This England (2022) s01e04 Episode Script

1
-(tense music playing)
-(cat meows)
(barrister 1) You're not to be
trusted, are you, Mr. Johnson?
You've got Marina,
your second wife,
pregnant in Brussels,
while still married to Allegra.
We We We
We seek cities
because there are more girls
at the bar of reproductive choice.
(barrister 2) You denied having
an affair with Petronella Wyatt?
That's complete balderdash.
(barrister 2) You got her
pregnant twice.
It It is an inverted pyramid
of piffle.
(barrister 1) You were sacked
from the cabinet for lying.
(barrister 2) You offered
to help your friend
have a journalist beaten up.
(barrister 3) When you were mayor,
you had a child with an advisor.
(barrister 1) You had an affair
with Jennifer Arcuri.
My policy on cake is
pro-having it and pro-eating it.
I've kept your secrets
and I've been your friend
and I don't understand
why you've blocked me.
-(mumbles, breathes heavily)
-(siren wailing in distance)
(reporter) The UK is waking up
to the first day of lockdown.
The British people have been told
to stay at home
unless they are frontline workers
and, for now at least, people seem
to be following the rules.
Pubs, schools, shops
and offices are all closed.
The streets eerily quiet.
About one percent is just the tip
of the iceberg.
Can we get a report from
Okay, it's Corbyn's
last PMQs tomorrow.
He's gonna bang on
about testing and PPE.
-That's Hancock's department.
-Yeah, exactly.
He's got
the press conference today,
so let's direct
all of the flak his way.
Welcome to Northwick Park, guys.
First of all,
what do you normally do?
-Er, we're all dentists.
-(NHS worker) Great.
Some of us might be asking
for a bit of free advice.
(all chuckle)
(NHS worker) So you lot are
gonna be what's called
a proning team.
We've found that it helps patients
to breathe better
if they're on their front.
So, Mark here is gonna be
our lovely patient.
But with real patients,
there'd be a lot of tubes attached.
Kimberly and Kate, they're gonna
show you how it's done.
-I'm ready.
-(relative) Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Got everything?
-Yeah.
-All right. We're off, then.
-Okay.
-(care worker) See you later.
-I love you.
-Love ya.
All right.
They grow up so fast, don't they?
-(Sue) Too fast, yeah.
-(chuckles)
-It's not too cold, is it?
-(Sue) No, that's fine, thank you.
What about testing?
We said we'd be
up to 10,000 by tomorrow.
Well, we're at just under 7,000.
Why haven't we met the target?
We need some good news to announce.
Well, we can announce
the Nightingale Hospital.
Yeah, the Crimean-style healthcare
for a new generation.
(Matt) Four thousand extra beds.
Extra beds on one site.
-It's 87,000 square
-I know, I know, I know.
It's a good thing,
it's a good thing.
I get it. I do. I appreciate
you've done a great job.
If it reaches capacity,
which it could,
it will be the largest hospital
in the world.
Yeah, I know, I know.
I think we should back
the "Clap for Carers".
Well, that sounds
like we're backing gonorrhoea.
-Well it does
-No, it started in Italy.
It was a Dutch woman
that set up her Facebook group.
Oh, God, so now we're gonna get
Brexit flak as well, are we?
No, The Sun likes it.
I think we should get behind it.
I agree.
(Matt) The coronavirus pandemic
continues to grow.
Very sadly, overnight,
87 more people have died,
bringing the total to 422.
I can announce today that we will
next week open a new hospital,
a temporary hospital.
The NHS Nightingale Hospital,
at the Excel Centre in London.
(reporter)
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics
have been postponed
until next year.
China has announced it will lift
the lockdown in Wuhan
on April the 8th.
Worldwide, there are now more
than 400,000 cases of COVID-19.
It took over three months to reach
the first 100,000 confirmed cases
and only two days to increase
from 300,000 to 400,000.
-(sirens wails)
-(engine revs)
(paramedic) We'll do a quick set
of observations on you.
So, the oxygen in your blood level
is a little bit low.
(paramedic 2) I'm gonna put this
on here for you, all right?
-Okay.
-(paramedic 1) So, I think,
we'll pop your over
to the hospital.
-(paramedic 2) All right.
-(Tony grunts)
(paramedic 2) Okay. Keep going.
(Tony)
I'm coming with you.
(paramedic 2) Oh, my sweetheart,
we can't take you.
We'll look after him,
we promise you.
-Have you got your phone?
-(Tony)
(Tony's daughter) Love you, Dad!
