Outrageous (2025) s01e05 Episode Script

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MUSIC: Minnie The
Moocher by Cab Calloway
Folks, here's a story
'bout Minnie the Moocher ♪
She was a red hot
hoochie-coocher ♪
She was the roughest,
toughest frail ♪
Thank you, darling.
Although my marriage had
got off to a rocky start,
now that Peter had
settled into his new job
and we had climbed our way out of debt,
things were looking up
..and we were back on track to
a life of romantic harmony
..thanks to the care and support
of some very dear friends
..which felt more important
than ever these days,
as my sister was refusing to
see me after her car accident.
Good Lord! It's really
not as bad as it looks.
Have they taken out all the glass?
Every last bit? I'm sure they did.
She's had the best surgeon
there is to stitch her up.
He says that there'll be virtually
no scars at all when she's healed.
Then you're a very lucky woman indeed.
This is a miserable damned place.
Where's Unity?
She's at home with us, sulking.
All the girls wanted to come with,
but the hospital said we could
only have three - maximum.
Now, Nancy did try and see you
yesterday, again, but had no luck.
Yesterday was a bad day.
Because I would hate
to think of you bearing
a grudge against any of
your sisters, darling.
How long are you going to
be holed up in here for?
It's like a prison!
Yes, it is ghastly, isn't it, Farve?
Two more weeks.
Dismal. No proper light, no fresh air,
and it reeks of disinfectant.
The surgeon says
that she needs complete bed rest.
If I could pull a face, I would.
The doctor is on his way,
so you must all
leave at once, I'm afraid.
But we've only just arrived.
I'm sorry, Your Ladyship,
but those are the rules.
Out, out, out!
I'll have some food sent,
some home-made bread,
some real milk, and some decent eggs.
And you'll see to it that she gets them?
Thank you, Your Ladyship.
Now, if you would please
remove yourselves
Nurse, might I have
a very quiet word alone
with my father?
One minute.
What, what is it?
Oh, Farve, I shall never get well here.
Sunshine and sea breezes would do
me so much better, don't you think?
Yes, absolutely. But what can be done?
I've been invited to convalesce
by the sea, in Italy.
Mm? There must be a way
of getting me out of here
and to the airport without
the doctors knowing.
Hmm.
Yes. Well, it'd have to be
done under cover of darkness,
in the early hours of
the morning probably
..while the night staff are dozing,
..and then we could
Who exactly are you going
to be staying with?
Oh, no! Not the man Mosley?
HE SIGHS
This arrangement that you've
got yourself into, Nard
It is not a flirtation, Farve.
It is a very real, very deep love.
Don't say anything to
the others just yet,
but Mosley and I, we are to be married.
You are? When?
It's very delicate.
This autumn he has a
big push for the party
and he doesn't need any
headlines detracting from that.
Bugger his bloody party!
We will be married within
the year, I promise.
Time's up, Your Lordship! Come along!
Mm.
Please?
I just want to say how
incredibly grateful I am
to you and Tony for being such
a good influence on Peter.
Whatever it was that you said
to him about getting a job
and sticking to it, has really worked.
Oh, I take no credit.
I think perhaps Peter was just,
you know, ready to hear it.
Well, it was the act of a
true friend, nevertheless.
I must say, I do adore those trousers.
Did you get them at Gorringe's,
by any chance?
Oh, no. These are really rather old.
I don't know where I
Oh, you must try
Gorringe's if you haven't!
It's a revelation.
They've got some really lovely things.
Terribly reasonable, too.
Really? Oh, I will. I will. Thank you.
You know, it is so lovely
having some girl-talk
with someone I'm not related to,
for a change.
The thing about having so
many sisters is that one
gets out of the habit of
forging female friendships,
which is quite wrong,
because friends are much less
complicated than sisters.
Are they? We? Oh, yes!
I mean, with sisters there's
always the undertow of,
well, old resentments and
childhood rivalries, I suppose.
Anyway, that's why I'm hoping for a boy.
