T.R.R.M. No More Dying Then. (1989) Part 1 of 2.

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First broadcast 22nd/29th October/5th November 1989.  When 5-year-old John disappears, Reg Wexford is obsessed with the memory of the similar, yet unsolved disappearance of a little girl that happened years ago.  George Baker - Det. Chief Insp. Wexford Christopher Ravenscroft - Det. Insp. Burden Celia Gregory - Gemma Lawrence Dave Hill - Dep. Chief Constable Freeborn Simon Shepherd - Ivor Fairfax Swan Marion Bailey - Ros Swan Louie Ramsay - Dora Wexford (as Louie Ramsey) Ken Kitson - D.S. Martin Marian McLoughlin - Grace (as Marion McGloughlin) Noah Huntley - John Burden Emma Smith - Pat Burden Susan Bovell - WPC Johnson Colin Campbell - Sgt. Willoughby John Burgess - Dr. Crocker Michael Gunn - D.C. Thomas Terry John - D.C. Loring Lynda Rooke - Tracy Mitchell Jason Bonne-Grey - Gary Dean Linda Polan - Mrs. Dean Cecily Hobbs - Eileen Rushforth David Sibley - Bob Rushforth Chris Stanton - Arnold Dilys Hamlett - Mrs. Scott Robert Austin - Ray Bucks Nick Edmett - Steve Little Christine Moore - Mrs. Foster Guy Phillips - TV Reporter Clare Stratton - Young Pat Burden John Nicholson - Young John Burden Gail Taphouse - Leonie West Sam Moore - John Lawrence Charon Bourke - Sylvia Wexford Martin Dew - Police Sergeant Matthew Grundy - Robin Fairfax Claire Goose - Girl frightened on footpath

Transcript

00:00:00Come on, let's go play in the park.

00:00:15Come on, John, let's go play on the swim.

00:00:19Yay!

00:00:30Oh, no, it's going!

00:01:00You're a posh, think you are, don't you?

00:01:10That jumper's like a girl's, isn't it?

00:01:13Go on, isn't it?

00:01:15Isn't it?

00:01:18Look.

00:01:30John?

00:01:46John?

00:02:00So long

00:02:13No!

00:02:20John?

00:02:21John?

00:02:24John?

00:02:29yeah yeah can you hold on please a child's gone missing oh five okay put it through to my office

00:02:42oh and get hold of mr. burden he's not in should be well phone wexford he's off today

00:02:49look anything like this and he wants to know straight away he doesn't want another stellar

00:02:56rivers there were nine in the bed and the little one said roll over there were eight in the bed and the

00:03:17little one said roll over i wish they could see you at the station they'd pension you off well they

00:03:22could have done that we'd just go out and play all the time wouldn't we

00:03:25don't shake him about he'll be sick he likes it don't you dad he's just had his tea

00:03:35get the phone love you wouldn't thank me if you dropped away the carpet would you dad didn't think

00:03:43well he's only playing with the little fella he's had enough he enjoys it dad let's work

00:03:51yes

00:03:53afternoon evening sir

00:03:57any messages for me we tried to call you a home sir what do you mean why that we couldn't raise you in

00:04:05a car sir at what time oh it must have been what's happened a child's been reported missing from

00:04:12fontaine road when three hours ago but why the hell didn't you keep trying my car we got mr wexford

00:04:20sir he's down there now you're not ready sir you're not going to think it's you i shan't help at all if you go on shall i

00:04:30okay i only said it don't say anything we need all the help we can get

00:04:34i don't imagine give me a loud hailer from one of the patrolmen yes sir

00:04:38i apologize for being late sir he called you in the car where were you

00:04:41it's like a kind of rivet thing all over again that's right

00:04:45he's uh five years old i believe sir what yes john lawrence

00:04:51i start children avenue sir yes and uh take lawring with you sir

00:04:55someone spoke to the mother yet no you do that wpc johnson's with her

00:05:01hailer sir oh thank you when she called the station she said that he was out playing in the street

00:05:08she looked out every half hour just to check on him every half hour what kind of checking is that

00:05:13all right don't have to sit in judgment uh-huh oh okay

00:05:21well shall i set the oven for midnight or something

00:05:25oh uh no don't bother is the kids giving you any problems

00:05:28no of course not oh hold on i think pat wants a word

00:05:33i can't grace i'm busy sorry

00:05:35my dad

00:05:37it's gone

00:05:40it was rushing

00:05:43naturally

00:05:44the boy is five years old

00:05:47his name is john lawrence

00:05:49he's been missing since

00:05:52four four thirty this afternoon

00:05:54his blonde hair

00:05:56he's wearing a blue top

00:05:58and dark short trousers

00:06:00please remember to look everywhere

00:06:03just imagine that you're looking for your own child

00:06:06oh it's you

00:06:21yes who were you expecting

00:06:23a woman i suppose

00:06:25where's the boy's mother

00:06:27she's upstairs with dr clocker

00:06:29tidy isn't it

00:06:32i don't think that's everything in life do you

00:06:37what's before me

00:06:40what's before me

00:06:41for you

00:06:43to get rid of it

00:06:43happen

00:06:44but it seems to me

00:06:44to take him

00:06:45like

00:06:48to seek

00:06:49as

00:06:50it's

00:06:52that has

00:06:53done

00:06:54it

00:06:55it

00:06:56it

00:06:57that

00:06:59that

00:07:01multiple

00:07:02and

00:07:03what we

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00:07:07Is she divorced?

00:07:28Yes.

00:07:29Why?

00:07:30It just looks as how she is.

00:07:33Is that you, Mike?

00:07:35How is she?

00:07:36As you'd expect in the circumstances.

00:07:39I've given her something to calm her down.

00:07:41But I don't want to leave them lying about.

00:07:44We'll need to get a neighbor or someone to sit with her.

00:07:48Why? Is she an unstable sort?

00:07:50Has something happened?

00:07:52I heard you talking. I thought...

00:07:55I'm sorry.

00:07:56Shall I come and sit with you, Gemma?

00:07:58Is there some news?

00:08:00When I heard you talking, I thought you'd found him.

00:08:02I'm sure we will, Mrs. Lawrence.

00:08:04Are you?

00:08:06Really?

00:08:07This is Inspector Burden.

00:08:09We're drafting in extra police officers as fast as we can.

00:08:14He's probably just wandered off somewhere.

00:08:16It's the most likely explanation.

00:08:18Yes, that's just what I thought.

00:08:22Do you think that?

00:08:23I'm sure that's it.

00:08:25I didn't see him that clear, but I mentioned it to Mrs. Rushforth.

00:08:28I mean, that little Stella Rippert.

00:08:30You've got the potter thing to do here.

00:08:34Get Mr. Wexford up here, quick.

00:08:36If there's anything I can do to help.

00:08:49I mean, Gem's a friend. Oh, she's ever so nice.

00:08:52Tell me where you saw this man.

00:08:53I knew I should have put my shoes on.

00:08:55I mean, the last thing you want is some geezer messing about with your kids.

