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♪ It's all right it's ok ♪

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

♪ it's all right I say it's ok ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doing fine ♪

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

♪ it's all right I say it's ok ♪

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

Excuse us!

Good morning, what took you so long?

- Soco suits. - Cheers!

- Put them on. - Thank you!

Adam, can you put a bag over?

[Adam] A little bit closer.

[Indistinct background chatter]

Let's not keep our forensic anthropologist waiting.

- Morning, Fiona! - Morning.

What have if you got?

Well, the body's been partially mummified

in these fertiliser bags.

Cause of death, it's very difficult to determine

at the moment, I can't get a proper look at the body.

I don't want to lose any of the soil or vegetation.

That's why Adam is here.

- Adam. - That'd be me.

Forensic, botanist, and you are?

- Oh, sorry, this is dci Miller. - Or Sasha.

Good to meet you Sasha.

So why is this a ucos case?

Victim is believed to be Cheryl sheekey,

former owner of the house.

That'll explain all the attention outside.

I'm sorry?

She was a lottery winner, who disappeared in-

1998, 17th of October.

Everybody thought the husband had killed her for the cash.

Ah, hang on.

I think we got something.

Lucky charm bracelet that went well.

- And that is Cheryl's. - [Dramatic music]

All right, I'll confirm the dental records,

I'll give her a good going over at the lab.

Thanks Fiona.

- [Dramatic music continues] - [Paper raffling]

- So how much did they win? - 3,682,423 pounds.

Good recall.

And they say the memory is the first thing to go.

Actually, it's your eyesight, it's written on the check.

- [Indistinct chattering] - That would be me.

Well, I didn't believe him,

I thought he was winding me up,

I thought we'd won a tenner. [Laughs]

Cheryl sheekey, 33, at the time worked in a tile shop.

The lottery syndicate was my idea,

but Craig started the dream team.

The dream team?

The syndicate was a pub quiz team

run by this guy, Craig Bentham.

They used to play every week at the Duke of Clifton

in twickenham, they each won 900 grand.

We're gonna follow our dreams,

grab life by the balls, ain't we guys?

That is Eleanor chalice,

she grew up in the same care home as Cheryl.

And who's our cheeky chappy?

[Screams]

Terry sheekey.

Terry and Cheryl married in 1993.

Cheryl was 28, he was 23.

Now the original murder investigation team

strongly suspected that he'd killed her.

He didn't have an alibi for the night she disappeared?

That's right, he said he couldn't remember a thing

because, and I quote, "i was off my head on drugs."

But the murder investigation stalled

through lack of evidence,

and then Cheryl's car was found abandoned

in a supermarket car park in Dover, five weeks later.

Now, there was no body and her passport was missing,

so there was nothing to prove that she hadn't done a runner

and left the country.

- So Terry was off the hook? - No, not exactly, no.

For public at least, it didn't stop the media

putting Terry on trial, and the local community,

well, they've taken Cheryl to their hearts.

Terry and Cheryl lived the highlight for six months.

They bought cars, houses,

they went to all those select parties,

and then their 15 minutes of fame were over,

and well, it all went wrong, the money started to run out,

and Terry picked up a string of drug convictions.

He was in and out of rehab,

and he did time for attacking a reporter.

Now we've got her body in the back of his garden.

What more do we need?

You two, go and break the news to Terry,

see how he takes it.

We could clear this one up and still make happy hour.

Do you want me to go with him?

No, you're with me.

I've managed to track down the guy

who was building the swimming pool for Terry and Cheryl.

[Mystical dramatic music]

You never bought a lottery ticket, why not?

Well, be careful what you wish for, that's why motto.

Money does funny things to people.

Wouldn't mind having some funny things done to me.

Yeah, here you go.

[Door knocking]

But did this guy really win the lottery?

Well, Terry sheekey, this is Ted case

from the unsolved crime and open case squad.

- What do you want? - We wanna come in, please.

- [Foreboding music] - [Door clicks open]

Terry, can we get you a glass of water or something?

Have you any idea who might have done it?

You told the original investigation

you were off your head on drugs the night she disappeared?

Terry, now that Cheryl's been found,

it's very important that you think back.

Anything that you might want to get off your chest?

I didn't kill her, if that's what you're asking.

Well, yes, I suppose that is exactly what I am asking.

- Mind if I take a look around? - [Baby crying]

What was she like, Cheryl?

Look at her!

She was a goddess, that's what she was like.

[Steve] Ted!

- [Dramatic music] - [Footsteps pattering]

See, I've not stopped looking for her,

I've been working with missing persons agencies

in countries across Europe.

They'd put a photo on the website

and people send in sightings.

You see here, it doesn't go off?

- [Door knocking] - I'll get that you carry on.

- Oh, ah... - [Paper crackles]

They sent this, it's not her.

Of course it's not her.

- [Footsteps pattering] - I came as soon as I heard!

It's on the local news,

they're outside now like a committee of vultures committee.

A committee not a flock?

No!

Of course, you're Eleanor chalice,

you're on the dream team, weren't you?

- Yeah. - We need to talk to you too.

- Both of you. - Well, it works for me.

So, that's where you'll find us.

[Door clinks]

Gareth Clark?

Is there somewhere we can talk in private?

[Indistinct] Can you come sort out the kids?

[Toys clinking]

Sorry.

