Hostages (2025)

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Sa.

I don't. Just don't know this.

Stop it.

Hello, world.

We want to tell you our truth.

Hi everyone. I just wanted to share

a quick quote. Something that we

should all remember when we're

facing the day to day slog. Mariah Carey

once said she just wanted

a day to go swimming, to eat

ice cream, to look at rainbows. We

should all look at a lot more rainbows.

Name?

Could you just cheque

that? I'm on mute. Thank you.

I've never needed a bathroom more. Move.

Can I speak with manager,

please? So sorry. I think he's

tied up at the moment.

Happy birthday.

We don't know if this is Neil. Come in,

Neil. Don't go that way. I don't

know if the people who did this

are inside the building.

Don't know what's going on.

Everyone's running down the stairs.

Hey, yo, tag me, man. What?

Tag me. Who the are you?

Please hold the door for me, Please,

Please. The do.

Straight down the fire stairs.

Guys, please, not in the lift. Come on.

Ouch. I use the fire exit. Not

the lift, the lift. Can you excuse

me? Is this the right way?

Okay, come on. Get in, get

in, get in. Really? Hey, hey,

hey. Ooh, this is smart. Mike.

Oh, my God. Sorry. Are you okay? I mean,

you gave her a little head. All that

brain damage. Okay, look, this is still

an emergency, so

let's go, let's go, let's go.

Is this a children's elevator?

Are you okay? Should we even be

in here? What are you down? We're

in a small children's lift. We're avoiding

crowds. Not a children's lift. By

the way, I don't know what this is.

Let me find out what.

Door. Okay, Let me. Yeah.

To the roof. Guys. The hell?

We should assume possible

suspect still in. The hotel or the area.

We know where the assembly points are.

Just to remind everyone to get

the guest away from the building

so that they're not

standing outside for a farrier.

Oh, this one. Let's go. Get in. Get on.

This is good. This is good.

Grab what you can before I get over here.

Oh, God. Help me out with this. Come on.

Yeah, yeah.

God.

Okay. Nobody can get in.

Yeah, and we can't get out.

Well, we couldn't even hit the

stairs. It's easy. They're saying b*mb.

Everyone's saying b*mb. Oh,

my God. We're safest here. No.

No idea. But look at this.

Could this building collapse?

I haven't seen the architectural

plans for the building.

Wow. Well, you know what?

Now's a good time for sarcasm.

I mean, I don't know if the building

could collapse. I. I know nothing about

the building. t*rrorists. Oh,

no, don't say that word. It's Alexa.

No, it's not me, it's expl*si*n.

t*rrorists. Flood everyone running around,

arms in the air saying, t*rrorists.

Twitter. It's always one step ahead.

I thought it was called X. I'll call

the police. I didn't see any blood, but I.

Well, I'm just, like, watching it all

now in, like, real time. I don't know,

maybe you blocked it out.

Older people do do that. I'm 47.

Really? Car. The Arthur. Yeah, really.

It's not really cool, Dex. By the

way, please leave a message. And I'll

call you back. Mum, it's me, Charlie.

Can you give me a call when you

get this? I know you're really

busy, but it's important. Okay, bye.

Hello, you've reached Ted.

Please leave a message.

Dad, it's me, Charlie. Your only

daughter. How's things? Yeah, yeah,

cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. That's great.

Anyway, listen, I've got something f*cking

nuts to tell you. Call the office.

Never answer your phone. Dad,

what's the point of even

having one? Can you give me

a call back? It's important. Okay, bye.

Lots of us left the building.

Everyone thinks it's terror.

We don't know who's down there on

the ground, so we're just, like, biding our

time up here.

Call the office. This is a really good

example of focusing on what I can

control, which is being inside

this room, rather than what

I can't control, which is

t*rrorists outside this door.

Oh, Jesus.

Do you want to open a

window? Yeah, could you?

This. God, the noise on this.

We're receiving worrying reports from the

North Sea, where we're hearing a group of

British fishermen are stranded

aboard their ship off the coast of Norway.

Give it here. Just. Yeah, just

let me. What's the address of the

emergency? Yeah, it's the

London Bridge Hotel in London.

Hold. No, no, no, no, no, no. Hello? No,

I don't want to hold in an emergency.

God, this is what happens when you

live in a socialist country.

I'm not leaving another voicemail.

I'm not leaving you. I know, right?

Preserve your dignity.

Robbie, it's your sister. You're a twat.

Can you answer your phone? I need

to talk to someone.

You're not gonna f*cking

believe what's happened

to me. Terror attack.

Call me. I don't need to borrow money. Bye.

Well, like, no, but I'm

covering It pretty well.

Taking a lot of those.

Rochelle. Oh, sorry. Yeah.

Charlie. Sorry. Nice to meet

you. Hey, you don't have to listen.

I'm sorry that you couldn't get a

hold of anyone. Oh, God, no, that's.

That's very normal for

me. Don't worry. I called

my wife earlier. She

didn't answer either. Auntie.

Sorry. Keith. Former journalist,

recovering alcoholic. 14 times I

called her. Wow. 14 times.

Too many times. Keith.

Hello, Sir. Are you in the hotel?

Yeah, we are. We're in a room.

Yes. Yeah, my name is Gareth and

I'm part of the team looking into the

incident at the London Bridge Hotel.

It's Gareth. Hi. Which room

are you in, sir? What floor

are we on, guys? Call it 8.

Room number? I don't know.

Okay. What's your name, please? Monday.

Keith Monday. How's it

going, Keith? We're working

hard to get you out of that

building as soon as possible.

How many people are in the room?

Four. Four people in the room.

Three. There's three of us. There's four

there. Oh, my God. Yeah.

Yeah. Ye. Whose room do you think this is?

Please, you have to keep

your voice down. What are you

all doing? We're in your room. Yes,

but. I'm sorry. And. But

please keep your voice down.

Reports of an expl*si*n in

central London, apparently close to

the river. Multiple sources on social

media have posted about hearing loud

bangs in the London Bridge area.

We're getting reports along with

various images on social

media of people leaving us. Sorry.

Someone just walked in the

room. We must be in his room. Just.

Just. Just make sure he's calm

and quiet. Please be calm and

quiet. Really sorry. We're

in your bed. Must all be quiet.

