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(ROCK MUSIC ON STEREO)

What the hell...?

(TYRES SCREECH)

(BIRD SCREECHING)

Are you all right?

Where are you?

Are you there?

Can you get an ambulance? I've just
hit someone.

Whereabouts?
About half a mile back.

Bloke just ran out in front of me.

Well, there's a big fire up there,
you see. I've just called the fire
brigade.

God. That must be where he came
from.

Look, you go back up there, see if
you can help,

and I'll call an ambulance.

Well, go on.

Hello?

Anyone at home?

Hello?

We searched the road where you say
the accident took place,

and all we found was an item of
footwear.

Thank God for that. I thought maybe
he was lying there dead.

However, when the officer examined
the shoe, he found some evidence of
blood.

Will you come with me, Mr Rowland?

As a matter of routine, we're gonna
ask you to take a breath test.

Open to the four winds up here, sir.

Yeah, it's a bit bleak.

You want to be here in winter, sir.

Do you know the farmer?

Oh, everyone knows old Tots.

But he keeps himself to himself.

No time for no-one, except his dog.

Dying breed.

Looks fresh.

Yeah, the glass was found
on the inside.

Do we know what caused it?

SOCO's not sure yet, but it could be
a bullet.

He's not married, then?
No, sir.

There's bloodstains here.

And a palm print.

Human blood?

I don't know. Could be the dog's.
But there's drips leading to
the back door.

But if he was shot, he was shot from
the outside, through the glass, and
he fell there.

Then he might have managed to get up
and make his getaway out the back
door.

Either that, or it's a very clever
setup.

Hm.

Anything?
Not so far.

Apart from the blood where the shoe
was found.

I've checked with the hospitals.
They've had nothing turn up
that matched this.

But an assailant fleeing the scene
is hardly likely to pitch up at
Casualty.

We don't know if there is
an assailant.

The driver said the person was
carrying a stick.
Might've been a gun.

Maybe.

If you get hit by a car, you don't
exactly get up and run away, do you?

Not unless you're in some kind of
trouble.

It would be nice to know
how he got away.

Ah, there you are, sir.

The old bloke's not been seen
since yesterday afternoon,

but there's nothing to indicate
he planned going away anywhere.

Does he employ anyone on the farm?

Apparently, he sometimes uses
a local lad, Rob Mills, to
give him an 'and.

Has anyone seen him?
I don't know. Not as yet.

You're convinced that what we have
here requires our involvement,
are you?

Well, our fear has to be
that Mr Tots has been murdered.

Hm.

The only trouble with that theory is
we don't as yet have a body.

The driver arrived and saw a man in
the telephone box.

Told him to ring for an ambulance.

According to the driver's statement,

the man pointed to the fire and said
he'd already called the fire
brigade.

I checked with the operator,
but they only received one call,

asking for the ambulance
and the fire service.

Have you tried to trace this man?

He gave the operator a false name
and address.

It looks as if he was aware of
the fire, but did nothing about it
till the driver arrived.

But he was already on the phone when
the driver arrived. Who was he
talking to?

I've asked...and there's no way
we can trace that.

Good. Well, let's get a description
of the man in the phone box
from the driver.

Look, I'd better go now. We'll talk
this afternoon, OK? Bye.

The scene-of-crime chap reckons
the fire was started deliberately.
There's evidence of an accelerant.

Probably trying to destroy evidence.

All that's left is the remains of
a group of sheep in the corner.

That, we think, is his dog.

The poor animal obviously couldn't
get out.

Well, no.

Judging by the extent of damage
in this area,

I'd say this was the seat of
the fire. Wouldn't you? Mm.

The dog wouldn't have stayed here.

It must have been dead
before the fire began.

That's a small mercy. Do you think
the sheep were alive?

Yeah. They've gone back to that
corner, to get away from the fire.

Perhaps the dog was trying to defend
Mr Tots. That's why he was killed.

It's how the dog was killed
that may be of interest.

What's that?
It was in the dog's neck.

Is it a pellet?

Looks to me like it's home-made.

Ever seen one of these before?
No, sir.

Are you Rob?

I'm supposed to be working,
all right?