I've been working nice and sweet.

Not still in the building trade?

No, I gave up years ago, not enough work.

I'm a security guard now, I'm still overdrawn

but you get to spend more time with the kids.

So what can I do for you?

We're reinvestigating the disappearance of Cheryl sheekey.

We've found a body.

- You okay? - [Baby crying]

How well did you know her?

Well, she was a nice lady

she used to bring me cups of tea that's all.

You were building a pool for her

at the time of her disappearance, yes?

No, the job got called off a couple of weeks before.

But I don't understand.

Well, I don't remember the ins and outs,

but I think the husband ordered it as a surprise,

she thought was a waste of money,

they used to have these massive rows about it,

in the end of the job got cancelled.

To be honest, it was a relief to get away

from that natter of her husband.

Why all these questions about the pool?

That's where we found the body.

[Sombre dramatic music]

- [Train clinks noisily] - [Sirens blaring]

- Oh, here he is now. - It's all gonna start,

- isn't it? - Ignore them Terry.

He's got no comment.

Is that because you killed Cheryl?

Say that again and I'm going to kill you.

Terry, you're not doing yourself any favours, come on!

[Camera shatters]

We'll be waiting for you mate.

So how come this swimming pool gets discovered now?

Current owner decided to landscape the garden

to boost the value of the property.

Well that backfired didn't it?

Okay, gareth said he'd finished the excavation,

but he hadn't put in grading,

which is consistent with where she was found here.

So we need to find out from Terry

when the pool was filled in.

And who filled it in.

That's going to be Terry.

It's hardly a bucket and spade job, you need heavy gear.

How did Terry take the news?

Well, he's got a real temper on him?

He just tried to stick a popper on another reporter.

Well, he just found out that his wife was dead

and they were asking him if he killed her.

It's hardly a shock, is it?

They were all saying that in 1998.

He's been trying to find Cheryl for the past 17 years.

It could be guilt, denial-

or he's just lying through his teeth.

Well, if he was, he deserves an Oscar.

And he's got this really weird relationship

with Eleanor chalice.

Yeah, yeah, he works for her,

and he's staying at her place at the moment

- at this animal sanctuary. - Well, are they together?

I mean, could that be a motive?

Ted check in with Terry tomorrow,

find out about the swimming pool.

I'll talk to Eleanor chalice.

You remember Craig Bentham,

the leader of the pub quiz team?

Well, he now runs a garden centre.

And garden centres sell fertiliser bags.

Cheryl's body was found in one.

Well, it wasn't a syndicate

so it's definitely worth a visit.

Are you not coming to the pub?

Fiona is going to be there.

Sorry, I've got a tonne of coursework to do.

- Enjoy yourselves! - [Door clicks open]

[Footsteps pattering]

- [Dramatic music] - [Muffled scraping]

[Sighing]

Scratch cards are a mugs game.

The numbers are different each time,

you have to stay with the same numbers,

like when you do the lottery.

Oh, I'll try that then.

Well, that way, your odds go from several million to one,

to what?

Half several million to one.

Well, if I buy several million tickets?

You'd be contributing to a lot of good causes.

- [Chuckles] - Isn't it Sasha?

He did a book again.

When did she last have some fun?

A bit of good old-fashioned, you know.

- [Whistling] - [Chocking]

What, so a woman is not supposed to have

some nice uncomplicated sex now and again?

Yeah, of course they are!

But anytime sex is ever uncomplicated

is when it's with the right man.

So who's the right man then Fiona?

Most of the eligible bachelors we know

are pushing their sell by date.

Actually I think I might know someone.

Can you go to [indistinct] tomorrow night?

If Sasha gets wind of this

she'll have our guts for garters.

- Okay, forget it! - No, no, no, no!

We'll work some of that, won't we guys?

- I feel a bad moon rising. - [Mystical dramatic music]

- [Car tyres scraping] - [Chicken cooing]

[Doors click open]

- [Doors slam shut] - [Diesel engine roars]

[Bucket squeaking]

- Eleanor this dci Miller. - How's Terry?

He's in the house.

- [Door knocking] - Terry, it's Ted case.

- Terry! - [Door clicks open]

[Door slams shut]

So you got any proper coffee here?

Lapsang souchong, is that as exotic as it gets these days?

I haven't touched drugs for years.

'Cause Eleanor, she thinks he's looking after me.

- Are you two an item? - No.

- Now, do we look like an item? - [Newspaper raffling]

We gonna get our best sides today.

If they all got to infamy, ain't they?

Hey Terry, all this self pity and crap

is not going to work, you're going to finish up in prison

while the bustard who killed Cheryl and left at a rot

is running around the day scot free.

Just tell me what went wrong between you and Cheryl?

Those bloody numbers came up, that's what?

So, Eleanor, do you have any idea

who might have killed Cheryl?

Well, they were saying it was Terry

- but I seriously doubt it. - But not impossible?

Well, you never know with people, do you?

Then you have to see what they do to animals.

Is that what made you spend all your winnings

- on this place? - [Eleanor sighs]

Well, at first it was a couple of stray cats for company,

and a donkey destined for the knacker's yard,

and I couldn't turn the others away.

I mean, lottery money didn't last long,

but thank god I got Terry here.

What's your relationship with Terry?

Are you two...

- Well, are you a couple? - No! [Laughing]

He was abandoned, so I took him in,

he's never gotten over Cheryl.

