- 4 months ago
First broadcast 8th April 2002.
When an old school friend contacts Lynley about a missing schoolboy, the inspector soon has to launch a murder inquiry.
John Sessions - John Corntel
Lisa Stevenson - Patsy Whateley (as Lise Stevenson)
Curtis Woodruff - Matthew Whateley
Paul Herzberg - Barry Summers
Glyn Grimstead - Mr. Whateley
Nathaniel Parker - DI Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small - DS Barbara Havers
June Watson - Mrs. Havers
Anthony Mark Barrow - Uniformed Officer
Alex Giannini - Mike Canerone
Henry Cavill - Chas Quilter
Bill Nighy - Lockwood
Martin Jarvis - Cowfrey Pitt
Samuel Barnett - Brian Byrne
William Mannering - Clive Pritchard
Joe Sowerbutts - Harry Morant
Jonathan Timmins - Arlens
Ben Inigo Jones - Andrews
Alex McIntosh - Uniformed Sergeant
Yvonne Riley - Jeannie Bonnamy
Frederick Treves - Colonel Bonnamy
Jennie Goossens - Receptionist
Hilary Whitehall - Emilia Bond
Helena Lymbery - Lab Assistant
Jo Cameron Brown - Matron
Daniel Singer - Lab Technician
Greg Bennett - Police Constable
James Cook - School Prefect
When an old school friend contacts Lynley about a missing schoolboy, the inspector soon has to launch a murder inquiry.
John Sessions - John Corntel
Lisa Stevenson - Patsy Whateley (as Lise Stevenson)
Curtis Woodruff - Matthew Whateley
Paul Herzberg - Barry Summers
Glyn Grimstead - Mr. Whateley
Nathaniel Parker - DI Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small - DS Barbara Havers
June Watson - Mrs. Havers
Anthony Mark Barrow - Uniformed Officer
Alex Giannini - Mike Canerone
Henry Cavill - Chas Quilter
Bill Nighy - Lockwood
Martin Jarvis - Cowfrey Pitt
Samuel Barnett - Brian Byrne
William Mannering - Clive Pritchard
Joe Sowerbutts - Harry Morant
Jonathan Timmins - Arlens
Ben Inigo Jones - Andrews
Alex McIntosh - Uniformed Sergeant
Yvonne Riley - Jeannie Bonnamy
Frederick Treves - Colonel Bonnamy
Jennie Goossens - Receptionist
Hilary Whitehall - Emilia Bond
Helena Lymbery - Lab Assistant
Jo Cameron Brown - Matron
Daniel Singer - Lab Technician
Greg Bennett - Police Constable
James Cook - School Prefect
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00:00:00I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:00:30Mrs. Waidley. Yes.
00:00:45John Kornthell, Matthews, housemaster at Bredgo Hall.
00:00:48I really don't want to worry you, but is your son here?
00:01:00I really don't want to worry you.
00:01:07I really don't want to worry you.
00:01:12I'm sorry.
00:01:17I'm sorry.
00:01:22I really don't want to worry you.
00:01:29I'm sorry.
00:01:32I'm sorry.
00:01:37I'm sorry.
00:01:39I'm sorry.
00:01:42I'm sorry.
00:01:45What do you mean, Matthews missing?
00:01:58The headmaster wants me to assure you that the school is doing everything in its power to find your son, Mr. Waidley.
00:02:03Never mind that. What have the police said?
00:02:06We've held off going to the police.
00:02:09Until we could clarify that Matthew hasn't come home.
00:02:13Good boy.
00:02:19Yeah, yeah.
00:02:21Come on.
00:02:23Okay, now stop here.
00:02:26That's right.
00:02:28Nice and slow.
00:02:33Ignore it.
00:02:35Just ignore it.
00:02:36That's okay.
00:02:37Shh, shh, shh.
00:02:38It's all right.
00:02:39Good lad.
00:02:40Just ignore it.
00:02:41Stay there.
00:02:42Close up.
00:02:43Close up.
00:02:44Close up.
00:02:45Close up.
00:02:46Close up.
00:02:47Close up.
00:02:48Lenny.
00:02:49John!
00:02:50John!
00:02:51Oh, how'd you know I was here?
00:02:52It's the only place you ever turn off your mobile.
00:02:57Oh, I just sit by his bed, trying to feel all the things you're supposed to feel.
00:03:04when a parent's dying.
00:03:05Feeling guilty because I can't seem to feel them.
00:03:07Don't be too hard on yourself, eh?
00:03:08Don't be too hard on yourself, eh?
00:03:09We were never close.
00:03:10Yeah.
00:03:11Yeah.
00:03:12Yeah, I know.
00:03:13Yeah, we were never close.
00:03:14Yeah.
00:03:15I know.
00:03:16Yeah.
00:03:17Nothing I particularly want to go into.
00:03:18Nothing I particularly want to go into.
00:03:19There's nothing.
00:03:20There's nothing I particularly want to go into.
00:03:21I thought this was your weekend.
00:03:22Oh, I just sit by his bed, trying to feel all the things you're supposed to feel when
00:03:28a parent's dying.
00:03:29Feeling guilty because I can't seem to feel them.
00:03:33Don't be too hard on yourself, eh?
00:03:36I mean, we were never close.
00:03:39Yeah, I know.
00:03:40Nothing I particularly want to go into.
00:03:44I thought this was your weekend off.
00:03:51I just received a call from an old friend.
00:03:54Now, you don't have to be involved if you don't want to be.
00:03:57He's a housemaster at a boys' boarding school in Berkshire, and one of his boys has gone
00:04:00missing.
00:04:01What?
00:04:02An old friend?
00:04:03Yeah.
00:04:04His name's Don Corntail.
00:04:05We were at school together.
00:04:06Oh, I see.
00:04:09What is that supposed to mean?
00:04:11Well, when I said we were at school together, it means I spotted a familiar face at our
00:04:16supermarket checkout.
00:04:17When you say it, it means a quick tug in the old school tie and you come running.
00:04:22If it wasn't for John Corntail, Sergeant, it would terrify me to think of where I might
00:04:28be today.
00:04:29His friendship is something I value almost above anything else.
00:04:32And yes, we did wear the same tie at school.
00:04:37The sleeping towel's got her off.
00:04:44Mr. Wakeley, this is Detective Inspector Lindley from New Scotland Yard.
00:04:48Mr. Wakeley.
00:04:49My colleague, Detective Sergeant Davis.
00:04:52How is your wife?
00:04:54Matthew was everything to her.
00:04:56Is.
00:04:57Is everything to her.
00:04:58I'm sure.
00:04:59Has he ever run away from school before?
00:05:01Never.
00:05:02And he gave no hint in his letters or phone calls that he was thinking of running away.
00:05:06Or was at all unhappy at the school.
00:05:08None whatsoever.
00:05:11Would it be possible to have a look at Matthew's room?
00:05:13Often helps to give a sense of the person we're looking for.
00:05:15Sure.
00:05:16It's that room on the left.
00:05:18I'll put the kettle on.
00:05:20That's very kind.
00:05:26Have another go at the dad.
00:05:27Anything pointing to why Matthew may have run away.
00:05:29I think working class boy at private board in school is a good place to start.
00:05:50Proper diaries.
00:05:52Oh.
00:05:53When you last spoke to Matthew, Mr. Wakeley, did you detect any difference in his mood?
00:05:58Or did he use any unusual tone of phrase?
00:06:03Nothing.
00:06:12Happy birthday, Matthew.
00:06:13Stephen Calfrey Pitt.
00:06:15High- military pit.
00:06:20Going up books for little boy.
00:06:22Yeah.
00:06:25We have one.
00:06:27Jadi rinds.
00:06:30On top of the deck.
00:06:31At Sinket
00:06:36at Sinket
00:06:37I just had a call from the school.
00:06:59Dear God.
00:07:07Fresh, no doubt about that.
00:07:14By its width, I'd say it's an HGV, coach, something along those lines.
00:07:18Do an immediate check on all coach firms, bus companies, hauliers,
00:07:22anyone whose route takes them within a five-mile radius of stroke poachers.
00:07:25Right.
00:07:26Make sure Sarcas gets a cast to the tread before the rain washes it away, right?
00:07:29By the way, Sarge, Oscar Charlie 43.
00:07:37What have you got for his mark?
00:07:47Well, I'll be doing a full autopsy first thing in the morning.
00:07:50But what I've seen so far doesn't make a great deal of sense.
