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First broadcast 31st January/1st February 2013.
The body of young Colin Connor is found in an attic at a former hospital now marked for residential development.
Emilia Fox - Dr. Nikki Alexander
William Gaminara - Professor Leo Dalton
David Caves - Jack Hodgson
Josef Altin - Colin Connor
David Westhead - DI Bob Cherry
Mark Womack - Tom Hancock
Pasha Bocarie - Dr. Sanjeev Jumani
Syreeta Kumar - Duty Nurse
Jake Arrowsmith - Peter Hancock
Velile Tshabalala - Kristen
Paul Bridle - Tactical Support Leader
Scott Lane - Armed Officer
Liz Carr - Clarissa Mullery
Anna Jaskolka - Agency Nurse
Richard Johnson - Sir William Embleton
Adie Allen - Stella Hancock
Wayne Foskett - Brian Blackburn
James Burrows - Derren Blackburn
Cal MacAninch - David Loader
Kevin McGowan - Company Commander
Tim Preece - George Ryder
Teresa Banham - Alison Ryder
Ed Stoppard - James Embleton
Nicola Goodchild - Jennifer Larsen
The body of young Colin Connor is found in an attic at a former hospital now marked for residential development.
Emilia Fox - Dr. Nikki Alexander
William Gaminara - Professor Leo Dalton
David Caves - Jack Hodgson
Josef Altin - Colin Connor
David Westhead - DI Bob Cherry
Mark Womack - Tom Hancock
Pasha Bocarie - Dr. Sanjeev Jumani
Syreeta Kumar - Duty Nurse
Jake Arrowsmith - Peter Hancock
Velile Tshabalala - Kristen
Paul Bridle - Tactical Support Leader
Scott Lane - Armed Officer
Liz Carr - Clarissa Mullery
Anna Jaskolka - Agency Nurse
Richard Johnson - Sir William Embleton
Adie Allen - Stella Hancock
Wayne Foskett - Brian Blackburn
James Burrows - Derren Blackburn
Cal MacAninch - David Loader
Kevin McGowan - Company Commander
Tim Preece - George Ryder
Teresa Banham - Alison Ryder
Ed Stoppard - James Embleton
Nicola Goodchild - Jennifer Larsen
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00:00You don't need me! Please!
00:17Please help me!
00:28Help!
00:29Help me!
00:46Don't leave me! Please don't leave me!
00:59What did that to his arm?
01:01I don't know. It's definitely not rat bites.
01:04Apparently he fell from heaven.
01:05Has anybody moved the debris?
01:06Only what was needed to support the roof.
01:07No one had any more surprises from above.
01:08Who found him?
01:09A couple of developers.
01:10They pulled this ladder out of the way. It was holding up the ceiling.
01:11Developers?
01:12Developers?
01:13Yeah, you know.
01:14Apartments of the future.
01:15Windmills.
01:16Solar panels.
01:17That kind of thing.
01:18Windmills.
01:19Windmills.
01:20Solar panels.
01:21That kind of thing.
01:22That kind of thing.
01:23That kind of thing.
01:24That kind of thing.
01:25That kind of thing.
01:26That kind of thing.
01:27That kind of thing.
01:28That kind of thing.
01:29That kind of thing.
01:30That right.
01:31That's right.
01:32Oh, you're in the house, right?
01:33Well, that's right.
01:34That's right.
01:35Why don't you tell me that we're in the house?
01:36Over and above.
01:37Who found them?
01:38Couple of developers.
01:39They pulled this ladder out of the way.
01:41It was holding up the ceiling.
01:43Developers?
01:44Yeah, you know.
01:45Apartments of the future.
01:47Windmills.
01:48Solar panels.
01:49That kind of thing.
01:51That kind of thing.
01:53Oh, you're at the house.
01:56No.
01:57That's nothing.
01:59Let's go.
02:29Anything you need from the body?
02:37No, he's all yours.
02:42You really need to be up there?
02:44Once we've cleared the floor, what was this building?
02:47Brimstead Fields?
02:49It's a convalescent home for TB patients.
02:52It was closed in the 60s.
02:53No, you'll have a site manager breathing down your neck to get the bulldozers in.
02:56He can breathe all he likes.
02:57Well, no-one's coming in here until I say so.
03:07Neil.
03:12Sorry, mate, Sanjay.
03:14I've missed anything.
03:15Nice try.
03:16One more, please, sir.
03:27You're probably thinking I'm a poor substitute for Sir William himself, but imagine how I feel.
03:45I can't tell you how sorry my father is that he can't be at the ceremony.
03:49I can tell you that this unit is a project very, very close to his heart.
04:00Mr. Hancock, your wife isn't here.
04:02I don't know, Barbara.
