- 8 months ago
First broadcast 13th September 1976.
Some years earlier Billy Medhurst was one of a gang of thieves, one of whom shot and crippled police sergeant Eddie Jackson before escaping to Spain.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins
Anthony Heaton - Billy Medhurst
Maureen Sweeney - Mrs. Medhurst
Lewis Fiander - Ashby-Jones
John Alkin - DS Tom Daniels
Martin Fisk - Eddie Jackson
Johnny Shannon - Mason
James Beckett - Stan
Paul Kember - Mickey
James Taylor - Gregory
Peter Clapham - Local Inspector
Miranda Bell - Sheila Jackson
Tony Allen - Bill the Driver
Eric Kent - Haskins' Driver
Quentin Pierre - Witness
Some years earlier Billy Medhurst was one of a gang of thieves, one of whom shot and crippled police sergeant Eddie Jackson before escaping to Spain.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins
Anthony Heaton - Billy Medhurst
Maureen Sweeney - Mrs. Medhurst
Lewis Fiander - Ashby-Jones
John Alkin - DS Tom Daniels
Martin Fisk - Eddie Jackson
Johnny Shannon - Mason
James Beckett - Stan
Paul Kember - Mickey
James Taylor - Gregory
Peter Clapham - Local Inspector
Miranda Bell - Sheila Jackson
Tony Allen - Bill the Driver
Eric Kent - Haskins' Driver
Quentin Pierre - Witness
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00:00It's a lovely part of the world, isn't it, George?
00:05Yeah. I think I'll scrub round the say-shows this year.
00:11Do you see who I see?
00:13What?
00:14Billy Medhurst.
00:23George!
00:30Hello, Mrs. Medhurst. How's your old man keeping it?
00:38Hello, Mrs. Medhurst. How's your old man keeping it?
01:01Ah, Billy! Give us the jet!
01:05Countdown!
01:06Stay put!
01:09Go!
01:10Hold them up!
01:31Go!
01:36No way!
01:41ìž¡ering!
01:45Oh, my name's son!
01:49Oh, my God!
03:04We've been living abroad, have we?
03:06I want to ring my brief.
03:08Spain was the way I heard it.
03:11I also want to make an official complaint for assault against you and that other pig.
03:17Is that where the rest of your little firm did camp to?
03:22Spain?
03:23Regan.
03:24I know my rights.
03:26I also want an independent medical examination.
03:30I think you've done my ribs.
03:31It's not hard to get a bent passport, is it?
03:34No.
03:35What do you do?
03:36Buy yourself a nice little fella with that money from the tickle?
03:39Tickle?
03:40What tickle?
03:41What tickle, he asks.
03:43Beautiful.
03:44The only tickle I know anything about is the one that, you know, makes you laugh.
03:49Yeah, well, nobody laughed at this tickle.
03:51Least of all the copper who got a bullet in his spine and has to spend the rest of his life
03:55jammed up in a bloody wheelchair.
03:57Well, Vance, I can turn it, eh?
04:01Come on, you're playing, George!
04:04All right, all right.
04:05I was out of the water.
04:07Forget it.
04:08Now, forget it when they dub you up in Parkhurst and throw away the gig!
04:12Look, I want to ring my brief.
04:15Bailey, you say?
04:17William Bailey, yes.
04:20Now, give me a moment, I'll see what I can find out.
04:23Now, you see the building's on this?
04:26Oh, he came out, sir.
04:30Sir?
04:31Reagan?
04:32I have here in my office a solicitor who claims that you have a client of his in custody.
04:37One William Bailey.
04:39Is that true?
04:40Could be, but the only face I've got down here is one William Henry Medhurst.
04:44Mind you, there's an indication he's been calling himself Bailey.
04:47Why did his brief get onto it so soon?
04:50I understand the wife, Frank.
04:52Yeah, that figures.
04:54What's that?
04:56She was on the scene when we nicked him.
04:58You know who I'm talking about, Guff?
05:00Medhurst.
05:01He's one of that firm that did that blag a couple of years back when Eddie Jackson got crippled.
05:05I see.
05:07What's the situation?
05:09Well, the situation is that George is organizing an ID parade.
05:12Eddie's on his way down here.
05:13Uh, Jack.
05:14Just hold it there.
05:16You're not to do anything until I get there.
05:19Is that clear?
05:20What, with the brief?
05:21Of course.
05:22Of course.
05:23If you're right, we wouldn't want any legal irregularities complicating the issue, would we?
05:28But...
05:31We've had professional dealings with Medhurst before, Mr. Jones.
05:34Medhurst?
05:35Sorry.
05:36I assumed you knew Bailey was an alias used by your client.
05:40As I understand it, Inspector.
05:42Detective Chief Inspector, actually.
05:44Yes, well, as I understand it, there's no law against using another name providing it isn't for the purposes of fraud or criminal deception.
05:53But you do know him as Medhurst.
05:56Did I say that?
06:10All right, George.
06:11Let's get out with it.
06:12Yeah, it's too late.
