1 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:53,400 Grub! 2 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,079 Is there any booze? Shut up, John, man. Course there's no booze. 3 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,560 It's a spastics' home. Spaccas don't drink. 4 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,319 What do you want? 5 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:10,999 Bacon sandwich? Chips? Nah, I cannot do chips, man. I want chips. 6 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,760 Sherry! 7 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,320 Mmmm. Mm-hm. 8 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:21,360 Mm. 9 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,039 ♪ Hammer me mammy gave me 10 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,680 ♪ But when I grow up I can hammer me mammy 11 00:01:30,681 --> 00:01:33,600 ♪ And serves her right for hammering me. ♪ 12 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,279 Who done these, do you think? The spastics? Crap, aren't they? 13 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:45,639 What do they give them gold stars for, man? They're pathetic. Dave... HE MOANS 14 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,280 Here, John. Give us some of that. 15 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,200 Hmm. 16 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,720 Oh... Mmmm. 17 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:23,519 Who's this other one? It's the Prime Minster, man. 18 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,080 Are you a spastic or summat? 19 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,359 No, but he looks like one. Aren't you? 20 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:38,320 I hate backwards kids and spastics. They should be strangled at birth. 21 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,119 Especially ones that don't even look at you. How! Spacca! 22 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,920 Look at us when I'm talking to you! 23 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,319 What shall we do to him? 24 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,520 Faster, John. John, faster... 25 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,800 Hold on tight, spacca. 26 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,200 Ma'am. 27 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,319 You're looking at me favourite building, Mr Gently, sir. 28 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,760 Do you know, I think it's mine now. 29 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,519 I'm sorry. I don't know your name, Sergeant. Thompson. 30 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,360 I know you from afar, Chief Inspector. 31 00:03:51,361 --> 00:03:55,000 You're the famous George Gently, scourge of the London villains. 32 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,759 Well, I think they survived. Well, you're ours now, though. 33 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,320 You'll never leave this place, you know. You work in this building? 34 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:15,319 Sort of. I'm the Chief Constable's new driver. Ah. Enjoy it? I love it. 35 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,360 I get to go everywhere he goes. 36 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,680 I never knew Durham had so many golf courses. 37 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,559 Nice meeting you at last, Chief Inspector. 38 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:37,280 Morning, sir. 39 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:39,880 Hello, sir. 40 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,760 Could you pop down to the cells, Sarge? There seems to be a problem. 41 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,759 You look ridiculous with that tash on. Thank you, Sarge. Taylor. 42 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,399 The Chief Constable got a new driver? Don't he, Guv? What? 43 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,879 Looks ridiculous with that tash. Doomed to failure with women. 44 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,079 Women don't like tashes. Mine does. 45 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,759 What. Sorry, sir, the new... What were you saying? A new driver. 46 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,839 You don't have a woman! As a matter of fact I have. Oh, aye? 47 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:15,039 Been hanging round the Blind School again have you? Taylor, she's coming. 48 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,319 Yep. I can hear her stick tapping along the floor. 49 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:23,079 Will you shut up, Sergeant? Shall I tell them you're going down, sir? 50 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,599 What? The cells. Is it urgent? Don't know. That means "no". 51 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,119 I'll be there in a minute. What would you like me to do, sir? About what? 52 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,320 The Chief Constable's new driver. Nothing. 53 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,439 Taylor, aren't you forgetting something? 54 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,279 Where's our elevenses, man? Hmmm? Two cups of tea, plate of biscuits. 55 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,800 The future's arrived. 56 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,199 If this is the future I don't like it. 57 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,599 Look at this. Tea, milk, no sugar. Tea, sugar, no milk. 58 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,040 Tea, no milk, no sugar... 59 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,040 No cup. 60 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,559 What's it taste like? 61 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,160 Warm water, cold milk, no tea. 62 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,799 That machine's supposed to free up police time, 63 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,959 save highly-trained officers like myself. 64 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:40,479 Taylor. Sir? Shut up and go away. Sir. 65 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,799 Highly trained! So why are you here? 66 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,880 Are you going down to the cells or shall I tell them ten minutes? Yes! Yes, I'm going. 67 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,999 Is he drunk? Cannot smell nowt on him, Sarge. Why's he here? Sleeping on a park bench. 68 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,399 Couple of milk bottles on the grass. 69 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,039 We think he nicked them off somebody's doorstep. 70 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,560 What's your name? Huh? What's your name? MAN WHIMPERS 71 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,320 This was in his pocket. 72 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,959 "David Blackburn." Have you been drinking, David? 73 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,760 Apart from milk, I mean? 74 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,719 Right. Where are you from? 75 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,519 "Higher Sutton Farm, Wellaby on Tees?" Is this your address, David? 76 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,639 Hmm? Ah, we've got lift off. Right. 77 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,799 Well, listen, David. Why don't you go home to Wellaby 78 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,119 and be a nuisance there, Ok? 79 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,279 Instead of Durham. David? 80 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,039 Do you want me to give you a clip around the head, David? 81 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,120 DAVID WHIMPERS 82 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:00,719 I never even touched him. Our John... Huh? Our John. 83 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,560 What? Our John. 84 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,960 Our John? Who's our John? Is that your brother, is it? 85 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:12,760 What about him? 86 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,960 What's your problem, David? 87 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,319 Let him sober up and get him on a bus home. 88 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,960 And don't waste any more of my time today, Ok? 89 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,360 Ten minutes of my life. Gone forever. 90 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,799 Guv? Summat wrong? 91 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,040 China's dead. 92 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,720 Oh... 93 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:04,519 "Dear Mr Gently, I write to tell you of the death of my brother-in-law Robert Mates 94 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,399 "that you knew from when he was a detective with you in London..." 95 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,920 Detective? 96 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,399 He sometimes used to say that he'd been a detective. 97 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,880 It made him feel a bit more important than being a paid informer. 98 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,480 "He often talked about his friendship and..." 99 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:34,439 "his friendship and admiration for you. He will be much missed by..." 100 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,240 Hmm. Yeah. "Yours faithfully, Mrs Eleanor Mates". 101 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,240 When did you last see him? About three months ago. 102 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,440 'He called me at the office. Asked me to meet him.' 103 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:04,760 Here he is now. Mr Gently! China. 104 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,679 I said he'd come. Didn't I say he'd come? Have a seat. 105 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:17,759 I haven't got much time, China. Kenny. Norma. Mr George Gently. 106 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:23,319 So you're the man he's always telling us about? Hello. China. 107 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,079 Get the man a drink, man, Kenny. No, thanks. 108 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:31,399 We've got things to talk about. Ah wait, George, let your hair down. 109 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:36,519 This is your old mate. We're old mates. Me and Mr Gently. 110 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,759 We go back a long way. China, you said this was urgent. 111 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:46,799 You said you'd got information for me. It is, it is... What is it? 112 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:51,640 Oh... What was it? There was something. 113 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,480 Get your hands off me beer. I never touched your beer... 114 00:10:55,481 --> 00:10:57,040 Come with me. 115 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:06,040 I'm sorry, Mr Gently. I'm sorry. There was no information, was there? 116 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:13,679 Go on. No, no, that wasn't... Wasn't it? 117 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:18,719 I'll pay you back when I get on my feet. You're an embarrassment, China. 118 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,719 Do you know that? To yourself and to me. This has got to stop. 119 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,319 I'm sorry, Mr Gently. I don't want you to be sorry. 120 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,120 I want you to do something about it. 121 00:11:26,121 --> 00:11:28,239 I'm working on some new leads for you. 122 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,879 It'll be like the old days, you and me cracking cases side by side. 123 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,919 No. I don't want you to work on any leads for me. Ever. It's finished. 124 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,279 As a snout you've been information-free for a long time. 125 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,319 And do you know why? Cos you're drunk all the time. What do you want? 126 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,959 I want you to go back to London. Or preferably Dublin. 127 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:53,080 I want you to lead a different kind of life cos this one's going to kill you. 128 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:55,800 Here. 129 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:03,439 This is to give you a new start in life. Go on. 130 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:10,039 You never think... I never thought I'd turn out like this. I'll write to you. 131 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,199 I'll write to you when I'm back on me feet. 132 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,919 It would be better if you didn't. You can't use me as a crutch forever. 133 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,680 I don't want to hear from you again. Ok? 134 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,720 Goodbye then, Mr Gently. Yeah. 135 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,560 Here he comes. 136 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:56,479 'What happened to him?' 'He died alone. They found him in some old building near a dog track' 137 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,839 where he was living as a vagrant. He had a fall. Oh. 138 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,200 And I meant to give him a push in the right direction. 