00:08:58That's why I told Arlene Rushforth.

00:08:59I mean, she's got her Andrew. He's always up here.

00:09:01I mentioned it to her last week, because I saw him again when I'm...

00:09:03You saw him again?

00:09:04Yeah.

00:09:05Where?

00:09:06Over there, same place as before. I've been up to Sainsbury's. I was only...

00:09:09Were the children here?

00:09:10Yeah, well, that's why I was worried.

00:09:11Well, what did he look like?

00:09:12Well, he was little, you know, sort of thin.

00:09:13You saw me looking. I thought, yes, Gimpy, you can...

00:09:14Hey?

00:09:15Well, he had a limp. I didn't like the look of him.

00:09:16You know, you get a limp. You get a limp.

00:09:17You get a limp. I didn't like the look of him.

00:09:19You get a limp at him. You get a feeling like that.

00:09:21I don't like the look of him.

00:09:22You get a feeling like that.

00:09:23Oh, well, I feel like that.

00:09:24Oh, well, I don't be like that.

00:09:25Oh, well, I'm not.

00:09:26well what did he look like? well he was little you know sort of thin. you saw me looking i thought

00:09:30yes skimpy you can... he had a limp. i didn't like the look of him. you know you get a feeling about

00:09:36somebody. yes yes i do. did you know what he was wearing? he had a hoodie coat. i knew it had a

00:09:43hood because he pulled it up as he walked along the track. it leads to mill lane. mill lane? you

00:09:48said you looked outside every half hour to check on your son mrs lawrence. you think i was being

00:09:53lazy? no. we understand. i was upstairs reading. i mean you can see practically the whole of the street.

00:10:08a friend of mine had sent me a proof copy of her book. she wanted my opinion. you see i didn't realize

00:10:16there was another boy.

00:10:17it was when i went to the swings to call him. there was a little boy.

00:10:29blue sweater, fair hair. and then he looked around and it wasn't john.

00:10:35it was just his little bicycle.

00:10:50he's five.

00:10:53he's only five.

00:10:56when mrs mitchell told you that she'd seen a man hanging around the children's swings

00:11:00didn't worry enough to uh mention it to the police? no.

00:11:03why not? tracy mitchell likes to gossip and make a big drama out of nothing. tomorrow she'll be

00:11:10telling everybody how she's helping the police. well she was only concerned about your son andrew.

00:11:14she's a bored housewife with too much time on her hands. has anybody else seen this man?

00:11:20no. not that i know of. well then. you ask me john lawrence has run away frightened.

00:11:26frightened? of what? that little bully gary dean.

00:11:30are you finished with her mother yet? for the moment. i've got the address the ex-husband in

00:11:34london. he's abroad at the moment though. johnson still with her? yep. good. we've had a description

00:11:39of a man seen hanging around on two separate occasions. where was he seen? over there. by the

00:11:43track that leads to mill lane. that's where stella rivers disappeared. are we following it up? later.

00:11:49come on. we've got to go and see a bully. nothing to worry about gary. we just need to ask you a couple of questions.

00:11:57what we need to know is where john lawrence went when he left you at the swings?

00:12:10i don't know. when you last saw him what was he doing?

00:12:13just running to the wood. why was he doing that?

00:12:17i don't know. was he upset about something? i don't know. gary wouldn't you like people to think

00:12:22that you were the one who helped the police find john lawrence? i didn't make him run off.

00:12:27it's not my fault. i'm not saying it is. you're upsetting him. did he run into the woods or did

00:12:34he go along the track to mill lane? towards mill lane. was there anybody hanging about there? a man?

00:12:40like the spy. the spy? this bloke he stands around the trees sometimes. what's he like?

00:12:47i don't know. small? thin? he doesn't know. mrs dean. he's small and thin gary. do you remember anything

00:12:56else about him? he walks away if you try to go near him. he's got a limp. i was hoping to god the little

00:13:05lad would run off somewhere. but he hasn't. he was taken. see you in the morning. good night.

00:13:17good night.

00:13:34police have set up an incident room after the disappearance of john lawrence yesterday

00:13:39afternoon from fontaine road. he's been playing in the recreation.

00:13:42did i check my project book last night? he hasn't done yet. yes he is. i was very late john.

00:13:51it was after one wasn't it? did that describe you? no. i often listen out for you coming in.

00:13:57i couldn't sleep if dad was working late. it's called policeman's wife symptom.

00:14:02syndrome is the word you're looking for.

00:14:04the project's coming on well. your handwriting is getting very sloppy though.

00:14:14when i worked at the hospital all the doctors had terrible handwriting.

00:14:20it's hard to the point is it?

00:14:21don't get ink on the tablecloth. i didn't intend to.

00:14:30breakfast mike?

00:14:33no i have to go.

00:14:37we thought we might all go to the cinema tonight mike. what do you think?

00:14:40i'm not sure. i may well be working.

00:14:41you never want to go anywhere with us do you? i have to work pat.

00:14:50what time's the film start? don't you want to know what the film is?

00:14:57the program starts at seven and the main film's on at seven twenty.

00:15:01well you haven't half past six then. you promise?

00:15:03yes. who's that?

00:15:07alexandra knight. i think she'll take over from laney west.

00:15:12well if there's any justice she will. really?

00:15:14laney had a car accident.

00:15:17she'd finish what bit of career she had left.

00:15:19not much justice there was there?

00:15:22not much anywhere.

00:15:22is the inspector burden coming straight here do you know?

00:15:35i believe so sir.

00:15:37well i wish he'd hurry up.

00:15:41he's uh not seeming too well again is he sir?

00:15:46isn't he?

00:15:48well it's coming up for the anniversary isn't it?

00:15:52i didn't really know his wife.

00:15:57no.

00:15:59he's only six years old.

00:16:02makes you wonder why doesn't it sir?

00:16:05everything makes you wonder why.

00:16:08why would somebody want to harm a little girl or a five-year-old boy?

00:16:14why any of it?

00:16:17inspector.

00:16:18good morning.

00:16:19have you found john?

00:16:20no.

00:16:21well not yet.

00:16:25i thought when i heard the bell i thought you'd found him.

00:16:29yes i'm sorry i didn't think i should have telephoned.

00:16:32i was just passing.

00:16:33wanted to make sure you were all right.

00:16:35that was kind.

00:16:39come in.

00:16:39thank you.

00:16:50the doctor said i should find something to occupy my mind.

00:16:54i tied it up.

00:16:58bills didn't work.

00:16:59i fight anything like that.

00:17:03hate being forced into sleep.

00:17:06yes i know what you mean.

00:17:09i'm going to have some more coffee.

00:17:11do you want some?

00:17:13i have something to eat.

00:17:15or has your wife already made you breakfast?

00:17:16i suppose she will have.

00:17:17no coffee would be very nice.

00:17:20eat if you like.

00:17:21it's no problem.

00:17:22it'll give me something to do.

00:17:26i'm sorry it's going to be burnt.

