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No, leave it.

I want to see you.

[crying ]

Shh! It's okay. It's okay. Shh!

What is it?

Is it me?

Can you not bear to look at me?

Chris.

Chris, please.

How am I supposed to understand if you won't talk to me?

Chris.

[ Door slams]

Oh, shit.

[Click]

[Alarm buzzing ]

WOMAN: ...moving slowly east

and filling 1011 by 13:00 tomorrow.

Low moving steadily east

expected 150 miles west of Bailey, 1014,

by the same time.

[ Doorbell rings]

WOMAN: Your change.

- Thanks. - WOMAN: Cheers.

Good morning. Jane Tennison.

Good girl.

Yes. You've got buttons.

That's a good girl.

Yes.

Where'd she go?

Susan?

Vicki!

[Siren wailing]

[ Indistinct talking over police radio]

[ Indistinct conversations]

WOMAN: Come on, lads.

Let's move on back behind the line.

Come on, now.

MAN: Can you give us a statement, Inspector?

Anyone home, Inspector?

OFFICER: Victoria Jane.

CAROLYN: Vicki. Everyone calls her Vicki.

OFFICER: And she's 14 months old?

CAROLYN: On the 23rd.

OFFICER: Can you tell me how tall she is or her weight?

I should have them matched for you by this afternoon.

- How did they get in? - Screwdriver.

[ All shouting]

Dave, sort these cars out, please, now!

My baby.

My baby.

All right.

DOCTOR: Well, that's fine.

Everything's just as it should be.

If you experience any problems,

don't hesitate to contact Dr. Gordon or myself.

We find that terminations performed this early

don't usually present any physical --

When can I get back to work?

[ Indistinct conversations telephone ringing ]

Good morning, ma'am.

Is Superintendent Thorndike in?

He left about an hour ago, ma'am.

I've put the case files on your desk.

Will there be anything else?

No. That's all. Thank you.

Shall I draw the curtains?

[Telephones ringing ]

What's the problem with the phones?

When did Thorndike authorize this?

Last night through the press office.

The paper approached us with the idea.

It was a real rush job.

It's a bloody disaster is what it is.

Well, the same kind of coverage worked wonders

with the Kelly Parker kidnapping.

Kelly Parker was abducted from a hospital by a nurse.

There was no violence.

It describes Susan Covington's condition as "serious"

for Christ's sake!

Look, you're the abductor. You're already soared shitless.

Now you think you might be facing a murder charge?

If they're still holding the baby,

that could be a bloody death warrant.

Is Susan conscious yet?

Yeah, but she's in shock. She's not responding to anyone.

Well, she's got to talk to us. Has the doctor seen her?

What does the psychiatrist say?

Well, he was dead cagey.

You know, even minor head wounds can be serious.

And even if she does snap out of it,

the chances are she could be suffering

from something called post-traumatic...

- Amnesia. - Amnesia, yeah.

If it lasts more than 24 hours, memory loss could be permanent.

Forensic found a blood smear on the kitchen wall.

It looks like the abductor threw her against it.

Her skull's not fractured.

- Who's the chaperone? - Havers.

Oh, well, at least you did something right. That's good.

She'll give us a shout if there's any change.

Now, listen, we've got to take the heat off the abductor,

so, Richard, get on to the press office,

arrange it with the networks,

have a camera team standing by to make an appeal.

If Susan can't do it, I'll make it myself.

Arrange it so we can move at half an hour's notice.

Right, boss.

God.

No wonder Thorndike was in such a hurry.

I'll make this short and to the point as possible.

Now, obviously, I've got a lot of catching up to do,

and so have the officers who've joined us from AMIP.

That's D.S. Westbrook and D.C. Aplin.

Now, I know how difficult it is to give 100% on unpaid overtime,

but I'm sure we all want to find Vicki Warwick alive and well.

No one would want to be 5 minutes too late.

Let's make sure we're not.

Okay, Richard.

Warwick is the husband's name.

He left the family home about 10 months ago.

He's up north now, running a farm he inherited.

He says he was at the farm at the time of the abduction,

but he lives alone and there's no one to confirm his story.

TENNISON: Did they search the place?

Yeah. Nothing. And he blew a fuse.

Well, he might have left the baby somewhere else.

Has he got a girlfriend?

Not that anyone knows of.

The bird he left his wife for is getting married next week.

The local C.l.D. are keeping an eye on the place.

Okay, Tony, Furnham Road?

The back door was forced. Forensics are a nightmare.

Fingerprints, hair, fibers galore.

Chances are most of them belong

to the builders who have been working there.

Are you tracking them down for exemplars?

Susan Covington has to tell us who they were first.

Until we can interview her, we've no way of knowing

what time the intruder or intruders entered the building.

But we do know that they didn't leave till after 12:30.

The next-door neighbors got back from a dinner party

round about then and reversed into Susan's car.

Drunk?

New contact lenses.

[ Laughter]

Have you found the car?

MUDDYMAN: Not yet, boss.

Well, obviously, that's a priority.

Now, who's our abductor?

Well, they're either local

or at least spend time in the area.

They'd have had to watch the house.

We've ruled out kidnapping so far

because "A," we haven't received a ransom demand

and "B," you only have to take one look

at the outside of the house

to know that there's not enough dosh around

to make it worthwhile.

So we have to proceed on the assumption

that Vicki Warwick was abducted for nurture or abuse.

Who's pounding the computers?

McCOLL: D.S. McColl, gov.

I'm compiling a list of pedophiles

living within a 30-mile radius of London.

TENNISON: And what database are you using?

MCCOLLI N.C.l.S.

Well, there's another one in Derby, I think,

that keeps tabs on suspected as well as convicted offenders.