06:13The cavalry's here.
06:14Well, we'll have a bloody good try.
06:15Hold on.
06:16It's at the same point.
06:18Good morning.
06:19Governor.
06:20Governor.
06:21Sergeant, would you take Mr. Ashby Jones to see his client, please?
06:25Yeah, all right.
06:26If you come this way, please, sir.
06:33Thanks a lot.
06:34Oh, come off it, Jack.
06:36If you've gone ahead with the ID and charged Medhurst before our double-barrelled legal eagle have been allowed to see him,
06:40then imagine the screams that fit up an abuse of judges' rules that would have followed.
06:43Judges' rules are a guideline, not law.
06:46They're law as far as I'm concerned.
06:48Look, you've got a copper doing the ID.
06:50What's that going to look like in court?
06:51An ex-copper.
06:52A crippled ex-copper.
06:54Let's not forget that little item.
06:56Please, Nell.
06:57How did you know I was here?
06:59I've only...
07:08Rather unscientific, Sergeant.
07:11What?
07:12Eve's drop me.
07:14No, not me, Gav.
07:16I'm a policeman.
07:18Lootop.
07:19No, no, no, no.
07:21I can't take a long pass to your neighbor.
07:23No, no, no.
07:24You want me to will heal?
07:26No, no, no.
07:27No, no, no, no.
07:28No, no.
07:29You believe me, Simon?
07:30No, no.
07:31No, no, no.
07:32No, no, no.
07:33No.
07:34No.
07:35No, no.
07:36Look, no ID. It's a million I'll get picked out.
07:57You have the right to refuse, of course, but it's a futile gesture.
08:03Oh, yeah?
08:04They'll simply confront you with the witness.
08:08Oh, great. So much for my blights.
08:13They are entitled.
08:16Look, I want out. I've got to get out.
08:18Yes, yes, naturally, but we have to accept the possibility...
08:22Never mind about that. I don't want to hear about it.
08:27Dale, what do you reckon our chances?
08:30Oh, about the same as being struck by lightning in the next two seconds.
08:35Oh, terrific. Remind me to double your fee.
08:39I'm expecting much more than that.
08:43I'm only telling you because he's screaming about making an official complaint.
08:47Wonderful. That's all we need.
08:49He resisted arrest. There are a dozen witnesses who'll verify.
08:53Is he marked?
08:54No, no. A few bruised ribs, maybe.
08:57Look, he stuck it on me first.
08:59Governor, Eddie Jackson's arrived.
09:01Where is he?
09:03Being kept out of our way.
09:04Are they ready?
09:05Yeah, I think so, yeah.
09:26Naturally, my client denies any knowledge of these alleged offences, Chief Inspector.
09:30Naturally.
09:31He is, however, perfectly willing to cooperate in any way he can.
09:35Can you imagine?
09:36There is, of course, the matter concerning the rough handling metered out to him by your officers.
09:43He resisted arrest!
09:44It's a misunderstanding. A regrettable mistake.
09:47One which I'm sure you'll all agree is best forgotten by all concern.
09:53Ready when you are, sir.
09:54Oh, can I assume that my client will be released if your witness fails to pick him out, Chief Inspector?
10:00Flash monkey.
10:03Governor.
10:21Hi, Jack.
10:22Don't worry, Eddie.
10:27No, Mr. Jackson.
10:28Don't worry.
10:29I'll indicate.
10:30Don't worry.
10:31I'll indicate.
10:52I'll indicate.
10:53This is one of them, Inspector.
11:05How's that for Mr. Super Cool?
11:10Thanks, Eddie.
11:15Look, uh...
11:16We'll have a drink.
11:17Sure, Jack.
11:18Sure, Jack. Soon? Yeah.
11:22Jack, adjust. I hope.
11:28OK, God? Yeah, OK.
11:41Well? We'll need more than that.
11:44I don't know. Eddie Jackson will make a sympathetic witness.
11:47And don't forget, we've got a lot of circumstantial.
11:49I want the man who pulled the trigger.
11:52Hello, Charles. It's Philip here.
11:56Oh, the thing's sent to try us and all that.
11:59Now, listen, dear heart, about that little piece of business we discussed.
12:04Yes, I'm afraid there's going to be a temporary setback.
12:09Hmm. No, hopefully not.
12:13Yes, I'll let you know.
12:16Oh, certainly. Bye.
12:26I wouldn't if I were you, darling.
12:28What line of crap you're going around me now, Mr Egan?
12:37No crap, love. It's just that, er...
12:40Well, it'd be a pity if Billy had to stand this little lot on his own.
12:43I mean, your dear husband's been a very naughty boy, but shooters aren't his game, we know that.
12:48But if we don't get the geezer actually shot at me, then Billy would be all alone up there in the dock.
12:52The judge won't take too kindly.
12:54Oh, not many.
12:56Nah, the way he thinks, someone is going to have to take some very heavy stick for crippling one of our own.
13:01It's not as if he'll just get life.
13:03No, no, that way he'd be out after a ten stretch, wouldn't he?