00:17:29i mean there's nothing i can do about it.

00:17:32please don't worry.

00:17:34yes i moved down here after my divorce.

00:17:40i wanted to get out of london anyway.

00:17:42it was all so incestuous.

00:17:43same friends jumping in and out of bed with each other.

00:17:47all enjoying having a crisis.

00:17:51john and i are well out of it.

00:17:56dig in.

00:17:58thank you.

00:18:02is it okay?

00:18:09a bit salty.

00:18:10oh i'm sorry.

00:18:11it's in a packet.

00:18:13well it doesn't matter.

00:18:15i think you've got some crackers somewhere if you'd rather.

00:18:18i hate cooking things.

00:18:20really it was fine.

00:18:22i'm useless in kitchens.

00:18:23i haven't got the patience.

00:18:24i'd much rather live on takeaway.

00:18:32can your wife cook?

00:18:34she um was a good cook yes.

00:18:37my wife died a year ago.

00:18:42she must have been quite young.

00:18:45what a terrible tragedy for you.

00:18:47that's why you're so kind to other people who are in trouble.

00:19:02any news on that red jagger in fontaine road yet?

00:19:03is that yet sir?

00:19:04mr griswold gone to yorkshire?

00:19:06yes sir.

00:19:07half past nine.

00:19:08oh and uh deputy chief consul for freeborn's office called.

00:19:11he'll be coming over in wonder sir.

00:19:13oh wonderful.

00:19:15morning.

00:19:15good afternoon.

00:19:18i called on mrs lawrence on the way in.

00:19:19oh?

00:19:20i thought about something she forgot to tell us.

00:19:22and was there?

00:19:23no.

00:19:24no.

00:19:25i got another photograph of the boy though.

00:19:27stella rivers file graph.

00:19:29oh thank you.

00:19:30one of the husband.

00:19:31just in case.

00:19:32has anybody been in touch with him yet?

00:19:34i'm still trying.

00:19:35yeah we'll keep at it.

00:19:37our new boss arrives on monday.

00:19:39god but we have to see him.

00:19:41you might.

00:19:41i shall be too busy.

00:19:42someone spotted a red jagger in fontaine road.

00:19:44unfortunately we don't have the registration number.

00:19:46see the papers are full of it.

00:19:48i don't know what the papers are full of.

00:19:49phone calls have started.

00:19:51john lawrence has been spotted at grantham.

00:19:53birmingham.

00:19:53aldershot.

00:19:54just like the stella rivers case.

00:19:55she was spotted everywhere.

00:19:56we never found a trace of her.

00:19:58no.

00:19:58if the same man has struck again.

00:20:00this is where we have to start our search.

00:20:12what's wrong?

00:20:13that bloody moron loring.

00:20:15what's she done?

00:20:18don't you want any brain at all?

00:20:19you're like the gestapo.

00:20:21i had to ask her certain questions.

00:20:23you were interrogating her.

00:20:25her child is missing for crying out loud.

00:20:27what are you trying to do?

00:20:28push her completely over the edge?

00:20:30oh do me a favor.

00:20:31anything?

00:20:41nothing.

00:20:42everybody else brought into his alibi for the time the boy went off.

00:20:45i'm sorry.

00:20:47oh i'm putting you on with WPC johnson when you do the house to house.

00:20:52can i take griffiths sir?

00:20:54why do you prefer blondes?

00:20:57no sir.

00:20:57it's just a bit difficult working with johnson.

00:21:01what are you talking about?

00:21:03well apparently she let you put loring this morning.

00:21:06she accused him of intimidating mrs long.

00:21:08you know it interrogates her.

00:21:10what did you say to her?

00:21:11i wasn't asked then.

00:21:41what did you do?

00:21:43i didn't know that's something to say.

00:21:50he said that.

00:21:52we should have talked about the police community within the child.

00:21:53and he said that.

00:21:55i was saying that.

00:21:56i said that.

00:21:57she didn't have anything to say.

00:21:59Mrs. Laurence?

00:22:20Mrs. Laurence?

00:22:29Mrs. Laurence?

00:22:36What am I going to do? I can't bear it.

00:22:41They searched my house. They ask me questions.

00:22:44I love John. I haven't done anything to him, I haven't.

00:22:47Mrs. I know. The officer there was no right to question...

00:22:50...There was a woman on the telephone and said it was all my fault, because I wasn't clean.

00:22:54She said John was dead.

00:22:57she said he'd be pounded with his hands tied people are so cruel i can't bear it i just can't

00:23:04don't think about them we'll get your phone monitored you won't have any more calls like that

00:23:10i haven't done anything i haven't hurt anybody i know i know

00:23:16dear god where is he

00:23:19yeah sip some of this

00:23:21no it'll make me sick i hate brandy well thank god you came i was going mad

00:23:36he should be sitting there now he should be having his tea

00:23:40look we'll find him you mustn't give in sorry have you got a hanky

00:23:51i'll mess it up

00:23:53no it doesn't matter

00:24:08is that fire safe i don't know it works

00:24:21it can't be easy for you being alone with two children well my wife's sister's staying with us

00:24:28she's a nurse she came to us for a few weeks and she's been looking after us ever since

00:24:34does she earn you nice white handkerchiefs she does as a matter of fact

00:24:40i suppose it's the nearest thing to having another wife

00:24:43no

00:24:52some wounds never heal do they

00:24:58you know you mustn't be alone oh i won't be tracy mitchell's coming in at ten she'll be here any

00:25:06minutes

00:25:07oh god is that the time

00:25:13why do you have to go well yes

00:25:18i'm sorry i really must go no i'm sorry i've obviously messed your evening up

00:25:23and your hankerchief oh that's all right

00:25:28will you come again

00:25:29um yes i will

00:25:39we waited till it was too late to go

00:25:59oh

00:26:05vegan

00:26:09혁

00:26:18no

00:26:20no

00:26:21no

00:26:22no

00:26:23no

00:26:24no

00:26:25no

00:26:26no

00:26:27no

00:26:28no

00:26:29I don't know where all these people were on the day that John Lawrence disappeared.

00:26:38Hi, Captain. Morning.

00:26:39Morning. Sergeant Martin.

00:26:41Sir?

00:26:41The list of General Lawrence's close friends.

00:26:44I want you to distribute these for me, sir.

00:26:46Okay.

00:26:48Where did we get these?

00:26:49Oh, Johnson made me up to see you this morning.

00:26:52Well, you're not the only one that can pop in the morning, you know.

00:26:56Anything known about any of them?

00:26:58Well, some of them are famous.

00:26:59You can tell that by reading the Radio Times.

00:27:01Oh, and I've pulled in all known sex offenders.

00:27:04Keep them in.

00:27:05Sir?

00:27:06What?

00:27:07I wasn't addressed to anybody in particular, and I'm afraid everyone's prints are all over it.

00:27:11I didn't realize what it was.

00:27:12Well, what is it?

00:27:13You've got to see for yourself, sir.

00:27:23John Lawrence is safe with me.

