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MAN WOLF-WHISTLES

DOG BARKS, GIRL WHIMPERS

DOOR SLAMS, ENGINE STARTS

SEAGULLS CRY

STATION ANNOUNCEMENT: 'The
next service to London Victoria

'calling at Haywards Heath,
Gatwick Airport, Redhill,

'East Croydon, Clapham
Junction, and London Victoria.'

'Ladies and gentlemen,

'may we remind you that
smoking is not permitted...'

Johnny? Hello.

Royal Edward Hotel?
Yes, please. Thank you.

CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING

Big do, is it?

It's a party, but it's more
of a work thing, really.

Your lipstick's the same
colour as the sunset.

Sorry, what?

Your lipstick, it's the
same colour as the sunset.

Mm. OK.

There's water in the
back if you want it.

I'm all good.

It's free. No, really.

I'm fine, thanks.

HE MUTTERS

HE TURNS MUSIC VOLUME UP

PEOPLE CHATTING

Thank you.

PIANO PLAYING

Hi, so lovely to see you.

BACKGROUND CHATTER DROWNS SPEECH

KNOCKING

You're not my cab.

I need a drink.

Get in!

This way, gentlemen.

DANCE MUSIC PLAYING

Olly!

Olly, Olly, Olly!

Oi, oi, oi! Hey.

Good to see you, Rollo. Do you
remember Mingo, Punt, Badger?

Yeah, of course.

Isn't young Oliver looking
exceptionally well?

He's kept his
figure. And his hair!

How are you chaps doing?

Well, I'm flat broke,
Punt is a cuckold,

and Badger's come to
the attention of HMRC.

More fool them,
it's all offshore.

Young Oliver is quite
the success story.

Had a bit of a nose through
Companies House recently

and he's been
posting tidy profits.

Well, you better not
ask me for another loan.

HE CHUCKLES

So, think drinks are
on you tonight, eh?

Yeah. Can't drink this
muck all night, can we?

Champagne? Good chap.

That would be bloody marvellous.

Down the hatch.

HE SIGHS HEAVILY

I've ruined your evening.

Vosper's leaving do. Hardly.

Passing the baton to
Cassian Pewe, hey?

Mm.

I was looking for an excuse not to
go, actually. I should thank you.

Hey, you are welcome.

What's going on, Glenn?

HE SIGHS

I caught Ari cheating.

No. I went to the
hospital to, er...

to surprise her

and saw her kissing some guy.

HE EXHALES

Who was he? I didn't
stay to find out.

MUSIC PLAYING

CHAMPAGNE CORK POPS

How many bottles is that?

Come on.

Neck it! Neck it! Neck it!

Oh, what?!

BALLOONS BURST

Guys, would you mind
just leaving that?

Seriously, can
you put that down?

I'm Cassian Pewe.

I've been introduced to
everyone here except you.

I'm Mimi. I work
in Joanna's office.

RMP.

Yes, of course.

Have you worked
in Brighton long?

Five years. I moved
here from London.

Oh, I'm moving from
London. Very soon, in fact.

Have you found a place yet?

I've been looking,
but no, not yet.

I'm trying to find somewhere
where you can't hear the seagulls.

SHE LAUGHS Good luck with that.

That's why I'm glad I live in
Haywards Heath. No seagulls.

Excuse me, it's time.

I'm sorry, Mimi, can
we... continue this later?

Sure.

TAPPING MICROPHONE We're on.

First of all, I would like to thank
you all for this lovely send-off.

I am going to miss Brighton...

and all of my colleagues, of
course. RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER

Where's Roy Grace?

He should be here by now.

Now, there will be a formal
announcement in due course

but I'd like to take this
opportunity to introduce you

to my successor as ACC,

Detective Superintendent
Cassian Pewe.

RAUCOUS SINGING: ♪ Oh! What shall
We do with the drunken sailor?

♪ What shall we do With
the drunken sailor?

♪ Early in the morning!

♪ What shall we do With
the drunken sailor?

♪ What shall we do With
the drunken sailor... ♪

No! Please.

We're not kids any more.

THEY SING DRUNKENLY

Guys, stop, this isn't funny.

Please stop, seriously.

THEY CONTINUE TO SING Don't!

THEY CHEER AND LAUGH

THEY LAUGH

Oh, no.

Oh, look!

Are you cold, Olly? Yeah,
of course I'm bloody cold.

Mate, here you go.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!

THEY LAUGH

Gotta do it properly.

Argh! You never fight back!

Look at him. No
backbone, no fight.

Wait, wait, here he comes.

Come on. Take a swing at me.

You know you want to.

Come on! No.

Just stop it, please. Hit him!

Just leave me alone!
MOCKING: Leave me alone!

Just leave me alone!

Rollo, we're friends.

I'm not your friend!

What gave you that idea?

HE BELCHES I'm bored.

Let's go back and have some fun.

You slag, you dirty...

Party in my room.

Hey, lads, party in my room.

Hey, ladies. Ladies.

Mini bar. Excuse me.

LAUGHTER

CHILDREN'S VOICES:
'Leave me alone, Rollo.

'Come on, little Olly,
we're just mucking about.'

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

'Poor little Olly.

'Don't sulk, Olly. 'Go away!'

'Come on, I can put a
smile back on that face.'

The rumour is he's
having a party!

THEY LAUGH AND CHAT

Not that one.

Hey, hey, you, girly!

Hey, you, girly. Come and party.

Are you deaf? She's
deaf as a board.

PARTY. No, thank you.

Why not? Who do
you think you are?

Not even pretty. Boys, boys.

Have some class.

Sorry. Sorry.

My friends, they don't
know when to stop.

I'm fine. But thank you.

THEY LAUGH

Good night.

KEY CARD BEEPS

I knew she wasn't happy with me.

