All language subtitles for New Tricks - S07E04 - Dark Chocolate

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Fintan MacEntee'?

Detective Superintendent
Pullman.

Jack Halford.
Interesting choice of venue.

Well, I wanted to meet you two
somewhere there was no chance

of bumping into
any of my fellow countrymen.

Here'?

Believe you me,

no self-respecting Irishman
would be seen dead

in this place.

So, I think I know what you
want to talk to me about.

Barbara Linden-Warner.

Kidnapped August '83 from
the Mayfair Hotel, London.

She was 18.

Yes, I know all this.

Yeah, I know you do,
because three days later,

your organization
phoned the press

and claimed responsibility.

Former organization.

The Republican Front disbanded
and decommissioned

a long time ago.

Whatever.
And then last week,

you told
a completely different story.

You read the interview, then.

When you were asked
about Barbara's abduction,

you said you only got involved
because of the publicity,

because of the outrage
it would cause

and now you deeply regret it.

And I do.

So, how come it took 27 years
and a newspaper article

for you to come forward?

PULLMAN:
Wouldn't have anything to do

with you running for the
European Parliament, would it'?

HALFORD: You don't often find
abduction and murder

in an MEP's manifesto.

Most MEPs didn't grow up
in Belfast in the '70s.

Maybe you've heard about it.

It was a dark time.

Terrible things happened.

Oh, yes, your troubled youth.

You know, you ought to write
a book about it.

Oh!

You did.

All right, listen.

I'm sorry I didn't
come forward earlier,

but I'm sure you'll understand

that someone with my history
might find it difficult

to walk into a London
police station.

Anyway, it's all out
in the open now.

I saw the light
when I was sent to the Maze.

I'm not interested
in your life story.

I just want to know

Whether what you said
in that interview was true.

Of course it was.

The Republican Front did not
kidnap or kill that girl.

We simply saw an opportunity
to raise our profile

by claiming responsibility.

And maybe give Barbara's father
a few sleepless nights.

Sir Kenneth, Managing Director
of Linden-Warner Industries,

one of the companies
that supplied the RUC

with plastic bullets.

We'll be in touch, Mr. MacEntee.

Have you read it'?

Not really.

I don't like fiction.

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# 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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Oh, he didn't do it'?

That's what the former
Irish terrorist told you, is it'?

Yes, Gerry.

Yeah, what else did he say'?
He knows Where Shergar is'?

You're not the only one
with reservations, all right'?

I should bloody well hope not.

Just think of the girl's family.

Nearly 30 years of not knowing
what actually happened to her.

And that's why
we're taking the case.

Yeah, all right, all right.

Just don't expect me to be happy

about helping
MacEntee's political campaign.

HALFORD:
Oh, he's a man of peace now.

He just wants to teach the world
to sing in perfect harmony.

PULLMAN:
Cheers, Jack!

Well, he was never much of
a terrorist in the first place.

Do what?

LANE: What?
The Republican Front?

They were always minor league.

Basically,
a bunch of Wannabe thugs.

Exhibit A.

STANDING: I've seen that picture
before, haven't I'?

Yeah, because it was everywhere
in the summer of '83.

You know,
that pub riot in Kilburn,

The Duke of Wellington.

Yeah, some shop windows got
smashed, and the pub was looted.

Oh, that's right, yeah.

Two young uniformed lads
steamed in there

'cause the paddies
were all drinking after hours.

Well, Fintan MacEntee
was one of those arrested

and hence captured
for posterity.

Right, take a look
at the case files.

Come on, get on with it!

This case
is full of bad decisions.

Yes, starting with the family

not getting in touch
with the kidnap squad

until after they paid
the ransom.

By the time
the investigation had started,

the trail had gone cold.

Which might be why the
investigation centered mostly

around the Irish angle.

Well, they didn't have
a lot to go on.

They should have explored
every angle.

That was their job.

So, it's all the Met's fault,
is it?

I'm not saying that.

But I remember
what it was like in '83.

Everyone was on high alert.

Terrorism
makes people terrified,

and terrified people
do not make good decisions.

PULLMAN:
What do you think?

Well, the girl was at a big posh
do at the Mayfair Hotel.

Her boyfriend said
that between 8:30 and 9:00

they had a bit of a row,
she stormed out,

and basically
was never seen again.

The alarm was raised
the following morning

when the boyfriend went round to
the house and she wasn't there.

And then this arrived.

"We have your daughter.

We will return her
when Ireland is free once more.

Do not speak to police."

"When Ireland is free
once more"?

LANE:
I know.

In '83, there was definitely
no sign of that happening.

If I'd have got this note,
I'd have thought she was dead.

Maybe, but then this arrived
48 hours later.

"Ten thousand quid to the place
on the map by midnight.

Then to Fleet services.
M Three.

Call police, we kill her."

Someone obviously decided
they needed the money.

Is it just me...

LANE: Yeah, I know.
They're different.

The first one's
much more formal.

Yeah, and it's
properly punctuated. Look.

They've even out out full stops
from the newspaper.

And they've used two different
typefaces on this ransom demand.

And a different type again
on the first note.

All right, we're going to go
back to the beginning

and investigate this
as a kidnap,

not an act of terrorism.

Hold on. Linden-Warner
Industries had been threatened

by Republican groups for years.

Not just them, Gerry.

They have a fairly contentious
client list.

Nicaragua, Israel, South Africa.

PULLMAN: All right, you
and Gerry look at the hate mail

and see if there are
any specific threats.

Okay.

But what about
the specific threat in that?

All right, Gerry,
I haven't forgotten.

I'm just trying to review
the evidence with an open mind,

if it's okay with you.

Open minds?

Yeah, it's fine with me.

PULLMAN: Not everyone's feeling
the credit crunch, I see.

HALFORD: You never see arms
manufacturers on the breadline.

