All language subtitles for New Tricks - S04E05 - Powerhouse

Go on. You can do it, sir.

When the builders found this,

they called the local police.

They blew it up to
us when they realized

it was relevant to
an old murder case.

How long was the
trapdoor obscured?

Builders reckon the
false ceiling was put in

sometime in the '50s.

Yeah, any time after that, it
would have been Artexed over.

Oh, bloody hell.
I can't do this.

Confined space. Doctor's orders.

It's all right, Brian. You don't
have to come all the way up.

You can watch from there.

- Okay?
- Yeah.

Oh, look at that!

Great big white fivers!

- Are they real?
- They certainly are.

Real white fivers?

Yeah. Yeah. Come
and have a look.

- Fantastic!
- Yeah, they're beautiful.

Look at them.

- You all right?
- Careful, Brian.

No, it's all right. It's just
a psychological thing.

I think she means mind
where you put your...

Aah!

Foot.

♪ It's all right, it's okay ♪

♪ Doesn't really matter
if you're old and gray ♪

♪ It's all right, I
say it's okay ♪

♪ 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 okay ♪

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

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The suitcase had a label

indicating it was the
property of a Fred Tully.

Now, Tully, who was single,

lived in the house
with his parents

until he was murdered
in November 1953.

He was a wages clerk at
Battersea Power Station.

Hello, hello, hello.

He was shot dead in the street

on the south side
of Battersea Bridge

on a dark, foggy afternoon.

The murder weapon, which was
later found on a number 19 bus,

had been stuffed down
the back of an upstairs seat.

- Prints?
- Wiped clean.

But the witness
who found the gun,

an Edward Chambers,

identified a man getting off
the bus as he was getting on.

That man's name
was Richard Dunne,

arrested within
days of the killing,

charged with murder, convicted.

Refused leave to appeal.

Hanged in May 1954.

Protested his
innocence the whole way.

Dunne was a villain, right?

Yeah, he had
convictions for robbery.

And at the time of the crime

he was on bail for
assaulting a police officer.

The prosecution argued that
Dunne had been watching Tully,

worked out that he
was a wages clerk,

thought he was
taking cash to the bank.

- Was he carrying cash?
- No.

And now we find
he had five grand

in used fivers in his attic.

Richard Dunne has a
vociferous granddaughter

who's been active recently,
claiming wrongful conviction.

On what grounds?

On the grounds that
the police conspired

to pervert the
course of justice.

Now, given the new
evidence about Tully,

we're going to
reinvestigate the case.

All the original investigating
team are now dead.

But there was a... a
Sergeant Collinson

who was on the case.

He would have still been in the
job when you first joined, Jack.

He was my first
governor, actually.

Really? What was he like?

Well, he got results. So
where do you want us?

Brian, you and I will
look at Fred Tully,

see what's known about him.

Gerry, you and Jack reexamine
the case against Richard Dunne.

See if it still stands up.

We'll be lucky if there are
any witnesses still around

after all this time.

Was it something I said?

Ahead of its time, it was.

Kept London's electricity
flowing for 50 years.

It's amazing to think
they'd build a power station

right in the middle of a city.

Ah, but they had the technology
to tackle environmental issues.

90% of the sulfur was removed
from the chimney gases.

Mr. Murray, would you mind
if we talked about Fred Tully?

- Come in.
- Thank you.

My grandfather, Richard Dunne,

was the victim of
a massive injustice,

and the truth has been
buried for 50 years.

I don't believe that it's
gonna be uncovered

by a scratch team of
superannuated plods.

So can you tell us why
you're here today, Hannah?

I'm here to petition
the Home Secretary

for a full-scale public inquiry.

Eh. Silly cow.

Her bastard granddad was a...

Oh. Beg pardon, miss.

Don't mind me.

That shithouse Dunne.

He shot down Fred Tully
like a dog in the street.

Fred was my mate.

Finest pal a man could have.

What was your job at the
power station, Mr. Murray?

Oh, stoker in the furnace.

I thought the Battersea furnaces
were fed by pulverized coal.

Oh, yes, they... they were.

You know, state of the
art, as they'd say now.

But the boilers that
were installed in the war,

they had retort stoker furnaces.

Get away.

That's where I was working.

That's interesting.

- Because your retort...
- Not now, Brian.

Could Fred Tully have been
involved in something illegal?

Fred Tully was as
honest as the day is long.

That Richard Dunne
must be burning in hell.

And I'm looking forward
to being chief stoker.

Posh old gaff, innit?

Plenty of money in
the mining business.

Well, overseas, that is.

And our man's top banana, eh?

Chairman of the board.

Must have made a good witness.
Public schoolboy, Army officer.

They loved all that in
the '50s, didn't they?

Oh, yeah. Let's hope
he's still on the ball.

Mr. Halford?

Yes, that's me.

Gerry Standing.

Imogen Glover.

Sir Edward Chambers'
personal assistant.

He's ready to see you now,
if you'd like to come this way.

Thank you very much.

I'd say he was
definitely still on the ball.

Yes.

Sir Edward.

- Mr. Halford and Mr. Standing.
- Good morning.

Thank you for making
time to see us, Sir Edward.