The way I'd been behaving.

You mean... the recklessness?

Yeah.

I knew it was a problem
and I wanted to fix it.

That's the reason why we were
going to couples' therapy.

But why did Ari agree
to it if she knew

that she was interested
in this guy from work?

I mean, why was she
wasting my time, man?

Making me feel like it was
me, like it was all my fault.

Well, listen, you're
welcome to stay here

until you get things sorted out.

OK. As long as you like.

You don't have to do that, Roy.

No, I know.

PHONE BUZZES

SEAGULLS CRY

Forensics from the plant were...

Glenn. Excuse me.

What are you doing here? I thought
I told you to take the day off?

And do what?

You don't even
have Netflix, Roy.

I mean, all your DVDs
are Spaghetti Westerns,

you don't have an Xbox or a PS5.

I mean, seriously, what do
you do when you're at home.

Are you saying that
my house is sad?

Er... tragic.

OK, well... Excuse me, Roy.

A young woman called Mimi
Taylor was raped last night

in the Royal Edward Hotel.

The suspect's unknown.

They assaulted the
victim with a sex toy.

The sexual offences
investigative officer

says it's politically sensitive
and wants you to take a look.

Are you telling me that the
victim was at Vosper's leaving do?

She was indeed.

The SOIT officer's on
her way over to see her.

You went to bed? Yes.

What's the next
thing you remember?

I woke up and he was
already in my room...

crawling on my bed.

Exactly what did you see?

It was dark. I could
barely make him out.

I could feel the weight of
him, but I couldn't see him.

And then what happened?

Then I realised he was
covered in black rubber.

His face and everything,
like an alien, a monster.

You're doing really well.

I felt like I was
watching it all happen

from the other side of the room.

I wasn't in my body
at all, I was...

I was just numb.

I didn't move. I didn't scream.

I should have screamed,
but I couldn't.

And I was frozen, trapped.

SHE WEEPS

What kind of sick mind dresses
up in a full latex body suit

and assaults his
victims with a dildo?

Roy.

Are you OK?

Ten years ago when I was a DS,

there was a series of
rapes just like this.

The press called him
The Brighton Prowler.

We didn't catch him.

And when the attacks
stopped, I hoped he was dead.

So much for hope.

OPERATIC MUSIC
PLAYS, GIRL CRIES

GIRL CRIES

TELEPHONE RINGS

All the victims report

being snatched by a
bloke driving a white van

who steals their lipstick
after assaulting them.

Find the van, find their
lipsticks, that's our rapist.

Simple. OK?

So, who drives white vans?

Tradesmen.

I wanna look at every self-employed
able-bodied man in this city.

That is every plumber,
plasterer, electrician, builder,

anyone who has access
to a white van.

The guy we're looking for

is willing to grab a
girl off of the streets

so he's reckless, impulsive.

Go ahead, sergeant.

The rapist wears a latex body
suit and uses a sex toy, right?

Kinky sod, yeah. Or
forensically aware?

We haven't found a trace of fibre
or DNA on any of the victims.

Point being?

Well, the point being that
that doesn't sound reckless

or impulsive to me.

That sounds controlled
and planned.

He's a perv...

grabbing girls off the streets
at night when he sees the chance.

Dumps 'em in a lay-by after.

Does it after work with
a van full of tools.

This isn't the work of
a criminal mastermind.

I think we might be underestimating
who we're dealing with here.

So what would you have us
do differently, sergeant?

I would widen the
suspect profile.

To what?

Every man in the city?

Ten years ago, a guy wearing
a full latex body suit

raped his victims with a sex
toy in the back of a white van.

We called him The
Brighton Prowler.

Skerritt was convinced
he was a local tradesman.

We put hours into tracking down
every white van man in Brighton.

We never caught him.

So, what? He just stopped? Why?

Well, jail time is
the obvious answer.

It's also possible
he moved away,

abroad, perhaps, and
continued offending

and now has returned.

Or he could have been in a
relationship which has now ended.

Mimi was raped in
her hotel room.

So same guy, different MO?

Or different guy altogether?

Copy cat.

The Prowler used to steal
the victim's lipstick

after the attack.

And Mimi Taylor has confirmed
that her assailant stole one too.

A MAC... Lady Danger.

Nick, could you
go down to storage

after the briefing and pick up all
the files on Operation Moonfall.

You'll need a swipe
card to get in.

Yes, boss.

OK, we have a list here
of all the attendees

at Vosper's party and all the
other functions in the hotel,

all the guests that stayed
overnight and the staff.

The attacker was in the
hotel on Friday evening.

His name could be on
that list somewhere.

Are police interviewing
the top brass?

This one's gonna ruffle
a lot of feathers.

Yeah, I'd prefer to call it
material witnesses to be eliminated

from our inquiry.

And, by the way, do we
have any volunteers?

Looks like I'm the only one
with the balls for the job, eh?

OK, also find out who on that
list was in Brighton July 2012.

Most of the guests don't seem local
and the staff turnover's pretty high

so I'm gonna say
not many. Good.

CCTV?

Hotel only has
cameras in the foyer.

So if the attacker
was a member of staff,

he could have used the service
entrance. Is that not covered?

Afraid not.

Where are we with Mimi
Taylor's mobile phone?

Waiting on digital forensics.

OK. Let's get to it.

This is everything? Er...

Isn't this enough?

Well, the victim statement
files aren't here.

This is all of
Operation Moonfall.

There's nothing left
downstairs but dust.

We've checked. This is it.

HE SIGHS

I need you to go through all
these boxes, log every file,

find out if anything
else has gone missing.

I'm gonna have to re-interview
the original victims.

Find out where they
are. Set that up.

Wow.

After all these years thinking
you'd put it behind you

then getting a call like that.

