All language subtitles for New.Tricks.S07E08.Coming.Out.Ball.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-squalor_Track03

[Pleasant music]

[Car doors slam]

[Soft music]

[Footsteps thud]

Fintan macentee?

Detective
superintendent Pullman.

Jack halford.

Interesting choice of venue.

Well I wanted to meet
you two somewhere

there's no chance
of bumping into any

of my fellow countrymen.

Here?

Believe you me,
no self-respecting

irishman'd be seen
dead in this place.

So I think I know what you
want to talk to me about.

Barbara linden-Warner.

Kidnapped August '83 from
the Mayfair hotel, London.

She was 18.

Yes, I know all this.

Yeah, we know you do,
because three days later,

your organisation
phoned the press

and claimed responsibility.

Former organisation.

The republican front disbanded

and decommissioned
a long time ago.

Whatever.

And then last week you told
a completely different story.

You read the interview, then.

When you were asked
about Barbara's abduction,

you said you only got involved
because of the publicity.

Because of the
outrage it would cause.

And now you're deeply regret it.

And I do.

So how come it
took 27 years and a

newspaper article for
you to come forward?

Wouldn't have
anything to do with you

running for the European
parliament, would it?

You don't often find
abduction and murder

in an mep's manifesto.

Most of meps didn't grow
up in Belfast in the '70s.

Maybe you've heard about it.

It was a dark time,
terrible things happened.

Oh yes.

Your troubled youth.

You know, you ought
to write a book about it.

Oh!

- You did.
- [Book thuds]

All right, listen.

I'm sorry I didn't
come forward earlier,

but I'm sure you'd
understand that someone

with my history might
find it difficult to walk

into a London police station.

Anyway, it's all
out in the open now.

I saw the light when I
was sent to "the maze".

Not interested
in your life story.

I just want to know
whether what you said

in that interview was true.

Of course it was.

The republican front did
not kidnap or kill that girl.

We simply saw an
opportunity to raise our profile

by claiming responsibility,

and maybe give Barbara's
father a few sleepless nights.

Sir Kenneth.

Managing director of
linden-Warner industries.

One of the companies
that supplied

the iuc with plastic bullets.

We'll be in touch, Mr. Macentee.

Have you read it?

Not really.

I don't like fiction.

- [Upbeat music]
- ♪ it's all right, it's okay ♪

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

♪ it's all right, I
say, it's okay ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doin' fine ♪

♪ doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine ♪

♪ it's all right, I
say, it's okay ♪

♪ we gettin' to the
end of the day ♪

Oh, he didn't do it?

That's what the former
Irish terrorist told you, is it?

- Yes, Gerry.
- Yeah?

What else he say?

He knows where shergar is?

You're not the only one
with reservations, all right?

I should bloody well 'ope not!

Oh, just think of
the girl's family,

nearly 30 years of not knowing

what actually happened to 'er.

And that's why
we're taking the case.

Yeah, all right, all right.

Just don't expect me to be happy

about helping macentee's
political campaign.

Oh, he's a man of peace now.

He just wants to teach the
world to sing in perfect Harmony.

[Sandra] Cheers, Jack.

Well, he was never much
of a terrorist in the first place.

Do what?

What, the republican front?

They were always minor league.

Basically a bunch
of wannabe thugs.

Exhibit "a".

Seen that picture
before, haven't I?

Yeah.

'Cause it was everywhere
in the summer of '83.

You know, that
pub riot in kilburn.

The Duke of Wellington.

Yeah, some shop windows got
smashed and the pub was looted.

Oh, that's right, yeah.

Two young uniform
lads steamed in there

'cause the paddies were
all drinkin' after hours.

Well, fintan macentee
was one of those arrested,

and hence captured
for posterity.

Right.

Take a look at the case files.

Come on, get on with it.

This case is full
of bad decisions.

Yeah, starting with the family

not getting in touch
with the kidnap squad

until after they
paid the ransom.

By the time the
investigation started,

the trail had gone cold.

Which might be
why the investigation

centred mostly
around the Irish angle.

Yeah well they didn't
have a lot to go on.

They should have
explored every angle.

That was their job.

Oh, so it's the
met's fault, is it?

I'm not saying that.

But I remember
what it was like in '83.

Everyone was on high alert.

Terrorism makes
people terrified,

and terrified people do
not make good decisions.

[Sandra] What do you think?

Well, the girl was at a big
posh do at the Mayfair hotel.

Her boyfriend said that
between 8:30 and 9:00,

they had a bit of a row.

She stormed out and
basically was never seen again.

The alarm was raised
the following morning

when the boyfriend went round

to the house and
she wasn't there.

And then this arrived.

"We have your daughter.

We will return her when
Ireland is free once more.

Do not speak to police."

"When Ireland is
free once more?"

I know.

In '83, there was definitely
no sign of that happening.

If I'd have got this now,

I'd have thought she was dead.

Maybe.

But then this arrived
48 hours later.

"Ten thousand quid to the
place on the map by midnight.

Then to fleet services, m3.

Call police, we kill her."

Someone obviously decided
they needed the money.

Is it just me?

Yeah, I know.

They're, they're different.

The first one is
much more formal.

Yeah, and it's properly
punctuated, look.

They've even cut out full
stops from the newspaper.

And they've used
two different typefaces

on this ransom demand
and a different type again

on the first note.

All right.

We're going to go
back to the beginning

and investigate
this as a kidnap.

Not an act of terrorism.

Oh, don't.

Linden-Warner industries
have been threatened

by republican groups for years.

Not just them, Gerry.

They have a fairly
contentious client list.

Nicaragua, Israel, South Africa.

All right, you and Gerry
look at the hate mail

and see if there are
any specific threats.

Okay.

But what about the
specific threat in that?

All right, Gerry!

I haven't forgotten.

I'm just trying to
review the evidence

with an open mind
if it's okay with you.

Open minds?

Ha, yeah it's fine with me.

Not everyone's feeling
the credit crunch, I see.

