167 I took you from being a broken-down football player 00:32:20.191 --> 00:32:22.727 who could barely string two words together, 00:32:22.751 --> 00:32:25.927 I had your teeth done, and now look at you. 00:32:25.951 --> 00:32:28.887 You are the bloke on the brink 00:32:28.911 --> 00:32:32.287 of snagging one of telly's biggest gigs. 00:32:32.311 --> 00:32:34.047 And I appreciate it. 00:32:34.071 --> 00:32:37.351 But, like I say, I just want to do sport. 00:32:39.751 --> 00:32:42.887 You walk out on us now, you leave us in the lurch, 00:32:42.911 --> 00:32:47.831 you will never step foot in this network or any network again. 00:32:49.071 --> 00:32:50.550 Well, then. 00:32:52.031 --> 00:32:54.647 ...thank you for the last five years, and... 00:32:54.671 --> 00:32:56.790 ...I'm sorry it's come to this. 00:33:00.711 --> 00:33:04.127 * me sideways! Listen to me! 00:33:04.151 --> 00:33:07.327 This is News at Six! 00:33:07.351 --> 00:33:10.607 You do the job you're paid to do! 00:33:10.631 --> 00:33:12.190 Jesus Christ! 00:33:13.671 --> 00:33:15.191 Get me Dale Jennings. 00:33:18.351 --> 00:33:20.831 News to car two. News to car two. 00:33:22.951 --> 00:33:24.567 Car two. 00:33:24.591 --> 00:33:26.207 How far away are you? 00:33:26.231 --> 00:33:27.807 We're just about to do Dale's stand-up. 00:33:27.831 --> 00:33:30.031 Put Dale on now, please. 00:33:36.391 --> 00:33:38.127 It's Dale. 00:33:38.151 --> 00:33:40.127 Hey, mate, I need you to get back here right now. 00:33:40.151 --> 00:33:42.047 Well, we're just about to shoot the stand-up, 00:33:42.071 --> 00:33:43.607 um, then we'll come back. 00:33:43.631 --> 00:33:46.151 Look, it is... it is the End of Days here, OK? 00:33:47.471 --> 00:33:50.047 Geoff's been booted. Rob's done a runner. Lindsay's blown his top. 00:33:50.271 --> 00:33:51.927 Like, he's literally frothing at the mouth. 00:33:51.951 --> 00:33:54.951 So I need you to get back here now, please. 00:33:58.071 --> 00:33:59.631 You're on the desk. 00:34:01.551 --> 00:34:04.551 I don't know. You are. 00:34:06.751 --> 00:34:08.230 Are we getting this or...? 00:34:10.551 --> 00:34:12.071 No? 00:34:29.491 --> 00:34:31.547 What are you doing? 00:34:31.571 --> 00:34:33.427 Like, he's literally frothing at the mouth. 00:34:33.651 --> 00:34:35.627 They're forcing me to step down. 00:34:35.651 --> 00:34:37.267 I walked out. 00:34:37.291 --> 00:34:38.787 What do you mean? 00:34:38.811 --> 00:34:41.627 They wanted me to resign on air 00:34:41.651 --> 00:34:43.130 at the end of the bulletin. 00:34:47.011 --> 00:34:48.907 Precisely what they did in Perth. 00:34:48.931 --> 00:34:50.827 Where's Peter Monahan's number? 00:34:49.471 --> 00:34:51.527 He admitted it. 00:34:50.851 --> 00:34:52.707 Is it in here? What? 00:34:52.731 --> 00:34:55.067 Peter Monahan. At The Sun. 00:34:55.091 --> 00:34:57.907 Darling, let's just calm down. 00:34:57.931 --> 00:35:01.611 Let's take a seat and step through this. 00:35:07.891 --> 00:35:11.411 Hello. Peter Monahan, please, features writer. 00:35:12.491 --> 00:35:17.187 Could you have him call Geoff Walters at home? He has my number. 00:35:17.211 --> 00:35:19.090 As soon as possible, thank you. 00:35:20.411 --> 00:35:23.507 Why are you wanting to call Peter Monahan? 