T.I.L.M. S02 E02. In the Presence of the Enemy.

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First broadcast 17th March 2003.  After the love child of a Liberal black MP and a white conservative newspaper editor is kidnapped, they're blackmailed into publishing details of their affair.  James Hazeldine - Dennis Luxford Ken Bones - Rodney Aronson Sophie Okonedo - Eve Bowen Simon Chandler - Alistair Harvie Bennet Thorpe - Personal Secretary Natalie Freegard - Charlotte Bowen Lesley Vickerage - Helen Clyde Nathaniel Parker - DI Thomas Lynley Simone Bendix - Fiona Luxford Joseph Friend - Leo Luxford Jayne McKenna - Newsreader (as Jane McKenna) Sharon Small - DS Barbara Havers Anjalee Patel - Hadiyyah Clint Dyer - Alex Stone Stuart Bunce - Damien Chambers Robert Whitelock - Robin Payne Kika Markham - Corrine Payne Gerard Monaco - Officer Simon Pearsall - DS Stanley Lynne Verrall - Pathologist Ken Anderson - Howard Short Marcia Warren - Miss Portly Caroline Martin - Celia Matheson Oliver Chopping - Local Officer

Transcript

00:00:00The

00:00:19importance of bringing you into the public domain far out.

00:00:22Don't talk to me until you've nailed this.

00:00:27The Asylum Centre leads the front page.

00:00:33That's it, ladies and gents. Get out there.

00:00:40Eve, it's suicidal pushing this through.

00:00:43You haven't got any support in the party. You're destroying your career.

00:00:47The Asylum Centre poses no threat to your constituents or anybody else.

00:00:51You could get away with a few families, maybe.

00:00:54But 3,000 people. There's no way it's going to happen.

00:00:59Since when did you start making speeches on behalf of the Opposition?

00:01:24Home Office. Can I ask this caller? One moment, please.

00:01:35Who's that?

00:01:36It's Dennis Luxford. Must want more on the Asylum story.

00:01:39Publish what you like. I've issued my statement and obviously I won't be making any further comment.

00:01:45I'm Clyde. Dennis? How's the heady world of newspapers?

00:01:58I, er... I need your help.

00:02:03I, er... I need your help.

00:02:06I, er... I need your help.

00:02:08I, er... I need your help.

00:02:12You, er, er...

00:02:14That's why.

00:02:15I, er...

00:02:16I, er...

00:02:17Let's go.

00:02:47Helen, I don't know what to do.

00:02:52As long as there's even the smallest danger to her,

00:02:55you have got to tell the police.

00:02:56I can't. On the tape, Charlotte says he'll hurt her if we go to the police.

00:03:01She says if I don't publish in three days' time...

00:03:03Kidnappers always threaten damage, Dennis.

00:03:05The point is the police are experienced at handling these things.

00:03:08This is not a normal kidnapping. He's not asking for money.

00:03:13Look, he's given us three days, right?

00:03:17Please, just help me work out who would do this.

00:03:22Who knows that Charlotte is your daughter?

00:03:24Nobody. Even I agreed from the beginning.

00:03:27And that's the point.

00:03:28Well, I must admit, I was pretty surprised.

00:03:30You and a radical left-winger.

00:03:32Surprised? Or horrified?

00:03:35Well, surprised.

00:03:37But I can't speak for your readers.

00:03:39Are you prepared to publish the story?

00:03:41Whatever it takes to get her back.

00:03:47Eve.

00:03:48Thank God.

00:03:50Where is Charlotte?

00:03:51And who the hell is this?

00:03:53This is Helen Clyde.

00:03:54She's a profiler.

00:03:55Works for the Met.

00:03:56We agreed.

00:03:57No police.

00:03:57She's a friend.

00:03:58She's going to help us privately.

00:04:00This is a trap, isn't it?

00:04:06You've set this up to ruin me.

00:04:07What?

00:04:08Well, it won't work, Dennis.

00:04:09Just give her back to me.

00:04:10Miss Bowen, are you saying you think Dennis kidnapped your daughter?

00:04:13Why would he do that?

00:04:14Have you seen the papers?

00:04:15He's been after me for weeks.

00:04:16It's been relentless.

00:04:17The minute this story breaks, our secret love child, me, consorting with the enemy.

00:04:22I can see the headlines now.

00:04:24I believe that out of the party, and he knows that!

00:04:26But he could publish the story any time he wants to.

00:04:29You have got to go to the police.

00:04:35What if she's killed?

00:04:39You find her.

00:04:41And bring her back to me, please.

00:04:47I'll work on it overnight.

00:04:57But you have to go to the police in the morning.

00:05:00But it was handwritten, so no ink check.

00:05:03And no stamps, so we can't do a DNA trace.

00:05:10Then you what to avoid.

00:05:13Yeah.

00:05:14Thanks for your help.

00:05:15Okay.

00:05:16That's it.

00:05:17If I'm taking my life in my hands and may not survive dinner, I thought at least we'd have

00:05:22a proper cup of coffee in the morning.

00:05:24I'm so sorry, Tommy.

00:05:27You see, normally, the chef would apologize after the meal, not before.

00:05:31I, um, I meant to call.

00:05:32I didn't realize how late it was.

00:05:34Good news.

00:05:34You're not cooking after all.

00:05:35No, I can't.

00:05:36No, I know that, but I'm willing to be experimented on.

00:05:38That's not what I meant.

00:05:39I got this case on, and I...

00:05:42And...

00:05:44I think it's going to be an all-nighter.

00:05:46I'm sorry.

00:05:47I'll cook, and you can tell me about it.

00:05:52We've done it before, and this time we could do it with a genuine caffeine hit.

00:05:54That would be great, my love, but, um, I'm going to have to power through on my own.

00:05:59Try me.

00:06:00I might can't speak in there, but no.

00:06:01I just can't.

00:06:05Okay.

00:06:05Well, you'd better get home.

00:06:09We'll talk tomorrow.

00:06:10Thanks, Tommy.

00:06:11I'll make it up to you, I promise.

00:06:16We've tried to talk to you about this a thousand times.

00:06:19It's okay, Mommy.

00:06:20It's okay, Mommy.

00:06:21No.

00:06:22No, it's not okay, darling.

00:06:24It's not your decision to make just like that.

00:06:27It's not your life we're talking about.

00:06:29It's Leo's.

00:06:29We're not discussing this anymore.

00:06:32He goes to Barristoke in September.

00:06:35I'd rather die than let him go to boarding school.

00:06:36I know you think all he needs is his mother, but trust me, what he needs is children his own age.

00:06:43It's time he was a little more independent.

00:06:45It's time you both were.

00:06:48That's okay.

00:06:49I'll go.

00:06:50The girl who has yet to be identified is believed...

00:06:53Are you listening, Dennis?

00:06:54...of Afro-Caribbean or mixed race, parentage.

00:06:58Police believe the girl is not local to the area and are appealing for anyone to come forward

00:07:03who may have seen the girl or may be able to help in establishing her identity.

00:07:07The incident has sent shockwaves to the local community,

00:07:10which is deep in the heart of one of the country's most affluent rural areas.

00:07:15The vicar of Warton Cross expressed the sadness of the whole community.

00:07:19Police.

00:07:21I'd like a number 14, please.

00:07:25Um, and what's your...

00:07:29Yeah, 22.

00:07:31Thanks.

00:07:33Excuse me.

00:07:41Lindley.

00:07:44Right.

00:07:46Where was the body found?

00:07:50R-Rip.

00:07:50I'll be there.

00:07:52Sorry, I've got to cancel the order.

00:07:53Sorry.

00:07:56Hey, it's me.

00:07:57Are you busy?

00:07:58Hang on, Habers.

00:08:00Wait!

00:08:01You little...

00:08:01What?

00:08:02Don't sound so surprised.

00:08:04I've got a life, you know.

00:08:08It's the Nile.

00:08:10Well, that's the longest.

00:08:12Are you sure?

00:08:13Yep.

00:08:13Uh, yeah, I suppose I can change my plans.

00:08:17Yeah, I'll be forgiven in the end.

00:08:21Yeah, okay, bye.

00:08:21Jack, I'm going to take you home to your dad and tell him to stop sending you to school.

00:08:34Hi.

00:08:35Hi.

00:08:36Know what this is about?

00:08:37Nope.

00:08:39Hot date?

