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♪ It's all right, it's okay ♪

♪ it 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,
we're doing fine ♪

♪ it 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 ♪

[Peaceful music]

[Children laughing]

[Child] Hurry up!

[Children laughing]

Ah, ah, I think not.

You don't own it, Archie.

[Speaking in Latin]

I think you'll find.

Okay, let's get
started, shall we?

The day after tomorrow,

the right honourable
Geoffrey parks mp

will be visiting the school to
open the new computer centre.

Well, it wouldn't be a
language lab, would it?

That boy couldn't conjugate
a verb to save his life.

So, Mr. Parks will
be accompanied by

a dozen or so
members of the press,

and also by his
daughter, Melissa,

who is his private secretary.

I'm sure many of you
will remember Melissa

from her time here as a pupil.

I hope someone put
the caterers on red alert.

Archie.

[Machine whirring]

[Archie] I'll get it, shall I?

Yes.

[Ominous music]

He's been in the
ground long enough

and fits the height
and age description,

but New Zealand police say
that it might be up to 48 hours

before they can match
the dental records,

so there is a window
if you want us to use it.

Hiya.

Okay, we'll do our best.

Thanks, bye.

Who's this?

Jason bowe, a 25-year-old
pe teacher from New Zealand.

He worked at
peregrine manor school,

but went missing on
the 29th June 2007.

Was the last day
of the school year.

The body was found just
outside the school grounds.

According to the pathologist,

there's no obvious
cause of death,

but there is a slight
Nick to the lower ribs,

which could've been
caused by a stab wound.

Now we got a body,

presumably it will go
to the murder squad.

There's gonna be a 48 hour delay

before New Zealand can
match the dental records,

so strickland wants us to
reopen the missing persons case

in the hope we can tie things up

before the press get hold of it.

What have the
press got to do with it?

Peregrine manor school
is very old, very expensive,

and only accepts very
high profile offspring,

so the tabloids will be all
over the place once mit go in.

[Children laughing]

I do appreciate the police

being so discreet
in this situation.

Sadly, I don't have
anything to add

to what I said at the time.

Awful as it sounds, i'd
forgotten all about Jason.

Staff come and
go, time rolls on.

We need to establish his
last known movements.

Now, according to the file,

you noticed he'd gone in
the morning, is that right?

Yes, he was in school
for tea the night before,

and then failed to
show up for breakfast

or for morning meeting.

And you thought he'd
left during the night?

Yes.

Well, no, the school
is locked up at 11,

so I thought he'd left
either the previous evening

or earlier that morning,

while we were all
still at breakfast.

Do you not check
that all the teachers

are in the building
before locking up?

It's hard enough keeping
track of the students

without having to do
lights out for the staff too.

But you didn't think it odd,

him just upping and leaving
with only one day left?

A lifetime in school
has taught me

that youth often
acts on impulse.

I didn't call the police,
but I did call his home.

This should all
be on your files.

[Phone rings]

I'm sorry about this.

We have a very high profile
event later in the week,

and I need to finalise
all the arrangements.

Let me take you to
Helen, our home support.

I'm sure she'll be
able to help you.

Eleanor, take any messages,

unless, of course, it's
Geoffrey parks' office,

in which case, transfer
them to my mobile.

[Brian] Geoffrey parks, the mp?

Yes, he is an ex-pupil.

We used to be in
the same year here,

and we've been
friends ever since.

Geoffrey has kindly agreed to
open the new computer centre.

Ah, Helen, there you are.

We have some visitors.

[Helen] The police, I presume?

Are we that obvious?

No, no, but we've
all heard about

the find in the
woods, I'm afraid.

Helen Hadley, nurse
and home support.

We used to use the word
matron, much simpler.

Archie milgrow, Latin.

Detective
superintendent Pullman.

These are my colleagues,
Gerry standing and Brian Lane.

They have some
questions about Jason bowe.

If you could.

I'm up to my eyes.

Of course.

Is the body Jason bowe's?

Well, we can't be
sure, but it's possible.

Jason bowe was last seen at
teatime by your head teacher.

Did either of you
see him after that?

No.

But that's not unusual,
because most of the staff

go to their rooms
and relax after tea.

The evening's my busy
time, not the teachers'.

And how well did
either of you know him?

Pe and Latin
aren't a natural mix.

We'd be speaking a different
language in more ways than one.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I better go and
prepare for upper 3a

and the imperfect tense,

the irony of which
will no doubt strike

halfway through the lesson.

I like Jason.

We weren't overly close,
but he was good fun.

Was he seeing anyone?

Not that I know of.

Close friends on the staff?

I don't think he had many.

He liked to drink in
the pub of an evening,

but I think he was closer to
the students than the teachers.

I mean, they were his age.

That's him on the right.

Wasn't exactly handsome,
but he had something about him.

