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'Please leave a
message after the tone.'

'Jack? It's Brian.

'Just haven't heard
from you for a while.

'Well, since...

'Look, give me a call
when you get a chance.'

'hi, Jack. It's
Sandra. Call me.'

'all right, mate? It's Gerry.

'I wondered if you fancy a
pint some time this week?

'Give us a shout if you do.'

'ok, Jack. I know
you're upset, I get that.

'But would it kill you to
let us know you're all right?

'Jack, where are you?'

♪ it's all right, it's ok

♪ doesn't really matter
if you're old and grey

♪ it's all right, it's
ok listen to what I say

♪ it's all right, doing
fine doesn't really matter

♪ if the sun don't shine

♪ it's all right, I say, it's ok

♪ we're getting to
the end of the day. ♪

It's just one of his long, dark
teatimes of the soul. He'll be back.

Brian, I don't think... he'll walk
through that door any minute.

I'll see you there in 10
minutes, sir. Ok, fine.

Would've been bloody
impressive, though, wouldn't it?

Morning. I think you'll like this
case, should get the juices flowing.

On 30th September, 1998,

the studios of roxy radio in
barnet burned to the ground.

The local radio station was part
of sir Max Wyatt's media empire.

As you'll know, he was the subject
of some scrutiny in the late '90s.

He was ripping off his
employees' pensions.

When he got whisper
of the investigation

he topped himself in his roller.

Actually, it was a Bentley.

S3 continental,
fantastic machines...

Guys, I don't think the
dac had quite finished.

Sorry.

The fire was originally thought to have
been an insurance job ordered by Wyatt.

The murder squad were involved, because there
was a death in the fire, but they drew a blank.

It seems the fire cannot be linked to either the
pension fund or any other of Wyatt's dealings,

so it's a fresh case.

Lots of challenges.

What do you think?

Yeah, it sounds interesting.

As I said, the fire did result in
a death, that of Johnny Deacon.

He was the dj
on air at the time.

Johnny "decks" Deacon. I
remember him from radio 1.

He was a cheeky chappie type, had
quite a following at the time, didn't he?

Apparently, he still does.

Mr kirkham, would
you like to come in?

This is Jeremy kirkham, the president
of the Johnny Deacon fan club.

Life president, actually.

One of the club's recent activities
was to launch a fairly intensive

campaign demanding mr
Deacon's killer be brought to justice.

I'm not quite sure how
mr kirkham managed

to get hold of the home telephone
number of the commissioner...

But now that he's brought this to our attention,
we'd like to clear things up, quickly.

In the meantime, mr kirkham
would like to take this opportunity

to tell you quite what
Johnny Deacon meant to him.

And the nation.

Yes, yes, quite.

Anyway, off you go.

Oh, I need to set
up first. Set what up?

My speaker system,
my projector...

Johnny was a consummate broadcaster, he
deserves to be heard in digital quality stereo.

- Is over here all right?
- No, that's Jack's desk.

Come with me.

- Just get this...
- Turn right.

Could you and I have a word?

Yes, certainly.

Personnel files? They're
potential replacements for Jack.

Ucos has budget for three positions besides
your own. Yeah, and they're all filled.

Sandra... Jack's
on leave of absence.

We all know that's a lie, and the longer you
perpetuate it, the worse team morale will be.

Giving away Jack's job is hardly
going to help, is it? I disagree.

I think it'll signify
that you've moved on.

Take a few days to look
through the candidates.

Maybe by then Jack
will have got in contact.

But if we haven't heard anything within a week,
I expect to be sitting in on some interviews.

Sir.

The geek squad is ready for us.

Come in and shut the door.

Strickland wants me to
find a replacement for Jack.

Oh.

Still, if he's not coming
back... We don't know that!

He just needs time.

He's going to need more than time to
get over seeing hanson walk. Yeah, I know.

You've got to see this.

Jeremy kirkham: Johnny
Deacon was a born broadcaster.

A lonely child, his only joy was found
in the sounds of the world service.

When his parents died in a car crash, Johnny took a
slot on hospital radio. It was the birth of a legend.

In his future would be a golden era at
radio 1, where he'd stand with the greats.

Poor old John peel, look.
Is that Noel edmonds?

Look at that, Dave Lee Travis!

His extensive charity work, and in
his final days as the UK's hardest hitting

talk radio star at roxy radio, where he'd court
controversy and rattle the cages of the powers that be.

Of course, it was here
that he met his untimely end.

That's the bit that we're
interested in, really.

Yes, and I actually have a
recording of Johnny's final moments.

You've got a tape of him dying?

Yes, Johnny was a
consummate professional.

He carried on recording right until
the end. That was sort of my finale.

Can we wind to
that, please? Yep.

'Now, it's a year this week since
Diana, Princess of wales, died.

'What are your thoughts 12 months on from those
extraordinary scenes of mourning? Did we all overreact?

'Did the death of a divorced, adulteress
warrant the outpouring of grief?'

that was Johnny, uncompromising.

'I want to know what do you think.
Graham is waiting for your calls.'

Graham madeley, his producer.
They'd been together for years.

'First on the line is Helen.

Alarm sounds on tape this is it.

'That's the fire alarm, sorry
about that. It does indeed...

'I think we've, um... have we?

