1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:11,040 This programme contains some violent scenes. 2 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,000 This car's falling apart. 3 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,400 I know. 4 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,520 Did we get the "machete on the night bus" story in? 5 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:57,760 No, I couldn't see it. 6 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,000 It's bloody freezing in here. Gonnae get that heater fixed? 7 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,000 I don't think I can stay in the call car for much longer. 8 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,480 Of course, you'll be the editor this time next month, I completely forgot(!) 9 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,320 What's wrong with working in the call car, anyhow? 10 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:17,680 Where else would the paper get its surreal vignettes of Glasgow life? 11 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,000 RADIO: 'Come in, Alpha Four. We have reports of a disturbance at 45, Ashwell Terrace, Bearsden.' 12 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,400 A disturbance. Bearsden. 13 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,960 'Man and woman fighting.' 14 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,880 Oh, it's posh. It might be worth a look. 15 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,040 'Need a car over there immediately. Repeat - reports of a disturbance at 45...' 16 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,440 17 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,640 18 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,960 19 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,560 so guilty about their cynicism 20 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,880 21 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,840 22 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,080 23 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:07,160 heartbroken? 24 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,560 25 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:16,080 get ready now, baby 26 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,360 27 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,720 28 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,560 29 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,640 Can I help you? Do you live here? 30 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,640 Daily News. 31 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:41,920 What's the story? 32 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:45,520 Well, a gang of unruly surgeons have been reeking havoc in 33 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,560 a fracas over a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau. 34 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:48,800 Very funny, Burns. 35 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,360 McVie. Meehan. Nothing for yous here. Noise complaint. 36 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,080 Shouting, slamming doors. Bearsden? Heaven forbid(!) 37 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,320 I know. The carpets round here are so thick you feel 38 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,200 that your feet have been cut off. 39 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:05,800 Hey, what's the difference between a porcupine and a house in Bearsden? 40 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:09,240 On a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside. 41 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,680 Oh, I thought that was a cop shop. 42 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,560 Ignore him. He thinks he's a comedian. 43 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,560 That woman has blood on her face. 44 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,760 She wants us to leave it. 45 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,680 She's a lawyer. 46 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,280 Vhari Burnett. There's not much I can do. 47 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:27,560 If she calls us out again... 48 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,680 RADIO: 'Alpha Four, do you receive?' ..I'll take action. Come on, let's go. 49 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,000 And you two, away and rake some muck someplace else. 50 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,520 Right, let's get out of here. This is not going in the paper. 51 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,160 Vhari Burnett? Have you seriously never heard of her? No. 52 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,680 Top lawyer for Amnesty? She gets beaten up - that's news. 53 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,200 She gets beaten up by Arthur Scargill, that's news. 54 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,840 She gets slapped across the kisser by her boyfriend, that's not. 55 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,440 Then what's CID doing here? 56 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,160 Hello. Paddy Meehan. Daily News. 57 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,080 George McVie. If we could have a word. 58 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,280 It won't take two seconds. 59 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,360 We just wanted to know if you'd been beating up your wife. 60 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,120 Can I apologise for my colleague? 61 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,280 Or are her injuries in relation to a case that she's been working on? 62 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,400 Shut up, you. 63 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,320 Or are her injuries related to a case that she's been working on? 64 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,800 Look, I'm a colleague of Miss Burnett 65 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,400 and I'm sorry to say she's had a wee bit too much to drink. 66 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,960 But thank you for your concern. 67 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,480 Now, I needn't stress how important it is that none of this reaches the paper. 68 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:41,120 Vhari's a very successful lawyer and if word got round that she couldn't 69 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:46,600 handle the sauce. Well, it would, erm, it would damage her reputation. 70 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,080 But, erm, thank you very much. 71 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,240 Good night. 72 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,520 50 quid. 73 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,920 You dancer. 74 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:58,400 What are you doing? 75 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,280 Keys. We can't take his money. 76 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:02,040 Keys. 77 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,640 SHE SIGHS 78 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,080 CAR ENGINE CHOKES 79 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,640 Listen, take the 50 quid. You need it. 80 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:27,800 Your family need it. 81 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,200 What difference does it make? Devlin's not going to publish this - 82 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,880 "Lawyer gets pished". 83 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,200 She looked scared. 84 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:40,040 Phone it in. Be my guest. 85 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,960 Right. It's past the dead hour. 86 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,840 Some bastard must be killing somebody somewhere. 87 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,000 I think you've been overcharged... 88 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,720 I cannae see how it's that much. Been a mistake. 89 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,320 It couldn't be that much. 90 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,840 You been out already? 91 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:12,360 Thought there might be some lead down by the old factory 92 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,480 at Eastfield, but somebody beat me to it. 93 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,000 Just so you know, the phone's not working. 94 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,280 Cut off? Did I say that? It's just temporarily out of use. 95 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:25,080 Eviction notice? 96 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,400 Give us that. 97 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,560 I thought we paid the back rent. How much do we owe? 98 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,400 Don't worry about it, I'll get work soon. 99 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:31,800 How much, Dad? 100 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,400 About 145. 101 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:41,360 Put your money away. You're paying enough already. 102 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,560 I can look after my own family. 103 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,520 Where exactly are you going to get that type of cash? 104 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:50,920 So, how was last night? 105 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:55,000 Did you hear about that woman being killed? It was just on the radio. 106 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,320 No, I missed that. 107 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,200 Oh, better luck next time. 108 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,480 I just report the news, Mum. I don't make it happen. 