I'll get on it, gov.

Let's get hold of the local registrar,

see if anyone's lost a baby recently --

illness, cot death, miscarriage.

Yeah, well, that gets my vote.

I don't see what a nonce could do with a kid that young.

Right, let's get in touch with the adoption agencies,

see if anyone's been refused an application recently.

It could be that they wouldn't take no for an answer.

I'll do that, gov.

Good. Thanks.

Well, right, I think that's it.

No, hey, wait a minute.

Now, this is a long shot, but it might be worthwhile.

Call traffic, see if their cameras caught the missing car

on Monday night.

I mean, if I'd just abducted a baby

and bashed the mother over the head,

I might be rattled enough to run a red light

or break the speed limit.

All right, that's it. Let's find Vicki Warwick.

CAROLYN: Teresa, I've got to go now.

A detective.

Yeah.

Yeah, she showed me her card, her I.D.

Yeah, okay. Okay!

Sorry. It's Natalie's mum.

She's a bit anxious.

How long have you worked for Susan Covington?

Since Vicki was born.

That can't be easy, working for two families.

Oh, it's no problem as long as the kids don't hate each other.

And Susan and Teresa work for the same firm,

so it costs them less than two nannies would

and I make a bit extra.

So you got to Susan's house at 7:30.

Was that normal time?

Yeah, I picked Natalie up at 7:00 and went right over.

We do one week here and the next at Susan's.

You know, alternate.

Is she gonna be all right?

Well, she's conscious, but she's still in shock.

You used a mobile phone to call us yesterday?

Yes, Susan gave it to me to carry in case of emergencies.

I moaned about it

'cause I already had enough to lug around.

TENNISON: Where did you get this?

I think Susan brought it back from Florida.

Did you know you could be prosecuted

for just carrying mace?

No.

She got me that about a month ago.

I was supposed to take a photo

if anyone dodgy was hanging around

when I took the kids to the park.

The film's blank.

Well, except for a couple of shots I took to try it out.

What of?

Vicki.

I'll borrow this if you don't mind.

I'll return it tomorrow with the negatives.

Well, they're recent photos, you see.

Go ahead.

Thank you for your help.

The woman who reported it was out walking her dogs.

Any of the kids in custody?

One.

Malcolm Roberts, 10 years old.

He spends more time in the local nick

than he does at school.

Anyway, his gang found it about 11:00 this morning.

The keys were still in the ignition.

There's absolutely no sign of Vicki?

No. Sorry, gov.

We're only five minutes away from Susan Covington's house.

I mean, why ditch it here? It doesn't make sense.

Yeah, unless you're local

or maybe they had another car waiting.

Muddyman.

Kids like Malcolm have their eyes peeled.

Why don't you talk to him again,

see if he saw another car parked around here.

Gov.

SUSAN: She'd had a rotten day.

A rotten week, really.

She couldn't eat, and she wouldn't settle.

I had to take her to the doctor

when her first teeth came through.

I finally put --

I finally got her to sleep at about half-past one,

then I went downstairs.

TENNISON: Not to bed?

I had work to do.

I'm cramming for my exams.

I'm taking my taxation finals.

On Tuesday.

Today.

I started to read, then I fell asleep.

And how long were you asleep?

SUSAN: Not long.

Something woke me.

I went into the hall.

When I got near the kitchen,

I was grabbed -- pulled from behind.

I tried to fight. I tried.

Then I was thrown against the wall.

I don't remember falling or...

Can you describe your attacker?

Susan, anything, anything.

The smallest details are absolutely crucial.

Did you get an impression of their build

or feel what sort of clothes they were wearing?

I'm sorry.

It's all right. It's all right.

If you remember anything later on, just tell Maureen.

Susan, I spoke to Carolyn today, your nanny.

And she told me that you'd given her a camera to carry around.

Do you remember that? It was about a month ago.

Yes.

Why did you do that?

I don't know.

Well, has someone been following you and Vicki?

Have you noticed someone watching the house?

There was someone in the park, in Furnham Park.

He had two little girls with him.

He didn't look dangerous, but...

But what?

He was clingy.

What do you mean, clingy?

SUSAN: Difficult to get rid of.

He kept putting his hands on Vicki's pushchair

and touching her.

Can you describe him for me?

Right. Hey, there's Mummy.

Hello, Mummy! Hello!

[ Muttering ]

How's she doing?

I don't think she's too happy about having the makeup put on.

It's very important she looks as healthy as possible.

Did you explain that to her?

Yeah, but it's bound to feel odd,

like tarting yourself up for a rapist.

No joy at the factory, boss.

We did get clear impressions of the Renault tires

and the kids' trainers, but nothing else.

Shit. All right, well,

just put anyone you can on a house-to-house search.

Maybe they were stupid enough

to dump the car on their own doorstep.

Did you get the nanny's photos back from the lab yet?

I've been polite, sarcastic, and bloody obnoxious,

but they've got a backlog.

We'd have been better off sending them to Boots.

Are you up to this?

Good.

I hope I'm talking to the person who has Vicki.

I'd give anything to hold my little girl again.

I'm very frightened.

Perhaps you're frightened, too.

I don't want anything to happen to you or to Vicki.

Revenge is the last thing I want.

I don't want you to be punished.

You just need help.

Please help us all -- you, me, and Vicki --

by contacting the police.

The sooner you call,

the sooner we can all stop being afraid.

Please bring Vicki back.

Please bring...

I don't know. How reliable do you think this thing is?

Run it by the nanny, see if it rings any bells.

From traffic, gov.

Boss, traffic came through.

Bugger my boots.

What's this code?

The camera location.

Falloden Way.

It's a stretch of the A1 here, just below the M1.