'No, no, the studio is on fire.

'I'm not sure what the...

'Oh, wow, it really
is on fire. Graham?

'Mate, what's going on?

'Graham? Shit!'

Johnny coughs

'Graham! Graham, I can't
get out! Graham! Anyone?!

'For god's sake, help me!'

and that's where the emergency
broadcasting system cuts in, it plays

random music if ever there's a
sudden break in transmission.

Unfortunately, that evening the record queued
up was smoke gets in your eyes by the platters.

Strangled laugh

have you got a copy
of the recording?

Yes, I maintain the full Johnny Deacon library,
recordings dating back to his hospital radio days.

I can offer you full
access to them...

Thank you very much, I don't
think that will be necessary.

Brian, could you help
him pack up, please?

The original murder squad looked into forensics and
motive and took statements from the two survivors.

Graham madeley, the producer
and Sharon revie, the cleaner.

She was quite badly
burned. How badly?

She was blinded.

I thought Jeremy
might've mentioned that.

There we go. Thank you.

There was no cctv,
but they had key codes

on the front door and the studio door.
They think that's what killed Johnny.

How? The fire damaged the entire
system, he couldn't unlock the door.

The fire investigation concluded
that an incendiary device

had been placed in a storage
cupboard near the studio.

It was a simple device, easy to
build if you had a bit of know-how.

The only specialist bit
of kit was the slow fuse.

So what was the
motive? Insurance job?

Arson's usually a
crime of impotent rage.

So the arsonist was really
angry cos he couldn't get it up?

Question is, who was
the target of that rage?

Johnny Deacon or roxy radio?

Or the Wyatt corporation?

When it turned out that the pension fund had gone,
they made 5,000 redundant to try and cut costs.

After Max Wyatt pissed away their pensions, maybe
they were entitled to a bit of impotent rage?

And we've got 5,000 suspects?

Yeah, I bet the wyatts did have
some specific threats, though.

They just weren't exactly on
speaking terms with us at the time.

I don't know about this, Gerry.

All I want to know is if he's made any phone
calls in the last two weeks, and who to.

Thanks, mate, I owe you one.

I just need any credit or debit card
transactions from the last few days.

What? Yes, of course.

I have full authorisation.

Who?

Dac strickland, of course.

I've tried calling
him, I've tried.

But all I get is the
answering machine. Me too.

You don't think he wants
to come back, do you?

Even if he does, strickland's not going to lay
out the red carpet for him. He walked off the job.

He left us in the lurch,
Gerry. Yeah, I know, but he's...

Yeah, it's Jack.

Nice. What?

Cameron Wyatt? Yes.

Detective superintendent Pullman, Gerry
standing, ucos. We'd like a word, please.

You getting ready to move?

No, I'm getting
ready to be evicted.

The house is the last
thing to go next week.

So you're servicing
your father's debts?

It's not as if the old bastard hung
around long enough to do it himself.

So, how can I help?

The fire at roxy radio. You mean the
one thing you can't pin on the old man?

To be honest, whatever money the fire insurance
raised would have been a drop in the ocean.

When I was running the
place, we barely broke even.

What, you ran the station? I was
running it at the time of the fire.

Dad's idea of a training course, in amongst the
grass roots before I graduated to the board.

By the time they'd rebuilt
the place, dad was dead and...

I was in the hot seat. Before the fire,
did the company receive any threats?

Perhaps related to your
father's business troubles?

Look, what dad did,

it's not just me left like this.

People who worked for us for years trusted
us to put money into the company pension.

First we took that away,
then we sacked them.

Of course there were threats. But were there
any specifically against roxy radio? No.

And they were
usually pretty specific.

What they'd like to do to dad,
what they'd like to do to me,

and my daughters. Sorry.

That's why Gemma, my wife, left.

She took Sophie and Ella away
to the states so they'd be safe.

And... to get away
from this mess.

Were any of these
redundancies at roxy radio?

No. That place virtually ran on a skeleton
staff as it was, there was no fat to trim.

Although there was
a sacking. When?

About three weeks
before the fire.

Georgina, I think. She
was a broadcast assistant.

And why did you
give her the push?

She'd had a formal warning about stealing office
supplies and was caught again. Office supplies?

I know.

What's a few paperclips compared
to a £20 million pension fund?

♪ They're walking like an Egyptian
all the kids in the marketplace

♪ say whey oh whey oh

♪ whey oh whey oh

♪ walk like an Egyptian... ♪

Welcome to roxy radio, where the
'80s never ended. I beg your pardon?

All '80s, all day.

We're here to see
Graham madeley.

I'm afraid that's not
possible. Why not?

Because he's on the air
till one. 'That's right, folks.

'It's Graham here, with another of those great '80s
sounds from Kylie, who's feeling lucky, lucky, lucky."

We'll wait.

Gerry.

♪ In my imagination
there is no complication

♪ I dream about
you all the time... ♪

music: Karma
chameleon by culture club

♪ desert loving in
your eyes all the way

♪ if I listened to
your lies would you say

♪ I'm a man without conviction

♪ I'm a man who doesn't know

♪ Karma Karma Karma
Karma Karma chameleon... ♪

you can go through now.

Thank you.

♪ Loving would be easy if your
colours were like my dreams... ♪

down there, apparently.

