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[Light orchestral music]

- Morning Brian.
- Oh!

[Files crashing]

Knock it off, Jack.

Bit early to be
skulking around, isn't it?

Who's in there?

Well that's the
point, I don't know.

I got here 10 minutes ago,

and it was already
sealed to the outside world.

Well Sandra, certainly.

Strickland?

Sounds like, there's
someone else.

Yeah, who is that?

Morning!

[Brian and Jack] Oh!

[Brian moaning]

Brian are you all
right, what's happened?

Does he need a doctor?

He's fine, just nosy.

What's going on in there?

Nurse!

They're out their beds again.

Oh, bloody hell.

Ahh, oh!

♪ 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 ♪

♪ doing fine ♪

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

♪ it's all right ♪

♪ I say, it's okay ♪

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

Right lads, here's the thing.

April the 17th, 1980.

Heathrow safety deposit
job, armed robbery.

He is good, isn't he.

The armed robbers got
away with 10 million pounds,

in untraceable bearer bonds.

And they killed two security
guards in the process.

Excuse me, can I do this.

Sorry.

Eye witnesses said it
was a four man team.

This was frank's first
case on the flying squad.

Sorry.

One of the dead guards was
a temp, covering for this man.

George milligan, milligan
had called in sick that morning.

So frank's team
quickly determined

that he was the inside man.

Well it doesn't take
Columbo, does it?

Milligan confessed, and
named Raymond atkins

as his contact within the gang.

Now, atkins was known
as a petty criminal.

Something of a thug.

But this was his first
foray into armed robbery.

And a couple of
weeks before the job,

he'd rented a lockup
just off the holloway road.

So frank's team tracked it
down, entered the premises.

And found the
bodies of three men.

It was nasty.

All three had multiple
gunshot wounds.

Then the killer had
put a shotgun cartridge

in each one of them's mouth,
glued their lips together.

Doused their bodies in petrol.

Set them on fire.

So when the fire reached
the shotgun cartridge...

No teeth left.

Not much head either.

Made identification
a little tricky.

Yeah, except it didn't work.

Cause atkins had a
metal pin in his arm,

from an accident
a few years earlier.

And the pin survived the fire,

and identified him
through the serial number.

Now the other two men

were assumed to have
been William Finch.

And Darren Ellis.

They were known
associated of atkins,

and had already
been reported missing.

Both Finch and Ellis
were petty criminals.

And again, no experience
in armed robbery.

So whoever the fourth man was,

must have had the experience.

He put the job together.

And decided he didn't
fancy sharing it four ways.

It was Michael denby.

Possibly, Michael denby.

Michel denby had known
our three dead robbers,

from when they were kids.

By all accounts, a
thoroughly nasty piece of work.

He was one of those people,

even proper
villains steer clear of.

Denby was a psycho.

He actively enjoyed
inflicting pain.

I hate to be the
one to bring this up,

but 10 million quid and
a 30 year advantage.

He's long gone, mate.

Ah no, well there's the thing.

Couple of years ago,
the French police arrested

one of the most successful
con men they'd ever seen.

He's kept a string of
safety deposit boxes,

all across Europe.

And one of them
contained the lions share

of our missing bearer bonds.

Denby got conned.

It appears to have been
some kind of property sting,

on the costa del sol.

And in his statement.

The con man said
he'd never met the man

that he obtained the bonds from.

But he believed
him to be English.

And he also seemed
sure that whoever it was,

had returned to england
after he'd lost the money.

Although, we haven't
been able to find him

by any of the usual means.

Well surely if we know full well

it was Michael denby all
along, this is a man hunt.

What's it got to do with ucos.

We don't know that it was denby.

I'm certain it was him.

I'm sure he masterminded the
robbery, and killed his mates.

But I can't prove
it in a court of law.

And no one is gonna
spend money and manpower

looking for a suspect
in a 30 year old case,

until they're sure we
can make a conviction.

Frank's uncovered
some new evidence,

which we're hoping will give
us a fresh angle on the case.

Well, what new evidence?

I found the getaway car.

It's a Jaguar s type.

Oh, nice.

Whichever one of
the gang was driving,

wasn't too handy
behind the wheel.

According to an eye witness,

they lost the back end
as they came into the road.

And stacked the thing
into the streetlamp,

causing a fair bit of damage.

The car wasn't at the
lockup, and we never found it.

Isn't it more likely
it got torched?

People tend to
report a burnt out jag,

so you'd expect it to turn up.

Even if all the evidence
was burned away.

But we got nothing.

Which suggest somebody
decided to keep hold of it.

Oh look at that, terrific!

Just a load of gas
guzzling, air polluting toys.

For overgrown kids.

Here we go.

I noticed this was
coming up for auction,

so I looked into the paperwork.

It was bought a couple of
months after the Heathrow job,

by a stock broker.

But the man who sold
it to him, never existed.

Looks in pretty good Nick to me.

Yeah well,
forensics will tell us

if it's ever been in a crash.

And what grounds exactly,

does our warrant say we have
to whip this off to forensics?

Don't have a warrant.

We have a wallet.

Lot 127 is a black
s-type Jaguar, from 1967.

That's us.

You mean we're actually
gonna buy this car?

[Auctioneer] It's in
immaculate condition,

with full service history.

The original owners manual.

And fully restored.

Sir it's me, we're on.

There's more to this
than meets the eye.

Too right.

I can't remember strickland

putting his hand in
his pocket for anything.

Well it's not his money, is it.

It's our budget.

Either way, Michael denby's
been missing for 30 years.

Why are we so keen
to catch him now?

Can I see an opening bid
please, of 7,000 pounds.

How much?

Brian, it's a classic!

[Auctioneer] 7,000 I'm bid.

At 7,000, 8,000 at the back.

At 8,000 pounds.

At 8,000, 9,000 is bid.

We're on nine.

[Auctioneer] At 9,000,
10,000 is back with the lady.

At 11,000 in the seats.

11,000.

[Auctioneer] At 11,
12,000 at the back.

At 12,000.

13,000 is bid.