00:27:26We're going to rabbits here and we play.

00:27:27We shall return him at 9 a.m. on Monday.

00:27:31My fruit ride, Cheriton Forest.

00:27:33Do not try to stop me or the boy will be killed.

00:27:37How many people have seen this?

00:27:39Three or four personnel down the far end.

00:27:41Nobody says a word about it.

00:27:42Nobody was here about this.

00:27:44What about Mrs. Lawrence?

00:27:45Especially not Mrs. Lawrence.

00:27:47Why?

00:27:48The poor woman's going mad.

00:27:49Why are you waiting for news?

00:27:51It's a hoax.

00:27:52We have rabbits here and we play.

00:27:55The man's a nut.

00:27:56There are several like it on the Seller Rivers inquiry, sir.

00:27:58Oh, you've developed great powers of instinct too, have you, Sergeant?

00:28:00A bit unfair, wasn't it?

00:28:11Well, how does he know?

00:28:12Just because it happened in your inquiry last year doesn't mean this is a hoax.

00:28:16I think we should tell her, Reg.

00:28:18Given that the child has been missing for 36 hours, how do you think that this is going

00:28:22to develop?

00:28:24Probably into a murder inquiry.

00:28:26Why raise the poor woman's hopes when in two days' time I shall have to go around there

00:28:29and tell her that a five-year-old has been found face down in a ditch with a knife through

00:28:34his throat?

00:28:34Mill Lane, the last place the Seller Rivers was seen alive.

00:28:582.30 on the day she disappeared, her stepfather, Iverswan, dropped her off at this gate here.

00:29:05He told me that she expected to be given a lift home by a friend.

00:29:09But Mrs. Friend, the woman who runs this place, made a statement saying that Stella expected

00:29:15swan to pick her up.

00:29:17He never arrived.

00:29:18That's why she started walking down the lane.

00:29:22The driver said he'd picked up an elderly chap with a suitcase, but that was practically in

00:29:27town.

00:29:27Did he come forward?

00:29:29No, but neither did a lot of people who were supposedly seen.

00:29:34That's the lodge house.

00:29:42That's where Mrs. Fenn lives.

00:29:45She was at the riding stables until six.

00:29:47She had some relatives stay, but they left earlier.

00:29:54A taxi driver confirmed that he'd picked them up at 2.25 and take them to Starrett into the

00:29:59train.

00:29:59And that was just the time that Stella was being dropped off for her riding lesson a mile away.

00:30:09You're all right?

00:30:19What?

00:30:21Oh, yes.

00:30:26The river did it certainly had the weather on his side.

00:30:31This place was knee-deep in mud.

00:30:32It was quite something when it was built in 1830.

00:31:00Yes, it burned down on New Year's Eve 1913.

00:31:19Somebody at a party dropped a cigar back.

00:31:21But they tried to run buckets from the fountains, but with so much wood in the structure, the

00:31:26whole thing went up like a torch.

00:31:30When the kids were younger, we used to picnic here a lot.

00:31:32So I bought a book, boned up on the place.

00:31:34Sorry, I didn't mean to stir up those old memories.

00:31:40It's coming up to Gene's anniversary.

00:31:42Reg, I'd rather not discuss Gene's.

00:31:44No.

00:31:45No, well, I wasn't going to.

00:31:47It's just that I'll take you a couple of hours off tomorrow morning, and I think you ought

00:31:51to do the same.

00:31:51I mean, we're both dead feet.

00:31:52It's the last thing I need.

00:31:55Mike, people are becoming concerned about you.

00:31:59I don't need them to be, and I don't want my private life discussed.

00:32:04It embarrasses me.

00:32:07Can we get on with this?

00:32:29Why aren't you out searching these streets?

00:32:34He could be nearby.

00:32:36Gemma.

00:32:38I've got to do something.

00:32:39I can't just sit there and wait.

00:32:40I've got to keep looking.

00:32:42He's only five.

00:32:43It's dark.

00:32:44Come on, get in the car.

00:32:45Look, we'll drive.

00:32:46We'll look together.

00:32:47I don't want to go home.

00:32:47I've got to keep on looking.

00:32:50I've got to do something.

00:32:53Gemma.

00:32:59Look, it may be all right.

00:33:04What do you mean?

00:33:05Has something happened?

00:33:06Tell me.

00:33:09It may come to nothing.

00:33:10It may be a terrible hope.

00:33:11For God's sakes, tell me.

00:33:13We received a letter from a person claiming to be holding John.

00:33:17He said it was safe, unharmed.

00:33:20Oh.

00:33:22Oh, thank God.

00:33:24Gemma, please remember, it may just be a hoax.

00:33:30No.

00:33:32If you really thought it was a hoax, you'd never have told me, would you?

00:33:36I couldn't not tell you.

00:33:38Oh, Mike.

00:33:41It's going to be all right.

00:33:45It's going to be all right.

00:33:54It's not going to happen, is it?

00:33:57Nope.

00:33:59You were right.

00:34:00A hoax.

00:34:02I take no pleasure in that.

00:34:14Sir?

00:34:15The bloody press.

00:34:17I don't believe it.

00:34:18How do the press get to hear about this?

00:34:24Everybody will know by tomorrow.

00:34:27Well, we'd better be the first to tell Mrs. Lawrence.

00:34:32And the note said that John will be returned.

00:34:37So we went to Cheriton Forest and we waited.

00:34:41I'm afraid it was, as I suspected, a terrible hoax.

00:34:48I wanted to tell you before you got into the papers.

00:34:57I'm sorry we can't bring you any better news at the moment.

00:35:00All I can say is that all of my officers

00:35:03take a crime against a child more personally

00:35:06than anything else they have to deal with.

00:35:08There isn't one of them that wouldn't give up

00:35:10his or her free time to pursue this inquiry.

00:35:14They all want you a boy, back to you, safe and well.

00:35:19So, no leads on this John Lawrence business.

00:35:24We got a description of the suspect

00:35:25within the first two hours of the inquiry.

00:35:27And after that, nothing.

00:35:29Just like your Stella Rivers case.

00:35:32And now it's police appealing for him.

00:35:35As the paper says, sir.

00:35:37I don't want you to take this as a criticism of you personally.

00:35:41Well, I'm afraid I do, sir.

00:35:42Yeah, well, you're bound to feel under the microscope

00:35:44what with this Stella Rivers case being...

00:35:47Unsolved is the word you're looking for, sir.

00:35:50Headlines like this, look it, for morons

00:35:53who just enjoy reading other people's misfortunes.

00:35:55Yes, quite so.

00:35:56That having been said, however,

00:35:58if we do have anything positive to give the press,

00:36:01let me know immediately.

00:36:04I would like my first few days here to be productive.

00:36:26Good afternoon, Mrs. Wollett.

00:36:39I thought we'd seen the back of you last year.

00:36:42We're interviewing all men over the age of 16,

00:36:44and you are over 16.

00:36:46Yes.

00:36:48We're investigating the...