And, that's all from
me, Graham madeley,

but we'll be back tomorrow,

so until then, keep it real,
keep it retro, keep it roxy radio.

Hi, guys. I heard you
want a little powwow.

Music: In the air
tonight by Phil Collins

when I hear this I always think
of Johnny. Cos he's in the air.

When I play this, I can feel
him looking over my shoulder.

You were close, then?

Like brothers. Went back
to the hospital radio days.

25 years. I mean, some
marriages don't last that long.

But then, Johnny was
always married to the job.

Yeah, I remember him doing
the breakfast slot on radio 1.

How he kept so bleedin' cheerful at that time
of the morning, I'll never know. Class a drugs.

Joking! Easy to be cheerful
when you love what you're doing.

He must have had some kind of
personality change when he came here.

We heard a recording.

That was just a performance.
Johnny wasn't like that.

Still, he expressed some
pretty extreme views.

Did he upset anyone? That
was the point of the show.

To get the listeners calling in.

But Johnny would have preferred
playing music, believe me.

Are you nearly
finished, chicken?

Why? Does Sarah miss
her monkey man? Always.

Were you friends
with Johnny, too?

We wouldn't have got
together if it hadn't been for him.

Sarah was in the audience of one
of Johnny's nightclub pas in ilford.

Has he sold you
a funday ticket yet?

Well, it's for a good cause.

We're trying to save the station
by getting the community behind us.

We'll let the asset strippers
know how much the listeners want

to keep us on the air. I mean,
who doesn't like '80s music?

Oh, please come! Yeah.
We'll bear it in mind, yeah.

One more thing. Georgina?

Who?

The girl who was sacked just
before the fire. Do you know why?

Oh, her. Yeah, I had
nothing to do with her.

I just heard that she
was given the push.

Well, maybe your employee
records will shed some light. I doubt it.

They got destroyed in the fire.

Call the tax office. I'm sure
their records are flame-retardant..

♪ Karma Karma Karma
Karma Karma chameleon... ♪

Sharon revie? Brian Lane.
I called you this morning.

Of course, I
recognise the voice.

Come in.

What's his name? Ben.

You can stroke him if you like.

He's not working
now. Hello, Ben.

Sharon, I need to talk
to you about the fire.

I don't remember much.

Just tell me what you can.

I was cleaning the
offices as usual,

when I heard the
fire alarm go off.

I assumed it was just drill.

Well, you do, don't you?

I'd left my handbag in my
locker, so I went back for it. Why?

Cos it had my fags in.

I thought if I was going to
be hanging about outside...

Can you believe that?

I've got a colleague
who's a nicotine addict.

Turns out it really is
bad for your health.

By the time I was
making my way out,

the place was full of smoke,
and I lost my bearings.

I don't remember any more.

Did you notice anybody
hanging about that night?

No. It was just Johnny and
Graham in the studio as usual.

That's why I cleaned in the evening,
so I didn't get in anyone's way.

Ohh! Come on.

It's not often I wish
I wasn't a bloke.

I'm sorry, but you're
going to have to leave.

This is a women-only space.

I wish I could. Police. We
need to talk to Georgina achebe.

How can I help?

I wasn't sacked because
I took a few pens.

I was sacked because I turned
down Johnny Deacon. What for?

What do you think? It'd
been going for weeks,

but it was my first job and I
thought it came with the territory.

I was the only woman working
there apart from the cleaner.

For god's sake, it took a month for me to
get a lock put on the ladies' toilet door.

I just took it all in my stride.

Go on.

It was late. Graham was
dealing with his silly little wife.

Sarah used to bring his dinner
into the studio every night,

just let herself in.

Quite the little woman.

Except dinner always ended up in the bin, so
Johnny and Graham could send me out for kebabs.

So what happened with Johnny?
He started telling his usual jokes.

Told me he was curious, that he'd
never slept with a black girl before.

The usual creepy stuff.

And then I realised
he had me cornered.

And that's when he
started groping me.

What did you do?

I slapped him round the face
and went straight to Graham.

He was still with Sarah,
so he acted all sympathetic.

Sent me home, promised me
he'd speak to Wyatt on my behalf.

But the next morning I
was told to clear my desk.

Didn't you try to put
your side of the story?

Wyatt refused to see me.

I was left with no job,
without a reference.

I was 18 years old

and my radio career was
over before it had even started.

That's why I came to work here.

Very admirable, but it wasn't
the first thing you did, was it?

What? You'd been unfairly dismissed, sexually
assaulted and your career had been killed.

I don't understand. Do you have
an alibi for the night of the fire?

It was ten years ago.

Do I need one?

'I'd have felt like
getting my own back.'

yeah, but how far would you go?

I don't know. How
about keying his car?

Yes, I'd get a certain sense
of satisfaction from that.

Slashing his tyres? Maybe.

What about smashing both
windscreens and all four windows?

I'm pissed off, not psychotic.
Then we're looking for a psychopath.

That's what happened to
Johnny's car a week before the fire.

Why wasn't this
in the original file?

Because the barnet plods
dealt with it as a vandalism case.

It never crossed with
the original investigation.

I wonder if Georgina has trouble
finding an alibi for that as well?

She was questioned but cleared.

But it wasn't the first time
Johnny had incited violence.

