- 4 weeks ago
First broadcast 24th February 1978.
Six years previously Doyle was a policeman at London's Docklands and he was involved in a shoot-out in which there were fatalities.
Gordon Jackson - George Cowley
Martin Shaw - Doyle
Lewis Collins - Bodie
Peter Hughes - Bill Haydon
Lalla Ward - Jill Haydon
Bernard Kay - Harry Scott
Gerald Sim - Minister
Graham Weston - Syd Parker
Shelagh Fraser - Mrs. Wilson
Arthur White - Freddy
Alister Cameron - Car Salesman (as Alistair Cameron)
Michael Sheard - Merton
Geoffrey Hinsliff - Sergeant
Robert Mill - Fitch
Bridget Brice - Betty, Cowley's Secretary
Andrew Andreas - Waiter
Anika - Evie
Pat Astley - Woman Customer
Dave Cooper - Man in Bar
Pat Gregory - Caretaker
Laraine Humphrys - Sue
Bob Ramsey - Man in Bar
Ken Sheppard - Police Diver
Ron Tarr - Man in Bar
Ronnie Wood - Man in Bar
Six years previously Doyle was a policeman at London's Docklands and he was involved in a shoot-out in which there were fatalities.
Gordon Jackson - George Cowley
Martin Shaw - Doyle
Lewis Collins - Bodie
Peter Hughes - Bill Haydon
Lalla Ward - Jill Haydon
Bernard Kay - Harry Scott
Gerald Sim - Minister
Graham Weston - Syd Parker
Shelagh Fraser - Mrs. Wilson
Arthur White - Freddy
Alister Cameron - Car Salesman (as Alistair Cameron)
Michael Sheard - Merton
Geoffrey Hinsliff - Sergeant
Robert Mill - Fitch
Bridget Brice - Betty, Cowley's Secretary
Andrew Andreas - Waiter
Anika - Evie
Pat Astley - Woman Customer
Dave Cooper - Man in Bar
Pat Gregory - Caretaker
Laraine Humphrys - Sue
Bob Ramsey - Man in Bar
Ken Sheppard - Police Diver
Ron Tarr - Man in Bar
Ronnie Wood - Man in Bar
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00:00Oh, that's it. Last ball before tea. Leaving the home team, 203 runs ahead.
00:11Right. Let's have it off a bit now, Harry.
00:14I said it. I told you 1971 was going to be, ah, you're marvellous.
00:20Now, anybody want to wager against them, I'll give five to one.
00:24If you lose, what will you pay them with?
00:27Why, hello, Hayden.
00:30The phone with the money the cops gave you, is that right, Fitch?
00:37I'm not sure what you mean.
00:39No, Hayden!
00:51I've been looking forward to this little talk, Fitch.
00:57So you don't know what I mean, eh?
00:59I think you do.
01:00No, honestly.
01:02You know, you're the information king, Fitch.
01:08But this time you made a big mistake when you grasped on my boys.
01:12My operation.
01:14That's why I'm going to deal with you personally.
01:18You're out of line, Hayden.
01:30All right, everyone. Now, relax, relax.
01:33Nothing to worry about.
01:38Hayden, I don't care what goes between you and Fitch.
01:43I am, Fitch. But not here.
01:46You keep out of this, Harry.
01:48You're in my pub.
01:50In my area.
01:53Your area?
01:54Only by the grace of God and Bill Hayden.
01:59London belongs to me, Harry.
02:02I just tolerate small timers like you because you don't amount to anything.
02:06It's rain shed time.
02:10But I'll be seeing you again, Fitch.
02:12Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
02:15Ah!
02:16Ah!
02:17Ah!
02:18Ah!
02:19Ah!
02:20Ah!
02:21Ah!
02:22Ah!
02:23Ah!
02:24Ah!
02:25Ah!
02:26Ah!
02:27Ah!
02:28Ah!
02:29Ah!
02:30Ah!
02:31Ah!
02:32Ah!
02:33Harry, will soon settle in.
02:37I know, Freddie.
02:38I know.
02:39Come on.
02:40Let us have a look at that hand.
02:41Yeah.
02:42I'm all right.
02:43Careful.
02:53Harry?
02:55What's wrong?
02:58We've got to fix him, Freddie.
03:00We've got to fix Hayden.
03:03Yeah.
03:30We've got to fix.
04:00Fitch called in.
04:07Scared.
04:09Thinks Bill Hayden might be after him.
04:11Fitch lives in your area, so keep an eye on him.
04:15Any questions, Parker?
04:17No, Sergeant.
04:19Doyle, any questions?
04:22No, Sergeant.
04:25Oh, another thing Fitch mentioned.
04:28Hayden and Harry Scott had a running, so there might be trouble brewing there, too.
04:32Otherwise, have a nice, quiet, pleasant night.
04:37Thank you, Sergeant.
04:38Hey, Sid.
04:46Hmm?
04:47You know about that new department being formed, CI5?
04:50What's that?
04:51Oh, Criminal Intelligence 5, something.
04:55Sounds exciting.
04:56Different.
