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Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

Oh,

dear.

Don't just stand there. Help me.

What's happened?

I've got a reaction from morphine.

All right, what do we have?

Reaction from morphine.

All right.

Okay, we've got him.

Who started the recess?

Me.

Well done, Alice.

All right, Mr. Gilday.

Mr. Gilday.

You're all right now.

Okay?

Are you OK?

It's always well done, Alice, isn't it? I don't think so, is it?

What's your problem, Kelly?

I think she's a very good nurse.

So are you.

And you both just saved a life.

Any chance of some of that coffee before I crash?

You're going to be fine.

Thank you.

We all thought my father was on the mend.

It's such a shock.

Yeah, it will be, Mr Gilday.

We nearly lost him last week.

I couldn't really get any sense out of the doctors.

It's okay.

The operation was successful, but he then developed an infection.

That nurse seems pretty upset.

Yeah. She grew quite close to him.

You know, he had a lot of morphine.

Well, was he in pain?

So it's Navajo in the 4 .30.

No, no, not for a plate.

It's wind.

Half a G on the note.

It's back.

Prosecution's going to say you chose rich patients and your motive was greed.

Because I missed a girl day.

The week before I saved his life.

The papers are saying there were others from two years ago when you first came

on that ward.

I went through all those with the police.

When one of them died, I wasn't even on duty that day.

We don't like giving morphine because it's dangerous.

You dread something like this happening.

In those three weeks, did he ever tell you he'd changed his will?

Yeah, but I thought he was joking.

When the police told me he'd really left me some money, I felt sick.

I knew the way the mines would go on.

It was a silly old thing.

He must have just wanted the time to meet. Oh, don't worry, love.

You might not even have the faith of trying if Henry here gets his way.

No promises yet, but we're working on something.

I'll do my best for you.

You in?

My first case, it was a shoo -in, but what the hell.

It was not a shoo -in. I read the brief, remember?

Yeah, thank you for helping an idiot through it. You've spent hours.

It was nothing. Now, just to make your day even lovelier, how would you like to

be the junior on a murder?

You are joking, aren't you?

No, I'm not, but it does mean dropping everything starting now.

Well, I was going to rest on my laurels for a couple of days, but I am going to

cook you the best dinner you've ever had. Oh, it's just my luck. I've got to

meet my old man tonight.

He's trying to make up for lost time, so I should probably roll in drunk.

Keep reading.

Congratulations, Millie.

On what?

Winning your first case.

I got lucky.

Dinner. Did I promise that?

Absolutely. Keep trying.

Two movie stars danced the tango in two films, one in 1992, one in 1994.

Name the films and the stars.

Congratulations, Millie.

Oh, I was spending my fees before I earned them, but the girl's got to have

taste. Hey, the girl done good.

A sense of a woman with Al Pacino.

It's a two -part question.

Come on, the name of the other film and the star who danced with Tango.

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Thank you.

You are gorgeous.

I might have a job for you.

Please, thank you. I'm a very smart boy and he brings us lots of work, so you be

nice to him.

Mr. Pharmacer, I've got something for you.

And I wanted to give it to you personally, in case you didn't want

see. Alpha betting exchange.

Dragon Spread Betting.

Chinese gentleman, I would say.

And Lanster Internet Betting.

Thank you.

And can you not get them to ring your mobile in future?

It does tend to tie us up when we're trying to make you money.

You've got your quiz tonight.

Good luck.

Oh, I should never have let him talk me into forgiving him.

The Baron?

This French trollop who's just announced she's been his mistress for six years

and had half a million pounds' worth of jewellery out of him.

He doesn't think anything of it.

Not in the papers here.

Well, not yet. No, it's only a matter of time.

What are you going to do?

Oh, I don't know.

I don't know.

Oh, my God.

Well, I'll need to talk to the children.

They're adults now.

Thank you.

Oh, no.

Well, she'll have divorced. They're always fighting each other. But that one

went thick of an alimony.

Shall I look for another silk for Alice Ray?

Oh, no, no.

No, I'm not going to back out and leave you without a leader.

No.

We're very effective, that's all.

Think about it.

I don't work for creeps. Ah!

So you must come in your way, then.

Well, uh... Have you had any

treatment for your gambling problem?

It's not a problem, Dad.

It's a solution.

It hasn't worked, has it?

Avoid therapy.

Willpower. It's your part now.

Come on.

Lady Gillespie wants you in bed by twelve.

Hello, dear.

We haven't been properly introduced.

I'm the one we don't talk about.

I know.

I'll drive. Don't be silly.

You've got to stop this.

I'm considered to be a moderate drinker.

You're killing yourself.

You won't be going to the Lords.

They don't want him.

But don't say I told you.

People knew half what we know about judges. It'd be a revolution.

again Winston.

Anyone for a drink?

Anyone for a drink?

Michael Ray.

I've got a reservation.

Accused nurse was obsessed with money.

Angel had free holiday from my boyfriend.

They've just taken things and twisted them.

In my short and undistinguished career, this is the worst reporting I've seen. I

don't think you can have a fair trial.

And I've checked the facts. It amounts to a hate campaign.

