- 3 months ago
First broadcast 20th September 1976.
Turkish policeman Captain Shebbeq arrives in England for his old friend Regan to help him track down a gold-smuggling ring, possibly connected to an insurance firm which is fire-bombed.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins (credit only)
Nadim Sawalha - Capt. Shebbeq
Morris Perry - Det. Chief Supt. Maynon
Valentine Palmer - Carew
Jim McManus - Ollie Parsons
Frederick Treves - Beemax
Michael Cronin - Sgt. Chivers
Ian Thompson - Det. Insp. Thompson
Ronnie Brody - Garage Mechanic
Anthony Langdon - Shand
Katya Wyeth - Helga
Laurence Harrington - Lawyer
Ric Felgate - McFarland (as Richard Felgate)
Joe Griffiths - Pianist
Pauline Cunningham - Typist
Lewis Alexander - Senior Police Officer
Tony Allen - Bill the Driver
Jerry Baker - Flying Squad Officer
Durra - Belly Dancer
Charlie Gray - Airline Passenger
Clay Hunter - Pub Patron
Eric Kent - Detective
Jay McGrath - Carew's Assistant
Dinny Powell - Angry Driver
David Rolfe - Custody Officer
Ivan Santon - Airline Passenger/Club Patron
Robin Scott - Club Patron
Byron Sotiris - Police Constable
Guy Standeven - Detective
Terry Yorke - Man Tailing Regan
Turkish policeman Captain Shebbeq arrives in England for his old friend Regan to help him track down a gold-smuggling ring, possibly connected to an insurance firm which is fire-bombed.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins (credit only)
Nadim Sawalha - Capt. Shebbeq
Morris Perry - Det. Chief Supt. Maynon
Valentine Palmer - Carew
Jim McManus - Ollie Parsons
Frederick Treves - Beemax
Michael Cronin - Sgt. Chivers
Ian Thompson - Det. Insp. Thompson
Ronnie Brody - Garage Mechanic
Anthony Langdon - Shand
Katya Wyeth - Helga
Laurence Harrington - Lawyer
Ric Felgate - McFarland (as Richard Felgate)
Joe Griffiths - Pianist
Pauline Cunningham - Typist
Lewis Alexander - Senior Police Officer
Tony Allen - Bill the Driver
Jerry Baker - Flying Squad Officer
Durra - Belly Dancer
Charlie Gray - Airline Passenger
Clay Hunter - Pub Patron
Eric Kent - Detective
Jay McGrath - Carew's Assistant
Dinny Powell - Angry Driver
David Rolfe - Custody Officer
Ivan Santon - Airline Passenger/Club Patron
Robin Scott - Club Patron
Byron Sotiris - Police Constable
Guy Standeven - Detective
Terry Yorke - Man Tailing Regan
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TVTranscript
00:00It's not a bad return for a year's investment on £50,000.
00:13All right, so it's straight, as long as it's straight.
00:15It's straight, it's legal, I'm telling you.
00:18OK.
00:21If they want £50,000, that'll buy you all the companies.
00:24No, it's not a bread bank. What's 18%? £50,000 is what I want.
00:27£9,000.
00:29Hey, Carew?
00:31What?
00:32You're nicked.
00:33What for?
00:34Say nothing, say nothing, you're not obliged to speak.
00:36You robbed the jewellers?
00:37Say nothing, Mr Carew, please.
00:39Where?
00:40Mr Carew, don't say anything, keep stum.
00:42Rotherhithe!
00:43Say nothing.
00:44Wasn't me.
00:45Mr Carew, I told you before, you don't have to talk to these people.
00:48Carew!
00:50I've got no right to apprehend you like that, you're not a criminal, you're a perfect
00:57illegitimate businessman.
00:58I want to look after them.
00:59Yes, sir.
01:00Come on, Carew!
01:02Come on, Carew!
01:03Say nothing.
01:04Say nothing, all right.
01:05Right, that's enough, Carew.
01:06I don't know you, do I?
01:07You know who I am?
01:08Do I know this man?
01:10I've never met him in my life.
01:12Do you know me now?
01:13Ah, I'd never met him in my life.
01:15My client would be grateful if you would...
01:17You know me now.
01:18By the way, right, in.
01:19I think this man's a policeman.
01:21Mr Carew has a complete answer to these charges.
01:22Well, it's not a real cerby.
01:23The Mode?
01:24No, here's the case.
01:25Cartagula, a supposition and question all these things, how do you have to talk about?
01:27I've never met him in my life.
01:29My client would be grateful if you would...
01:30You know me now.
01:32Right, in.
01:33I think this man's a policeman.
01:35Mr Carew has a complete answer to these charges, and William Duke...
01:38Oh, yeah.
01:39Mr Carew has a complete answer to these charges.
01:41Oh, shut up, will you?
01:42Oh, nice.
01:43David Anthony Carew, I'm arresting you on charges of conspiring to rob McLeod and May Diamond Merchants of 106 Rotherhithe Square on Tuesday 25th March.
01:54Where was I on Tuesday?
01:56You were robbing McLeod and May. I have witnesses.
01:59I wasn't.
02:00I was having dinner with the detective inspector on the flying squad.
