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♪ 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. ♪

[Birds tweeting]

[Calm music]

[Leaves crunching]

[Leaves crunching]

[Sport commentator on radio]

Who won the toss?

We did. We batting.

Nice one.

The aussies are going down.

Bloody hope so.

[Sports commentator on radio]

[Calm music]

Nine million people in
London and one forest.

Where the hell is everybody?

Indoors.

Edible or fatal?

What'd you reckon?

Cantharellus
cibarius, chanterelle.

Oh be my guest.

Mmm, thank you.

I used to forage
for fungi in here.

Fungi foraging, is that right?

Mmm. Well the one you've
really got to watch out for

the death cap.

Mm-hmm.

[Pullman] Ah!
There he is, Gerry?

Gerry.

What's he doing?

I have no idea, Gerry!

Oh, he's scared of trees.

What?

I'm not scared of trees.

I'm scared of woods.

Woods?

Forests.

Oh come on Gerry,
behave yourself.

Come on, come on,
that's it just through here.

There we go.

So this Simon bloke used to jog

through epping forest every day.

Yeah. Three miles from
his house in woodford

to his office in loughton.

And then on July the 9th 2009,

he set off on his regular route,

but never made it into work.

Nothing has been seen
or heard from him since.

Nothing missing?

Passport, cash?

No. And the bank cards
that were in his wallet

were never used.

The only trace
that him soca found

was his DNA on a water bottle

discovered over there somewhere.

And that could have
been left anytime.

And he ran every day?

What was his job?

Marketing.

For a construction company
owned by his father-in-law.

That could be
bad for your health.

What running
every day or working

for your father-in-law?

Perhaps he was
involved in something

he shouldn't have been.

Mit tried to find trouble
but he was happily married,

had a good job,
first kid on the way.

No brushes with the law,
no apparent problems.

In other words, they
didn't get anywhere.

The father-in-law looked
dodgy, but without any evidence

of a murder, he soon
became a straight misper.

Well, what changed things?

A few days ago, a park
ranger found his work ID pass

in the forest, near epping
town, about three miles away.

He handed it in and
forensics have found traces

of Simon's blood on it.

Any sign of the the rest of him?

No, they're still looking

but they don't
fancy their chances.

And also forensic
showed that the pass

had been moved by a fox.

So the body could be anywhere?

Hmm. I hate foxes an' all.

Yeah, that's him.

Ran past here every
morning just gone nine.

Place is dead on a weekday.

You know the regulars.

Mr. Furley. You're the
only person who says

that they saw Simon in
the forest that morning.

I knew he was here
because he stopped to talk.

First time ever.

Normally he just
waved as he ran past.

What did he ask you?

Who won the toss?

First day of the ashes.

England against Australia.

Cricket.

How did he seem?

Happy.

Did anyone else come
past that morning?

Hmmm. Sorry. Old brain cells.

I'm a lot older than you lot.

Maybe not you.

[Pullman snickers]

[Gerry] So apart from
blind as a bat Bob foley,

the last person to see Simon
that morning, was his wife.

[Pullman] Yeah.

[Gerry] Right.

[Pullman] She was eight
and a half months pregnant

at the time though.

[Gerry] Oh.

[Pullman] More promisingly,
her father, frank miles

has got gbh on his cv.

[Gerry] Yeah, but I assume
they checked the computers

the first time round.

[Pullman] All clean.

But a handful of files was
deleted from frank's computer.

The day after Simon disappeared.

[Gerry] Yeah?

And his company books stank.

Why?

They were immaculate.

Look, I'm sorry, Becky.

But did you notice
anything different

about Simon that morning?

No. We were getting a
new bedroom sorted out

talking about cots.

And he said that
he would call me

later that morning at work.

Kissed me goodbye and
ran off down the street.

[Door clicks open]

Hi chicken.

Frank miles?

Yeah.

Detective superintendent
Pullman, unsolved crimes.

Gerry standing.

I hear they found
Simon's work ID pass

in epping forest
with his blood on it.

[Sighs heavily]

So that's that then.

Broke her heart, not knowing.

Look do either of you know,

if Simon was in
any trouble at all?

That man's trouble, was
not having any trouble.

Hey bex?

When she met him, didn't
even have a bank account.

Mr. Miles, Simon
told a close friend

that two days before
he disappeared

you and he had an argument.

Oh here we go.

Look. It was nothing.

He mishandled a meeting
with a client that was all.

Pressure of the
baby coming, he said.

I told him to pull his socks up.

So you didn't rate him then?

I didn't say that.

Well. How would you
describe your relationship

with your son-in-law?

She was happy. I was happy.

The day before he disappeared,

he tried to take £2000
out of his account.

Yeah, that's for
Josie's bedroom.