Don't you think?

This was a couple of days
before he disappeared.

York.

Did they stay away?

They must've done.

Who's that boy, Oliver lebbon?

He's the sports captain.

Very

popular.

I didn't warm to him,
but that's just me.

He was very close to Jason.

Probably closer to him
than any of the staff were.

[Sandra] I take it you're
not an athlete anymore.

Smashed my leg surfing
the summer after school.

Now I can't run for a bus.

God, I'm so late!

I should've been back 20
minutes ago, dad's gonna kill me.

Hi.

Police.

Asking questions about Mr. Bowe.

Mr. Bowe from school?

My girlfriend, Melissa parks.

Detective
superintendent Pullman.

So, you were at peregrine
manor as well, were you?

Yes.

We were in the
same year together.

He went missing, didn't he?

Mr. Bowe.

[Phone rings]

Hi.

Yes, I know, I'm sorry,

I ran into a girlfriend from
uni and we lost track of...

Yes, I'm heading back now.

Okay, I'll see you in...

Charming.

Tell me, how would
you characterise

your relationship
with Jason bowe?

I liked Mr. Bowe.

He was a good coach.

Laugh, too.

Not like the rest.

Were you ever in
trouble with him?

No.

He was cool.

Did he talk to you
about his personal life?

Was he seeing anyone?

There was no school gossip,
if that's what you're asking.

Some of the girls
had crushes, but...

[Laughing]

Two days before he disappeared,

you were all away
on a sports trip.

Were you still getting
on with him then?

Yeah, we were.

Actually,

he was a bit weird.

Distracted.

Snappy.

Not like him.

[Sandra] Did you ask why?

No.

And he didn't say.

That evening when you
got back to the school,

did you see him at any point?

No, I don't think so.

But it was five years ago.

I'm a bit hazy.

I saw you when you got back.

I met you by the mini bus.

You were still talking to
Mr. Bowe, joking about something.

Just before tea?

Oh, there you go, then.

Then he saw another teacher
and just left us mid-sentence.

They started quite
an intense chat.

Who was the other teacher?

Oh, god, I can see him in
my head, but the name's gone.

Old, dull, fuddy-duddy.

Wasn't it that Latin teacher?

Mildew?

Milgrow, Mr. Milgrow.

They were arguing about
something, you're right.

We just left them to it.

That was the last
time I saw Mr. Bowe.

You lied to us.

On the evening that
Jason bowe disappeared,

you were seen having
an argument with him,

which is somewhat surprising,

considering you told us
you hardly ever spoke to him.

I didn't.

If you're observant,

and I like to consider
myself an observer of life,

then you find you
can know a person

without talking to
them very much at all.

But yes, we did have words.

What about?

I've never been keen on
the over-popular teachers.

You can be loved
too much by students.

You can want to be
loved by them too much.

It can cloud one's judgement.

The relationship between
lebbon and Jason bowe

was a good example.

They were more like friends
than student and teacher.

The particular case in question
concerned a hunting knife

that lebbon had
brought into the school.

He had been told to hand it
over to Jason bowe, his tutor.

I heard about it and
checked with bowe

that the item had at
least been confiscated.

And had it?

No.

He said lebbon hadn't got
round to handing it in yet,

as if it was a mobile
telephone or something.

That was just before they
left for the championships.

When they got back, I told
bowe enough was enough,

and I expected the knife
to be in his possession

by the following morning.

But by morning,
bowe had vanished.

And what about the knife?

I've no idea what
happened to it.

It was the last day of term.

I'm afraid I didn't pursue it.

Did you see Oliver
lebbon at all that night?

I didn't.

Presumably, he was cavorting
with Eleanor Higgins, as usual.

The most popular
couple in school.

Now, one of them
is a failed athlete,

and the other one is the
headmistress's secretary.

So often the case with
those who peak too early.

So, you were Oliver
lebbon's girlfriend?

When did you break up?

Pretty much as
soon as school did.

It was not that serious.

And now he's with Melissa parks.

Melissa was always
mooning around after Oliver.

Guess she must've eventually
got him drunk enough.

Was he ever violent?

Did he get into
many fights at school?

Oliver?

No.

Who'd want to fight him?

He was incredibly popular.

We understand he
collected Japanese blades,

still does, apparently.

And he brought a
knife to the school

at the end of that term.

What has any of this got to do

with Mr. Bowe's disappearance?

[Gerry] He was supposed to hand

the knife in to Jason bowe.

How'd you think
he'd react to that?

Being told to get rid of it.

I don't know.

Brian?

I've lost me glasses.

Well, that wasn't
very clever, was it?

The necklace.

That's Jason bowe's.

It's the one he's wearing

in that picture out
in the hall there.

[Gerry] Now,
that is interesting.

So, you were seeing
him as well at the time.

