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Go on. You can do it, sir.

When the builders found this,

they called the local police.

They blew it up to us when they realized

it was relevant to an old murder case.

How long was the trapdoor obscured?

Builders reckon the false ceiling was put in

sometime in the '50s.

Yeah, any time after that, it would have been Artexed over.

Oh, bloody hell. I can't do this.

Confined space. Doctor's orders.

It's all right, Brian. You don't have to come all the way up.

You can watch from there.

- Okay? - Yeah.

Oh, look at that!

Great big white fivers!

- Are they real? - They certainly are.

Real white fivers?

Yeah. Yeah. Come and have a look.

- Fantastic! - Yeah, they're beautiful.

Look at them.

- You all right? - Careful, Brian.

No, it's all right. It's just a psychological thing.

I think she means mind where you put your...

Aah!

Foot.

♪ It's all right, it's okay ♪

♪ Doesn't really matter if you're old and gray ♪

♪ 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 ♪

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The suitcase had a label

indicating it was the property of a Fred Tully.

Now, Tully, who was single,

lived in the house with his parents

until he was murdered in November 1953.

He was a wages clerk at Battersea Power Station.

Hello, hello, hello.

He was shot dead in the street

on the south side of Battersea Bridge

on a dark, foggy afternoon.

The murder weapon, which was later found on a number 19 bus,

had been stuffed down the back of an upstairs seat.

- Prints? - Wiped clean.

But the witness who found the gun,

an Edward Chambers,

identified a man getting off the bus as he was getting on.

That man's name was Richard Dunne,

arrested within days of the killing,

charged with murder, convicted.

Refused leave to appeal.

Hanged in May 1954.

Protested his innocence the whole way.

Dunne was a villain, right?

Yeah, he had convictions for robbery.

And at the time of the crime

he was on bail for assaulting a police officer.

The prosecution argued that Dunne had been watching Tully,

worked out that he was a wages clerk,

thought he was taking cash to the bank.

- Was he carrying cash? - No.

And now we find he had five grand

in used fivers in his attic.

Richard Dunne has a vociferous granddaughter

who's been active recently, claiming wrongful conviction.

On what grounds?

On the grounds that the police conspired

to pervert the course of justice.

Now, given the new evidence about Tully,

we're going to reinvestigate the case.

All the original investigating team are now dead.

But there was a... a Sergeant Collinson

who was on the case.

He would have still been in the job when you first joined, Jack.

He was my first governor, actually.

Really? What was he like?

Well, he got results. So where do you want us?

Brian, you and I will look at Fred Tully,

see what's known about him.

Gerry, you and Jack reexamine the case against Richard Dunne.

See if it still stands up.

We'll be lucky if there are any witnesses still around

after all this time.

Was it something I said?

Ahead of its time, it was.

Kept London's electricity flowing for 50 years.

It's amazing to think they'd build a power station

right in the middle of a city.

Ah, but they had the technology to tackle environmental issues.

90% of the sulfur was removed from the chimney gases.

Mr. Murray, would you mind if we talked about Fred Tully?

- Come in. - Thank you.

My grandfather, Richard Dunne,

was the victim of a massive injustice,

and the truth has been buried for 50 years.

I don't believe that it's gonna be uncovered

by a scratch team of superannuated plods.

So can you tell us why you're here today, Hannah?

I'm here to petition the Home Secretary

for a full-scale public inquiry.

Eh. Silly cow.

Her bastard granddad was a...

Oh. Beg pardon, miss.

Don't mind me.

That shithouse Dunne.

He shot down Fred Tully like a dog in the street.

Fred was my mate.

Finest pal a man could have.

What was your job at the power station, Mr. Murray?

Oh, stoker in the furnace.

I thought the Battersea furnaces were fed by pulverized coal.

Oh, yes, they... they were.

You know, state of the art, as they'd say now.

But the boilers that were installed in the war,

they had retort stoker furnaces.

Get away.

That's where I was working.

That's interesting.

- Because your retort... - Not now, Brian.

Could Fred Tully have been involved in something illegal?

Fred Tully was as honest as the day is long.

That Richard Dunne must be burning in hell.

And I'm looking forward to being chief stoker.

Posh old gaff, innit?

Plenty of money in the mining business.

Well, overseas, that is.

And our man's top banana, eh?

Chairman of the board.

Must have made a good witness. Public schoolboy, Army officer.

They loved all that in the '50s, didn't they?

Oh, yeah. Let's hope he's still on the ball.

Mr. Halford?

Yes, that's me.

Gerry Standing.

Imogen Glover.

Sir Edward Chambers' personal assistant.

He's ready to see you now, if you'd like to come this way.

Thank you very much.

I'd say he was definitely still on the ball.

Yes.

Sir Edward.

- Mr. Halford and Mr. Standing. - Good morning.

Thank you for making time to see us, Sir Edward.

I don't think we'll detain each other very long.