You and Cheryl grew up together, didn't you?

Same care home, what was she like?

Well, she was always organising policies,

even when she was seven years old.

She knew how to enjoy life.

- But? - Well, when my mother died,

I told myself I didn't need anybody,

but, Cheryl, she was always searching for a home.

She tried to get herself fostered,

and when a placement broke down

she'd be looking for the next one,

and then she set her sights on Terry.

Now, he was younger than her, quite a catch in his day,

that didn't stop her.

Now what Cheryl wanted, she grabbed, she had a way with men.

I followed her feet.

She's like a sister to me, always telling me what to wear,

how to do my hair, and I owe all this to her.

I mean, if it wasn't for her,

I'd never have joined the dream team.

How did that come about?

Well, Cheryl squeezed Lizzie out to get me in.

- Sorry, Lizzie? - Craig Bentham's wife.

- [Dramatic music] - [Hay raffling]

Cheryl wanted a family, that's understandable.

He couldn't have kids,

and then he got turned down for ivf and adoption.

We thought the win was gonna change all that.

Now we had money,

so we were looking at getting a baby from China.

- We even got sent a photo. - Then what happened?

I got done for cocaine possession,

the adoption agency called it off.

Why did you get on the drugs in the first place?

Parties.

The attention, Cheryl loved it all,

but I couldn't I handle it.

All those people, I felt like I was letting her down.

You know, the drugs brought me out of myself

and turned into a habit, and it all turned to shit.

And what about the pool, why did you decide to build that?

Cheryl was a great swimmer when she was a kid,

she won metals even.

I thought we could get clean and healthy,

but we just ended up with a hole.

And who filled it in?

- Sorry, I don't recall. - You did, Terry.

Your state agents said it was an eyesore

and Terry would lose money if he didn't.

So I remember them saying that.

I needed it to sell the place, discovered I was skint.

When was this?

After the police closed the case.

Okay, that's it for now.

- We're giving her a sendoff. - A what?

We've decided to organise a quiz night in Cheryl's memory.

- She was very popular locally. - Is that a good idea?

Cheryl wasn't the sort of girls gone quietly,

and we've got nothing to hide.

- [Footsteps pattering] - [Mystical dramatic music]

[Tyres scraping]

A quiz?

- Well, that's interesting! - All right, thanks Sasha,

- we'll see you back at base. - See you back at the station.

- Yeah, right! - [Doors click open]

I'm not sure I'd cardio and work out if I won the lottery.

Well, it wouldn't take long to burn a hole in 900,000,

- you know? - Would be fun trying it.

- [Honking] - [Engine revs hard]

- Who's that, aye? - That was gareth Clark.

- [Dramatic music] - [Footsteps pattering]

[Water sploshing]

Welcome gentlemen, what can we do for you today?

Mr. Duncan, Danny gryphon,

unsolved crimes and open cases squad.

Steve mcandrew.

We've just passed gareth Clark on his way out,

- what did he want? - Who?

He did some work for the sheekeys?

No, no, I don't know him.

He was probably picking something up from the yard.

This is about Cheryl, isn't it?

We saw it on the news, it's terrible,

we thought she was abroad.

Are you still messing about with that?

I thought you were going to chase up the delphiniums order.

It's on my list.

These gentlemen are from the police,

they're here about Cheryl.

- That's my wife, Lizzie. - Hello!

Terrible news, terrible!

Well, I'll leave you to it then.

[Footsteps pattering]

He loves delphiniums.

How long has your wife been working with you?

A couple of years.

Since the kids left home,

it leaves me more time to concentrate on the shop.

And you worked with Cheryl too?

A long time ago, yes, at the tile centre.

You weren't tempted to stop working

when you won the lottery?

No, no, I wouldn't have known what to do with myself.

As soon as we won,

I convinced Lizzie to let me buy this place.

And Cheryl?

They day the numbers came up,

she told the boss what she thought and quit.

She like to speak her mind, aye?

Well, he deserved it, but yeah,

she said things that the rest of us wouldn't.

It did burn her fair share of Bridges though.

But not with you?

No, but running this place took up so much of my time,

I barely saw Cheryl after the lottery win.

I really don't see how I can help you.

Well, you knew Cheryl.

You were on her pub quiz team.

It wasn't her team, it was my husband's.

We were told that Cheryl squeezed you out?

One week we lost by a point, and Cheryl told Craig,

she had a friend who could do a better job.

Craig set up the team, didn't he have a say?

Yes he did, but they were always a bit silly

about winning, and we had a young family,

and I didn't really like pubs anyway, so I quit.

But Craig stayed with the dream team?

Oh thank god!

And the dream team won the lottery.

Of course!

- Craig took his share. - Mm-hmm, yes!

You could have had your share

and been a million pounds richer,

if they hadn't thrown you out?

Most people might be rueful.

Well, we are not most people.

We are ordinary people

who had an extraordinary piece of luck,

we prefer to focus on what we've achieved.

And what have you achieved?

Well, look around you.

We didn't do the tedious things that most people expect.

What things?

Drugs, big house, parties.

You're talking about the sheekeys?

I really don't think I can help you anymore.

So you and Terry hadn't had any contacts

- since Cheryl disappeared? - I've had my hands full here.

- And you follow it? - No, no, of course not.