Oi! OI!

Hang on a minute. Do you know
anything about what happened here?

No.

Were you up here yesterday?

Yeah, and I went home at lunchtime.

And I were at my cousin's
all last night.

You obviously weren't involved,
then, eh? No. No.

Did Mr Tots have anyone else
help out?

Not since I've been coming up.

What about family?

I didn't think he had any.
Friends?

You must be joking!

Only his dog puts up with him.

Sounds to me like you don't like him
very much.

Well, I always got on with my job.

Pay all right?

What do you mean?

Well, there's not much money around
in this kind of farming any more,
is there?

Well...I always got my money.

OK, thank you.

(SIGHS)

All right.

You finish up here. I'll go check out
the neighbouring farms.

I don't think we can just hope for
Tots to turn up.

(GUNSHOT)

You've not found him, then?

Not yet. So, you know why we're
here?

Word gets round.

I'm Superintendent Wycliffe.
Superintendent?

I bet George'll be in some trouble
when you do find him.

Why's that?
Putting you to all this fuss.

He probably had one too many, rolled
down the hill, and is lying there
blind-drunk.

If you want to find something, you
can go after that fox that's been
after my farrows.

How well did you get on with him?

He's all right.

Will the community gather round,
help him tend his farm?

Rob will probably sort most things
out, won't he?

You don't know much about farming,
do you, Mr Wycliffe?

A bit.

I've got cattle and pigs.
I've nothing to do with sheep.

We need to trace this man who you
spoke to in the phone box.

Well, I wish I'd never spoken to
him. I wish I'd just driven off.

No, you did the right thing,
Mr Rowland.

And I'm gonna lose my licence
for it.

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
I didn't cause the accident.

Do you remember what this man in
the phone box looked like? No.

I had other things on my mind, like
getting an ambulance.

Was he tall?

Average.

I think he had short, fair hair.

And don't ask me what he was
wearing.

He said he'd seen the fire. Right?

You'd have thought he might have
come up to the farm, try to help.

Yeah.

Well, maybe he'd had a few drinks
as well,

and he was a bit smarter than me.
Now, if you don't mind...

Just one more question, Mr Rowland.

Was he in a car?

No.

(SHEEP BLEATING)

(KERSEY IMITATING SHEEP)

Baa-aa-aa!

I think it might be a good idea if
you had a word with the local vet.

Someone's gonna have to look after
these animals.

Yeah, they don't look too clever.
And ask him about poachers.

Why? What did the other farmers say?

Nothing. Only, one of them was out
shooting...

Yeah, I heard the gunfire.
And it set me thinking. You see...

The problem with a 12-gauge shotgun
is that it does tend to wake
the neighbours. Mm.

The advantage of an airgun, on the
other hand, is that it's almost
silent.

And coupled with a lethal bullet,
it's a perfect weapon for poaching.

But that pellet wouldn't fit
a standard airgun.

No.

My guess is we're looking for
something home-made.

Do you reckon Tots disturbed
a poacher?

(DOG BARKING)

Hello. Hello. Are you the vet?

No, my husband is. But he's out on
a call at the moment.

Well, I'm DI Kersey. Maybe I could
ask you a few questions?

Well, here he is now.

Alan, it's the police.

Oh, I was just about to pop up to
Leap Hill. Someone's got to make
provisions for those animals.

Do you think that's necessary?
Well, unless you've found him.

No, no, we haven't.

You must know everybody around here.
Have you heard anything on the
grapevine?

Well, the talk in the village is
suicide.

Was he depressed?

Well, George is not a well man.
He's had farmer's lung for years.

It would have got most people down,
living up there.

No family. No money.
Always in debt.

So, he had financial problems
as well?

He's too old to work the farm.
Grazing's not good.

His crop of lambs was low.
He couldn't afford new breeding.

To be fair, George Tots was hit by
a rumour of tuberculosis,
and that cost him.

Why "rumour"? Well, he rang me and I
checked them myself. They were fine.

So, where did this rumour start?

People see the flocks dwindling
and they look for reasons.

And some people prefer
malicious ones.

Who?

God knows who starts these things.