139 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:05,640 Maybe I pushed him too far. 140 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,040 Can I see the back of his head, please? 141 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,760 Thank you. 142 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,200 You all right, Guv? Yeah. 143 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,080 Find anything? No. 144 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,600 His nose was broken. 145 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:57,480 Well, he fell over, Guv. 146 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:58,920 Maybe. 147 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,439 The Coroner's report doesn't mention a broken nose. 148 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:07,319 He drank himself senseless every night of his life. He was an accident waiting to happen. 149 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:07,880 Maybe. 150 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,319 Good afternoon, I'm James Lafferty, the Coroner's Officer. 151 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,719 Mr Lafferty. And you are Chief Inspector George Gently. 152 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,080 It's an honour to meet you. 153 00:15:23,081 --> 00:15:25,999 Your reputation travels before you. 154 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,120 Really? 155 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:29,560 So, Mr Gently, 156 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,359 what are you doing in our little town? 157 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,159 I told you in my letter. 158 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,679 You wrote the report on the death of Robert Mates for the Coroner, 159 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:43,039 on the basis of which a verdict of accidental death was recorded. 160 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,679 Your letter didn't say where your interest lay. 161 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:47,800 Mr Mates was a personal friend. 162 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,080 Oh, I see. 163 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,359 You described him as a vagrant. 164 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:55,399 On what basis? 165 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,039 His condition, his clothes, the place he was found, 166 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,239 there was no evidence of any fixed abode. 167 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,159 Nobody reported him missing. 168 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,519 When did you last see your friend? 169 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,959 Three months ago. How was he? 170 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,359 Drunk. 171 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,799 But he wasn't living rough. 172 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,559 Perhaps something happened in the meantime. 173 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:20,559 Men of his age can sometimes lose their grip on life when misfortune occurs. 174 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,879 The death of a wife or losing their job. 175 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,199 What was his occupation? 176 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,199 He worked for me. Unofficially. 177 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,080 Sometimes. He didn't have anything else. 178 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,319 I knew him as "China". 179 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,879 How can you be sure his death was accidental? 180 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:41,719 Ah well, an ambulance was called to a dilapidated building, 181 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,959 known to be used by vagrants, where your friend "China" 182 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,399 had suffered a fall while under the influence of alcohol. 183 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,879 How do you know he had a fall? 184 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,479 That was the judgement of the ambulance men. Based on his injuries. 185 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,559 There were no post-mortem photographs attached 186 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,719 to the report I received. 187 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,720 Weren't there? No, there weren't. I asked for them to be sent. 188 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,200 No matter. I've had a look for myself. 189 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,520 Who called the ambulance? Er... 190 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,519 It was anonymous. It's all there in the full report... 191 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,199 Full report? I've had longer Christmas cards. 192 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,239 Then what happened? 193 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,959 He was taken to St Mary's where he died that night of a subdural haemorrhage. 194 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:30,239 He fell heavily against an old filing cabinet 195 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,159 and gashed his head severely, the report says. 196 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:34,640 I've just been for a look. 197 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,359 There wasn't any blood. 198 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:40,600 It's been cleared up. As you'd expect. 199 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,200 And that's all I know. 200 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:48,479 You were in the service yourself? 201 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:49,799 25 year. 202 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,679 Then I got myself what I believe is known as "a cushy little number" 203 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,639 as the Coroner's Officer. Here? 204 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,680 I beg your pardon? You served here? 205 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,240 Yes. Here, in Wellaby. 206 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,760 Well, thank you very much, Mr Lafferty. 207 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,479 Wasn't there a bit of a problem in this force a while back? Huh? 208 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,439 A whole nightshift dismissed for thieving? 209 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:18,839 Oh, yeah. 210 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:23,879 Breaking and entering, and fencing stolen goods and that? There was a joke, wasn't there? 211 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,359 Two coppers out on the beat in Wellaby, one says to the other, 212 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:30,520 "Lend us a packet of fags till the shops close". 213 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,639 Can I say something, Guv? Yeah, if you like. 214 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,519 Isn't this a waste of police time, asking nurses and that? 215 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,399 Look, I understand your problem. Right? 216 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,679 Sorry, what's my problem? 217 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:44,720 China. 218 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,719 You know, he hero-worshipped you. 219 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:51,239 You brought him up north and then you fired him, because he was useless. 220 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,279 Then he drifted off to Wellaby and drank himself to death, but you know what? What? 221 00:18:55,280 --> 00:19:00,040 He would've drunk himself to death anyway, it's not your fault. That's all I'm saying. 222 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,199 Right? It's not your fault. 223 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,480 Are we done with the cod psychology? 224 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,279 Yes. Next fish, please. 225 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,519 Good. Well, I don't need you on this one. You can go home. 226 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,760 Ah, Guv! Why are you being... John, John, go home. 227 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:18,200 Ok. 228 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,479 Right. I won't be a minute. 229 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:33,359 I don't have much time, mister? Gently. Right. We're short-staffed this week. 230 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:34,839 So. It's about a friend? 231 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,559 Yes, you nursed him apparently. 232 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:41,399 He died here three weeks ago, he had a head injury, 233 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,359 a fall, apparently? Robert Mates? 234 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:48,719 Oh, yes. It was sad. He never regained consciousness, poor man. 235 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,400 Well, that's my first question answered, thank you. 236 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:59,079 I was hoping to try and find out how he spent the last months of his life. 237 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,839 You were close? 238 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,679 No. Well, dunno. 239 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,000 Yes, in a way. 240 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:09,479 My wife was unaccountably fond of him and he worshipped her. 241 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,319 But he went on one bender too many, he had a fall and hit his head, 242 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,719 so, er... well, thank you for your time. 243 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,559 And thank you for seeing him off. 244 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,560 Mr Gently, your friend wasn't drunk. I would've smelled it on him. 245 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,359 I was told he was. 246 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:27,439 I spend half me life dealing with drunks 247 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,679 and there was no alcohol on his breath. What about his clothes? 248 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,239 Well, not exactly Savile Row, but... 249 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,719 Not dirty, not torn? 250 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,679 No, no, no. They were clean. Well cared for. 251 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,919 He even darned the holes in his socks. 252 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,039 Really? 253 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,359 So you didn't think he was a vagrant, then? 254 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:47,759 Vagrants don't darn their socks. 255 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,079 So he must have been living somewhere? He had an address? 256 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,959 He must have, but I never found out where. What about his pockets, nothing at all? 257 00:20:54,960 --> 00:21:00,040 Well, I don't know, I suppose the police took his stuff before they brought him here. 258 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,839 Hmmm. 259 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,479 His nose was broken. Have you any idea how? 260 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,039 He had a fall. 261 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,519 He fell and injured the back of his head and the front of his face at the same time? 262 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,879 It does happen, yeah. Who did you say you were again, exactly? 263 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,200 I'm sorry about... 264 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,319 China wasn't living rough and he wasn't drunk. 265 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:26,799 What? 266 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,999 This is Nurse Molloy, she was with him at the time. 267 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,199 This is my Sergeant, Mr Bacchus. Right. 268 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,999 Sergeant, you're a policeman? You never said you were a policeman. 269 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,840 Yes, I'm sorry. I should have said. 270 00:21:37,841 --> 00:21:41,000 I'm Detective Chief Inspector George Gently. 271 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,479 If you should remember anything about the day he died, 272 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,919 would you give me a call on this number? 273 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:49,039 Yes, course. 274 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:54,239 And Nurse, if you could you please treat this conversation as confidential? 275 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:55,599 Yes. Bye. 276 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:56,600 And thank you. 277 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,559 Nice. Huh? 278 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,039 What have I done now? 279 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:07,559 You're really, you're just a one-track-mind premier cretin, aren't you? 280 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:08,719 What? 281 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,079 "Nice". 282 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,439 She was wearing a wedding ring. Did you notice or don't you care? "Nice". 283 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:20,119 Unbelievable. She was nice, I like looking at women, should have a look at one yourself sometime. 