And you'll be going to this quiz tonight?

Lizzie doesn't think that that's such a good idea.

Oh, but you're the leader of the team,

it'd be strange if you weren't there, wouldn't it?

[Foreboding dramatic music]

- [Door clicks open] - How's it going?

Well, Eleanor certainly likes her animals, doesn't she?

And it appears that Terry's another stray

that she's taken in, she claims that he filled in the pool,

but she is a dab hand at driving those little tractors

around her sanctuary,

so we got onto the plant hire firm she uses.

Yeah she had a mini jcb delivered to Terry's address

two days after the car was found in Dover.

We've got the results back from forensic,

there's no obvious cause of death,

and any toxic evidence is long gone.

What about Lizzie and Greg Bentham?

Well, Craig was keen to distance himself

from Cheryl and Terry,

and Lizzie said she didn't mind missing out

on 1 million quid.

Oh, and guess who we bumped into on the way in?

Gareth Clark, the man who built the pool.

- What does he want? - I don't know,

but he was in a hurry to get out of there.

Craig claimed he didn't know gareth at all

but something had put the wind up him.

Look at him, hey, happy as clams.

Craig's garden centre, Eleanor got our animal sanctuary,

and Cheryl and Terry got their life of leisure,

and a year later Cheryl is dead.

Listen to this, Terry was in rehab September 98,

but Cheryl was a very busy bee.

The original investigation tracked her movements

through her credit card,

and she was in Clifton, Bristol,

on three separate occasions over a couple of weeks.

So let's find out what she was doing

and see if we can tie her movements in with any of that lot.

Well, ain't surveillance a bit more Dan's field?

Well Dan's gonna be busy with me

at the memorial quiz night.

I thought you were meeting Fiona?

- Well, I'll reschedule. - Well, you can't.

- She's made a breakthrough. - A breakthrough?

Well, she wants to tell you personally.

Well, Ted and I will do the quiz, we'll walk it.

You're not there to walk it,

you're there for low-profile surveillance.

See who turns up, check out the dynamic of the group,

and talk to Eleanor chalice about that jcb.

[Mystical dramatic music]

Nice t-shirt!

I've gotten it printed today.

So are you here for the quiz?

- Yeah! - Yeah, sure, yeah!

Okay, that'll be 10 pounds.

Okay, well you can give me a hand with this,

- it needs to go on the stage. - Okay!

[Footsteps pattering]

- [Crowd clapping] - So much for low profile.

Can you put it in the middle?

Yeah, sure!

You told us Terry had filled the pool in?

Yeah.

But you ordered a jcb to be delivered to Terry's address

after the police investigation was closed?

Yeah, I did it on Terry's behalf.

When the poor man was in bits.

You know, I like to help people,

I'm gonna help my son balmy to you, that's what I do.

So have you got a name for your team?

Best name wins a bonus point.

Mentally challenged.

I wouldn't get your hopes up.

So we'll sit over here, okay?

Terry's not here, would you say a few words?

I don't think that would be appropriate.

You are the team captain!

But you don't mind saying a few words, do you Craig?

No, no, of course not.

Good.

And put your t-shirts on too.

They don't seem to be getting

into the spirit of their thing.

[Soft jazz music]

- [Footsteps pattering] - Hi!

Sorry we're late, you remember Adam?

- Hi. - Oh!

- It's nice to see you again. - And you!

- So what was so important? - I get the drinks in first?

Okay, yeah!

- I haven't got much time then. - Okay.

- [Footsteps pattering] - [Smooth jazz music]

Good evening ladies and gentlemen,

as captain of the dream team I would like to welcome you

to a very special quiz night,

in memory of my good friend, Cheryl sheekey.

- [Door clicks open] - Cheryl was the one...

Terry?

Long time no see Craig.

I thought you've moved to Mars or something.

[Suspenseful dramatic music]

- Good to see you mate! - Me too, me too!

Cheryl bought me this for our first wedding anniversary.

I haven't worn it for about 20 years.

Isn't she the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?

- Well, isn't she? - [Crowd claps]

Told you she'd never leave me.

Enjoy your evening.

- Where are you going? - This was a mistake.

I'd never had my hand on her head, you know that,

don't ya?

Sit down.

Sit down!

I'm afraid I haven't had a chance to read the newspapers,

and keep up with current affairs, just as well,

because they're all full of stories about me. [Laughing]

It's good to see you.

- Y'all up for drinks? - No, we're fine, Terry!

He's taking the piss, isn't he?

Shall I be the scribe, that's if nobody objects?

Well actually I think that's my job.

Evening folks!

Question one, what class of animal is lepidoptera?

That's a trick, they want us to think it's a leopard

- or big cat, it's not. - I know who'll know.

[Bell chimes]

Butterflies and moths, what?

So you got me here for a Berry?

Yes.

It was preserved inside one of the fertiliser bags,

it might help with the time of death.

They usually appear around later on.

We know the victim was alive in October.

Well, I'm up the floor of the garden.

New Holly trees.

Well, couldn't it been carried by an animal,

or maybe it was still in the sacks or a Holly tree nearby

that died and got cut down.

You're a tough grind, Miller. [Gasps]

This type of Holly is comparatively rare,

it runs a bit wild for your average back garden.

What I'm saying is,

it increases the probability that the body was dumped.

One of your suspects runs a garden centre, doesn't he?