00:36:49I'm going in for my afternoon tea.

00:36:56I've got only tea for you, lover.

00:37:11Policeman, Rosie.

00:37:13Sorry to bother you, Mrs. Wollett.

00:37:15This is my colleague.

00:37:16You expect a burden.

00:37:17No.

00:37:18Don't you have the cakes, Rosie?

00:37:20Uh, in the tea.

00:37:21Sorry, I'll get them for you.

00:37:23Woody, eat that for now.

00:37:24Take the horse to the stable for me, could you?

00:37:26There's a good girl.

00:37:27Oh, unsaddle her if you can.

00:37:29If you can't, it doesn't matter.

00:37:29I'll do later.

00:37:31Fond of horses, are you, sir?

00:37:33I need one.

00:37:35Look silly, point to pointing on a poogle.

00:37:38Surely any other people want this, sir?

00:37:41Turn that music down a touch, Rosie.

00:37:43Sorry.

00:37:54No.

00:37:57No, the hundred.

00:37:59You know Mrs. Gemma Lawrence?

00:38:00No.

00:38:01We keep to ourselves, don't we, lovely?

00:38:03We're not great mixers.

00:38:05We're honeymooners.

00:38:07No, I'm just joking.

00:38:09We're investigating the disappearance of a five-year-old boy.

00:38:13Can you account for your movements last Thursday afternoon, sir?

00:38:15You've really got me down as a kidnapper, haven't you?

00:38:18Mr. Burton asked you the question, Mr. Swan.

00:38:20You knew?

00:38:22Don't remember seeing you when we lost poor little Stella?

00:38:25I wasn't around during that investigation.

00:38:28I don't know what I did on Thursday.

00:38:30You cut my hair, Rosie?

00:38:32No, that was Monday.

00:38:34Oh, I know.

00:38:35I've been riding.

00:38:37I took the gun.

00:38:38Had a go at some pigeons.

00:38:39Can't stand the things.

00:38:41Where was that, sir?

00:38:42Gerriton Forest.

00:38:43About 4.30?

00:38:45About then.

00:38:46Then I rode to Stuyarton and murdered some kids.

00:38:49Who's that?

00:38:50I don't think that's funny at all, sir.

00:38:52And I don't think it's very funny being suspected of making away with two children.

00:38:56One of them my own wife's.

00:38:59How did you know that he was in Gerriton Forest at half past four?

00:39:02Did I?

00:39:03Oh, yes.

00:39:04I was, um, talking about something I was working on.

00:39:09Sergeant Willoughby was trying to get you on the radio.

00:39:13Well, I may not have any firm evidence, but that man's at the top of my list.

00:39:17You just don't like him because he's one of the idle rich.

00:39:19Well, he's idle, all right.

00:39:20But he falls a long way short of being rich.

00:39:22Why can't he afford to live like this, then?

00:39:24His uncle lets him have it at a peppercorn rent.

00:39:28He gives the land to people who know what to do with it.

00:39:37There they go.

00:39:38Not a care in the world.

00:39:39You really think he killed Scanner Rivers?

00:39:44We shall know for sure if we ever find the body.

00:39:50I've had a long time to think about Mr. Ivor Swann.

00:39:52If she's dead, it may not be because of something he did, but because of something he failed to do.

00:40:01What do you mean?

00:40:03There's a Sonic with a rather sinister line.

00:40:05They that have power to hurt and will do none.

00:40:07That doesn't mean to say they don't do any harm, but that they do nothing.

00:40:10Lilies that fester smell more rank than weeds.

00:40:18We can't build a case on Sonic.

00:40:27How would you feel if your children disappeared?

00:40:31When Stella vanished, Ivor Swann showed not a glimmer of concern.

00:40:35It just behaved as if the whole thing was irrelevant.

00:40:41The strangest thing was that Roz Swann never asked him why he was behaving like that.

00:40:45All she was concerned about was him.

00:40:48I interviewed her five times, and she only mentioned Stella once.

00:40:53There's a program about a condition called denial.

00:40:58Something terrible happens in your life.

00:41:00Something so awful you can't bear to believe that it's happened.

00:41:03So you shut it out. You denied.

00:41:05I don't know. For long enough, maybe you find it hasn't happened at all.

00:41:09But it did happen.

00:41:11Pity not to face it.

00:41:35Sir?

00:41:45What?

00:41:45Phone call.

00:41:46Who is it?

00:41:47You wouldn't give his name, sir.

00:41:49Right. Put him through.

00:41:55Hello?

00:41:55I warned you not to wait in Cheriton.

00:41:58I've got him.

00:41:59I shan't help again.

00:42:01I shan't.

00:42:04Mike!

00:42:06Mike!

00:42:09Inspector, we're not back yet.

00:42:11He's here for ten minutes, then he went, sir.

00:42:13Dan!

00:42:13Hello, 313.

00:42:15Hello, Grace.

00:42:16Oh, hello, Reg.

00:42:17Is Mike with you?

00:42:18I thought he was with you.

00:42:19You're working late, aren't you?

00:42:20Yes, that's right.

00:42:21Thanks, Grace.

00:42:22Oh, hello, Reg.

00:42:23Is Mike with you?

00:42:24I thought he was with you.

00:42:25You're working late, aren't you?

00:42:26Yes, that's right.

00:42:28Thanks, Grace.

00:42:29That's right.

00:42:30Thanks, Grace.

00:42:59Oh.

00:43:02I thought I'd wait up.

00:43:06Why?

00:43:08Have you and Reg only just finished?

00:43:11Yes.

00:43:12I may have to work over the weekend as well.

00:43:14Ah.

00:43:15I thought we might all do something.

00:43:17I can't.

00:43:19You take the kids somewhere.

00:43:20Mike, they're your children.

00:43:23Yes, I'll...

00:43:25organise something soon.

00:43:29I got them some books.

00:43:41I must go to bed, Grace.

00:43:42Mike.

00:43:43What?

00:43:45You and Reg obviously worked hard tonight.

00:43:48Yes.

00:43:50What?

00:43:52Reg Wexford phoned five hours ago asking for you.

00:43:56Look, I'm not trying to score points, Mike.

00:43:58It's none of my business what you do, but being nighter is so insulting.

00:44:01I'm not your wife.

00:44:02It's your children.

00:44:03I'm concerned about you.

00:44:04I don't see whether I'm working or not makes any difference to them.

00:44:06I was always working!

00:44:09Listen to the cinema.

00:44:10It's not just the cinema.

00:44:12This has been going on for weeks.

00:44:14You demand the higher standards from them, but you don't ask the same standards of yourself.

00:44:17You're not being fair.

00:44:18It's all right.

00:44:18I'm not a saint.

00:44:19They don't want a saint.

00:44:21They want a father who doesn't lie to them.

00:44:25Well, they know, Mike.

00:44:27Last week you were working.

00:44:30John phoned to ask if you'd sponsor him for the charity walk.

00:44:33The desk sergeant said it was your day off.