At 13,000.

14,000 with the
lady at the back.

At 14,000...

250, I'm bid.

At 14,500 back with
the lady at the back.

At 14,500...

Once...

Twice...

And gone!

-15,000 pounds- -14 and a half.

You've gone mad.

That's enough, Jack.

And you think we're stupid?

I said, enough!

No, Jack's right.

I mean, you of all people

don't spend 15
grand of ucos budget.

On a car that might
have been involved

in an armed
robbery, 30 years ago!

And you certainly don't do it

on the say so of someone
else, like frank Patterson.

No offence frank.

None taken.

This is an important case.

Michael denby is a
dangerous criminal,

still at large in this country.

Governor, why don't
you pull the other one.

Fine, you tell them.

Thank you.

We wanted to keep this quiet,

at least until we knew

if the car could provide
us with fresh leads.

But we think that
Michael denby had help.

Help with what?

He was ahead of us all the way.

He knew we were onto him.

That we knew the names of
the other blokes on his crew.

That's why we
think he killed them,

so there was no
trail for us to follow.

How was he ahead of you?

He was being tipped off.

By who?

A copper.

You think one of your team,
was whispering in denby's ear.

John felsham, my
sergeant at the time.

John felsham?

As in...

Deputy assistant
commissioner, John felsham?

This stays in this room.

I don't need to tell you
what happens if it gets out,

that we're investigating-

no, you don't!

And you don't have to tell
us what will happen to ucos,

if you're wrong!

We're not wrong.

Says you.

You've had 30
years to prove this.

Didn't have the car.

Oh, and the car's going
to prove everything is it?

The car could help
us to build a fresh case

against Michael denby.

And if we can do that-

and if we can find denby.

Then denby can give us felsham.

That's a lot of if's.

And an awful lot at stake,

if John felsham finds out
we're investigating him.

[Upbeat jazz music]

Hi, detective super
intendant Pullman.

- We're here about the jag.
- The jag.

That's a nice car.

Oh thanks, you can have
a ride later if you want.

How many gearboxes
have you been through?

A couple.

Well, it's an old car.

It's not age, it's bad driving.

Changing down to
reduce your speed.

You shouldn't be using
the engine to brake.

It's what the brakes are for.

Clue's in the name.

Amanda Armstrong.

This jag of yours is quite
interesting, follow me.

She likes you.

Oh, no!

Makes you wanna cry, doesn't it.

Is this the one?

It's not that simple.

Nah never is, sweetheart.

Let's start with the
paint job, that was easy.

According to your
eye witness reports,

the getaway car
was dark blue yeah?

As you can see,
this one is black.

The chemical analysis tells us,

that this black paint was
manufactured in 1993.

So we stripped that layer back,

and discovered that the
car had been sprayed silver

around 1980.

Around the time of the robbery.

Yes, but that silver paint
job was done properly.

The layers underneath were
stripped back to the metal,

before the paint
job was applied.

But there's no way of telling
what colour it was before?

Well, a few years ago
there wouldn't have been.

But now, we can look a
lot closer at the panels.

You're never really
going to completely get rid

of the original paintwork.

You can see here,
some microscopic specs.

- Of?
- Dark blue.

Can you date that?

Well this brand of paint
was discontinued, in 1968.

Yes!

What about damage.

Can you tell whether the car's
been in an accident, or not?

Yes, this one's been in a few.

It was involved in quite
a nasty rear-end shunt

several years ago,
courtesy of a BMW.

[Gerry laughing]

Yeah, I know.

Anyway the accident
you're referring to.

The panels on the front
were a replacements,

so we learn nothing from those.

But, there were a few
marks on the chassis itself.

And a dent in
the radiator, there.

So we can extrapolate
from those signs of damage,

and create a simulation

of what the original panel
damage would have looked like.

And that is
consistent with a car

hitting a lamp post at speed.

As your eye witnesses reported.

Can you tell when this happened?

Within a certain
margin of error, yes.

The panels caved in and came
into contact with the chassis,

hence the damage there.

Those marks contain
microscopic traces

of the paint that
was on the panels,

at the time of the crash.

- Dark blue?
- Yes.

So this car hit a lamp post,

somewhere between the time
it was manufactured and 1980.

When it was re-sprayed.

That's a 12 year window.

Yeah, but I can
do better than that.

Pollution, it
builds up in layers

on any parts of the car
that are impossible to clean.

Like the tiny marks
in the chassis.

In the same layer that
we found the blue paint,

we also discovered
usually high traces of dinnsa.

Sorry?

Dinonylnaphthylsulfonic acid.

It's an anti-static agent, most
commonly found in jet fuel.

But only present in the air in
these kind of concentrations-

around airports.

So the crash happened
near an airport?

And we also found traces
of pollen in the same layer,

which would suggest the
crash happened in spring.

So this car was
originally dark blue.

And it crashed into a
lamp post near an airport,

in spring time.

Tell me that's enough.

It's a good start.

We also went over the
paperwork, with the dvla.

Here's the report.

And some odds and
sods we found in the car.

Nothing much of any use.

What's this?

That was found beneath
the central console.

No long of knowing
how long it was there.

But in the interests
of thoroughness,

we ran the name
through the computers.

There's a hell of a lot of
Jose esquera's in the world,

I'm afraid.

Okay, could you send
all of this over to ucos.

And thank you so much
for your time, Ms. Armstrong.

Cheers.

It's the right car.

- Maybe.
- Maybe.

It wouldn't stand up in court.

And it wouldn't give us denby
yet, let alone John felsham.

Well, what were you expecting?

A signed confession
in the glove box?

I'm just saying, we need more.

Well according to this,

the car was stolen
from its original owner.

Who's now of course, dead.

Just before the job.

Then it went missing
for a couple of months,

when presumably it
got painted that silver.

And was sold on by
a car lot in woodford,

owned by a bloke called...

Tony mills.

Do you know him?

Yeah, the car lot's
long gone apparently.

Yeah, but Tony's still around.

[Car engines roaring]

[Tony] Come on, come on.