02:04His name is Jack Regan.
02:05Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
02:26You might ask why I spent three and a half hours with Carew last Tuesday.
02:54Okay. The answer is simple.
02:58Oh.
03:01I had to get him drunk and in a place where he felt secure.
03:06Which was?
03:07The Ritz.
03:10Carew.
03:10Oh, lovely.
03:11The Carew, Carew, is not the sort of man you meet in the local pub.
03:16Furthermore, he has a hollow leg.
03:18He took a whole bottle of brandy before he began to unwind.
03:21Just a moment.
03:23Okay.
03:24Took a whole bottle of brandy before he began to unwind.
03:31I just said that.
03:34It was 1.30 in the morning before we left the hotel,
03:38so it was physically impossible for him to have participated in the robbery at Rotherhithe.
03:43Governor?
03:44Yes?
03:44Uh, God wants to see you.
03:46God or God-God?
03:48If it was God-God, there would have been a flash of lightning
03:50and the summons would have been delivered by an angel with wings.
03:53With rubber heels.
03:55Oh, right, love.
03:55Far be it from me to suggest that Detective Inspector Thompson is in error in this case.
04:03Merely that there has been a mistake in identification.
04:09It is important that Carew be released before he calls upon me to corroborate his alibi,
04:15which would be extremely embarrassing for all concerned.
04:18Carew is a reliable informant and must not, underline not, not be got at.
04:25Oh, by the way, George, 3 o'clock this afternoon,
04:28meet a Turkish police officer at the air terminal.
04:31And if he hasn't made any arrangements, book him in the section house at Tardbridge, will you?
04:34Oh, George, 3 o'clock, air terminal, one Turkish policeman.
04:37Yeah, listen, take him down to the Turkish club and entertain him till I get there, right?
04:41Certainly.
04:42What shall I do with these?
04:43Uh, top copy for Detective Chief Superintendent C Division,
04:48and I'll take the other one with me.
04:51Keep it around the store, George.
04:52OK, Gop.
04:58Oi!
04:59Doesn't mean I won't be coming back.
05:05This statement could put you out of the force.
05:09Freeloading off a known criminal in a place like the Ritz?
05:12Well, that's not the point, is it, sir?
05:14I was with Carew.
05:16Detective Inspector Thompson will charge Carew whether you put in this statement or not.
05:21Then he'd better be stopped.
05:23Don't.
05:24Don't back him into a corner he can't get out of.
05:27Is that all, sir?
05:30That Turk will be arriving this afternoon.
05:33He particularly requested that you meet him.
05:36Yeah, I've sent Sergeant Carter in my place.
05:39Good.
05:43What...
05:43What did Carew come up with that night?
05:47Er...
05:47It's a big job.
05:50It has something to do with an official building, a post office,
05:52and the getaway car's going to be a white Jaguar.
05:56You could have got that from a little old lady on Southend Pier.
05:59Hello, Jack.
06:19What do you want?
06:20You know what I want.
06:21I want my man.
06:22That's what I want.
06:23You're putting him in the frame.
06:24Who are you?
06:24The mother, I'd jump.
06:26Now, why would I do that?
06:27Well, I don't know.
06:28Perhaps you're trying to get a quick result,
06:30or maybe you're trying to put me in the middle.
06:32Well, that's paranoia, Jack.
06:33Well, 90% of this work is.
06:35Furthermore, it's not the first time you've stolen my gravy.
06:40I've got witnesses, Jack.
06:42They've made statements.
06:43Well, they'd better unmake them.
06:44Listen, this just isn't a little power play between you and me, you know, Thompson.
06:48There's something big coming off,
06:50and I want Carew on the outside passing me information.
06:53The, er, the post office job, you mean?
06:55The getaway in a white Jaguar.
06:58All the villains wearing stockings on their heads?
07:00Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
07:03Give this to your governor.
07:05That corroborates Carew's alibi.
07:07I've signed it.
07:11Inspector Chebeg.
07:20Captain Chebeg.
07:21Detective Sergeant Carlin.
07:23Diet.
07:23I'll say that right.
07:36Very good.
07:37What's it mean?
07:40Happy birthday.
07:41May the horsetang you're about to eat on this trip taste sweet.
07:46Is that an old Turkish greeting?
07:48Did you obtain it from the cultural officer at the Turkish embassy?
07:51No, Greek caf down the road.
07:53Uh-huh.
07:53Give us a minute.
08:01What's your game, Jack?
08:02It's only taken you two days to get down here.
08:04Shut your throat, Carew.
08:04We're both in trouble.
08:05It's me what's been deprived of my liberty, son.
08:07It's me what's walking around with that shoelace.
08:09You've been talking to Thompson.
08:10You put me in here.
08:11I didn't put you in here.
08:13You can't have it both ways.
08:15You tell Thompson to get off my back.
08:17If he discharges me, I won't cause any bother.
08:18But if he doesn't...
08:19He won't believe me.
08:20He thinks I'm protecting you.
08:27What's the next move?
08:29Well, you have to face the possibility of going down.
08:31I'm not going down.
08:34You're going to have to make a statement, Inspector.
08:36Saying where I was that night.