What can you do?

As a first tactic, we go for what's known as a stay of proceedings.

We say the court will struggle to find a jury of 12 people who haven't been

influenced by this rubbish.

If we win, the papers get taken to court, we get a long adjournment, which

us more time.

Then I still have to face them one day.

If you can never get a fair trial, you may never go in the dock.

But then I can't properly hear my name, can I?

Obviously, if you go to trial, I think you'll be acquitted.

But with a jury, you can never be sure.

I want to give you every opportunity to walk away from here, and failing that,

then the very best defence.

And it's all free, OK?

So eat your greens and don't lose heart.

Yes, mate.

Well, I tell you what, have a word with both of them, and I'll see you down

there later. Yeah, all right, mate. Bye.

Your brief's badly prepared, Neil, and you're never available when I want you.

Oh, come on, I've delivered Steve, the duty doctor, for you.

He's our trump card.

He's our only card, isn't he?

Henry, I screwed the prosecution for Steve. They thought he was their

Don't worry so much.

Look, the jury are going to love Alice, Henry.

I don't want her to go in the box.

I like her, but for better or worse, they're out to get her. She only has to

tripped up once, and we're up against Jaws.

Jaws? You'll see.

Oh,

Henry, don't worry.

You know what? With your common sense and my genius, it's never going to go

before a jury.

Hello.

How the hell did this happen?

I'm so pleased to see you.

I'm sorry.

It's been some time.

Don't.

You're here.

That's all that matters.

And I'll be all right now.

You can do this.

I know.

I know.

Will you stay?

Of course.

I'm being caught.

I won't let you down this time.

I'll feel like you're holding me hand.

Prosecution case doesn't ring true.

She's not calculating.

The statements are fairly consistent.

She was in a difficult situation dealing with extreme pain.

The duty doctor signed off on the morphine.

And it's a busy NHS hospital. Shorter time and money. Too many people to

But there is a little matter of the deceased giving her 15 grand.

Yes, that's fairly inconvenient.

So let's attack that.

I really feel in my gut she wasn't after the money either.

Advice is, even if you think she's innocent, imagine she's not.

Concentrate the mind.

Don't let the big brown eyes get to you, kid.

Any chance of getting hold of the victim's will?

Don't think there's any doubt he left her it, but why?

Hey, the time!

Oh my God, it's started!

When you've got homes to go to.

In the traditional closed hold of ballroom dancing, the lady is always to

gentleman's right. What is the origin of this?

Gentlemen used to wear swords when dancing.

Correct.

Who were the British standard

ballroom champions in the year 1998?

Donna Reeve and Alan Shingler.

You sure?

Absolutely. I know them.

You're right.

Yes!

Come on!

In the film Sense of a Woman, what did the two actors dance to?

The tango. Is correct.

We'll be right back after the break.

Welcome back.

Maureen Tyler, you've already won £125 ,000 and you're

answering questions on ballroom dancing.

The waltz was originally called the Volta or Turn.

What was a volta originally?

It was an Italian folk dance.

You've won £200 ,000!

If you answer the last question incorrectly, you win nothing. You know

don't you? Come on, Mo.

Take it! Is that enough? If you win, all those barristers you look after,

they'll have to find someone else.

You'll be richer than them.

Oh, I'm not going to give up work.

I love it.

I'm going to go for it. For our star prize of £500 ,000, the shimmy

was one of the dances that evolved into the modern quick step.

It was first mentioned in 1909 in a song by Perry Bradford.

Name that song.

The Bullfrog Jump.

You sure? The Bullfrog Jump.

Yes. The Bullfrog Jump.

Congratulations, Ray.

Best

get back to

Mrs Scanlon.

If she's at home.

Right, Ray.

You doing all counts, sir?

That reminds me.

Fingal Stevenson.

What about Fingal Stevenson?

Well, Jerry Fingal's run off with two million of his client's mortgage money.

They're out of the game.

Don't they owe you a cheque or two?

Oh, Rick.

Yeah, well, they stopped returning my calls.

Now we know why.

Hey, you'll be all right, sir.

Congratulations. I'm not drunk.

What are you doing here?

I didn't want to go home.

What are you doing?

Oh, I had to understand one or two things.

Did you lose money from Fingal Stevenson?

Loads. Oh.

I can't blame bad luck for everything.

Hey, forget me.

You were fantastic.

You should be dancing in the streets.

You know, when I was answering the questions, I could sense my old hubby

bless him.

Go on, girl.

My mind was so clear.

I could pay off a mortgage.

You can do better than that.

You can go on a world cruise.

Wrong Gilda is the only one on the indictment.

But the prosecution are going to say you gave the wrong amount of morphine on a

number of occasions.

We give morphine all the time.

Patients are dying all the time.

I must have saved 20 lives against the three that I lost.

Fine. You made mistakes.

That's all we have to say.

I'm a good nurse.

Sometimes when your back's against the wall, Alice, admitting to some human

failings isn't such a bad idea.

Would you do the same again?

I think so.

I mean, how to judge pain isn't easy.

