- 4 months ago
First broadcast 9th January 1975.
Regan's flying squad falls under suspicion after they apprehend a gang of hijackers, but a bag with £35,000 in it has somehow disappeared.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins (credit only)
Ed Devereaux - Harry Biggleswade
Morris Perry - Det. Chief Supt. Maynon
John Flanagan - DS Matt Mathews
Richard Davies - Doctor
William Morgan Sheppard - Det. Chief Insp. Morrison (as Morgan Sheppard)
Bernard Gallagher - Stan, Desk Sergeant (as Bernard Perry)
Carolyn Jones - Irene Biggleswade
Murray Brown - Paul Simmonds
Martyn Read - DC Jimmy Thorpe (as Martin Read)
Jack McKenzie - Len
Sally Faulkner - WPC Pat Bond
Natalie Kent - Doris
Bart Allison - Wilf
Andrew Andreas - Tony Wirrel
Peter Brace - Big Tom
Derek Chafer - Man in Pub
Vi Delmar - Woman eating hotdog
Walter Henry - Flying Squad Detective
Bill Hibbert - Detective
Pat Ryan - Man in Pub
Reg Thomason - Barman
Joe Wadham - Police Driver
Regan's flying squad falls under suspicion after they apprehend a gang of hijackers, but a bag with £35,000 in it has somehow disappeared.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins (credit only)
Ed Devereaux - Harry Biggleswade
Morris Perry - Det. Chief Supt. Maynon
John Flanagan - DS Matt Mathews
Richard Davies - Doctor
William Morgan Sheppard - Det. Chief Insp. Morrison (as Morgan Sheppard)
Bernard Gallagher - Stan, Desk Sergeant (as Bernard Perry)
Carolyn Jones - Irene Biggleswade
Murray Brown - Paul Simmonds
Martyn Read - DC Jimmy Thorpe (as Martin Read)
Jack McKenzie - Len
Sally Faulkner - WPC Pat Bond
Natalie Kent - Doris
Bart Allison - Wilf
Andrew Andreas - Tony Wirrel
Peter Brace - Big Tom
Derek Chafer - Man in Pub
Vi Delmar - Woman eating hotdog
Walter Henry - Flying Squad Detective
Bill Hibbert - Detective
Pat Ryan - Man in Pub
Reg Thomason - Barman
Joe Wadham - Police Driver
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00:18We can't those bags and pick up that money.
00:21Line them up over there.
00:24Where's Biggles, Wade?
00:30Line them up over there and search them.
00:36That old bloody cameraman.
00:54I've got one of them, sir.
01:01Yeah, one of those.
01:03Where's the money?
01:05Where's the money?
01:06Where's the money?
01:07Where's the money?
01:15Where's the ambulance?
01:17You should have brought your wetsuit, Baz.
01:22I want to talk to the security guards.
01:25Oi! Hold up!
01:31Hey, pick those runners up, will you?
01:33And turn their hooter off!
01:35Oh, thanks, Bill.
01:46Can you see out of that?
01:47Yeah.
01:48How many?
01:49Take them down to the station.
01:51I want to talk to them.
01:52But their hospital case is set.
01:54Give them a drink and take them down to the station.
02:06Have we got all the money?
02:07Yes.
02:08And all the villains.
02:10Could be a nice result, Gov.
02:12Could be.
02:13Gov, can I have a word with you?
02:16Yes, George.
02:17There's a bag missing.
02:18What?
02:19Someone's run off with over 30 grand.
02:23No one's run off with over 30 grand.
02:26No one's run off with over 30 grand.
02:28Take care.
02:29And still.
02:30Take care.
02:31Do it.
02:32Oh!
02:33All right.
02:34Just to see you later.
02:35Then there is a bag right away from there.
02:36You could hear me in the back.
02:37No one's running off with over 30 grand.
02:38Maybe two more than nothing.
02:39I know.
02:41You could hear me in the back.
02:42I don't want to talk to them.
02:43I immediately...
02:44Maybe you'll find a dog right.
02:45You could hear me in the back.
02:47I don't know.
02:48You're supposed to be a cold.
02:49You're supposed to be a hot dog.
02:50I don't know.
02:51You'll find a dog right.
02:52You're supposed to be a little bit better.
02:53We couldn't see you in the front.
02:54Come on.
03:10Move.
03:11Over there.
03:14There.
03:15Keep on.
03:16Not cute.
03:19Take your shoelaces out.
03:21Your belts off.
03:23Your braces.
03:24Your ties and your watches.
03:26I want my brief.
03:27Yeah, tell them to go.
03:28All right, up against the...
03:29Quiet!
03:31Look, he needs a doctor.
03:33Just get your belt off, Biggleswade.
03:36You think I'm going to hang myself, Cat, huh?
03:38You say so when you speak to me.
03:47The van was broken open,
03:49and they were apprehended leaving the scene of the crime with masks,
03:52pickaxe, handles and chains.
03:54But right now, I'm charging them with the equivalent of parking their vehicle on a yellow line.
03:59Have you got it?
04:00Nasty one.
04:02Here you come.
04:02To fast your drink.
04:04Yeah, well, the pubs are open, aren't they?
04:05You want to get that icing, too.
04:07Soon enough, Stan.
04:08Soon enough.
04:08Hello.