109 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,080 What else? See any sights? 110 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:06,960 Give us your chat. 111 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,040 First, we went to a car crash - nobody was hurt. 112 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,880 Oh, you must have been disappointed. 113 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,280 And then we went to the police station in Anderston. 114 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:15,920 Then a disturbance at Bearsden, 115 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,200 and just drove about Easterhouse for a few hours. 116 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,480 Bearsden. That's where that woman was killed, wasn't it? 117 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,400 SHE FLICKS THROUGH RADIO STATIONS 118 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,840 RADIO: 'In the First Division, Meadowbank Thistle...' 119 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,160 Will you turn that off? This isn't just your room. 120 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:35,720 Shut up, I need to hear this. 121 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,480 RADIO: 'The name of the victim in the Bearsden killing has been 122 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,760 'announced as Vhari Burnett - a well-known lawyer in the city. 123 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,320 'She was found dead at her home by police officers at 6.30 this morning.' 124 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,480 Can I speak to you? Aye, sure. 125 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:54,800 In private. 126 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,560 This is bad. 127 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,360 That guy killed her, McVie, and we took money from him. 128 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,160 Ah, when you put it like that, it does sound sort of bad. 129 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,120 You don't know he killed her. 130 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,240 He could have been long gone by then. 131 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:08,520 We need to tell Devlin. 132 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,520 You keep your gas at a peep. 133 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,240 Tell him, by all means, but miss out the bit about the 50 quid. 134 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:16,720 Do you want your jotters? 135 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,160 Cos he'll have us out of here so fast your face will look as 136 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:20,800 if it's been in a wind tunnel. 137 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,680 TV: 'No. Now if this Government spent as much money on modernising 138 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,080 'the pits as they do trying to destroy the trade union movement, 139 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,760 'we would have a sustainable industry and a future.' 140 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,400 So, when did you get the call? 141 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:42,280 Well, is it... Is it definite? Is it signed, sealed, delivered? 142 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,640 Yeah, sure. 143 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,320 TV: 'We'll make another statement later on...' 144 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,880 Hey, I got a call from Partick Marine Police Station. 145 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,680 Apparently, you were at this house in Bearsden last night? 146 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:54,360 They want to talk to you. 147 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,800 No problem. Yeah, well, is there anything for us in it? 148 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,920 Anything you can write up? Any hook? 149 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,520 We weren't there very long. Just got a glimpse of her. 150 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,320 Well, that makes you the last person to see her alive, doesn't it? There's your hook. 151 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,360 Jesus, Paddy, do I have to do your job for you? 152 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,680 Yeah, I'm still here. 153 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:14,400 I want a hundred-word description, all right? 154 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,040 Scene at the house, atmosphere. Book end it with facts. 155 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,880 And I want it in before you go out on the call car, all right? 156 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,280 Anything else I should know? 157 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,680 No. All right, then, piss off. 158 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:46,800 It's Meehan, right? 159 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,560 Your reputation goes before you. 160 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,960 I heard what you did on the Baby Brian case. 161 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,640 So what can you tell me about the Bearsden call? 162 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,480 I spoke to the man at the door. 163 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,080 Did you see the Burnett woman? 164 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,280 Yeah, she, erm, she had blood on her face. 165 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:03,720 I think she'd cut her lip. 166 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:06,560 Cut her lip? 167 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,200 She had her teeth pulled out and her skull caved in with a hammer. 168 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,760 She was found curled up behind the door by somebody that came to pick her up for work. 169 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:18,280 Tell us anything else? 170 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,280 Yeah, erm, the man... He spoke with an Irish accent. 171 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,440 He wore red braces, expensive shirt. 172 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,240 He said that he was a colleague. 173 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,320 And there was a red car parked round the back. 174 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:30,840 You never mentioned that. 175 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,720 Just assumed it was hers. 176 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,840 Do you think there's some kind of Irish connection? Provos, maybe? 177 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,440 What I think is my business. Is that it? 178 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,800 On you go. 179 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,560 Is there something else? 180 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,960 One para for four nights in a call car, Meehan? 181 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,240 You driving round with your eyes shut? 182 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,760 If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. But it did happen, didn't it? 183 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,920 A good old-fashioned murder and you missed it! 184 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:39,120 There's a, erm, a miners' strike on, as well, 185 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:40,640 just in case you haven't noticed? 186 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,320 Is there? Is there really(?) 187 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,800 If you want to make yourself useful, at least bend over 188 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,760 and give the sideliners somewhere to stick their pens. 189 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,720 Just so you know, Mary Margaret from the press bar is telling 190 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,400 everybody that you've got a dick like a cocktail stick. 191 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,080 MURMURS AND CHUCKLING 192 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:02,720 Jesus wept. 193 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:05,960 What's the score? 194 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,480 Something happen? 195 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,120 What's up? They've sold the paper. 196 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:21,280 I knew this would happen. 197 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,360 They'll use this to crack the unions wide open. 198 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,680 The negotiations have been going on for some time. 199 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:28,440 They just, erm... Forgot to tell us. 200 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:29,880 Who's the new owner? 201 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:33,280 McCallum International. They took over The Examiner in Manchester - 202 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:34,880 started editing on computers, 203 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,080 printing up off-site at a fraction of the cost. 204 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:38,840 Holy shit. 205 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,000 Printing in colour. 206 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,040 Colour? Mmm-hmm. 207 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,680 Typing through three sheets and two carbons - it's a dying skill, boys. 208 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:47,640 Just as well you could never do that. 209 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,680 That's cos his finger was always up his arse. 210 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:53,600 Aye, keep laughing - all the way to the dole queue! 