04:04Forgive me.
04:05I'm breaching the order.
04:06You know what?
04:07I can't let you stay.
04:10I don't want to interfere with anyone's care.
04:13Just give me some space to sit with my son.
04:16Please, don't do this, Tom.
04:18You think I'm wrong?
04:19No.
04:20But you're going to suffer for it.
04:22I have to call the police.
04:24You do what you have to.
04:25If you want to leave, leave now.
04:30No one come near me.
04:32I will use this.
04:34Can you get those people out, please?
04:35Just make sure they stay outside.
04:38Um, Children's Hospital, the TAU department.
04:40The police, please.
04:43We have a man here with a gun.
04:46Yes, okay, thanks.
04:47Oh, Peter.
04:49I told you I'd keep my promise.
04:55You can build an empire, which he did.
05:15You can create a fortune, which he has.
05:18You can even endure the shame of having a government minister for a son.
05:22So is Lord Emberling now, is it?
05:23Political donations became political honours.
05:27Power and fame and money fade away.
05:30Our true legacy is in the things we do for others.
05:48They're on the left-hand side.
05:49They're just sitting next to his son.
05:51You had enough?
05:59Sorry.
06:00I'm just not very good at these dog-and-pony shows.
06:02Our minister.
06:03Sanjid.
06:04Can I introduce you to Professor Leo Dalton?
06:07How do you do?
06:07Lord Embleton, Minister for Science.
06:09I liked, um, your point about the things we do for others.
06:12You know, Professor, I used to think I knew my father.
06:14Until I saw what losing my mother did to him.
06:17This is really for her.
06:18Are you part of the unit?
06:21No, no, I'm just visiting.
06:22Professor Dalton is head of the Lyell Centre and president of the Institute of Forensic Pathologists.
06:27The Lyell Centre.
06:28Do you have, uh, Dr. Alexander working for you?
06:31Yeah, yeah.
06:31Do you know her?
06:32I met her once, uh, a weekend conference thing somewhere.
06:35They all merge into one.
06:37But I do remember her.
06:39Excuse me, James.
06:40Can I borrow you?
06:41Sorry.
06:44Something's wrong.
06:45I need to find Professor Dalton.
06:49Yeah, that's me.
06:50Pathologist.
06:50What's going on?
06:51Please come with me.
06:52What?
06:52We've got a situation in the ICU unit.
06:54There's a man with a gun and he's asking to speak to you.
07:02Professor Dalton.
07:03Are you the man I need?
07:04I don't know, am I?
07:06Thomas Hancock.
07:07South-employed heating engineer.
07:09No police record.
07:10No convictions.
07:11His son is terminally ill.
07:13Doctor's advised him to withdraw treatment, but his wife won't have it.
07:16He's switched off the machines.
07:18Now he's making us all wait for the kid to die.
07:20He wants to talk to the person who'll carry out his son's post-martem.
07:23Tell him we need those other patients out of there.
07:27You thought it was a trip when I...
07:28Oh, shit.
07:35I'm Leo Dalton.
07:47I'm a forensic pathologist.
07:49I don't plan to hurt anyone.
07:51I just want to do right by my boy.
07:54I understand.
07:58It's okay if I sit down.
08:05He's still breathing.
08:25I thought he'd stop when I switched off the machine.
08:28What have they told you?
08:30Cancer's everywhere.
08:31His organs have failed.
08:33He'll never wake up.
08:35My wife went on the internet.
08:38Now she chooses not to agree.
08:40This isn't the way to deal with this.
08:41I don't have a choice.
08:43Her solicitor found a judge who gave her the benefits of the doubt
08:46and overruled the doctors.
08:49Why did you ask for me?
08:50Because you'll be taking care of him when it's over.
08:52I can't guarantee that.
08:53I want you to promise.
08:54I can't.
08:55If you want to know that your son's body is going to be respected...
08:57What I want to know is what killed him.
09:00But you know the diagnosis.
09:01They say nothing about why.
09:03They put power lines outside the house that ran right past his bedroom window.
09:09Don't tell me that's healthy.
09:14Look, I can't make you a promise that I may not be able to keep.
09:17Now this power line thing is shaky science.
09:26And a tumour can't tell you what caused it to be a tumour.
09:28Nobody wants to listen to me.
09:31As long as I've got this.
09:35You have to.
09:35I have evidence.
09:38I have proof.
09:40Of what?
09:41Okay, so maybe it's not the power lines.
09:43There's a lot they don't want you to know.
09:46So you're the expert.
09:48You tell me who killed my son.
09:54Took a lot of nerve to walk in here.
09:56I know what it is to lose a child.
10:11Let go, Peter.
10:16Please don't let go.
