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This is a safe place.

What do you mean? Just what your mum used to call it.

DYLAN: It's all over socials - that you killed her.

It's all your fault, and it's being taken out on me.

What you gonna do? Get your dad to kill me?

He'll probably get his dad to shag you.

Alana hasn't gone to her grandparents to help them,

she's gone to get away from me.

Sarah's death is my fault.

The 24th, 25th and the 26th.

Can anyone explain where Michael was?

Alana? I don't know!

I saw Polly in a fight with one of the boys.

"Fight", as in handbags, like grabbing and shoving?

This wasn't just handbags, as you call it,

it was violent abuse.

Craig, listen to me, do not come here. I am at work.

Please. Is that him?

I'll go and speak to him now.

He just gets so bloody angry. Angry?

Do yourself a favour and go back...

Take your hands off me! Agh! THEY GRUNT

Is that what you want? Craig, please stop.

No-one's saying he did it, that's not what I said,

but they're asking questions.

What sort of questions? Past behaviour.

Rory said he saw him in some kind of fight on the rugby pitch.

I'm just telling you what I heard, Alana.

Let's get your stuff and come stay with me.

CLAMOURING

Agh! Agh, agh!

Dad! Dad! Alana, wait!

I haven't done anything! Get him inside the house.

Get him inside the house. Agh!

Dad, Dad! It's all right, it's all right.

Calm down. Agh!

Ridiculous!

I have done nothing wrong!

HANDCUFFS CLICK Agh! Oh!

You should be arresting him, not me.

Charlie-X-ray-three-five-six,

can I get an ETA on that back-up, please?

What the hell was that?

You had your hand around his neck, Michael.

People are gonna think you were trying to strangle him.

There are a few conflicting accounts of what happened here.

What's conflicting about them?

Well, DI Stanhope says that he came to see you.

Something about your Tina Bradley review.

I actually asked him not to come.

Andy... Much, who's the sergeant on duty at the house

said it looked personal.

Not something I'm particularly comfortable about,

given your past relationship and given you were meant to be working.

That's exactly why I said... And that Michael Polly

came out of the house and tried to assault him.

That's not quite what happened. He was forced to restrain Michael.

Yes. There's also the fact

that Michael Polly took DI Stanhope by the neck.

It was more fending him off. Sorry, who was fending who off?

Michael was fending off Craig, DI Stanhope.

So, he didn't put his hand around his neck?

It's obviously relevant, Annie. Yes.

Given how Sarah died. It wasn't like that, Ivan.

Michael Polly is our prime suspect in the murder of his wife.

We've spoken to DI Stanhope, and he's decided not to press charges,

but, Annie, if an incident such as this occurs during your time

as a family liaison officer,

we need to remove you from that role.

You're going to remove me from the role?

Why? What did I do? It's standard practice.

You need to step back. You've compromised your position.

I thought you didn't want to be FLO?

I didn't, but he's started talking.

Men like that find it hard to talk at the best of times,

but he's started opening up to me.

Annie... You need me in there.

I even recorded some of it, conversations.

Well, you shouldn't have... I'll play them for you now.

I know he's not alibied, but I don't think he's done it,

not by the way he's talking.

Let's come back to this later. No. Let's come back to this now, OK?

I'm the only one he'll speak to.

Why won't this bloody thing open now?

Annie, we're not removing you from the case.

There are still actions to be carried out from here.

I don't want to work here.

Annie, you will do as you're told.

What? What was your ex doing there?

Craig?

Is that who sent you the flowers?

You said to scream at you if you ever went back.

Why didn't you tell me?

Annie...

They want me to stop as the FLO because of what happened.

Just as he's started to talk, they're taking it away from me.

BELL TOLLS

PAUL: You have no choice.

You need to tell the police about the diary.

Your mum was scared. That's what she wrote.

What if the victim wasn't your mum?

And the man you were suspicious of wasn't your dad?

Would you go to the police then?

So the only thing stopping you from telling the police

is the fact that it's your dad.