Sir, Forensics have confirmed that
the blood found at the farm is
definitely human.

Right. What about the bullet in the
dog?

Probably from a low-velocity weapon.

Tests are being done to see if it
caused the hole in the door.

Thanks, Andy.
Sir.

Sir...

The shoe found at the accident.

OK, I want the blood on that
compared with the blood found at the
farm.

I was about to send it to the lab,
but I was looking at it -
it's a size seven.

Yes?

Well, when I was up at Tot's farm,
I noticed how small his shoes were.

Well, let's see if the pattern of
wear on this matches up with those.

I've checked, sir. It does.

Looks like it was Tots who was hit
by the car.

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello? Alan Dutton.

MAN: 'There's a lamb lying in the
road.'

I'm sorry? Can you speak up?

'It's at the bottom of Leap Hill
Farm. It's been run over.'

Er...look, do you think you could
bring it in?

(LINE GOES DEAD)

(DOG BARKING)

(SPLASHING)

Aaaarghh!

(DOG BARKING)

The local police should have
called us down here last night.

I mean, this has been forced.

I just thank God I had
a fire-extinguisher in the car.

Yeah. Well, some kind of
flammable liquid's been used here.
There's no other heat source.

You mean it was started
deliberately? Why?

I was hoping you were gonna tell me.

MAN: 'I want to report a fire.'

OPERATOR: 'Can you give me
the location of the fire?'

'Yeah, it's at Leap Hill Farm.'

Knows the name of the farm.

'It's up Trevern Road,
two-and-a-half miles...'

He's local, all right.
'You can see it from the road.'

'What's on fire?'
'The whole building's gone up.'

'It's spreading to the house.'

Is that the chap in the phone box?
Yeah.

How did you get on at the vet's?

Well, we should play that tape to
him.

He was called out on a wild-lamb
chase last night, and somebody
set light to his surgery.

What's the link with Tots?

Well, arson.

I mean, if our 999 caller and his
hoax caller are the same person,
he'll recognise the voice.

Eh?

What are we doing out here, anyway?
Divisional Commander's in there.

A bit out of his way, isn't he?
Got a conference in Torquay.

Lodge meeting, is it?
Well, you'd know all about that,
wouldn't you, Dixon?

Looks like we've been pulled off.

Sorry?
You heard.

What does the boss say?

He's still saying it.
Ah.

It's where the resources are coming
from for all this. That's what
concerns me.

We could scale things down, sir.
Or leave it to the local station.

The farmer does sound like
a missing person.

A farmer doesn't just walk out,

leaving his farm looking like
the Mary Celeste.

My belief is that someone has been
seriously injured at this farm,
possibly killed.

Look, how about suspending
the uniform search,

and we just keep going until we've
satisfied our inquiries?

I think, if we can ask the locals
to help, ask people to search
their barns...

Oh, yeah. Do-it-yourself policing.

Maybe the killer will hand himself
in.

Why don't you set up a radio appeal?

Yeah, I might do that.

(KNOCKS DOOR PANE)

Er...come through.

How long has Rob
been working for you?

Er...a few months.

Doesn't Tots mind?
No.

How does he get on with Tots?
All right, as far as I know.

Did you recognise the person that
phoned you last night?

Well, to be honest, I couldn't
really hear him.

Yeah, well, he was probably trying
to disguise his voice. Maybe.

Could it be somebody you know?
Could it be Rob?

No. No, no, it wasn't him.

Right. I'd like you to listen to
this and see if you think this is
the same voice.

OPERATOR: 'Fire brigade.'
MAN: 'I want to report a fire.'

'Can you tell me where it is, sir?'

'Yeah, it's at...Leap Hill Farm,
Leap Hill Farm.'

'Sorry, sir? Where?'

'Leap Hill Farm.
It's up Trevern Road. It's
about two-and-a-half miles up.'

'Yeah, can you...'
(STOPS TAPE)

Anne!

They want to know if we can
identify this voice.

OPERATOR: 'Can you spell Trevern,
sir?

MAN: 'No, it's Trevern Road.
You can't miss it. You'll see it.'

'Trevern Road? What's on fire?'