08:37Do you really want me to identify you as a police informer?
08:41Do you really want a piece of paper like that floating around your briefs office?
08:44All right, then.
08:45Give me the faces that say they saw me outside the jurors.
08:48That's what I came to warn you about.
08:50Don't mess with the witnesses.
08:52That'll finish you.
08:53What's more important is to find out who's behind it.
08:56You're being set up.
08:57When I get out, I'll find out.
09:00I'm not a man of violence.
09:01You know me, Jack.
09:02When I find who it is, I'll crucify him to the front of a circle-lined train.
09:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:07Meanwhile, I'll make some inquiries.
09:09Then stop brooding.
09:10It won't do you any good.
09:12And if you've got any information about the man with the white jaguar, let me have it.
09:16You get nothing till I get out of here.
09:19You're in no position to make demands, Carew.
09:23Here.
09:25I'll pull you a comic.
09:30Hello, Joe.
09:31In me comes the ball.
09:35Hey, Jack.
09:37Hi, friend.
09:38How are you?
09:39Nice to see you, Daddy.
09:40Yeah, we met before.
09:43I've never guessed.
09:44Jack, I've got a present for you.
09:46A bottle of rattle.
09:47Oh, that's great.
09:48That really is good.
09:49Nice stuff.
09:50Well, welcome back.
09:52Can we get here all right?
09:53We had a bit of trouble at the airport.
09:56Yeah, they stripped him.
09:57Oh, that's parfait through, isn't it?
09:59Fortress England.
10:00If Hitler was alive, they'd give him a job out there.
10:02Isn't that right, darling?
10:03This is one of my favourites, this one.
10:05Helga, Captain Shebek.
10:07Hello.
10:07From Turkey.
10:08How do you do?
10:10Have you met?
10:11Oi.
10:11Where's the boss?
10:15Locked himself in the office.
10:16Tell him we've got a long-lost cousin of his here.
10:19He says he's not coming out until you've gone.
10:21See what terror you inspire?
10:23But the drinks are on the management.
10:25Makes a welcome change.
10:27Especially as we've got our own bottle.
10:30How long are you here for?
10:31Depends, Sergeant.
10:34Well, here's to it, then.
10:35To the permissive society.
10:37Fortress England.
10:38Bobby Charlton.
10:39Football mad, he is.
10:41Do you remember?
10:42Last time I was in London, it was for the World Cup.
10:45Well, that was long ago, Captain.
10:47We're all much younger.
10:51And funnier.
11:11Well, there's there and sitting where he横's laying around.
11:12Let's go deep down.
11:13I'm only at 3.
11:13Three meters.
11:14One yet.
11:19It's alright.
11:22You can all help him.
11:26Go!
11:27All right, huh?
11:52All right, huh?
11:54Hey, hey, Joe, hey, Joe, do you remember that thing that George and I did at the squad do last year?
12:05Oh, do you want your number?
12:06Yeah, that's it. Give us a go of that.
12:08Hey, come on, Jim.
12:09Jimmy's...
12:11Sidney, Mickey and Mickey, yesterday.
12:16Do you like this?
12:18I can't get that.
12:20What do you think he is? Maria Callas?
12:22Do you want me to understand this?
12:26You like it, huh?
12:27Right?
12:28Don't be afraid, you'll make the grade.
12:32Why, you can't sing as good as Bing.
12:36That's why I sing from the start.
12:39Bing that the song has gotta come from the heart.
12:43Listen to these kids sing.
12:44Okay, step back.
12:45It doesn't have to be weighty or smart.
12:51Nothing's impossible.
12:52Long as it comes from the heart.
12:54He's not just a pretty face.
12:56It doesn't have to be classic or art.
13:00Long as it comes from the heart.
13:03Smile, baby.
13:04I'll give them that.
13:06I'll give them this.
13:08I'll stand up, babe.
13:10Why, you can't miss.
13:12Just pin my star to a chart.
13:15On my shoulders.
13:16The song's gotta come from the heart.
13:19Together now.
13:20I'll be gone.
13:21In nights.
13:22My name in lights.
13:24I'll never want to stop.
13:26Till we reach that tap.
13:28We'll order beers a la carte.
13:31That's expensive.
13:32But the song's gotta come from the heart.
13:35We'll be tremendous.
13:36But the song's gotta come from the heart.
13:39We'll stitch up Haskins if the song.
13:42No doubt.
13:43It comes from the heart.
13:47The heart.
13:49The heart.
13:52Give those boys a tonic water.
13:55Suspended?
13:56No, not suspended.
13:57And ginger, is it?
13:59No, straight.
14:01Just take three days leave.
14:03You're due that.
14:05And after that?
14:07I don't know.
14:09Do you talk to anyone in the press about this?
14:12No.
14:13No.
14:14They've got hold of the story.
14:16It's an executive decision now as to whether to throw you to the walls.
14:20Cheers.
14:21Yeah, but why?
14:23There's got to be an explanation as to why you were consorting with Carew, a top criminal at an expensive restaurant where by your own admission he picked up a bill for 50 quid.
14:35I don't expect a yard to foot it.
14:36That alone is a disciplinary charge.
14:39You've got no defence.