In 1987, he was doing a gig when some bloke
smacked him one for copping off with his daughter.

Frank Bryant was
charged with assault,

but Johnny dropped the
charges. Why? Doesn't say.

You don't honestly think that this Bryant bloke
turned up ten years later and set him on fire?

I doubt it, but we need to build
a better picture of the victim.

The original investigation
was too distracted by the wyatts.

What we do need is to find
out whoever else he crossed.

Well, luckily for us, Johnny
always broadcast his arguments.

I think Johnny's one-man fan
club might be of use after all.

Oh, look.

Me mum and dad used
to have one of these.

Oh, the hours I've spent in front
of it listening to round the horne,

the clitheroe kid, the goons.
Mind, that were later on.

"You rotten swine.
You've deaded me!"

"Ying tong iddle eye po?"

I've got everything ready
for you in the back. Ah, great.

Where did you get all these?

I started recording them
from the radio in 1986.

I had some, um, health problems
when I was a kid, never really at school.

My mum bought me a radio
cassette as a bit of company.

I see. It's a commitment,
maintaining an archive like this.

Of course, I started on the
big project, three years ago.

A full format transfer
from cassette tape to cd.

No point being
analogue in a digital age.

How long did that take? I
only just finished it last month.

Every show Johnny ever did.

Except for the
hospital radio shows.

That's where I first heard him, when
I was in for one of me operations.

Right, I'm going to send some lads down to
box this lot up and take it to the station.

Box it up?

Have you any idea how
much my collection is worth?

I don't know.

Well, it's priceless! I
mean, absolutely priceless.

But I need to listen to them.

Well... can't you just
listen to them here?

I could put the kettle on
and make us both a cuppa.

He won't be long. He's just
finished recording some jingles.

Thanks. Thank you.

Look at all this stuff.

The smash hits award
for most popular dj.

Johnny won in '86.

Sarah says I'm Johnny's mad
curator, keeping his memory alive.

Quite the ladies' man, wasn't
he? The ladies were queuing up.

Not according to
Georgina achebe.

She says that Johnny
forced himself on her.

No, he didn't. How do you know
that? Were you there? Were you?

Johnny wasn't like that.

She was a bitch! She'd only
been in radio for five minutes

and she thought it was ok
to risk the career of someone

with over 20 years
broadcasting experience.

No, no, no, he risked that himself
when he assaulted her. Assaulted?

No, bit of fun. So
he did make a pass?

Yes, but she should have
treated it as a compliment.

He found her attractive!

Cameron Wyatt agreed, so he sacked her.
She was trying to damage Johnny's career.

I'd say it was Johnny's
libido doing the damage.

And it wasn't the
first time, was it?

I'm not sure what
you're getting at.

Milton keynes? Frank
Bryant and his daughter?

That was a misunderstanding.

Johnny dropped the charges.

Why?

Like I said,

it was a misunderstanding.

Johnny's voice: 'But we are going
to have to accept that britain is full.

'Let's pull up the drawbridge, put
up the sign, closed to immigrants.

'Except the Polish. My cleaning lady's
a pole and she's a damn hard worker...'

'i haven't got a problem with gays, just keep
it behind closed doors, away from children.

'Don't shove it in our faces
and down our throats...'

'what is more British
than a good old fox hunt?

'I mean, if we ban it, what are we
going to put on our Christmas cards?

'Seriously?'

Yes, well, he was,
er... Quite opinionated.

He told it like it was.

He knew how to
get a debate going.

The lines would be jammed
every night with calls.

People desperate
to get on his show.

If only to call him a tosser
and slam the phone down.

And who was this Tarzan
girl who kept calling?

I don't... Tarzan girl?

'Hi, Johnny, Tarzan girl again.
Just wanted to say I love you

'and the show and can
you play Tarzan boy by...'

'no. Do you know why that is?

'Because this is a talk show.

'Stupid cow.'

now, I've only listened to
a week's worth of shows

and she's already
rung in three times.

Johnny got a lot of nutters.

I mean, it was
all part of the fun.

So, did you ever
actually meet him?

No, no, no. I went to, um, one
of his radio 1 roadshows once.

So Jeremy, what
else do you get up to?

Not much. I've got
the shop, obviously.

That takes up most of my time.

Have you actually
had a customer today?

Oh, well, it's always quiet
on Tuesdays. It's Thursday.

You know, it's nice
to have a hobby,

but it's nice to get out too.

Smell the roses, drink the wine.

Make some friends? Yeah, well,
I've never been any good at that.

What with me missing school...
I'm not confident and sorted like you.

I saw how you were with
your mates at the station.

Oh, aye, we have a laugh.

Well, we do when
everyone's there.

I just never worked out
how you actually did it.

Made friends. Oh, it's easy.

In fact, it's so easy you've just
done it without even realising.

What, really? Me and you?

Yeah, of course.

By the way.

This is not a
complete collection.

What are you trying to say?

There's a tape missing.

23rd of August.

No, that's not missing. There wasn't a show that
day because of the pensioners occupying the station.

A week before the fire, the station
was invaded and occupied by

this militant gang of Wyatt
corporation pensioners. Mm-hm?

When the police finally entered the building, they found
the ringleaders had chained themselves to the desks.

Although, they did come
quietly. Ok. Next question.