00:07:53Why? In what way?
00:07:54Well, at first glance, I could rattle off at least two possible causes of death.
00:07:58Two?
00:07:59Strangulation and mutilation. Is your boss okay?
00:08:04Yeah, he will be.
00:08:06I still don't understand how you swung this case.
00:08:12Well, Matthew's death was reported in Hammersmith within our jurisdiction.
00:08:16With my personal knowledge of schools like Breaker Hall, I argue it would be perverse to give it to anyone else.
00:08:21My knowledge of schools like Breaker Hall was negligible, bordering on none.
00:08:26But I do believe the comprehensive and waste acting was briefly twinned with a privately operated romance centre in West Yorkshire.
00:08:35I wanted you here because you'll come to the school with fresh eyes, without prejudice.
00:08:42Without prejudice?
00:08:43Without prejudice?
00:08:44I mean, apart from my opinion that a school system based on dumping kids with relative strangers or a million miles from home is fundamentally rotten.
00:08:53An opinion you will leave at the school gates, if you don't mind.
00:08:57Opinion dump, sir.
00:09:12Well, the message couldn't be clearer.
00:09:21Chas?
00:09:22Yes?
00:09:23This little demonstration, the headmaster tells us we may be New Scotland Yard, but on his turf he'll see us when he's ready.
00:09:28What?
00:09:29Instead of coming to meet us in person, he dispatches one of his senior prefects. No doubt the head boy.
00:09:35You can't possibly read so much into that.
00:09:39Chas Quilter, head boy.
00:09:42Detective Inspector Lindley, New Southern Guard.
00:09:44Very pleased to meet you.
00:09:45The headmaster sends his apologies.
00:09:47He's on the phone to the Board of Governors about poor Matthew.
00:09:53Come along, Sergeant.
00:09:54Chop-chop.
00:10:02Chop-chop, sir?
00:10:03Avis?
00:10:04You do realise any authority I might have here will be pissed to the wind if you insist on treating me like your nameless flunky.
00:10:17These kids are brought up with hired help lingering silently in the background.
00:10:24They're used to paying them no mind dropping their guard in front of them, understand?
00:10:27Yes, sir.
00:10:29I need you to be my eyes and ears here, Sergeant.
00:10:32As a female, you have a special status in a boys' boarding school.
00:10:35I want you to use it.
00:10:37May even ask you to abuse it.
00:10:39Detective Inspector Lindley, this is our school bursar, Stephen Cowfrey Pitt.
00:10:44He used to be on the teaching staff.
00:10:46Cowfrey Pitt?
00:10:47No doubt the scumbag responsible for this atrocity has already crawled back under his stone.
00:10:52Maybe not quite yet, but certainly the faster we move, the better chance we have of finding him.
00:10:57Paradise Lost.
00:11:00I'm sorry?
00:11:01You made an inscription on a copy of Paradise Lost that I found on a bookshelf at Matthew's home in Hammersmith.
00:11:06I occasionally make gifts of books to the less advantaged boys at Bricker Hall.
00:11:11Would you excuse me?
00:11:12I must make a call.
00:11:13Uh, Chas, wait outside, will you?
00:11:20Sue, yeah, yeah.
00:11:22Though I'm loathe to, I think I must reschedule my meeting with the redevelopment team this afternoon.
00:11:27Apologise profusely.
00:11:28Say that something completely unavoidable came up without specifying what.
00:11:32We ought to be talking about the tenders for digging the foundations ASAP.
00:11:36So let's coordinate diaries for, say, a week today.
00:11:40Good.
00:11:44The death of a child overshadows all else, Inspector.
00:11:47At a school? I expect it would, yes.
00:11:50It's a great setback for the school.
00:11:52Not to mention the boy.
00:11:53So, how can we help you?
00:11:58I would like to start with Matthew's room, if I may.
00:12:03What he took with him, what he left behind.
00:12:05A diary, his notes, something.
00:12:09Anything.
00:12:11His point of departure should be our first port of call.
00:12:14I'd put Chas at your disposal.
00:12:17Can we rely on his discretion?
00:12:18Discretion is just one of many admirable qualities.
00:12:25Chas, would you show the inspector to Matthew Wakeley's dormitory, please?
00:12:29Certainly, sir.
00:12:31Thank you, headmaster.
00:12:32Yes, sir.
00:12:33Could you give us your time, Chas?
00:12:48I'm all deeply shocked by this inspector.
00:12:49I'm glad there's something I can do to help.
00:12:51Daniel's shirt.
00:12:52Yeah, Chas, sorry.
00:12:54Tell me, your father wouldn't be Francis of Quilter, QC?
00:12:58You know him?
00:12:59One of a few silks to carry off the rare feat of being highly respected by both the criminal fraternity and the police force.
00:13:05Everyone loves my father.
00:13:08Any thoughts of following in his footsteps?
00:13:11I have a conditional place at Trinity to read law.
00:13:13I've had a paragraph before that, though.
00:13:15I'm glad to see you're not taking anything for granted.
00:13:19I'm bright, but I'm not clever, if you know what I mean.
00:13:22If I want to get the grades I need, I'm going to have to work damn hard for them.
00:13:25Must be a lot of boys of successful fathers here.
00:13:27Well, I should think it's £6,000 a term. One can take that as a given, Sergeant.
00:13:31But not Matthew Waitley's father, sir.
00:13:34Sorry?
00:13:35Well, his dad was a builder.
00:13:37How'd he make Matthew one of the boys now, would it?
00:13:42We do not discriminate against anyone here because of their background, Sergeant.
00:13:46He's made it all the way up here from all the way down there.
00:13:49Well, it's all no reason to respect him, isn't it?
00:13:52Chas, it's a good read.
00:13:54Brian. It's Detective Inspector Lindley. And Sergeant... I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name.
00:14:02Havers. Detective Sergeant Havers.
00:14:06Detective Sergeant Havers.
00:14:08They hear about Matthew.
00:14:10He was very well-liked. Even among us sixth formers, which is unusual.
00:14:13In what way?
00:14:14At boarding school, each year group is quite self-contained.
00:14:18Matthew was an unusual boy, Inspector.
00:14:21We all sincerely hope you find whoever did this.
00:14:24I'll be in Chapel if you want to spot a practice later.
00:14:26I'll come and find you.
00:14:27Nice to meet you.
00:14:28What I meant before. I'm bright, but he is seriously clever.
00:14:35This is Matthew's house. Erebus. Named after primal darkness that emerged after chaos.
00:14:43Quite apt when you consider the state of some of the boys' rooms.
00:14:46Which, it's a senior house prefect's job to keep under control. Isn't that right, Pritchard?
00:14:50Yes. Rather a losing battle, I'm afraid.
00:14:53Oi. Coburn. Green.
00:14:55Double biology started five minutes ago. Now go on.
00:14:57Yes, Richard. Sorry, Richard.
00:14:59Yes, I was just putting up a notice, actually.
00:15:00Inviting the younger boys to book an appointment with Matron.
00:15:03If they have any anxieties about the last 24 hours, they may want to talk them over.
00:15:07Before the hordes of counsellors descend.
00:15:09I was just about to show the inspector up to Matthew's room.
00:15:11No. No, I'll do that.
00:15:14Matthew was in my house.
00:15:16I know it sounds ridiculous, but there's a part of me that can't help but feel I should have noticed
00:15:19whatever it was that led to poor Matty running off.
00:15:31Boys Wakely's age sleep in dormitories. Three or four to a room.
00:15:36This is Matthew's.
00:15:41This one.
00:15:42As you can see, Matthew was a keen photographer.
00:15:49He was very good.
00:15:51The photographic society is run by our house master, John Cortell.
00:15:55He teaches the boys the basics and then helps them develop their prints in the dark room.
00:15:59Rather them than me.
00:16:01Sorry?
00:16:03Matthew was one of the stars of the club.
00:16:05You discovered Matthew missing at Lights Out. Is that right?
00:16:10That's right.
00:16:12Is it usual for the prefects to do the last minute check?
00:16:13In my day it was always the house master's job.
00:16:16Some house masters do, some don't.
00:16:18John Cortell devolves that responsibility to you.
00:16:20Hmm.
00:16:22Yeah, I think he feels more comfortable letting the house prefects do it.
00:16:27More comfortable?
00:16:28I'm not walking around a house full of half-dressed young boys, miss.
00:16:32Really? And why is that?