00:44:36It was the same day he'd ask you to watch him play football for the school.

00:44:39You said you were too busy at work.

00:44:42I saw that child's face when he put the phone down.

00:44:48I didn't know.

00:44:49I know you didn't.

00:44:51John would hardly dare tell you because he's afraid of getting you angry.

00:44:58What have they done to you?

00:45:00It's not their fault.

00:45:04They lost Jean too.

00:45:09It's not their fault, Dad.

00:45:37It's not their fault, Dad.

00:45:39Hello, Mrs. House.

00:46:09How did the fountains work, Baz?

00:46:24It's Baroque, in the start of Niccolò Salvi, 1760.

00:46:36Fed from an underground water tank.

00:46:46Good God.

00:46:47Good God.

00:47:01Good God.

00:47:06Good God.

00:47:13Good God.

00:47:44What is it?

00:47:58The Trachodox was living for a body, not an underground water tank.

00:48:05I think it's here.

00:48:07Step taken over there.

00:48:10When you were searching, it had been raining for days.

00:48:12This dip would have been full of water.

00:48:14And mud from the bank over there.

00:48:17You should have had the weather on their side.

00:48:21There it is, the system cap.

00:48:31Is it the boy?

00:48:33No, you've done what I couldn't do.

00:48:35You've found the body of Stella Ripps.

00:48:47Why does he want to do this?

00:48:50Can't understand it.

00:48:52There's hardly anything left to identify.

00:48:53I know.

00:48:55He insisted.

00:48:57He insisted.

00:48:58You insisted.

00:49:28Are you satisfied now?

00:49:35What can I say?

00:49:38We knew she must have been dead.

00:49:41I hope she died quickly.

00:49:44I hope she wasn't too frightened.

00:49:52Is there a WPC there?

00:49:54They're both out, sir.

00:49:56A fight at Chirton Village Hall.

00:49:57All right, I'll go miss off.

00:49:58Where, sir?

00:50:00Tell Mrs. Lawrence that the body he found is not her son

00:50:02before the morning papers tell her that it is.

00:50:04I'll be right back to you.

00:50:08I'll be right back to you.

00:50:10I'll be right back to you.

00:50:11I'll be right back.

00:50:13Thanks for your work.

00:50:14Arcee, come on.

00:50:15Come on.

00:50:16Come on.

00:50:16Sir?

00:50:46when did this arrive? this which arrived is a piercer. how do you mean? it was shoved under the

00:50:53windscreen wipe of the transit van in the car park. here? here we've had

00:51:01another note. I told you sir. no secrets in a police station we ought to know that sergeant.

00:51:05I kept Stella with me. she liked being near me. that's a nutcase. a raving nutcase.

00:51:18I'm not wasting any more of my time on him. everything he's told us he could have read in the papers.

00:51:23I'm surprised he didn't call you sergeant Burton 37 like the papers did.

00:51:27she's got some flowery friends. there's not one you read that doesn't have a dearest darling in it.

00:51:39well that's what I like in show business. it's ballet dancing show business. I suppose it is.

00:51:45we need someone to talk to the kids who start in primary school on Friday.

00:51:48I haven't been in despair so I've got to open the floor. well you'll have to get somebody won't you?

00:51:52sir. these are mrs. lawrence's letters are they?

00:51:57yes sir. I picked them up this morning. can't you send a dc to start them?

00:52:02well trying to arrange something sir. so how is mrs. lawrence? she seemed a bit under

00:52:08the weather to me sir. boozing I think. how do you mean? she was sitting on the stairs.

00:52:15how does that translate to boozing? there was a bottle of wine next to her. it was only half eight.

00:52:22and you couldn't wait to get back here and gossip about it I suppose.

00:52:24I'll take those. I'll take those. send WPC johnson for them in the morning.

00:52:32sir?

00:52:41he's very good for team morale isn't he?

00:52:43he's very good for team morale isn't he?

00:52:51hello?

00:53:00Gemma?

00:53:13No peace for the wicked, Rozzy.

00:53:38This must be a very distressing time for you.

00:53:43I was just having a minute. We got rid of Guddy.

00:53:46I didn't kill her.

00:53:49I have nothing to do now. It was resting.

00:53:52I need to talk to you, Mrs. Swann.

00:53:57I've explained all this before in my statement.

00:54:00No, sorry, no.

00:54:03I don't let just any man go upstairs with my wife, you know.

00:54:08In your original statement, you said you watched your husband ride across to my fleet.

00:54:17Yes.

00:54:19I was standing here, getting dressed, and I watched him ride off over there.

00:54:24It was three o'clock in the afternoon.

00:54:26About half past, actually.

00:54:29Ivor took Stella to her lesson for half two, and then popped back home for a while.

00:54:35Then he rode to my fleet to see Mr. Blaine.

00:54:38He told me to stand here so he could see me.

00:54:41So I did.

00:54:43My fleet must be what, a ten-minute road away?

00:54:46About that. And it's that way.

00:54:48Mill Lane's a long way in the opposite direction, if that's what you're driving it.

00:54:52I was just trying to establish where everybody was that day.

00:54:55You won't bring Stella back, will it?

00:54:57So, a ten-minute ride to my fleet to see Mr. Blaine.

00:55:01He says you left him at quarter past four.

00:55:04And in your original statement, you said you returned here at 5.30, an hour and a quarter later.

00:55:09I went for a ride.

00:55:11In the pouring rain?

00:55:14You must have thought about that ride a lot in the past few months.

00:55:17Must I?

00:55:18I was trying to remember if anybody else saw you after you left Mr. Blaine.

00:55:23I haven't thought about it much at all.

00:55:27You reported Stella missing at 6 o'clock?

00:55:29Yes.

00:55:30Oh, er, Mill Lane isn't a long way in the opposite direction.

00:55:36Oh, it is by car because you have to skirt the forest.

00:55:40But across country from my fleet, it's only 22 minutes, and a steady walk.

00:55:46I know.

00:55:48Because I've done it.

00:55:53Your old pair must have been sorry to leave.

00:55:55Only two adults to look after in a lovely house.

00:55:58She got in the way.

00:56:00Quite.

00:56:02Well, I'll see you at the inquest.

00:56:03Inquest?

00:56:04I didn't realize...

00:56:05Well, of course there'll be an inquest.

00:56:08Would I have to attend?

00:56:09Well, I assumed you'd want to.

00:56:10Why do we have to go through it all again?

00:56:13I won't bring her back.

00:56:14It's done with.

00:56:16We'll go away, babes, when it's over.

00:56:19Yes, sir.

00:56:20I don't think so.

00:56:21This case was never closed.

00:56:23Now that it's active again, I want everybody concerned available.

00:56:27Look, we haven't done anything.

00:56:29Can't you let it rest?

00:56:31I've loved Stella like she was his own child.

00:56:33All this is upsetting him, and I won't have him upset.

00:56:35I won't.

00:56:52Think I've rappled him this time.

00:56:54You watch him at the inquest.

00:56:56What are you doing?