I don't think we'll detain
each other very long.

In 1953 you were a witness
in the case of Richard Dunne,

who was accused of
murdering Frederick Tully.

That's correct.

We're reinvestigating the case
in the light of new evidence,

and we'd like a fresh
interview with you

to see if anything might have
been missed or misinterpreted

in the original inquiry.

I regret I will not be
cooperating with you

in your investigation.

Why?

Richard Dunne's
granddaughter, Hannah Parker,

contacted me some time ago.

She had severe and, I must
say, well-substantiated criticisms

of the way the original
police inquiry was conducted.

Well, we're going
to be looking at that.

Miss Parker takes
the view that only

a full-scale public inquiry
can deal with the matter.

She's asked me not
to cooperate with you

in your reinvestigation.

I must say she was
very persuasive.

- How do?
- All right.

How'd you get on?

The archives of the Central
Electricity Generating Board

are absolutely fascinating.

Ta-da!

Oh.

Battersea Power Station.

Hah! Landmark of London?

Secular cathedral.
Temple of power.

The 105-megawatt generating set

that came into operation in 1935

was the largest unit installed
in Britain or the Continent.

That's not actually what
I wanted to know, Brian.

- No?
- No.

Oh. Sorry.

What about the wages office?
Were there any missing funds?

No.

Okay, so we're not
looking for a wages clerk

with his hand in the till.

No.

You know why they got
rid of these, don't you?

- White fivers?
- Why?

Because beautiful
though they were,

they were too
easy to counterfeit.

Now you have told
me something useful.

I'll get on to the
Bank of England,

see what they can tell us.

So you never actually knew
your father, Mrs. Parker?

No. My mother married again.

I didn't find out what
my real family history was

until I was a teenager.

That must have been
very difficult to deal with.

Yes. It still is.

But if you let the fact

that your dad was hanged
for murder rule your life,

then they've killed you as well.

I survived, got on with my life.

There was nothing
to be ashamed of.

Of course not.

But I'm afraid we do still
have to talk about your father.

Yeah, look, my
father was a criminal,

but he wasn't a murderer.

That's why we've
reopened the case.

That's why we
want to talk to you.

Obviously it's very difficult
to find people who knew him

at this distance in time.

We just wondered if you could
put us in touch with anyone.

My mother started a new life.

She didn't want to
keep up with the people

that my dad had known.

And what relatives he
had, they've all gone now,

So it's just me and my daughter.

Hannah, she's very committed
to getting the verdict overturned.

She would have been here by
now, but she's been held up in court.

Anything serious?

She's a solicitor.

Oh, I see.

Specializes in
civil-liberties cases.

Ah.

Does she?

She advised me not to answer
any questions in her absence.

Sandra Pullman.

Oh, thanks for
getting back to us.

So the notes are genuine.

Really?

No, no, that's terrific.

Thank you. You've
been a great help.

Cheers. Bye.

Well?

Those fivers were
taken out of circulation

in the summer of '53.

They should have
been incinerated.

Where?

Well, in those days
they used a furnace

at Battersea Power Station.

Hello, Douglas. We need
to have another word.

When Fred Tully died, he was
in possession of bank notes...

Bank notes that had been
withdrawn from circulation

and should have
been incinerated.

You worked on the retort stoker
furnaces, you were telling us.

Oh, yes, that is, uh, correct.

Which is where
the Bank of England

came to dispose
of their bank notes.

Oh, well, it was
all a long time ago.

Well, I'm sure that will
be taken into consideration

when deciding on further action,

along with whether you've
been cooperative or not.

The geezers from the
Bank of England turn up,

and we have to stand well
back while they get on with it.

Now, they shove the money in
the lowest level in the furnace.

Then they bugger off,
thinking the job's done.

But it wasn't.

It's all wrong.

Thick wads of paper
don't burn easily.

You have to put them
high up in the furnace

where the temperature's hottest.

When I rake out the ash the
next day, I'd find the money.

So how long did this go on for?

Months and months.

Until somebody noticed

there were notes
surviving the process.

So they altered
the procedure, yeah,

made us stokers put
it in at the right level.

But they never knew
we'd been having it away.

And Tully handled it for you?

He reckoned he could
fence it for us, yeah.

"Laundering" they'd call it now.

I don't see the point of a
further police investigation.

Well, we're trying
to establish the facts

about Frederick Tully's death,
and there's some new evidence

which has thrown a
different light on Mr. Tully.

I've established the
facts I'm interested in,

which show that my grandfather
was wrongly convicted.

Then we'd appreciate it if
you'd share your findings with us.

My grandfather was a
victim of judicial murder.

That's putting it
rather strongly.

Instigated by the police.

So, what's required isn't
a fresh police whitewash,

it's a public inquiry with
evidence out in the open.

Oh ho. Southend!

Did you used to go?

Yeah.

Oh, the Kursaal. What
a ride that was, eh?

Yeah, every bank holiday,

we'd all bundle into my
uncle's van and go down there.

I used to love it!

Me too.

My idea of a big treat
was candy floss on the pier.

Oh. Sweet tooth, eh?

I really don't think
my mother and I

have any more to say to you.