00:16:34Probably for the same reason he chooses not to involve himself in school trips away or P.E.
00:16:43John Cortell happens to be a very good friend of mine.
00:16:47If you have anything to say about his conduct at school, now would be a good time to come out and say it.
00:16:51I didn't mean to cause offence, Inspector. I was merely making an observation.
00:16:58Thank you for your assistance, Clive. We can manage from here.
00:17:04I'll be downstairs if you need me.
00:17:11What was that all about?
00:17:15Ain't like a bit of schoolboy slander to while away a dull study period.
00:17:18Yeah, but sir, we should...
00:17:19I'll deal with it.
00:17:23Now, we know Matthew disappeared on Friday night without permission.
00:17:29Was he running away?
00:17:31Or was he sneaking out to meet someone?
00:17:36Okay, son. Time to tell me all you know.
00:17:42A row of diaries at home.
00:17:45Nothing here covering the last year.
00:17:49Can we back what we've got?
00:17:51Um...
00:17:53A half-finished letter to someone called Jeannie.
00:17:56A missing school uniform, missing school shoes, and he seems to have left his asthma inhaler.
00:18:03Suggesting?
00:18:05He was left in a hurry.
00:18:07Or?
00:18:09Or he didn't think he was going to be gone long.
00:18:12It's certainly easier to spot running away from school wearing his uniform.
00:18:17Yeah, and leaving his asthma inhaler suggests he wasn't planning staying out for any length of time.
00:18:22So, Matthew goes on a little outing somewhere.
00:18:25And he's snatched either en route, or on his way back.
00:18:29Or when he arrived.
00:18:34Or when he arrived.
00:18:36Any news back yet from the boys on the tow tracks and the lay-by?
00:18:39Oh, the Barks lads were asking the locals if they saw any heavy traffic stop off in Stoke Poges last night.
00:18:45We're still waiting on a wider search.
00:18:47Yeah.
00:18:49My feelings the lorry's our best bet.
00:18:51Plenty of gruesome precedent.
00:18:52Maybe.
00:18:54With that letter back again?
00:18:56Oh.
00:18:58Dear Jeannie, thank you for dinner last Tuesday and for dropping me back at school.
00:19:03Don't worry about how late I was, because the boy who saw me can't say anything.
00:19:08I hope the Colonel doesn't mind me beating him at chess.
00:19:11I've always been pretty good at thinking ahead, and that's as far as it gets.
00:19:16Perhaps he was on his way to Jeannie's house when he was picked up.
00:19:19Well, perhaps he arrived and Jeannie wasn't there.
00:19:23Her father was.
00:19:25An old man who likes playing games with little boys.
00:19:28Things get out of hand.
00:19:30Speak to the boys in Matthew's dorm, see if we can't knock this running-away theory on the head.
00:19:35I'll find out who Jeannie is.
00:19:37Wouldn't it be better if you spoke to them, sir?
00:19:40You know, this being a boys' school, run almost entirely by men.
00:19:43A woman can encourage boys to reveal things they might not reveal to a man.
00:19:47Should I put my rubber gloves, sir?
00:19:48Psychological things, Havers.
00:19:50Yes, sir.
00:19:52Inspector, my observation's earlier. I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to.
00:19:56I thought I'd find you here, Tommy.
00:19:58Sir, the boys in Matthew's dorm, how can I locate them quickly?
00:20:01John can tell you that.
00:20:03Of course. I have every boys' timetable right here.
00:20:05I can have them waiting in the library in 15 minutes.
00:20:08Edward Sue, scholar, friend.
00:20:09Edward Sue, scholar, friend.
00:20:10Edward Sue, scholar, friend.
00:20:14Sit there, Andrews.
00:20:15You know who I am?
00:20:29Speak up, boys.
00:20:31Police.
00:20:33I'd rather you regarded me as someone who's here to help find who hurt your friend Matthew.
00:20:48What's your name?
00:20:50Morant, miss.
00:20:52Where I come from, we use first names.
00:20:55Harry, miss.
00:20:57Well, my name's Barbara.
00:21:01Now, Harry, um...
00:21:04We're trying to understand what Matthew was doing outside the school yesterday evening.
00:21:10We wondered if there was anything going on in school that may have made him want to run away.
00:21:17Can you think of anything, Harry?
00:21:23Answer the police, Sergeant Morant.
00:21:24Sergeant Morant.
00:21:28You don't have to answer if you'd rather not.
00:21:35It's a little upset.
00:21:37Sergeant Harry and Matthew were quite close.
00:21:43Just take your time.
00:21:45There's no hurry.
00:21:48Yes, ma'am.
00:21:49This is all a terrible shock to them, Sergeant.
00:21:51I think it would be kinder if we brought the interview to a close.
00:21:55Don't you agree, Mr. Quintel?
00:22:00Yes.
00:22:01I've found out who Jeannie is from John Quintel.
00:22:03Apparently, Matthew used to visit Jeannie and Colonel Bonhomie as part of the school's community service programme, and it's run by the births of Calfrey Pitt.
00:22:19Oh, sorry.
00:22:20Good.
00:22:21Well done.
00:22:23I was just saying.
00:22:24Yeah, I've got the Bonhomie's address. I heard you. We'll check it out later.
00:22:26Why not now?
00:22:28They picked up a lorry driver. His route only took him within three miles of the cemetery, but his tire treads matched the cast you had made in the lay-by.
00:22:33Any form?
00:22:35Well, apparently not.
00:22:37That was my favourite instructor that used to say at Hendon.
00:22:41He never got form until he caught for the first time.
00:22:47Did you find out anything from the boys?
00:22:49Not much.
00:22:51One of them, Harry Morant, started to cry when I had to stop.
00:22:55Apparently, he and Matthew were pretty close.
00:22:56You can never tell how something like this will affect boys of that age.
00:23:00Sir, regarding Pritchard's remarks about John Quintel...
00:23:04You're thinking there's no smoke without fire?
00:23:06Well, I know. He's a very great friend of yours, but...
00:23:09I said I'd deal with John, and I will.
00:23:26I can smell that from over here.
00:23:31No one comes into chapel anymore unless they have to.
00:23:35Including the chaplain.
00:23:37I could assume the authority of my office and grass you up.
00:23:48If I'm expelled, who's going to cram you through your A-levels and into your father's glorious footsteps?
00:23:56Three months, Brian.
00:24:00We're out of here.
00:24:02I prefer to take it one day at a time.
00:24:06There's a little left if you want some.
00:24:09Hardly my opiate of choice.
00:24:19Brian?
00:24:21Matthew Waitley.
00:24:22Matthew Waitley.
00:24:29I'll lead. You just do what you can not to embarrass yourself.
00:24:32So, first crack him, sir.
00:24:34You know, me being a woman with the power to make you lot reveal things.
00:24:38What you've demonstrated so far, Havers, is the ability to make a small boy cry after a single question.
00:24:46We'll do it together.
00:24:47What are we dealing with?
00:24:48Child murder.
00:24:49Torture.
00:24:50We're dealing with the worst that there is.
00:24:51Child murder.
00:24:52Torture.
00:24:53We're dealing with the worst that there is.
00:24:54And, you know, when I come face to face with these men, I feel I hope they can't be the worst that there is.
00:24:55And, you know, when I come face to face with these men, I feel I hope they can't be the worst that there is.
00:25:00And, you know, when I come face to face with these men, I feel an overwhelming sense of satisfaction that I can do something.
00:25:03You know, when I come face to face with these men, I feel an overwhelming sense of satisfaction that I can do something.
00:25:06Shut them down.
00:25:08Stop them from inflicting such misery on anyone else over again.
00:25:12What are we dealing with?
00:25:13Child murder.
00:25:15Torture.
00:25:17We're dealing with the worst that there is.
00:25:20And, you know, when I come face to face with these men, I feel an overwhelming sense of satisfaction that I can do something.
00:25:30Shut them down.
00:25:32Stop them from inflicting such misery on anyone else over again.
00:25:36Is that why you joined the force, sir?
00:25:42Can you think of a better reason?
00:25:45A few of the lads back at the yard
00:25:47were convinced you had a thing for women in uniform.
00:25:54Remind me never to bear my soul to you again, Sergeant.
00:25:57Yes, sir.
00:25:59Sorry, sir.
00:26:06All right, Barry.
00:26:07Let's go through this again from the top, shall we?
00:26:09How many more times?
00:26:13I didn't kill any boy.
00:26:16I didn't see any boy.