(siren wailing)
(breathes heavily)
(coughs)
(groans)
(Boris) "Great honours taste sweet,
but they come bringing pain."
"Something goes wrong
between a man and the gods,
and his whole life is overturned."
(indistinct chatter)
Er, Cleo, do you have a moment,
please? Thank you. Ta.
I think I should have the test,
er, for the virus.
Er, let's do it when I'm prepping
PMQs in the upstairs apartment,
and let's not tell anyone
until we know the result.
Of course, Prime Minister.
How are you feeling?
Like the morning
after the night before.
-(Cleo) I'll get some Neurofen.
-You're a saint.
We are issuing new guidance
for hospitals
that all visiting is to be
suspended with immediate effect.
Yeah, I think, we need to be really
careful with that, Stephen.
There are exceptions for patients
receiving end-of-life care,
er, birthing partners accompanying
a woman in labour,
a parent or appropriate adult
visiting a child.
(breathes heavily)
(employer) So, she's not able
to come into work today?
(Grace's husband)
She has a temperature.
(employer) Right.
(Grace's husband)
She can't come in.
So, she'll be off
for seven days, at least.
-(employer) Sounds pretty bad.
-(Grace's husband) Yeah.
-Sorry about that.
-(coughs)
(employer) Could she get a test?
There's nowhere near here.
(doctor) We have to take a swab
at the back of the throat.
-Oh, right. Trial by ordeal, huh?
-Well, it's not very pleasant.
Okay, well, you know, I have
to tell you, I might (coughs)
gag.
(siren wailing)
My oxygen has run out.
Well, tell the doctors.
I never see anyone.
I don't know what to do.
I miss you.
Hello, good morning.
Morning.
(Jeremy) When will
all the social care staff
have access to regular testing?
(Boris)
Testing is vital to our success
in beating the coronavirus
and this has been a priority
of this government
ever since the onset of the crisis.
(reporter) The PM has today
come under intense pressure
over the lack of PPE
for NHS staff,
as more doctors and nurses express
concern about their safety.
-(NHS worker) What are you doing?
-(group chuckles)
Well, it's just in case
we run out of masks.
-(NHS worker) That's brilliant.
-No?
(reporter) In Italy,
another 685 people died
in 24 hours, while in Spain,
more than 3,400 people
have now died.
(patient coughing)
-(Annie) Do you want some water?
-Go away.
(siren wailing)
(dial tone ringing)
-(Karen) Hello, my name's Karen.
-(patient breathes heavily)
This is Lewis.
How are you feeling today?
(Lewis) I'm just going to check
your oxygen levels.
Is that all right?
Give her a good wave.
(public cheering)
-Well done. Looked good.
-Thanks.
Oh, God.
You all right?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
Just a bit clapped out. (grunts)
(mobile phone ringing)
Yeah, hello.
-(doctor) Hello, Prime Minister.
-Yeah.
(doctor) We have
your test results back.
Oh, right. Yeah.
(doctor) And I'm afraid
they're positive.
Really? Oh, shit.
(siren wailing)
-I've got the bloody virus.
Oh, God. How are you feeling?
A bit of a temperature.
This cough's annoying.
(Carrie) Well, you need
to get some rest then,
and you need to eat properly.
Do you want me to come back?
Well, yes but we've
just told everybody
they've got to stay at home,
so, you know,
we can't have you flitting around
wherever you want.
-Caesar's wife and so on.
-Well, don't be a martyr.
Tell them to get you anything
that you need.
Felt the baby move today.
Did you? Oh, that's good.
-I, I think It is good, is it?
-Yes.
Oh, good! Good, great, Okay. Okay.
Love you.
I think we need to get the PM
to send a message out himself,
try in some way
to take the sting out of it.
Right, and frame it as,
"We're all in this together."
It's crucial we reassure everyone
that the PM is still in charge
and to make sure that Sedwill
and Raab know that too.
We are in charge.
Who are we gonna get to do
the press conference tonight?
Hancock. That way he can't dodge
the questions on PPE.
(NHS worker) And your other one.
Eighteen of our 22 beds
in Level 3 are now occupied.
We're working
on bringing on another 11,
but they should be ready
in about a week or so.
With the amount of staff
that we need,
we're gonna run out of PPE.
Well, a local school's offered
to make some visors.
(all chuckle)
(Tom) Oh, wow.
-Here's one I made earlier.
-(Rucsana) This is it.
(Tricia) I mean,
how many can they make?
-They say 1,000 a day.
-(Amir) Thousand? Wow.