10:18Don't even think it.
10:27Go!
10:57On the face! Get down!
11:00We're going to clear!
11:01We're going to be on the back now!
11:02On the face! Get down!
11:08Secure!
11:09On your knees!
11:12Stand up!
11:14Move!
11:20Nothing for me yet?
11:22The rest of his clothes.
11:24Help himself.
11:25Two pounds fifty and a set of car keys.
11:26No idea of any kind.
11:28Did they find a car?
11:30Not that I know of.
11:32What about the damage to his arm?
11:37I think he did it to himself.
11:44There's flesh in his teeth
11:46and tooth marks on the bone.
11:48I'll get micro-CT and DNA to confirm.
11:51That's one hell of a case of the munchies.
11:53Did you get his fingerprints?
11:55The skin's too far gone.
11:56Clarissa might be able to lift something from the water bottle.
11:59I don't understand that.
12:00A full bottle of water and he didn't even touch it.
12:03Maybe it isn't water.
12:04When you're done with the prints,
12:16can you screen his clothes for hallucinogens?
12:18Nicky reckons our boy tried to chew his own arm off.
12:21Oh.
12:22I got a partial from the belt buckle,
12:24but it doesn't match any of the prints on the bottle.
12:26What, there were two people?
12:28Unless he had three index fingers.
12:30Well, that still doesn't tell us
12:31how he could be up there for days
12:32without touching his water.
12:33Maybe he couldn't reach it.
12:35Ah!
12:36Ah!
12:38Ow!
12:42Run the prints through Afi's
12:44and check out the water.
12:45People have done worse than LSD.
12:46I don't know if I can see it.
13:16you could take the afternoon off i'd rather stay here and annoy you
13:24i don't want to be mooching around at home as opposed to mooching around here
13:31do you know uh lord embleton embleton he knows you james embleton oh him yes
13:42him yes i only met him once well you made quite an impression we should talk about the man from
13:51the ceiling does he ever name it clarissa lifted a partial from his belt buckle and she's checking
13:56it against the database and who's the officer detective inspector cherry do you know him is that
14:01him yeah you're coming through in a minute yeah
14:12morning james hello claire i'll get those emails sent
14:33do you need anything else some hot vimto would be nice i'll tell the kitchen
14:45hello dad
14:50wish i was 79 again there was a bit of excitement after the ceremony
14:55some nutcase got onto one of the wards with a shotgun never mind that
14:58what's this about
15:04oh no brimsted fields didn't i make myself clear contractors are supposed to start work next week
15:12this is really gonna mess things up i told you i know
15:18but it's been standing empty for so long it was meant to be a surprise
15:22that all right i'm not doing this to make money dad this is a big project we're converting the old
15:31hospital into apartments we're building 200 low-cost homes the whole development is going to be carbon
15:37neutral no one's ever done anything like this before not on this scale we're providing homes for
15:43people surely it's better to put that land to some sort of use
15:49dad you put me in the driving seat you have to let me drive
15:53what's your problem with it
15:56legal issues
15:57i have to go
16:01i'm gonna have to deal with this and i'll call again soon
16:27the body's quite well preserved from the way he was dressed i'd say he entered the building in
16:38summer a hot airless confined space would have accelerated death from dehydration and then
16:44acted to preserve the tissues from decay but he had a full bottle of water with him so why didn't
16:48he use it exactly something we're looking into there are lacerations on the arm below the major injury
16:53and signs of tearing all in one direction how long did he live long enough for necrosis to set in
17:00on the arm days at least perhaps more than a week dehydration could have led to shock and cardiac arrest
17:08as would a release of myoglobin from the necrotic muscle we can't rule out blood loss when he bit
17:12through the artery listen there's currently 200 misperfiles for young males in their 20s is there
17:18anything that you can give me that might narrow it down a bit well i did find something interesting
17:22the organ slides here we go this is my nightmare i've been dragged back to school
17:28this is a slice from the best preserved kidney if you look at the structure you'll see signs of
17:33tubular dysfunction this means a less efficient kidney that passes substances into the urine instead
17:38of the bloodstream increased urination means more rapid dehydration so how does that help me it could
17:45help identify them through medical records if that doesn't turn anything up there's always the
17:49option of virtual reconstruction what with that face well nicky's work one is with less
17:55when dr alexander's done with you can you come with me to the clean room please sure i used the grid
18:01to recreate where all the ceiling pieces fell from there i could jinx them around to approximate where
18:06they would have been before the whole thing came down so what about the water i couldn't reach it
18:11the flags are blood trail and they led me to here now in this part of the space there's a conduit through
18:20the brick and for some reason he pushed his arm right through it and got himself trapped
18:26in this part of the world and got himself in this part of the world and got himself in this part of the
18:33how do you know that well there's massive blood loss here enough to tell us that he must have
18:38bitten through an archery in his final effort to get free
18:41then he dragged himself across to the hatch it doesn't have the strength to open the bottle of