Yes, well, if you should
change your mind,

we'd be delighted
to hear from you.

Yeah.

Yeah, we'll be in touch.

- Esther?
- Mm?

Can I ask you something?

Of course you can.

But I want an honest answer.

From the shoulder.
You know that.

I wouldn't attempt
anything else.

Am I boring?

You've only just
started to speak.

No, I don't mean now.

I mean in general.

Why are you asking?

I just wondered
whether I might possibly,

on occasion, go on a bit.

You're a man of
penetrating intellect

and wide knowledge.

Am I?

And you share that
knowledge and your ideas

with other people.

You're generous.

Yeah?

To a fault.

Oh?

You could just possibly,

on occasion...

take a bit more notice of
what they call feedback.

Afternoon, Miss Parker.

Oh! Mr. Standing.

I've tried to tell
my girls about it.

I say, "Imagine Southend Pier,
one of the wonders of the world.

It stretches so far out to sea,

you need a train to
get you there and back."

We had a beach
hut at Shoeburyness.

All I can remember of Shoebury
is, when you went paddling,

you could see right across
the Thames estuary to Kent.

Then you had this magnificent
view of Sheerness oil refinery.

That's right.

And then every so often
there'd be an almighty bang.

A shell going off.

That's right.

From the artillery
range down the coast.

Funny idea for a holiday,
when you think about it, innit?

But we were happy.

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

You know, I always thought I
had it hard when I was a kid.

But what you had to deal
with, finding out about your dad,

I'm not sure how I would
have coped with that.

I'm not sure if I ever did.

I always had the feeling

that the world could suddenly
turn upside down on me.

I could never believe
in any kind of security,

so I suppose I didn't
give it a chance.

That's how I broke up
with Hannah's father, really.

Yeah.

There's a lot of it about.

Ah, that is terrific.

No, no, I really appreciate it.

Well, as soon as she can
find time, basically. As soon as.

Listen, June, I promise
you, you won't regret this.

We'll do a really
good job for you.

Yeah, great.

I'll speak to you soon. Bye.

What was all that about?

June has squared it with Hannah.

She's going to cooperate
with our investigation,

gonna share everything
that she's found out.

- That's brilliant!
- Yep!

- Terrific.
- Isn't it?

How does everybody else feel?

How did you swing that, Gerry?

Oh, I use the old empathy.

People skills, basically.

Innit?

Thanks for this, Hannah.
Hopefully you won't regret it.

This is a family matter, and I'm
respecting my mother's wishes.

If it were up to me...

Well, let's get on
with it, shall we?

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

So, what's your understanding of
the case against Richard Dunne?

Well, within two days
of Tully being shot,

Richard Dunne was
taken in for questioning.

This was on the basis
of information received...

From a bookie's
runner, David Walls.

He claimed that Richard Dunne
had robbed him at gunpoint.

Well, any investigator
would have to follow that up.

Well, go on.

What about material evidence

linking Dunne to
the crime scene?

A box of matches with
Dunne's fingerprints on

was found near the scene.

Before the arrest?

No, subsequently.

Richard Dunne maintained

that he was offered a
cigarette and a box of matches

by Detective Sergeant Collinson
during one of his interviews.

Collinson then took
the matches back.

Dunne later argued at his trial

that they were
planted at the scene.

Well, he would say
that, wouldn't he?

In 1967, the then Detective
Superintendent Collinson

was in charge of
an investigation

into the murder of a prostitute.

A box of matches with the
prime suspect's fingerprints

was allegedly
found at the scene.

It was later
discovered, on appeal,

that the log of
the investigation

had mysteriously disappeared.

It would have shown that
the matches were found after,

rather than before, the
prime suspect's interview.

That is correct.

Collinson later retired
on medical grounds.

I can vouch for the fact

that Mr. Collinson was under
very considerable stress.

And what about in 1953?

Was he under stress when
he fitted up my grandfather?

I'm in no position to
make any comment on that.

You know what?

The thing is, in
the 21st century,

this case would
never get to court.

Oh, lovely. Thank you.

We've got a match
for Murray's prints

on the bands that held the
bundle of notes together.

Corroboration.

Doesn't really get us much
further though, does it?

No, but there's more.

As well as Tully's prints
on the suitcase itself,

they think there's a second set.

They're gonna have to do
some, uh... some clever stuff

to make them usable.

Mm.

And they might be from someone

entirely unconnected
with the investigation.

As, for instance, a
railway porter, a taxi driver.

The vendor of the
suitcase. A former owner.

Yeah. But it's worth
pursuing, Brian.

Oh, certainly.

- Sandra?
- Yeah.

Just there, you know,
about the fingerprints?

Mm.

I was telling you stuff
you already knew, wasn't I?

Or stuff you could have
worked out for yourself.

- Strictly speaking, yes.
- I thought so.

That was the feedback
I was picking up

from your body language.

Oh.

I'm sensitizing myself
to the reactions of others.

Jolly...

Jolly good.

I thought you'd
like that, you know?

Esther's all for it.

We still have the evidence
of the guy who found the gun.

Edward Chambers.

Posh background, National
Service officer on leave.

I mean, are you telling
me that the police

leaned on him to
make him tell porkies.