Also, we've had 30 iPads donated,
so the patients can talk
to their families.
-Great.
-(Amir) Great.
(reporter) Britons are known
around the world
for our queuing skills,
and it would seem
as if we still love to line up,
even when maintaining
social distance.
(Boris) So, what do I press?
Er, just click on the link.
Er er
(Lee) Then click on the computer
audio and then the camera.
-(Boris) The picture of the camera?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Hello, can you hear me, Houston?
-Yes, loud and clear.
God, I normally have somebody
to do all this for me.
I'm not sure about this
self-isolation malarkey.
(chuckles) We're gonna get Rishi
and his lot to move out
of their officers
and cordon them off,
so you can use them
during your quarantine.
-(Boris) Okay, okay.
-So you're positive?
Yeah, yeah.
Are you
Are you sure, or are you positive?
Positive that I'm positive, Jamie.
Now's not the time, all right?
Sorry.
God, the press are gonna
love this, aren't they?
House Minister gets out.
Okay, so for those of you
who don't know
the PM is self-isolating.
-He's tested positive.
-Matt's self-isolating as well.
-He's tested positive too.
-Why the fuck didn't you tell us?
Because I only just found out.
-(Gazza) PM, are you there?
-Yeah, I am. I am.
I've got to unmute it,
I don't know what I did.
Okay, just before we start,
can I ask what you want for lunch,
just so we can try
and get something brought up
-from the canteen for you.
-Oh, I don't know.
I'm not hungry. I mean,
I've got some stuff in the fridge.
So, you know, don't worry.
Okay.
(Matt) Hi, guys. Sorry about this.
Er, Matt, the PM's tested positive.
He's joining us by video.
Oh. Oh, right.
Yeah, I am self-isolating.
Er, Prime Minister,
I also tested positive.
I got a positive result
this morning.
(Whitty) And I have symptoms,
but I don't have
the test results back yet.
(Boris) As of 5:00 p.m.
on the 27th of March,
1,019 patients in the UK
who tested positive for coronavirus
have sadly died.
(reporter) The United States
is now leading the world
in COVID-19 cases at over 100,000.
I'm just going I'm just gonna go
to the loo, darling.
(retches)
Okay. Okay.
I'm leaving now. Okay. Bye
-All right.
-(Lee) Yeah, great.
Perfect, perfect.
-Right, so what do you want?
-Yeah, great.
Just keep it up high. It's never
that flattering from below.
-Okay, the old jowls.
-(chuckles) Exactly.
Bit Churchillian, maybe?
(imitates Churchill)
Never in the field
-All right, shall we have a go?
-(Boris) Yep, sure.
Hi folks.
I want to bring you up to speed
with something
that's happening today,
which is that I've developed
mild symptoms of the coronavirus.
Could we get an autocue
up here for next time?
We can. I do like the selfie feel.
I feel, like, er,
people can relate to it.
Right, okay, yeah.
-(Mary) Thank you.
-You sure you're all right?
Yeah.
-I'm fine.
-Okay.
I'm just gonna nip back
to Number 10.
(sighs) Is that allowed,
if I have the virus?
I've got to.
I've got to get my stuff.
Okay.
I won't be long.
I'll be back in a bit.
-Okay.
-I love you.
Bye, kiddo. I'll see you later.
Big kiss for Daddy. (smooches)
Er, stay at home,
protect the NHS and save lives.
That's good.
I think that was good.
Great. Okay,
I'm gonna take this off.
I feel like it's strangling me.
Thank you.
(telephone ringing)
Hey Hey guys, erm, I think,
Mary might have COVID.
I'm going to self-isolate.
So, Lee, can you do the PM's box?
-(co-worker) I hope she's okay.
-(Dominic) Thank you.
(Boris) "You must expect to suffer
as well as rejoice,
since you're a man,
and the gods will see to that,
whether you like it or not."
(Mary sighs)
Dom, are you sure,
this is the right thing to do?
Yeah.
Okay kiddie, we're going to go
and see Nana and Grandad, okay?
Mummy's gonna be down
in a second
and, er,
she'll get you in the car.
-You sure you're okay?
-I'm fine, Dom, I'm fine.
Okay.
How's your temperature?
-(thermometer beeps)
-(Boris) Er 38.5.
I mean what is that in sort of,
old fashioned British Fahrenheit?
Are you eating properly?
I haven't really got an appetite,
to be honest, I
You have to look
after yourself, Boris.
Well, maybe I'll lose some weight.
You know, that would do me good.