00:08:40Very.

00:08:41You?

00:08:41Actually, no.

00:08:44She took me up.

00:08:46For work.

00:08:48I was very understanding.

00:08:49Oh, you're such a great boyfriend, sir.

00:08:52Miss Boen, are you doing this?

00:08:54I'm here.

00:08:55Miss Boen, are you doing that?

00:08:55Miss Boen, I'm here.

00:08:56Miss Boen, our deepest sympathies.

00:08:58You're taking the same to any needs as to the suspects.

00:09:01Miss Boen, Miss Boen.

00:09:02We'll just black off and leave us alone.

00:09:14Eve Bowen is a government minister.

00:09:16How could she be so stupid?

00:09:18What was she thinking of, not reporting her daughter being kidnapped?

00:09:21People don't think straight, do they?

00:09:23I mean, emotions get in the way.

00:09:26How long before forensics?

00:09:28Tomorrow, lunchtime at best.

00:09:30Let's see what the ransom notes tell us.

00:09:31Yeah, anything else?

00:09:34Yeah, get some sleep.

00:09:36Yes, sir.

00:09:38I've never met a government minister before.

00:09:41He'll be to the Queen next.

00:09:49Right, er, goodnight, sir.

00:09:52Night, Hayward.

00:10:00Hi.

00:10:01Oh, five-star dinner, I see.

00:10:05You know me.

00:10:06Only the best.

00:10:08Good to see you.

00:10:11News from elsewhere.

00:10:14I'm not stalking you.

00:10:16Hilly, I called me in on a case.

00:10:20And now I need to see a sane and friendly face.

00:10:23I can't guarantee a sane.

00:10:24I can't guarantee a sane.

00:10:26No, you'll do.

00:10:28In this case, Hilly has put me on.

00:10:30I thought I'd heard everything.

00:10:31I know exactly what you mean.

00:10:33Just when you think nothing can surprise you.

00:10:35Bam.

00:10:37Up pops another horrible facet of human behaviour.

00:10:40Quite.

00:10:40Am I allowed to ask how yours is going?

00:10:44Oh, you know, all right.

00:10:49Actually, no, not very well at all.

00:10:52But I'm glad we're still talking.

00:10:54Does that mean you've forgiven me?

00:10:56What for?

00:10:59I hope I may escape the rather frightening prospect of having a meal cooked by you.

00:11:04Actually, yeah, come to think of it, you should be thanking me.

00:11:09If you were in the public eye and you had a young daughter who went missing and then you received

00:11:21a ransom note telling you not to contact the police, would you risk her life by not reporting it?

00:11:28And then hire some pseudo-private investigator to go and find the kidnapper?

00:11:33I mean, you wouldn't, would you?

00:11:34What kind of person would?

00:11:36I don't know.

00:11:37Yeah, well, and now, of course, the girl is dead and we have to mop up the mess.

00:11:42She's dead?

00:11:47Helen, don't tell me.

00:11:50I don't understand.

00:11:54The kidnapper said three days.

00:11:56How could you?

00:11:57Helen!

00:11:59Dennis has been my brother's best friend since prep school, one of the family.

00:12:03I've known him all my life.

00:12:04I've never seen him in such a state.

00:12:07I had to do something.

00:12:11They were absolutely terrified and neither of them would go to the police.

00:12:14That is no excuse.

00:12:16I told them I'd work on it overnight, a few hours to find out what I could.

00:12:19And you didn't tell me.

00:12:21If you can't trust me, what does that say about us?

00:12:24Tommy, please don't make this about us.

00:12:25What else are you hiding?

00:12:27Any other explosive little secrets?

00:12:29Don't do this.

00:12:30Please don't.

00:12:32So, find anything out?

00:12:38It's almost certainly an intimate of either his or Eve's.

00:12:41With no demand for money, it's obviously some kind of grudge.

00:12:45And this has taken you all night to come up with?

00:12:51Both parents insist nobody knew Dennis was Charlotte's father.

00:12:56Not even Charlotte herself.

00:12:59Somebody who knew their secret.

00:13:01Thanks for filling me in.

00:13:08Tommy!

00:13:09Tommy!

00:13:15Tommy!

00:13:20Tommy!

00:13:21Tommy!

00:13:22Tommy!

00:13:27Tommy!

00:13:28Tommy!

00:13:29I... I don't trust anybody, Inspector.

00:13:46I've learnt the hard way.

00:13:48There's no such thing as loyalty.

00:13:51The kidnapping would have been made public, and...

00:13:54I was... I was sure that it was a trap set for me.

00:13:58You must have been.

00:13:59I was.

00:14:02Do you think that I would have risked Charlotte's life for a minute?

00:14:05It's Diana Carey. All of us at the paper are too sorry about your daughter.

00:14:10If it would help you to talk about it, we would...

00:14:12Must be terrible for you.

00:14:14I'm so sorry.

00:14:16The press had been coming for me for weeks, and I was already exhausted.

00:14:21And when the news came about Charlotte...

00:14:26I couldn't think straight.

00:14:28I guess you must get out of the habit of having personal feelings.

00:14:35Being a politician.

00:14:37Scotland Yard.

00:14:40About time.

00:14:42Are you okay?

00:14:44Did you take a pill?

00:14:45The doctor said it would help.

00:14:49My husband, Alex Stone.

00:14:53I've never taken tranquilizers in my life.

00:14:54I'm not starting now.

00:14:56Come on, then.

00:14:57What do you need to know?

00:14:58Let's get on with it.

00:14:59We need to know Charlotte's last movement before she disappeared on Monday afternoon.

00:15:08She left school and went to her flute lesson, as usual.

00:15:16She left there at the usual time.

00:15:22But she didn't.

00:15:25Who took her to the lesson?

00:15:27Nobody.

00:15:27She went on her own.

00:15:29She always did.

00:15:29She was a sensible girl.

00:15:31She was all within easy walking distance.

00:15:34What time did you realize that Charlotte was missing?

00:15:36Dennis called me at work.

00:15:39And then when I came home in the evening, I found that awful note.

00:15:46I wanted to go straight to the police, but I only run a restaurant, not the country.

00:15:51And Eve was very clear about how you lot are tight with the press.

00:15:56Hi, it's John Evans here from The Post.

00:15:59I'm so sorry to disturb you, but I was wondering if you've come to a decision about the article we wanted to run.

00:16:03They've half killed her, you know.

00:16:06It's been a living hell.

00:16:08I mean, what does it take for them to leave us alone?

00:16:11I'm sorry.

00:16:15We need to have the note.

00:16:18And, um, samples of both your handwriting.

00:16:22Yes.

00:16:23Yeah.

00:16:24One last thing.

00:16:25Who else knew or could possibly have found out that Dennis Luxford was Charlotte's biological father?

00:16:33I knew.

00:16:36If you want to know what's happened to Charlotte, ask her father.

00:16:41Or a music teacher.

00:16:42Or her stepfather.

00:16:44Very edgy.

00:16:45We should make sure he really was at the restaurant that afternoon.

00:16:48He was obviously very close to Charlotte.

00:16:50My question is how close exactly.

00:16:51But if it wasn't for your big, important career and self-obsession, Charlotte would still be alive.

00:17:00How can you say that?

00:17:01Well, she'd never have been taken in the first place if you weren't an MP.

00:17:04But I am.

00:17:05That is who I am.

00:17:07But if we called the police straight away?

00:17:08The kidnapper said he would kill her if we did.

00:17:10We had three days.

00:17:11We thought there was more time, and Dennis and I agreed not to go to the police.

00:17:14Is this the same Dennis, by any chance, that never saw his daughter while she was alive?

00:17:19Alex, please.

00:17:21You're unbelievable!

00:17:26Here.

00:17:27Sorry.

00:17:28I've never got my shrimp or anything, and I don't entertain much, so...

00:17:31That's fine.

00:17:35I feel terrible.

00:17:37Charlotte's a great girl.

00:17:39So, uh, do you know what happened to her?

00:17:42No.

00:17:43Look, she was my friend.

00:17:46We had fun.

00:17:48I looked forward to our lessons, actually.

00:17:50It doesn't sound as though you did much music.

00:17:52What else were you doing?

00:17:53Talking.

00:17:55And don't get me wrong, I mean, we did the flute as well.

00:17:58Not that her parents would have noticed whether she practised or not.

00:18:01Did she mind about that?