14:41Unless you can dig up more about these new robbers with their white jag and their penchant for robbing post offices.
14:49Well, I'll tell you the truth, Governor.
14:52There was more, but by that time I was too smashed and...
14:56Jack, there are enough people in this building trying to bury you.
15:00Don't, don't dig your own brain.
15:03Look, you just stay out of the office for three days.
15:06Yes, sir.
15:07Go home, lock the door, take the phone off the hook.
15:09Watch football.
15:10Just see if you can stay out of trouble till Monday.
15:13Yeah, all right.
15:30Ah, Jack.
15:31Morning.
15:32Morning.
15:33How are you?
15:34Shocking.
15:35All right?
15:36I suppose you were up at the crack of dawn, were you?
15:51I like it.
15:52Yeah, so do I.
15:55Safe.
15:56You're not going to see you now on your little prayer mat.
16:01Facing east, praising Allah.
16:04Allahu Akbar.
16:09Allah.
16:14Allah.
16:15Allah.
16:16Allah.
16:17Allah.
16:18Allah.
16:19Allah.
16:20Allah.
16:21Allah.
16:22Allah.
16:23Allah.
16:24Allah.
16:25Allah.
16:26Allah.
16:27Allah.
16:28Allah.
16:29Allah.
16:30Subway.
16:31Quiet.
16:32Did you say something?
16:33Yes, I brought you a car for which many thanks and last Friday when I left I forgot
16:39my notes.
16:40You left them here for me to read.
16:42Do you remember?
16:43Ah.
16:44and could you turn that kettle up for me and could you contain your natural desire to imitate
16:51your ancestors if I'm to shave this morning it must be done in complete silence with
16:59concentration did you know I've been unofficially suspended yes I've been to the office sergeant
17:16Carter is sitting at your desk no one seems to miss you I can only interpret it as one of those
17:21strokes of fate which occasionally come one's way kismet my kismet it means that now you can
17:29devote yourself full-time to helping me with my inquiries did you read the report the four
17:38paragraphs that weren't in Turkish your coffee yes please do you know the security officer at
17:48the Cromwell insurance company Bill Shand yeah he's an ex squad man I need access to his files do you
17:56know what the word illegal means means contrary to or forbidden by law I can't ring my mate an
18:04organization like that and ask for access to confidential information what do you want it
18:10for it is obvious my friend that you haven't grasped the report well it's only about nicking trucks in
18:15Turkey in it anyway the stolen cost would have been very nice to you so you can expect a matter and
18:22he's one of the kindest most courteous coppers you'll ever make this side of the channel mate I have
18:27given him the slip you are there are many cases which we are investigating together but there is only one
18:36which really interests me okay as I said in my report in most cases the actual cargo is found abandoned but intact
18:51now there has been only one exception a TIR truck driven by a man called Ollie Parsons now I came across
19:01Reagan it's me what's going on everything's under control oh and mr. Thompson's been on the blur he claims
19:11that Carew's been threatening his witnesses oh Carew doesn't know who they are yeah well Thompson very
19:15obligingly told me two of them are one is a man called Ardbeg and hold on to this the other one's
19:23Mrs. Carew what do you want me to do oh what do you think you can do well as you're not around I
19:28thought I could go and interview them on the grounds they're being interfered with as Ardbeg got a record
19:32oh yeah okay go ahead
19:36you were saying it was while making my enquiries that I came across Ollie Parsons
19:51his long-distance rig had been stolen and subsequently recovered but minus its container he'd reported
19:59this to the police and had been put in jail for his pains I'd heard a rumor that it contained gold just a
20:07rumor I could get nothing out of Ollie he was sick and frightened sometime later after he'd been sent
20:16back to England I uncovered the culprits now their story was that shortly after stealing the vehicle
20:23they were intercepted by four men armed with guns who identified themselves as police they bolted
20:31abandoning the truck and that was the last they saw of it so I go looking for the four policemen
20:41it was then that I run into difficulties I suffer bureaucratic harassment I am offered leave I receive threats
20:56meanwhile my investigation makes little progress I find no trace of any of the gold no flicker of change in
21:08the market and nothing from my good friends in the Lebanon so I turn to another aspect of the case the
21:19British shippers why had they been so quiet right through the whole affair why had there been no insurance
21:28investigation how had mr. Parsons being shipped so discreetly back home rather late in the day I did some
21:40calculations as to how much gold the container could have actually been carrying it's been driving me mad
21:48mad how much five million dollars worth if I get my head cut off I'll send you the bill by the way Jack
21:57I had some trouble with the car I think the plugs are dirty now you tell me also can you see that man over
22:05there yeah did you know your apartment was under observation I thought not
22:12anyway
22:25there
22:27uh
22:28and
22:30Let's go.
23:00Get off, mate!
23:19Oh, my God!
23:21Get off!
23:22Get off!
23:25All right!
23:30Oh, Bill.
23:39There's nothing doing with those files, Jack.
23:41Why's that, Bill?
23:42Well, someone's been through them to start with.
23:45And last night, we had a fire.
23:47Took all that corner of the room.
23:49Very thorough, isn't it?
23:50Yeah.