He's losing half a
second, every lap.

He drives like that tonight,

he'll be overtaken
by a bloody milk float.

Tony mills?

Detective
superintendent Pullman.

We're with the unsolved
crime and open case squad.

That's where old
coppers go to die, isn't it?

We're investigating an armed
robbery at Heathrow airport,

in the April of 1980.

Bully for you.

The getaway car turned up

a couple of
months after the job,

on the forecourt of your
used car lot, in woodford.

We sold a lot of cars.

Yeah, but I'm sure
you'll remember this one.

A 1967

Jaguar s-type.

- Nope.
- Dark blue.

Oh a blue one was it.

Nope.

Mr. Mills, we can continue this-

look love, I don't
talk to coppers.

You wanna question me,

you get some evidence about
something I've done wrong.

Arrest me, and then
we can have a little chat.

[Door slamming]

Frank, frank!

Hey, get off him!

Didn't recognise
me did you Tony, eh?

- Been a long time, eh?
- Leave it!

Come on then frank, come on!

Gerry, get him in the car.

-I can't leave you-
-get him in the car!

Come on out, you.

You two, out.

You think I won't hit a woman?

It'd be the last time you did.

Michael denby.

Never heard of him.

Really, cause you look scared.

Now we know that
you sold that car.

And given your previous form,

we're pretty sure you
stole it in the first place.

- Now, hold on.
- Don't worry.

I'm not about to arrest you
for nicking a car 30 years ago.

Then what?

Tell me about Michael denby.

He was a nasty piece of work.

I stayed well clear of
him, like everyone else.

Well not everyone,

cause there were four
men on that Heathrow job.

Three of the wound up dead.

Denby killed them, and
disappeared with the money.

So?

So, if you stole a car
to order for that job.

And then failed to get rid
of it properly afterwards.

What were you meant
to do by the way, torch it?

- I'm not saying a word.
- Yeah.

You were meant to torch it.

But then you heard that
denby's crew were all dead.

And denby had a done a runner.

So you thought, why bother.

And you resprayed
the car, and sold it on.

Michael denby's
back in the country.

We've found the car.

Now sooner or later,
denby's going to find that out.

Wouldn't it be a good
idea, don't you think.

If we got to him first,
before he got to you.

You wanna know about denby?

Look up Eddie Doyle.

Who's Eddie Doyle?

That's all you get.

One more stunt like that,

and you're not coming
within a mile of this case.

First and last warning.

Did you get anything out of him?

Yes, I did.

And I managed to do it
without attacking anyone.

- Brilliant.
- Eddie Doyle.

What about him?

He said if we wanna
know about Michael denby,

look up Eddie Doyle.

Nice job, well done Sandra.

Frank, do you know
where Eddie Doyle is or not?

I do, indeed.

The softly, softly approach

really paid
dividends, didn't it?

Did old Tony give
up anyone else?

The cray twins
maybe, or lord lucan?

Ah, shut up.

Back when Michael denby
was doing home invasion,

Eddie Doyle was his fence.

Doyle got pulled on
some unrelated thing,

and give up denby as part
of a bargain to stay outta Nick.

But before Doyle could testify,

someone cut his throat

and pulled his tongue
out through the hole.

Oh, the old columbian neck tie.

Mills gave you
Eddie Doyle's name,

cause he wants us to know why

he has no intention of
helping us with our inquiries.

The softly, softly approach is
not gonna work here, Sandra.

If we want people
like mills to talk,

they need to be as afraid of us

as they are of Michael denby.

I don't need a lecture on
police procedure from you,

all right?

Nah, you're playing a blinder.

Come on, Gerry.

Go on, someone needs
to keep an eye on him.

I wanna talk to John felsham.

What?

No, why?

We find Michael denby.

And either he gives us
felsham, or he doesn't.

If we go to felsham too soon-

what if the car's a dead end.

It's early days yet.

There's still the security
guard, the inside man.

He might know something.

And I've tracked down
Raymond Atkinson's widow.

Don't let the likes
of frank Patterson

goad you into doing
something stupid.

He's not goading
me into anything.

John felsham is a suspect.

Since when did we
not interview suspects.

He doesn't know he's a suspect.

And if he finds out,
before we have a chance-

look, he was part of the
original Heathrow investigation.

In a normal run of things,
we'd be talking to him.

If anything, he'll be more
suspicious if we don't.

Just...

Just be careful, Sandra.

Do we really think John felsham

was involved in all this?

You sure we're not just
getting carried away?

Strickland seems to buy it.

He knows him better
than anyone else.

There's been rumours
about felsham for years.

There's rumours
about all sorts of folk.

I wanna see how he reacts to
the mention of Michael denby.

You taking frank along with you?

Don't be silly.

Talking of which, I
hope Gerry's all right.

He'll be fine, Brian.

They're probably both passed out

in front of the telly, by now.

[Upbeat electronic music]

I'm surprised Robert, you're
letting ucos run with this.

Resources are
stretched pretty thin.

There must be more
worthwhile cases,

that would better justify
the cost of your squad.

We think this one has legs.

We found the getaway
car, a Jaguar s-type.

Forensics are working on it now.

I doubt they're gonna pull
a 30 year old finger print

off the steering wheel.

Oh, the car may provide
us with some other leads.

Well...

The very best of luck.

Obviously if there's
anything you can recall,

that might help us-

I'm sure all my paperwork
from the time is in order.

Well, thank you
for seeing us John.

Anytime.

Thank you.

You're not going to
ask the question, then?

Sir?

Frank Patterson has told
you I was in on it, somehow.

Don't either of you
ever take up poker.

Frank doesn't like me.

There's probably 30 years
worth of reasons for that.

If you're re-opening this case,

cause you think

you can finally bring
Michael denby to justice.

The best of luck.

But don't go looking
for me in the shadows.

Cause I'm not there.

And I never was.

Hello, George.

Mr. Patterson.

George milligan, Gerry Stanley.

- You all right?
- Yeah.

This is legit, Mr. Patterson.

I work for the agents
that manage these blocks.

I'm the handy man.