'The whole building. It's gone up
like a furnace, and it's
spreading towards the house.'

'Hello, sir. Is there anything
in the building?'

'You'll see it there.'
(HANGS UP)

'Yeah. Hello? Hello?'

I don't know.
Is it the same man?

I understand your reluctance, but...

whatever your concerns are, they
won't go away if this man's still
out there.

Well, I don't know if it was him
on the phone last night, but er...

..that's Stephen. My son.

By his first wife.

(DOG BARKING)

Heel!

(DOG GROWLING)

Hello, Stephen. These gentlemen are
police officers.

How are you, Mary?
Fine. What do they want?

We'd like a word with Stephen about
a 999 call he made.

(GROWLING)

(BARKING)

We don't need you here.

I'll wait in the car.

No work today?

Or tomorrow.

Unemployed?

There's nothing about, is there?

It'll be shearing time soon.
Oh, yeah. Right (!)

Why did you give a false name when
you rang the fire brigade, Stephen?

Who says it were me?
We've got your call on tape.

We've played it to your father.

Yeah, well, I...I can't remember
why.

I'd been drinking.

So, why didn't you go to the house
to see if you could do something?

Same reason.

Do you know a lad called Rob Mills?

What if I do?

By not helping us, you're making
yourself look guilty, you know.

Look, I don't have to talk to you,
do I?

No.

But we find that innocent people
usually do.

Let's keep an eye on him.

Everything all right?
Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

How often do you see your son?

I don't. It's difficult.

I understand. Thanks a lot,
Mr Dutton.

Stephen knows a lot more than he's
saying.

So, why's he not talking?

Well, either he's involved, or he
knows who is and he's covering up
for them.

We need to know if there's any
connection between him and Tots.

I want evidence that either links him
to the farm or to his dad's fire.

That way we can bring him in for
questioning. Right.

I'll see what SOCO have recovered
from the vet's, OK?

Thanks for the lift.

I just had your boys look round
here.

Er...I know, Mrs Prentice.

I need to talk to you about Stephen
Ling.

What about him?
Erm...

Do you know how he got on
with George Tots?

No-one gets on with George.

Why?

Oh...cos most people
don't understand him.

And you do?

I've known him since he was a young
man.

Would have been different if he'd
married.

But we all knew...

The wages he's on wouldn't hardly
keep a dog, let alone a wife,

and that's not good for no-one,
Mr Wycliffe.

At least I've got Jenny.

Is that your daughter?
Granddaughter.

Her ma couldn't cope on her own.
Left me to it.

She's all I've got left now.

(PHONE RINGS)

Incident Room. DI Lane.

Oh, right.

Right. No, that's very helpful.

Yes. Yes, I owe you a drink.
Thank you.

Forensics, sir.
Really?

I thought for a minute you'd patched
things up with Simon.

The blood on the shoe matches
the stuff we found at the farm.

It would be helpful if someone could
tell me whether the blood belongs to
Tots.

What did you find out at the market?

Not a great deal.

I got eyed up like a prize ewe, and
that was about it.

I only found one person who'd had
any dealings with Tots -
a Mr Williams -

and that was over a year ago.

After that, Tots started dealing
with people out of the area,
probably cos of the rumours.

Well, SOCO was no good.
Couldn't get any clear prints from
the surgery or from that bottle.

I reckon it's the container
used to start the fire. I found it
in the road near the surgery.

Oh, flame-wash.

He probably poured out the petrol
and thought it was empty.

Lit the fire, with it still in
his hand...

not realising there'd still be
flammable vapour on the inside.

Well, not until his hand was
flame-fried.

Let's go and take a look at
Stephen's hand.

He kept one hand in his pocket,
didn't he?

What, you reckon he fireballed
his own dad's place?

Have you got something, sir?
Maybe.

Ah, sorry to disturb you,
Mrs Dutton.

Ling. I use my maiden name now.

Well, we need to talk to your son
again, Mrs Ling.

It's the police for you!

Stephen?

I know he hasn't gone out.

Stephen?

Would it be all right if we came in?

Does he have a gun?

No, never. I've never allowed one.

