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00:07Michael!
00:10Michael, it's Annie!
00:14Michael, I'm coming in!
00:18Pick up is in 12 minutes.
00:21Michael?
00:21That needs to go ahead.
00:23You need to listen to me.
00:24No, you listen.
00:24Before we talk about any of this, the parents and the pupils, they can't know anything about that.
00:28Any of what?
00:30Whatever it is you've found.
00:33And you've trotten mud into the carpet!
00:44Prep for tonight are those key dates from the 1930s, please.
00:49The more we keep refreshing ourselves...
01:03Everyone, quiet!
01:05Sit down.
01:07Sit.
01:09Sedgwick, sit down.
01:14Where's Miss Polly?
01:16The yellow flame with the valve open, allowing oxygen to...
01:27Why did they want to speak to me at home?
01:29Well, that's all they said, that I was to find you as fast as I could.
01:33Hi, Tara.
01:34Hi, Jen.
01:34Hi.
01:36How fast as I could.
01:37And get me back to the house.
01:39Okay, thank you.
01:40Okay.
01:44Come.
01:51You're secure the seat.
01:53She's waiting on for anything.
01:56No!
01:58You're going to have to walk back now.
02:00Make sure you step in the same place as you've already trodden.
02:03I've cleaned it once already.
02:19Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is made up of which two elements?
02:29Come on, sir.
02:30No looking out the window during class.
02:33So pick-ups in five minutes, the parents will be arriving.
02:39Who cares, Dad?
02:40Well, they mustn't see any of those.
02:42Who cares about any of that?
02:45Why have you got that cloth?
02:50It's her.
02:51We don't know that.
02:51That's who they found.
02:52No, we know that they have found a body.
02:55We do not know that it's your mum.
02:56Who else is it going to be?
03:00It's missing, apparently.
03:02God, it's been days.
03:04It's all over the news.
03:05Come on, Theo.
03:06Here you get.
03:07See you later, mammy.
03:08See you later.
03:09Bye-bye.
03:20Bye-bye.
03:21See you later.
03:43The post-mortem won't take place till tomorrow, but it's clearly a murder we're looking at.
03:47That's what I'm hearing.
03:50I've been thinking about this.
03:52If she was found outside the grounds, it might not be connected to the school at all.
03:55Why don't I check the database, look at other unsolved murders, see if I can't find any crossover.
04:00Annie.
04:00You don't think that we should be doing that?
04:01I do think we should be doing that, but I don't think you should be the one to do it.
04:03I want you to stay here.
04:05I want you in that house, round the clock.
04:07Find out everything you can.
04:08The only time you leave, please, is tomorrow when you take them to the mortuary to get a formal ID.
04:13Come in now, Bri.
04:15You want me to come with you?
04:16I was the first at the scene, remember?
04:17I've told you what I want, and that's to stay put.
04:19That's what a family liaison officer does.
04:27What?
04:29I think I've got it.
04:31It was something Alana said.
04:33It's Nan's 75th next week.
04:35Remember?
04:35That's an important date.
04:36Yes.
04:37So I tried it.
04:38I went through the dates for next week.
04:40Monday 30th.
04:4130th of the 3rd, 1951.
04:43Tuesday.
04:443-1-0-3-5-1.
04:46Then when I tried the Wednesday,
04:49that's the code.
04:50And the weird thing is, just looking through it,
04:53she barely calls Michael at all.
04:55Is that so weird?
04:56They're married.
04:57That's what I mean.
04:59Here though, look.
05:00She's always calling this woman Claire S.
05:03Long chats.
05:04Some of them an hour.
05:05So I'm thinking,
05:07you show this to Ivan,
05:08he can call Claire S.
05:09He can find out what they were talking about
05:11in the days before Sarah died.
05:14We should probably just call her ourselves,
05:16shouldn't we?
05:18Ivan's reviewing the scene.
05:19I'll do it from mine now, look.
05:20And then you can hand Sarah's phone back in.
05:26Hello, this is Detective Sergeant Annie Cassidy.
05:29Can you ring me back as soon as you get this, please?
05:33Done.
05:59Woman who walks her dog past the house.
06:04Her name's Melody.
06:07Someone said...
06:10Someone said Melody was the one who found Mum.
06:31her name'sMakeffising her dog.
06:32her name's the lovely goddess Premier Smith
06:32and the lovely goddessie,
06:32she was about to birth.
06:32she got her sister in bed.
06:32I wanted her daughter,
06:32it was Phenomenressed
06:32her later.