That way nobody will know that

you're there. We must all be quiet.

That way nobody will know we're

here. Oh, my God. We can hear him.

Why you here? The

elevator broke and this door

was open, so we're hiding. There's been an

expl*si*n of. An expl*si*n of some

kind, possibly multiple explosions

in the central London area this evening.

What? It was, Keith. Am I

unspeakable? It's unclear at this

stage. At the moment,

we're assessing the situation.

Is it terror? This might not be an

isolated incident. It's important

that you don't let anyone know

that you're there. All

you've got to do is sit in the

middle of the room and be quiet.

Sit in the middle of the room and

be quiet. Don't contact anyone

until we get the situation

under control. It won't be

for long. Stay vigilant and

don't answer the door to

anyone. 1.

Charlie, you still there? Charlie?

Charlie, stop for a minute. Keith,

Listening. Full attention, mate.

Yeah, I need someone in there

who's alert and fully present,

Keith, Is that clear? No, no,

I. I get it. I get it. Okay.

Which. Which situation

contain really nice light on. My face

with a TV in that one. Look contained.

That's great. It is on the national news,

though. It is, yes. And

the only thing getting in the

way of us pulling you out of there

is anyone finding out that you're in

there. Remember, we're treating

this as an ongoing situation, Keith.

A live threat. Do not

give away your location.

Is that understood? Charlie. Charlie.

No. Facebook, Instagram,

tick tock, whatever. Don't do

it. Put it away. No one's

done that, have they, Keith?

Good.

Yep. All right. Because

I don't want my offices

in any more danger than they have to be.

Can I just ask, should we

leave the room? We ran and

hid, but should we leave

the room? Or is that if

nobody knows that you're

in. Stay where you are.

If you do what I've told

you, we'll get you out alive.

Can I just say,

don't want to die.

Just do what we say in central. London,

showing people there moving

quickly down the emergency stairs.

One person capturing these images as they

go down the escape route,

presumably hopefully walking

to safety. At the moment, we don't

have any official word from authorities

on what the expl*si*n

was. Of course, in light of

the recent spate of terror attacks

by extremist groups around the globe,

police are taking this

threat very seriously.

From the top, then.

Haven't posted anything or

hardly posted anything. Which one is it?

Yeah, no more hardly

than happen. I'm helping people.

Oh. Oh, it's Shona.

Hello, It's Mommy.

I think that you can hear

me, but I can't hear you.

Hello? People are scared. They want to know

stuff. Call me back. But I won't

do it anymore. If that's what we all want.

I know you're helping

others and that's good of you,

but I just think. All I've

really done is insta storeys.

Twitter. Okay, some snap,

but snap disappears unless you screenshot

it. Does anything really

disappear? It disappears. Rochelle?

Nope.

Do you want to turn that off?

Not really, no. Is that everything?

Tick tock. Obviously, yeah.

I mean, it's not. It doesn't really matter

because I've only got a few thousand

followers, which is not

right because I have a

lot to offer. I know we're in

your room. Sorry, what's your

name? Himmat. I know we're

in your room. Him at

without permission, but do you

want to put some clothes on? I

don't know where my trousers are. Oh,

we threw them at the door.

What? We. They're at the

door. I'll get them. Yeah.

What do we think about

all that? Should I tell

Gareth? You're asking

the wrong person. I think

my daughter cell down the

toilet. She go on binges TikTok

days and days without

food and water. People think

that addiction to social media

is a joke, but it decreases

the functioning of the central

nervous system. Instagram decreases

the functioning of the central

nervous system. I've seen it.

Look, before we go slightly off

track here, should I tell Gareth

yes or no? All the police are on

the way, aren't they? Yeah, and I'm

not flashing my phone

down the carsy. No

one's asking you to

flush anything anywhere.

Wow. My followers have shot.

Shut up. Oh, yeah, you see?

I'm touching lives. Touching everyone.

We all heard that, right? I heard

Place. That quick. What?

What?

No, please. Hello?

We shouldn't have come here.

Got to be quiet. I can hear you in there.

Hey. Keep that door shut.

Open up. You have to keep your voice down,

yeah? Why? Okay.

Oh, why am I doing this? Oh, my God.

Stay out of the way.

Come on, Just.

Paul, come on.

It's the cleaner. It's not a cleaner,

it's security. You on your

own? Always. I'm frontline

security. First line of defence.

You're trained in counterterrorism?

God, no. Not training. Anything, actually,

no, just terrorism,

yeah. Oh, wow. That shot up 168.

That can't be right.

It's not a real Fitbit.

It's an expl*si*n. That's all we know.

We're hiding in here. Do you want to

come in? Right.

It's like chaos out

there, like blood, dust,

really. g*ns. g*ns? Weren't there

g*ns? You didn't say anything about g*ns.

g*ns as well, yeah.

There's talk of terrorism.

We don't know anything yet,

but we must keep this door shut.

We're under really strict.

Oh, God, I blame myself.

I would have checked their

bags. So this is on me. Once.

Some people just came in with machine g*ns.

I just waltzed in with machine

g*ns. In Tesco. Carrier bags.

Um.

Okay. I'm gonna close

this door. Okay, Listen,

close the door and stay safe,

yeah? Yeah. You haven't

seen us. We aren't here.

I don't know who you are. I don't

know who you Are. And please

keep your voice down, actually. Wow.

He's special. I'll get changed.

Great idea. Do that, do that.

Cool, cool, cool. Come on, dude.

Do you want to do that in the bathroom?

Sorry. You can't stand outside the

door, mate. That's the worst of both

worlds. I am heading out. Just

a bit cautious, that's all. But just

trying to work out which way to

go. Please come in. Why don't you?

I really want to. I do want to,

but I just. I feel like I

sort of need to protect

everyone. Maybe we

need, like, a special code

for when I come back. If I

come back, I will come back.

Like a knock, a secret knock. Just.

Do you know what I mean?

Should I do it one more time? Just so

you know what it is?

That was different. It can be

different, just as long as it's got the

right sort of energy.

There's, like, a vibe.

Do you think the point of

a. Secret knock, though,

is that only you and I know

exactly what it is and we do.

Because I've just. I've just done it

for you. Fine. I love the

knock. I'm closing the door.

Bloody hell. What? Please just

get changed in the bathroom.