284 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:22,519 She said "police". Huh? 285 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:27,119 She said China was brought to the hospital by the police. So? 286 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:30,279 The Coroner's Officer said it was an ambulance. 287 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,519 Well, maybe she was confused. 288 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,159 No, no, no, she was absolutely clear. 289 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:40,079 Right, so you're a policeman delivering a critically ill man to the hospital, 290 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,639 why would you spend time emptying his pockets? 291 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,360 To find out who he was. 292 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,159 Ok, John. You like looking at women. 293 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:56,159 A change came over Nurse Molloy. When I introduced you, she seemed nervous, why's that? 294 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,119 I just have this effect on women, Guv. 295 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:04,000 It was because until that moment she didn't realise she'd been talking to a policeman. 296 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,360 Oh, man. What are we doing now? 297 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,599 I've just been talking to Nurse Molloy? 298 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,599 Lucky you. 299 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,999 I need to talk to her again. Well, you can't. She's gone home. 300 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,159 What's she gone home for? Migraine. 301 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,359 That was a bit sudden, weren't it? 302 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:31,079 Well, that's what migraines are like! 303 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,159 We're going to look a pair of clowns 304 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,359 if she's in a darkened room with a bag of frozen peas on her head. 305 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:38,640 That's it. 306 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,760 I don't think she was saying "Not tonight, darling, I've got a headache". Do you? 307 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,680 What time's he home? He's on the backshift. 308 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,160 I'll get it. 309 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:21,879 Afternoon. 310 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,239 I'm Detective Chief Inspector Gently, this is Sergeant Bacchus. 311 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,239 May we speak to Mrs Molloy, please? 312 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,559 I'm, er, I'm afraid she's not in. 313 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:35,839 Well, she is, pal, cos we've just seen her letting you in. Who are you, please? 314 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,679 She's my um, brother. I'm her brother. 315 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,519 But she's got a migraine, she's not very well so... 316 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,640 Are we going to clart about all day or shall we get this over with? 317 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,039 Are you positive 318 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:03,119 that my friend was brought into hospital by the police, Mrs Molloy? 319 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,080 Erm, did I say that? Yes, you did. 320 00:25:05,081 --> 00:25:08,159 I think maybe I was confused. It was an ambulance. 321 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,879 So who emptied his pockets? 322 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:11,800 I don't know. 323 00:25:11,801 --> 00:25:14,159 Do you have a husband, Mrs Molloy? 324 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,199 Yes. 325 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,000 Where is he? 326 00:25:16,001 --> 00:25:18,159 At work. 327 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,679 What does he do? He's a policeman. Oh. 328 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,479 Was he by any chance the policeman who brought Mr Mates to hospital? 329 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,359 I told you, it was ambulance men. 330 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,999 What does your brother do? 331 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,319 I haven't got a brother. 332 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,039 Mr Collison here? 333 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,239 I, er, I work in a school. 334 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,760 Oh, right. 335 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,160 You're absolutely rubbish at this, aren't you? The pair of you. 336 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,679 At what exactly? 337 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,440 Adultery. 338 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:54,039 You can't just barge in here, into my house and make ridiculous allegations. Can't I? 339 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,079 What's your husband's name? 340 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,639 Molloy. Surprisingly. 341 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,799 You're in absolutely no position to get cocky with me, pet. 342 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,999 Does he work at the local nick? 343 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,439 Why? I might just give him a call. No, please. Don't. 344 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,399 I see you wear a wedding ring, Mr Collison. 345 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,159 I have a wife and three children. 346 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,559 How about you? 347 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,039 No. No children. 348 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,799 Does your husband know about this? 349 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,760 I... I don't think so. 350 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,079 Well, what a mess. 351 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,639 I have told you all I can. 352 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,039 But not all you know. 353 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,479 Now why is that, Mrs Molloy? 354 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,199 What is it about the death of Robert Mates that you don't want me to know? 355 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,079 Nothing. I don't know anything. 356 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,520 All right. 357 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,199 What were the names of these ambulance men? 358 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,839 I will find out sooner or later, Mrs Molloy. 359 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,959 It wasn't an ambulance. A police car brought him in. 360 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:48,400 Yeah, I see. 361 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,959 And who was driving this police car? 362 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,879 My husband. Yeah. 363 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,959 There's a criminal offence called wasting police time. 364 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:02,799 I think we should charge her, Guv. Don't you threaten her. What are you going to do about it? 365 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,079 My husband is a very kind man. He stayed at the hospital all night. 366 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,239 He stayed until Robert Mates was pronounced dead, you mean. 367 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:11,479 Yes. Yes. 368 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,319 He was clearly very concerned. 369 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,520 Well, well! 370 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,360 Full house, huh? 371 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:30,319 Paul, you rascal. I thought I recognized the car. 372 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,319 You'll have the neighbours talking, huh? 373 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,359 How are you, love? Bad migraine? 374 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:38,279 How did you know? 375 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,960 Because I phoned the hospital to let you know I'd be coming home early. 376 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:44,800 Well? 377 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,639 Who are your friends? 378 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,439 Chief Inspector Gently. 379 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,239 Sergeant...? Bacchus. 380 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,400 Ah, Mr Gently. 381 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,319 A pleasure to meet you, sir. 382 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:58,360 Sergeant. 383 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,640 Can you shed any light on the death of Robert Mates? 384 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,879 Who? The old man. The one that fell, that you brought to the hospital. 385 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,679 Oh, him. 386 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:11,759 No. 387 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,279 What, nothing at all? 388 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,399 Such as how he broke his nose perhaps? 389 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,200 Or what happened to his belongings? 390 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,919 Have you got permission from my guvnor to question me now, Chief Inspector? 391 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,720 No, but I will have. 392 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,599 Can you stop that? 393 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,200 What's that? 394 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,759 He knows about those two. Oh, yes. 100%. 395 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,679 Tomorrow I'd like to find out what else he knows. 396 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,639 You do some digging about the other fella. 397 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:58,079 And make some discreet enquiries, off the record, about the local nick here. 398 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,759 Such as what? Allegations of police brutality. 399 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,320 Any history of unexplained deaths in police custody. 400 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,599 I thought you might fancy a proper cuppa. 401 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,959 I hate that machine. 402 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,240 I can't even work it. 403 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,480 Sugar? No. 404 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,239 You're working late, Sergeant. 405 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,079 Yes, he's got a golf club dinner. 406 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,359 No, no, no. You mustn't tell me that. 407 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,719 Why not? Because that's not official business. 408 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:50,159 He should be getting a taxi home and paying for it himself, not charging the ratepayer. 409 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,039 It's true what they say about you, isn't it? What's that? 410 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,439 Unbending. Rules is the rules. 411 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,479 Well, they are, aren't they? 412 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,879 Well, I've broke one. I shouldn't be in here. 413 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:03,320 And why are you in here, Sergeant? 414 00:30:03,321 --> 00:30:06,839 Call us "Liz" and I'll tell you. 415 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,360 Why are you here, Sergeant? 416 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,599 My God, you don't make life easy, do you, Chief Inspector? 417 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:20,199 For others, or yourself. I'm sorry I disturbed you. 418 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,720 Honestly. 419 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,840 Liz? 420 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,120 I'm sorry. 421 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,959 I have a son. Ten-year-old. By my ex-husband. 422 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,839 He's training to be a hooligan. 423 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,159 I want someone to show him how to fish. 424 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,840 Somebody told me you'd know all about it. 425 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,840 I see. 426 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:55,399 Sarge. Busy. David Blackburn, that kid you saw in the cells. Who? 427 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:59,359 David Blackburn. He was reported missing a couple of weeks ago by his employer. 428 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,359 He works in a motor workshop. 429 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:05,719 So what? Not our problem any more. Tell Wellaby police that we sent him home. 430 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,119 What? Is that the Paul Collison stuff? Aye. 431 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,719 It just swallows your money! 