211 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,080 Maybe it's not all doom and gloom. 212 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,360 Yeah, well, you're about to find out. 213 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,560 Hey, the new editor-in-chief is on his way up the stairs! 214 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:06,440 Name's Maloney. So I want everyone in here, including secretarial. Now. 215 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,240 Well, come on. You're about to meet your new boss, so at least look professional. 216 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,560 Pronto Tonto! 217 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:15,240 Hold up, comrades. 218 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,640 Erm, hi. Devlin, editor. 219 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,640 Welcome to the Daily News. 220 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,400 Is this the entire newsroom staff? 221 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:26,560 Erm, yeah, more or less. 222 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:28,720 Good. I have a few words to say. 223 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:33,400 Well, the floor is yours. 224 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:42,000 I'm told that a successful newspaper treats its workforce with respect, 225 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:46,960 values experience while nurturing new talent and taking risks. 226 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,680 I'm told this. 227 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,000 Unfortunately, I don't believe it. 228 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,360 This is a provincial paper in a provincial town. 229 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,080 And please don't start banging on about Glasgow being 230 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,240 the second city of the Empire. 231 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,360 This place does not have room for two broadsheets. 232 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:13,040 But if there's only going to be one, I want it to be the Daily News. 233 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,400 You need to start attracting some new readers. 234 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:19,880 Nationally. 235 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,880 Well, that's the good news. 236 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,000 The bad news is that not all of you will be embarking on this 237 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,480 exciting new journey with me. 238 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,720 At least 20% of you will go. 239 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,400 We are going to be leaner, meaner and keener. 240 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,160 That's enough show-boating. The NUJ will have something... 241 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,760 You tell the NUJ there's a new sheriff in town. 242 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,520 This paper has a tradition. 243 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,560 Well, if you don't like it, piss off. 244 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,680 They're looking for a new features editor at The Guardian. 245 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,600 Although not one with a second-rate CV like yours. 246 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,040 Careful. 247 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:59,640 I don't have anything to lose here. 248 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,120 However, if you do stay, 249 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,040 at least you'll be able to save the hacks that deserve a job. 250 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,320 If you go - blood bath. 251 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,400 Why me? If I'm so second-rate. 252 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,720 Your CV is. You're not. 253 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,960 No, you've done a good job here. 254 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,880 It's just times are changing and you need to adapt. 255 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,440 I'm not saying you've got to go down-market, you know? 256 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,480 Swing from the soft left to the soft right, 257 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,360 you'll pick up circulation in no time. 258 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,920 And I can choose who stays and who goes, yeah? 259 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,240 Right. 260 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:37,040 I picked up today's edition at the airport. 261 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,200 It's dull. 262 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,760 We'll kick off the new look with a big story, 263 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,040 but from an angle that your readers don't expect. 264 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,640 We need to make it clear that this paper has a new voice. 265 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:47,840 Which is? 266 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,320 We'll go with the miners' strike. 267 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,800 But let's go after the union leaders. 268 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,160 We'll do a piece highlighting their rank hypocrisy - 269 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,280 their big cars, holiday homes. 270 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,880 I ain't saying we're going to get a shot of Red Willie McDade 271 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,560 in his Jacuzzi, lighting a cigar with some poor sod's giro. 272 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,800 There's a lot of support for the strike up here. 273 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,200 You know, at Polmaise they don't even need pickets. 274 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,200 Devlin, the miners don't buy your paper. They buy the Sun. 275 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,480 I'll be taking that desk over there until I get upstairs refurbished. 276 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,240 Don't think she's a Partick Thistle supporter, do you? 277 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,360 WOMAN BREATHES HEAVILY 278 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:17,840 We need to hand that money in. 279 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:20,640 That might be tricky. 280 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:24,320 I slapped mine on Widow's Fortune in the 1.30 at Doncaster this morning. 281 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:25,520 It's still running. 282 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,840 But it could be evidence. 283 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,160 The cops saw him. 284 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:30,880 He'll be in the clink before you know it. 285 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:36,400 No, what we need is a juicy story. Keep our jobs. 286 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,760 You still eating them things? 287 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,640 You should lay off the fish suppers. 288 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,640 I've never had any complaints. 289 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,080 Really? Because for someone with a reputation as a letch, 290 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,520 I've never actually seen you with a woman. 291 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,080 Appearances can be deceiving. 292 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,280 There's been plenty, don't you worry. 293 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,320 They're not exactly kicking your door in for a mad shag, are they? 294 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,600 Was it someone special? Is that it? 295 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,280 Did she break your heart? 296 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,400 That's right. I'm like Humphrey McBogart. 297 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:13,840 I'll always have Rothesay. 298 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,720 RADIO: 'Alpha Four, members of the public have found a body 299 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,680 'floating in the river by the old boathouse near the Clyde bridge. 300 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,840 'Do you receive me, over?' 301 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,200 Let's go. CAR ENGINE TURNS 302 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,160 Oh, come on. Come on! 303 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,040 CAR ENGINE TURNS 304 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,840 CAR STARTS 305 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:58,120 Listen, erm, you go. 306 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:01,320 That, erm, fish supper isn't sitting too well. 307 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,640 POLICE OFFICER: There's an ambulance on its way. 308 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,200 Just where do you think you're going? It's all right, Tam. 309 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,480 What's going on here? 310 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,240 Nothing exciting, I'm afraid. Some guy dead in the water. 311 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,440 Something in the river must have ripped open his face. 312 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,000 Suicide, I'm guessing. 