We can always afford a war.

Detective Superintendent
Pullman, ma'am.

Thank you.

Lady Elizabeth, thank you
for agreeing to see us.

This is Jack Halford.

How do you do'?

I've been expecting you
ever since...

We read the article.

He was lying, wasn't he'?

We're not sure,

which is why we want to reopen
the investigation.

Good.
That's good.

I mean, I know
there's very little chance

you'll find my daughter alive,

but...

Of course.

Oh, please sit down.

Thank you.

I just want to know
Where she is,

Where she's been all this time.

I'm sorry.

Please excuse me.

Michael, I need you to talk
to these people.

I can't...

What the hell's going on'?

I'm Detective Superintendent
Pullman.

HALFORD:
Jack Halford.

Is this about Barbara

and what that idiot said
in his interview?

You do know that he's running
for election?

Yes, we're aware of that.

Well, do you not find it
all rather convenient?

It had crossed our minds, yes.

We can see how upset
my mother is.

I just don't think
there's anything to be gained

from dragging all this up.

If we can give your mother
some answers...

But we all know what the final
answer to all this will be.

My sister is dead.

We'd like want to find out
exactly what happened.

Don't you think
that might help your mother?

That entirely depends on
what you find out, doesn't it'?

I'm sorry. I wonder
if I could use your, um...

Of course.
It's across the hallway.

HALFORD:
Thank you.

[Knock on door]

This is the one job
I insist on doing myself.

My wife always used to say

if you want a job doing
properly, do it yourself.

This was taken the night
Barbara went missing.

Pretty girl.

It was a very special night
for her.

That ball is the culmination
of the season.

Barbara was a deb that year.

A debutante?
Was she presented to the queen?

Oh, no.

All that had gone by then,
more's the pity.

Still, it was an honor
to be part of things.

A young lady's debut season

is a wonderful opportunity
to meet people, make friends.

Meet a young man'?

If a girl couldn't find
a good prospect for herself

during the season,

there really was no hope
for her.

Although, Barbara had
no problems in that department.

She was always
going to be popular.

So, she met Gregory Hampton
that summer?

Yes.
We were very happy.

He was from an excellent family.

MICHAEL:
That's what it was all about.

Finding a suitable husband.

I mean, all the white dresses.

Suppose you're halfway
towards a wedding already.

It's more like
a virgin sacrifice.

When did you realize
that something was Wrong?

Well, Greg arrived here
in the morning.

He thought she'd be at home.

Where did the family think
she was'?

At the ball.

Well, those things
were a marathon, not a sprint.

You stayed
until they served breakfast.

Barbara had a car laid on
for the morning.

She was supposed to come back
with her friend Kate.

Kate Smythe'?

Yes, but Kate
didn't even see her leave.

She assumed that she was with
Greg and had gone home alone.

Do you know
what the argument was about

between Barbara and Greg?

Greg didn't really remember.
Too drunk.

That was probably
what kicked things off.

Had they argued before'?

I don't think so.

I assume he had more sense.

What do you mean'?

Well, if you upset Barbara,
you upset my father,

and no one wanted to upset
my father.

Oh, I see.

So, Sir Kenneth and Barbara
were quite close.

That's an understatement.

He thought the sun rose and set
with her,

which, in many ways, it did.

She was intelligent and kind,

funny.

She certainly didn't deserve
what happened to her.

Why didn't your father call in
the police?

He thought that if he did what
he was told, paid the ransom,

then that would be that.

£10,000.

Didn't somebody question
the amount?

Should we have'?

Well, yeah, your father was
a very wealthy man.

I guess we always assumed
it wasn't about the money.

It was a political gesture.

But it was you
who took the ransom money

to the drop-off point'?

It was in the middle
of Epping Forest.

It could have been a trap.

They may have wanted to abduct
my father, so I had to go.

Very brave of you.

Oh, Dad had it Worse.

He went to Fleet and Waited
for Barbara to be released.

ELIZABETH:
He Waited...

and waited.

In fact,
he never stopped waiting.

Every day, it would start again.

Today maybe
she would come back to him.

It went on like that
for two years,

until it killed him.

She would have made
a beautiful bride,

don't you think?

I think the low ransom suggests

that it was an attack on
the family, not their wallets.

- Yeah, well --
- Oi!

Don't even think about it.

Don't start with me.

It's permit parking round here.
There's plenty of signs.

Yes, but I'm on a police
investigation, all right'?

Sandra'?

Oh, my God.
It is you.

Excuse me'?

I know it's been awhile, but...

Tracey.

Tracey Smith.

From school.

Tracey.
Yeah.

How are you doing'?

I'm not detective superintendent
or anything.

Haven't you done well
for yourself?

Yeah, I've done okay.

I expect you'll be coming, then,
to show off.

Coming Where?

School reunion, this week.

Now, you are going to be there,
aren't you, Sandra'?

I don't know.
I'm very busy.

Oh, don't say that!

'Cause there's loads of people
looking forward to seeing you.

Miss Harrington's coming.

Miss Harrington?

Yeah, you got on well with her,
didn't you'?

It must be ages
since you saw her.

Uh, I don't know.
Like I said, busy week.

I'll see what I can do.

Great.
See you there.

Yours, I think.

Right, we need to establish
a timeline of what happened

before the Linden-Warmers
called in the police.

Now, we know
that Barbara and Greg argued

around 8:30/9:00 pm.

And then Greg raised the alarm
at 9:00 the next morning.

Then the first letter arrived.

In the second post,
about midday.

Second post! Bloody hell,
those were the days.

LANE: And get this,
the Royal Mail estimates

it was posted
the night of the kidnap.

It was collected from
the post box about midnight.

Where was it posted'?

Er, Central London,
Soho postmark.

Twelve hours from post box
to front door, fantastic.