A very credible witness.

I'm sure the police
were delighted

when they managed
to manipulate him

into making an identification.

His P.A. said she could probably

find a window for
us this afternoon.

Brian, come and
take a look at this.

- It's from forensics.
- Sorted out those fingerprints?

No, no, look.

There's something hidden
in the lining of the suitcase.

Oh, yeah. Interesting.

Do they know what it is?

They think it's a fragment
of a document of some kind.

They're gonna try and get at it,

but it's a bit of
a delicate job.

Thank you for your
cooperation, Sir Edward.

Bit of a tall order
asking to recall events

of some 50-odd years ago.

Oh, 50 years ago is easy.

But when you're
knocking on a bit,

last week fades into
the mist, don't you find?

So you're still clear

about the circumstances
of finding the gun?

Oh, yes.

According to the case papers,

you were on leave
from the army at the time.

Yes. Second Lieutenant
Chambers. 19.

Still thoroughly
wet behind the ears.

And you caught a number
19 bus from Battersea Bridge?

Yes. I didn't have to go far.

But, um, I was feeling
the cold after the tropics.

I went upstairs... I was
a smoker in those days...

And I was passed by a man
in a hurry in his way to get off.

And this was the man

that you later identified
as Richard Dunne?

Yes. Yes, it was.

Yes, well, more of him later.

So you... So you
took a seat on the bus?

Yes.

And I thought, well, this
isn't very comfortable,

even by the standards
of London Transport

that I was aware of.

There was something
down the back of the seat.

So I felt around

and encountered
the familiar shape

of a Webley service revolver.

Ah, now, is this the weapon
that was used in evidence, sir?

Yes. The clippie came
up the stairs at that point.

Rather pretty blonde, actually.

I told her we needed
to contact the police.

Did you describe the
man you saw to the police?

Yes, but not in any great detail

because I had no reason
to take notice of him.

But you subsequently
picked Richard Dunne out

in an identity parade.

Yes.

The truth is,

that as I was being escorted
through the police station

before the identity parade,

I caught a glimpse
of a man in handcuffs

being led down a corridor
by the detective, Collinson.

I thought it was just
a chance encounter.

But when Hannah contacted me,

I realized that it had been
very cleverly stage-managed.

And that man was Richard Dunne?

Yes, and when I saw
him in the identity parade,

I supposed he must be the man.

Collinson was blatantly
breaking the rules.

Yet again.

Was the identification
challenged at the trial?

Not with any great vigor.

And I'd made up my mind

that Dunne was the man I'd
seen leaving the bus, I'm afraid.

And there was so much
more evidence against him.

All worthless.

Have to admit it, Hannah...

You've done a good
job for your grandfather.

Couldn't someone have
done a better one at the time?

Tommy Collinson was a
really good governor to me.

If it hadn't been for him,

I don't think I'd have
had a career in the CID.

But I didn't work with Tommy

without knowing what
he'd get up to, to get results.

He'd cut corners,
bend the rules.

But only to get the right man.

But in this case he seems
to have got Tully hanged

on less evidence than
you need to put a dog down.

Thank God I wasn't there.

That was him, Jack, not you.

Yeah, but if I'd been around, I
might have gone along with it.

Makes you think.

Look what I've found.

Candy floss!

But it's in a tub. It
used to be on a stick.

Yeah, well, health and safety.

You know, my mum used
to bring us here all the time.

I only really
remember the fun fair.

But I thought the
park was much bigger.

No. We used to be much smaller.

This is true.

And I'll tell you something
else, to be honest.

This stuff's disgusting.

Yeah, yeah.

I'll tell you what...

Why don't we
pretend we're grown up

and go and have a drink?

Yeah.

It says here the most
fundamentally human quality

is an awareness of
one's impact on others.

That's quite an insightful
observation, isn't it?

Mm.

Yeah, I can quite see
how a man in my situation,

treading the tightrope between
painstaking professional zeal

and obsessional neurosis,

needs to scan his
environment constantly.

Monitor the feedback

that will keep him on
the straight and level.

- Don't you think?
- Yeah.

Tell me about your day, Esther!

Why?

Because I'm interested.

You've never been
interested before.

Nonsense. I've
always been interested.

Just never got 'round to asking.

Well, I went shopping.

Picked up a repeat
prescription from the doctor.

And I took back
the library books.

Well, that's it.

Have you had your hair done?

No!

But when you do, you
will tell me, won't you?

Oh, hiya.

Yeah, uh, look, June, can
I ring you straight back?

This isn't a good time.

Okay, soon as, yeah.

"June"?

Yeah, June Parker. It's
Richard Dunne's daughter.

Yeah, I know who she
is. What was that about?

Personal.

Really?

Oh, come on, Sandra.
Don't give me a hard time.

Look, she's not
just a bit of naughty.

She's different.

All I'm saying, Gerry,
is that you're mixing

your personal with
your professional life.

Tread carefully.

Goes without saying.

So where exactly do we
stand with this inquiry, Sandra?

Well, we now know
that Fred Tully,

far from being a
squeaky-clean pillar of society,

was involved in a fiddle
with big white fivers.

Which means the
motive for killing him

needn't have been a
straightforward street robbery.