Without the victims'
statements, there is no case.

I've got no choice.

So Norman and Bella tracked
down the Prowler's victims

and found that Jade Albright
committed suicide in 2015...

..Lea Brooks moved
to New Zealand,

and Anna Bolney stayed put.

CHILDREN CHATTER

So I hear nothing for a decade, and
then you turn up out of the blue

and tell me you've
lost my statement?

It was a massive inquiry

and sometimes evidence
gets misplaced.

I'm so sorry.

Well, I can't say that I'm
that surprised, to be honest,

given the way I was treated.

What do you mean?

The contempt.

You know, after the attack,

all the detective wanted to
know was how short my skirt was,

if I was wearing any make-up,
how much I'd had to drink.

He acted like he was hardly
surprised that I'd been raped.

I was 20.

I was walking home
from a friend's house

that was only five minutes
away and pulled into a van.

Why does a few drinks
mean that I deserve that?

We're... we're really sorry
you were treated that way.

I can't change the past, Anna,

or take away the pain
of what happened to you,

but I can promise to do better
if you will give us the chance.

I think I was in shock...
after the attack.

I could barely speak.

Then a few days after the
interview, I remembered...

..the radio had been
playing in the van.

I thought about
telling the detective

but I couldn't face
seeing him again.

Tell me about the radio.

It was just so strange.

I was being attacked by this
monster in the back of a van

and the music was...

..beautiful.

Classical.

That's a really useful
detail, Anna. Thank you.

It's not nothing.

I can't stand to listen
to anything like that now.

It makes me spiral.

CHILDREN CHATTER OUTSIDE

Can you remember the
name of the detective

who took your statement?

Sid Barrow. Get
him on the phone.

No, I can't, boss, he's gone.

I know he's retired. No.

He shuffled off
this mortal coil.

Heart attack in Malaga year
after he got his pension.

He interviewed Anna Bolney
after she was raped,

treated her with contempt.

Made her feel like she was
to blame. Course he did.

Yeah, I did a stint with
him back in the day.

Talk about old school,
he was your teacher.

I know the type.

Chauvinistic, misogynistic.

Look, I'm not
saying it was right,

I'm just saying he was
last of the old breed.

Because of Barrow's
complete lack of empathy,

Anna didn't feel able to
report a crucial detail

about the rape. What detail?

The Prowler was a
classical music fan.

Right, so...

not your average white van man.

When did you ever hear
a few bars of Schubert

being played on a
building site? Hm?

I wish I'd known
this ten years ago.

SHE PANTS

SHE BREATHES RAPIDLY

TAPE RIPS

SHE PANTS

METAL CLANKS

SHE WHIMPERS

Well, his name is Jack.

And I swear, Sasha, if he doesn't
look exactly like his profile pic,

I'm going home.

I'm so tired of short, middle-aged,
bald men walking up like that's OK.

Well, his suits are on point,
though, so wish me luck.

And don't wait up,
OK? Love you! Mwah.

Thought you might be hungry.

Oh! Starving.

Hey.

Hello. Hello.

Right.

I don't want to
interrupt your flow.

No, please interrupt.
I needed a break.

So, this is your home
from home? Mm-hm.

I've slept here more
times than I can remember.

There's actually a knack to
putting the chairs together

that makes them
almost comfortable.

SHE LAUGHS Mm.

Mm.

How's it going with Glenn?

It's like living
with a teenager.

Dirty plates in his
room, loud music.

Has he spoken to Ari yet?

No.

I feel so sad for them.

It's driving me crazy that I
can't get him to talk to her.

I really want them
to get through this.

Maybe they can't.

But they're so good together.

You can't save everybody, Roy.

SIREN WAILS

PHONE BUZZES

Oh, er, sorry.
No, go, take it.

Grace.

Roy, it's Detective Marcel
Kullen from Munich Police.

Marcel, I wasn't expecting
to hear from you so soon.

I visited the place your friend
Dominic thought he saw her.

I have shown Sandy's picture
in all the cafes and shops.

I am sorry to tell you that
no-one remembers seeing her.

'Is it possible that your
friend was mistaken?'

Yeah. Yeah, it's...
it's possible.

It's just that, erm...

Sandy's grandmother had
a house outside Munich.

Sandy used to go
there as a child.

It held good memories for her.

I can see why you thought
it was a good lead.

I am so sorry I don't have
better news for you, Roy.

No, not at all. Erm...
Thanks again for your help.

You all right?

Yeah, nothing to report.

Did you save me a spring roll?

Roy, digital forensics
sent through all the texts

they got off Mimi
Taylor's phone.

I've highlighted the last text she
received the night of the attack.

Cassian Pewe?

Looks like he wanted
to see her that night,

and she said no, she
wasn't in the mood.

Has he been interviewed yet?

No. He's on my list.

Move him to the
top. Absolutely.

Sorry to bother you, Sid,
I'm looking for Skerritt.

Stuck at a press conference.

You got a lead? Yeah. Erm...

It's all right, I'll
talk to Skerritt later.

You can talk to me now.

You know everything has
to go through me first.

Chain of command.

Clear lines of communication
prevents misunderstandings.

We've had a report of a
missing woman, Rachel Ryan.

Last seen walking home along
St James's Row last night.

Her parents were
expecting her home today

as it's her birthday,
but she never showed up.

They checked her flat

and it looks like she
never made it home.

That's it? No. The CCTV...

picked up a white van travelling
down the road at speed.

Now, I think there's a good
chance Rachel Ryan was abducted

by the Prowler. Plates?

No, the CCTV was
really poor quality.

The other victims were
abducted for an hour or so

and then dumped in a
lay-by outside the city.

They didn't disappear for days.
It's the wrong MO, it's not our man.