04:09I want the street searched again,
04:25and I want to check on that van driver and the geezer-riding shotgun.
04:27All the dirt you can dig up, you understand?
04:30Infidelities, mortgages, the lot.
04:32Garth, you did ask those two to cooperate.
04:34I mean, they could have been killed.
04:35Stay out of this, George.
04:37And, Matt, check their security firm for leaks.
04:39Yes, sir.
04:40All right, sir.
04:42Mr Boss, he wants to see you now.
04:47You had three cars, 20 men, a tip-off and a bloody cameraman.
04:51And you still lost 35,000 pounds.
04:53We got the whole team, sir.
04:55The works.
04:57Well, that's what counts, isn't it?
04:59Sit down, Jack.
05:03I've got a report here.
05:06Security company, did you want to pin the loss on the commissioner?
05:10They...
05:10They say you advised the driver that there might be a spot of bother,
05:14and when he suggested an alternative route, you said,
05:17don't worry, old cock, you'll have half the head.
05:20The Navy mob sitting on your tail.
05:24With what result?
05:26Unfortunately, there was a hold-up.
05:29The, uh, traffic lights.
05:33I recall a certain case last year, Jack.
05:36You and your squad nicked five men coming out of a van
05:39with pickaxe sandals and shotguns.
05:42The director of public prosecutions filed out the charges,
05:45and they got off with nothing but illegal possession of arms.
05:48When we come out of court,
05:50you swore that the next time you nick those villains,
05:54it would be on the actual job.
05:58You'd better find that money, Jack.
06:02And all of it.
06:03I'm afraid the lift's out of Aldergan.
06:21I'm afraid the lift's out of Aldergan.
06:22Hello, Doris.
06:40Oh, my God, it's Jack the lad.
06:42Is he the old man, then?
06:43Is he ever out?
06:46Wilf, it's your friend, Mr. Regan.
06:49We've nicked your Harry.
07:02Aye, it weren't news.
07:05You'll get 14 this time.
07:10That's a nice wolf.
07:12Here, have you got a W?
07:15That boy scout you brought with you is wrecking the place in here.
07:18We don't need one.
07:20Harry's nicked and there's 35,000 missing.
07:23You don't think you'll find it here, do you?
07:27Well, somebody's got it.
07:30Well, I haven't.
07:41Local factory, Link.
07:48I'm going to go.
07:50Go on.
07:50Go on.
07:51It's got it.
07:55Forty years.
08:21What's the news from the lab?
08:23No news.
08:24Don't they know it's a rush, Judd?
08:27Well, it's a film, Gov, not a Polaroid.
08:29It's neither.
08:29It's my flaming neck.
08:37When are you charging them?
08:38I should be making a full statement in due call.
08:41Truths are my still missing.
08:42Come on, Jack.
08:43Just the names.
08:45They've been here all morning.
08:46There's nobody of any account.
08:49Simmons, the bloke from the Chronicle was in again.
08:52Blew some smoke in me face.
08:54Threatened me with a fiver.
08:56I hope you took the money and ran.
08:58He says he knows what's going on.
09:00More than I do.
09:02Oh, and your office was on the line.
09:05Do me a favor.
09:06Tell them I'm here, will you?
09:07Your governor wants to see you.
09:09Urgent.
09:09I've just gone to lunch.
09:13You had it in your hand.
09:16Did I?
09:18Yes.
09:19You were holding the bag when I jumped you.
09:21Well, you must have got it.
09:27Sir.
09:28Oh, no.
09:29No, I haven't got it.
09:30You slung it somewhere.
09:33It's Detective Chief Inspector Morrison, huh?
09:36Inspector Reagan.
09:37Look, Bigglesway, that bag contained £35,000.
09:43Now, that is the equivalent of a first Divvy win on the pools in an average week.
09:48Now, don't tell me you let it just fall out of your hands, eh?
09:51It described an arc, a parabola, into a crowd of disinterested spectators before it disappeared.
10:04All of a sudden, a dirty great pudding went flying through the air.
10:10It came to earth.
10:13I know not where.
10:15Listen, Maury, I want you to do me a favor.
10:17If Maynum makes any move against me, I want to know.
10:21No, I'm not being paranoid.
10:24No, I just want to be informed.
10:26I can't sort this out with him hovering over me like some hysterical gunship ready to blast me the minute it breaks in a press.
10:34Of course, I'll find it.
10:37Got to be a perfectly simple, logical explanation to all this.
10:41I'm trying to refresh your memory, Biggles.
10:44It was a brown bag marked money.
10:48Yeah.
10:51What's happened to him?
11:00Oh, he's playing little Jack Ornagov.
11:03Oh, really?
11:05Well, you get no plumps from me, Harry, if you don't come up with where that puppy is.
11:08I want my solicitor.
11:11Give us a statement first.
11:13I've got rights just like you.
11:15You've just violated every right in the book, Harry.
11:18Ambushing an arm and security van, nicking 30 grand and putting two of my boys in hospital.
11:23I've got a right to talk to my family, let them know where I am.
11:29They know where you are.
11:30I've just been to see them.
11:31They look very pleased.
11:33They're grinning from ear to ear.
11:34I don't know what you're talking about.
11:39Where's the money?
11:41I don't know.
11:42Well, they must know.
11:43Otherwise, why the smokes from Mum and Dad?
