T.I.L.M. S04 E03. The Seed of Cunning.

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First broadcast 31st March 2005.  Lynley and Havers investigate the beating death of a doorkeeper at Parliament.  James Pearse - Eric Ramsey Sophie Bould - Penny Glyn Williams - Digicam Man Paul Hickey - Stewart Lafferty Nathaniel Parker - DI Thomas Lynley Sharon Small - DS Barbara Havers Janet Dale - Marie Ramsey David Mallinson - Peter Bellamy Tony Haygarth - Bob Tamworth John Standing - Black Rod Richard Henders - Tim Sadler Clive Merrison - Geoffrey Cramond Roger Allam - Simon Featherstonehaugh Claudie Blakley - Laetitia Gane Gawn Grainger - David Thompson Bo Poraj - Martin Hugh Sachs - Steve Matilda Ziegler - Christine Miller Christine Kavanagh - Pippa Featherstonehaugh Danny Babington - SOCO Officer Kevin Dignam - Owen Pieter Lawman - Technician Garrick Hagon - Joseph Frady Mandy Lomax - Special Branch Nick Turner - C.I.D.

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00:01:01Where?

00:01:02Oh, yeah.

00:01:03Wow.

00:01:04Oh, yeah.

00:01:05Wow.

00:01:06Oh, yeah.

00:01:07Wow.

00:01:08Oh, yeah.

00:01:09Wow.

00:01:10Give a wave.

00:01:11Ooh.

00:01:12Give a wave.

00:01:15Boo.

00:01:16Oh, yeah!

00:01:17Oh, yeah!

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00:01:25Oh, yeah!

00:01:26It's a big bed up there.

00:01:44Excuse me.

00:01:45Who are you?

00:01:47It's in here somewhere.

00:01:49I don't know who you are.

00:01:52Tell this idiot who I am.

00:01:53Sure, do I know you?

00:01:54Come on, Bentley.

00:01:55Just because I...

00:01:56Sorry, counsellor, this is our pathologist.

00:01:57Hopefully I understand my mistake.

00:01:58Look at the way he's dressed.

00:01:59Go on.

00:02:00Practical clothing for the only practical transport in this filthy town.

00:02:05So you keep saying.

00:02:08Right, so...

00:02:09What makes you so sure it's murder?

00:02:10Can we turn him over, please?

00:02:11Sure.

00:02:19Ah.

00:02:20Fair enough.

00:02:25What's the story, Lachlan?

00:02:31Oh, damn!

00:02:33Yeah, level 12, though.

00:02:35Hardly appropriate, is it?

00:02:36Nothing like a bit of ultraviolence to unwind the coils.

00:02:40Say enough of the consequences.

00:02:42Makes a nice change to dish it out a little.

00:02:46Joking.

00:02:46Cause of death?

00:02:50Well, it wasn't drowning, anyway.

00:02:53A circular comminuted fracture on the right-hand side of the skull.

00:02:57Someone belted him over the head with something hard before dumping him in the river.

00:03:01Something hard?

00:03:02Small, round, heavy, about that size.

00:03:06If you suggested a ball hammer, I wouldn't point and laugh.

00:03:09And the hands, were they tied before or after death?

00:03:12Well, subcutaneous bleeding around the side of the ligature marks indicates pre-mortem.

00:03:17And at one point, he was tied at the ankles and around the neck.

00:03:24Tied and beaten, then?

00:03:26Possibly.

00:03:28This is interesting.

00:03:29Normally, in these circumstances, what you'd see is a slipknot or maybe a reef knot.

00:03:39This is something different.

00:03:41It was designed for the purpose, tied by someone who knew what they were doing.

00:03:46I mean, most people can hardly manage their shoelaces.

00:03:48Hmm.

00:03:49Like a sheep bend or a bowline or a clovers.

00:03:53Yeah, yeah, okay, okay.

00:03:54Most people, other than your outward-bound types, cadet corps types.

00:03:58Well, don't tell me you know went to the scouts, Lafferty.

00:04:02Sir, prints came up.

00:04:04Uh, Eric Ramsey, 11 Humber Road Strand.

00:04:08Got a record?

00:04:08Yeah, drink driving a few years ago, nothing serious.

00:04:11Uh, he's also ex-Navy Chief Petty Officer Ramsey.

00:04:15And, uh...

00:04:16And what?

00:04:18The security clearance.

00:04:20He needs it because of his job.

00:04:21Doorkeeper to the House of Lords.

00:04:25What does that mean?

00:04:26He is the guardian of some secret parliamentary chamber.

00:04:30Right.

00:04:30Actually, it just means he's a glorified security guard.

00:04:33Doffs his cat to the aged members.

00:04:36Hmm.

00:04:36I'm sorry.

00:04:44I'm sorry.

00:04:46Please don't apologize.

00:04:47I'm really sorry we have to ask these questions.

00:04:52I had, uh...

00:04:54Eric been acting unusually at all recently.

00:04:56Oh, well, he always was a bit of a brooder.

00:05:01Do you know what he was brooding about?

00:05:02He wouldn't say.

00:05:04Never did.

00:05:07Always kept things close to his chest.

00:05:10Bit of a habit from Navy life, I suppose.

00:05:16But he was much better.

00:05:20Much happier.

00:05:21When he accepted Jesus as his personal saviour.

00:05:26His heart was open to the spirit, Murray.

00:05:28His life spoke of that if his words did not.

00:05:32Did he have any enemies that you know of?

00:05:35Eric was a highly respected member of our community.

00:05:38He'll be badly missed by all of us who knew him.

00:05:43What did you do when Eric didn't come home last night?

00:05:49I went to bed as normal.

00:05:50If there was a late sitting, it wasn't unusual for him to be at the house till the small hours.

00:06:01That's him in his uniform.

00:06:02So you were here alone?

00:06:07Yes.

00:06:09After Mr. Bellamy left.

00:06:11Great spiritual benefit is to be derived from meaningful fellowship.

00:06:17Hmm.

00:06:17I wonder what form of spiritual comfort Mr. Bellamy has been offering Marie.

00:06:23I wonder that he's not offering it to you on a regular basis.

00:06:27Check his alibi.

00:06:28I wonder where you're staring, Haverson.

00:06:40Do you think he moonlights at the Ritz?

00:06:43I'm only asking.

00:06:45Lord Asherton.

00:06:46Nice to see you again, sir.

00:06:47Hello, Mr. Tamworth, sir.

00:06:50Of course, Mr. Tamworth.

00:06:51You're looking well.

00:06:51Thank you very much, sir, ma'am.

00:06:53Will you excuse me, ma'am?

00:06:54They never forget a face.

00:06:56Yeah, so I see.

00:06:58Still the best gentleman's club in London, then.

00:07:00Things have changed a bit since the Lord's reform.

00:07:03Oh, yeah.

00:07:04Your lot are on the way out, the her registries.

00:07:07My lot?

00:07:08Endangered speeches still have their rights, you know, Havers.

00:07:10And besides, we haven't all gone.

00:07:11My staff and I would be happy to assist your inquiries in any way we can.

00:07:15But what exactly are you looking for?

00:07:17Background.

00:07:18Friends and colleagues can provide a very useful source of information.

00:07:22Ah, I see.

00:07:24Um.

00:07:26Well, SO17 of the Palace of Westminster Division have asked me to keep them informed.

00:07:32You don't think his murder's connected to the house in some way, do you?

00:07:37Not at this stage, no.

00:07:38Good.

00:07:39I'd appreciate your discretion.

00:07:40Their lordships can get a little jumpy,

00:07:42and I wouldn't want to disrupt the important business of the house.

00:07:44I quite understand.

00:07:46Yes.

00:07:46Of course you do.

00:07:48Right, right.

00:07:49Um.

00:07:50Well, I suggest you talk to Geoffrey Crammond.

00:07:54He's one of our committee clerks.

00:07:57He and Eric were close, I believe.

00:08:00We will.

00:08:01I was wondering if you could ask one of your doorkeepers to show my sergeant round.

00:08:06Give her a feel for how you run the show here.

00:08:08I think she'd find it most interesting.

00:08:09Of course.

00:08:11Oh, um.

00:08:12Deputy Chairman of Committees, Lord Fanshawe, has asked if you'd like to drop into his office.

00:08:16Well, if you have the time.

00:08:18I understand you were friends.

00:08:20We were Oxford together.

00:08:22Oh.

00:08:22How marvellous.

00:08:27It's not like I'm jumping the agenda.

00:08:30No, that's exactly what you're attempting to do.

00:08:32All I'm asking is five minutes for the committee to consider revising para-40.

00:08:36The agenda's been finalised as my memo clearly stated.

00:08:40Mr. Crammond.

00:08:43Detective Inspector Lindley, this is Detective Sergeant Havers.

00:08:45Want to talk to you about Eric Ramsey.

00:08:47Yes.