Are you absolutely sure this is
where we'll find the ringleader?

Fair trade, not free trade. Thanks,
which one is Harriet longthorn?

She's just around the corner.

Fair trade, not free trade.
Fair trade, not free trade.

Here she is. Cheers.
Harriet longthorn? Yes, dear?

Detective superintendent
Pullman, Brian Lane, ucos.

We're re-investigating a
fire at roxy radio studios

and was hoping you could help us with
our enquiries. "Help with our enquiries?"

Yes, I'd just like to ask
you a few questions.

Well, would that be
under caution, dear?

I don't think there's any
need for that just yet.

But you're anticipating
there will be eventually?

No. What if I refuse?

Retain my right to silence?

I'd just like to ask
you a few questions.

That's how it usually
starts. A few questions.

What about if I promise to
abide by the Geneva convention?

Now, it's up to you, you can talk
to us here or down at the station.

I don't suppose any of you
remember who has the keys? No.

They cheer

Loud bang

Cameron?!

Oh! Just a little something
the bailiff missed.

Huh! I thought you'd, er... I mean,
from upstairs it sounded like...

You thought I'd killed myself?

Well, your family does
have a history of it.

I can't afford a
Bentley. Or a gun.

I'd have stuck my head in the
oven, but they've turned off the gas.

No, I'm sorry, it's not
funny, is it? Oh, yes, it is.

In fact, I've done a lot more laughing
since this whole thing kicked off. Really?

There's never any time before. I
was on the corporate treadmill from 16.

I'd still be on it, if
it wasn't for dad.

You sound like you're glad
that he got caught out. I am.

Oh, I'd been at it for years.

Living to work.

Ignoring Gemma and the kids.

Doing things I could
never be proud of.

Like ignoring Georgina
achebe's sexual harassment case?

I didn't know
anything about that.

You refused to take her calls.

I didn't want to bother with the
problems of some tiny part of the business.

Actually, the less time I spent in a
room with Graham and Johnny, the better.

Really? Johnny was a
straightforward arsehole

which was why he was
so good on the radio.

Graham gave me the creeps. He
was always sucking up to Johnny.

Always agreeing with him,
telling him how great he was.

Yeah, but that's
show biz, ain't it?

They hated each other,
just couldn't function apart.

In fact, that's what Graham seemed
scared of, being without Johnny. Huh?

Cheers.

Here, take this.

Oh, thanks, '85! Whoa! I'll
save that for a special occasion.

Well, then I'll it back.

Don't put off the good stuff.

I worked since the
minute I left school

and what have I got to
show for it? A nice house? No.

A wife to come home to?

No.

It's not the most original
thought, but life's too short.

Yeah, maybe you're right.

I'll open it tonight.

So what's next for you then?

I used my last working
credit card to book

a one-way flight to Seattle,
where Gemma and the kids are.

I may be too late,
but it's worth a try.

Yeah, well go for it.

Good luck and thanks.

Your arrest record.

Impressive. Thank you very much.

Menwith hill, sellafield,
London fashion week?

Campaign against the fur trade.

So, if I were to ask you what
you were rebelling against?

I'd say, "what have you got?"

There's a difference
between rebelling and...

Trespass, criminal damage,
threatening behaviour...

No-one ever gets hurt.

At roxy radio, someone died.

That was nothing to
do with the campaign.

Your gang occupied the
building the week before.

You walked in, chained yourself
to the desks during a broadcast.

What was to stop you walking in a
week later to plant an incendiary device?

That's not what we're about.

We inconvenience
and disrupt, that's all.

We'd already made
our point at roxy radio.

We'd have moved
on to the next target.

So how did you just walk in?

I'm sorry? To roxy radio? How
did you get past the key code doors?

Oh, I can't remember, dear.

I've slept since then.

Who gave you the codes?

Somebody with a grudge?

Well, there had been
massive redundancies.

Not at roxy radio. That was one of the few
places where people hadn't lost their jobs.

Except for one person.

I'm going to see
Georgina achebe.

See how she feels
about direct action.

Hold on, listen to this.

"He's not right, I could
tell by the look in his eyes.

"He didn't give a damn.
He's a dirty pervert.

"Look, I admit I hit him.

"But you can't tell me he
didn't deserve it. Not after...

"She's only 15, for god's sake."
Are you auditioning for something?

This is the transcript of the statement
frank Bryant gave the boys at Milton keynes.

No wonder he
dropped the charges.

Johnny got smacked because he
spent the night with Bryant's daughter.

The 15-year-old? Exactly.

Graham madeley's statement said Johnny never
touched the girl and the assault was unprovoked.

The girl wouldn't make a statement, which left
the Milton keynes boys on a sticky wicket.

No complaint from
the victim, no charges.

I'm beginning to see why Johnny
wanted madeley around all the time.

He knew too much
about him to let him go.

Before I was sacked, there was a
memo sent round telling everyone

to be vigilant about security
because of the protests.

It seemed like a good way
to get back at everyone.

And I bet that felt
good too. Yeah.

It did. So good that you
thought you'd take it further? No...

You vandalised Johnny's
car... That wasn't me!

..But it wasn't enough, so
you burnt the place down?

No, no, I promise. Once I'd given
Harriet the code, that was me out.

I never wanted to set
foot in that studio again.