And the prime
suspect, Richard Dunne,

was convicted on the
flimsiest of evidence.

In fact, there's no evidence
connecting Dunne and Tully

that stands up to
serious examination.

The police stitched him up.

Yeah, well, as far as
policing is concerned,

I'm delighted to say that,
"The past is another country.

They do things
differently there."

L.P. Hartley. He wrote that.

Yeah, I know that, Brian.

Oh. Sorry.

Right. Is there anything else?

Yes, we also know that

Douglas Murray was
involved in this scam with Tully,

and he's been lying about
it for the last 50 years.

Course, we don't know

that Murray's telling
us the truth even now.

Maybe he thought he'd
been gypped out of the money

and took it out on Tully.

Of course, that's just
speculation on my part.

What does everyone else think?

Well, what I think is that
budgets aren't infinite.

Perhaps we should spend ours
on more productive avenues.

Look, look, look.

The Dunne family
have been living

with a wrongful
conviction for 50 years.

Don't you think they're
entitled to a complete answer?

Well, maybe some things
are too deep in the past

to be satisfactorily
resolved, Gerry.

We're not here to
provide family therapy.

We are still waiting on
some forensic materials, sir.

Yeah, well, the best of
luck. But the meter's running.

When I tell my
kids how I grew up,

you'd think I was talking
about another century.

Well, you are, actually.

Yeah. I suppose,
technically, yeah.

Have you got a bain-marie?

A what?

Well, a blender, then.

No.

You've got no
kit in this kitchen.

It's a wonder you
haven't starved to death.

It's designed for a working
woman, not a celebrity chef.

All right, well, I'm
gonna have to improvise.

Now...

June, you didn't think it was
appropriate to come to my place,

so we've come to your place.

And you're still wound up.

I'm sorry.

Come on, come on.

Sit down.

Have a delicious
glass of wine...

and relax.

We're just having a
nice meal and a chat.

You're not selling
your soul to the devil.

That's not the way
Hannah would see it.

Hello, darling! It's me!

- Esther?
- I'm in here.

Red and white roses?

What?

Oh, Brian!

Red and white roses?

Mmm! Mmm, yeah,
that's really good.

And why are you so surprised?

Well, I did wonder.

With all that '50s nostalgia,

I thought it might be
brown Windsor soup

followed by toad-in-the-hole.

No, there are limits.
The past wasn't that good.

No.

So, uh...

how about the future?

Remind me, Gerry... How many
times have you been divorced?

Uh, three.

Yeah, but I didn't
have the maturity then.

No.

So, um, what's changed?

Oh, everything.

My three marriages went sideways
'cause I was always firing after

glamorous, glitzy
blondes, but...

With you, it's different.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, definitely.

I mean, you're
not my type at all.

Oh, that's terrific,
Gerry! Thank you!

- No, no, I didn't mean that.
- Shh, shh, shh.

When you're in a
hole, stop digging.

Oh, Esther. Come on.

Of course I haven't
forgotten your father's funeral.

It's just the composition
of the floral tribute

that slipped my mind.

Esther?

- Morning.
- Morning, all.

Morning.

- This is a turnup.
- What is?

Usable prints have been
retrieved from the suitcase.

- Yeah?
- And we've got a match for them.

Richard Dunne.

So there was a connection
between him and Tully.

Yeah. And this puts Dunne
right back in the frame.

Oh, shit!

Who's gonna tell the family?

I suppose I'd better.

Mr. Empathy himself.

Shut up, Brian.

- Oh, this is bullshit!
- Oh, Hannah, please.

I knew we should never
have cooperated with you.

It's a cover-up.

The establishment just can't
admit it hanged an innocent man.

I'm sorry, but the
evidence is very clear.

You people have
faked evidence before,

and you're faking it again now.

I think you better calm down.

I am taking this matter directly

to the Independent Police
Complaints Commission.

We are only trying
to get at the truth.

We have no more to say to you.

Would you please leave my
mother's house immediately?

June...

You'd better go.

You've told a lot of lies
over the years, Douglas.

We don't want any more.

You, Fred Tully, Richard Dunne.

You were all in this money
scam together, weren't you?

I never met Richard.
Fred dealt with him.

What sort of dealings
are we talking about?

Well, Richard was a villain.

He had contacts who
could put the money about,

launder it, take a cut,

and get us back low-denomination
notes we could use

without showing out too much.

How did Fred and Richard meet?

Oh, well, Fred was
having a drink in a pub

and Richard was knocking
out stuff fallen off a lorry.

They got talking.

Found they could
do a bit of business.

How did they get
on with each other?

Well, I mean, what Fred
was up to was white-collar.

You know, more
like fiddling really.

Richard was more
dangerous. You know?

He was, uh... He
could use violence.

Are you saying he
used, or threatened,

violence against Fred Tully?

Well, somebody did, didn't they?

And you kept quiet
about all of this

during the original
investigation and the trial.

Yeah, well, it suited me

if it looked like a street
robbery gone wrong.

Maybe it suited you that
Richard Dunne went down for it.

It seems to me he
did it. I certainly didn't.

You think otherwise,
you prove it.

Excuse me.

Jack, hi.