00:08:48Yes, of course.

00:08:50If you'll excuse us.

00:08:52It's terrible news, Inspector.

00:08:54Eric was, uh...

00:08:55Well, he was a decent man.

00:09:02Well, how can I be of help?

00:09:03I should explain that the trade subcommittee meets in ten minutes.

00:09:08Uh, we'll try not to keep you.

00:09:10How well did you know Eric?

00:09:12Well, uh, it's when we first met as youngsters.

00:09:16Um, teenagers.

00:09:19We lost touch when I went to university.

00:09:20Yes, I hadn't seen him for, uh, ooh, thirty years when he started working here.

00:09:28Had he been frustrated or anxious at all recently about anything?

00:09:33No.

00:09:34Had he spoken to you of any threats or enemies?

00:09:38No.

00:09:39What did he have done?

00:09:40Eric and I have, um, had known each other for many years.

00:09:47And although he was a doorkeeper, long hours in the house, it does breed a certain camaraderie.

00:09:54But we were very different people, Inspector.

00:10:02I'll praise you for the chair.

00:10:03Power of 43 and record of student...

00:10:05Excuse me.

00:10:06Very well.

00:10:07Uh, Mr...

00:10:08Tim Sadler, special advisor to the EU Trade Committee.

00:10:11Um, can you tell me, how well did you know Eric Ramsey?

00:10:14Not that well.

00:10:15Eric was a good bet for a bit of banter to lighten the day, you know.

00:10:18It gets a bit Dickensian in here.

00:10:20Protocol is everything.

00:10:22Implementation, forget about it.

00:10:23What about Mr. Crownman?

00:10:24I worked with him.

00:10:26But, uh, he was a good friend, at that point.

00:10:28He was.

00:10:29They had a bit of a set, too, I heard.

00:10:31Really?

00:10:32What about?

00:10:33Word gets around.

00:10:34Gossip's part of the fabric here.

00:10:37Lord Asherton.

00:10:37Tamworth.

00:10:38I hear you're after a guided tour, sir.

00:10:40Well, not me.

00:10:41I shan't be joining you.

00:10:41Excuse me.

00:10:42But my sergeant here would love to take you up on your offer.

00:10:45I'd be delighted.

00:10:46This way, ma'am.

00:10:47Um, it is forbidden for beggars, vagrants, itinerant musicians, and females of doubtful reputation

00:11:00to enter these premises.

00:11:02In your case, we'll make an exception, ma'am.

00:11:05Come this way.

00:11:06What is it you actually do?

00:11:15Oh, when you're not fending on females of doubtful reputation.

00:11:18Doorkeepers are the oil that runs the machine, ma'am.

00:11:23House security.

00:11:25Carrying messages for and between the members.

00:11:27Keeping order in the galleries and committees.

00:11:29We're everywhere.

00:11:31The all-seeing eye.

00:11:33Others might think they have the power.

00:11:35But we have the keys to the castle.

00:11:39Shall we go?

00:11:49This way, sir.

00:11:52Lindley.

00:11:53Simon.

00:11:54How the hell are you?

00:11:55Well, thank you.

00:11:56What is it, 15, 20 years?

00:11:58It must be.

00:11:59Amazing.

00:12:01And we were at the same college in Oxford.

00:12:02Letitia Gain, Thomas Lindley.

00:12:05How do you do?

00:12:05It's a pleasure.

00:12:06Best count your fingers, one of the persuaders.

00:12:08Thanks for the parental guidance label.

00:12:10Your silver tongue can work dangerous miracles, unless I'm very vigilant.

00:12:16Letitia here is a lobbyist for an American contractor.

00:12:19A going places kind of a girl.

00:12:21Where I'm going depends on the miracles I can work,

00:12:24which depends on your committee reaching the right decision.

00:12:27I must say, it's extremely gracious of you

00:12:29to pretend the politicians still have a measure of influence.

00:12:32Now you're being ridiculous.

00:12:34I'm sure I am.

00:12:36Sit, sit.

00:12:39Tommy here is something of a high flyer himself.

00:12:43Oh, nothing compared to your dizzy height, Simon.

00:12:45Oh, we're window dressers, nothing more, Tommy.

00:12:47Fairies on the global corporation's large and deliciously lucrative cake.

00:12:57Dreadful thing about old Eric.

00:13:00Good man, good man.

00:13:07Married now, I hear.

00:13:10Yes, I am.

00:13:11Proved a harder catch than me.

00:13:14How is Pippa?

00:13:15As expensive as ever,

00:13:17and has so far ushered in two very sweet and even more expensive children.

00:13:21Have you?

00:13:24No, very not.

00:13:25Wow.

00:13:28Amazing.

00:13:31Look, I really ought to...

00:13:33Do drop in again if you're passing.

00:13:35We'll sink a couple of gins.

00:13:36Perhaps we will.

00:13:37Good to see you.

00:13:38Bye.

00:13:39Bye-bye.

00:13:40Give my regards to...

00:13:42Helen.

00:13:45Helen.

00:13:45It's actually pretty impressive.

00:13:55It's meant to be.

00:14:00Why did Eric and Geoffrey Crammon fall out?

00:14:04I don't know, Mum.

00:14:05There must have been a few mutters.

00:14:07I thought this place ran and gossiped.

00:14:09Hear no evil, see no evil.

00:14:11Well, that's me, Mum.

00:14:11You might try the Alderbury.

00:14:16What's that?

00:14:18It's a club they used to drink in.

00:14:20A social club?

00:14:21Yes, basically, but it likes to pretend it's a cut above.

00:14:24Some of the staff are members.

00:14:26Those that fancy lauding it about a bit themselves.

00:14:29Clerks.

00:14:31Mainly.

00:14:35Okay, that's two people who said that Crammon and Eric had a bus stop.

00:14:39Did Mr. Crammon fail to mention it to us?

00:14:41Yeah, what are you up to tonight?

00:14:43Uh, well...

00:14:43I was thinking we could go to the club the doorkeeper mentioned, the, um...

00:14:46Uh, Alderbury.

00:14:47That's the one.

00:14:48Can we go in low-key?

00:14:49Come on by the first round?

00:14:51I take it you haven't heard from Helen.

00:14:54No, why?

00:14:56Look, you don't really need me, do you?

00:14:58Well, if you've got a more pressing engagement...

00:14:59Well, as a matter of fact, I do.

00:15:02I do occasionally manage the glimps of a social life, you know.

00:15:06Yes, of course.

00:15:08Sorry.

00:15:08Thanks.

00:15:10Inspector...

00:15:11Mel Lindley.

00:15:28David Thompson.

00:15:29Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

00:15:30Sorry to leave you on your charge.

00:15:32What's that?

00:15:32Scotch?

00:15:33Irish, actually.

00:15:34Oh, shall we step into my office?

00:15:36A bit of privacy.

00:15:42When was the last time Eric visited the club?

00:15:44I don't know.

00:15:45Uh, last week sometime, I think.

00:15:49Had you known him long?

00:15:51We were mates since before our Navy days.

00:15:54I'd get in trouble.

00:15:56He'd get me out of it.

00:15:57What kind of trouble?

00:15:58Oh, young sailor's kind.

00:16:00More spit than polish.

00:16:02Know what I mean?

00:16:04Well past that.

00:16:06Did you ever return the favour and get him out of trouble?

00:16:08Well, it'd be wrong to say that no such thing was unknown.

00:16:12A serious trouble?

00:16:13No, no.

00:16:15Well, there was a time in some filthy basement hole in Macau where Eric lost his shore pay.

00:16:25Very handy with a blade, you Chinese.

00:16:29Nothing we couldn't handle.

00:16:31Uh, actually I meant more recently.

00:16:35He did bring a girl here.

00:16:36I had a talk with him about it.

00:16:39Not that it was ever going anywhere.

00:16:42Who was she?

00:16:43Oh, one of your clones.

00:16:46Professional, political types.

00:16:48All sharp suits and an eye on the next opportunity.

00:16:51The kind that Eric and Crammond came here to get away from, I thought.

00:16:56What was her name?

00:16:57Something posh.

00:16:59Foreign sounding.

00:17:01It'll be in the club register.

00:17:03Nice looking girl, though.

00:17:08Too young and fast for him.

00:17:11Ah.

00:17:13Letitia.

00:17:16Were they having an affair?

00:17:18He'd be making a bloody fool of himself if they were.

00:17:21Never saw her again.

00:17:23Did Marie know about her?

00:17:24He'd have been kipping round mine if she had.

00:17:29Here's what I look like.

00:17:33Hi.

00:17:37May I, um...

00:17:39It don't work.

00:17:42Martin.

00:17:43Oh.

00:17:46Am I your first?

00:17:48No, um, what?

00:17:51Oh!

00:17:52It's, um...

00:17:53Yeah, I suppose.

00:17:55Um...

