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♪ It's alright, it's okay ♪

♪ doesn't really matter if you're old and grey ♪

♪ it's alright, I say, it's okay ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's alright, doing fine ♪

♪ doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine ♪

♪ it's alright, I say, it's okay ♪

♪ we're getting to the end of the day ♪

Just tell me that again, please.

I recorded commander embleton

saying he was responsible

for Anthony kaye's death.

And do you have since given that recording

to Anthony kaye's mother?

I thought we were done with embleton.

I was there when you told him

he wasn't worthy of your attention.

Mrs. Kaye deserves to know the truth, Esther.

I'm not disputing that.

What is she going to do with that recording?

She's going to make one hell of a noise,

I know I would.

I need to get to work, I'm late.

Yeah, since you're just about to lose your job

I should make the most of it.

It might not come to that.

You know it will.

[Sombre music]

How long have we got?

You make it sound like a death sentence.

I'll stand by you, Brian, whatever happens.

Don't leave me in the dark again.

No more surprises.

[Newsreader] Mr. Bunce was convicted

16 years ago of the murder of his wife, Lauren.

But has always pleaded his innocence.

[Scoffs] What con doesn't?

[Newsreader] Relied heavily on the blood splatters

found on bunce's clothing, which pathologists said

at the time was in keeping with bunce

having carried out the fatal stabbing.

No, no.

That wasn't the only evidence we had on him,

I told, oh, bollocks!

[He groans]

[Newsreader] This miscarriage of justice is seen-

miscarriage of justice.

I'll give you a miscarriage of justice,

Scott bunce getting out of prison!

[Sandra] Steffan king.

What's he got to do with it?

Three years after Lauren bunce was murdered,

steffan king, the notoriously violent leader

of bunce's ex gang,

was convicted of stabbing his girlfriend.

What does that prove?

Yeah. Thank you, Brian.

Glad you could join us.

But he is worth investigating, of course.

What is the point?

We know that bunce murdered his wife.

And is now officially a free man.

- Morning. - Morning.

Detective superintendent Sandra Pullman.

- Hi. - Steve mcandrew, hello.

Hello, Mike!

Detective chief inspector Fleming to you.

Oh, blimey.

Well, you know what they say,

those who can do, those who can't-

[both] End up running the joint.

Brian Lane.

Hiya.

Yeah, Mike was on the original case.

Yeah, back in the day.

Yeah, he was at the local Nick at the time

and I got him assigned to the investigation.

Mike also went on to investigate

and successfully prosecute a number of the gang.

I've tracked down where most of them are now,

but if you have any problems.

Cheers.

Mike is currently working at special operations

but I thought it would be good to hear about what happened

from those that were there.

At least Gerry won't be the only one banging on

about bunce being guilty.

The evidence against him was substantial.

What did I tell you?

Evidence which has now been re-interpreted.

And that's what we're going to do now.

Re-interpret the known facts.

[Gerry sighs]

[Sombre electronic music]

[Mike] Scott bunce was reckoned to be

one of the best getaway drivers in London.

But you have to remember that the two years

leading up to this, bunce and his wife

are struggling to cope with the death

of their young lad, Joe.

[Gerry] Who was killed in a hit and run.

Bunce hit the bottle hard,

and Joe's death was probably the reason

why he wanted to go back and work for his old gang,

Bury his head.

Yeah, but his wife Lauren said no way.

And that led to a big row.

At 7:00 P.M. they go to their local for a drink.

Lauren left the pub at around 7:30

and picked up her daughter, Lizzie,

who was staying at a friend's house.

We talked to three people who overheard bunce

say in the pub, "I'll bloody kill her when I get home."

Which he did at about 9:15 P.M.

Yeah, but bunce claimed that he found his wife

on the kitchen floor and tried to resuscitate her.

And that's how he got the aspirated blood on him, right?

At the time they thought the blood spatters

came from when Lauren was stabbed

but we now know that the drops of blood

came out of her mouth as bunce

was trying to resuscitate her.

This is an expert's theory, and that is all.

Bunce then said he saw Lauren's killer

run out of the house.

But their neighbour, Murray blaker

said he saw bunce leave the house at 9:20?

Yep.

And he didn't see anyone else?

No, just bunce, covered in blood

and holding the knife that killed her.

Bunce swore blind that he saw someone

leaving the house that night.