432 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,119 Who is this Blackburn lad? 433 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,479 Just another idiot that needs a good hiding. 434 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,239 We've gone completely soft in this country. Kids just bloody laugh at you. 435 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,599 Why was he laughing at you? 436 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,719 Well, he wasn't actually, he was crying. 437 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,239 Ok, Paul Collison, 33, married, three kids, we knew that already. 438 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,479 He's got a degree in sociology and education. 439 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,239 Just what the country needs, that, ain't it? 440 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,959 Works in an Approved School. That'll be the education. 441 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,439 And shags Nurse Molloy in his spare time. That'll be the sociology. 442 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,720 Hey?! I think he's irrelevant, Guv. 443 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:46,799 Will you behave yourself? 444 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:47,920 Sorry. 445 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,840 See you Sunday, George. 446 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,119 Mind your own business. 447 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,600 My lips are sealed. Unlike hers. 448 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,359 George Gently, as I live and breathe. 449 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,119 Alan. 450 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,239 Your guvnor and I knew each other in London. 451 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,599 Didn't he tell you? No. No, he didn't. 452 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,119 He was my first boss in CID. 453 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,719 And now you outrank me, Superintendent. 454 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,719 That'll be the day. Welcome, John. 455 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,720 Sir. No, I'm Alan. Come through. Lunch in the garden. 456 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,119 Business first, eh? 457 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,039 I spoke to Tommy Molloy this morning. 458 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:53,919 Tommy is a lovely man, honest as the day is long. Cheers. 459 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,119 Cheers. 460 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,119 It was Tommy who took the call about your friend being in a bad way. 461 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,119 He picked him up and took him to the hospital rather than 462 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,599 wait for an ambulance 463 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,599 because he could see he was very poorly. 464 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,160 He only wishes he could have got there quicker. 465 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:13,119 I also spoke to that idiot Lafferty at the Coroner's Office. 466 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,359 I fired him from the force my second week in command. 467 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,839 He shouldn't have been given the job he's got, but there you are. 468 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,959 There was no evidence to support what he told the coroner 469 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,599 about your friend being a drunk and a vagrant. Pure prejudice, 470 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,719 stupid assumptions. Laziness, actually. 471 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,759 I've made my views known to the coroner 472 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,759 and I don't expect Lafferty to be long in that job either. 473 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:35,839 I see. 474 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,839 The verdict of accidental death still stands, though. 475 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,719 You're not happy with the verdict, then? Course I'm not. 476 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,359 I'll be honest with you, George. 477 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,199 We've got a problem in this town. 478 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,319 Young lads who think they can get away with going around doing 479 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:51,959 whatever they like. 480 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,519 Such as picking on defenceless old men. Giving them a hiding, 481 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,719 just for the fun of it. Wouldn't be the first time. 482 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,719 Any young lads in particular? 483 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,840 I've got my suspicions. There's a pair called the Blackburn brothers. 484 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,359 Can you tell me where to find them? 485 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,959 George. You're on my patch. I'll take care of it. 486 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,959 They haven't been seen since the night your friend met his death. 487 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,959 That makes me suspicious. 488 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,839 Will you leave it to me, George? 489 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,119 Course, Alan. 490 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:25,719 Good. 491 00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:29,640 And there is nothing to be gained from you talking to Tommy Molloy. 492 00:34:32,240 --> 00:34:34,359 Well, That's good enough for me. 493 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,479 Ah! My infinitely better half. 494 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,839 Pat. Pat. 495 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,079 George, lovely to meet you. I'm going to embarrass you both now. 496 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:47,519 You're the nearest thing my husband's got to a hero. Well, yes, that is embarrassing! 497 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,119 John. Pat. 498 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,600 Where's Danny? Oh, he's coming. Danny? 499 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,640 Manners, young man. Look, visitors. 500 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,720 Hello, Danny. Hello. 501 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,599 He has no speech, really. 502 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,239 But he can understand what you say. 503 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:15,480 When he wants to. 504 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,359 I'll go and get the rest of the lunch. 505 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,239 I had no idea, Alan. 506 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:23,559 He's a great lad. 507 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,599 Looks like a full-time job. 508 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,999 Well, he's a handful, but aren't all growing lads? 509 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,239 Pat does get worn out. 510 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:33,639 No respite care available anywhere? 511 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:38,159 He goes to the local kids' home every other weekend. They're very good with him. 512 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,999 Is that why you're still here? After ten years? As opposed to being where? 513 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,719 Almost anywhere. The Met? I thought you'd be an Assistant Commissioner by now. 514 00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:50,840 He's happy here, George. He's really happy. 515 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,600 I don't think London's the right place for Danny. 516 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,480 Here you are, Danny. Mm. 517 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:11,759 What you got there, Danny? 518 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:12,880 He loves his aeroplanes. 519 00:36:12,881 --> 00:36:15,999 He's not going to touch them, Danny, are you, George? 520 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,239 No, no, no, no. Aeroplanes. 521 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:21,479 Mad about his aeroplanes, aren't you, Danny? Hmmm. 522 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:22,999 The thing is, George, 523 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,879 his whole world needs to be in order all the time. 524 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,959 Everything in order, or it throws him. 525 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,840 You've got some gaps here, Danny. 526 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:36,119 Yeah. We're trying to get him the complete set, 527 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,839 but they stopped printing them years ago. 528 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,119 It's good to see you again, George. 529 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,240 Good to see you too, Alan. 530 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,360 How you doing, Danny? Hmmm. 531 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:06,400 What? 532 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:08,999 Blackburn. 533 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,479 I heard. 534 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,399 It's the lad we had in the cells. 535 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:13,879 Yes. 536 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,360 Well, why didn't you let me say something? 537 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:21,999 Did you believe all that stuff about the accidental death verdict being Lafferty's fault? 538 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,759 No. It was bullshit. 539 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:24,799 Yeah, correct. 540 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,279 The Coroner's Officer always takes his cue from the police, 541 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,119 especially if he's a former police officer himself. 542 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,239 He was bullshitting you about Molloy. Yeah, only about 100%. 543 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:37,719 So what's going on, huh? You knew Shepherd in London. 544 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:38,960 What, is he bent? 545 00:37:38,961 --> 00:37:41,799 No. No. He's straight as an arrow. 546 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,559 So for Alan Shepherd to be sitting there blowing smoke in my face, 547 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,999 there's got to be a good reason. He's protecting somebody. 548 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,719 Molloy? It's a fair bet. 549 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,599 Can you remember the Blackburn lad's address? 550 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,439 Yeah, it's a farm up in the hills. 551 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,040 Let's go. 552 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,359 Yeah? 553 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:26,999 I'm Sergeant Bacchus, this is Chief Inspector Gently. 554 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,639 Not from round here, are you? 555 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:30,840 No, we're from Durham. 556 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:32,319 Mr Blackburn, isn't it? 557 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,239 Aye, what's wrong? 558 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,119 You have a son. 559 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,000 Take your pick. I've got two. 560 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:42,679 John and David. 561 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,719 All right, yes. Is David here? 562 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:46,119 Why? 563 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,999 Well, he's been sleeping rough. He's got himself into trouble for thieving. 564 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,119 Oh, aye? Well, he's not here. 565 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,599 He was reported missing a while ago. Not by me. 566 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,479 No. By his employers. Probably hiding from the police. 567 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:02,119 Why? Pair of them got drunk and smashed up the spastics place. 568 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:03,479 The what, sorry? 569 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,119 Where they put the spastic kids. 570 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,719 Oh! The coppers come knocking on the door the next day. 571 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:13,119 Your sons make a habit out of being hooligans, do they? They're animals, the pair of them. 572 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:17,719 Were they charged? I've no idea. Mebbies. They haven't come back here, that's all I know. 573 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:22,639 Hang on a minute. So... you haven't seen them since the arrest? 574 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,839 How long ago was that, you say? Few weeks. 575 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,719 You don't seem very bothered, man. They're off the rails. 576 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:31,719 Don't you feel like doing something about it? They're not normal. 