00:17:57Uh, I'm not, um...

00:18:02I don't...

00:18:05Oh, Barbara.

00:18:06Hi.

00:18:13That's a shame.

00:18:19Well, maybe...

00:18:20Maybe we should...

00:18:20Can I have a go?

00:18:21I'll be gentle.

00:18:35Hold on.

00:18:36Uh...

00:18:36Sorry.

00:18:37Oh.

00:18:39Sorry.

00:18:40I think it's...

00:18:41I think I do...

00:18:42It's...

00:18:43Oh!

00:18:44Ouch!

00:18:45No, no, no.

00:18:46We need some...

00:18:47Oops.

00:18:48Oops.

00:18:49Oops.

00:18:54Uh, how long have you known Geoffrey Crammond?

00:18:57Oh, since I was a youngster.

00:18:59Sea cadets.

00:19:00That's where we all hooked up.

00:19:03Geoffrey was a petty officer, of course.

00:19:07Yeah, I was never made out for officer material myself.

00:19:12I understand that he and Eric had a bit of a falling out recently.

00:19:16Yeah, well...

00:19:18Chalk and cheese, that pal.

00:19:20Ha-ha.

00:19:21Oh, and Geoff's a diamond bloke, straight as they come.

00:19:24Mainly because he's got a poker stuck up his jacksie most of the time.

00:19:29Ha-ha-ha.

00:19:30He...

00:19:30He can be a right pain.

00:19:33Ha-ha.

00:19:34Ha-ha.

00:19:35What was the argument about?

00:19:36Something to do with work.

00:19:37Ha-ha.

00:19:37They got what it worked up about, didn't they?

00:19:42I checked out Bellamy's alibi.

00:19:44The old woman he visited after me reckons he only stayed ten minutes.

00:19:47Now, if he didn't go home till half eleven, that's over an hour missing.

00:19:50Pressure, wasn't it?

00:19:51Yeah.

00:19:52What are these?

00:19:52Oh, he'd be right back, Thompson.

00:19:54He has got a record.

00:19:55Demoted twice in the Navy for violent behaviour.

00:19:57Never got beyond lead rating.

00:19:59Then when he was discharged, he served three years for GBH.

00:20:02What are the details on that one?

00:20:04I don't know.

00:20:04Some bloke owed him money.

00:20:05Thompson went round, beat lumps out of him till he paid up.

00:20:09Have you heard back from the Marine Support Unit yet?

00:20:11Yeah, if time of death was around 10.30, they reckon the body was carried two miles upriver

00:20:16by the tide.

00:20:17We've got divers searching here for the weapon.

00:20:19Good, so one chance getting any meaningful forensics.

00:20:22At the Alderby Club.

00:20:23Yeah.

00:20:24Thompson would have had ready access to the river.

00:20:27Right.

00:20:28First off, I want to talk to Crammond about this argument he didn't even mention having with Eric.

00:20:34Oh, how'd it go last night?

00:20:35What?

00:20:35The big night out.

00:20:37Oh, that.

00:20:38Yeah.

00:20:39Great.

00:20:41What was the argument about?

00:20:42Petty disagreement.

00:20:44David Thompson told me it was related to your work.

00:20:49Uh, well, I suppose it was.

00:20:51Um, matter of procedure.

00:20:53Uh, papers that should have been delivered.

00:20:55Uh, were not.

00:20:57What papers?

00:20:58Internal papers.

00:20:59It was just committee business.

00:21:02They were recovered, of course, but, um, I have, uh, certain responsibilities.

00:21:08Where were you between 9.30 and 11 o'clock on Tuesday night?

00:21:17What do you mean?

00:21:19Simple enough question, Mr. Crammond.

00:21:22Uh, well, I was, uh, on my way home and, um, at home.

00:21:30Can anyone verify that?

00:21:35I don't know.

00:21:38I live alone.

00:21:41I'm not sure.

00:21:43I suggest you make sure.

00:21:47After all, you do have your responsibilities to consider.

00:21:51I'm not sure if it's safe.

00:21:56Go!

00:21:57so how did the client react afraid I'm not equipped with your persuasive powers they don't stretch

00:22:17that far politics is war petition and war is politics with bloodshed so if it is war pick

00:22:25the side with the biggest tanks is that your working principle isn't it yours mr. Sadler yes

00:22:34sergeant Havis what can I do for you sorry Leticia Gaines yeah I know they said you'd be here excuse

00:22:42me how well did you know Eric Ramsey as well as I know most of the doorkeepers oh so they all take

00:22:51you for drinks to their club as well do they well no they don't but you went with Ramsey yes because

00:23:00because he asked me he's a nice old man friendly a gent and I don't meet many of those well thanks

00:23:10very much were you having an affair no we were not it was one time one drink I mean he might fancied me

00:23:20but no no way I'm running late so um excuse me I'll be in touch

00:23:29were they no I mean I don't know but I don't think so yeah I seem sure well

00:23:43there did seem to be a bit of a spring autumn thing going on if you know what I mean harmless

00:23:50though I understood your enquiries were to be discreet and so they are well perhaps your definition of

00:23:57discretion differs from mine this is not a museum inspector noise at a public gallery despite what

00:24:03people seem to think this is a place of extremely serious business now if you want a general overview

00:24:08of committees I suggest you talk to Christine Miller she's deputy council of committees thank you

00:24:16so what about Crammond oh yeah sorry about that I seem to be immune to it now we were promised an

00:24:27office in the new building but that doesn't seem to have happened pays a pittance too why do you work

00:24:33here my specialty is international law and well this is one of the places it happens it isn't

00:24:39always about money is it be nice if it wasn't

00:24:41Crammond's territory is the EU trade affairs committee and like most clerks he's fiercely

00:24:49possessive and if papers went missing he'd scorch earth finding them papers do occasionally go astray

00:24:57they usually turn up but Crammond would take it personally he does seem to take his role rather

00:25:02seriously clerks do to be fair Fanshawe does have a tendency to throw his toys out of the pram if

00:25:09things don't run the way he thinks they should Simon Fanshawe the committee chair do you know him

00:25:16Oxford but he was an arrogant little sod there too he was actually thought so oh sorry cappuccino next time

00:25:30my treat I don't believe it Tommy how fantastic they're lovely to see you so much more interesting

00:25:44than my terribly earnest clients a terribly dull husband only when you're working darling oh where

00:25:51have you been hiding all these years I told you he was lurking around the place but I'm sure not lurking

00:25:56how's the investigation going we're making progress dirty way someone's got to do it could say the same

00:26:05for you idealism is the despot of thought Tommy as politics is the despot of will to complete the

00:26:14vacation you always had a retentive memory don't be so boring the pair of you I was so sorry to hear

00:26:23about you and Helen I'm sure you must have made a lovely couple I didn't know you then and I go way

00:26:28back I hadn't met her for just ages then I met her at a landmines fundraiser last week looking

00:26:33fantastic I must say good I mean so hard to move on isn't it one can get so bogged down when something

00:26:41like that happens but she really wasn't fight for my thought but you're looking tired Tommy must be

00:26:50all the lurking I've been doing Tommy you must come to dinner look how about Friday I don't know if I

00:26:57can no no no no no really you must I insist I'll check my diary I insist all Eric's other bank accounts

00:27:07were joint accounts with Marie he opened that one six months ago in his own name the savings account

00:27:13large amounts going in and out yeah two deposits totaling 15 grand the last two weeks do you think

00:27:21he was having an affair with Letitia she was adamant they weren't if they were it would give Marie motive

00:27:26she is a bit of a Christian soldier for murder isn't she let not the cross blind you to sin

00:27:32papers what is that the Bible experience I didn't know this account even existed well that's a lot of

00:27:46money coming in and out and there's also a regular payment here to a loan company I see it

00:27:51told me he'd paid it off paid what off he got involved in this pyramid scheme thing you know recruit

00:28:07your friends and make a packet by the time I found out about it he owed a fortune and all he had to show

00:28:15for it was a garage full of vitamin B he he gambled two cards horses dogs whatever came along with bets of bet

00:28:31it could be difficult does the name Letitia gain mean anything to you

00:28:41is she what Eric was hiding

00:28:45were they having an affair or am I barking up the wrong tree

00:28:52I don't think your attitude is very sensitive sergeant

00:29:00you and Marie sing pretty close

00:29:05I try to give what solace I can

00:29:09I bet you do what's that supposed to mean

00:29:11well I spoke to the old woman that you visited the night that Eric was murdered

00:29:16Ivy yeah Ivy she said that you stayed 10 minutes

00:29:20she gets confused she seemed pretty convinced to me

00:29:24I'm sure she did she's also convinced that her daughter brings her meals on wheels