Blocked toilets,

and changing the batteries
in the smoke alarm.

At your age you should be
working through your pension

on a nice beach, George.

On no, I forgot.

You blew your
whole life, didn't ya.

[Door slamming]

Mind if we tag along?

Yes, I do.

See Gerry, George
here used to work security

at a safety deposit
place in Heathrow.

I've got nothing to say to you.

One day he gets
it into his head,

he might make a nice few
quid selling out his mates

to a bunch of
thugs with shotguns.

But it didn't quite work
out like that, did it?

Did eight years inside,

for conspiracy to
commit armed robbery.

Didn't you George?

Did he fail to mention that,
when you gave him the keys?

That was out of
order, and you know it.

Was it, sorry about that.

Me and my big mouth, eh.

Why don't we let you
buy us a cup of coffee,

to make up or it.

I didn't know who
Raymond atkins was.

Didn't know anything about him.

We got talking in
a bar, one night.

Just two blokes talking.

I told him what I
did, where I worked.

And that seemed
to get his interest up.

And then he came back
a couple of nights later,

bought me a few drinks.

And told me that he
wanted me to help him

and some of his mates,
knock the place off.

And you thought, why not?

Too right.

Was a rotten job with rotten
hours, and rotten money.

This seemed a way out.

And ray said no one
was going to get hurt.

Apart from the two mates
of yours, they shot dead.

Ray said no one
was gonna get hurt.

And you'd never met atkins
before that night in the pub?

Never, and if I
hadn't got talking to-

everything would
have been different.

Oh stop it George,
you're making me well up.

So as far as you're concerned,

atkins was the brains
behind the operation.

Ray? [Laughs]

Nah, ray was a monkey.

He wasn't the
brains of anything.

So who, then?

Michael denby.

He'd come to the pub
sometimes with ray.

And denby would sit
in the corner on his own,

while ray came and talked to me.

You never spoke to
denby about the job.

I never spoke to denby at all.

And believe me.

One look in those eyes and
you knew this was a man,

you didn't want to strike
up a conversation with.

So all you can actually tell us,

is that atkins and
denby knew each other.

You can't confirm that denby
was in charge of the show.

See what we're
getting at here, George.

We need some actual evidence,

that denby was
involved in the job.

Well they were
as thick as thieves!

Something more
than that, ya prat.

Denby never spoke
to me about the job.

Well he was careful,
you gotta give him that.

Did you ever see atkins
talk to anybody else?

- No.
- What about denby?

Well once, but they
weren't exactly talking.

A couple of streets
across from my local,

there's this pub
called the greenwood.

I used to walk past
it on my way home.

And one night, a few
days before the job.

I saw denby in a car outside,

getting his leg over some girl.

Who?

I have no idea, it was dark.

And I knew it was denby,

because I saw the
tattoo on his arm.

I couldn't see the girls face.

And do you know what?

I didn't think it was
quite the right time

to tap on the window,
and introduce myself.

- Christine Johnson?
- Yeah?

- Formally Christine atkins?
- Yeah.

My name is Jack
halford, this is Brian Lane.

We're with the
metropolitan police.

I wonder if you could spare
us a few minutes of your time?

- Yeah, come in.
- Thank you.

Did you know Raymond
was planning the robbery,

at Heathrow airport?

No, I knew he was up to
something, he always was.

But planning is a bit strong.

Oh?

Well, I don't mean
to speak ill of...

I loved Raymond
for all his faults,

but he wasn't
exactly goldfinger.

In your original statement,

you said that denby was
the brains behind it all.

That's right.

Is that what Raymond told you?

Ray never told me
anything about work.

Then how did you-

I'm not going to pretend

that ray wasn't a
nasty piece of work.

In many ways he was.

He never laid a finger
on me, he wasn't like that.

But ray was small
time, he'd never admit it.

He had all the big chat, but
he never had the ambition.

Not really, not to come
up with something like that.

Not to think he could get
away with all that money,

off his own bat.

It wasn't ray, ray didn't kill
those two security guards.

That's as maybe,

but have you any proof
that it was Michael denby

who was calling the shots?

You see, the problem we have.

Is that since neither
Raymond nor denby,

or any of the other gang,

had committed that
kind of robbery before-

they had done it before.

Excuse me?

Heathrow wasn't the first time.

They'd done an armed
robbery, six months earlier.

Well there's no record of-

they didn't get caught.

They didn't get the money
either, something went wrong.

I wasn't supposed
to know about it,

but I overheard
ray on the phone.

There were four of them.

Ray, William Finch, derren
Ellis, and Michael denby.

And it was all denby's
idea that time, as well.

A security Van, 10 pike
Lane, November 1979.

A four man team tried to Rob it,

but they got their timing wrong.

They arrived just as
the Van was leaving.

So they tried to
run it off the road,

but the Van got away and
the gang were never caught.

File is being sent over.

Why the hell didn't
Christine atkins

mention this at the time.

I interviewed her myself.

Intimidation.

What?

She said you came
on a bit strong.

Made some very
unpleasant remarks,

about her recently
murdered husband.

Hard to believe, that.

Said she wasn't inclined
to tell you anything

she didn't have to.

Well, that's charming.

Just because it was
a four man team,

doesn't mean it was
the same people.

That's true, but there's
an interesting detail.

The gang messed up the timing,

but they didn't
get it that wrong.

They were at the right place.

They were just a
few minutes too late.

And these vans never
loaded up at the same place,

at the same time.

They varies their routines,

precisely so that no one
could anticipate them.

So if the gang knew
where they were gonna be,

then they had to
have inside info.

Exactly.

And the firm operating the Van?

Cronux security.

The same firm that ran
the Heathrow safety deposit.

So a four man team,
hitting the same security firm.

Using an inside man.

But not George milligan.

Why not?

Because he didn't
get his job at cronux,

until a month later.

Then who?

I don't know yet.

But is it possible,

that whoever provided
the original inside info.

Also led the gang to milligan,

as the inside man for
their second attempt?

Meaning that milligan's
meeting with Raymond atkins,

might not have been
a chance encounter.

