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Take your hands off me!

Your hand was around his neck, Michael.

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

We need to discuss Dylan's academic work.

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

25 grand a year. And for what?

They're punishing you.

I'm angry because of you! 'Have you seen it?'

"Bradley family claims no new lead in over a decade"

and "never feeling like Tina is the priority".

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

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

Did you kill Mum?

Couldn't you have just let her go?

No wonder people are pointing fingers.

No wonder everyone's gone.

I wanted to ask him to his face.

If he killed your mum? He didn't say anything.

'To be clear, you think he did it?'

He didn't deny it. He just had this look on his face, like...

...everything was over.

And him saying nothing... PHONE RINGS

...that was his way of saying that you were right?

No.

No, that's how we got here in the first place.

He's not capable...

...of saying anything.

Ma'am?

Incident at the school. Ambulances called.

Annie...

I've been talking to the people here.

They got to him just in time. And there's this.

It's addressed to you.

"I am to blame for the death of Sarah Polly."

Not even "the death of my wife".

Sarah Polly.

Like she's someone who lives down the road.

There's a separation there. It's not a confession.

It's a tacit confession.

It's an admission he wasn't enough. That's what he's been saying.

He blames himself for her death, not her murder.

Annie, you know, sometimes, the most obvious thing

is the thing that's happened.

More often than not, in fact.

So, once the psychiatrist says we're allowed in,

we put this to him again.

What he meant by this note. If he killed Sarah.

I don't think he did.

Then you need to find a way to eliminate him.

That's allowed now? I'm back on the team?

You were never off it. I was litter picking.

Logging. Litter logging.

What I'm saying is if you're so sure that he's innocent,

get out there and prove it. OK.

Er, no visitors. Not yet. Dad.

Dad! Dad, please!

Dad, please, please... Listen, please move away.

Please keep away from the door!

I need to know why you did this!

Dad, Dad.

Dad, please... Stand back.

Dad. Tell me why.

Dad...

♪ Earthquakes, wind and fire

♪ Oh, still small voice of calm. ♪

Please sit down.

Now, despite what some of you might have heard,

there will be no changes to today's timetable.

Tomorrow, we will host the final rugby game of the season as planned.

Your attendance at that, especially at a time

when we could all benefit from pulling together...

...well, it's positively encouraged.

Whatever's happened over these past few weeks, however awful,

I want you all to remember

it is not the fault of any of you here.

Here's one for you.

If he murdered her, Michael, what about his car?

Fine, thanks, Annie, how are you

He'd have had to have move the body to the woods, wouldn't he?

So, unless he gave her a piggyback down there,

he would've had to drive.

So what did forensics say they found in the car?

Nothing. Nothing? Nothing incriminating.

That's what I thought. Only cos they shared it.

Forensics found plenty of evidence of Sarah present in the car,

but you'd expect that.

It doesn't prove anything either way.

Are you OK? Yeah.

I don't think he did it.

I've gotten to know him, Duncan.

I've spent a lot of time with him.

And I don't think he's the person who's killed Sarah.

I'm worried we're gonna end up charging the wrong guy here.

So you want to show he couldn't have done it?

Exactly, because if he can't have done it,

he can't have done it.

Even if he says he did. Yes.

Let's look at it all again.

Thank you. That's all right.

It's not so much the car, it's the boot.

He'd have had to put the body in the boot.

So we're after blood, saliva, hair,

anything that indicates that she... she was made to lie in the back.

Well, there's no blood... OK.

Nothing here about any saliva. Mm-hm.

421-B and C.

Head hairs belonging to... V1.

Sarah Polly.

OK. That still doesn't mean he, erm...

It doesn't mean he did anything, does it?

There could've been hair... There could be hair

on the collar of her jacket, and she put the jacket in the boot.

Yeah, exactly, on the collar.

That would explain it, yes. It would, yeah.

Like you say, it doesn't prove anything either way, does it?

Thanks. It's all right.