00:29:28her daughter died four years ago

00:29:31Ivy is in the earliest stages of Alzheimer's

00:29:36oh I see

00:29:41is that her

00:29:47take it I don't want that filth in my house

00:29:54he swore no more secrets before God he swore it

00:30:00do you think he was trying to finance the affair with Letitia well she seems like the Bond Street presence took to me how long have been going on

00:30:07well Marie reckoned he'd been sort of secretive for the last few months for about as long as the money was coming in look at these I mean she must have been in her late teens early twenties maybe he knew her from before the Lords maybe that's what he was paying her for photographs of her as a young woman obsessed how did Marie react oh she is an angry woman sir have we got something

00:30:19we got it right here and here and here blood

00:30:40right here and here blood

00:30:52somebody could easily back a car to the end of that alley without being noticed

00:30:57down here sir

00:31:00yeah for the divers found the Lafferty was absolutely right we'll get that tested

00:31:14immediately

00:31:19there are no clubs or bars for checking out potential witnesses no but the Alderbury

00:31:24clubs only a quarter mile away

00:31:30there's two

00:31:35I don't cover the entrance

00:31:40it does

00:31:41stop for Ramsey

00:31:53yeah so he was at the Alderbury club that night

00:31:55who's up with him

00:31:57Thompson

00:31:58possibly looks like Thompson lied

00:32:01can you get that enhanced

00:32:03why did Eric Ramsey come to the Alderbury club on the night of his murder

00:32:09he didn't

00:32:13we were discussing club policy

00:32:30what was Eric Ramsey doing at the Alderbury club on the night of his murder we were discussing

00:32:40club policy

00:32:41you're out of practice david what do you mean lying to the police how much did that bloke owe you the one you beat to a pulp