11:45Why didn't you search the place?
11:48We did.
11:51Here.
11:53We found that.
11:54Your mum said you lost it three years ago.
11:57Huh.
11:58Where did you find it?
11:59Under the wardrobe.
12:03I bet you left it looking a right mess.
12:05We left it as we found it.
12:07A right mess.
12:08Oh, turn.
12:20Hmm.
12:21See?
12:22Craftsmanship.
12:24Oh, fun and look here.
12:28I don't know.
12:30Here you are, crafting away.
12:33Buying information, making plans, working like a dog.
12:36The job comes off, you get nicked and someone else grabs the money.
12:42Fourteen years you'll get just to let someone else have a nice time.
12:47Hard world, innit?
12:55What about a statement?
12:57No.
12:59I want my brief.
13:00You'll get a brief, Harry, when we get the money.
13:03I'll tell you who I think has the money.
13:07You got it.
13:08You nicked it and you're putting it on me.
13:13Do you know something, Harry?
13:16You've got a criminal mind.
13:27Anything?
13:28Anything?
13:28It's not here, Gav.
13:41Get the councillor, take these up.
13:43Then get down them.
13:45The drains?
13:46The drains, Detective Constable Thorpe.
13:52The drains.
13:53Call from the press office, sir.
13:56Simmons is on to the story.
13:58I know that.
14:00The local nick knows that.
14:01Everybody knows that.
14:02Why is it the press office at the last to find out?
14:05Biggles Wade's lawyer's called.
14:07He's threatening to make trouble.
14:09Who is he?
14:09Haken.
14:10He's a heavyweight.
14:12Keep him up there.
14:13I've run a check on that security van driver.
14:15He's clean gov and so's his oppo.
14:18I want all the information we can get on Biggles, Wade.
14:20Persuade one of those ambitious women DCs out in the division to go down to those flats and
14:25slap around a bit, see what you can come up with.
14:31Are these the reports?
14:33Well, these are some of the reports.
14:35There's 20 police officers involved and they're all writing reports.
14:38I can't read 20 reports.
14:40Carter could do it.
14:43You do it, Matt.
14:44I want George to stay with Biggles and co.
14:49Matt, George.
14:52You get a statement?
14:53Nah, I'll let him be.
14:56He's been without sleep for 36 hours now.
14:58Yeah, so have I, George.
15:00No, I tried a new angle.
15:03I just spent six hours with Bigtel.
15:06Congratulations.
15:06Tell, I said, you were arrested carrying a four-foot length of heavy duty chain.
15:13Now, did you still insist you were taking your dog for a walk?
15:16Yes, he said.
15:17He's a very big dog.
15:19Yeah, he got the wrong approach.
15:20Get him talking about Arsenal.
15:22It's partly about Arsenal.
15:23All right, I said.
15:24Then how do you explain the fact that you were wearing an ex-army flat jacket?
15:28The weather turned nasty, he said.
15:31Tell him the whole team's been put on the transfer list.
15:33Shake his confidence.
15:34Right.
15:36Now, you were taking your dog for a walk, carrying a four-foot length of heavy duty chain, wearing
15:41an ex-army flat jacket.
15:43What happened to the dog?
15:45It escaped, he said, when the fracar started.
15:50All right.
15:50Now, it took fright, ran home, opened the back door and locked himself in the kitchen, because
15:56that's where we found you.
15:57Know what he said?
15:59He used to be a circus dog.
16:01He knows quite a lot of tricks.
16:03I don't know why you're wasting your time on tell.
16:06Biggles waged a man.
16:07I, er, went down the drains, Gav.
16:15Yes, Thorpe, I deduced that.
16:19You smell like a day out at Barking Creek.
16:22Nothing there.
16:24We wanted.
16:25I think you'd better take a shower, Thorpe.
16:29Yes, Gav.
16:34Dear, oh dear.
16:37Now, we're not going to get anything out of Biggles.
16:40He's not human.
16:42His soul's made out of soya beans.
16:44Just keep on a Biggles, Wade.
16:47There's got to be a perfectly simple explanation to all this.
16:50But come on, Harry.
16:57We've been at it for 24 hours.
16:59Now, can't we wrap it up?
17:02You'll have me in the divorce court at this rate.
17:05Hmm.
17:06You and me both.
17:09Yeah, that's right.
17:11Your old woman gave you the Bigg eight years ago, didn't she?
17:18So she ran off with a puff.
17:21Yeah, well, your son means she didn't have any choice.
17:24No.
17:26I supported that kid ever since.
17:30Yeah.
17:31Talk, Fanta.
17:34How old's he now?
17:36Head.
17:39Girl.
17:42Did you get on all right?
17:45All right.
17:46What's she going to think when you pull a stroke like this?
17:49I mean, she's not going to see you in a colour and tie until you're drawing your old age pencil.
17:57Have you got any kids of your own, Mr. Carter?
17:59So what do you know about children?
18:03You need a principle, isn't it?
18:05You stay at what you're good at.
18:06Let the mugs get ahead.
18:08No.
18:09No, there's nothing up there but ulcers and disappointment.
18:11You go.
18:12There's someone who wants to see you in private.
18:17Well, you think about it, Bill, but my advice is don't do it.
18:20Don't do it.
18:26All right.
18:26Who is it?
18:27It's Mr. Morrie, sir.