That is a thing, Paul.

Obviously, you love your dad,

but not to the point of letting him get away with hurting your mum.

Alana, at the very least, let the police work it out.

I don't know what it's about.

She just said she wanted to see us after school.

Everyone's very excited about the last game of the season,

and nobody's trying to look past the events of the past few weeks.

Absolutely not.

The things that must have been happening at home.

But we need to discuss Dylan's academic work.

In English and biology, he's just about on course,

but his history is... well, we're not where we need to be.

We'd like Dylan to take a test, to assess his progress

on Monday, after school.

That's, what, three days from now?

Push him to make an improvement in his essay writing, otherwise...

Otherwise, we're not sure about the rugby,

about him playing in the match.

We all want him to play,

but he's way behind in terms of his grasp of the current module.

Rugby is Dylan's best thing. It's how he burns off energy.

It's how he expresses himself. Why would you do that?

It's an incentive. No, it's just cruel.

Mrs Sedgwick, if Dylan doesn't improve,

he'll fall behind in terms of his predicted grades,

university choices.

This is for him.

I've spoken to Mr Whitchurch, and he agrees.

And Mr Polly?

Mr Polly is currently suspended from the school.

ALANA'S VOICEMAIL: 'Hello, you've reached Alana Polly's phone.

'Please leave a message, and I'll get back to you.'

DOORBELL RINGS

BECKY: DI Stanhope doesn't wish to press charges.

The incident this morning, Michael, outside, when you accosted him.

I accosted him?

Is that how you're choosing to remember it now, yeah?

Either way, it's not so relevant now,

as he doesn't want to press charges.

You should also know DS Cassidy will no longer be your FLO.

DC Hammond will remain in place,

and we'll find someone to replace Annie.

Who? That's all to be worked out.

And what if I don't want this person?

If it's not Annie, I don't want anyone.

In fact, I don't want anyone here.

I'm still going to update you whenever there's a development.

You can show yourselves out.

I just wanted to check on you.

I'm worried I got a bit heavy.

I just didn't like the way he came charging out of that house.

I told you not to come. I said I couldn't talk.

I know. Thanks to you, I'm no longer FLO.

I know. And nobody was charging anywhere, Craig.

Look, I'm sorry if I misread it.

I just didn't want him to hurt you. Could you listen, please?

I don't want us to mess this up. And we won't.

Annie...

Annie...

I promise you.

You've made promises before.

Please.

Please just let me book the table again

and pretend like today never happened.

Why don't you just come over, and I'll burn you that lasagne,

like I always used to?

You'd do that for me? I'd do that for you.

SIREN WAILS

Alfie Lamont strangled a woman in Leigh Woods, in 2008.

He has a history of attacking women. One of them was a jogger.

Yeah, Annie... Hang on. Let me just finish.

Another was a walker. Sarah Polly was a walker.

And then he was released from prison, 2021, and now...

We've tried that. ...he lives in Abbots Leigh.

Yeah, his brother Edward does, but Alfie Lamont's in Spain.

Is he? Been there since February.

How do you know? We checked.

Just so you know, Annie, we're doing all this.

We're looking at past offenders, similar attacks, unsolved crimes.

While you were working as the FLO,

we haven't been sat here doing nothing.

We've been working really hard. I know how hard you work.

That bag, by the way, Ivan says it's in the evidence room.

Bag? Bag of evidence.

PHONE RINGS It needs logging.

Stuff found at the outer cordon of the murder site.

Ivan's asked if you could check it.

Just, you know, if you have time.

Hello? Yeah, what is it? I'm at work.

Look, it'll have to wait until I come home.

DOORBELL RINGS

What are you doing here?

Sir, erm, they're making me do a history test.

I'm gonna fail it... What's this got to do with me?

You teach history.

You're my coach, Sir.

If I fail the test, then my season's over.

I can't play in the final match.

Shoes.

Well, they're not wrong. You do need to improve.