Well, you never see arms
manufacturers on the bread line.

We can always afford a war.

Detective superintendent
Pullman, ma'am.

Thank you.

Lady Elizabeth.

Thank you for
agreeing to see us.

This is Jack halford.

How'd you do?

I've been expecting you
ever since we read the article.

He was lying, wasn't he?

We're not sure,
which is why we want

to reopen the investigation.

- [Emotional music]
- Good.

That's good.

I mean, I know there's
very little chance

you will find my
daughter alive, but.

Of course.

Oh please sit down.

Thank you.

I just want to
know where she is.

Where she's been all this time.

[Emotional music continues]

I'm sorry.

Please excuse me.

Michael, I need you
to talk to these people.

I can't.

What the hell's going on?

I'm detective
superintendent Pullman.

[Jack] Jack halford.

Is this about Barbara,

and what that idiot
said in his interview?

You do know that he's
running for election?

Yes, we're aware of that.

And well, do you not find
it all rather convenient?

It'd crossed our minds, yes.

Well you can see how
upset my mother is.

I just don't think there's
anything to be gained

from dragging all this up.

If we can give your
mother some answers.

But we all know what the
final answer to all this will be.

My sister is dead.

We'd like to find out
exactly what happened.

Don't you think that
might help your mother?

Entirely depends on what
you find out, doesn't it?

I'm sorry, I wonder if I
could use your erm...

The, of course, it's
across the hallway.

Thank you.

[Door creaks]

[Floorboards creak]

[Knocks on door]

[Lady Elizabeth chuckles]

This is the one job I
insist on doing myself.

My wife always used to say,

"if you want a job doing
properly, do it yourself."

[Lady Elizabeth chuckles]

This was taken the night
Barbara went missing.

[Soft music]

Pretty girl.

'Twas a very
special night for her.

That ball is the
culmination of the season.

Barbara was a Deb that year.

Debutante?

Was she presented to the queen?

Oh, no.

All that had gone by then.

More to the pity.

Still, it was an honour
to be part of things.

The young ladies
debut season is a

wonderful opportunity
to meet people.

Make friends.

Meet a young man.

If a gal couldn't find a
good prospect for herself

during the season, there
really was no hope for her.

Although Barbara had no
problems in that department.

She was always
going to be popular.

So she met Gregory
Hampton that summer?

Yes, we were very happy.

He was from an excellent family.

And that's what
it was all about.

Finding a suitable husband.

- I mean, all the white dresses.
- [Michael chuckles]

I suppose you're halfway
towards the wedding already.

It's more like a
virgin sacrifice.

When did you realise
that something was wrong?

[Michael sighs]

Well, Greg arrived
here in the morning.

He thought she'd be at home.

Where did the
family think she was?

Well, at the ball.

Those things were a
marathon, not a sprint.

You stayed until
they served breakfast.

Uh, Barbara had a car
laid on for the morning.

She was supposed to come
back with her friend Kate.

Kate Smythe?

Yes.

But Kate didn't
even see her leave.

She assumed that she was with
Greg and had gone home alone.

Do you know what the argument

was about between
Barbara and Greg?

Greg didn't really
remember, too drunk.

It was probably
what kicked things off.

Had they argued before?

I don't think so.

I assume he had more sense.

What do you mean?

Well, if you upset Barbara,
you upset my father,

and no one wanted
to upset my father.

Oh, I see.

So, sir Kenneth and
Barbara were quite close.

That's an understatement.

He thought the sun
Rose and set with her.

[Soft music]

Which in many ways it did,
she was intelligent and kind.

[Michael chuckles lightly]

It's funny.

She certainly didn't deserve
what happened to her.

Why didn't you father
call in the police?

He thought that if he
did what he was told,

pay the ransom, then
that would be that.

£10,000.

Didn't somebody
question the amount?

Well should we have?

Well, yeah, your father
was a very wealthy man.

Well, I guess we always
assumed it wasn't about the money.

It was a political gesture.

But it was you who
took the ransom money

to the drop-off point.

It was in the middle
of epping forest.

It, it could have been a trap.

They may have wanted
to abduct my father.

So, you know, I had to go.

Very brave of you.

No, dad had it worse.

He went to fleet and waited
for Barbara to be released.

We waited and waited.

In fact, he never
stopped waiting.

Every day it would start again.

Today, maybe, she
would come back to him.

Went on like that for
two years till it killed him.

She would've made
a beautiful bride.

Don't you think?

[Soft music]

I think the low ransom suggested

it was an attack on the family.

Not their wallets.

-Yeah, well it's- -oi!

Don't even think about it.

Don't start with me.

Permit parking round
here, there's plenty of signs.

Yeah, but I'm on a
police investigation.

All right?

Sandra.

Oh my god.

It is you.

Excuse me?

Well, I know it's been
awhile, but Tracy.

Tracy Smith.

From school.

Tracy.

Yeah, how're you doing?

Oh, well I'm not detective
superintendent or anything.

Haven't you done
well for yourself?

Yeah, done okay.

Expect you'll be
coming then, to show off.

Coming where?

School reunion, this week.

Now you are gonna be
there, aren't you Sandra?

I don't know,
i'm, uh, very busy.

Oh, don't say that, 'cause
there's loads of people

looking forward to seeing you.

Miss harrington's coming.

Miss harrington?

Yeah, you got on well
with her, didn't you?

Must be ages since you saw her.

Uh, I dunno.

Like I said, busy week.

See what I can do.

Great.

See you there.

Yours, I think.

Right, we need to
establish a timeline

of what happened
before the linden-warners

called in the police.

Now we know that
Barbara and Greg

argued around 8:30, 9:00 pm,

and then Greg raised the
alarm at 9:00 the next morning.

Then the first letter arrived.

In the second
post, about midday.

Second post, bloody
'ell those were the days.

Ooh, get this.

The royal mail
estimates it was posted

the night of the kidnap.

It was collected from the
postbox about midnight.

Where was it posted?