Yeah, yeah,
all hail the Royal Mail.

Thank you.

Next question.

How did the abductors know
Where Barbara would be'?

HALFORD: She was a debutante.
It was a debutante's ball.

PULLMAN:
Ah, yeah.

But she left early,
so they had to be Watching her.

Are you thinking inside job'?

Someone who knew the family,
knew their movements?

No, it's a thought.

We should take a look

at who was working for
the Linden-Warmers at the time.

Domestic staff,
people in the office.

Who had access
to their personal schedules?

Was there anyone new
in the house?

Anyone with an ax to grind'?

And did anybody hand in
their resignation

after everything had died down'?

Oh, Won't take long!

Yeah, should narrow it down
to about 10,000.

PULLMAN: Okay, the next day,
the ransom demand arrives.

With a postmark Mount Pleasant.

So, they were still in London.

Yeah, they had to hang around
for the money.

Michael Linden-Warner
delivered that to Epping Forest

at midnight as requested.

But they still didn't
return Barbara,

so, finally, the Linden-Warmers
called in the police.

Have I missed anything?

Yeah, yeah, this mob,
the Republican Front,

they phoned the Evening Standard
that night

and said they had Barbara.

Okay, what about
the ransom amount?

Don't you think that 10 grand
is a little low

for a professional job'?

You think that's what it was'?

Well, it had to be,
with an insider.

All the forward planning
with the letters.

The fact that they snatched
Barbara in central London

Without any Witnesses.

No one ever finding the body.

If it wasn't an inside job,

that would involve Watching
the family,

working out their movements.

That's a lot of work
for a small payout.

Exactly what I'm thinking.

STANDING:
What do you do, Mr. Hampton?

GREGORY: I'm a journalist.
I work from home.

Let me move these
and you can take a seat.

They're all waiting to go
to the recycling center later.

Thank you.

I do wish all the broadsheets
would give in and go tabloid.

It would save my back.

Sorry, I'm going on.

It's just, I'm not sure what
I can tell you about Barbara.

Let's start with what you
quarreled about that night.

Well, I was quite drunk.

Not so drunk
that you didn't remember

to go round and apologize to her
the next morning.

Unless you're saying
that you couldn't remember

what you were apologizing for'?

STANDING: So, you'd had
a couple of drinks,

but what else happened
before the argument?

Was there any dancing
or anything?

No, not with my two left feet.

PULLMAN: Okay, whereabouts
in the hotel were you

when the row kicked off'?

We were in one of
the hotel rooms.

It was supposed to be romantic.

It was the last ball
of the summer.

I'd ordered
a bottle of champagne

and maybe drunk
a little too much of it.

It was Dutch courage.

To do what?

To propose.

I had the ring.

I went down on one knee
and popped the question.

And what was the answer?

A resounding no.

That's what the argument
was about.

She was supposed to say yes,
drink the champagne, and...

Make use of the room'?

That's how I imagined it going,
yes.

So, you must have felt
very frustrated

when it all went Wrong.

I know what you're thinking,
and I know how it sounds.

That's why I didn't come clean
at the time.

But I never -- I mean, we just
had an argument, that's all.

It didn't get physical.

Did she give you any reason
for saying no'?

That's what made me so angry.
She Wouldn't say.

I honestly thought
it was what she wanted.

What happened next?

She left.

I stayed in the room and drank
the rest of the champagne

and passed out on the bed.

The next morning,
I woke up with a hangover

and a desperate need
to speak to her.

So I went straight round
to the house.

You know the rest.

There are no witnesses
to all this, I assume.

Well, no.

I appreciate I should have said
something at the time,

but Sir Kenneth was upset enough

Without me giving him
the details

of my plans
to deflower his daughter.

Hey, you're back.

Yes.
Hi, I'm Amy, Greg's wife.

They're from the police.

They're looking into
the Linden-Warner kidnap again.

Oh, God.

Barbara.

Wow, that's a blast
from the past.

You knew her'?

Oh, we were debs together
that year.

PULLMAN:
Were you close'?

You know how you are at the age.

Friends with everyone you meet.

Did Barbara know about you two'?

Oh, no.

Not then.

It was at least a year
after Barbara went missing

before we
even saw each other again.

We bumped into each other at
one of the post-season weddings.

And you were not that interested
even then.

She took some wooing, this one.

But I wore down her resistance.

You mean you cheated.

How do you mean, cheated?

Oh, well, there were
so many weddings that summer.

But I seemed to be placed next
to Greg at every single one.

It was only later that I found
out he'd been phoning the brides

and asking them to alter
the seating plans.

Nobody on the staff
would have been involved.

Nobody on the staff
would have been involved.

You can't be absolutely sure
of that.

You'd had threats.

MICHAEL:
We had security in place.

Everybody did back then.

What sort of security?

Just the usual things,
being vigilant.

Packages coming into
the building were checked.

Any cars parked
near the building.

And anyone who worked here
or at the house

was subject to a security check.

But your sister
was still abducted.

We didn't have
personal security,

bodyguards
or anything like that.

Dad wanted us to have
as normal a life as possible.

[Clattering]

He thought that if we let
those people have an impact,

change things too much,
then they'd have won.

Still, apart from your parents,

who else would have known about
Barbara's comings and goings?

MICHAEL:
Our driver, Keith.

He didn't have a schedule
as such,

but he was just told Where to go
as and when he was needed.

Usually, Miss Jones
would coordinate that.

Miss Jones?

Dad's secretary.

She kept the diaries,
opened the mail.

It would be good
to speak to her.

She retired 25 years ago.

I shouldn't think she still has
all her chairs under the table,

that is, if she's still with us.

I don't think we even have
an up-to-date address for her.

And you came to work with
your father after the kidnap?

Well, he'd lost all interest
in the business.

The company
wasn't in serious trouble,

but it was on the edge.