04:56You're still young enough, Ray.
04:59You ought to apply it.
05:00Oh, you don't apply.
05:02They find you.
05:04Right, then.
05:05It's a deal.
05:06What?
05:06If we run into an international gang of jewel thieves tonight, you can pull them in.
05:13Do you some good.
05:14Hmm.
05:23Hold it.
05:23Pull it.
05:24What?
05:27What is it?
05:28Look at that.
05:29Harley Davidson.
05:31Great bike.
05:33I'm going to have one of those one day.
05:35Get your priorities right.
05:37First, you catch the international jewel thieves, okay?
05:40Okay.
05:42It's hot.
05:43Damned hot.
05:44But otherwise, everything the Sergeant promised us.
05:48Nice, quiet...
05:50What's up?
05:54That's Hayden's car.
05:56That's where Fitch lives, isn't it?
05:57Worth a look, don't you think?
06:00Right.
06:20No.
06:21You stay here.
06:22Okay.
06:27You stay here.
06:57Police!
07:03Police!
07:25Police!
07:25Police!
07:26Police!
07:27Oh, my God.
07:57Charlie Victor Ford, I control. Come in.
08:02The shooting incident at 16 Ambury Mansions.
08:06Police officer Park...
08:08Police officer Parker is dead.
08:12Suspect heading south-west in beige Jaguar XJ6.
08:17Registration number Delta Tango Juliet 275 kilo.
08:22Now, that's Phil Hayden's car. He lives south-west, doesn't he?
08:25I'm going to pick him up there, taking the shortcuts. Over.
08:27Over.
08:29Over.
08:36Over.
08:38Over.
08:40Hayden, you murdering bastard!
08:55You're busted!
08:58William Henry Hayden,
09:01it is the sentence of this court
09:03that you serve a life sentence
09:05with the recommendation
09:07that you should serve
09:09at least 30 years
09:11for these terrible crimes.
09:22Morning.
09:24Hello.
09:27Listen, you've got this terrible decision to make.
09:30Now, Eva,
09:31this terrific girl I've lined up for you,
09:33or this old bike.
09:34It's not an old bike.
09:36Well, it is an old bike,
09:37but it's a classic old bike,
09:38and I know it's dented.
09:40I'm going to mend that,
09:40but it's as good as new
09:41when I finish with it.
09:42Yeah, well, this girl is new.
09:43Tall, nubile,
09:45accommodating,
09:45and we're off duty.
09:46Yeah, well, a man can't live on promises, you know.
09:48Shall I run over the vital statistics again?
09:51Yeah, for it.
09:51Now, imagine a goddess.
09:54A vision of eternal grace.
09:56Hair like silk,
09:57beautiful eyes.
09:59Her mouth.
09:59Did I say mouth?
10:00No, a poem.
10:01What time?
10:02About 30 minutes.
10:03You're all right.
10:04Go!
10:04Oh, you're going to love it, my son.
10:07You are going to snap.
10:10Have I ever let you down?
10:11Yes, you have, as a matter of...
10:12Yeah, well, I don't mind that much.
10:13Anyone we know?
10:16No, but I wouldn't mind.
10:18No.
10:19Not bad.
10:21Now, listen, sir.
10:22Oh, Bert.
10:24Listen, wait a minute.
10:25You're not that gymnastic, sir.
10:26No, that's a big one.
10:27I don't want that anymore.
10:28Right enough of that.
10:29Waiter.
10:45No, she's on me.
10:48You paid last week.
10:50Why didn't you pay?
10:51Will you just stop arguing?
10:53Well, you pay, then.
10:54Well, that's settled, then.
10:55She's going to pay.
10:57It's easy to keep your mouth open.
10:58Well.
10:59If I think about that, yeah.
11:03Have you ridden a lot for a long time?
11:05Not much to this reason.
11:09Really?
11:09Does he ride?
11:10No, he can't ride.
11:11Quiet, I mean, I can't.
11:13Falls up.
11:19I've seen you before.
11:21Outside my place.
11:22Yes, I followed you here.
11:24You are Ray Doyle, aren't you?
11:26Who wants to know?
11:28Yeah, he's Ray Doyle.
11:29Well, I'm Bodhi.
11:31Why don't you sit down?
11:33I didn't want to disturb your dinner.
11:35And I'm not a girlfriend or anything.
11:38It's important.
11:40Sit down.
11:40Well?
11:41My name's Hayden.
11:53Jill Hayden.
11:56You arrested my father, William Hayden.
11:58Dad, Hayden.
12:00Goodbye.
12:01Please.
12:02It was a long time ago.
12:04Seven years, five months, and two days ago.
12:07If you've forgotten.
12:09No, I remember very clearly.
12:10I remember it exactly.
12:11Goodbye.
12:13Ray.
12:15Listen, did you say something about a disco?
12:17We're going on somewhere else, aren't we?
12:18I remember exactly.
12:24I remember exactly.
12:24She ruined the whole evening.
12:42She did.
12:43She just wanted to talk to you, that's all.
12:47What did her father do to you, anyway, for God's sake?
12:49Oh, not to me.