00:56:57Just checking through Mrs. Lawrence's mail.

00:57:00Nothing nasty in this lot.

00:57:02She seems to have quite a few men friends,

00:57:03and more than just a bit fond of her.

00:57:05Yes, well, I suppose they'll all want to help.

00:57:07Yes, probably.

00:57:08I've tried to apply your denial theory, but it doesn't sit well on Mrs. Ross's swamp.

00:57:27All right, go back to her alibi then. Can you shake that?

00:57:29No.

00:57:30She was in the house the afternoon that Stella disappeared.

00:57:34She couldn't get out, although she doesn't drive.

00:57:36And you don't believe her?

00:57:39She wouldn't protect Swan, you know.

00:57:41Not if he killed her child.

00:57:43He wanted to see the child's body in the mortuary.

00:57:47You can't.

00:57:49The ride that Stella had that afternoon was planned at the last moment.

00:57:53She usually rolled on a Saturday.

00:57:55Which was for a chance meeting and whoever killed her.

00:57:57I wish Swan knew where she was.

00:57:58He wouldn't have known she was walking down the middle lane.

00:58:00Didn't have arranged to pick her around.

00:58:02Well, according to Mrs. Fenn, she did.

00:58:05Say he did something to Stella and was terrified of the consequences.

00:58:08Where would he go?

00:58:10To his doting wife.

00:58:12Think about it.

00:58:14He's scared stiff.

00:58:16He tells us there's been some sort of an accident.

00:58:17He panicked.

00:58:18Hang on a second. Where's the evidence of any accident?

00:58:20Aren't you inventing a convenient scenario just to fit your own theory?

00:58:24I know Swan.

00:58:26I've checked his past.

00:58:28He's a lazy sponge with a great knack of bringing disaster to people all round him.

00:58:32The body of Stella Rivers was found face down in a water system in the grounds of Sultrum House, Stoughton.

00:58:39The body had been there for about 12 months.

00:58:42Death was caused by asphyxiation.

00:58:45Violent manual pressure on the windpipe and mouth.

00:58:48The body was inevitably in an advanced state of decomposition but I could find no evidence of sexual interference.

00:58:56There were no exterior wounds but there was some bruising which I believe was caused by the body being thrown into the system.

00:59:03Thank you Dr. Crocker.

00:59:06Mr. Ivers Swan, please.

00:59:08Swantanko put money up.

00:59:20Why now?

00:59:22It's a murder inquiry.

00:59:23The evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

00:59:34Mr. Swan, tell me what you remember about Thursday the 25th of May last year.

00:59:40Clearly it is an upsetting thing to have to talk about.

00:59:44But anything you can remember may help the police in their inquiry.

00:59:50We all had breakfast together about 10 o'clock.

00:59:57It was half time for Stella.

01:00:01She brushed the horse for me.

01:00:03Got it ready.

01:00:05I was listening to some music, reading the paper.

01:00:11Nothing much.

01:00:14Ros made me my lunch about 12.30ish.

01:00:20Stella didn't want what I was having.

01:00:23At quarter past two I took her over to the writing stables.

01:00:29She said she was getting a lift home with friends.

01:00:31So I said see you later and drove back home to Ros.

01:00:41Later on I rode over to my fleet.

01:00:44I was going to buy Stella a little puppy.

01:00:46Oh, that's a good public place to show these first signs of grief.

01:01:03I thought she said she couldn't drive.

01:01:08Maybe she lied.

01:01:10I'm going to check again whether she ever had a British driving license.

01:01:15Checking the former name of Rivers.

01:01:18Handing the maiden name.

01:01:20She was sitting comforting him.

01:01:24Why, the driver, see?

01:01:26A bit odd for a non-driver.

01:01:27Well, it may be, but she didn't actually drive away.

01:01:29Mr Wexford, sir.

01:01:30Yes?

01:01:31I think it's him.

01:01:32Right.

01:01:33How does he know that we're back in the building?

01:01:35Get Sags Willoughby to put him through.

01:01:37Thought you weren't talking.

01:01:38Shan't call again.

01:01:40You got some help, didn't you?

01:01:41You mean that look of hair you sent?

01:01:42There's your clue.

01:01:43That look of hair wasn't from John Lawrence, as you claimed.

01:01:45We had it analyzed.

01:01:46No.

01:01:47I cut it from Stella Rivers when I topped her.

01:02:12My God.

01:02:19There are kids left unattended outside the supermarkets.

01:02:23Kids left in cars with the engine running.

01:02:26There's a kidnapper on the loose.

01:02:27A child already disappeared.

01:02:29The public could put it out of their minds.

01:02:32Now, is that stupid?

01:02:35Or am I in touch with modern thinking?

01:02:38No, that's stupid.

01:02:40Well, their blood pressure's up a bit, I'm afraid.

01:02:43Yeah, well, blame the public.

01:02:45I feel all right.

01:02:47Yes, I'm sure you feel all right, Reg.

01:02:49I've got dozens in here who feel all right.

01:02:51That is, until they keel over them with a coronary.

01:02:55Oh, thanks.

01:02:56That's cheered me up a treat.

01:02:58You're letting this Stella Rivers business get to you.

01:03:01Yes, I am.

01:03:02And so would you.

01:03:04Do you remember the day that Stella Rivers disappeared?

01:03:07Only too well.

01:03:09First day of my holiday.

01:03:11Well, at least it ought to have been.

01:03:13The locum didn't show up and it began with a premature baby at six in the morning

01:03:18and ended with a suspected coronary at the railway station at six in the evening.

01:03:22Great start to a fortnight in Dorset.

01:03:26Oh, and I might tell you, the chap who had the coronary wasn't an awful lot older than yourself.

01:03:32He'd been down here on holiday and he was running with a heavy suitcase whenever just like that.

01:03:36Just like that.

01:03:37So be warned.

01:03:38Be warned.

01:03:39No, you won't speak to no one apart from this, sir.

01:03:40No.

01:03:41You won't speak to no one apart from this, sir.

01:03:42No.

01:03:43Chief Inspector Waxford.

01:03:44Waxford?

01:03:45Waxford?

01:03:46You scales pret.

01:03:47Oh, Waxford.

01:03:48Sorry.

01:03:50Hello?

01:03:51Hello?

01:03:52Hello.

01:03:53Mr. Waxford.

01:03:54Hello?

01:03:55Hello?

01:03:56Hello.

01:03:57Mr. Waxford, you scales pret.

01:03:59No, you won't speak to no one apart from this chief inspector, Waxford.

01:04:10Waxford? You scouse pret.

01:04:13Oh, Waxford. Sorry.

01:04:17Hello?

01:04:18Hello, Mr. Waxford. Steve Little. Long time.

01:04:22Not long enough. What do you want?

01:04:25It's about that girl, what she found.

01:04:27Stella Rivers. Read about it in the paper.

01:04:30Oh, yeah?

01:04:31Yeah. I've got some information.

01:04:35Well, tell me.

01:04:36When I see you.