Happy? No. Yeah.

Some of them were

physically okay as they left.

Again, no word on the

cause of the expl*si*n,

what might be responsible.

Anything gonna pop this back up?

Yeah. Does anybody

know about these?

Now, I have people who do

machines. For me, so Knack

has yet to comment. They said

they're working with the police. You see,

when I do that, it goes

quiet. A live incident. Still no

official word on the cause of the expl*si*n

and whether or not people are inside

or whether someone or a group

is responsible. What we can do

is go live to a place near the scene

to Cathy Wood, and I understand

Kathy, with someone who was inside

the hotel at the time of the expl*si*n.

Thanks, Simon. Understandably,

there's a lot of fear

that this is linked to the recent

upsurge in extremist violence. But,

yes, I've got Reese with me who

was inside the hotel at the time.

Remember to keep that down.

Bumping into one another. We didn't know

what was happening, so we just ran.

Blossom, mate. Okay, I understand that

the underground. Oh,

my God. Oh. What is that?

Are you okay? I did not

say. It's on my back. It's on

my back. I can go blind.

Keith, what have you done? No,

what have you done? I mean, I

just. It's on my. Why did you do

that? I did. Oh, my God.

To help me get this off. Oh, My

God. What are you doing here?

I am very sensitive.

Smells. I get some angry.

Leave me alone.

I think it's acid. I can smell it.

You helped enough.

Why are you even in here?

You'll have to come out with

me. Do I? Yeah. In the bathroom.

Leave the bathroom. In the bathroom.

Come away. I promise.

Do the mic. Sit in the middle

of the room and be quiet. Fine.

Airon blue. One thing after

another in a terror attack.

I process any stimuli very deeply.

How are they okay?

Yeah. You're fine. I don't think

I got any answer to them.

No, no. That. And that's fine as well.

You need to keep connected, huh? I do.

I just. I feel kind of like

tempted to post another video

as I'm out.

I just. Because I feel like I should.

You know? I've got.

I've got 33,000 followers. Isn't that.

Addiction can creep up on you.

As alive and major incident

in that London Bridge

area. The police are still trying to

establish if anyone remains in the hotel.

You okay? Yes. I vote for a moment of calm.

Minibar. Let's keep that

gunpowder dry, shall we?

It's nice to see you in clothes,

Hitler. Reports are saying people

are in a hotel room. Yeah.

These clips, will they appear appear to

show people running down emergency

stairs. And they're reminiscent

of the kind of images you'd

see after an expl*si*n or an

impact blast. What's unknown is

the cause of the expl*si*n. But

there are many already fearing the

worst. If you've just joined

us, there's been an expl*si*n in

a hotel building. Look, if this sh*t

hit the fan and t*rrorists tried to get

in, can we hide? Really?

Come on, let's stay upbeat.

Let's try something. I've got

an idea.

You can't just sit on the toilet

and expect not to be k*lled.

That's perfect. I can see you.

So can I. Yeah, I can see.

You in the mirror. Actually.

I'm uncomfortable. At least

now we know it doesn't work.

Okay, great.

That was my phone vibrating

against the side of the cupboard.

Yeah. Okay. Have you seen Under Siege with

Jean Claude Van Damme?

No. Always follow the pipe

because it leads to kitchens. All right.

It's pretty dusty. Yeah. Don't

let me eat anywhere near that.

It's blocked off. If you're gonna go

further. Could do.

Can you keep it down? Keith?

Go any further?

It's worth trying. Yeah.

Can we just stop this now?

What's the takeaway from

all this? What does that mean?

People say that kind of thing.

That's a really Good one. They'll

have to come and get us. Or we

leave or we die. Kathy.

Thanks, Simon. We've just

received word that the police

have stationed themselves not

far away and the fire brigade are

here ready for the word to move in.

There are people being cared

for close by and some ambulance

is stationed just around the corner on

Borough High Street. You're just looking,

right. Real sense of urgency around

here. Yeah, of course. With the emergency

service doing a wonderful

job. I just think, like,

people are weirded out

that I've just gone quiet,

you know, If I was out there, I

would definitely want to hear from

This gives you things that.

That, like, can't give you.

I've given people an idea of

what it's like in here. First person

and amongst all the terror and everything.

Giving them hope. Right,

well, just don't give them any

more hope. This is Frontline

reporting, Keith. You of all people

should know that. Oh, honestly, I

get it. You're a news reporter and this is

the Arab Spring. All right, there's no

need for that. There's so much of us

to keep a handle on, but what

we can see is people heading

down what appears to be a corridor.

And just to repeat for those

of us who've just joined us,

there has been a large expl*si*n

in a hotel in central London.

Oh, wow. What's transpired is

that there's footage of a group

of people entering a room in

the hotel after the expl*si*n.

Now, that's according to

social media. This presumably

coming before any warnings to stay

away or move clear of the hotel post

expl*si*n. Oh, my God.

I shot that. Look, look, your face

is so big. I can see that.

Nobody's meant to know

we're here. We're lying low,

remember? Are still inside. We don't

know their identities, of course.

We don't know if they've been taken to

that room or whether or not they're

in hiding or if they're hostile of some

description. At this stage, we don't

know much more than that. All we

have is this glimpse of them

entering that room in this footage.

f*cking hell. Oh, ok. But they

don't know that we haven't left.

Oh, my God. They don't know if

we haven't left the hotel. Well, it can't

get much worse, can it?

And some breaking news now.

We've just been made aware

of an unnamed supposed t*rror1st

group who've claimed responsibility

for this incident. There's no

way at this stage of verifying

that claim or whether or not

they're in the Building. But we have

access to a video. This is it. It

finished streaming just moments

ago. There is audio to

this video, but because this

is a live investigation, we're just going

to show you the pictures. At the moment,

whatever this is, the. This can be

considered a serious development and

a reminder that the police

are treating this as a live threat.

This is. This is my fault. I posted

more than I said earlier. Just want

to say that now. Like, just come clean.

Yeah. I played it down and.

You played it down. I did.

I did. Who was that?

Wasn't me. I didn't

touch anything. What have

I done? What have I

done? What have I done? Is this

my fault? Wait, wait, wait, wait. Oh,

my God. Everyone else. t*rrorists

can be a little disorganised.