577 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:35,719 When they were bairns, if the game was the Japs and the English, wanted to be Japs. 578 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:38,999 Cowboys and Indians, they want to be the Indians. 579 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,279 I bought one of them a puppy for his birthday, 580 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:45,359 the other one drowns him in the sink. Does it occur to you to give them a good hiding? 581 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:49,879 I've had the skin off their back many a time. Didn't make any difference. 582 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,119 No wife, Mr Blackburn? 583 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,719 She went when they were six. Wish I'd gone with her. 584 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:59,000 I'd like to take a look in David's room, if you wouldn't mind. 585 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,919 People don't know how to control their kids these days. 586 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,039 Bit young for nostalgia, aren't you? 587 00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,559 Discipline... that's what I'm talking about. 588 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,199 What more do you want him to do? Chop their hands off? 589 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:22,120 Nah, he doesn't give a monkeys, man. You didn't see the pain in his eyes? 590 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,839 What you looking for, anyway? 591 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,000 Nothing special. 592 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:39,119 What's that about, huh? 593 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:44,119 "Ha, ha, you're a pansy, you cried like a bairn, I win." 594 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,999 That's charming, that, ain't it? No idea. 595 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,840 Thank you, Mr Blackburn. 596 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:06,919 How old is your other son, Mr Blackburn? 597 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,399 16, just gone. 598 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,479 Does he like aeroplanes? 599 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,119 Aeroplanes? No. Why? 600 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:16,000 Just wondered. Would you like us to find him for you? 601 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:18,480 Not on my account. 602 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,999 Can you remember which day they were arrested? 20th of March. 603 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,999 You seem very sure. 604 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,719 Wife's birthday. 605 00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:30,119 And do you know who the arresting officers were? Aye. Tommy Molloy. 606 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,879 Sergeant Molloy? 607 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:32,999 Aye. 608 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,360 Do you know him well? He's up here that often he should have a season ticket. 609 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,480 Well, if either of your lads turn up, 610 00:41:41,481 --> 00:41:45,280 would you call me at my office on this number, please? 611 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:06,119 So. On the 19th of March, China dies 612 00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,599 of head injuries, delivered to... 613 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,720 Are you listening? Yes. 614 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:14,719 Delivered to hospital by Sergeant Molloy. 615 00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:18,279 The very next day, Sergeant Molloy arrests the Blackburn lads 616 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,959 and their father hasn't seen them since. 617 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,239 So what next? 618 00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:24,119 I want to know what happened 619 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,999 when Danny Shepherd met the Blackburn lads. 620 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,639 What makes you think that? 621 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,959 Because the other half of Danny's aeroplane cards 622 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,479 were in a drawer in that room. 623 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,359 So what else is there? Get a search warrant. 624 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,879 We need to find those Blackburn brothers 625 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,999 and get a sight of their police files. 626 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,839 And if Molloy has got a season ticket to that pig farm, 627 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:47,760 there's got to be a file an inch thick. 628 00:42:47,761 --> 00:42:49,599 See if you can get hold of that. 629 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:53,880 I'll go over Alan Shepherd's head, get formal permission to question Molloy. 630 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:10,240 Do you want to have a go? 631 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,559 Come on, have a go. 632 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:19,359 Come on, get up. There you are. 633 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,359 You can do it. 634 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,599 You see that. Hold onto that. 635 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,480 Put your hand up there. Yeah. See. 636 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,239 Go! 637 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:34,880 Ok. Good try. You've got to let go. 638 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,839 Let's tighten this up. Ok. 639 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,879 Hold onto that. Push that back. 640 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,359 Ok, let it go. Whooosh! Good one. 641 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,480 Good cast. Put the brake on. 642 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,720 Good lad. He's got it. 643 00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:04,400 It's all about relaxing. 644 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:22,759 There's no record of the Blackburn boys being arrested on 20th March. 645 00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:26,839 And here's another thing. There's no record of their being questioned, cautioned, 646 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,919 or anything else in the last three years. 647 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,639 There's no police file on them at all. That can't be right. 648 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:35,239 How come Molloy's got a season ticket at the pig farm? 649 00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:40,559 I've got Taylor going through all the court and magistrates' records. They might tell a different story. 650 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:44,119 But you better get up to that pig farm. Can't. I can't get a search warrant. 651 00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:49,280 I tried three magistrates and they all say it's just a fishing trip, we have no evidence of any wrongdoing. 652 00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:58,479 Do you want me to break in, Guv? 653 00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:03,639 Do you want to ask a different question, John? Can I have the afternoon off, Guv? Absolutely. 654 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:04,919 John. 655 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:06,480 Don't get caught. 656 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,879 A small thank you from Raymond. And from me. 657 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:16,799 Oh... There was no need. Thank you. 658 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:17,920 Go on, open it. 659 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,560 I'll wait till I get home. 660 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:23,040 All right. 661 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,440 Don't forget dinner tonight. 662 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,119 Who are these men? 663 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:49,239 My solicitor. 664 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:50,919 Why do you need a solicitor? 665 00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:52,439 Why not? Why not what? 666 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,400 Why not have a solicitor? Why not have a solicitor what? 667 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,119 Sir. 668 00:45:58,120 --> 00:45:59,919 Thank you. 669 00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:04,279 You have no right to a solicitor, you are not charged with anything. Please leave. 670 00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:05,600 Now. 671 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:11,839 This one? 672 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:13,319 Police Federation. 673 00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:17,279 This isn't a union matter, nor a disciplinary hearing. Get out, please. 674 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,119 But I've got a right... You haven't got a right to anything. 675 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:23,680 This is a police investigation into a suspicious death. Get out. 676 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:33,079 Why did you take everything from Mr Mates' pockets before getting him medical treatment? 677 00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:35,280 Who told you that? Your wife. 678 00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:39,079 So? 679 00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:41,679 I was looking for clues to his identity. 680 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:43,799 And you thought that was more important 681 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,359 than getting him seen by a doctor, did you? Well, I just... 682 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,719 There are two hospitals in your town. The Sanderson and St Mary's. 683 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:54,199 The Sanderson is closer, but you drove him to St Mary's, why? 684 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:56,639 I wanted him to be in the best hands. 685 00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:58,679 Best hands for him or for you? 686 00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:00,039 I don't understand, sir. 687 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:03,479 Your wife was on duty at St Mary's that night 688 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,319 and she took charge of his care. That a coincidence? 689 00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:07,639 Completely. 690 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:12,159 All right. Well, your wife also told me that Mr Mates was dressed well 691 00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:13,600 and did not smell of drink. 692 00:47:13,601 --> 00:47:16,599 Why did you tell the Coroner he was a vagrant? 693 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:20,799 Because he was living rough in the old offices where I found him. 694 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,359 The Coroner's officer, now fearing that he was about to be drummed out 695 00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:27,199 of the Brownies for the second time in his miserable life, 696 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:32,199 has very kindly supplied me with the contents of China's pockets. 697 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,120 Or at least as much as you decided to hand over. 698 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:42,159 A wallet containing two pounds, ten shillings. 699 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:45,279 A letter from his brother in Ireland, years old, 700 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:48,439 which is how he got his next of kin, 701 00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:49,880 and some keys. 702 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,719 Now, why would a homeless man have keys? 703 00:47:54,720 --> 00:48:00,839 You knew he wasn't a vagrant, didn't you? So why the lies? What happened? 704 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,199 Did you break his nose, Sergeant? Course not. I think you did. 705 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,879 Did something happen between you and China? 706 00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:10,479 Had he done something to get himself in police custody? 707 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,879 No. He was never in custody, I've told you. 708 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:13,920 You're lying to me. 709 00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:20,279 Stop whistling. Was I whistling? 710 00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,439 Don't mess me about, sonny boy, or I'll come over that desk 711 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:24,800 and smack your face. 712 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,399 Now, the very next day, you went to Higher Sutton Farm 713 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:35,719 and arrested John and David Blackburn, correct? 714 00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:39,160 What's that got to do with anything? Correct? Yes, sir. 715 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:14,319 There'd been an incident at a care home. Somebody wrecked the kitchen. 716 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,839 The Blackburns had been causing trouble earlier on in the town. 717 00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:20,519 So it seemed logical to question them first. 