06:35I wanted her,
06:42but I'll check the Bio Bio
08:33What do you expect me to be doing?
08:36What do I expect you to be doing?
08:38I expect you to be doing nothing.
08:40Nothing.
08:41Or crying.
08:45About mum.
08:48Well, we don't know it's her, do we?
08:49Of course it's her.
08:51They've said.
08:53We have to go and identify her.
08:58Tomorrow.
08:59Well, if they need us to identify her, they can't be 100% sad.
09:02That's a formality, Dad.
09:03They just need it confirmed.
09:29That's a formality, Dad.
09:31They just need it confirmed.
09:32Thanks for calling.
09:34Well, your granddaughter and I are safe in the house.
09:40We're not sure yet, so let's wait and see.
09:43Even so, I don't think we should jump to...
09:45No, don't come over.
09:48Well, for one thing, it's a bit late to drive, isn't it?
09:51No.
09:52No, I'm not...
09:53I'm sure you're fine to drive, I mean, to...
09:56Well, it's half past ten and I'm asking you.
09:59I will.
10:00Yeah.
10:01And, of course, I'll keep you and Verity informed.
10:04Don't worry.
10:05Yes, well, good night now.
10:52The flowers were over the top.
10:55Maybe a tiny bit.
10:56Shall I come and take them back?
10:58No, I may as well look after them now, Craig.
10:59Save you the journey.
11:01Look, I got your message.
11:04I get it.
11:07I just want to start something when I'm not sure that's all it is.
11:11I get that, and I saw the press conference.
11:14Things are busy, but I just wanted you to be aware.
11:18Craig Stanhope is available for emergency coffees
11:21and overpriced slices of cake at Bristol Cafes of your choosing.
11:25Is he now?
11:26Should the need ever arise.
11:28Do with that information what he will.
11:31Have a good day now.
11:33And you?
11:33And you?
11:54Morning.
12:04the mortuary is in a place called Flax Boughton
12:06it's about a 15 minute drive from here
12:13once the post-mortem is finished
12:16that's when they're going to want you to make the formal ID
12:19you and Michael
12:25Alana, the sooner we do it, the sooner it's done
12:36where's your dad?
12:39where do you think?
13:10just a quick reminder that those of you not in sixth form revision classes will be
13:16either in cross country, rugby practice for the senior sides
13:20or working on your cultural projects
13:23stay still please, I'm not finished
13:36this morning
13:39I was put in mind of the story of Job
13:44Job, a successful man
13:46was suddenly given great hardship by God
13:49but he had no explanation as to why
13:53what he'd done to deserve it
13:56but he persevered
13:59and through perseverance he prevailed
14:01he proved that he was good enough
14:04now as we enter this difficult last fortnight of town
14:08with exams and rugby matches and university interviews
14:12I want you to remember that
14:15have faith in what you've been doing
14:18you show us who you really are
14:23now
14:25as we do every morning
14:26we will leave in a what, Lily Sullivan?
14:29neat and orderly fashion, sir
14:31neat and orderly fashion
14:33off you go
15:01has anything occurred to you overnight about your mum?
15:04anything you haven't told us up to this point?
15:07maybe because you didn't think it was relevant
15:09or maybe he doesn't show her in the best of lights
15:13what does that mean?
15:15well there are certain things, aren't there?
15:17in all families, in all relationships
15:20we are who we are when we're outside
15:22when we present to the world
15:24but at home, you know
15:26sometimes things are different
15:30maybe something wasn't right
15:31really? like what?
15:33I don't know
15:33that's why I'm asking
15:36maybe you can help us work out what's happened
15:42she wasn't upset about anything
15:47was anyone upset with her?
15:51what about your dad?
15:53what about him?
15:54how were they getting on?
15:55no idea
15:56like you said, no one knows
15:58not really
16:03I've said I've no idea
16:04so there's nothing to write down
16:06is there?
16:11you said you were here for us
16:13to help us
16:14yeah
16:14not to pray into our lives
16:16we are
16:17what's my dad got to do with it anyway?
16:18because all he does is work
16:19and when he's not working
16:21he sits in that chair
16:22that is his life
16:23and it's not your job
16:24to interrogate us
16:25that's not what he told us
16:27who?
16:27the main detective
16:28the proper one
16:29Alana
16:29please don't
16:32no!
16:33Mel and Granada are coming to stay
16:34and I'm not even chasing you
16:42the proper one
16:43please don't
16:57honey
17:00Oh, my God.
17:36We need a proper search.
17:38Pulsar forensics.