18:49water all he's thinking about is getting out no tears of relief can't spare the moisture
18:55until now it still looks to me like misadventure but what does he find when he gets here
19:03bolted from below look around there's no other way in or out this wasn't just misadventure
19:11someone locked him in and left him to die
19:25good work thanks i've got a black tie bash tomorrow and i was wondering if you're standing for me
19:34you've done it before will i know anyone oh it's all the usual forensic forum crowd
19:39be good for you be good for the outset if i have to thanks oh they've just brought the hancock boy in
19:59thank you
20:16thank you
20:25what are you doing here i'm on bail how did you get bail i'm no significant risk to the public well
20:44that's rich after you killed our son that's what you want to think you don't care what i think
20:51even if his only chance was a miracle you took that chance away you could see how he was suffering
20:56if he could suffer he could live what do you want from me i want him back
21:03why don't we sit down and talk about it
21:11stella stella you go to hell
21:22everything i'm seeing confirms what's in his notes multiple primary lung tumors probably synchronous
21:28a stage four small cell carcinoma with multiple secondaries he's had it all
21:35surgery radiation nothing helped i don't think we can take the hospital notes as read
21:41once he reached a terminal state there'd be no more diagnostic searches
21:45i doubt we'll find anything that alters the story
21:47how old's the scan three weeks he went down fast how did he leave it with the father
22:00he wants someone to blame
22:04he wants an explanation and the truth is that sometimes it's just an appalling lottery
22:09yeah what very rarely do you see this level of tubular atrophy in someone so young
22:22unless the kidney disease is genetic the same as the boy in the roof
22:30test the blood and urine for tubular acidosis for both cases
22:39the blood and urine for both cases
23:05good morning clarissa
23:06americano dash of milk and a little biscuit what are you after
23:16can i not just buy my colleague a cup of coffee
23:20i had a voucher cheapskate how are we doing winning two nil that grid idea of yours was a blinder
23:28i sent off the dna you know if we're down to me i'd have everyone chipped like a dog and save us all a
23:33lot of trouble if the keys were in his pocket what happened to his car well the police did a search
23:37and find nothing maybe there's a second set you won't be able to move it without one there's a
23:41transponder were you able to get a make and a model better than that i got you calling connor
23:46who's calling connor your boy in the roof a fist match the partial from the belt buckle
23:51oh you little tease thanks for the coffee and the biscuit
24:00yeah colin connor was a local kid because he got his prints on fire for a bit of petty crime
24:04what about family there's a sister in newcastle been signing on hadn't done any work or any training for
24:12five years that's all we know about him until we find out who his friends were where'd he live above
24:16a pub landlord assumed he'd skipped so he bagged up all his gear so of course all we found were his
24:22dirty clothes and his dirty mags and then when you said you found the keys well we wired in the search
24:28so we were just wondering could that be it looks like someone pushed it down here and then torched it
24:48cover their tracks did no one report it no we had it down as dumped not stolen
24:53well this is what they were after these are the cut ends of all the wire i find in the burned out
25:00pickup this is scrap wiring from the old building look at the tool marks on the end
25:07they're a match it's metal theft they were stripping out copper to sell for cash
25:11bay colin connor and at least one other colin goes into the roof space to get the wire he reaches
25:17too far into a conduit gets his arms stuck instead of helping him out the other one bolts the trap
25:22leaves him to die a horrible death and torches the pickup to cover their tracks and why would
25:27someone do that did you ever read the cask of a montulado the what look it up
25:44come on then genius it's a short story by edgar allen poe of course it is a man responds to an
25:50insult by luring his friend into a wine cellar and then walling him in alive it's good working
25:56here is like being on bloody mastermind so what are you gonna do now find out who owns the truck
26:05tom what can i do for you yeah i'm calling for news
26:10you have to be patient you made me a promise i said that i would give you an answer when i have one
26:20you said when that mean you think i could be right i didn't say that you haven't even asked to see my
26:27evidence yet yeah well i prefer to find my own look take my advice keep away from the internet i'll see
26:35at the inquest okay
26:48wow don't suppose you need a plus one it's a formal occasion jack i can behave jury's out on that one
26:54oh look at you we have the test results for peter hancock's kidney disease everything points to
27:04fanconi syndrome really i know it's rare but it's the same for both cases if there's no genetic course
27:11and usually it's environmental i haven't heard of a case of fanconi syndrome since lead pipes were banned
27:15well some herbal remedies can have the same effect can't they wasn't his mother into that kind of thing
27:20well that wouldn't explain the damage to colin connor shouldn't you be here you owe me
27:29hi thanks do you know if there's a seating plan just over there thank you
27:51well
27:53that's
27:55the
27:57the
27:59the
28:03the
28:05the
28:09the
28:11the
28:13the
28:15Dr. Alexander. James Embleton. You won't remember me.