Okay. Thanks.
We'll be right there.

We're not finished with you.

Jack.

Oh, this is the
document that was found

in the lining of the suitcase.

You can hardly read it.

It's all singed
'round the edges.

But there's some
reference to Kenya

and the massacre of the Kikuyu.

But it's all torn at the bottom.

And there's a date...
Sixth of the 12th, '53.

No, no, hang on. That
doesn't make sense.

December 1953 would have
been after Tully was killed.

Oh.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Not December... June.

The 12th of June.

I think this is American.

You know, the way
they have the dates

the other way around from us.

As in "9/1 1."

This is from the
American Embassy.

How can you know that?

Brian, how on earth
could a document

from the American
Embassy have found its way

into the possession
of Fred Tully?

From the power station.

What, Battersea Power Station?

They didn't just burn
bank notes there.

The American Embassy

used to bring their confidential
documents for incineration.

It's all in here.

And this is the first time
you thought to mention it?

Well, it's a bit obsessional,

going on about
power-station history, isn't it?

I didn't want to bore people!

I'm trying to sensitize
myself to negative feedback.

Sandra!

Something else you
haven't told us about, Dougie.

Ah, yeah. Heh. The embassy.

The Bank of England were just

gentleman amateurs
by comparison.

It was a real circus
when the Yanks came.

Convoy of jeeps.
Armed military police.

And this happened
how frequently?

Oh, it was part of the routine.

And like the bank notes,

some of these documents
clearly survived the furnace.

Well, now and again.

I couldn't see they
were worth anything.

But when I told Fred,
he said, "You never know.

They take all that trouble
to get rid of this stuff.

Might be worth
something to somebody."

So you passed the
documents to Fred Tully.

What did he do with them?

Search me. I never
heard no more about it.

Didn't interest me.

Be honest, all I wanted
was the bread and honey.

1953.

The British Army is fighting
the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya.

Yeah, but that was all about
the natives getting restless

and killing white
settlers, wasn't it?

Well the Mau Mau certainly
had blood on their hands.

By the time the state
of emergency ended,

they'd killed around
100 white people

but also 2,000 Africans

suspected of collaboration
with the colonial authorities.

I'm sorry, but what's this
got to do with our case?

Well, hang on, Gerry.
I'm getting there.

What we didn't hear
about at the time

was the casualties
on the other side.

At least 1 1,000 Africans died

at the hands of the
colonial authorities.

Either killed in battle
or tried and executed

or, in some cases, massacred.

Document's been
enhanced. Listen to this.

"CIA Head of Station, Nairobi,
reports a reliable account

of killing of 15
unarmed Kikuyu civilians

in Kenya Central
Highlands by Somali troops

under command
of British officer..."

And the rest has been torn off.

Now, Edward Chambers
was on leave from the army

when he found the gun
and ID'd Richard Dunne.

So if Chambers
had served in Kenya,

he could be the officer that
this document is referring to.

And Tully could have
found the document

and blackmailed Chambers.

Did any of you gentlemen
actually do National Service?

Well, I was already down
for the police. I was exempt.

- Oh, no. Far too young.
- Yeah, me too.

You must understand

that they did
rather drop one in it.

I went from school
to National Service

and was shipped out to Kenya

to hold down a fraying
corner of the empire.

Mau Mau emergency?

A shorthand term for a
very complex situation.

Nationalism. Tribalism.

Most of the killing was done
by the Africans themselves.

During the time
of the emergency,

there were instances
of civilians being killed

by troops under British command.

Well, sadly, that is true.

In fact, one British officer
was prosecuted for murder.

Were you ever involved
in such an incident?

Certainly not.

You come from a very
wealthy family, Sir Edward.

Oh, depends what
you're used to, really.

But I-I concede the point.

Back in 1953,

was any attempt
made to blackmail you

over allegations that
you ordered a massacre

of African civilians in Kenya?

What on earth would
lead you to suggest that?

This was found in the
possession of Frederick Tully

at the time of his death.

I don't see how this implicates
me in any conceivable way.

Since you were instrumental

in getting Richard Dunne
hanged for killing Tully,

I think it's a
remarkable coincidence.

Coincidence.

Not very remarkable.

I mean, people go on
about conserving energy,

but this place was pumping its
exhaust steam under the Thames

to provide hot water and heating
for a council estate in Pimlico.

Magnificent!

Of course, the
outside appearance

was down to Sir
Giles Gilbert Scott,

architect of
Liverpool Cathedral.

And what he's given us here
is a quasi-religious building.

A temple of power.

I thought we'd established

you are interested in
power-station history.

When it's relevant
to the case, Brian.

Here's the bus. Over here!

Cor, it takes you
back, doesn't it?

You know, it was on the top
deck of one of these in 1961

I had my first adult experience.

I don't think I want
to know about that.

I smoked a Woodbine.

Look, can we get on with
the reconstruction? Yes.

So I am Edward Chambers,
19 years old, public schoolboy,

officer and gentleman.

We'll use our imaginations.

You're the clippie.

All right, then, who are we?

Well, there were a couple of
passengers on the top deck,

down the front end.

They weren't in a
position to see anything

and weren't called as witnesses.

- You can be them.
- Oh, thanks.

- Go on.
- Come on. Age before beauty.

Pearl before swine.

Hurry on.

All right. Move down the bus.

Now, I, Lieutenant Chambers,

have secreted about my
person the murder weapon.

But, far from
discovering the gun,

I am, in fact,
attempting to hide it.

Any fares, please.

But the Webley .38
is a large weapon.

Difficult to wholly conceal.

Now, you're the bus conductress.

What are you concentrating
on when you get to the top deck?

Um, new faces. People
who haven't paid yet.

So you're looking at me.

So now I have to make
a split-second decision.

- Uh, miss, I say...
- What, gov?

I think we're going to
have to call the police.

Cor, stone the crows!

Did you notice that
man who just got off?

Was in rather a hurry.

No, I wouldn't be bothered
with someone getting off.

I'd only be interested in
the people who hadn't paid.

So was Chambers.

Yeah, D.S. Collinson

wanted Dunne to go
down for it whatever.

So he let Chambers see him

on the way to the
identity parade.

And Chambers is home and dry.

Identifies Dunne, and
Collinson does the rest.

Well, we can tell each other
the story till the cows come home.

Are we actually gonna be
able to make it stand up?

- No.
- Not with what we got so far.

Douglas Murray
is behind all this.

He's a conniving little sod.

Let's have another go at him.

Yeah. Mob-handed.

Backup's on the way.

Well, you better
call an ambulance

just to make sure, but...

Okay, cheers.

Bye.

Preliminary postmortem
shows that Murray died

from head injuries
resulting from blunt trauma,

and there's also signs

that a TV and a video
recorder went missing.

Maybe it was a blind, just to
make it look like a burglary.

Now, we put Chambers
in the frame for killing Tully

because we thought
he could have been

a blackmail victim back in '53.

Are you saying that Murray
was blackmailing him as well?

Well, at least it has
the virtue of consistency.

No, no, no. Hang on a minute.

Murray's been living in
low-rent flat for the last 50 years.

If he had anything on
Chambers worth money,

what's kept him so long?

I can't answer that.

Are you telling me

that Sir Edward Chambers
jumped in his Roller,

swanned off down to Battersea,

and battered a
retired stoker to death?

Do me a favor.

In the morning,

Sir Edward chaired
the board of directors.

Which includes a retired
field marshal, an earl,

and the odd
Knight of the Garter.

We'll print out names
and addresses for you.

I'm sure they'll
be terribly amused

to be asked to supply an alibi.

Sir Edward lunched

with the Secretary of
State for Trade and Industry.

Oh, you can probably track
him down without our help,

being detectives.

Afternoon, reception at the
Zambian High Commission.

Bags of witnesses.

Including the high
commissioner himself, of course.

Charming man. He'll
enjoy meeting you.

Thanks for your
help, Sir Edward.

Duty of a citizen,
Superintendent.

Takes you back, doesn't it?

At least we're not
on offer these days.

Here we go.

Everybody follow me.

Do you miss it?

The old adrenaline rush
when you're on a spin?

- No.
- I do.

It was an interesting
opportunity

to look over different
people's houses.

Hi. Got your message.

What's going on?

Forensics found a DNA match
at the scene of Murray's murder.

Guy who lives at
the house... Ferris...

Has got form for violence.

That's him!

Didn't they make a
wrong-number phone call

to make sure he was in?

What do they teach
the kids these days?

Drive, Jack.

This isn't a job for a
man on beta-blockers.

You never lose
it, eh, Jack, son?

Get out of the car!

- Armed police!
- Armed police! Stay still!

All right, all right.

Jason Ferris?

Jason Ferris.

It's quite a file you've
got here, Jason.

Kept yourself very busy.

Oh. Few years in the army.

Including six months
in the glasshouse.

Then Civvy Street.

Civilian crime, civilian prison.

And then you went
abroad for awhile.

Bit of a gap year, was it?

Travel the world, meet
new people, kill 'em?

You've got it all
written down there.

Yes, but we want to
hear about it from you.

I spent a few years
doing contract work

for security firms.

- Where, exactly?
- Africa, mostly.

Sierra Leone, Liberia.

The Democratic
Republic of Congo.

So, what used to be
called a mercenary?

Call it what you like.

It says here that you specialize
in close protection work.

Bodyguard for VIPs.

Yeah, I've done a bit of that.

You must have met some
very interesting people.

That's confidential.

Two years ago your
firm provided security

for Transnational
Minerals in the Congo.

The chairman of the
Transnational board,

Sir Edward Chambers,
made a high-profile visit.

- Did you meet him?
- It's possible.

For the benefit of the tape,

I'm now showing Jason
Ferris a newspaper cutting.

That's Sir Edward on that visit

with a bodyguard
at his shoulder.

- It's you, isn't it?
- I won't argue.

Right, let's get serious.

Did you burgle
Douglas Murray's flat

at the instigation of
Sir Edward Chambers?

No.

Whatever he's paying,

surely it's not worth
all those years inside.

No comment.

Every effort will be
made to trace and seize

anything you've
earned illegally.

I don't think I have anything
more to say to you people.

I get offered bodyguards
in many of the places I visit.