It wasn't like that.

What was it like?

I was in love with him.

I thought he was
in love with me too.

And were you still seeing
him when he disappeared?

Yes.

You thought he
was in love with you?

How do you mean thought?

Well, he ran off, didn't he?

At least I thought he did.

You didn't wonder why?

I used to get jealous.

All the girls had
crushes on him.

They used to make up stories

about what they'd done with him.

I used to get scared
they weren't just stories.

I'm sure I wasn't
easy to be with.

Where were you
when he disappeared?

I was in my dorm.

Can you prove that?

There's a lock up book.

The whole school's
locked up at night,

so no one can get in or out.

We had to sign in so
they knew we were inside.

Could Oliver lebbon have

discovered you
were two-timing him?

No.

I don't know, I don't think so.

Bastard.

I totally looked up to him.

What happened to the
knife you had at school?

- What knife?
- The hunting knife,

you were supposed to
hand it in to Mr. Bowe.

Oh, that knife.

It was a hitori hunter, very
rare and very expensive.

Why do you think I was
so reluctant to give it up?

So, you didn't.

I was going to.

When I got back
from the competition,

I went to get it from my room,

it was gone.

Next morning, so was Mr. Bowe.

And whoever nicked my
knife never gave it back.

But I don't think you're
gonna find Mr. Bowe

by finding my knife.

We found a body buried in
the woods behind the school.

Mr. Bowe?

Don't know that yet.

But we think whoever it
was had been stabbed.

So, if it does turn
out to be Jason bowe,

the man who was having
an affair with your girlfriend,

the man who went missing

the same night as
your hunting knife,

can you see where
I'm going with this?

I've never hurt
anyone in my life.

I didn't know anything
about Mr. Bowe and Eleanor.

Where were you that night?

Got drunk in my
room and passed out.

- Alone?
- Yes.

You understand why I wouldn't

just take your word for that.

If you found him
in the woods, then...

The school's locked up at night,

I couldn't have got out
without setting the alarm off.

And even if I could,

I wouldn't have been
able to get back in again.

This is nothing to do with me.

I swear to you.

I'll only be gone
for two nights.

There's some chicken
in a tupperware

on the second
shelf of the fridge,

and there's some
fresh salad in the drawer

for the lasagna, which is
in the middle of the fridge.

They're all labelled.

There's some bread there.

Oh, and there's a new
marmalade jar in the cupboard,

in case that one runs out.

And

there are your spare glasses.

Do not lose those as well.

I didn't lose them.

Now, did you hear what
I said about the lasagna?

What lasagna?

For your tea tomorrow.

Oh, yes.

Yes.

Right, how long do
you have to cook it for?

What?

You weren't listening, were you?

Esther, I'm working.

You're not working,
you're hiding from me.

You have been ever
since Jack retired.

Look, see, working.

What is the matter, Brian?

How much do you think
a new computer centre

for a posh private school costs?

I can't see how
they can afford it.

I shall miss these intimate
little chats while I'm away.

[Mysterious music]

Yep.

Bowe did spend that
last night in the pub.

The landlord said
that he was talking to

and being bought drinks by
a bloke called Lucas graves,

local property developer.

Apparently he didn't
speak to the regulars,

which was unusual,
and then he left

10 minutes before closing,
which, again, was unusual.

Lucas graves, where do
I know that name from?

Lucas graves, the owner
of lgg developments.

The company that
dug up the body.

Oh.

Oh.

[Lucas] You're asking me
to remember a conversation

I had with a virtual
stranger five years ago.

[Sandra] Apparently
you bought him

drinks all night, Mr. Graves.

Which was pretty generous
of you if you didn't know him.

I'm a generous man, I
buy a lot of people drinks.

He was often in the pub,

and normally, he was
quite chatty with everyone,

but that night, he
was really quiet.

So, I asked him what was
wrong and I bought him a drink.

And what was wrong?

He'd been having some trouble

with old Archie milgrow,
the Latin teacher.

But it didn't seem like
that big a deal to me.

And yet he disappeared
a short while later.

Well, obviously, if i'd
known that in advance,

then I might've
dug a bit deeper.

Assuming the body in
the woods is Jason bowe,

then Oliver lebbon must
be our prime suspect.

He considered bowe to
be his mentor and his friend,

but actually was
shagging his girlfriend.

Lebbon had a thing about knives,

and the knife he had at school,

which he was supposed
to hand in to bowe,

went missing the
same night as bowe did.

Oliver lebbon says that he was

passed out in
his room all night,

but there's no one
to corroborate that.

If it wasn't lebbon, could it
have been Eleanor Higgins?

According to her school file,

her mother died in a car accident
when she was 11 years old.

She received counselling for it,

but there's mention here
of self-harming after that.

There's certainly
psychological issues.