00:18:02No, I don't think so.

00:18:04She adored them both.

00:18:06She was really clever.

00:18:07She could make me laugh more than anyone.

00:18:10Did she ever talk about her friends?

00:18:13She didn't have very many, I don't think.

00:18:15There was Britta, though.

00:18:17She'd come and wait for Charlotte sometimes.

00:18:19Britta...

00:18:20Do you have a surname?

00:18:22What was she like?

00:18:24She never came out.

00:18:26A bit of a wild one, by Charlotte's account.

00:18:28Anything unusual about Monday?

00:18:31No.

00:18:32Any odd activity in the street?

00:18:33Did you see people hanging around, anything like that?

00:18:38I keep myself to myself.

00:18:42I'd just like to have a look around, if that's all right.

00:18:44Rather, you didn't.

00:18:46Well, I can get a search warrant.

00:18:48It's just a mess everywhere.

00:18:49I wouldn't worry about that.

00:18:51However bad it is, you can be sure that DS Havers has seen worse.

00:18:56It won't be long.

00:19:02Find anything interesting?

00:19:03No, not really.

00:19:05We did have quite a collection of designer suits for someone who works from home.

00:19:08Excuse me.

00:19:10Now I come to think of it, there was something, actually.

00:19:14There was an old guy up and down the street all day.

00:19:16I thought he was just looking through the bins, but every time I looked out, he was still there.

00:19:24Thanks.

00:19:25We'll send someone to take your statement.

00:19:27No problem.

00:19:28I don't believe that.

00:19:31No, not really.

00:19:32Still, we'd better get an ephid.

00:19:34Check it out.

00:19:35See if anyone else around here knows him.

00:19:37Well, homes people are usually quite territorial.

00:19:41If he does exist, he wouldn't have anything to do with us, but he may have seen something.

00:19:46And we could use a witness on anything right now.

00:19:51She left here, if she left here, at about four o'clock.

00:19:54Look, she'd have gone that way, whether she was heading to Alex's or to her mum's surgery.

00:20:04You know, if I wanted to keep an eye on the street and not be noticed, well, I might just start there.

00:20:24Footprints are boots by the look of it.

00:20:43Yeah.

00:20:44They could be quite recent.

00:20:45You're right, Havers.

00:21:08Take a look at this.

00:21:10Clear view of Damien Chambers' flat.

00:21:12I think we need to get Sockle over here.

00:21:20Let's get today's papers, see if Eve Byrne was right, and they really are out to get her.

00:21:27Maybe Eve wasn't so paranoid, after all.

00:21:30Pretty heartless, dragging her politics into a report on her daughter.

00:21:33Yeah, and no wonder she didn't have time for the details of being her mum.

00:21:36I mean, she's too busy out here fighting for the underdogs.

00:21:41Yeah, that is tough competition for a kid.

00:21:44You can't complain when your mum's been a saint.

00:21:48Do you think she resented it?

00:21:50Don't you?

00:21:52Don't forget we've got to check out the friend, Britta.

00:21:58A successful politician certainly clocks up a few enemies on their way up through the ranks.

00:22:01Yeah, the asylum centre proposal gets coverage in all of them.

00:22:07This MP, Alistair Harvey...

00:22:09Yeah, I've got him.

00:22:10Particularly vitriolic.

00:22:11According to this, her asylum centre proposal threatens his political survival.

00:22:18Eve's secret love child would be a godsend to him, wouldn't it?

00:22:22What gives you the right to play God with my daughter's life?

00:22:26Feelings are running high. It's understandable.

00:22:28Understandable.

00:22:28You, my friend, don't understand shit!

00:22:33Sir, this is the great Dennis Luxford's kingdom.

00:22:36If all you say, you might end up in the gossip columns.

00:22:40You make me sick!

00:22:42All that pious crap about family values!

00:22:47You're very high!

00:22:48OK, Mr Stone, thank you, that's enough.

00:22:50Come on.

00:22:50Get off me!

00:22:52Come on, mind your back.

00:22:52Tenement, get off!

00:22:53Are you all right, sir?

00:22:54All right!

00:22:55Get off!

00:22:56Come on, Mr Stone, let's go.

00:22:57Come on, then.

00:22:58All right, come on, easy now.

00:23:00All right, I'm leaving!

00:23:01I'm leaving!

00:23:02Dennis Luxford?

00:23:03And the only we spoke, Helen.

00:23:05Oh.

00:23:08I've come for the ransom, too.

00:23:09Don't get off me!

00:23:10About this livened up the office day, eh?

00:23:19Yes.

00:23:20The only surprise is it doesn't happen more often.

00:23:23Really?

00:23:25Not a popular bloke, then, is your boss?

00:23:27You don't get to the top in Fleet Street without picking up a few enemies along the way.

00:23:32Must be quite a buzz, though, you know, having all that power.

00:23:34He's a lucky bastard, isn't he?

00:23:39Strolls in here, reeking of dinners with the great and the good.

00:23:43He's no idea how we work.

00:23:44Of course, he's all cosy with the chairman, who thinks the sun shines out of his backside.

00:23:50So you've been here long, yourself?

00:23:51Twenty years, man and boy.

00:23:55So what's this all about, then?

00:23:57It's dirt under Dennis Luxford's shiny fingernails, is it?

00:24:01Well, would you be surprised?

00:24:04What do you think?

00:24:07He says you know what story to tell.

00:24:11It's dark here, even when it's light.

00:24:19And there's birds.

00:24:27And no one else has touched this?

00:24:34No.

00:24:36What will you do with it?

00:24:39Analysis may help us pinpoint the location.

00:24:42Excuse me.

00:24:47Why kill her before I could possibly publish?

00:24:51A ransom demand could be a cover for something else.

00:24:54A smoke screen of some sort.

00:24:57We don't really have any answers yet, sir.

00:24:59Anything's possible.

00:25:02And we will need a set of your prints

00:25:05and a sample of your handwriting.

00:25:10How did they meet?

00:25:11Eve said they met at a party conference.

00:25:13Aye, we need to see who else was at that conference.

00:25:15Who was close to them.

00:25:16Who noticed what was going on between them and who didn't like it.

00:25:19Anyone who still bears a grudge against either one of them.

00:25:22There's no shortage of grudges.

00:25:24A fair one, they're right there in the office.

00:25:25I say, Luxford's deputy, Rodney Aronson, he hates him.

00:25:29Thinks he should have got the job.

00:25:31Check him out, then.

00:25:32I need to talk to Luxford at home, away from work.

00:25:36That's what really went on between him and Eve.

00:25:39I've got to take a close look at Helen's file.

00:25:41What else you had to tell us?

00:25:42Have you spoken to her since?

00:25:46I want you to go to Buckinghamshire.

00:25:48Kick him into life at that end.

00:25:50What?

00:25:51Just me?

00:25:52The autopsy's not till tomorrow.

00:25:54Still, she'll tell us something.

00:25:56I want you to make sure the incident room is up and running.

00:25:59What?

00:25:59You mean I'd get to be in charge of more than just choosing the right sandwiches?

00:26:03I think you can cope.

00:26:04See, tea with us isn't that terrible after all.

00:26:14Maybe you could make a habit of coming home early more often.

00:26:17What do you think?

00:26:21Yes?

00:26:21What is it?

00:26:22I'm sorry to disturb you, sir.

00:26:27I had a brief affair with Eve Bowen.

00:26:30And I mean brief.

00:26:32It lasted the length of a Labour Party conference.

00:26:35She was a delegate.

00:26:36I was a colonist.

00:26:37So your political differences weren't enough to keep you apart, then?

00:26:41Look.

00:26:43Conferences are hotbeds of sexual tension.

00:26:46Call it the attraction of opposites, the thrill of the forbidden, whatever.

00:26:48When it turned out she was pregnant, I offered to do the decent thing.

00:26:53You asked her to marry you?

00:26:55I offered to pay for a termination.

00:26:57I was already seeing Fiona, my wife.

00:27:00Not that I ever thought she'd begun my wife.

00:27:02Huh?

00:27:03Too beautiful.

00:27:04Too young.

00:27:09Sorry, Leo just wanted to say goodbye.

00:27:11He's off to do his art class.

00:27:13Goodbye, Daddy.

00:27:14See you later.

00:27:15Be good.

00:27:17There's a newspaper salvaging tomorrow.

00:27:19Fiona.