But that's nowhere near where it was abandoned.

Yeah, look at the time. 3:30.

That's two hours after Susan was attacked.

They couldn't have spent that long in the house.

Where the hell were they going?

To dump the corpse?

Or transfer the body to somewhere else?

Shall I call off the house-to-house

in the factory area?

No, no.

Perhaps they made the drop and didn't fancy a long walk home.

Maybe we could get the shot enhanced,

get the driver's silhouette?

We'll have died of old age

before we get that back from the lab, but try.

First thing tomorrow morning.

So, Vicki Warwick could be anywhere north of London?

No. No, it starts to get light around 5:30.

They wouldn't want to be seen ditching the car.

So they were caught speeding at 3:30,

so that gives them two hours

to get where they were going and come back.

Less 5 or 10 minutes to drop the baby.

So if we work out the farthest they could go and get back

in 80 minutes,

we've got our search radius.

Unless the second-vehicle theory holds good,

in which case it could be in Scotland by now.

I thought you were supposed to be working the nonce records.

Hmm?

Go on, then.

Prick.

Where are you?

[Telephone rings]

Kernan.

- Mike, it's Jane. - KERNAN: Hello, Jane.

I saw the appeal.

I thought you handled it very well.

Look, I'll need more help on this one, Mike.

The Service Level Agreement guarantees me more officers.

You've got all the bodies you're entitled to under S.L.A.

If it turns into a murder investigation,

I can let you have another six men.

And what are they supposed to be, pallbearers?

Jane, you know as well as I do

this kid is probably dead already.

No, no, I do not know that!

Look, I need more detectives, Mike.

I need more uniforms.

Vicki needs them.

I'm sorry.

Jesus, Mike,

you can't spare six officers to help save a child's life,

but you can spare them to find her killer.

Go home. Get some sleep.

Give me an update in the morning.

You okay, gov?

Yeah.

Where did you say that husband lived?

Derbyshire.

M1?

HASKONS: Yeah, they searched the place once.

Well, we'll drive up there tomorrow and do it ourselves.

The local plod are gonna love us.

Night.

[Telephone rings]

Hello?

Hello? Do you want to leave a message for Susan?

Mr. Warwick?

Mr. Warwick? Hello?

Mr. Warwick?

Mr. Warwick, sir?

There's no one upstairs, ma'am.

Perhaps he's out with his stock?

Or perhaps he's done a runner.

Well, we've got two men watching the house.

Well, the house isn't gonna run, is it?

Mr. Warwick?

This is Detective Constable Hawker.

Mr. Warwick?

Mr. Warwick?

HAWKER: Mr. Warwick?

Mr. Warwick?

I'm Detective Superintendent Tennison.

What are you doing here?

I want to ask you some questions about your daughter.

Do you recognize him?

He might have had two little girls with him,

one dark, one fair, about six or seven years old.

No.

You're positive?

Who is he?

Well, he was seen approaching your wife

in Furnham Park last month.

Yeah, well, I haven't even been in London for a year,

let alone Furnham Park.

TENNISON: Why do you live up here?

WARWICK: My father died about 11 months ago.

Somebody has to look after the place.

And you live here alone?

You know I do.

But you left your family because of an affair?

WARWICK: Yeah. Two of them.

Me and Margaret Lacey, Susan and her career.

You don't approve of women who take their careers seriously?

Not if it makes them selfish.

I don't approve of anyone who turns a career into a fetish.

I was an estate agent, I made a pile at it,

but it wasn't an obsession.

Just as well, since you got fired.

The bottom fell out of the market.

And you lived on your wife's income.

Yes.

But there isn't a mortgage.

She used the money from her father's will,

and I did the deal, a bloody good one.

And my money paid for the restorations.

I'm going to fight her for custody.

Vicki would have a better life here.

I mean, where would you rather grow up?

I could look after her just as well.

Better.

She wouldn't have been kidnapped if I'd been with her.

Yeah, but you weren't, were you?

Do you think you'll be awarded custody of Vicki?

I mean, I would have thought your chances were rather slim.

You're an unfaithful husband, you left the family home,

you're on the point of bankruptcy.

I mean, you haven't seen your daughter in --

Yeah, but that's only because of Susan.

You mean she wouldn't let you?

No.

But you know what it's like when you fall in love.

And you think, "Oh, so, this is what it's really like?

I never knew."

Well, the same thing goes for falling in hate.

I couldn't stand to be near her.

TENNISON: You hate your wife, do you?

Deeply.-

TENNISON: Enough to hurt her by taking Vicki?

No.

Did you pay someone else to take her?

- No! - Well, where is she?

I don't know! I wish to Christ I did!

Didn't your man turn up at the rendezvous?

What? This is ridiculous.

I was here all weekend. I told you.

I couldn't possibly...

Where did you -- How dare you --

Do you want to read the search warrant?

This is a credit-card receipt for petrol you bought

at the Neroche Services on the M1

at 2:30 on Sunday afternoon.

You were not here all weekend.

You were in London. Why did you lie to us?

Were you planning on abducting Vicki?

If you don't talk to us, I'm taking you down to London.

Cuff him. I'm arresting you on suspicion --

I was with Margaret.

I'm sorry?

Margaret Lacey.

Mrs. Margaret Harper as of next Friday.

She lives in Hendon.

We were together when...

TENNISON: When Vicki was taken?

Oh. Oh, oh, I see.

You were sleeping with someone else's fiancee

when your daughter was abducted.

Is that what you're trying to tell me?

She's dead, isn't she?

Bloody hell.

Sorry, mate, yeah, I'll call you back, yeah.

Get on the phone and have them blow this up.

Go on. Quick.

They may be slow, but they're not stupid.