Yeah. Okay, so everybody just need to

calm down. Exactly. Yeah. We don't

know anything. We don't know anything.

Exactly. It's probably

nothing. Just somebody saying

that they've done something. Something

that they haven't. It happens. Yeah.

Can I offer anyone

anything? Keith. Big man.

Yeah. Oh, no.

That'S not the time.

Maybe it is if this is it. No.

Okay. So my daughter was an addict. Yeah.

Yeah. And every now and again

she get the urge to. To reach for her

phone. I think I do want a

drink. Yes. And I'd say to her,

keith, he's an

alcoholic. Sorry, I. I didn't

know that. Okay. Keith. And

then I would tell her that the way

to conquer it, Keith, is this. You

wouldn't mind if I have a vodka.

Look at me. Look at me. Look

at me. Look at my eyes. Okay,

can we just breathe

together? Can we breathe

together? Yeah. Okay, here we

go. Right, breathe in. Arch your back.

Breathe out.

Lines up. Breathe in. Arch your back.

Breathe out. That is impressive.

Oh, my God. Christ. Or breathe

in. You could do this. Full body exercise.

Move. Let me show you. What's up, bro?

You okay? Keith. Keith.

Hemit. If you don't come

up, this is what happens.

I know this is a sensitive

time, but I just feel like

I should tell everyone because I don't

know if it's important, but I wouldn't want

to not say, could help

us. It's fine. Go ahead.

Rita Ora retweeted me.

She screen grabbed my

tweet and she retweeted it.

So my followers are like, can I

have your phone? No, you can't.

What's Rita aura gonna do?

Make a bloody song about it. Okay,

yeah, I did say, like, I wasn't sure

about mentioning it. And

if you want my opinion,

I do think you sound quite naive for

a journalist. We're meant to be laying

low. Yeah? Doing

nothing. There are t*rrorists

on the tv. No, no, no,

no. How many followers

does Rita aura have? You know

what? It doesn't even. It's not important.

I think I'll run a salt bath. You'll

do nothing of the sort. How many

followers?

Six million.

Six million? Yeah. Are you kidding me?

How does she have that

many followers? I know you're

not the first to ask that

question, but her songs are sexy.

Yeah. Having said that, if I were

you, I'd be going spare right now

because you are in charge. Uh,

excuse me. How is he in charge? Yeah.

Well, yeah, because he's a

man and 50 and he's white.

I don't think he's in charge of

anything. Mate, I'm 47. I've said that.

Basically, if there are t*rrorists in the

building and they like Rita

Ora, they'll know we're here.

Wow. Thanks, Emmett. She could be our ally.

Could. Could she? I don't think so.

Hello? Hi, it's me. Oh, thank God.

Someone's cut the TV

signal. Yeah, might be the hotel

laying low. I said,

are you laying low?

Very low. Yeah, very low.

Because the news headline is

that people are inside the hotel.

What? And the footage

came from social media.

Really? That's. That's. That's bad.

I mean, it's your face, Keith.

Google tells us it's your face entering

a hotel room. What? After everything we

talked about? No, I mean

we don't. We. We've been

non communicative. Very quiet as well.

Just sitting in the middle of the floor,

not doing enough. You should have told

me. I didn't know.

I did know. Obviously I knew. Yeah,

I'm sorry. I'll take the

hit on that. It's my fault.

We've seen the video of

the group that's claimed.

We all feel like we can't take

chances, so we're speeding

things up and taking a risk. What does

that mean? We're gonna come in, so please

be quiet and do what we've

told you. We can't legislate.

Do you think we should

leave? No, no, stay put.

I just said that. Keith. Keith.

Keith. Keith. Did you get that? Can I.

Keith? Keith? Keith,

are you there?

It's me, Charlie. Hi,

Charlie. Yeah, it's

not his fault. We're just

making sure you all know the situation.

We're moving in now. We should be with

you in 20 or so minutes.

Wow. Okay. If you take longer, don't panic.

We are trying. And we'll be 20 minutes,

they reckon. Oh, look,

if you're. If you're coming

to get us, can I, like, let people know?

Like, keep everyone updated? When you

say everyone, can I post about the rescue?

Well, what do you think? I think.

I just think if we could engage a

bit and just put something out there

so that people will know that. You

shouldn't even know you were in that hotel.

Hmm. I am.

I'm getting a lot of heat, that's all.

I'm looking now and there's

a woman at Dignitas who says

that she won't die unless she knows

that we're okay. Do you know Dignitas?

I'm aware of Dignitas, yes.

Rita always invited me to the

Brits. Congratulations.

How can I come to the Brit

Award? For f*ck's sake,

Charlie. What are the Brit Awards?

Charlie? Yeah, so someone

else has organised a funeral fund

for me, just in case, which is,

like, really, like, really thoughtful,

actually. But they've mocked up my

face on Photoshop and they've put me in an

open casket and, like, I just. I wouldn't

mind letting them know that's not

quite what I. Switch off

your phone. Turn it

off. Ask yourself what's

more important in people's lives

or being popular on social media?

I can't guarantee your safety. If you keep

this up, Charlie, you're

putting lives at risk.

How was that?

Can we all just sit in the

middle of the room and be quiet?

Even if we just did it for five

minutes, I'd be happy. Yeah,

okay. Yeah, you're right. We haven't a

single thing we've been asked to so far.

Yeah. Sorry, Keith, this

must be pretty hard for you.

You did your best ushering us in here.

Probably the wrong decision in

hindsight, but. Easy mistake to make.

Rochelle and I, we went along with

it, didn't we? Oh, yeah, yeah, we took

a punt, didn't we, mate? You

know, you've had my. My stuff

to deal with and, like, you

know, the police. Well, I'm fine.

I just. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we get it.

Why don't you just come on,

join us in the middle of the room

and why don't we stum up? Yeah, thank you.

I just need put something on

that I think we're all really like.

Something peaceful. This

actually always works for me.

Dolphins. Oh, healing dolphins. Oh, sure.

I mean, but just for the sake of

my sanity, can you make sure that

volume.

So 20 minutes? Yeah, that's like.

Like straight away.

Imagine how long it would

take t*rrorists to get here.

Like, hours, ages, A very long

time. Yeah, it's like a

needle in a haystack for them.