313 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,240 Maybe call it in as possible foul play, just to be safe. 314 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,520 They drag a DS out here for a jumper? 315 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,920 Aye, DCI Sullivan wanted me to check it out. 316 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,280 New boy, I get all the best jobs. 317 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,920 So, what are you doing tomorrow? 318 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,560 What, you can't work that call car 24-7. That'd be slave labour. 319 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,520 You choose your moments! 320 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,600 Not the most romantic setting, I know, but needs must. 321 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,680 I don't know when I might get another chance. 322 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,440 And you don't see peepers like yours very often. 323 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:09,320 20 quid. 324 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,440 Credit card. Business card. 325 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,680 "Mark Thillingly. Law Society". 326 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,920 Amnesty International? 327 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,680 Anything else you'd like to know? 328 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,240 Like Vhari Burnett. 329 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,160 What, you think this is the guy that was at the Burnett house? 330 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,440 No, it's not the guy I saw. 331 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,280 But he could have been there. 332 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,560 Maybe he killed her and topped himself. 333 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,120 "Support The Miners"? 334 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,520 See you later. 335 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:45,480 So, what about that drink? 336 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,760 I'll be in the press bar tomorrow night. 337 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,200 We need to call this in. Another lawyer. 338 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,160 Fits in with the Vhari Burnett murder. 339 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:00,760 That could be the amateur dentist. 340 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,960 Could be. Name's Mark Thillingly. 341 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,440 Good girl. 342 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,880 Hail Mary full of grace. Our Lord is with thee. 343 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:28,760 Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 344 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:29,840 Jesus. 345 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,120 Going to do that somewhere else? I need to sleep. 346 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,560 I've decided. 347 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,960 I'm going to take holy orders. 348 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,160 I know what you're going to say, but I've been thinking about it 349 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,400 ever since I saw the Holy Father at Bellahouston. 350 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,320 Father Michael has got a place for me at Taize. 351 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,960 It's an ecumenical camp for young Christians. 352 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,640 Just to try it out, see if it suits me. 353 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:01,680 I know what I'm doing, Paddy. 354 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,000 I just want you to have a life - 355 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,920 wild adventures, passionate love affairs - 356 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,480 not spend it praying in some cold, grey room. 357 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:12,720 There's more to it than that. 358 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,520 And what about Dad? He's up to his eyes in debt. 359 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,360 They need another wage coming in. 360 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:18,880 He said it was OK. 361 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,400 I let you be who you want to be. 362 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,880 Hear the good news, then? 363 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,040 She doesn't know what she's doing. She's 18. 364 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,440 She's throwing her life away. 365 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,760 Becoming a Bride of Christ is throwing your life away? 366 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,760 You've brainwashed her. I don't have time to brainwash anyone. 367 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,400 And if I did, I would start with you. 368 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,640 I prayed every night that one of you would find Jesus. 369 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,040 I set me heart on it, so don't you spoil this! 370 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,960 Mary Ann has got her whole life ahead of her. 371 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,040 I'm not listening to you, Patricia. 372 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,680 You're surrounded by sin. You peddle in it. 373 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,160 No, I don't! 374 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,440 I want to do good, just like Mary Ann, only in a different way. 375 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:15,000 How? By making up lies about people? By hounding them? 376 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,560 By writing about your own family, if you think it'll get you ahead? 377 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,600 You're happy enough to take my money. 378 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,480 Dad can't get work. We've already had to move once. 379 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,200 Now we've got another eviction notice on the table. 380 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,240 Don't you think Mary Ann should be bringing in a wage? 381 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:38,600 She doesn't need a job. 382 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,320 She has a vocation. 383 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,400 I mean, Devlin didn't even call him in. 384 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,960 Just gave him the bump over the phone. 385 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,480 Who? 386 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,720 McFadden. He did that column for ten years. 387 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,480 He was practically an institution. 388 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,400 Now he's going to be living in one. 389 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,040 Who's next? 390 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,640 I think we should all go and get steamboats. 391 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:11,600 Good call. 392 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,080 Listen, I've made a decision. 393 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,080 I'm going to tell the cops about the 50 quid, and so should you. 394 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,160 This about the Burnett case? Cos I've got nothing to give you. 395 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,760 We both know the guy dragged out of the Clyde wasn't the same guy we saw at the house. 396 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,600 Well, maybe there was two guys at the house. 397 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,480 What about the guy with the braces? We haven't traced him yet. 398 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,520 Wait, this might help. 399 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,520 Braces gave it to me. 400 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,720 It should have his fingerprints on it. 401 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,720 Why haven't you given this to us sooner? 402 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,800 Didn't know it was important. Aye, you did. 403 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,400 Look, he forced it into my hand. 404 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,360 He made out that he was doing her a favour - 405 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:18,400 try keep her boozing sessions out of the paper. 406 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,560 Look, no need to explain. Nobody's squeaky-clean, eh? 407 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,520 Get that analysed. 408 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,440 Meehan! 409 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,120 What do you make of our new editor-in-chief, then? 410 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:41,960 Be nice to have a woman in charge. 411 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,120 Probably best not to get too chummy. 412 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,840 How come? She's not cut from the same cloth as you. 413 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,640 And I mean that as a compliment. 414 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,400 How's it going? You're in the clear. 415 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,000 My arse was flappin' like a flag in a hurricane. 