18:29Morrie.
18:29Hello, Morrie.
18:42What you got for me?
18:43Mainland's put a check on your means and credit accounts.
18:46That goes to the rest of your team, too.
18:48And you said I was paranoid.
18:50Well, it's not a full-blown inquiry, Jack.
18:52It's the thin end of the wedge, isn't it?
18:53And keep it to yourself.
18:54I'd appreciate it.
18:56Who's leading the investigation?
18:58That's the point, Jack.
18:59I am.
19:00I just want to tell you that I shall confine my attention to this particular business.
19:15Anything else that comes up, I'll ignore, of course.
19:17Of course.
19:18There'll be an investigation, you know.
19:19Right down the line regarding the money.
19:22Mainland, well, he wants to keep it in the family, if you see.
19:26Yeah, he doesn't want his dirty washing done in public.
19:27Why didn't he just suspend me and have done with it?
19:31Come on, Jack.
19:31Now, don't take it like that.
19:34Okay.
19:36Well, thanks for marking me card, Morrie.
19:39Yeah, nice to know your governor thinks you're a villain.
19:57I had a talk with Morrie.
20:13Don't take it too personal.
20:15No.
20:16As I keep telling people, sir, it's only my neck.
20:18I'm trying to save the squad, not your neck.
20:26Okay, WPC Bond, you got that?
20:29Right.
20:30Oh, when you phone in, ask for me.
20:33All right, then.
20:39What are these?
20:40That's the others.
20:41The other what?
20:42The other reports.
20:43It's George, eh?
20:46Yeah.
20:48Listen, yesterday I asked for a list of all vehicles in the area at the time of the robbery.
20:52Aye.
20:52Yeah, well, I've been a bit busy down at the Nick.
20:54How far have you got with Biggles, Wade?
20:57Got nowhere.
20:59By the way, Gov, we've got the film back.
21:01Oh, that's right, Matt.
21:02Saved the good news till last.
21:05We'll get it on the machine.
21:06And, Matt, you'd better get that vehicle list.
21:10All right.
21:16Is it all there?
21:17Yeah.
21:20By the way, Matt, you get a girl onto that research, yeah?
21:23Yes, girl.
21:24All right.
21:27Nice one if you like it a bit on the heavy side.
21:29I hope that didn't influence your choice.
21:31You want the truth?
21:32Oh, roll calls, Jerry.
21:33Okay, run it, Jimmy.
21:36Ye gods, it's not going to be all like this.
21:39That's what we call the leader, Matt.
21:41Oh, that's what it is.
21:47Dull if isn't.
21:49It's all going to police force.
21:54You're putting on weight, Reg.
22:01Oh, Blue Eyes has had it again.
22:02Oh, how does he do it?
22:04How does he do it?
22:05She said very badly.
22:07Quiet!
22:09Do you always go up with midgets?
22:13Her sister's all right.
22:14You seen her, George?
22:15No.
22:17You could have offered her one.
22:18I mean, a cigarette.
22:20No, it's the government's according to magazines.
22:22Well, glad we've got this all on film, aren't you, guys?
22:24All right, off we go.
22:28Wild Blue Yonder.
22:29Nice day for it.
22:31The traffic lights.
22:32You think they've fixed them?
22:34Send him down the drains.
22:39Is he for real?
22:40Yeah.
22:41Looks like a film star, doesn't he?
22:42Stop driving that taxi.
22:50You never get one when you want one.
22:55No sailor.
22:56Yeah!
22:57Quiet!
22:57Come on, come on, come on.
22:59Do you try to kill him?
23:04Jaywalking.
23:05I was trying to follow you, and you would move him some.
23:07This is it.
23:18Weirdo, lads.
23:22I had to rescue you again.
23:24Go on.
23:25Oh, well done, Gov.
23:37Cough.
23:38How did you get landed with two?
23:39Oh, dear.
23:43Pickles, Wade.
23:48Shut up!
23:51Shut up!
23:52Another star of our film.
23:58He looks pretty with that mask on, you know, that big tail.
24:00Kick him on, my son.
24:03I haven't seen you standing up yet.
24:07He is big, isn't he?
24:10Yeah.
24:10Regular entry.
24:12Nothing else.
24:12He can be very nice to me at once, that joke, aren't he?
24:28Tell him.
24:40Tell mum to teach you to fight.
24:43Basil.
24:48Self-defense, there.
24:49Nice mistake.
24:56Oh, good Christ.
24:58You took one there, didn't you?
25:03He didn't believe anything.
25:05But he said he'd surrender.
25:08Is that the bag here, considering we had to fill up on our side?
25:12Oh, poor Dredge, you know.
25:13It comes down there.
25:16That's the bag.
25:20There's the bag.
25:22Biggles Wade.
25:24Biggles Wade.
25:29Hold it.
25:34You see who that is?
25:36Charlie Quigley!
25:38Charlie Quigley?
25:39Mom and you, Charlie.
25:42In fact, they used to run together.
25:43He said if he had followed Quigley's advice, he'd be a millionaire by now.
25:47They started a bookie sometime before the war.
25:51Now, that was the only year I can recall that the favourites won both the Derby and the National.
25:57They went bankrupt so fast, I was brought up with nappies made out of newspapers.
26:02Straight.
26:02Yeah, I remember Charlie.