Not even an airgun?
No.

(DOG GROWLING)

Why didn't you answer your mam?

Dunno.

Must have had my headphones on.

What have you done to your hand,
Stephen?

I fell over.

I see.
(DOG GROWLING)

We'd like to ask you some questions
about the fire at your dad's
last night.

Oh, yeah?

It'll mean coming to the station.

Fine.

The doctor's going to examine your
hand, to see if it's the result of
a fall, as you claim.

All right. Can you move your chair
over here, please?

And I'll give you a proper dressing
for this, as well.

When did this happen? The other
night, after I left the phone box.

I'd had a few to drink.

With who?

By myself.

Where? There's no pub out there.

All right.

You want me to tell you the truth?

Well, what have you been telling me
so far?

I smoked a bit of dope. OK?

I got a bit paranoid.

That's why I didn't want to give
the operator my name and address.

I didn't want your boys turning up
and finding me like that.

When I saw the fire, that's who I
was on the phone to.

Some bloke I know who deals a bit.

Well, I didn't want to say nothing
earlier.

I'm not gonna get into trouble,
am I?

Have a look at the hairs
on these fingers.

An absence of hair on the index
finger.

On his little finger it's been
singed to a stubble.

It's a burn, all right.

I'm still waiting for you to tell us
the truth.

Well, Stephen's mother said
she washed the boy's clothes
this morning.

There was blood on his jeans.
He told her it was from where he
cut his hand.

Probably from the farm.

The lab may still be able to do
something with the clothes,

and he might have got blood on his
shoes, so check them out, as well.

What else did his mum say?

She couldn't think of anything
linking him to Tots,

or why he'd want to set fire to
his father's place.

She gave us this.
It was in his jeans this morning.

A chisel.

I was gonna get SOCO to see if it
matched the window frame in the
surgery.

But why go to the trouble of forcing
the window?

It would be much easier, surely,
just to...

break the glass and pour in
the petrol.

Maybe the motive wasn't arson.

Is it unusual to put a bandage
on a small burn?

Yes, I suppose it is. A dressing
and tape are more for surgical use.

Have you an evidence bag, please?

Right, then, we'll see him in two
weeks' time, for the booster
injections.

Sorry, Mr Dutton. Can we have
a word?

Yes, sure.
Thank you.

Can you identify this?

Is this the sort of dressing
used at this surgery?

Yes. Why?

It was on your son's hand when we
interviewed him earlier.

Have you at any time provided him
with any sort of bandaging?

No.

Could he ever have taken any, when
he was visiting you?

Well, he doesn't come here. As you
know, we don't really get on.

Then I think the reason
for last night's fire

may well be to cover up the theft of
medical equipment.

You think Stephen started the fire?

Mr Dutton, could you check, to see
if anything has been stolen?

Well, nothing here. I mean, there's
a store room, but I keep it locked.

Would you check it, please?
Yes.

Well, you're right. Someone has been
here.

Your son must have burned himself
starting the blaze,

and then later, instead of
a plaster,

he's used some of the stolen
bandages.

Well, why did he take it
in the first place?

I don't think he was trying to get
at you, Mr Dutton.

He needed the bandages for
some other reason.

And since there's no doctor's surgery
or chemist in the village,

he probably couldn't think
where else to get them.

Tots or someone was injured
at the farm.

My guess is that Stephen knows where
he is, and is helping to look after
him.

Judging by the amount of dressings
taken, I'd say that

he was in serious need of medical
attention.

Radio Kersey. We need to find out
what Stephen knows.

How would Stephen know about
the store room?

So, I burnt my hand. That don't
mean nothing.

No, but where you got that bandage
from does, doesn't it?

I could have got that from hundreds
of places.

Detective Superintendent Wycliffe
enters the room at 15:32.

So, tell us. Where could you have
got the bandages from?

You tell me what that's got to do
with the farm.

Two cases of arson in two days.

Someone gets injured at the farm.

The farmer goes missing.

A whole load of medical equipment
also goes missing.

So?

Instead of taking Tots to hospital,
you've been trying to look after him
yourself, haven't you?

No.
Come on! He needs treatment.

Well, the good thing is that he's
still alive.

He is still alive, isn't he?

Obviously, something happened
at the farm.

Accident, probably.

Yeah?

You didn't want to get into trouble.

Thought maybe you could sort it all
out.

Maybe you got someone to help you.

That's why you made the call from
the phone box. Is that right?

No.

OK. So, why don't you tell us
your side of the story?

I'm not saying nothing.

We can't afford to stretch things
out, Stephen!

All right. What's happened so far
may well be an accident.

But if Tots doesn't get treatment
and dies...

..you know what that would mean.

It would mean murder, Stephen.

No. Look...

What if Tots died because he got
knocked over by that car?

Then that would be the driver's
fault, right?

You're recording the radio appeal
in ten minutes. Thank you.

Well, we're certain Tots is the
injured man. He said that?

Well, Stephen asked what would
happen if Tots had died in the
accident.

That's implicit, isn't it?

Unfortunately, then he clammed up.

So, it was definitely Tots who got
hit by the car?

Well, I reckon maybe he was trying
to flag it down.

Except, according to the driver,

Tots appears to have run across
the road, disappeared,

and then jumped back out onto
the road in front of the car.

Yes, but who says it was just Tots
running across the road?

What if someone was chasing after
him?

Well, it wasn't Stephen.

Two minutes later, he was seen
down the road in the phone box.
He didn't appear out of breath.

So...there's another person involved.

And whoever that person is
is holding Mr Tots.

We need to know where Stephen Ling's
been keeping Tots.

It's nothing to do with me.

What business would he have, coming
up here?

None.

We've evidence that he broke into
the surgery, that he took bandages
from the store room.

How would he know about
the store room?

I don't know.

Is he a mate of yours?
No.

So, who are his friends?

Look, there's only one person for
Stephen, and that's himself.

It seems to me like you know him
rather well.

Look, Mr Wycliffe, I started early
so I could finish early.

Then just tell me who he hangs around
with!

No-one that I know.

(SIGHS) Where could he be keeping
Mr Tots?

I don't know.

What about friends?

Well, he don't bring them back here.

He must talk about them.
Oh, I've given up trying.

I hoped he'd be more like his dad.

At least get a career.

But I don't know what he wants.

I don't think he cares.

Can I take this away with me?

The lab have found traces of blood
on Stephen's shoes.

Matches the blood we found here.

Doug's questioned him again,
but he's still not talking.

This lad's playing silent, as well.

And he's certainly not telling us
the truth about Stephen.

I found this on Stephen's bedroom
wall.

Looks to me as though they're
friends.

If Rob was involved,

he wouldn't have needed to break
into the vet's. He works there.

Maybe that's why they did break in.

Rob!

Who is it you're protecting?

Look, I know you think you're doing
the right thing, but...

if George Tots dies, this person's
gonna be in a lot of trouble.

You don't think he's dead already?
I hope not.

But...

the sooner we can get to him, the
more chance there is of finding him
alive.

(CROWS CAWING)

You may be able to save your friend
from going to prison.

That's probably a dead animal
they're after.

I put some traps down, to keep out
the foxes.

No-one's necessarily gonna find out
that you've told us.

I can't.

Rob...

I don't want to have to charge you
with obstructing the police.

Let me try talking to him.

Rob, listen.

We don't think this person's a
criminal, and we think some sort of
accident occurred -

Lucy!

This is what was attracting
the birds.

What is it?

Ever find anything like this before?

It's a pig's tail.

It's not fresh. Maggot infestation.
Bits of earth.

Looks like it's been buried.

Where's it come from?

Is this Jenny?

Mrs Prentice, the pig farmer -
I met her here.

She was shooting foxes. Said they'd
been after her farrows.

So, the fox got one?

Yes, but I've got a feeling
it got this one out of the ground.

Sir! Over here!

You're right.

This earth's been dug. Get a stick.

I hope this isn't where we're gonna
find Tots.

Look.

This is where the pig's tail's come
from.

Some of the animal's been bitten
away.

I'm not sure, but I think this is
a pig, as well.

Why are they buried here? Disease.

I think we'd better stop.

These are the farrows that
Mrs Prentice was trying to protect.

That's why she was trying to shoot
the foxes.

She knew they'd started digging them
up.

What if she shot Tots? Blamed him
for the spread of the disease?

He could be buried here.
Yeah.

But we can't excavate until
the Ministry's been down here.

They'll need to quarantine the area.

(KNOCKS) Mrs Prentice? Police!

Anybody home?

Don't say she's gone missing.

I'll search the house.
Yeah. I'll do the buildings.

Oh, and be careful.

Mrs Prentice?

(PIGS SQUEALING)

The size of these pigs!

How do you reckon she got them
to the woods?

I think they were taken there alive.

Probably at night, to stop them being
seen.

And then killed with a weapon
that doesn't make much noise.

The weapon the dog was killed with?

Yeah.

(PIGS SQUEALING)

Out. Come on.

It's nothing to do with me.

I just came to warn the family
that you'd found out.

Why didn't you tell us they were
involved?

Cos I was going out with Jenny
first, see?

So, what's happened to Mr Tots?

They said it was an accident.

Who are "they"?

Jenny and Stephen.

They asked me to get them bandages
from the surgery. And did you?

Well, if I'd taken them, Mr Dutton
would have known it was me.

I did the phone call. I told them
when Mrs Dutton wouldn't be there
and where the bandages were.

But I didn't know they were gonna
set fire to the place.

And where are the Prentices now?
I don't know.

Where have they been keeping
George Tots?

I...I can't think where else they'd
have him.

Bandages.
(VEHICLE PULLING UP)

That's them. I'm going.

MRS PRENTICE: What do you want?
What's happened to George Tots?

I told you - I ain't seen him.

We've found the pigs you buried
at Leap Hill.

What pigs? They could be anybody's.

Then you won't mind if we have
the vet come down and examine your
animals for notifiable diseases?

My animals are MY business.

Not when they threaten
the livelihood of other farmers.

Gran...

I've worked here since I was born
and, when I die,

this farm'll be for Jenny
and her children.

No-one's trying to take your farm
away from you, Mrs Prentice.

Did you shoot Tots because
he found out about your farrows?

I shot him.

Is that the gun?

Poacher's arm?

I'm not gonna let you take her away,
as well.

She didn't mean it.
It was Mr Tots' fault.

He came nosing around.

He caught us burying up in the
woods. He threatened to report us.

We got in an argument.

So, you and Stephen followed him
back to the farm,

and the argument continued.

Mr Tots wouldn't listen.

He set his dog on us, so I shot it.

He came at me, shouting, crying.

I panicked.

Give me the gun, Mrs Prentice.

You think you can shoot me
and cover that up, as well?

How do you think you're gonna get
away with it?

Gran...

It's gonna be all right, Gran.

We didn't mean for this to happen.

When Stephen rang me and said that
Tots had been shot,

we just thought we could bring Mr
Tots back here and patch things up.

But he got away, didn't he?

Tried to flag down a car
and got himself run over.

Is he still alive, Mrs Prentice?

He was. He was getting bad.
He needed treatment.

But we couldn't get him a doctor.

You've taken him to the vet's,
haven't you?

They brought him here half an hour
ago. I've rung for an ambulance,
but it's too late.

He's dead.

(SIGHS) Where is he?
Upstairs.

But it wasn't Stephen's fault.
I know. I know.

They didn't know how bad he was.

Sure, sure.

Look, once his farm went downhill,
he lost the will to live.

Will Stephen be prosecuted?

I expect so. He's prevented us
from getting to Tots in time.

And he's also committed arson,
Mr Dutton.

(SIREN)

Now, Charles, don't be too hard
on yourself.

If the man's next-door neighbours
had him stashed underground,

well, the entire constabulary
would have been hard-pushed
to recover him. Yeah.

So, what are you charging them
with?

Manslaughter?

We don't know if he died from the
bullet wound or the car accident.

No, of course not.

Right.

Well, then... I'd better be off.

Yeah, erm...

Goodbye, sir, and thanks for
your support.

(CAR DRIVES OFF)

Make a great golf course,
wouldn't it? Eh?

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