You had some money problems. Now, I know the papers made a meal of this. It

wasn't. You spent a lot more than you earned. Isn't that what most people do?

I'm just trying to show you how their minds are working.

The police decided I was guilty.

They came into me life and turned the insides out trying to find stuff.

I thought you were on my...

She seemed quite sweet when we first met her. There's a lot of anger there from

somewhere, but that's not unusual.

I'm glad you're not letting her go in the box.

Jewelry's an outburst.

Don't mix.

I don't know why she'd do it deliberately. Do you think she's guilty?

No chance to get her off.

Excuse us.

The Alice Ray trial.

I just wanted to warn you about something coming your way in the shape

baroness and bullshit, QC.

She says she's not going to be around much.

Well, aren't you going for a state of proceedings?

Yes. One Sunday tabloid is seriously out of order. Well, apparently the editor's

an old friend of hers.

You aren't joking?

No.

She's seriously suggesting we drop this in favour of her social contacts.

There's a detailed note coming your way. It's a masterpiece of its kind because

of what it doesn't say.

What doesn't it say? Well, she doesn't know that I know this.

But the word is the editor will keep her marital problems out of the gossip

columns if she makes sure that the paper isn't done for contempt of court in the

Alice Rankin.

I'll do this.

Amen.

I had a little chat with Mr Farmer, Miss.

And he's very set upon the stay of proceedings because of what the tabloids

been saying.

Well, if he reads my note, he'll see the strategic reasons why I'm against it.

Oh, don't worry, Miss.

He's not aware of any other factors.

Well, it is unfortunate that the editor of the paper in question has been very

kind to me by not publishing a very delicate and embarrassing matter to do

my family.

That's why I don't want a misunderstanding.

Well, I know that, Miss.

I do think, really...

that it's wrong to delay from a legal point of view.

Well, I see that.

I really do see that. Good.

But he might see it as an act of self -interest, rather than you just thinking

about the defendant.

That's for you.

Ah!

And what time do you call this?

I've forgotten what the hangover feels like.

The TV cut.

Celebrity appearance.

Lend me 100 grand.

You keep every penny, girl.

Hello. Oh, Mr Farmer. Can I have a quick word?

I beg your pardon?

Well, I'll wait to hear from you then.

They're sorry for messing me around.

There's one or two things about last night's show they're worried about.

They don't feel able to honour the cheque.

Her mother left us when she was five. We never saw her again.

Coped on my own for a year, but it wasn't easy.

When her stepmother Shirley came into my life, she was having sense.

She was very good with Alice.

Unfortunately, it isn't easy for girls that age to adapt to stepmothers.

And you live in Canada?

We decided to move there a while back.

Alice wanted to be independent, so she asked if she could stay here with her.

And Marsha.

How old was Alice then?

16.

Her aunt died a couple of years later, but by then she wanted to manage on her

own. But you had a good relationship?

We always kept in touch.

Didn't just forget about her.

When Marsha was dying, I was back and forth a lot.

I remember after the funeral, we spent a week together.

I even said, come to us, but she wanted to be in England.

She's quite grown up by then.

If there's anything you want me to do, any information you need, just ask.

Just on my way to see Alice.

I hope she's calmed down.

Sorry for her now. I can see why she's so needy.

Her father doesn't seem to think that leaving, going to live thousands of

away, is that unusual.

Is that from the heart, Henry?

Disinterest. It's a crime, whatever the age.

It took her aunt dying to get him to come to England last time. Now she's on

trial for murder. But we kept in touch, he says.

He seems to be trying to make amends now.

In a half -hearted sort of way.

It's all right.

You must be going through hell.

Sometimes I have to ask the difficult questions. It doesn't mean I'm making a

judgment.

I feel easier seeing you alone.

I have to warn you.

The prosecution are going to call your colleague, Kelly Byrne.

She is going to say that she stopped you giving an overdose of morphine twice

before.

She also says she overheard you talking to patients about money.

I can't believe she'd say those things.

How can she say those things?

That's what I want to know. Could there be anything behind it?

She was my best friend at the hospital.

We used to go round together.

We had an argument, that's all.

She hardly ever spoke to me after that.

Do you want to tell me what the argument with Kelly was about?

It was first mentioned in 1909 in a song... I knew all the answers. How

have cheated?

Perhaps they're going to accuse you of communicating with the spirit world.

Should I take a solicitor?

Days of scandal and confusion, Mr Farmer.

You haven't been accused of anything by the police?

Not yet.

What are you doing?

There.

Turn it back.

Flea bite.

My dog, look.

I couldn't see him, even if he was scratching.

Anyway, how would that help?

They weren't multiple choice questions.

No, I just wanted to know what he was doing.

I ought to tell you, Mo.

I only found out recently that you've been trying to get on the programme for

years.

My wife's cousin works there.

Is that why you told me to write in? Yes.

I didn't want to raise your hopes because... All she could do was look out

your letter, put you on an interview list.

They liked you.

You got her into this pool, you better get her out.

No, I'm going to be working. I can't just come over every night.

Just listen.

It's not that.

It's got nothing to do with that.

We can't be late for the start of a murder trial. Yes, but that is not the

point.