The bad publicity had knocked
the share price,

so I stepped in to protect him
and the company

from any sharks
that might have been circling.

And when he died, you took over
as managing director?

Yes.
It's what he would have wanted.

So, is that how you become head

of an international
arms manufacturer?

I mean, it's that easy'?

It's not quite that simple.

Well, do you need
any qualifications?

No.

Well, it's a hell of a career
trajectory, then, isn't it'?

Two years to become
managing director.

I worked very hard for it.
It's not an easy life.

I'm not suggesting otherwise.

- Vicky will show you out.
- Thank you.

I'm going to make
that conference call now.

- No interruptions, please.
- No problem, Michael.

Well, if you gentlemen
are ready,

I'll take you downstairs.

Oh, um, if you could just
give us that address.

I'm sorry'?

Oh, he forgot to mention it,
didn't he?

Ah, you see, Mr. Linden-Warner
was going to give us an address

for Miss Jones.

Used to be
his father's secretary.

First name?

He didn't say.

I can't disturb him.

Why don't I ask him later
and e-mail it to you'?

Christmas card list!

- He said it would be on that.
- HALFORD: That's right.

You Wouldn't have a quick search
for us, would you'?

[Knock on door]

Yes.

Miss Jones?

Can I help you'?

How long did you work
for Linden-Warner Industries'?

22 years and four months.

My last duties were organizing
Sir Kenneth's funeral.

And then you retired'?

I decided it was time to leave.

Michael says you knew everything
that was going on.

In the company
and with the family.

And he's right.
I was secretary to the M.D.

It was my job to keep a close
eye on every aspect of his work,

to anticipate his needs.

That's quite a job description.

So, there was
a lot of responsibility.

Which I took very seriously.

Sir Kenneth knew
he could trust me implicitly.

In all the time I worked there,
I only took three days off.

And that was
when my mother died.

I gave my all.

And what did you get back
in return?

I don't understand the question.

Well, don't they say

secretaries are neither
well-paid or well-treated'?

Sir Kenneth treated me
with nothing but respect.

And as for the money,

I would have been happy to work
for him for half my salary.

HALFORD:
Did you know anything

about the threats
that had been made

against the company?

JONES:
I opened most of them.

Badly spelled,
full of foul language.

When the threats became
more specific,

it was me
who called in the police.

When you say specific,

were there any threats made
against the children?

No, no, no.
No, it was always Sir Kenneth.

It hardly affected
Barbara and Michael.

They led
perfectly normal lives.

Normal for children
of a multi - millionaire.

They Weren't spoiled.

Barbara was a lovely girl.

And Michael?

Michael was...Michael.

What does that mean'?

Nothing.

I hear he's doing very well
these days.

What do you think
she was implying'?

Michael Linden-Warner Wouldn't
be the first little rich boy

to get himself into trouble.

Which explains
why he was so reluctant

for us to speak with Miss Jones.

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

She's no dodderer,
that's for sure.

Mind like a steel trap.

PULLMAN:
Well, see if he's got a record.

But other than that,
security threats were just part

of the Linden-Warner
way of life.

They're still not popular
as a company.

They had the windows put in
during the G20 protests.

They were taken to court
by family.

One of their drivers was killed
delivering a shipment

to Liverpool Docks back in 1984.

STANDING:
By terrorists?

LANE:
It was a robbery,

but you have to ask who nicks a
lorry load of guns and grenades.

So, are we looking for
a multitude of suspects, then?

No, I Wouldn't think so.

Peace campaigners don't usually
resort to kidnap and murder.

It doesn't quite fit the image.

No.

But we know whose image
it does fit!

PULLMAN:
Yes, Gerry.

But like I said, open mind.

[Knock on door]

Brian's found some information
I think we should chase up.

It seems Michael Linden-Warner
was a bit of a wild child.

He's got some previous.

What for'?

Nothing very original.

Possession,
drunk and disorderly.

But there's one highlight.

An affray. He was in
the Wellington pub riot.

Well, well, well.

Oh, by the way, are you going'?

Going Where?

That reunion.

Oh, I don't know,
I hadn't thought about it.

I wasn't part of the riot.

I just happened to be in the pub
when it happened.

One minute, I'm having a drink,

the next, I'm in the back
of a police van.

You'd just gone there
for a drink'?

Yes.

HALFORD:
Kilburn doesn't strike me

as being your natural
stamping ground.

Why'? Do you think I should have
been on Sloane Square

or in Kensington'?

It's not all that big
an assumption.

You'd only just turned 20.

People of that age
usually hang about

with people
they were at school with.

Maybe I preferred
a different crowd at that time.

The Kilburn riot wasn't the
first time you'd been in a cell

for a public-order offense.

What was going on'?

What do you think?

Youthful rebellion.

I wasn't the first 20-year-old
to have a lost summer.

And who were you rebelling
against?

- Your father?
- I suppose.

How did he react
to your criminal career?

He was unhappy about it.

Unhappy enough to throw you
out of the house?

Because when you were arrested,

you gave your address as a squat
in Camden, not Holland Park.

Things came to a head.

I moved out,
and Dad out me off financially

until I came to my senses.

So, how did you hear
about the kidnap?

Miss Jones.
She came to find me.

And I came straight back home.

I knew my parents would need me.

Of course.

It just put everything
in perspective.

Yes, I was a screw-up,

but I was there
when it mattered.

It's not enough to bring him in.

But you can't really blame him

for wanting to rebel
against his parents.

Wasn't exactly
the family favorite.

PULLMAN: Not While Barbara
still drew breath.

Oh, okay.

No, no, no, we're just leaving.

Yeah, fine.

See you in the morning.
Good night.

Well'?

She'll brief us tomorrow.

Right, better be off home, then.

Doing anything special tonight?

Yeah. Hiding.