They're far less
complicated to deal with.
Oh. You mean, you're..?
Oh, no! No, no, sorry! Not yet.
Just wishful thinking.
But when the time does come, Mary,
I do hope that you'd
consider being godmother.
Cake?
Yes, please.
WHISPERS: Follow me.
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
THEY GIGGLE
UPBEAT JAZZ
I'm going to really, really miss you.
Thanks so much for everything
..but we must all be free.
I don't know
Ah.
So, what is it, then?
Farve, would you mind?
Very well.
I would like to apologise.
Oh.Not for what I wrote in that letter,
but for the fact that it
upset you both so much.
I did not foresee that.
I'm very sorry to have upset you.
Thank you.
You see, I wrote it in
German to a German newspaper,
and I had no idea that the papers
here would ever get hold of it.
And over there,
the views I expressed about
the Jews are perfectly normal.
All Germans think that way,
and so I could never have predicted
the fuss that has been made here.
And Because I feel that I
fit in much better over there,
I think it really is best
if I return to Munich
and make it my home.
Your home?
Munich is where I belong.
This is where you belong.
Absolutely!
If you decide to cut off my allowance,
then I will ask the Fuhrer
to pay my fees at the school.
What?!
You must know that my
friendship with the Fuhrer
is the most important
thing on Earth to me.
That is precisely what worries us.
I do wish you would meet him, Farve.
Both of you. And see for
yourselves how wonderful he is.
He's a huge admirer of the English.
He says that it would be a tragedy
if our two great nations
ever went to war again.
He says he would be deeply
honoured to meet you both.
So I do hope that you
will at least consider it.
That's all.
"Reason with her," you said.
"Punish her," you said.
Where on Earth did we
go wrong with that girl?
We we did not go wrong.
I mean, I'm normal, you are normal,
they all had a perfectly
normal childhood.
Yet each one of these girls is
more perverse than the other.
PLAYS PIANO
DOOR OPENS
So you're off again, then.
Tomorrow morning.
Good riddance, fascist.
Pew!
GROANS
Sorry to leave you here, Boud.
I hate you being there,
and I hate the Nazis, Boud.
And I hate everything you
wrote in that letter.
I know.
But I still love YOU, Boud.
I went down to St James' Infirmary ♪
I saw my Boudle there ♪
She was laid out
on a long white table ♪
So dead, so cold, so fair ♪
Let her go, let her
go, God bless her ♪
Wherever she may be ♪
You can search this
whole wide world over ♪
But you won't ever find ♪
Another Boud ♪
Like me. ♪
DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
Hello?
I am absolutely bushed.
This working for a living lark,
I mean, whose idea was that?
Why on Earth do the working
classes put up with it?
They like to eat? Hmm.
Speaking of which,
there's some ham left over in the
kitchen if you Oh, it's OK,
I had a sandwich at the pub
with Mike on the way home,
and a beer, but only one. Only one.
I was at my desk till ten. I must say,
you really have your nose to
the grindstone with this job.
Well, don't tell anyone, for God's sake,
but some of it's actually
quite interesting.Good.
In fact, they've asked me to go
up to their Birmingham offices
and give a bit of a talk.
When?
Erm, tomorrow, actually.
In fact,
I'll probably be gone for a few days.
They might want me to go up to
their shipping office in Liverpool.
Mm!
Are you terribly impressed with me?
Terribly!
Will you manage without me?
Well, I might go down and see how
the poor old parents are managing.
I think they could do
with the support.Mm.
- Good idea.
- Mm.
Mwah.
Well done.
I am proud of you, you know.
Darling
..I'm afraid I'm absolutely whacked
and I have to be up at lark's fart
tomorrow. I'm sorry, I must sleep.
SHE CLEARS THROA
Don't worry. You must rest
..of course.
Does it hurt very much?
Not hurt, just tender.
Getting better every day.
I'm so glad.
Nothing to do with all
your care and attention.
Must be the Mediterranean air.
You know, when they gave me the news,
I was so worried the worst had happened.