But who plays in that match, that's...

that's still my decision.

They said you were no longer at the school, Sir.

So, what's it about, this essay? The Munich Agreement.

Mr Bowman says he wants an essay on Chamberlain.

The mistake of trusting Hitler.

Nobody wants an essay on why it was a mistake to trust Hitler.

Isn't that what happened?

They certainly don't want an essay just relaying what happened.

What they want is to find out what you think.

They want an argument. An argument?

Yes, pick a line, just like in rugby.

Pick an angle, and the harder the angle,

the more impressive it is.

So, how about this -

how about that he was right to trust Hitler?

Was he? Well, that doesn't matter.

That's what you claim.

What I'm trying to... well, what Mr Bowman is trying to do

is test your ability to make us see history differently.

In a new way, to see it in your way.

But that's not what I'm doing here, and you need to leave.

Please, Sir.

HE SIGHS

IVAN: 'Our focus stays on one man.'

Where was Michael Polly in the three days

before Sarah's body was found,

before we had eyes on him at all times?

We know he left the house on the night she went missing.

But could he have moved the body on another night?

NIRA: Seems possible.

He's got gaps in his timeline, knowledge of his wife's affair,

a propensity for reacting physically.

Anything from the CCTV and any doorbell cameras in the area?

No, footage is patchy because it's such a rural area.

All done?

What's he...? What's he want me to do with these?

Just logged and bagged up properly and taken down the evidence store.

Oh.

PHONE RINGS

Hello. CRAIG: 'Have you seen it?'

In the Mercury? The Mercury?

"Bradley family claims no new lead in over a decade

"as more attention is turned to the unsolved murder

"of a headmaster's wife.

"Brother Gareth bemoans a lack of progress."

'Talk of "well-intentioned detectives", and...'

Yeah, go on.

'And "never feeling like Tina is the priority".

'Jesus.'

Is this in today's? 'Yeah.'

After everything you've done.

DOORBELL RINGS

We couldn't get hold of you. Well, that's bollocks, for starters.

Where's Carol?

She's not in. She's never not in, Gareth.

That's what she tells me to say

when there's someone she doesn't wanna see.

She's got no choice. Out the way.

How did it get to this?

"Never feeling like Tina is priority"?

Carol, I'm round here every week.

I think about her every day. She was my friend.

When did Tina go missing? What date?

You know the date.

July 17th, 2004...

...between the hours of midnight and 1am.

It's etched on my brain, Carol. It's a long time ago.

It's getting that way.

And I love you as a friend.

But I can't help thinking, as a detective...

...if you were gonna find her, you'd have done it by now.

Hm?

ALARM CLOCK BEEPS

DOORBELL RINGS

MICHAEL: 'What we need to remember is, for us,

'these events are historical.

'He didn't have the benefit of hindsight.'

And would we think about Chamberlain

the way that we think about him today if we'd lost that war?

No. No, Sir. So, what are we saying?

We're saying...

...that Chamberlain was...

"Right"? Well, we can't use that word, but...

"Unlucky"? Yes, he was certainly that.

And maybe honourable,

because sometimes, it's more honourable...

not to fight.

To try and find compromise and...

...a peaceful solution.

When everything is pointing towards conflict and confrontation

and the loss again of millions of lives,

maybe the wisest or the bravest choice

is not to engage.

And that's, erm...

...an active choice in itself.

And so that can be our argument.

That's how we get you to play in the match.

We explain the choices that Chamberlain was facing then,

not with the benefit of hindsight.

Yes, Sir, except it's... it's not us saying it, is it?

It's... I'm writing the essay.

Yes, that's what I meant. So...

What time's the test? 5pm. Before prep.

Well, let's make some final notes, shall we?

DOORBELL RINGS

Dylan? Is he in there?

One of his mates said he saw him come up here.

Dylan, out. Do you hear me?

He's helping with my history exam. Well, he shouldn't, and he knows it.

It's totally inappropriate. Come on.