00:32:50I deserved the time I did and I regret it

00:32:53yeah it's not as much as much as he does I imagine

00:32:56I had a problem all right

00:32:58out of control

00:33:00is that what happened with Eric

00:33:01no

00:33:03what time do you get home

00:33:04sometime after eleven

00:33:06can you prove it

00:33:07I doubt it

00:33:08Eric had been depositing large amounts of money into his bank account

00:33:11where did that money come from

00:33:13I've no idea

00:33:15do I have to get a warrant to search the club's accounts

00:33:17you'll do whatever you bloody please like coppers always do

00:33:21I was doing him a favour

00:33:30what kind of favour

00:33:34he was skimming

00:33:35from the club

00:33:37what did he think

00:33:38I'm a total moron

00:33:39maybe that's why he got you the job

00:33:41did you tell the police

00:33:43no

00:33:44we was mates

00:33:45some things you just

00:33:47don't do

00:33:48I wanted to give him a chance

00:33:50to put the money back

00:33:51why did he take it in the first place

00:33:53debts

00:33:53I occasionally

00:34:00run a poker game

00:34:03between friends

00:34:04your club doesn't have a gaming licence

00:34:05you could lose your job

00:34:06face prosecution

00:34:08and you're getting on a bit for Wormwood Scrubs

00:34:10is that what Eric threatened to do

00:34:12when you confronted him about the money

00:34:13expose your illegal gambling racket

00:34:15no

00:34:16so you killed him

00:34:18no I did not

00:34:20what do you think

00:34:26we know he's capable of it

00:34:29how did Bellamy's alibi hold up

00:34:32oh

00:34:32well

00:34:33he might have one

00:34:34if Ivy knew what day of the week it was

00:34:36what about Cramond

00:34:37he's very evasive about his argument with Eric

00:34:39but he's still in the picture

00:34:40and then there's Letitia

00:34:43as a student

00:34:46Letitia Gain was convicted

00:34:47of both a public order offence

00:34:48and keeping a brothel

00:34:50huh

00:34:50well that might explain the photos

00:34:53nothing too big though

00:34:54just herself and a friend

00:34:55community service and a fine

00:34:57yeah but if Eric knew about it

00:34:58he could have been blackmailing her

00:35:00I'm not a policy maker

00:35:14I'm not making recommendations

00:35:16all I'm looking to achieve today

00:35:18is to put the most accurate information

00:35:21the facts

00:35:22at your disposal

00:35:25thank you

00:35:27cogent

00:35:29clear

00:35:29and commendably brief

00:35:31not too hard sell

00:35:32I hope

00:35:33you can be sure

00:35:34we'll read this with interest

00:35:35thank you Letitia

00:35:36Tommy

00:35:40not still stalking your killer are you

00:35:43I'm afraid so

00:35:44wouldn't be surprised if

00:35:46Lord Ainsciff didn't carry a switchblade

00:35:49up his sleeve

00:35:49really

00:35:50what can I do for you

00:35:51actually we're here to see Miss Gain

00:35:53really

00:35:55if you'll excuse us

00:35:57of course

00:35:58Miss Gain

00:36:03Inspector

00:36:04I understand you know

00:36:06Sergeant Hovers

00:36:07how can I help you

00:36:09how well

00:36:10did you know Eric Ramsey

00:36:12before he asked you

00:36:13to the Alderbury Club

00:36:14as long as I've been working

00:36:16at the house

00:36:1718 months

00:36:18are you sure you didn't know him

00:36:19longer than that

00:36:20I don't think so

00:36:22no

00:36:22can you explain

00:36:24why he had these photographs

00:36:26in his possession

00:36:27how did you

00:36:29where did you

00:36:31they related to your conviction

00:36:32for prostitution

00:36:33not here

00:36:40he's fine

00:36:41unless you'd rather

00:36:42come down to the station

00:36:43no

00:36:44these are from

00:36:49a long time ago

00:36:50a different life

00:36:51your

00:36:52life

00:36:53yes

00:36:54yes

00:36:55I got into debt

00:36:56at uni

00:36:56big debt

00:36:57it's the first time

00:36:59away from home

00:36:59I went a bit wild

00:37:00he's telling me

00:37:01I've never been hung up

00:37:04about my body

00:37:05sergeant

00:37:05or sex

00:37:07sometimes

00:37:09it's good

00:37:11sometimes it's bad

00:37:11sometimes it's just sport

00:37:13people want it

00:37:15and they're prepared to pay

00:37:16all I was doing

00:37:17was meeting a market need

00:37:18it was practically

00:37:19work experience

00:37:20if you're safe

00:37:22selective

00:37:23I mean it's

00:37:25it's not nice

00:37:27but it's not exactly

00:37:28gutting chickens either

00:37:29and

00:37:30the money's better

00:37:32so

00:37:32Ramsey

00:37:33was a client

00:37:34one of my regulars

00:37:36never more than that

00:37:38I had strict rules

00:37:39and why did he want these

00:37:41I'm sure you can guess

00:37:45inspector

00:37:45he paid for them

00:37:47did you continue

00:37:49to see him

00:37:49no that life ended

00:37:50the moment I paid off

00:37:51my debts

00:37:52plus a bit of pocket money

00:37:54imagine my delight

00:37:56when I walked in the house

00:37:57on my first day

00:37:58and one of my old punters

00:37:59opened the door for me

00:38:00so why did he take you

00:38:02to the Alderbury

00:38:02was he trying to blackmail you

00:38:04no he wanted to negotiate

00:38:06a new financial arrangement

00:38:08I said no

00:38:09in a nice way

00:38:12he was an alright bloke

00:38:13but no

00:38:14no way

00:38:15where were you

00:38:16on Tuesday night

00:38:17met a friend

00:38:21for a drink

00:38:22went home

00:38:22and what about

00:38:25your public

00:38:25order offence

00:38:26that

00:38:27it was just

00:38:28a student demo

00:38:29there was a whole bunch

00:38:30of us

00:38:30it's just silly

00:38:31really

00:38:31will that be all

00:38:32come on

00:38:34if Eric was

00:38:36blackmailing Letitia

00:38:37then

00:38:37that would give

00:38:38a strong motive

00:38:39yeah

00:38:40hey wait a sec

00:38:41we've just

00:38:42got a trial

00:38:43we'll do our next

00:38:44can I help you

00:38:46inspect me

00:38:46yes I believe

00:38:47you work with

00:38:48Letitia again

00:38:49our paths do cross

00:38:50in what capacity

00:38:51she works for a firm

00:38:53lobbying on behalf

00:38:54of an American

00:38:54company interested

00:38:56in the workings

00:38:56of the committee

00:38:57to put it crudely

00:38:58they're pitching

00:38:59for business

00:38:59and she's the mouthpiece

00:39:01and if she's successful

00:39:02next rung up the ladder

00:39:03which would be

00:39:04an extremely lucrative

00:39:05posting in the states

00:39:06as I should imagine

00:39:07Letitia's a very

00:39:09ambitious woman

00:39:10politically

00:39:11or financially

00:39:12financially

00:39:13most disappointed

00:39:14idealists

00:39:14end up following

00:39:15the prophet

00:39:16don't they

00:39:16she doesn't strike me

00:39:18as an idealist

00:39:19we all have a burst

00:39:20of youthful fervor

00:39:21some of us

00:39:23manage to hang on

00:39:24to it

00:39:24others don't

00:39:26how did you

00:39:27get into politics

00:39:27uh university

00:39:29I think

00:39:29is that all

00:39:30I've got to

00:39:30cross

00:39:31thanks

00:39:31do you think

00:39:36it's a drink

00:39:36well

00:39:37you've got your date

00:39:38how did you know

00:39:39I had a date

00:39:40what you said

00:39:41I just assumed

00:39:42oh you did

00:39:42did you

00:39:43well as it happens

00:39:45I do have a date

00:39:46tonight

00:39:46who's the lucky man

00:39:49um

00:39:50he's uh

00:39:51I can't remember

00:39:54his name

00:39:54um

00:39:56I joined one of

00:39:58those dating agencies

00:39:59really

00:40:01what

00:40:02just

00:40:05really

00:40:06well I pay good money

00:40:07for it

00:40:08well I just thought

00:40:10sometimes it would be

00:40:11nice to

00:40:11well I mean it's easy

00:40:14for you

00:40:15is it

00:40:16well it could be

00:40:18have you phoned

00:40:19Helen yet

00:40:20no

00:40:21what do you think

00:40:28seems nice enough

00:40:30yeah well

00:40:32I better not be late

00:40:33no no

00:40:34I'll have to go

00:40:35yeah I'll have to go

00:40:35see ya

00:40:36so what's it like

00:40:49being a cop

00:40:50oh

00:40:51well it's what I do

00:40:53you know

00:40:53well sometimes

00:40:55yeah

00:40:56yeah wicked

00:40:57what kind of music

00:40:59you into

00:40:59um

00:41:00well you'd probably laugh

00:41:03well I'm pretty eclectic

00:41:04myself

00:41:05I like mix it up

00:41:06yeah

00:41:06do a bit of DJing myself

00:41:08actually

00:41:09at this really cool little bar

00:41:11hmm

00:41:11you should come

00:41:16you'd love it

00:41:17well I don't think that

00:41:18uh buddy

00:41:19you've been travelling

00:41:20I went to Peru last year

00:41:22well kind of a holiday really

00:41:23but wicked you know

00:41:25amazing people

00:41:26like really cool

00:41:28hmm

00:41:28so uh I was thinking maybe you want to come back to mine yeah no pressure just to chill a bit yeah

00:41:42get to like

00:41:56really know each other

00:41:58uh

00:42:00you know what mate

00:42:03um

00:42:03yeah thanks

00:42:05for the drink

00:42:06but um

00:42:06you should really learn to listen a bit more

00:42:10goodnight

00:42:13like

00:42:15uh

00:42:17yeah

00:42:19yeah

00:42:23yeah

00:42:24yeah

00:42:26yeah

00:42:34yeah

00:42:39yeah

00:42:40Oh, morning.

00:43:05Pleasant evening.

00:43:07Any luck?

00:43:09Before.

00:43:10And after.

00:43:14The enhanced image.

00:43:21Crammond.

00:43:22I take it your date wasn't quite what you'd hoped for?

00:43:26Let's just say he wasn't my type.

00:43:28Will you do it again?

00:43:30Well, making money gets me out of the house.

00:43:34Mr. Crammond?

00:43:46Mr. Crammond?

00:43:52Mr. Crammond?

00:43:54Mr. Crammond hasn't yet come in this morning, Inspector, and I cannot have you hectoring

00:44:07the house staff.

00:44:08There have been rumblings from their lordships.

00:44:09Mr. Crammond is a suspect in a murder investigation.

00:44:12Nevertheless, you must understand the repercussions.

00:44:14It's only a matter of time before some snuffling newshound gets wind of your investigation and

00:44:18the media will there...

00:44:20Oh, sorry.

00:44:26Um, I'll take it out.

00:44:29Sorry.

00:44:29Sir, I think you'd better take this.

00:44:38Excuse me.

00:44:39Hello.

00:44:40What?

00:44:41Yes.

00:44:42What have we got?

00:44:47I'm late for court.

00:44:48Sorry.

00:44:49This is a murder, Lafferty.

00:44:50Well, similar MO to the last time.

00:44:52I'll get your report as quickly as possible.

00:44:54Well, you're not the only body in town.

00:44:56Oh, mine's a hot and spicy with pineapple and mushroom.

00:44:59Practical bloody transport.

00:45:02Can you turn him over, please?

00:45:03Sure.

00:45:03Is that the same knot?

00:45:14Yep.

00:45:16Sucker says there were no blood traces found in Crammond's flat, so it doesn't look like

00:45:19he was killed there.

00:45:20The stereo and the TV are missing, but the only fingerprints they found belong to Crammond.

00:45:24So whoever broke in was critic enough to wreck the place, but careful enough to use gloves?

00:45:27Yeah.

00:45:28Fibres?

00:45:29Uh, nothing immediately suspicious.

00:45:30That's a lot of trouble to go to for some electrical goods.

00:45:34Okay, what if he was mugged, he tells him he's got cash at home, they threaten him to go too far?

00:45:39Well, perhaps they witness the murder, and then get the ID from the body, take the opportunity

00:45:43to rob the flat.

00:45:44Hmm.

00:45:44Oh, coincidence?

00:45:46No, me neither.

00:45:47Oh, look at this.

00:45:49Letitia Gaines' public order of phones wasn't just another student demo.

00:45:52She was in one of those extremist anti-globalisation groups.

00:45:55Before her dramatic conversion to the dollar.

00:45:57Yeah.

00:45:58I wonder what the comrades think of that.

00:46:01Wrists were tied with the same knot, like you said, and there was a similar pattern to the

00:46:05contusions and abrasions, but much more extensive and more pronounced.

00:46:10Hard enough to cause intramuscular bleeding.

00:46:12The guy took a real bleeding.

00:46:13How was he killed?

00:46:14Well, not with a hammer.

00:46:17Cause of death was myocardial infarction.

00:46:19It was a heart attack?

00:46:21Well, brought on by the stress of the attack.

00:46:22Well, it still makes it murder.

00:46:26Well, that's your job, isn't it?

00:46:28All we do here is slice and dice.

00:46:30So, both murder victims were tied and beaten first.

00:46:37That's the same MO as Thompson's GBH conviction.

00:46:40Thompson certainly had the motive to kill Eric.

00:46:42Why don't you go to the autobiography club and check out his alibi?

00:46:43Yeah, what about you?

00:46:44Well, most important thing to Crammond was his work.

00:46:48If I want an insight into his drives and motivations, that seems like a good place to start.

00:46:51I'll give you a lift.

00:46:52Right.

00:46:52Crammond's role as clerk was quite simply to run the committee.

00:47:10Which involved coordinating schedules, compiling minutes, collating and disseminating evidence and agendas,

00:47:17drafting summary reports in liaison with counsel's office,

00:47:22chairing the things a breeze by comparison.

00:47:25All I have to do is turn up.

00:47:27What's the committee's remit?

00:47:30Economic and financial affairs and international trade within the EU.

00:47:35Import-export issues, that sort of thing.

00:47:39Two good men dead.

00:47:43What's this all about, really, Tommy?

00:47:46I was rather hoping you might help me with that.

00:47:49Sorry to let you down.

00:47:50Legislation is a hard and surprisingly tedious slog.

00:47:56We are somewhat shielded from the grimmer realities of life beyond the gates.

00:48:01Now, dinner.

00:48:07Oh, well, actually, I...

00:48:097.30 for aid suit.

00:48:11Yes, of course.

00:48:12Jarky good.

00:48:14Thompson was at the club till 8.30 and then he claims he went straight home after that.

00:48:17So he's still in the frame?

00:48:18Well, he says he had a visit from the plumber around the time of death.

00:48:21Block pipe or something.

00:48:23Corroborator, will you?

00:48:24Yes, sir.

00:48:24So, do you have another assignation planned for this evening?

00:48:28Well, it's just the dates.

00:48:31There's no big romance.

00:48:32Never seen their behaviours.

00:48:34Yeah.

00:48:35Oh, um, sir.

00:48:36Um...

00:48:36Yeah?

00:48:37Why?

00:48:38It's nothing, really.

00:48:39I'm sorry.

00:48:39It's just...

00:48:41Well, I've got this feeling that I'm being watched.

00:48:45Probably another admirer.

00:48:47Well, no, it's not there.

00:48:50It's just...

00:48:52Well, tonight, there was this guy and...

00:48:55Well, I could have sworn that...

00:48:58You OK?

00:49:00Yeah.

00:49:01Havis?

00:49:02No, I'm fine.

00:49:03I've just been on my own too long, I think.

00:49:05I'll be talking to the wolves next.

00:49:07Well, um, have a good evening.

00:49:10Yeah.

00:49:11Good night.

00:49:12Bye.

00:49:12Tommy, you are appalling.

00:49:18So rude.