You're saying I was set up.

That ray atkins
deliberately got talking to me

that night in the pub?

Finally, the penny drops.

Well that would
mean it wasn't my fault.

You still helped set
up an armed robbery.

During which, two of
your co-workers got killed.

Yes but I mean,
it wasn't just fate.

It didn't all happen because
I got into talking with ray,

because he was
already looking for me.

Who could have put him onto you?

I don't know,

I mean lots of people
knew it was my local.

What about the people at work?

Yeah, some of them.

So we're looking for
someone from cronux security,

who knew enough about you
to put Raymond atkins onto you.

And who also knew the
timetables of the security vans.

Nah, there's no one.

I mean they're two completely
separate sides of the company.

No one outside of head
office could get access...

David Murray, he was
my boss at Heathrow.

But before that, he was
running the armoured vans.

And they moved him across
about a month after I joined.

I didn't know him beyond a nod,

if we passed in the corridor.

But the last time I saw
him, he was looking ragged.

It looked like he hadn't slept.

Trouble at home,
is what I heard.

His marriage was falling apart.

David Murray.

Ah, this is great.

Can you hold on one
minute please, thanks.

Looks like milligan
could be right.

David Murray was promoted
from overseeing security vans,

to his position at Heathrow.

Well when was this?

Five months before the job.

Before he was at cronux,
he was a captain in the army.

Wounded in Belfast.

And discharged in 1978.

That's brilliant
Barry, thanks a lot.

Tough guy.

What you thinking?

I'm wondering whether
his involvement in all this,

stopped at just
providing information.

Atkins, Ellis and Finch were
all shot at point blank range.

Yeah, my Michael denby.

Probably, yeah.

But it sounds as if David Murray

might have had a
stomach for it, as well.

So maybe Michael
denby isn't the only one

who can give us John felsham.

Perhaps David Murray can.

I'm afraid you're
about 30 years too late

to see my husband.

Can I get you some tea, coffee?

It's only instant I'm afraid.

No thanks, we're fine.

Your husband, David.

He's gone, long gone.

30 years and counting.

I came back from work one day.

And he'd packed his
bags and left a note,

saying he wouldn't be back.

Put some money
in the joint account.

Paid off the mortgage, in cash.

Don't ask me where
he got that from.

And that was the
last I heard of him.

Have you any idea
where he might be?

Off with some woman.

I hope they're very happy.

Well I try to think that.

There's no point in baring
grudges after all this time,

is there?

Do you know who the woman was?

I don't know her name.

Someone from work.

This'll be cronux security.

That's right, yeah.

That was the only job
he had, after the army.

We met after he was discharged.

I was visiting my
mum in hospital.

She was on her
way out, leukaemia.

David was in having
his leg looked at.

It never quite mended, after
what happened in Ireland.

I don't blame David
for what he was.

You go through an experience
like he did over there,

and it leaves it Mark I suppose.

Leaves its Mark, how?

Nightmares, night terrors
I suppose you could call it.

So he hit the bottle.

Booze was the only thing
that seemed to have an effect.

He'd go out drinking, gambling.

He's liked a
flutter before, but-

did he have any gambling debts?

Oh, I should think so.

I asked once, but that was
another downside of the booze.

You ask the wrong question,

you felt the back
of David's hand.

Ancient history.

Were there any particular
friends that you can recall?

Raymond atkins, Michael denby?

No.

John felsham?

You are aware of the
robbery that took place.

Heathrow airport?

Yes.

Did he ever talk
to you about that?

We were barely
talking at all, by then.

I know he was in some
trouble at work about it.

And I know two of
his boys got hurt.

Killed.

I hardly saw him at
all, around that time.

I assumed he was working late.

But he was probably off
with that girlfriend of his.

When exactly did he leave?

April the 30th, 1980.

About two weeks
after the robbery.

Are you saying

you think David had
something to do with it?

You were saying he paid
off your mortgage in cash.

Did he have any savings he
might have used, to do that?

What about relatives?

Were there any he
might still be in touch with?

No, his dad died
about eight years ago.

He was the last one.

I went to the funeral,
David wasn't there.

You think he's off
somewhere with her?

Sitting on a beach,
with all that money?

Life of Riley.

Oh, never mind.

Thanks anyway, bye.

David Murray had access to
the armoured Van timetables.

And all the info on
Heathrow warehouse security.

He had a drinking problem,
he had gambling debts.

And then having paid
off his mortgage in cash.

It seems that he ran
off with his girlfriend,

just two weeks after
the Heathrow robbery.

I wanna know who
that girlfriend was.

Well I've got the
employment records

for cronux securities, here.

But there were a lot of women
working there at the time,

so it's gonna take a while
tracking them all down.

What about aliases that
Murray could be living under.

Mother's maiden name.

I'm doing that.

The army are sending
over lists of the people

that Murray served
with in northern Ireland.

In case he kept up with
any of his old army mates.

Maybe one of them
has heard from him.

After the Heathrow robbery,

we interviewed all the relevant
cronux security employees.

David Murray was interviewed
by John felsham on his own.

Felsham's report says Murray
was as clean as a whistle.

No mention of the booze,
gambling debts, nothing.

Well either he was
the worst detective

the flying squad ever had...

Or he's lying.

We still don't have any
solid evidence on felsham.

We need to find Murray or
denby, and get them to talk.

And I think at the moments,
Murray's our best option.

Is that the time
already, drink anyone?

Suit yourself, ladies.

Sleep tight.

What?

- He's up to something.
- So?

Go and find out what.

[Mellow rock music]

You got some.

I thought you lot would
have been different.

Bunch of ex-coppers,
proper coppers.

We are.

Left up here.

Where are we going?

You'll see, old mother
hen's got you all worked up

about proper
procedure and protocol.

Are you referring to detective
superintendent Pullman.

That's what
felsham's relying on.

Once we get round there,

just pull up on
the right hand side.

Right you are.

Here you are.

No thank you.

Right.

I'm having one
drink and that is it.

I'll always sort you
a ride home Gerald,

you know that.