In 1953 you were a witness in the case of Richard Dunne,

who was accused of murdering Frederick Tully.

That's correct.

We're reinvestigating the case in the light of new evidence,

and we'd like a fresh interview with you

to see if anything might have been missed or misinterpreted

in the original inquiry.

I regret I will not be cooperating with you

in your investigation.

Why?

Richard Dunne's granddaughter, Hannah Parker,

contacted me some time ago.

She had severe and, I must say, well-substantiated criticisms

of the way the original police inquiry was conducted.

Well, we're going to be looking at that.

Miss Parker takes the view that only

a full-scale public inquiry can deal with the matter.

She's asked me not to cooperate with you

in your reinvestigation.

I must say she was very persuasive.

- How do? - All right.

How'd you get on?

The archives of the Central Electricity Generating Board

are absolutely fascinating.

Ta-da!

Oh.

Battersea Power Station.

Hah! Landmark of London?

Secular cathedral. Temple of power.

The 105-megawatt generating set

that came into operation in 1935

was the largest unit installed in Britain or the Continent.

That's not actually what I wanted to know, Brian.

- No? - No.

Oh. Sorry.

What about the wages office? Were there any missing funds?

No.

Okay, so we're not looking for a wages clerk

with his hand in the till.

No.

You know why they got rid of these, don't you?

- White fivers? - Why?

Because beautiful though they were,

they were too easy to counterfeit.

Now you have told me something useful.

I'll get on to the Bank of England,

see what they can tell us.

So you never actually knew your father, Mrs. Parker?

No. My mother married again.

I didn't find out what my real family history was

until I was a teenager.

That must have been very difficult to deal with.

Yes. It still is.

But if you let the fact

that your dad was hanged for murder rule your life,

then they've killed you as well.

I survived, got on with my life.

There was nothing to be ashamed of.

Of course not.

But I'm afraid we do still have to talk about your father.

Yeah, look, my father was a criminal,

but he wasn't a murderer.

That's why we've reopened the case.

That's why we want to talk to you.

Obviously it's very difficult to find people who knew him

at this distance in time.

We just wondered if you could put us in touch with anyone.

My mother started a new life.

She didn't want to keep up with the people

that my dad had known.

And what relatives he had, they've all gone now,

So it's just me and my daughter.

Hannah, she's very committed to getting the verdict overturned.

She would have been here by now, but she's been held up in court.

Anything serious?

She's a solicitor.

Oh, I see.

Specializes in civil-liberties cases.

Ah.

Does she?

She advised me not to answer any questions in her absence.

Sandra Pullman.

Oh, thanks for getting back to us.

So the notes are genuine.

Really?

No, no, that's terrific.

Thank you. You've been a great help.

Cheers. Bye.

Well?

Those fivers were taken out of circulation

in the summer of '53.

They should have been incinerated.

Where?

Well, in those days they used a furnace

at Battersea Power Station.

Hello, Douglas. We need to have another word.

When Fred Tully died, he was in possession of bank notes...

Bank notes that had been withdrawn from circulation

and should have been incinerated.

You worked on the retort stoker furnaces, you were telling us.

Oh, yes, that is, uh, correct.

Which is where the Bank of England

came to dispose of their bank notes.

Oh, well, it was all a long time ago.

Well, I'm sure that will be taken into consideration

when deciding on further action,

along with whether you've been cooperative or not.

The geezers from the Bank of England turn up,

and we have to stand well back while they get on with it.

Now, they shove the money in the lowest level in the furnace.

Then they bugger off, thinking the job's done.

But it wasn't.

It's all wrong.

Thick wads of paper don't burn easily.

You have to put them high up in the furnace

where the temperature's hottest.

When I rake out the ash the next day, I'd find the money.

So how long did this go on for?

Months and months.

Until somebody noticed

there were notes surviving the process.

So they altered the procedure, yeah,

made us stokers put it in at the right level.

But they never knew we'd been having it away.

And Tully handled it for you?

He reckoned he could fence it for us, yeah.

"Laundering" they'd call it now.

I don't see the point of a further police investigation.

Well, we're trying to establish the facts

about Frederick Tully's death, and there's some new evidence

which has thrown a different light on Mr. Tully.

I've established the facts I'm interested in,

which show that my grandfather was wrongly convicted.

Then we'd appreciate it if you'd share your findings with us.

My grandfather was a victim of judicial murder.

That's putting it rather strongly.

Instigated by the police.

So, what's required isn't a fresh police whitewash,

it's a public inquiry with evidence out in the open.

Oh ho. Southend!

Did you used to go?

Yeah.

Oh, the Kursaal. What a ride that was, eh?

Yeah, every bank holiday,

we'd all bundle into my uncle's van and go down there.

I used to love it!

Me too.

My idea of a big treat was candy floss on the pier.

Oh. Sweet tooth, eh?

I really don't think my mother and I

have any more to say to you.

Yes, well, if you should change your mind,

we'd be delighted to hear from you.