MUDDYMAN: Get copies run off for the boys already out there

and then blitz the neighborhood.

Eliminate from our inquiries. Nothing stronger.

If he's our bloke,

I don't want his relatives or his mates panicking him.

- Right. - Right, go on.

Now, if he turned up in this shot,

the chances are he visits this park on a regular basis.

The kids are eating ice creams now.

Check out all the vans that work the area.

Someone must know who he is.

Christopher Edward Hughes.

Born 4th of September 1956.

December '85, sentenced to 14 years imprisonment

after the systematic abuse of his 7-year-old stepdaughter.

June '92, 6 months residential, Osborne Clinic.

Released on parole, December '92.

Touchstone Avenue? Touchstone Avenue.

Only half a bloody mile from Vicki Warwick's house

and a 20-minute walk

from the factory where the Renault was dumped.

Gotcha.

Now, listen to me.

Nobody goes in without a warrant.

Have you got a warrant?

Good. Go ahead. Go ahead.

Thanks for your cooperation, Mr. Warwick.

He's in your custody until we verify his alibi.

If he needs to see to his stock, cuff him to a cow.

Sod it.

- MCCOLL: Hey. - Jesus Christ.

Look at this.

Bye-bye, Annabel.

Christopher Edward Hughes?

Yeah. Who are you?

I'm Detective Inspector Muddyman,

Southampton Row Police Station.

Cuff him.

Hey, what's going on? I ain't done nothing!

I'm arresting you

on suspicion of the abduction of Vicki Warwick.

You do not have to say anything.

That's bollocks.

But what you say may be given in evidence.

Do you understand that you're under caution?

Look, I don't know anything about the baby!

- Do you understand it? - Shit!

Well, just pictures from magazines.

Pictures of young children.

Well, there's no law against collecting pictures of children.

Not ones like that anyway.

And I haven't had any of the other sort in years.

There's no harm in them.

Plenty of harm in this, though, Christopher.

All these children missing, abused, murdered.

Why do you take such an interest in them?

I was sick. I was screwed up, all right?

I went to a clinic when I come out of prison.

That's what they taught me.

But when you're sick, like, say you'd got cancer,

and then they cure you,

you'd still be interested in the disease, wouldn't you?

Different cases, causes, new cures.

No cures in here, Christopher, just the disease.

You've worked at Carfit for six months, haven't you?

Yeah, a bloke I went to school with owns it.

He believes in giving people a second chance.

But the money's not up to much, though, is it?

Well, sometimes I have to skip a few meals.

What's that got to do with anything?

Skip a few meals?

2,000 quid here, Christopher.

Yeah, I play the horses.

An accumulator paid off.

It came to nearly three grand.

I spent about 900 buying a telly for Anne

and some presents for the girls.

A mattress is a strange place to keep this amount of money.

Why not put it in a savings account?

Sooner or later, there's always some nosy bastard

who wants to know where it come from.

You used to be a member

of the Pedophile Information Exchange.

Yeah, not anymore.

Well, supposing you were still in touch with your old mates,

what would the going rate be for a 14-month-old child?

2,000 quid?

- Where is she? - I don't know.

- Why did you take the oar? - What bloody oar?

Susan Covington's. Was that a part of the deal?

Or did your client need a lift home?

I didn't take her!

I already told you I was with my girlfriend all night.

Why don't you just ask her?

Do you recognize this woman?

No, I've never seen her before.

Now do you recognize her?

I've never met her.

SLEETH: Take as much time as you need.

Number four.

Yes!

He's the man from the park.

How did you find him so quickly?

Has he taken a child before?

I'm afraid we can't tell you that.

ANNE: We watched a film on the box till about 1:00,

then turned in.

We were together all night.

MUDDYMAN: He couldn't have left without your knowledge?

When you were asleep maybe?

ANNE: No. I'm a light sleeper. When you've lived on your own --

What time did he leave the house?

Well, at about 1:30, but --

MUDDYMAN: I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I thought you said you'd spent the night together?

We had a fight.

- MUDDYMAN: What about? - Well, nothing really.

After a couple of minutes, I decided to go after him

and we spent the rest of the night at his place.

So you left the children unafiended?

No.

What is it with you people?

You see a single mother, and as far as you're concerned,

we're all screwed up and useless.

- We're disaster areas. - I'm sorry.

ANNE: It's half-term.

Gayle and Alison were sleeping over at a friend's house.

We dropped them off there

after Chris had taken us all to the pictures.

Where did you catch up with Chris?

Furnham Park.

It's on his way home.

He was just sitting there about to come back.

But his place is closer.

What time did you leave him?

7:00.

How long was he out of your sight?

15 minutes.

And you're prepared to sign a statement to that effect?

Look, what's Chris supposed to have done?

MUDDYMAN: We're questioning him

in connection with the abduction of Vicki Warwick.

What, that baby that was taken?

You're crazy.

MUDDYMAN: How long have you known him?

Since last August, about six months.

He's a decent bloke,

and God knows there aren't many of them about.

How did you meet?

Well, I don't see that that's any of your business.

An ad.

What kind of ad?

In the local paper.

"Attractive 30-something divorcée

seeks sincere, caring man for friendship and possible romance.

Good sense of humor essential. Must love children."

Check her neighbors,

see if anyone saw or heard her leave the house.

And also reinterview everyone in Hughes' building,

see if anyone saw her arrive or leave.

Right.

We've got him till 12:00 tomorrow.

That's 19 hours to get something solid

or we're going to have to let him walk.

Richard, how did he hold up?

I had to ease off when his brief turned up.

MUDDYMAN: What did he say

when you told him he'd been identified?

He couldn't remember.

He talks to a lot of people in the park.