00:49:19I'm sorry.

00:49:20Well...

00:49:20You need to indulge yourself a little.

00:49:23Or a lot.

00:49:24Now, Joanna, you know.

00:49:26Hello.

00:49:26Sarah Longley and her fiancée, Sanjeev.

00:49:29Rachel Curran, the notorious television journalist.

00:49:32Pleased to meet you.

00:49:33And Joseph Brady.

00:49:35Joe thinks he's pitching for business,

00:49:38but I'm afraid he's going to find this is a purely social event.

00:49:42So what brings you to London?

00:49:53My company is hoping to persuade Simon and his committee

00:49:55that the future lies with mercury aromatics.

00:49:58It's not my committee, Joe, as you will see.

00:50:01Is that an indication of the committee's intentions?

00:50:03It's a reminder that any attempt to influence a lord's committee

00:50:06would be like politely asking a herd of rampaging buffalo to turn left.

00:50:11They go where they will.

00:50:13All I do is record the direction.

00:50:15I'm sure you underestimate your powers.

00:50:17Well, that would be a first.

00:50:21You know Simon from Oxford, don't you?

00:50:24Yes.

00:50:24What did you study?

00:50:26History.

00:50:27First-class honours, of course.

00:50:29Swat.

00:50:30What made a first-class honours graduate of Oxford University

00:50:33join the police for it?

00:50:35Good question.

00:50:35I mean, some of us want to make a difference, don't we, Tommy?

00:50:40Something like that.

00:50:41The public service ethic is deeply ingrained in the English aristocracy.

00:50:46It's why we're all broke, of course.

00:50:47You're hardly knocking on the workhouse door, sir.

00:50:49Oh, it's all on tick.

00:50:52In my experience, public service is grossly undervalued.

00:50:55London Bobby's financial lot is not a happy one, I imagine.

00:51:01I'm adequately rewarded for the job that I do.

00:51:03Nothing compared to what you could get in the private sector.

00:51:06Perhaps not.

00:51:07The sky's the limit for those who know how to capitalise on their opportunities.

00:51:12I'm sure that's true.

00:51:14The real question is whether you can recognise and act on that opportunity

00:51:18if it presents itself.

00:51:19Can you, Inspector?

00:51:28Well, I think that rather depends on the nature of that opportunity.

00:51:33You'd better not be talking business.

00:51:35Especially not your business.

00:51:37Far too gruesome.

00:51:39Sorry.

00:51:46Oh.

00:51:47Damn.

00:51:48Have you heard any more of those weird feelings of yours?

00:52:11What?

00:52:13I don't know.

00:52:13It's just me being paranoid.

00:52:14I wonder.

00:52:21What connections have we got between the two victims?

00:52:25Um, well, they both worked for the House of Lords.

00:52:27They're both friends, but they fell out.

00:52:29Something to do with the job.

00:52:31Yeah.

00:52:32And a few days later, they were both dead.

00:52:35And perhaps that argument wasn't such a petty quarrel.

00:52:38Do you actually know what it was about?

00:52:40Mislaid papers, apparently.

00:52:41Documents relating to a committee that Crammond was particularly conscientious about.

00:52:50What?

00:52:51So Eric hands the documents to Crammond.

00:52:57And he knew that the papers had been stolen from the Lords, and he knew Eric had stolen them.

00:53:03That's what they're arguing about.

00:53:04He wants them back.

00:53:05Why did Eric steal them in the first place?

00:53:07He needed the cash to pay off his debts.

00:53:09If somebody else wanted those papers badly enough, he could sell them.

00:53:13Yeah, but he gave them to Crammond.

00:53:18Crammond's flat?

00:53:20It wasn't burgled at all.

00:53:22It was searched.

00:53:24We've got a box of stuff from Crammond's flat in the evidence room.

00:53:29Is nothing obviously related to the Lords?

00:53:31No.

00:53:33Maybe they found what they were looking for.

00:53:35Yeah, and probably killed Cranmond.

00:53:36Well, no.

00:53:39Because if they knew he was dead, they wouldn't need to cover the tracks and make it look like a burglary.

00:53:44Okay, so they knew what they were doing?

00:53:48Yeah, they're certainly dead.

00:53:49I think they knew they could be the one wanting one year old.

00:53:58I don't think they were Blair.

00:54:01No, it's as if they?

00:54:02Yeah, it's us.

00:54:02No, it's not like that.

00:54:03Oh, yeah.

00:54:04Oh, yeah.

00:54:05Oh, man.

00:54:05Oh, yeah.

00:54:07What you going to do about this?

00:54:07Oh, yeah, this is the true story.

00:54:11Oh, yeah, don't let me see that.

00:54:12Everything's OK.

00:54:12Oh, yeah.

00:54:13Oh, yeah.

00:54:14Oh, yeah, guy.

00:54:15Oh, yeah.

00:54:16Oh, yeah, I'll be looking as good.

00:54:18Oh, yeah, I'll be on a game.

00:54:19Special brunch?

00:54:49If it's something to do with the Lords, they might be interested.

00:54:53If the branch wanted to keep tabs on our investigation, all they'd have to do is throw their weight about.

00:54:57I'd object, but they'd win the argument.

00:54:59What? Some other branch of national security, then?

00:55:02Whoever it is, we now have to assume that they know where we've been and who we've spoken to.

00:55:08They've probably even been through our files.

00:55:11Okay, so what do they want?

00:55:14The document that Eric gave to Cranland.

00:55:16But we're investigating a murder.

00:55:18That document might be the key.

00:55:21If documents have been misappropriated, I must ask you to inform Lord Fanshawe's committee chair at the very least.

00:55:29I'm afraid that won't be possible.

00:55:31And I cannot possibly allow you access to highly sensitive government papers without a more detailed explanation.

00:55:36I'm sorry, the nature of my investigation precludes that.

00:55:39What's so important about these particular documents?

00:55:44I'd like to find out.

00:55:48Very well. I'll grant you two hours' access to the committee files.

00:55:51You will be supervised throughout that time, and in no circumstances whatsoever must any of those papers leave the building. Is that understood?

00:55:57Absolutely. Thank you.

00:56:00Right. These are all the documents that came into the committee office in the last month.

00:56:05Thank you, Mr. Tamworth. What were you looking for?

00:56:08What's missing?

00:56:09Ah. Is that all?

00:56:11No.

00:56:12You've got two hours.

00:56:14What?

00:56:15What are you going to do?

00:56:19Like a nice cup of tea?

00:56:20I think I'm going to need it.

00:56:23Thank you, Mr. Tamworth.

00:56:30I've told you already.

00:56:32It's been cleared by Black Rod's office. This is not something you need to worry about.

00:56:39OK.

00:56:41What was all that about?

00:56:42Oh, Black Rod. 18th century costume, 18th century grasp of the media.

00:56:47Wasn't that when the press finally won the right to report of parliamentary proceedings?

00:56:50Something I think he'd consider to be a very bad decision.

00:56:54What can I do for you?

00:56:55You said Letitia Gain works for a lobbying firm. Which firm?

00:56:58Bell Regis Public Affairs.

00:57:00And what company do they represent at the moment?

00:57:02Well, their main client is Mercury Aeronautics.

00:57:05The American firm?

00:57:06Yes, that's right.

00:57:07Oh, I'm sorry. You're in a hurry. I'll let you go.

00:57:09Thanks. Sorry. It's all kicking off a bit today.

00:57:11Yeah.

00:57:12Hi.

00:57:13Yep.

00:57:14Yep.

00:57:15I'm on my way.

00:57:20Well?

00:57:21It's, er, it's not looking good. This is the, er, third pile I've been through.

00:57:28Mr. Tamworth?

00:57:29Yes, ma'am.

00:57:30Any chance of another cuppa?

00:57:31Yes, it's about that time again, isn't it? How'd you take yours, sir?

00:57:33Oh, white, no sugar. Thank you very much, Mr. Tamworth.

00:57:36So, er, what is it?

00:57:39It's a dossier of a defence system made by Mercury Aeronautics. But the page count doesn't match the cover sheet. There are seven pages missing.

00:57:48What are they about?

00:57:49Well, I don't know. But the, er, cover sheet has the original circulation lists to Geoffrey Cramond, Tim Sadler and Viscount Featherstone, or whoever that is.

00:57:57It's Fanshawe.

00:57:58Well, that's not how it's spelt.

00:58:00Yeah, it's pronounced that way by, er, by convention, I suppose.

00:58:03Stupid.

00:58:04You know, doorkeepers have access to every room in this building.

00:58:09Well, that would make me Sergeant Hayhars.

00:58:11They know who's done what, who they did it to, and whether they're gonna do it again.

00:58:14How about you, Inspector Lala?

00:58:17Sorry.

00:58:18You know, it would have been perfectly easy for Eric to steal these pages. But he would have had to have understood their significance first.