12:51Not me, mate.
12:52Look, I don't know what this is about, but to hold a grudge.
12:57He killed my partner.
13:00Sid Parker.
13:01He's a good copper and a good friend.
13:06Bill Hayden stuck a bullet right through the middle of him.
13:08Now tell me, Bodie, how would you feel about that?
13:12I don't know.
13:17Sorry, mate.
13:18That's okay.
13:22She's back.
13:31What?
13:45Okay.
13:47You've got two minutes.
13:49He's done more than seven years.
13:52Well, usually, after seven years, you at least get a chance at parole.
13:56Not cop killers.
13:58That's the point.
14:00My father's done crooked things.
14:01Yes, he admits that.
14:02But he didn't kill Fitch.
14:04But he didn't kill Fitch.
14:05Or your friend.
14:07He's stuck by that for years.
14:10Seven years.
14:11Now, all he asks is for you to go and see him.
14:15You've been hurt.
14:17You've been hurt.
14:17Yes, I understand that.
14:21But doesn't it bother you that you might have got the wrong man?
14:23Doesn't it bother you at all?
14:25Ray, old son, I think if we're going to get any peace at all, you'll have to go and see the man.
14:33I was set up.
14:34I was set up.
14:35Larry Scott.
14:36He had a score to settle.
14:38I was set up.
14:40I got a call.
14:42Yeah, I heard about it all at your trial.
14:45You say you got a call to go over to Fitch's place, and when you arrived, Fitch was dead.
14:49And Sid Parker, too.
14:52I didn't kill either of them.
14:57I saw you drive away.
14:58But of course.
15:00I knew it was a sit-up, didn't I?
15:01All I wanted to do was to get away from there.
15:03It was a frame, a dirty frame.
15:05The caretaker saw you standing on a fire escape with a gun in your hand.
15:08He saw you.
15:09He was bought.
15:11Look, I've had plenty of time, years, to think about it.
15:14He had to be bought.
15:15And that means he's the weak link.
15:18Look, if I killed him, what did I do with the gun?
15:21I didn't have it when you grabbed me, did I?
15:23It wasn't in the car.
15:24So what did I do with it?
15:25Where did it go?
15:26You ditched it.
15:28I'm driving through the streets.
15:31I couldn't have had time to stop the car and bury it, you know that.
15:35And if I ditched it, why hasn't it ever been found?
15:39I've heard about you.
15:46I've joined some new outfit.
15:49You could help me if you wanted to.
15:53If justice is what you really care about.
15:56The caretaker.
16:03He had to be bought!
16:13I haven't been back here since Sid.
16:15I haven't been back here for years.
16:19Seven years, five months, two days.
16:22He did it!
16:24We've got the right man.
16:25Come on, let's hear the caretaker confirm it.
16:27New man won't be here until Friday.
16:35New man?
16:36Yes.
16:38Were you friends with poor Mr Gilbert's?
16:41He died.
16:42Didn't you know that?
16:43Mm-hmm.
16:44Well, he died of bronchitis.
16:46It was so sad because he was so near to retirement and so looking forward to it.
16:49No, we didn't know about it.
16:51Oh, we'll miss him.
16:53Poor Mr Gilbert, he won't see that Cap Ferrar sunset now.
16:57Cap Ferrar?
16:58Yes.
16:59You're not friends of his then?
17:01No, we're just interested, you know.
17:04Thought so.
17:05Because if you knew him well, you'd certainly know about his dream.
17:08To sit on the cliffs overlooking Cap Ferrar, sip his brandy and watch the sun go down.
17:15An impossible dream.
17:16Oh, no.
17:18He had the exact villa picked out and everything.
17:20A villa?
17:21Yes, it sounded wonderful.
17:23Splendid view of the sea.
17:25I suppose his personal effects would still be in there, wouldn't it?
17:27I think so, yes.
17:28He was a bachelor, you see.
17:30They're still trying to trace relatives.
17:32Poor Mr Gilbert.
17:37Cap Ferrar.
17:38Mm.
17:44Poor Mr Gilbert.
17:53You've no right to rifle a man's apartment, but what you've come up with...
17:56Fascinating.
17:58Particularly this slip of paper.
18:00Tape to the underside of the drawer.
18:02So obviously secret and important.
18:04Just numbers, like a Swiss number account.
18:06That certainly would seem so, Polly.
18:08Yes.
18:08Well, sir.
18:09From what you've told me...
18:11Can you split this?
18:12Your original arrest was perfectly correct.
18:16Thanks.
18:18On circumstantial evidence, Hayden was guilty.
18:22What?
18:23Exactly.
18:25All right, let's just assume, assume mind, that Hayden is telling the truth.
18:32He didn't commit those murders.
18:34You hear the gunshot and run into the house, up the stairs, into the apartment.
18:41You find Fitch and your partner Parker dead.
18:44You hear someone running down the fire escape.
18:47Look out and see a man.
18:50Bill Hayden?
18:51I assumed, sir.
18:52You assumed, but you couldn't swear it was Hayden.
18:54I wasn't asked to at the time.