If she'd become
too attached to bowe

and it seemed like
he didn't reciprocate.

And if she knew
about lebbon's knife

and he was telling the
truth about it going missing,

then maybe she took it.

Well, there's no
way to pursue that

without either a murder weapon

or a positive ID on the body.

And I want to look at
the school finances.

Why?

Because this school's
practically deserted.

Attendances are
down across the board

at independent schools.

They're all
struggling for money.

But this lot are about to open

a state of the art
computer centre.

How can they afford it?

What's that got to do with
the missing pe teacher?

He might be onto something.

Claire swane, English teacher.

She started at peregrine
manor in the summer of 2007,

and appears to have been fired

six weeks into the
following Autumn term.

[Sandra] Okay.

I can't find her.

The references don't check out,

and the forwarding
address she gave is fake.

Another missing teacher.

So, maybe Brian's
right, maybe there is

something more sinister
going on in this place.

[Mysterious music]

Oh, no, sorry.

No.

- [Knocking on door]
- I keep asking-

Mr. Lane, what
can we do for you?

Oh, Helen, if you could
check all the students

have clean blazers for
tomorrow, time is ticking on.

[Elizabeth sighs]

We've been going
through your staff reports,

and we found a teacher
called Claire swane.

Now, you let go of her during
the Autumn term of 2007.

Yes, her timekeeping
was dreadful,

she never seemed to be
where she was supposed to be.

Did her references check out?

Well, yes, of course, why?

Well, because we can't
track down any of her referees.

And the forwarding
address she left doesn't exist.

Well, I'm sorry, there's
nothing I can do about that.

Do you know, from
your school photographs,

it looks like the numbers
have been falling

for the last 10 years.

That must've caused
a bit of belt tightening.

We receive very
generous donations.

It's one of the
benefits of being

such a well connected school.

Wouldn't it be easier to
allow students from overseas

to make up the numbers?

That's what other
independent schools do.

That hasn't been necessary.

What has this got to
do with Jason bowe?

It's just that if you're relying

on what's basically charity,

rather than having the
security of fee-paying pupils,

well, that doesn't
make sense, does it?

This school was
founded to provide

an education for
English boys and girls.

It's part of the
school's heritage.

You mean white,
English boys and girls?

Your ancestor, Edwin Clayton,

he was against the abolition
of slavery, wasn't he?

And your grandfather,
Arthur Clayton,

was one of oswald mosley's
most fervent supporters.

[Elizabeth] I don't
see the relevance.

Do you know, I
haven't seen a single

Asian or black pupil
in this place, not one.

Are you calling me a racist?

I'm just making an observation.

An offensive one.

And I might say the same of you.

I see no coloured
faces in your team,

and very few in
your higher ranks.

But we have some,
rather than none.

I'd like to take a look
at your financial records.

I'm sure your efforts
would be better spent

concentrating
outside the school,

but go ahead.

It may take you some time.

Our system is still on paper.

Oh, I'm good on paper.

[Mysterious music]

Any possible Jack
replacements yet?

Not as yet, no.

There's got to be someone.

[Phone rings]

Sir.

Oh.

Yep.

Yeah, will do, thanks
for letting us know.

We're done.

The dental records are
a match for Jason bowe,

so I've got to
hand it over to mit.

I wouldn't be too
quick with that.

I've found Claire swane.

Where?

In the ucos files.

Her real name was Claire swan.

And her listed profession
is private investigator.

So, she must've been
undercover at the school.

Missing or dead?

Dead, hit and run.

Two days after she
left peregrine manor.

And lebbon couldn't
have killed them both

because when Claire
swan was run over,

he was still in hospital

recovering from
his surfing accident.

But now she's a cold case,

I think we should keep
them both with ucos.

[Mysterious music]

That policeman working late.

Maybe I should
take him a cup of tea.

This isn't a game, Helen.

Enough is enough,
you don't need it.

Give it back, it needs
to be destroyed.

It's not that simple.

- Of course it is.
- Nothing's changed.

Not for me.

Believe me, Helen, you
do not know what you have,

and you do not want to come
out on the wrong side of this.

Oh, bloody hell!

That chair's about
200 years old.

What the...

I don't think you
should stand on it.

No.

What do you think that
camera's pointing at?

I don't know, something.

They normally do.

What are you doing out of bed?

I'm conducting an experiment.

Since they found those bones,

everyone's going on about
the peregrine poltergeist.

I'm not following you.

All the stuff that goes missing,

they think the
poltergeist takes it.

What kind of stuff?

Weird things.

Toothbrushes, bits of clothes.

Been happening
for years, apparently.

So, what's the camera and
the thermometer all about?

Well, sometimes, ghost and
spirits can be caught on film,

even if you can't
see them in real life.

Plus a sudden
drop in temperature

can be a sign of a
paranormal presence.