One of my builders done it up.

He insisted on paying his way.

I'll give him that.

Mr. Miles, in your
previous statement,

you said that you spent the
morning with Becky at her house.

Oh give it a rest will you?

Just routine frank.

I was giving her a hand.

Wasn't I bex?

Out to here she was, bless her.

Well I'm sure she would
have preferred her late mum

but there we are.

Sorry. Excuse me.

Well done.

Bex?

Helping her, my arse.

Wherever he was that
morning, he wasn't with her.

She's 35 years old
and still saying how high

when her father says jump.

It's bloody pathetic.

Can you imagine my
girls being on that kind

of leash, they'd have
laughed in my face.

Your brother came
to see you the night

before he disappeared, yeah?

Si came over for dinner.

It was my 70th.

Did Simon give you this?

Si's dad made that.

He loved his whittling.

He was a tree trimmer.

Is this him and Simon then?

Yes, they were very close.

Bill passed away not long after

Simon's business went bust.

Simon was very down, poor boy.

Depressed?

He went to Africa
to sort his head out.

Yes.

And that's where
he met his Becky.

How was he when he came back?

Well, I've never
seen him happier.

Simon had an
argument with frank miles

that day before he
came to see you.

He told us before.

Si never mentioned it
but he did seem worried

about something.

Yes well we just thought he
was nervous about the baby.

I teased him enough
about how his life

was about to change.

Did he talk much
about his relationship

with frank miles?

[Pullman] Or any other
problems he was having?

After the wedding, we
hardly ever saw him.

Did we Tim?

His life was one long
honeymoon I think.

I still keep thinking
he's going to

come back through that door.

Sorry.

Maybe this guy's
landed on his feet.

He saw them again,
he's straight, he's happy.

It could be a mug and
it's gone wrong you know.

We assume he's happy.

I'm not sure I'm
buying the package.

Yeah. Imagine being
cooped up in an office

with frank miles every day.

Well his previous
and wobbly alibi.

Frank's the key man.

So let's find out what
he was trying to scrub

over at work and see if
there's a motive in there.

Governor, this Simon
bloke may not be

as straight as we think.

He was in regular contact
with an unknown pay-as-you-go.

Well it hasn't been used
since he disappeared

but it gets switched
on every couple

of months or so.

Somebody thinks
he's still alive then.

Checking for
messages aren't they?

Get the techies to
pinpoint exactly where

it's been turned on.

Now how come the bank's
blocked this two grand

Simon's tried to take out.

Well, that's probably
because he was

a non discharged bankrupt.

Poor sods get treated
like criminals these days.

So what was his failed business?

It was called tree walkers.

Apparently Simon wanted
people in built up areas to

use woods and forests more.

So he set up a park in
epping forest where people

could climb up trees and
then swing and slide off them.

I guess it's not quite as much
fun as it sounds, ay Gerry?

I can't believe I missed it.

Danny and Steve, I want
you to go and visit dom acres.

He's the one who told
us about the argument.

See if Simon shared anything
else with him about frank.

Right, yeah.

Oh Jerry.

Who's Janice mclaren?

She's a very nice girl.

And you need to meet her.

Well I reckon he was dead
right away to be honest.

Why?

Well, you know, I mean,
we were always like that.

And then suddenly not a word.

You were buddies at school.

Yeah, yeah. He was my best man.

I was his. You know, we were
always in each other's pockets.

Well I don't mean brokeback
mountain or anything.

I mean, you know, we were close.

When did you last see Simon?

When he babysat my
kids about two days

before he disappeared.

I mean my wife had left.

I was trying to get this
place up and running.

You ever seen Kramer vs. Kramer?

You know, Dustin Hoffman
trying to make French toast.

Yeah, that was me.

All over the shop.

Have you got the hang of it now?

What?

Making French toast.

So when Simon came to see you,

that's when he told you about
his argument with frank, yeah?

Yeah.

Did he say what it was about?

He said frank wanted a
bigger work commitment.

He said everything
was coming to a head.

Well, I mean, all I wanted
to do was to get some sleep

so I didn't push it.

I mean, I regret that.

He seemed worried though?

Yeah. Well, si always joked
that there were three people

in his marriage bed.

One of them would break
his nose just for snoring.

Yeah. It was the first time
I'd seen him really worried.

Did Simon think frank
was on the make?

Oh yeah.

Did that bother him?

Look, if si found a
pound on the pavement,

he'd want to hand it in.

He was straight.

[Melancholy piano music]

Alled Jones locked in a
room with Vinnie Jones.

What?

Simon and frank.

Oh, look, I've got a
dental appointment.

I'll see you back
at the ranch, okay?

[Train rumbles]

[Melancholy piano music]

Sorry, mum. I've got
enough on my plate at work

without needing to get
morbid over dad for an evening.