13:0620, 25 years.
13:07Yes, yes.
13:08Not much chance of parole, either.
13:11What's that work out there, George?
13:13Well, with remission, what, 16 years?
13:16Give or take a few months.
13:18A lot of porridge, love.
13:20What are you asking?
13:22Don't be naive.
13:23All right, how much?
13:25We'll pretend we didn't hear that, eh, George?
13:28Well, what then?
13:30Bodies.
13:32The right ones.
13:34I don't know any.
13:36Oh, really?
13:38Billy does.
13:39Does he?
13:41Tell you what.
13:42When you visit him in Brixton, just have a word.
13:45Tell him you don't want to grow old without him.
13:48But now we can hope to prevent him.
13:52No, Jack.
13:53No deal.
13:54You know the ruling after the Wembley bank turn out.
13:55I'm not saying we give him immunity.
13:57What then?
13:58Just put him on a promise, that's all.
14:00No, Jack.
14:01No deal.
14:02Then we'll shun it.
14:03What did you say?
14:04Put him on a promise.
14:05Then when he's given us what we want, send him to the war.
14:09You know, Jack, there's something deeply immoral about you.
14:15He's at the car.
14:16Oh, how do you know, Billy?
14:17Look, I know the filth.
14:19Especially that Regan.
14:20Well, he seemed to mean it.
14:21Oh, leave of love.
14:22They're gonna see you, Coden, and they're talking in telephone numbers.
14:25All right.
14:26All right.
14:29I understand from my client that you wish to do some sort of deal with him.
14:34I don't think that deal is precisely the right term.
14:38Oh?
14:39Then what is the right term, Chief Inspector?
14:44We are no longer allowed to do deals with suspects.
14:47That's precisely what I told Mr. Medhurst.
14:49However, we are, let us say, prepared to come to some sort of arrangement.
14:53I understand.
14:55I understand.
14:56May I inquire what kind of arrangement it is you have in mind?
15:02If Medhurst will give us the names of the men who...
15:04No, no.
15:05Just a moment, Chief Inspector.
15:07Mr. Medhurst has told me that he knows nothing about any robbery.
15:11Come off it.
15:12We all know that's a nonsense.
15:13If that is what my client tells me, then that is what I must accept, Mr. Regan.
15:17What the hell are you doing here, then?
15:19Shall we say that I've been instructed by my client to hear what you have to say?
15:25Look, let's cut the bowl.
15:27Jack.
15:28I think you're gonna leave this to me.
15:31All right, Governor.
15:37Not noted for his tact, I'm afraid.
15:40Really?
15:41Off the record, Mr. Ashby-Jones.
15:44Very well.
15:45It's really very simple.
15:47Medhurst gives us the names of the other men involved in the robbery.
15:50Especially the one who did the actual shooting.
15:53He will then have assisted us in this case.
15:55And we are prepared to say that he was only involved on the fringe of the crime.
16:00It might make a considerable difference to the amount of porridge he consumes.
16:03What guarantee can my client have that you wouldn't change your mind after he has assisted you?
16:08That is, of course, if he knows anything, which he certainly hasn't indicated to me.
16:14We are also concerned with our credibility.
16:17Very well.
16:18I'll tell him.
16:19And he can think about it.
16:21Hello?
16:22Mrs. Medhurst.
16:23When you visit your husband today, tell him I've seen the police and that it is my considered opinion that they haven't the slightest intention of honoring any deal he might make with them.
16:42Escort?
16:43We normally do with Category A prisoners.
16:46He's agreed to make a statement after the hearing.
16:48Why should he try anything on now?
16:49Well, why take the risk?
16:52Very well.
16:53Just you and Carter, though.
16:54I can't spare a whole team.
16:56Can't spare a whole team, he says.
16:58Typical.
17:00Stay close, Bill.
17:01Stay close, Bill.
17:31Enter.
17:36Come on.
17:40You!
17:41Get over there.
17:46Why are you now?!
17:50Why are you so bad?
17:52We're you!
17:53Cigar!
17:55We're just really stupid against you!
17:56You all right, Guff?
18:10Yeah.
18:11Look, what the hell's coming on?
18:26You stay here.
18:27George, upstairs.
18:28Look, what the bleeding hell's going on, eh?
18:30Look, are you deaf or something?
18:32There's nothing up here.
18:33Well, he wouldn't be that stupid, I suppose.
18:36Who?
18:37Look, what are you on about?
18:38Who are you talking about?
18:39Oh, get a load of this.
18:40Oh, terrific.
18:41Look, Snow White, I want to know what arrangements you make for your old man, who you contacted
18:45and where he is right now.
18:47Otherwise, it's down the road for you.
18:49Billy?
18:50You talking about Billy?
18:51Lovely, isn't she?
18:52It's Oscar material.
18:53I don't understand.
18:55Your dearly beloved, darling, has just had it away and left me and my sergeant here with
19:00his going away presents.
19:01Billy?
19:02Escape?
19:03But how?
19:04With a little help from his friends.
19:05And you?