718 00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,879 And they have a record as long as my arm as vandals 719 00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:26,479 and all round public nuisances. Correct? 720 00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,039 Yes, sir. No. Not correct. 721 00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:32,479 There are no records of any inquiries into any offences 722 00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:34,839 in the last three years by either of these boys. 723 00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:38,039 So, once again, why are you lying? 724 00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:40,559 Why are you interested in the Blackburns? 725 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,119 Here's how it works, Sergeant, 726 00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:45,159 I ask the questions, you give the answers. 727 00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,399 I don't know what you're talking about, sir. 728 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:52,959 Why didn't you charge them with the wrecking of the kitchen? Because we had no witnesses. 729 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:56,119 All we could do was lock them up for a day, try and scare them a bit, 730 00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:58,079 put the frighteners on them. 731 00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:01,079 The frighteners? What's that mean? 732 00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:03,959 They were beyond the law, the pair of them. 733 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:07,000 It was as if there was nothing you could do to stop them. 734 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:10,399 Sir? 735 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,440 Are we done now? No, we're not. 736 00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:21,159 ♪ Baby, I feel good 737 00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:24,399 ♪ From the moment I rise 738 00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:28,119 ♪ Feel good from morning 739 00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:29,840 ♪ Till the end of the day 740 00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:32,760 ♪ Till the end of the day 741 00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:37,560 ♪ You and me 742 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,520 ♪ We live this life 743 00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:44,799 ♪ From when we get up 744 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:49,399 ♪ Till we go sleep at night 745 00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:52,119 ♪ You and me, we're free 746 00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:55,759 ♪ We do as we please, yeah 747 00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:58,479 ♪ From morning 748 00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:00,200 ♪ Till the end of the day 749 00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:04,919 ♪ Till the end of the day 750 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:06,680 ♪ Yeah, I get up 751 00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:10,639 ♪ And I see the sun up... ♪ 752 00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:13,159 PIGS GRUNT 753 00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:15,079 ♪ And I feel good, yeah 754 00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:19,479 ♪ Cos my life has begun 755 00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:23,359 ♪ You and me, we're free 756 00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:26,279 ♪ We do as we please, yeah 757 00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:27,679 ♪ From morning... ♪ 758 00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:32,319 Whoa! Whoa! Go and eat your swill or something. 759 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:33,880 ♪ Till the end of the day 760 00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:39,679 ♪ Till the end of the day 761 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,840 ♪ Till the end of the day... ♪ 762 00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:15,600 Something interesting? Very. 763 00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:21,159 Superintendent Shepherd has a son, Danny, do you know him? 764 00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:26,120 Yeah. I think I've met him, yes. Yes, I have met him. 765 00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:28,519 How? 766 00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:33,639 Just... socially, I dunno, really. 767 00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:37,759 What, you and your wife are friends of the Shepherds? 768 00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:43,520 My wife and me... don't have a social life together these days. 769 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:47,760 We don't have any kind of life together. 770 00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:53,519 You still love your wife, don't you, Sergeant? 771 00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,720 The sun rises and sets cos of her. 772 00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:59,400 Always will. 773 00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:07,520 Danny sometimes sleeps over at that care home, doesn't he? At weekends? 774 00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:13,559 Was he sleeping there the night the Blackburns wrecked the kitchen? 775 00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:15,119 No. 776 00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:20,640 Sir. Thank you. 777 00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:32,919 This is a running total of the court appearances by juveniles 778 00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:36,359 in THIS authority over the last three years. 779 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:38,080 Would you like to guess the number? 780 00:53:38,081 --> 00:53:41,199 Not really. No. I've never been any good at guessing. 781 00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,720 2.403. 782 00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:50,199 This is the corresponding information from your authority, 783 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,839 which has roughly half the population. 784 00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:54,960 So you'd expect, what, about a thousand? 785 00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,560 I've never been good at arithmetic either. 786 00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:00,999 88. 787 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,320 Hmm. 788 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:09,680 So, are the kids in your town particularly well-behaved, Sergeant? 789 00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:12,840 Yeah. They are. 790 00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:02,960 ♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh 791 00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:11,840 ♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh 792 00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:17,040 ♪ I don't hear you knock upon my door 793 00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:23,079 ♪ I don't have your lovin' any more 794 00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,960 ♪ Since you been gone I'm a-hurtin' inside 795 00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:31,879 ♪ Well, I want you, baby by my side, yeah 796 00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,760 ♪ I'm cryin', I'm cryin'... 797 00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:42,720 ♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh 798 00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:51,880 ♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh... ♪ 799 00:55:56,720 --> 00:55:59,160 We meet again, David. 800 00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:02,519 Bike is stolen, needless to say. 801 00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:07,640 Er... He saw us inside the house, Guv. 802 00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:12,160 Sorry. 803 00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:19,919 Ok, David. 804 00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:24,919 Now, tell us, where have you been 805 00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:28,199 since Sergeant Molloy arrested you for smashing up that kitchen? 806 00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,959 Apart from here, nicking milk bottles, that is. 807 00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:32,920 Hmmm? 808 00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:41,239 Has your brother, John, turned up yet? 809 00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:42,279 Our John? 810 00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:47,199 Aye. Your John. Have you any idea where he is? 811 00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:53,599 There are numbers totted up on the wall beside your bed, David. 812 00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,760 6, 12, 18, 24. What do they mean? 813 00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:04,639 Six what, David? 814 00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:08,280 Who cried like a bairn, David? Was it you? 815 00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:11,040 Was it John? 816 00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:22,319 It's all right. All right. 817 00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:23,880 Get two officers in here. 818 00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,080 Pick him up. 819 00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:36,800 Hold him down. 820 00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:42,119 Ahh, ahh! 821 00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:43,880 All right. That's enough. Stop! 822 00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:47,760 Oh. 823 00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:51,480 All right, you can go. 824 00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:54,200 Now! 825 00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:58,240 I don't want to be hit any more. 826 00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:02,639 Nobody's going to hit you any more, David. Sit down, son. 827 00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:04,320 Go on. You're all right. 828 00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:08,560 Who did this to you, David? 829 00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:12,520 Could you tell me? 830 00:58:13,720 --> 00:58:17,719 Where did it happen? Can you tell me that? 831 00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:19,360 Was it a police station? 832 00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:22,520 The approved school. 833 00:58:25,560 --> 00:58:28,400 Get this lad to a hospital. Come on, David. 834 00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:38,199 PE for psychopaths, is it? 835 00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:40,519 Murderball. It builds character. 836 00:59:40,520 --> 00:59:42,679 Apparently. 837 00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:46,159 A lad named David Blackburn has been severely beaten. 838 00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:48,439 He says it happened here. 839 00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:49,878 We don't do beatings here. 840 00:59:49,879 --> 00:59:51,360 He isn't one of your inmates. 841 00:59:51,361 --> 00:59:53,040 So what's it got to do with me? 842 00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:57,839 Your wife seems nice. What? 843 00:59:57,840 --> 01:00:01,079 Yeah. We had a little chat with her earlier. You didn't...? 844 01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:04,200 What? Mention your affair with Nurse Molloy? No. No. 845 01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:07,320 But I will. 846 01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:11,520 What you want to see is down here. 847 01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:28,079 We call it the confinement block, but actually it's what was the punishment block. 848 01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:31,599 It's not used these days, thank God. Well, not by us anyway. 849 01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:33,520 But by somebody else? 850 01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:36,599 Look, I just want you to know 851 01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:39,319 that I think using violence against kids is barbaric. 852 01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:41,759 My dad belted me when I was a kid. 853 01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:43,759 Didn't do me any harm. 854 01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:45,600 That's a matter of opinion. 855 01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:50,839 Your wife says you're upping sticks and moving south. Why's that? 856 01:00:50,840 --> 01:00:54,399 Because I came into this to set children free. 857 01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:58,079 And instead I lock them up and teach them how to play murderball. 858 01:00:58,080 --> 01:01:02,039 I've applied for a post with the Probation Service. Told Mrs Molloy yet? 859 01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:03,919 Yes. 860 01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:06,199 Abandoning ship, are you? 861 01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:08,640 Why don't you shut your face, Sergeant? Oi. 862 01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:12,079 So, tell me. 863 01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:14,479 Blackburn brothers. 864 01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:16,680 They were kept here. How long? 865 01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:20,360 Two weeks. Two weeks?! Who by? 866 01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:27,079 Why? 867 01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:29,679 They were being taught a lesson. 