17:39And we should interview anyone who visits the house.
17:41Just because we're doing this FLO stuff doesn't mean we switch off, okay?
17:44Yeah, okay.
17:45Where are you going?
17:46By Michael.
17:48Get this bloody idea over with.
17:54I can't give you an exact time of death,
17:56but skin coloration and marks on the neck suggest cause of death is strangulation.
18:02So definitely foul play.
18:04It's only I want to issue a statement the moment it's confirmed.
18:06She's the wife of a headmaster at a big private school,
18:09so it's got the potential to kick off a bit.
18:11Speak to the coroner first.
18:12She'll want the family ID doing before any announcements are made.
18:49Excuse me, love.
18:50I'm looking for the staff room.
18:51Uh, just up there and down the corridor.
18:59We need another meeting with the governors.
19:01Another update for the parents.
19:03Where's Alana?
19:04Um, home.
19:05Says she can't face it.
19:07Of course she can't, poor thing.
19:09I'm going to suggest she takes two weeks' compassionate leave.
19:13And Michael?
19:14Where's Michael?
19:15Helping the police, I'd imagine.
19:21You don't think?
19:25No, Rebecca.
19:27We don't think that.
19:31Hi.
19:32I'm DS Annie Cassidy.
19:33I'm looking for Michael Polley.
19:35Uh, I thought he'd be with one of your colleagues.
19:37Have you tried his office?
19:40Yes.
20:01Yep.
20:02It's murder.
20:04Murder by strangulation.
20:06So I need them here to do this ID.
20:09I need them here, otherwise we can't announce it.
20:11It's a lot more than the ID though, isn't it?
20:13The staff have got no idea where he is, so...
20:16If she's been murdered and he's decided to go walkies...
20:23He's not in there.
20:25Then we've got ourselves a problem.
20:27Mm-hmm.
20:40We appreciate you've got a school to run, a duty of care, we get all that.
20:44But you need to find him.
20:45Yeah, exactly.
20:46And that makes total sense.
20:47Yeah, absolutely.
20:48And even though if I could just jump in here truly as deputy head...
20:51Even though I'm sure there's a logical explanation, I'd be thinking the same, I would.
20:55You're trying him again, yes?
20:57I'm wondering if this isn't some sort of delayed shock.
21:00How long since she said he left?
21:02She thinks about ten minutes.
21:07Voicemail again?
21:10Okay, unless you need them to stay, I think the best thing is to let the staff go back
21:14to their classrooms.
21:15Paul, you've volunteered to take Michael's rugby session this afternoon and take the team
21:19to the away match tomorrow.
21:20Yeah.
21:30I want you to know, Detective, we're taking this seriously.
21:32The governor's are meeting.
21:34Yeah, I'm taking care of that personally as staff rep.
21:36It will be my recommendation that we suspend Mr. Polly.
21:42Suspend him?
21:42Alana, too.
21:43Suspend him for what?
21:45Well, for their sake, as well as the school's.
21:47I mean, if what you found in those woods, if that really is, well, if that turns out
21:53to be true, then the school comes first.
21:57It has to.
21:59That's what you always say.
22:02Don't start changing your tune now, Rory, just because he's a friend of yours.
22:05No, I'm not.
22:06He's my friend, too, you know?
22:06I'm not saying anything.
22:10Well, is there anything I haven't asked you?
22:13Anything you think I should know?
22:15About?
22:16About your friend, Mr. Polly.
22:21Then you fool.
22:22Do you think it will?
22:22Is there anything you como if you kein¿?
22:36Or you do?
22:38No, no, no, no.
22:42I'm not saying anything.
22:45I don't think it's impossible.
22:58I don't want to play, mate.
23:05Simone?
23:06It's not Simone.
23:07It's Annie.
23:07We've been trying to call you.
23:10Sorry, my phone must have been on silent.
23:14I want you back at the house straight away.
23:17Yes, of course.
23:27Nan?
23:28Nan, this is Annie.
23:30Hello.
23:34I can do that for you if you like.
23:37That's Gwenda.
23:39Grandad's finding it rather difficult to come into the house.
23:48The next step, like I've explained to Alana, is to make a formal identification.
23:53But you know it's her.
23:54You told me that outside.
23:56Yes.
23:57Yes.
23:58But it's just protocol.
24:00I'm sorry.
24:01Just to be clear.
24:02Is it our daughter or isn't it?
24:07It is your daughter.
24:08I'm sorry.
24:16And now, because this was my next question, I was thinking about this on the way over here.