He's a friendly bloke.

MUDDYMAN: Especially with kids.

Look, we've got to break his alibi,

and we've got to find out who might have bought Vicki.

So keep the boys at it, Richard, all known associates.

Also check with Anne Sutherland's

relatives and friends,

see if anyone's suddenly got an extra little girl.

Let's wheel him up again, boss.

Let me take a crack at him.

No, you're driving me to Bedford.

Bedford?

Yeah, the Osborne Clinic.

Superintendent!

[ All shouting]

Is it true you've arrested Vicki's kidnapper?

Bog off. Bog off.

They really piss me off.

Back! Get back!

Sorry. They had to be opened.

Makes you think, though.

Some people's hearts are in the right place.

Fancy some tea?

MAN: Dr. Schofield will be with you shortly.

I saw the broadcast you made.

Was a psychiatrist consulted?

There wasn't time.

I'm assuming that you wrote the appeal?

Mm-hmm.

You did a very good job.

For an amateur?

No, no, by any standards.

Please sit.

So, how much evidence do you have against Hughes?

He's our prime suspect.

And you haven't found the child as yet?

No.

We think that Hughes may have been paid to take her.

What, by another pedophile?

Yes, perhaps by someone he served time with

or met here.

I would say that was very unlikely.

Hughes didn't form any friendships,

either here or in prison.

How can you know that?

I am correct in assuming that you're here to benefit

from my professional opinion.

Please sit down.

Most of our clients

take to the theory and practice of group therapy

with an ease that sometimes borders on enthusiasm,

but our Mr. Hughes was disruptive.

That's why he was referred to me.

You are an independent consultant?

DR. SCHOFIELD: I have a practice,

and some of my spare time is spent on research.

Like, at present, I'm doing some work for the Met.

Given the seriousness of our case,

would you help us build up a profile of our abductor?

No.

But only because it's so serious.

What I can tell you is that I would very much doubt

whether Hughes is the person that you're looking for.

Why?

Because he would never abuse

a child younger than five years old.

He'd consider it perverse.

He believes that children reach sexual maturity at five.

That's the age that he was when he was first abused.

Well, that's no bloody excuse, is it?

No, but it is the reason.

What you have to understand is that 98% of our clients

are the products of abuse.

Not everyone who's abused turns into a nonce.

DR. SCHOFIELD: Well, that's the most important aspect

of the work that we do here,

learning how to treat abused children

so they don't turn into monsters.

Yes, but you only get half the story, don't you?

Yes, that's true,

but, unfortunately, we have serious problems

in gaining insights into mature survivors of abuse.

Hughes told us that you'd cured him.

Really?

Listen, a client could spend the rest of his life in here

and still not be healed.

The wounds are too old.

I'm afraid there are no cures.

Castration.

No cures that the law allows.

Why did you release him?

It's not my decision.

It's up to the parole board

and the local authority accountants

that have been paying for his treatment.

The best that we can do for these men

is to get them to acknowledge that their behavior is deviant

and to examine the reasons for it

and then try and help them

to achieve some measure of control over it.

Hughes is dating a divorcée,

the mother of two little girls, six and seven.

How much control did you give him?

Can we see Hughes' case notes?

No.

Dr. Schofield, a child's life is at stake here.

It's a question of ethics.

And beside which, I would very much doubt

whether you're qualified

to interpret the material correctly.

And you're certain that he didn't take her?

Well, Dr. Schofield, I daresay

that you won't care too much about professional ethics

if Vicki Warwick is found dead.

You could have saved her.

Thank you.

HAVE RS Susan?

Superintendent Tennison is here.

Can she come in for a few minutes?

Hello, Susan.

I'm sorry. There's no news about Vicki yet.

Is Maureen looking after you all right?

She's spoiling me.

I'm so used to living on my own.

I wanted to ask you a question about the man you identified.

Christopher Hughes.

He's got an alibi.

So did you ever see him with another man?

Are you sure?

Yes.

I only saw him once.

With the little girls.

I'm sorry.

It's all right. Thank you.

SUSAN: Will he be released?

I don't know.

I want her back.

Please bring her back.

The travelers made camp yesterday.

One of the kids spotted a bag stuck in the sluice.

It could have been dropped miles upstream.

The current's a real killer.

Without drainage to the lake, it might never have been found.

Where are the nearest houses?

That way, about half a mile.

My boys are asking, but I don't suppose anybody's seen anything.

MUDDYMAN: Where did the travelers phone in from?

WHITE: Pay phone on the motorway services.

Soon as we got here, it was obvious we had to call you.

Is this your girl?

Yes.

How long has she been in the water?

Two or three days. There's no rigor present.

If the water weren't so cold, she'd have started to decay.

Was she molested?

It's hard to say yet.

We'll need rectal and vaginal swabs, but she is naked.

What did she die of?

Until I look at her lungs, I won't be able to say for sure.

No. No cutting.

Not until she's been formally identified.

And I want Oscar Bream to do the postmortem.

Thank you.

Is this Vicki?

Did she suffer?

No.

We'll get whoever did this. I promise you.

I promise you.

[ All shouting]

Tony, forget it.

The 24 hours were up.

Well, I want round-the-clock surveillance on Hughes,

and I want him to know it.

If Anne Sutherland's daughters are at risk,

I want him to think twice about it,

and I want to go back

to the names our offender search coughed up

and the disappointed adopters and the bereaved parents

and I want them all interviewed

and relatives and friends and neighbors

and the whole bloody lot.

Wild-goose chase.

It is not a wild-goose chase!

And if anyone here needs an incentive,

they can go down to Oscar Bream's

and see what's lying on his slab.

Have you got anything from forensics, Richard?