Why should that bother me?

It's just a date.

No, actually I've just checked

and I've already got
plans for Thursday.

No, it's a work thing
and no, I can't cancel.

Look, somebody's just come in.

I got to go. Okay. Bye.

[Sighs heavily]

All right?

How long have you been here?

About 10 minutes.

Did you know that cuckoos
emigrate to the Congo basin

from epping forest?

I was about to
put the kettle on.

Do you want me
to do you one too?

Yeah. Thanks.

[Ominous music]

Have you said something to her?

What about?

Well I don't know,
don't take much.

Touchy is she?

Complicated.

Her dad used to
be in the met, right?

Don't even go there.

[Door clicks open]

I'm off to see
frank miles again.

I'll come with you if you like

fine.

You and Simon
didn't see eye to eye.

Yet you drew up a
contract offering him

a full partnership in your firm.

Why's that?

I wanted to give him
and bex some security,

baby on the way and everything.

Well I knew she didn't
want to run the company, so.

Okay now tell us what
Simon had on you, frank.

The only reason you'd
offer him a full partnership

is to shut him up.

So admit it, this
was a sweetener.

Oh clean, sweetheart.

You lot checked remember?

Pristine. Just that
two year stretch

from maiming your rival.

I was a child, I
learnt my lesson.

Richard marsden?

Richard marsden?
Don't ring a bell sorry.

Your old bank manager, who
as you know is in the middle

of a stretch himself, for fraud.

We've just paid him a visit.

He was Simon's bank
manager too wasn't he?

And a few days
before he disappeared

out of the blue,

you paid him a grand to
block all large withdrawals

from Simon's account.

[Pullman] Which is why
Simon couldn't take out £2000

for Josie's bedroom.

[Danny] One minute you
wanted to make him a partner.

The next you don't trust
him with his own money.

What happened?

[Pullman] Simon turned
down your offer of partnership

because he didn't like the
way you run your business.

Isn't that right?

Give me strength.

[Danny] And that got you scared.

Someone with scruples.

Like having a
bomb in your office.

Get some proper evidence
or I'll sue you for harassment.

Could hold him for
bribing a banking official.

I want to break Becky first.

It's time that girl grew up.

Simon and I both volunteered

for the same
charities in the Congo.

It was meant to be.

Meant to be what?

You know, destiny.

What were you two
doing out there exactly?

Protecting communities
and the rain forest.

Sounds idealistic.

It was.

All I'd ever known was
this corner of London.

And then meeting him in that
place was the most intense,

amazing thing that
ever happened to me.

Five months later,
we were engaged.

Lovely story.

Where was your father

the morning Simon
disappeared Becky?

Here. He wanted
to give me a hand.

Then why not just give
Simon the morning off?

You see, we know
that you're lying.

We also know that
your father controlled

Simon's bank accounts.

Dad came over to ask
me if I knew why Simon

had tried to take
so much money out.

The £2000 wasn't
for Josie's bedroom.

Dad was paying.

So what did Simon want it for?

I didn't know. I still don't.

So what did your dad do then?

Did he go and try and
find Simon in the forest?

You're protecting your
father, I understand that.

But if you think he's
involved you need to tell us.

Withholding evidence.

Trust me, you don't want
her visiting you in prison.

Dad left in his Van. I don't
know where he was going.

We think Simon
had dirt on your dad.

Becky.

[Pullman] Daddy's
been pulling your strings

long enough now,
don't you think?

The day after Simon disappeared,

I downloaded everything
on his hard drive at work.

I wanted some clue where he was.

And did you find anything?

No.

[Drawer clatters open]

But you will.

[Pullman] You
deleted those files

about half an
hour too late frank.

A million pounds worth
of projects off the books.

You were taking cash in
hand to a whole new level.

What did you do to her?

Your 35 year old daughter
thinking for herself,

whatever next? The sixties?

There was a bloody famine
going on in my industry,

still is.

You do what it takes to
feed your family and survive.

I was keeping my
tax bill down, so what?

Look at what those mps did.

Yeah. And the
multinationals paying 2%.

I'm sure you lot always pay
the vat on your conservatories

and click in and out with
your bleeding oyster cards.

Well I do.

What with the
famine and everything,

being done for tax
evasion on a million quid

would have finished you off.

[Pullman] And Simon knew that.

[Danny] Was he
blackmailing you frank?

Is that why you did him?

Because he threatened
to call the tax man.

All right, Simon isn't signing.

That's what the arguments about.

But his problem
isn't bloody tax.

He was coming up
with all these excuses.

I tell him to stop
treating me like a tool

and then he blurts it out.

Taking a partnership
with me would be like

signing his own death sentence.