23:51And when you've got a moment, I'd like a word about your interest in the case.
23:54And not now.
23:55City Sea idea over there.
23:57Distinctly curious.
23:59I'll have to humour them.
24:01Well, it's about a truck that was nicked in Turkey.
24:04Yeah.
24:05The story is it was carrying gold, and your company insured it.
24:08It's worth about five million dollars.
24:10It's the first time I've heard of it.
24:13Well, give us a ring at the office, Bill.
24:15When the fire dies down.
24:17Yeah, I will.
24:18I've only been here two minutes.
24:35The DAC tomorrow.
24:38Just one question, sir.
24:40Have you and 810 put my home under observation?
24:43No, we have not.
24:45Go home.
24:46I can't foresee any repercussion, shall I, sir?
24:55Oh, George.
24:56I thought this ground was taboo.
24:58What did you find out at Rotherhithe?
25:00They're all lying.
25:01Hardbeg's trying to put Carew in it.
25:03Mrs. Carew was talked into it by Hardbeg.
25:06If that's all Thompson's case is, you've got nothing to worry about.
25:08No, there's more to it than that.
25:10Did you talk to Carew?
25:12Well, yeah, I told him about both of them.
25:14He's marked their cards.
25:15Did he mention anything about that post office job?
25:17Oh, yeah.
25:18He said a big white bird is gonna come out of the sky
25:21and out of that is gonna jump lots of men with black faces.
25:24Then he asked for a drink.
25:26You give him one?
25:27I told him it was your round.
25:42Four pounds with a four-star, please.
25:44Four.
25:45Did you get a telephone?
25:46Yeah, there's one in there.
25:47And have a look at the engine, will you?
25:48I'm having trouble starting.
25:50Yeah, all right.
25:54Good afternoon.
25:57Oh, all right, then.
26:02Hello, is Mr. Chebeck there, please?
26:04It's for you.
26:05Regan.
26:09Regan?
26:10Listen, I've been down to the insurance office.
26:11They've had a fire.
26:12And they're suspicious.
26:13You'd be hard put to get anything out of them, even with a warrant.
26:16All right.
26:17I want you to go down to B-Max.
26:19The transport company in Sussex.
26:21They are the people who had Parsons and a contract.
26:24Jack, are you carrying?
26:26I've got this hunch.
26:28Things are getting hot.
26:29Chebeck, will you stop talking like something out of a Hollywood movie?
26:32You know that fellow outside my flat?
26:34Did you fix him?
26:35He was a neighbor.
26:36You fingered the wrong man.
26:37Jack, will you please go down and see B-Max for me, huh?
26:40Listen, how far is this investigation authorized?
26:42Because I am now under two clouds.
26:44Wild horses will not drag me to see B-Max.
26:54Do you want your stamps?
26:56No, boys.
26:57You keep them.
27:00You were right.
27:01It wasn't starting.
27:02I found the cause of the trouble.
27:05Someone wired this to the dynamo.
27:07I think it's a bomb.
27:08It's got to...
27:09Look out!
27:10It's a bomb!
27:11Look out!
27:12Look out!
27:13Look out!
27:14Look out!
27:15Look out!
27:16Look out!
27:17Look out!
27:18You all right, mate?
27:19Hey!
27:20Come on, calm down.
27:21Calm down.
27:22It's all right.
27:23Listen, why don't you go inside and phone the police?
27:24Phone the police.
27:25Will that be all?
27:26I think so.
27:27Any oil or water?
27:28No.
27:29No.
27:30Well, what was that all about then?
27:31Eh?
27:32Well, don't worry about it.
27:33Well, who are you?
27:34What's going on here?
27:35When the police get here...
27:36Wait a minute.
27:37I want an explanation about it.
27:38When the police get here...
27:39When the police get here, give them this number and tell them to ask for Sergeant Carter.
27:54Sergeant Carter?
27:55Sergeant Carter?
27:56That's right.
27:57Well, try it again!
27:59Well, try it again!
28:00What's going on here?
28:01What's going on here?
28:02What's going on here?
28:03What's going on here?
28:04What's going on here?
28:05What's going on here?
28:06When the police get here, give them this number and tell them to ask for Sergeant Carter.
28:07Sergeant Carter?
28:08That's right.
28:09Well, try it again!
28:29I'm looking for Detective Inspector Regan.
28:57Yeah?
28:58What can I do for you?
29:01I'm making inquiries about a truck you used last year.
29:05It was owned by Mr. Olly Parsons.
29:08The truck was stolen in Turkey.
29:12The container was lost and never found.
29:14What is your interest in the case?
29:16Well, I have reason to believe that the container was carrying gold.
29:22If that is the case, there may have been a breach of customs regulations.
29:26Yes, the truck was carrying gold, but I doubt whether we as carriers were breaking any bank of England rules.
29:45You see, all necessary permissions were obtained before departure.
29:54Of course, there might have been a few minor infringements of customs papers at the frontier, but I'm sure you'd be the first to admit that would be a sensible precaution after all.
30:03We don't want to advertise to the world at large one of our trucks carries gold.
30:08Was it insured?
30:09No.
30:10Why was that?
30:11Because I have an old-fashioned belief in security.