Maybe something went wrong.

Maybe he kept hold
of her longer.

Maybe, maybe, maybe. Anyone
see this girl get in the van?

No. No reports of
screaming, cries for help?

No. No. So she could
be at a pal's house.

Could have found something
more exciting to do

than tea with her
parents on her birthday.

With all due respect, sir...
With all due respect...

..we've got the press
baying for blood

and the last thing we need
right now is more panic

cos of your long shot hunch that
doesn't even fit the suspect's MO.

What about Rachel Ryan, then?

You want to look for
her in your own time,

I'm not gonna stop you.

Oh, congratulations, sir,
on your new appointment.

We're all... really looking
forward to working with you.

Erm... Potting, sir.

DS Norman Potting.

Right.

Oh, of course,

we need to clear up that
small matter of your text

you sent to Mimi Taylor on
the evening of her assault.

I beg your pardon.

Your text, sir.

It's a bit unfortunate,
don't you think?

Asking a woman if she's up for
it moments before she's raped.

Follow me.

I sincerely hope you're not
implying that I was responsible.

No, I'm talking to all
the top brass, you know,

tying up the loose ends,
making myself popular.

After the event ended, I
had a drink in the hotel bar

with Alison Vosper, the
Police and Crime Commissioner

and the leader of the council.

I hope those alibis are
good enough for you.

And what time did you get
back to your room? Around 11.

Where were you at 12:15?

In my room. Alone?

Of course.

You didn't leave the room

to go and see Mimi Taylor
after you texted her?

No.

Her reply said she
wasn't interested.

And there's no alibi
for that, right?

Oh, sir, sir, sorry,

just... just one more question.

Were you in Brighton
in July 2012?

You know, the time
of the Olympics?

I'll have to check my diary.

HE SCOFFS

You have... Right, you
don't know where you were

at the time when we were
winning all those gold medals?

Bradley Wiggins,

Victoria Pendleton,
Anthony Joshua?

I was on secondment in
Brighton but also in London.

If you give me the exact dates,
I will check against my diary.

Well, thank you, sir.

And believe me when I say that

this is uncomfortable
for me too.

I think we're done.

PEOPLE CHATTER

How did your date go
with Jack last night?

Honestly, I thought
it would be all right

because he looked
like his profile,

but after a few drinks he
suggested we go to a hotel,

and I was like, "No".

Then he went completely
silent and just stared at me.

Urgh, awkward. Yeah, I left.

Next. Wrist band.

Why are guys like
that? SHE LAUGHS

I mean, is it all of them, though?
Or is it just the ones that I pick?

LAUGHTER, TRAIN HOOTS

THEY SHRIEK AND LAUGH

THEY SCREAM

MENACING LAUGHTER

SAW WHIRRS

THEY SHRIEK

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

MENACING LAUGHTER

SIRENS WAIL

THUNDER CLAPS 'Please do
not step out of the car.'

SHE SCREAMS

SHE SCREAMS Get off!

I want to get out!

What's going on?

He just put his hand inside my top.
I can't be here, I have to get out.

MENACING LAUGHTER

He was just scaring you.

No, I'm not an idiot!
He touched me up.

You was grabbed.

It's part of the
experience. People like it.

I DIDN'T like it.

Well, then, maybe you'd better
stick to the kiddies' rides.

Come on. What the...

Waste of time.
Ridiculous. I know.

Johnny.

What have I told you
about grabbing girls?

Do you want 'em scared or not?

You're gonna get into real
trouble one of these days.

HE LAUGHS Get off.

Detective Kullen has
said the Munich Police

have drawn a blank on Sandy.
There's no trace of her.

Oh!

So I have to ask you, Dom...

..are you 100% certain
that it was her you saw?

I was at the time.

Is there any chance you
could have been mistaken?

I thought I saw her,
then she was gone.

I went back to the cafe a
couple of times, you know,

hoping she'd be there again
so I could speak to her

but nothing. Maybe
I imagined her.

HE SIGHS

Well, I've imagined
her quite a few times.

Look, I've started the process of
having Sandy legally declared dead.

I've taken out ads in
the German newspapers.

Anyone that might know her has 21
days to reply to the High Court.

Has anyone come
forward? No. No-one.

Oh, sorry, Roy.

Yeah, me too.

SEAGULLS CRY

SHE TYPES

CAT MEOWS Queenie.

SHE KISSES What is it?

SHE SCREAMS

Roxy Harris was attacked and
raped last night in her own home.

Her description of the assailant
suggests it could be the Prowler.

Any lipstick stolen? Yeah.
Vincenze in Bold Rose.

Initial reports from
forensics aren't good.

There's no prints or DNA samples
found at the scene so far.

So he used to grab his victims
off the street and into a van,

and now he's entering
hotel rooms and houses.

That's a big change in MO.

I always knew he was
a careful planner.

He appeared to be a risk taker
but each of these abductions

was flawless, no
witnesses, no clues.

I think what we're seeing now is
not so much a change in his MO,

more a evolution.

In these two recent attacks,

he waited inside
for his victims.

That shows an enormous degree
of planning and confidence.

He must know these
areas here very well.

He knew his way around the hotel, he
knew everything about Roxy's house.

He's got to be scoping
them out before he strikes.

Yeah, Nick, check
all the CCTV footage

around Roxy's house from
the past week. Yes, boss.

And if everything's planned
and nothing's left to chance,

he's carefully
selecting his victims.

Do they have
something in common?

Bella, check their mobile
phones, their social media,

where they visit,
where they eat,

there must be a
connection somewhere.

Oh, and... as of today,

I am adding Rachel Ryan to the
list of the Prowler's victims.

She disappeared July 27th, 2012.

Yeah, but she wasn't included in
the Operation Moonfall inquiry.