Yeah.

Yeah, we'll be in touch.

- Esther? - Mm?

Can I ask you something?

Of course you can.

But I want an honest answer.

From the shoulder. You know that.

I wouldn't attempt anything else.

Am I boring?

You've only just started to speak.

No, I don't mean now.

I mean in general.

Why are you asking?

I just wondered whether I might possibly,

on occasion, go on a bit.

You're a man of penetrating intellect

and wide knowledge.

Am I?

And you share that knowledge and your ideas

with other people.

You're generous.

Yeah?

To a fault.

Oh?

You could just possibly,

on occasion...

take a bit more notice of what they call feedback.

Afternoon, Miss Parker.

Oh! Mr. Standing.

I've tried to tell my girls about it.

I say, "Imagine Southend Pier, one of the wonders of the world.

It stretches so far out to sea,

you need a train to get you there and back."

We had a beach hut at Shoeburyness.

All I can remember of Shoebury is, when you went paddling,

you could see right across the Thames estuary to Kent.

Then you had this magnificent view of Sheerness oil refinery.

That's right.

And then every so often there'd be an almighty bang.

A shell going off.

That's right.

From the artillery range down the coast.

Funny idea for a holiday, when you think about it, innit?

But we were happy.

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

You know, I always thought I had it hard when I was a kid.

But what you had to deal with, finding out about your dad,

I'm not sure how I would have coped with that.

I'm not sure if I ever did.

I always had the feeling

that the world could suddenly turn upside down on me.

I could never believe in any kind of security,

so I suppose I didn't give it a chance.

That's how I broke up with Hannah's father, really.

Yeah.

There's a lot of it about.

Ah, that is terrific.

No, no, I really appreciate it.

Well, as soon as she can find time, basically. As soon as.

Listen, June, I promise you, you won't regret this.

We'll do a really good job for you.

Yeah, great.

I'll speak to you soon. Bye.

What was all that about?

June has squared it with Hannah.

She's going to cooperate with our investigation,

gonna share everything that she's found out.

- That's brilliant! - Yep!

- Terrific. - Isn't it?

How does everybody else feel?

How did you swing that, Gerry?

Oh, I use the old empathy.

People skills, basically.

Innit?

Thanks for this, Hannah. Hopefully you won't regret it.

This is a family matter, and I'm respecting my mother's wishes.

If it were up to me...

Well, let's get on with it, shall we?

- Thank you. - Yeah.

So, what's your understanding of the case against Richard Dunne?

Well, within two days of Tully being shot,

Richard Dunne was taken in for questioning.

This was on the basis of information received...

From a bookie's runner, David Walls.

He claimed that Richard Dunne had robbed him at gunpoint.

Well, any investigator would have to follow that up.

Well, go on.

What about material evidence

linking Dunne to the crime scene?

A box of matches with Dunne's fingerprints on

was found near the scene.

Before the arrest?

No, subsequently.

Richard Dunne maintained

that he was offered a cigarette and a box of matches

by Detective Sergeant Collinson during one of his interviews.

Collinson then took the matches back.

Dunne later argued at his trial

that they were planted at the scene.

Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?

In 1967, the then Detective Superintendent Collinson

was in charge of an investigation

into the murder of a prostitute.

A box of matches with the prime suspect's fingerprints

was allegedly found at the scene.

It was later discovered, on appeal,

that the log of the investigation

had mysteriously disappeared.

It would have shown that the matches were found after,

rather than before, the prime suspect's interview.

That is correct.

Collinson later retired on medical grounds.

I can vouch for the fact

that Mr. Collinson was under very considerable stress.

And what about in 1953?

Was he under stress when he fitted up my grandfather?

I'm in no position to make any comment on that.

You know what?

The thing is, in the 21st century,

this case would never get to court.

Oh, lovely. Thank you.

We've got a match for Murray's prints

on the bands that held the bundle of notes together.

Corroboration.

Doesn't really get us much further though, does it?

No, but there's more.

As well as Tully's prints on the suitcase itself,

they think there's a second set.

They're gonna have to do some, uh... some clever stuff

to make them usable.

Mm.

And they might be from someone

entirely unconnected with the investigation.

As, for instance, a railway porter, a taxi driver.

The vendor of the suitcase. A former owner.

Yeah. But it's worth pursuing, Brian.

Oh, certainly.

- Sandra? - Yeah.

Just there, you know, about the fingerprints?

Mm.

I was telling you stuff you already knew, wasn't I?

Or stuff you could have worked out for yourself.

- Strictly speaking, yes. - I thought so.

That was the feedback I was picking up

from your body language.

Oh.

I'm sensitizing myself to the reactions of others.

Jolly...

Jolly good.

I thought you'd like that, you know?

Esther's all for it.

We still have the evidence of the guy who found the gun.

Edward Chambers.

Posh background, National Service officer on leave.

I mean, are you telling me that the police

leaned on him to make him tell porkies.