00:35:23.531 --> 00:35:26.967 I'm going to detail everything that happened in that newsroom. 00:35:27.091 --> 00:35:28.587 The public should know. 00:35:28.611 --> 00:35:31.387 Well, wouldn't it be better to keep it private 00:35:31.411 --> 00:35:33.187 while we're still negotiating? 00:35:33.211 --> 00:35:36.067 We? We are not negotiating anything. 00:35:36.091 --> 00:35:38.147 Well, darling, this impacts me too. 00:35:38.171 --> 00:35:40.607 Let... let's consider what you could leverage. 00:35:40.631 --> 00:35:42.587 You are the face of that network. 00:35:42.611 --> 00:35:48.587 They'd surely offer you specials, hosting positions, years of salary. 00:35:48.571 --> 00:35:50.267 What? 00:35:53.611 --> 00:35:56.611 Let's consider what you want. 00:35:55.291 --> 00:35:56.507 Years of salary? 00:35:56.531 --> 00:36:00.187 I think we could aim for that - three years, maybe more. 00:36:00.211 --> 00:36:02.451 That's what Lindsay said. 00:36:04.331 --> 00:36:06.947 You've been making calls. 00:36:06.971 --> 00:36:12.811 Well, darling, it is simply what you deserve at a minimum. 00:36:23.491 --> 00:36:25.787 Jeez. Took your bloody time. 00:36:25.811 --> 00:36:27.907 Come on. Let's go. 00:36:27.931 --> 00:36:29.147 Got him. 00:36:29.171 --> 00:36:31.787 Hey! Here he is. 00:36:31.811 --> 00:36:34.427 Um, Dennis told you, did he? 00:36:34.451 --> 00:36:36.467 About Geoff? Yeah. 00:36:36.491 --> 00:36:39.507 It's gonna be a special bulletin tonight. 00:36:39.531 --> 00:36:41.091 You're on the desk. 00:36:42.091 --> 00:36:43.627 With Helen? 00:36:43.651 --> 00:36:44.587 Does she know? No. 00:36:44.611 --> 00:36:47.187 She's gonna be alright, isn't she? She'll be fine. 00:36:47.211 --> 00:36:49.467 One thing we do agree on, though, is, 00:36:49.491 --> 00:36:52.787 if we put you out there as the new newsreader, you're toast. 00:36:52.811 --> 00:36:54.387 You're finished, mate. Yeah. 00:36:54.411 --> 00:36:57.267 So, what we're gonna do, we're gonna bill you as an expert 00:36:57.291 --> 00:36:59.307 on the whole nuclear thing. 00:36:59.331 --> 00:37:01.707 I'm across a lot of the detail, but I'm not an expert. 00:37:01.731 --> 00:37:03.667 - Well, you're gonna be. - By 6pm. 00:37:03.691 --> 00:37:05.547 Yeah, you got an hour and a half to turn yourself 00:37:05.571 --> 00:37:08.787 into big chief king expert on the whole story. 00:37:08.811 --> 00:37:11.427 Now, you're gonna be there tonight and tomorrow night. 00:37:11.451 --> 00:37:12.667 And... 00:37:12.691 --> 00:37:15.187 ...after the story plays out... 00:37:15.211 --> 00:37:17.507 We will keep you on the desk. Yeah. 00:37:17.531 --> 00:37:19.947 - How's that, hey? - Hey? 00:37:19.971 --> 00:37:23.187 When the dust settles, in a few months, 00:37:23.211 --> 00:37:26.467 we will promo the hell out of both of you, the whole shebang, 00:37:26.491 --> 00:37:29.027 with a big voiceover - 00:37:29.051 --> 00:37:30.707 "News at Six with Helen Norville and..." 00:37:30.731 --> 00:37:33.090 "Dale Jennings - the golden couple of news." 00:37:35.971 --> 00:37:38.307 - I need to speak to Helen. - You can't, Dale. 00:37:38.331 --> 00:37:40.307 She's about to do an update. 