Which was a mistake.

I think that Rachel could have
been the last of the victims

before he disappeared
for ten years.

She might be the reason
he was gone for so long.

Are you OK?

I'm just thinking.

About what?

Why am I being
treated as a suspect?

You were asked a few questions,
sir. Oh, come off it, Roy.

You texted the victim.

My team are just following
procedure, it's not personal.

Oh, really?

So this has nothing to do with me
looking into Sandy's disappearance?

No.

It's not revenge... for
me digging up your garden?

You were doing your
job. I'm doing my job.

My movements for July 2012.

It's the best that
I can remember.

Oh, and don't get
excited about the gaps.

Had I known I was going to
be persecuted a decade later,

I would have been
more meticulous.

I was wondering if I could
speak to someone about the rape

at the Royal Edward Hotel.

Anonymously.

His name is Rollo Mercer.

We were all at the hotel that
night. It was our school reunion.

And why do you think
Rollo's the Prowler?

Because he's been a
deviant since he was 14.

I knew it was him straightaway.

How?

Cos he likes to dominate.

Both men and women.

He enjoys their fear.

He's a sadist, and he thinks
that he's untouchable.

What did he do to you?

I couldn't say no.

I wasn't allowed to.

He put lipstick on me, and...

Tell me about the lipstick.

That's in the past.

All that matters
now are these women.

Bella had a tip from a walk-in

naming a man who is also
on our hotel guest list.

We're investigating
a series of rapes

and we know that you were in the
Royal Edward Hotel on July 15th.

The school reunion.
Yeah, I was there.

Do you know the
victim, Mimi Taylor?

Not one of ours, no.

Can you tell us where
you were at midnight?

Absolutely. I was with my
very good friends, Mingo...

HE CHUCKLES Sorry, Miles
Hawthorn, Freddie Punt,

and Caspar Barclay, aka
Badger, in the hotel bar.

We were sampling a fine Armagnac
and ruing the smoking ban

that prevents one from
enjoying a fine cigar.

And you were with
them the whole time?

Well... not the whole time.

I went for a slash,

caught up with my old house
master, it was a social evening.

Is there anything else?

Yeah. Where were you last night?

Last night?

Er... Sunday...

I was here, working.

On a Sunday? Hm. Not unusual.

Bo was here, she'll
vouch for me.

Bo.

Last night, we were
working here, right?

Yeah.

Are you sure? Yeah.

There you go. Thank you, Bo.

July 2012. Hm.

Sorry, what about it?

Were you in Brighton?

It was the London
Olympics, if that helps.

I... Yes.

HE CHUCKLES

I was in a tight spot financially
trying to set up this agency.

Then I managed to secure some
funding from an angel investor.

Stressful times.
But look at me now.

Anna Bolney.

Jade Albright.

Lea Brooks. Rachel Ryan.

Do they ring any bells?
Not on my books. No.

Is that it?

Are we done?

For now.

Think he could be the Prowler?

I think he's something.
Made my skin crawl.

Yeah, right, thanks.

I've been looking through Mimi
Taylor and Roxy Harris's phones

and I found a link.

They both used the same cab app and
they both gave a one-star review

to a driver called
Johnny Kerridge.

What do we know about this guy?

Kerridge works part-time at the
Horror Hotel ride on the pier.

Tripadvisor have had several
complaints from women

saying they assaulted them.

And he still works there?
His mam owns the ride.

You'll love this.

The character he plays on the
ride is the faceless ghoul.

Faceless? Dresses
head to toe in black.

What do you think?

Ten years younger, right?

Am I the prettiest
girl you know?

Course, Mum.

And... you'll never leave me...

for someone else?

I'm not going anywhere.

We're a team, Mum.

You know that.

CLUB MUSIC PLAYS

Are you OK?

Have you ever had 100
red flags on a date?

When have I not?

Go to the bar and
order an angel shot.

Hi. Hi.

Can I get an angel shot, please?

Yeah, course you
can. Just follow me.

I've called you a cab.
Thank you so much.

Fine, it's not a problem.

Have a safe night.
Thank you, I will.

I hope I done you proud, Reg.

Sleep tight, mate.

Hello?

Excuse me?

CAR ENGINE STARTS Sorry,
you can't park here.

CAR TYRES SCREECH
It's private property.

CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING

I'm on my break.

There was an incident at the
Royal Edward Hotel on Friday.

Apparently you dropped
someone off there.

Recognise her?

Yeah, I guess.

Why did she give you
a one-star review?

Cos she was a diva.

You can't say anything
to some of these girls.

They take offence at everything.

Hm. You offend Roxy Harris too?

She's another snowflake.

You get a lot of dissatisfied
customers at the fun fair.

There's a lot of happy ones
too. Not the ones you assault.

It's not assault.

It's part of the ride.

They pay to get scared, so I make
sure they get their money's worth.

I don't discriminate either.

I grab everyone, male,
female... gays, straights.

But... some of these girls...

..complainers, you
know, they're feminists.

They wouldn't know a
good time if it bit 'em.

Right. So it's your
word against theirs?

It's how it works, innit?

HE LAUGHS

Yeah, well, he's denying everything,
but he would, wouldn't he?

Yeah, all right. Good
call, boss. Cheers.

What are we doing?

Keeping him on a tight leash.

ANPR, CCTV, the works.

Any news on the
sighting of Sandy?

Well, Dominic's backtracking.

He's now saying he's not even
sure it was her that he saw.

There you go.

It was a mistake.
Yeah, I think so.

Bet you Cleo was
relieved to hear it.

Yeah, I haven't actually
mentioned to Cleo the sighting.

Oh, what?

Roy, why? Because...

Because...

I've lived with Sandy's
ghost all these years

and I am trying... I
am trying to move on

without messing up what
I've got with Cleo.