A very credible witness.

I'm sure the police were delighted

when they managed to manipulate him

into making an identification.

His P.A. said she could probably

find a window for us this afternoon.

Brian, come and take a look at this.

- It's from forensics. - Sorted out those fingerprints?

No, no, look.

There's something hidden in the lining of the suitcase.

Oh, yeah. Interesting.

Do they know what it is?

They think it's a fragment of a document of some kind.

They're gonna try and get at it,

but it's a bit of a delicate job.

Thank you for your cooperation, Sir Edward.

Bit of a tall order asking to recall events

of some 50-odd years ago.

Oh, 50 years ago is easy.

But when you're knocking on a bit,

last week fades into the mist, don't you find?

So you're still clear

about the circumstances of finding the gun?

Oh, yes.

According to the case papers,

you were on leave from the army at the time.

Yes. Second Lieutenant Chambers. 19.

Still thoroughly wet behind the ears.

And you caught a number 19 bus from Battersea Bridge?

Yes. I didn't have to go far.

But, um, I was feeling the cold after the tropics.

I went upstairs... I was a smoker in those days...

And I was passed by a man in a hurry in his way to get off.

And this was the man

that you later identified as Richard Dunne?

Yes. Yes, it was.

Yes, well, more of him later.

So you... So you took a seat on the bus?

Yes.

And I thought, well, this isn't very comfortable,

even by the standards of London Transport

that I was aware of.

There was something down the back of the seat.

So I felt around

and encountered the familiar shape

of a Webley service revolver.

Ah, now, is this the weapon that was used in evidence, sir?

Yes. The clippie came up the stairs at that point.

Rather pretty blonde, actually.

I told her we needed to contact the police.

Did you describe the man you saw to the police?

Yes, but not in any great detail

because I had no reason to take notice of him.

But you subsequently picked Richard Dunne out

in an identity parade.

Yes.

The truth is,

that as I was being escorted through the police station

before the identity parade,

I caught a glimpse of a man in handcuffs

being led down a corridor by the detective, Collinson.

I thought it was just a chance encounter.

But when Hannah contacted me,

I realized that it had been very cleverly stage-managed.

And that man was Richard Dunne?

Yes, and when I saw him in the identity parade,

I supposed he must be the man.

Collinson was blatantly breaking the rules.

Yet again.

Was the identification challenged at the trial?

Not with any great vigor.

And I'd made up my mind

that Dunne was the man I'd seen leaving the bus, I'm afraid.

And there was so much more evidence against him.

All worthless.

Have to admit it, Hannah...

You've done a good job for your grandfather.

Couldn't someone have done a better one at the time?

Tommy Collinson was a really good governor to me.

If it hadn't been for him,

I don't think I'd have had a career in the CID.

But I didn't work with Tommy

without knowing what he'd get up to, to get results.

He'd cut corners, bend the rules.

But only to get the right man.

But in this case he seems to have got Tully hanged

on less evidence than you need to put a dog down.

Thank God I wasn't there.

That was him, Jack, not you.

Yeah, but if I'd been around, I might have gone along with it.

Makes you think.

Look what I've found.

Candy floss!

But it's in a tub. It used to be on a stick.

Yeah, well, health and safety.

You know, my mum used to bring us here all the time.

I only really remember the fun fair.

But I thought the park was much bigger.

No. We used to be much smaller.

This is true.

And I'll tell you something else, to be honest.

This stuff's disgusting.

Yeah, yeah.

I'll tell you what...

Why don't we pretend we're grown up

and go and have a drink?

Yeah.

It says here the most fundamentally human quality

is an awareness of one's impact on others.

That's quite an insightful observation, isn't it?

Mm.

Yeah, I can quite see how a man in my situation,

treading the tightrope between painstaking professional zeal

and obsessional neurosis,

needs to scan his environment constantly.

Monitor the feedback

that will keep him on the straight and level.

- Don't you think? - Yeah.

Tell me about your day, Esther!

Why?

Because I'm interested.

You've never been interested before.

Nonsense. I've always been interested.

Just never got 'round to asking.

Well, I went shopping.

Picked up a repeat prescription from the doctor.

And I took back the library books.

Well, that's it.

Have you had your hair done?

No!

But when you do, you will tell me, won't you?

Oh, hiya.

Yeah, uh, look, June, can I ring you straight back?

This isn't a good time.

Okay, soon as, yeah.

"June"?

Yeah, June Parker. It's Richard Dunne's daughter.

Yeah, I know who she is. What was that about?

Personal.

Really?

Oh, come on, Sandra. Don't give me a hard time.

Look, she's not just a bit of naughty.

She's different.

All I'm saying, Gerry, is that you're mixing

your personal with your professional life.

Tread carefully.

Goes without saying.

So where exactly do we stand with this inquiry, Sandra?

Well, we now know that Fred Tully,

far from being a squeaky-clean pillar of society,

was involved in a fiddle with big white fivers.