416 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,360 Wait till Maloney gets her hands on you, then you'll know all about it. 417 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:05,480 I know. Did you clock the trouser suit? Armani. 418 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,360 What kind of wages is she on? 419 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:09,240 Down that, I've got an idea. 420 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,800 How do you know about Armani trouser suits anyway? 421 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,480 You wear sheepskin coats and dodgy ties. Hardly Don Johnson. 422 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,240 I can't wear Armani because I can't afford it. 423 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,640 Doesn't mean I can't appreciate it. 424 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,800 Why do you want to talk to them anyhow? 425 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,360 Oh, count me out, I'm allergic to patchouli oil. Bye-bye. 426 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:10,520 Support the miners! Stop Thatcher destroying the coal industry. 427 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:11,760 Cheers. 428 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,320 Did, erm, any of you guys know Mark Thillingly? 429 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,680 Worked for Amnesty. Lawyer. Supported the cause. 430 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,080 Who wants to know? 431 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:20,640 Daily News. 432 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,320 Support the miners! Thatcher out! 433 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,200 If you knew him, talk to me. I'm on your side. 434 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,480 He was in the student union a few days ago. He seemed fine. 435 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,920 Where did he usually work? 436 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,360 Easterhouse Law Centre. 437 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,160 His suicide couldn't have anything to do with the Vhari Burnett murder, could it? 438 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,720 I don't know. 439 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,320 They used to be an item, so I heard. 440 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,400 When was that? Years ago. At university. Before he married. 441 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,560 He finished it, I think. 442 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,000 Didn't stop his wife being jealous, though. 443 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,920 Him and Vhari had been working for the NUM - 444 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,920 trying to find ways to stop the Government confiscating their cash. 445 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,680 Don't think she liked it. Erm, what was his wife's name? 446 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,160 Diana. 447 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,720 She was always going on at him to give up his work for Amnesty. 448 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,280 Get on in the world. 449 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,880 Bit of a true-blue Tory by the sounds of things. 450 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,640 The police think he killed Vhari, don't they? 451 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,360 I don't think they know what happened. He didn't. 452 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:18,600 He got out of breath climbing up a flight of stairs. 453 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,280 Honestly, he was emotionally 454 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,480 and physically incapable of doing that to anyone. 455 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,760 Thank you. 456 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,840 Get your old man balls off that chair. 457 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,520 This is my desk. This has always been my desk. 458 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,320 We need it for training. 459 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,840 We do "A Week In The Life Of A Miner's Wife"... 460 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,600 The strike through her eyes. Food parcels. No Christmas pressies. 461 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,760 Scabs. Families torn apart. 462 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,520 Then we do a breakdown of what's in an average food parcel. 463 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,720 Who gives and who doesn't? No. 464 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,280 We're going with a different angle. Is the food poisoned? 465 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,880 Are they stealing it from one another? I don't want solidarity, I want dirt. 466 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,480 The NUM's money's being sequestered. They can't put it in banks. 467 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,520 Red Willie's moving his money around in suitcases so the Government can't get their hands on it. 468 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,160 You find out exactly where that money's going. 469 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:34,280 And if you can't, just make up some less-than-flattering theories about what they're doing with it. 470 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,480 Go on. 471 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,400 Sullivan wants to see you. 472 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,080 We got a set of prints off your 50 quid. 473 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,040 I'd better go. 474 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,760 Lafferty. You ever heard of him? 475 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,440 I know the name. You should. 476 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,600 He's one of the ranking gangsters in the city. 477 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:24,800 Was he at the Burnett house? 478 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,800 Do you know a woman called Vhari Burnett? 479 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,600 I was in the Lucky Black till seven. 480 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,160 It's a snooker club in the Calton. 481 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:33,760 That isn't what I asked you. 482 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,040 Do you know it, Sullivan? 483 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,760 I could swear I saw you skulking about. 484 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,040 Either that or there's a wino in there that's your double. 485 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,880 HE CHUCKLES 486 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:52,000 I'm always in the Lucky Black. It's a wee home from home. 487 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,520 We found an object at Vhari Burnett's house the night she died. 488 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:56,960 Got your prints all over it. 489 00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,840 Can we wrap this up? 490 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,800 I'm missing my aerobics class and my core needs to flow. 491 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,640 Know what I'm saying? 492 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,120 If his alibi checks out, we'll just have to release him. 493 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,880 I mean, technically, he could have touched that 50 quid any time. 494 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,160 It links him to Mr Braces, though, doesn't it? 495 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,320 You follow Lafferty and he'll lead you straight to him. 496 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,440 You can't let him go. 497 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,920 I'm the only one that ties him to the crime. 498 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,680 What if he comes after me? 499 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,600 He won't. You can't identify him. 500 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,080 I've told no-one about the note. Neither has Gallagher. 501 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,040 By the way, you can't use any of this, Meehan. Right? 502 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,400 Do we understand each other? 503 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:47,560 Eh? 504 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,360 PHONE RINGS 505 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,800 'Hello?' Hi, there. Could I speak to Karen Burnett, please? 506 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,680 'Who wants her?' 507 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,280 It's just a friend. I'm calling about her sister Vhari. 508 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,560 'I haven't seen her since last week.' 509 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,760 Do you have a work number for her? 'I've tried but she's not there. It's...here.' 510 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,640 'Erm...063298746.' 511 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,320 'If you manage to speak to her, tell her the rent's due next week, will you?' 512 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,800 KEYPAD TONES 513 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,400 RINGING TONE 514 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,440 'Hello, GCHQ.' 515 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,440 So she says, "I've got a sore finger." And the doctor says, "Is it your whole finger?" 516 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,800 And she says, "No, it's the one next to it". ALL LAUGH 517 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,440 McVie! 