Oh, my God. That's a great analogy. I love

Yeah. I mean, how many rooms are

there in the hotel? 522.

Yeah. Okay.

Well, what, are there, seven or

eight floors? Nine in this hotel,

I think. Oh, all right. 522 divided

by nine. That's 58 per

floor. All right, how long would it

take for each room? Like, I don't know,

a minute, 15 seconds of room. Not even

that. 10. Yeah, here we go. 10 times 58.

What's that? That's 580

seconds. But then they

also have to, like, move floors, so

that's. They'll be working in tandem. Yeah,

we'll be working alone.

Yeah. So 580 divided

by 60 seconds is 10 minutes.

f*cking hell. I thought

you'd say a lot longer than

Double it. Just to be safe.

Yeah, and to make us feel

Who's this? Whose is that? Oh, my God.

Oh, that takes me back to

my third husband. Great body,

big old d*ck, but too nasty in a sack.

You gotta drop a line somewhere.

You gonna answer that?

It's my workflow. I don't

want to. I don't know how

to change the ringtone. Yeah,

settings. Oh. What?

Answer it. It might be your wife.

Hello? What room are you in?

Who is this? I'm Keith.

This is Keith's phone.

I'm not going to repeat myself.

Keith.

Who are you? Tell me

where you are and we'll

let you live.

Hello? You still there?

Sorry, I'm listening. I'm

just genuinely thinking about

what you said.

We know you're in the bedwind.

Do you?

They know we're here. Who does?

Who knows where he is? I don't

know. I don't know. He just

said he'd let us live if I told him

where we are. Well, who is he?

Can we turn the dolphins

off? Sure. What would. Socially.

Everybody just. Where are the

police? Everyone just be calm.

You're the one that hung up

on them. I know. Why did you

even pick up? Yeah,

you told me to pick it up.

Right, that's it. I'm not hanging

about here anymore. Well,

I'm not going to be spoken to

like that, that's for sure. We have to

stand up to these pricks, don't we? Do we?

Do we? Listen. Listen to me.

How are we gonna play

this? Okay? Let's just

talk this through. Let's see what

these people are made of, okay?

Hello? You probably don't

remember me, but you just

called me. And can I

just first say that you don't

stand a cat in hell's chance

of finding us? This is a large

hotel and we've worked it out. They

won't be worth your while checking

the rooms. Not true, is

it? Take too long. Christ.

And I just want to say I don't

care who you are or what your cause is,

but you people make me.

You know what's funny? Oh, dear. Can I be

straight with you for a

moment? Yes. It's me.

I know this. Do you know

why? Who are you? Who is this?

Nigel. I'm in the garden

shed, hiding Nigel?

Yeah. So not a t*rror1st? No, it's me.

Oh, my God. I can't take

much more of this. It's Nigel.

Some old b*stard I used to know.

What the f*ck's the matter with you?

Sorry. I just saw your face on

the. Street News and I. I know

it's. Tricky at the moment with

everything going on, but if you

could just sign those divorce

papers, it'd be so helpful.

You've had them ages. Me and Michelle

are really happy. I'm not

signing the divorce papers.

It'll blow over.

We all know that's not true.

Wow, it's hot in here.

Oh. Goodbye, nigel. Thanks for calling.

Sorry, Keith. Yeah.

Sorry, Keith. Who is Nigel?

The b*stard in the shed. He's my best mate.

Ex best mate.

Such a relief. Though.

Not. Not the stuff with your wife when

we thought he was a t*rror1st. Really?

Yeah. Yeah. Right. Have this.

Hey. No. Was that your

wife's lover? That's a terrible

idea. Take it. No, that's just dumb.

He needs a pick me up. Look at

him. He needs something to take the

edge off. He'll be okay.

Another. Oh, no, no, no, no. Come

on now. I did the wrong thing by

bringing us here. Yeah,

I did say. Ah. That felt

good. Tasted pretty bad, though.

Another one. Don't you dare him.

It. This man is broken. His best

friend is probably pounding his wife

right now. I don't think

alcohol's the answer. Is it not?

Of course not. This man needs to make

fundamental changes to his life.

He needs to change everything.

That's my TED Talk. Well.

I don't know what to do. You can

get me another drink. No, you don't.

Or I'll get one myself. There's no

need for that, Keith. You keep the.

Don't you dare. Stay where you

are. This bar's closed. Do I love it?

Give a shot. Stop it now.

Stop it. Knock it off. Knock it Off.

Please be responsible for my actions.

I need another drink.

Back off. I've written one.

I haven't delivered it yet.

Stop it. Stop it. Please don't do

this. No, no, no.

Calm down. Keith. Stop it.

Stop it. Stop. Charlie.

How are you? Sorry. It's

been a while. Guys. Mark it

up. I'm not seeing you for so long.

I'm just making sure you're okay.

Out of cupboards they come. I love her.

You're friends with her now. Are you really

doing guest vocals on her album?

Like you said. Do you want to stop?

Anyway. Call me. Call me. Call me.

I'm getting on the tube. Love to Rita.

Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye bye. Still going.

Oh my God. Are you farting? Sometimes.

Oh.

Oh my. To give in.

Okay. Get off.

f*cking hell. I hate everything. What's the

matter with me? I hate this hotel.

This room only popped in

for a specialty green tea.

Can I have a vodka?

Yes or no? No. Were fine.

You. God it's hot in here. Yeah.

Can't we just open the door for a

bit? Get some air in here.

We're not opening that door again.

I'm going to fix this thing

if it's the last thing I do.

Stay there. Give me that chair.

Stay there.

Stay. Oh, Careful.

Look at this. Must be awful

for them being in there.

Police should be honest with

them. There's a problem at the hotel.

That's why we haven't heard anything.

Oh my God. We're called. We called

the London Bridge Fort. We've got a

name. Yeah. The police should be here soon.

What's he doing in there? Hello.

Keep it down in here. What? I'm getting a

thing. Damn it.

Making a rope so we

can all abel down later.

Once I've done this. We

talk shop. We talk options.

Do we him out. Another vodka please.

No. Tell you what.

I'll give you one if you can

get that piece of sh*t working.

Doesn't it? Surely not.

Keith. Well done.

No one thought you were going to do that.

It might. You or me. I'm

dreaming. Don't give it to him.