28:31Lord Embleton.
28:33You do remember. None of this Lord stuff. Call me James.
28:39Call me Nicky.
28:40I met your boss yesterday.
28:42I'm standing in for him now.
28:44I am so glad.
28:47Really?
28:48I wanted to give you my card at that weekend thing, but you'd already left.
28:52I was in that lecture of yours when the old man in the second row asked a pointless question.
28:58Everybody groaned, and you could have slapped him down, but instead you turned it around and made him feel clever.
29:05Ever since then, I've been looking for an excuse to meet you again.
29:08Why do you need an excuse?
29:12Yes, why do I?
29:14Excuse me.
29:23I'll have to run over to the house. My boss needs me to vote.
29:27You have a boss?
29:29Until there's a freelance minister of science, that's the way it is.
29:33Could I ask you for your phone number?
29:36I can't make the same mistake twice.
29:50I see you're sitting next to Dr. Corder.
29:53Try not to stare at his wonky eye.
29:55You oh noy.
29:56Try not to care.
30:05Try not to go.
30:07Oh my God.
30:10Try not to go.
30:12Do you want to go?
30:13No, I saw you in the next chair.
30:14I made it easy for you to come.
30:16But you've got the money in prison for wheels.
30:18Oh my God.
30:19It's great.
30:20These people were 100% of yourトPS.
30:21You really ought to go there.
30:44I mean, we went there for our last holiday.
30:45I mean, the trick is to leave early.
30:48Of course, we stop at the service stations on the way up.
30:50But, you know, it's never the same if you don't get a good run.
30:53That's the thing.
30:54The thing is to get...
30:55I'm so sorry.
30:56This is work.
30:57I'm going to have to deal with it.
30:58Sorry.
30:58Oh, that's perfectly okay.
31:00Lovely to meet you.
31:02Nice to meet you.
31:03And you...
31:04Anyway, it's over here.
31:09He does not have a wonky eye.
31:12Really?
31:13My mistake.
31:15Shall we?
31:20So you weren't born a lord?
31:22It was a dodge, really, to bring me to the government.
31:26Which was never my ambition, but when they called you to serve, what could you do?
31:30I guess a title will get you a table at any fancy restaurant.
31:34Those aren't even the kind of restaurants I like.
31:38So, are you happy?
31:40I mean, are you happy with the work you're doing?
31:43Why wouldn't I be?
31:44Well, I heard your keynote speech at the conference.
31:48You're a proper scientist.
31:50All the politics must get in the way, doesn't it?
31:53I can make a difference in other ways.
31:55God, I couldn't do that.
31:57Advising people who choose the truths they want to hear.
32:01I'd be tearing my hair out.
32:02You've met my bosses.
32:04I've met people like them.
32:06We all serve our separate masters.
32:08Right up to the one at the top who serves his private demons.
32:12And that's politics in a nutshell.
32:14Sounds very cynical.
32:15It's a cynical world.
32:17Doesn't have to be.
32:19Anyone who thinks that needs a lesson in hard reality.
32:26I have to prepare for a coroner's report tomorrow.
32:28For a teenage boy with a glioblastoma that's spread to his brainstem.
32:32That's my hard reality.
32:40Shit.
32:40Look, if this is about the old van, I had a good reason for not reporting it stolen.
32:46Go on.
32:46Well, it wasn't worth it to me for a clapped-out piece of junk.
32:50Had I got buttons for it, normally other premiums I'd have shot up.
32:52So who took it?
32:54I don't know.
32:55Someone broke into the yard one bank holiday weekend.
32:57Someone was using your van to steal scrap metal from a derelict building.
33:01You don't think I had anything to do with that, do you?
33:03Well, you have got a record.
33:04Yeah, from way back.
33:06God almighty, I'm all but a kid.
33:08And I've got responsibilities now.
33:10I've got the contract for all the sheltered housing in the borough.
33:12Do you think I'm going to risk that?
33:13All right, calm down, Brian.
33:15The thief was unlucky.
33:16He got trapped in the roof.
33:18The keys to your van were in his pocket.
33:20And he wasn't alone.
33:22Someone knew he was up there and did nothing.
33:24You're the best part of a week to die.
33:27It's a pretty nasty way to go.
33:28Well, I've got nothing to do with me.
33:33Darren!
33:40Darren!
33:44Darren!
33:50Why did you lie to me about Colin?