Maybe you should check what species of Holly

he was selling in 1998.

We could try, is that all?

Well, there was also a perfectly preserved dinosaur egg,

but I was gonna tell you all about that over another drink.

- Yeah? - I love it!

And, you stay where you are.

Dad, what's he doing, he's so antisocial.

Darling I thought you said

you were gonna have your session later?

Well, they're getting on fine.

[Chuckles]

In the lead is the dream team.

Yes!

- We're winning this. - We're all gonna do it!

We're gonna [indistinct].

That's gareth Clark, ain't it?

If he is in the lottery, really nice!

I just wondered if you had time

to think about our conversation, Craig?

Do we have to do this here?

It's all right mate, a little [indistinct].

You're not taking me very seriously.

- Off my back you wanker! - [Whacking]

- [Gasping] - [Whacking continues]

Hey!

Police, that's enough!

Terry, you stay where you are,

you're in enough trouble already.

Are you going to bring them in?

Cars are turned up, we're heading for the station now.

Ah, okay, well, we'll talk to them tomorrow.

Yeah, yeah, don't worry.

You're not in the cells or soften him up.

Yeah, well that usually does the trick.

- Yep, gotta go. - [Soft jazz music]

So do you wanna hear about these dinosaur eggs or not?

[Sighs]

- [Footsteps pattering] - [Door clicks open]

- Good morning! - You're late!

So love is in the air.

- [Door clicks shut] - What?

Oh, we just meant that Craig Bentham

bought her a romantic meal for two on his credit card

at the Pinot noir restaurant in Bristol.

Which is 500 yards from the realtor hotel

where Cheryl had booked a double room that night,

sort of love is in the air between Cheryl and Craig.

- Good work! - How'd it go last night?

Good.

Dan, tell them about the Holly Berry.

-Well, I was texting, so- -oh, that's right!

We went to the pub to discuss vital forensic evidence,

and you spent the evening texting like a teenager.

Now, should we all do some work?

[Footsteps pattering]

So, what were you doing at the quiz last night?

I came to pay my respects.

- Who to? - Cheryl, of course.

You seem to have some unfinished business

with Craig Bentham?

- He owes me money. - What for?

For some job way back when.

You told us that the garden centre,

you didn't know gareth Clark.

I don't, not really.

And what did you two talk about?

Oh, I can't remember.

The conversation ended in a quote,

"get off my back you wanker!"

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

- He said that I owed him money. - For what?

So the day after Cheryl's body turns up,

you decide to ask Craig for money

for some job from way back when?

- Yeah. - What job?

Maybe the money was for work done on Cheryl's pool.

Well, the sheekeys would have paid him for that,

why else would he be asking Craig for money?

Well, build his seals or [indistinct].

No, I hear what you're saying.

So, gareth might have seen something

when he was building the pool, Cheryl's body turns up,

he decides to ask Craig for hush money.

That's a possibility.

It makes a strong possibility.

- What do you think yourself? - Wow, what do we know?

Oh yeah, maybe Craig and Cheryl were having an affair.

That's...

Well, feel free to join in whenever you're ready, gareth.

We know about Bristol,

you and Cheryl in Clifton together.

What?

The lunch at the Pinot noir restaurant,

September 27, 1998.

No, that was a business lunch,

what makes you think Cheryl was there?

Because she'd booked into a hotel 500 yards away.

A popular destination for romantic weekends.

You always drink champagne with your business lunches?

You've lied to us, you were having an affair, weren't you?

You know what?

- I want a lawyer. - You're overdrawn,

you graft every hour of every day to make ends meet,

and Craig Bentham gets a huge pile of money

just fall into his lap.

Cheryl's body turns up,

you're just had to blackmail him?

You won't play ball at the garden centre,

so you turned up with a quiz night,

trumpet the screws on him in front of his wife and friends.

This is a murder investigation, gareth,

that nice lady that used to make you tea lost her life.

You say the wrong thing in the next couple of minutes

it could destroy you very quickly,

do you really wanna risk that?

Your family, your kids, everything?

So what happened?

Craig turned out while you were building the pool,

- didn't he? - No, his wife did.

- What? - She accused Cheryl

of having an affair with her husband.

She'd killed her if I hadn't pulled them apart.

We'll be holding Craig for a while longer.

[Gasps] It was nothing, it was a scuffle.

I'd like to talk to you about another scuffle,

is the one that took place in Cheryl sheekey's back garden.

Oh!

Can we go somewhere more private?

- Away from the customers? - Sure!

I'm not big on trust.

When my first husband's started seeing somebody else,

I was torn apart by it.

I thought I'm not going to let that happen again.

So I thought it'd just be me and the children after that,

and then I met Craig,

and it's as if I'd won the lottery.

-Well, and then we- -won the lottery for real?

Yes!

But we thought we don't want anything to change,

so we put some money away for our old age,

we invested in the children's education.

The only major outlays

was the setting up of Craig's business.

Go on.

Then the letters started arriving, asking for cash.

And the phone didn't stop ringing,

and friends, family even, started to treat us differently.

I mean, I felt the only reason people liked me

was because they knew I had money.

So, I started to hide myself away, I became so paranoid

that I was put on anti depressants.

And by this time Craig was working later and later,

and I felt it was because of me, because of how I've been.