24:22Could it have been some sort of accident?
24:24She could easily have...
24:25It was not an accident.
24:26She could have been some sort of accident.
24:33So.
24:36Was she killed?
24:38Or did she take her own life?
24:40Malcolm!
24:41Simple enough question.
24:43Because if it wasn't an accident, he has to be one of the two.
24:46Well, when Michael gets back, the next step is...
24:48The next step is for you to answer the question.
24:51Was she killed?
24:52Or did she take her own life?
24:54That's not for me to say.
24:55Isn't it?
24:56No.
24:57Do you know the answer?
24:58I do know, yes.
24:59So you're refusing to tell us?
25:00No, I'm doing what I'm supposed to do in this situation.
25:02Do you have children?
25:03Can you imagine anything worse for you and your husband than not knowing what happened to your child?
25:09I don't have any children.
25:10Then try.
25:11And I don't have a husband.
25:12Try and imagine.
25:13Malcolm, stop!
25:15Then imagine that being taken.
25:23Now, imagine how it feels if the one person who knows what happened to their child is refusing to tell
25:31you how they died.
25:33I know.
25:33In what way?
25:35Under what circumstances?
25:41One last try.
25:44Was she killed?
25:47Or did she take her own life?
25:52She did not take her own life.
25:54No.
25:54Oh, my God.
26:31Annie, the detective.
26:32Yes, thank you.
26:34She wants you back at the house.
26:35Yes, I am aware, thank you.
26:44I thought that was very inspiring, your words this morning about Job.
26:49He couldn't come to terms with what was happening to him at first, could he?
26:57I think you need to go back now.
27:00People are starting to talk.
27:07Yeah.
27:29Okay, boys, two laps of the pitch. Let's go.
27:32Come on, go, go, go.
27:37I'll take it from here, Paul.
27:40No reason for you to stay.
27:43I've been asked to step in.
27:44You're not taking my team.
27:45And take them to next week's match.
27:47You're not taking them anywhere.
27:53Michael, I'm just trying to help.
27:55Well, that's the thing, Paul. I haven't asked for your help.
27:58In fact, I'm not even sure that you'll qualify.
28:01One of the main reasons why you hired me was to teach sport.
28:08What qualifies you?
28:09I've been coaching this side since 2008.
28:11Yeah, other than the fact that you appointed yourself coach.
28:13What qualifies you?
28:16Go home.
28:17Please.
28:20Alana's upset.
28:21Don't bring my daughter into this.
28:24She's not interested in you.
28:29Is that what she told you?
28:35Here you go.
28:42University fullback.
28:43Can you go and get that, please?
28:44That is what qualifies me.
28:46That's a brand new match ball, so you go and get it from those woods.
28:49What qualifies you?
28:52Sir?
29:01Keep going!
29:05We need to go to the mortuary, Dad.
29:09If you won't do it, Grandad will.
29:19Where have you been?
29:22Just going off and just taking assembly like nothing's happened.
29:26Driving off places.
29:30Dad.
29:33It won't be long.
29:34On the way now.
29:36And he says it wasn't an accident.
29:39She said someone did this to Mom.
29:54showed it to me.
29:57What are you doing?
29:59Come on!
30:05Come on!
30:06Go on,高і bà !
30:28Take a seat.
30:52I'll go in with them
30:53No
30:56I think they'd prefer that
30:57No, you wait outside
30:58So you can be there for them when they come out
31:00That's the job
31:00And the end of the discussion
31:03Come on, don't turn me into that guy
31:05Who was going on at you the whole time
31:06Okay
31:07We're a team
31:07Yeah, okay, we're a team
31:08I get it, Ivan
31:09But do me a favor
31:10When he looks at her
31:12Make sure you're watching him
31:13It's his reaction we're after
31:15Is that grief he's feeling or guilt?
31:17Yes?
31:21I'll do it
31:22We'll do it together
31:23No, no, if it's not your mum
31:24I don't want you seeing me
31:25There's some poor woman lying
31:27Dad, dad, it is her
31:29Then I certainly don't want you to
31:33If it's her, I don't want this to be the last memory you have
31:35So just wait here for me
31:41Okay
31:42You ready?
31:46You ready?
32:21He walks in, the door closes
32:24He gives a positive ID and within 10 seconds, not even that, he's back out again
32:28As if he didn't care
32:29Just got a bad feeling about him
32:32His wife's dead
32:35You can't exactly blame him for not sticking around
32:41But we have not come here to talk shop
32:43This is cake break
32:44Come on
32:45Come on, that's yours, Edith
32:52What?