It's not inappropriate. Dylan.

Thank you, Sir. Come on.

They're getting closer to proving it's Polly.

Apparently, his mother-in-law reckons he did it.

I know you're not sure, but even Alana's starting to wonder.

I can see it on her face.

Really? You're not talking to me now?

Annie?

OK. If anyone asks, I've gone to put this stuff in the store.

OK?

SHE SIGHS

BELL TOLLS

OK, Dylan, it's five o'clock. Test starts now.

Do you want to get a coffee?

SHE SIGHS

One day, I'm gonna look back on all of this...

...and I'm gonna ask myself, "Did I do the right thing for the kids?"

Saying nothing.

Doing nothing during all this shit you've put us through.

No, I do not want to get coffee.

DOG BARKS

BARKING CONTINUES

Come on.

DOG BARKS

Can I help you? SHE GASPS

Sorry, erm... boring... routine check.

I'm looking for Edward Lamont.

Edward or Eddie? If you want Eddie, you've found him.

And if I want Edward? I don't mind waiting.

You're gonna be waiting a while. Dad died just before Christmas.

I'm sorry. No, don't be.

All these women came out the woodwork, all this other stuff.

In, in! Shh, shh! In, in!

You spend all your time thinking you know a guy,

taking his word for things, turns out he's capable of all sorts.

Do you, erm, wanna see the death certificate? No.

I don't mind, if it helps you with... Sorry.

In! Go, go.

CAR ENGINE STARTS

Before we tell you what we think, I want to say well done to you.

Mr Bowman showed me your essay,

and it's clear you did a lot of reading on the subject,

so we first want to commend you on that.

What do you say? Thank you.

He put a lot of work in, didn't you, mate?

It's very important to him, playing in the rugby.

And getting better at history. Yeah, absolutely.

That's the point of this.

We both took a look at your essay,

and there was a lot of great work in it,

but neither of us felt that we saw the improvement that we were after.

Chamberlain hesitated. But I'm saying the opposite.

Failed to stand up.

But what I'm saying is that he didn't want a war

in a "far away country".

Exactly. We went through that in class.

A man who fails to address his problems.

You try and make the argument that it's honourable.

It's probably easier to argue that it's weak or cowardly.

So does this mean I can't play in the match?

DOOR SLAMS

25 grand a fucking year, and for what?

Oh, fuck off!

After what you've done to her?! My mum!

Stop it! This isn't about me!

It's not about me! They're not punishing me!

You don't... You don't get it.

OK, they're punishing you! I'm angry because of you!

Dylan...

Come on.

MUSIC ON RADIO: 'Back On 74' by Jungle

? Ooh, ooh, ooh, where did it go?

? Back on 74

? Call this place my home

? Never gonna cry any more... ?

? Ooh, let it go, let it go

? Let it go, ooh

? Go? Back on 74... ?

DOORBELL RINGS

MUSIC BLARES

Annie!

? Let it go, where did it all go? ?

Annie!

? All go? ? FAINTLY: Annie!

? Never gonna cry any more Where did... ?

Annie! Open the door!

MUSIC STOPS

Annie, it's me! I'm at the door! Craig, sor...

Sorry, sorry, I was getting a bit carried away.

Oh, there you are.

Left me standing around here like some sort of fucking idiot.

Jesus Christ! HE BANGS ON DOOR

Open the fucking door.

Annie... open the door.

Fuck it, I'll use my own key, then.

DOOR RATTLES

Ah, fuck, fuck!

HE BANGS ON DOOR

You can't go locking me out of my own fucking house, Annie.

Jesus Christ.

What are you gonna do, feed me through the fucking letterbox?

HE BANGS ON DOOR Fucking hell.

I don't know. HE BANGS ON DOOR

I thought you'd moved beyond all this, all these games.

HE SIGHS

Annie, I have the forensics report for the handbag.

HE SCOFFS ECHOING: Do you wanna see it or not?

HE BANGS ON DOOR

ECHOING: Hello! I know you can see me.