00:26:18Then why were you in Stoke Pogers last night?
00:26:20It is not on your usual route through Berkshire.
00:26:23I told you.
00:26:24I was tired.
00:26:25I wanted a bite to eat.
00:26:27I thought I'd pull off and find a nice little country pub somewhere.
00:26:30Not because you know there's a boys' boarding school near Stoke Pogers
00:26:33and you thought you might try your hand at a spot of fishing.
00:26:36If you stopped off at a little country pub, as you say,
00:26:42why was your lorry parked in an isolated lake
00:26:45by some three-quarters of a mile from the nearest one?
00:26:48I already said.
00:26:49After I had a bite to eat, I needed a kip.
00:26:51I'd been on the road all day.
00:26:53So you thought you'd pull over for the night?
00:26:55Yeah.
00:26:56Climb into your lorry driver's gym jams.
00:26:59Pull close the dinky little curtain on the inside of your windscreen.
00:27:02Go to bed.
00:27:03Yeah.
00:27:03And then almost immediately, get up again.
00:27:06Yeah.
00:27:07Pull on your jeans and T-shirt.
00:27:09Take a nice big bite of chunky chocolate.
00:27:12And then go on your merry way.
00:27:14Look, I didn't do this!
00:27:18You see, Mary,
00:27:19my sergeant here is very good at spotting liars.
00:27:25She's won trophies for it.
00:27:27The worse the liar, the quieter she is.
00:27:32If you notice, she hasn't said a single word.
00:27:34So why don't you do us all a favour and stop lying.
00:27:45Thought you'd might like to take a look at this, sir.
00:27:51It's 1127.
00:27:53I'm our sales, Sergeant Havers, and Inspector Lindley,
00:27:55and I'll leave in the interview room.
00:27:56It's the preliminary path report.
00:28:06Well, no signs consistent with sexual abuse.
00:28:09Bruising in pinch marks on arms and legs made prior to death.
00:28:13Cigarette burns on palms of hands and soles of feet made after death.
00:28:18Cause of death, possible strangulation.
00:28:20There's something he's not telling us.
00:28:22If he's not guilty, he'll open up soon enough.
00:28:28Just let him stew for a while.
00:28:30Right.
00:28:32You know, he couldn't start fiddling with his wedding ring throughout.
00:28:41What's going on, sir?
00:28:44Looks like a rubbish troll.
00:28:48I found a cigarette bot, sir.
00:28:50You don't have to tell me every time you find something, Arlens.
00:28:53Just put it in the sack.
00:28:54Stop immediately.
00:28:56Someone's coming over, sir.
00:28:57Thank you, Arlens.
00:28:58I have eyes.
00:28:59Stop, John.
00:28:59He's saying stop, John, sir.
00:29:01And ears.
00:29:02Thank you, Arlens.
00:29:04Stop!
00:29:05I'm going to talk to John.
00:29:07Let me check out the bonhomies.
00:29:08You think the chest-plane's dirty old man,
00:29:10the urudio's legs?
00:29:11He's just about staggering along with the aid of a Zimmer frame.
00:29:13Right, sir.
00:29:15There could be clearing away vital evidence.
00:29:17I'll get police supervision.
00:29:18Nothing is to be destroyed.
00:29:22Look, John, this is somewhere we could speak in private.
00:29:25Yes.
00:29:26Hello, Lindley here.
00:29:27I need some soccer officers onto the playing field.
00:29:35This brings back memories.
00:29:37Have you still got yours?
00:29:40Knocking about somewhere.
00:29:41Oh, so look at me now.
00:29:42You wouldn't think I could run ten feet,
00:29:44let alone ten miles before breakfast.
00:29:45We won everything that year, you remember?
00:29:50It was wonderful.
00:29:52Yeah, it wasn't completely wonderful.
00:29:55Your father's death.
00:29:58It's truly awful.
00:29:59I've never forgotten what you did for me that year, Jono.
00:30:04I want you to know that.
00:30:06What was your friend?
00:30:07Yeah?
00:30:08Not many friends pull you back from the brink.
00:30:11From the top of a 30-foot wall,
00:30:13you scaled at two in the morning.
00:30:14Drunk as a skunk, determined to throw yourself off.
00:30:16Well, which only makes what I have to ask now
00:30:22all the more difficult.
00:30:23It's suddenly serious, you sound.
00:30:25When I was asking questions this morning,
00:30:26someone made some pretty unpleasant insinuations about you.
00:30:30God.
00:30:34I get so tired of this, you know.
00:30:37Well, I have to ask.
00:30:38Is there anything untoward going on at the school, Jon,
00:30:45that I'm going to find out about?
00:30:47A boy's been murdered.
00:30:48Quick, find the nearest puff.
00:30:50Is that how policing in the 21st century works?
00:30:53I have to ask.
00:30:55When I called yesterday,
00:30:57I thought you were the only person who could help.
00:30:59I have to ask.
00:31:01If you make me answer this,
00:31:03our friendship will never be the same.
00:31:05You do understand that, Tommy?
00:31:09I am duty-bound.
00:31:13I am a gay man.
00:31:16If I have a relationship,
00:31:17it is with a gay man,
00:31:19not with a boy.
00:31:21As you well know.
00:31:24Inspector.
00:31:35This is Detective Sergeant Haver's father.
00:31:47Good afternoon.
00:31:48You didn't tell me she was a woman.
00:31:50I understand that you and Matthew
00:32:07struck up quite a friendship.
00:32:08We did.
00:32:10Was he very good at chase?
00:32:13Better than me, that's for sure.
00:32:17Despite the difference in our age,
00:32:18we were, in many respects, fellow travellers.
00:32:21Both low-born, both rising in rank,
00:32:23on merit alone.
00:32:25Two street fighters,
00:32:27Matthew and I.
00:32:28Did Matthew ever mention
00:32:30what any reason for having to be a fighter
00:32:32at Redgar Hall?
00:32:34One way or another,
00:32:35they're all fighting up there
00:32:36against the mould their parents
00:32:38are trying to press them into.
00:32:41A cloning room,
00:32:43I call it.
00:32:44Matthew was more resilient than most.
00:32:49If I could just pick up on something you said.
00:33:09You said that Matty was more resilient than most.
00:33:16Well, I keep getting the sense from you
00:33:17that Matty was struggling
00:33:19with something quite considerable at the school.
00:33:22I saw a lot of it in the army, Sergeant.
00:33:25I'm sure you must have seen it in the police force.
00:33:27Seen what, Colonel?
00:33:29You recruit coming in fresh,
00:33:32belly full of queen and country,
00:33:34does everything by the book,
00:33:35respects the rules,
00:33:38assumes everyone else respects them too,
00:33:40and then learns they don't.
00:33:43Eventually,
00:33:44see something in the barracks,
00:33:46it might be wiser not to mention
00:33:47having to decide where they stand,
00:33:50defining themselves by their decision.
00:33:53Their decision?
00:33:55Be a good little soldier,
00:33:57keep your head down,
00:33:59or lift it up and stare blatant injustice
00:34:01in the face.
00:34:02It's a difficult enough moral dilemma
00:34:05when you're 19 or 20, Sergeant.
00:34:10Matthew Waitley,
00:34:12a 13.
00:34:15Okay, boys, stand up, please.
00:34:20As you were before, spread out.
00:34:23All right, Bruce, slowly,
00:34:24start picking up.
00:34:32Come in.
00:34:43The police would like a word, Bursa.
00:34:53Bursa, you deal with the pupil's fees,
00:34:55is that right?
00:34:55Yes.
00:34:57Something's been troubling me
00:34:58since I visited Matthew's home.
00:35:00Which is?
00:35:01How on earth could he possibly
00:35:02afford to come here?
00:35:04This place must cost parents,
00:35:05what, between 15 and 20,000 pounds a year.
00:35:09Matthew was awarded an exhibition.
00:35:13Not a full scholarship?
00:35:14A full scholarship would cover all his fees,
00:35:16an exhibition covers a third.
00:35:19That still leaves the remaining
00:35:20two-thirds uncovered.
00:35:21I'm sorry,
00:35:22but how is this remotely related
00:35:23to Matthew's murder?
00:35:25Perhaps you could tell me
00:35:26why it isn't.
00:35:26Parents who want to send
00:35:30their children here badly enough
00:35:31often manage to
00:35:31scrape the fees together.
00:35:34You'd be surprised.