You really mustn't die, you know.
I'll try my best.
It got me thinking,
though, the accident.
Hmm? Of?
Well, who in the world
is most important to me.
And who I want to spend
the rest of my life with.
Darling, you know there's
nothing I'd like more in
the whole world than
to be married to you.
But we can't.
Not yet.
The scandal! The press
would have a field day.
I know.
And it doesn't really matter to me.
It's just a bit of paper.
Well, quite.
But if we wanted to start a family
Which we do, one day.
So what if we married in secret?
Somewhere abroad, perhaps?
Darling
..I'm afraid that even abroad,
banns have to be posted
in the British Embassy,
and all it would take is
one beady-eyed journalist
to blow the whole thing.
Sorry, darling.
Oh, look at her.
You girls always used to get on
so well when you were children.
All those dressing-up
games at Christmas,
and those little plays you
used to put on together!
Now, we have you and Diana
not speaking to each other,
and Unity stomping back to
Munich to be with that man.
And then there's poor Decca,
absolutely heartbroken and bereft.
How is Diana?
Well, her recovery is going
very well, thank heavens.
Good.
I just wish that you two Oh,
Muv, you know how I've tried.
She's utterly against me.
All I can hope is that her infatuation
with Mosley blows over and
we'll have our old Diana back.
I know, darling.
Meanwhile, I don't see
what else I can do.
Oh!
But perhaps I could try and
talk to our resident communist.
Oh, would you? I've tried
absolutely everything.
I have offered her a holiday,
a change of air and all that,
but she says, "No, no, no, no, no!"
And do you remember that silly
running away fund of hers?
There's more than £50 in it.50?!
I know!
She's squirrelled away every
last shilling given to her
for birthdays and
Christmases for years now.
What, and you think
she might actually?
Well, after what we've been
through with Unity, who knows?
As you are the eldest,
she might possibly listen to you?
You do realise I have a stupendously
bad track record in this department?
I know, but you're all I've got.
DRAMATIC SIGH
Lordy, Dec, you must have read that
a dozen times,
judging by the state of it.
It happens to be a very good book.
And if you've come here to talk
sense into me, don't bother.
Actually, my dear,
I've come to invite you to stay
with me in London for a few days,
while Peter's off on
another business trip.
We could have some jolly jaunts.
Shopping, galleries, lunches?
As I understand it,
you're loaded with cash.
No, thank you.
We could have oysters and champagne?
No, thank you!
You never know, you might actually
enjoy a bit of gadding about
the West End.
Life is supposed to be fun,
after all. You used to be fun.
What happened?
I grew up!
And I realised that for the
vast majority of people,
life isn't fun.
There are people out there,
in the real world, living in abject
poverty because of people like us,
who've been exploiting them
for centuries. Oh, darling,
can't you put politics
aside for one moment?
No. Have you ever thought that we
might have been put on this Earth
not just for oysters and champagne,
but to make a fairer,
better place for everyone?
Well, I see your point,
but can't we also just have some fun?
Just very, very, very occasionally?
What are you doing?
Come on. I'm taking you to the moon!
LAUGHTER
Nancy! Come on!
I want to read my book!
LAUGHTER
SQUEALING
LAUGHTER
SPEAKING GERMAN
It is lovely when you come to visit,
Nard, because this place
has such delicious cakes.
I don't like to eat too much
when I'm with the Fuhrer.
He hates people speaking
with their mouths full.
Well, eat away, Bobo,
but listen carefully,
because I have something
important to tell you.
It is a very great secret
and you must promise not
to tell anyone at all.
Yes? What is it?
Well, he needs a little encouragement,
but Mosley and I, we are to be married.
Oh, Nard, that's wonderful!
I knew you would triumph
over that awful other woman.
Thank you, darling.
But the thing is we have
to marry in utmost secrecy.
We can't risk the press
getting hold of it
and writing unhelpful headlines.
Oh, yes. No, of course.
So, we can't get married in England.