They say
the virus likes fat people.
-You're not fat.
-I'm just overweight.
(chuckles) Yeah, exactly.
You're a lovely, cuddly bear.
Yeah, well, this big, cuddly bear
is missing his little otter.
Oh, are you?
(Boris coughing) Sorry, sorry.
Are you looking forward
to seeing Grandma and Grandpa?
Yeah, it's a long way from London.
(NHS worker) Sorry, Amir.
-Apologies, darling.
-(Tom) Well done, Amir.
Okay.
Thank you.
(reporter) Good evening.
The coronavirus showed
that everyone of us is at risk
from it in the most
dramatic fashion today,
as its infectious reach penetrated
the highest levels of government.
Both Prime Minister Boris Johnson,
and Health Secretary Matt Hancock,
confirmed they tested positive.
Is that Mrs Ramirez?
Hi, I'm calling from
the Northwick Park Hospital.
I'm sorry to update you like this,
but your husband's condition,
it deteriorated rapidly
this afternoon.
His heart and his kidneys
were really struggling,
and despite the treatment,
I'm afraid, he passed away.
(reporter) In the flat
above number 11 Downing
(Lee) Wasn't as bad
as it could've been.
No. Anyway, I'm going.
I'm knackered.
Yeah, me too. You coming?
I've a few more things
to finish off.
-All right, I'll call you.
-All right. See you tomorrow.
(Dominic) Not far now.
(Mary) Ah, great.
(car indicator ticking)
(Robert) Hello.
You okay? Hell of a drive.
-Yeah.
-(Robert) You want some tea?
No, I'm fine.
Er, don't come over.
-Er, Mary's got it, so
-(Robert) Don't worry about me.
Your mum's looking forward to
seeing you.
(Dominic) Yeah,
she sounded really down.
Yeah, she is. Uncle's very unwell.
All a bit of a mess, really.
(breathes softly)
(ambulance siren wailing)
(baby crying)
(Carrie) Do not send me
to the Underworld.
Have mercy on me.
(exhales sharply)
(coughs, splutters)
(groans)
-(breathes heavily)
-(water dripping)
Okay, Dom will not be
with us today.
He is self-isolating
because Mary's got the virus.
Is he joining via video?
Well, it appears not,
doesn't it, Mark?
Oh.
(exhales sharply)
Hey, how are you?
Er, bit rough, actually.
(Mary) You were driving all night.
-Here.
-Yeah, maybe it was that.
(Boris) Is Dom not joining us?
-(Lee) Er, no.
-That's odd.
Do you want to give him
a call afterwards,
-make sure he's okay?
-Yeah, of course, PM.
(Boris) Yeah, Matt,
how are we doing on testing?
(Matt) Well, we're working
on a plan.
I think we need to set
a clear target that is ambitious,
and that we can get
the private sector to deliver.
Chris, I know,
has been talking to Deloitte.
Yeah, we need something
to announce today, Matt.
(birds chirping)
(Robert) Hi. How are you?
Yeah, not bad. But Dom's terrible.
He's up in bed.
(Morag) Oh.
Listen, I brought some toys
for Cedd.
I've given them a good scrub off.
I'll leave them here.
And he can play with them outside.
Fresh air will do him good.
(Mary) Thanks so much.
(Tony's wife) Can I speak
to Tony Boateng?
(NHS worker) Can you ring
on his mobile, please?
I can't get through.
Maybe his phone is out of battery.
(NHS worker) Sorry,
he's not in this ward.
He must have been moved.
(paramedic) Easy does it.
We've got the bed outside for you.
Don't worry.
Look after your Dad, okay?
-I will. Look after yourself.
-(Grace) Don't worry.
I'll be back very soon.
I'll be back.
(breathes shallowly) I love you.
(paramedic)
Pop your arm down there.
I didn't expect to
to get this bad.
You've given me your virus,
you bastard.
How are you feeling?
Sore throat, temperature.
(Boris) Oh, God.
Have you seen a doctor?
No, I think I'll be all right.
It's quite intimate, really,
isn't it, sharing our virus?
(Carrie) Is it?
"It sucked me first
and now sucks thee."
"And in this flea,
our two bloods mingled be."
Nice. I'm not sure flea would be
my first choice to be sucked by.
(reporter) Here in the UK,
the number of people
to have died from COVID-19,
is now more than 1,000.
(care worker) Hello, Bob darling.
How are you?
(reporter) Two hundred
and sixty people died overnight,
taking the total to 1,019.
(care worker) see if we can
perk you up a little bit?