Stay out of this.

A bet's a bet.

Wow. It's going to get cold in a second.

Right?

It doesn't get any better does

it? Tastes like a hot dog. How do

we make the hot air cold? Yeah.

It's really hot air. Keep really really

hot. That's really hot. That can't be

right there. Can't we just open the door

just for a minute? No. We should actually.

I'm fixing this thing. Don't go Overboard.

Do fix it. It. It's a nightmare.

My brace will is hell.

Hang on a second. I wouldn't.

I wouldn't be a good idea.

Break it. Be careful.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Hell, it's not pumping out

hot air now, is it? Oh, my God.

Christ.

That is going out of this.

Window. Why?

Out of the way. Oh, my God. We're k*lling

two birds with one

stone. I hate this AC unit.

And we can't open the window and

we need air and we're not going out

that way, so actually, that's three birds.

Keith, come on. Don't make

me wrestle you again. Listen to

yourself. Keith. This is a bad idea. And

you're being embarrassing. We can't go

through that door. It's too late for

that. We're going out that way and

we're going to use your

rope. Are we? Trust me,

please, this will work.

Come on. We all know.

We all know that. That's. That's. That's.

We're not going anywhere with that.

That's just some towels tied together.

It's a death wish. It's ridiculous.

It is, actually. We're leaving.

We're getting out of here. Are you

sure? It. It's a long way down.

I've only just had a proper look. Yeah,

I think you're gonna be

embarrassed about this in a bit. Yeah,

well, we can open the door and die.

Oh, my God. We are number

one. Trending on Twitter.

Or worldwide.

Or we can smash the window

and live. What do we do? Is that

really the choice? I don't

think that's the actual choice,

like, at all. Do we sit

here and wait like sitting

ducks? No. Oh, my God. Oh,

my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Keith.

Oh, my God. That looks so painful.

Keith. Oh, my God. You poor man.

He's not dead, is he?

No, he's not dead. He's like

concussed. Game.

Game. If you can hear me,

it's two blinks for yes and one blink for

no. Actually,

what I mean is two blinks

for no and one blink for yes.

No.

Okay, no worries.

Look at that.

Open the door.

What now? Maybe we

could use my rope to leave.

I could pop the window open

and we could climb down to

safety. How does it work?

What do you mean? Two of us hold the rope

while one of us climbs down.

What happens to the

person left in the room?

Damn it.

Have you thought about how the rope works?

That's that. sh*t. Knock.

What now? Well,

we have to let him in. Why? He's so loud.

Okay.

Are you on your own? Yes, of course

I am. Yeah, it's him. Look at that.

I didn't know you filmed that. Oh,

I wish. I got it in slow motion. Hey, guys,

can you help me move this stuff, please?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, I can't move the whole

table. I have a bad back.

May I take that? Thank you. Thank you.

Okay, that needs to

come in there. Yeah, it will

fit in there. Yeah, I know, guys. Yeah.

Lean on me in case I need to shut

the door. Quickly, put your weight

on me. Oh, should I go and

get the rope? Shut your rope.

Wow. Aggressive.

Oh, my God. What? What? What? What? What?

No.

Oh, my God. Why? Why, why? Why did

I do that? Oh, my God. There's

bits of fingers stuck in the do.

Get in here.

Come in. Dave, come and take a

seat. Come on. Come in here. No,

no, no. You need to go in

there. Don't listen to him. Charlie.

Charlie. Oh, my God. Charlie. Get

out there. Get your sh*t together. Oh,

my God. What's up now? You made

me sick.

Take your flannel.

What happened? Did you

get some t*rrorists? Hey,

let's get a towel. Where are

the. Where are all the clean

towels? He might use them

for his rope. I don't need a

f*cking towel. I need an

orthopaedic surgeon. Okay.

Oh, geez. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

The TV's back up.

Sorry. Jeez.

My face. Any.

The cleanest one I

could find. Please. Gentle,

gentle, please.

You. I hate you. Sorry. All right,

breathe.

Okay, well, get your fingertips

from the door. Thank you.

We got some ice. No.

Don't. Don't you.

I need some ice.

Charlie, over here.

Fingers. Where? Kathy has

more. Kathy. Hi. This is a joint

statement from the police and

the London Fire Brigade.

I'll read it for you now. It says

the police and the London Fire

Brigade can confirm that the expl*si*n

in the hotel earlier this evening was

a gas expl*si*n. expl*si*n and the

result of a leaking gas pipe.

We will now prepare to make

sure everyone is accounted for and

provide care for those that are injured.

I don't believe it. Gas expl*si*n. Yeah.

That's good news. Yeah.

We'll bring you more on

that in due course. But

generally speaking, a relief that

we're not now talking about. That's

it. That's it. We're safe on any more

information when we get it. In

fact, it sounds like the Met Police

have just released a further

statement on their social media.

Yes, we're just getting that on

screen for you now. There it is. From the

Met Police, who say, contrary

to reports on social media

currently, we can neither

confirm nor deny that

the expl*si*n at a hotel in London

Bridge earlier this evening was the

result of a ghastly. However, at this

time, we are not. Does anyone have

my fingertips? As an act of

terrorism, we no longer consider

this incident to be a live threat. They go

on to say the area will stay locked

down until further notice while we

clear the hotel and do the necessary

work to get the hotel and surrounding area

safe and secure. So that's it then, is it?

So what appears to be an interesting.

Development, just like that, we're safe,

are we? I'd get them myself, but I

just. I don't know where they are,

that's all. What do you mean?

I'm just saying. I'm just saying I'd

really like to hear from Gareth at this

point. Yeah, because

this. Because this man here

said that he fought off t*rrorists.

Did he? Did I? Look at the

state of him. Yeah, no,

exactly. So, do you know what?

If this man says he's been a

hero and fought off t*rrorists

with his bare hands,

he's innocent until proven

guilty. Thank you. I just need. I

just think people deserve kindness

and the benefit of the doubt

until their lies are proved.

Okay, so I'm not wishing to

patronise, but I think that you've

mixed. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I've made my point. Don't

want to hear anything anymore.

Okay. Do you think my

fingers at the door maybe. Yeah,

majorly. So that you get them.