Uh, central London.

Soho postmark.

Cor, 12 hours from
postbox to front door.

Fantastic.

Yeah, yeah.

All hail the royal mail.

Thank you.

Next question.

How did the abductors know
where Barbara would be?

She was a debutante.

It was a debutante's ball.

Yeah, but she left early so
they had to be watching 'er.

Are you thinking inside job?

Someone who knew the
family, knew their movements?

No, it's a thought.

We should take a look
at who was working

for the linden-warners
at the time.

Domestic staff,
people in the office.

Who had access to
their personal schedules.

Was there anyone
new in the house.

Anyone with an axe to grind.

And did anybody
hand in their resignation

after everything had died down.

That won't take long.

Yeah, should narrow it
down to about 10,000.

Okay.

The next day, the
ransom demand arrives.

With a postmark, mount pleasant.

So they'd be still in London.

Yeah, well they had to
hang around for the money.

Michael linden-Warner
delivered that to epping forest

at midnight as requested,

but they still didn't
return Barbara,

so finally the linden-warners
called in the police.

Have I missed anything?

Yeah.

Yeah, this mob,
the republican front.

They phoned the
evening standard that night

and said they had Barbara.

Okay.

What about the ransom amount?

Don't you that you
think that 10 grand

is a little low for a
professional job?

You think that's what it was?

Well it had to be.

With an insider.

All the forward
planning with the letters,

the fact that they snatched
Barbara in central London

without any witnesses, no
one ever finding the body...

And if it wasn't an inside job,

that would involve
watching the family.

Working out their movements.

That's a lot of work
for a small payout.

Exactly what I'm thinking.

[Gerry] What do you
do, Mr. Hampton?

I am a journalist.

I work from home.

Let me move these,
and you can take a seat.

We're all waiting to go to
the recycling centre later.

Thank you.

I do wish all the broadsheets'd
give in and go tabloid.

It would save my back.

Uh, sorry.

I'm going on.

It's just, I'm not sure what I
can tell you about Barbara.

Let's start with what you're
quarrelled about that night.

Well, I was quite drunk.

Not so drunk that you
didn't remember to go around

and apologise to
her the next morning.

Unless you're saying
that you couldn't remember

what you were apologising for.

So you'd had a couple of drinks,

but what else happened
before the argument?

Was there any
dancing or anything?

No, not with my two left feet.

Okay, whereabouts in the hotel

were you when
the row kicked off?

We were in one
of the hotel rooms.

[Greg sighs]

It was supposed to be romantic.

It was the last
ball of the summer.

I'd ordered a bottle
of champagne,

and maybe drunk
a little too much of it.

It was Dutch courage.

To do what?

To propose.

I had the ring, I went
down on one knee

and popped the question.

And what was the answer?

A resounding no.

That's what the
argument was about.

She was supposed to say yes,

drink the champagne and...

Make use of the room.

That's how I
imagined it going, yes.

So you must have
felt very frustrated

when it all went wrong.

[Greg sighs]

And I know what you're thinking.

And I know how it sounds.

That's why I didn't
come clean at the time.

But I never, I mean,
we just had an argument.

That's all, it
didn't get physical.

Did she give you any
reason for saying no?

That's what made me so
angry, she wouldn't say.

I honestly thought it
was what she wanted.

What happened next?

She left.

I stayed in the room
and drank the rest

of the champagne and
passed out on the bed.

The next morning I
woke up with a hangover

and a desperate
need to speak to her,

so I went straight
round to the house.

You know the rest.

There are no witnesses
to all this, I assume.

Well, no.

I appreciate I should have
said something at the time,

but sir Kenneth was upset enough

without me giving
him the details

of my plans to
deflower his daughter.

Hey, you're back.

Yes.

Hi, I'm Amy.

Greg's wife.

They're from the police.

They're looking into the
linden-Warner kidnap again.

Oh, god.

Barbara.

Wow.

That's a blast from the past.

You knew her?

Oh, we were debs
together that year.

[Sandra] Were you close?

You know how
you are at that age?

Friends with everyone you meet.

Did Barbara know about you two?

- Oh, no.
- No, not then.

It was at least a year
after Barbara went missing

before we even saw
each other again.

We bumped into each other

at one of the
post-season weddings.

And you were not that
interested, even then.

She took some wooing, this one.

I wore down her resistance.

You mean you cheated.

How'd you mean, cheated?

Oh, well there were so
many weddings that summer,

but I seem to be placed next
to Greg at every single one.

Was only later that I found
out he'd been phoning the brides

and asking them to
alter the seating plans.

[Amy chuckles]

Nobody on the staff
would've been involved.

You can't be
absolutely sure of that.

You'd had threats.

And we had security in place.

Everybody did back then.

What sort of security?

Oh just the usual things.

Being vigilant.

Packages coming into
the building were checked.

Any cars parked
near the building.

And anyone who worked
here or at the house

was subject to a security check.

But your sister
was still abducted.

Oh, we didn't have
personal security.

Bodyguards or
anything like that.

Dad wanted us to have
as normal a life as possible.

[Object clatters]

He thought that if we let
those people have an impact,

change things too much,
then they'd have won.

Still apart from your parents,

who else would have known about

Barbara's comings and goings?

- [Michael sighs]
- Our driver Keith.

He didn't have a
schedule as such,

but he was just told where to
go as and when he was needed.

Usually miss Jones
would coordinate that.

Miss Jones?

Dad's secretary.

She kept the diaries,
opened the mail.

It would be good
to speak to her.

She retired 25 years ago.

I shouldn't think she still has

all her chairs under the table.

That is if she's still with us.

I don't think we even have
an up-to-date address for her.

And you came to work with
your father after the kidnap.

Well, he'd lost all
interest in the business.

The company wasn't
in serious trouble,

but it was on the edge.

The bad publicity had
knocked the share price,

so I stepped in to protect
him and the company

from any sharks that
might've been circling.

And when he died, you took
over as managing director.