518 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,960 By the way, did I tell you what Devlin said about my miners' wives idea? 519 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,800 What's up? Burnett's sister worked for GCHQ in Cheltenham. 520 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,760 The intelligence gathering place. 521 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:58,000 I know what it is. Well, she was a data analyst. 522 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,720 So? So, they say she's on leave. 523 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,080 Her flatmate hasn't seen her since last week. Where is she? 524 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,480 Lying on a beach somewhere? 525 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,120 With her sister dead? 526 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:10,880 Hmm. 527 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,200 There's a link between the death of Vhari Burnett and Thillingly's suicide. 528 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,960 Her sister's missing and we think that might tie in as well. 529 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,480 We're not sure how exactly yet. 530 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,080 But we think we might be able to find the killer before the cops do. 531 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,320 And then what? Cos we can't print it. 532 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,760 And why not? 533 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,240 Cos we could prejudice the trial. 534 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,000 If you're sure you know who the killer is, I say print it. 535 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,880 We'll just call their bluff. We'll tell them sue or be damned. 536 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,680 What if we're culpable for getting a killer off on a technicality? 537 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,800 It's not our problem. 538 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:45,960 Listen, the Daily News catches the killer of some goody-two-shoes lawyer, that's fantastic! 539 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,280 And if they can throw in some kinky sex that's even better. 540 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:50,920 Well, we'll see what we can do. 541 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,800 It's a bit of a crush in the back of that call car... 542 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,480 Well, I think it is our problem. We're not above the law. 543 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,400 There's such a thing as ethics. 544 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,360 That's right, yep, it's one of the home counties. 545 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:04,960 Follow it up. 546 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,320 We'll decide when to print when we see what you've got. 547 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,760 And you're still on the call car, so do it between shifts. 548 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,200 You two look happy. 549 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,240 Take it you never got your P45, then? Mm-hm. 550 00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:36,200 You like the little brunette, don't you? 551 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:42,320 Is she your pet project? Paddy Meehan, girl reporter? 552 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,240 You got a problem with that? 553 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:51,000 I thought she'd remind you of you...all those years ago. 554 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,120 When you were her age. 555 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,320 You screwed her yet? 556 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,360 Why not? 557 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,160 Is she not your type? 558 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,560 What is? Not you. 559 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,600 Yeah, don't flatter yourself. 560 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,640 Fancy a drink? 561 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:48,920 Yeah, OK. 562 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,400 So I checked the clippings library. 563 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,720 You've written some interesting stuff. 564 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:03,360 The Baby Brian case. 565 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,920 That shows a ruthless streak, which is what you need, 566 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,400 cos, trust me, Paddy, if we didn't have tits, they'd hunt us. 567 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,400 I do want to give you one little bit of advice, though. 568 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,440 Don't get involved with Devlin. 569 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,640 I wasn't planning to. 570 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,920 You might not be, but he is. 571 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,440 It's not like that. It's always like that. 572 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,680 You see him as a father figure, right? 573 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,360 Well, I'm telling you, that's not how he sees himself. 574 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,760 And the cards are all in his favour. 575 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,560 Trust me, been there. You have? 576 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,960 Mm-hm. 577 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,000 I was just like you. I was hungry, I was ambitious. 578 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,640 I was going to change the world. 579 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:49,800 And I had an affair with the deputy editor, and when it all went wrong, the newsroom turned on me. 580 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,160 I was out that door. 581 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:55,920 They'd been looking for an excuse to drag me down to their level and I gave it to them. 582 00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:01,120 It didn't do you any harm in the long run, though, did it? Look at you now. 583 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,680 I had to sell my soul to get here. 584 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,840 Devlin's not the type. 585 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,480 Paddy, they are ALL the type. 586 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:13,840 Come on, what do you know about him, really? His private life? 587 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:15,560 He's divorced. 588 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,600 Mm-hm. How long? 589 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,800 A few years. 590 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,800 And now has he got a girlfriend? 591 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,920 Doubt it. He sleeps in the office. He hardly goes home. 592 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,760 And is that it? 593 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,040 I bet he knows a lot more about you. 594 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,880 I'm not interested in him that way. He's the same age as my dad. 595 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:43,720 If you need some help with this story, I'm here. 596 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:45,960 Use me. 597 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,240 Forget about McVie, he's a dead weight. 598 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:52,600 And Devlin? Well, as much as we both admire him, 599 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,400 he could jump ship at any minute, 600 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,920 so there's no point hitching your cart to him. 601 00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:00,240 I say we watch each other's back. 602 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:04,160 Deal? Deal. 603 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,440 But...you won't get very far in this game 604 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:17,680 taking bribes not to write a story. See you tomorrow. 605 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,160 Did you tell Maloney about the 50 quid? 606 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,640 Me? I'm shit scared to even look at her. 607 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,760 Come on, we should speak to Thillingly's wife. 608 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:44,040 What if him and Vhari started up again? She sounds like the possessive type. 609 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,920 Oh, crime of passion? 610 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,000 611 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,160 Red Merc? 612 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,040 Mm-hm. I saw one the other day. 613 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,040 Same one? 614 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:04,400 I don't know. 615 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,080 We're from the Daily News. 616 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:18,600 Sorry to visit you at this difficult time, but we'd like to speak to you about Mark. 617 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,480 And we wanted to talk about his relationship with Vhari Burnett. 618 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:27,600 Well done(!) What? 619 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,760 WOMAN SOBS 620 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,400 (She's still there! 