See if you're feeling
a bit better after that.
-(coughs)
-(care worker) Yeah?
You keep getting
your rest though, Bob.
(NHS worker) Mrs Green,
I'm calling about your husband.
We've got his test results back.
He has got COVID, I'm afraid.
With his underlying
health condition,
we just don't think
he's going to make it.
(Mrs Green)
The hospital just called.
He's not going to make it.
(sobs)
He's all alone.
(NHS worker) For the moment,
we're going to continue
with the oxygen treatment,
as we are.
Sometimes we use a ventilator.
However, in your case,
we wouldn't recommend it.
So far, we've had
around 15,000 applications
from potential suppliers,
and now we just have
to process them.
(Patrick) Hi, it's Patrick
at Cookson and Clegg. Erm
We registered our details
with you on the website, erm,
at least two weeks ago,
and we've heard nothing.
Hi, I'm calling about my dad,
Mr Green.
We really need to see him.
The hospital actually has
a no-visitor policy at the moment.
I appreciate that, but
(NHS worker 1) But in cases
of palliative care,
we are making an exception,
so you can come
and visit your father.
Thank you.
(monitor beeping)
(NHS worker 2) Hello, I'm calling
about your husband.
-(Mrs Boateng) Yes.
-Er, I'm afraid,
we've had to take him
to intensive care.
What?
-Can I talk to him?
-No, I'm really sorry.
We've had to intubate him.
Er, so, he's not conscious
at the moment.
(NHS worker 3) Hi, Tony.
I'm just gonna reposition your arm,
so just relax for me, please.
Perfect.
And just the same thing
on the other side.
All done, Tony.
Yeah, yeah, we were thinking
that you might do a shout-out
-to a different group each time.
-(Boris) Yeah, yeah.
There isn't any policy to announce,
so one day pharmacists,
then delivery drivers
-(Boris) Really?
-Yeah, we kind of,
rotate through them all.
Okay, right,
let's see how this goes.
I want to thank everybody
who has been complying
He looks pretty rough.
I actually think
that's a good thing.
One thing coronavirus
has already proved,
er, it is that there really is
such a thing as society.
(Lee) Are you sure
erm, are you sure
you really want to keep
the dig at Thatcher in?
-That's gonna wind up a few people.
-(scoffs)
(Ms Green) Hi. We're here
to see my dad, Mr. Green.
(NHS worker) Oh, hi.
I've just been in with him.
He's, er,
actually on pretty good form.
(breathes heavily)
You look beautiful.
(Mrs Green) It's good to see you.
(Mr Green)
(NHS worker) Okay,
I'll leave you to it.
(reporter) The sheer scale
of this project
and the speed at which
it was delivered is breathtaking.
And these ventilators,
in short supply nationwide,
will soon be plumbed into
a four-mile long
oxygen tube network.
Trained critical care doctors
and nurses will be sent here
from other London hospitals too.
(NHS worker 1) So,
now I've got Anthony.
Anthony's had a period
of desaturation.
We're going to arrange for chest
physio.
(NHS worker 2) Hi, Tony. It's okay.
We're here now.
(NHS worker 3) Can you hold
his hand for me?
(NHS worker 4) We're going to hold
this tube for you now, Tony.
It's almost done.
Just going to
connect these for you, Tony,
to make you feel more comfortable.
-Have you still got his hand?
-(NHS worker 2) Yeah.
(NHS worker 3) Good, Chloe.
Thank you.
All done, Tony.
(NHS worker 4) Sorry,
I have some sad news.
Unfortunately,
your husband's passed away.
I'm afraid he passed away
an hour ago.
(sobs) No
No! No! No! (whines)
(NHS worker) You look tired.
You should get some rest.
(Mrs Green) No.
I want to be here when he dies.
You're awake.
(Matt Hancock) As of today,
134,946 people
have now been tested for the virus.
Of those
who have contracted the virus,
1,408 have very sadly died.
(Mr Green humming)
(sobs)
(Mr Green humming)
(NHS worker) He's gone.
(phone ringing)
-(neighbour) Good morning.
-(Mary) Hello.
(policeman) I'm calling
from Durham Constabulary.
-(Robert) Yes, hello.
-I've got a message
-that your son is in Durham.
-(Robert) That's right, yes.
I was calling about some security.
He's had several death threats,
you know.
(policeman) When did he arrive?
Erm, Friday night,
early Saturday morning.
(policeman)
And where did he come from?
(Robert) London.
You are aware
of the national lockdown?