26:06In the old Lulzzy days.
26:07He was mining for the money and mama around about that time.
26:10He got a bit careless and lost all their money.
26:13They said, Charlie, you've been at the punts again.
26:17Yeah.
26:19They broke both his legs on that occasion.
26:20So, when we get there, you go round the back.
26:27Me and Matthews are going to front, all right?
26:30George, have we got a warrant?
26:34Yeah, well, we will have when we get back.
26:37Turn it over.
27:03Turn it over.
27:07Turn it over.
27:12Take care.
27:14Take care.
27:21Take care.
27:35Take care.
27:35He's Skip Gav.
27:52Charlie Quigley.
27:54What a choice.
27:57Well, there's a dozen minders in London.
27:59Harry Buller, Jimmy Rogers, even old Uncle B.
28:03Charlie Quigley.
28:05He'd leave the lot in a shopping bag behind the kitchen door.
28:09And it's not just Charlie, is it?
28:11Well, it's the whole steaming family. There's your Aunt Maisie.
28:14She's the original big spender.
28:16And then there's Gloria.
28:19Why you ever married Gloria, nobody knows.
28:23She'll be back, you know, when she hears a bottle of bread.
28:26She was costing arrows a thousand a year before she was nicked,
28:29and at that stage, she didn't even have her O-levels.
28:31Fourteen years in college so the Quigley family can join the idle rich.
28:37That money will be spent before you even come up for trial.
28:41Dogs, horses, holidays in a pizza.
28:43I mean, they're not ones to put away a bob or two, are they?
28:47You know, buy a little piece of land, a hedge against inflation.
28:51Oh, not that lot.
28:53No, they're the last of the big spenders.
28:55Gov.
29:01Too horrible to contemplate, is it?
29:06I'll try not to think about it.
29:08I would, son.
29:10Get those marbles rolling.
29:14I think you better come up with a statement.
29:17Where is he?
29:18No, Trace.
29:20This came through from Harris on the wire.
29:22Meat coat, paper and cash.
29:24Well, the money could have come from the missing bag.
29:27Okay, they've started.
29:31Listen, I want you all to treat this like a win on the football pools.
29:33Matt, Trace, all relatives and friends of the Quigley family.
29:36Jimmy, I want a register of everything that's bought.
29:39I shall want it recovered.
29:40George, you stay here with Pickles, Wade.
29:43When he gets over the shock, he should give us a very full statement.
29:46I particularly want to know where he got his information on the security ban from,
29:50who drew up the plans, and where he got his front money from.
29:54That leaves one thing outstanding, the press.
29:56And I'll end that one.
30:08104, please, sir.
30:10I'll have to do some more overtime.
30:17Have you found the money yet, Jack?
30:19I shall be making a statement in due course.
30:22Putting that in the local paper, Inspector.
30:24They're taking the notice of these punters, they're waiting for their pensions.
30:34The situation is this, Paul.
30:36I've got a good story for you, but you'll have to hold it until we nick Quigley.
30:39You told me your story.
30:40Cheers.
30:41Now, see, Harry, it's not just a question of conspiracy, or the actual blag.
30:53The point is, you've put yourself up against Mr. Regan.
30:59Your future or his career.
31:02It's only logical in these circumstances that he's going to go through the pack, isn't he?
31:05I mean, he's not going to sit in court and let Haken run you through your story like a well-drawn dummy, is he?
31:14No, he's going to do you for everything you've ever done.
31:18And he's going to wrap you up with stuff you've never even dreamed of.
31:20Unless, of course, you come up with the loot.
31:25You'll get promoted, Harry boy.
31:30From First Reserve to First Division.
31:34Maximum security of Parkers for the rest of your life.
31:42You're threatening me again, Mr. Carter.
31:45Now, I know what your paper wants at the moment.
31:48Something hostile to the force.
31:50Can the squad count? Et cetera.
31:5335,000 goes missing in mysterious circumstances.
31:56But I'm giving you something that's a little bit different.
31:59You know, something with a human interest angle.
32:01The ex-con who suddenly finds himself rich.
32:04You know, he thought it was manna from heaven, et cetera.
32:07The last of the big spenders.
32:09There's a story going about that it isn't Quigley.
32:13That you're fitting him up.
32:15We've got him on film, Paul. We've got pictures.
32:18Since when did you take a camera unit when you went on an emergency call?
32:22Did I say it was an emergency?
32:25So you knew about the blag all the time?
32:28Since when did the squad go out on an emergency?
32:30Well, not the fire brigade. Of course we knew.
32:33We knew seven days before the time, the place and the firm that was doing it.
32:37But you print that, Paul, and I'll bust your head open.
32:40How good's the film?
32:42It's terrific.
32:44Well, there's another exclusive for you.
32:45You see little itty bitty pictures all showing every second of the action.
32:49And what would the news of the world give to get that, eh?
32:53Well, what do you say?
32:58I'd like another vodka and tonic.
33:00Good lad.
33:01I don't want a statement. I want a tape recording of the thieving lying git.
33:09Yeah, good night, Matt.
33:11The bag.
33:13Is that the bag that Bigglesworth had?
33:15Yep, look.
33:17Oh, well, that's something. At least that's something, George.
33:20I was beginning to think it didn't exist.
33:22Where'd they find it?
33:23Haringey.
33:26Haringey?