18:56Circumstantial.
18:56Well, that's what we keep coming back to, isn't there?
18:58The circumstances.
18:59Circumstantial.
19:01Before you enter duty, you are warned, preconditioned, that Hayden was after Fitch.
19:06Then you saw his car parked nearby.
19:08Yeah, and he took off like a bat out of hell right after the killings.
19:11Well, that ties in with his story.
19:12He was panicked.
19:12He knew he'd been set up.
19:14What would you have done?
19:15Well, I suppose I would have got out of there.
19:18Well, that's what I mean.
19:19Hayden's story seems to have as much validity as yours.
19:23But I'm still backing your instincts.
19:26Just the same, suppose Hayden is telling the truth.
19:29Where are we?
19:30The real killer could have been hiding in that apartment.
19:38You didn't check the other rooms.
19:40The real killer could have been hiding there.
19:42It's possible.
19:45You take off after Hayden's car, heading southwest.
19:48Well, the real killer slips away in the opposite direction.
19:52On foot, perhaps.
19:54Across the parkland there.
19:56Disposers of the gun.
19:58It's all theory, of course.
20:00That Swiss number account is in theory?
20:02If it is a number account, if there is any money in it, we'll check it for you.
20:05Thank you, sir.
20:06You're both of your duty until...
20:08Wednesday.
20:09That's as long as you've got, then.
20:10Until Wednesday.
20:10Then I want you back here in this office, ready to tackle some real work.
20:14Best of luck.
20:14Well, and Oil, I'll have a look at the official report, purely academic.
20:21But I still think you were right.
20:29Come in.
20:33Come in!
20:34Can I tell him it's good news?
20:35Anything.
20:36Any kind of hope to hold on to.
20:38You can tell him we're checking.
20:40Oh, thank you.
20:41All I said was checking.
20:52Yeah, with a different hat on.
20:54You're now looking at the case to prove Hayden innocent.
20:57No, I'm dispassionate.
20:58I'm going to stay dispassionate.
20:59Yeah, well, where do you go dispassionately now, then?
21:02Harry Scott.
21:03If anybody set Hayden up, and I'm not saying anybody did,
21:06it would have been him, Harry Scott.
21:08I was 71, that hot summer.
21:12A few boys around watching television.
21:14I was upstairs trying to get cool.
21:17And Freddie rang the bell for me.
21:19And that bell meant trouble.
21:24Hayden was in this bar, showing off his hairy chest, leaning on Fitch.
21:28I told him to get out.
21:30He did.
21:31And as he left, said something.
21:35Can't remember what it was.
21:37All I know is, I had to make a stand.
21:41Come back here!
21:42Do you hear me?
21:43Come back!
21:45I mean, in front of my own boys.
21:47I had to make a stand.
21:49I took off after Hayden.
21:53Told him to lay off or else.
21:55Made a grab at him.
21:56And suddenly, he produced a gun.
22:02Out of nowhere, out of nowhere, I swear it.
22:07I had to back off.
22:10That was it.
22:11Never saw him again.
22:13So Hayden had a gun?
22:14Out of nowhere.
22:15What kind of gun?
22:16How do I know what kind of kills you?
22:18That's all I stayed to find out.
22:19So he made you look small.
22:25And you decided to pay him back.
22:26Is that when you planned the set-up, Scott?
22:28Set-up?
22:28How much you paid the caretaker?
22:29Caretaker?
22:30What caretaker?
22:30You killed Fitch, didn't you?
22:34You killed him and stuck it on Hayden.
22:36And then my partner came in, you killed him as well.
22:38Are you crazy?
22:40Kill Fitch?
22:41Why would I kill Fitch?
22:43To stick it on Hayden.
22:46You are crazy.
22:46And I don't have to listen to you.
22:50I'll cooperate all you want, but I don't have to listen to you.
22:55Please.
22:57I don't want any trouble.
22:58You might not want any trouble, Scott, but that's no guarantee you're not going to get it.
23:02Is it?
23:13Who was that?
23:16CI5.
23:17Cop?
23:18Closest makes no difference.
23:19And what did he want?
23:20Old days.
23:22Eh?
23:23And me and Hayden were eye to eye.
23:26Bad days.
23:27Sometimes I'm missing, Freddy.
23:29You're always close to death then, but at least you knew you were alive.
23:32And what in particular?
23:35That day Hayden came in here chasing after Fitch.
23:38Do you remember that day, Freddy?
23:41Oh, yeah.
23:44I remember it.
23:45He didn't do it.
23:48It had to be him.
23:49Look, I've seen Scott.
23:50I've talked to him.
23:51He didn't do it.
23:51He hasn't got the guts.
23:52He never did help.
23:53Well, then who?
23:55Well, your dad's still number one.
23:57I don't believe that.
23:59Neither do you.
24:01What about the caretaker?
24:02How do you explain him?
24:04How do you explain the villa?
24:05The money?
24:07You can't bring a halt to it all now.
24:09You've got to go on.
24:10You have to.
24:10Oh, for God's sake, just give me time to think, will you?