19:06Me?
19:07I haven't done anything.
19:08Look, I'm sorry, I don't understand.
19:09He's going to be appearing in court this morning.
19:10That's right.
19:11So why weren't you down there?
19:12I was just about to leave when you came busting in here.
19:15Look, why wouldn't Billy have it on his toes?
19:17You were going to do a deal with him.
19:19Good point, Jack.
19:20Okay, so he sussed up what our game was and figured we wouldn't provide an escort if we thought he was playing alone.
19:26He was half right, wasn't he?
19:28Normally we'd be four or five-handed on a job like that.
19:31And the wife claims no knowledge.
19:34Naturally.
19:35She's lying, of course.
19:37Well, what does that mean?
19:40If she was lying, someone ought to send her an equity card.
19:43She seemed genuine to me.
19:45Come off it.
19:46Somebody had to pass messages.
19:48She was the only one who went to see him in the nick.
19:51Except, of course...
19:52Hyphen Jones, his brief.
19:55Exactly.
19:56Too slippery by far, Mr Ashby Jones.
20:00I can't see his lawyer making himself busy, Governor.
20:03I mean, he ain't going to collect any fees of his clients on the trot.
20:06That depends on the extent of the service he offers.
20:08I think George is right.
20:10Madhurst Mrs has got to be favourite.
20:12You've got to make contact with her sooner or later.
20:15It could take weeks.
20:17So, where does that leave us?
20:19Well, what about that geezer who grasped on the job when Eddie Jackson got shot?
20:24He was a mate of Madhurst.
20:26Maybe he could give us a lead.
20:40Bye, Eddie. See you later.
20:42Yeah.
20:49That's terrific.
21:04Just great.
21:06How's that, sir?
21:08Nothing, Bill.
21:10Hang about.
21:12Hi, Eddie.
21:13Blimey, Jack.
21:14You really caught one there, didn't you?
21:15Where'd you pop up from?
21:16Er...
21:17The back gate.
21:18Oh, yeah.
21:19Sheila must have left her open on her way out.
21:20Didn't you see her?
21:21No.
21:22No, how is she?
21:23I'm Sheila in 80s.
21:24Neither have I.
21:25Play sodding bingo every night.
21:26If she wins anything, I never see it.
21:35No. No, how is she? I'm seeing her in ages.
21:39Neither have I.
21:41Play sodding bingo every night.
21:43If she wins anything, I never see it.
21:51We'll get him back, Eddie. And the rest of them.
21:54What? In another two years?
21:59Sorry, Jack, I didn't mean that.
22:01Look, for Christ's sake, stop having the guilts about what happened to me.
22:08I'd have done exactly the same.
22:11You're a lousy shot.
22:16It's a nice garden. Didn't know you were interested in all this, Caper.
22:20Yeah, since I was a kid.
22:23Listen, this ex-nup of mine, Mason... Yeah?
22:26It's no good trying to talk to him with his drinker.
22:28Full of villains. Just blank here.
22:30Can you phone him? Arrange your mate?
22:32I expect so. We always used to meet at the same place.
22:35Well, you won't find many villains hanging about up here wondering what we're banning about.
22:39Yeah, all right, Mason. Get to the point. Can you help?
22:42I don't know. I mean, you're talking about two years ago.
22:45I'm talking about now.
22:47Look, what I knew then, I told Mr Johnson.
22:50And I ain't learnt a thing about that tickle since.
22:52Must be a good sort of firm for me not to have some idea who they are.
22:55Do you know Meadows?
22:57Sort of.
22:59They used to knock it off with a bird who worked behind the ramp in my club.
23:02I mean, that's how I got to know about the other business.
23:04This bird, she's still a bird?
23:06No, no, she left over a year ago.
23:08Went back to Aussie.
23:10You must know a few faces who do know him.
23:12A few.
23:13Will they talk to you?
23:15Of course.
23:16All my clientele reckon I'm a diamond, don't they?
23:19I mean, why else would they drink down there?
23:21Probably because you have afters.
23:23That's my little reward for helping you lot.
23:25You haven't helped me at all yet.
23:27Well, you've sprung it on me a bit, haven't you?
23:30I want to know where Meadows this hold up.
23:33I don't have one get all that sort of information.
23:36Well, do try.
23:38Otherwise, who knows what aggro you could get
23:40next time you apply for the renewal of your licence?
23:43A wonderful British policeman.
23:45That is true.
23:50Ah, that's stupid of me.
23:52You do know him, then?
23:53No, I've just seen the name.
23:55Well, he's not on our blacklist of dubious lawyers and barristers
23:59who we feel are not a credit to their profession.
24:01Many of them, is there?
24:02Enough.
24:03Like the commissioner, I think one is one too many.
24:06Now, all I can tell you about Ashby Jones is
24:08that he's young and sharp and apparently very ambitious.
24:12Perhaps even unscrupulous.
24:14Well, that much we know already.
24:16Hmm.
24:17Are you investigating some sort of malpractice on his part?
24:21Well, maybe. We're not sure yet.