Well, you've done your research.

Anything so far?

Nothing conclusive.

Do you believe in ghosts?

Well, I'm trying to
keep an open mind.

But no, not really.

No, I didn't think so.

Not with you being out here

on your own in the
middle of the night.

I did try to do it this
afternoon after prep,

but people got in the way.

Yeah, people tend to do that.

But have you not got a friend

you could do this
kind of thing with?

I did have a friend.

David.

He left, though.

He had to go somewhere else.

Yeah, I had a friend like that.

[Jacob] Do you miss him?

Do you miss David?

[Door creaking]

Shh.

What are you still doing here?

The doors are locked,
I couldn't get out.

Stay there, I'll come down.

I'm sorry, I didn't
wake you, did I?

No, no, I'm a terrible sleeper.

When my son was
little, he was hyperactive.

Three hours sleep a night
seems to become a habit.

Which school did he go to?

He's here.

Oh, that's a nice staff perk.

Well, it isn't normally allowed.

Took some hefty
persuasion, believe me.

I was going to make
some hot chocolate.

Do you fancy a mug?

Well, then I can set you up

in one of the empty
dorms for the night.

Oh, that would be...

Yeah, yeah, go on, then.

Thanks very much.

I have a secret stash
of marshmallows.

Do you like marshmallows?

No.

You're not really like
the rest of them, are you?

I don't know what you mean.

You know, privileged,
wealthy, entitled.

Oh, I see.

No, no, hardly.

And yet you're happy to make

your son a part of that world.

I'd like to think I have some
influence over who he is,

the person he becomes.

But a good education.

The school he was
at, the local school,

he was in trouble there.

Drinking.

Drugs, I think, well, I suspect.

And he was only 12.

There's too many children.

Those poor children.

Too many of them in a class.

How can they learn?

How can they be helped?

And I know you're
supposed to do something to

help make things better, but...

Who am I?

And all the time I
was working here,

I'm seeing the opportunities
this school gives these kids.

And you look at the disparity.

Had to do better for him.

And you think to yourself,

by hook or by crook.

It's defeat, in a way.

But what's the alternative?

For him, I mean.

Do you have children?

Yeah, a son.

[Helen] Grown up now?

Oh, yeah.

What does he do?

Well, he used to
be an accountant.

I'm not sure now.

I used to drink.

Well, I better get to bed.

Thanks for the cocoa.

Second on the left, yeah?

That's right.

[Brian] Thanks.

- Goodnight.
- Night.

I think I've found something.

You know, parents can't afford

to send their kids to
independent schools anymore.

Admissions are way
down year on year.

So, schools are having to
make up the shortfall in income

by bringing in high-paying
foreign students.

Yeah, but ku klux Clayton

won't let anyone
in who's not white.

Exactly.

So, this school's
short of money,

and yet Geoffrey
parks is on his way

to open up a brand
new computer centre.

How did they pay for that?

Charitable donations.

From very wealthy,
very influential people.

There's a fella
here called Ali Khan.

An Indian
technology millionaire.

He donated £180,000
to this school last year.

Now, why's a bloke
from his background

giving money to
a school like this?

After Khan had
made his donation,

a government data contract
was issued to his firm in Mumbai

to the tune of 20 million quid,

by a select committee
headed by Geoffrey parks.

All these donors have
benefited in some way

as a direct result of Geoffrey
parks' actions in government.

And if that's what
Claire swan found out.

Yeah, hold on, but none
of this goes to parks.

It all comes to the school.

Well, if we're following
this train of thought,

he has to get
something out of it,

and something worth killing for.

[Phone rings]

Mr. Graves, you
hired Claire swan

to go undercover
at peregrine manor.

Why?

About six years ago,

I heard the school
was in financial trouble,

so I made an offer
on it, a generous one.

I quite fancied the place
as a country club and hotel.

Clayton wouldn't sell, though,

so I got Claire to
go in as a teacher

and see if she could
find some leverage.

If they were having
money trouble

and if she could
find a bit of scandal,

well, Clayton
might've had to rethink.

And what did she find out?

Well, that's the thing,
she never told me.

She called to say that
she was out of the school

and she'd found
something that might be big.

Said she'd call again when
she'd checked out the facts.

But the next night, she
was killed, and that was that.

Was it originally Claire swan

who told you the school
was in financial trouble?

God, no, that was
Archie milgrow.

He rents a lockup at
one of my premises,

has done for years.

[Ominous music]

[Brian clears throat]

Archie milgrow, the
peregrine poltergeist.

Do you know how long
I've been at that school?

35 years.

Hundreds of pupils,
teachers who come and go.

None of them remember me.

You stole from them.

I didn't steal.

Not really.

I took nothing valuable.

Why did you take
Mr. Lane's glasses?

He's not part of the school.

You, this.

It's all part of my story.