868 01:01:29,680 --> 01:01:35,759 You see, there's a feeling abroad, a mood of anger, 869 01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:37,919 a growing belief that the new methods, 870 01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:41,879 you know, ponces like me with my first class honours degree 871 01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:46,239 telling them to look at the child as a whole, that those ideas have failed. 872 01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:50,919 That only one thing works, only one thing ever did work, 873 01:01:50,920 --> 01:01:53,800 and it's time to bring it back. 874 01:01:56,320 --> 01:01:57,679 And you know what? 875 01:01:57,680 --> 01:02:01,159 Wellaby's probably the quietist, safest little town in England. 876 01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:04,799 So where does that leave me and my sociology degree? 877 01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:08,799 And you're telling me that there was nothing you could do to stop this? Like what? 878 01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:11,679 Write to the Manchester Guardian? Go to the police?! 879 01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:16,519 Nah, you had something to lose, didn't you? 880 01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:19,959 Your bit on the side. What was it he said to you? 881 01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:23,279 That he'd tell your wife that you were shagging his wife? 882 01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:25,600 That's exactly what he said, as a matter of fact. 883 01:02:25,601 --> 01:02:29,359 He wanted his own key. Said he couldn't use the local nick like he normally did 884 01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:32,119 and these rooms are separate from the rest of the school, 885 01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:35,679 so he could come and go as he wanted, nobody would know what was going on. 886 01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:41,039 What had they done that was so terrible that they had to be locked up for two weeks and flogged? 887 01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:43,560 I don't know. I didn't ask. Didn't care, you mean. 888 01:02:45,240 --> 01:02:49,119 So they were taught a lesson, then what? Last week, the key was given back to me. 889 01:02:49,120 --> 01:02:51,279 What happened to the brothers? 890 01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:54,039 Sent home, I suppose. To be better human beings. 891 01:02:54,040 --> 01:02:57,799 Well, David Blackburn isn't a better human being, he's a gibbering wreck. 892 01:02:57,800 --> 01:03:03,359 And his brother's vanished off the face of the earth. I'm sorry about that, but that's not my problem. 893 01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:04,759 You think not? 894 01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:06,960 Guv. Guv. 895 01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:11,359 Calm down. 896 01:03:11,360 --> 01:03:15,839 You should have done a degree in common sense, mate. 897 01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:20,359 You've aided and abetted. And when we find John Blackburn, you'll be charged. 898 01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:22,399 But... 899 01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:23,799 But, but, but, but what? 900 01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:26,480 It's my career. 901 01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:33,039 Ta-da! Sorry, better late than never, though, eh! 902 01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:34,160 Oh, no, fine. 903 01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:40,759 Yes? No? Maybes? 904 01:03:40,760 --> 01:03:43,759 Yeah, yeah. 905 01:03:43,760 --> 01:03:46,440 You say the nicest things, George. 906 01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:50,759 So, good day? 907 01:03:50,760 --> 01:03:54,280 Mmm, no. 908 01:03:55,360 --> 01:03:56,599 Bad day. 909 01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:58,080 Yeah. 910 01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:01,919 Do I get a drink? 911 01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:04,199 Sorry. 912 01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:05,400 I don't like wine. 913 01:04:11,680 --> 01:04:13,279 Beer? 914 01:04:13,280 --> 01:04:14,520 Bacardi and coke? 915 01:04:14,521 --> 01:04:16,040 Uh-huh. 916 01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:23,399 Well. I had a bad day, as well. I got the sack. 917 01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,759 Oh, sorry. 918 01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:30,040 Back on traffic duties for me. Look out, A1, here I come! 919 01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:37,839 Well, don't smother us with sympathy, George. 920 01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:39,000 Why'd you get the sack? 921 01:04:40,400 --> 01:04:43,360 Because, apparently, I talk too much. 922 01:04:48,520 --> 01:04:51,679 I'm getting this all wrong, aren't I? No, no. 923 01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:55,599 I do. I do it. It's what happens. 924 01:04:55,600 --> 01:04:57,680 I try a bit too hard. 925 01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:02,239 It's not as if people haven't told us over the years. 926 01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:04,599 I try and do the right thing, 927 01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:07,719 I even think I'm doing the right thing, 928 01:05:07,720 --> 01:05:11,679 but somehow, I always seem to end up doing the wrong thing. 929 01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:13,840 How does that happen, George? 930 01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:20,079 My son hates me because I left his father. 931 01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:23,600 For another man? Who left after three months. 932 01:05:26,080 --> 01:05:28,840 I have made a complete mess of everything. 933 01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:32,440 Liz. 934 01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:38,639 Shall you and I try and have a nice supper, 935 01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:41,799 and to hell with the world for one night, eh? 936 01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:43,439 I'd like that. 937 01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:44,760 Yeah. Me too. 938 01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:50,200 But I have to tell you, I am not a father for your son. 939 01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:57,719 I'm not a father for anybody. Well, I think that's a shame, 940 01:05:57,720 --> 01:06:01,439 because I reckon you'd make a great dad. 941 01:06:01,440 --> 01:06:04,040 The sort of dad who'd do anything for his kids. 942 01:06:06,560 --> 01:06:11,039 Sir. I've got all the neighbouring forces on the lookout for John Blackburn, 943 01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:16,080 but there's no joy yet. He's probably hiding somewhere, scared stiff, just like his brother. 944 01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:19,639 You all right? 945 01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:22,759 The lad's been missing a long time. 946 01:06:22,760 --> 01:06:25,080 Easy... Easy... 947 01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:38,120 You don't have to be here for this. 948 01:06:39,720 --> 01:06:42,680 Paul's applied for a job in Surrey. 949 01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:46,879 Are you going with him? 950 01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:49,280 No. 951 01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:55,239 Did he ask you to? No. 952 01:06:55,240 --> 01:06:57,520 Would you have gone? 953 01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:06,680 You deserve better than this, Tommy. I'm sorry. 954 01:07:08,760 --> 01:07:13,040 The world would be a painful place if we all got what we deserved, huh? 955 01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:18,440 I love you, Terry. 956 01:07:20,240 --> 01:07:22,240 Why? I just do. 957 01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:26,479 I've been shagging another man for a year. 958 01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:29,679 Not only have I been shagging another man for a year, 959 01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:32,639 I've barely even bothered to hide it. 960 01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:35,080 We all make mistakes. 961 01:07:41,680 --> 01:07:47,119 You're the... You're the softest, daftest man I've ever met. 962 01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:54,599 What on earth have you got to laugh about, eh, Tommy? 963 01:07:54,600 --> 01:07:56,560 I dunno. 964 01:08:00,560 --> 01:08:01,800 What is it, Tommy? 965 01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:14,000 I've made a bad mistake, Terry. A bad one. 966 01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:18,159 You're a disgrace to your uniform. You know that? 967 01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:19,759 My husband is a good man. 968 01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:22,639 "Good man? Good..." No. I don't want to hear about it, pet. 969 01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:26,359 Yeah. Well, you're going to. My husband is a good man. 970 01:08:26,360 --> 01:08:28,599 This country is going to the dogs. 971 01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:31,959 It's turning into a horrible, frightening place for old people. 972 01:08:31,960 --> 01:08:36,879 I've heard it all before, love. ...for vulnerable people. What are you doing about it? Eh? Or you? 973 01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:40,559 Well, at least my husband, he has the guts to do something. 974 01:08:40,560 --> 01:08:43,999 You know about his unusual methods for controlling crime, do you? 975 01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:48,319 The whole town knows, Chief Inspector. They just don't know what it is they know. 976 01:08:48,320 --> 01:08:50,119 You'll be late for work, love. 977 01:08:50,120 --> 01:08:52,360 I'm not going to work. I'm staying here. 978 01:08:56,000 --> 01:09:01,880 Where's John Blackburn? Tell them, Tommy. It's time to start living in the light. Both of us. 979 01:09:05,280 --> 01:09:08,600 All I wanted was to hear them say the word "sorry". 980 01:09:09,760 --> 01:09:13,119 I wanted them to say sorry for what they did. 981 01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:15,160 And to mean it. 982 01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:20,199 I wanted them to understand what they did was despicable. 983 01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:23,519 I thought it was the last chance they'd ever have to become 984 01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:25,679 decent human beings. 985 01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:29,679 ♪ When I was a laddie I lived with me mammy and many's a hammer me mammy gave me 986 01:09:29,680 --> 01:09:33,839 ♪ But when I grow up I can hammer me mammy and serves her right for hammering me 987 01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:37,839 ♪ When I was a laddie, I lived with me mammy and many's a hammer me mammy gave me... ♪ 988 01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:40,359 I was trying to do the right thing for my town. 989 01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:42,040 Trying to... 990 01:09:45,520 --> 01:09:47,160 I went too far, didn't I? 991 01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:53,000 What happened, Sergeant? Why can't we find John Blackburn? 992 01:09:54,720 --> 01:09:57,319 You're late for school. The school of hard knocks, 993 01:09:57,320 --> 01:10:00,879 where you will eventually learn discipline. And respect. 994 01:10:00,880 --> 01:10:02,240 Out yous get. 995 01:10:18,960 --> 01:10:20,240 Where's the body? 996 01:10:20,241 --> 01:10:22,159 I buried it. Tommy... 997 01:10:22,160 --> 01:10:23,799 Where? Up on the moors. 998 01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:25,039 Get your coat. 999 01:10:25,040 --> 01:10:27,519 I'd never find it. It was pitch black. 1000 01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:29,799 I see. Who helped you bury it? 1001 01:10:29,800 --> 01:10:31,759 Nobody. 1002 01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:32,960 Did it by yourself? 1003 01:10:32,961 --> 01:10:34,640 Yes, sir. 1004 01:10:36,560 --> 01:10:39,799 You don't believe me, do you? 1005 01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:41,799 You have to bury a body pretty deep. 1006 01:10:41,800 --> 01:10:44,879 Shallow graves always open up. The weather. Foxes. 1007 01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:48,679 A lot of digging for one man. 1008 01:10:48,680 --> 01:10:53,080 How about the beatings? That all your own work as well? Yeah. 1009 01:10:54,680 --> 01:11:00,200 One more question. If you had to describe Alan Shepherd... 1010 01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:05,239 what would you say? 1011 01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:07,800 I'd say he was the finest man I ever met. 1012 01:11:15,480 --> 01:11:19,039 We have got GBH, false imprisonment, illegally disposing of a body, 1013 01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:22,679 perverting the course of justice... You didn't believe all that stuff 1014 01:11:22,680 --> 01:11:25,799 about burying a body on the moors, did you? 1015 01:11:25,800 --> 01:11:28,199 Where is he then? Get in. 1016 01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:30,320 Ah, God. 1017 01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:38,079 Lafferty and Molloy served in this force together. 1018 01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:40,559 He knew Lafferty well enough to ask him 1019 01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:42,599 to cover up the facts of China's death. 1020 01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:46,400 I think that he asked the coroner's officer for another favour. 1021 01:11:55,640 --> 01:11:58,719 Excuse me. Have you got an appointment? 