But how come the neighbour didn't see

anyone else coming out of the house?

Brian and I are gonna go to that house

and ask him that very question

and I would like you and Steve

to talk to steffan king.

Thank you, sir, cheers, Mike.

Right.

Okay Gerry, shotgun, my car.

Oh blimey, that means I can't smoke!

You up for a drink later, Gerry?

Me? Up for a drink?

It's intravenous these days.

You still going down the bridge?

What, at over a hundred quid a time?

Gotta be kidding.

How about you?

No, I'd rather watch my grandson play.

I can just see you on the touch line,

giving it all that.

Mr. Standing, your carriage awaits.

I'll give you a bell.

Yeah.

Can't believe bunce's daughter

is still living in the same house.

Not sure I'd wanna live in the house

where I saw my father murder my mother, would you?

Out with it, Brian.

Maybe we should get a coffee or something.

[Sombre music]

[Sandra] There you go.

Ta.

Well?

Come on, Brian,

we've known each other too long, what's wrong?

I've just been thinking about Mark,

you know, my son.

All those wasted years.

When was the last time you saw him?

Well, Esther still sees him.

Keeps in touch, you know.

But Mark and I...

I've just been thinking about

what there is to come, that's all.

There has to be something more

than chasing the missing pieces

of an endless bloody Jigsaw.

[Sandra] Why don't you go and see Mark?

Oh, it's not that easy.

Just say sorry, Brian.

Maybe that's the piece that's missing.

[Tense music]

So, bunce's old gang wanted him back, right?

But they must've known it was Lauren

that was stopping him.

No, the gang had nothing to do with Lauren's murder.

Look, look.

They have an argument in the pub, right?

Lauren leaves, then bunce calls the gang,

tells him he can't do it.

[Gerry] Thought you were gonna be on my side.

Just bear with me a minute, Gerry.

Bunce is the best getaway driver in London,

but these guys are serious players.

They want bunce, nobody's gonna stop them.

Yeah, but listen, mate,

you didn't have to deal with a 10-year-old Lizzie.

Terrified, she was.

Thought she didn't actually witness it.

Well, it was good as.

She came downstairs and saw her dad

standing over her mum with a knife in his hand!

What, and she dialled 999, yeah?

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, and they played it in court.

Bloody horrible, it was.

You know, I'm convinced

the gang had something to do with this.

What, and they sent psycho steff round

to have a word?

Yeah, help her swear it, to see it their way, yeah!

- No! - Look, Gerry,

what made sense 16 years ago doesn't work now, you know.

Bit like these poxy lifts.

Come on, last one to the the top's a scabby donkey.

Sod that.

[Dramatic music]

[Gerry chuckles]

Lift's not working, mate.

Oh, sorry, mate.

[Tense electronic music]

[Gerry gasps]

You see,

staying hydrated, that's the key.

Feel my face.

Do what?

- Feel my face, here. - [Gerry cries out]

Never mind those, feel my face. Feel that, feel that.

See? Smooth as a baby's hydrated bum, that is.

Hello, boys, alright? How are you?

There's a litre and a half of water

in that face every day.

Yeah, well I'll have mine with hops and yeast

if it's all the same to you.

Well, I'll give you this, Gerry.

Even though they've re-evaluated the forensics,

I can still see why you went for bunce as a murderer.

Very kind of you.

What number is it?

It's 916.

We went for bunce, as you call it,

because he was and still is guilty of murder.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.

Oh, here we go, there you are, go on.

Steff?

It's your old mate, Gerry standing.

Steffan!

Tell you what, pal, give us a bell

when you got a minute.

Who's the next port of call?

I don't know, how many are there?

Here you go.

Cor.

Cor! Look, I know what this is.

This is keep Gerry standing well out of the way.

Gerry, come on.

This is a legitimate line of inquiry, okay?

It's a wild goose chase.

[Sandra] According to the prison file,

she never once wrote or visited her father in prison.

[Brian] Can you blame her?

As far as she was concerned

he murdered her mother.

I wonder how she'll feel now he's been released.

The neighbor's in.

Can't you two read?

Well, being journalists, I guess not.

Private? Property?

Murray blaker.

I've made it clear to all the nationals,

if you want my exclusive, you can just-

we're from ucos.

Unsolved crimes and open case squad.

My name's Brian Lane.

This is detective superintendent Pullman.

I thought you were press.