00:35:35With Matthew's parents,
00:35:36I'd be astonished.
00:35:41I don't know what they're doing.
00:35:42I told them not to destroy anything.
00:35:44Just leave.
00:35:46Burning black.
00:35:47Matthew Whitley.
00:36:11Havers,
00:36:11I want you to follow through on your hunch
00:36:13about Barry.
00:36:15I think you may be right.
00:36:17There's a little boy
00:36:18lying cold on a slab
00:36:19and all you can do
00:36:20is keep twisting that ring
00:36:21round and round.
00:36:23I didn't kill him.
00:36:25Really?
00:36:26Then why were you parked
00:36:27so far from the pub?
00:36:31Why did you leave the area
00:36:32in such a hurry?
00:36:35OK.
00:36:37If you won't tell me,
00:36:39how does she feel happy
00:36:39telling your wife?
00:36:40Well, she's here.
00:36:44She's on her way.
00:36:45Right, if...
00:36:47If I tell you what I was doing
00:36:50in that lay-by last night,
00:36:53does she have to know?
00:36:56If it's nothing illegal, Barry,
00:36:58it doesn't have to go
00:36:59beyond these four walls.
00:37:03So Barry picked up a waitress
00:37:04at the Queen's Arms
00:37:05and took a half-mile
00:37:06down the road for a quickie?
00:37:08No wonder he didn't want
00:37:08his wife finding out.
00:37:10The way Barry describes it,
00:37:11it sounds like a regular
00:37:11perk of the job.
00:37:13But I sent a constable
00:37:14to speak to the girl
00:37:14and she confirmed
00:37:16everything he said.
00:37:17Good work, Havis.
00:37:18Thank you, sir.
00:37:20So, if Matthew
00:37:20wasn't killed by Barry,
00:37:22are we now saying
00:37:23with the discovery
00:37:23of his clothes
00:37:24that he was killed
00:37:25by someone inside the school?
00:37:26Well, he was last seen
00:37:27alive inside the school
00:37:28and he was found dead
00:37:29at Stoke Porter's Cemetery.
00:37:32It seems logical
00:37:32if his clothes were found here,
00:37:34he was killed here
00:37:35or hereabouts.
00:37:37Well, it would certainly tie in
00:37:38with what Colonel Bonamy
00:37:39was implying.
00:37:40Which was?
00:37:42Well, according to him,
00:37:43he said that Matthew
00:37:44was deeply troubled
00:37:45by something that was
00:37:45going on at school
00:37:46and I showed Jeannie
00:37:48the letter we found
00:37:49and asked her about
00:37:51the bit that Matthew wrote.
00:37:53Don't worry,
00:37:54because the boy who saw me
00:37:55can't say anything.
00:37:56Something struck me
00:37:57about that phrase.
00:37:58The boy who saw me
00:37:59can't say anything.
00:38:01I mean, not won't
00:38:02or wouldn't,
00:38:02but can't.
00:38:04Why can't he?
00:38:05More to the point.
00:38:06And who's the boy?
00:38:07Well, Jeannie said
00:38:08it was Chas Quilter.
00:38:09So Matthew had something
00:38:10on the head, boy.
00:38:12I wonder what.
00:38:13I don't know.
00:38:15But if someone wanted
00:38:15to frighten him
00:38:16into keeping quiet,
00:38:18that would explain
00:38:18the bruising on the body
00:38:19prior to death.
00:38:20Yeah, but he wouldn't
00:38:20keep quiet,
00:38:21so they killed him.
00:38:25Are you all right,
00:38:26Mr. Calfrey Pitt?
00:38:29I was just thinking
00:38:30what a result it was
00:38:31for you, Mr. Quintel.
00:38:33Having an old pal
00:38:35from Scotland Yard
00:38:36come down
00:38:36to do the investigation.
00:38:40A result?
00:38:41It would hardly
00:38:42enhance your career
00:38:43if it transpires
00:38:44that Matthew's death
00:38:45is in any way
00:38:46related to you,
00:38:48I shall we say.
00:38:50Relaxed running
00:38:51of Erebus.
00:38:52Every housemaster
00:38:53has their own style,
00:38:55Bursa.
00:38:57Anarchy isn't
00:38:58a style, Amelia.
00:39:00Anarchy is style's
00:39:01very antithesis.
00:39:03Have you been drinking?
00:39:06Go to hell.
00:39:11I dare say
00:39:12we'll all get through
00:39:13this in our own way.
00:39:14I think we're all aware
00:39:38what has happened
00:39:39in the last 24 hours.
00:39:41with a police investigation
00:39:43underway,
00:39:44now is not the time
00:39:46for speeches
00:39:47or even
00:39:49for a few words
00:39:50of regret.
00:39:52Now
00:39:52is simply the time
00:39:54for us to mark
00:39:56the loss
00:39:57of one of our own.
00:40:00I would ask you
00:40:01to stand
00:40:01for a minute
00:40:03of silent respect.
00:40:05God, you're sad.
00:40:25who is that?
00:40:33Who is that?
00:40:35It's Harry Marantza.
00:40:37Oh, my goodness.
00:40:37This boy should go
00:40:45to the sanatorium.
00:40:46I'll take him, miss.
00:40:47No.
00:40:48I'll do it.
00:40:49Don't you ever get tired
00:40:54of shining so hard,
00:40:55Janice.
00:40:56Toxicology report's
00:40:57just in, Mike.
00:40:58Not strangulation.
00:41:00Asphyxiation.
00:41:01Asphyxiation?
00:41:03Enough carbon monoxide
00:41:04in the boy's blood
00:41:05to kill a cart horse.
00:41:08Carry on, boys.
00:41:10Take him to matron.
00:41:11Tell her to give him
00:41:11a thorough examination.
00:41:13Sir.
00:41:16Hello.
00:41:17It's a pathologist.
00:41:18What have we got?
00:41:20Right.
00:41:23I should let you know,
00:41:24headmaster,
00:41:25I'm calling in
00:41:25a home office team
00:41:26to check every boiler
00:41:27and gas appliance
00:41:27in this school.
00:41:28Your what?
00:41:29Matthew Wakeley
00:41:30died of massive
00:41:31carbon monoxide poisoning.
00:41:33Any leak from school equipment,
00:41:34whether deliberate
00:41:35or accidental,
00:41:37won't be difficult to trace.
00:41:40I also need you
00:41:40to get a soccer team
00:41:41down here.
00:41:42What?
00:41:43Where will you be, sir?
00:41:46Around.
00:41:47Well, could you be
00:41:48slightly more specific, sir?
00:41:49I'd rather not.
00:41:53Well, that's all right, then.
00:42:12You stupid stupid stupid,
00:42:30you stupid stupid,
00:42:32you stupid stupid,
00:42:37John, you stupid, stupid fool.
00:42:42Haven't you heard a knocking, Pritchard?
00:43:08Headmaster wants to see you in his study.
00:43:10What for?
00:43:11Well, I expect he'll tell you when you get there, Chas.
00:43:15Need to restock?
00:43:17Fine.
00:43:19Just looking after my best customer.
00:43:25Off you go, then.
00:43:27It's leaking pretty badly, Sergeant.
00:43:41If you could completely seal the room, the CO buildup would have been quick.
00:43:45A small boy would be dead in no time.
00:43:59I'm going to go.
00:44:05Pritchard?
00:44:07You click your fingers and I come running, Pritchard.
00:44:11Now what do you want?
00:44:13Pritchard?
00:44:19You.
00:44:21What are you doing here?
00:44:23You think Pritchard asked to meet you all the way out here?
00:44:25Why would you think that?
00:44:27Any conversation between us came to an end in my rooms.
00:44:31Something's come up.
00:44:32Something else?
00:44:33Do you know I don't care?
00:44:35Bye, Inspector Lindley.
00:44:37Inspector Lindley.
00:44:38You lied to me, John.
00:44:47Where did you get that?
00:44:48You know where I got it.
00:44:52The question is, what does it mean?
00:44:59We need to know if you've heard of anything taking place that might be of, well, shall we say, an unsavoury nature.
00:45:09Anything, in other words, we may need to be in a position to deal with before it becomes public.
00:45:15Unsavoury nature, sir?
00:45:16Before it becomes public, sir.
00:45:18It's our duty to try and limit the damage to the school, sir.
00:45:22Yes, sir.
00:45:23We all know that John Cornetell gives you a pretty free reign at Erebus Clown.
00:45:28Sir?