Don't you dare hang up.

You'll be all right.

I don't know.

It's tough doing the job, keeping things going when you're not living together.

We have these rows when I'm not working.

It's happening too often at the moment.

Maybe we should take a break and see how much it means.

And now would seem to be the right time.

Oh, my God. Is that him?

Jaws himself.

Right, OK.

Thank you for your note on the stay of proceedings.

My feeling is, and the prosecuting counsel feels the same way, if the trial

halted for this, it wouldn't be in the public or our client's interest.

Justice mustn't be delayed.

It's not justice if the tabloids start trying to be the judge and jury.

We're being a bit priggish, aren't we? This wouldn't have anything to do with a

newspaper editor holding off breaking a story about your husband, would it?

Do you mind, Millie?

As senior counsel, I have to make a decision based on my legal experience.

No, you don't.

Defendant Lister makes a decision.

Listen, hold on.

I'm going for a stay, or I'll pull out.

You're on your own.

You're up to speed. You are a heartless, blackmailing bastard, Henry.

That's why you like me.

Yeah, well, unfortunately, my client has changed her mind.

Alice, why?

I don't want to look like I'm twisting out of it.

We've got a good defence, haven't we?

I didn't do this.

Sometimes innocent people get convicted.

If I don't face them now, I'm a little stick, won't I?

Please, take my advice.

I know I'm making it difficult for you. We've got a very good case against this

newspaper. If we go to trial now, just one or two hostile jurors could sink

I want my day in court.

All right.

You killed my father! Please remove that man from the court. She murdered my

father! Look at her! Do you know what she was doing?

Steamy bitch!

Breathe! Breathe my life!

The court will hear that the amount of morphine administered by accelerating

IV drip was such that there was a risk of death.

And although the defendant is only accused of the killing of Ronald Gilday,

must carefully consider...

other similar fact incidents involving the defendant and other patients.

When we do that, a much clearer picture of a dark and sinister motive appears.

In each case, a three milligram per hour drip was set up, 50 % more than normal,

and in each case, this drip had been made to run faster at certain times.

But, Dr. Steeve, you're a witness. You can't talk to him. I'm not going to.

And or you.

It's all set up.

This is how it works.

That's a normal dose, two mils over 24.

How do you know how to do that?

I watched the nurses do it when my mum was dying.

Do you want to ask Dr Steed if three milligrams was an unusual dose?

But I'd have to sign off on it, which I did.

Ask him if there's a grey area about how much morphine could be given by

increasing the flow.

Very much so.

Nurse Ray was working within that. She'd accelerate as she wished.

I'll stop the seed to indicate which nurse is Kelly Byrne.

Could you ask Dr Steed if he'd like you to buy him lunch?

DCI McCann, in what circumstances did you first interview the defendant?

Briefly, the deceased Mr Gilday's children came to see me with a colleague

the defendant, Kelly Byrne.

They showed me a will.

The deceased had left the defendant £15 ,000 in a codicil made two days before

his operation and four days before he died.

They were in a state of shock, as they had understood that their father had

as a result of an operation.

Did you note the defendant's demeanour when you interviewed her about Ronald

Gilday's death?

She was nervous, but quite matter -of -fact when she described it.

And when you subsequently searched the defendant's flat, what did you find?

We found a 50 milligram file of morphine, and we verified that morphine

missing from the stock at the hospital.

Are you saying the defendant added more morphine to the patient's drip?

No. Are you implying that the defendant had given more morphine than was in the

drip by some other means?

No. Are you saying that there's any connection between the morphine found at

defendant's flat and the death of any person? No, but the find was

surely. And the defendant refused to offer an explanation for it. That three

milligram per hour dose was signed off by the duty doctor, Dr. Steed, wasn't

Yes.

I think it's all going rather well.

I'm so glad we didn't go after the papers.

How can we be sure the jury weren't influenced by the newspapers if she's

convicted? She won't be.

The media's overrated.

Not by you, apparently.

People know when the papers are trying it on. They see through it.

I trust the jury.

Don't mess this up between you, will you?

I'll handle the pathologist.

He's the one to crack.

Anybody tell her we're not challenging the pathologist?

Not the autopsy.

We're not disputing how much morphine was given.

It's in the grey area. Poor judgment.

Over -enthusiasm to help. She may have given the same amount many times in its

work to not cause death.

Did the hospital cover up?

No. There's no controversial medical evidence. It's all circumstantial.

Did you read the rest of the codicil to the will?

Yes, I believe I did.

Remember it?

Not exactly, no.

Let me remind you.

In this same codicil, the deceased also bequeathed a similar amount to his

cleaning lady, an old school friend, as well as donations amounting to tens of

thousands of pounds to the British Legion, the Princess Diana Memorial

an owl sanctuary in Norfolk. Do you remember it now?

Yes. Making it abundantly clear that his children didn't get a penny. Is that

right? They were disinherited, I believe.

Did you investigate whether he'd fallen out with his family?

Yes, I did think there'd been some tension there.

A man falls out with his kids.

A nurse is kind to him, and you didn't consider that a possible explanation.