00:37:40.331 --> 00:37:43.267 Meet with her afterwards, spend every waking minute with her, 00:37:43.291 --> 00:37:45.851 because both of you have got to blitz this. 00:37:47.371 --> 00:37:48.707 And, Dale. 00:37:48.731 --> 00:37:51.787 You know, there may be some, Geoff-related trauma 00:37:51.811 --> 00:37:54.107 associated with all of this. 00:37:54.131 --> 00:37:55.907 But you're gonna be fine. 00:37:55.931 --> 00:37:59.371 Whatever happens, son, you just concentrate on the job. 00:38:04.651 --> 00:38:06.787 - Evelyn Walters speaking. - Leave it, please! 00:38:06.811 --> 00:38:10.827 Peter Monahan from The Sun, returning a call from Geoff. 00:38:10.851 --> 00:38:12.867 Peter. Hello. 00:38:12.891 --> 00:38:15.547 Hang up, please! 00:38:15.571 --> 00:38:17.250 Hang up. 00:38:28.811 --> 00:38:30.347 Well, there were signs, of course. 00:38:30.371 --> 00:38:34.747 This is a, culmination of things that have been brewing for years. 00:38:34.771 --> 00:38:36.227 It's much bigger than me. 00:38:36.251 --> 00:38:39.267 This is, this is about the value of, news and reporting 00:38:39.291 --> 00:38:41.267 versus entertainment. 00:38:41.291 --> 00:38:43.287 I want to talk about all of that. 00:38:43.311 --> 00:38:44.747 Very good. I'll give you my address. 00:38:44.771 --> 00:38:47.307 29 Bowers Street... Peter. 00:38:47.331 --> 00:38:49.827 Peter, wait. D... 00:38:49.851 --> 00:38:52.867 Do not give that interview. 00:38:52.891 --> 00:38:55.667 Take a day to collect your thoughts. 00:38:55.691 --> 00:38:57.987 Do you think if you bury the News at Six, 00:38:58.011 --> 00:39:00.267 some other network's gonna pick you up? 00:39:00.291 --> 00:39:01.827 They won't. 00:39:01.851 --> 00:39:04.827 They watch the numbers as closely as anyone. 00:39:04.851 --> 00:39:08.827 I think you've done enough with your little interventions, Evvie. 00:39:08.851 --> 00:39:12.907 My little interventions are the reason 00:39:12.931 --> 00:39:18.187 you have held that position for the 30 years you have. 00:39:18.211 --> 00:39:21.147 Yes, I spoke to Lindsay this morning. 00:39:21.171 --> 00:39:25.227 I have always been there, quietly managing situations. 00:39:25.251 --> 00:39:28.827 If I hadn't been, this moment would have happened years ago! 00:39:28.851 --> 00:39:33.347 You might have decades of work ahead of you, your best years, 00:39:33.371 --> 00:39:38.171 mine too, but only if you listen to me! 00:39:50.571 --> 00:39:54.547 Our top story again - it is now clear that the Soviet Union 00:39:54.571 --> 00:39:58.027 has suffered an unprecedented nuclear disaster. 00:39:58.051 --> 00:40:00.867 We'll have details and in-depth analysis 00:40:00.891 --> 00:40:05.571 in a special edition of the bulletin, tonight at six. 00:40:26.011 --> 00:40:28.411 They want me on the desk with you. 00:40:31.211 --> 00:40:32.931 Can we talk? 00:40:34.491 --> 00:40:35.971 Yep. 00:41:08.291 --> 00:41:10.451 I did hide things from you. 00:41:12.851 --> 00:41:14.371 I'm sorry. 00:41:21.491 --> 00:41:24.371 The things that I hid... 00:41:25.691 --> 00:41:28.890 ...are the things that I don't want to exist. 00:41:31.251 --> 00:41:32.827 It's... 00:41:32.891 --> 00:41:35.867 Every time, um, anything happened, 00:41:37.851 --> 00:41:39.570 Are you *? 