Yes, it's what he
would have wanted.

So is that how you become head

of an international
arms manufacturer?

I mean, it's that easy?

It's not quite that simple.

Well, do you need
any qualifications?

No.

Well it's a hell of a career
trajectory then, isn't it?

[Brian chuckles]

Two years to become
managing director.

I worked very hard for it.

It's not an easy life.

I'm not suggesting otherwise.

[Soft music]

Vicky will show you out.

[Jack] Thank you.

I'm going to make that
conference call now.

No interruptions, please.

No problem, Michael.

Well, if you
gentlemen are ready,

I'll take you downstairs.

Oh, erm, if you could
just give us that address?

I'm sorry?

Oh, 'e forgot to
mention it, didn't 'e?

Oh, you see
Mr. Linden-Warner was going to

give us an address
for miss Jones.

Erm, used to be his
father's secretary.

First name?

He didn't say.

I can't disturb him.

Why don't I ask him
later and email it to you?

Christmas card list,
he said it will be on that.

[Jack] That's right.

You wouldn't have a quick
search for us, would you?

[Vicky clears her throat]

[Birds chirp]

[Knocks on door]

Yes?

Miss Jones?

Can I help you?

How long did you work for
linden-Warner industries?

22 years and four months.

My last duties were
organising sir Kenneth's funeral.

And then you retired.

I decided it was time to leave.

Michael says you knew
everything that was going on,

in the company
and with the family.

And he's right.

I was secretary to the
md, which was my job.

To keep a close eye on
every aspect of his work.

To anticipate his needs.

Quite a job description.

So there was a lot
of responsibility?

Which I took very seriously.

Sir Kenneth knew he
could trust me implicitly.

In all the time I worked
there, I only took three days off,

and that was when
my mother died.

I gave my all.

And what did you
get back in return?

I don't understand the question.

Well, don't they
say secretaries are

neither well-paid
or well-treated?

Sir Kenneth treated me
with nothing but respect.

And as for the money,
I would have been

happy to work for
him for half my salary.

Did you know anything
about the threats

that had been made
against the company?

I opened most of them.

Badly spelled, full
of foul language.

When the threats
became more specific,

it was me who
called in the police.

When you say
specific, were there

any threats made
against the children?

No, no, no.

No, no, it was
always sir Kenneth.

Hardly affected
Barbara and Michael.

They led perfectly normal lives.

Hmm.

Normal for children
of a multimillionaire.

They weren't spoiled.

Barbara was a lovely girl.

And Michael?

Michael was Michael.

What does that mean?

Nothing.

I hear he's doing
very well these days.

What do you think
she was implying?

Well Michael linden-Warner
wouldn't be the first

little rich boy to get
himself into trouble.

Which explains why
we're so reluctant

for us to speak with miss Jones.

Thank you.

She's no dodderer,
that's for sure.

- Mind like a steel trap.
- [Gerry sniggers]

Well see if he's got a record.

But other than that,
security threats were just

part of the
linden-Warner way of life.

They're still not
popular as a company.

They had their windows
put in during the g20 protests.

They were taken
to court by a family.

One of their drivers was
killed delivering a shipment

to liverpool docks back in 1984.

[Gerry] By terrorists?

Well, it was a robbery,
but you have to ask,

who nicks a lorry-load
of guns and grenades?

So we're looking for a
multitude of suspects then?

No, I wouldn't think so.

Peace campaigners
don't usually resort

to kidnap and murder.

It doesn't quite fit the image.

No.

But we know whose
image it does fit.

Yes, Gerry.

But like I said, open mind.

[Knocks on door]

Brian's found some information
I think we should chase up.

It seems Michael linden-Warner
was a bit of a wild child.

He's got some previous.

What for?

Oh, nothing very original.

Possession, drunk
and disorderly.

But there's one
highlight, an affray.

He was in the
Wellington pub riot.

Well, well, wow.

Oh, by the way, are you going?

Going where?

That reunion.

Oh, I don't know.

I hadn't thought about it.

I wasn't part of the riot,

I just happened to be in
the pub when it happened.

One minute I'm having a drink,

the next I'm in the
back of a police Van.

You'd just gone
there for a drink?

Yes.

Kilburn doesn't strike me

as being your natural
stamping ground.

Why, do you think
I should have been

on Sloane square in Kensington?

That's not all that
big an assumption.

You'd only just turned 20.

People of that age
usually hung about

with people they
were at school with.

Well maybe I preferred a
different crowd at that time.

The kilburn riot
wasn't the first time

you'd been in a cell for
a public order offence.

What was going on?

What do you think?

Youthful rebellion.

I wasn't the first 20 year
old to have a lost summer.

And who are you
rebelling against?

Your father?

I suppose.

How did he react to
your criminal career?

He was unhappy about it.

Unhappy enough to
throw you out of the house,

'cause when you were arrested,

you gave your address
as a squat in Camden.

Not Holland park.

[Michael chuckles lightly]

Things came to a
head, I moved out.

Dad cut me off financially
until I came to my senses.

So how did you hear
about the kidnap?

Miss Jones.

She came to find me, and
I came straight back home.

I knew my parents would need me.

Of course.

Just put everything
in perspective.

Yes, I was a screw up, but I
was there when it mattered.

[Footsteps thud]

Not enough to bring him in.

You can't really blame
him for wanting to

rebel against his parents.

Wasn't exactly
the family favourite.

Not while Barbara
still drew breath.

Oh, okay.

No, no, no, we're just leaving.

Yeah, fine.

See you in the
morning, good night.

[Phone clatters]

Well?

She'll brief us tomorrow.

I'd better be off home then.

Doing anything special tonight?

Yeah, hiding.

It's Esther's turn to have her

"stitch and bitch"
group at our house.

Stitch and what?

Yeah, they all sit round
and knit and gossip.

So you wouldn't be
averse to a night out, then.

Where are we going?

Oh, Gerry.

You do know how to spoil a girl.

[Gerry chuckles lightly]

I can't imagine why
you're still single.