Did I? Did I? I feel. I don't think

that's the right job for me. Sorry,

I didn't. Just mean to give a really

good speech like that, off the

cuff. Sorry, I don't mean to rush you.

I just think if we don't get. Them

soon, they'll die. Yeah, okay, fine.

Fine, fine, fine. Thank you.

Teamwork makes the dream work.

Yeah. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, God. Oh, hell.

Okay. Do you want me

to wash it? Yes, please.

Bridge 4, which appear to be

made up of those people that fled

to a hotel room at one point. We

weren't sure if those detailed their will

and if people are asking

about their thereabouts now.

Thank you. I'm here in the

kitchen. Tell where the expl*si*n

actually took place. And with

me is Joe, a local plumber who

claims he knew immediately

that it was likely to be a gas leak.

Joe? Yeah. I'd known

for a while. I saw it on

the news and I came straight down

and talked to the fire brigade and asked

if I could show. So to clarify, in your

opinion. It's a gas leak. I

know it's. It was a gas leak.

Gasoline. Yeah, I was talking.

Seems to be the opinion

down here is that it's a damaged

gas pipe. Although I think

we can all agree it is terrifying.

Yes. But these biscuits

aren't garibald baldies.

Thanks to Kathy woods

there at the scene in the burnt

out remains of the hotel kitchen,

it does now appear that this

may have been an accident. An

expl*si*n as a result of a faulty gas

pipe that in effect threw up

more questions than it's answered.

Hi. You're okay. I saw it.

Yeah, I'm okay. I mean. Well, one of us is

knocked out and somebody else

has lost a couple of fingers, but.

What? We're all gonna

be okay. I'm coming home.

I want to stay. So it's night

then. What? Looks like. Okay,

good. When are you getting

out? Well, the police said

that they're on their way. They have

been on their way for a really long

time. Socialism. This is what

happens when you go. To a socialist

country. Mom. I know, right? I

said that earlier. In the meantime,

joining me on the line, Alex Potter, a

friend of this programme and an expert

on extremism in Europe and the

Middle east and other global territories.

So it seems most experts are pointing

to this being a gas. That we haven't

had definitive confirmation

from the authorities yet. And until

we do, we should keep an

open mind. Evening, Alex.

Evening. Gas leaks.

Know anything about those?

I don't know. At the

moment we're still unsure

about exactly what happened, aren't

we? Why have the authorities still not far?

Brigade have told us it was a

gas leak. They did. But do we keep

an open mind? I don't think we do, no.

Shall we talk about the

gas expl*si*n anyway?

I feel like gas leaks are not

really my area of expertise.

Spent considerable time in

northern Iraq, Afghanistan, Europe.

Tend to cover military

conflicts and extremism.

And studied Oxford.

Okay. Written four books.

Never heard of him. Don't know

anything about gas leaks. Exactly.

There you go. Yeah. Something's

not right. I just. You know,

I can. I can just feel it. It's not.

Oh God. Oh God.

Or has messaged me. Oh. Who's Aura?

Well, okay. t*rrorists. What

do you know about them?

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm just trying to sort these Brit tickets.

Let me guess. Rita's gone cold it.

Stop it.

Okay. What are

we doing? Opening the door

and walking out. No. No chance.

Who do we believe? I. I think

if. Why aren't the police

here? Where are they?

Yes. That's what I was

about to say. I'll do it.

Shall I? Shall I do what? I'll do it.

How do we know that this

is true? Like a hundred %.

Can't be 100%. You can't. Why

should we believe these people?

I wouldn't send Oxford uni bollocks

across the street for a f*cking.

Sandwich. Oh. Oh, look at me. I've written

four books. You can shove

your books up your a*s. Mate.

All four of. Them. Because each

one of us, any one of us could

walk out of that room right now

and be met with the

person who did that. What a.

Mess. Cheers. Oh, she's right.

This can't all be for nothing.

That man's lost fingers.

And I'll tell you what,

Charlie, I bet you're not

going to the Brits, no

matter how hard you beg Rita.

Ora. I wouldn't

beg Rita Ora for diddly sh*t

him. Up. Because being a hero of

a gas expl*si*n isn't really a. Thing.

No, it's. Not.999. Which service do you.

Require? Police. Pushing

you. Through. Police.

What's the address of the emergency,

please? London Bridge Hotel. Can I speak

to. Hello, you in

the hotel? Gareth, it's Jessica.

I'm part of the post incident

team at the London Bridge Hotel.

I've just been talking. Post incident. No,

no, no, no, no, no, no. Okay. I

need to speak to Gareth right now,

please. We are still in danger.

He needs to call. Me.

Okay? Look, we're going

to come and get. You.

Yeah? You're gonna come and get us.

We're not. Well, we're

not leaving. No. Chance.

Charlie. Are you out of your tiny mind?

What are you doing?

Why are you doing. This?

Why?

Why? The Met seem increasingly. Satisfied.

Look at the. Tv. Was caused

by a gas. Leak. Look at. This.

Open mind with regard to the root

cause of the. Leak. Not everyone

is convinced that this

is a gas expl*si*n. Very.

Naive. We've heard it from the police,

right? We've heard it from the fire.

Brigade. Oh, blah, blah, blah,

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

blah. I don't want to

hear it, Rochelle. I just

want facts, not waffle from the

emergency. Services. Obviously it's true.

They said that they're on

their way, and I believe them.

Did he really fight off t*rrorists?

No offence, David. None.

Taken. You should take. Offence.

Should. I? Yeah, you.

Should. Because. What?

Okay, why don't

you just leave? I think

that might be best. Don't you

just. Go. Why? What do you. Mean?

Well, if you think it's so safe out

there, why don't you just. Leave?

Well, because. I don't

know. We're safe here. They told us

to wait, and you said that the police

were on their way. So. Bridge area

this evening, as well as the

management and staff at the hotel

in question. What we do, what we

do know at present, is that there's still

no direct official word from the

hotel on whether the infamous London

Bridge 4 fit in the hotel or

if they've left the. Building.

Oh, look who's come

crawling back. That'll be Gareth

the. Charlatan. Hello.

Finally we hear from Goliath. Hello,

Goliath. It's. David. What's. That?

What? Not. You. You might not have

seen this, because I know you've

been quiet, but we know the expl*si*n

was caused by a gas leak

now. So we'll come and get. You.