00:27:21It's all right.

00:27:23I know my place.

00:27:31Eve made it clear she intended to keep the baby.

00:27:34And she wanted me to have no contact at all.

00:27:37And have you?

00:27:38No.

00:27:40I've only ever seen Charlotte in those happy family photos released by the Labour Party.

00:27:44And I pay a monthly amount into an account for her.

00:27:49Eve's never been near it.

00:27:51Blood money, she'd call it.

00:27:54It sounds ridiculous, but the fact of it has always made me feel a bit better.

00:27:58Rather like the medieval church, letting people buy redemption.

00:28:04An indulgence.

00:28:06Something like that.

00:28:08Who else knew that you were Charlotte's father?

00:28:11Absolutely nobody.

00:28:12What about your wife?

00:28:14Especially not my wife.

00:28:20Hello?

00:28:24Hello?

00:28:27Hi.

00:28:32You all right?

00:28:36Can I get you anything?

00:28:37I'm sorry.

00:28:48I shouldn't have been so hard on you.

00:28:49Look, I know you're feeling terrible, but the last thing I'm going to do is make it worse.

00:28:55Don't give me your sympathetic.

00:28:57I'm the nicest bloke in the world, stuff to me.

00:29:00It's more than I can bear.

00:29:01It wasn't your fault she died.

00:29:04Look, I appreciate you coming over.

00:29:06Thanks for the effort and everything, but...

00:29:10I really think I want to be on my own just now.

00:29:14Right.

00:29:15Sorry.

00:29:24No, I'm sorry.

00:29:29I'm sorry about everything.

00:29:30I'm sorry about everything.

00:30:00I'm sorry about everything.

00:30:20Police!

00:30:23Don't move!

00:30:24I said don't move.

00:30:30My ID, in my pocket.

00:30:33Yeah, right.

00:30:34Police.

00:30:35What?

00:30:36Can I get up?

00:30:37What the hell were you doing?

00:30:38I was trying to see who the car belonged to.

00:30:41Right, you stay down.

00:30:45Now turn around slowly.

00:30:49Did you hear what I said?

00:30:52I'm Detective Constable Robin Payne.

00:30:54And you're standing on my hand.

00:31:07Sorry.

00:31:09Explains why you're with the Met and I'm not.

00:31:12How long have you been there?

00:31:14About six years.

00:31:16You don't look old enough.

00:31:18I only made DC nine months ago.

00:31:20I was in computers before that.

00:31:21Nine months.

00:31:22So this is pretty much your first case?

00:31:24My first murder, for sure.

00:31:26It's not murder yet.

00:31:28Suspicious death.

00:31:29Right.

00:31:30Yeah, sorry.

00:31:31Anyway, Sergeant Stanley's a bit put out that someone's been sent from London to head things on.

00:31:36Well, let's just get started then.

00:31:39Any clothing with the body?

00:31:42Not a stitch.

00:31:43Her mother said she was wearing a school uniform.

00:31:45And she had a flute with her.

00:31:46All that we know is that prior to her death she was somewhere near heavy machinery.

00:31:51Well, how's that?

00:31:52There was grease embedded under her fingernails.

00:31:55She might have been held on a farm.

00:31:58Well, that's what Sergeant Stanley seems to think anyway.

00:32:01Well, you don't agree?

00:32:02Not really, sir.

00:32:03Sorry, ma'am.

00:32:04Gove.

00:32:05Barbara will do.

00:32:06Right.

00:32:07We've got sewage works.

00:32:10We've got reservoir pumps.

00:32:11We've got corn mills.

00:32:12We've got saw mills.

00:32:13You think that Sergeant Stanley's rushed to conclusions?

00:32:14It may be.

00:32:15Okay, thanks.

00:32:16I'll bear it in mind.

00:32:17Right, anything else?

00:32:18If not, I'll get on to my digs.

00:32:19Ah, your digs.

00:32:32The thing is, we thought you'd be older.

00:32:55Well, it doesn't look like an old folks' home.

00:32:58No.

00:32:59It's mine.

00:33:00Yours?

00:33:01Don't get me wrong.

00:33:02It's not just mine.

00:33:03It's my mum's.

00:33:04It's a proper bed and breakfast in the AA guide and everything.

00:33:08It's just there's no real hotel in Wootencross and we thought it'd be best.

00:33:11But if you mind...

00:33:12Oh.

00:33:13Oh.

00:33:14He's fine.

00:33:25I just said to Sam, this very second, it's shocking the hours they make you keep.

00:33:30What happened?

00:33:31It's okay.

00:33:32It's nothing.

00:33:33Oh.

00:33:34Mum, this is Detective Sergeant Havers.

00:33:37A woman.

00:33:38Oh, nice to meet you.

00:33:39No, you're not to bother yourself, Mum.

00:33:40I'll see her up to her room.

00:33:41Well, welcome to Lark's Haven, Miss Havers.

00:33:42It is Miss, is it?

00:33:43Mum?

00:33:44Oh, it's all right.

00:33:45Oh, yeah.

00:33:46Um, but actually I prefer Sergeant.

00:33:48Hi.

00:33:49Hi.

00:33:50Everything all right?

00:33:51Oh, it's lovely.

00:33:52Thanks.

00:33:53Can't stand it myself.

00:33:54But Mum's only just finished redecorating.

00:33:56With the help of Sam, of course.

00:33:57Her fiancé, God help us.

00:33:58What?

00:33:59You don't like him?

00:34:00Oh, he's all right as far as he goes.

00:34:01Which isn't very.

00:34:02But it's great for Mum, so...

00:34:03Anyway, I won't have to look out for her so much.

00:34:07Hi. Everything all right?

00:34:13It's lovely. Thanks.

00:34:15Can't stand it myself, but Mum's only just finished redecorating.

00:34:18With the help of Sam, of course, her fiancé, God help us.

00:34:22What, you don't like him?

00:34:23Oh, he's all right as far as he goes, which isn't very.

00:34:27But it's great for Mum, so...

00:34:30Anyway, I won't have to look out for her so much.

00:34:33She's asthmatic. Fragile.

00:34:37That's why I stayed at home. She never had anyone else.

00:34:43I know how it looks. All very Norman Bates.

00:34:47No, I understand. I mean, it's a huge responsibility having a parent who's not well.

00:34:53Anyway, uh, thanks.

00:34:56Oh, and, uh, I hope your, uh, heel's OK.

00:35:00Remind me not to upset you in the future.

00:35:15Lindley.

00:35:16Helen.

00:35:23I don't know.

00:35:53I can't sneak out on me, you know.

00:36:20Hello?

00:36:22No, it's your flat.

00:36:25Ah, yes.

00:36:27Good point.

00:36:30What's the matter?

00:36:35Nothing.

00:36:37Do you think this makes it all better?

00:36:49No.

00:36:53It helps.

00:36:58And why do I feel so sad?

00:37:14Good morning, sir.

00:37:24I guess whoever it was wasn't interested in us finding his prints.

00:37:28They were wearing gloves.

00:37:43Yeah.

00:37:44Bag it.

00:37:47Anything else?

00:37:48Oh, yes.

00:37:50Yes.

00:37:52Is this from the music teacher's description?

00:37:54Yeah.

00:37:55There's not much to go on, is it?

00:37:56No, sir.

00:37:57I want it seen by everyone, businesses and residents, between Bowen's house and Chambers' flat.

00:38:04Officer.

00:38:09That man with Chambers.

00:38:10Not familiar?

00:38:11I don't know.

00:38:12Maybe?

00:38:13Be a politician.

00:38:14Find out who it is.

00:38:15See if there's any connection at all between him and either Luxford or Bowen.

00:38:16Sir.

00:38:17Why aren't we doing follow-ups on the dead girl's story?

00:38:21Because we're not, Rodney.

00:38:22It's a dream.

00:38:23It hits every note.

00:38:24We couldn't have invented it better ourselves.

00:38:25Someone's going to find out who the kid's father is and they'll have the story of the year.

00:38:29But it sure as hell won't be us.

00:38:30Why aren't we doing follow-ups on the dead girl story?

00:38:34Because we're not, Rodney.

00:38:36It's a dream. It hits every note.

00:38:38We couldn't have invented it better ourselves.

00:38:40Someone's going to find out who the kid's father is

00:38:42and they'll have the story of the year.