621 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,080 (Well, speak to her, then.) 622 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,960 I'm really sorry about Mark. 623 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:42,320 Everyone I've spoken to says that he would never hurt Vhari. 624 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:46,520 That's what I think, too. The cops can ruin his reputation. 625 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,040 If you let us, we can put his side of the story out there. 626 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,000 LOCK OPENS 627 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,600 Were Mark and Vhari involved in a case together? 628 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:01,880 I'm not sure. 629 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:10,280 On the night that Vhari was killed, Mark came home about...eight. 630 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,960 His nose was swollen and bleeding. 631 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:23,320 He said...that someone had tried to mug him in the car park outside the office. 632 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,120 He didn't want to call the police because it was a client. 633 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,640 I didn't believe him. 634 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,600 Did he go out again? 635 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,160 No. 636 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:44,400 But later, I heard him on the phone. 637 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,400 He was...pleading. 638 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,760 After that, he just sat drinking. 639 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,840 When I woke up...he was gone. 640 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:08,680 Do you think he killed himself? 641 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,440 Of course. 642 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:21,400 In the note that he left, he said that he'd let Vhari and me down. 643 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,920 It's depressed nonsense. 644 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:29,000 He'd been really low after he put all that weight on. 645 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,160 He left a note and mentioned Vhari? 646 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,920 He put her name before mine! 647 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,000 Funny that. 648 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,720 SHE SIGHS 649 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,600 THUMPING 650 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,800 Her family own this place. 651 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,920 Used to be a...theatre or something. 652 00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:39,520 Worth a look. 653 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,560 Then look. 654 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:12,160 SHE GASPS 655 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,880 SHE WHIMPERS 656 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,800 No, please! Please! No! 657 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:34,920 Get off of me! 658 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:59,760 I've got a reference to Karen from an article on Vhari Burnett from a few years ago. 659 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,160 Parents are dead, but they've got a half-brother. 660 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,320 And I've got an address. An address? Mm-hm. Come on, then. 661 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:14,760 BUZZER SOUNDS 662 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,280 HE SIGHS Nothing. 663 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,520 BUZZER SOUNDS 664 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:24,920 DOOR OPENS 665 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:33,000 Check the doors. See if it says "Burnett" on them. 666 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,800 I'll bet that's him there. Let's find out. 667 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:53,560 Danny, right? Danny Burnett? 668 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,600 Look, we're journalists. We just want to help your sister. 669 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:00,320 So what happened to you? 670 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,880 Two guys turned up here a couple of nights ago. 671 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,080 Said they wanted to buy some paintings for cash. 672 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:09,880 I let them in and next thing I know, I'm getting a severe kicking. 673 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:14,000 Why? What did they want? Karen. But I've no idea where she is. 674 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,280 You're not close to Karen and Vhari, then? 675 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:19,200 We share the same dad, but we didn't grow up together. 676 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,720 And you haven't spoken to Karen since Vhari was killed? 677 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,880 Why do you think these guys were trying to find her? 678 00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:31,560 I just want to stay out of whatever she's got herself involved in. 679 00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,840 What do they look like, these guys? Did one of them wear braces? 680 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,480 I don't remember. 681 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,800 Well, what about Mark Thillingly? Do you think he killed Vhari? 682 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:44,640 If Mark Thillingly didn't kill Vhari, the killer is still at large. 683 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:46,440 Karen could be his next victim. 684 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:53,400 Danny, we just want to talk to her. If she's in trouble, we can help. 685 00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:58,320 Hey, I've been in this business a long time, son. 686 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,840 I know when I'm getting stone-walled. 687 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,960 Tell us where to find her. You could be saving her life. 688 00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:11,240 She called the day after Vhari was killed. 689 00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:15,040 She said it was all her fault, that she'd put Vhari in danger. 690 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:16,880 Well, did she say why? 691 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:20,640 Only that she'd got her involved in something she shouldn't have. 692 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,280 Something to do with the miners' leader, Willie McDade. 693 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,320 I didn't know what to believe. 694 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,320 I thought she was having some kind of a breakdown. 695 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:33,120 So what did you tell these guys that kicked your face in? Nothing. 696 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,920 You're a crap liar, Danny. 697 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,760 I mentioned that Vhari owns an old building. 698 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,440 But Karen wouldn't be there. It's falling to pieces. 699 00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:47,760 It's been used as a storehouse for years. 700 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:54,000 Don't feel bad. Most people would have said something under the circumstances. 701 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,840 Yeah. I didn't think I was most people. 702 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:15,000 MAN: 'How many cops does it take to change a light bulb?' 703 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:19,640 None. They just beat up the room because it's black. 704 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:23,080 ALL GROAN HE LAUGHS 705 00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:27,040 That was funny. That was...genuinely funny. Get off! 706 00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:29,840 Have you ever thought about doing a bit of comedy? 707 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,840 Me? You're just as funny as the acts they get in here. 708 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,800 Especially in that Val Doonican outfit. 709 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:39,480 They hand these jumpers out when you join the force, all right? 710 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,840 Along with the moustaches. I suppose somebody's got to do it. 711 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,480 Aye, well, it's better than being in your game. 712 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:50,240 People who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read. 713 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:56,120 To be honest, I wanted to ask you about Mark Thillingly. The note he left? 714 00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:57,360 Ah. 715 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,360 Well, I wasn't privy to that, I'm afraid. 716 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:03,920 You'll have to ask Gallagher. 717 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,280 What about the man at the house, Mr Braces? 718 00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,560 We haven't been able to trace him again. 719 00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:12,400 Business associate, maybe. He's not a suspect. 