Well.

They've been harassing us both for days now.

Well, either way, Lizzie won't wanna talk.

You gave evidence against Mr. Bunce.

I went to court.

Told them what I saw, what I witnessed.

That defence barrister tried to make me look like an idiot,

but I know what I saw.

She was a lovely woman Lauren.

What she saw in him...

Lizzie?

I'm Sandra Pullman, I'm a police officer.

I know this is really difficult for you.

But as you know, your dad has won his appeal

and he's now being released from prison.

As a consequence, the investigation

into your mother's murder has been reopened

-and I was just wondering- -[Door creaks]

Why have they let him out?

My father is a murderer.

[Tense electronic music]

Lizzie, in the files it said

that you went to go and live

with your grandparents for a while.

Is that right?

Yeah.

But I wanted to be here.

I know that must seem strange.

But when I was younger...

Mum was here, watching me, looking over me.

I don't think that now.

She's not here now, I know that.

Just when I was a kid.

I felt the same when my father died.

My grandmother's in a home now.

I try to see her as much as I can, but...

Is your neighbour always like this?

He's scared.

Of my dad.

Ever since dad destroyed

Mr. Blaker's prize roses, it's been war.

When did this happen?

It was just after we first moved here.

Mr. Blaker had these really tall bushes.

Leylandii.

He refused to cut them down, so...

My dad said, what's the point of moving out here

if you can't see the sun in the morning?

And he cut them down?

Well, he poured industrial bleach in all the roots.

Killed nearly everything in Mr. Blaker's garden.

What did you want to ask me?

The night that your mother was killed.

Yeah. I told the policeman everything then.

Nothing's changed.

Well, we know that night that your mum and dad

had a big argument, in the pub.

Yeah.

At the time your father said

that he thought your mum was seeing someone else.

Yeah, well he was wrong.

My mother would never do anything like that.

My mum loved my dad with all her heart.

So why do you think he killed her?

After Joe died, nothing was the same.

It was like everyone stopped talking

and started shouting and crying.

[Murray] No, stay away from me!

You lying bastard!

Police! Police!

If you saw me, how come you never

- saw the killer, eh? - Help!

Just explain to me!

[Murray sobs]

Gerry, stay there!

Steve, get after him.

[Lizzie] What's going on?

Lizzie, go back inside.

Your father's come back to murder me now.

Oh...

[Tense music]

Steve, you go that way.

Okay.

What did you get for making

the biggest mistake of my life, huh?

Promotion?

Pay rise?

16 years of freedom?

You're out on a technicality and well you know it.

Oh yeah, and there was me thinking

the whole case had been reopened.

Oh, it has!

It'll come to the same conclusion!

Now Scott, you've just been released.

Don't give us an excuse to put you back inside.

You lot think I did it no matter what!

That is not true, we're already following

other lines of inquiry.

Oh yeah?

Who exactly?

We went to see steffan king this morning.

You think psycho steff did it?

No, I don't.

'Cause I know you did it!

Gerry.

Now, why did you go for your neighbour just now?

Do you think he killed Lauren?

If i'd've been going after blaker,

I woulda got him, don't you worry about that.

No, I wanted to speak to him

'cause I wanted to know why he told you lot

all those years ago that I was the only one

he saw running out of the house.

'Cause there wasn't anybody else.

What the bloody hell do you think I was doing, eh?

I come back from the pub,

find Lauren on the kitchen floor,

try and save her, and then decide

to make a run for it only to change my mind

and come walking back home, into the arms of PC plod?

It didn't make sense then

and it makes even less sense now!

You stabbed her, you, panicked, you ran, simple as.

I just done 16 years for a crime I did not commit.

And I come home and I just wanna speak to my daughter!

She saw you kill your wife!

So arrest me, then!

He blames me.

I know he does.

I told the police what I saw.

Lizzie, your father was convicted

with the help of forensic evidence,

not just because of what you saw.

Yeah, forensic evidence that turns out to be wrong!

Please.

You've gotta stop him coming here.

Look, I'll put a call in to the local station

and see if they can keep an eye out,

how does that sound?

Yeah.

And I'll give you my card,

if you wanna call, anytime.

Alright?

Thanks.

[Brian] How is she?

She's terrified he's gonna come back,

I'm gonna give her my number.

What did Mr. Blaker say?

Muttering on about a Greek tragedy.

And the night of the murder?

He saw bunce, but nobody else.

[Sandra] What are you two doing here?

Shouldn't you be asking what bunce is doing here?

Did you catch up with him?

Yeah, still protesting his innocence.

Because in the eyes of the law, he is innocent.

Yeah, and we know she wears a blindfold.

What about steffan king, did you manage to speak with-

king's got nothing to do with it!

That's a no, then, is it?

He wasn't in.

Sandra, look, you don't understand.

Oh, I think I do.

My reputation's on the line here.

No, Gerry, it's not.

Well, that's what it feels like.

That somehow all those years ago, I got it wrong.

You're the officer who was here that night.

You said you'd put my father away forever,

that he'd never come back.

I should never have grassed on him.

[Sombre music]

[He sobs]

[He groans]

Do you wanna take the bags in?

Yeah.

I'll bring in the cot.

- Thanks. - Alright.

Mark?

Mark.

Mark!

Hey. Oh!

What are you doing?

What am I doing?

What are you doing?

Are you ignoring me?

I'm not.

Well, I was shouting, could you not hear me?

Why are you here?

What's that? A cot?

Bloody hell, is Christina?

Does your mother know?

No one knows.

It's not been 12 weeks yet.

What, and you got yourself a cot already?

Saw it on eBay.

Why are you wasting your money on eBay?

We've still got your old cot in the loft, I could-

what are you doing here?

I was just passing, you know.

Thought I'd call in, see how you were doing.

Yeah well, we're fine.

Don't tell mum about the baby.

Why not?

Because I wanna tell her.

I'll give you a hand to put those up-

I don't need a hand, thanks.

They can be tricky, those.

I haven't seen you in years.

Well, I'm here now.

Yeah, you are.

[Christine] Mark? Who are you talking to?

No one.

[Neighbor] Gerry!

Hello, mate.

Someone's looking for you.

Yeah? Blonde or bailiff?

Said he'd come back later.

Cheers.

[Sombre music]

Nice cup of tea.

Or a nice cup of coffee.

Tea, coffee, coffee, tea.

[Chuckles] Gottle of geer.

Now, there's an idea.

[He chuckles]

There, nice gottle of geer, nice gottle of geer.

[Phone beeps]

No, I didn't have an accident six weeks ago

but somebody will if you keep bloody texting me!

How'd they get my number?

Why am I talking to myself?

Getting like my dad.

"They're coming to get me, Gerald,

they're coming to get me!"

[Doorbell rings]

Blimey. Maybe they are.

Oh.

What do you want?

Oh, hi! Don't mind if I do, thanks a lot.

Hey.

Nice place you got here.

Brilliant.

How'd you get through the gate?

[Steve hums]

Oi! I'm talking.

Oh, sorry, what?

How'd you get through the gate?

Someone was going out and I just slipped in, you know?

What time are you meeting Mike?

Didn't know you were invited.

Didn't know you were into man ray.

Man ray, yeah.

Can't get enough of him. It.

I've got exactly the same one at my place.

Have you?

Gerry, you were there at my flat in Glasgow, remember?

Oh yeah!

[Both] Great minds, eh?

- Oh, blimey. - Whoops.

I'll get myself a beer.

Good show.

[Gerry] Sit down, make yourself at home.

Why didn't you phone me?

I went round to Mark's.

Mark? Our Mark?

Yeah, waste of bloody time, it was and all.

What have you been saying now?

You're gonna be a grandmother.

But I never told you, right?

Well, we can't move out of London now.

Who said we were?

Oh, this is heaven-sent.

It's Mark's baby, not the second coming!

Besides, he made it quite plain

he wants nothing to do with me.

But this is our chance!

For what?

To be a proper family.

Did anyone say anything?

About you recording embleton?

No. Not yet.

Well, maybe everything will be alright.

I want to be Nana.

Not granny, don't like granny.

And you can be popsie.

[He grunts]

[They laugh]

So.

What's the yard saying about the bunce case?

How the high-profile miscarriage of justice

is the last thing they need right now.

Well, the change of expert opinion is hardly their fault.

Oh!

Shot.

So, you think bunce is guilty?

Doesn't matter what I think.

The important thing is that we're seen

to be doing what we're doing.

Crossing the t's and dotting the i's,

letting the investigation run its course.

That's got me.

Chances are,

they might find bunce guilty all over again.

Another game?

[Mike] Oh yeah.

Thanks.

How can something you absolutely know to be true

turn out not to be?

When my love swears that she is made of truth,

I do believe her, though I know she lies.

Yeah, but that's different!

You think you know someone, you know?

You have absolute faith, belief in them

and then one day they just...

That kind of thing ever happen to you?

Do you remember when

prince Charles and lady di got engaged?

They did a big interview, right,

and somebody said to them, so are you really in love?

She said yes.

And he said, "whatever love is."

What, you're telling me you've never been in love?

Me?

Yeah, hundreds of times, least, I thought I was.

[Steve] Yeah, I have, definitely.

Here we go, Mike!

Hi, Mike.

Steve, good to see you.

What can I get you?

Oh, no, my round.

No, let me get this, what are you after?

Oh, pint of lager, cheers.

Oh.

You haven't been to the gym, have you?

I've been playing fives with Bob strickland.

Fives with Bobby?

Yeah, all the posh boys play it.

My old chief got me into it.

So that's how you get promotion!

As long as you let them win.

[They laugh]

Listen, good to be working with you again, mate.

- Yeah, like old times, eh? - Here you go, mate.

Ah, cheers.

So, how's it all going then?

Well, I've seen bunce.

Yeah, and?

Like a couple of caged animals.

Practically had to tear them apart.

Same old Gerry standing.

You still married?

I can't remember who I was with then.

No, there's probably been a couple since.

[Steve] Same old Gerry standing.

Cheers, boys.

- Cheers, Mike. - Cheers.

♪ Won't you give us that bit comfort ♪

♪ keep your feet still geordie lad ♪

♪ and don't drive my bonny dreams away ♪

Do you think I should wait for Mark to call me?

Or should i-

Brian.

[Dramatic music]

Me and Charlotte talk to each other.

See the kids all the time.

It's worked out fine.

Well, it's a copper's curse, innit?

Ah, these things happen.

Yeah, Steve's looking for his son.

Oh yeah.

Hmm.

He's gone missing?

Yeah, he's with

- his mother somewhere. - [Telephone rings]

How's it going?

Well, got a few leads, you know.

Hello?

Gerry, where are the keys?

Brian, what are you doing at the office?

In Lauren's handbag, there was a set of keys.

Yeah, we know there were a set of keys, Brian,

we didn't think they were relevant.

So where are they?

How the bloody hell do I know?

Well, they're missing!

Somebody's taken them.

Brian, they probably just got lost.

This is the met we're talking about.

Well, either way, they're supposed to be there

and they're bloody well not!

[Steve] What's he on about? What keys?

We found a set of keys in Lauren's handbag

and they couldn't be identified.

Now he thinks they're are gonna be

the key to opening the case.

Here we go, boys, one for the road.

- Great, cheers. - Oh, look at that blonde.

Oh, yeah.

[Tense electronic music]

Dad!

Hello, son.

I told mum I didn't want you-

I know you don't want me to have

anything to do with you or the baby, I understand that.

It's not just that,

you think you can just turn up

as if nothing happened.

Mark, I made one mistake!

I swore I wouldn't have another drink

and hey, guess what, I'm human.

I succumbed.

It's not about that.

No, you're right, and that's not why I'm here.

Do you have any idea what kind of father you were?

Or failed to be?

I'm sure you're gonna make a much better job of it.

I should bloody hope so.

Well, if it's any consolation, son, so do I.

Alright?

Is that it? We all best mates now?

Brian?

What the?

Meeting up behind my back now, are we?

No, of course not, but i'm really glad you're here.

You're the only one who is!

I want you two to talk to each other.

Sort things out, come on.

He's just said he's not interested

in doing any of that.

Brian.

Are you still in possession of my lathe?

Is that really why you've come?

Well, yes!

It's mine and I need to use it.

It's not yours, you gave it to me

when mum threatened to leave you

'cause you spent so long in that bloody shed.

Did I hell!

Anyway, I need to use it.

And the bits, of course.

[He scoffs]

Oh, don't tell me you've chucked them out!

I don't believe this.

Brian.

The lathe. Yes or no?

Oh, oh, here, come on, you put this on.

And I'm so sorry, pet.

I really was hoping he was gonna talk to you.

He was going on and on about becoming a granddad.

So he did tell you.

Yes he did.

I wanted to be the one.

[Esther] He was so excited.

[Mark] When are you gonna stop protecting him, mum?

He means well.

No he doesn't, he just wants things

his own way, he always has!

It's my way or no way.

He's a stubborn old-

what the hell have you done to my lathe?

It's not your lathe. What's wrong with it?

It's not working, that's what's wrong with it.

Have plugged it in?

What's it doing not plugged in?

What are you trying to do, Brian?

I need to cut these keys.

What, and you wanna use the lathe?

Well, if it was working

I might have half a chance.

You don't want the lathe, bloody hell.

You need the strommen for something like this.

Hey?

What, the strommen that we gave you last Christmas?

You gave him a what?

If you want a proper job doing,

I'll go get it for ya.

Go on then.

But I've not got all day.

I don't believe you, Brian Lane.

Coming round here.

It's working, isn't it?

What is?

My son's talking to me.

Shouting at you more like.

I'll take what I can get.

I don't know what game it is you're playing.

But I fully intend to be a full-time grandparent,

with or without you.

Well, that's what I want.

Well then, tell him!

He's the one who needs to hear.

I keep trying, Esther.

Well try a bit harder.

Might be your last chance.

There we go.

What, have you changed your mind now, have you?

Oh.

I've been a bloody awful father.

I was never there when you needed me.

If I wasn't working I was drunk.

Or both at the same time.

And I'm deeply ashamed about that.

Believe me, if I could turn the clock back, I would.

I swear it, Mark.

I'm just asking you for another chance.

I know I don't deserve it, but...

Do you know how it works? The strommen.

I suppose you plug the plug in first, do you?

Bloody hell.

Come here.

[Tense electronic music]

[Bartender] 4 pound 20, please.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, would you mind repeating that?

Your client has a recording of commander embleton

saying what, exactly?

And you say she got this from Brian Lane.

[Tool whirring]

[Mark] There you go.

Aye.

Not bad, considering.

What do you mean?

They're perfect.

Well, they will be, if they work.

Where are they for?

They're part of a murder investigation.

How unusual.

Your work coming before everything else.

A man was wrongly accused.

I'm sure he was.

I'm sure you'll catch whoever did it.

You solve everyone else's problems, dad,

but never your own.

Win some, lose some.

Well, it's a start.

[Tense electronic music]

[Man groaning]

♪ Hit me with you rhythm stick ♪

♪ hit me, hit me ♪

♪ je t'adore, ich liebe dich ♪

♪ hit me, hit me, hit me ♪

Oh!

Shit!

♪ Hit me slowly, hit me quick ♪

Good morning, governor?

Get over to the Churchill estate,

steffan king was attacked last night.

Ma'am.

Mr. Blaker.

[Door knocking]

Identity theft.

You can never be too careful.

Good morning.

Did you have a good night?

Yes.

Thank you.

The police were outside.

Yeah, good.

Could I have a word?

What's happened?

Let's go inside, shall we?

Thank you.

Lizzie, have you heard from your father at all?

No.

Do you remember an old gang member of his,

somebody called steffan king?

No.

They all came around for a while

but then my grandparents made it clear

that they didn't want nothing to do with them, so.

What's happened?

There's been an incident,

steffan king was attacked last night.

And you think my father did it?

[Sandra] No, we have no idea.

Why else would you be here?

I knew they should never have let him out.

I knew it, I told you.

Everything's all right, Lizzie,

the police are outside, we're doing everything we can

- to find your father. - [Telephone ringing]

Excuse me.

Gerry.

Yeah, it looks like he was battered

with his own baseball bat.

Well, who do you think?

No, they're checking the cctv

but bunce was definitely here last night

and I don't think he just popped in for a cup of tea.

Okay, cheers. Bye.

It was him, wasn't it?

The police are looking for him.

Were you close to your dad?

To my dad? Yeah, I was.

So was I.

I loved him, but when Joe died, he,

he didn't wanna know me.

He didn't wanna know anyone.

Well, grief can be like that.

Makes you say and do things you don't really mean.

Will you stay with me?

I feel safer with you.

You'll be fine, Lizzie.

You didn't see my dad that night.

The knife.

Blood.

The look on his face.

The noise coming out of his mouth.

He's coming to get me.

I saw him.

He was right here.

He was standing over mum, and I saw the blood,

it was all over his shirt.

His face, and I thought was gonna kill me.

But when I opened my eyes, he was gone.

Out the door.

And then I saw mum.

Mum.

- Alright, Lizzie. - Mum! [Sobs]

It's okay, it's okay.

-Look I saw him, I saw- -[Door clunking]

[Tense electronic music]

Lizzie?

- Go, go! - No, Lizzie, wait!

Wait, I just wanna speak to you!

- Lizzie! - Shit!

Lizzie, darling, I ain't gonna hurt you.

Lizzie, please!

Shut the door!

I'm not gonna hurt you! Lizzie!

Lizzie, listen to me, you've gotta believe me.

I am not the man you think I am.

Look, I've spent the last 16 years

wishing I'd never let her go home that night.

I was so stupid, so stubborn!

[Police officer] Can I help you, Mr. Lane?

Mr. Lane?

[Scott] Lizzie, listen to me,

- you've gotta believe me! - Sir?

I think bunce has got in round the back.

- Get some backup! - Will do, sir.

It's PC 6374, requiring backup.

Yeah, the bunce's household.

As soon as possible, over.

I don't blame you, Lizzie.

I never did.

It's all because of Joe.

If we hadn't let him go out on his bike that day,

he'd never have been hit by that car!

Scott?

[Scott gasps]

I'm with the police.

You just stay out of this!

I just want to talk.

I'm listening.

Not to you!

Scott, we're very close to finding out

who killed your wife.

Bollocks you are.

Do you wanna go inside for another 16 years?

I will if I have to.

What about Lizzie?

What about her?

Well, I know it can't have been easy

not seeing her all that time.

Watching her grow up.

School, college, boyfriends.

Do you want another 16 years?

Do you have any idea what it is like

to be locked up for something you didn't do?

And have everyone you ever knew, ever loved,

think that you are capable of killing

the one person who really knew you

and loved you with all her heart, eh?

Lizzie is my little girl.

And she is all I've got.

-And i- -stop.

- Just want to talk to her. - Stop, stop!

I can't imagine what that was like.

Bloody awful.

But I do know what it is

to not be there when your child needs you.

And no matter how old they get, they always need you.

And I know this.

You need them back.

I didn't kill Lauren!

Lizzie, I tried to save her.

I saw someone running from the house!

Scott.

I believe you.

And I promise you,

I'm gonna do everything in my power to prove it.

[Sombre music]

[Robert] He must've known he'd be seen.

Well, he's been inside for 16 years.

Back then everything we did

wasn't being watched and recorded.

Ooh. I bet the cctv in the lift hasn't been seen.

Oh yeah.

What, there's cctv in the lift?

Yeah, they were putting it in yesterday,

I'll give them a call.

Where's bunce now?

Being booked in.

Oh, that's a point.

Should I phone Mike and see if he wants to sit in?

I'm meant to be paying fives with him,

I'll call him to cancel, tell him what we've got.

Oh, hello.

Here he is.

The hero of the hour.

[Steve] So how'd you talk him down?

Oh, give over.

Here.

Oh, you found 'em!

No, cut some copies myself.

You're joking.

And guess what?

They don't fit.

Look, I told you they weren't relevant.

Evidence doesn't go missing without a good reason.

Why did you go around to steffan king's flat?

I've told you, I wanted to know if he'd killed Lauren.

But he wasn't in?

No.

The cuts and bruises to your hands,

how were they caused?

Brick wall. My fists.

Self-inflicted, I've been doing it for 16 years.

How did you know where he lived?

I made a few calls.

Had you always suspected

he was responsible for Lauren's death?

No.

She would never have let him in.

So why did you go round, then?

Because Gerry standing told me he was investigating him.

And I know you people don't go to the trouble

of trying to nail a murder conviction on someone

if you don't believe they've done it.

How is psycho, by the way?

Unconscious but not critical.

So when he comes round, I can walk out of here.

[Sandra] At the house, you said you blamed Joe.

Why?

Well, I didn't mean it like that.

When Joe was killed,

it tore me and Lauren to pieces.

His death ripped a hole in me

that has never gone away and it never will.

Lauren too.

Yeah, people tried to help.

Family, friends. [Chuckles]

Even psycho did his best.

See, Mike was great, he...

He really seemed to understand

what me and Lauren was going through.

He's one of the only coppers I ever met

who I actually got on with.

Mike?

Mike Fleming?

Yeah, he was our family liaison officer.

I mean, he did what he could to help us but...

And he was, he was always there for us.

Seven days a week, 24 hours.

[Tense music]

[He groans]

[He yells]

Mike!

Look.

Cctv from the lift.

Now you can't see his face,

but he's got a sports bag.

And these keys that Brian cut.

They wouldn't fit in the front door

of your old flat, I don't suppose?

You see, the problem I've got is

I hate to get it wrong.

No, I know it's only human.

But I really hate it.

And I trusted you.

I really got it wrong.

When one of our own lies and cheats

like, ah, boys!

Lauren and I first met

after Joe had been killed in a hit and run.

I was a young copper trying to do my best

and we got close.

She was vulnerable and I...

It was deeply unprofessional,

but these things happen and we fell in love.

I know I did.

After about a year, she said no more.

And that hurt, but what could I do?

And then six weeks later, out of the blue,

she calls me and says,

please come round, Mike, please, I need ya.

And that was the night of the murder?

She and Scott had gone to the pub,

had an argument and she'd had enough of him

and suddenly she wanted me.

Is that what she told you

or is that what you assumed?

She told me she loved me and I believed her.

When I went round to the house,

she was drinking and emotional

and I told her,

come with me, just pack your bags,

but Lizzie was asleep upstairs

and she didn't wanna leave her.

So what'd you do, threaten her?

I never threatened her.

I thought I knew what was best.

I thought that Scott was gonna come back and hurt her.

I wanted to help her. Protect her.

And that's what you failed to do.

I don't know how it happened.

How she was holding the knife.

I tried to get it off her.

She told me to get off.

And, I was trying to get the knife off her.

I was holding the handle and, and,

but she was pulling it towards her

and it ended up, the knife ended up in her stomach

and she stabbed herself.

And the blood...

And then Scott was coming through the front door

and I ran to get my jacket.

So what bunce said about coming home,

finding her, and trying to save her

was all true.

I ran out the house and he came after me.

Ran down the street and through the alley.

Scott was chasing me, but I was quicker, and,

I managed to get away.

To think I welcomed you to the team.

I thought you'd be an asset to the investigation.

It was an accident.

An accident that has seen an innocent man

serve 16 years for a crime he didn't commit.

[Sombre orchestral music]

Wait, wait!

Look.

I just wanted to apologise to you

for what I did to your garden all those years ago.

So,

you admit it was you?

Was that why?

Was that why you wouldn't admit

to seeing Mike Fleming running out of my house

after he murdered Lauren?

I didn't see him.

But you did see me.

Look, Scott.

It was dark.

I told them what I thought I saw.

Dad.

It's alright.

It's alright.

I'm so sorry.

It's not your fault, it's not your fault.

It never was.

Come here.

I knew the keys were important.

He gave them to Lauren a few months earlier

in the hope that she would leave bunce

and go and live with him.

Why'd he bother taking them back?

Nobody would've known they were his.

Yeah, but he didn't reckon

with the superhero Brian Lane,

king of the key cutters!

[They laugh]

Brian, a word. You too, Sandra.

What?

Just say what you've got to say.

If it's all the same to you,

I think this would be better dealt with in my office.

Brian, what's going on? What's happened?

Tell them.

-I really don't think- -just tell them!

Get it over with.

Brian recorded commander embleton

saying he couldn't give a damn about Anthony kaye

or the fact that he died in custody the way that he did.

-And he- -i gave the tape

to Anthony kaye's mother.

Oh, bloody hell.

Brian, did you understand what you were-

yes, I knew what I was doing.

Brian, why didn't you talk to me?

I'm sorry.

But what's done is done

and I'm not sorry about that.

Mrs. Kaye had a right to know

what happened to her son.

Then you give me no option, Brian.

You will leave this building

and you will no longer be a member of ucos.

Fine.

Why didn't you investigate this

using proper police procedures?

And what would've happened?

There'd have been a long drawn out internal inquiry.

And then somebody would've said, "oh, what's the point?

Embleton's retired, let it go."

And Mrs. Kaye would never have known.

But I would've known.

And I have to live with that for the rest of my life.

And I've got enough on my plate as it is,

thank you very much.

So do you intend to stand by your evidence?

And give a witness statement

about what you heard commander embleton say?

Yes.

That is my intention.

Clear your desk.

[Sombre music]