00:45:29The extra bottles of beer at the weekend he turns a blind eye to.
00:45:33The smoking in the house common room.
00:45:36The question is, what might he receive in return?
00:45:39Cannot believe you broke into my room and ransacked my things.
00:45:42Bluster and inflamed grievance won't do it this time.
00:45:45This time my investigation needs a full and satisfactory explanation.
00:45:49A full and satisfactory explanation.
00:45:52Satisfactory for whom, exactly?
00:45:54You told me one thing, these photographs told me another.
00:45:57Not a gay man having a relationship with another gay man, but a schoolmaster obsessed with a schoolboy.
00:46:02Obsessed.
00:46:05Have you been in the force so long you see everything through the jaded eyes of a copper?
00:46:11Not obsession, Tommy.
00:46:13Love.
00:46:17Love.
00:46:18Love.
00:46:29Go on.
00:46:30His name was Hugh.
00:46:31He joined the school in the Lower Sixth, after his parents are being posted abroad.
00:46:35I took him for English without engineering anything it was clear
00:46:41something was developing between us but I was equally clear that nothing you
00:46:47listening nothing would happen while he was a student here oh come on John
00:46:54there's pictures of him lying naked in a hotel bed taken in the summer following
00:46:58his first year at Oxford he was 20 years old God a straight man could could have
00:47:06fathered half a dozen kids but the same age and no one would have batted an eye I
00:47:09didn't ask you here to debate the issue maybe not but the real reason you're
00:47:13able to ask me these questions at all it's because someone in my position can
00:47:19still be destroyed by a worm like Clive Pritchard
00:47:23again Clive Pritchard why did you assume it was Clive who told you to come here
00:47:31because he's the only one who knew about me and Hugh a position of privilege which
00:47:38he ruthlessly exploits to his advantage do you expect me to leave John someone like
00:47:44you were in the pocket of someone like him do you imagine for one minute I allow
00:47:49Pritchard the run of Erebus out of choice
00:48:05you and Matthew were pretty close weren't you did you used to help each other with
00:48:13your homework that sort of thing I had someone to help me with my homework maybe I wouldn't
00:48:23have ended up in a police force did um you and Matthew ever share things I mean not like sweets and
00:48:36and books and stuff but I mean like like secrets or problems that either of you might have been
00:48:46having at school I did Matthew did a bit a bit he'd tell you stuff about schoolwork or a teacher that
00:48:59was getting on his nerves but he kept the really private stuff for his diary his
00:49:05what his diary
00:49:06what um when we look through Matthew's things this morning we didn't find a diary
00:49:14when he first came to Bredger Hall Matthew wrote one hope it's in a place like this
00:49:21because someone will just find it and read it doesn't matter how good your hiding place is
00:49:25most boys give up within a few weeks Matthew wasn't like most boys if the boiler is leaking I'm
00:49:34telling you now it's leaking because it's been tampered with we trade on our heritage here
00:49:40inspector we don't try and heat the school with it there's simply no possible what's more important
00:49:44you headmaster absorbing the school of any responsibility or finding out who killed Matthew
00:49:48Wakely thank you Harry I'll see you later sad little thing isn't he I find it very difficult to adjust in the beginning
00:50:01he was picked on for one reason or another I was so pleased Matthew took him under his wing
00:50:06will he be here long I expect to be back in the dorm before lights out
00:50:09okay thanks for your help not at all come along boys come on
00:50:14well not here sir come on then boys let's go
00:50:23why are we cloaked and dagger stuff well I didn't think you want it made common knowledge
00:50:30what what Harry told me well how can I tell you if I mind unless you tell me what Harry told you
00:50:34Matthew kept a diary we found nothing in his room I'm not a written diary an oral one on tape I repeat we found nothing
00:50:41sir what is the safest place to keep a private diary about what goes on at school
00:50:49try knocking again sergeant she might not have heard it with all this rain you do have answer you can
00:51:02also knock indulge me I'm in the mood to delegate
00:51:05I'm coming
00:51:13happen again sir happened again as soon as you turn the corner
00:51:39sure you don't place piling up Patsy
00:51:47plates
00:51:50she might have half a go
00:51:53boys
00:52:02everyone brush their teeth
00:52:04yes Pritchard
00:52:05Morant
00:52:19yes Pritchard
00:52:21I didn't see you Morant
00:52:23go and do it again
00:52:35let's out now boys
00:52:42you found them
00:52:46he sent them disguised as compilation music tapes
00:52:50so mom and dad wouldn't get curious
00:52:52intelligent and meticulous
00:52:54who ready to leave
00:52:55I know it's just a gallery to do
00:52:57if you dry
00:52:59I'll be out of you in two minutes
00:53:00everything okay
00:53:11the carer must have gone home
00:53:14and depending on her mood
00:53:16mum won't answer the phone in the dark
00:53:17why don't you pop back for an hour
00:53:19make sure everything's okay
00:53:20catch a cab in later
00:53:22no I don't think so
00:53:24it only takes one set of ears to listen to the tapes
00:53:27I'll be fine
00:53:29I'm going to take you back
00:53:39thank you sir
00:53:46mum
00:54:01mum
00:54:06oh my god
00:54:09mum
00:54:24mum
00:54:25mum
00:54:25mum
00:54:26shh
00:54:27it's alright
00:54:28it's alright
00:54:29shh
00:54:30I was looking for
00:54:33what what were you looking for
00:54:34are you looking for dad again
00:54:35what was I
00:54:38dad's in the hospital
00:54:40and remember
00:54:40hospital
00:54:43got us on
00:54:43tuesday march the third
00:55:05matthew we meet at last
00:55:07had another letter from home
00:55:09mum missing me as usual
00:55:10dad's usual p.s
00:55:12strange to think they're only 30 miles away
00:55:14half an hour by car
00:55:16what's that
00:55:17three and a half minutes by jumbo jet
00:55:19less than a minute by conflate in the dining hall this evening
00:55:22paradise cop to detention for whooping
00:55:25I think Harry's got that thing
00:55:27like dyslexia
00:55:28only with objects in front of you
00:55:30he was showing two new parents around
00:55:31gave me a saturday morning detention
00:55:33but you could tell it was for the parents benefit
00:55:36I did my bit
00:55:37sorry sir
00:55:38won't happen again sir
00:55:39happened again as soon as he turned the corner
00:55:42won't have to do the detention either
00:55:44because he didn't take my name
00:55:45apart from chas and the other prefects
00:55:48I don't think he knows many of the rest of the boys
00:55:51tim brine calls him the spiv because he spends more time with new parents and investors than he ever spends with the boys
00:55:58March the 10th
00:56:09Harry's other problem is still continuing
00:56:12I thought I was going to see Mr. Cornel about it
00:56:15but he always tells us to take in-house stuff to the senior house prefect first
00:56:19well I can't do that
00:56:21so I went to Chas Quilter
00:56:22we said to leave it with him
00:56:24I think Chas is the nicest of all the prefects
00:56:27I can see why he's head boy here
00:56:29some people get power and go mad with it
00:56:31Chas isn't like that
00:56:33he's going to Cambridge
00:56:35I'd like to go to Cambridge one day
00:56:37but I don't know if I'm clever enough
00:56:38I've been to see Chas four times now
00:56:42each time he tells me he'll sort it out
00:56:45but it's never sorted out
00:56:46I don't care if he is a prefect
00:56:53what he's doing is wrong
00:56:54after talking to Colonel Bonamy about what I should do
00:56:57gave him a hypothetically similar situation
00:56:59I've decided to tell Chas about the recording I made in the bathroom
00:57:02I can't think of any other way to make him stop
00:57:06I'll go to the police if I have to
00:57:08what recording you made in the bathroom
00:57:10what record
00:57:14there is no recording in a bathroom
00:57:17Lynley
00:57:20when was the last time we were seen
00:57:25Amos
00:57:32Amos
00:57:38Amos
00:57:45Amos
00:57:47Harry Morantz disappeared in the night
00:57:53what more can I do
00:57:56tell me where I find the hours
00:57:58the extra hours I can work
00:57:59to get the school past this
00:58:01show me
00:58:02how I can move this institution
00:58:05beyond the murder of two of its pupils
00:58:07one boy murdered
00:58:08one boy missing
00:58:09if the circumstances of Morantz's disappearance
00:58:11are almost identical to Matthew's
00:58:13what makes you so confident the outcome won't be
00:58:15why do you want the local boys out in force sir
00:58:18does it change your tactics
00:58:19I was just thinking
00:58:21whoever's doing this is like
00:58:22a kestrel
00:58:23plucking mice out of a field
00:58:25and what is the best way to catch a bird
00:58:27well your lot generally blast them to pieces
00:58:30with a twelve ball sir
00:58:31alive Havers
00:58:34what do you do if you want to catch a bird alive
00:58:36a net sir
00:58:38a net Havers
00:58:40like this
00:58:52what do you have to fucking ask a bird
00:58:56you are
00:59:01Sergeant Havis to all units, go.