00:38:44But it sure as hell won't be us

00:38:46because, in your wisdom,

00:38:48we haven't got a single person on it.

00:38:50Get out of here!

00:39:00Get out of here.

00:39:30I'm sorry.

00:39:54It's all right. You just gave me a fright.

00:39:57I'm stalking you, Mum. All in the line of duty.

00:40:00The pathologist thinks she's got something.

00:40:03Oh. Decided to join us, have you?

00:40:06London's waiting to hear from me, so if you don't mind.

00:40:09No sign of foam in the airways

00:40:10or particular hemorrhages.

00:40:12No diatoms in the liver or bone marrow.

00:40:15It means she didn't have an active circulation

00:40:17when she went into the water.

00:40:19Conclusion's obvious.

00:40:21She didn't drown.

00:40:22So how did she die?

00:40:24There's no sign of trauma.

00:40:26Well, suffocation?

00:40:28Could you have smothered her?

00:40:29Nothing to indicate asphyxia.

00:40:31No bruising or internal injuries to the mouth.

00:40:34Drugs, then.

00:40:35That's what toxicology's for.

00:40:38Fast-track the results, then.

00:40:39Yeah, we're checking every farm outbuilding

00:40:44and any industrial outlets with heavy machinery.

00:40:48No, it was DC Payne's idea, actually.

00:40:54Yeah, any joy with Alastair Harvey?

00:40:58Uh, just a second, sir.

00:41:01Sorry to interrupt, and it may not be of any use,

00:41:03but Alastair Harvey's the local MP, right?

00:41:05Well, the canal runs right through his farmland.

00:41:09Uh, did you get that, sir?

00:41:12Yeah, it's, uh,

00:41:13that's DC Payne.

00:41:15Yeah, he's been very helpful, yeah.

00:41:19That gives Alastair Harvey

00:41:21opportunity and motive

00:41:23and possibly access to Eve's secret.

00:41:27Yeah, I'll follow it up this end.

00:41:30OK, bye.

00:41:30Listen, would you mind

00:41:34taking me through the current thinking?

00:41:36Uh, OK.

00:41:39Um, well,

00:41:41firstly, we're checking the background

00:41:42on the music teacher

00:41:43and his story on the homeless man

00:41:46in the street the day Charlotte disappeared.

00:41:48Yeah, moved on by an officer, wasn't he?

00:41:49Yeah, according to a shopkeeper.

00:41:52I mean, he's worth finding.

00:41:53He might seem something.

00:41:55Uh, then there's Luxford's deputy,

00:41:57Rodney Aronson.

00:41:59I mean, he's clever.

00:42:00And very resentful.

00:42:02And you think he's capable of...

00:42:03Yeah, maybe.

00:42:05And then there's the mum

00:42:06and the stepfather.

00:42:07D.I. Lindley's hoping

00:42:08to get more out of Ali's stone.

00:42:09Family members.

00:42:10That's often the thing, right?

00:42:11Yeah, right.

00:42:12Um, yeah, I push.

00:42:14Even Luxford's wife's got a motive.

00:42:16And she might find out about Charlotte.

00:42:21Thanks for this, Barbara.

00:42:22This is such a fantastic opportunity for me.

00:42:30Alistair Harvey?

00:42:40Alistair Harvey?

00:42:41Dale Lindley.

00:42:42Could I have a word?

00:42:43Absolutely not.

00:42:44I want to talk about the kidnapping and death

00:42:45of your colleague Eve Byrne's daughter.

00:42:47It's hardly convenient.

00:42:50I'm sure you're aware

00:42:51that her body was found in a canal

00:42:52which runs through your property

00:42:53in Buckinghamshire.

00:42:54Obviously.

00:42:57What's happened to her is a tragedy.

00:42:59But?

00:43:00Well, it's no secret

00:43:02I don't like her brand

00:43:04of bleeding-heart politics.

00:43:08Publicly made some very poisonous comments about her.

00:43:10I object to her feeble-minded habit

00:43:12of turning the world's lost causes

00:43:14into career opportunities.

00:43:16You're like her home office plans

00:43:17for a new asylum centre.

00:43:19Damn right.

00:43:20It's bang in the middle of my constituency.

00:43:23And you might also lose your small majority

00:43:25in the next election, of course.

00:43:30I wouldn't expect you to understand.

00:43:33But I love my constituency.

00:43:36It's not just a political demarcation to me.

00:43:40It's my home.

00:43:41I grew up there.

00:43:42I went to school there.

00:43:43Home land there.

00:43:46What's your point?

00:43:48Were you at the party conference

00:43:50ten years ago?

00:43:53There's certainly a lot of interest

00:43:54in that conference.

00:44:00Hello?

00:44:17Hello?

00:44:18He's done all right for himself,

00:44:19Anister Harvey.

00:44:20Posh schooling.

00:44:21Posh life.

00:44:25It's quiet, isn't it?

00:44:30I'm here to look after you.

00:44:40Give me gang warfare any time.

00:44:45Come on.

00:44:46I've got stuff to do later.

00:44:48Inspector, is there any new information?

00:44:50Try and get shot, John.

00:44:51Inspector.

00:44:51Any fresh leads, sir?

00:44:54I'm so sorry to intrude again.

00:44:55I actually wanted a word with your husband

00:44:57that they told me the restaurant

00:44:58that he wouldn't be in today.

00:44:59That's hardly surprising.

00:45:01No.

00:45:02Alex is in the kitchen.

00:45:04I'm upstairs in the office,

00:45:06so we don't seem to be able to...

00:45:09We're both used to being so busy.

00:45:13I can imagine.

00:45:14I don't suppose relationships

00:45:16are compatible with your job either.

00:45:20What can I do?

00:45:22I can work.

00:45:25What else is there?

00:45:26Mr. Stern, I need to know more

00:45:38about Charlotte's friends.

00:45:41Well, she never had very many.

00:45:43That's not true.

00:45:45They were hard to keep track of.

00:45:48You know how it is,

00:45:49one day on, the next day off.

00:45:51Keep track?

00:45:52Can you even name one?

00:45:56Okay.

00:45:58So I wasn't there every day

00:45:59when she came home

00:46:00and maybe I didn't know

00:46:02about every tiny detail of her life.

00:46:05She understood why

00:46:06and she wouldn't have wanted it

00:46:08any other way.

00:46:11And what makes you so sure?

00:46:13She told me, Alex.

00:46:15She told me.

00:46:16She knew that I loved her

00:46:19and she understood

00:46:22that we have a responsibility

00:46:23beyond ourselves.

00:46:25She felt it

00:46:26as strongly as I do.

00:46:29Those who have a voice

00:46:31owe it to those...

00:46:32Those who have not.

00:46:38There was a girl called Britta.

00:46:40Well, I hope you haven't

00:46:42wasted too much time

00:46:43looking for her.

00:46:47If this is the best

00:46:48the Met can do,

00:46:49then you haven't the hope

00:46:50in hell of finding the killer.

00:46:52Britta was Lottie's friend,

00:46:54all right?

00:46:54Her imaginary friend?

00:46:56She doesn't exist.

00:47:04Excuse me.

00:47:05You know what attracted me

00:47:13to Eve in the first place?

00:47:14This will make you laugh.

00:47:17Her self-control.

00:47:23Was Charlotte

00:47:24a complication between you?

00:47:27Complication.

00:47:29She was the big bonus.

00:47:33You have no children

00:47:34of your own.

00:47:35She didn't happen.

00:47:38Her careers took off and...

00:47:41Look.

00:47:44I'm proud

00:47:45of bringing Charlotte up.

00:47:48I loved her to bits.

00:47:50and I'm proud of her.

