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Seriously, Mick?
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Morning, Mr Elkins.
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Morning, Jason.
Morning, Ollie.
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A hot air balloon?
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We love it.
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I knew you would, you old tart!
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Nice north-westerly coming in,
then, boys.
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You know me,
I'm always lucky with the weather.
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Right. Got it.
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There you go.
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They know what they're doing.
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I hope it's gonna take
all the weight.
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Cheers.
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- Cheers.
- Cheers.
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Thanks, Mick.
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If I didn't know any better,
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I'd have thought you lot had
gone off me.
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I'd like to be addressed
as Captain.
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Aye-aye, Captain!
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Come up, then, Jackie.
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Chocks away, chaps!
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- It's beautiful.
- Don't lean over the basket, OK?
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Steady as she goes.
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Look, that's Glastonbury over there.
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Look, can you see that?
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Oh, it's so quiet.
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That is 2,350 feet.
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Cheers!
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Cheers.
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Thank you.
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Bloody lovely.
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Whoa! What's happening?!
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Mr Elkins?
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Something's happened.
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You're headed for the city!
You need to gain height now!
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Can you hear me?
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What the...?!
Shut up!
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Shit.
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Can you hear me?
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Fire the bloody burner.
Gain height.
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- There's too much weight!
- Gain height. Gain height.
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I'm gonna die!
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We're gonna die!
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Don't look down.
Don't look down.
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Shit!
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Jackie, Jackie,
just hold on to the side.
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Hold on!
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Help!
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Just brace.
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Just brace. Brace!
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Come on. Hurry!
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Come on.
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- You OK?
- I'm fine.
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I think we're fine.
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- Where's the other guy?
- Mr Marsh!
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Mr Marsh?!
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Where is he?
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Oh, no!
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Seriously?
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With who?
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What night?
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What time?
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I suppose so.
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But your kit goes
straight in the washing machine,
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I'm not having it
stinking out the basket all week.
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Erm, kitchen wipes and batteries.
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I've gotta go.
I've got a hot air balloon crash.
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A hot...
Never mind.
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Boyfriend's got himself
a five-a-side game.
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- Wednesday nights.
- Good for him, ma'am.
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You haven't seen him play.
Second touch is a tackle.
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What's all this, then?
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Crashed about 20 minutes ago.
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Five people hired it
from those Magnificent Men.
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Took off from Clutton Hill, about
eight miles south-east of here,
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around 8:30 a.m.,
floated around for an hour or so
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and then... something went wrong.
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Right. See if they've got
any phone footage.
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You said five people?
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Five people went up, Sergeant Dodds,
but only four came down alive.
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It seems he came out of the balloon
basket somewhere over those trees.
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Thank you,
Detective Constable Paciorkowski.
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Have we identified the dead man?
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Yes.
His name is Frankie Marsh.
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Aged 58.
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Address, Flat 1B,
number 5, Beckford Villas.
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Now, apparently, it was all pretty
chaotic when they crash landed and...
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- And they haven't been informed
there's a fatality? - No, ma'am.
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OK.
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Hi, I am DCI Lauren McDonald.
Are you all OK?
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We're alive.
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I have to inform you
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that the other person
who was with you on your trip,
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Frankie Marsh, he's dead.
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Oh, God!
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Oh, no!
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What happened?
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Well...
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he fell.
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He must have.
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Can you describe
exactly what happened?
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In as much detail as you can.
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I actually didn't see him fall.
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- Yeah. Me, neither.
- No. It was chaos up there.
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It was terrifying.
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Obviously, he fell.
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I mean, you know, what else
could have happened to him?
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He jumped.
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He jumped.
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Sorry, but why didn't you
mention this when I first asked?
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Because I could have stopped him.
But I just froze...
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I'm sorry.
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Frankie just left us.
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Hey, don't worry...
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There you go.
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You're accusing them
with your eyes, Lauren.
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He jumped?
Really?
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Prove he didn't
and we have a murder inquiry.
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Until then, we follow the protocols,
especially with a fatality.
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Air Incident Investigation Agency
needs to establish a cause
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and file a full report
for the Home Office.
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For a hot air balloon crash, really?
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Investigator's on his way.
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Ma'am, Sergeant Dodds needs you
over at Hedgemead Park.
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Don't let the seagull
run the picnic.
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- Morning.
- Morning, ma'am...
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We are working
with an Air Accident Investigator.
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Oh, wow.
Well, that's exciting, ma'am.
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Not really,
they always turn up in sharp suits,
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spouting jargon,
thinking they own the place.