They're still working,

but it looks like the river's probably washed away

any of the evidence.

They did say that the mud from the riverbank

matches the mud that was found in the Renault's...

- Footwell. - Footwell.

TENNISON: Yeah, well, all right.

That's not much, but it's something.

All right, that's it,

except I know what hours you've been putting in.

No one could be working any harder.

Thank you.

-[ Telephone rings] - Hello?

Put the new boys to work, Tony.

All right, gov.

PRIDE: Boss?

There's a Dr. Schofield waiting in reception.

I heard about the little girl. I'm very sorry.

We all are.

Look, I need to know.

Vicki Warwick, were there any signs of abuse?

We haven't got the medical reports yet.

Are you still certain we've got the wrong man?

Can I see him?

Is that why you're here?

Your finger is on a trigger.

This kind of emotional stress

could drive him straight back to established behavior patterns.

Now, as far as we know,

he hasn't as yet abused the girls available to him,

but if you keep this pressure up,

then there's every chance that he'll fixate on them.

Can I see the file?

What's all the cloak and dagger about?

You and me, video room, no guests.

CHRIS: Well, Vanessa was five when I married Carol.

Five and three-quarters.

I mean, even a couple of months is a big deal at that age.

She was wonderful,

and,like, when she started to trust me...

There's no trust like a child's.

It's, like, sort of perfect.

It's a perfect thing, you know.

She'd look up at me with them big green eyes.

People can't meet your eyes like that.

She didn't understand what she felt.

DR. SCHOFIELD: And you helped her to understand?

Yeah, gently.

It's like a game.

The best game.

You know, she'd get so excited.

Yeah, she'd fill with such emotion and there'd be tears.

She loved me that much.

DR. SCHOFIELD: It doesn't occur to you

that she may have been frightened?

No, she loved me.

DR. SCHOFIELD: Yes, but men like you

can sometimes frighten children.

CHRIS: No, no, only the bastards.

You know, it's the ones that are too pig ignorant

to know how to help a child to understand, like.

And there was this one bloke, he was a bloke here,

in one of those group sessions,

and he bought his little girl two kittens, right?

And after she got attached,

he killed one.

He strangled it in front of her,

then he said he'd do the same to the other one

if she didn't do what he wanted.

Bastard.

I mean, imagine putting me,

no, someone like me in the same room as a shit like that.

Jesus.

DR. SCHOFIELD: Hughes was sent to prison in 1985.

It was probably only then

that he realized there was no chance of seeing Vanessa again.

He was found with his wrists slashed,

and he was in a critical condition for some time.

I really think I should see him.

We had to release him an hour ago.

CHRIS: Where are the girls?

ANNE: They're playing round at Angela's.

I took them over before I came to meet you.

You didn't tell them I'd been arrested?

What do you think?

Thanks for sticking up for me, making a statement and that.

Some people get scared, you know.

Just being around the police makes them feel guilty.

They must have guilty consciences then, mustn't they?

CHRIS: You want to know why they picked me up?

They're picking up anyone local who's got a record.

You didn't tell me you had one.

No.

Sorry.

It was years ago. Some burglaries.

I got 14 months in Wandsworth.

I should have told you.

Well, what would burglary have to do with a kidnapping?

The place was broken in to, expert job they reckoned.

They thought I might have done it.

Mind those filthy overalls.

Yeah, they didn't give me time to change.

I could always take them off.

No, you need something to eat before you go back to work,

and I've got to go and pick up the girls.

Sharon, get me D.C.l. Turner, of the Child Protection Team.

Yeah, that's Ruth Turner, as soon as possible.

[Telephone rings]

Yes, Ruth.

Well, keep trying. Thanks.

Denny, have you got Hughes' file?

Tony's using it.

[ Doorbell rings]

BREAM: Jane, right, well.

There was no physical trauma consistent

with attempted or actual intromission,

and there was nothing on the internal swabs.

She didn't drown.

There was hardly any water in the lungs

and none at all in her tummy.

And what was the cause of death?

BREAM: Asphyxiation.

In asphyxial death, the lungs stop working

but the blood becomes depleted of oxygen.

Amongst other things, this can cause a color change

in the victim's skin -- cyanosis.

Though she's been in the water, you can still see the blue tinge

on the tips of the ears, the lips, and the nail beds,

and there's cyanotic congestion in all the major organs,

especially the lungs.

And was she strangled?

BREAM: Not strangled, either by ligature or hand.

That would have left bruising.

Provided we get negative results

from the toxicology and drug screens,

my guess is that she was suffocated.

It can take as little as 20 to 30 seconds.

She died quickly.

Yeah, I mean, they can always tell when they've got a rival,

especially if it's their daughter.

Nah, Carol was a pain in the neck.

It was touch and go whether I could put up with her

until I met little Vanessa.

DR. SCHOFIELD: Did you make love with Carol?

CHRIS: Yeah, but not often.

Anyway, I don't think she minded that much.

I mean, she'd had a rough time with her first husband.

I think all she really wanted was to be treated decent.

Anyway, you put up with anything, don't you,

to be near someone that you love?

- Where is she? - Seven.

He left her place at 1:30.

She didn't see him again until the next morning.

Pick him up.

And what time did he leave your house?

Half-past 1:00, like I said before.

I was telling the truth about the fight.

TENNISON: Well, who started it?

I don't know.

I suppose he did.

It was over...

Well, he won't make love unless the light is off

and I wanted to leave it on,

and we ended up shouting.

In your statement, you said you went after him?

No. I was too upset.

But the next morning, I felt silly.

So I went round to his bedsit to make up,

and he said he was sorry.

And I said I was sorry, and one thing led to another.