I didn't mention the sighting to her
because I thought it might have been

a lot of fuss about
nothing, and I was right.

It was. It was a false alarm.

So, this is Verlaine Road...

..12 hours before
Roxy was attacked.

You know we could have
done this at your house.

On the sofas, feet up.

First of all, I don't like
taking work home with me,

and secondly, you've been dropping
chips and sauce all over the place

and I don't particularly
want it on my furniture,

thank you very much.

Come to think of it, I
am running low on shirts.

Might have to
borrow one of yours.

OK.

This is an off licence
on Corinthe Street.

You know, you could always go home
and get some fresh clothes from Ari.

That would involve
me talking to her.

Would that be such a bad thing?

Wait.

There. Look. That's Roxy.

This is 24 hours
prior to the attack.

Wait, just run that back.

There, doesn't that look
like she's waiting for Roxy?

We now believe that this woman

might be helping the
Prowler scope his victims,

checking where they
live, who they live with.

It's smart. The victims would
notice if a man was following them,

but not necessarily a woman.

Yeah, but what kind of
woman helps a rapist?

She might not have a choice.

Boss.

I checked the activity logs
for Operation Moonfall.

The victim statements
were definitely there

when the files went into
storage in July 2013.

They were later checked
out in August. By whom?

Still trying to find out. OK.

Let me know as soon
as you have a name.

SIREN WAILS

Happy birthday, darling.

Thank you.

I thought we could have a
drink before we go for dinner.

Oh, it's a lovely idea, but...

..I'm on duty, I can't drink.

You've been at work all day,
now you're switching off.

For my birthday.

Tell that to Skerritt. Give
me his number and I will.

They've cancelled all leave.

We're on these rape
cases around the clock.

And I still haven't
found Rachel Ryan.

I'm sorry. Just have a drink.

It's not like anyone will know.

If I get called out and someone
smells alcohol on my breath...

..I could lose my job.
Please, Sandy, understand.

I understand. I
understand all too well.

I will always come second.

If we have a baby,
they'll come second too.

I'll have to show
your son or daughter

pictures of you in the newspaper
so they know who you are.

PHONE BUZZES

SHE SIGHS Don't.

Choose me.

PHONE CONTINUES BUZZING

Roy Grace.

'Roy, there's a burned
body been found in a barn.'

Could it be Rachel?

'Can't tell.'

OK, I'll be right there.

Why are you more interested
in a dead woman than me?

This is a man.

A very old man at
that, late 70s, 80s.

Small amount of lung
tissue survived,

no sign of smoke or
flame inhalation,

which means he wasn't breathing
when the fire started.

How'd the old fella die?

They found high levels
of chemotherapy drugs

in the remaining tissue, so
maybe an advanced cancer.

Natural causes, then?

The only unnatural
thing was the fire.

Dental records?

Intense heat caused
the crowns to explode.

There's nothing I can see remaining
that could get you anywhere.

I think DNA is gonna
be your best chance,

but a match isn't guaranteed.

Not your Rachel Ryan, then.

I still believe she was
a victim of the Prowler.

Course you do.

We all make mistakes
when we're learning.

If the old man died of cancer,
then why destroy his body?

Why set him on fire?

I can think of lots of reasons.
Number one, benefit fraud.

Cover up your grandad's
death, collect his pension.

Number two, dodgy undertakers.

Re-selling the same
coffin over and over.

Either way, it's not a
murder. So we're off the hook.

And before you moan at me,

go and call the Department
of Works and Pensions.

Them boys are bloodhounds
for this sort of thing.

SHE CHUCKLES

Fancy meeting you here.

How's it going?

Are you any closer to
finding the Prowler?

I feel like we're getting closer,
but he's still out of reach.

You'll catch him.

Ever since the first inquiry,

I've studied serial rapists,

their psychology,
their motivation,

and I think I know the Prowler.
There's just one thing...

..I would like to understand.

He steals lipstick
from his victims.

I know it's a trophy, but...

..why lipstick? Why
not something else?

Erm...

Well, lipstick can be a way for a
woman to feel powerful, in control.

I know when I'm going out
and I want to feel confident,

there's nothing like a red lip.

War paint. Yeah, kind of.

I think maybe by
taking the lipstick,

he's trying to take their
power, their agency.

He needs people to suffer
so he can feel strong.

He's a bully.

A little thank you for being
my alibi the other day.

Wear it tonight.

MUSIC PLAYING

PEOPLE CHATTING

Leo. Do you have time
for a quick chat?

I have some thoughts
about your portfolio.

Yeah, great. Guys,
see you there, OK?

Time to hit the club,
people. Let's go, let's go.

Care to join?

ROLLO INHALES

Look at us.

Beauty and the beast.

I said I'd meet
everyone at the club.

So, I better go.

We can talk about my
portfolio another time.

Oh, no rush. We have
lots to discuss.

Yeah. Be a love...

..undo this knot.

Oh, I don't know how to
massage. Everyone knows how.

You just have to get in
there and feel your way.

Come on.

You have such a bright future.

I think if we work together...

..you could be a real star.

Boss. I found something.

I can't quite make
sense of it. What is it?

OK, so, the swipe card holder

who took out the victims'
statements from Operation Moonfall

also removed a statement from
an unconnected investigation.

It was taken out at the same time
as the Operation Moonfall statements

and it was also never returned.

What do we know about it?

The statement was given by a man
called Pete Cooper in August 2012.

Who's he? As far
as I can tell,

the Department of Work and
Pensions interviewed him

when they were looking
into an unidentified body.

Must have been a fraud case.

Wait, I think I remember this.

Yeah, we found a burned body.

And Sid Barrow palmed
it off on the DWP.

Why would someone go
into cold case storage

and take statements from
two unrelated inquiries?