Of course. Erm,
but his wife was ill and they just
wanted to sort out some childcare.
If you have the virus,
or symptoms of the virus,
you're supposed to stay at home.
It's very clear.
Yes, of course.
(policeman) And your son's wife
had symptoms?
Yes.
So, they should have
self-isolated in London.
I'll have to make
a note of this conversation.
Right. Erm Okay. Er, thanks.
Shit.
(Matt) Testing.
We need to get a grip of this.
Absolutely.
I think we need to put
someone specific in charge.
Someone who can deliver the policy
and someone who can explain
the policy to the public.
I agree.
I think John Newton
is the best person.
Yeah, good, yeah. I like John.
(Michael Gove) And sadly,
yesterday we recorded
the highest single increase
in the number of deaths
as a result of COVID-19,
381 people died.
(NHS worker) Sorry. (sobs)
How How's Mum?
Have you been in touch?
(Milo) Yeah. She's okay.
It's tough with cancer.
She's having to shield herself.
Yeah.
(Mary) After a week, we reached
peak corona uncertainty.
Day six is a turning point,
I was told.
That's when you either get better
or head for ICU.
I sat on his bed,
staring at his chest,
trying to count his breaths
per minute.
The little oxygen reader
we'd bought on Amazon indicated
that he should be in hospital,
but his lips weren't blue
and he could talk
in full sentences, such as
Will you stop staring
at my chest, Mary?
This has been a sad, sad day.
Five hundred and sixty-three
more cases, er, are er
Sorry, sorry, Prime Minister,
it's deaths, not cases.
What? What?
(Lee) It's deaths, not cases.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So that would be less serious.
It's been a sad, sad day.
563 more cases.
Er, thoughts go to the families
of the victims.
(reporter)
National statistics talks about
all deaths,
including those in the community
and those in hospitals.
The big numbers
from the Department for Health
and Social Care
just looks at those people
who have died in hospital
and we now know
from looking at those figures
that there's perhaps some
ten percent of deaths
that have been happening
in the community
but are not being reported
in those big numbers.
Six people died at home,
33 in a hospice, 217 in care homes
and 20 elsewhere, and those figures
aren't being included.
I don't know if it's mental
or physical now,
-but I'm in pure exhaustion.
-Yeah.
(care worker) Like,
I'm so fucking light.
I feel a bit bleurgh.
Not when you're down to one person
for eight family members.
Yeah.
Welcome back.
-Hiya!
-(care worker's mum) Hiya!
Mum, is Molly there?
Hi baby girl! Hiya!
(care worker's mum)
Say hello to Mummy!
Hello! Why are you in bed?
You're in my bedroom.
Cause Mummy's tired, baby.
(care worker's mum) You're coming
to play on the iPad
and look at dollies.
Oh, are you playing that
with Nana?
(Boris) I keep having
these strange dreams.
Oh, yeah? Sexy dreams?
No, I wish, no, these are more
harbingers of doom.
-The doomsters and the gloomsters.
-(Boris) Exactly.
But you know,
the ancients took dreams
very, very seriously, you know,
as portents of things to come.
-But you're not ancient.
-(Boris chuckles)
-You're just old.
-Well, middle-aged.
Oh, God, that's even worse.
-(Boris) In my prime.
-Exactly.
(care worker's mum) Look who it is!
-Mummy!
-(care worker's mum) It's Mummy.
-It's Mummy in the window!
-(Molly cries) I want my Mama.
-(care worker's mum) I know.
-(care worker) I know, baby!
I want you too.
I want you too.
I'm sorry.
I am.
(care worker's mum)
We're going to go play with Bobby.
(care worker's mum)
Do you want to play with Bobby?
-I love you.
-(crying) I want Mama!
(Cedd) Do you know Simon?
Hi.
-How are you feeling?
-(Dominic) Alive.
What are you up to?
All right.
Shall we do it? Come on. Yeah.
You don't need to tip it all out!
(Dominic chuckles)
I love tipping it all out.
Right, PPE and testing.
Let's get a grip of this.
Steve, what is going on
with NHS supply?
We are struggling,
I think, it's fair to say.
(Jin) We've spent the past years
trying to make cost savings
in the supply chain, which means
minimising the stock we hold.
Now, we're in the middle
of a global pandemic.
Everyone is chasing the same PPE.
Well, what about
British manufacturers?
-Let's get them involved.
-We are.
-(Matt) Good.
-(Deloitte rep) Yeah,
and now we're swamped with everyone
and their nan offering to help.