Yeah. Then it gets worse.

He says he can't live
with my family anymore.

It wouldn't be fair on us.

What with a baby.

He needs to get away and he
just ups and leaves the room.

Yeah, I blocked his account.

And then I went around to
Becky's to ask her about it.

But only because I
wanted it all sorted.

Spent the rest of that morning

driving around on my own.

Trying to work out what
the hell to do about him.

I knew that story would
never wash with you lot.

But if you think I ever hurt
the lad, you're miles off.

He was family.

You're in luck tonight, Gerry.

Janice can squeeze you in.

Well you sure it's all right?

What she going to do?

Turn you into a werewolf?

Trust me.

I've tried it myself,
satisfaction guaranteed.

Thanks mate.

No problem.

How's it going your end?

What?

The search for your son.

Oh yeah.

Tata governor.

Night gov.

[Pullman] Night.

We could put it through
the system you know,

there are ways and means.

Nah its okay Gerry.

I get on pretty well with
the blokes down there.

No it's all right,
honestly. It's fine.

Look Steve, it's
the whole reason

you came to London
in the first place.

25 radford road, nw10.

What's that?

That's where he is.

What, your son.?

Yeah.

Well how'd you find him?

Looked him up in the phone book.

[Both laughing]

Got so wrapped up
on in my own work,

I wasn't exactly blameless.

What you were shagging
around you mean?

No no, but she, you
know, she had an affair

with one of my colleagues,
I punched him out.

Remember now.

Then I went home and

we had this big
set in the kitchen

and I threw this radio at her.

Radio?

You trying to hit her with it?

No, I don't know. I just
didn't know what I was doing.

And anyway, she
showed me the door.

Only time I ever
lost it with a woman.

It cost me my son.

What and this was
nine years ago?

Yeah.

Well hang on, I mean
she's not even ex directory.

She's not exactly hiding is she?

No, no.

So what's stopping
you getting in touch?

Well, guilt.

I missed her head
by this much Gerry.

Anyway. Stu, he's
a good footballer.

Well he was anyway.

Yeah?

Yeah like a little
Archie gemmell.

Little? Archie gemmell
was only that hight.

[Both laughing]

So what's he now, seventeen?

Sixteen.

Listen mate, obviously I
love my girls to bits right,

but I would have loved a son.

So don't you waste it.

[Emotive music]

[Doorbell rings]

[Traffic rumbles]

Hello? I'm Gerry.

Come in.

Thank you.

Who's it?

You're it Gerry.

I don't want to be.

Do it.

No!

Just do it!

No!

Do it!

One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven.

[Tense music]

Hello?

Hello?

Don't leave me!

Come back!

Please!

Please!

Come back!

Come back!

[Words echoing]

No!

Come back!

Oh.

[Therapist] Are you all right?

Oh.

[Heavy exhale]

The little bastards.

[Melancholy piano music]

[Car rumbles]

[Car horn beeps]

[Door slams]

[Melancholy piano music]

Rugby. What?

[Phone ringing]

[Melancholy piano music]

[Phone ringing]

[Steve] Stu's no Archie
gemmell anymore, that's for sure.

[Gerry] So he's an egg chaser,

yeah.

When you going to see him?

Tonight, before
I lose my bottle.

So anyway, it was all
your cousin's fault, yeah?

Yeah apparently they
abandoned me in the woods

when I was about eight.

Oh and get this.

They lived in chigwell right?

Yeah.

So it was probably
epping bleeding forest.

So what's the cure?

Exposure therapy,
spend as much time

as possible in wooded areas.

Maybe our Danny can
take you fungi foraging, ay.

[Hammer thudding]

Okay so who's the owner
of the pay-as-you-go then?

Here over there, Lois acres.

What as in best mate dom's wife?

Yeah.

I wonder if our Simon's
been playing away from home.

[Hammer thudding]

Looks like a local darby.

Simon wasn't my lover.

He was my spy.

Your spy?

My eyes and ears in my own home.

Checking my
children were all right.

Dom and I weren't
exactly on speaking terms.

Why would Simon go
behind dom's back like that?

Because he
understood my situation.

Which was?

I had no one.

My friends were confused
about why I'd left my kids.

Mum and dad
thought I'd lost the plot.

Dom and I weren't even talking.

Simon didn't judge me.

He just got it.

Come on Lois, this is bullshit.

Did you leave dom
and your kids for Simon?

I left my family because
I'd been pleasing

everyone but
myself for 10 years.

And it was making me miserable.

Did dom ever find
out that Simon was

talking to you beyond his back?

If he knew, he never said
anything to me about it.

When'd you last speak to him?

A week before he disappeared.

And how did he seem?

Something was bothering him.

He didn't say what it was.