It was difficult to establish the deceased's state of mind.

Sure it was.

I'm sorry, we think you may have seen the questions, Maureen.

Oh, don't be so silly.

How?

Caught on our studio CCTV.

That's Suki, my wife's cousin.

She works as PA to the producer.

And the producer is the only one who has access to the questions before

transmission. We're talking to Suki.

We hadn't met until that moment.

After the show.

I'm afraid that pulling strings to get on the programme always rings warning

bells.

I didn't even know she worked on the programme.

I know everything about ballroom dancing.

It was my life.

Mine and my husband's.

These are very hard questions.

Oh, rubbish. They were too easy.

Who could possibly know the answer to the final question?

It's so obscure, it's practically out of sight. The bullfrog hop.

Bullfrog jump.

Well, you would know that.

If you'd seen the questions.

So I don't get my money, is that it?

We're giving all our evidence over to the police.

Sir! Are we going to put our angel in the box, Henry?

Offering her up as a snack for you, Peter.

Aha, what are we hiding?

Don't you trust what she's going to say?

Was there anything about the defendant's behaviour which attracted your

attention?

Well, she was all over some patients. She couldn't do enough for them.

And if they were thanking her for something, then she would say as a joke,

well, leave me something in your will.

I heard her say that a dozen times.

from anything said by the defendant, could you say whether the patients took

seriously? Well, yes. She must have talked about herself because they would

to me, oh, poor Alice, she's got such and such a problem.

Can you describe what happened on December 13th last year?

Yes.

Mrs Hollings was recovering from a serious operation and we, Alice

Ray and I, were asked to set up a morphine drip.

Alice had just come on duty and I was just going off.

And what strength was the solution?

I got the doctor to sign off two milligrams per hour over 25 hours, but

set up the drip.

And what happened when you came back on duty ten hours later?

Well, I found Alice sitting with the patient and the drip was a three

drip. Not two? No, three.

And it had been running quite a bit.

How did the defendant react?

Well, she said that the patient had been in a lot of pain, but she seemed

totally shocked to see me.

Why was that?

Well, I'd got the time for my next shift wrong and I was two hours early.

Did the hospital record show evidence of her having claimed to be in pain?

No. And what would have happened if you hadn't arrived for work early?

Mrs Hollings would have been dead.

An experienced divorce lawyer is like a good therapist.

Wonderful performance by you, Peter.

You're a lion.

And I must say, you're looking even more delightful these days.

I'm so sorry we've seen so little of you in court.

You commissioned a shrink at the 11th hour, haven't you?

Signs of desperation.

You've got me a shrink, ma 'am.

You'll be all right.

Dad, I'll be fine.

You're here.

Don't know what's going on in that court.

So unfair.

You've got to say that.

We can answer everything.

I wasn't very good with the police because I was still in shock.

Just like you were when you were little.

You acted guilty even when you hadn't done anything.

I feel bad about your stepmother.

You couldn't help it.

I was a werewolf.

I wasn't always there for you.

They really ought to get me.

I was so stupid.

I had the chance of a longer German. I was stupid. I was arrogant.

Alice, please.

I'm just scared.

If I get convicted, you're going to go back to Canada, aren't you?

What can I do?

It's my home.

She's putting a brave face on this.

But she's in pieces.

She knows this is going badly.

Why can't she just answer what this Kelly Byrne is saying herself?

You'll understand when I've cross -examined it.

My daughter's whole life depends on you.

Do you know what you're doing?

I'd love to take them on in court.

Friends shouldn't defend.

I'm worried about the police giving you a hard time. I think you should see

Jimmy Collina.

You know what makes me angry? You win fair and square and then they try and

wriggle out of pain you by accusing you of cheating.

I hope you did win fair and square.

Paul, didn't I hear you testing her on one of the questions in Chambers? The

about the tango?

That was a coincidence.

Really? I didn't believe you said that.

Coming from someone who just cheated someone out of a decent defence.

That's the end of me.

I know you didn't cheat.

What I don't know about ballroom dancing isn't worth knowing.

I was going to give you some if I'd won.

It's very kind, but I wouldn't have taken it.

I could kill Neil Delaney. We don't have enough character witnesses.

Her father said she looked after her aunt when she was ill.

Talk to the father again to find out if she looked after her a lot, really

caring, that sort of thing.

Maybe call the aunt's GP and let Neil Delaney think it was his idea.

Does that mean I've got to talk to him?

Mr Farmer?

You took your suspicions to the police, but you never once said anything to the

defendant.

Why?

When someone dies like that, you don't just go up to the nurse who set up the

trip and accuse her of murder.

Well, no, not when she saved so many other lives. How could you?

Well, I didn't properly understand what was going on, not for a long time. Until

Mr Gilday died, is that right?

I told Dr Steed then. I put two and two together.

And that was just after you and the defendant fell out?

No.

Why are you hesitating?

Um, well, there wasn't any falling out because there wasn't any falling in.

You never went out to pubs and clubs together?

Like the Limelight in Leicester Square?

I don't know, maybe once or twice. Once or twice?