It's Esther's turn to have
her stitch and bitch group

at our house.

Stitch and what?

They all sit round
and knit and gossip.

So, you Wouldn't be averse
to a night out, then?

Where are we going'?

Oh, Gerry.

You do know how to spoil a girl.

I can't imagine
why you're still single.

[Applause]

Our slogan,
"Bringing Communities Together,"

is our watchword
for the future.

Now, some people will tell you
that we should forget the past.

Yeah, people like him.

MacENTEE:
Pretend it never happened.

But those who don't learn
from their history

are doomed to repeat it.

That's original.

Look, Gerry,
if I've got to be here,

at least let me listen
to what he's saying.

MacENTEE: But it's not too late
for the next generation.

If I have anything
to do with it,

they'll have better role models
than I had.

Better teachers, better fathers.

Not men who are corrupted
by injustice and violence.

I know it's too late for me.

I am one of those men

because of what I have seen
and what I have done.

But that does not mean

that I can't Work
toward that better future.

And I promise you, all of you,
that I will.

[Coins rattling]

[indistinct conversations]

Come on.
Let's go.

No. Doesn't it piss you off'?

Blokes like that going on
like they're heroes?

That's not what he was saying.

In fact, I think he was saying
quite the opposite.

That's not what I heard.

That's because
you couldn't quite hear him

over your preconceptions.

Yeah, but that's the problem,
innit?

He could be preaching
the gospel,

but it Wouldn't mean anything

'cause I know what he's done
in the past.

I mean, how can you give money
to a man like that?

You'd be surprised.

I've got friends with deep
pockets all over this city.

Yeah, but you're not even
standing for election in London.

There are lrishmen scattered
across the globe,

but they never forget home.

But don't worry.

I never expect any support
from the boys in blue.

How did you know?

I've spent enough time
in the company of the police

to know one when I see one.

Checking up on me,
were you, boys'?

Whatever you want to know,
just ask.

Okay.

How well do you know
Michael Linden-Warner'?

I don't.
Well, I know of him.

So, you're saying
you're never met him'?

Not even in Kilburn
for instance?

As I said, I don't know the man.

Anyway, thanks for coming.

Perhaps you'd like to take
a leaflet with you.

- You know what you can do --
- Come on, Gerry.

Esther's lot should be packing
away their needles by now.

Home, James!

Here, how do you find out

who's been making donations
to a politician?

Well, anything over five grand
has to be registered

with the Electoral Commission.

Really?

In that case, I think I'm going
back to the office for a bit.

Well, how long
are you going to be there'?

I don't know.

You'll drop me home first,
Won't you'?

Oh, leave off. You live
in the opposite direction.

Look, there's a tube station
down the road.

I don't do Tubes.

Well, get a bus, number 29.

Excuse me.

- Good evening.
- Good evening.

[Sighs]

Morning.

I told you! I knew
that slimy sod hadn't reformed.

Why do I feel like
I've just walked in

halfway through a conversation?

Last night, Brian and I
went to see Fintan

make one of his little speeches.

Why'?

For the record,
I was duped into going.

And coming home
by public flaming' transport.

I wanted to see
if I could find anything

that linked him with Michael.

And did you'?

Last month, Fintan's campaign
received a check

for £20,000

from one Michael Linden-Warner.

HALFORD:
And that's not all.

I checked Michael's address
in Camden

with Fintan's known addresses
at the time of the kidnap.

You are kidding me'?

No. They were squat mates
in Camden.

Good. We're getting there.

LANE: Well, maybe I can put us
over the top.

That second note, I thought
I recognized the typeface.

There you go,
the Camden Gazette.

Well, well, well.

We met in a pub in Kilburn.

PULLMAN: That would be
The Duke of Wellington?

Yes.
I was there to buy dope.

Fintan came round
making a collection.

For the boys'?

Yes.
I thought it was hilarious.

Kenneth Linden-Warner's son

being asked to make
a contribution

to the people
who wanted to see him dead.

I gave him fifty quid.

That's my first mistake.

Why was that?

MICHAEL:
It marked me out as a rich kid.

Soon I was Fintan's
new best friend.

Must have come
as a bit of a blow to him

when your dad
stopped bankrolling you.

It didn't go down very well.

Is that when you came up with
the plan to kidnap Barbara?

No, no.

I didn't know she was missing
until Miss Jones turned up.

And how did you feel
when she did'?

MICHAEL:
Upset.

I was frightened for my sister.

STANDING:
But it gave you a chance

to get back in with your family.

- The big returning hero.
- What was the plan?

Get Fintan to release her

as soon as you got your feet
back under the table'?

No.

Something went Wrong, didn't it'?

What happened'?
Did Fintan kill her'?

No! I'm telling you
I didn't take her.

It was nothing to do with me.

STANDING:
What about MacEntee'?

When you heard what the note
said about a free Ireland,

didn't you think your new best
mate might just be involved'?

He promised me he had nothing
to do with the kidnap,

but he said he might be able
to find out who did

if he asked around his contacts.

And?

He told me he spoke to somebody
high up in the Republican Front.

Another terrorist cell
had Barbara,

but they didn't
want to hurt her.

They just wanted to give my dad
a scare.

And you believed him'?

I was young, I was naive.

The one thing Fintan can do
is tell a good story.

He's made a career out of it.

But that's all it was
in the end.

It was nothing but talk.

And I am...

I didn't realize
until it was too late,

until Fintan had talked me
into his big idea.

Which was'?

He told me the other cell
had no intention

of asking for a ransom.

He thought
it was a missed opportunity,

a chance to make money
out of my father.

Teach him a lesson
for cutting me off.

Well, I was all for that.

So, you and he Wrote
the second note?

I told him how much money
Dad had at home in the safe.

How much he could get
at short notice

Without going to the bank
and alerting anyone.