What do you think
happened to him?

I was worried that he'd
done something very stupid.

Suicide?

Do you know what I think?

I think you thought
he was alive.

That's why you kept
turning your phone on.

It's called hope.

Actually, you had a
30 second conversation

with Simon the day
before he disappeared.

Sorry. I don't remember that.

Well, maybe he did top himself.

So why try and take
all that money out?

Well that knock back
could have been just

what tipped the scales.

I know that banks
make me feel suicidal

every now and again.

If he'd killed himself

I'm sure we'd have found
more than a work pass by now.

Look, we all reckon
that they were at it.

Yeah they must've been.

And I reckon that's why
she left her husband.

Then surely that gives
her a possible motive.

What is Simon promised
Lois that he'd leave Becky.

And then in that phone
conversation that she's

conveniently forgotten.

He told her he wasn't going
to keep his side of the bargain.

Tells he can't make the
break because of the baby.

She wouldn't be too thrilled
about that, would she?

But she claimed she was
on the market all morning.

On the day that
Simon disappeared.

That call to Louis
was made two minutes

after Simon had his bank
withdrawal turned down.

[Phone ringing]

Well, what about dom acres?

I mean, he would have
wanted to grind more than just

a few coffee beans.

Once he knew that Simon
was in his old woman's knicker.

We should check
out his alibi too then.

I reckon we need to
find out more about

what made Simon tick.

We're getting different
pictures at the moment.

Boss?

[Pullman] Yeah, fine.

What's the date today?

12th.

[Ominous music]

[Danny] Thought so.

What you've let him go?

The sfo are all over
your dad for tax evasion.

We don't have
enough to hold him yet.

He'll come straight back here.

Becky. Why was Simon so unhappy?

He wasn't.

That's not what
your dad told us.

Or Lois acres.

Was he sleeping with her?

You suspected that didn't you?

That's the real reason
you looked at his computer.

Choosing cots, discussing
the baby's wallpaper.

It's all bollocks, isn't it?

We were okay.

Why are you denying
the truth Becky?

Do you blame yourself?

[Car engine running]

[Door slamming shut]

Leave me alone

Becky!

I knew he was seeing someone,

the hush phone conversations,

but I never thought
he'd dare go for her.

Becky. We only have
the word of one old man

that Simon ever left
this house that morning.

What? I could barely stand up.

I love si.

I didn't kill him,
but you're right.

If he's dead, it's my fault.

We made a pact in the
Congo that us being together

living in a rainforest
and helping people.

That was all we wanted in life.

All we needed.

It sounds silly doesn't it.

We were in love.

And si proposed and
suddenly we had a wedding

in London to organise and
dad wanted to put on a show.

I can imagine.

I promised si we'd
give it a year here.

And then we go back to
our life in the rainforest.

And I got pregnant with Josie

and suddenly my body
was screaming at me to nest

and by now si was
desperate to get away.

He could tell that I
was being pulled back

by my dad, my old,
conventional life.

He was so upset.

One day I thought I'd
miscarried because of the stress.

And that's when I
decided that Josie

was the bigger priority than si.

So I stopped listening to him.

I broke my word,
broke his heart.

He said that to me.

[Door clicking open]

[Dom] Go and see
if mummy's in here,

there you go.

Look, we've both got kids
and we both lost partners.

You both lost Simon.

It's a good thing that
you knew each other

from before though,
you had that foundation.

Nothing was going on then.

It's nothing to do
with them dom.

Si once said to me, in case
anything ever happened.

He'd rather a friend love
Becky than a stranger.

And is that how you felt?

When you found out
about him and Lois?

We were on the way
over to see you actually

so you saved us a trip.

I had no idea.

There was a lot in Simon's
life you had no idea about it

wasn't there?

Get out.

Where were you on the
morning Simon disappeared?

I was at home with my kids.

What, on a Wednesday
in term time?

They were off sick.

Now.

Outrageous.

Bloody suspicious.

Now the question is,
did Simon get killed

because dom was
shagging his wife,

or because he was
shagging dom's wife?

It could be either
or now couldn't it?

It's exactly why I
never tried swinging.

That's what Simon cared about.

Forests?

Epping forest fed kings mum.

So it could feed us.

That's what he used to say.

Epping.

Used to be a
royal hunting forest.

So did Simon spend a lot of time

in epping forest a kid?

We lived in chingford, it
was the boys back yard.

Are these trophies all Simon's?

Oh no, no, no.

Tim's the real runner.

Simon was a climber,
right little chimpanzee.

[Steve] He was good then Tim?

Very good.

He was talent spotted.

Some American university
thought he could be

the next seb coe.

I had to tell Tim we
couldn't afford it though.

Sorry, I just, I just noticed

your husband had
about £50,000 pounds

in his account around that time.