Does he not want to see me because of what he did to Mum,

or because of what he tried to do in the woods?

That's what I can't work out.

He told you he did it.

That's what you need to keep in the front of your mind.

He sat in that car, and he admitted it.

No, he didn't deny it. And that's different.

Well, why would he write that note? Well, we haven't read any note.

Or do what he tried to do in the woods? Because...

his wife has been murdered,

and his daughter has accused him of doing it.

So deny it. He's not like that.

Why not? Because he's not programmed like that.

He's not a violent man. He is, according to Trudy.

And Rory, and the detective he was fighting with outside.

You suspected him too, remember?

I'm trying to work it out. Well, don't.

I'm telling you I'm not sure,

so just support me, OK? DOOR CLOSES

KNOCK ON DOOR

Visitor.

I thought you said she wasn't allowed to be here any more?

She's not. I need to speak to you, Alana.

I know what people are saying.

What are people saying? That he attacked one of the boys.

Is that what they're saying?

He was never like that with us, with me, growing up. He...

He loved Mum. He loved her.

And I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I know I came to you.

But now I'm not sure, and he won't talk to me.

Don't be sorry, Alana, please.

Because I don't think your dad did it either.

I really don't, OK?

Now, the problem I have

is that I think he wants people to think he did it.

Michael, we need to talk to you.

But we can't do that here. It has to happen at the station.

So we need to arrest you. Do this properly.

Come on now.

Tell us what you meant in that note.

And then you can tell us what you did to Sarah.

When you did it. We need your help with that.

When did you move her body, Michael? Was it in the night?

During the day? Which day? We need that for the CPS.

I can't remember.

Alana came to us, Michael.

If you won't do it for us, do it for her.

Explain.

It was Wednesday.

It would've been a Wednesday.

PHONE LINE RINGS

Wednesday - that's when he thinks he did it.

'I need you to go through his diary with his secretary.'

If there's a gap on that Wednesday, we're close.

But it cuts both ways. If there's no gap, we rule him out.

Not necessarily.

Ivan, why confess to murder and give the wrong time?

'Let's just check, OK?'

I'll ring you back when I know.

Lessons are blue, staff meetings red.

Anything else is green.

I mean, it's been the same routine for years.

There. Wednesday the 25th. It's the same as every Wednesday.

There's always a gap at four o'clock,

in case we need to put something in,

like a meeting or if he needs to pop out.

Why?

Only you and Michael have access to this?

Michael never looks at this. Michael keeps it all up here.

But if you do need to put something in, something last minute... Hm.

...and he never looks at this, then where does that go?

That goes in his diary.

His diary? On his desk... normally.

"No good with technology".

'I know the one you mean.'

Oh. Found it, got it.

23rd, 24th, 25th.

And?

It just says "keep clear".

This his handwriting or yours? His.

Definitely his.

His. Sorry, what does this mean?

It means I'm gonna need to take this with me.

BOOK SNAPS SHUT

CLAMOURING

For the tape, I am Detective Constable Nira Barker.

Also present... Detective Inspector Ivan Pemberley.

Kyra Doyle, appropriate adult.

Michael, you have been arrested for the murder of your wife, Sarah.

You've been offered a solicitor, but you've declined.

That is correct? Yes, Michael?

Yes. That's correct.

Michael, I want to be clear.

Nothing you have told us outside of this room is on the record.

So now is your chance,

given what you've wrote in your note to DS Cassidy,

to explain everything that has happened.

'So, why don't we start with the Monday,

'the day of the rugby match?

'Then let's talk about Wednesday

'when you set aside time in your diary.

'We do this once, Michael, then it's over, for everyone.'

OK? MICHAEL COUGHS

'Do you understand what we're saying, Michael?'

Yes, I understand.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Can I have a word, please?

Yeah, of course.

You better have some massive fucking bombshell for me...

You can't continue that interview. No? Why?

Why? Look at him. He's not OK.

Well, the psychiatrist will disagree with you.