24:23Only the Law Society is as interested as you are
24:26in rooting out members who bring discredit to the profession.
24:29I thought they protected their own.
24:31Well, you thought wrongly, Sergeant.
24:33Sorry, no offence.
24:34None taken.
24:36You could inquire from people who have had dealings with him
24:40at local police stations,
24:42deputy clerks at magistrates' courts,
24:44probation officers, that sort of thing.
24:46Yeah, but what about his private and social life?
24:48You are the detective, Sergeant.
24:50Yeah, but to get a lawyer to open up about another lawyer.
24:53Or a policeman about another policeman.
24:57There is a barrister I know who may be able to help,
25:01and you'll find him at the inner temple.
25:03Yeah, I'll go and join him in prayer, then.
25:06Is that a joke, Sergeant?
25:08No, not really.
25:31It makes it a bit awkward.
25:33Mm.
25:34Well, that's not all, is it?
25:35No, Mr Aspie Jones, he's better known to his friends as Caddles.
25:39But otherwise he's straight.
25:41He's got a sister who married money.
25:43A big man in the meat trade or something.
25:44She's a do-gooder.
25:45And he makes a nice living defending villains.
25:48Yeah, that's showbiz.
25:50Gubb.
25:51Yes, Tom?
25:52Barker rang in.
25:53Mrs Meadows been out shocking.
25:54And?
25:55Nothing.
25:58Oh, and Gubb, they found the tranny van.
26:01And?
26:02Nothing.
26:05Tom?
26:06Gubb?
26:07Nothing.
26:08Hello?
26:09Do what?
26:10Who is this?
26:11Shall I just keep on at it, then?
26:12Is there any point?
26:13He rang me earlier.
26:14Well, Ashby Jones?
26:15He apologised for the foolish behaviour of his client and says that he washes his hands
26:18of him.
26:19Oh?
26:20Oh?
26:21Incidentally, you checked him out.
26:22I mean professionally.
26:23Yeah, upstairs.
26:24Gregory of the solicitor's department.
26:25He said, the Law Society is as interested as we are.
26:27I don't know.
26:28I don't know.
26:29I don't know.
26:30I don't know.
26:31I don't know.
26:32I don't know.
26:33I don't know.
26:34I don't know.
26:35I don't know.
26:36I don't know.
26:37I don't know.
26:38I don't know.
26:39I don't know.
26:40Has there been any malpractice?
26:41No, not as far as I know.
26:42He's got a name for being a bit on a sharp side.
26:43Oh, no.
26:44I don't know.
26:45I don't know.
26:46I don't know.
26:47I don't know.
26:48I don't know.
26:49But what's the case about Gregory of the solicitor's department?
26:50He said, the Law Society is as interested as we are in learning of any malpractice on the
26:56part of its members.
26:58We have a very strong disciplinary code, do you know?
27:01Has there been any malpractice?
27:03No, not as far as I know.
27:04He's got a name for being a bit on a sharp side.
27:07Yeah.
27:08Well, he's not the only one, is he?
27:10Still, professionally speaking, he is clean.
27:13As a whistle-guff.
27:14Bloody lawyers.
27:16Eight o'clock, then, Charles.
27:19Mm. Yes, I think it's all right again.
27:24We'll discuss it after dinner.
27:27Yes, of course.
27:30Bye.
27:34Is she there?
27:36Yep.
27:36Tell her?
27:38I told her.
27:43Good morning.
27:44Is it?
27:45Governor, Lab Riffle.
27:46Still no joy on that van.
27:49Oh, and Mrs Meadows rang about ten minutes ago.
27:51She thinks something's happened to her Billy.
27:54Let's pay her a visit.
27:58Two days ago, I know you'd tell us.
28:00Well, I thought it was some Craig Goddard phone.
28:03Someone who'd read about Billy's escape in the papers.
28:06So what made you change your mind?
28:08Well, he's not been in touch with me at all.
28:11You know, got a message to me.
28:13Nothing.
28:13You were expecting him to, then?
28:16Whatever he is, he's still my husband.
28:18How would he have contacted you?
28:20Oh, I don't know.
28:21Letter.
28:22Phone.
28:25Mr. Egan, please.
28:27I'm telling you because I'm really worried.
28:31You don't believe me, do you?
28:33Oh, that man, he meant what he said.
28:37I know he did.
28:38You've got to do something.
28:43Okay.
28:45But I don't know what I can do.
28:47If it's happened, it's happened.
28:48In you go, sunshine.
28:50You shouldn't have done that.
28:56I mean, how's it going to look if someone saw us?
28:58Me and a motor with the old bill.
29:00Just tell them we were taking you down for questioning about mass murder and a bank robbery.
29:04Yeah, we're doing you a favour.
29:06Are you going to announce your reputation by saying how you got out of it?
29:08Leave off.
29:10A tale concerning friend Medhurst has come to our attention.
29:13Oh?
29:15The suggestion is that he was swagged out in order to send him to that great exercise yard in the sky.
29:20Yeah?
