Archer | From the Penthouse to the Jailhouse | 3
British Scandal
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🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Jeffrey Archer is running for London Mayor and he thinks he can win. But is his web of lies about to come undone?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Prime Members. You can listen to British scandal at free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:11.1 | Hi, Alice. Hi, Matt. You're all right. Yeah, not bad actually. Could you do me a favor? |
| 0:15.7 | Yeah, I need you to lie to produce a joke for me if that's right. What about just telling that I was here on time rather than being ten minutes late? |
| 0:22.2 | What's it worth? 20 grand? |
| 0:24.7 | Ten pounds. Mate, that's not how you negotiate, but deal. Shake on it now. |
| 0:31.5 | The 4th of November 1999, crannly sorry. Ted Francis rushes into the living room of his tiny flat. |
| 0:40.9 | Clear's away dirty plate to newspapers from the coffee table. A few minutes later, two news of the world journalist set up their recording equipment. |
| 0:49.2 | Really when you are, Ted? His hands shake as he picks up the phone. But he can't let his nerves give him away. |
| 0:56.8 | In the next few minutes, he needs to make Jeffrey Archer admit on tape. He forged his alibis in the 1987 libel trial. |
| 1:04.5 | Surely he won't fall into that trap. He could still go away for that. |
| 1:09.5 | Hello? |
| 1:11.6 | Ted tries hard to sound casual. He hasn't spoken to Jeffrey in a long time, not since Jeffrey humiliated him at the champagne and shepherds' party. |
| 1:19.1 | After a couple of minutes, he says, |
| 1:23.8 | The reason I'm ringing is we've got a problem. That letter I sent to your solicitor in 1987 giving you a false alibi. |
| 1:30.8 | Well, a journalist Michael Crick has managed to get hold of it. Now he's looking into the fact I lied for you. |
| 1:36.4 | Jeffrey snaps back. |
| 1:38.0 | Well, how did he get her coffee? |
| 1:40.0 | Ted swallows hard. He can't admit he was the one who gave it to him. |
| 1:44.2 | All that the two news of the world journalist sitting opposite are chasing the same story. |
| 1:48.6 | I have no idea. |
| 1:50.5 | Ted looks at the journalists. |
| 1:52.6 | Reign back Ted. He needs to admit he asked you for a false alibi. |
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