00:48:04let's hope you're onto something with harvey the music teacher's clean we can't hang any connection

00:48:25to eve or dennis on him or his boyfriend yeah that's who the other man was no the nervousness

00:48:31protection his boyfriend runs some big fund in the city gotta go do you have any connection with

00:48:40buckinghamshire in what way personal or professional a story you may have written that upset someone

00:48:47that sort of thing uh well i did go to school there barrystoke sorry i'm all over the place

00:48:56leo and fiona should be home by now and i had a few battles at the office

00:49:03luxford leo where are you just tell me where you are

00:49:12are you all right god damn it leo

00:49:20what mr luxford

00:49:26he said

00:49:30you're to run the story on page one daddy

00:49:34then he'll let me go

00:49:36i'm so glad you're here

00:49:42i can't find leo

00:49:44what is it what's going on i need an observation team immediately

00:49:51a complete search of the area and technical surveillance at the house

00:49:55i'm sorry sir if i defend the kidnapper this would never have happened i've messed up i'm sorry i'm

00:50:17all messed up

00:50:24so what have we got then

00:50:26uh they fast-tracked the toxicology results um she was drugged that's what killed her

00:50:31her body was riddled with diazepam

00:50:33valium

00:50:36so whoever killed charlotte has got leo

00:50:39and now that he has been taken it means that luxford is the intended target

00:50:43what i still don't understand

00:50:45why was she killed before the deadline was up before you could even publish the story

00:50:50well maybe it was a mistake

00:50:52maybe he didn't mean to kill us so soon and

00:50:54and that's why he's taken leo as as a kind of backup plan

00:50:58it's entirely possible

00:51:00i've got someone under luxford's deputy they're checking out his movements and his alibi

00:51:05what about that's his wife i think we can rule her out

00:51:11i think we should go to barrenstoke school

00:51:14it's luxford's only connection with the area

00:51:17and what about alistair harvey where are we with that

00:51:21hello

00:51:24yep be right there

00:51:26walking cross

00:51:27they've got someone

00:51:28i'll follow you

00:51:32his name's howard short he's a local mechanic

00:51:33he had charlotte's school uniform in his garage

00:51:36i'm dc payne dear stanley's on his way

00:51:37dear lennon

00:51:38are you the arresting officer

00:51:39no no i wasn't i didn't get back till this evening

00:51:42anything else

00:51:43classic stuff sir

00:51:45he's a bit of a loner not too bright

00:51:46works for a lock-up half a mile from the canal

00:51:48but the important thing is

00:51:50that the grease from the garage

00:51:52matches the grease from under her fingernails

00:51:55do yourself a favor

00:51:56tell us what you did with her

00:51:59i didn't do anything

00:52:01i'm not a patient man howard

00:52:03if we have to we will talk to everyone who ever met you and find out everything there is to know

00:52:07why did you take her

00:52:09i didn't

00:52:10did you keep her in the garage the whole time or did you move her about

00:52:13what have you got against dennis luxford

00:52:16why did you kill charlotte before he could even publish the story

00:52:19i never seen her

00:52:20i saw it on the telly but i swear i never seen her

00:52:23i only got her uniform

00:52:25is that the best you can do

00:52:26talk to us howard

00:52:30it will be better for you if you do

00:52:32i mean

00:52:33you don't want two dead kids on your hands

00:52:35i don't know what you're talking about

00:52:37sergeant

00:52:39i've heard enough of this he's messing us around

00:52:46just give me a few more minutes please sir

00:52:54dear sabers is concerned for your well-being

00:52:56personally i don't care what happens to you as long as we find the boy

00:52:59i thought it was a girl

00:53:06okay

00:53:07okay howard

00:53:09can you tell us where you got the uniform

00:53:11at the jumble store

00:53:13i've been trying to tell them but nobody will listen

00:53:15what i'm listening

00:53:16church fate

00:53:18they were selling bags of rags one fifty each

00:53:22who was

00:53:24celia

00:53:26well i don't think it was him

00:53:29me neither

00:53:30he's not exactly well connected in the media world

00:53:33it's celia from the rags store

00:53:38he says that she works in the high street

00:53:40we could go find her

00:53:417.30

00:53:42yeah he's open

00:53:43what if he's hidden nearby

00:53:48right here behind one of these doors

00:53:52right

00:53:53right you look at all this and

00:53:59well it seems impossible it's such a horrible thing

00:54:03what if we can't get to him sir

00:54:07we will

00:54:10you need to get some sleep

00:54:17it's been a long night

00:54:19no thanks i'm all right

00:54:21where to

00:54:25baristoke school will be open

00:54:27how close is it

00:54:29oh

00:54:46back on home ground sir

00:54:47not now i'm not dealing with anything till nine o'clock

00:54:59so sorry to interrupt

00:55:00we wondered if you could help us

00:55:02you're too early

00:55:03the turf are prospective parents don't start till half past nine

00:55:06come back now now

00:55:08i'm detective inspector linley this is detective sergeant havers

00:55:11before you tell me what you're after i'm getting this young girl a cup of tea

00:55:15you look like you can deal with one dear

00:55:17don't be stretched to a cuppa in the force these days

00:55:21she's all yours

00:55:22i'm gonna go look around the grounds

00:55:26oh i've seen them come and go over the years

00:55:29and the only thing you can be sure of is

00:55:31you can never tell which boys will come out on top

00:55:34not so different from the real world then

00:55:36oh i think it is dear

00:55:38miss lord have everything given them on a plate

00:55:40do you want a biscuit

00:55:42oh uh no thanks

00:55:44of course it doesn't stop them behaving like animals

00:55:47far from it

00:55:48oh

00:55:49the scandals we've had here barbara

00:55:51they fill a few newspapers

00:55:53no mistake

00:55:54um actually we're here about that little girl

00:55:56in the canal

00:55:57oh yes poor lamb

00:55:59yeah

00:56:00she was uh the daughter of one of your old boys

00:56:03dennis luxford

00:56:04he was here over thirty years ago

00:56:06i know him

00:56:08he was here a month ago

00:56:09look round debater

00:56:11for his son

00:56:16well um oh thank you very much

00:56:18um you'll be most helpful

00:56:20and uh nice cup of tea too

00:56:23and talking of scandals

00:56:25one of the biggest happened while he was at the school

00:56:27luxford

00:56:28a group of lads were caught enjoying the company of a local girl

00:56:34for a couple of quid a throw

00:56:36i thought i'd never get out of there

00:56:40get the pulser team down here as a matter of priority

00:56:43these grounds are full of possible hiding places

00:56:46ah

00:56:48here we are

00:56:54look

00:56:55dennis luxford

00:56:57he hasn't changed much has he

00:56:58no

00:56:59and look who's next to him

00:57:00alistair harvey if i'm not mistaken

00:57:01oh exactly how well do luxford and harvey know each other

00:57:04i don't know how to go to london to find out

00:57:07i want you to get out there and talk to people about that rag stall at the church jungle sale

00:57:11robbie at last

00:57:18oh

00:57:19it's you

00:57:21keeping robbie up night after night working is not good for him you know

00:57:25i don't think

00:57:26this is celia

00:57:28robin's fiance

00:57:31um

00:57:32barb havers

00:57:34i

00:57:35um

00:57:37barbara

00:57:39i think i've found something

00:57:40hi mum

00:57:41see you later

00:57:42coming

00:57:43yeah

00:57:44look

00:57:54there

00:57:55i drove around all night

00:58:00i was thinking about where i would stash someone away if i was him

00:58:03and then i saw it

00:58:10from what i can see i think someone's been here recently

00:58:18at least recently

00:58:48A kid's pencil.

00:59:04So what did he say? The boss of all bosses?

00:59:19Oh, he was kind enough, but I'm a liability. They'll keep hold of me for a while, so as

00:59:27not to look callous, but then they'll announce my being dropped from the cabinet, probably

00:59:32after the conference. It was all over for me.

00:59:40They're for Charlotte, for the funeral. God. Dungarees were her favourites.

00:59:48She's the reason you stayed, isn't she?

00:59:52She was easy to love, Eve, and she was there.

00:59:58Anyway, who else would have helped her with her homework?

01:00:07Yeah, it's definitely the windmill from the photograph.

01:00:11Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's where she was held. There's no sign of Leo.

01:00:16Oh, shit. Sorry, sir. Yeah, Soko are on the way.

01:00:29Inspector, the substance you found at the Squatch has been identified as Valium.

01:00:44Valium?

01:00:45Yeah, here's the report. Also, the homeless man from the E-fit's been found and questioned.

01:00:50All right, so a chamber story checks out.

01:00:52The bloke says he was in the street on Monday afternoon. It's a regular spot of his. He didn't

01:00:57notice anything unusual going on, though. But to be honest, sir, he's so out of it,

01:01:01I don't think he'd notice Armageddon. There's no report of him being moved on, though, is there?

01:01:05It's a bit odd, isn't it? Why would the policeman involved have not reported it?

01:01:13Find out whose beat it is. I want to talk to him.

01:01:15Sir. Mr. Aronson, been bringing comfort?