Anyone fun later, this is work.

This was one of Michael
denby's old watering holes,

back in the day.

Nothing much has changed here,

except the clientele ain't
as pretty as they used to be.

George milligan said he
saw denby snogging a girl,

in a car outside here.

I want to know who she was.

[Pub chattering]

Oh, you do bring me
to the nicest places.

Pint?

Yes please.

Two pints of export love,
and two whiskey chasers.

Er no excuse me, can
you make mine bitter.

You remember Michael
denby, don't ya pat.

Course you do.

Every time you
look in the mirror,

must remind you of that
glass he pushed in your face.

Mind you, face like yours.

You probably don't
really do mirrors, do ya.

You ever see denby with a girl?

This'll be about, what...

April, 1980.

Do you think he's gone deaf?

I dunno frank, but I don't
think we're very popular.

Rubbish, they love me in here.

Come on pat, you didn't
miss a thing back then.

All right, let's take it easy.

You wanna think very carefully
about your next move, mate.

You could land yourself
in very serious trouble.

So could you, frank.

Impersonating a police
officer's a serious crime.

What you doing here?

Come to make sure no one talks?

You seem to be doing that
very well without my help.

I think it's time we went, mate.

Well, well.

Gerry Stanley.

Robert strickland's certainly
got the creme De la creme

on his squad, doesn't he?

Must be like the
dirty dozen over there.

We popped in for a quiet
drink, what about you?

Well, it's a free country.

I'd join you if-

but you wouldn't be welcome.

You're tilting at
windmills, frank.

You're gonna do some
serious damage to Gerry here,

and to you other friends.

- Is that a threat?
- Frank!

[Laughs] Hardly.

Come on, you screwed
up a case 30 years ago.

The guy got away.

Happens to the best of us.

Come on, time we went.

Except that you were
hardly the best of us.

You what?

Face it, you were
never that good frank.

You were just arrogant.

Things didn't go your way, it
was also someone else's fault.

You were always the
first one to point the finger.

He's winding you up, that's all!

Why don't you take up
golf or something, frank.

Come on.

You're gonna be better at that,

than you were at police work.

No frank, no!

[Men groaning]

Leave it, frank!

Leave it!

No!

Calm down, calm down.

Take it easy.

We're old bill and
it's private, all right?

[Sirens wailing]

I told you I'd sort
you a ride home.

What were you thinking, Gerry?

- Me?
- It was my fault.

Gerry had nothing to do with it.

He was responsible for you.

I am a grown up.

Hardly.

Governor, this is all wrong.

We went to that pub in the
hope that we could find someone,

who could remember who
Michael denby's girlfriend was.

What was felsham doing there?

Well exactly, it's hardly a
pub where the dac would drink.

I'm listening.

Well there was no time
or anyone in that pub

to have got hold of felsham,
and told him we were there.

And then for him to turn up.

So, he must have followed you.

Exactly.

And he was winding frank up.

Winding him up, how?

Well I was trying
to get us out, right?

But felsham wouldn't let it go.

He kept having a pop.

It was like he wanted
frank to lose his rag.

Why would he want that?

To discredit the investigation,

before we have a chance
to get anything on him.

I'm afraid it worked.

Gerry, Jack, Brian.

I have to ask you
to clear your desks.

You're not serious?

We went after a deputy
assistant commissioner,

but instead of doing it
quietly and by the book.

You confronted the guy,
and then assaulted him.

As of now, you no
longer work for ucos.

Any of you.

Just like that.

Detective superintendent
Pullman and I,

are going to see dac felsham.

In the hope that we
might persuade him

not to request
an official inquiry,

or bring criminal charges
against frank and Gerry.

But Jack and I
weren't even there!

We're already retired, Brian.

We're expendable.

You have one hour.

Leave all your
files where they are,

take your personal
belongings only.

And hand your
passes in upstairs.

- Sandra.
- You can't do this.

This is exactly
what felsham wants.

I don't have any
choice, I'm afraid.

Sir, this is ridiculous!

It's over, detective
superintendent.

John felsham wants you
suspended, pending an inquiry.

If you want to keep your job,

I suggest you come
upstairs with me now.

[Door banging]

Frank Patterson doesn't
technically work for you, Carson.

He certainly wasn't
acting under orders

from detective superintendent
Pullman last night.

Detective superintendent,

I wonder how long you'll
manage to hang on to that job.

What were you doing at the
greenwood inn last night, sir?

Sandra.

You're on very thin
ice, miss Pullman.

Sir, I'm simply
trying to acertian-

I never liked your father.

And I'm beginning
to like you even less.

Perhaps you should
excuse us, Sandra.

No sir, I don't think that-

that wasn't a suggestion!

It's pity you didn't
have that kind of control

over your
subordinates, yesterday.

The investigation is over, John.

Brian Lane, Jack halford
and Gerry standing

no longer work for ucos.

Well that'll do for
starters, Robert.

But don't think
I've finished yet.

[Melancholy instrumental music]

Well you didn't think
we'd give it up, did you?

If strickland knew
you were doing this...

What's he gonna do?

He can't sack us twice.

The only reason that
felsham would shut us down,

is if he thought we were
close to finding something.

If we let this go Sandra,
then it's the end of ucos.

Felsham wins.

- Getting anywhere?
- No.

Anne hargreaves,
used to be Anne Forsyth

when she was working
at cronux security.

She's the woman
that David Murray

was having the affair with.

I was never here.

I'm afraid you seem to have
got David Murray all wrong.

I know it's a long time ago,
but I don't think my memory

has started playing
tricks on me just yet.

But you did have an affair
with him, Mrs. Hargreaves.

Anne, please.

An affair, I'd
hardly call it that.

Certainly not by
today's standards.

There was something, though.

Well yes, but not sex.

Might have got there eventually.

I wouldn't have
minded if it had, but...

No I think David saw
me more of a confident.

A shoulder to cry on.

Really what he wanted, was
to make it work with Elaine.

There's not chance on earth

David had anything to do
with that Heathrow business.