00:41:40.891 --> 00:41:43.211 I'd tell myself... 00:41:44.891 --> 00:41:46.507 ..."That's... that's it. 00:41:46.531 --> 00:41:50.267 "It's... it's the last time. It's out of my system." 00:41:50.291 --> 00:41:52.291 But, um... 00:41:56.371 --> 00:41:59.691 ...but, you know, I... I have these feelings. 00:42:00.851 --> 00:42:02.971 They won't go away. 00:42:09.091 --> 00:42:11.691 But neither will my feelings for you. 00:42:14.771 --> 00:42:16.411 And it feels like... 00:42:17.891 --> 00:42:20.371 ...it's like being torn apart. 00:42:30.771 --> 00:42:33.867 I was admitted to a mental institution when I was 16 00:42:33.891 --> 00:42:35.811 for six months. 00:42:39.051 --> 00:42:40.651 So... 00:42:42.331 --> 00:42:43.851 ...here we are. 00:42:50.811 --> 00:42:53.291 I can't go up there like this. 00:42:55.051 --> 00:42:57.651 You're gonna be just fine. 00:43:01.571 --> 00:43:04.251 I'm gonna be right next to you. 00:43:08.651 --> 00:43:11.371 I love you just the way you are. 00:43:23.331 --> 00:43:26.747 Yeah. Hi there. It's, um, Daniel... Davidson. 00:43:26.771 --> 00:43:28.627 I'm, a... a viewer. 00:43:28.651 --> 00:43:30.851 Can I please speak to Noelene? 00:43:37.531 --> 00:43:39.507 It's a caller for you. 00:43:39.531 --> 00:43:40.987 He says he's a viewer. 00:43:41.011 --> 00:43:42.627 It's Rob. 00:43:42.651 --> 00:43:44.131 Line five. 00:43:48.531 --> 00:43:50.507 I'm busy. 00:43:50.531 --> 00:43:52.587 Well, I just... 00:43:52.611 --> 00:43:54.907 ...need you to know that they've already called 00:43:54.931 --> 00:43:58.267 and asked me to stay on, in sport, so... 00:43:58.291 --> 00:44:00.187 ...you were right. 00:44:00.211 --> 00:44:01.987 Just trust me next time. 00:44:02.011 --> 00:44:03.811 I'd trust you again this time. 00:44:05.651 --> 00:44:06.947 Also... 00:44:06.971 --> 00:44:09.507 ...don't call pretending to be someone else. 00:44:09.531 --> 00:44:12.387 It looks suspicious. Jean knows it's you. 00:44:12.411 --> 00:44:13.388 Yeah, right. 00:44:13.412 --> 00:44:16.227 So, what, are you... are you saying I can just 00:44:16.251 --> 00:44:17.907 ring as me, Rob, and... 00:44:17.931 --> 00:44:19.547 ...ask you, Noelene, 00:44:19.571 --> 00:44:22.451 out for a... for a drink? 00:44:23.651 --> 00:44:26.011 Yeah. You can do that. 00:44:27.011 --> 00:44:28.507 OK. 00:44:28.531 --> 00:44:30.107 Hey, Noelene. 00:44:30.131 --> 00:44:31.650 It's me, Rob. 00:44:33.131 --> 00:44:35.427 Um, would you like to come out 00:44:35.451 --> 00:44:37.027 for a drink at the pub 00:44:37.051 --> 00:44:38.667 after the bulletin, where, you know, 00:44:38.691 --> 00:44:40.707 there... there might be people from work? 00:44:40.731 --> 00:44:43.427 Well, I've got a lot to finish up here. 00:44:43.451 --> 00:44:45.627 I might be a couple of hours. 00:44:45.651 --> 00:44:47.627 I'll wait. 00:44:47.651 --> 00:44:49.867 See ya later. 00:44:49.891 --> 00:44:51.370 Alligator. 00:45:07.051 --> 00:45:09.227 The introduction is timing closer to a minute. 00:45:09.251 --> 00:45:11.627 So that's seven minutes in total, give or take. 00:45:11.651 --> 00:45:15.027 OK. Yep. We'd originally said four. 00:45:15.051 --> 00:45:16.507 I know. 00:45:16.531 --> 00:45:19.247 So that's three minutes more than the agreed amount. 