30:15And I believe that insurance offices are the weakest link in a security chain.
30:21People get at their files.
30:27What sort of operation do you run here?
30:29Is it all high-risk cargoes?
30:31Yes, we have been building a reputation in that direction.
30:36You know how it is.
30:39I spent a lot of time in the Middle East, got to make quite a few shakes.
30:42They tend to go for people who don't let them down.
30:46Is any of your work government sponsored?
30:49I mean, by our side.
30:52Of course not.
30:53We're just a small private enterprise group trying to earn an honest penny in the face of a growing bureaucracy.
31:00Of which you represent today's example.
31:05Tomorrow it may be that man.
31:07The day after that...
31:08The Turkish police.
31:09No, as far as they're concerned, the case is closed.
31:12Did you know that a senior Turkish police officer has just come to London to reopen it?
31:19No, I did not.
31:23Hello?
31:27Did she bet call?
31:28No, but everybody else did.
31:29Hold on.
31:32Yeah, someone called Kennedy rang.
31:35Complaining that you threw a bomb into his market garden, destroying a thousand pounds worth of cucumbers.
31:40I thought it was raspberry.
31:41No, cucumbers.
31:44Bomb squad rang.
31:45Can you get in touch with Detective Sergeant Chivers?
31:47He wants to interview you about the same explosion.
31:50Oh, yeah.
31:51And one Alan Norman has filed a complaint at West Grove Nick.
31:54Says you've backed him up the street and forced his car into an accident totally wrecking it.
32:00Where are you?
32:01The Turkish club.
32:02No anything else?
32:03I'll be down later.
32:04All right.
32:05You might as well bring Chivers with you.
32:06See you.
32:07Yeah, all right.
32:08Yeah.
32:09Crew.
32:10Known associates.
32:24Shh.
32:26Here.
32:28White bird.
32:32He's got me a helicopter.
32:38Sergeant Shivers. How do you do?
32:40How do you do? Want a drink?
32:42I'll have a scotch, if I may.
32:44Two beers and a scotch, no?
32:46I, uh, suppose you've seen the evening papers?
32:48Yep.
32:50Well, if you could just have a word with the press office.
32:52This paper's seen to have got off on the wrong foot.
32:54Well, they always do, don't they?
32:56Yes, well, if you could just correct the impression
32:58that you deliberately threw the device
33:00in order to blow up his rhubarb.
33:02I thought it was cucumbers.
33:04No, no, it was rhubarb on the 9 o'clock news.
33:06Er, there's also the question of why you didn't stick around
33:08to assist the local police.
33:10Well, I was up in hot pursuit, wasn't I?
33:12In a vehicle not equipped with RT.
33:14Thank you, Olga.
33:16Thank you very much.
33:18Good health. Cheers.
33:22Tell me, what do you think planted the device?
33:26Well, leaving aside the obvious choice,
33:28that it was Detective Inspector Thompson,
33:30I think it was meant for our Turkish friend.
33:32Turkish? Captain Chebec.
33:34I lent him my car last night at, er, what, 2am?
33:38When he brought it back this morning, he said the engine was giving trouble.
33:40Where's he staying?
33:42The Quebec. It's off Queensway.
33:44Right.
33:46I don't suppose you could tell me what he's doing in this country?
33:52He was making private inquiries of a confidential nature.
33:56Oh, I see.
33:58I usually find that blowing a man up tends to draw attention to his inquiries rather than away from them.
34:02It can be very counterproductive.
34:04Do you think it could have been a warning?
34:06You probably know more about the case than I do.
34:10They take life seriously in the bomb squad, don't they?
34:14No, it's just because he's Welsh.
34:16When was Chebec due?
34:18At six.
34:20Well, he's either gone north to see United, pulled a bird, or the geezers who planted the bomb didn't miss the second time.
34:50We've been studied through the window.
35:06Yes?
35:07Ruff?
35:10Mrs Parsons.
35:11We're police officers.
35:13Captain Shipwreck, he was here yesterday.
35:16Come in.
35:20Yeah, that's what we wanted to talk to you about.
35:23Uh, Detective Inspector Regan, Detective Sergeant Carter.
35:27Oh.
35:28Jim, mate, look at that, Gav.
35:29Do you like it?
35:31Yeah.
35:32Right little masterpiece, isn't it?
35:34It's a yank job.
35:35You don't get nothing like that over here.
35:38They take a real pride in their rigs.
35:40Do you want a cup of tea?
35:41Oh, yes, please.
35:42Thanks.
35:45How much your rig cost, Ollie?
35:47Everything.
35:49It was the house.
35:50The old inheritance.
35:51My savings.
35:52Over £20,000.
35:54You're insured for theft, were you?
35:56Well, the truck wasn't stolen.
35:58It was confiscated.
35:59It was the cargo that was stolen.
36:01What was the cargo?
36:03I didn't know then, but I know now.
36:06It was gold, wasn't it?
36:07Yeah.
36:08When did you find that out, Ollie?
36:10When I was inside.
36:11I was inside for three months, till finally B-Max bailed me out.
36:15Took his time, didn't it?
36:17I won't hear a word said against him.
36:19He got us into the best hospitals.