1022 01:11:58,720 --> 01:12:00,519 Don't need one. 1023 01:12:00,520 --> 01:12:03,799 A lad named John Blackburn is unaccounted for. 1024 01:12:03,800 --> 01:12:07,200 Have you got any unidentified bodies in your care? 1025 01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:10,760 Just one. 1026 01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:20,639 Is this your son John? 1027 01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:22,440 Yeah. 1028 01:12:24,160 --> 01:12:28,480 I'm sorry. It seems he took his own life. 1029 01:12:30,120 --> 01:12:34,679 He tried the same thing twice after his mum left. 1030 01:12:34,680 --> 01:12:38,680 Never known a lad hate the world so much. Specially other kids. 1031 01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:44,360 Did you give your permission for what happened to your sons? 1032 01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:48,919 I couldn't cope with them any more. 1033 01:12:48,920 --> 01:12:50,760 I see. 1034 01:12:52,480 --> 01:12:56,240 Well, perhaps you'd better take a good look at what was done to him. 1035 01:13:20,520 --> 01:13:22,519 Body arrive in an ambulance? 1036 01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:24,839 I believe it was a police vehicle. 1037 01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:27,559 Oh, you do surprise me. Driven by whom? 1038 01:13:27,560 --> 01:13:30,000 Was it your old pal Sergeant Molloy? 1039 01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:33,199 No. 1040 01:13:33,200 --> 01:13:35,840 No, it wasn't Tommy Molloy. 1041 01:13:51,240 --> 01:13:53,840 You really like this bloke, don't you? 1042 01:13:55,120 --> 01:13:58,880 He's an outstanding man. Outstanding public servant. 1043 01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:03,279 Do you want my advice? 1044 01:14:03,280 --> 01:14:04,320 No. 1045 01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:08,840 Let me have those cards, will you? 1046 01:14:20,600 --> 01:14:24,640 He's upstairs giving Danny a bath. He'll be down in a minute. 1047 01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:31,800 He often talks about you, you know. 1048 01:14:31,801 --> 01:14:35,080 "If only there were a few more like George Gently." 1049 01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:53,519 George. Sergeant. Say "hello" to Mr Gently and Mr Bacchus, Danny. 1050 01:14:53,520 --> 01:14:54,719 Mmmm... 1051 01:14:54,720 --> 01:14:57,599 Hello, Danny. I've brought something for you. 1052 01:14:57,600 --> 01:15:00,839 Oh, look, Danny! 1053 01:15:00,840 --> 01:15:03,439 Can you thank Mr Gently for me, Danny? 1054 01:15:03,440 --> 01:15:04,879 Mmmm... 1055 01:15:04,880 --> 01:15:08,159 No, no. Careful, Danny, you'll squeeze the life out of him. 1056 01:15:08,160 --> 01:15:10,399 Shall we put them in order on the table? 1057 01:15:10,400 --> 01:15:11,680 Mmmm. 1058 01:15:25,440 --> 01:15:27,560 Why don't you do that upstairs? 1059 01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:33,999 Yes. Come on, Danny. Say good night to Mr Gently and Mr Bacchus. 1060 01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:40,800 Danny, come on. Say good night... to Mr Gently and Mr Bacchus. 1061 01:15:43,400 --> 01:15:45,680 I'll be up to read you a story, Dan. 1062 01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:10,719 Where did you find them? 1063 01:16:10,720 --> 01:16:15,279 In a drawer in the Blackburn lads' bedroom. 1064 01:16:15,280 --> 01:16:17,199 Should've looked. 1065 01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:22,599 Yes. You should have. Did they hurt Danny, Alan? 1066 01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:23,839 Badly. 1067 01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:27,879 Why didn't you just charge them? Let the courts deal with it? 1068 01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:31,479 With Danny as the only witness? What chance was there? 1069 01:16:31,480 --> 01:16:33,920 So you decided on a different course of action? 1070 01:16:35,080 --> 01:16:38,119 I thought, "There'll be a spark of human decency in them. 1071 01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:40,879 "There's bound to be. Is in all of us." 1072 01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:44,439 I put them together with Danny in a room. 1073 01:16:44,440 --> 01:16:49,439 Let them see how much they'd hurt him. They laughed. 1074 01:16:49,440 --> 01:16:54,040 The younger one - who was the more vicious of the two - said... 1075 01:16:56,520 --> 01:16:59,119 Said - and I quote... 1076 01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:03,519 "You think a judge is going to take any notice of a window-licker like him?" 1077 01:17:03,520 --> 01:17:05,999 "Window licker"? 1078 01:17:06,000 --> 01:17:09,079 The kids from the care home, when they're taken out for a day, 1079 01:17:09,080 --> 01:17:11,359 they travel through town in a bus. 1080 01:17:11,360 --> 01:17:14,079 They often press their faces against the glass... 1081 01:17:14,080 --> 01:17:16,680 Some of the locals find it funny. 1082 01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:21,359 Did you authorise the beatings, Alan? 1083 01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:25,639 I not only authorised them, I carried them out. 1084 01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:31,079 Whatever Tommy Molloy has told you, it wasn't him. It was me. 1085 01:17:31,080 --> 01:17:35,359 Tommy's... too loyal for his own good. In all sorts of ways. 1086 01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:38,439 Why? What did you hope to achieve? 1087 01:17:38,440 --> 01:17:41,839 Corporal punishment was banned 20 years ago, 1088 01:17:41,840 --> 01:17:44,039 and for one very good reason - it doesn't work. 1089 01:17:44,040 --> 01:17:46,719 I'm surprised you thought otherwise. 1090 01:17:46,720 --> 01:17:50,399 But it does work, George. I hate to admit it but it does work. 1091 01:17:50,400 --> 01:17:54,000 It's been going on for years here, hasn't it? Yes. 1092 01:17:55,760 --> 01:17:58,839 Have you never given a thick ear to some young lout 1093 01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:02,199 you've come across giving a mouthful of abuse to an old lady? 1094 01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:03,839 Yes. I have. 1095 01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:06,679 Have you never wished a magistrate could still order 1096 01:18:06,680 --> 01:18:09,999 six strokes of the birch on some little thug and thought, 1097 01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:13,439 "Yes, that is exactly what that kid needs at this stage in his life... 1098 01:18:13,440 --> 01:18:15,920 "something to pull him up short, make him think twice 1099 01:18:15,921 --> 01:18:19,239 "before he does it again"? Yes, sometimes I have wished that. 1100 01:18:19,240 --> 01:18:21,959 Do you ever look at the world and think to yourself, 1101 01:18:21,960 --> 01:18:27,279 "is society a better place because we no longer use violence on young thugs?" No. 1102 01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:32,119 I look at the world and I ask myself, "What does the law say?" 1103 01:18:32,120 --> 01:18:35,360 Never break the law, George? For the greater good? 1104 01:18:38,160 --> 01:18:39,439 Sometimes. 1105 01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:43,239 Why? To try and get things right. To try and do the right thing. 1106 01:18:43,240 --> 01:18:47,080 And what is the right thing? How do we get it right? 1107 01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:52,280 I ask myself those questions every day. I don't know the answers. 1108 01:18:53,480 --> 01:18:57,399 You've got a decision to make, George. Yes. 1109 01:18:57,400 --> 01:19:01,439 John Blackburn hanged himself because of what you did to him. 1110 01:19:01,440 --> 01:19:03,759 I had to break those lads, George. I had to, 1111 01:19:03,760 --> 01:19:07,079 because of what they might say about Danny. Which was what? 1112 01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:10,999 Is this where China comes into it? 1113 01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:13,919 China got into this story the same way Pontius Pilate 1114 01:19:13,920 --> 01:19:15,239 got into The Creed. 1115 01:19:15,240 --> 01:19:19,599 Wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. 1116 01:19:30,040 --> 01:19:32,120 Oi, spacca, dance! 1117 01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:36,080 Check his pockets. In his pockets, man! 1118 01:19:39,000 --> 01:19:40,280 It's aeroplanes. 1119 01:19:40,281 --> 01:19:42,159 You've made the spacca cry! 1120 01:19:42,160 --> 01:19:44,319 You've got some cards! 1121 01:19:46,360 --> 01:19:51,839 Hey, hey, what's going on? Leave the lad alone. 1122 01:19:51,840 --> 01:19:54,759 Here, son. 1123 01:19:54,760 --> 01:19:58,199 Here's the rest of them. Look, here! 1124 01:19:58,200 --> 01:20:02,079 You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Gimme those. 1125 01:20:04,400 --> 01:20:08,559 This way! The old cacker thinks he's the Lone Ranger! 1126 01:20:08,560 --> 01:20:11,319 Over here! 1127 01:20:11,320 --> 01:20:12,520 He's up! 1128 01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:19,520 Give him his cards back! 1129 01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:24,120 We haven't got them, man! He's got them! 1130 01:20:24,960 --> 01:20:26,159 Danny! 1131 01:20:26,160 --> 01:20:28,400 No, son. 1132 01:20:31,440 --> 01:20:37,399 He's killed the Lone Ranger! Hang him, hang him! 1133 01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:39,160 Hang the spacca! 1134 01:20:40,480 --> 01:20:42,079 Cops... Haway! 1135 01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:44,120 Danny! 1136 01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:54,959 Danny doesn't know his own strength. 1137 01:20:54,960 --> 01:20:58,319 He's a gentle lad, but he can lose his temper. 1138 01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:00,200 And a court might not understand him. 1139 01:21:00,201 --> 01:21:04,159 He needs proper care, not to be drugged 1140 01:21:04,160 --> 01:21:07,919 and straitjacketed in some vile Victorian asylum. 1141 01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:09,959 I couldn't let that happen. 1142 01:21:09,960 --> 01:21:13,919 I had to try to break them so they would never tell. 1143 01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:16,599 Oh, you broke them all right, Alan. 1144 01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:19,240 I'll carry that with me to my grave. 1145 01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:26,240 But I won't say I'm sorry. It was my boy or them. 1146 01:21:27,360 --> 01:21:28,400 No contest. 1147 01:21:29,560 --> 01:21:32,479 It's up to you what happens next, George. 1148 01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:35,440 But let me say this and then I'll be silent. 1149 01:21:36,400 --> 01:21:41,159 Without me, Pat will not be able to cope with Danny. 1150 01:21:41,160 --> 01:21:45,080 He will go into an institution and he will never come out again. 1151 01:21:46,240 --> 01:21:50,040 I just want you to understand that. That's all. 1152 01:21:52,360 --> 01:21:54,760 Guv. 1153 01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:02,480 Guv. Let's go home. 1154 01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:10,720 Stand up, please. 1155 01:22:17,560 --> 01:22:19,399 Alan Shepherd. 1156 01:22:19,400 --> 01:22:22,719 I'm arresting you on charges of grievous bodily harm, 1157 01:22:22,720 --> 01:22:26,439 false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice. 1158 01:22:26,440 --> 01:22:28,759 You do not have to say anything, 1159 01:22:28,760 --> 01:22:31,520 but anything you do say may be used in evidence. 1160 01:22:33,320 --> 01:22:34,759 Do you understand? 1161 01:22:34,760 --> 01:22:39,360 Yes, George. I do understand. 1162 01:22:42,040 --> 01:22:43,320 I really do. 1163 01:22:56,280 --> 01:22:58,239 What do you think he'll get? 1164 01:22:58,240 --> 01:23:02,199 Dishonourable discharge. Probably a prison sentence. 1165 01:23:02,200 --> 01:23:05,479 Molloy the same. Takes more than one man to hold a lad down and birch him. 1166 01:23:05,480 --> 01:23:07,760 You happy with that, are you, sir? No. I'm not. 1167 01:23:09,480 --> 01:23:13,079 It's not up to me or you or Alan Shepherd to decide who is 1168 01:23:13,080 --> 01:23:15,799 under the law and who's above it. 1169 01:23:15,800 --> 01:23:17,599 You see... 1170 01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:19,119 What? 1171 01:23:19,120 --> 01:23:22,239 It was a cold night. China wasn't wearing a coat. 1172 01:23:22,240 --> 01:23:23,399 Ah, sir... 1173 01:23:23,400 --> 01:23:26,559 So he wasn't out for a walk, was he? 1174 01:23:26,560 --> 01:23:30,040 He had to have heard something. Gone to help Danny. 1175 01:23:38,680 --> 01:23:41,040 You wait in the car. 1176 01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:59,159 Evening. I'm sorry to trouble you. I'm a police officer. 1177 01:23:59,160 --> 01:24:01,239 We're carrying out an investigation. 1178 01:24:01,240 --> 01:24:04,440 It's nothing serious, but I wonder if I might come in for a moment. 1179 01:24:05,840 --> 01:24:07,320 Excuse me. Thank you. 1180 01:24:13,280 --> 01:24:15,359 Who lives here, do you know? 1181 01:24:15,360 --> 01:24:17,759 I've only just come here. An old man, I think. 1182 01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:19,760 Ever seen him? No. 1183 01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:24,840 Hello? 1184 01:26:01,680 --> 01:26:03,720 Faster! Hold on tight, spacca! 1185 01:26:43,960 --> 01:26:46,000 "Dear Mr Gently. 1186 01:26:47,400 --> 01:26:52,519 "I have turned over a new leaf now, just as you told me to. 1187 01:26:52,520 --> 01:26:56,119 "You were cruel to be kind, and I thank you for it..." 1188 01:26:56,120 --> 01:26:57,959 Hey! Leave the lad alone. 1189 01:26:57,960 --> 01:27:02,079 "Because I think I figured out how to do things right. 1190 01:27:02,080 --> 01:27:04,439 "I think you will be proud of me now. 1191 01:27:04,440 --> 01:27:07,599 "No more booze. 1192 01:27:07,600 --> 01:27:11,880 "I have a nice little place here, and will make friends I'm sure. 1193 01:27:14,280 --> 01:27:18,439 "Hope you are well and giving them villains a hard time as ever. 1194 01:27:18,440 --> 01:27:24,119 "Take care of yourself. No reply needed, you are busy, I know. 1195 01:27:24,120 --> 01:27:27,880 "Your old friend, China." 1196 01:27:41,040 --> 01:27:42,320 Goodbye, China. 1197 01:27:42,345 --> 01:27:47,645 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd, MemoryOnSmells