I'm Pete Cooper.
How can I help you?

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.
This is my colleague DS Branson.

Take a seat. Thank you.

Mr Cooper, ten years ago, you
gave a statement to the police.

Yes. Yes, I did.

Can you remember what
it was about? Er...

A PC visited me asking if
we'd had a body go missing.

Which struck me as a
bit Burke and Hare.

They were talking to all
the local firms, I think,

looking for a rogue undertaker

who was setting fire
to bodies on the Downs.

Was quite the talk of
the pub for a while.

If you had nothing to report,
why did you give a statement?

Ah, I remember. I'd noticed
a woman parked round the back

and I went to tell her
it was private property

and I had a bad
feeling about it.

Cos we keep a lot of
valuables on the premises,

jewellery belonging
to the deceased,

and I was worried
she might come back.

Did she? No.

No, but I was that concerned,
I tried checking the CCTV.

It had glitched that
night, it was all blank.

Can you describe the
woman you saw that night?

No. No, it was too dark.

Do you know what make
of car she was driving?

No.

I'm sorry, I can't
remember much else.

Except that it had been
an emotional night for me,

I'd been preparing an old
friend for burial. Reg.

He used to be an undertaker too
so I was taking special care

cos I bet he was watching me.

Reg died of cancer, right?

Yeah.

Made it to 85 before it
got the better of him.

Was he in an open
casket? No, closed.

And you were the last
person to see him?

Yeah.

I said a few words, held his
hand, closed the casket and left.

We buried him the next morning.
Do you have the exact date?

Yeah, bear with me.

Er...

Yeah, 29th of July, 2012.

Up at Woodgrove Cemetery.

Ten years ago...

..in the early
hours of July 29th,

we found the body of a man in his
80s burnt to cinders in a barn.

So you think that burnt
body might be his mate, Reg?

I also think the woman who
was waiting outside the back

was involved somehow.

The same woman who
waited for Roxy Harris.

I think we have to consider that
a distinct possibility, yes.

So who's been buried in Reg's
grave for the last ten years?

CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING

You know, you'd look much prettier
if you chose a warmer foundation.

What?

Your make-up. You're
choosing cool tones

and they're too
blue for your skin.

You should be thinking apricot.

Don't look at me, thanks.

If you don't want to be looked
at, then why all the slap?

Why the short dress,
why the high heels?

Everything about you is screaming,
"Look at me." So I'm looking.

And I can see everything.

Doors are locked
for your own safety.

Open the bloody door!

TYRES SQUEAL

Gotcha.

Stop! Police, stop!

Come with me, come with me.

As you were chasing Daisy
through the traffic,

what were you gonna do
when you got hold of her?

Make her pay.

What do you mean
by that, Johnny?

How do you make
girls pay? Well...

usually contactless.

What?

No-one uses cash these days,
they pay me on the app.

I was worried she was
gonna stiff me for the ride

and give me bad feedback.

Right, and you really expect
us to believe that, do you?

Do you have any idea
how hard this job is?

I try to make the experience
as enjoyable as I can.

I keep the car clean.

I provide bottled water...

USB chargers,

I... I play nice music.

But they still turn up drunk.

They're sick in the back,
they're abusive, they don't tip.

Does it make me angry?

Yeah. It does.

How would you feel if I turned up at
your office and puked all over it?

I bet I could throttle
a confession out of him.

Said the ghost of Sid Barrow.

CAMERA CLICKS

CAMERA CLICKS

CAMERA CLICKS

DOOR SLAMS

Is it definitely Rachel?

Dental records just
confirmed, yes.

How did she die?

A single blow to the
skull from a blunt object.

Possibly a hammer.

HE SIGHS HEAVILY

Are you OK?

Yeah.

Yeah, I can finally
tell her parents...

what happened.

Rachel's parents are
gonna be devastated.

At least they'll be able to
move on with their lives.

Douglas, Gail, this is
my colleague DS Branson.

May we come in?

Pete Cooper thought he was
burying Reginald Matthews

when, in fact, he was
burying Rachel Ryan.

We believe that the Prowler's
female accomplice waited

until Pete Cooper left
the funeral parlour

and then switched the bodies.

Yeah, but that was a decade ago.

I'm guessing forensics aren't
gonna be helping out. No.

Which is why we need you, Nick,

to concentrate on who removed those
statements from storage. Yes, boss.

They knew that if we ever
spoke to Pete Cooper,

there's a good chance
we'd find Rachel.

Where are we on that?

I'm still waiting on
the security company,

but I will chase them again.

I NEED the name of
the card holder.

Now.

Or I will get a warrant

and I will come down there
and I will get it myself.

PHONE BUZZES

Boss!

I found out who took
the victims' statements

from our cold case storage.

KNOCKING

Roy. Welcome to my new office.

Perhaps you'd like to
help me pick out a desk.

You were seconded
here in 2012/2013.

Yes. So?

Why did you remove the victims'
statements from Operation Moonfall?

I didn't. Your name
is on the swipe card.

I never had a card.

Well, it says here...

I was that concerned, I
tried checking the CCTV.

It had glitched that night.

It says what?

Nothing. My mistake.

What did Cassian say? SARMS.

Seaview Alarms and Remote
Monitoring Services.

Pete Cooper had SARMS CCTV
at the funeral parlour.

It was installed at the hotel.

We've got SARMS here
guarding the storage room,

issuing the swipe cards.

The Prowler is somebody
inside this company.

DOOR SLAMS

Hello! Anyone home?

DRAMATIC MUSIC

SHE CHOKES

SHE GASPS

Jack? What the hell?

You shouldn't have
done that, Jesse.

SARMS have had the contract

to manage our cold case
storage for over a decade.