And then I went home
and played the prodigal son.

And then you
selflessly volunteered

to make the money drop.

Where did you really take
the cash'?

Straight to
The Duke of Wellington.

What was supposed
to happen next?

They Were...
[Clears throat]

They were supposed
to let Barbara go.

Fintan said it was all arranged.

But when, uh...

...when Dad came home
empty-handed, um...

Suddenly,
I couldn't get hold of Fintan.

He wasn't at the squat
or at the pub.

My parents were falling apart,

and by that time,
the police were involved

and the press.

And, eventually,
the penny dropped.

I realized I'd been used.

But then the Republican Front
claimed responsibility.

I've told you.
The RF. didn't really exist.

Fintan had no more idea about
Where Barbara was than I did.

He was just using Barbara
to make his name.

But I couldn't tell anyone.

No, not Without
implicating yourself.

But I didn't know anything.

Not about a kidnap.

I had no idea
who'd really taken Barbara.

By that time,
you were back in the fold.

Daddy's brave boy.

What about Fintan'?

MICHAEL: I was all his birthdays
come at once.

I could never say no to him
again.

He knew too much about me.

He was blackmailing you'?

No, he was never as blunt,
but, yeah.

Over the years,
he'd turn up every now and again

with his sweaty hand out.

You could have said no.

I did six Weeks ago.

The next thing I know,

he's talking about Barbara
in an interview.

You know the rest.

Any contribution
that Michael Linden-Warner,

or any other donor
for that matter,

makes to my campaign
is entirely voluntary

and Without obligation
on my part.

It's all registered
in the Electoral Commission,

and you're very welcome to look
at my accounts at your leisure.

Nothing.
Not a flicker.

He knows we've got nothing
to take to the CPS

except Michael's word
against his.

And a load of
circumstantial evidence.

Nothing concrete.

And if we're to believe
Michael's version,

then we still don't know
who actually took Barbara.

So, Where does that leave us'?

Back to square one'?

Well, it would explain why
the two notes were so different.

They were from
two different people,

and I've identified
the typefaces.

Fintan and Michael's were
cobbled together in a squat

from the Camden Gazette
and the NME.

And the other?

Daily Telegraph.

Well, I can't see that being
regular reading in a squat.

PULLMAN: If we are looking
at two different crimes,

thinking about the kidnap,
there was no --

no ransom demand,

no claim of responsibility from
whoever Wrote the first note.

And I'm assuming that they are
the ones who actually took her.

Unless she was already dead.

Maybe we're looking at this
the wrong way round.

Not a kidnap
leading to a murder,

but a murder
leading to a kidnap.

And the Irish connection
was just to distract people.

Yeah, what was that you said
about terrified people?

Terrified people
usually make bad decisions.

So, While everyone
is rushing about

doing their best
headless chicken act,

someone else is actually getting
away with murder.

And when Michael and Fintan
interfered, they were home free.

Yeah, what do we think?

Well, it answers
all my questions.

Raises a few more.

Why would anyone
want to kill an 18-year-old

who everyone thought
was sweetness and light?

What about the bloke
who she'd knocked back?

I mean, Greg admitted
that he was alone with her.

Opportunity.

Well, he was a bit pissed.

Which would dull the senses
and quicken the temper.

And she totally rejected him.

Motive.

Okay, let's forget for a moment

that this happened
in a flashy hotel room

and they were drinking
champagne.

It is potentially
a case of domestic violence.

Because if this had happened
in a council flat

and they were
knocking back cider,

We'd be looking for a history
of domestic abuse.

Well, has he lashed out
at any Woman before'?

No, nothing on record.

No, but he doesn't take no
for an answer, does he,

Where Women are concerned.

Look at the wife.

I mean, he stalked her
from wedding to wedding.

It did seem a bit obsessive.

We should have a word
with that friend --

What's her name?

The one she was supposed
to go home with that night.

Kate Smythe.

Yeah, and you go back
and talk to Lady Elizabeth

and see if she noticed anything.

Right.

Can I help you'?

I think you should know

that we don't do lessons
or rides for tourists.

We're not that kind of stables.

We're not here for the horses.
Kate Smythe'?

Barbara and I were friends
from school.

She really was a lovely thing.

She took to all the balls
and what have you

far better than I did,

but she never left me
in a corner.

She always made sure I was okay.
Introduce me to people.

I must have been a total pain
in the ass.

So, what did you think when
she didn't come home with you

that night as planned'?

Well, it was certainly odd.

But I'd seen her earlier
with Greg,

so I just assumed
that he'd finally got his Way.

His Wicked way, you mean'?

SMYTHE:
Well, yes.

These functions, the girls were
looking for future husbands.

The boys were looking to get
their legs over the girls.

Of course, some of the girls
were more than happy to oblige.

What about Barbara?

She wasn't one of them.

Did this cause arguments
with Greg?

Oh, endless arguments.

The hours that Amy and I spent
in the loos talking it to death.

Amy Coulthard'?

Mm, Amy Hampton these days.

That was a turnout
for the books, Amy and Greg.

Was it'?

Amy was always dead set
against Greg.

Never a good word for him
while he was with Barbara.

Two years later,
they're married.

But they Weren't interested
in each other that summer?

No, like I say,
never a good word.

What was Amy's problem
with Greg?

Your guess is as good as mine.

But in the end,
she made it pretty clear

that it was either her or Greg.

Barbara couldn't be friends
with both of them.

Barbara chose Greg.

How did Amy react?

She caused a scene.

It was at a party that
the Linden-Warmers had thrown.

Everything was going fine,

but then there were
raised voices

and Amy storming down the
stairs, out into the night.

Next down was Barbara.

It was quite obvious
that they'd had it out.

And how were they
with each other after that?

Well, Amy kept her distance.

Even in that awful time
after Barbara went missing.