Oh that was bill's
rainy day fund.

We used it that to
pay off the mortgage.

He was very careful
with his money.

To tell you the truth.

He didn't want
Tim to be a runner.

He wanted him to get a
profession, something respectable.

How'd your husband
feel about Simon?

Well, Simon wasn't,
you know, academic.

But bill was proud
of him in his own way.

Must have been a bit upset
when Simon's business failed?

Well,

why did it fail Mrs. Belgrade?

I never really asked dear.

What are these?

Oh, that's when all
the boys used to go

into the forest on sundays.

[Projector clicking]

[Melancholy piano music]

There you are.

Oh thanks a lot.

Thank you.

Are you the one filming this?

Oh, I wasn't allowed to go dear.

Just the men.

Bill's friend had the camera.

Who's the other boy?

That's dom.

Dom acres.

[Projector clicking]

[Melancholy piano music]

Simon used to go back there.

Just to feel close
to his dad, you know.

A pair of chimpanzees.

[Melancholy piano music]

Nice to see some
kids out in this weather.

The olympic effect.

They all want to be the next
Jessica ennis or mo farah.

That's why I volunteered.

Relax the shoulders Paul.

Your mum said you
were a talent spotted once.

Seems a long time ago now.

What do you do now?

I sell high-end
computer printers.

Ask me anything you
like about toner cartridges.

So what did you go wrong
with your brother's business?

Mum wouldn't say ay?

Tree walkers had only
been going three months

when a rope snapped and
a punter broke her neck.

She won massive damages,
but my brother hadn't sorted

out the right insurance.

So Simon had to foot the bill?

Which he couldn't.

Mom still finds
it hard to accept.

It was his fault.

Have you ever imagined,
even for a minute

your brother still being alive.

Simon would never
have gone anywhere

without saying goodbye.

Deep down even mum knew that.

[Ominous piano music]

[Sighs heavily]

[Clears throat]

Cor blimey, this is worse
than watching the shining.

We need to speak to Lois.

This is a copy of
her bank statement

for the day before
Simon disappeared.

A bit of a shopping spree.

Now why would she suddenly
need so much camping equipment?

It was for Simon.

Never trust a woman
who makes jewellery

out of knives and forks.

Is that a glaswegian proverb.

No but it should be.

What's happened here?

Twice.

No idea.

[Steve] Got a bit of
a streak in you then?

It's the first time I've
laid a finger on her.

Couldn't stop yourself ay?

Shock of the news,
feelings running high.

Not buying it, sorry.

Thing is, I'd
understand it if you lost it

with Simon in fact i'd
probably sympathise.

Yeah in France you'd
get the freedom of the city.

How could I have known
about him and Lois?

What typically happens
is the wrong person picks

up the wrong phone.

Have you spoken
to my kids' school?

Babysitters. They're
not that hard to find.

My babysitter was Simon.

He was always there for me

when he needed my
help, I wasn't there for him.

And then today I
find out that Lois was.

[Danny] What's this Lois?

You don't know. It's
a wire core flip line.

This?

I don't know.

Then I'm confused.

Because items just
like this were bought

on your visa card, he day
before Simon disappeared.

Along with a hammock,
a small cooker, a harness,

water purification
tablets, clothes, rucksack.

Well, the list goes
on as you can see.

This is a screw gate
carabiner, by the way.

Lying in your witness statement

is a criminal offence, Lois.

Everyone just assumed
Simon was happy.

His life was so much better now.

Now he had a wife, a
job, he was in the rat race.

He was normal.

The truth is he
was being crushed.

Stuck in a nine to five
with that nightmare man,

choosing the right baby mobile.

He wasn't cut out for it.

It was driving him crazy.

He once told me that running
in epping forest every day

was the only thing
keeping him sane.

The day before he disappeared,

he told me he decided to go.

To leave Becky?

Walking away before
the baby was born

was the kindest
thing for everyone.

That's what he said.

He needed to buy this
stuff to take with him

but he couldn't
get his own money.

So I lent him my card.

Where was he going?

[Lois] He wouldn't say exactly

but somewhere he knew
he'd be a lot happier.

A forest?

A rain forest.

But he didn't
just want to leave.

He wanted to vanish.

Vanish?

Like lord lucan, Reggie perrin.

Why?

Because he was terrified
of frank tracking him down.

And because he didn't
want the world to judge him.

For walking out on a baby.

He was panicking basically.

Then why did he wait
until the next day to leave?

He wanted to see his mum
and brother one last time.

And he bought all this kit
because he didn't want Becky

to find his own stuff missing.

You also gave him £500 in cash.

It was all I had left in
my account after that.

You weren't exactly trying
to stop him, were you?