33:31Regan?
33:33Yes, no. No, he's not here at the moment.
33:36Oh, for me, that report.
33:38Yeah, listen, could you put it straight onto the tape recorder for me?
33:42Yeah, it's very important that I hear it, but I've got a meeting.
33:46Could you record this for me on extension eight?
33:51Report from WDC Pat Bond O Division CID as per Biggleswade assignment.
33:56Requested by Detective Sergeant Matthews Flying Squad.
33:58Dictated onto tape for Detective Inspector Regan at...
34:0222.30 hours.
34:04Hmm.
34:06Shall I get this cheque for Quigley's dabs?
34:08Quigley's been eliminated.
34:10Do what?
34:12He was nicked at Rotherhithe.
34:14Not a cent on him.
34:16Says he never touched the money.
34:18Says he saw Biggleswade throw the bag, but when he got to where it was going, it was gone.
34:26There's gotta be a perfectly logical reason for all this.
34:29Well, let me read it to you.
34:47It is headed...
34:49Can the R count?
34:5235,000 pounds disappears in mysterious circumstances.
34:55Breathe in.
34:57A team of detectives is busy investigating.
35:00Breathe out.
35:01This episode is one of a number in which the Metropolitan Police have been...
35:04In.
35:06Out.
35:08Regan, the heat's on.
35:09I'm under pressure from the fifth floor to bring in A-10.
35:15No R's about it, Regan.
35:17Your one suspect has been eliminated.
35:19You've no others.
35:21H-O-J-F-Z-N-T.
35:23It's becoming impossible to believe that a bag can disappear in broad daylight with 50 officers looking on.
35:28P-N-P-O-Y-F-D-O-Z.
35:31I should try reading it next time, Boyle.
35:34We're changing the chart.
35:35So, I conclude the following.
35:39Forget Quigley. Forget Biggleswade.
35:41Start investigating some of the more obvious prospects in this case.
35:46Like whom, sir?
35:48Like some of the members of your own squad.
35:53Once again, I break my Hippocratic oath signing you up as serviceable.
35:57Never mind that, Doug. Just put your name on the paper.
35:59Putting my signature to this document is fraudulent.
36:02As well, no doubt, as contravening the Trade Descriptions Act.
36:06I very much doubt when I come around again next year that you will still be here.
36:10That is the truest thing you've said today, Doc.
36:15Oh, sorry, Doc. Am I too early?
36:17No.
36:18And, erm, remember that pain in your chest.
36:20It's not cancer, it's a bruised rib.
36:22And I advise you to let it heal or you could end up with pulmonary pneumonia.
36:26Bruised rib, eh?
36:27Yes. He should be in bed.
36:29Look, why don't you go?
36:30Well, let you take over. This particular point in the game.
36:34Is he? He's his own bloody worst enemy.
36:36Not as long as you're around, Doc.
36:38Oh, strip to the waist for you, Sarge.
36:40I'm, er, just off to the little boy's room.
36:43Geriatric incontinence.
36:45How did you get on with Biggles?
36:49Nothing.
36:52Who's with him now?
36:53Peter.
36:54Did you stay with him all night?
36:56Yeah.
36:57Oh, that is, except I had a secret trist with Morrie.
37:00You know he's going through all our bank statements.
37:02Oh, that's all I need.
37:04There's gotta be a...
37:06What did Biggles do without money?
37:09Er, I was working on that film again. I think it's worth another butcher's.
37:13Okay, George.
37:15There's gotta be a perfectly logical explanation of all this.
37:21Look.
37:22You notice he's not Biggles' way to pick up the bank.
37:25But that's Biggles' catching it.
37:27Yeah, okay. Now, what's this one? Look.
37:30He's like some suicidal wing three-quarter at Cardiff Holmes Park, isn't he?
37:35Now, look, look.
37:37See?
37:39He throws it.
37:40Well, here it goes.
37:42It goes miles to the right of Quigley.
37:45Actually, it's funny what you said about rugby.
37:47He had a trial for St. Ellen's once. Rugby league.
37:49Huh?
37:50Yeah.
37:51Yeah, maybe if he'd got it.
37:52Here's Bigg, tell the dog lover.
37:53Blimey.
37:54Oh, nice one, Governor.
37:55Well, I'd beat him as hard as I could.
37:56Yeah, that's where I got the bruised rib.
37:57You know what?
37:58It's probably Joe Stick that did that.
37:59Look.
38:00I did a sketch last night at home.
38:01This is where Biggles collected the pass, if I may use the word, and start the trial.
38:03It's probably Joe Stick that did that.
38:04Look.
38:05I did a sketch last night at home.
38:06This is where Biggles collected the pass, if I may use the word, and started his run, right?
38:07Now, Thorpe and I were coming up from here.
38:08We had a load more blokes up here.
38:09But he said, you know what?
38:10It's probably Joe Stick that did that.
38:11Look.
38:12I did a sketch last night at home.
38:13This is where Biggles collected the pass, if I may use the word, and started his run,
38:18right?
38:19Now, Thorpe and I were coming up from here.
38:20We had a load more blokes up here.
38:21But he still insisted on running that way.
38:22But he would have had a better chance of a clear run at this alley, if he wanted to take
38:24it.
38:25Right.
38:26Well, now look at some reprints I have done.
38:28See that?