And even abroad,
the banns have to be published.
So, I wondered, if we were married here,
in Germany, perhaps the Fuhrer might?
Might order them not to publish.
As a favour to us. We'd have
to get him in the right mood,
of course, and at the right time,
because I don't think his meeting
with Mosley went quite as
well as you and I had hoped.
Oh, dear.
He didn't mention
anything about it to me.
Have you seen him recently?
Yes. He came into the
restaurant last Wednesday
and he was with several other men.
And I waited and waited,
but then finally Schaub came
over and asked me to go to him.
And then we all chatted
together for nearly an hour.
And the Fuhrer put his hand on my
shoulder twice! And once on my arm.
And what did he have to say?
He said they had been doing
their research on me.
Can you believe it?
And that he understood I was related
to Churchill, and I said I was.
And the Fuhrer said he was
"ein interessanter Mann"
who he would be happy to talk to.
Is that right? Mm.
Well
"The Home Secretary said that
in some districts of London,
"Jews have been subjected to foul abuse,
"damage to property, violent assault
and even threats to kill."What?
"This campaign is being promoted
"largely by fascist speakers at
fascist meetings." And there it is,
in black and white,
from the Home Secretary himself.
Welcome to England! But then why
doesn't the Government just ban
the whole bloody party? Surely that
there is grounds enough to do so!
Because Mosley is very clever.
He doesn't condone this
behaviour publicly.
No, he he he blames it on a
small minority of party members
over whom he apparently has no control.
Well, I saw him at that rally.
He incites the violence.
Whips it up. So, so,
well, what can WE do?
Tikkun olam.
What does that mean?
It's Hebrew.
It means we speak up,
we demonstrate, campaign.
Well, you can count on me.
And on Peter, actually.
Thanks. That's three of us.
Anyway, where is he?
I never actually see you
with your husband these days.
Is all well?
Yes, yes. He's,
he's on another business trip.
He does seem to be taking
this new job rather seriously,
thank God. Haven't seen
the bailiffs for ages.
- Excellent.
- Mm.
Should I be saving up for a
christening bracelet, perhaps?
That would be nice,
wouldn't it? HE CHUCKLES
RADIO: This is London.
It is with great sorrow that we
make the following announcement.
His Majesty the King
passed peacefully away
at a few minutes before 12.
He, whom we loved as King,
has passed from our midst.
We voice the grief of all
the peoples of his empire.
Mr Mackinnon's here. Let him wait!
CLOCK CHIMES
Yes, Your Lordship.
Lord Redesdale will be with
you shortly. Thank you.
Debt collector by the looks of it. Mm.
Wouldn't be surprised.
That's better. Oh, yes.
I went to see Diana yesterday.
Oh, yes? Is she well?
Not very, no.
She's had to have another
visit to the clinic.
Another one? Oh, God, is she all right?
Getting there. She's feeling
very low about it all.
She really wanted to have this one.
What that bloody man
is putting her through.
She asked after you.
Did she?
Said how good you were to her the
last time she had this trouble.
Well, are there not telephones?
Notepaper and envelopes?
Stamps? After all,
it was she who threw me out.
Ready? Come on!
Oh, Lord, is that the time?
I'm on chaperone duty,
because someone has
a tiny bit of a crush on
a certain Derek Jackson.
Oh, Lord, Stubbs, already?
But you were only nine years
old the last time I looked.
It's not funny.
I'm rising above it,
do you see? Come on, Pam.
Yes, all right, I'm coming.
Think about it, Naunce.
Give her a call, maybe?
Mackinnon?
Good morning, sir. Redesdale.
Now, we'll start with
the land, shall we?
No, no, no! This way. This way!
Now, do keep up.
I don't have all day.
Now, yes, you want to
keep an eye on this one.
This fella here is called a Gunnera.
You will find there's a
little bit of upheaval
and a number of things you
have to watch out for.
For example, the Euonymus here,
golden spindle tree.
This big.