I'm doing everything right here. To the letter.

Oh, this is bullshit.

HE BANGS ON DOOR Fuck this.

CLATTERING, GLASS SMASHES

KEYS RATTLE

HE BANGS ON DOOR, SHE EXHALES

Is that your plan - to get me to shout at you on door camera?

I know you're there.

Look, there's the forensic report. HE BANGS ON DOOR

I was so looking forward to bringing it to you.

Now look what you're making me do - breaking into my own fucking house!

HE BANGS ON DOOR

HE BANGS ON DOOR

I love you.

Remember? I love you.

I hate it when you make us fight like this.

It triggers me. You know it does. Why would you do that?

No wonder they ended up going to the papers.

SHE BREATHES SHAKILY

CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

CAR ENGINE STARTS

SHE BREATHES SHAKILY

BIRDS CHIRP

CLOCK TICKS

DOORBELL RINGS

She'll talk to you.

But not in the house.

ALANA: Paul says I need to go to the police.

Says... some of that stuff in Mum's diary

is stuff they need to be aware of.

But before we go, Dad, I need to ask you a question.

I need you to turn around

and look me in the eye so I can ask you the question.

And I need you to tell me the truth.

Turn around.

Dad?

Did you kill Mum?

Couldn't you have just let her go?

CAR DOOR CLOSES

I'm sorry, Sir, but they didn't want it.

They didn't want what you had to say.

Sorry, what does that mean? Well, they didn't like my essay.

They didn't like the fact that I came to you

and I asked you for help.

And you couldn't. You didn't teach me.

Y-You messed it up.

Dylan, I'm sorry you feel like that, but that's not...

You were teaching me for yourself.

You were thinking of yourself when you were talking to me.

Your best player, and you still... you fuck it up!

Don't use that word! Why?

You gonna take it out on me again?

What your wife did with my dad, that's your fault, it's not mine!

HE SIGHS

You wouldn't pick yourself, Sir.

Because you're a pussy.

Don't use that word. You're a pussy!

Just watch your mouth. No, Sir! You watch my mouth!

You don't fight.

You give everyone this speech

about how everyone should "have each other's backs",

yet you don't do shit for anyone!

No wonder people are pointing fingers.

No wonder everyone's gone.

What are you gonna do about it?

Go on, Sir. W-What are you gonna do to fix it?

That's what I thought.

I'm sorry.

If he makes you happy, who am I to judge?

I'm gonna back off.

CHATTER

Guv? Guv, the daughter's here.

Wants to give us a new statement. Here.

ALANA'S VOICEMAIL: 'Hello, you've reached Alana Polly's phone.

'Please leave a message, and I'll get back to you.'

PHONE RECONNECT CHIME

I wanna tell you everything, but I want Paul to stay.

Alana, this is all on your terms.

Erm...

There'd been a lot of fighting between Mum and Dad.

That's the first thing.

In the evenings,

er, one time after they thought I was teaching,

but I was still in the house.

She was scared of him.

IVAN: 'You think she was scared?' 'I know she was.'

She told you?

She wrote it in her diary.

We had Mum's diary. I...

I took the pages out because they were private.

And where are those pages now?

They burned them, her and Michael.

She's worried that she's gonna get in trouble for that,

but I've said that she shouldn't be.

It's best to tell you everything.

That's right, Alana. Erm... SHE SNIFFLES

Alana, as long as you tell us the truth,

you've nothing to be worried about, OK?

She was scared of him. That's what it said.

And I've been thinking about it ever since.

How... I've lived with him all this time,

that he loves me.

But I don't really know him.

'You know, what he feels.'

NIRA: What he felt about your mum?

And what he feels about you? About anything.

They don't... do they?

Men like that, they tell you the practical stuff,

but they never let you in.

They can't.

Then we went to see him this morning, didn't we?

Yeah, I wanted to ask him...

...to his face.

If he killed your mum?

You asked him that?

He didn't say anything.

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