A bit more than that, wasn't it? When Alice first came on the ward, you were

inseparable, weren't you? We went out once or twice. You always wanted her to

out to bars with you after work, didn't you?

For a while. She was your new best friend, wasn't she? I don't know. My

think the witness needs a break.

We shall adjourn.

All right.

She nursed her aunt on her own?

Two years.

Marsha was very ill and in pain.

She must have been young to take on all that.

She was a trooper.

Marsha used to ride simple.

See how wonderful she was.

There was a Macmillan nurse who thought the world of her.

I think that's why Alice went into nursing.

This is incredibly helpful.

If I could get some more details, maybe the letters she wrote to all her GPs.

It didn't keep any letters.

Shirley wouldn't have liked it.

But I can tell you where the doctor was.

You might even be able to track down the nurse.

I've suspended Mo.

Are you auditioning for Wicked Witch of the Whack?

She needs to come into work. She needs support.

She's being interviewed by the police. She's suspected of theft.

Only comes in your favourite newspaper.

She doesn't need to be charged with anything.

Well, all the same, it's not good for the image of Chambers.

Can you lend me a pound?

You can't suspend someone on your own. The allegations are crap.

We had an emergency meeting at Chambers last night.

Tried to find you.

Fed up with being her puppy.

I don't care. I don't care anymore.

This is bloody well out of order, miss. What?

Suspending Mo Tyler. It's disgraceful. It wasn't me. It was a meeting of

chambers. It's just an excuse to get rid of her because she doesn't like you.

Meeting over. If you don't unsuspend her, you won't have a working clerk in

building. Don't be pathetic.

I've never heard of a barren clerk going on strike.

There's a terrible flu bug going around.

Mr. Farmer?

You and the defendant had a meal together alone on your birthday, didn't

Yes. Talked about your life and family and lots of intimate things.

I don't remember that.

Didn't you leave your dog with her when you went on holiday?

Yes. Holiday you were desperate for her to come on. Where is this leading, Mr.

Farmer?

Lord.

You and Alice had a very bad falling out, didn't you? It's obvious, because I

didn't trust her because of everything that was happening at the hospital.

No, it wasn't that, was it, Kelly?

You fell out because she rejected your advances.

No, that's not true.

The defendant called you a dyke, didn't she?

Yes. It wasn't very nice, but I am comfortable with who I am. What do you

of that word?

I... It's not a word that I like. Of course not.

You were very, very fond of her, and she treated you disrespectfully.

Because you'd only kissed her in a slightly different way, hadn't you?

These things happen when you're drunk. It was all forgiven and forgotten.

Really?

You never said a friendly word to her again after that? No, of course. We had

communicate because we were together.

You asked to be moved to a different floor.

I have the letter here, citing personality difficulties with a

It was written about a month before Mr Gilday died.

Yes. And you didn't get your move, did you?

No. Truth is, you started making up these stories about Alice, didn't you?

that is not true.

Well, perhaps you were convinced they were true because you were angry.

Is that right?

Everything that I said happened did happen. You were indulging in a warped

fantasy. And all you needed was some concerned relatives to come along when

had your opportunity. No, that is not true!

Kelly, no one is denying that Alice was harsh and unfair.

But you are not admitting how badly hurt you were, are you? It's the same person

who said those things and did this, and that is why I stopped liking her.

Thank you.

So what does our psychiatrist say?

A bit disappointing.

Nothing terrible. So she's a neurotic and a bit insecure.

I would be in her shoes.

Alice was brilliant with the aunt, but the aunt's letters were all chucked. And

the Macmillan nurse died three years ago.

We don't have enough for that jury.

Splendid performance, Henry.

Thought you were much too PC to be so nasty.

Put us on the back foot there.

Overconfidence, Peter. Terrible weakness.

Yes, I'm not sure the defendant is quite as sweet as she makes out. No?

Then neither are you, Peter.

Hmm. Well, I'm at a loss, frankly.

What are we all doing here?

Can't risk him cross -examining her. How are we getting on with the arse, GP?

I found him. He's calling back. Promising, I'd say.

Make sure he gets something in writing, in case we can't get him in court.

Final nail in old Jaws' cock.

What's wrong?

You weren't in court today.

I'm being pursued everywhere by reporters, so I had to change my hotel.

Your barrister was fantastic.

Took Kelly Bain apart. She was in pieces.

Is that right?

Be there all the time.

Please.

You were too young for me to explain why I had to get married again so soon.

Listen, I was a pig to Shirley.

I should never have left you with Marsha. It was my choice, and I'm glad I

She really needed me, and I was able to help her.

I wish she'd lived longer.

So don't feel guilty.

I'll be in that court every day from now on until you're out of here.

Promise? No defeatist talk now.

A moment on the tongue.

Forever on the mind.

The answer to your pee can be great for us. He's very positive about Alice.

Will he come to court?

Well, he's faxing me a letter and you can enter him as a witness if you want

him.

We have an hour meeting, Mr Farmer. We will. I promise. I'm looking forward to

it. Well, don't rush because Alice is ill, so we're adjourned for the day.

pretend we're going into court, OK? We are busy. We are not adjourned.