You do know that, don't you.

We really would like
to talk to David Murray,

in connection with
our investigation.

When's the last time
you heard from him?

Oh well, it would
be around about...

January of 1980.

I'd left cronux
security at Christmas.

Had a job offer up
north, more money.

And it was due to
start mid-January.

And David called
me up out of the blue,

while I was packing
up my flat for the move.

Wanted to have a drink.

And your relation with
him at that time was...

Oh, it was over.

Whatever it had been.

No, we'd been close for a few
months the previous Autumn.

But we'd stopped seeing
each other that winter.

Like I said, David wanted
to make a go of it with Elaine.

And I suppose if I'm honest,
that was one of the reasons

why I decided to
take this other job.

And move away.

So hold on, you had a whatever
it was with David Murray.

We became close because
David's marriage was on the rocks.

That was because of the
drinking and the gambling.

No, no that's what I'm saying.

I mean David liked
to drink occasionally,

but he was no gambler.

He was quite careful
with money, disciplined.

Probably something to do
with having been in the army.

No his marriage was in trouble,

because his wife
was having an affair.

Elaine was?

Well, Elaine Murray told us-

Elaine Murray was
a nasty piece of work,

through and though.

I wouldn't believe a word

that came out of
that woman's mouth.

So, what was really going on?

Well, David found out that
Elaine was seeing someone else.

And he said...

[Sighs] What was
the phrase he used...

Professionally compromised.

He said that
Elaine and her fella

had professionally
compromised him.

What did he mean by that?

I don't know, he
wouldn't tell me.

I do know that he gave
Elaine an ultimatum.

Either she stopped
seeing this man,

or he'd tell everyone
what they'd done.

And it seemed to work,
because a couple of weeks later.

David called to call the
whole thing off with me,

and said that he and
Elaine were starting afresh.

So why did he want to
see you, that last time?

Cause she'd start it
up again, of course.

Elaine's affair.

David was so upset.

He said he was
going to call in a favour

from an old army friend,

to get this friend to warn
the boyfriend off for good.

No idea if it worked or not,

cause I moved
north the next day.

And never heard
from David again.

This boyfriend of Elaine,
you remember his name?

- Dolby perhaps, derby?
- Denby?

Denby, that was it.

Michael denby.

You were expressly
told to clear your desks,

and go home.

That was an order.

I am at home.

With all due respect,

we don't have to take
orders from you anymore.

You fired us, remember?

We're concerned citizens,

bringing evidence of a crime

to the attention of the
metropolitan police.

I'm not seeing any
evidence, just a lot of hearsay.

Do you believe that John felsham

is involved with this, sir?

What I believe, and
what I can prove-

John felsham provoked
frank into assaulting him,

just so that he could close
down this investigation.

With or without your permission,

we're not going
to let that happen.

Nothing Anne
hargreaves said to you,

is admissible in court.

She said she'd make a
statement any time we need her to.

Even then, she can't
like felsham to any of this.

Not directly, no.

But Murray knew about
denby and Elaine's affair.

He also knew that
they'd attempted

the original
armoured car robbery.

And if he didn't know about
the Heathrow job beforehand,

the minute it happened he'd
know that denby was behind it.

Felsham interviewed
David Murray on his own,

after the robbery.

And his report said
nothing about any of this.

That proves that
felsham's lying.

No, it doesn't.

Perhaps Murray kept
quiet, to protect his wife.

- No.
- No, what?

Felsham knew, he knew
before he interviewed Murray.

How?

It's the link we're looking for.

Anne hargreaves said the
last time she saw David Murray,

he was gonna talk to
an old army mate of his.

Have this guy
frighten off denby.

And?

What regiment was Murray
with in northern Ireland?

The cheshire rifles.

It's staring us in the face.

Before he was a cop, John
felsham was in the same regiment.

And if he already
knew David Murray...

Murray calls felsham.

Asks him to scare
off Michael denby.

Instead, denby cuts felsham in.

If that's the case,

felsham knew about the
Heathrow job in advance.

That's a good theory, but
there's not a shred of proof.

Then we've got to find
David Murray, and ask him.

He could be anywhere.

And if he's crossed denby,
there's a good chance he's dead.

Either way, I bet Elaine
Murray knows where he is.

So if we go back to Elaine,

with what Anne
hargreaves has told us.

Maybe she'll start
telling the truth.

Yeah, or she tips felsham off

that we're still on the case.

Elaine Murray is the only
person who knows the truth.

I don't see that we
have any choice, sir.

If we're wrong about this...

I know.

If we're wrong, we
pay with our careers.

Well I'll tell you what.

I'd give you my
warrant card now,

if it'd put John
felsham behind bars.

Yeah.

Me too.

[Soft instrumental music]

Elaine Murray quit her job here,

and left about two hours ago.

That nurse said she
had a suitcase with her.

Done a runner.

Yeah, well she
can't have got far.

I'll alert all the ports,
airports, eurostar.

What's he up to?

Oh, dunno.

Get him back, Gerry.

Frank, what's up?

What you doing?

Hello, Michael.

Michael?

Bloody hell, get the
governor in here quick!

- What?
- It's him!

Michael denby.

Are you sure?

He's had the tattoo removed.

Nice try, son.

What's wrong with him?

It's Alzheimer's.

Mr. Esquera's has been
getting progressively worse,

for the last six years.

Jose esquera?

Yes.

ID bracelet in the jag.

Is it time or tea, darling?

[Nurse] Not yet, you've
just had your lunch.

He doesn't even know
where he is anymore,

let alone what his name is.

Nice try, you're nicked mate.

[Nurse] You can't
arrest the residents.

You're going down
for the rest of your life.

[Nurse] Causing him
distress in his condition,

is actually-

[Gerry] Frank, frank.

He doesn't know what
you're talking about, mate.

Rubbish, he's here.

- He knows what he did.
- Frank.

He knows what he did.

[Brian] Frank he
doesn't, look at him.

He's faking, he's not
getting off that easy.

He killed five men.

He killed five men.

[Sandra] Frank, he
doesn't remember.