00:58:25Well, Cramond would have handled every single paper related to committed business. He'd know.

00:58:30We find these pages, we find our motive.

00:58:32Yeah. But we're not the only ones looking.

00:58:38Print.

00:58:40Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Tannen.

00:58:43I'll be there.

00:58:44You got them, sir?

00:58:45Yeah.

00:58:46Ah.

00:58:47Oh, I don't suppose there's any chance of biscuits, is there?

00:58:50Biscuits, ma'am? Of course.

00:58:55Okay.

00:58:58Okay.

00:58:59Okay.

00:59:20Miss Miller?

00:59:21Miss Wetcher. How nice to see you.

00:59:32What is it you need to know?

00:59:34There are seven pages missing from that document. I want to know what they're about.

00:59:39These papers are classified, strictly speaking. How did you come across them?

00:59:44I'd rather not say.

00:59:45Very cloak and dagger.

00:59:46It really is quite stunning, isn't it?

00:59:52Easy enough to forget that.

00:59:55Swallowed up in our jobs, what we think our lives are. We miss so much.

01:00:02Shall we walk?

01:00:04Why not?

01:00:05This document is background to an important decision the subcommittee have to make. A simple choice.

01:00:18Between what?

01:00:20There's a defence contract up for grabs. A guidance system.

01:00:24Sounds expensive.

01:00:25Two contractors are in the running. One European and one American.

01:00:30Is that a delicate decision?

01:00:32Political decision.

01:00:34Whisper is it's going to our European neighbours.

01:00:39In these troubled times, we need all the friends we can get.

01:00:42It's Fanshawe's job to nudge the committee in the direction the government favour, though I'd be surprised if you put his shoulder to the wheel.

01:00:52Why?

01:00:54Politics is simpler than you think. It all boils down to money, one way or another.

01:01:02The findings on the report of the American system are not here. That's what's on your missing pages.

01:01:09Really?

01:01:12Thank you. Thank you. You've been most helpful.

01:01:16My pleasure. Here. I still owe you that cappuccino. Good night, Inspector.

01:01:23Thank you for your support. I'll see you later.

01:01:38Thank you, Miss Gaye.

01:01:44Good morning, Inspector. What can I do for you?

01:01:46What happens to mercury and nautics if they win the defence contract?

01:01:49They get rich.

01:01:50What happens to you?

01:01:52I get a bonus.

01:01:54In what form?

01:01:55Cash and shares and a transfer to Washington.

01:01:58Really?

01:02:00America's still where it's at, globally speaking.

01:02:02In spite of your colourful past.

01:02:06What do you mean?

01:02:07If I wanted a lucrative American posting, I don't imagine a history of anti-capitalist activism could possibly count in my favour.

01:02:14Tell me, are you still in contact with your comrades, Leticia?

01:02:17No, I am not.

01:02:19The most radical revolutionary becomes a conservative the day after the revolution. Isn't that how it goes?

01:02:24Or, in your case, at the first glimpse of an expense account?

01:02:27What do you want?

01:02:29Did Eric Ramsey offer to sell you documents relating to the committee's decision on the defence contract?

01:02:34No.

01:02:35Did you know he had them?

01:02:36No.

01:02:37What's Simon Fanshawe's connection with mercury and nautics?

01:02:40He hasn't got one.

01:02:42Then who has?

01:02:44I'll see you later.

01:02:46This is about the brutal murder of two men, both of whom you knew.

01:02:50If you have any information regarding my investigation, you must tell me.

01:02:53Why have you sacrificed moral decency along with your youthful principles?

01:03:02Simon Fanshawe hasn't got a connection with mercury aeronautics.

01:03:08But his wife has.

01:03:23Peter.

01:03:40I'm not in a position to speculate on the committee's final recommendation, and you wouldn't expect me to do that.

01:03:45What I will say is that the process has been thorough, even forensic at times, and that whatever our recommendation, the country's best interests have been uppermost in our thoughts. Thank you.

01:03:58How can you be sure that personal interests have played no part in this process?

01:04:03I think the questioner portrays his lack of understanding of the committee process.

01:04:06I would refer you to the members' declaration of interests and assure you that our deliberations have been made in an entirely objective manner.

01:04:13Thank you. Now, if you'll excuse me.

01:04:21What the hell was that in Adolf?

01:04:23I'm developing an interest in the political process.

01:04:26Has this interest sprung from the police process?

01:04:28Yeah, it seems to have taken on an unexpectedly personal dimension.

01:04:34It was always personal with us, Tommy.

01:04:58What's our current thinking in being under constant surveillance?

01:05:10Well, it needn't necessarily be a government agency.

01:05:13This is all somehow related to the committee's decision on the guidance system.

01:05:18There's billions of dollars at stake here.

01:05:20In a corporation like Mercury Aeronautics, they can afford the best professional assistance.

01:05:24A private firm?

01:05:26Security consultants offer a wide spectrum of services for the right price.

01:05:30Well, if they were so professional, they would have found the test report no matter where Crammond hid it.

01:05:34If they found a test report, they wouldn't need to keep us under surveillance.

01:05:38Okay.

01:05:40Eric gave the report to Crammond and was murdered later that night.

01:05:44Crammond then knew the report was worth killing for.

01:05:48Well, if I was him, I wouldn't want to risk bringing it home.

01:05:50I'd want to find somewhere much safer, somewhere no one else knew I had a connection with.

01:05:56Well, we shouldn't be looking for a hiding place here.

01:06:00We should be looking for a lead that takes us somewhere else.

01:06:03A safety deposit box?

01:06:05No, he'd want somewhere with more immediate access than that.

01:06:09Okay.

01:06:10Uh, so, what if we do find it?

01:06:16I mean, two people have already been murdered for it.

01:06:19So, Eric's body was dumped in the river near the Alderbury.

01:06:20Now, Crammond and he were both men.

01:06:21So, Eric's body was dumped in the river near the Alderbury.

01:06:34Now, Crammond and he were both members, and Thompson was a friend of both of them, and, well, we know that Thompson covered for Eric, so...

01:06:54It's a fair cop. Book him, Dan-o!

01:07:12We found this in Crammond's flat.

01:07:14Good sum of that.

01:07:18One-six straight, including head of the river.

01:07:23Eric was our bowmane.

01:07:26Caught the crab at the start, but we rode right through the loll of them.

01:07:30Good crew, see?

01:07:31Me. Eric. Jeff. Mickey Goldberg. He was the first to go. Cancer. Ninety-three. The boathouse.

01:07:56Every year, big joke, talk about getting on the water. Every year we don't.

01:08:06Why didn't Eric just ask me?

01:08:11I mean, if he wanted money that bad, I'd have found it for him somewhere.

01:08:17I only had to ask.

01:08:20He didn't have to thieve.

01:08:23He didn't have to lie to me.

01:08:26Did Geoffrey give you a document to look after?

01:08:35No.

01:08:37He said he was in trouble. He needed to hide something.

01:08:42Eric, I wouldn't have been surprised, but Geoff, I...

01:08:46I didn't ask any questions.

01:08:49Did he tell you where he hid it?

01:08:50I told him.

01:08:52Perfect place.

01:08:54Ideal.

01:08:56If you see anything suspicious, call me.

01:08:57OK.

01:08:58OK.

01:08:59Bye.

01:09:00Bye.

01:09:02Bye.

01:09:04Bye.

01:09:06Bye.

01:09:08If you see anything suspicious, call me.

01:09:10OK.

01:09:11Bye.

01:09:12Bye.

01:09:13Bye.

01:09:14Bye.

01:09:18Bye.

01:09:32Let's go.

01:10:02Let's go.

01:10:32Let's go.

01:10:33What?

01:10:34Hey, budge up.

01:10:37Well?

01:10:38It's the preliminary evaluation of Mercury-Anautic's guidance system.

01:10:49Well, future targets, extended timescales, even budgetary modifications.

01:10:56Meaning?

01:10:57Meaning it works.

01:11:00But it's going to cost a lot more than anyone imagined.

01:11:05Who gains by suppressing the report?

01:11:11The Americans?

01:11:13Yeah.

01:11:14Well, anybody connected to the American bid to Mercury Aeronautics?

01:11:18After university, Simon Fanshawe's wife Pippa spent four years in the States.

01:11:23Apparently that's where they met.

01:11:25And at the time she was working for GRP McGregor Associates, which was Mercury Aeronautics' American PR firm.

01:11:31And now she's non-exec director of their British representatives, Belle Regis.

01:11:35Fanshawe?

01:11:36It's a connection.

01:11:38What is it between you two?

01:11:41History.

01:11:42Okay, so Fanshawe needs the report to disappear.

01:11:46He'd never deal with Eric directly.

01:11:48No, you're right.

01:11:49Yeah, he'd never trust the doorkeeper to do his dirty work.

01:11:52He'd want someone closer, someone with personal loyalty.