01:01:22Papers for Mr. Luxford to sign. Unfortunately, the news stops for no man or child come to them.

01:01:28How very thoughtful of you to bring it all this way yourself.

01:01:30Well, you've got to, haven't you? That's a terrible need.

01:01:37Tell me, how does a newspaper function without its editor?

01:01:41An interim editor takes over. That wouldn't be you by any chance now, would it?

01:01:46As a matter of fact, it would.

01:02:00Please, go and get some rest. Keep the strength up for both of us.

01:02:03Leo will be released straight away, right? Now the story's been published.

01:02:10Oh, darling, you'll only be upstairs, please.

01:02:26This is destroying her.

01:02:29How did she react to the news that Charlotte was your daughter?

01:02:32It was a blow, obviously. The idea that I'd kept secrets from her.

01:02:40I just hope she'll forgive me in time.

01:02:45Hello? Leo, are you all right?

01:02:47What? I don't understand.

01:02:58I don't understand. I did publish the story. It's there on the front page.

01:03:02Got a trace?

01:03:02And probably a mobile number.

01:03:04Unregistered, I'm sure. See if you can get a lock on the news transmitter.

01:03:08I heard the phone ring. Was that him? Is he all right?

01:03:10It was there. It was all there in the paper.

01:03:13I'm sure there isn't some little detail you may have overlooked.

01:03:16As sure as I can be.

01:03:18It can't be the right story.

01:03:22Recognise him?

01:03:23Howard. I was just cool with him.

01:03:26I gather you ran the rag stall at the church jumble sale.

01:03:29Did you see him there?

01:03:30Yes, of course. I came with his gran. He always does.

01:03:33Well, did he buy anything from you or bring anything?

01:03:36No idea. Stuff arrives from all over and mostly bagged up.

01:03:40I can't be expected to keep track of each bag and where it came from.

01:03:42Well, did you notice him hanging around your stall?

01:03:45Look, Howard might be a bit of a misfit, but he's not a murderer.

01:03:49You know, I wondered about it at first, but I've worked it out.

01:03:55What?

01:03:57When Robin came back from the police course,

01:03:59I couldn't understand why things were different between us.

01:04:02We were everything to each other.

01:04:03Then all of a sudden we were nothing.

01:04:07The idea's tough.

01:04:09Don't take it to heart. If he seems a bit preoccupied, it goes with the job.

01:04:12Then when you turned up, that's where things started, isn't it?

01:04:17Things...

01:04:20Well, you think that Robin and I...

01:04:22Forget it, Sylvia. There is nothing going on between me and Robin.

01:04:25He didn't notice me at first.

01:04:28He was busy working, looking after Corinne.

01:04:31But I waited.

01:04:36And then he saw me.

01:04:37You've got it wrong.

01:04:39Well, I'm sorry. I haven't got time for this.

01:04:40I'm trying to make you understand how happy we were.

01:04:43I don't want to lose him now.

01:04:45The story in the papers wasn't what the kidnapper wanted to see.

01:04:55There's another story.

01:04:57He said I got it wrong.

01:04:58I have to write it correctly tomorrow.

01:05:03He'll kill Leo.

01:05:04I don't know what he means.

01:05:06He wanted the story about your firstborn.

01:05:09That's what you wrote.

01:05:10I acknowledged her. What else can I do?

01:05:12I'm so sorry, Dennis.

01:05:21Yes.

01:05:24Me too.

01:05:24Charlotte wasn't the firstborn at all.

01:05:31There's another child.

01:05:32Another firstborn.

01:05:35No, impossible.

01:05:38You have another child, Dennis.

01:05:40That is the only explanation.

01:05:41And someone out there knows who it is.

01:05:48I know what's going on, Barbara.

01:05:51I'm not stupid.

01:05:53I know exactly what you're getting up to with Robin.

01:05:56I'm afraid you've got it wrong.

01:05:58Whatever Celia thinks.

01:05:59She thinks you're stealing him.

01:06:02But I'm not going to let you.

01:06:04Look, I am sorry you're so upset, but

01:06:07while I only come back to pack my things,

01:06:08I don't think it's a good idea that I stay here any longer.

01:06:11If you think that by moving up...

01:06:15Mrs. Payne?

01:06:19Mrs. Payne, are you all right?

01:06:21What, have you got an inhaler? Where is it?

01:06:22I'm in my kitchen.

01:06:41Mum.

01:06:51How long should you be like this?

01:06:52No, it's just happened.

01:06:55It's all right, Mum.

01:06:57I'm here now.

01:06:57There's no trace of the policeman who kicked the vagrant off the street.

01:07:12Well, then either it's someone dressed up as one,

01:07:14or a policeman from a different beat.

01:07:16Well, why would a copper be in uniform and off his own beat?

01:07:18I don't know, but every question is worth asking,

01:07:21or we'll have another dead child on our hands.

01:07:25What are we waiting for?

01:07:26You got tired?

01:07:37You're on your way out?

01:07:40Yeah, look, I won't keep you.

01:07:42Can I just ask you to let me know if you get any news?

01:07:47Okay.

01:07:56Helen.

01:07:56Can we talk?

01:08:12I'll just be a minute. Bear with me.

01:08:26Don't, Helen.

01:08:32You know, even if you'd done everything by the book,

01:08:34Charlotte still wouldn't have survived.

01:08:38She was dead before you even started.

01:08:57What is it?

01:09:06Isn't that writing?

01:09:11I'm right, aren't I?

01:09:13So, who would have written on the back of the photo?

01:09:19Whoever's on the case, locally.

01:09:21Normally the DC...

01:09:24Bane.

01:09:26Robin Bane.

01:09:30What are you doing?

01:09:31Oh, I couldn't find her inhaler.

01:09:34It's okay. I'll do that.

01:09:37How is she?

01:09:38These attacks really take it out of her.

01:09:40I've given her a couple of her pills.

01:09:41She'll be fine in the morning.

01:09:43What brought it on?

01:09:45Well, she was upset when I came in.

01:09:49She seems to have got the wrong idea about...

01:09:53Well, she thinks there's something going on between you and me.

01:09:56I know you're ridiculous, I know, but...

01:10:01Anyway, I think it's best if I clear out.

01:10:04You can't go.

01:10:05It's not ridiculous.

01:10:09It's not ridiculous.

01:10:17I'll pay that.

01:10:17I'm...

01:10:18It's your boss.

01:10:35Hello?

01:10:36Yes, sir, I'm fine.

01:10:46Well, of course.

01:10:47I see.

01:11:03Well, that is news, isn't it?

01:11:04Have you checked at every angle?

01:11:11Okay.

01:11:15Yeah.

01:11:16Yeah, of course.

01:11:17But, um, that's fine.

01:11:20Yeah.

01:11:21Will do.

01:11:23Bye.

01:11:23You got something?

01:11:26Um, yeah, well, um, they think so anyway.

01:11:31Um, um, what about your mum?

01:11:35I don't worry about her.

01:11:36She'll be out for hours.

01:11:38Those pills really do the trick.

01:11:40Um, look, can we just, um, slow things down a bit?

01:11:44I mean, well, I haven't slept in two days.

01:11:47Yeah, yeah, of course.

01:11:49Why don't you take a couple of mum's pills?

01:11:52You'll sleep like a log and feel better in the morning.

01:11:57Look, Sergeant Havers is with the suspect.

01:11:58I'm on my way.

01:11:59Get on to the local force.

01:12:02I want some backup out there.

01:12:10There you go.

01:12:11There you go.

01:12:13This will sort you out.

01:12:25Sweet dreams.

01:12:38You told me they're how far away?

01:12:39I don't want any excuses.

01:12:42Look, just get, get a patrol car to DC Payne's house now.

01:13:09I don't want any excuses.

01:13:24Barbara?

01:13:27Barbara?

01:13:29You asleep?

01:13:39Opera?

01:13:52Oh...

01:13:53I...

01:13:53Oh!

01:13:58I don't know.

01:13:59My good stuff Smell.

01:13:59I don't care.

01:14:01Fascinating.

01:14:01I don't know.

01:14:04My yes, that's bad.

01:14:05принterking me.

01:14:06You want me?

01:14:06I don't think baby.

01:14:07I don't know what to do?

01:14:38Thank you, sir. No answer from the answer.

01:15:00How long have you tried?

01:15:02Ever since we got it.