This has all been done the proper way. Next.

"Next"? Next question.

Listen to yourself. Unless you don't have a question...

Doesn't matter what the psychiatrist says.

He's in there with an appropriate adult.

Who's about 15 years old. I mean, look at him.

Look at him with your own eyes, for Christ's sake.

Look at the state he's in.

He's carrying a lot of guilt. He's suffering.

He needs support.

"Protect and serve". Do you remember that? Protect him.

Then if he's done it, we will get to that!

What...?

Erm... He wants Annie.

DOOR CLOSES

Interview suspended at 13:44.

MACHINE BEEPS

There's a... There's a great cafe across the street.

I often go there, you know,

if ever there's half an hour where I'm not needed.

DOOR OPENS, DOOR CLOSES

When we sat here two weeks ago...

...when you insisted on seeing a detective,

turned out to be me, I thought straight away,

"He's a man who's most likely killed his wife.

"He knows he needs to come and talk to us before we go and talk to him."

And then there was times where I was certain you hadn't done it.

Now I don't know what to think.

I tell you who deserves to know the truth.

Alana.

I can't.

You owe her that.

I can't see her.

She's lost her mum, Michael.

Please don't let her lose her dad.

'Because she loves her dad very, very much.'

We'll be as quick as we can. I'll call you back.

He wants to talk to you.

SIREN WAILS

DOOR BUZZES

KEYPAD BEEPS

None of this is admissible. It's not even being recorded.

You want us to stop it? I wouldn't. This is her job.

Family liaison officer.

'There's a difference, isn't there?'

Between feeling responsible for a crime

and actually committing it.

That's what Alana deserves to understand, Michael.

It's better to know her father killed her mother

than never to find out.

Please tell her.

She's right, Dad. Just tell me.

HE COUGHS

Do you remember I, erm...

...I told you about my predecessor?

How he told me not to let the job overwhelm me.

Well, it didn't just overwhelm me.

It defined me.

What do you mean?

When parents are thinking about...

sending their children to the school...

...I'm the person they look to.

I represent the sort of man that our school creates.

Serious and strong and a leader, in charge.

But in the end, that's all I was.

That man.

It wasn't just at school.

It was my whole life.

At home.

So that when your mum needed me...

...when she needed me to...

...to admit that things were going wrong,

that she needed change...

...I wouldn't.

And I wasn't there for her. I wasn't.

Even when we were in the same house, same room.

And in the end, she stopped trying.

Then we stopped talking.

And I could see her.

I could see my wife.

I knew what was happening, and I didn't...

...I didn't do anything.

I just let it happen.

I didn't know the words. I didn't know...

I didn't know how to let her see me.

HE SNIFFLES And that's not strength, is it?

That's not winning. That's just...

...defeat after defeat.

I failed her.

I failed her as a husband...

...and as a partner.

And I failed as a teacher, and I failed you...

...as a father. I'm sorry.

PHONE CHIMES

PHONE RINGS

Hello? That gap on the Wednesday.

He was interviewing a teacher for a languages job.

You sure? 'Yes.'

Because I asked him to keep it clear.

Are you 100% positive? 'Yes.'

Cos she stormed off. It was a total bloody disaster.

'But that is not you. That is the school.'

And we have been making these boys, for all these years.

And we've... we've been...

We've been wrong. I've been wrong.

'And I still am... pig-headed and arrogant and...'

And the damage that I've caused, it's still happening.

Dylan came to me, and he was so angry.

He was angry at me, and...

...the affair and the adults who should know better.

'We're just fucking up his life.'

And what I did...

What I did, I can't...

...I can't forgive myself for what happened.

'For what happened to who... Dad?'

For what happened to Mum?

Did you do it?

Dad.

Please.

Did you do it?

No.

Do you promise? Yes.

Well, then, who did?

If it wasn't you, you must have some idea.

Who would be this angry with her? Who would do this to Mum?

Dylan.

What if it's Dylan?