01:11:57Someone whose ambition he could use as leverage.

01:12:02Tim Sadler's the only name in the circulation list.

01:12:08Okay, on the 13th, Tim Sadler withdrew five grand.

01:12:12On the 14th, Eric's account was credited with five grand.

01:12:15Yeah, and on the 20th, there was a withdrawal of ten grand.

01:12:17On the 21st, ten thousand pounds was added to Eric's account.

01:12:21So Eric was blackmailing Sadler, but did Sadler kill him?

01:12:24Let's go and ask.

01:12:33What I don't get is how Eric persuaded Krammen not to go to his superiors

01:12:37when he discovered the test report was missing.

01:12:39Maybe he did.

01:12:40Fanshawe.

01:12:41Sir, what do we do once we brought Sadler in?

01:12:43How do you mean?

01:12:44This guy's way up the ladder.

01:12:45Inspector Lindley, what are you?

01:12:46Can we come in?

01:12:47I don't do it.

01:12:48It's not very convenient.

01:12:49I don't do it.

01:12:50I don't do it.

01:12:51It's not very convenient.

01:12:52I bet that's not the point, Mr Sadler.

01:12:54Save the Imam Ali shrine.

01:12:55Although he's always turned away from politics, this time the...

01:12:57Hey.

01:12:58Better sit down.

01:12:59Hey.

01:13:00Better sit down.

01:13:01What can I do for you?

01:13:02What can I do for you?

01:13:03What can I do for you?

01:13:04What can I do for you?

01:13:05As I say, this is real.

01:13:06What can I do for you?

01:13:07What can I do for you?

01:13:08As I say, this is really inconvenient.

01:13:09I've got a meeting, some people I need to see.

01:13:10Good.

01:13:11Eric.

01:13:12Good.

01:13:13Eric, can we come in?

01:13:14Can we come in?

01:13:15I don't do it.

01:13:16It's not very convenient.

01:13:17I bet that's not the point, Mr Sadler.

01:13:18Save the Imam Ali shrine.

01:13:19Although he's always turned away from politics, this time the...

01:13:22Hey.

01:13:23Better sit down.

01:13:25What can I do for you?

01:13:30As I say, this is really inconvenient.

01:13:36I've got a meeting, some people I need to see.

01:13:38Did Eric Ramsey offer to sell you some documents?

01:13:40Documents?

01:13:41What documents?

01:13:42The test report that jeopardises Mercury Aeronautic's bid for the defence contract.

01:13:46What report?

01:13:47I have no idea what that is.

01:13:49The report you paid Ramsey £15,000 for.

01:13:52I don't know what you mean.

01:13:54He just kept upping his price, didn't he?

01:13:57This is ridiculous.

01:13:58Is that why you killed him?

01:14:00What?

01:14:01He promised to sell you the report, but when it came to it, he just upped the price again.

01:14:06I don't know what you're talking about.

01:14:09Did he threaten you?

01:14:11So you go public?

01:14:13Well, no.

01:14:15He'd lose everything.

01:14:16Reputation, career.

01:14:17So you killed him.

01:14:18No.

01:14:19I could see how that might happen.

01:14:20I mean, you were desperate.

01:14:21You went thinking straight.

01:14:22What about Cramins?

01:14:23You lashed out.

01:14:24Tying him up, beating him, torturing him.

01:14:26No.

01:14:27Yeah.

01:14:28I mean, that is...

01:14:29That is vicious.

01:14:30That is cold.

01:14:31No.

01:14:32I didn't mean to...

01:14:38You didn't mean to kill him?

01:14:45I wasn't supposed to be like this.

01:14:48What do you mean?

01:14:49It's a game.

01:14:51That's what you think.

01:14:54What it becomes.

01:14:56What?

01:14:57Power.

01:14:58The getting of it.

01:14:59The keeping of it.

01:15:05You forget it's about people.

01:15:09I'm not a murderer.

01:15:10I'm not that man.

01:15:12But you killed them.

01:15:15You want to achieve things, to get places, to influence people.

01:15:19And you think you know what's right.

01:15:22But then you find the...

01:15:29I only meant to knock Eric out.

01:15:32To get the report.

01:15:34Why did you tie him up before you threw his body in the river?

01:15:37I thought it might put you off the scent.

01:15:41I knew he owed money to that nutter Thompson.

01:15:44What about Crammond?

01:15:46He wouldn't tell me where he'd put the report.

01:15:50I only meant to scare him.

01:15:53I didn't know he was going to die on me.

01:15:57He didn't understand the pressure I was under.

01:16:01Who put you up to it?

01:16:03What?

01:16:04Who put you under that pressure?

01:16:05Who wanted the report to vanish?

01:16:07I don't know what you mean.

01:16:11It's Simon Fanshawe, isn't it?

01:16:22If you cooperate with us...

01:16:24If you make a full statement...

01:16:27It'll make a big difference to your trial.

01:16:32Don't let them make you a scapegoat, Tim.

01:16:34Tim Sadler.

01:16:35I'm arresting you in suspicion of murder.

01:16:36You do not have to say anything.

01:16:37It may harm your defence if you do not mention when questions...

01:16:38I'm going to reach you later in line.

01:16:39Come on.

01:16:40Come on.

01:16:41Come on.

01:16:42Come on.

01:16:43Come on.

01:16:44Come on.

01:16:46Here you go.

01:16:47Come on.

01:16:48Come on.

01:16:49Sir, the documents are gone.

01:16:52What was that?

01:16:53Come on, come on.

01:17:11Here you go.

01:17:16Sir, the documents are gone.

01:17:19What was that?

01:17:23No, no, no.

01:17:25Come on.

01:17:29Come on.

01:17:30Come on.

01:17:31Come on.

01:17:32Come on.

01:17:36Come on.

01:17:38Come on.

01:17:39Come on.

01:17:40Come on.

01:17:41Come on.

01:17:42Come on.

01:17:43Come on.

01:17:45Come on.

01:17:46Come on.

01:17:47Come on.

01:17:48Come on.

01:17:49Come on.

01:17:50Come on.

01:17:51Oh, Jan.

01:17:52Cheers, Simon.

01:17:53Cheers.

01:17:54I told you, sir.

01:17:55Sorry.

01:17:56It's all right.

01:17:57We're old friends.

01:17:58We're old friends.

01:18:00No, we're not.

01:18:01Oh, dear. Have we fallen out?

01:18:06You had Tim Sadler killed, didn't you?

01:18:08I beg your pardon?

01:18:09Don't be absurd.

01:18:11I've seen the test report.

01:18:14What test report?

01:18:15The report you asked Sadler to make disappear.

01:18:18The report that would have lost your company the contract.

01:18:21The report your men killed him for in broad daylight impersonating police officers.

01:18:25I run a manufacturing business, Inspector.

01:18:27Not an assassination squad.

01:18:30I'm gonna prove otherwise.

01:18:32Really?

01:18:34You have proof.

01:18:36You ought to think very carefully before making such inflammatory accusations.

01:18:43The wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

01:18:47Oh, I'll find the evidence.

01:18:49I very much doubt that.

01:18:57I know what you've done.

01:19:03What you think you know and what you can prove are very different things.

01:19:08I'm just clinging to coattails here, Tommy.

01:19:13Tommy.

01:19:14Real power follows the money.

01:19:16Where's the money?

01:19:17Um, I've circulated descriptions of the two bogus police officers and details of the car that they used.

01:19:31I won't find it.

01:19:32Won't find it.

01:19:33Won't find them either.

01:19:34You don't know that.

01:19:35What about Fanshawe?

01:19:36Fanshawe?

01:19:37What about Fanshawe?

01:19:38We've got no evidence against him and he knows it.

01:19:39I can't believe Helen would socialise with a woman like that.

01:19:40Who?

01:19:41Fanshawe's wife, Pippa.

01:19:42Are you going to tell Helen about this?

01:19:47Well, how can I?

01:19:48If those are the people she chooses to meet…

01:20:10If those are the people she chooses to mix with, well.

01:20:16Um, I should get going.

01:20:18Yeah, yeah. Can't keep your latest boat waiting, can I?

01:20:23Um, no.

01:20:26Good night, sir.

01:20:40Good night, sir.

01:21:06Hi, I'm Barbara.

01:21:10Um, hello?

01:21:12Uh, Barbara Hayworth.

01:21:14Hi, I'm Barbara.

01:21:16Uh, you must be Stuart.

01:21:19Uh, B-Barbara.

01:21:23Hi, I'm Barbie. Nice to meet you.

01:21:40I'm...

01:21:41My definition of good government policy would be what is best for the country.

01:21:51My definition of good government policy would be what is best for the country.

01:22:00Our role as a committee is to get the best, most cost-effective solution for taxpayers, not the government.

01:22:08We believe the American system future-proofs us against all possible...

01:22:21...

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