I didn't realise until I'd left, but that
place was poisonous. What do you mean?

The atmosphere between Johnny
and Graham, everyone commented on it.

I thought they were friends.
Not from what I could see.

I don't even think
they liked each other.

There was no back
and forth between them.

When you're close to
someone, you take the piss.

The better you like
them, the more you do it.

You mean they didn't
banter? Well, Johnny did.

But it wasn't
humorous, it was cruel.

I mean, I only ever heard
Graham come back at him once.

When Johnny took the piss
out of him for Sarah leaving him.

That's not funny.

No, not funny,

but it was true.

Sarah and Graham had had this
huge row at the roxy radio summer party.

When was this?

About three weeks before the
fire, just before I was sacked.

It happened during
the firework display.

Everyone was outside, and when
the noise died down we all heard

Sarah shouting that Graham could come home when he
wanted cos she wouldn't be there when he got back.

Look, I didn't burn
that place down.

You have to believe that.

I think we can rule out the grey panthers,
but Georgina is still in the frame for me.

She's still not copping for
the car vandalism either?

No, insisting it wasn't her.

Popular guy, wasn't he?

Johnny?

I only listened to a few of his shows,
I wanted to set fire to him myself.

I was the same after hearing
what frank Bryant had to say.

The only person with a good
word for him so far is Graham.

Yet everyone reckons
Johnny treated him like muck.

Yet he won't hear a
bad word about him.

His office is like a
shrine to Johnny.

He's a Deacon disciple.

True, but the more we question
him, the less comfortable he is.

Whoa, hold on, wait!

Enjoy it.

That's what I was trying to do.

No, no, no, look, look, look...

Well? Gorgeous.

That's what I mean,

you've gotta give yourself time
to enjoy life's little pleasures.

Oh, here we go. Ever since you had
that bonding session with Cameron,

it's been all, "smell the
flowers, feel the wind."

Well, I think he's right.

I mean, we're all on a
hamster wheel, aren't we?

Well, maybe I'm thinking
of opting out of the rat race.

Are we rats or are we hamsters?

Maybe I don't want to
be any kind of rodent.

Maybe I don't want to work until they find
me cold and stiff in the corner of the cage.

Listen, it's the roxy
radio funday tomorrow.

I think we should go along
there and rattle a few cages.

Especially Graham's.

How we gonna do that?

He'd be on his guard
as soon as he saw us.

Only you and me. He
doesn't know Brian, does he?

He could just be a fan going along
to ask some pertinent questions.

Yeah, well, the only problem is, he doesn't
really look like a roxy radio fan, does he? Hmm.

Well, I could do, though.

What's a roxy
radio fan look like?

Music: EastEnders theme tune

Esther? It's me.

Have I got any clothes
in pastel shades?

Jeremy just popped round.

I said you wouldn't be long, so he
might as well stay and have a cuppa.

And watch EastEnders. Right.

We've had a lovely chat.

You don't mind, do you?

You did say we were friends now.

No, it's fine.

Another biscuit?

Oh, yes, please.

I'll see you then. Bye!
Bye. (Go on... Go on...)

Shush...

Well, I think it's nice that
you've got a new friend.

I was just being polite.

I was just trying to
boost his confidence

so he might go out and find
some friends his own age.

You know, maybe go
to a disco or something.

Talk about the blind
leading the socially inept.

What's that supposed to mean?

You haven't got any friends
either, have you? Of course I have!

What do you call Sandra
and Gerry and Jack?

Your colleagues.

He's come as what?

Oh, that is brilliant...

Yeah, I'm on my way out now...

I'll see you later. Ok, bye.

Phone rings

Pullman.

Oh, hello, sir. Could
I call you back cos...

No, I haven't
really had the time.

This case has been...

No, sir.

Yes, right away, sir.

Come on, then.

I feel like a right berk.

I look like a right berk.

No, it's terrific.
You'll blend in.

What has Esther done to me?

Are you sure you've never
seen Miami vice? No! I told you.

I don't watch police shows.

They're a load of rubbish.

I think you're supposed
to be Crockett.

No, Esther said something about how
she'd like to come home to Don Johnson.

I take it he doesn't wear socks.

Music: I think we're
alone now by Tiffany

and we all love that one.
Are you having a good time?

Yes!

Well, that's good cos a little
bird tells me it can only get better.

Hiya. Hi.

Day two of campaign get a life. You
were talking about this funday thing

and, er, I thought it
sounded like, well, fun.

So I thought, wouldn't it be cool if
you were Crockett and I was tubbs?

Or is it the other way round?

Look, Jeremy, I'm working.

Oh, oh, sorry... Um, I
didn't mean to get in the way.

I'm rubbish at this. I'll go. No,
no... I'm getting on your nerves.

I do it with everyone
eventually... No, you're fine.

Look, there's someone
you ought to meet.

And it's all killer,
no filler today.

And remember, at roxy
we're never gonna give you up.

Music: Never gonna
give you up by Rick astley

it must be really nice for you.

What? Working with
your wife. Yeah, it suits us.

I could never have
worked with any of mine.

Not without it ending
up coming to blows.

We've had our moments.

Yeah, that's right, you split
up for a while, didn't you?

Yeah, it was a bit of a rough
patch. I was working too hard.