29:21Yeah.
29:23Well, matter of fact, I was going to give you a buzz today.
29:25Oh, yeah?
29:27No, straight.
29:27It's this geezer I know got out of Brixton yesterday on Bowen.
29:30He was down at a club last night.
29:31And?
29:33Well, that's what he reckoned.
29:34How would he know?
29:36Says it's common knowledge that you lot was doing a deal with Medhurst to put bodies away.
29:40Medhurst would never tell anyone that.
29:42He wouldn't have to, would he?
29:43What do you mean?
29:45Oh, a screw in that.
29:47It's like the village in the booth.
29:48I mean, he'd tell someone who would tell someone who would tell someone.
29:54Well, I don't believe a word of it, do you?
29:56It's possible.
29:58We had a word with the gunner at the neck, didn't we, Josh?
30:00Yeah, that's right, Guff.
30:01He asked a couple of the resident grasses.
30:02They knew about it.
30:03So what?
30:04Medhurst must have known somebody in there.
30:06He could have arranged to have this story put about after he'd escaped.
30:08Yeah, but what about the statements from the witnesses?
30:10What witnesses?
30:11The bystanders who saw the escape.
30:13It seems that Medhurst went reluctantly.
30:17Well, I don't believe it.
30:18It's a set-up to try and fool us.
30:20It didn't even make the headlines.
30:39Well, it has been cruising down the river for the last few days.
30:46Cause of death?
30:47Well, we won't know that till after the post-mortem.
30:50But I can tell you this, having his head cut off hasn't helped identification.
30:55Very funny.
30:55There's nothing on the body, but I double-checked the clothing.
31:00That's definitely Medhurst's.
31:01Oh, Mrs. Medhurst?
31:03Well, that doesn't mean much.
31:04It could be anybody.
31:04It's Detective Sergeant Carr.
31:05Sure, but the remains are the same shape and size, is it?
31:08I don't even have some bad news for you.
31:10Tattoos?
31:10Scars?
31:11Anything like that?
31:11No.
31:12I found a body that...
31:13But there is a birthmark in a place where only his mother or his wife had no birth.
31:16Don't waste time, Jack.
31:18Get his wife.
31:19Yes, and we need you to come and identify the body.
31:25It's not easy to look at, you know what I mean?
31:27But we have to try and get a positive identification.
31:31You understand?
31:33But if he's...
31:35Look, how am I going to know?
31:38Well, you're his wife.
31:39What about scars?
31:43No.
31:44No, I can't have any.
31:47Tattoos?
31:47No, no.
31:50Must be something.
31:51I mean, we've all got something.
31:53Well, he's, um...
31:56He's got this sort of a birthmark.
32:09She was positive.
32:36Absolutely.
32:37We did get her to describe the birthmark in detail, Guff,
32:40before she saw the body.
32:42Well, maybe the post-mortem will come up with something.
32:46Unless we can come up with a different head
32:48or the missing hands with someone else's print, son,
32:50we're going to have to accept it.
32:52I don't like it.
32:53Who does?
33:03Yeah, a nice one.
33:06When do we do it?
33:10Saturday afternoon.
33:25I don't know really, why?
33:29Yeah, that seems like a good idea.
33:31Yeah, hold on, I'll see if I'm needed.
33:32Guff, do you need me this afternoon?
33:34No.
33:35Okay, yeah.
33:35I need you, I need you for.
33:37Sorry?
33:37Leading liability, you know.
33:38Oh, so.
33:39Yeah, all right, then.
33:40I'll see you at the boozer.
33:42Yeah, the cottage.
33:43Yeah, all right.
33:44Cheers, Poo.
33:45You doing anything special this afternoon?
33:48Well, what have you got in mind?
33:50Well, how about watching 22 geezers
33:52kick a bag of air about down at Fulham?
33:53George, you know what I think?
33:59I'm wonderful.
34:01Right on, baby.
34:03Holy, qué.
34:03Oh, my God.
34:04Sure.
34:04Yeah, I'll see.
34:06What a guy.
34:06Well, you've got a man.
34:07I'm going to be a man.
34:08I'll see you.
34:08Good, all right.
34:09Well, and I'll see you.
34:09Good, that's fine.
34:10You're welcome.
34:10I'll see you.
34:12I'll see you soon.
34:12I'll see you soon.
34:12I'll see you soon.
34:13Yeah, I'll see you soon.
34:14You'll see you soon.
34:27Bye-bye.
34:28Bye-bye.
34:29Bye-bye.
34:30Bye-bye.
34:30What's up, Charlie?
35:00Trouble, eh?
35:06Nah.
35:07A touch unexpected.
35:09Just so you can't do anything when he comes round, eh?
35:12He's down in here.
35:14No bells.
35:15So, he's inside the chambers.
35:17I hope he's got his winter woolies up.
35:30Oh, my God.
35:46Oh, my God.
35:52There's a bit of potatoes in there.
36:03Grab that and start moving again.
36:05Right.
36:06Oh, my God.
36:07I'm moving again.
36:08Right.