All these things,
they're my memories,

my photo albums, if you will.

They're proof.

Proof of what?

Proof that I was
ever here at all.

It's quite the collection.

When did you
start, 15 years ago?

I don't know exactly.

Oh, I think you do.

It's quite clear to us.

You see, although
you didn't take

something from every student,

you took something
from every teacher

who worked at that
school since then.

All except one.

Jason bowe.

Why did you take nothing of his?

I have to tell you, Mr. Milgrow,

that right now, things aren't
looking that good for you.

None of this is exactly normal,

but the one teacher who isn't
represented in your collection

is the one you were
seen arguing with

on the night he disappeared.

Did he find out about
your little hobby?

A few days before
the end of term,

he saw me taking something
from the laundry room

and followed me to the lockup.

He said I was perverted.

On reflection, perhaps the
item I'd taken hadn't helped.

A red bra belonging
to Melissa parks.

He took it away,
along with his t-shirt.

What happened after that?

I begged him not to report me.

He said he'd decide what
to do while he was away.

That's what we were
discussing on that last night.

Lebbon's knife went missing.

Maybe you took it
while he was away,

and then when Jason
bowe came back

and decided to report you.

You stabbed him.

I didn't kill him.

[Crowd applauding]

Thank you, Mr. Parks,

for taking time out of
your very busy schedule.

[Crowd chattering]

I thought you'd left.

We've taken somebody
in for questioning.

Archie milgrow.

He's the thief.

The peregrine poltergeist.

Jason bowe knew about it
and was gonna report him.

Archie.

Oh, I'm quite surprised.

How did you manage that?

Bowe caught him stealing
Melissa parks' red bra

and followed him.

Maybe I should let her know.

[Frightening music]

You're as bad as him.

You're as bad as him,
you liar, stupid, fat liar!

What are you talking about?

You're crazy!

Don't touch me, you liar!

I hate you, don't touch me!

I snuck into Jason's room to
surprise him when he got back.

It was the last night of term

and I didn't really
care if I got caught.

And there it was on his bed.

Her bra.

I knew it was hers,
stupid, fat cow.

Melissa, fat?

Hardly.

She got fat at school.

Porky parks.

You thought he'd slept with her.

She told everyone
that she lost it

getting off with somebody.

Went round the whole school.

Every boy denying it was them.

And then there it
was in Jason's room.

That must've made
you extremely angry.

We argued, yes,
I was hysterical.

Asked him how long
it'd been going on for.

And what did he say?

He said the bra
was nothing like that,

and that he loved me.

But he wouldn't give
me another explanation.

Just said I had to trust him.

I said some terrible things.

I told him I was going
to tell miss Clayton

that he'd raped me.

In the morning, he was gone.

And you called
Geoffrey parks a liar.

I think you've got history
with the parks family

that predates Jason bowe.

My mother used to
work for Geoffrey parks.

Are you trying to
say that you think

they were more than
work colleagues?

She bought new things.

Underwear.

Started working late.

Father didn't like it.

She was working
late the night she died.

What do you mean, Eleanor?

The coroner's report said
she was alone in the car,

but the doors weren't locked.

The report says the
doors weren't locked.

If my mother was alone
in the car or just with me,

she always locked the
doors from the inside, always.

So, someone
must've been with her.

Whoever was with
her left her there to die.

He didn't even
call an ambulance.

She was my best friend
when we were little, you know?

Until the accident.

Then we drifted.

I started gaining weight, and
we moved to different friends.

Why would she
call your dad a liar?

I don't know.

She used to love my
dad when we were kids.

Something changed
after the accident.

But your father and her
mother were close, yes?

They worked together,
of course they were close.

That was it.

If I hadn't told that
stupid lie about the bra,

none of this would've come up.

Why would you make
something like that up?

You have no idea what it's like,

to be the chubby girl at school.

Porky parks.

Pretending not to care
about the snide digs.

I just wanted
to feel attractive,

normal, like someone liked me.

Eleanor wasn't the
only one with problems.

Your father's gone, Melissa,

there's a cab for
you at the side gate.

And Mr. Lane.

If you could return
the financial records

to my office before you leave.

Right, this is starting
to make sense.

Eleanor Higgins.

She has a history
of self-harming,

she's emotionally unstable,

she's involved in a
relationship with Jason bowe,

and she's come to believe
that he's having an affair

with Melissa parks.

Who's the daughter of the
man that Eleanor believes

was in the car when
her mother crashed.

But she couldn't have done it.

The school was locked
up and she was inside.

How could she have got out?

[Mysterious music]

Remember what you
said the other night?

About what?

I asked you where this
camera was pointing.

You said somewhere,
they normally do.

Stay here.

Absolutely not.

No, I didn't think you would.

[Mysterious music]

We must be outside the
school perimeter by now.

