Page Eight - the first five minutes

[Mummagumma]

I forgot to set the box recorder thing! Can anyone tell me whether I missed anything vital? When I turned on Nighy and Weiss were sitting on a sofa, talking. Recording now.

thats the beginning... she met him in corridor as she put out rubbish... then it jumped to him in her flat.

oh bollux... just realised i'm watching on catch up so am also behind by 25 mins... ignore what i just said

So if you're behind by 25 mins, that was the beginning that you're watching now - I think...?!

he made her aquaintance in corrioder... next shot them having drink in her flat... then he was in office with his boss, Michael Gambon character.

summat about being in middle east

then i lost a bit coz i went to open wine [grin

now i'm in same place you are (daughter artist convo)

I'm wondering if this is yet another tv play with Bill Nighy where I won't have a clue what is going on.

and bollocking slow internet... meant to say Angela is political activist who is being investigated by Nighty's dept. Her son appears to be involved with Nighty's daughter.

Cool, that's great, thank you! Haven't started watching yet - I only pushed the record button after 5 mins had elapsed and then turned it off to finish faffing around. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some vitally-important-to-the-plot opening scene, that I would have been lost for not having seen. Am going to settle down with it now; thank you so much!

There was a bit in a restaurant where he met a journalist friend to ask about the Rachel WeiSs character, and found out she was born in Damascus and her family of activists of some type.

He also went to an art exhibition that his daughter was doing, and the exhibits were all of people who looked dead.

am finding it quite funny and witty actually

I've given up - found Bill Nighy's performance very mannered and annoying.

Bill Nighy is the same in everything he does, which doesn't make it easier to follow what is going on. I was left wondering how he could just walk through security with £60,000 in a carrier bag.

Forgot to watch or recoerd.

Was it part one in a series?

No it was a one-off film. You didn't miss much. I assume it is available on Iplayer.