36:20None of this national health rubbish.
36:22What did the doctor say was wrong with you?
36:24I got some sort of cancer.
36:31Well, thank you.
36:33Yeah, give us a minute, eh, love?
36:38What did the Turks charge you with?
36:41Carrying an unauthorised cargo.
36:44Nothing about gold.
36:47The consul, he said when he came to visit me,
36:51that I could go down for 15 years.
36:53Well, that frightened the life out of me, I can tell you.
36:56And I think that that was what it was to brought the illness on.
36:59Yeah, but if you were only driving the truck...
37:01Does that matter in a Turkish court?
37:03I mean, their argument is you're a rogue if you do know,
37:06and a bloody fool if you don't.
37:09Then when Shebek turned up yesterday,
37:11I thought, here we go again.
37:12They're going to extradite me now in me wheelchair.
37:15I started screaming for my lawyer, I tell you.
37:17When was this?
37:18Last night, about six.
37:20You ever met him before?
37:21Oh, yeah.
37:22And his relatives.
37:23Relatives?
37:24That whole town is run by Shebek's uncles.
37:27There's one who's a judge.
37:29The other one runs the police.
37:31The third one owns the garage where my rig was impounded.
37:34And a further...
37:35Did you pick the container?
37:36Could be.
37:37I think that was why the provincial governor sent for Shebek.
37:40So he could suss it out, see whether any of them were in on it or not.
37:43At that point, his uncle was already driving my truck around,
37:46as if he already owned it.
37:47I could see him from my window, out in the harvest,
37:49hauling bleeding freshers.
37:50Well, then it dawned on him that the container was not going to turn up.
37:54And then he started getting nasty.
37:56He said I knew something that I wasn't telling him about.
37:59Well, then he got summoned back to Ankara, and while he was in Ankara, B-Mac sprung me.
38:05The next I saw him was yesterday.
38:08He come in through the window with a bottle of scotch in his hand and says,
38:11Hello, Ollie.
38:12I've come to resume our conversation.
38:14We got interrupted.
38:15So I asked him about his uncles and he asked me about my illness.
38:18And then we went through my story again, point for point.
38:21He finally disappeared about three this morning.
38:24He was not sober.
38:26What about these bastards who put the gold on board?
38:31At the time I wanted their heads.
38:34I told B-Max that.
38:36But B-Max said to me, let me talk to the geezers,
38:39see if they'll come across with a bit of bread so that certain wheels might be oiled.
38:43That way at least you get out of Turkey alive.
38:45He gave me 24 hours to make up my mind.
38:49During that 24 hours, the doctor did not visit.
38:52My bedpan disappeared.
38:53There was no food.
38:54I can't tell you what it was like.
38:55You were intimidated.
38:56I was terrified.
38:57And when B-Max did turn up the next day, I just said to him,
39:00get me out of here.
39:01And eventually he did.
39:02Meanwhile, B-Max is probably playing the same game with other drivers.
39:06Oh, please.
39:07I can't stand that high moral tone.
39:10I'm sitting here worrying about dying and you're sitting there getting into a hot flush
39:15about someone transporting little yellow bricks from London to Turkey.
39:18I mean, it's like Ludo, isn't it?
39:20If that was a regular run, it could be blowing a hole in this country big enough to sink it.
39:24It's very hard for me sitting here to think of it like that.
39:27Where do you live, Bert?
39:29Making my inquiries.
39:30You know, a bomb nearly went up underneath my car.
39:32I told you this case was important.
39:34Here, this came for you.
39:36Do you know what they're trying to do to me up there?
39:37They're about to put me through the shredder.
39:38Oh, don't worry.
39:39It's been steamed open.
39:40It's my recall.
39:41I don't know what they're trying to do to me up there.
39:42They're about to put me through the shredder.
39:43Oh, don't worry.
39:44It's been steamed open.
39:45It's my recall.
39:46Surprise, surprise.
39:48Surprise, surprise.
39:49But what did you find out?
39:50Have you checked out B-Max?
39:51Hmm.
39:52Yeah, he's a sort of paramilitary tyrant.
39:53Oh, no.
39:54It's a bomb nearly went up underneath my car.
39:55I told you this case was important.
39:57Here, this came for you.
39:59Do you know what they're trying to do to me up there?
40:01They're about to put me through the shredder.
40:04Oh, don't worry.
40:05It's been steamed open.
40:06It's my recall.
40:07Surprise, surprise.
40:09But what did you find out?
40:12Have you checked out B-Max?
40:14Yeah, he's a sort of paramilitary type, you know?
40:18You mean he's working for your government?
40:20I don't know.
40:21Anybody could be funding him.
40:22He sticks up like a handy blazer at a Jewish wedding.
40:25B-Max is not shipping gold out to the Middle East.
40:28He's shipping plutonium, the iron oxide variety.
40:32It was Ollie's illness which confirmed my suspicions.
40:35He must have come in contact with it.
40:37Not on this trip, but sometime in the past.
40:40You mean he's made more than one trip?
40:42I mean, this could be a perfectly legitimate operation, but run undercover.
40:48On the other hand, it could be very dirty.
40:52Well, everybody want their own bomb.