You'll all need a.

Cheque. We're not leaving.

Yeah, we're not

leaving. We're not going

anywhere. No, not leaving this room.

Not. Not. Not. Anything. Why would

you not leave the. Room?

Gareth? I'm standing

eye to eye with a man who's lost teeth and.

Fingers. Then he needs

to see a. Doctor. Yeah,

he definitely, definitely does.

Last I heard, extremists claim this. No,

you don't. Is that. Do you remember

that? Gareth? Maybe we should add that to

the. List. We said we were

sceptical about the claim. It was false.

It's terrible, but it's in their

interest to make claims

like that. Don't do this

to yourselves. You've all

been through it. Now.

We are not doing anything

without evidence. We're

doing nothing without.

Evidence. I'm a police

officer. You trust me with this

stuff. I've seen the.

Evidence. Let me. I want

to. Leave. Just be quiet for a. Second.

I want to. Leave. Please be quiet.

Gareth. Don't you dare

take that empathetic tone

with me. It will not work if you.

Make us force entry to that

room. You're wasting police.

Time. I'm a. Hostage. Storey.

Mate. There is still some. Uncertainty.

We're. Hostages. You're really.

Not. We. Are. Don't make us

come down there and break

in those guys. Don't about.

It will end badly for you.

Charlie. Threatening. Me?

Don't go from being a victim

to a. Criminal. Many people

are better than. That. Am. I.

Charlie?

Well? What did he. Say?

Listen, I'm going

to do a video telling

everyone what's. Happened.

But we know what's

going On. Charlie. Tell

them that we're not safe.

I think the general public deserve

to hear from people inside this room.

Not handy men with. Hunches.

Stop. Don't be ridiculous.

We are safe. It was a false alarm.

Everyone is being hysterical,

including them. You should be

happy you're alive. We survived.

We're lucky. You're lucky.

Yeah, not everyone is so.

Lucky. So. Yeah, have some.

Respect. We've received information

that looks like the expl*si*n was

caused by mismanagement of the hotel

or rather than an organised. Attack.

Hello? Police are now looking

to locate. Them. Is anybody.

Listening?

Might have occurred.

And in London Bridge now.

The latest is that the Met police

have announced that there will be a

full investigation into tonight's.

Incident. Do you want to do a video or.

Not? Increasingly satisfied that the

expl*si*n of the one. I guess. Gasly.

Of course. Not.

Just calm down. Just do leopard's

breath or whatever it is.

Can you just be. Quiet?

I'm going to see. You.

You're going to see me,

are. You? Huh? Yeah. Well, good luck

with that, mate. Just.

Just stay quiet. Please. Okay.

Do not like the. Music. I don't think

it. This. We'll just

stop it. Stop. It. Okay.

Better than the. Dolphins.

Okay, we're. On.

Oh, bloody. Hell. Just

like. That. Hello, world.

We feel the need to tell you our truth.

No longer will we be silenced. No one

important wants to be silenced. Mandela,

Gandhi, Assange and now us three.

Well, there's four. Four? Keith's

had a bit of an. Accident. There's.

Five. Really? Yeah. Keith threw the

aircon at the window and it

bounced back and hit him in the.

Face. Yeah. Okay, so there are

five of us in the room. One of

us doesn't want to be on camera.

And we understand.

That. So originally four,

then three, and then four

when you came, David.

And now it's just the three of. Us.

God. Almighty. It's not very prable,

is. It? Yes. Confusing. The

police asked us to remain in

this hotel room and we did, but no

more. We heard the rumours

that this was a gas leak,

but we think maybe someone in

the hotel would know something

about that. It doesn't add up,

my friends. The police

told us not to talk to anyone.

Yeah, but t*rrorists have told us

that they did this. This man

has fought t*rrorists himself.

What does that tell. Us?

Might have done? Okay,

so. So if I'm completely honest,

it wasn't well. Done.

You can stop clapping. You're

telling me that the police just go quiet?

And we're supposed to be okay

with that? We sit here in front of you

as hostages with my followers.

Going back up. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the support.

I mean, my God, the Internet.

Yeah. Or I will go on.

Good morning, Britain.

Thank you for the. Invitation.

I'll tell you what, I bet

Rita Orr is regretting giving those

Brit Award tickets back to those.

Kids and to

those people who say, aren't the

police on their way? How patronising.

They've been on their way for

over an hour and even if they do

come, we're not opening

the. Door. Well, let's. See.

We're not going to. Because

this man didn't fight off and k*ll

six armed. t*rrorists. Six? Well,

yeah, to be talked down to by

the people covering up the real.

Storey. Okay, I didn't k*ll anyone.

Let's just get that on camera.

I've not k*lled anyone

and I wouldn't. Okay, but I

would throttle someone. Yeah,

just get them around the neck and not

let go until the last moment. And just

say, that's a warning to. You. You

need to stand up for what you believe

in. Stand up for what's right.

Sometimes you just know.

I followed my instinct on

this. Not some. Some plumber

with a big mouth.

Experts. No, no, you need balance.

A different opinion for balance, you

know, and I'm not blaming experts.

I'm not saying they're always wrong.

We all make mistakes, don't we? We do.

We've got flaws, haven't we. Boys?

Yeah. Yeah. We. Didn'T. Tolerant. Yeah.

Wow. A book offer. Wow. Yeah. Yeah,

I mean, I'll. I'll take it,

But no, you know, you

do have to just remember,

like, don't forget, I am just

a girl sitting in front of her

phone asking you to follow her.

In a world where you can do anything. Be.

You know, I think it is be. Anything.

In a world where you can do

anything, just believe what you

think is right, not what people tell

you. Look at the facts and ask.

Really? Facts? Whose facts are. They?

I fell down some stairs.

Didn't fight off any t*rrorists. I just

fell down some stairs. There

were concrete. It really hurts.

Then I ran back here. Scared.

Guys, we'll get a quick. Selfie.

We don't have any pictures of us at

the. Ark. And I'm actually the hotel.

Manager. Oh, my. God.

Seeing as he's. Confessing.

And if you don't, you

know, if you don't like

those facts, then just, you know,

you just think for a moment and

in the face of all those who

doubt, you just make your own truth.

Thank you. Thank you for. Watching.

My best mate's my. Wife.