We need some sort of triage system.
-(Matt) Yeah.
-We thought,
-there could be a fast track.
-Yeah, good.
And that way anyone
you know and trust can just
go straight through the fast track.
(Helen)
Hey, wonder if you can help?
We do medical scrubs for the NHS
and our supplies and our factories
at Pakistan and Laos have been cut.
Can you make scrubs?
-We can, yeah.
-(Helen) That's great.
If I email the pattern
over to you today,
how quick could you do a sample?
Er, well, if you emailed it to us
by lunchtime today,
I reckon, we could probably turn
a sample around for you
by tomorrow morning.
That's brilliant. I'll get that
across to you straight away.
-(machines whirring)
-(upbeat music playing)
(forklift beeping)
-John is our new testing man.
-Hello, everybody.
-Hello, John.
-Morning, John.
Tamsin, how many tests can we
be doing, by the end of April?
Daily, 125,000.
And how confident are you,
you can hit that?
I don't think that is possible.
I believe we can hit it,
but that isn't the same thing
-as saying that we will hit it.
-John, what do you think?
It's good to be ambitious.
Right, okay, so how many tests
are we currently doing per day?
Ten thousand, and we believe
we can move to the current target
of 25,000 per day
by the end of the month.
That isn't the current target.
The current target is
100,000 tests per day.
So, listen,
I hear there's a fast track
for PPE supply contracts.
Yeah. Can you put me down?
Yeah.
We have a company
called Prosper Mill.
It's a joke. I applied more than
two weeks ago. I've heard nowt.
-(UK manufacturer 1) Same for me.
-(UK manufacturer 2) And me.
-(Grace) I've been praying.
-You're going to be okay.
They say it's 5050.
I know.
You'll be the strong one.
(Grace) I love you.
If anything should happen to me
you must be strong
for the children.
Hey!
-(birds chirping)
-(indistinct chatter on radio)
I think it would be better, safer,
if you were in hospital.
-As a precaution.
-No, no, no. I'm not that ill.
At this stage,
your symptoms should be clearing.
If anything, they're getting worse.
I don't think you should be dealing
with your red box
as Prime Minister.
You need to rest.
Well, you and Lee can look
at everything.
Just show me what you think,
I need to see.
(Gazza) Can we trust you
to rest?
Scout's honour.
Let's prepare a bed at St Thomas'.
He looks pretty rough.
(reporter) The number
of worldwide coronavirus cases
passes one million.
Our testing tsar
in this national effort
for testing
Could I just change one thing?
-(Matt) Yeah.
-Can you change "testing tsar"
-to "testing coordinator"?
-Really? Don't want to be a tsar?
-(Newton) The last one was shot.
-(all chuckle)
Yeah. Let's do this.
I've been away for a week now
and I am delighted to be back.
In the past week,
we have completed the construction
of a whole new hospital,
NHS Nightingale,
built in nine days.
I will stop at nothing.
to make sure that frontline staff
have the right equipment
so that they can feel safe
and so that
they can have the confidence
that they need to do their jobs.
I am now setting the goal
of 100,000 tests per day
by the end of this month.
That is the goal
and I am determined
that we will get there.
I'm just going to take one moment.
Just take one moment, thank you.
(breathes heavily) Oh, God.
(crowd cheering)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
(Cedd sobbing) Mummy,
can you come, please?
(Mary) Cedd Oh darling.
You've been sick. Oh sweetheart.
(care worker 1) We're just going
into this bed, sweetheart,
and I'll get you nice
and warm, okay?
Beautiful. There you go.
The pillow's just behind you.
Do you want me to pop your head up?
(care worker 2) Hopefully,
you start feeling a bit better,
Auntie Sheila, eh?
-(Mary) You're all right.
-(Cedd sobbing)
(Mary) He's doing okay.
Are you on your way?
-Yep. See you outside the front.
-(Mary) Yeah.
(Boris) Er Hi, folks.
Quick update from me
on the campaign
against coronavirus.
First of all, in my own case,
although I'm feeling better
and I've done
my seven days of isolation,
I still have one of the symptoms,
minor symptom,
I have a temperature.
And so, in accordance
with government advice,
erm, I need to continue
my self-isolation.
-I'm back.
-Oh, are you here in London?
No, no, no, I'm still in Durham.
I mean, I'm back
from the brink with the virus.
Right, so how (stammers)
how is Mary?
She's good. How are you feeling?
Not dead, or if I am,
no-one has briefed me.
(Matt) Six hundred
and eighty-four people
with COVID-19 have died today
in hospitals in the UK.