The gardener's hut
is only a few metres

from where the body was found.

You know that if any blood
was spilled in that shed,

then our forensic
team will find it,

no matter how hard
you think you scrubbed.

And I imagine that some
of it will be yours, won't it?

You took Oliver lebbon's knife

out of his room
while he was away.

To cut yourself?

Or to kill Jason bowe?

It was an accident.

I put a note under Jason's door

and told him to
meet me in the shed.

I said if he didn't
come, I'd slit my wrists.

Just kept thinking
about that bra.

And Melissa and her father.

My mother.

Melissa's red bra.

My mother bought new
underwear before she died.

My father had shouted about it,

and I couldn't understand why.

Thinking about Jason and Melissa

made me think about my
mother and Geoffrey parks

and the car doors,
and I didn't know why.

I was just shouting
all of this at Jason.

And I started cutting myself
right there in front of him.

He tried to stop me.

Then you stabbed him.

It was an accident, he
was trying to stop me,

and the knife just was so sharp,

it didn't even go in that far,

I could still see
half the blade,

but I just couldn't bring
myself to take it out.

But you didn't try
to get any help?

No, he died.

Dragged him out into
the woods and buried him.

You dragged a fully-grown
man at dead weight

into the woods all by yourself.

I couldn't do that,

and I bet I'm a whole
lot stronger than you.

Unless you were
extremely unlucky

with where that knife hit,

Jason bowe would've been alive

for quite some time
after you stabbed him,

so your story is all very
neat and tidy and tragic,

but the ending doesn't work.

Who helped you?

That's what happened.

[Children shouting]

Right, then.

Are you leaving?

Yes.

Eleanor Higgins has confessed
to Jason bowe's murder.

Eleanor.

Poor girl.

It's hard to believe.

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.

You don't sound convinced.

Well, she's more
convinced than we are.

What do you mean?

Well, Eleanor's
version of events

doesn't fit with the
forensic evidence.

I don't know, maybe she's just
misremembering a few things.

It was a long time ago.

Yeah.

Well, it was nice to meet you.

And thanks again for that cocoa.

Why would she say she'd
killed him if she hadn't?

Maybe to protect someone.

But there isn't anyone.

He was a big lad, Jason, heavy.

A lot to drag through the
woods and Bury all by yourself.

Plus she was bleeding, 'cause
she had some injuries, too.

You think someone helped her?

It's possible.

And now she's covering for them.

Even if she had help
burying him, she still...

She still did what she said.

Killed him, I mean.

Maybe.

But the wound that she
inflicted shouldn't have been fatal.

So, if whoever was helping her

actually finished
him off, then...

She could've spent all this time

thinking she killed someone.

[Mysterious music]

I expect it'll all
come out in the wash.

Yes.

There's something
you need to see.

And when you've seen it,
I'll accept the consequences.

[Brian] Helen Hadley's
been sitting on this footage

since the night of those deaths.

[Sandra] That makes her
an accessory after the fact.

After a few
minutes, we get this.

[Ominous music]

Well, well, well.

Then there's a time gap
of about an hour and a half,

before this.

We should bring her in.

It's not enough.

But we see her.

We see her with an
upset girl, that's all.

No body, no murder weapon.

So, now what?

Okay, regardless of
what we can prove,

we feel certain that Clayton

helped Eleanor
Bury that body, right?

Right.

So, she goes into the shed

and sees Jason
bowe on the floor.

She's probably left Eleanor
out in the passageway

or sent her out of the room.

Bowe is still alive
because the wound

that Eleanor describes giving
him couldn't have killed him,

so Clayton could've
saved him, but she didn't.

Why?

What made her stick
the knife in deeper?

Well, the consequences
of him surviving this

were obviously greater than

the consequences
of her killing him.

Eleanor said that
before she stabbed bowe,

she was ranting at him
about her mother's crash.

Well, is that it?

Her talking about Geoffrey parks

in relation to her mum's death,

is that the knowledge
that got bowe killed?

It's what Clayton's
got on parks.

It's how she's getting
donations to the school.

So, the way she sees it,

she killed Jason bowe to
protect the school's future.

Yeah, but she's not
gonna admit it, is she?

And we can't prove anything

that happened that
night of the crash.

Parks is hardly
gonna tell the truth,

and Eleanor's testimony
wouldn't stand up in court.

But she wasn't the only one
traumatised by those events.

If parks was in that car,

then there are two
families involved.

We've focused on Eleanor
because she was the one

that gave us the
story in the first place.

Plus she was the one
most obviously affected by it.

Maybe we should
be looking elsewhere.

You and Eleanor were the
best of friends, weren't you?

Right up until her
mother's car crash.

So?

Well, everyone can see
how it damaged Eleanor.

But you changed
after that as well.

I put on some weight.

Lots of kids do.