00:45:19.271 --> 00:45:20.867 Noelene, you've made your point. Thanks. 00:45:20.891 --> 00:45:24.531 Yeah, I know. Just, um... I'll call you back. 00:45:27.011 --> 00:45:31.387 The story is only gonna get bigger and bigger, for at least a week. 00:45:31.411 --> 00:45:33.627 I can deliver it all for you, 00:45:33.651 --> 00:45:36.827 if you take me off autocue and make me a producer. 00:45:36.851 --> 00:45:39.187 Can you at least wait until we've got the bulletin on air 00:45:39.211 --> 00:45:40.507 before you hardball me? 00:45:40.531 --> 00:45:43.211 No. Tell me now. 00:45:47.851 --> 00:45:49.187 Fine. 00:45:49.211 --> 00:45:51.531 - Fine? - Fine. 00:45:53.251 --> 00:45:55.507 Hey, Noelene? 00:45:55.531 --> 00:45:57.467 Who was the leading goal kicker in the '85 season? 00:45:57.491 --> 00:45:58.811 Simon Beasley. 00:46:00.371 --> 00:46:01.827 But for me, 00:46:01.851 --> 00:46:04.067 the player to watch is Gary Ablett. 00:46:04.091 --> 00:46:06.410 I agree. 00:46:08.931 --> 00:46:10.491 Good work today. 00:46:11.291 --> 00:46:13.347 No, it's overstating the facts, mate. 00:46:13.371 --> 00:46:15.771 Yeah. '64. 00:46:21.931 --> 00:46:24.387 I want to start by saying that... 00:46:24.411 --> 00:46:28.467 ...I've always believed that newsmen and newsroom politics 00:46:28.491 --> 00:46:32.067 should never, ever become the story. 00:46:32.091 --> 00:46:35.307 But today, a line was crossed, 00:46:35.331 --> 00:46:39.907 and I feel it is my duty to go public with the grave... 00:46:39.931 --> 00:46:42.867 ...very grave, concerns that I have about the... 00:46:42.891 --> 00:46:45.747 ...the current state of television news. 00:46:45.771 --> 00:46:48.147 And what are those concerns? 00:46:48.171 --> 00:46:51.067 Management has come to see the... 00:46:51.091 --> 00:46:54.627 ...nightly newsreaders as merely entertainers, 00:46:54.651 --> 00:46:58.147 to be grouped with soap stars and game show hosts. 00:46:58.171 --> 00:47:00.827 I see it very differently. 00:47:00.851 --> 00:47:05.970 I've always believed in a, special trust. 00:47:09.211 --> 00:47:11.827 There's 10 minutes! They're here! 00:47:11.851 --> 00:47:13.667 Think I left my jacket somewhere. 00:47:13.691 --> 00:47:15.931 Dale needs a jacket! 00:47:49.771 --> 00:47:53.690 30 seconds. 00:48:16.771 --> 00:48:18.490 20 seconds, mate. 00:48:29.251 --> 00:48:33.771 On my hand in five, four... 00:48:39.651 --> 00:48:42.747 Evidence emerges suggesting the Soviet Union 00:48:42.771 --> 00:48:46.347 has suffered a catastrophic nuclear disaster. 00:48:46.371 --> 00:48:48.527 Tonight, we'll hear from nuclear scientists 00:48:48.551 --> 00:48:51.147 who can speak to the devastating impacts of the catastrophe. 00:48:51.171 --> 00:48:54.787 We get all the latest updates from our European correspondents. 00:48:54.811 --> 00:48:57.747 And we'll bring you the moment this disaster impacted. 00:48:57.771 --> 00:48:59.347 Helen's own family. 00:48:59.371 --> 00:49:01.427 Good evening. I'm Helen Norville. 00:49:01.451 --> 00:49:02.907 And I'm Dale Jennings. 00:49:02.931 --> 00:49:05.251 You are watching News at Six.