36:09Hello?
36:10Yes?
36:11Hello?
36:12Yes?
36:13Oh, Charles.
36:18What?
36:19Now, look here.
36:20We made an arrangement.
36:25A couple of hours.
36:32You are putting everyone at risk.
36:38All right, Billy?
36:39You all right, Billy?
36:40Yes?
36:41Yes?
36:42No, Charles.
36:43What?
36:44Now, look here.
36:46We made an arrangement.
36:48A bloody van won't start.
37:12Oh, great.
37:13We don't want to hang a battle.
37:17We'll have to get in there.
37:19Move off, not me.
37:21You can't travel in the cab.
37:23If old Bill spots three in that, we're sure to get a pull.
37:25We'll freeze in there.
37:27You won't be in there long enough for that. Come on, come on.
37:34There's gonna be a light near somewhere.
37:47What? Bit naughty, this.
38:10Too bloody right.
38:17The End
38:34Me feet.
38:35What? Me feet!
38:37What about them?
38:38I can't feel them.
38:47We've got it.
39:09Oh, I'm afraid there's been a slight setback.
39:12What do you mean a setback?
39:13My client's driver will not be able to collect the merchandise at the arranged time.
39:20When will he be able to collect it?
39:22I'm not sure. I'm awaiting a call.
39:25Oh, crap.
39:26I'm sorry, William.
39:27I'm aware that this may prove a little inconvenient.
39:30Inconvenient? Look, what am I supposed to do in the meantime?
39:33Drive around in bloody circles?
39:34I realised...
39:35I realised nothing.
39:37Look, I've got two of the chaps in the back of the wagon.
39:39We're going to think the brass monkey had a result if they have to stay in there much longer.
39:42Yes, well, I'm sure you'll think of something to ease their discomfort.
39:46Oh, sure, sure. I'll nip me to a sports shop.
39:48Get them a fur-eyed jockstrap, please.
39:51Please, William, there's no need for vulgarity.
39:55Never mind, don't worry.
39:57Call me back in half an hour and I should have some information by then.
40:02Stan?
40:04Stan!
40:06Billy.
40:07Bloody madhurst.
40:09Billy?
40:10Billy!
40:10Billy!
40:12Shut up, George!
40:20It's not my fault they were one-nilled down.
40:22Never been paid for a football match before.
40:23It's embarrassing, isn't it?
40:24This better not be another of your little jokes.
40:26Depends on your sense of humour, doesn't it?
40:28Yeah, well, I'm fast losing mine.
40:29Come on, what's it all about?
40:30120 grand's worth of meat.
40:32120 grand's worth?
40:33What the manager reckons?
40:34So what's that got to do with us?
40:36It was the way the job was done.
40:38The manager figures it had to be someone who knew the security setup.
40:40So the first thing the local old bill does is go through a list of all the people working here now and in the recent past, right?
40:45And this guy who's only been working here for a few weeks, he just suddenly doesn't turn up for work and that was on the 10th of last month.
40:51No kidding.
40:53Now you're going to tell me he's the number one suspect.
40:56So?
40:57Right, so this character turns up at the beginning of the week to work again.
41:00He says he's been sick.
41:02He works for a couple of days, then jacks it in.
41:03He hasn't been seen since.
41:06George, you'll be a witness.
41:07I was provoked beyond reasonable endurance, weren't you?
41:10Absolutely.
41:10Governor, who do we know that was arrested on the 9th of last month and back on the streets last week?
41:25How'd they tumbled a robbery then?
41:27Apparently the engineer's missus ran a check he'd sent his pools in.
41:30Couldn't get a reply, got worried.
41:31Phoned the manager and he sent the locals in.
41:33Dad's in the car, Z, with a nasty headache.
41:35When the place belled up?
41:36Yeah, but they knew how to turn the alarms off on the chambers.
41:39And the electric eye wired to the local nick.
41:41You see...
41:42Yeah, all right.
41:42Why can't they tell us the number of the wagon?
41:44They had to get a couple of birds in to go through the paperwork.
41:46Find out which lorries were here and which were on the road.
41:49Everything's closed at weekends here, isn't it?
41:51If that engineer's missus hadn't rang, no one would have known till Monday.
41:54Which would have given them plenty of time to get shot at the load.
41:57If they know their onions, they'd have done that already.
41:59Yes, William, 5.30.
42:01Well, that's not for another hour and a half.
42:03I'm sorry, but what difference does it make?
42:05You yourself said they wouldn't notice anything was wrong until six.
42:10Yeah, all right, all right.
42:11Make sure it's no later than that.
42:13And bring the dough down here.
42:14Yes, but...
42:15No buts.
42:16Look, this is your cock-up.
42:27Pauline?
42:28Yeah?
42:29Yeah, look, love.
42:30Things have gone a bit real as a-cutting.
42:32Big, aren't they?
42:36Yep.
42:37Manager thinks he's got the registration number of the missing rig.
42:39Right, get it circulated.
42:41Have done, gov.
42:44Well, they took the best.