Ah, you put on a lot
of weight, very quickly.

And this all started just
after Eleanor's mother died.

See, a lot of what's
going on here

seems to lead back to
the events of that night.

Where was your dad that night?

At home.

This isn't a formal
interview, you know.

Nothing's being recorded.

There's nobody listening.

I'm not even a policeman.

I'm retired.

Whatever happened that
night, you filed it away.

So you didn't
have to look at it.

That's when you started eating.

That's when you started to
distance yourself from Eleanor.

That way, you could
pretend it never happened.

Well, maybe now's the time
to get it off your chest, eh?

Something woke me up.

Maybe it was the sound of
the car pulling in the drive.

It was late.

I wanted a glass of water.

I was at the top of the stairs
when the front door opened.

My father came in.

He was crying.

I was only 11.

He was my dad, I couldn't
understand why he was crying.

I ran back to bed.

Next day, they all acted
so normal, even my mother.

She came and told me that...

That Eleanor's mother had died.

I asked her about the night
before, where dad had been.

She said he hadn't gone out.

When he came in, he
was on his own, was he?

No.

Miss Clayton was with him.

He'd ran away from the accident.

He must've rung her,
'cause she drove him home.

You know, you really should
put this down in a statement.

Eleanor's whole future
could depend on it.

I know you're not friends now,

but you were.

This is a complete fantasy.

No, it isn't.

Then I presume you
have some evidence.

We have a videotape from

the night that Jason
bowe disappeared

which Helen Hadley tells us

you're very anxious
to get hold of.

We've also got a statement
from Melissa parks,

telling us that you brought
Geoffrey parks home

on the night of the crash.

She was 11 years old.

Eleanor Higgins is next door,

she's confessed to the
murder of Jason bowe,

but we said we didn't believe

that she buried him on her own.

We also told her that we doubt

that she delivered
the fatal blow.

She's confused at the moment,

but it won't be long
before she realises

what really happened in
that shed and gives you up.

At which point, you
will have the testimony

of a psychologically damaged,

emotionally
distraught young girl,

against the word of a
woman whose family

has run one of the
finest schools in england

for six generations.

That's the point, isn't it?

That's what all this is about.

You'll do anything
to save your school,

but what's gonna happen
when Eleanor finally gives you up,

and unreliable testimony or not,

we bring in Geoffrey parks

and present him with
everything we've discovered?

Do you think parks cares
more about your school

than he does about
his own career?

No.

He's gonna paint you as a
murderess and a blackmailer.

And he'd be more than
happy to sink your school

to save himself.

If you're really serious
about saving your school,

it's time for you to
fall on your sword.

I think I'm gonna
need a lawyer, aren't I?

[Peaceful music]

I never asked Elizabeth
outright what happened that night.

I thought she just
helped, with the body.

I thought Eleanor
had killed him.

I couldn't afford a
school like this for my son.

Well, you've paid in other
ways, though, haven't you?

All the sleepless nights.

I don't like to sleep.

Jason bowe haunts my dreams.

He's always cold.

Have you come to arrest me?

They're waiting at the front.

You found a new
Jack in those files?

You haven't even read
any of them yet, have you?

Don't you start.

Look, Sandra, you're
not the only one

who misses that miserable
old bugger, you know.

I wish he hadn't
left, but he has,

and he's not coming back.

Gerry, I don't need a lecture.

Well, tough.

Whether you like it
or not, Jack has gone.

But Brian and
I, we're still here,

and we can't do
all this by ourselves,

so read the bloody files.

All right, all right,
I'll read them, okay?

- Yeah, properly.
- Properly.

- Promise?
- Promise.

- Goodnight.
- Night.

Brian?

Oh!

Remind me never
to get that train again,

it was full of commuters.

I think the journey
was nearly as tiring

as looking after Jenny.

Oh, she's camped out
on the sofa, poor thing,

her ankle's black and
blue, it's all swollen up.

All she did was
come off the curb.

Anyway, Anne's there
till after the weekend,

so I gave them both your love.

What you doing sitting
here like this in the silence?

Did you drop off?

No, no.

Just thinking.

Oh.

Just thinking.

Right, well, I'll
leave you to it, then.

I fancy a bath, anyway.

[Brian] I'm glad you're home.

[Esther] Are you?

And I'm sorry.

You know, for snapping at you.

What is the matter, Brian?

Why don't you just tell me,
put us both out of our misery?

Just sit with me, will you?

All right.

What is it?

It's a secret.

But it keeps gnawing
away in me head.

[Sighs]

I don't think I can
carry it on me own.

You can share it with
me, then, can't you?

Hm?

When you're ready.

I think I'm ready.

Well, go on.

It's about Jack.

♪ It's all right, it's okay ♪

♪ it 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,
we're doing fine ♪

♪ it 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 ♪