The rest of us Waited
and hoped, prayed.

Amy Coulthard
went to Switzerland.

To a finishing school,
for God's sake.

Finishing school? I thought
they went out with the ark.

Rather.

Even in the '80s,
they were considered archaic.

Still, she only lasted
a fortnight.

Well, how long should
she have been there, then?

Oh, it takes a year to properly
finish off a young lady.

There's a whole term on pearl
necklaces from what I hear.

Gregory'? He was always
an utter gentleman.

I'm not quite sure
what you're saying.

Well, it's just a line
of inquiry at this point.

But if there was any change
in Barbara that summer...

What sort of change?

Well, did she become Withdrawn?

Nervous? Evasive?

Mr. Halford,
she was a teenage girl.

She could be all those things

and then an hour later,
she could be Walking on air.

So there was nothing
to cause you any concern?

No, the opposite.

That summer, my daughter
absolutely blossomed.

She'd always been sweet-natured,

but over the last couple
of months before...

She was so happy, she glowed.

And was Gregory
the reason for that?

What else could it have been'?

She was in love.

Then why did she turn down
his proposal?

Greg had proposed to her'?

And she said no.

That's what they argued about,
Lady Elizabeth.

That can't possibly be right.

I told you.
Greg is a gentleman.

He Wouldn't have dreamt
of proposing

before speaking to me
or Sir Kenneth.

He asked our permission.

So, you knew that he'd proposed?

No.

I assumed he hadn't had
the opportunity.

They'd argued before
he could pop the question.

I thought she'd sabotaged him.

I think you're going to
have to explain that.

That night, I told her
to expect his proposal.

She panicked.

It was too soon.
She wasn't sure.

I had to speak to her
in quite strong terms.

You argued with her'?

ELIZABETH:
She just Wouldn't listen to me.

I told her how lucky she was
Greg had chosen her.

She said she didn't care.
She didn't choose him.

Did she say why'?

No!
She was being ridiculous.

She didn't even have a reason.

At least not one
she could tell me.

Did you feel she was holding
something back from you'?

I asked her what was wrong
with him,

and she refused to say.

You don't think
Greg was involved'?

Is that what this is all about?

There are several
lines of inquiry.

I sent her to him.

I shouted at her.

My last words to her before...

I told her not to come home

Without his ring on her finger.

Back again?

How can we help this time?

We're here to speak
to your husband.

Yeah, we want to talk to you

about the night
Barbara went missing.

Now, would you rather do that
on your own'?

Whatever you have to say
you can say in front of my wife.

Okay, so, how did you feel when
she turned your proposal down'?

Well, how do you think?

Rejected, hurt, angry.

Of course.
You'd done all that hard work.

Well, I'd booked a room and
ordered a bottle of champagne.

No, I meant with her parents.

You'd got the go-ahead,
their blessing.

I suppose.

Well, it was a done deal,
wasn't it'?

Apparently not.

All she had to do was say yes.

One little word
and it was all systems go.

What are you saying?

I'm saying you didn't
want to hear her say no,

so you decided not to listen.

What?

You decided you wanted to get
what you'd been promised,

what you thought
was rightfully yours.

GREGORY:
No!

STANDING: Look, you Wouldn't be
the first bloke in the world

who'd had a rush of blood to
somewhere that wasn't his brain.

I can't believe
you're actually saying this.

I never...

Why would you think
that I had anything to do...

STANDING: Greg, you were the
last person who saw her alive.

Didn't you say
that you hardly knew Barbara?

L-I didn't.

Not really.

Then you had a lot of nerve

asking her to choose
between you and Greg.

What?

Oh, that's what the row at
Barbara's house was all about,

and it got pretty heated
from what I hear.

And then,
a couple of Weeks later,

Barbara goes missing and
you're off to finishing school.

That had been planned
for a long time.

I'm sure it had,

but you never got there,
did you'?

I phoned them and asked.

You never even enrolled.

Amy'?

PULLMAN: So, Where did you go,
and what happened to Barbara?

Nothing.

She's probably still alive.

Greg didn't kill her.

I ran away with her.

STANDING: But you Weren't on
speaking terms at that point.

You'd had the big argument.

It wasn't an argument.

There were raised voices.

Not from us.

From Miss Jones.

She walked in on us.

That's why you wanted her
to break up with Greg --

because she wasn't in love
with him.

No, she was in love with me.

I was in love with her.

My God.

You need to understand, Greg.

I'd never felt like that
about anyone before.

I loved her.

We just wanted to be together.

So, why Weren't you'?

Because our families
would have been so disappointed,

so letdown.

Barbara's parents and mine,

they expected so much from us.

They gave us so much.

We couldn't hurt them.

But you did.

Where did you and Barbara go'?

Paris.

The first week was fine.

More than fine.

We had a beautiful flat.

We spent all our time together.

So, what went Wrong?

I didn't want the adventure
to end,

but then Barbara started talking
about us getting jobs

and settling down.

I knew that wasn't
what I wanted.

So, what did you want'?

This!

A home,

a husband, children.

Years.

AMY:
It's true, Greg.

You gave me everything.

I do love you.

PULLMAN:
So, what did you do'?

I Wrote Barbara a note

and got the plane home.

And pretended
nothing had happened?

But when I came back,

there was the whole ransom thing
and the police.

What was I
supposed to have done'?

Told the truth.

Told the Linden-Warmers that
their daughter was still alive.

Where is she now'?

I don't know.

Nice work.

Cheers.

LANE: We've put a call in
to the French police.

They're going to check
their records

for a Barbara Linden-Warner.

PULLMAN:
Thank you.

Can you imagine how
Lady Elizabeth is going react

when she finds she's alive'?

I'm wondering if there's
a paper trail we could get on to

'cause they had a flat ready
for them in Paris, didn't they?