What was it?

Gastroenteritis.

Must be nerves.

You okay?

I told them I couldn't eat spicy food.

Difficult to over me.

From when I was a kid.

But I'll be alright.

You wanted to see me alone?

I'm going into the box.

I can't let you do that.

I'm sorry.

I have to. It's not worth the risk.

We're nearly there.

We've shot down a lot of their case.

Your aunt's GP is going to tell them how well you cared for her. He'll be a very

strong character witness. I think you'll be acquitted without going in the box.

I've made up my mind.

That's what my client wants, Henry.

Will you make sure my dad's there?

I want him to be dead proud of me.

I have a barrister. If you and your client don't take advice... She's not up

shoplifting. She's vulnerable.

She's going in the box with jaws. She could still go down.

She's not even fit.

Oh, calm down, Henry.

She's an eel. She's just freaked out. She's got something to do with... She

told me her old man used to put hot pepper sauce on her tongue when she was

cheeky to her stepmother.

Daphne, why am I hearing this for the first time?

I wonder if that's why Alice is so determined to go in the box, so her

will pay her more attention.

He'll certainly have to.

I don't think he'll enjoy seeing Jaws have a go at her.

She never takes her eyes off him in court.

I know what you mean.

Will a day in court be enough? Will she ever get enough attention?

Alice? Alice?

Alice, what are you doing?

Mr Farmer?

Dr Steed, do you remember what happened on the night of Ronald Gilday's death?

I do, yes.

Alice Ray asked me if Mr Gilday could have an increased dose of morphine for

next 24 hours, and I agreed to it. Why did you agree to it?

He'd been experiencing a lot of pain, and...

Obviously, I agreed to it. Was it an unusual dose?

It was near the high end, but Alice Ray's an experienced nurse who I

So you signed off on it.

But you could have said no, right?

Most certainly.

Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania.

Nice lunch, Dad?

Not at all.

Taking your advice.

A nurse of yours seems guilty as hell.

You following it?

Not particularly closely.

I remember when I was a kid, you saying that all criminal lawyers were shallow

show -offs who nobody took very seriously.

And then all those people coming out after years inside for something they

did. I could hear you saying... Of course they did it. Everybody knows

A great commercial lawyer from his Olympian weight.

Not to mention the neglectful father.

I don't remember that.

Dear Henry Farmer, I do remember Alice Ray extremely well. And he was both

caring and considerate in looking after her aunt.

Alice was a huge help during this time.

Her outlook was positive.

You discover a nurse has seen off a patient with a massive overdose of

You'd have to be completely blinkered not to be suspicious, wouldn't you?

I dispute that it was a massive overdose.

In your statement to police, you said you were in a hurry when the defendant

asked you to sign off on the morphine. Is that true? We're always in a hurry,

Dr. Steed. This is the kind of dose that no one accelerates without the

permission of a doctor, surely.

It has to be left to the discretion of the nurses sometimes.

The defendant was a particular favorite of yours, wasn't she?

I wouldn't say that.

Oh, come on.

Blonde? Brown -eyed?

The image of an angel.

She formed a strong bond with you, didn't she?

Attached herself to you. I wasn't aware of that.

Were you in love with her?

No.

Of course not.

How many times did you take her out to dinner?

Twice.

Feel sympathy for her now?

Obviously I feel sympathy for her. In fact, you were so mesmerized by the

defendant, you went out of your way to make excuses, didn't you?

That's ridiculous.

I'm just here to give an opinion.

I don't think she should be sitting there.

You're neither objective nor dispassionate, are you?

If you make those remarks.

Bite's back.

She's going in the box.

I don't have any choice.

Emotional involvement?

Those big brown eyes getting to you? I'm going to need that GP if he's got

anything half -decent to say.

He does.

He knew her well.

Thought she was brilliant for a kid, absolutely dedicated.

In fact, it was the GP that encouraged her to become a nurse.

When are we going to get the aunt's medical details?

I keep pressing him. We'll press him again in case we need them.

I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give will be the truth.

The whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

You may sit now, Miss Reeve.

What did you think when Mr Gilday

left you all that money, Alice?

I wrote to his family and said that I didn't want it, but...

By that time, they were convinced I was rotten.

And what was your relationship with him?

I didn't make a special foot of him at all.

I just listened, I suppose.

Can you describe Mr Gilday in the hours before his death?

He was very brave.

He didn't make a lot of fuss.

He just kept saying it wasn't working.

The IV wasn't working.

I held his hand for ages.

I kept coming back whenever I could, but... his eyes were pleading.

And his groaning, it was... it was coming from deep inside.

I just wanted to make the morphine work.

Safely.

Did you think you were giving too much?

No.

I thought I'd get it to a plateau and then hold it there at the normal rate

it starts working.

He went into convulsion so soon.

The image you projected of Alice was a happy kid with some problems.

It wasn't entirely honest, was it?

If I hadn't talked to her parents, we didn't stand for her.

Well, I was brought up paid to for her.

Blaspheme got outsourced.

We used to say a minute on the lips, forever on the mind.

So, Mr Farmer, maybe I'm the guilty one.