So I wanted to go and see him to tell him that

though I'd got over that now, so I thought I'd pop down

to the centre one day, and that's when I saw Cheryl

in the back office with him.

She was always going to see Craig.

You think they were having an affair.

So you went to see Cheryl?

And the angrier I got, the more she laughed,

and it was almost as if she wanted me to-

- attack her? - [Sobbing]

So did you tell Craig?

Oh yes, yes, but he denied it.

He said that I was the most important thing

in the world to him,

and I thought, "right, I'll give him one last chance."

If he ever has any more involvement with Cheryl

that will be it, I will leave him.

So we decided to draw a line under it.

In fact, we thought we'd leave a bit.

We went home on a six-week trip around Africa,

until Craig got bilharzia, and we had to return home.

When I heard that Cheryl was gone, I was happy,

but I had no idea that she was lying there all that time.

I swear.

You've been talking to my wife?

You have no right.

Well, you wouldn't talk to us.

She's seems pretty sure you're having an affair.

There was no affair.

- It was business. - All right.

If you were in Bristol on business,

what business might that have been?

We were looking to expand the company.

We?

Did Lizzie know about this expansion.

Not the specifics, no.

Well, I've been looking at the specifics,

and you transferred 250,000 pounds

from your business account into Guernsey

between September and November, 1998.

How did you find out about that?

Well, the same way we found out that two months later

you took out a loan for 150,000 at 17% apr,

pretty high rate of interest, isn't it?

Especially when you've paid off your mortgage,

why not use your house as collateral,

then you can borrow much more cheaply?

I'll tell you why.

Lizzie knew nothing about any of this, did she?

As soon as Cheryl reappeared in your life

the money starts disappearing.

All right, six months after we won the lottery,

Cheryl came to the centre.

She changed, she was like a film star.

She said, she'd seen what I'd done with the centre,

and that winning the lottery had unlocked my potential,

she saw me as a risk taker, an entrepreneur,

and that I should be setting my sights on bigger things.

Bigger things?

She wanted us to buy four or five outlets across the UK.

She had it all worked out.

We would open an account and guarantee,

I would put my working capital into it

and she would match it.

She showed me this, all this paperwork,

-solicitors' letters, invoices- -but it was all fake?

And then she disappeared.

And I couldn't access the account,

a massive error of judgement.

Why didn't you go to the police?

Would have been the end of my marriage.

Perhaps she should have tried to have been a bit more open

with Lizzie, you could have saved yourself

- a lot of heart ache. - You don't know Lizzie.

But I didn't kill Cheryl, I wouldn't.

- I need to speak to my wife. - [Laughing]

That's an understatement.

I haven't been able to determine the cause of death yet,

I'm afraid.

Well, we've found out that Craig Bentham's garden centre

didn't stock the species of Holly

that was found in the fertiliser bags.

Well, the fertiliser bags is the reason I'm here.

Look at this side of the bag, 30% off.

I love a good bargain, don't you?

[Indistinct] Aren't we?

Oh, don't get sucked in.

Well, this is what she does just before she hits a home run.

So is there a home run Fiona?

Well, I just spoke to the manufacturer,

they introduced this offer on November the 26th, 1998.

Why didn't we think of that?

When did Craig and Lizzie go to Africa?

November 19th.

So they couldn't have got hold of those bags

before they went, and the hole had been filled in

by the time they came home.

So unless one or both of them killed Cheryl

and got somebody else to dump the body,

they're no longer suspects.

And that as my friend says, is a home run.

I'll see you later.

Very impressive, Fiona.

Well, I can't claim all the credit, Adam helped.

Well, say thank you to him for me.

You've gotta spring on your step.

Have I, mm-mm?

Go on, spill, last night?

You and Adam?

- Yes. - [Chuckles]

- And? - Yeah, it was great!

He was so pleased.

Adam's a lovely man, what happens next?

Oh, nothing, that's what made it so great.

I've got no room for anything more in my life right now.

You weren't trying to set us up by any chance,

- were you? - No!

It would hardly be professional.

How are the boys?

They are worried, all work and no play.

Please do me a favour,

- don't say anything to them. - Not a word. [Laughing]

- [Door clicks open] - Ah, boss!

I've had another look at Terry's bank statements,

money was being syphoned out.

10,000 here, 8,000 here,

pretty consistent over a number of months,

and adding up to about a quarter of a million.

Now the original investigators thought he'd blown

it all on having a good time, drink and drugs mostly.

But it was going into Guernsey,

into the same account that Cheryl used to rip off Craig.

What happened to it after that?

Guernsey has only just signed an agreement

with the UK tax authorities

but there was no disclosure in 1998.

I can try and find out, but it's going to take time.

What else do we need?

We've got opportunity, we've got motive.

Cheryl's stealing money from Terry,

he finds out and he kills her.

But Terry was besotted with Cheryl,

he didn't care about money.

The way he cared if he wanted drugs?

Let's at least get a warrant, turn his flat over.

- [Dramatic music] - Okay.

[Steve] Yes!

- You okay Steve? - Better then okay,

just found this under a pile of junk in the loft.

Terry knew she hadn't gone anywhere.

I loved Cheryl, why would I kill her?

She stole a quarter of a million pounds of your money.

What was mine belonged to her?

Well, you changed the regulatory.

I was out of it, I've spent my life looking for her.

We found it in your flat Terry, it's Cheryl's.