01:00:01You're on the board there, Sergeant.
01:00:22Would you mind telling me the meaning of all this?
01:00:24If Hammer Rent is alive on the school grounds,
01:00:26he'll hear our arrival and know he hasn't been abandoned to his fate.
01:00:29Whoever abducted him and killed Matthew will be left in little doubt as to theirs.
01:00:40All units in position and ready to move, sir.
01:00:42Give the order, Sergeant.
01:00:44Mrs. Havers to all units, move now.
01:00:48With all due respect, Inspector, whatever has happened over the past three days,
01:00:52may I remind you this is still a functioning school.
01:00:54Functioning?
01:00:55First and foremost, Headmaster, this is a crime scene
01:00:58from which no-one, and I mean no-one, is allowed to leave unless I say so.
01:01:02You and you with me.
01:01:03If you've got a key, use it.
01:01:05If not, kick the door down.
01:01:08Right, with me. Come on.
01:01:12Quad drive block, sir.
01:01:14I want to speak to Chas Quilter as soon as possible.
01:01:16I'll send someone to fetch him right away.
01:01:18Arlinds, bring me Chas Quilter.
01:01:26Yes, sir.
01:01:28If you're seriously suggesting that my head boy
01:01:31is in any way mixed up in all of this,
01:01:33I'm sorry to say you're going to look very silly indeed.
01:01:35I'll take that risk.
01:01:36Nothing in the cricket babini, sir.
01:01:52Are you aware that Matthew really repeatedly asked Chas Quilter
01:01:54for help on a certain matter in the weeks leading up to his death?
01:01:57Help that Quilter said he'd repeatedly give, but repeatedly didn't.
01:02:00On what matter?
01:02:01On a matter so important to Matthew to resolve,
01:02:03and he was prepared to resort to blackmail if necessary.
01:02:07Blackmail?
01:02:11Search!
01:02:16In his diary, Matthew describes finding Chas
01:02:19snorting cocaine in his room.
01:02:21Cocaine?
01:02:22You weren't aware that cocaine was being used at the school?
01:02:24Of course not.
01:02:25Or that a senior prefect was blackmailing his housemaster
01:02:27into letting him run his house as his own private fiefdom.
01:02:30What?
01:02:30Outhouse and Swimple Complex, clear, sir.
01:02:32Now, now, just hang on.
01:02:33Apart from income and expenditure at Brecker Hall,
01:02:36what exactly were you aware of?
01:02:37I don't have to stand here and listen to this.
01:02:39Bursa, if I'm needed, I'll be in my quarters.
01:02:41Yes, headmaster.
01:02:43Inspector.
01:02:46Sergeant.
01:02:46Arlen shouldn't be long, fetching Chas.
01:03:00While we were at the waitlease last night,
01:03:02I rechecked the dates of your inscription on Matthew's copy of Paradise Lost.
01:03:05So?
01:03:06So why would the bursa of Brecker Hall
01:03:08give a disadvantaged student a book two years prior
01:03:10that it is becoming a pupil here?
01:03:20Chas?
01:03:22Chas?
01:03:28Chas?
01:03:28I knew Matty before he came to Brecker Hall.
01:03:36I used to teach his father.
01:03:39Tony Waitley came to Brecker Hall?
01:03:41Tony isn't Matty's father.
01:03:45Matty's father was a very gifted young man
01:03:47by the name of Eddie Sue.
01:03:50Eddie Sue?
01:03:51I know that name.
01:03:52He was up on a plaque in the library.
01:03:55Scholar.
01:03:57Friend.
01:03:59And father.
01:04:03Eddie had a clandestine affair with a local girl
01:04:05resulting in a pregnancy.
01:04:08Being impeccably decent
01:04:10and hopelessly unrealistic about what was involved,
01:04:13he wanted to keep everything up
01:04:15and stand by her.
01:04:18Give him the dazzling future that lay before him
01:04:21and that was simply out of the question.
01:04:25With not inconsiderable financial inducement,
01:04:28I managed to persuade the girl to have a termination.
01:04:34The girl was Patsy Waitley?
01:04:36Yes.
01:04:37The day she went up to London,
01:04:38she sent Eddie a letter explaining my help
01:04:42and begged his forgiveness.
01:04:46Eddie was found dead later that night.
01:04:48His wrists slashed.
01:04:54The overwhelming sense of betrayal.
01:04:57At his funeral, I decided I was unfit to teach any more.
01:05:01And Patsy had the baby.
01:05:04At the last minute,
01:05:05she couldn't go through with the termination.
01:05:08I eventually found her.
01:05:10Gave her money.
01:05:12To help bring out Matthew?
01:05:13How could I not?
01:05:15I mean in science blocks, cleared, sir.
01:05:18You paid for Matthew to come to Bredger Hall.
01:05:21It was you who topped up the remaining two-thirds of the fees.
01:05:24He had inherited his father's intelligence,
01:05:26but it was being stifled where he was.
01:05:29Young Matthew was drowning.
01:05:30It was my duty to throw him a lifeline.
01:05:34Which ended in his death.
01:05:37Sir!
01:05:39It was just all locked, sir,
01:05:40but I could swear there was someone inside.
01:05:47This way.
01:05:50Door at the end.
01:05:51And...
01:05:51Matthew came to me as head boy.
01:06:17Instead of doing what he had every right to expect of me,
01:06:19I thought only of what I stood to lose.
01:06:23And did nothing.
01:06:25I've tried so hard to fulfill everyone's expectations of me.
01:06:29But I've let the school down.
01:06:31I have let my father and family down.
01:06:34But most of all,
01:06:35I have let down Matthew Waitley
01:06:36and Harry Morant.
01:06:39May God forgive me.
01:06:41Charles Quilter.
01:06:42We need some men over here, sergeant.
01:06:56We've got a body in the room
01:06:59that needs sealing off.
01:07:01But I don't want anyone connected with the school
01:07:03knowing what's happened here until I say so.
01:07:06Is that understood?
01:07:07Yes, sir.
01:07:08Yes, sir.
01:07:08Yes.
01:07:12Mr. Calfrey-Pitt.
01:07:18Mr. Calfrey-Pitt.
01:07:21How many prefects are there in Bredger Hall?
01:07:24Sixteen.
01:07:27In total.
01:07:28I'd like to see the remaining fifteen
01:07:30in the school library in ten minutes.
01:07:37Could you tell Inspector Lindley
01:07:39the post has just come?
01:07:40It's something I want to see.
01:07:55Right, listen.
01:07:56If you're not a prefect,
01:07:57leave the library
01:07:57and return to your form rooms.
01:08:02George?
01:08:03Yeah.
01:08:04Just calc his house clear, sir.
01:08:06Out, out, Bosh.
01:08:11Come on.
01:08:16They know.
01:08:17Don't cack yourself, Pritchard.
01:08:19They can't know.
01:08:23Where's Chas?
01:08:24I heard they took him to the sanatorium.
01:08:26Do you think he's said anything, John?
01:08:31They'd have to kill him first.
01:08:34What do you think Patsy's package is, sir?
01:08:38Matthew's last tape.
01:08:39Another one?
01:08:41One he must have posted just before he died.
01:08:46The one someone killed him for.
01:08:48I see Area 3 cleared, sir.
01:08:50Still no news on Harry Moret.
01:08:52We need a name.
01:09:20A name will lead us to Harry Moret.
01:09:22Dirty Harry.
01:09:23Who are you?
01:09:25Dirty Harry.
01:09:27Why are you Dirty Harry?
01:09:28Sarah Moret, sir.
01:09:30Because I smell.
01:09:31What do you smell of?
01:09:33Please.
01:09:33What do you smell of?
01:09:35Please, Pritchard, let me out.
01:09:36Pritchard, let's go.
01:09:39Right, you're all free to go.
01:09:42What did I tell you?
01:09:44Except Clive Pritchard.