24:15I'm going to get some air.
24:16I'm going to get some air.
24:46I don't know.
24:48It's a free country.
24:50My father might disagree with you.
24:53Yeah, your father.
24:56I know what he was.
24:58That was a long time ago.
25:01You've seen him.
25:02He's an old man now, but every day older.
25:08I honestly think he regrets what he once did.
25:13The fire's gone out of him.
25:17And I'm afraid what more years will do to him.
25:23I'm afraid he's going to die in there.
25:25I'm afraid he's going to die.
25:33Hey.
25:35Sorry.
25:38Shouldn't have cried.
25:40No, I mean, you've got every right to cry.
25:41No, I must be strong.
25:43Somebody's got to be.
25:45Somebody on the outside who believes in him.
25:49Yeah, well, maybe I believe in him.
25:50Do you?
25:55I don't know.
25:58I wish...
25:59I wish I did just for your sake.
26:05What about man you work for?
26:08Yeah, it's 50-50.
26:1050% the flawless, immaculate lease case to put Hayden away.
26:14And the other 50?
26:15Theories.
26:16Plus one fact.
26:17Yeah.
26:18The number you found is a Swiss number account.
26:21But that's all we know.
26:23Who draws in the account.
26:24How much.
26:25How many payments.
26:27Well, if we could find that out...
26:28Nobody would bother having a Swiss number account.
26:30Yeah.
26:31So the caretaker was in on it.
26:33We don't know that.
26:35We had a secret account, goddammit!
26:38I'm sorry.
26:39You were just a witness to all, not judge and jury.
26:42Yeah, but I helped, didn't I?
26:45I helped put him there.
26:46I helped put away a man for a crime he didn't do.
26:49Perhaps I was wrong, Doyle.
26:50Perhaps you are, judge and jury.
26:52Perhaps you know better than British justice.
26:54And the eight centuries it's taken to get it as near perfect.
26:57Near perfect?
26:57Aye, that's as much as we can wish for in any DNA.
27:00Near perfect.
27:02Translated, that means as damn near perfect as we can make it.
27:05Garden prevailing winds permitting.
27:08The gun.
27:08The gun is the crucial missing evidence.
27:13Hayden quite likely asked you, what did he do with it?
27:14Well, perhaps he never had it.
27:15Perhaps it'll never be found.
27:18But if you forget Hayden,
27:20and plump for another man,
27:22would he take it away and hide it?
27:23Would he calmly take it away?
27:25He'd know I was nearby.
27:26So he would be panicked.
27:28Let's see Azen Foote running away with a murder weapon in his hand.
27:32He crosses open parkland.
27:34He has to get rid of that gun.
27:35The gun is the key.
27:36If it could be found.
27:38Exercising?
28:08No.
28:16No.
28:20Whoever killed Pitch and Parker had to get rid of the gun.
28:24Now if, and I mean if, if your father was telling the truth, let's cover the place.
28:30If you only open space for miles.
28:32And in the opposite direction to the one my father took.
28:36I've been thinking too.
28:38It's obvious.
28:40No, it's not obvious.
28:42It's just probable.
28:44We better find the gun.
28:50You're going to try, aren't you?
28:54You are going to try.
29:00Oh, Ray.
29:06No.
29:08I'm pleased.
29:10No.
29:12No.
29:14No.
29:17The gun.
29:20they're searching for the gun
29:26not the route you took
29:28but the route another man might have taken
29:31they're out searching now
29:33Jill, Jill my darling
29:37to have brought them this far
29:38is what we hoped for from the very start
29:41at least now there's an element of doubt
29:43even for Doyle
29:44they still haven't found the gun
29:47they will
29:48they have to
29:50no news
30:08have you called them
30:10come on
30:12if there'd been any news
30:15they'd have called me
30:16up you go
30:19help yourself to a drink
30:26I don't want a drink
30:27well that's a bit mean
30:28well you're helping you
30:29you could be helping me
30:30I'll have a scotch
30:32Ray?
30:37yeah?
30:38where are they searching?
30:39the park
30:40exactly where?
30:42er, straight line
30:44and you north from Fitchy's place
30:45why a straight line?
30:50why not?
30:54I went back again to that park today
30:56I tried to imagine I was that man
31:00if there was a that man
31:02I tried to imagine it at night
31:09it would be different then
31:11all shadows and trees
31:13yeah well
31:14I have a gun
31:16want
31:17need
31:18to get rid of it
31:19I wouldn't go directly north
31:21that way I'd be too close to the main path
31:24almost in clear view
31:26no, I'd veer towards the left
31:29towards the trees
31:30where it was dark
31:31and then I'd see it
31:34the water
31:36the canal
31:38well
32:08Yes?
32:10Excuse me, sir, but the minister is here on his way in to see you. I tried to delay him.
32:17But she wasn't quick enough.
32:20Nice try, that will be all.
32:23But no interruptions now until I leave.
32:25Yes, sir.
32:27Slip up in protocol.
32:30But I'm prepared to overlook it.
32:32She has got awfully nice legs.
32:35Has she?
32:36George.
32:38Such dedication.