The only way
to protect yourselves now,
and others, is to stay at home.
This advice is not a request,
it is an instruction.
Stay at home, protect lives,
and then you will be doing
your part.
Oliver asked very specifically
if the PM could look at his
I'm not bothering the PM
with fucking theatre.
The FCO want to know
if we got the new travel reg.
Yeah, well, I didn't get it.
-They emailed it.
-To who?
To who? To go in the box,
it's got to be printed.
I haven't got time to print it out.
You have not got time
to print it out.
(sighs)
Hello, how are you doing?
(Boris) Oh, you know,
the mind is willing,
but the body is weak.
I'm just bone tired.
You have to rest.
(Boris) I am resting,
but I need fresh air.
My lungs need fresh air.
I need stimulation.
I'm not used to
I'm not very good at being alone.
Like Robinson Crusoe
on a desert island.
Yes, and I need my Man Friday.
or even my Person Friday.
-Girl Friday.
-(Boris) Exactly.
I feel like Macaulay Culkin
in Home Alone.
My health is somehow bad now,
but I hope to be better.
(NHS worker 1) Okay, Grace,
we're just gonna get
this tube secured in.
It's helping you
with your breathing.
(NHS worker 2) Can you see
he's trying to open his eyes?
(relative) I can, yes!
Come on, come on Joseph!
(NHS worker 2) Joseph,
open your eyes.
That's it.
(Gove) Seven hundred
and eight people
have sadly lost their lives
as a result of COVID-19,
the highest daily total
yet recorded.
(Carrie) I've spent
the past week in bed
with the main symptoms
of coronavirus.
I haven't needed to be tested.
And after seven days of rest,
I feel stronger
and I'm on the mend.
(reporter) Slowly,
Wuhan is emerging.
And today,
a national moment of mourning
to honour the 3,330 people
the authorities say
have died from COVID-19.
(care worker) Hello.
I've just brought you
a little drink, Bob.
I know we struggled earlier
on the fluids,
so I've brought you
this little sponge.
And then what we can do is use it
and it'll just help
whet your whistle.
If you can just open your mouth
a tiny bit for me, that's the job.
I don't want you
to struggle swallowing,
so, we'll have a go
with this for now.
Lovely.
And then, Bob, I've brought you
a little bit of medicine.
It's also a little bit thicker
than the fluids we've been having,
but I'm going to do it
a tiny little bit at a time,
knowing it'll make you feel
a little bit better, okay?
That's it. So, we'll go
a tiny little bit at a time.
With a tiny swallow for me.
Last tiny little bit.
Well done, Bob.
(mobile phone ringing)
Hello?
(doctor) I'm one of the doctors
calling from ICU.
It's not good news.
You should come in straight away.
Can I bring our children in?
I'm sorry, we can only allow
one visitor at the moment.
(care worker 1) Yeah,
so his full name is Bob Simmons.
It's the 10th of the 4th, 1938.
Yeah, I'm with him now.
(sombre music playing)
(care worker 1) Night-night, Bob.
Well done, darling.
(care worker 2)
You're at peace now.
(care worker 1)
You've done ever so well.
Eh?
No more pain.
(care worker 2)
You look comfy, Bob.
(care worker 1)
All right, my darling.
You did so well.
No more pain.
Well done, darling.
(sighs)
Oh, God. I don't know.
(sobs)
(NHS worker 1) I'm still here.
(NHS worker 2)
I'll leave you, okay?
(Grace's husband) The children
have been praying for you.
Every day, they want you
to come back home, Grace.
Mum, we miss you.
We want you to come back.
I want you to be okay.
(Grace's husband)
Do you hear that?
(Grace's son) I've spoke to you,
but it's more important
for you to come home.
(Grace's husband) Do you hear that?
We miss you so much.
-They want you back home.
-(Grace's son) We miss you, mum.
We love you
and we want to keep fighting.
We love you so much.
You are here with us.
-Grace.
-Mum?
Grace.
Fight for me.
Grace.
We want you to come back home.
We want you
to come back home, Grace.
(Grace's son)
We'll pray for you, Mum
Grace.
Grace.
(sombre music playing)
Add your tears unto mine.
(Boris panting)
For it is sweet
to see the daylight.
(mumbles)
I was the first to call you father,
and you the first to call me child.
(baby crying)
(Carrie) Hello?
Oh God, Boris, you look terrible.
I think you need
to go to hospital.
I think you're probably right.
(theme music playing)
(music concludes)