Which means the motive for killing him

needn't have been a straightforward street robbery.

And the prime suspect, Richard Dunne,

was convicted on the flimsiest of evidence.

In fact, there's no evidence connecting Dunne and Tully

that stands up to serious examination.

The police stitched him up.

Yeah, well, as far as policing is concerned,

I'm delighted to say that, "The past is another country.

They do things differently there."

L.P. Hartley. He wrote that.

Yeah, I know that, Brian.

Oh. Sorry.

Right. Is there anything else?

Yes, we also know that

Douglas Murray was involved in this scam with Tully,

and he's been lying about it for the last 50 years.

Course, we don't know

that Murray's telling us the truth even now.

Maybe he thought he'd been gypped out of the money

and took it out on Tully.

Of course, that's just speculation on my part.

What does everyone else think?

Well, what I think is that budgets aren't infinite.

Perhaps we should spend ours on more productive avenues.

Look, look, look.

The Dunne family have been living

with a wrongful conviction for 50 years.

Don't you think they're entitled to a complete answer?

Well, maybe some things are too deep in the past

to be satisfactorily resolved, Gerry.

We're not here to provide family therapy.

We are still waiting on some forensic materials, sir.

Yeah, well, the best of luck. But the meter's running.

When I tell my kids how I grew up,

you'd think I was talking about another century.

Well, you are, actually.

Yeah. I suppose, technically, yeah.

Have you got a bain-marie?

A what?

Well, a blender, then.

No.

You've got no kit in this kitchen.

It's a wonder you haven't starved to death.

It's designed for a working woman, not a celebrity chef.

All right, well, I'm gonna have to improvise.

Now...

June, you didn't think it was appropriate to come to my place,

so we've come to your place.

And you're still wound up.

I'm sorry.

Come on, come on.

Sit down.

Have a delicious glass of wine...

and relax.

We're just having a nice meal and a chat.

You're not selling your soul to the devil.

That's not the way Hannah would see it.

Hello, darling! It's me!

- Esther? - I'm in here.

Red and white roses?

What?

Oh, Brian!

Red and white roses?

Mmm! Mmm, yeah, that's really good.

And why are you so surprised?

Well, I did wonder.

With all that '50s nostalgia,

I thought it might be brown Windsor soup

followed by toad-in-the-hole.

No, there are limits. The past wasn't that good.

No.

So, uh...

how about the future?

Remind me, Gerry... How many times have you been divorced?

Uh, three.

Yeah, but I didn't have the maturity then.

No.

So, um, what's changed?

Oh, everything.

My three marriages went sideways 'cause I was always firing after

glamorous, glitzy blondes, but...

With you, it's different.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, definitely.

I mean, you're not my type at all.

Oh, that's terrific, Gerry! Thank you!

- No, no, I didn't mean that. - Shh, shh, shh.

When you're in a hole, stop digging.

Oh, Esther. Come on.

Of course I haven't forgotten your father's funeral.

It's just the composition of the floral tribute

that slipped my mind.

Esther?

- Morning. - Morning, all.

Morning.

- This is a turnup. - What is?

Usable prints have been retrieved from the suitcase.

- Yeah? - And we've got a match for them.

Richard Dunne.

So there was a connection between him and Tully.

Yeah. And this puts Dunne right back in the frame.

Oh, shit!

Who's gonna tell the family?

I suppose I'd better.

Mr. Empathy himself.

Shut up, Brian.

- Oh, this is bullshit! - Oh, Hannah, please.

I knew we should never have cooperated with you.

It's a cover-up.

The establishment just can't admit it hanged an innocent man.

I'm sorry, but the evidence is very clear.

You people have faked evidence before,

and you're faking it again now.

I think you better calm down.

I am taking this matter directly

to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

We are only trying to get at the truth.

We have no more to say to you.

Would you please leave my mother's house immediately?

June...

You'd better go.

You've told a lot of lies over the years, Douglas.

We don't want any more.

You, Fred Tully, Richard Dunne.

You were all in this money scam together, weren't you?

I never met Richard. Fred dealt with him.

What sort of dealings are we talking about?

Well, Richard was a villain.

He had contacts who could put the money about,

launder it, take a cut,

and get us back low-denomination notes we could use

without showing out too much.

How did Fred and Richard meet?

Oh, well, Fred was having a drink in a pub

and Richard was knocking out stuff fallen off a lorry.

They got talking.

Found they could do a bit of business.

How did they get on with each other?

Well, I mean, what Fred was up to was white-collar.

You know, more like fiddling really.

Richard was more dangerous. You know?

He was, uh... He could use violence.

Are you saying he used, or threatened,

violence against Fred Tully?

Well, somebody did, didn't they?

And you kept quiet about all of this

during the original investigation and the trial.

Yeah, well, it suited me

if it looked like a street robbery gone wrong.

Maybe it suited you that Richard Dunne went down for it.