Afterwards, he told me that he'd got drunk

because he thought he was going to lose me

and he got into a fight with someone

and he thought that there might be some trouble,

so he asked me to say that we were together

if anyone asked about him.

Now, why have you changed your mind, Anne?

There was something about him today.

After he was released.

There was something different, and I was scared.

And then...

I saw that little girl on the telly and...

Get out of the bloody way!

No!

Jesus.

[ All talking 1

Get an ambulance.

Jesus Christ, Tony!

Well, I was off balance. It was his own fault.

Do you want someone to stay with you tonight?

No, we'll be fine now.

- Are you sure? - McCOLL: Gov?

Drive Mrs. Sutherland home, would you,

and arrange for someone to pick up the kids.

MCCOLLI Gov?

Would you just wait here for a moment?

What?

Cockup. Hughes is on his way to hospital.

No, he's walking wounded.

Aplin.

Okay, gov.

She wants us back at the station.

What will you tell her?

Like you said, you were off balance.

- Shit! - We hit someone!

[ Doorbell rings]

Home, James.

- Where the hell is he? - We don't know, gov.

Well, find him, turn him around, send him back.

Stake out the bedsit, get a car sent round to Furnham Road.

Get Maureen Havers on the blower,

tell her that Hughes is running.

Right, gov.

But Hughes is on his way to hospital.

Aplin's on his way to hospital.

Christ knows where Hughes is.

But he could hardly walk.

Yeah, and I want to hear about that.

Richard, Richard, get over to Anne Sutherland's place.

Now! Fast!

Ally! Gayle! Come on.

Come on!

I've got your bubbles.

[Telephone rings]

Hello?

Come on, you two. You can watch television later.

Hold on a minute.

The roof has fallen down, and I have to dig another tunnel.

[ Knock on window]

ALISON: Mum!

Ally! God, you nearly gave me a heart attack.

ALISON: The police are on the phone.

Hello.

Gayle, come here, love.

What did you tell them?

Gayle, come on, darling.

[Siren wailing]

What did you tell them?!

Gayle!

Run! Run!

Run! Get out! Get out!

Help!

Shit!

He almost dragged me into the bloody road as well.

Bollocks!

Haskons'll back me up.

Well, you better hope the van driver does, too.

It all happened too fast. He couldn't have seen anything.

Is that what you're going to say in court?

Look, Hughes was dead set on doing a runner,

right from the very moment he saw us.

And I don't suppose that was because he was scared shitless

he'd get done over, by any chance?

Yes!

Hughes is at Anne Sutherland's place.

Richard got there 30 seconds too late.

- He got cut. - Is she in the house?

She's a hostage.

What about the kids?

Aah!

ALISON Mum?

She's fine now.

You can see her in a minute.

Just try and pretend it's a game.

Just try and pretend it's...

[ Dial tone]

WOMAN: Can we clear the area?

[Siren wailing, horn honking]

Clear the area, please.

Let's go.

Hold your position.

[Telephone rings]

Andrews. Right.

Landline's hooked up, gov.

[Telephone ringing ]

TENNISON: D.l. Muddyman to the incident room, please.

D.l. Muddyman to the incident room.

BIRNAM: Are the children safe?

Chris, are you listening?

Are Alison and Gayle safe?

What gives you the front to ask that

when we're surrounded by snipers, eh?

They're here to protect Anne and the children,

and I'm here to make sure no one gets hurt and that includes you.

[ Chuckles ]

Chris.

I just wanted to talk to Anne.

I had to come and find her, that's all.

I just needed to talk.

Chris.

Chris, are you listening?

Chris?

I've been paging you all over the station for the past hour.

I'm sorry. I didn't hear.

Oh, no, no.

That's not good enough, Inspector.

Well, I'm sorry, ma'am!

All right?!

How did you change Anne Sutherland's mind?

She was already guilty about covering for him.

All I did was just convinced her it was serious.

I touched a nerve.

And how did you do that?

I just showed her Vicki Warwick's photograph

and asked her how she'd feel

if one of her own children had been hurt.

Where are the therapy tapes, Tony?

I don't know anything about --

I just spoke to Schofield.

Did you steal the case file, too?

I didn't do that, no.

You're finished.

Do you realize what you've done?

Look, she won't say anything.

We'll never get a conviction now.

Come on, we'll get a conviction. We'll get a conviction, come on.

Bullshit! Do you have any idea what you've done?

I had it all sorted. I had it all sorted.

That prick. That prick should have cuffed him.

He's got the children!

He won't hurt them.

I did it to protect them.

For Christ's sake, Tony, you heard what Schofield said.

He's got a knife at her throat and he's got the children

and you're the one who put them there!

He won't.

[crying 1

Oh, God, it happened to you, too, didn't it?

Tony, how old were you?

I'm disgusting.

I'm disgusting.

CHRIS: [ Heavy breathing ]

I love you.

Just tell me what happened.

Anne, please.

Talk to me.

I want to see Alison and Gayle.

I love you.

I know what you are.

I know, so don't lie.

CHRIS: Look, I was in a clinic.

They helped me.

I'm not like I was before.

I was only like that

because what happened to me when I was a kid.

Yeah, because of what was done to me.

All my feelings and thoughts are all twisted,

all sort of shaken up, yeah.

But I understand now.

I've never hurt Ally and Gayle. They're too special to us.

And you're the only woman,

that, well, I've ever felt anything for.

It's the truth!

You're a liar!

Who was here, then, eh?

Eh?

A big bastard, was it?

What did you say to him?

ALISON: Mummy?

Mum?

Please, Chris, please.

[Telephone rings]

Hello? Chris?

I want to talk to Tennison.

Well, we might be able to arrange that, but --

I'll only talk to Tennison now. No one else.

BIRNAM: But, Chris --

Get her out front. I want to see her.

Chris, I have to speak to Anne first.

Oh, shit.

MAN: The siege at Hellier's Road in lslington

began soon after 5:00 this evening.

The identity of the man holding the family hostage

is still unconfirmed,

but reports suggest that the intruder may be

a man who escaped from police custody earlier today.

The man had been detained for questioning

in connection with the abduction and murder of Vicki Warwick.

HAVERS: Are you all right?

I think I'll just go upstairs and lie down for a while.

[ All talking 1

[ Horn honking]

D.C.l. Birnam. They briefed you at the R.V.?

- Is he on the line? - This phone.

Hello, Chris? Can you hear me?

Did you get that bastard to work me over, eh?

Inspector Muddyman has been removed from the case,

and his conduct will be the subject of an official inquiry.

Now, nobody's out to get you, Chris.

Did you talk to Schofield?

Yes.

What did he tell you?

That you were unlikely to have taken Vicki.

Then why is all this happening?

Chris, Chris, listen.

Why won't anyone believe me?

Chris, I'm only interested in the truth.

Okay?

But you'll have to convince me that I can trust you.

Chris?

Chris?

Superintendent?

Anne?

Anne, are you all right?

I lied. I'm sorry.

What do you mean? What did you lie about?

My statement today.

Chris was with me that night.

I was just afraid he'd hurt my kids.

I just wanted him locked away where he couldn't hurt anybody.

This is all my fault. Please.

- Did you hear that? - Yes.

Do you believe it?

Yes, I think I do.

But we can't talk properly

until you release Anne and the children.

I can't.

Yes, you can.

And you'll get rid of the snipers?

Tell him yes.

Yes, they'll be withdrawn.

I don't believe you.

I give you my word.

I need a doctor.

We can't send in a doctor,

but if you come out with Anne and the children,

then we'll get you to hospital immediately.

Those bastards out there'll do anything to get me.

They won't. I promise you. Now, do you hear me?

I promise.

[ Indistinct talking over police radio]

STUBBS: This is Stubbs.

The hostages will be leaving the house first

and crossing the street to the intelligence cell.

If the hostage taker does anything

likely to endanger them,

you're authorized to fire at your own discretion.

I repeat.

You are authorized to fire at your own discretion.

[ Groans]

Susan?

Susan?

Shit!

[Dialing]

I have to speak to him.

I'm afraid you can't go in there.

He mustn't hurt those children.

TENNISON: It's all right, Chris.

You can trust me. I promise.

Chris.

You bastard!

Gayle!

Chris, no!

Gayle!

No!

No!

My baby!

No!

Chris?

Chris, can you hear me?

- I'm sorry. - BIRNAM: Chris?

- Chris, can you hear me? - I'm sorry.

BIRNAM: Chris?

[ Indistinct talking over police radio]

I gave him my word those snipers would be withdrawn.

You lied to me.

It's standard procedure for negotiators to be kept --

Anne Sutherland was almost killed!

No. My man pulled that shot

as soon as she ran into his line of fire.

Right out of the textbook.

Hughes was scared shitless of catching a bullet.

What's the first thing he sees when he gets out of the house?

One of your men.

Well, we won't know that

till after the tactical debriefing, now, will we?

Oh, Jesus.

Where are you going?

Back to the intelligence cell.

He's still got a little girl in there.

No.

What do you mean no?

No. As far as Hughes is concerned, you're contaminated.

He won't trust you now.

Yeah, well, whose fault is that?

D.C.l. Birnam will handle the negotiations from now on.

Negotiations!

Boss.

I didn't want him to hurt anyone.

I heard the shot.

No one was hit.

SUSAN: The children?

He's got the youngest.

Why did he do it?

What, take the hostages?

To prove his innocence.

Is he?

Of taking Vicki?

Yes, yes, I think so.

What do you think?

It's my fault, isn't it?

If I hadn't remembered seeing him in the park...

No, he made choices.

He did this to himself.

But he must have been frightened.

If he panicked, it's so easy to make a mistake, lose control.

You must have been frightened when they fired.

No.

More that sick feeling you get

when something's gone terribly wrong.

I'm frightened for Gayle.

Is that her name?

Have you ever hurt anyone?

Once.

I had a gun. I shot back.

None of us know how we will cope in a crisis.

You see, I don't think I could have done what you did.

You had a child. You're all alone.

I wouldn't have done it if I'd realized.

The idea, the image that's shoved down your throat,

it's a lie.

You struggle to get a good job,

and then you struggle to keep it.

You get a nice house, and fill it with all the things

that you're supposed to fill it with

and you struggle to keep that.

And you finish it off with a child.

People were always going on and on

about how wonderful and fulfilling.

One even said

you weren't a real woman unless you had a baby.

Sol...

You did what you thought you should,

like most women.

That was brave of you.

She...

She took so much.

Everything.

She would not be satisfied.

Would not let me sleep.

Sometimes, like Sunday,

all day I couldn't --

She just wouldn't --

Nothing I did.

The screaming just went on and on and on and on and on!

Then she was quiet.

I fell asleep.

I dreamed she...

Then shouting.

It was me.

'--

Why should I suffer for what she did to me?

I'm the victim!

Suffocated since the beginning.

Did you know where you were going to drive?

I'd seen the river before.

I dreamed about it.

I put her blanket in a skip.

I can show you where.

She was just supposed to be quiet,

but she wouldn't wake up.

I walked back.

I thought I could hear her.

But the door was locked.

I had to break it.

I looked for her everywhere.

But I couldn't find her.

I couldn't find her.

I'm sorry !

I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry. - Shh.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[Whispering]

[ Door opens, closes ]

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