None of them tend to
become personal friends.

Have you had any dealings
with Jason Ferris since that time?

Not to my recollection.

Has Douglas Murray made a
fresh attempt to blackmail you?

No action of mine could
have laid me open to blackmail.

Therefore there could
be no attempt in 1953,

and therefore there
could be no fresh attempt.

It's a matter of record
that Kikuyu tribesmen

were massacred by British
troops in the emergency.

And Kikuyu were
massacred by Kikuyu.

And so on and so forth.

People weren't
civilians or combatants.

They were farm workers by day
and Mau Mau guerrillas by night.

Are you saying there was a
justification for what went on?

I'm not a moral philosopher.

But what I can tell you is,

our experiences in Kenya

produced the tactics
for counterinsurgency

and are still being applied.

Dirty tricks for
dirty little conflicts

with no honor or glory.

We're not here to discuss that.

We're here to talk about your
responsibility for two murders.

You killed Tully yourself.

Then you contracted
Ferris to kill Douglas Murray.

And that's the truth.

Isn't it, Sir Edward?

Well, you've made a
quite fascinating trawl

into a long-lost world, and
I have nothing but praise

for the team's diligence
and persistence.

But?

I've spoken to the
CPS at the highest level,

and there's no prospect
of bringing charges

against Sir Edward Chambers.

You've got nothing
that'll stand up in court.

We are still investigating.

Nor are you likely to
find anything substantial

at this distance in time.

A man was hanged
on corrupt evidence.

Exactly.

The investigation and
trial of Richard Dunne

is a totally separate issue.

The papers will be
handed to the Home Office,

and there's every possibility

that the verdict
will be overturned.

The family may well be in line

to make a claim
for compensation.

But that's not what they
want. They want justice!

And justice is nailing the
bugger who really did it!

All right, Gerry, that's enough.

Win some, lose some.

The further pursuit
of this inquiry

is not in the public interest.

End of story!

I'd hoped we'd be
celebrating, but...

Call it a consolation prize.

No, this is very sweet of you.

Sorry Gerry can't make it.

Sends his apologies.
He's got a date.

Got to hand it to old Gerry.
He never gives up, does he?

Hi.

Hi.

I'm so glad you got in touch.

I just wanted a
chance to tell you...

Don't, Gerry. It wouldn't
have worked out.

I've done emotional upheaval.

I want a quiet life, and
you're not the man for that.

No, but I'm getting
quieter all the time.

I promise.

Listen, in a couple of years,

you're gonna have to
keep checking my pulse.

It's not a runner,
Gerry. You know that.

So why all the secrecy,
the hush-hush meeting?

I was hoping that
you were gonna say...

Hannah sent me, and she
wants it kept strictly unofficial.

Well, if she's got something
for us, it's a bit difficult.

Because officially
we're off the case.

Sir Edward's a
very influential man.

I can't comment on that.

All right.

What does Hannah want me to do?

She doesn't want
you to do anything.

She wants something from you.

Well, with Richard Dunne's
conviction being reviewed,

I suppose that's some
kind of result, eh?

Oh, suppose it is something.

I'll drink to that.

As for Tommy
Collinson and his firm,

well, there but for
the grace of God.

Ah! Bunyan.

That's where the
saying comes from.

"I saw a man going to
be hanged, and I thought,

'There but for the grace of
God goes John Bunyan. ""

Of course, people use the phrase
to mean "by a stroke of luck."

You know, as in
a roll of the dice

or the toss of a coin.

Well, what else did he mean?

Well, Bunyan was
a Calvinist, you see?

So, for him, God's grace

was the most fundamental
feature of the universe.

Can I have some more?

So it wasn't luck
which separated him

from the unfortunate man.

Thank you.

It was God's profound
but inscrutable purpose.

Oh, sorry. I've done
it again, haven't I?

Lost my audience.

Not at all, Brian.

Very well said. Thank you.

Your very good health.

Have you seen this?

Uh, yeah, it's all
over the Net as well.

Hannah Parker's Website.

She had a letter
from Douglas Murray

only to be opened in
the event of his death.

Murray had the other half
of the document all the time.

Which stated that
the Somali troops

were under the command of
Lieutenant Edward Chambers.

Fred Tully had
left it with Murray,

but Murray had never
understood the meaning of it.

Until we showed him the
half we found in the suitcase.

And that was when he tried
to put the black on Sir Edward.

All the African countries

that Chambers does
business with are up in arms.

He's had to resign as
chairman of E.C. Mining Ltd.

So there is a bit of
justice left in the world.

Never mind about justice.

The point is, how the hell
did Hannah Parker get hold

of our half of the document, eh?

Nothing to do with me, sir.

- I can assure you of that.
- Strickland.

Yes. Thanks.

Hannah Parker is
on the BBC News.

I'm not prepared to
reveal my sources.

But I will say that even in
the most reactionary, corrupt,

and incompetent institutions

that there are one
or two individuals

who still know the
meaning of integrity.

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if you're old and gray ♪

♪ It's all right, I
say it's okay ♪

♪ Listen to what I say ♪

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if the sun don't shine ♪

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say it's okay ♪

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the end of the day ♪

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