32:53Maybe a drink later
32:56This, uh, that new place on Gloucester Road
32:58Annie
33:00You're looking at a man who's doing everything in his powers
33:03Not to stuff this up all over again
33:05Sofa's all the same
33:07One step at a time
33:08Yeah
33:11One step at a time
33:12Mm-hmm
33:19Morning, everyone
33:20In just under an hour's time
33:22We will be issuing a statement
33:24Confirming the discovery of a body
33:26Of a woman in her 50s
33:28Found in Woodland in Westbury
33:30That body is now confirmed to be that of Sarah Jane Polly
33:33As such, this is now a full-scale murder inquiry
33:37FLOs, back to the school, please
33:39Let's bring Michael Polly in
33:41Don't want to make a big song and dance
33:42But I want him here
33:43And I want that alibi tested
33:44And to know where he disappeared to yesterday
33:46Exactly
33:47And the truth about their marriage
33:48Okay
33:49Great
33:50Thank you, everyone
34:25The site
34:27Thought to be in Woodland
34:29Just a quarter of a mile away from the school
34:31It's been cordoned off by police
34:33For the last 48 hours
34:34Tragically
34:35Perhaps ending several days of speculation
34:38The statement makes it clear
34:40That police are treating this
34:41As a murder inquiry
34:52Now detectives are yet to name the woman
34:54She's said to be in her 50s
34:56But such is the proximity to St. Bartholomew's school
34:59That many are speculating
35:01This is the body of the missing teacher
35:03Sarah Polly
35:04Roberts Murphy
35:05ITV News
35:06That's Annie's case, isn't it?
35:08See?
35:09Off she goes
35:11On to the next lot
35:12To make them suffer
35:15What's that supposed to mean?
35:17Another murder
35:18She ain't never gonna solve
35:31We are trying to get information
35:33Please
35:33Could everybody
35:34Please
35:35Just calm down
35:36It's just been on the bloody news
35:38Given how much this means to the boys
35:41I want you all
35:42Back in the car
35:42Please
35:42If we could all just listen
35:44Our children are at risk
35:45This is a total disgrace
35:46Come on, let's go
35:48No, no, I can't
35:50I've got to fill the water bottles up
35:51For the team
35:52Or I'll lose this shit again
35:56Mike?
35:58Mike?
35:59I've just spoke to Kings
36:00They're asking if we want to postpone
36:02Nobody's postponing
36:03They've offered us the same time next week
36:04Nobody's postponing
36:06You get back on the phone
36:07And you tell them the game goes ahead
36:09And Mr. Whitchurch will be looking after the team
36:11Because I am unavailable
36:20Now before you go
36:22Let me tell you the thing
36:23That has made me most proud
36:24To be your coach this year
36:27And that's the fact
36:28That you were all there for each other
36:30You play as one team
36:32Whenever any of you makes a mistake
36:34The rest of you to a man
36:35Is there to help
36:39When things go wrong
36:39When your backs are against the wall
36:41You do on the field
36:42What you must do in life
36:45You rally
36:48And that is why you are currently Invictus
36:50And that is why you will remain Invictus
36:51At the final whistle this afternoon
36:55Invictus, Barry?
36:56Unbeaten, sir
36:57Unbeaten, sir
36:59Good man
37:00So you get on that coach
37:02You listen to Mr. Whitchurch
37:04And you unleash on Kings
37:05All your passion
37:06All your talent
37:07And everything we've been practicing this year
37:10And you do it not for me
37:12Or the school
37:15But you do it for each other
37:16You know
37:17You're now
37:18You're now
37:50Go up to the hubs.
38:14I just got a hunger on that.
38:39Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God.
38:45Oh, God.
38:48Oh, God.
38:51Oh, God.
39:08Oh, God.
39:09Oh, God.
39:12Oh, God.
39:20Oh, God.
39:29Oh, God.
39:33Oh, God.
39:40Oh, God.
39:42Oh, God.
39:42Oh, God.
39:51Oh, God.
40:06Oh, God.
40:06Oh, God.
40:06Oh, God.
40:20Oh, God.
40:31Oh, God.
40:34Oh, God.
40:47Oh, God.
41:16Oh, God.
41:17Oh, God.
41:18Oh, God.
41:18Oh, God.
41:30Oh, God.
41:32Oh, God.
41:41Oh, God.
41:53Claire S, I'd have lit the nether.
42:05Annie Cassidy?
42:06Oh, hi.
42:09You asked me to call you back.
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