720 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,720 And Lafferty? Did Vhari ever prosecute him? 721 00:48:15,720 --> 00:48:17,240 Not that I know of. 722 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:23,760 Look, the word is, Vhari and her sister inherited money from their mother. 723 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:27,080 Lafferty probably heard about it on the grapevine and got stuck into her 724 00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,800 to find out where she keeps her cash. 725 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:31,720 Could you get me his address? 726 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:38,080 Bobby Lafferty killed his own dog by chucking it out a window because it chewed on his Rangers scarf. 727 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,040 That's all you need to know about him. 728 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,120 Right, OK. 729 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:52,560 Just promise me you won't doorstep him. I'm not joking. 730 00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:55,800 I'll just use it to get some info on him. That's all, honest. 731 00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,120 Let me make a call. 732 00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:07,400 Right, cheers. 733 00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,080 There you go. 734 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:16,680 He has various addresses. This is one of his warehouses. 735 00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:19,760 Word is he uses a flat there sometimes. 736 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:23,800 Best I can do. Now don't say I'm not nice. 737 00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:29,640 So...how long have you been married? 738 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,440 You don't mess about, do you? I'm just asking. 739 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:38,280 Why so interested in my wife? 740 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:42,600 Wedding ring at work, but not in the pub. It's tacky, Burns. Tacky. 741 00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:48,200 You don't know what it's like being in the police. You have to fit in. 742 00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:54,240 You can't tell everyone in the canteen that your wife's mentally ill and you're scared to go home. 743 00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:56,880 Your wife's a loony? That's your chat-up line? 744 00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:58,640 SHE LAUGHS 745 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:04,280 Maybe you're right. Maybe this isn't a good idea. I'm sorry. 746 00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:08,800 I didn't mean to offend you. No? You just called me a liar. 747 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:18,080 What would make a woman...do this? 748 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,840 Came at me with a bottle opener. 749 00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:25,400 Feel it. 750 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,120 You've got me all wrong, Paddy. 751 00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:36,080 No, not here. 752 00:50:38,720 --> 00:50:40,640 All right, Shugs? 753 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:47,720 Did you get a kip? 754 00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:49,880 Better than that, I got an address. 755 00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:52,800 Lafferty's got a scrap yard beside the Clyde. 756 00:51:54,240 --> 00:51:57,000 How did you manage that? Burns give me it. 757 00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,000 Hmm. 758 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,000 What? 759 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,440 Have you learned nothing? 760 00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:07,600 Shag a cop by all means, but do not bring them into the press bar 761 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:09,120 for everybody to see. 762 00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,080 Mind your own business. 763 00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:16,880 Ah, but it is my business. We don't do that. We use them, they use us. 764 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:21,640 We do not get into bed with them. Or into the back seat of a car, for that matter. 765 00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:32,720 RADIO PLAYS 766 00:52:32,720 --> 00:52:35,120 Are you sure he gave you the right address? 767 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,200 You've got a cheek. Hmm? 768 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:44,560 You've chatted up every woman in the secretarial pool. Unsuccessfully, I might add. 769 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:48,480 That's because I wasn't really trying. Aye, right(!) 770 00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:58,440 You're not as street-smart as you think you are, Paddy. 771 00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:04,800 Away you go and check his bins. You never know, there might be something in there out of her house. 772 00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:09,120 HE LAUGHS I've got seniority. My bin-raking days are over. 773 00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:23,160 LAUGHTER 774 00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:32,880 Is no-one at this paper going to buy me a welcome drink? 775 00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:38,240 Well, I'd avoid the wine if I were you, you could dissolve bodies in it. 776 00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:43,400 Vodka tonic. Right. Thanks. 777 00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:48,280 WOMAN: Support the miners! 778 00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:51,640 Support the miners. Yeah, I know you think I came in too hard, 779 00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:56,000 but you try being the only woman in the room, let's see who listens to you. 780 00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:59,400 Well, they're listening now. Yeah, exactly. 781 00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:01,520 It's not me, though. 782 00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:03,520 It's just an act. 783 00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:09,040 I love this business just as much as you do. It's in my blood. 784 00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:11,720 Support the miners. 785 00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:14,400 You don't believe me? 786 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,080 Well, I know why I became a journalist, but I'm not sure about you. 787 00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:22,440 The same reason. Hmm? What's that? 788 00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:26,000 You wanted to get as close as possible to the heart of the world. 789 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,200 We all do. 790 00:54:29,240 --> 00:54:32,000 Henry Luce couldn't have said it better himself. 791 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,280 Oh, no, hang on, he did say it. 792 00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:42,600 People need to make informed choices or democracy doesn't work. 793 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:44,240 I know how important we are 794 00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:48,360 and that's why I don't want to see another paper like the Daily News go down. 795 00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:52,320 And McCallum International will do it, Devlin. They'll just asset strip. 796 00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:55,800 They'll sell the building. They'll sell the print works, the lot. 797 00:54:55,800 --> 00:55:00,360 Now, you and I, we can make sure that that doesn't happen, but we have to compromise. 798 00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:07,480 Typewriters'll be in a museum soon. I don't want to be in there with them, do you? 799 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:12,880 Come on, then, is the jury in or out? 800 00:55:15,720 --> 00:55:20,080 What, on you? Mm-hm. Yeah, on me. 801 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:24,080 I'm still considering. 802 00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:33,080 MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO 803 00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:13,200 Ohh! 804 00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:22,640 McVie! 805 00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,560 SHE SCREAMS McVie! 806 00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:30,080 You told Gallagher about us! 807 00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:33,560 And how did Lafferty know we were going to check him out? Hey, hey. 808 00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:36,440 I don't think you understand this. This is war! 809 00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:40,280 When you're in my house, my rules. Maybe I shouldn't be in your house. 810 00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:42,320 SHE PANTS 811 00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,400 We need to talk to William McDade and get a quote. 812 00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,240 I know some of his team. I'll make a few calls. 813 00:56:47,240 --> 00:56:50,480 You can't let this story spiral, Mr McDade. It doesn't look good. 814 00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:53,560 Why would Willie McDade be getting mixed up with someone like Lafferty? 815 00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:55,880 It all comes back to the guy with the braces. 816 00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:59,800 What I did to your sister would pale into insignificance 817 00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:02,040 compared to what I will do to you. 818 00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:03,240 Ow! Argh! 819 00:57:08,200 --> 00:57:12,720 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd