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[Dramatic music]

[Man] Martin ackroyd failed to turn up for work

on the 7th November 1983.

Gerry standing, meet Warren McCabe and Don Bryant.

Think you could show him the ropes.

Welcome to the team, Gerald.

What happened to ackroyd?

- You don't want to know. - Stay clear.

- Who's naylor? - Hello, Gerry.

I can't be owing you favours.

You don't owe me anything.

[Gerry] I've no idea what evidence

they've planted or where.

I'd like to report an assault.

This is Gerry standing we're talking about.

Does any of this seem remotely likely?

Who was she shagging?

[Man] He's just got this one all wrong.

Gerry standing, I'm arresting you for conspiracy to murder

detective chief inspector Martin ackroyd.

♪ It's all right, it's ok ♪

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

♪ it's all right, I say, it's ok ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doing fine ♪

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

♪ it's all right, I say, it's ok ♪

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

[Soft music]

[Preacher] Today we say goodbye to our friend,

whose life was tragically cut short.

His family and friends may well feel cheated

that he has been taken from us too soon,

but we have many happy memories of him,

and these we must hold dear in our hearts.

He was loved, respected and will be missed by us all.

The truncheon's been buried underground for 30 years,

so there's not much chance of us pulling prints off it.

We might have more chance with the DNA.

Look, I'll save you the bother. It's mine.

How did it end up down there?

I don't know.

So what about this bloke Ronald sainsbury?

Oh, please. I didn't lay a finger on him.

So what the hell's going on, Gerry?

I'm being framed.

Well this much we'd worked out.

Why?

I don't know.

Do you know who did kill ackroyd?

No.

You should feel free to tell us whatever it is

you haven't been telling us up to now.

[Phone ringing]

Yes, sir.

Yeah, we've arrested Gerry standing,

but it's increasingly clear he didn't...

No, I understand that, sir, but it's precisely

because I've worked with the man for 11 years

that I feel able to...

Sir, ucos is more than capable

of concluding the investigation without the help...

[Ominous music]

Yes, sir.

Yes, yes, I understand.

Look, ackroyd was killed because the Chapman family

believed he was about to blow the whistle

on all the cops they had in their pocket.

- Including Bryant and McCabe? - Yes.

So they've got to be the most likely candidates,

being closest to ackroyd.

Yeah, yeah, or Dominic Chapman himself.

Really?

Oh, yeah, really. Proper nutter.

How do we prove any of this?

- I'm working on it. - How?

Gerry, what is it you're not telling us?

- I can't answer that. - Why not?

Gerry, we want to help you,

but how can we do that if we don't know...

I did not kill ackroyd.

But I did do something, that if it...

[Door opens]

What's going on, sir? We're...

He's about to incriminate himself, Sasha.

- What? How? - Don't answer that.

I've just been told we're to hand this case off

to a murder investigation team by the end of the day.

I'd rather we weren't also handing them

Gerry's head on a plate.

Look, right now, all they've got

is a 30-year-old truncheon

and an unsubstantiated allegation

that I beat up some old bent cop.

They'll also have these.

And these mean what?

That you were shagging ackroyd's wife, Gerry.

Ackroyd hired a private detective.

You see what this looks like?

You do know that this is around the time Caitlin was born?

We're not making any moral judgements.

Yes, you are.

It's motive, Gerry. You can see that as well as anyone.

This isn't going upstairs yet?

No, not until the end of the day.

Well, let's just hope the new guys are better

at doing their homework than this lot!

What do you mean by that?

- This isn't ackroyd's wife. - Who is it then?

Her name was Alison. Alison standing.

Caitlin's mum.

Right, now I've to go and do something to sort this out.

You want to leave?

Gerry, you're under arrest,

and you won't tell us what's going on

for fear of incriminating yourself even more!

Wait, Sasha.

Now, this is just you and me. No tape.

[Ominous music]

Did you kill Martin ackroyd?

No, sir.

Do you know who did?

Not yet.

Did you assault Ronald sainsbury?

I'm beginning to wish I had!

So, if I let you walk out this door,

am I putting my and everyone else's jobs on the line?

Not as long as you don't ask

what I'm doing or where I'm going.

Don't make me regret this.

Thank you.

You just let him walk out.

I don't believe he's guilty, Sasha.

He's guilty of something, he'd pretty much said so.

Gerry standing is no angel, but he's not a murderer.

Given how little time is now available to us to prove that,

I think it's more effective we don't keep him in custody.

But now he's out there on his own,

up against Bryant and McCabe, the chapmans,

and god knows who else.

You're right.

You're looking a little peaky, Danny.

I am?

I am.

Perhaps you ought to take a day off.

Well, if you're sure.

I'm feeling a little bit under the weather myself...

You look fine to me.

- But, sir... - Danny's the sensible one.

Obviously we won't be hearing from you, Danny,

because you'll be at home tucked under your duvet.

Understood.

We hope you feel better.

I will.

[Dramatic music]

Right, we three are what's left of the ucos team,

and we have a murder to solve.

There'll be no contact with Gerry,

because we don't want to learn anything

that we might find ourselves compelled to divulge

from the witness box at his trial.

So what do you want us to do?

You wanna get Gerry off the hook?

Find out who really killed Martin ackroyd.

No Tommy, the net's definitely tightening.

And now sainsbury's accusing me of beating him up,

so he's in on it somehow.

No.

No, where did you hear that?

I'll keep my eyes peeled, all right.

Don't worry about that.

Sorry, Tom, I've got to go, I'll speak to you later.

What the bloody hell are you doing here?

Well, I, er...

How did you get in?

Oh, that part was quite easy.

The lock on your front door...

Actually, I'm not interested in any of that.

What are you doing here?

- You need help. - No, I don't.

Well, strickland said that i...

I don't care what strickland says.

I don't wanna get anyone else into trouble.

You wanna keep a very wide berth of me at the moment.

Why? What's really going on?

Sorry, Danny, I can't tell you, now, please leave.

I can't, really.

- Danny! - No, I mean I actually can't.

There's some rather nasty looking men parked outside.

If I go back out the way I came in, it's...

Well, it wouldn't be a very good idea.

[Dramatic music]

Dark blue saloon across the road with three men in it,

and a silver car further up the street.

Who sent them, do you think? Chapman?

It was stupid coming here.

Yes well, too late, you're here now.

Of course, diplomatic protection training

covers this sort of thing.

But you don't want my help, do you?

Ackroyd was buried in the house in primrose hill.

Seems reasonable to assume he was killed there as well.

You mentioned that it might have been noisy

digging out that basement.

We were thinking maybe there was building works going on.

Well let's find out.

So our prime suspects are Bryant, McCabe

- and Dominic Chapman, right? - Yeah.

I wanna go through all the files on Bryant and McCabe.

It was never proved that they were on the Chapman payroll,

but we need to prove that now.

This would be a damn sight easier

if we found out what is it Gerry actually knows.

You heard strickland. We're on ackroyd.

Let Gerry be Danny's problem.

[Dramatic music]

Where's the back door?

There isn't one.

Well there's a garden out the back.

How do you get to that?

That belongs to the downstairs flat.

We don't see eye to eye.

Well if we're running for our lives,

I'm sure they'll understand.

I'm not running!

What are you doing?

Well, you may feel like David Crockett

readying himself to defend the alamo,

but the reality is this, and this is why we're running.

Anyway, there's nothing to defend.

They're waiting for you to leave.

They're not stupid enough to ring on the front door bell...

[Doorbell buzzes]

My mistake. Time to meet the neighbours.

[Dramatic music]

[Door slamming]

Who's at the door?

Police. We need to go out the back.

The police are at the door?

No, we're the police. Get out the way!

I thought you'd retired.

Look, we need to go through your flat.

You need some sort of warrant, then.

No, we don't.

Brilliant, it's a dead end.

No such thing.

I'm calling the police.

Good idea.

This is trespassing.

Yes, it is.

I don't care who you are, i...

Good for you.

Gerry, if you wouldn't mind.

Now I'm just going to break down your gate,

so that's criminal damage, as well.

Come on.

Why did you park round here?

Well, all the spaces at the front

were taken by people trying to kill you.

Fair enough.

Oh, here we go...

Er, what're you thinking?

The funny thing is,

they always tell you to aim for the rear wheel,

but the target vehicle nearly always,

[tyres screech] Moves.

You are radio rental, you.

We should probably go somewhere

and try to work out a plan.

This is bordering on police harassment.

No, it isn't.

I'm still contemplating a complaint of assault

against your Scottish friend, here.

Right now, a knee in the nuts

is about to become the least of your problems.

We know you work for Dominic Chapman.

- He's a client. - We have lots of clients.

Yeah, but this one goes way back, doesn't he?

In fact, we've been looking at your arrest records

from the early '80s.

A disproportionate number of your high-profile busts

targeted rivals of the Chapman family.

Oh, good luck with that one in court.

No-one could make a corruption charge stick to us.

Not yet.

Ackroyd knew what you were up to, didn't he?

He'd put it all together, you two, sainsbury. Who else?

Gerry standing.

We've been here, Gerry standing was clean.

[Hysterical laughing]

Was he really? He's told you everything, has he?

Has he told you about Tommy naylor?

Oh, that's news, is it? Gerry and Tommy naylor?

I think you might want to go back to the office

and do a little bit of homework.

- Nasty piece of work, Tommy. - Oh, yes.

Do anything to protect his interests.

He would. Bosom pals, him and Gerry.

Much to ackroyd's char-grin.

Char-grin's a good word for it, Warren.

- It's chagrin. - Is it really?

Well, we've learned something today.

Now it's your turn.

[Ominous music]

[Man] This is all about to come

crashing down around your ears.

He's just got this one all wrong.

What the bloody hell are you doing?

I'm doing my job.

Despite you and Chapman and your cronies out there,

I'm doing my bloody job.

You're gonna take this upstairs?

Sainsbury's investigating the chapmans.

I think he'd be interested in talking to me.

I've written a letter and left it with a brief.

If anything happens to me, all of this is coming out.

I've been busy too.

[Dramatic music]

I filed a report yesterday

detailing the raid on Tommy naylor's premises

and what went wrong.

We reckon naylor was tipped off by someone on the inside.

Obviously it's premature to name names,

but I did suggest that sainsbury's unit

might wanna look at any police officers

who'd been seen with naylor out of hours.

It was a mistake to bring you into this unit,

but I'm going to have to live with it, and so are you.

I just wanna do my job.

This is your job. This squad has the best clean-up rate...

Its because the chapmans hand us their rivals on a plate!

You think the man in the street gives a shit

how we clean the place up?

The chapmans give us muggers and dealers and pimps.

We put them away, and your family get to live in a city

that's a little bit safer than it was.

The Chapman family business

doesn't impact on ordinary people,

so what do they care?

It's corruption.

Everyone's corrupt, Gerry.

Politicians, judges, footballers.

The whole bloody world is corrupt.

If we went by the book,

we wouldn't make half the arrests we do.

All right, how's this?

You transfer me out, now.

I'll leave all this on your desk

and you never hear another peep out of me.

The way the chapmans see it, you're dangerous.

You're either in this squad, doing as we do,

or you're a problem they need to take care of.

I'm not taking another penny from the chapmans.

Oh, we'll see about that.

Bollocks to you too.

Ds standing?

There's no point in cops being on the take

if the lawyers aren't.

Now get back to work.

Still looks the same from up here, doesn't it?

I mean, there are a few new buildings,

but still the same old place.

It's not, though, is it?

Course it is. It's London, never really changes.

That's why all this has come round again.

Listen, Danny, this is too dangerous. You've got family.

So have you.

Fiona would kill you

if she knew you were involved in this.

Actually, she'd kill you, probably only wound me.

Look Gerry, I'm here and I'm bloody freezing.

Can you tell me what's going on?

Ackroyd wasn't one of the good guys.

He was working for the chapmans alongside McCabe and Bryant

and whoever else was above 'em.

So why did everyone think he was honest?

It's complicated.

Everyone thinks that I was a bad cop

involved in the death of a good cop.

We need to find proof that he wasn't a good cop.

If he was on their side, why was he killed?

They thought he was going to blow the whistle.

But he wasn't?

Why did they think he was?

[Ominous music]

That I can't tell you.

Why not?

Because then you'd have knowledge of a crime,

and you'd either have to report it

or risk getting done for covering it up.

What did you do, Gerry?

All right, moving on.

If we tell the others that ackroyd was corrupt,

that'll give them something to work on...

No, no, no, we can't contact them yet.

Now if this all goes tits up,

it'll look like they've been helping me out.

We'll get in touch with them once we've got some proof.

And where is the proof?

I don't know.

But I know a man who does.

Tommy naylor has been the subject

of various ongoing police investigations

over the last three decades.

He's been to prison a few times, but never for anything big.

And by the looks of his file,

that's because he's smart enough

never to get his own hands dirty.

He's a thief and a smuggler but unlike the Chapman family,

he seems to consider violence a last resort.

None of which is to say he's an angel, far from it.

Does he have police officers on his payroll?

Almost certainly.

Several attempts have been made

to crack open that side of his business.

One such investigation was in 1983.

Ouch.

Well, at least this proves that naylor was lying

about knowing Gerry.

That's not much of a silver lining.

I'm starting to see why Gerry's so worried

about incriminating himself.

[Phone ringing]

Yeah, Steve mcandrew...

If this is what Gerry was trying to hide,

why not just call him and ask him about it?

Gerry's friendship with the criminal element

is hardly a surprise to anyone who knows him.

Whatever he's trying to hide from us is worse than this.

Just for the time being, it's better that we don't know.

Sir, do you think Gerry's done something really bad?

I don't know. I hope not. [Soft music]

Okay yeah thanks.

Well, an application was made to Camden council

for building work to that house in primrose hill, right.

The work was carried out over October and November, 1983.

- Well, that's something. - It's more than something.

The company that carried out the work

was called kingsport construction.

Kingsport construction is owned by the Chapman family.

Brilliant. Finally.

Kingsport, why do I know that name?

How did naylor get his scar?

No idea.

Well it's fresh here,

and he doesn't have it in these photographs with Gerry.

Have a look at this, this is odd.

Now you say what you like about Gerry's sartorial decisions,

but he's not a man who puts dirty clothes back on.

But look...

There's a spot on his shirt, here and here...

- Same day. - Yeah.

So, did Rachel woolcott take both of these?

Kingsport construction!

That's where I saw the name, in Rachel woolcott's files!

Hello again.

Rachel woolcott, this is my colleague, Steve mcandrew.

Hello.

Do you have a warrant?

That's strange, isn't it?

'Cause we didn't need a warrant yesterday.

Today you do.

You make me come back with a warrant

and we will tear this entire house apart.

All the files in the attic, every cupboard, drawer,

box in the whole place.

Very wise.

What can you tell me about this?

Kingsport construction.

I don't remember the job.

It's accounts, so I suppose I was meant to be

looking for some kind of irregularity.

Who hired you?

I can't remember. It was 30 years ago.

You remembered Martin ackroyd.

Talking of which,

you said ackroyd asked you to follow his wife.

That's right.

How did you go about that?

What do you mean?

Well, did you go to his house

- and wait for her to appear? - Yes.

And then you followed her around

until you saw her meet up with the man in the pictures.

That's right.

And you remember this specifically,

or are you just basing this account

on what you'd normally do?

I told you, this isn't the kind of thing I'd normally do.

And that is why I remember it.

The problem we have, Rachel,

is the woman in those photographs isn't mrs ackroyd.

She was actually married to the man she was in the car with.

I don't understand.

Neither do we.

But Martin ackroyd was killed and buried in a house

that was being refurbished at the time

by kingsport construction.

Now, kingsport construction was owned,

as you've detailed here, by the Chapman family.

You've heard of them?

No.

Are you sure?

Because it looks like they're your biggest clients.

In fact, looking at your financial records

from the past 30 years,

it looks like you've worked almost exclusively

for the Chapman family all that time.

Wow. You got me.

I'm gonna suppose that one of your duties for the chapmans

is to cover for them when they go off the rails.

When they, for example, murder a policeman.

In that situation you might be asked to lay a false trail

leading back to, for instance,

another policeman that the Chapman family

might want out of the picture.

I'm obviously not going to comment on that.

Dominic Chapman. He is a very dangerous man.

So I've heard.

And if he heard you were talking to the police...

I'm talking. I am not helping.

You trust Chapman to make that distinction?

You're trying to frighten me.

Yes, we are.

Because we don't think you understand

the gravity of this situation. [Ominous music]

Dominic Chapman's about to be in a lot of trouble.

He's responsible for the death of a policeman.

And he used you to frame another policeman.

A friend of ours.

But we're seeing right through that.

So Dominic Chapman needs to cover his tracks,

and this time you're one of the tracks he needs to cover.

I haven't said anything.

Does he know that? Can he be sure?

Wouldn't he be better off being safe than sorry?

You're a smart woman, you've been around the block.

You know what Dominic Chapman's like.

But, you're not worried.

You've got insurance, haven't you?

What kind of insurance?

You've got something on Dominic Chapman.

Does it tie him to the murder of Martin ackroyd?

I think you're gonna need that now, Rachel.

So, what have you found?

Rachel woolcott had a safety deposit box

in which she was keeping her smoking gun evidence

against Dominic Chapman,

in case he decided to turn against her.

And?

Fiona, you might want to rush this through a DNA match.

Is that...

Ackroyd's blood on Dominic Chapman's shirt.

She was supposed to destroy it.

And she'll testify as to where she got it from?

Yup.

And you want this in the system?

Absolutely. On the fastest of fast tracks.

Ah, Graham from stevenage, 40,

advertising executive, two cats,

I may well be in the mood for dinner tonight.

- No advertising people. - Really?

Really.

No, and you don't want a cat person.

You want a dog person. Like Steve.

That was just a turn of phrase...

Like Steve was a requirement I left off my dating profile.

Oh, really.

Well, good work.

Looks like Gerry's gonna owe you both several drinks.

Right now, I'd settle for a decent explanation

of what the hell actually went on back then.

- And a drink. - Yeah, and a drink.

He's not gonna wanna tell us anything.

No.

If he's with the chapmans,

then he's got more to lose by talking to us than not.

Yeah, but there must have been some honest cops

on sainsbury's team.

They were investigating the chapmans.

They had a list of dodgy cops.

Now, I'm not on it, but ackroyd was.

So how do we get him to talk?

[Doorbell ringing]

Leave it to me.

Oh, really, what are you gonna do? Pull out his dentures?

Strap him into his stairlift and make it go really fast?

You're not helping.

We could hide his all-bran.

Threaten to record over his "murder she wrote" tapes.

He is in there, I can see him moving about.

- [Knocking on door] - [Ominous music]

Come on, sainsbury, open the door!

[Doorbell ringing]

[Gun cocks]

Gun! Get down!

[Gun firing]

That was both barrels. He has to reload.

You mad old bastard!

Oh, shit!

Bit of luck, the recoil must have sent him flying.

Is he all right?

He's out cold, but he'll be all right.

Well, that's one way to avoid an awkward conversation.

Yeah, well, even if he can't talk,

he's still gonna tell us something.

What exactly are you hoping to find?

I don't know. Something.

Gerry, he's not going to have kept evidence in his house.

All right then, we'll just wait till he wakes up

and talk to him then.

He's just fired both barrels of a 12-bore shotgun

through the front door.

I suspect somebody might have called the police

and I don't wanna be here when they turn up.

Look!

I'm not leaving here empty-handed, he's our last lead.

Gerry, we've got nothing.

[Gerry chuckles]

Oh, yes, we have.

It's a photo of some cops.

No, that is dci sainsbury and that is his squad.

Well, if we wanted a list of names from his team,

we could have asked strickland...

A list of names is no good.

Half of them were bent,

and the last people to know who was bent

and who isn't are other cops, especially 30 years on.

So how is this better?

People forget names, but not faces.

So we show this to someone

who can tell a proper cop from a bent one, a mile away.

Who?

A criminal.

[Glass tingling]

Anything?

[Soft music]

No, not yet.

We have one hour before the new team take over.

Start packing up the files.

And if Fiona's not back with the DNA results back by six?

Well, let's hope she is.

Listen Danny, why don't you go and have a coffee?

I mean he's an old mate of mine, so...

- Gerry. - Yeah?

- That Van. - What about it?

It's a listening Van, surveillance.

And you know this how, Sherlock?

When I was in diplomatic protection...

Oh, do leave off, Danny.

Diplomatic protection is a nonce job.

You sit outside an embassy all day in a nice cosy car

while the rest of us are out doing proper police work.

Finished?

When I was working in diplomatic protection,

I worked with that man.

His name's Dave Percy. He now works surveillance.

- Oh. - Yes.

I would imagine he's listening in on your friend.

We'd better warn him.

Yes, we should absolutely warn the gangster

that the police are watching him.

But we need his help.

Well, I'd rather not be recorded asking for it.

No, we're gonna have to find another way in.

[Ominous music]

[Glass shattering]

Good afternoon.

Tommy.

All right.

A colleague of mine, Danny gryphon.

So it's true.

Much cleaner than the gents.

Nick of time, Fiona.

Sorry, we went as fast as we could.

And?

You asked me to fast track this,

so the results are all in the system.

That's fine, what's the...

Well, the blood is a match for ackroyd.

Brilliant.

But the shirt does not belong to Dominic Chapman.

- No? Are you sure? - Yes.

Well then it must be Bryant or McCabe's.

No.

Well, then...

I'm sorry. It belongs to Gerry.

His DNA is all over it.

[Naylor] Come on, I'll put some coffee on.

No, we've got to stay in here.

I know you've always had a particular attachment

to this room, Gerry, but...

No, but you're under surveillance.

There's a Van outside.

They probably have most of the club wired.

Yes, but there's a spot behind the bar they can't hear.

You know about it?

But of course I do. It's been going on for months.

Bit tricky when you want a bit of privacy,

but we've come up with a few workarounds.

- Such as? - Nice try.

Look, show him the picture.

This is Ronald sainsbury's squad in '83.

Now they had a list of all the cops

that the chapmans had in their pocket.

Now we need to find one of these who remembers that list.

But you don't know which one you can trust?

Exactly.

Well, let's see...

[Soft music]

He was clean.

Just one?

Different time back then, Danny.

So in terms of the evidence we've managed to gather,

we've got photos proving Gerry consorted with gangsters,

photos proving ackroyd was having Gerry followed.

Gerry's truncheon.

And now Gerry's shirt with ackroyd's blood all over it.

Remind me never to contact you guys if I'm in trouble.

Rachel woolcott really saw us coming, didn't she?

Rather than lick our wounds, might we move forward?

Yes, I'd love to. Which way is forward?

I think the real killer was left-handed.

Gerry's not, is he?

Can you prove that?

No, it's just a theory.

I could illustrate it on the model, but it's not 100%.

And it could be argued that Gerry just used his left hand.

Sorry. Maybe Danny and Gerry are having better luck.

And we can't have any contact with them at the moment.

Why not?

Because we're worried they might tell us something

that might get Gerry into trouble.

- Wow. - Wow indeed.

Sir, would you be able to buy us another hour?

What for?

Steve and I are gonna make a house call.

Where to?

The actual killer.

[Upbeat music]

Listen, it might be better if you stayed in the car.

Why? This guy doesn't even know we're coming.

He won't have had time to load his gun yet.

- [Screaming] - [Ominous music]

- We heard screaming! - Yes.

It's a chiropractor's.

There's a chiropractor on the ground floor, yes.

- Ted case? - No, sorry.

Yes, you are.

We've seen your photo.

And you thought it was so good,

you decided to nip round here

- and kick the door in? - We heard screaming!

What, you thought you turned up just in time

to stop me being murdered in my own home?

That's not as ridiculous as it sounds today.

Well, hanging around with this one,

I'd think that's par for the course on most days.

You know who I am?

Of course, you're Gerry standing.

Can we come in?

As long as you promise you're not gonna break anything.

I'd offer you coffee, but I'm not that keen on you

staying long enough to drink it.

How do you know who I am?

Well, you're famous.

I am?

No, I'm just messing about.

I used to work upstairs from you about 30 years ago.

That's why we're here.

Do you remember Martin ackroyd?

Yeah.

He's dead.

The chapmans?

Now what makes you say that?

Ackroyd was as bent as a nine Bob note.

He was in the chapmans' pocket,

along with that other pair of clowns.

Bryant and McCabe.

Yeah, and half my squad, as well.

Actually more than half.

It's possible you were the only honest one on the squad.

Well, that explains a lot.

Was I crooked?

Can't you remember? Is it his age?

What I mean is, did my name come up on your investigation?

Yeah, you had some pretty unsavoury friends,

but you were in the clear.

So what would have made the chapmans think

that ackroyd was about to turn on them?

- Danny! - No, I want to know.

Well that's the crux of all this, isn't it?

If ackroyd was the bad cop,

why was he killed by the people he worked for?

Around the time ackroyd disappeared,

we started hearing rumours about him.

On the street, informants and so on.

Some said he was gonna grass,

others that he was an undercover cop all along.

But it was just Chinese whispers.

Someone had put the word out about ackroyd.

Were you ever able to trace the source of the rumour?

Not precisely, no.

No, but once these things get out...

I had my suspicions at the time.

Yeah, bot only suspicions, no actual...

Who?

Look, it's not relevant!

Tommy naylor?

[Ominous music]

And finally the pieces fall into place.

Listen Ted, would you be prepared to make a statement

saying that ackroyd was bent?

I got one better.

What's this?

I worked for some dodgy bastards in my time.

Not least Ronald sainsbury.

There's always files these people want to disappear.

So I made it my business to copy those files,

for a rainy day.

Well, it's pissing down now.

Well, there's a lovely umbrella for you.

Sure this is a good idea, Sasha?

I ran out of good ideas a while back, Steve.

Just on to ideas now.

[Ominous music]

You actually have a Butler, mr Chapman.

Does he have a bowler hat with a steel rim?

Is there something I can help you with?

We know it was you.

You know it was me what?

Martin ackroyd's murder.

And you have a wealth of physical evidence

to back that up, do you?

A murder weapon, for example?

A bloodstained article of clothing?

We know the killer was left-handed.

You'd be amazed what a forensic reconstruction

can prove nowadays.

I'd be amazed if that tiny detail

stacked up against the other evidence you have.

Your company was contracted to do work

at the house where ackroyd's body was buried.

Was it?

That was my father's company, god rest his soul.

I never had any interest in the construction business.

We'll build a case against you and we'll make it stick.

Am I supposed to confess

under the weight of your steely determination?

I'm just putting you on notice.

Good for you, darling.

I like a bit of spunk in a girl.

[Phone ringing]

Saved by the bell.

Gerry.

And what's in the file?

You're kidding.

Ok, well bring it down...

Ok, well where then?

Fine, we'll see you there.

Saved by the bell indeed.

We will be back very soon,

and you'll be needing a spectacularly good lawyer.

[Dramatic music]

[Ominous music]

[Upbeat music]

Tommy!

Tommy, I need your help!

You've done what?

Tommy naylor's putting the word out

that you've done a deal to dodge a corruption charge.

Rumor's out there now.

By tonight, the chapmans gonna think you've turned grass,

and they're gonna come after you.

They won't believe a word of it.

Oh, I reckon they'll believe just enough

not to want to risk you drawing breath.

After all, you turning against 'em

would bring the whole rotten house down, wouldn't it?

This is your chance. You need to get out.

Disappear before they catch up to you.

Who the hell do you think you are to come after me?

You didn't give me any choice.

You little shit!

They won't come after you until tonight.

You've still got time to sling some things in a bag

and hit the road.

But before you do that, I want a transfer.

To where?

Anywhere but this poxy team.

I'll kill you, you little!

You threaten me, you threaten my family!

You expect me to stand still and take it!

[Panting]

You transfer me out now,

you pack your stuff and you scarper.

The chapmans are gonna want your head,

as are half the dodgy cops in this building.

It's over now, sir.

Get out, before they Bury ya.

I didn't wanna bring this into the office because...

Well, because depending on what happens,

I wanted to be able to get up from this table and walk away.

So ackroyd was never an informant.

No. Crooked as they come.

And you spread the rumour

so ackroyd would let you out from under all this.

Yeah.

But you did warn him, Gerry. You told him to disappear.

Yeah, and I thought he had.

I never intended him to get hurt.

He must have thought he could reason with the chapmans.

It's incitement to commit murder.

No wonder you were worried

about incriminating yourself, Jesus!

He warned the guy!

Very literally, tell that to the judge.

Do the chapmans know that ackroyd

was never a police informer?

They can't know,

otherwise I wouldn't be here talking to you.

This is gonna be a tough case to make, Gerry.

This file proves that ackroyd was working for the chapmans

and it supports your version of events.

But we don't have a witness to the actual murder

and we don't have any physical evidence,

except that which points to you.

Now even if we can run with this, you'll need to testify,

which means we'll need to talk about some kind of deal

on the incitement charge and witness protection, I'm afraid.

It's not as simple as that.

If he doesn't get me, Dominic will go after my family.

Well we can protect them too.

Yeah, but not witness protection.

It's their life we're talking about.

Just thrown up in the air. Uprooting everything.

They've got a baby, he's got a new job

and Caitlin would never be able

to have contact with her mum again.

She wouldn't stand for it.

What then, Gerry?

Can you protect them without making them move anywhere?

In the short term, yeah.

We can get some people round there tonight.

Right.

Well, you've got the file. I'll make a statement.

Gerry, you have to take witness protection.

You don't seem to understand, Sasha,

I'd be making Caitlin a target.

And I can't ask her to throw her life away

and start all over again

because I did something stupid 30 years ago.

You were trying to protect her.

And that's what I'm doing now.

Gerry the chapmans will do anything

to stop you testifying.

You can't just ignore that and hope for the best.

Yeah but not witness protection,

and I can't afford bodyguards.

Sir, I'm going to ask a question and I want you to think

before you go with the obvious answer.

- Can we drop this? - No.

Well, thanks for mulling it over.

No, we're police officers.

And we fail to solve cases all the time.

I don't mind it looking like we bungled this one.

It's the murder of a detective chief inspector!

And he bloody deserved it.

Well that's not for us to say.

Well then Gerry shouldn't make a statement.

- All we have to do... - Danny!

He's right.

Without Gerry's statement, we can't make a case.

I will not stand for this.

- I'm sorry, Gerry... - Excuse me!

Can I have a say?

[Soft music]

Look, I've been a cop my whole life, right?

And I've always done the job as best I can.

I mean look at me sitting here,

I couldn't even quit when retirement came along.

But I've never taken any money,

I've never turned a blind eye,

I've never run away from anything.

But I got involved in something I couldn't get out of.

They were threatening my family.

And I did something stupid, and a bloke was killed.

Now whatever I thought of him, he died and it was my fault.

I'm making a statement.

Under the circumstances Gerry,

I don't think getting you immunity

from the incitement charge will be very difficult.

Oh, that's a weight off. [Ominous music]

Can you get him immunity from the chapmans?

Well there's always a chance they won't do anything.

Once Gerry's made a statement...

Get down!

[Gun firing]

[Dramatic music]

- You all right, Gerry? - Is he hit?

No, no, I'm all right.

Call an ambulance!

Call an ambulance!

Stay with us, stay with us.

[Announcer] Dr. Richards to neurology.

Dr. Richards to neurology please.

So, how is she?

The bullet nicked the femoral artery.

She's lost a lot of blood.

And what do they think her chances are?

They don't know.

- Well, when can we... - They won't say.

So we just wait.

No, no, I'm not waiting around in here for...

I want to put these bastards behind bars.

How?

I don't care how.

- And I'm with him. - Yeah, So am I.

Are you saying...

I didn't say anything, Danny.

[Ominous music]

This conversation never took place.

[Gerry] Now talk to me about the murder of Martin ackroyd.

Oh, Gerald, what have you done?

- [Dramatic music] - [Don screaming]

Careful, Don.

You can't do this.

We wanna know about ackroyd's murder.

Give us a hand to sit this one up again, Danny.

No, the next part's easier if he's down there already.

What's he doing?

He's bluffing.

Bluffing? Someone just shot our guv'nor

and you think we're bluffing?

We didn't have anything to do with a shooting.

Although being your guv'nor's starting to look like

a poisoned chalice, Gerald.

What's he doing with that tool bag?

Shh, shh. It's a surprise.

None of this is gonna be admissible.

We don't need it to be admissible, we need it to be true.

Don't think we're stupid enough

to wheel you both into court

with broken legs and missing fingers

and expect everyone to turn a blind eye, do you?

You don't really think Dominic Chapman would allow you two

to see the inside of a court, do you?

We haven't said anything about Chapman.

That's your word against ours.

And Chapman hasn't got a great track record

for believing people

who said they haven't grassed him up, has he?

Now listen, Don, we've got two ways to go here.

You give us Chapman.

You sign a statement detailing

exactly what happened that night.

How ackroyd came to you for help.

How you sold him out to Chapman.

How you drove him to that house in primrose hill,

and then, for the icing on the cake,

gave Chapman my truncheon

and then watched as he beat ackroyd to death with it.

How do you know all this?

They didn't till you just confirmed it, Warren.

You sign a statement, we Nick Chapman,

then we can talk about witness protection

for the pair of you.

What's the second option?

He is.

They call me the gardener.

You're up. We need to have a word.

My name is Gerry standing.

Now a long time ago you took

a very nice picture of me and my wife.

But today, Dominic Chapman is being nicked,

so this is your last chance to make a deal.

Or you can wave bye-bye to all this.

And, we've finished the milk.

[Doorbell ringing]

[Ominous music]

Good afternoon. Could you tell your guv'nor he's nicked?

You'll have to put a gun to your own head

to give this one legs, mr standing.

Already done it. And pulled the trigger.

I think it will be me pulling that trigger, my friend.

I hear your guv'nor's a bit poorly. [Ominous music]

Should I send her flowers, I wonder?

Or should I wait a bit and send a wreath?

Gerry! Gerry! No!

Ackroyd never grassed you up.

You've been had. Take him away.

So you've arrested him. All of this is over?

Well, it will be, yeah.

Well I don't understand.

This bloke's a big deal.

We just wanna be absolutely sure

he doesn't do anything stupid

before strickland calls off the boys outside.

[Ominous music]

What's he gonna do? You've already made a statement.

It's too late for him to threaten anyone.

Oh, yeah.

What, you think he'd come after you anyway?

No!

It's just that after what happened to Sasha,

everyone's being...

Oh, god, Sasha. I didn't even ask, sorry.

It's all right, no.

She's all right. She's gonna be fine.

And what about you? Are you all right?

Me? Yeah, I'm fine.

And you're safe?

As houses.

Anyway, don't you wanna worry about me.

You've just got to worry about this little one.

You give him everything he needs, no matter what.

Why are you saying it like that?

I'm not saying it like anything.

Anyway, I've got to meet the others down the pub.

All right?

Go on, then.

Don't drink too much.

Drink too much? Moi?

Listen, Caitlin, I...

Well I probably haven't been

the best dad in the world, right?

But I love you and that little bloke very, very much.

Oh, dad.

Now what's the matter?

Nothing!

And don't let these two herberts

spend all day in your kitchen drinking tea.

All right, boys. I'm going to the pub, have a nice night.

[Car engine roaring]

[Rain poring]

Right, she's gonna be in a wheelchair for a little while,

but she seems to have dodged all the

worst case scenario stuff.

That's brilliant. When can we see her?

She's coming out of intensive care in the morning.

Has anyone spoken to her?

Does she know we got Chapman?

Well, strickland went in to see her, so...

Will the charges against Chapman stick?

Well, we've got Rachel woolcott's testimony,

Bryant, McCabe and Gerry's statement

and Ted case's file on ackroyd, so.

Well not to mention some rather stunning evidence

about the killer being left-handed.

[All chuckle]

Listen, thanks, everyone.

- Cheers. - Cheers!

So look, now you've made your statement,

what are you gonna do?

It's hard to imagine Dominic Chapman

being happy to let justice take its course.

[Soft music]

Yeah, it might be an idea for nobody

to stand by my side for a while.

Have you got something up your sleeve?

Well, I'm owed a bit of holiday.

About 40 years, as it happens.

I thought I might just disappear for a bit.

Ooh, somewhere nice?

Spain's a perfect fit for you, Gerry.

Are you kidding?

Half the population of the costa del sol

only moved there to stop me nicking 'em.

[All chuckle]

No, I thought america. I've never been there.

Start in New York, get one of those big cars,

stick "born to be wild" on the stereo and just drive.

- That sounds brilliant. - Sounds like hell.

Shut up, I think it's a brilliant idea, Gerry.

Will you send us lots of postcards?

Do people still send postcards?

It's all on Facebook these days aint it.

Get off!

The only thing on Facebook is pictures of Steve

and his new dog.

Ooh! Did you get a new dog? Did you get a puppy?

- No, guys. - Oh, tell me.

[Indistinct conversation]

Beam me up, somebody!

[Ominous music]

[Indistinct conversation]

- [Explosion roars] - [People screaming]

[Car alarms blaring]

Oh, god! God!

[Soft music]

[Fire crackling]

[Phone ringing]

[Phone ringing]

[Soft music]

[Preacher] Today we say goodbye to our friend,

whose life was tragically cut short.

His family and friends may well feel cheated

that he has been taken from us too soon.

But we have many happy memories of him

and these we must hold dear in our hearts.

He was loved, respected and will be missed by us all.

[Bell tolling]

She doesn't seem very upset.

Danny! You can't say things like that!

I'm serious. She's just lost her father. They were close.

[Phone chimes]

Am I the only one trying to observe the occasion properly?

Sorry. I'll turn it off.

[Ominous music]

Danny?

You really want me to vet a potential suitor at a fune...

Is this some bad joke?

Oh, my... is that...

It can't be.

Well, it could be.

If someone were in a position to fix the paperwork

and make it look like the car was empty.

[Naylor] Well this was a call I wasn't expecting.

Gerry standing is in trouble.

[Naylor] And then some.

Chapman added a zero

to the price on his head this afternoon.

[Commission ] He won't go into witness protection.

[Naylor] No. I don't imagine he would.

I'm asking for your help.

A favour, for the deputy assistant commissioner?

Now, that's something. I could put in the bank.

Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life, Gerry.

She knows.

Knows what, Danny?

Sir.

Yes, well, it's very sad what happened to Gerry.

But the best way we can honour his memory

is by all coming into work tomorrow morning,

extremely hungover.

- [Car engine roaring] - [Upbeat music]

[Car engine revs]

Still got it!