I'm going to fetch the manager.

I got you, if you're
in there somewhere.

I got you.

[Upbeat jazz music]

Find a nice little country
pub, and have some lunch.

- Be nice.
- Yeah.

Same story as the
three men denby killed,

after the Heathrow job.

Bodies burned
beyond recognition,

and there's a shotgun
cartridge in his mouth.

Which has destroyed his teeth,

and taken away most of the head.

There's also preexisting
damage to the right leg,

which is consistent with
the injury Murray received

in northern Ireland.

It's him, he's dead.

Our last chance.

Denby's gone mad.

Elaine Murray's statement
doesn't carry the weight

to nail felsham in court.

And the last remaining person
that could have sunk felsham,

turns out he's been rotting
here or the last 30 years.

Probably thanks to John felsham.

Just another allegation
we can't prove.

So, what do we do now then?

We home.

Sorry chaps, this
one's my fault.

No ones going anywhere,
this isn't over yet.

Yes it is Sandra, this time.

John felsham is a suspect.

We've been so busy trying to
get someone to incriminate him,

we've forgotten the
basic rule of policing.

Which is?

Somewhere along the line,

he's bound to have
incriminated himself.

[Door knocking]

I don't have time for
you today, Robert.

We thought you'd like to know,

we have Michael
denby in custody.

Really?

Yeah, we found him
in a retirement home.

Suffering from
advanced Alzheimer's.

It appears he doesn't
know who he is,

nor does he remember
anything of his criminal past.

There's some question

as the whether he can be
tried for any of his crimes.

It's off the books, at least.

We arrested Elaine
Murray too, John.

Elaine Murray.

No, afraid I don't...

Wife of David Murray, who
worked at cronux security.

It turns out that Elaine and
Michael denby were lovers.

Elaine was stealing
information from her husband,

and passing it to denby.

The Heathrow robbery
was the result of that.

David Murray.

Yeah...

Believe I may have
interviewed him myself,

in the aftermath of Heathrow.

Yes, you did sir.

You also served with
him, in northern Ireland.

Did I, really.

Well that was a long time ago,

I served with a great many
people I don't remember.

He remembered you.

Yes apparently he contacted you,

when he found out
that his wife and denby

had resumed their affair.

He asked you to warn denby off.

[Laughs] Told you
this himself, did he?

No sir, David Murray is dead.

Elaine Murray has
made a statement.

Confessing to her part
of the Heathrow robbery.

In that statement,

she claims that you
approached Michael denby.

But rather than warning him off,

you asked to be cut
in on the Heathrow job.

In return for your silence.

This is nonsense.

She claims that you allowed
the robbery to go ahead.

I'm not prepared to listen
to any more of this baseless-

and that after the robbery,
you approached David Murray.

-In the guise of a-
-this is outrageous!

In the guise of a
routine interview,

and tried to persuade
him to keep his mouth shut.

Did you offer him money?

That's your badge gone, Pullman.

He wouldn't play ball, though.

So you warned denby,

that Murray was about to
spill everything he knew.

Get out of my office!

Raymond atkins, William
Finch, and Darren Ellis,

were already dead.

But you and denby
would never be safe

if Murray was allowed to talk.

Robert, get this
women out of my-

shut up, John!

You served with him in the army,

and he came to you for help.

As a friend, he trusted you.

And you told Michael
denby to kill him.

You're trying to
rial me, aren't you.

Your entire case is based
on the statement of a woman,

who would say anything
to reduce her sentence.

On a charge of conspiracy

to commit armed
robbery, and murder.

You have no evidence
against me, at all.

Jose esquera.

I've never heard of him.

Are you sure?

Of course I'm sure,
get out of my office.

It's always the little lies
that get us in the end,

isn't it.

You incriminated yourself, sir.

30 years ago.

Jose esquera.

An identity bracelet was
found in the getaway car,

bearing that name.

When we finally tracked
down Michael denby,

it turned out that he was
living as Jose esquera.

Presumable that identity
bracelet was part of his cover.

The fact that he lost
it in the getaway car,

suggests that he already
had his escape planned

at the time of the Heathrow job.

Jose esquera, the real Jose
esquera was a Spanish tourist.

Who was mugged and killed

near piccadilly circus
one night, in 1978.

You were the investigating
officer, your first murder case.

Who doesn't remember
their first murder case?

You admitted all his
possessions into evidence.

Including the identity
bracelet he was wearing.

Then in 1980, two weeks
before the Heathrow job.

You checked them out of
the evidence archive again.

We even have your
signature on the log.

And they were never returned.

Passport, driving
licence, identity card.

You provided Michael denby
with everything he needed,

to get out of the country
and start a new life in Spain.

But in order to make
that getaway clean.

And to cover up your
involvement in armed robbery.

Several people had
to die first, didn't they?

Before you say anything, sir.

Deputy assistant
commissioner, John felsham.

I'm arresting you for conspiracy
to commit armed robbery,

for perverting the
course of justice.

And for conspiracy
to commit the murders

of Raymond atkins, Darren Ellis.

William Finch, and David Murray.

You do not have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence

if you do not mention
when questioned,

something which you
intend to rely on in court.

[Frank] I've waited a
long time to see that.

Well, it paid of.

Well done, all of you.

Does that mean we've
got our jobs back then?

Well technically,
you never lost them.

How's that?

It takes a lot of paperwork
when you fire someone, Jack.

Yeah, but what if we'd
all just gone home.

Like you told us to.

What if you'd obeyed a
direct order, you mean.

When does that ever happen?

I feel used.

Well don't, feel
appreciated Brian.

All of you.

Thank you sir, you've just
made them unbearable.

Oh, I thought they already were.

Cause for a celebration.

A proper night out.

No thanks, paperwork I'm afraid.

I better give her a hand.

Esther's doing Shepherd's pie.

Come on Gerry, just a quiet one.

A quiet one?

You buckle up, franky boy.

We're going large!

♪ 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 ♪

♪ doing fine ♪

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

♪ it's all right ♪

♪ I say, it's okay ♪

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