We need to tread extremely carefully.

We work with the school, and we are light touch.

Annie, given how you know the staff,

and Ivan, as SIO, you go down there, but that is it.

This stays amongst us. No-one breathes this to anyone.

Yeah. It's a theory, nothing more.

And Annie's right. It's no-one's idea of a good result.

GIRLS GIGGLE

We need to have a conversation, regarding one of your pupils.

Are you the teacher in charge here?

No, I'm head of the sixth form, but if you tell me which pupil...

Who is the teacher in charge? That's Mr Bowman now.

But he's popped home to get a trophy for the end of the match.

WHISTLE BLOWS

CLAMOURING

It's the trophy we were given when I was a boy at the school.

The last team to go Invictus, back in '96.

I thought, at the final whistle, if we've won the game,

I could present it there and then.

Erm, where in the hell have I...?

Ah. Rory, I'm here because I need to talk to you about Sarah's murder.

I want to ask you about Dylan Sedgwick.

Have a look at his timetable, ask about his behaviour.

Has it changed in recent weeks?

Obviously, this is a very sensitive subject,

and nobody's pointing the finger yet, but we're just...

Well, we're asking for your help. No, no, no, of course.

I mean, I can't believe I'm saying this, but...

he's had his problems, Dylan, aggression issues and so on.

Oh, sorry. HE CHUCKLES

I can barely, er... It's OK, you can take a minute.

Sarah had an affair with his father. Awful, slimy guy.

Oh, Christ.

He's playing a rugby match now, yes?

We can let them finish. He's not playing.

No, he fell behind academically. Like I said, he had his issues.

I think we go back.

Let the game finish, let our visitors go,

then we talk to him and his parents together.

How does that sound? That sounds great, yes. Thank you.

Give it a slam. It doesn't shut otherwise.

CAR ENGINE STARTS

HORN BEEPS

LOCK CLICKS

PHONE RINGS

DOOR OPENS

Annie?

Annie?

Annie, are you in here?

Annie, I can explain.

OK, good.

Explain.

'You might have misunderstood what's happened here.'

Tell me what's happened here.

I was in those woods.

I went there, yes, but afterwards, after Sarah's body had been found.

You went there? To look.

And that's where I lost it, the key.

This is about the key? Yeah.

I'm just pleased you found it.

I've been wondering where on earth I put it...

Why did go to the scene and not tell anyone?

That's a bit odd, isn't it?

Well, maybe it fell out of my pocket.

Just... Just...

I'm not calling anyone.

No-one's coming. There's no back-up.

And I've just switched that phone off, look.

Just you and me.

You're upset about Sarah.

Look...

She clearly meant a lot you. No, no, no.

Did she mean a lot to you? HE EXHALES SHARPLY

HE SIGHS

We'd known each other for years.

Yeah, he was not what she deserved. Michael?

I tried to kiss her once,

made a move after a night out with the teachers.

And she said she couldn't, that she mustn't.

And she was right cos she was married.

Otherwise, it would've worked out... between us.

You know, that's the tragedy.

HE SNIFFLES And when all the crap started,

you know, she looked after me, Sarah.

What crap? Teachers.

Female teachers. One of them accused me of...

I never... I never did anything.

But I'm a single man.

And if I like someone, why... why can't I try and, you know...?

How else does anyone make their feelings known?

They said it wasn't the only occasion...

...and that there'd been a complaint

and that the school might get a reputation,

that female teachers might not apply.

And she convinced Mike to give me a final chance.

She was very important to you.

Yes! Yeah.

Yeah?

I've never told anyone that.

And then, er... I noticed the affair.

It was me, not Mike, who spotted it, so I confronted her about it.

I made her text him, Sedgwick, saying it was over.

I forced her to do that, for her own good.

And if she can't be with you, a good man like you,

she can't be with Sedgwick.

If you have an affair with a parent and that gets out...

She'd have to leave. They both would.

The school would have suffered. My... My school.