32:40No, you're absolutely right.
32:42Whenever I'm in your office it means there's trouble.
32:45And there is.
32:47George, I seem to remember that you keep an awfully good malt scotch.
32:53Of course.
32:55It's the most civilized part of the building.
32:57No water, thank you.
32:59Oh, I hate to drink your scotch and bring down a heavy hand at one and the same time.
33:04Heavy hand, sir.
33:06No, the heavy hand and the foam rubber glove.
33:09I'll try.
33:15Yes, it makes it even worse when the scotch is so excellent.
33:20Doyle.
33:22Doyle?
33:23Doyle.
33:24A good man.
33:25One of my best.
33:26Yes, I have no doubt, George.
33:27But this business of stirring up old mud.
33:32The Hayden case.
33:35Thank you, George.
33:36I am rather pushed for time.
33:37What do I do?
33:39Hayden was tried, George.
33:40Tried and convicted.
33:41The trial lasted six days and it cost the taxpayer a lot of money.
33:45A number of responsible policemen gave evidence, including Doyle.
33:48And a learned judge listened to them.
33:50Three learned judges heard the appeal.
33:52He was found guilty.
33:53But he might not be.
33:56Do you know that?
33:57No.
33:58Well, at least you're honest.
34:00Then on what basis is this?
34:02Doyle has doubts.
34:03Doyle?
34:04Raymond Doyle, ex-detective constable.
34:08He's a good man.
34:09He's my man.
34:10I back my men to the hilt.
34:11Even if they're wrong?
34:12Until they're proved wrong.
34:16Is there anything to all this?
34:18Possibly.
34:19When will you know?
34:26You have two days, George.
34:28I'll keep them off your back for two days.
34:32After that, well, there'll be questions asked.
34:35This is a question of justice.
34:38Justice is within CI5's brief.
34:40It should be everyone's concern.
34:42Even ministers of the crown.
34:48You used to regularly beat me at tennis, too.
35:03Over here!
35:05The D
35:29They've found it!
35:30They have found it!
35:32Thirty-eight special, six shot, three empty chambers, gotta be the murder weapon.
35:37Where did they find it?
35:39In the river under the trees.
35:41She was right.
35:42Eh?
35:43Nothing.
35:44You're pleased with yourself, aren't you?
35:46Yeah, of course you are.
35:47Make it a bloody Sherlock Holmes.
35:49Yeah, all right, well, don't hang about.
35:51Come on, put your foot down.
35:52All right.
35:53Watson.
35:57Right, you want me to, don't you?
35:59No, no, no, I'm gonna tell myself, this one's mine.
36:02Hey, listen.
36:04If a gratitude over runneth, save some for me.
36:07Yep, day after tomorrow.
36:08Yes, I promise.
36:10Right.
36:13Ray, I didn't hear you ring.
36:15I didn't ring.
36:17If you listen carefully, you might just hear bells ringing somewhere.
36:21They found it.
36:24Yeah, they found it.
36:32No telling how long it's been in the water.
36:34Seven years.
36:35Hmm.
36:36Possibly.
36:37The gun was in good condition.
36:39Still bears traces of oil.
36:41And that would have preserved it.
36:43What about ballistics?
36:45Positive.
36:47That's a 38 police special.
36:49It's the gun that killed Fitch and Parker.
36:52That's good enough for me.
36:54Thank you, gentlemen.
36:55Hayden from the planted that gun.
36:56He was away in his car.
36:57He wouldn't have had time.
36:58So Cowley's theory holds up.
36:59Another man.
37:00Yeah.
37:01Then it has to be Harry Scott.
37:02Well, maybe.
37:03Look, he never had the guts.
37:04See, there must have been a dozen people wanting to put Hayden away.
37:07And one of them killed your mate.
37:08Yeah.
37:09But it's not conclusive, Doyle.
37:10Yeah, well, it certainly changes things, doesn't it?
37:11It changes things for me.
37:12Now, I know I might not be able to get a retrial, but I can start the ball rolling.
37:16Oh.
37:17File a new statement.
37:18I see.
37:19I see.
37:20I see.
37:21I see.
37:22I see.
37:23I see.
37:24I see.
37:25I see.
37:26I see.
37:27I see.
37:28I see.
37:29I see.
37:30I see.
37:31I see.
37:32I see.
37:33I see.
37:34I see.
37:35File a new statement.
37:36Saying what?
37:37The facts as you saw them that night haven't changed.
37:39Saying I could have been wrong.
37:41Look, at the trial, I knew Hayden had done it.
37:44That must have coloured all my evidence.
37:45No, no.
37:46I've read the transcript.
37:47Your evidence, as I would expect of you, is detailed, correct, and scrupulously fair.
37:52Nevertheless, I can't stop you setting that ball rolling.
37:55But have you thought of the implications, Doyle?
37:57What if...
37:58You won't only be saying that you could have been wrong, but that your colleagues were wrong too.
38:01Good, solid coppers like your partner, Sid Parker.
38:04I still want to make that statement, sir.
38:07Very well.
38:08Do you want me to draft it out?