Now, over here you'll be
very interested to know
Where is the 40-acre wood? Is that
Are we headed in that direction?
He would only be renting
it for six months.
He looked very young.
Do we know his family?
No. Scotch.
Married? Yes, and about to sprog. Oh.
Do you know,
the fella has a job.
Yes, an engineer of some kind.
Family business. Offices in London.
Says he's going to go up to
London every day on the train.
- Every day?
- Yes!
From here?
Every day, and back again.
Right through hunting season.
I mean, what is the point of
having land if you don't hunt it?
Well, what about the staff?
Very happy to take
anyone who wants to stay.
New money, hmm, plenty of it.
I hate to think of another
family in here, don't you?
HE SIGHS
When does he want to move in?
The sooner, the better, he says.
Before the baby comes.
Back to that damp flat.
At least we'll be able to afford
to fix the damp, won't we?
Well, maybe it's good for
Decca to be in London.
Get her out and about in town.
Perhaps she'll make some friends. Mm.
It will only be for six months.
Nine at the most.
Assuming the investments pick up.
Ooh!
Well, congratulations.
Thank you.
The parents will be
relieved he's finally making
an honest woman out of you.
You and Tom and Muv and Farve
are the only people that know.
And Unity of course. But you must swear
not to tell another living soul.
Do you promise?
Cross my heart and hope to die.
So, when's the big day?
Oh, that's by no
means settled yet.
We've got the official permission,
but Unity has to find
a discreet location.
A private house, preferably.
Oh? And there's still lots
of paperwork to do, so.
KNOCK AT DOOR
Mr Churchill, madam.
What?
Winston! Darling.
Dyna-mite.
Lovely to see you, dear girl.
And Pamela.
Good to see you, sir.
Thank you so much for coming.
I'm afraid I have only ten
minutes before my concert.
So, what can it be?
I am most intrigued.
Well, I'll get straight to it, then.
As you might know,
our younger sister is
now living in Munich.
Unity, yes, yes.
And over the course of the past year,
she's become a rather good
friend of Herr Hitler's.
Yes, her devotion to that man
and his views have
become quite notorious.
And I've also met him, myself,
on several occasions now.
Of course, I know you're
no fan of his, but
I am not. But there can be no
denying what he has achieved.
He has raised Germany from
the ashes of the Great War
to being, once again,
the most powerful nation in Europe.
He has, and the people
absolutely love him for it.
And, well,
I wondered if you might be intrigued by
the idea of meeting him?
In private.
Just, you know,
to get the measure of the man.
You mean, a tete-a-tete? Exactly.
He's expressed great
interest in meeting you.
And I do feel you might
alter your view of him,
if you met him and saw how
charming and reasonable he is.
Reasonable? Oh, yes.
Socially, he's very calm and quiet,
nothing like his onstage persona.
And he's doing so much good
for the country, as you say.
I mean, in Britain we
have millions unemployed,
and in Germany there's
no unemployment at all.
That is because they are all
employed making armaments.
Since Hitler took control,
the whole energy
of that country has been directed
towards preparing for war.
In fact, his rise to power
was fuelled by his need
for bloody revenge against the Allies.
That and his persecution of the Jews,
which to my mind is unforgivable.
Oh, Winston, that's their business,
not ours, surely?
It is OUR business!
Any attack on humanity is
an attack on all of us.
And one day, perhaps not very far away,
we will have to stand up to him.
A meeting is out of the question.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Dear girl,
think carefully before
throwing your hat into the ring
with Herr Hitler.
The very devil himself
will seem charming
and reasonable to begin with.
I wish you both goodnight.
Nard, what are you thinking?
Well, Mosley says he's
quite out of touch
with the mood of the people.
Past it, poor chap.
ROUSING MUSIC PLAYS
What began as a military coup under
the fascist leader General Franco
has escalated into a bloody
and bitter civil war in Spain.
Supporters of the democratically
elected government are refusing
to give up without a fight.
Thousands of men from all
over the world have joined
the communists to help
fight the fascists.