42:45Comes in cartons, so big.
42:47Anything from 25 to 30 quid a lump.
42:50Well, no wonder I can't afford to eat out any more.
42:52Join the club, governor.
42:53Well, where the hell would they sell a bent load like that?
42:57Well, the manager reckons that most butchers are snatcher armour for a half price.
43:00Yeah, most butchers couldn't raise six grand in reddies, never mind 60.
43:04Talking of butchers,
43:05who was the body that the bold Mrs. Medhurst identified as her husband?
43:09Yeah, she certainly mugged us.
43:11Go and see her, Jack.
43:13Don't worry, I intend to.
43:15Now.
43:15Bit jumpy, darling?
43:33Jersey.
43:358.45 from Heathrow.
43:36Mr and Mrs Lamb.
43:39You've been telling Uncle Jack pork pies, haven't you, love?
43:43It's a bloke I know.
43:44Taking me for the weekend.
43:46And her poor husband only recently departed.
43:49Don't seem decent, does it, Gav?
43:51Have to go on living.
43:53Fantastic, isn't she?
43:54Unbelievable.
43:55Unbelievable is right.
43:56These tickets are one way.
43:59That's right.
44:00Wasn't exactly sure what day we'd be coming back.
44:03All right, Mrs. Medhurst, let's cut the crap.
44:05You're nicked.
44:07What for?
44:08Conspiracy to our next prisoners,
44:10accessory to robbery, murder.
44:12Murder?
44:12Get her out of here, Judge.
44:13Here, hold up.
44:14Just a minute.
44:16What are you on about murder?
44:17That thing you identified in the mortuary, remember?
44:20Your old man's handling a different kind of cold meat now, isn't he?
44:28Yep?
44:29Detective Chief Inspector Heskin, sir.
44:31Tell him I'm in court or something.
44:33Good afternoon.
44:38I see you work on Saturdays too, Mr. Jones.
44:41Very good of you to see me.
44:42They dug up a corpse?
44:44Good Benny.
44:46That wasn't Billy's idea.
44:48It was that Stan's.
44:51He thought that up.
44:53He'd read about some bloke who died in an accident of head injuries.
44:56This Stan and Mickey, were they on that job when Sergeant Jackson got shot?
45:01Oh, I don't know.
45:02Billy, don't tell me everything.
45:04He told you about the corpse?
45:06Stan did.
45:08Had to, didn't he?
45:10So as I could describe, you know.
45:12Look, this lawyer, Ashby Jones, he must be on about 20 grand a year.
45:15Why would he involve himself in this?
45:16He's a big gambler.
45:20Go on.
45:21Well, that's how Billy met him.
45:24He's got this mate who runs a casino.
45:27Jones owed a lot of money.
45:29And this mate asked Billy if he could collect it for him.
45:33Well, I think Jones couldn't pay, so he stuck up the meat job.
45:36Yeah.
45:38It was all his idea.
45:41Said he could place meat, get cash for it, on the button.
45:46Of course.
45:47The brother-in-law.
45:49He's in the wholesale meat game.
45:51It's a damnable lie.
45:53It was Medhurst who came to me.
45:57As far as I was concerned, still am concerned,
46:01it was a perfectly legal business deal.
46:04And your brother-in-law?
46:06He was offered a consignment of meat at slightly below cost price.
46:10I was acting as his agent, so to speak, in perfectly good faith.
46:15But neither of us had the slightest idea that it was to be stolen meat.
46:21Do you always conduct your business deals in cash?
46:25No, certainly not.
46:28That was Mr. Medhurst's suggestion.
46:31You knew Medhurst was an escaped prisoner.
46:33You also knew of his alleged death.
46:35And yet you still intended to go ahead with this so-called business deal.
46:40Yes, it's true.
46:41I was aware of that.
46:44There was nothing.
46:45Nothing at all.
46:46But now that you've informed me that it was stolen meat,
46:54well, of course,
46:56any further dealings are completely out of the question.
46:58Hello, I'm in.
47:05Yes?
47:09Right.
47:11We'll be right with you.
47:12Well, Mr. Jones,
47:18Wandsworth Lorry Park.
47:19You have an appointment, I believe.
47:21About time.
47:36Fool!
47:37What's the matter with you?
47:38You damn fool.
47:42Medhurst!
47:44You're nicked.
47:46And you.
47:47Cuddles.
47:47This is the one, Billy.
48:02Company that, George.
48:13Governor!
48:15Don't, Medhurst!
48:16That way!
48:34It's a long way down, Billy.
48:38Too far for you, Cudder.
48:46Come on, pigs.
48:56What's the matter with you?
48:58Get an ambulance, Tom.
48:59Come.
49:00Get two, will you?
49:01Be all right.
49:02I hope so.
49:06Now, you still didn't get him, Jack.
49:09What?
49:09The man who shot Eddie Jackson.
49:11The man who shot Eddie Jackson.
49:11The man who shot Eddie Jackson.
49:15What?
49:25Oh, God.
49:31Bye.
49:35piÄ™.
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