38:10Yeah, if you would, sir, yes.
38:11Be wary of this evening.
38:18Well, what have you done?
38:20Set a ball rolling.
38:29Er, Bodie, what was, er...
38:31What's all that about?
38:32Er...
38:35Thank God.
38:36I can hardly believe it.
38:38This time tomorrow, my statement will be official.
38:43I can't promise anything, though, Jill.
38:45You've done enough.
38:47More than enough, Ray.
38:52Hope.
38:53I can give him hope now.
38:54Oh, thank God!
39:03It'll take time.
39:04You understand that.
39:05Maybe a year before we get even near a retrial.
39:08But it will happen.
39:09It has to.
39:10There'll be questions in the house, and they're not gonna like admitting they were wrong.
39:14But with the arresting policemen on our side...
39:17It wouldn't have happened without you, Jill.
39:20I just want to get you out of here.
39:26You haven't read it?
39:27Oh, I trust you, sir.
39:29Thank you, sir.
39:34You know this is a bombshell you're handing me.
39:37Yeah.
39:38But you'll see guests with the proper channels, won't you, sir?
39:42Good night.
39:43Good night.
39:44Good night.
39:51I have the minister on, too, sir.
39:52I'll put him through.
39:54George, did he go through with it?
39:55Yes.
39:56Damn.
39:57Well, I'd better send it over by messenger, then.
39:59No.
40:00No, tomorrow will be soon enough.
40:01I think I'll hold on to it until tomorrow.
40:03Well, you think he may change his mind?
40:04Oh, no chance of that.
40:06But I think I'll hold on to it for a wee while.
40:08Oh, very well.
40:09Good night, George.
40:11Good night.
40:13Good night.
40:30Get on to Central Filing.
40:31I want every piece of paper on the Hayden case.
40:34Every word written about it.
40:35Right up to date.
40:36Right.
40:38Leave about 7.30.
40:39Get there before 9.
40:40Great way to spend the last day of leave, eh?
40:44Mind you, not that we've had much leave with you chasing about after this Hayden fella.
40:49Yes.
40:50I never knew you.
40:51Such an outdoor type.
40:52I mean, fishing and boaty.
40:53They don't exactly go together, do they?
40:54Do you know what I mean?
40:55That's very wounding.
40:56Hmm.
40:57I'm a deeply sensitive man with an enduring interest in countryside.
41:01Besides, there's a pub down the road with two beautiful barmaids.
41:04Oh, that kind of fishing.
41:05Hmm.
41:06Hmm.
41:07How do you say?
41:08Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:09Right.
41:10Pick up about 7.30 then.
41:11Yeah, all right.
41:12Now listen, bring a coat.
41:14Or I better still a blanket.
41:16Not exactly a heat wave.
41:17See you, son.
41:18Here I am.
41:19Not exactly a heat wave.
41:44Hayden was in this bar.
41:45Showing off his hairy chest, leaning on Fitch.
41:47I told him to get out.
41:48I mean, in front of my own boys.
41:51I had to make a stand.
41:53I took off after Hayden.
41:56I was feeling mad, I can tell you.
42:00Told him to lay off or else.
42:02Made a grab at him.
42:04Then suddenly, he produced a gun.
42:08Out of nowhere, out of nowhere, I swear it.
42:15I would have to go.
42:15I can't.
42:16I could not.
42:17How did he...
42:18Did he ever leave?
42:19I can't do it too.
42:20I could not let him lose.
42:21Uh-huh.
42:22How did he ever leave?
42:23What did he takes?
42:24I can't.
42:25No.
42:26What did he do, I could never leave?
42:27What did he like?
42:28I can't.
42:29No.
42:30No.
42:31No.
42:32I did he.
42:34I could never leave.
42:36No.
42:37That's what he was, sir.
42:38No, no, no.
42:39No, no.
42:40No.
42:41No.
42:42No, no.
42:43I took off after Hayden. Told him to lay off or else. Made a grab at him. Then suddenly he produced a gun. Out of nowhere, out of nowhere. Swear it.
43:01Yes, sir?
43:02Dr. Davis, call him. Ask him to stand by for an immediate autopsy.
43:05He'll be asleep by now, sir.
43:06Call him!
43:07Yes, sir.
43:08Also the Home Office. Get the duty man over here right away.
43:10Yes, sir.
43:11Tell him to bring an exhumation order with him.
43:32No. No, thanks anyway. I'll take it home from there.
43:35Yeah, cheers.
43:41Oh, hello. Hello. Come on, move it.
43:51Listen, phone that pub last night. Booked a couple of rows, double beds, farm-aids live on the premises.
43:57We're not going. Eh?
43:59We're not going fishing.
44:00Where we going?
44:01Glen Street. Come on.
44:09A car.
44:11Yeah, what?
44:12Yeah, Hayden's car.
44:14The one he was driving that night.
44:18It's been through half a dozen hands since then.
44:22Could get lucky.
44:23Good day, gentlemen.
44:24Delta Tango Juliet, 275 kilo.
44:36Er, interested in this one, are you?