38:29I could tell you, come on.
38:30That's what I could tell you, I could tell you.
38:31That's what I could tell you to tell you.
38:32I could tell you, you can tell me.
38:33I'm sorry.
38:34I could tell you that.
38:35No, I'm sorry.
38:36I can tell you that.
38:37No, I can tell you.
38:38You can tell you, too.
38:39I can tell you, I can tell you.
38:41I can tell you that.
38:42I can tell you, the only way you've changed the path.
38:44I can tell you, it's not wrong.
38:45I can tell you that.
38:46Why?
38:47See that?
38:52Look.
38:54Now, there's an element of deliberation there, wouldn't you say, Governor?
38:57Yeah, you're right, George.
38:58Now, what I want to know is,
39:00what would make him risk 14 years just to make that pass?
39:03I mean, why'd he do it?
39:05Well, there's no law that says an oppo like Biggleswade's got to go down with the ship, is there?
39:10You see, I'd be inclined to think that he was so thick he went the wrong way.
39:15But then I look at that last shot.
39:16Well, I'm convinced he knew exactly what he was doing.
39:21You've got something there, George.
39:24Subject, Irene Biggleswade, as per detail, dated 7-2.
39:29Yeah.
39:32Sorry to break.
39:36Nor liked in the street.
39:38Most of the women said he did nothing for the kid who was now living with his sister, Irene.
39:42Gun.
39:43Yeah.
39:43It's a hijacking last night on Commercial Street.
39:47It was just our speed, Gov.
39:48£25,000 insurance loss, so we automatically get called in.
39:52Yeah, we're not taking it, Thorpe.
39:54But we're the boys who do...
39:56We've got enough inquiries on our books as it is.
39:58Hand it over to Watkins.
39:59But £25,000.
40:02Do as you're told.
40:06Supposing Watkins won't take it?
40:08Then put it in a van and drive it over the river.
40:10Just get it out of my sight.
40:12Yes, Gov.
40:20Hello.
40:22Oh, yeah.
40:23Yeah, it's your governor and it's Jack Regan.
40:26I'll wait.
40:29Irene Biggleswade is living with an unemployed revolutionary called Tony Wirral.
40:33From The Laundrette Lady, describes as a living example of the dangers of literacy.
40:38He hangs about the bookies most days.
40:39Hello, Reg.
40:43It's Jack Regan.
40:45Listen, this money bag, did one of your team pick it up?
40:49Well, can we meet at the muse?
40:52Great.
40:54No, I'm absolutely mystified.
40:59According to the locals, Biggleswade's wife rejected the baby the moment it was born
41:03and took off with a hairdresser who is now doing six years.
41:06She herself is somewhere in Ibiza when last heard of.
41:09The kid is staying with Irene.
41:11She's called Sheba.
41:12There's something wrong with Sheba.
41:14She has to spend one day of each week at Hammersmith Hospital.
41:17Something to do with her kidneys.
41:21That's my girl.
41:22Listen, get that girlfriend of yours to get down to Hammersmith.
41:29Tell her to check out Sheba's status as a patient.
41:32How serious is her illness?
41:33Will do, Gough.
41:34And, er, this vehicle list.
41:40There's one car missing.
41:42A hot dog van.
41:43Oh, sorry, Gough.
41:44I want it checked out now.
41:45Yeah, well, they're all licensed.
41:47No, they're not, Matt.
41:48Oh, come on, Gough.
41:49You're splitting hairs.
41:51Even the ones that aren't licensed are known about.
41:53All I've got to do is send Thorpe down to that local nick and he'll check it out.
41:57Go yourself, Matt.
41:58A few insist, but it's a waste of time.
42:00It should have been on this list.
42:02Well, so should your car, but I left that off.
42:04Don't do me any favours.
42:05Look, when you asked me to come and join your team, there was a lot of chat about teamwork.
42:10We're all going to live in each other's pockets, if I remember the phrase.
42:13Save it till later, Matt.
42:14I didn't ask to come and work here.
42:16You went out of your way to select me.
42:18Matthews, there's an old Tory saying, switch off something now.
42:22I just don't understand why you've been crowding me.
42:24Because if we don't find this money, we're going to have to turn this inquiry inside out
42:31and start investigating each other.
42:33Now, once we start doing that, the whole squad could fall apart.
42:37Now, get on with it.
42:42Well, if you want my opinion.
42:43I don't want your opinion.
42:44You gave me a horse last week.
42:46Dement, a selling plate at Doncaster.
42:49Dement?
42:49Yeah, came in last.
42:52They had my rent money on it.
42:53Dement.
42:55Yeah, that's what I don't want your opinion.
42:58Every time I take it, I end up poorer by at least five pounds.
43:02Sent to Oscar 2-4, Oscar 3.
43:07Oscar 3.
43:08Message from DC Thorpe.
43:10Message reads, from WDC Bond.
43:12Discuss cheaper case at hospital, renal failure, some sort of kidney disease.
43:16Seems very serious.
43:17Hospital not prepared to give details at this stage.
43:19Message ends.
43:20Okay.
43:22Well, let's head for the bush.
43:31Just how ill is a kid like that?
43:33Oh, very sick indeed.
43:35Dying?
43:36Well, it depends.
43:37I mean, if it is kidney, the outlook is usually poor.
43:40Although, um, well, all sorts of things are happening nowadays, you know.