I did keep asking
him if he was sure

it was the right thing to do.

The thing is Lois.

You and I both know there
aren't any rain forests in the UK.

Simon didn't take his passport.

He didn't need it.

But how does a bloke like
him get hold of a fake passport?

He bought it that
lunchtime with the £500.

Through a counterfeiter
to Lois knew on the market.

He was about to be paid
a visit by our colleagues

from hackney.

It's why Lois didn't
say anything before,

she was worried about
being an accessory.

But she's given us Simon's
new name, David Tiffany.

I've ordered a full trace.

So this time tomorrow
morning we should know

where he's been all this time.

What about that security pass?

Well, maybe he left
it with a water bottle

to confuse us
and a fox moved it.

Drink?

Too right, Steve?

No, I'll catch up
later on, okay.

Boss?

No, I'm going to
hang around for a bit.

I've got a few things I need to,

[Gerry] Oh come on governor.

We've done all we can here.

Yeah, I think you deserve it.

All right. Why not.

[Ref blows whistle]

[Players chattering]

Oh, oh.

Here you go.

Ta.

Great work stu.

Murder isn't it,
watching your own.

Oh yeah.

Grandson is it?

Sorry?

Out there.

Oh, no, no.

I was just, just passing.

You're not a scout are you?

No.

Oh, well done stu.

[Clapping hands]

So that's that's
your, your, your son?

Stepson.

Oh right. So what's,
he's a good lad?

Top bloke.

No trouble at all.

Ah that's great.

So does that run in
the family, the rugby?

Nah, he was a footballer before.

His dad brainwashed him.

[Steve laughing]

Right so, how does
his dad feel about the,

the conversion?

No idea. He's dead
hopefully. Nasty piece of work.

[Ref blows whistle]

Okay guys that's it well done.

Stu, brilliant, see you next
week all right, well done

well done mate.

That's great son!

Cheers.

[Melancholy piano music]

Come on, let's
have a cup of tea.

Hello mate.

Evening all.

[Gerry] Wasn't
sure we'd see you.

Wouldn't have missed it.

Nah you're right though
it was hilarious, wasn't it?

Yeah.

Did you ever watch it Steve?

What's that?

Reggie Perry.

Oh, Reggie Perry.

Yeah. I absolutely
loved that show.

Yeah it was great.

Classic. We were just
saying that actually started,

[emotive music]

[Men chattering]

[Melancholy piano music]

Tell you what, fancy
popping down the feathers?

They're open up until one.

Couple of cheeky ones there,

quick kebab and the night
bus home, what do you say?

No thank you.

Danny?

I'm heading home
myself in a sec, so.

All right, see in the morning.

I really needed this.

Night both.

G'night.

Right,

another?

No thank you.

Okay.

But we can talk.

You uh,

you overheard me on the
phone yesterday, didn't you?

So you're probably
wondering what it's all about.

Well, my dad died,

38 years ago today at 9:43 pm.

I always dread today,
but especially this year.

Can I ask why?

Because I'm now older than
he was when it happened.

So I'm in unchartered waters.

Complicated ay?

Not really.

I just wanted to check
that you were all right.

Thank you.

I'm glad I didn't
spend it on my own.

Shall we?

Yeah.

[Ominous music]

So much for exposure therapy.

Now I feel like
I'm being watched.

She's made it bleeding worse.

[Gerry groans]

Okay. You're Simon.

You've got to hide a
load of gear overnight

but you've got a paranoid
wife, stuck indoors,

a suspicious father-in-law
waiting for you at work.

So where'd you put it?

Somewhere in here I suppose.

Right. This was Simon's privacy.

Now roughly here
was where the Simon's

water bottle was found.

Right.

Which has intrigued
me from the start

because he wasn't the
sort of bloke to drop litter.

No, no.

Maybe he was distracted.

Which is why I think he
stored the gear nearby.

Yeah but where?

Where?

[Branches snapping loudly]

What was that?

[Gerry yelps]

Oh for god sake, you were
supposed to be calming me down.

[Birds tweeting]

This is a waste of time.

The first lot would
have found something.

[Danny] They didn't know
Simon had a rucksack to hide

and there's something else I
doubt they took into account.

What?

Simon was a chimpanzee.

[Gerry groans]

Look I'm sorry, mate.

All I can see is branches.

There.

That's a bit of rope ain't it?

I bet you a fiver, that's
a wire core flip line.

Nice work Danny.

Cost me a fiver.

So now we know why Simon
spoke to Bob farley that morning.

To vanish, he needed a
witness to put him in those trees.

So he made a point
of speaking to someone

he knew would remember.

So he leaves Bob.

Runs to the tree, climbs up
and takes his rucksack down.

But he's in a hurry.

All he's thinking is
he can't be spotted.