33:52I didn't.
33:54He's not lying low in Newcastle.
33:56He's only on a slab in the bloody morgue.
33:58Did you know about this?
34:00No.
34:00Don't do this to me, Darren.
34:03Please.
34:04This is important.
34:07Why are you shouting at me?
34:09Don't you get it?
34:11Colin's dead!
34:13God, Darren, what's the matter with you?
34:14You're asleep half the time, then you do something like this.
34:17That didn't do anything!
34:18Did he make you go there with him?
34:20Were you thieving wire again with my van?
34:22All right, come here!
34:28Darren!
34:28If you were there, they'll find out.
34:31Just tell me the bloody truth!
34:37Let me help you, son, please.
34:43I don't get you, Darren!
34:45I don't get you at all, and I'm sick of covering for you!
34:54How did it go?
34:55Tom Hancock wouldn't keep quiet.
34:57The ashes had to take him outside.
34:58Well, you missed his own son's inquest.
35:00Well, the coroner let him back in once he calmed down.
35:04Odd, though, isn't it?
35:06What?
35:07You found small cell tumours in the lungs.
35:10And gliobostoma invaded the brain stem.
35:11And then there's the Fanconi syndrome.
35:13So what are you getting at?
35:14Well, that's two separate synchronous primaries.
35:17One of which is vanishingly rare in children.
35:20And the Fanconi syndrome, that's also rare.
35:22And also present in the Brimsted-Fields case.
35:24Are you suggesting they're related?
35:26Can I assure you to something?
35:27I think Brian Blackburn knows more than he's saying.
35:39So I got the ID photos of his staff on the sheltered housing project.
35:44I've been comparing the faces to our subject.
35:47No good.
35:48No good.
35:50And then...
35:52Nicky, what do you think?
35:54Well, we should get a 3D scan and do it properly, but you're right.
35:58That's a good match.
35:59Colin Connor had been working under a false name, and I'm sure Brian Blackburn knew.
36:13Official business?
36:14Unofficial.
36:16I wanted to give you this.
36:19I don't need an apartment.
36:21I'm not suggesting you move there.
36:22It's my project.
36:24I wanted you to see it.
36:26Why?
36:27Because it's something that means a lot to me.
36:30And I don't think I made a very good impression the last time we met.
36:33I was going to send flowers, but, well, you know, to a morgue.
36:37Zero footprint living.
36:39The project is a showpiece for the future of housing, but with real people living in it.
36:43I may not be doing science in the lab, but this is something I can achieve.
36:49You might recognise the building.
36:53Where the man fell from the ceiling.
36:55Yeah, that's not in the prospectus.
36:57Well, if I read it, will it make you happy?
37:02I'm serious.
37:04Your opinion matters to me.
37:06I don't know what you're worried about.
37:08My opinion of you is fine.
37:09We're having this.
37:37What have you done?
38:05I didn't kill anyone.
38:10Yeah, but you just left him there.
38:11Why?
38:15He's always pushing me.
38:17He said we were mates, but we only ever did what he wanted to do.
38:20That's no reason to let someone die.
38:22It's not my fault he got stuck.
38:27Whenever I was in trouble, he'd just laugh at me.
38:31Did you touch anything?
38:32Did you leave anything behind?
38:35What are you going to tell him?
38:36Just keep quiet.
38:43As long as they don't find anything, we should be all right.
38:47All right?
38:48I thought maybe you didn't find a note.
39:16On page 15.
39:18No, you read that far.
39:20I'll be honest, I skinned.
39:21Thanks for the second chance.
39:23Thanks for waiting.
39:31Sorry, sir.
39:32Authorised personal loan.
39:33Yeah, I just want to speak to Professor Dalton.
39:34You'll need to make an appointment.
39:35Professor Dalton!
39:36You'll have to make an appointment with him.
39:38It's Tom!
39:38I just want to speak to you.
39:39Stop, sir.
39:40Get your hands off me.
39:41I just want to speak to Professor Dalton.
39:42Okay, okay.
39:43I'll deal with this.
39:44Are you sure?
39:44Yep, quite sure.
39:45Tom, what are you doing?
39:47The inquest was a farce and you weren't even there.
39:49I approve Dr Alexander's report.
39:52If I'm a witness of the court case, I cannot be the pathologist of record.
39:55Someone knows what's happening.
39:57And there's people dying because of it.
39:58It's been going on for years and it will keep on until somebody puts a stop to it.
40:02Tom, you're not helping your case.
40:04They wouldn't even look at my evidence.
40:05The coroner's court is an inquest.
40:06It is not an inquiry.
40:07It's the who, what, where and when.
40:10But not why.
40:11If there's damage, something did it.