It seems to me he did it. I certainly didn't.

You think otherwise, you prove it.

Excuse me.

Jack, hi.

Okay. Thanks. We'll be right there.

We're not finished with you.

Jack.

Oh, this is the document that was found

in the lining of the suitcase.

You can hardly read it.

It's all singed 'round the edges.

But there's some reference to Kenya

and the massacre of the Kikuyu.

But it's all torn at the bottom.

And there's a date... Sixth of the 12th, '53.

No, no, hang on. That doesn't make sense.

December 1953 would have been after Tully was killed.

Oh.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Not December... June.

The 12th of June.

I think this is American.

You know, the way they have the dates

the other way around from us.

As in "9/1 1."

This is from the American Embassy.

How can you know that?

Brian, how on earth could a document

from the American Embassy have found its way

into the possession of Fred Tully?

From the power station.

What, Battersea Power Station?

They didn't just burn bank notes there.

The American Embassy

used to bring their confidential documents for incineration.

It's all in here.

And this is the first time you thought to mention it?

Well, it's a bit obsessional,

going on about power-station history, isn't it?

I didn't want to bore people!

I'm trying to sensitize myself to negative feedback.

Sandra!

Something else you haven't told us about, Dougie.

Ah, yeah. Heh. The embassy.

The Bank of England were just

gentleman amateurs by comparison.

It was a real circus when the Yanks came.

Convoy of jeeps. Armed military police.

And this happened how frequently?

Oh, it was part of the routine.

And like the bank notes,

some of these documents clearly survived the furnace.

Well, now and again.

I couldn't see they were worth anything.

But when I told Fred, he said, "You never know.

They take all that trouble to get rid of this stuff.

Might be worth something to somebody."

So you passed the documents to Fred Tully.

What did he do with them?

Search me. I never heard no more about it.

Didn't interest me.

Be honest, all I wanted was the bread and honey.

1953.

The British Army is fighting the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya.

Yeah, but that was all about the natives getting restless

and killing white settlers, wasn't it?

Well the Mau Mau certainly had blood on their hands.

By the time the state of emergency ended,

they'd killed around 100 white people

but also 2,000 Africans

suspected of collaboration with the colonial authorities.

I'm sorry, but what's this got to do with our case?

Well, hang on, Gerry. I'm getting there.

What we didn't hear about at the time

was the casualties on the other side.

At least 1 1,000 Africans died

at the hands of the colonial authorities.

Either killed in battle or tried and executed

or, in some cases, massacred.

Document's been enhanced. Listen to this.

"CIA Head of Station, Nairobi, reports a reliable account

of killing of 15 unarmed Kikuyu civilians

in Kenya Central Highlands by Somali troops

under command of British officer..."

And the rest has been torn off.

Now, Edward Chambers was on leave from the army

when he found the gun and ID'd Richard Dunne.

So if Chambers had served in Kenya,

he could be the officer that this document is referring to.

And Tully could have found the document

and blackmailed Chambers.

Did any of you gentlemen actually do National Service?

Well, I was already down for the police. I was exempt.

- Oh, no. Far too young. - Yeah, me too.

You must understand

that they did rather drop one in it.

I went from school to National Service

and was shipped out to Kenya

to hold down a fraying corner of the empire.

Mau Mau emergency?

A shorthand term for a very complex situation.

Nationalism. Tribalism.

Most of the killing was done by the Africans themselves.

During the time of the emergency,

there were instances of civilians being killed

by troops under British command.

Well, sadly, that is true.

In fact, one British officer was prosecuted for murder.

Were you ever involved in such an incident?

Certainly not.

You come from a very wealthy family, Sir Edward.

Oh, depends what you're used to, really.

But I-I concede the point.

Back in 1953,

was any attempt made to blackmail you

over allegations that you ordered a massacre

of African civilians in Kenya?

What on earth would lead you to suggest that?

This was found in the possession of Frederick Tully

at the time of his death.

I don't see how this implicates me in any conceivable way.

Since you were instrumental

in getting Richard Dunne hanged for killing Tully,

I think it's a remarkable coincidence.

Coincidence.

Not very remarkable.

I mean, people go on about conserving energy,

but this place was pumping its exhaust steam under the Thames

to provide hot water and heating for a council estate in Pimlico.

Magnificent!

Of course, the outside appearance

was down to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott,

architect of Liverpool Cathedral.

And what he's given us here is a quasi-religious building.

A temple of power.

I thought we'd established

you are interested in power-station history.

When it's relevant to the case, Brian.

Here's the bus. Over here!

Cor, it takes you back, doesn't it?

You know, it was on the top deck of one of these in 1961

I had my first adult experience.

I don't think I want to know about that.

I smoked a Woodbine.

Look, can we get on with the reconstruction? Yes.

So I am Edward Chambers, 19 years old, public schoolboy,

officer and gentleman.

We'll use our imaginations.

You're the clippie.

All right, then, who are we?