- Where? - Where you left it,

in the loft under a pile of junk.

Our search for her was all smoke and mirrors,

because you knew we'd come knock on your door one day.

I don't know how it got there, I looked everywhere for it,

everywhere, I can prove it.

- Save it for the jury time. - [Footsteps pattering]

[Door clicks shut]

We've got enough to charge him.

But why go to all that trouble

and keep her passport in his flat.

He's messed up, forgot it was there?

Sasha, here's something interesting.

This is the false invoice for the warehouse purchase

in Bristol that Cheryl gave to Craig.

Now there's one payment that didn't go through Guernsey.

- Where did it go? - Into a solicitor's account?

I chased it up and the funds were for a property purchase.

- A warehouse? - No.

An ex-local authority property in London.

[Mystical dramatic music]

[Door knocking]

- [Door clicks open] - Who is it?

Maybe your wife should take the kids for an ice cream.

And you can tell us why Cheryl sheekey

bought you this house.

- [Dramatic music continues] - [Footsteps pattering]

So you and Cheryl were having an affair,

and then she bought this place as a love nest?

- It wasn't really an affair? - What was it then?

A relationship.

Her marriage was dead, I loved her.

When was the last time you saw Cheryl?

She called me there, the night she disappeared.

What did she say?

Something about having one last nut to crack.

What do you think she meant by that?

I didn't care.

I thought we were going to run away

- start a new life together. - To where?

I'd have gone anywhere she wanted.

- And you believed her? - When Cheryl disappeared

that was the worst of my life.

I thought she'd gone off without me,

I dreamed that she was lying on some beach somewhere

with some other bloke,

and then you told me that she's dead.

- I felt sick. - Not too sick for blackmail?

You've seen what my life is like, it's a struggle.

This house was bought with stolen money.

You're gonna have to find somewhere else

- for your family to live. - [Dramatic music]

- Jacqueline steel. - Who?

I was 17, she was 33 years, I used to fetch coal for her.

So I think about her sometimes. [Laughing]

Do I really need to know about this?

- Well, no, not really, no. - Good.

So wait a minute, look, so what do you think?

Gareth found out Cheryl was planning on leaving

- and killed her? - It's a possibility.

But why draw attention to himself trying to blackmail Craig?

It's got to be Terry.

It's like Ted said, why set up a massive alibi,

all those years of research,

and then hide her passport in the same flight?

- It doesn't make sense. - Well-

but before we charge Terry,

I need to see this research for myself.

We started off with a big checklist,

it'd have to be somewhere warm near the sea.

We really do need somewhere more specific

- than half of Europe. - He went to Greece once,

she was annoyed that people didn't speak English.

So she wouldn't wanna learn a language.

And [indistinct], she liked [indistinct].

Would need an audience then, wouldn't she?

English-speaking, a bit of an ex-pat community,

so we're looking for twickenham by the sea.

Did she ever talk about Cyprus or Spain?

You know what?

Somebody has pulled a pin out here.

- Where? - Malaga, Spain.

That was early on, [indistinct], it turned out the sighting

- was before she disappeared. - What?

- [Door clicks open] - Danny, any news?

Well, I've been on to the British embassy in the gardia,

no bank account was ever registered to a sheryl sheekey

in Spain, so I checked the Spanish trade register,

and a certain Guernsey-based solicitor-

touch of the cost of their crime.

Exactly!

Registered a business in malaga in August, 1998,

the only name of director was one Cheryl sheekey.

Now, Cheryl's business had a corporate account

at the bank of puente nacional also in malaga.

- Has anyone called the bank? - Oh yes.

That same month, Cheryl transferred 717,000

into this account from Guernsey.

Now we know what went in to Guernsey,

247,000 from Terry, 226,000 from Craig.

So either there was a massive cockup

with the exchange rate or?

Or there's 244,000 unaccounted for.

318,000, if we include the house that she bought for gareth.

Are we sure Cheryl was broke?

Absolutely!

Well, you take the house, the cars and the holidays,

and then yes, there's nothing left.

So where did it come from, or rather who did it come from?

Well, that's the really interesting thing.

A flag was placed on Cheryl's account in 1999.

Why?

Well, firstly, because someone tried to draw a check

on the account in January.

Three months after Cheryl's death.

That's gotta be Terry, isn't it?

Well then he had help.

Because in may, Cheryl turned up in person.

- [Intense dramatic music] - [Tyres screeching]

[Car doors slum shut]

- Check around the back. - Okay.

[Woman screaming]

- Help me! - Eleanor, you okay?

- What happened? - [Eleanor gasps]

Can you sit up?

Oh, it was Terry.

He came to ask me for drugs. [Crying]

He said he'd had enough

that he couldn't live with the guilt any longer

and that he was going to end it all.

I refused, then he hit me.

Is this what he was after?

Ketamine.

You know, I use it to tranquillise the animals.

It's lethal in sufficient quantities,

especially mixed with alcohol.

Yeah, well Terry hasn't stopped drinking

since he come back from the flat?

What did he hit you with?

He slammed my head against the wall. [Sobbing]

Really, how, when?

Why are you asking all these questions I've told you?

[Sobbing continues]

Terry!

Terry!

- He's napped. - [Wood clanks]

Terry!

Is he breathing?

Just about.

[Indistinct radio chatter]

- Is she good to go? - Yeah, she's fine.