[Audience applauds]

Our slogan, "bringing
communities together",

is our watchword for the future.

[Audience applauds]

Now, some people
will tell you that

we should forget the past.

- Yeah, people like 'im.
- [Brian shushes]

[Fintan] Pretend
it never happened.

But those who don't
learn from their history

are doomed to repeat it.

That's original.

Except it won't be us

- that has to repeat it.
- Look, Gerry.

-If I've got to be here,
-[Fintan continues speech]

At least let me listen
to what he's saying.

But it's not too late
for the next generation.

If I have anything
to do with it,

they'll have better
role models than I had.

Better teachers, better fathers,

not men who are corrupted
by injustice and violence.

I know it's too late for me.

I am one of those
men, because of

what I have seen
and what I have done.

But that does not
mean that I can't work

toward that better future.

And I promise you,
all of you, that I will.

[Audience applauds]

[Coins jingle]

[Group chatters]

Come on, let's go.

No, don't it piss you
off, blokes like that,

going on like they're heroes?

But that's not what
he was saying.

In fact, I think he was
saying quite the opposite.

Well it's not what I heard.

That's because
you couldn't quite

hear him over your
preconceptions.

Yeah but that's
the problem in't it?

'E could be
preaching the gospel,

but it wouldn't mean anything

'cause I know what
he's done in the past.

I mean how can you give
money to a man like that?

You'd be surprised.

I've got friends with deep
pockets all over this city.

Yeah but you're not even
standing for election in London.

There are irishmen
scattered across the globe,

but they never forget home.

Anyway, don't worry.

I never expect any support
from the boys in blue.

How did you know?

I've spent enough
time in the company

of the police to know
one when I see one.

Checking up on
me, were you boys?

Whatever you want
to know, just ask.

Okay.

How well do you know
Michael linden-Warner?

I don't.

Well, I know of him.

So you're saying
you've never met him?

Not even in
kilburn, for instance?

As I said, I don't know the man

anyway, thanks for coming.

Perhaps you'd like to
take a leaflet with you.

[Gerry tuts]

-You know what you
can do- -come on, Gerry.

Esther's lot should be packing
away their needles by now.

Home, James.

Here, how'd you
find out who's been

making donations
to a politician?

Well, anything over
five grand has to be

registered with the
electoral commission.

Really?

In that case, I
think I'm going back

to the office for a bit.

Well, how long are
you going to be there?

I don't know.

Well, you'll drop me
home first, won't you?

Oh, leave off.

You live in the
opposite direction.

Look, there's a tube
station down the road.

I don't do tubes.

Or get a bus.

Number 29.

[Soft music]

'Scuse me.

Good evening.

[Soft music continues]

[Cars rumble]

[Soft music continues]

[Newspaper rustles]

[Bus brakes hiss]

[Brian sighs]

[Footsteps thud]

[Door creaks]

Morning.

I told you.

I knew that slimy
sod hadn't reformed.

Why do I feel like
I've just walked in

halfway through a conversation?

- [Gerry chuckles]
- Last night, Brian and I

went to see fintan make
one of his little speeches.

Why?

For the record, I
was duped into going.

And coming home by
public flamin' transport.

I wanted to see if I
could find anything

that linked him with Michael.

And did you?

Last month, fintan's campaign

received a check for £20,000

from one Michael linden-Warner.

And that's not all.

I checked Michael's
address in Camden

with fintan's known addresses
at the time of the kidnap.

You are kidding me.

No, they were squat
mates in Camden.

Good.

We're getting there.

Well, maybe I can
put us over the top.

That second note.

I thought I recognised
the typeface.

There you go.

The Camden gazette.

Well, well, well.

[Michael] We met
in a pub in kilburn.

[Sandra] That would be
the Duke of Wellington.

[Michael] Yes.

I was there to buy dope.

Fintan came around
making a collection.

For the boys.

Yes, I thought it was hilarious.

Kenneth linden-Warner's
son being asked to

make a contribution
to the people

that wanted to see him dead.

I gave him 50 quid.

It was my first mistake.

Why was that?

It marked me out as a rich kid.

Soon I was fintan's
new best friend.

It must have come as
a bit of a blow to him,

when your dad
stopped bankrolling you.

Didn't go down very well.

Was that when you came up
with a plan to kidnap Barbara?

No.

No, I didn't know she was
missing till miss Jones turned up.

And how did you
feel when she did?

Upset.

I was frightened for my sister.

But it gave you a chance to
get back in with your family.

The big returning hero.

What was the plan?

Get fintan to release
her as soon as

you got your feet
back under the table?

- No.
- Something went wrong,

didn't it?

What happened?

Did fintan kill her?

No, I'm telling you
I didn't take her.

It was nothing to do with me.

What about macentee?

When you heard what the
note said about a "free Ireland",

didn't you think your new best
mate might just be involved?

[Michael sighs]

He promised me he had
nothing to do with the kidnap,

but he said he might be
able to find out who did

if he asked around his contacts.

And?

He told me he spoke
to somebody high up

in the republican front.

Another terrorist
cell had Barbara,

but they, they didn't
want to hurt her.

They, they just wanted
to give my dad a scare.

And you believed him?

I was young.

I was naive.

One thing fintan can
do is tell a good story.

He's made a career out of it.

But that's all it
was in the end.

It was nothing but talk.

But I erm, I didn't realise
until it was too late.

Until fintan had talked
me into his big idea.

Which was?

He told me the other
cell had no intention

of asking for a ransom.

He thought it was a
missed opportunity.

A time, chance to make
money out of my father.

Teach them a lesson
for cutting me off.

Well, it was all for that.

So you and he wrote
the second note.

I told him how much money
dad had at home in the safe,

how much he could
get a short notice

without going to the
bank and alerting anyone.

[Soft music]

And then I went home
and played the prodigal son.

Then you selflessly volunteered
to make the money drop.

Where did you
really take the cash?

Straight to the
Duke of Wellington.