Several hundred British
men and some plucky women
have already signed up,
and are preparing to risk
life and limb for their cause.
And as the street battles intensify,
the rest of Europe holds its breath,
hoping that this bloody
conflict does not precipitate
another world war.
What is going on in the world?
It's going to hell in a handcart.
Why can't people just be reasonable?
Because people have had enough,
and they're angry,
and you can quite understand why.
I hear our cousin, the book writer,
has already signed up and gone to Spain.
Esmond? Has he?
Yes. Aunt Nellie was complaining to Muv.
Seems there's a political extremist
in every family these days.
Poor old Nellie's expecting a
black-edged telegram daily.
Now, stop that.
What?
Dreaming of joining up too.
No, you're not even to consider it, yes?
How on Earth could I ever get to Spain?
One daughter, delivered home safely.
Oh, how was the film?
Rather good.
Boring.
There you have it!
DRILLING, CRASHING
What on Earth is this noise?
Oh, it's the damp.
Your father's got them working
day and night to fix it.
Well, where is he?
In his club, of course.
We've all got earplugs. Mm!
Any improvement?
A bit cheerier.
I think she rather likes us
all being worried about her.
Well, it is always rather
an awkward age for girls,
when they're grown up but
haven't yet got a family
of their own to manage.
Rather a lengthy awkwardness
in my case, then.
Oh, darling, I didn't mean that.
It's all right.
It will happen,
just when you least expect it.
DRILLING, SHOUTING
I'm going to get the bus home.
Oh, no, I thought you
were staying the night?
Well, I was, but on second thoughts
Will you be all right
on the bus at this time?
It's an awfully long way.
Mother, I'm 32!
I hope I haven't got
too much lipstick on.
They say he hates lipstick,
although he's never
complained about mine.
I think he secretly likes it.
Have you got your papers and passport?
They will need to check.
Yes, yes. I wonder who else is invited.
I don't know whether there
will be 20 of us or ten or
..just two. The invitation said
"dinner party",
which could mean anything, couldn't it?
I think it means you
will definitely eat food
and there will definitely
be other people.
It's such a huge honour to be invited
to his personal residence.
Even Diana hasn't been
invited to his own home.
Guten Abend.
Ich bin fur die Abendgesellschaft
des Fuhrers hier.
Mein Name ist Unity Valkyrie Mitford.
Danke.
I will see you later, then?
Of course, with hindsight,
my parents should have
tried a lot harder
to stop Unity returning to Munich.
But with hindsight, all of us might
have made very different decisions
with our lives, including me.
DOOR OPENS
DOOR CLOSES
What?
Oh, I thought you weren't
back until tomorrow.
Mary?
Oh, now come on, darling.
Don't make a scene.
We're all adults. Jesus God!
SPEECH BECOMES MUFFLED
Now, stop that.
Let's just be grown up
about this, shall we?
SPEECH BECOMES INDISTINC
Stop being silly and
pull yourself together.
Look, you go downstairs and
make yourself a cup of tea.
I'll come down in a second and we
can discuss it all in a calm
No, no, no, no, stop.
I don't think tea will quite
hit the mark, actually.
MUSIC: Minnie The
Moocher by Cab Calloway
What are you doing?
No, put that back. Nancy!
Nancy! Don't make a scene, darling.
She was the roughest, toughest frail ♪
But Minnie had a
heart as big as a whale ♪
Ho-de-ho-de-ho Ho-de-ho-de-ho ♪
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi ♪
Hey-de-hey Hey-de-hey ♪
Whoa Whoa. ♪
I'm sorry, madam,
we're just about to close.
A bottle of champagne and
a dozen oysters, please.
Quick as you like.
And you can keep the change.
Certainly, madam.
What do they say? Marry in haste,
repent at leisure?
CORK POPS
Having lost my husband
and my closest sister,
well, it was clearly time for a rethink.
So while the rest of my family
was preoccupied with fascism,
communism and international diplomacy,
I was having fun.
SHE EXHALES
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