Who's in charge?
Oliver Starling.

And Oliver Starling's the guy who
tipped us to look at Rollo Mercer.

He said they were
school friends.

Was Oliver Starling at the
Alciston House reunion?

Yes, he was.

I can't believe he walked in here
and threw us Rollo Mercer as bait.

The Prowler had eyes
on us all along.

Yeah, well now we know who
he is and what he looks like.

Let's go and pick him up.

Where is everybody?

Look, the hotel.
The police station.

These streets.

These are the streets he grabbed
his victims from in 2012.

PHONE BUZZES

Grace.

Jesse Dawson, 19,
student at East Sussex.

Snatched from halls by a
man driving a white van.

But we have no
visual on the van.

OK.

He's just taken a girl from
East Sussex University.

Look. There, there and there.

OK, so here, this is
where he feels safe.

This is where he hunts.

Where is he taking her?

There.

BRAKES SQUEAL

HE GROANS

HE GROANS

Hey! Hey!

Thank you. Thank you!

JESSE PANTS

No, no, no.

What are you doing? I'm sorry.

Let go!

No, please, don't
let him do this!

This is Rachel Ryan all
over again, isn't it?

Please, I don't wanna die here!

Stop talking! Can't
we just leave her?

Do you wanna go in the
ground with her too?

JESSE WHIMPERS
No! No, I won't!

SHE GROANS, JESSE CRIES

No!

SIRENS WAIL

Fan out, find her!

Jesse!

Jesse!

It's OK. It's all right.

I tried to stop him.

I'm inside unit B.

WATER DRIPPING

JESSE WHIMPERS

JESSE GROANS

METAL CREAKS

JESSE WHIMPERS

Stop! Police!

JESSE WHIMPERS

Oliver, don't!

Please.

Put Jesse on the ground.

JESSE CRIES

Please, Oliver.

Now step away from the pit.

I can't go to prison.

School was like prison.

I won't go through that again.

No!

THUD

I was only 17 when I met Olly.

I thought he was so
handsome and charming.

He took care of me and
it made me feel safe.

But by the time I realised
how... controlling and...

manipulating he was...

..I was trapped and
too scared to leave.

What happened to Rachel Ryan?

She saw his face,
so he killed her.

And he promised me...

that if I hid her
body then he'd stop.

And he was true to his
word for ten years.

And then he started again. Why?

The school reunion.

I begged Oliver not to go, but
he wanted to see Rollo Mercer

to show him how...
well he was doing.

And I was terrified it would
trigger Olly, and it did.

It was like Jekyll and Hyde.

He left as Olly and he
came back a monster.

Why did seeing Rollo Mercer
have that effect on him?

Rollo was Olly's abuser.

Olly was only nine.

Rollo must have been...

..14.

It was devastating.

Olly never really
recovered. He never...

..felt like a man.

What about you? Why did you
help him? Why did you...

..stalk those women for him?

Because he said he'd bury
me with Rachel if I didn't.

He made me wear their
lipsticks, but...

..I never have to wear
lipstick again, do I?

DOOR CLOSES

Under my guidance as acting ACC,

the Prowler has been unmasked

after a decade of
missed opportunity.

I would like to praise
the inquiry team

for the sensitivity
of their handling

of this most difficult and
challenging investigation.

Would you like to add anything,
Detective Superintendent Grace?

I hope the solving of this
case gives people confidence

that we take every allegation

of rape and sexual
assault very seriously.

We have a specialist
centre for victims

and I can promise the
highest standards of care.

So if you are thinking
of reporting an assault,

I would urge you
to come forward.

REPORTERS SHOUT QUESTIONS

Johnny Kerridge may
not be the Prowler,

but he's a nasty piece
of work, all right.

What are you gonna do?

Just dangle him off
the pier for a bit.

I haven't done anything.

I'm here to make sure
it stays that way.

The way you touch
girls on that ride,

it's not OK.

The way you talk to
women in the cab...

..it's not OK.

So you have a choice.

Change how you
behave towards women,

or we'll be seeing
each other again.

Personal visit if you
like. Off the clock.

Just me... and you...

and the cold, blue sea.

Mm. Mm?

SHE LAUGHS What?

I can't believe
you just did that.

Oh, yeah. I'm the
Batman of Brighton, me.

Come on, let's go get an ice
cream before we head back.

You wanted to
speak to me? Yeah.

You said you'd take all
sexual assaults seriously.

Yes. How can I help?

We're here because
of Rollo Mercer.

Who's the victim, please?

We all are.

I've been thinking.

Work is always gonna
get in the way.

And I really... do not
wanna lose what we have.

So I think...

..the only way we're gonna
be able to see each other

is if we get our own place.

Our own?

Yeah. Yeah. Somewhere
new just for us.

A garden.

A view of the sea, maybe a dog.

THEY CHUCKLE

Well, erm...

..I'd love to, but
what about Glenn?

Oh, I'm sure he'll be fine,
I'll have a word with him.

Are you sure?

One hundred percent.

MUSIC PLAYS

So no-one in Munich has
responded to the ads about Sandy.

OK. So, what happens next?

Well, I attend a hearing
before a High Court judge

and if the claim isn't challenged,
which it won't be, that's that.

To new futures.

New futures.

God knows what my future holds.

I've lost everything, Roy.

I'm a 39-year-old man with
his clothes in Tesco bags.

I am so grateful to you.

Hey, yeah, don't mention it.

Got something for you.

Wow.

Actually, it's kind
of for both of us.

OK.

Oh... Yeah.

You don't know what it is, do
you? Course I know what it is.

What is it then? It's a...

It's one of those game things!

Two controllers.

I am going to kick
your arse, old timer!

Yeah, you probably
are. THEY LAUGH

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WOMAN SPEAKS GERMAN
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