What was supposed
to happen next?

They were...

[Michael clears his throat]

They were supposed
to let Barbara go.

Fintan said it was all arranged.

But, when.

[Michael sighs]

When dad came home
empty-handed, erm,

suddenly I couldn't
get hold of fintan.

Wasn't at the
squat, or at the pub,

and my parents
were falling apart.

By that time, the police
were involved and the press

and eventually
the penny dropped.

I realised I had been used.

But then the republican
front claimed responsibility.

I've told you, the
rf didn't really exist.

Fintan had no more idea about
where Barbara was than I did.

He was just using
Barbara to make his name.

I couldn't tell anyone.

No, not without
implicating yourself.

I didn't know anything.

Not about a kidnap.

I had no idea who'd
really taken Barbara.

And by that time you
were back in the fold,

daddy's brave boy.

What about fintan?

It was all his birthdays
come at once.

I could never say
no to him again.

He knew too much about me.

What, he was blackmailing you?

No, he was never
as blunt, but yeah.

Over the years it'd turn
up every now and again,

this sweaty handout.

You could've said no.

I did.

Six weeks ago.

Next thing I knew,
he was talking

about Barbara in an interview.

You know the rest.

Any contribution that
Michael linden-Warner,

or any other donor
for that matter,

makes to my campaign
is entirely voluntary.

And without
obligation on my part.

It's all registered in the
electoral commission.

And you're very welcome to
have my accounts at your leisure.

Nothing, not a flicker.

He knows we've got
nothing to take to the cps

except Michael's
word against his.

And a lot of
circumstantial evidence.

Nothing concrete.

And if we're to believe
Michael's version,

then we still don't know
who actually took Barbara.

So where does that leave us?

Back to square one?

Well, it would explain why

the two notes were so different.

They were from
two different people.

And I've identified
the typefaces.

Fintan and Michael's
were cobbled together

in a squat from the Camden
gazette and the nme.

And the other?

Daily telegraph.

Well, I can't see that being
regular reading in a squat.

If we are looking at
two different crimes,

thinking about the
kidnap, there was no,

no ransom demand,
no claim of responsibility

from whoever
wrote the first note.

And I'm assuming that they are

the ones who actually took her.

Unless she was already dead.

Maybe we're looking at
this the wrong way round.

Not a kidnap,
leading to a murder,

but a murder
leading to a kidnap.

And the Irish connection
was just to distract people.

Yeah, what was that you
said about terrified people?

Terrified people usually
make bad decisions.

So while everyone's
rushing about

doing their best
headless chicken act,

someone else is actually
getting away with murder.

And when Michael
and fintan interfered,

they were home free.

Yeah, what do we think?

Well, answers all my questions.

Raises a few more.

Why would anyone
want to kill an 18-year-old,

who everyone thought
was sweetness and light?

What about the bloke
who she'd knocked back?

I mean, Greg admitted
that he was alone with her.

Opportunity.

Well, he was a bit pissed.

Which would dull the senses
and quicken the temper.

And she totally rejected him.

Motive.

Okay, let's forget for a
moment that this happened

in a flashy hotel room and
they were drinking champagne.

It is potentially a case
of domestic violence,

because if this
had happened in a,

in a council flat and they
were knocking back cider,

we'd be looking for a
history of domestic abuse.

Well, 'as he lashed out
at any women before?

No, nothing on record.

No, but he doesn't
take no for an answer,

does he, where
women are concerned.

Look at the wife.

I mean, he stalked her
from wedding to wedding.

Did seem a bit obsessive.

We should have a
word with that friend.

What, what's her name?

The one she was supposed
to go home with that night.

Kate Smythe.

Yeah.

And you go back and
talk to lady Elizabeth

and see if she noticed anything.

Right.

[Car hums]

[Horse neighs]

[Birds chirp]

- [Car doors slam]
- Can I help you?

[Gravel crunches]

Though I think you should know

that we don't do lessons,
or rides for tourists.

We're not that kind of stables.

We're not here for the horses.

Kate Smythe?

[Birds chirp]

Barbara and I were
friends from school.

[Horses whinny]

She really was a lovely thing.

[Door slams]

She took to all the
balls and what have you

far better than I did.

But she never
left me in a corner.

She always made sure I was okay.

Introduced me to people.

I must've been a
total pain in the arse.

So did you think when she didn't

come home with you
that night as planned?

Well, it was certainly odd.

But I'd seen her
earlier with Greg,

so I just assumed that
he'd finally got his way.

His wicked way, you mean?

Well, yes.

These functions, the girls
were looking for future husbands.

The boys were looking to
get their legs over the girls.

Of course, some of the girls
were more than happy to oblige.

What about Barbara?

She wasn't one of them.

Did this cause
arguments with Greg?

Oh, endless arguments.

The hours that Amy and I

spent in the loos
talking it to death.

- Amy coultard?
- Mm.

Amy Hampton, these days.

That was a turn-up
for the books.

Amy and Greg.

Was it?

Well, Amy was always
dead set against Greg.

Never a good word for him
while he was with Barbara.

Two years later,
they're married.

But they weren't interested
in each other that summer.

Nope, like I say,
never a good word.

What was Amy's
problem with Greg?

Your guess is as good as mine.

But in the end she
made it pretty clear

that it was either her or Greg.

Barbara couldn't be
friends with both of them.

Barbara chose Greg.

How did Amy react?

She caused a scene.

It was at a party that the
linden-warners had thrown.

Everything was going fine.

But then there were
raised voices and Amy

storming down the
stairs, out into the night.

Next down was Barbara.

It was quite obvious
that they'd had it out.

And how were they
with each other after that?

Well, Amy kept her distance.

Even in that awful time
after Barbara went missing.

The rest of us waited and hoped.

Prayed.

Amy coulthard
went to Switzerland.

To a finishing
school, for god's sake.

Finishing school, I thought
they went out with the ark.

Rather.

Even in the '80s they
were considered archaic.

Still, she only
lasted a fortnight.

Well, how long should
she have been there then?

Oh, it takes a year to
properly finish off a young lady.

There's a whole term on Pearl
necklaces, from what I hear.

Gregory?

He was always
an utter gentlemen.

I'm not quite sure
what you're saying.

Well, it's just a line
of inquiry at this point.

But if there was any change
in Barbara that summer?

What sort of change?

Well did she become withdrawn?

Nervous, evasive?

Mr. Halford, she
was a teenage girl.

She could be all of those things

and then an hour later
she could be walking on air.

So there was nothing to
cause you any concern?

No, the opposite.

That summer, my daughter
absolutely blossomed.

She'd always been sweet-natured,

but over the last
couple of months before.

She was so happy, she glowed.

And was Gregory
the reason for that?

What else could it have been?

She was in love.

Then why did she
turn down his proposal?

Greg had proposed to her?

And she said no.

Well, that's what they
argued about, lady Elizabeth.

That can't possibly be right.

I told you, Greg is a gentleman.

He wouldn't have
dreamt of proposing

before speaking to
me or sir Kenneth.

He asked our permission.

So you knew that he'd proposed?

No.

I assumed he hadn't
had the opportunity.

They'd argued before
he could pop the question.

I thought she'd sabotaged him.

[Emotional music]

I think you're going
to have to explain that.

That night, I told her
to expect his proposal.

She panicked.

It was too soon,
she wasn't sure.

I had to speak to her
in quite strong terms.

You argued with her.

She just wouldn't listen to me.

I told her how lucky she
was Greg had chosen her.

She said she didn't care,
she didn't choose him.

Did she say why?

No, she was being ridiculous.

Didn't even have a reason.

At least, not one
she could tell me.

Did you feel she was holding
something back from you?

I asked her what
was wrong with him.

She refused to say.

You don't think
Greg was involved?

Is that what this is all about?

There are several
lines of inquiry.

I sent her to him.

I shouted at her.

My last words to her before...

I told her not to come home
without his ring on her finger.

- [Lady Elizabeth cries softly]
- [Emotional music continues]

Back again.

How can we help this time?

We're here to speak
to your husband.

Yeah, we wanna talk to you about

the night Barbara went missing.

Now, would you rather
do that on your own?

Whatever you have to say,

you can say in front of my wife.

Okay.

So how did you feel when
she turned your proposal down?

Well, how do you think?

Rejected, hurt, angry.

Of course, you'd
done all that hard work.

Well, I'd booked a room and
ordered a bottle of champagne.

Now I meant with her parents.

You'd got the go ahead.

Their blessing.

I suppose.

Well, it's a done
deal, wasn't it?

Apparently not.

All she had to do was say yes.

One little word and
it was all systems go.

What are you saying?

I'm saying you didn't
want to hear her say no.

So you decided not to listen.

What?

You decided you wanted to
get what you'd been promised.

What you thought
was rightfully yours.

[Greg] No.

Look, you wouldn't be
the first bloke in the world

who'd had a rush of blood to

somewhere that wasn't his brain.

I can't believe you're
actually saying this.

I never, why would you
think that I had anything to-

[Gerry] Greg, you were the
last person who saw her alive.

Didn't you say that you
hardly knew Barbara?

I, I didn't.

Not really.

Then you had a lot
of nerve asking her

to choose between you and Greg.

What?

Oh, that's what the row at
Barbara's house was all about.

And it got pretty
heated from what I hear.

And then a couple
of weeks later,

Barbara goes missing and
you're off to finishing school.

That had been
planned for a long time.

I'm sure it had.

But you never
got there, did you?

I phoned them and asked.

You never even enrolled.

Amy?

[Sandra] So where did you go

and what happened to Barbara?

Nothing.

But she's probably still alive.

Greg didn't kill her.

[Emotional music]

I ran away with her.

But you weren't on
speaking terms at that point.

You'd had the big argument.

It wasn't an argument.

There were raised voices.

Not from us.

From miss Jones.

She walked in on us.

That's why you wanted
her to break up with Greg.

Because she wasn't
in love with him.

No.

She was in love with me.

I was in love with her.

Oh my god.

You need to understand Greg.

I'd never felt like that
about anyone before.

I loved her.

We just wanted to be together.

So why weren't you?

Because our families would
have been so disappointed.

So let down.

Barbara's parents and mine,

they expected so much from us.

They, they gave us so much.

We couldn't hurt them.

But you did.

Where did you and Barbara go?

Paris.

[Emotional music continues]

The first week was fine.

More than fine.

We had a beautiful flat.

We spent all our time together.

So what went wrong?

I didn't want the
adventure to end.

But then Barbara
started talking about

us getting jobs
and settling down.

I knew that wasn't
what I wanted.

So what did you want?

[Amy sighs]

This.

A home.

A husband.

Children.

Please.

It's true, Greg.

You gave me
everything, I do love you.

[Sandra] So what did you do?

[Emotional music continues]

I wrote Barbara a note,

and got the plane home.

And pretended
nothing had happened.

When I came back, there
was the whole ransom thing

and police, what was I
supposed to have done?

Told the truth.

Told the linden-warners that
their daughter was still alive.

Where is she now?

I don't know.

Nice work.

Cheers.

We've put a call into
the French police.

They're going to
check the records

- for a Barbara linden-Warner.
- [Sandra] Thank you.

Can you imagine
how lady Elizabeth's

going to react when
she finds she's alive.

I'm wondering if there's a
paper trail we could get onto.

'Cause I mean, they had a flat

ready for them in
Paris, didn't they?

How does an
18-year-old organise that?

She doesn't.

Not on her own.

I walked in on them kissing,

and it wasn't a friendly kiss.

I was so angry with them.

Why angry?

Barbara had been
given everything

and she was just
going to throw it away.

She was in love, wasn't she?

She was a silly
girl with no idea

what she was doing
to herself, to her family.

I don't quite understand.

No, and that's the problem.

Nobody would have understood.

They would have judged her.

They would have made
assumptions about her.

She needed to understand
what she was choosing for herself.

I wouldn't have thought that
falling for Amy was a choice.

No, but she could have
chosen to stay away from her.

You make it sound very simple.

Well, I'm not saying it
wouldn't have been hard.

Probably the hardest
thing she ever had to do.

But she could have tried.

Those sorts of
desires, well sometimes

you just have to ignore
them and get on with things.

Is that what you told Barbara?

Yes.

And apparently
she didn't listen,

because I found her in my office

going through my files
looking for her passport.

I had control of all
the family documents.

Birth certificates,
marriage, everything.

She told me she
was going to go away.

And she wanted me to pretend

I didn't know what
she was going to do.

I couldn't do that.

Did you tell anyone?

No.

No, I helped her.

Whatever I thought
of her choices,

my duty was to her father.

He would've wanted her safe.

I booked her onto a ferry,

I organised her accommodation,

and I arranged for
Amy to follow her.

And the kidnap
letter, the first one.

That was Barbara's idea.

She knew the Irish thing
would put everyone off the scent.

She was a clever girl.

And what about
when Amy came back?

It was all over between them.

I wrote to Barbara and
told her to come home,

but she was too
ashamed face her father.

And then when
he was seriously ill,

I knew she wouldn't
be able to stay away,

so I wrote to her again.

But she still didn't...

[Miss Jones sighs]

She was on her
way to the airport.

The taxi she was in was
involved in a collision.

She died on her
way to the hospital.

The thing is, she wouldn't
have made it anyway.

That was the night
sir Kenneth died too.

So what happened to her?

I was registered
as her next-of-kin.

I had her birth certificate.

I had her cremated,
and I brought her home.

[Emotional music]

Even then, when she was dead.

Didn't you think you
ought to tell someone?

Tell her family?

After all they'd been through,

you think that
would have helped?

I think you're making
excuses, miss Jones.

You're not protecting them,
you're protecting yourself.

Absolutely not!

I gave everything to
that family, that firm.

The things I denied myself.

The same things you couldn't
deny Amy and Barbara.

You didn't tell
the truth because

there would have
been a lot of questions.

Maybe some questions
you've avoided all your life.

- Well, we found her.
- [Box thuds]

[Sandra] That's
about all we did.

Actually, I think we
might have a couple

of collars for the
merseyside police.

Scousers?

What have they
got to do with it?

You remember that robbery
at the liverpool docks?

Assorted small
weapons being shipped

by linden-Warner
industries, October '85.

Where the driver ended up dead?

Yeah.

Well, in his book,
fintan talks about

how he proved himself
to the republican bad boys

by getting hold of weapons.

He gave them guns,
and then he was in.

And that was in '85.

Yeah, I reckon it
was an inside job.

According to the liverpool boys,

the gang knew
exactly which container

they wanted out of
hundreds on the dock.

Michael must've
set it up for him.

Sounds plausible.

Yeah, but even
if Michael coughs,

it's just his word
against fintan's again.

- Yeah.
- Not quiet.

Fintan also talks in the book
about how he went to prison.

He robbed a taxi driver
in Belfast at gunpoint.

So I got onto the
police over there.

You have been busy.

Well, they recovered the
weapon from a bin near the scene.

It had macentee's
fingerprints all over it,

and that's what sent
him to "the maze".

Turns out that the
serial number of the gun

matched the guns
missing from the shipment.

My mother?

Someone's with her.

[Footsteps thud]

Hasn't got much
to say for himself

at the moment, 'as he?

Here.

It's not bad actually.

[Gerry chuckles]

I might enjoy it.

Now I know it's
got a happy ending.

[Gerry chuckles]

[Emotional music]

[Housekeeper]
Mr. Halford, ma'am.

[Emotional music continues]

Lady Elizabeth?

Is that?

Yes.

I'm so sorry.

Why couldn't she
just have talked to me?

Why could neither of my
children have come to me,

am I really such a terrible
mother, Mr. Halford?

Did I deserve to
lose both of them?

Nobody deserves
that, lady Elizabeth.

Right, who's up
for a curry then?

[Brian] Oh, yeah, go on then.

Sorry, paperwork.

[Jack] I might see you later.

[Gerry] Okay, ta-ra!

- [Sandra] Bye.
- [Brian] Bye.

Paperwork?

That's what I said.

You're not going then?

Leave it, Jack.

Aren't you curious
to see how all your

old school mates
have turned out?

Not particularly, no.

Or what about that teacher?

Miss erm...

Harrington.

Tell you what,
I'll give you a lift

and you can have a drink.

You might even enjoy yourself.

Go on, then.

- [Muffled upbeat music]
- [Car rumbles]

Sandra?

Sod it, let's go for a curry.

You're really
scared, aren't you?

I am not scared!

[Group chatters]

You were saying?

All right, I admit it.

School was not
the best time for me,

okay, can we go now please?

You know, the best way to deal

with a bully is to face him.

Stand up to him.

You should do that, now.

That's really good advice, Jack.

Perhaps you should
give it to the girls

that were bullied by me.

What?

I was the school bitch.

I was utterly horrendous.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised

if they were waiting
for me in there

with the tar and feathers.

Oh come on, Sandra.

You're all grown-ups now.

Why don't you go and show
them how you've changed?

Show them who you really are.

Show miss harrington.

[Soft music]

Okay.

- Just.
- What?

Just wait for 10 minutes.

Just in case.

10 minutes.

[Soft music continues]

[Car door slams]

[Soft music continues]

[People chatter]

- [Car door slams]
- Drive.

What?

Just drive!

[Engine rumbles]

[Dramatic music]

- [Upbeat music]
- ♪ it's all right, it's okay ♪

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

♪ it's all right, I
say, it's okay ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doin' fine ♪

♪ doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine ♪

♪ it's all right, I
say, it's okay ♪

♪ we're gettin' to
the end of the day ♪

[Upbeat music continues]