Weren't seeing enough of each
other. Is that all? Well, isn't it enough?

And here she is. And what can
I do for you, my little chickadee?

Barry wants to know what
time you're starting the display.

When it gets dark,
dizzy daydream.

What display? Fireworks
- to music. It's brilliant.

I've gone a bit edgy this year.

Two tribes by Frankie. You
know, a little bit of politics.

D'you mean you actually put
together the firework display?

Yeah. I took my firer's exams when
I was doing the radio 1 road shows.

Johnny liked a bit of an entrance.
Last year he did bohemian rhapsody.

It was amazing! Just how everything
went off in time with the music.

I'll never be able to do that.

Maybe one day. Sarah came on a
refresher course with me one year.

She wasn't a natural, were you?

I don't like the ones that bang.

So how do you actually get
'em all to go off to the music?

Just use the right fuses.

Fuses? Yeah. Excuse me.

And we have another request
from our funday funsters.

It's Tarzan boy by baltimora.

Tarzan girl?

I think I'll follow this
up with high fidelity.

Can't beat the kids from fame.

Actually, I think that's gonna
have to be your last track. What?

You've gotta come
down the station.

My boss wants to
talk to you urgently.

Why? He hasn't done anything.

What's going on?

It's all right, love. Look, I'm not
leaving now. I'm on for another hour.

Graham, mate, you don't want to make a scene in
front of all these nice people, do ya? Brian!

And I'll be signing off now but I'll be leaving you
in the capable hands of Barry "the kid" Johnson.

See you on the
flipside. Good boy.

Graham, it's going to
be ok. I'm coming, too.

You've been a certified pyrotechnist
since 1985. I told you that.

You had easy access to the kind of specialist
fuse that was used to burn down roxy radio.

Why would I burn down
the place where I work?

The place that I'm
fighting to keep open now?

That's a good question.

Tell us about yours and Sarah's
separation. There's nothing to tell.

It was a blip. She came back.

When was that? I don't know.

After the fire. Why then?

So she could stand by me through the most
difficult time of my life. That's what wives do.

Then why weren't you living
together at the time? It was nothing.

Cameron Wyatt offered me my own
show. The afternoon slot. I didn't want it.

Why not? I told you.

Johnny and I, we're a team.

So Johnny objected to
you having your own show.

Especially in a less
anti-social time slot.

I mean, you were a
married man, after all.

Or was that something
else he objected to as well?

He made you choose, didn't
he? Between Sarah and him.

She must have been very hurt
when you made your decision.

I'd known him such a long
time. I couldn't just leave him.

But if you didn't,
you'd lose your wife.

She didn't understand. Johnny
and I had been through a lot together.

Or was it that he had
put you through a lot?

I don't understand.

The attack on Georgina wasn't
the first inappropriate act, was it?

Tell us about Milton keynes.

Well, you seem to know
everything, you tell me.

Well, we do know
everything, now.

We know that frank Bryant's
daughter was only 15 years old.

Those were very different times.

Age wasn't such big a deal.

I think it was. Especially
the age of consent.

We didn't know
she was that young.

It didn't seem to bother
her, she was just a groupie.

No, no, no, no, no,
that came out wrong.

You see, the question I keep asking myself
is, how many other groupies were they?

How many other angry fathers
did you have to deal with?

You don't understand.
Oh, no, I think we do.

I mean, you weren't just
Johnny's friend and manager.

You were an accomplice
to a sexual predator.

How does it go, eh? What
happens on tour stays on tour?

But then Georgina came
along. A bit close to home that.

You really had to pull all the
stops to get her out of the picture.

You even had to involve Cameron
Wyatt. Was that the last straw?

Was that when you finally
decided Johnny had to go?

I think...

I need to speak
to a solicitor now.

I really thought we were
on for a full confession there.

He knows we haven't
got anything concrete.

It's all theory and no evidence.
Maybe because he didn't do it.

Tarzan girl.

Sorry?

I think Johnny was being
stalked by one of his listeners.

When she didn't get the attention
she wanted, she vandalised his car.

When that didn't work, she
started playing with matches.

Don't tell me you want me to put
out an apb for Tarzan girl, Brian?

No need.

Johnny's voice: 'You're on the
air. What do you want to say?'

'hi, Johnny! Love the show.'

'the topic is whether teenagers
should be given the morning after pill

'or made to face the consequences
of their bad behaviour.'

'yeah, I was just wondering if you'd
play a record for me? Tarzan boy?

'Do you remember it, Johnny?'

never did remember
though, did he?

Now back in '85, when that song
was in the charts, you'd be what, 15?

14. I was 14.

Was that how old you
were when you met Johnny?

Yeah. 12th of August,
the best day of my life.

That was the day I went
see top of the pops live.

Sounds like fun. Yeah, it was.

We were only in the crowd and right at the back,
that's when Graham came up and started chatting to me.

I had a Johnny Deacon badge on and he asked
me if wanted to go backstage and meet him.

And did you? Yeah.
And I met baltimora.

He was your favourite,
wasn't he? Oh, yeah.

Sharon, did, um,

did something happen that night?

Something you weren't ready for?

He said he had some new records
back at his flat that I might like.

He said it would
be a nice thank you.

He said I should be grateful,

that he'd picked me
out of all the other girls.

