 after allegations start to go viral that he told an inappropriate joke at a wedding. Here is the Hugh Bonneville character trying to get his story straight with his editor. I was a little drunk. Not in my opinion. I'm sorry? I disagree about you being drunk. You weren't there. We're journalists. We're never there. Having opinions about things we didn't witness is the entire point of our existence. We are the brave few who turn up after the event and explain it to everyone else who missed it.