44:38Yes.
44:39I could see that.
44:40Straight past the Merck, past the BMW, and homed in on this one.
44:43Obviously no bargain when you see one.
44:45It's just what you're looking for, right?
44:46Exactly what I'm looking for.
44:47Yes.
44:48The, erm, the mileage is correct, of course.
44:50It has had several owners, but all of them, er...
44:52They're old ladies who never exceed 30, eh?
44:54Yes.
44:56Let's have a look, sir.
44:57Yes, sir.
44:58Erm...
45:00The engine's very clean.
45:02Very clean.
45:03Spotless.
45:04Spotless?
45:05Spotless.
45:06Yes, well, er, have a look round.
45:09Take your time.
45:10Don't let me, er, don't let me swear you.
45:14You're gonna tell me now, aren't you?
45:16Somewhere in 1971 there was a freak heatwave, right?
45:19Everybody was in shirt sleeves, the police and Hayden.
45:24Now, Scott said Hayden paid a visit to his pup, right?
45:27He said he was showing off his hairy chest.
45:29Well, that would mean he must have been wearing a shirt open to the waist, got it?
45:34Well, if he produced a gun from nowhere, and I quote, a gun from nowhere...
45:39It's gotta be in the car, then, has it?
45:40It's gotta be in the car.
45:41Now, if he produces the gun from nowhere, then maybe the same night it can put the gun straight
45:45back into nowhere, can't it?
45:46Yeah, but you told me that you'd turn the car over.
45:48Yeah, but only the usual places.
45:49What about the unusual places?
45:50Well, that's what we're here for, mate.
45:52Right.
45:53Okay, I'm Hayden, and you're Mr. Scott.
45:56Okay, let's try it.
45:58Certainly, sir.
45:59Just get the keys.
46:01Okay.
46:02Try that.
46:03What's you got now?
46:04Uh, lighter.
46:05No, I've tried the gear lever.
46:06That's the ashtray.
46:07Yes, doctor.
46:08Yes.
46:09Yes, I've got the report here.
46:10Yes, I'll be attending to it personally right now.
46:11I'm sorry again for dragging you out of bed last night.
46:12Right.
46:13Goodbye.
46:14Right, you try these ridges?
46:15Yep, all of them.
46:16Try underneath.
46:17Underneath the hood.
46:20No, I'm sorry, never dead.
46:21No.
46:22I'm pleased to find him.
46:23No, I'm scared.
46:24Yeah.
46:25No, I'm sorry.
46:26No, I'm scared.
46:27No, I'm scared.
46:28No, I'm scared.
46:29I'm scared.
46:30No, I'm scared.
46:31No, I'm scared.
46:32I'm scared.
46:33I'm scared.
46:34All right, Moss.
46:35Oh, clear it in yourату.
46:36No, I'm scared, you're still no way.
46:37OK, sorry.
46:38I'm scared, eh, you're scared, I'm scared.
46:39That's the ashtray.
46:40Yes, doctor.
46:41Yes.
46:42Yes.
46:43Try underneath. Underneath the switches.
46:46Okay, put it on.
46:53Don't know how it came out, but it did.
46:59The keys.
47:01Thank you. We're impounding this car.
47:03Excuse me.
47:05Excuse me.
47:13It's a set-up. It's always a set-up. Me as the pigeon.
47:17Well, at least you found out in time.
47:23That's it.
47:25You did well.
47:27Any time.
47:29Any time at all.
47:35Good morning.
47:44You're obliged to say nothing at this time, but you are a material witness.
47:48To what? Public nuisance?
47:51Ah, great minds think alike.
47:54You've done with a plant.
47:56She planted it.
47:57I imagine so, but you interrupted me. Public nuisance? No, I think not.
48:02You see, Miss Hayden, I began where you began, with Gilbert, the caretaker.
48:06Plant the first doubt there, and you knew Doyle would be sure to follow any man would.
48:10It worked.
48:12Because the caretaker was conveniently dead.
48:15Very conveniently.
48:17An attack of bronchitis? No.
48:20What do you mean?
48:21I had his body exhumed last night, and an autopsy carried out.
48:24He died of suffocation.
48:26Probably a pillow pressed over his face.
48:31He was old and frail.
48:33A woman could easily have done it.
48:34No!
48:35It will take some proving, circumstantial.
48:39But the police have done that before.
48:47Someone should tell her father, don't you think?
49:05No.
49:07Sit down.
49:15Well, special news, isn't it? Good news?
49:18Isn't it?
49:21As soon as they told me you were coming, I knew.
49:24That statement of yours, it stirred them up, eh?
49:27Well?
49:29Well?
49:30How am I gonna get out of here?
49:32Conspiracy with your daughter.
49:34Accessory to the caretaker's murder.
49:37Add that to the 30 years you've already got.
49:40And I think they'll just decide to throw away the key.
49:46I don't think you'll ever get out of here, Hayden.
49:48No.
49:55No.
49:59No.
50:02No!
50:18No!
50:19No!
50:20No!
50:21No!
50:22No!
50:23No!
50:24No!
50:34No!
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