But no one one saw a jogger
fitting Simon's description

lugging a bleeding great
rucksack come out of the forest.

No, but he's got new
clothes now hasn't he.

Simon Belgrade disappeared.

David Tiffany emerged.

He probably walked
right Bob foley.

So where's he going?

We don't know.

There's no record that
that passport was ever used.

No record of him
being on a plane.

No record that David
Tiffany ever existed.

What Lois made it up?

Or someone got to him
before he got on a plane?

Hang on, hang on.

Hasn't Simon blown all of
Lois' cash on his passport?

[Phone ringing]

And how did he pay
for the plane ticket?

Yeah.

He needs to borrow more money
from somebody he can trust.

Yeah but someone who
might have a motive to kill him.

Dom acres. He found out that
Simon and Lois were lovers.

Simon phoned him
and asked to meet.

Dom, arranged for a
babysitter and went,

where?

Somewhere quiet.

Well away from cctv.
Somewhere they both know.

The Sunday lake.

I'll go and ask Eliza

I reckon Simon traced this
lake from a map, you know,

look how precise it is.

So all we've got to
do is check every lake

and pond in epping
forest and match it to that.

[Pullman] Good idea, Jerry.

There's over a hundred of them.

Uh Tim, it's Steve
mcandrew here.

We need to know
the name of the lake

in epping forest you all
used to go to on sundays.

Could you give me
a call back please?

Thanks. Bye.

Boys, this is pointless.

Hang on, hang on.

Bingo.

[Ominous music]

[Gerry groans]

No, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry boys.

I can't do this.

You can Gerry.

Come on.

No, I can't, I can't.

I'm sorry.

I'll see you in the car park.

[Steve] Okay.

I've lost the signal.

[Leaves crunching]

[Threatening music]

Steve!

Danny!

[Gerry whistles]

[Tense music]

[Phone beeps]

[Gerry groans]

Uh, the phone.

[Footsteps in the leaves]

Oi!

[Leaves crunching]

[Tense piano music]

[Sighs heavily]

[Phone beeps]

[Water splashing]

[Diver panting]

I'm Gerry standing, from
the metropolitan police.

You met my two colleagues.

Now listen son, you've
got a choice here.

You kill me too,
or you bolt for it.

See, the thing is, I don't
think you're really a killer.

I think what happened
with Simon was just

in the heat of the moment.

And I bet you've been
hating yourself ever since.

But I don't see you
as a bolter either.

So you've got another choice.

[Tense music]

The thing is I was sure I
could stop him from going.

We arranged to meet
so I could give him money

for his flight.

But how could he leave
Becky and the baby?

I was going to
have it out with him.

She broke her promise.

So be a man about it you prick,

dad would be so disappointed.

He wouldn't.

You know he would.

I knew that would do it.

Dad said he would
always trust my judgement.

Course he did.

He said those exact words.

Right.

Was that before or after
you screwed up tree walkers?

Dad gave me all his
savings to set that up.

That's how much he trusted me.

That's not true.

He wouldn't have done that.

I knew when si was
lying, he wasn't lying.

Everything started spinning.

With a fraction
of dad's savings.

I could have
followed my passion.

My whole life would
have been different.

But dad told me to
abandon my dream

then gave the money
to si to chase his.

Dad would have been
better off burning it.

I think you're right.

The way your father
treated you was unfair.

He made me live the life

he wished he'd had.

University, the
sensible well paid job.

But that's fair.

That's just not fair!

[Branch stabs]

[Breathes heavily]

[Tense music]

[Leaves crunching]

[Water splashes]

Sometimes in my mind, I
pretend I gave si that money

and let him go.

And when I do.

I always see him in
a forest somewhere.

Alone and content.

[Gerry] -They fuck you
up, your mum and dad.

They may not
mean to, but they do.

They fill you with
the faults they had

then add some
extra just for you.

You said all that
to Tim by the lake?

No just the first line, I
looked the rest up later.

Nice one Gerry.

I'll tell you what, your
Janice is a genius.

She wasn't the one in the
woods though was she?

Are you cured now?

Well, I can't see
me joining the friends

of epping forest anytime
soon, but who knows?

Who's for a drink?

Me.

No, Holly's cooking a
mushroom stroganoff.

[Gerry] Not death caps, I hope.

Governor, you ready
for another big night?

I've already planned one.

I'm going to go home,
microwave a curry

and watch them
some rubbish telly.

Normal service is resumed.

Night gov, night Danny.

-Night -good night.

Night.

Good night.

[Door clicks open]

Danny?

Yeah.

Good to have you with us.

♪ 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,
you will find ♪

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

♪ It's all right, I
say it's okay. ♪

♪ We getting to
the end of the day. ♪