Mm-hm. And she lied to me, said it was over when it wasn't,

said she'd ended it.

So I kept telling her she should stop it

for the sake of the school, for the school.

But she kept shouting.

She kept shouting and shouting! And I...

I...

I wanted her to stop shouting, and...

That's all I wanted.

It needed to stop.

It's...

I never... I'm the last person in the world

who'd ever wanna do anything like that.

I-I really am.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

Rory, from what you're saying, it sounds more like an accident.

Yeah. You know, stuff goes wrong.

People have arguments, and things just...

they just get out of hand, don't they?

I mean, I've seen it. Yeah.

I've seen too much of it, but, you know,

I've also seen men like you...

good men like you have their lives absolutely ripped to shreds

when it's not their fault.

It wasn't my fault.

We need to talk about this at the station

because I know that you're gonna want to explain this to them too.

No, I can't. I can't do that.

I understand that this is very scary.

But you have my word, you are gonna be looked after.

I'm not... I'm not ready. Listen. Listen to me.

I'm not... I'm not ready. Rory, you might even find it a relief.

Just to tell the truth just the way you have with me there.

That's a brave thing to do, and you are a brave man.

And it is the right thing to do for Sarah.

For Sarah. For Sarah.

Sarah. And do you know what would be good?

What would be a good way to tell your story at the station,

is if there was... if there was some way we could

prove that you didn't have any kind of problem with Sarah, personally.

I didn't. I loved her. I know.

I can see you loved her very, very much.

But if we are gonna show that, it would be good

if we could find some sort of way to prove...

...that you were...

...close.

How do we do that?

Er...

Hold on, hold on.

DRAWER OPENS Here.

I have photos.

I could bring these.

This is my first year as a teacher, here. And...

This is us at the pub, laughing.

And that's me and Sarah together.

There's us holding hands.

I could show you all these.

It's a good plan.

I'm really sor... I'm really sorry.

I'm sorry.

HE BREATHES SHAKILY

God.

OK. HE CRIES

It's OK.

SHOUTING AND CHEERING OUTSIDE

Do you know none of what happened is your fault?

But it's OK to be angry, you know? We're all fucking angry.

If you want, we can talk? I don't wanna talk.

I know you don't want to talk, but...

Come on, you're better than this, sitting in here, all pent up.

Go out there and watch the game.

If they're gonna lose, then stand there and lose with them.

Go on. Go and do it for yourself.

'Two weeks since the disappearance

'of the teacher Sarah Polly, and tonight, a major update.

'A man known to Mrs Polly for many years

'arrested on suspicion of her murder.

'With more updates promised in the coming hours,

'sources close to the investigation

'describe this as a significant step forward.'

Craig.

You're gonna have to find a way to tell him, Annie.

CAR DOOR OPENS

CAR DOOR CLOSES

Not long after your Mum and I met...

...she invited me to a concert in Edinburgh.

This is a recording of that concert.

'Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major'

I've been listening to it the... the last couple of weeks.

It's beautiful. Yeah.

Yes, I always thought so.

MUSIC CONTINUES

And afterwards, we went for a drink...

...and your mum said...

...she thought we were at the start of something.

She said she thought life was about to change.

And she was right.

I, er...

I could feel it.

Was that exciting?

I was terrified.

Because I didn't know what was going to happen next.

I always get frightened when I don't know what's going to happen next.

The cellist.

That's your mum.

MUSIC SWELLS

MUSIC CONTINUES

Hey. How are you?

MUSIC FADES

Well done on the case.

So, here it is.

The full report on the Tina handbag.

The database searches, the forensics.

There's so much new stuff in here, Annie.

Very excited about where we're gonna take this next.

Go on.

Come on.

This is a long and complicated case, this one, Craig.

You're telling me.

This stuff might help, might not, but...

...but we won't be doing anything next.

What? Me and you.

Not the Tina Bradley case. Not on anything.

Annie... We will not be doing anything next.

It's over, Craig.

It's over.

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