Something's bothering me.

I've just had the medical details on the aunt.

I'm not sure if it's relevant, but the Macmillan nurse was allowed to give

morphine.

This isn't right.

This isn't right. There's something deeply wrong here.

She's offering herself up to Jaws on a platter.

It's like she's trying to control things.

How much attention can one person want?

It couldn't just be a coincidence that her aunt and Gilday both gave her money

in approval or bought back from the brink of death a number of times, can

She saved them. She got attention from the GP, she got attention from Dr Steed,

she got attention from everyone except the one person she most wanted attention

from. Her father.

How much do you know about Munchausen syndrome by proxy?

Oh, my God.

Do you think we should tell Cleo?

What were you doing stealing morphine from the hospital, Alice?

It was for me.

I wanted to try it.

You knew what morphine would do to some patients.

You surely wouldn't be playing around experimenting, would you?

I was wrong to take it.

I was wrong.

You stole that morphine in case you needed it to finish someone off, didn't

No.

Taking the morphine meself was stupid.

But I loved all me patients.

I wanted them all to get better. But some of them didn't, Alia.

What do you feel about that?

Every person who died had a hole in your heart.

Ronald Gilday!

No responsible nurse could give that amount of morphine inside an hour

intending to kill.

Could they, Alice?

Yes.

He was in pain.

He was in such pain.

What would you do?

Tell me if you were in my situation.

This is Munchausen.

By proxy.

The police and the prosecution have missed it.

Gilday changed his will. The police have been barking up the wrong tree.

You're not a medical expert, Henry.

Marsha Ray was admitted to hospital on the brink of death five times before she

died. The Macmillan nurse used morphine. She and Alice were close.

Alice could have stolen it from her bag or even helped her administer it. It was

a long time ago.

It could just be a coincidence.

Everything about her screams it.

Deliberate self -harm as a kid.

Desperate for her father's attention.

Well, that's just mumbo -jumbo. Munchausen's cases are often highly

Gilday was saved several times before he died. In all the other cases, her own

defence condemns her. She saved them first.

She wanted to be the good nurse.

She wanted to be the centre of attention.

She was magnificent in the witness box.

We have a duty to our client.

We're duty -bound to disclose the evidence.

All right.

To be fair to the prosecution, I suggest... We hand him the doctor's note

the aunt while we're waiting for the judge.

What if he doesn't understand it?

We should take it to the judge in chambers.

We're giving the prosecution the letter, aren't we? If he wants to see the

judge, he will.

Frankly, I'd rather see something more concrete than that.

I am leading this defence, aren't I?

Members of the jury, there has been a great deal of speculation and

about the defendant, which it seems, judging by the prosecution case, has

little basis in fact.

The defense has always sought to prove that the defendant worked within the

regulations with care and compassion.

And she has.

very movingly and courageously stood up to answer those accusations.

Well, you'll be pleased to hear that we've finished our own investigation and

don't think that you cheated.

I told you I didn't.

That was wonderful.

The police found Suki never got near the questions, didn't they?

Absolutely.

So can I cash my check now?

Well, don't you remember the disclaimer you signed?

The what?

Mo signed a contract saying that she had nothing to do with the company and its

employees. Suki didn't get her on the programme.

She just made sure the letter got through, the producer chose her.

Well, I'm sorry, but we've checked with our accountants and our legal department

and we're not obliged to pay a penny.

Sorry.

Can't do anything.

The trial's over.

There's one thing I must do.

Somehow or other, I've got to tell her father.

Not looking forward to this.

Would the foreman of the jury please stand?

Do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty of murder?

Not guilty.

And is that the verdict of you all? It is.

You must understand that the prosecution will alert the police.

Mr. Rage, your daughter needs help.

Thank you.

What's wrong?

Why aren't you happy?

Oh, I'm going to get you some help.

What?

I just heard about the incident in the cell last night.

Drinking lavatory water, trying to make herself sick.

Classic symptoms.

I wish I'd looked at the note more carefully.

Okay, then we go through every other place she ever worked. The other cases,

see? And then the evidence you dug out. No, you dug out.

will be crucial.

Good result, I hope?

Well, in one way, yeah.

Henry.

Have I missed the serial killer?

You handed a piece of paper to the prosecution which relates to her aunt

possibly having a similar experience with morphine. All I knew was she'd died

from natural causes.

This is just like Gilda, isn't it?

Ethically, I can't comment on that.

My client still insists on her innocence.

But you did your best to warn the prosecution, didn't you? I passed on

evidence that I was hoping might have helped us.

Thank you.

For a defence barrister, that's very public -spirited.

I'd better start looking at these other deaths, trying to save my career.

How was the GBH in these?

Victory for common sense.

I lost.

Did you get the papers yesterday?

No.

The Sunday filth.

They were so unfair to Mo.

I spoke with the editor. Well, he's a friend of mine.

And they must have started a campaign.

I don't believe a word of it. It was poor.

I thought, this has got to be a good story. I walked in there.

They bit my hand off.

See, the company just rang and offered me half the money.

I said no.

And then they caved in.

Thank you.