40:57If you're a sheikh and you ain't got your own bomb, then you're a nobody, right?
41:03What are you thinking about?
41:05I'm thinking about my pension.
41:07Listen, Jack, let us go back and see B-Max again.
41:11Let's go and see Ollie Parsons first.
41:13If Ollie Parsons has got radiation sickness, there's got to be some reason why they're letting him run away out here.
41:19Hello?
41:20Hello?
41:21Hello?
41:22Hello?
41:32Hello?
41:42Oh, my God.
42:12Where do you get that from? Portobello Road?
42:42Regan! What the blazes are you doing mucking about on my patch?
43:10Get back to London and report to your commander!
43:14You've no business blundering around the countryside getting in other people's way!
43:19This job is nothing to do with you!
43:22Out of here! And take that pint-sized turf with you!
43:27And put that bloody book down!
43:30It's not yours!
43:32Have yours McFarland!
43:35You're not wanting, you hope!
43:40The
43:42The
43:46The
43:50The
43:55who was he you know terminology he's one of the funnies funny yeah one of the people who live
44:18in whitehall and start wars last i heard of him he was seen running out of a bank in belfast with
44:24a bag of money in one hand and a gun in the other shouting don't shoot i'm on your side claim later
44:30he was infiltrating the ira ah you mean intelligence well we can't win them all can we
44:39they'll crucify me well you still got your three pensions haven't you one for each wife
44:48i have a confession to make i'm not a muslim i'm a christian like yourself
44:58in my car in ancara i have three pictures one of saint anthony one of the virgin and one of nobby styles
45:10oh well he's a great footballer a name to conjure with a man of determination and guts
45:22if we could but emulate him
45:26where are you now nobby when we most need you captain shebeck came to this country to make
45:37certain inquiries into stolen vehicles his zeal in that regard is not in question but when he
45:43turns his mission into some piece of daring do he went too far yes sir you're no fool jack you must
45:51have realized this was a political matter and that you had need of advice well the whole thing got off
45:54for half cock i thought we're investigating one thing when in fact this is the statement issued by
45:59the security executive consignments of plutonium are being shipped to certain arab states these
46:05shipments for obvious reasons are made undercover police authorities are requested not to take
46:12action before consulting the appropriate security department with mcfarlane booming down at me from
46:182 000 feet back off reagan is that a consultation whether it's 2 000 feet or ground level that's
46:24exactly what you're being told you mean you're telling me i'm ordering you to cease your inquiries
46:29and what about that bomb in my car i just think you're bloody lucky you weren't inside when it went off
46:40do you know
46:47you know
46:55yeah
46:58right
47:01Regan.
47:19Governor, I thought I ought to tell you.
47:21They've done the main post office at Bar Lane.
47:24Now, half the London Fire Brigade are here, the whole of C Division, and God's arrived.
47:28They left hell of a mess.
47:30They blew up half the building.
47:31And just for good measure, the getaway car drove through the back of Habitat store and up the front at a hundred miles an hour.
47:37Yeah, the latest score is a quarter of a million.
47:39And that's without stamps, postal orders, registered letters, pool scoupons, that sort of thing.
47:44That's just money.
47:45Hang on a minute, George.
47:51Are you all right?
47:52Yeah.
47:57Tell me, did anyone see the car?
47:59The night watchman.
48:00They couldn't really miss it.
48:02It ran him down.
48:03From his description, it was a white jaguar.
48:05They landed on the roof in a stolen helicopter.
48:07Schwarz's?
48:09No, but blacked up like a minstrel show.
48:12I feel like the prophet Isaiah come out of the wilderness.
48:17Can I quote you on that, Governor?
48:19No, you can't.
48:20Where's Thompson?
48:22Well, he's in Edinburgh playing golf.
48:25I should imagine he's on the milk train back now, in a state of shock.
48:29No, no, we mustn't gloat, Sergeant Carter.
48:33It's not every day that a man gets a direct hit from Providence.
48:37You coming down, Guff?
48:38I'm on holiday, aren't I?
48:42No, I'll come back when I'm sent for you.
48:44You'll be a day, you'll be a star, and you can sing as good as being.
49:01Vindicated.
49:24Vindicated.
49:26There you go.
49:30Look!
49:32Do you want me to wear this all night, or can I get to bed without it?
49:35Well, of course, darling.
49:36Take it off.
49:38I just thought it might keep you warm.
49:39That's all.
49:41Robbery.
49:42Post office, bar lane.
49:44White jaguar.
49:45Repeat, white jaguar.
50:00All night.
50:02And you'll be on.
50:03I warranty.
50:05Lasher, wait, mom.
50:08I manage to wear things off.
50:10I'll be to ride, please.
50:12I doI.
50:14Min Amber, witado.
50:16I'm storing it on the beach.
50:16Util.
50:17I'm storing it on the beach from the sea.
50:19I don't know.
50:19I'm storing it on the ocean.
50:20I'm todos.
50:21I'm storing it.
50:21I die.
50:22I'll be playing.
50:23I don't see you again.
50:24I'm holding it on the beach.
50:26I'm polishing it on the beach.
50:26I'm rejecting people, but it's not human.
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