Afterwards, I was so
bloody ashamed of myself.

I'd been so stupid.

It wasn't your fault.
You were only 14.

So how did you
end up at roxy radio?

I saw the ad in the
paper and applied.

I thought if I was going to be a cleaner, I
might as well be somewhere interesting.

I couldn't believe it when Johnny
joined the station. How was that?

Seeing each other every day?

I saw him, but he didn't see me.

I was just the cleaner.

Is that why you started calling
in to the show? Jog his memory?

It didn't work.

I needed to do
something... Bigger.

Show him I wasn't
just going to be ignored.

You smashed Johnny's car up?

I don't know what got in to me.

I mean, once I
started, I couldn't stop.

What was wrong with me? What
did I do something like that for?

Cos Johnny Deacon
raped you. No, he didn't.

Look, I know you went back to the flat, but
you were underage, you were vulnerable...

It wasn't Johnny.

It was Graham. Graham?

Graham madeley?

Yes.

Johnny would never
do a thing like that.

But Graham,

I think he'd done it before.

Is that why you started the
fire at night? To kill Graham?

I didn't start the fire! I'd never
do anything to hurt Johnny.

I was trying to help him!

I knew he was trapped.
I heard him screaming.

But then there was an explosion,

the fire brigade thinks it
was something electrical.

And all I saw was a flash.

And it was the last
thing I ever saw.

I'm sorry, Sharon.

And I should have been on my
way home by then. Why weren't you?

I was running late all night.

I had to wait to get
my cleaning stuff.

There was someone in
the ladies' when I got there.

How d'you mean? Well,
there was no broom cupboard.

I had to store all my
cleaning stuff in the ladies' loo.

Who was in there?

I don't know. I knocked
and there was no answer.

I just assumed it
was that black girl.

Georgina? No, no,
it couldn't have been.

At that time you were the
only woman working there.

Could have been
anyone in the toilet.

You're right. It could have been any
woman who knew the security code

and had firework
training. Anyone at all.

Now we can do this the
hard way or the easy way.

The hard way involves me
and my officers going through

every report, every statement
until we prove that you were there.

That option also involves me telling the jury at
your trial just how uncooperative you've been.

Or there's the easy way.

You tell me everything. And
I do mean everything, Sarah.

I don't know what... We know
about Graham and the girls.

The young girls. I don't
know what you're getting at.

How old were you when
Graham and you got together?

17, but I was very
mature for my age.

Graham tell you that? Cos I bet
that's what he told the other girls.

What other girls? There weren't
any. Stop lying to me. Sarah... no, no!

I don't wanna listen to this.

I want Graham. I
want to see him.

Sit down, Sarah. I want
to see him now. Ok, ok.

You can see him.

But I want you to
listen to something first.

'He said he had some new records
back at his flat that I might like.

'He said it would
be a nice thank you.

'He said I should be grateful,

'that he'd picked me
out of all the other girls.

'Afterwards, I was so
bloody ashamed of myself.

'I'd been so stupid.'
'It wasn't your f...'

still want to see Graham?

'..Johnny's car up?'

'i didn't know I had it in me.

'Once I started I
just couldn't stop.

'I mean, what did I do that
for, what was wrong with me?'

'because Johnny
Deacon raped you.'

'no, he didn't.' 'Look, I know
you went back to his flat,

'but you were underage,
you were vulnerable...'

'it wasn't Johnny.

'It was Graham.'

she sobs

You did the right thing, Sarah.

A confession goes down better
when it comes to sentencing.

So you said.

Sarah! Darling.

Sarah?

Not strictly procedure,
but bloody effective...

I'm sorry, you were saying?

Nothing, sir.

No, go on. I'm interested in anything
you have to say about procedure,

considering how it's
been ignored around here.

I'm not sure I understand, sir.

An illegal mobile phone trace?

An even more illegal credit card
search? Neither of them fruitful,

which suggests Jack halford
doesn't want to be found.

Which is his prerogative,
considering he's no longer

an employee of the
metropolitan police. Since when?

Since he walked out of here
without a backward glance!

Look, this is ridiculous. I will not
have this department held to ransom.

It's time to move
on. Quite right, sir.

You'll get my resignation
in the morning. What? Fine.

We'll interview for yours
and Jack's replacements.

Oh, I'm sorry, was this supposed
to show me the error of my ways?

Prove how indispensable
Jack is? Let me tell you this.

No-one is indispensable.
Do I make myself clear?

Crystal, sir.

So, would you prefer my
application for a transfer in writing,

or will an email do?

Don't be a bloody fool, Sandra.
Well, don't expect a reference!

That could have gone better.

No, it was pretty impressive
from where I stood.

Should buy Jack a bit
more time, shouldn't it?

Hope so. Hope?

Of course he's coming back.

There was no need for
you to fall on your swords!

Bloody stupid.

What if strickland meant it?

Well, what if he did?
What are you saying?

Look, I'm only talking for myself,
but if Jack doesn't come back...

Jack is coming back!
How many times?

Brian, I don't think he is.

Look, we've had a good run.

We've solved a few cases.
Maybe it is time to move on.

Yeah, well, that's
all well and good.

At least it is if you've got
somewhere to move on to.

Brian!

Jack?

Jack?

Oh, Mary, where is he?

No. No! I'm not having this.

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