01:09:48Caution him, please, Sergeant.
01:09:49John, I'd like you to stay.
01:09:52Yes.
01:09:54Pritchard has the right to what's called an appropriate adult present.
01:09:59I can't think of anyone more appropriate, can you?
01:10:00Where is Harry Moret?
01:10:06I told you, I don't know.
01:10:07Clive, where's Harry Moret?
01:10:09Look.
01:10:11Um, Morant is one of those boys who let the rest down at every opportunity.
01:10:16They have, uh, no discipline.
01:10:21No guts, no character.
01:10:24He couldn't even look after himself.
01:10:26It was up to me, as his senior house prefect, to do something about that.
01:10:30Put some backbone into him.
01:10:32And you equate bullying weaker boys with character building, do you?
01:10:37Adversity is going to be his life, Sergeant.
01:10:40I was teaching him to live with it.
01:10:41Matthew made a tape of you teaching Harry his lessons, didn't he?
01:10:46Yes.
01:10:47And he told Chaz about that tape to make you stop.
01:10:52Or he'd hand the tape over to the police.
01:10:54Yes?
01:10:56Yes.
01:10:57To whom he would expose not only your bullying, but also Chaz Quilter's cocaine habit.
01:11:01Am I right?
01:11:01Chaz told you about the tape to make you stop.
01:11:06But Chaz never really cut any ice with you, did he?
01:11:09And you weren't going to be pushed around by little squirts like Matthew Waitley.
01:11:13So you went after Matthew yourself to give him to hand the tape over to you.
01:11:17When he refused, you went to town on him for it.
01:11:21Punching him.
01:11:23Kicking him, yes?
01:11:25Torturing him.
01:11:26Yes?
01:11:26Yes.
01:11:27Yes.
01:11:29And when he still wouldn't give you the tape, you panicked.
01:11:33No.
01:11:35Suddenly you had a boy on your hands known for not shutting up.
01:11:37Now covered with bruises.
01:11:39You do the next logical thing.
01:11:41You kill him.
01:11:42No.
01:11:42With Matthew disposed of, the only person left to snitch on you is the very person Matthew
01:11:48lost his life trying to protect.
01:11:51So in the early hours of the morning, you take Harry Morant from his bed and have either
01:11:55disposed of him already or are keeping him somewhere until you think it is safe to do
01:12:01so.
01:12:03Now, I'm not going to ask you again, Clive.
01:12:06Where is Harry Morant?
01:12:08Look.
01:12:09Look.
01:12:10You have to believe me.
01:12:12Yes.
01:12:14I roughed up Waitley over the tapes.
01:12:16I took him down to the Fives Court after dark and I...
01:12:19I tried to scare him.
01:12:21But he wouldn't tell me where it was.
01:12:23So I...
01:12:24I threatened him.
01:12:26And I left him gagged and bound for an hour to think it over.
01:12:29When I came back, he was dead.
01:12:31He was asthmatic.
01:12:33He'd had an asthma attack and suffocated, but that doesn't make it murder.
01:12:36Matthew didn't die of an asthma attack, Clive.
01:12:41He must have.
01:12:43Matthew died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
01:12:49What?
01:12:49If Clive Pritchard is to be believed, we're left with the fact that between Clive leaving
01:12:59him in the Fives Court and coming back, somehow Matthew died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
01:13:05In the Fives Courts.
01:13:08The Fives Courts.
01:13:11Fives is played on a court similar to that of squash, but without the back wall.
01:13:14They're not enclosed.
01:13:15Consequently, not susceptible to the accidental build-up of poisonous gas, but it is where
01:13:19they keep their school van.
01:13:21So, if it wasn't Clive Pritchard...
01:13:23Someone else wanted Matthew Waitley silenced.
01:13:25Yeah, but we've already established that Matthew was only a threat to Clive Pritchard and Ches
01:13:29Quilter.
01:13:30So, if it wasn't Pritchard, that only leaves Ches.
01:13:32Or someone who wanted to protect him.
01:13:33Sir?
01:13:34Friendships in boarding schools are unique.
01:13:36Like a comradeship between people dependent on one another for their very survival.
01:13:40You make it sound like the army, sir.
01:13:42Precisely, Hayes.
01:13:42That's exactly what it is.
01:13:44Boys in dormitories living under strict rules and codes of conduct.
01:13:47Knowing who you can or cannot rely on in a crisis is vital.
01:13:49Help!
01:13:56Help!
01:13:57Help!
01:14:01Help!
01:14:03Help!
01:14:03Help!
01:14:03Help!
01:14:04Help!
01:14:17Where would it be for Ches?
01:14:19Who would be prepared to do anything, even commit murder, to safeguard Ches's future?
01:14:26Sir, the van.
01:14:37I can't be looking to leave.
01:14:38The drive's blocked.
01:14:39Whatever it is, slowing down, isn't it?
01:14:41Quick, Hayworth's the school gate.
01:14:42I mean, Quick, Hayworth's the school gate.
01:14:44He's in a bloody van.
01:14:46He's not going to make it.
01:14:51Well, the roadblock won't stop him, but I might slow him down when he sounds the courage
01:14:54to go through it.
01:14:55Get behind the van.
01:14:57We're going to try and stop him at the gate.
01:14:58He's taking out two of our units.
01:15:09Get the other two units now.
01:15:11We need backup now.
01:15:14I can't breathe.
01:15:15If we could just close the gate before he gets there, we may have a chance.
01:15:17Come on.
01:15:42Oh, my God.
01:16:12Oh, thank God.
01:16:21Sir?
01:16:25Look after the boy.
01:16:26Right.
01:16:29You all right?
01:16:31It's over, Brian.
01:16:33You can stop now.
01:16:36Chas is dead.
01:16:42You tell me that's not true?
01:16:45I wish I could.
01:16:46I wish I could, but you of all people know that I can't.
01:16:49We found him in his room this morning, hanging from the water pipe.
01:16:52Now, killing little Matthew didn't free Chas as you'd intended.
01:16:55It simply added another pressure to his life.
01:16:58How much did Chas know about what you were trying to do for him?
01:17:02Nothing.
01:17:04It was my idea for Pritchard to get the tape back.
01:17:07But when he came upstairs in a blind panic, saying Matthew was dead, I couldn't believe it.
01:17:13So I went down to the vives' courts to see for myself.
01:17:17He wasn't dead, but half-conscious.
01:17:20He kept saying he was going to bring us all down, especially Chas.
01:17:26He just wouldn't shut up.
01:17:30But that's when I had the idea to put Matthew in the van and connect up the hose.
01:17:35And once he was dead, you returned him to the vives' courts.
01:17:38Then he went to get Pritchard, confirming his fear, laying it on thick,
01:17:41that it was in fact he who had effectively murdered Matthew.
01:17:43Well, whose idea was it to mutilate the body and then cover it with paint?
01:17:52Pritchard.
01:17:53He thought if we made it look like a weird, ritualistic killing,
01:17:57it would divert attention away from the school.
01:18:00I didn't set out to kill Matthew!
01:18:05I just couldn't see any other way.
01:18:07And what about Harry Morant? Was there no other way for Harry?
01:18:10I didn't want to hurt him.
01:18:11But there was no turning back!
01:18:18No turning back.
01:18:41You're not winking now, Clive.
01:18:55It's too intense, John.
01:19:07Life in these schools, closed off from the outside world.
01:19:11The pressure to succeed, to conform, play by the rules.
01:19:16And if you can't, or won't, the consequences can be lethal.
01:19:22I agree.
01:19:25What are you going to do?
01:19:27Another school?
01:19:29Oh, I think I've been in school long enough, don't you?
01:19:32Hiding from the real world, among the desks, in class and common room.
01:19:36It's a nice life.
01:19:38It's a good life.
01:19:38But it's increasingly felt like a small life.
01:19:47Good luck, John.
01:19:49Good luck to you, Tommy.
01:19:51Will you ever forgive me?
01:19:52If, when I do, I'll send you a postcard.
01:19:58I can't tell you how pleased I'll be to leave this place.
01:20:19Just stop for a minute, sir.
01:20:20Three days ago, it was all I could do to drag you here.
01:20:25And now you don't want to leave.
01:20:28I was just having a call from the hospital.
01:20:34My dad died an hour ago.
01:20:42I'm sorry to hear that, Barbara.
01:20:43We were never close.
01:20:52Yes.
01:20:55Yes, you said.
01:20:59Nothing I want to go into.
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