40:13It's common sense.
40:14Common sense isn't evidence.
40:16They wouldn't let me show my evidence.
40:19I look at facts.
40:20I see patterns.
40:21I'm not an expert.
40:22But that doesn't make me a crank.
40:24Nobody is calling you a crank.
40:26But that's what they think.
40:27And you know what?
40:28I wouldn't care.
40:29As long as they look.
40:30No one will do me the courtesy of at least telling me that I'm wrong.
40:38Well, let me.
40:40Here.
40:43Okay.
40:47A fair reading.
40:48That's all I ask.
40:54I'm sorry about all the words.
41:00I've been fanning the flames of romance.
41:14It was a civilised lunch.
41:15Good food, good company.
41:17And he was the perfect gentleman.
41:18Oh, just slow off the mark.
41:19A guy needs clear signals to proceed.
41:22I'll bear traffic lights in mine next time.
41:24Tom Hancock thinks that he's detected a disease cluster based around power lines.
41:28He's wrong, but to give him credit, there is something going on in the area.
41:35Any random distribution has natural clusters in it.
41:39True.
41:39I downloaded this data from the Department of Health.
41:42It's local cases of renal disease over the last five years.
41:46Now, the national occurrence is 10 per 100,000.
41:49But in this area, it's far higher.
41:52Neither Colin Connor nor Peter Hancock have Fanconi syndrome in their family history.
41:55So what if the kidney damage had a different cause, such as exposure to toxic heavy metals?
42:02For example, mercury, cadmium, they trigger the same syndromes, as would asbestos.
42:06Or weed killer.
42:07And look at the way that the pattern spreads.
42:12It's a classic groundwater plume.
42:15So what do you want us to do?
42:17Take bone marrow samples from Peter and Colin.
42:20If there's toxic metal there, that's where you'll find it.
42:23Heavy metal poisoning didn't kill Peter Hancock.
42:26So maybe there's something else there.
42:28I've tried to get the local water and soil figures, but my request has been referred for approval.
42:34I mean, I thought this was public information.
42:37What are they trying to hide?
42:38You all right, sir?
42:40How are you doing, Rachel?
42:41The architects have asked if they can move their meeting to tomorrow.
42:48The minister wants to see you at 4.30, and there's a David Loder waiting to see you.
42:52David who?
42:52David Loder.
42:55We work for some of the same people.
42:57I'll be shadowing your department for a while.
43:04Can we talk?
43:11You better not be playing Angry Birds on that.
43:17I'm looking for a local vet.
43:19A vet?
43:20Why?
43:21Well, a groundwater plume spreads from source.
43:25So either we drive all over the county taking samples, or we can look for a hotspot.
43:30If there's contamination in the land, the people most likely to see the effects are local farmers.
43:34Yeah, speaks of country, boy.
43:36Why a vet?
43:37Because I know farmers.
43:39They'll tell you nothing.
43:44How well do you know, Professor Dalton?
43:46Dalton?
43:47Leo Dalton.
43:49Hardly at all.
43:50I think I've met him once.
43:51As well as sending those emails, he made a search of health department records using the Lyle Center's IP address.
43:57Both inquiries put a flag up.
44:01Why?
44:01One of my responsibilities is to make sure that this particular sleeping dog is allowed to lie.
44:08So, with respect, Minister, do us both a favour and please don't ask again.
44:15Can I at least know who set the flag?
44:18That was done a long time ago.
44:21Seriously, James.
44:23There's no big thing.
44:25And certainly nothing you can hope to deal with.
44:29Kristen!
44:29Kristen!
44:29Kristen!
44:31Tis Kristen, isn't it?
44:35Can we have the available information on Professor Dalton, please?
44:38The lie uses a university service.
44:40Okay.
44:44I put a watch under email traffic.
44:46Can we do that?
44:48Yes, we can.
44:52I'll be in touch.
44:56Thank you very much.
44:57You've been really helpful.
44:59Thanks again.
45:00Take care.
45:00Bye-bye.
45:01That old lady vet.
45:03How could you tell?
45:04At least one of you was flirting.
45:05He's only just taken over the practice from a partner.
45:08He retired after 35 years.
45:09He told her a story from back in the 70s, when he'd been drafted in to put down an entire
45:14herd of healthy cattle.
45:15Floods had taken down the fences and they'd strayed onto forestry land.
45:19He said the Ministry sent out people to supervise him, and the army burned all the carcasses
45:24after.
45:24The place is just up the road.
45:26He said the house ran away.
45:40Now what?
45:42Where's your kit?
45:52Mother barbara.
46:10...
46:19...
46:27...
46:29...
46:31Yeah, that'll do.
46:33Yeah.
46:40Let's go.