How does an 18-year-old
organize that?

She doesn't.
Not on her own.

I walked in on them kissing.

And it wasn't a friendly kiss.

I was so angry with them.

Why angry?

Barbara had been given
everything,

and she was just
going to throw it away.

She was in love, wasn't she'?

She was a silly girl

with no idea
what she was doing to herself,

to her family.

I don't quite understand.

No, and that's the problem.

Nobody would have understood.

They would have judged her.

They would have made assumptions
about her.

She needed to understand what
she was choosing for herself.

I Wouldn't have thought that
falling for Amy was a choice.

No, but she could have chosen
to stay away from her.

You make it sound very simple.

I'm -- I'm not saying
it Wouldn't have been hard.

Probably the hardest thing
she ever had to do.

But she could have tried.

Those sorts of desires...

Well, sometimes
you just have to ignore them

and get on with things.

Is that what you told Barbara?

Yes, and, apparently,
she didn't listen

because I found her in my office
going through my files

looking for her passport.

I had control
of all the family documents.

Birth certificates,
marriage, everything.

She told me
she was going to go away.

And she wanted me to pretend

I didn't know
what she was going to do.

I couldn't do that.

Did you tell anyone?

No.

No. I helped her.

Whatever I thought
of her choices,

my duty was to her father.

He would have wanted her safe.

I booked her onto a ferry,
I organized her accommodation,

and I arranged for Amy
to follow her.

And the kidnap letter?
The first one'?

That was Barbara's idea.

She knew the Irish thing would
put everyone off the scent.

She was a clever girl.

And what about
when Amy came back?

It was all over between them.

I Wrote to Barbara
and told her to come home,

but she was too ashamed
to face her father.

And then,
when he was seriously ill,

I knew she wouldn't
be able to stay away,

so I Wrote to her again.

But she still didn't...

She was on her way
to the airport.

The taxi she was in
was involved in a collision.

She died on her way
to the hospital.

The thing is, she Wouldn't
have made it anyway.

That was the night
Sir Kenneth died, too.

So, what happened to her'?

I was registered
as her next of kin.

I had her birth certificate.

I had her cremated,
and I brought her home.

So, even then,
when she was dead,

didn't you think
you ought to tell someone?

Tell her family?

After all they'd been through,

you think
that would have helped?

I think you're making excuses,
Miss Jones.

You're not protecting them.
You're protecting yourself.

Absolutely not.

I gave everything
to that family, that firm.

The things I denied myself...

The same things you couldn't
deny Amy and Barbara?

You didn't tell the truth

because there would have been
a lot of questions.

Maybe some questions
you've avoided all your life.

Well, we found her.

That's about all we did.

Actually, I think we might have
a couple of collars

for the Merseyside police.

The Scousers'? What have they
got to do with it'?

You remember that robbery
at the Liverpool docks'?

Assorted small weapons

being shipped
by Linden-Warner Industries?

October '85'?

Where the driver ended up dead'?

Yeah, well, in his book,

Fintan talks about
how he proved himself

to the Republican bad boys

by getting hold of Weapons.

He gave them guns,
and then he was in.

That was in '85.

Yeah, I reckon
it was an inside job.

According to the Liverpool boys,

the gang knew exactly
which container they wanted

out of hundreds on the dock.

Michael must have set it up
for him.

Sounds plausible.

Yeah, but even
if Michael coughs,

it's just his word
against Fintan's again.

LANE:
Not quite.

Fintan also talks in the book
about how he went to prison.

He robbed a taxi driver
in Belfast at gunpoint,

so I got on to the police
over there.

You have been busy.

Well, they recovered the Weapon
from a bin near the scene.

It had MacEntee's fingerprints
all over it,

and that's what sent him
to the Maze.

Turns out that the serial number
of the gun

matched the guns missing
from the shipment.

My mother?

Someone's with her.

Hasn't got much to say for
himself at the moment, has he'?

Here.
It's not bad, actually.

[Chuckles]
I might enjoy it...

now I know it's got
a happy ending.

[Chuckles]

[Footsteps approaching]

WOMAN:
Mr. Halford, ma'am.

Lady Elizabeth.

Is that...

HALFORD:
Yes.

I'm so sorry.

Why couldn't
she just have talked to me'?

Why could neither of
my children have come to me'?

Am I really such
a terrible mother, Mr. Halford'?

Did I deserve to lose
both of them?

Nobody deserves that,
Lady Elizabeth.

Right, who's up for a curry,
then?

Oh, yeah, go on, then.

Sorry.
Paperwork.

I might see you later.

Okay. Ta-ta!

- PULLMAN: Bye.
- LANE: Bye.

Paperwork?

That's what I said.

You're not going, then?

Leave it, Jack.

Aren't you curious to see

how all your old schoolmates
have turned out'?

Not particularly, no.

What about that teacher,
Miss...

Harrington.

I'll tell you what --

I'll give you a lift
and you can have a drink.

You might even enjoy yourself.

Go on, then.

[Music playing]

Sandra'?

Sod it.
Let's go for a curry.

You're really scared,
aren't you'?

I am not scared!

[indistinct conversation]

You were saying?

All right, I admit it.

School was not the best time
for me, okay?

Can we go now, please?

You know, the best way to deal
with a bully is to face him,

stand up to him.

You should do that now.

That's really good advice, Jack.

Perhaps you should give it
to the girls

that were bullied by me.

What?

I was the school bitch.
I was utterly horrendous.

In fact, I Wouldn't be surprised

if they were waiting for me
in there

with the tar and feathers.

Oh, come on, Sandra.
You're all grown-ups now.

Why don't you go and show them
how you've changed,

show them who you really are'?

Show Miss Harrington.

Okay.

Just...

What?

Just wait for 10 minutes
just in case.

10 minutes.

Drive!

- What?
- Just drive!

# 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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