01:15:02Hello? Hello?

01:15:17Helen.

01:15:21Valium.

01:15:21Mrs. Payne, we need to talk to you.

01:15:23We're the police.

01:15:24Where's your son, Mrs. Payne?

01:15:26Robbie, so good to meet my little man.

01:15:32Mrs. Payne?

01:15:34Oh, she's completely out of it.

01:15:35I'll take a look around.

01:15:39You look in there.

01:15:40I'll take a look around.

01:16:10Mrs. Payne?

01:16:21Mrs. Payne?

01:16:23Who is this?

01:16:25Is this Robin's father?

01:16:32You have to tell me a boy's life is at stake.

01:16:34I don't know.

01:16:38Could be.

01:16:40I was very popular.

01:16:43The boys liked me a lot, especially the posh boys.

01:16:49Then I got pregnant with Robbie, and he kept asking me,

01:16:55I thought it was very nice for Robert to think his dad was someone really big, someone successful.

01:17:10Will you stay with her?

01:17:16Yeah.

01:17:16Where are you going?

01:17:17I don't know.

01:17:17I just can't sit and wait.

01:17:18I want every man you've got out there searching.

01:17:22I want every man you've got out there searching.

01:17:29I want every man you've got out there searching.

01:17:30I don't want to.

01:17:31I don't want to.

01:17:32I don't want to.

01:17:34I don't like it.

01:17:36Come on.

01:17:37Come on, Dave.

01:17:38Do it.

01:17:39Let's do it.

01:17:40Barbara.

01:17:41I don't want to.

01:17:43I don't want to.

01:17:45I don't like it.

01:17:49Come on.

01:17:51Come on, Dave.

01:17:52Try it.

01:17:53Barbara.

01:17:54Drop it, Robin.

01:17:55Leave him alone.

01:17:57Run, Leo.

01:17:58Run!

01:18:01I'm arrested.

01:18:02I'm arrested.

01:18:04I don't know.

01:18:05I'm arresting you for the kid now!

01:18:18It was easy taking.

01:18:20Both of them.

01:18:22If they can't trust a copper, who can they trust?

01:18:25Why are you doing this?

01:18:28They never gave my mum anything.

01:18:30Not anything.

01:18:32What kind of a man

01:18:33abandons a young girl and their baby?

01:18:36He's not fit to be a father.

01:18:39Who the hell does he think he is?

01:18:41So much better than everyone else.

01:18:44Why Charlotte?

01:18:46She never did anything to you.

01:18:48I was only giving her the valium to keep her calm.

01:18:50I thought it'd make her less scared.

01:18:53I didn't mean to kill her.

01:18:56Luxford couldn't acknowledge you like you wanted.

01:18:58He didn't know about you.

01:19:00That's why...

01:19:01Is that what he told you?

01:19:03Of course he knew.

01:19:04My mum and he were together.

01:19:05She's told me all about it.

01:19:09And why should that kid get everything?

01:19:12Why should he?

01:19:14Robin, listen to me.

01:19:17You're such a nice guy.

01:19:19You had everything going for you.

01:19:20I know it's been tough with just you and your mum.

01:19:25And I know that you're angry at all.

01:19:29You must know that this is going to end badly for you.

01:19:34It's such a waste.

01:19:35You lied to me, didn't you?

01:19:39You lied to me, didn't you?

01:19:41I did.

01:19:46And you do understand, don't you?

01:19:50No.

01:19:51I don't.

01:19:52Come on.

01:20:06Come on.

01:20:07Come on.

01:20:08Come on.

01:20:38I used to do my spare time for months going to London.

01:20:52It wasn't difficult finding stuff out.

01:20:55I already knew almost everything about him from the net.

01:20:58I hacked into his accounts.

01:21:00Saw the money going to the little girl.

01:21:03Now why should she get all that

01:21:05and me and my mum get nothing?

01:21:08Well, you just wanted your daddy to show you that he loved you.

01:21:12Is that what Charlotte Bowen died for?

01:21:17Luxford's got a big, showy life,

01:21:19splashed all over everywhere, in your face all the time.

01:21:24God, it was weird when I first saw him.

01:21:27I waited for him to come out of work and followed him.

01:21:29That's my dad, I thought.

01:21:36If you were so keen to find him,

01:21:38why didn't you just introduce yourself?

01:21:42I don't know.

01:21:45First I thought I would.

01:21:48And then I saw how he lived.

01:21:51His house, his car,

01:21:52his life.

01:21:57And then I didn't want to meet him.

01:22:00I wanted him to be sorry for how he treated us.

01:22:03Me and my mum.

01:22:07And what about Charlotte?

01:22:08How did you find her?

01:22:10I got myself a little fiancée.

01:22:13Have you got one?

01:22:13If you're so clever,

01:22:19why don't you find out for yourself?

01:22:23She works in a bank, mine.

01:22:27It's handy, that.

01:22:31All those computers.

01:22:40That Barbara.

01:22:43She thought she was on for a moment, didn't she?

01:22:58She even tried to tell me Luxford didn't know I existed.

01:23:04She was right.

01:23:06He didn't.

01:23:10In fact, according to your mum,

01:23:13he was one of any number of men

01:23:15who could have been your father.

01:23:21Alex?

01:23:23Alex?

01:23:43Alex?

01:23:44Alex?

01:23:45Alex?

01:23:46Alex?

01:23:47Alex?

01:23:48Alex?

01:23:49Alex?

01:23:50Alex?

01:23:51Alex?

01:23:52Alex?

01:23:53Alex?

01:23:54Alex?

01:23:55Alex?

01:23:56Alex?

01:23:57Alex?

01:23:58Alex?

01:23:59Alex?

01:24:00Alex?

01:24:01Alex?

01:24:02Alex?

01:24:03Alex?

01:24:04Alex?

01:24:05Alex?

01:24:06Alex?

01:24:07Alex?

01:24:08Alex?

01:24:09Alex?

01:24:10Alex?

01:24:11Alex?

01:24:12Alex?

01:24:13Are you sure you don't want the doctor to check you?

01:24:20You did good today.

01:24:23It really will be tea with the Queen next.

01:24:24Yeah, well, if it's all sent to you, I'd rather not.

01:24:27You should be disappointed.

01:24:29Yeah, well, I've got friends on my own.

01:24:33The interrupted date.

01:24:37Ah, yeah.

01:24:43I don't think his mother will ever understand just how dangerous that lie about Luxford was.

01:24:51It's not easy facing up to your mistakes.

01:24:57Ellen, you do know you're not responsible for what happened, don't you?

01:25:02Charlotte might have been found in time.

01:25:05But if I'd been in your position, well, I don't know what I'd have done.

01:25:10You'd have done the right thing, of course.

01:25:12Why do you say that?

01:25:13Because I can't win with you.

01:25:15Then what?

01:25:15It's not a competition.

01:25:16No, I knew that.

01:25:19What are we doing, Tommy?

01:25:22One minute I think I understand what's going on between us and the next.

01:25:25Why are you so complicated?

01:25:26I've been clear from the beginning.

01:25:27Oh, yes.

01:25:28Of course you have.

01:25:29It's just stupid me who doesn't get it.

01:25:31It's obvious.

01:25:32Not to me.

01:25:33Life, you know, would be a lot simpler if you just let it happen.

01:25:38Look, Helen.

01:25:40You worry too much.

01:25:41You can't second-guess life.

01:25:47You just have to live it.

01:25:48I know that.

01:25:49Then why don't you?

01:25:52Loving you has made me happier than I have ever been.

01:25:54It's not about whether we love each other or not, Tommy.

01:25:59I know we do.

01:26:03I'm terrified of finding it, believing in it, and losing it again.

01:26:10There are no guarantees.

01:26:12The trick is to stay as close as you can to what makes you happy.

01:26:16But it's so painful, Tommy, being so close.

01:26:22Then let's just get closer.

01:26:28What are you doing this weekend?

01:26:31I don't know.

01:26:32Well, if you're free, I think we should get married.

01:26:45What do you think?

01:26:48Life without you seems pretty pointless.

01:26:50You don't have to say anything straight away.

01:26:54I mean, if you're not free this weekend,

01:26:56about next weekend or the weekend after.

01:26:57Life without you.

01:27:12Life without you.

01:27:20Life without you.

01:27:20We've got to come.

01:27:23Life without you.

01:27:24You

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