47:10The place has been stripped out over the years.
47:30Someone's been in and stowed in all the lead and copper.
47:33The place has been stripped out of the years.
48:03You're being exercised, Professor.
48:04I don't know how you got in here, but I'm going to need your cooperation while I remove you
48:08from the field of fire.
48:09Does this army land?
48:10By arrangement with the landowner.
48:12Come on, lad.
48:12Let's go.
48:13Hurry up.
48:13Can you please...
48:14There you go, sir.
48:22Climbing, gents.
48:23Mind your eggs.
48:27Sit tight.
48:28I'll have you out as soon as it's clear.
48:29Where's your kit?
48:34They're gone.
48:35Oh, hi.
48:56Hey.
48:57So this is it.
48:59The Emilton Empire.
49:00More or less.
49:02Where is everyone?
49:05Ran off and left me.
49:06So you wanted to talk to me face to face?
49:15I did.
49:17So I'm here.
49:21If it's about the crime scene holding up your development, I can't really give you a timescale.
49:26It's...
49:27It's not that.
49:29Well, what is it then?
49:33This afternoon, I've had six meetings, made about 30 phone calls, organized four events
49:39designed to convince people of how much important work my department does.
49:44And do you know what thought has been running through my adult brain the entire time?
49:48Not really.
49:57Sorry about the time it's taken.
50:23Have to wait for the all clear.
50:24There you are, sir.
50:34Don't wipe your feet.
51:04What?
51:06I need your shoes.
51:07Oh.
51:12I had two hours to mess with my samples while we sat in the van.
51:16But if that soil is contaminated, we might have enough here.
51:19I feel so bad for you, Jack.
51:22Why?
51:22You finally took a co-worker out of their pants, and it's the professor.
51:33Useful?
51:33Dad!
51:37It's for you.
51:42Who is it?
51:43Professor Dalton.
51:48George Ryder.
51:49I understand that you were the last owner of Brimstead Farm.
51:52It's taken you long enough to call me back.
51:56Well, we haven't spoken before.
51:58It's about them building on the old convalescent home.
52:01Because if that land's good enough to build on, I've been lied to.
52:03I got your details from the farmers' union, but I do want to hear what you have to say.
52:08Who are you?
52:10Professor Dalton from the Lyles Centre.
52:12What's wrong with that land, Mr. Ryder?
52:13What do you think?
52:29Who is she?
52:30Nicky Alexander.
52:32She's a doctor.
52:35That'll be handy.
52:36A pathologist.
52:37Oh, I don't need one of them yet.
52:39A forensic pathologist.
52:41She's one of the team on the Brimstead Fields murder.
52:47Well.
52:49Maybe she'll be able to put a stop to that cockeyed development plan.
52:57You don't like her?
52:59I don't much like the sound of her.
53:03No.
53:05Hmm?
53:08Don't like the sound of her.
53:11I called.
53:13I made an appointment.
53:14I'm sorry, but Lord Edmonton isn't here yet.
53:16Mr. Ryder, your appointment's with me.
53:23I call and write letters and no one wants to know me.
53:26I say I'll speak to this Professor Dalton and suddenly I've got your attention.
53:30What can I do for you?
53:31Who am I talking to?
53:32We're on the same side.
53:34I was told nothing could be done with that land.
53:37Any of it.
53:38Ever.
53:38The development is a mistake.
53:39It was never supposed to happen.
53:41So are they going to build on it or not?
53:42I don't know.
53:43But your situation doesn't change.
53:46Well, that's not good enough for me.
53:48Please don't.
53:48If it's all right to build on Brimstead Fields, I want the proper value of my farm, not the
53:53pittance I was given when they told me it was worth nothing.
53:56Do you get that?
53:57I understand.
53:57This Lord Embleton, as he calls himself, you tell him I could make an awful lot of trouble
54:02for him if I choose.
54:04A big load of trouble.
54:06Mr. Ryder, go home and wait for us to call.
54:11This will be dealt with.
54:13Nobody wants trouble.
54:16At least of all a man of your age.
54:36Professor Dalton, my information is not of value.
54:43If they won't look after me, I'll take it to someone who will.
54:47Look, can we meet?
54:48I have your address.
54:49No, no, no.
54:49My daughters have to keep her out of this.
54:51What are you afraid of?
54:52I'm not afraid.
54:54But I keep my word and I don't like it when others don't keep theirs.
54:57First it was Brimstead Farm, now it's Brimstead Fields.
54:59I know why it's been closed all these years.
55:02Look, I'll meet you there.
55:03And I'll tell you what they don't want you to hear.
55:33George?
55:57George?
55:59George?
56:00you. Mr. Ryder? George? George?
56:30Mr. Ryder? George?
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