- Can I go with Terry? - No, you're coming with us.

Okay!

[Door clicks open]

[Footsteps pattering]

[Door slams shut]

Eleanor, did Cheryl ever try to scam you for money?

Yeah, frequently.

That we grew up together, she couldn't manipulate me.

What's this about?

I told you Terry confessed to me.

[File clicks]

Bank of [indistinct] national, malaga, 1998.

And if you're not familiar,

Cheryl opening a bank account.

The same location, may, 1999,

six months after Cheryl's death.

She's got her passport,

she's keeping the banker talking

while she checks her photo, all seems okay.

So tantalisingly close.

- Oh dear. - She's got her bank details,

but it belongs to a corporate account,

and she doesn't know the company name.

Bankers love it when you get angry,

all that passive aggression.

If that's Terry, he is a hell of a drug addict.

Recognise her?

You killed Cheryl didn't you?

Did you and Terry plan this together?

Terry, he had nothing to do with it.

All Terry ever wanted was Cheryl.

- [Door clicks open] - Terry's going to be okay.

Found in one of the outbuildings at the sanctuary.

You'd look really good in that!

Oh, and Fiona called,

they found two of our Holly bushes

growing behind the stable block at Eleanor's sanctuary.

So, Adam came through in the end?

Uh-huh, he even found traces of donkey faeces

- in one of the fertiliser bags. - Lovely!

I was gonna put the sanctuary on the map.

I had architects, plans, budgets, I wanted school parties

to come here to learn, I was so excited.

Then she took it all away again?

You knew Cheryl very well, Eleanor,

how did you fall for it?

She came down one night in a terrible state,

and kept talking about the mess she'd made of her life.

And she was tired of all the parties,

she said I'd helped her see the light,

she wanted to do something worthwhile with her life?

She suggested we buy land, woodland,

we could protect it, leave something good behind.

She said, she'd put in 50%, we could raise funds together,

she said it would make money too.

Land is finite, we can put animals on it

while it appreciated in value, we couldn't lose.

When did you suspect something was wrong?

That last night,

Cheryl told me she'd found three parcels of woodland,

she said I could decide and let her know in the morning

that was not like Cheryl.

She'd never let me make a decision about anything.

It was freezing outside,

she was wearing a new coat, a summer coat.

I checked her bag, found her ticket and passport.

And then what happened?

She laughed about it, after I caught her out.

She babbled on about me going to Spain with her,

she'd make it special,

but she knew I couldn't go.

- The animals? - I couldn't abandon them.

But she was abandoning me.

I suggested a drink for old time's sake.

There's no sign of violence on the body.

So what did you use, ketamine?

I use it to put the animals to sleep

so they don't feel any pain, it was terrible.

If I could have gone back then I would've.

Now here I am, I hid her body in a car in the outbuildings,

and later when everyone was blaming Terry,

I drove the car to Dover.

So people would think she had gone abroad?

And then you buried her body in the pool.

That was the worst bit,

putting her body into those bags. [Sobbing]

But, I wanted to get her away from our home,

I had to keep thinking of the good I could do once i-

got the money?

But you didn't get the money,

and you were ready to kill Terry just to keep your secret.

- How is he? - [Soft piano music]

I had to do it, I didn't have a choice.

Yes, yes you did have a choice.

That's what makes you different from your animals?

- [Sobbing] - [Soft piano music continues]

We've notified the Spanish authorities

that Cheryl is now deceased.

The bank is gonna release the funds to Cheryl's next of kin.

Yeah, there'll still be a few people

who'll need to be repaid,

but there's over a million quid in there

and half of that belongs to you.

Time to build a new life yourself, Terry.

You look after yourself, pal.

You know the best part about the lottery?

What's that?

It's the time after you buy a ticket,

when you can dream that anything's possible.

[Soft piano music]

So lottery tonight, roll over jackpot,

we got you tickets.

No, don't like the odds.

Finally, you're learning Steve!

So how did it go the other night with Adam?

That reminds me, I've decided to ban coffee and donuts.

What?

I don't think that guys of your age

should be consuming all of that sugar and caffeine

- and cholesterol. - Go without breakfast?

If I want coffee and donuts,

- i will have coffee and donuts. - Or will you now?

Wait a minute, this is about Adam, isn't it?

You lot set me up, didn't you?

We're just looking after your best interests.

-Look- -no, you look.

I appreciate that it came from a good place

but I know what's best for me right now.

Promise we won't do it again,

but can we keep the coffee and donuts?

Yes, of course you can.

I might even buy you a drink, same again.

So, how was the, you know...

- How was the what, Steve? - You know, the... [whistles]

Oh my god!

- Never mind us. - Actually it was good.

It was pretty amazing actually.

- [Funky dramatic music] - [Laughing]

Okay, Ted, confirmed.

20 quid for me, 20 quid for Danny.

Yeah, we don't have to do this now, do we?

Do what now?

Dan and I had bet that she had had a bit of rnr

and Ted said he didn't think so.

Sorry, you bet on whether Sasha had sex?

No, no, no!

I was just interested from a mathematical perspective,

you know, the algorithmic balance of probabilities

meant that it was quite possible.

- Fiona be so childish. - [Drink sploshes]

[All laughing]

- Lovely. - [Glass clinks]

♪ 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 gettin' to the end of the day ♪