43:44Drugs, transplants, or something.
43:46Of course, right now, the real problem is there aren't enough donors.
43:51Too few kidney machines.
43:52Although a young child will get priority, of course.
43:55But you couldn't guarantee it.
43:57No, no one can.
44:00Rich parents would improve our chances, though.
44:02How rich?
44:03Oh, I don't know.
44:04I mean, you're talking about jumping in an expensive queue, treatment abroad.
44:07So how much?
44:07Well, who knows?
44:08Twenty, thirty, forty, fifty thousand.
44:10Whatever it costs to have top-draw medical treatment in the States.
44:14Right.
44:16Radio for me to meet that Bond girl at Irene Bigglesway's place as soon as.
44:20Yes, sir.
44:21Thanks, Doc.
44:22Remember now, you never ask for a medical opinion.
44:25Right, Doc.
44:26Miss Barnes, Regan.
44:50The situation is this, sir.
44:51Irene Bigglesway is...
44:52She in.
44:54No, she's, uh...
44:55Where?
44:56The shops, I think.
44:59Right.
44:59Well, you go and find her for me, love.
45:03Hey!
45:04The lift's broken.
45:06It's not.
45:07I've just come up in it.
45:20Spectre cardigan around.
45:22You were here yesterday, weren't you?
45:24Give him a buzz.
45:25I can't.
45:26He's gone racing.
45:27Kempton.
45:29Urgent, is it?
45:31No, it's a routine matter.
45:33Look, all I want is a list of all the hot dog fans that work the area.
45:37Can you phone them through to our number?
45:38Anything else?
45:39No.
45:41Oh, did Bill have anything serious on him?
45:43Some geezer that owns a restaurant.
45:44His horse is running.
45:45Give you his name, did it?
45:46No, he keeps that kind of thing to himself.
45:48Pity.
45:49Go and have found the list through as soon as possible.
45:51Why, I would, but there isn't going to be any list, mate.
45:53Say again.
45:54No hot dogs have worked this area since the new super took over.
45:58He's a health nut.
45:58What do you mean?
46:01No hot dog fans.
46:11Where is she, Irene?
46:13Who?
46:14Sheba.
46:15Gone away for a bit, haven't you?
46:16Where to?
46:17With friends.
46:18A friend who's got a kidney machine.
46:20Who told you?
46:23Harry.
46:28I don't think he would.
46:30Why not?
46:31Well, he's a rotten swine, but you know, a sheep.
46:33Oh, don't tell him he's a loving father.
46:35That's the one he's going down for 14 years.
46:38Some daddy.
46:39Sheba will be all right, don't worry.
46:41We'll see to that.
46:42Who?
46:42You and Tony Wirral.
46:47When did you last see him?
46:49The day we arrested Harry, was it?
46:52Yeah.
46:54I'm coming up to your flat, Irene.
46:56I want to search it.
46:58Have you got a warrant?
46:59No, but I'll get one.
47:00I don't see why.
47:01Look, it's better that we do it with Sheba out of the way.
47:04We don't want to upset her, do we?
47:06We don't want to see you.
47:07We don't want to see you.
47:07We don't want to see you.
47:07We don't want to see you.
47:07We don't want to see you.
47:24OK.
47:25Yeah, all right, Fred.
47:26But keep trying, son.
47:29You're right about that hot dog van.
47:31It was in on the axe somehow.
47:32I've been trying to identify the driver without much success.
47:36That's him.
47:37Tony Wirral.
47:38Who's Tony Wirral?
47:39Irene Bigglesway's boyfriend.
47:43I told you there was a perfectly simple explanation to all this.
47:47The plan was to hit the armored car 200 yards beyond the hot dog van.
47:51Wirral was to act as a lookout.
47:53Who told you that?
47:54Nobody.
47:54I just deduced it.
47:56Where's Wirral now?
47:57Oh, he's bolted with the money, hasn't he?
48:00All 35,000 pounds of it.
48:03Well, that's very convenient, isn't it?
48:04I mean, it's a great story, but no corroboration.
48:06I bet you'll find Bigglesway to corroborate it.
48:09Governor, I've just spent three days with him trying to get him to admit to his own name.
48:13You said that Bigglesway'd have to be highly motivated to make such a crazy run.
48:18Well, I found out he was.
48:20His little girl's dying of some kidney disease.
48:22You know, he thought if he could get just one bag to Wirral, the money would find his way back to his sister and the kid.
48:29But he didn't reckon on Wirral.
48:32Wirral scarpered him, taking the money with him.
48:35And we tell Biggles that he'll go berserk.
48:38So where did we find Wirral?
48:39We won't.
48:40He won't serve us again till that money's spent.
48:43Yeah, well, when he does, I'll see you to it.
48:45We put him in the same cell as Biggles.
48:47George.
48:48When you break the news to him, don't mention the kid.
48:53I don't want him to think he's got something heroic going for him.
48:57Okay, but you've got to with me.
48:58He's just another bastard, but with some bottle.
49:00Yeah, I know.
49:02I can't help taking me out off to him.
49:04If he'd have had a gun that day, they'd have taken your head off and your head with it.
49:13Funnily enough, the women hate him.
49:15They all said the same thing.
49:17You couldn't wish a worse father on any child.
49:21Why should I disillusion them?
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