Well, there were a couple of passengers on the top deck,

down the front end.

They weren't in a position to see anything

and weren't called as witnesses.

- You can be them. - Oh, thanks.

- Go on. - Come on. Age before beauty.

Pearl before swine.

Hurry on.

All right. Move down the bus.

Now, I, Lieutenant Chambers,

have secreted about my person the murder weapon.

But, far from discovering the gun,

I am, in fact, attempting to hide it.

Any fares, please.

But the Webley .38 is a large weapon.

Difficult to wholly conceal.

Now, you're the bus conductress.

What are you concentrating on when you get to the top deck?

Um, new faces. People who haven't paid yet.

So you're looking at me.

So now I have to make a split-second decision.

- Uh, miss, I say... - What, gov?

I think we're going to have to call the police.

Cor, stone the crows!

Did you notice that man who just got off?

Was in rather a hurry.

No, I wouldn't be bothered with someone getting off.

I'd only be interested in the people who hadn't paid.

So was Chambers.

Yeah, D.S. Collinson

wanted Dunne to go down for it whatever.

So he let Chambers see him

on the way to the identity parade.

And Chambers is home and dry.

Identifies Dunne, and Collinson does the rest.

Well, we can tell each other the story till the cows come home.

Are we actually gonna be able to make it stand up?

- No. - Not with what we got so far.

Douglas Murray is behind all this.

He's a conniving little sod.

Let's have another go at him.

Yeah. Mob-handed.

Backup's on the way.

Well, you better call an ambulance

just to make sure, but...

Okay, cheers.

Bye.

Preliminary postmortem shows that Murray died

from head injuries resulting from blunt trauma,

and there's also signs

that a TV and a video recorder went missing.

Maybe it was a blind, just to make it look like a burglary.

Now, we put Chambers in the frame for killing Tully

because we thought he could have been

a blackmail victim back in '53.

Are you saying that Murray was blackmailing him as well?

Well, at least it has the virtue of consistency.

No, no, no. Hang on a minute.

Murray's been living in low-rent flat for the last 50 years.

If he had anything on Chambers worth money,

what's kept him so long?

I can't answer that.

Are you telling me

that Sir Edward Chambers jumped in his Roller,

swanned off down to Battersea,

and battered a retired stoker to death?

Do me a favor.

In the morning,

Sir Edward chaired the board of directors.

Which includes a retired field marshal, an earl,

and the odd Knight of the Garter.

We'll print out names and addresses for you.

I'm sure they'll be terribly amused

to be asked to supply an alibi.

Sir Edward lunched

with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

Oh, you can probably track him down without our help,

being detectives.

Afternoon, reception at the Zambian High Commission.

Bags of witnesses.

Including the high commissioner himself, of course.

Charming man. He'll enjoy meeting you.

Thanks for your help, Sir Edward.

Duty of a citizen, Superintendent.

Takes you back, doesn't it?

At least we're not on offer these days.

Here we go.

Everybody follow me.

Do you miss it?

The old adrenaline rush when you're on a spin?

- No. - I do.

It was an interesting opportunity

to look over different people's houses.

Hi. Got your message.

What's going on?

Forensics found a DNA match at the scene of Murray's murder.

Guy who lives at the house... Ferris...

Has got form for violence.

That's him!

Didn't they make a wrong-number phone call

to make sure he was in?

What do they teach the kids these days?

Drive, Jack.

This isn't a job for a man on beta-blockers.

You never lose it, eh, Jack, son?

Get out of the car!

- Armed police! - Armed police! Stay still!

All right, all right.

Jason Ferris?

Jason Ferris.

It's quite a file you've got here, Jason.

Kept yourself very busy.

Oh. Few years in the army.

Including six months in the glasshouse.

Then Civvy Street.

Civilian crime, civilian prison.

And then you went abroad for awhile.

Bit of a gap year, was it?

Travel the world, meet new people, kill 'em?

You've got it all written down there.

Yes, but we want to hear about it from you.

I spent a few years doing contract work

for security firms.

- Where, exactly? - Africa, mostly.

Sierra Leone, Liberia.

The Democratic Republic of Congo.

So, what used to be called a mercenary?

Call it what you like.

It says here that you specialize in close protection work.

Bodyguard for VIPs.

Yeah, I've done a bit of that.

You must have met some very interesting people.

That's confidential.

Two years ago your firm provided security

for Transnational Minerals in the Congo.

The chairman of the Transnational board,

Sir Edward Chambers, made a high-profile visit.

- Did you meet him? - It's possible.

For the benefit of the tape,

I'm now showing Jason Ferris a newspaper cutting.

That's Sir Edward on that visit

with a bodyguard at his shoulder.

- It's you, isn't it? - I won't argue.

Right, let's get serious.

Did you burgle Douglas Murray's flat

at the instigation of Sir Edward Chambers?

No.

Whatever he's paying,

surely it's not worth all those years inside.

No comment.