01:04:37I don't have to see you as well as talk to you, do I?

01:04:39Look, I'm trying to help you. I'm stuck here in Liverpool. I ain't got no dosh.

01:04:44They hate this up here.

01:04:46Well, they don't like you much anywhere.

01:04:48It'd be worth your while helping me get back.

01:04:52Why?

01:04:53I think I know who killed her.

01:04:57Did you collect Mrs. Lawrence's mail this morning?

01:05:02There wasn't any.

01:05:03But, um, she was there?

01:05:05Yes.

01:05:06How is she?

01:05:08Are you coping?

01:05:09She's in a very bad state, sir.

01:05:11The odd neighbour pops in.

01:05:12They don't think they really know what to say to her.

01:05:14They're all, well, you know, housewives.

01:05:18And she isn't.

01:05:19She's very lonely.

01:05:20She was concerned about who was actually monitoring her mail.

01:05:27She did ask if you were doing it.

01:05:31What did she say?

01:05:32I mean...

01:05:32She didn't say very much at all, actually.

01:05:34But I get the feeling she'd be happier if a woman was checking it.

01:05:39Right.

01:05:41Who's in charge here?

01:05:59Uh, excuse me, Gop.

01:06:01I'd like to speak to, uh, Chief Inspector Wexford.

01:06:07I'm the father of Stella Rivers.

01:06:10When Roz took Stella,

01:06:12I wanted to get away and forget about it all.

01:06:16That's why I took the job in Florida.

01:06:18Did you keep in touch with your daughter?

01:06:20Oh, sure.

01:06:21Uh, birthday, Christmas.

01:06:23It must have been hard saying goodbye to your only child.

01:06:30I've expected him to send her back.

01:06:32What was that?

01:06:34When Roz and husband number two first left,

01:06:37they didn't want to know about taking Stella.

01:06:39It was when their money ran out,

01:06:41Stella became useful.

01:06:43Swan's uncle.

01:06:44What about him?

01:06:45Well, Ivor Swan's the old man's only relative.

01:06:48When he dies, Swan gets all the money.

01:06:51The thing is, or rather was,

01:06:53the old chap didn't care for his nephew's lifestyle.

01:06:56He'd watched him and Roz eat

01:06:57and drink their way through 70 grand,

01:06:59and he thought he had to lay down a few rules

01:07:01before leaving Ivor any more money to spend.

01:07:03So he, uh, he let them go broke

01:07:06before offering them Hall Farm.

01:07:08He knew they'd agree to any restrictions he laid down.

01:07:11How did he know that?

01:07:13Because struggle is something Ivor Swan has never had to do.

01:07:15You offer him an easy way out and he'll take it.

01:07:18He offered them Hall Farm on the condition

01:07:20that Swan got his act together

01:07:21and started behaving like a grown-up.

01:07:24And how do you prove you're being responsible?

01:07:27You take on a child.

01:07:30So he told Roz to get Stella for me.

01:07:32It was his decision.

01:07:34Roz said it was.

01:07:36But if they had Stella,

01:07:37they got a 17th century farmhouse with 200 acres.

01:07:41If they didn't,

01:07:41they stayed broke in a basement flat in Paddington.

01:07:44No contest.

01:07:44The child must have felt wanted.

01:07:48Why didn't you stop them taking her?

01:07:53Roz is a very determined woman.

01:07:55So she was just a business transaction

01:07:56before Mr. and Mrs. Swan.

01:07:59Right.

01:07:59You entered the inquest?

01:08:06I was delayed in Miami.

01:08:07My car broke down.

01:08:08I missed the plane by eight lousy minutes.

01:08:12Oh.

01:08:13Well, I hope you'll be able to manage the funeral.

01:08:15It's just down the road at Staradon.

01:08:17You'll be able to get a bus.

01:08:18It's just down the road at Staradon.

01:08:48How do people go on

01:08:49when something happens to their children?

01:08:52I hope we never have to find out.

01:08:56I was thinking of our little ones.

01:08:57Don't.

01:08:59Reg, don't let this case get hold of you.

01:09:02It's children.

01:09:04I can't help it.

01:09:06A little girl murdered.

01:09:09A little boy of five missing.

01:09:12God knows where.

01:09:14And I'm not helping.

01:09:15I can't get anywhere.

01:09:19Well, what about that chap who phoned from Liverpool?

01:09:23Isn't he something?

01:09:25Him.

01:09:26He just heard about the reward money.

01:09:29He'd say he'd need to put his hand in the till.

01:09:31Now I'm not putting much faith in him.

01:09:34Is that block I ever sworn?

01:09:35He's involved somewhere.

01:09:39I just can't get under his skin.

01:09:40He's got an answer for everything.

01:09:49Thanks.

01:09:50This is nice, isn't it?

01:10:01Oh, good.

01:10:03Alexandra Knight is sleeping hearty.

01:10:05That's lovely.

01:10:06I can nearly face that project by now.

01:10:08Nearly?

01:10:09Yeah.

01:10:09Who's that one?

01:10:13Andrea Nichols.

01:10:15She hates Alexandra, so they say.

01:10:19That's an old one of Lainey West and Angela Payne.

01:10:22I think it's a gala night.

01:10:26Well, that was before she had a car accident.

01:10:29Sadler's Wells, I think.

01:10:33Excuse me, Dad.

01:10:33Look, I have to go out.

01:10:46Why?

01:10:46I must.

01:10:47I'm sorry.

01:10:47Oh, Mike.

01:10:47Something I have to do.

01:10:48But you promised that he'd...

01:10:49I have to go.

01:10:52I'll be back.

01:10:56I'm sorry.

01:11:03You could wait up for him.

01:11:27It's all right.

01:11:28It's all right.

01:11:29I'm a police officer.

01:11:30There's a man in the alleyway.

01:11:33Come on.

01:11:33Julia?

01:11:38It's Mr. Rushforth.

01:11:41Oh, you know him?

01:11:43Yes, he lives across the back.

01:11:44He scared me half to death.

01:11:46Oh, I am sorry.

01:11:47I thought the dog would run up there.

01:11:49It's all right.

01:11:50She knows me.

01:11:51Well.

01:11:52You didn't have to make me jump.

01:11:54I'm Inspector Burden, Kingsmarket Police.

01:11:57Oh.

01:11:59Well, you're the right sort of chap to bump into.

01:12:02You're the one who found the body of Stella Rivers.

01:12:05Yes.

01:12:06Yes.

01:12:07I read that in the paper.

01:12:08Terrible thing.

01:12:09You any nearer finder who did it?

01:12:11About time for you to get off, isn't it?

01:12:13Well, I'd better look for that silly dog of mine.

01:12:18Good night.

01:12:19Good night.

01:12:20Come on, then.

01:12:23How far is your home?

01:12:25Fifty yards up that way.

01:12:29Where'd you go, then?

01:12:30All right.

01:12:31Right.

01:12:31Night.

01:12:32All right.

01:12:33All right.

01:12:47All right.

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