Every effort will be made to trace and seize

anything you've earned illegally.

I don't think I have anything more to say to you people.

I get offered bodyguards in many of the places I visit.

None of them tend to become personal friends.

Have you had any dealings with Jason Ferris since that time?

Not to my recollection.

Has Douglas Murray made a fresh attempt to blackmail you?

No action of mine could have laid me open to blackmail.

Therefore there could be no attempt in 1953,

and therefore there could be no fresh attempt.

It's a matter of record that Kikuyu tribesmen

were massacred by British troops in the emergency.

And Kikuyu were massacred by Kikuyu.

And so on and so forth.

People weren't civilians or combatants.

They were farm workers by day and Mau Mau guerrillas by night.

Are you saying there was a justification for what went on?

I'm not a moral philosopher.

But what I can tell you is,

our experiences in Kenya

produced the tactics for counterinsurgency

and are still being applied.

Dirty tricks for dirty little conflicts

with no honor or glory.

We're not here to discuss that.

We're here to talk about your responsibility for two murders.

You killed Tully yourself.

Then you contracted Ferris to kill Douglas Murray.

And that's the truth.

Isn't it, Sir Edward?

Well, you've made a quite fascinating trawl

into a long-lost world, and I have nothing but praise

for the team's diligence and persistence.

But?

I've spoken to the CPS at the highest level,

and there's no prospect of bringing charges

against Sir Edward Chambers.

You've got nothing that'll stand up in court.

We are still investigating.

Nor are you likely to find anything substantial

at this distance in time.

A man was hanged on corrupt evidence.

Exactly.

The investigation and trial of Richard Dunne

is a totally separate issue.

The papers will be handed to the Home Office,

and there's every possibility

that the verdict will be overturned.

The family may well be in line

to make a claim for compensation.

But that's not what they want. They want justice!

And justice is nailing the bugger who really did it!

All right, Gerry, that's enough.

Win some, lose some.

The further pursuit of this inquiry

is not in the public interest.

End of story!

I'd hoped we'd be celebrating, but...

Call it a consolation prize.

No, this is very sweet of you.

Sorry Gerry can't make it.

Sends his apologies. He's got a date.

Got to hand it to old Gerry. He never gives up, does he?

Hi.

Hi.

I'm so glad you got in touch.

I just wanted a chance to tell you...

Don't, Gerry. It wouldn't have worked out.

I've done emotional upheaval.

I want a quiet life, and you're not the man for that.

No, but I'm getting quieter all the time.

I promise.

Listen, in a couple of years,

you're gonna have to keep checking my pulse.

It's not a runner, Gerry. You know that.

So why all the secrecy, the hush-hush meeting?

I was hoping that you were gonna say...

Hannah sent me, and she wants it kept strictly unofficial.

Well, if she's got something for us, it's a bit difficult.

Because officially we're off the case.

Sir Edward's a very influential man.

I can't comment on that.

All right.

What does Hannah want me to do?

She doesn't want you to do anything.

She wants something from you.

Well, with Richard Dunne's conviction being reviewed,

I suppose that's some kind of result, eh?

Oh, suppose it is something.

I'll drink to that.

As for Tommy Collinson and his firm,

well, there but for the grace of God.

Ah! Bunyan.

That's where the saying comes from.

"I saw a man going to be hanged, and I thought,

'There but for the grace of God goes John Bunyan. ""

Of course, people use the phrase to mean "by a stroke of luck."

You know, as in a roll of the dice

or the toss of a coin.

Well, what else did he mean?

Well, Bunyan was a Calvinist, you see?

So, for him, God's grace

was the most fundamental feature of the universe.

Can I have some more?

So it wasn't luck which separated him

from the unfortunate man.

Thank you.

It was God's profound but inscrutable purpose.

Oh, sorry. I've done it again, haven't I?

Lost my audience.

Not at all, Brian.

Very well said. Thank you.

Your very good health.

Have you seen this?

Uh, yeah, it's all over the Net as well.

Hannah Parker's Website.

She had a letter from Douglas Murray

only to be opened in the event of his death.

Murray had the other half of the document all the time.

Which stated that the Somali troops

were under the command of Lieutenant Edward Chambers.

Fred Tully had left it with Murray,

but Murray had never understood the meaning of it.

Until we showed him the half we found in the suitcase.

And that was when he tried to put the black on Sir Edward.

All the African countries

that Chambers does business with are up in arms.

He's had to resign as chairman of E.C. Mining Ltd.

So there is a bit of justice left in the world.

Never mind about justice.

The point is, how the hell did Hannah Parker get hold

of our half of the document, eh?

Nothing to do with me, sir.

- I can assure you of that. - Strickland.

Yes. Thanks.

Hannah Parker is on the BBC News.

I'm not prepared to reveal my sources.

But I will say that even in the most reactionary, corrupt,

and incompetent institutions

that there are one or two individuals

who still know the meaning of integrity.

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