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You seen the body yet?
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I was waiting for you, ma'am.
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- Why?
- Your car.
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Can you open your boot?
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Ah, they're still here, ma'am.
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My rough terrain shoes.
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Those are exactly the same
as your non-rough terrain shoes.
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Except these have reinforced
heel counter supports
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and an industrial
strength stiffener.
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I have a very delicate ankle, ma'am.
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And when exactly did your
rough terrain shoes
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take up residence in my boot?
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After the murder of that Albanian
in the sewerage works. Hm.
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So, our victim and the other four
people who were in the balloon
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all live together
in the same building,
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but in separate flats.
Number 5, Beckford Villas.
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Ah, that's a very posh development,
ma'am.
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It used to be the old eye infirmary
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and then it was converted
into swanky apartments
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for upmarket singles
and active retirees, if I recall.
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Uh-uh.
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I prefer them in a bag.
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- All set, ma'am?
- Yeah.
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- Got your, erm...
- My gubbins? Oh, yes, ma'am.
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- Magnifying glass?
- Check.
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- Pencil and notebook?
- Oh, yeah. Check. Check.
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Latex gloves?
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Oh, I never go anywhere
without my latex, ma'am. Ego?
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Oh, I left that at home, ma'am.
It weighs me down.
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And you with your delicate ankles...
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Look at this, ma'am.
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There is an anomaly
on his left hand.
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There is significantly deep
scratches on his thumb,
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index and first finger.
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Why is that an anomaly?
He fell through all those branches.
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Well, ma'am...
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He...
Ah...
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Er...
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This man, he weighs about 12 stone.
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And acceleration due to gravity is
ten metres per second, per second.
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So, if he falls from a height of,
say, 500 feet, of, er...
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Yeah. I get it.
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He was going too fast
to get injuries like that.
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Oh, thank you, ma'am.
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Thank you, ma'am.
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Now, these abrasions
are small, incisive,
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on the inside of the fingers.
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Now, you don't get injuries
like that
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coming through them trees
at, erm...
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200 kilometres an hour.
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Also, those scratches
are fresh, ma'am.
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He tried to grab onto something?
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Or someone?
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Right, Detective Constable...
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- Er...
- Oh, Paciorkowski.
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Get in contact with
the duty search advisor.
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I want a PolSA team down here.
Full fingerprint search.
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Every blade of grass.
30-metre radius around the body.
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Ma'am.
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He didn't jump.
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There's more to it than that.
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He jumped?
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Well, I had to say something.
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You three were just standing there,
like bloody Kraftwerk.
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Oh, come on.
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Hey, he's gone.
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He's actually gone?
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Are you OK?
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Yes, Mick. I am.
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Yes!
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Did you know that the first
hot air balloon pilots
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were criminals, ma'am?
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Back in the olden days,
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balloons were highly dangerous
new technology.
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Like when they used to
send dogs into space?
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00:14:01,187 --> 00:14:03,427
Yeah, or canaries down mines.
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00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:10,066
Soon as he got here,
he cleared us all out the way
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and he's already done a full,
comprehensive audit of the scene.
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Very...
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What's so funny?
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This is Roy Gilbert, from the
Air Incident Investigation Agency.
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Oh...
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Hi.
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DCI Lauren McDonald.
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Good morning,
Detective Chief Inspector.
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Oh!
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I'll just get my gubbins
from the car and we'll get started.
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Is something wrong, ma'am?
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No.
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All good.
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Thank you,
Detective Chief Inspector.
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All done.
You can start clearing up.
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So, what do you think, Mr Gilbert?
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I'd prefer not to jump to any
conclusions at this stage,
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Detective Chief Inspector, until
I'm fully ascertained of the facts.
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Right.
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I want everything photographed.
Exhibits seized and recorded.
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00:15:42,719 --> 00:15:44,560
If you don't mind me asking,
Sergeant Dodds,
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where did you get your jacket from?
Impressive array of pockets.
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Yeah, he likes to wear
his filing system.
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00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,599
Raynor's Rainwear in Quiet Street,
but it's closed down now.
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Raynor's closed?
Oh, dear.
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I don't go to Bath much these days.
Too many tourists.
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Maybe I could source one
direct from the manufacturer.
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More practical
than the old rucksack here.
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00:16:02,239 --> 00:16:04,200
- McLean's of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
- Aye.
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I'll get my daughter, Victoria,
to surf the net.
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00:16:14,959 --> 00:16:18,080
Ma'am, we recovered this
from the victim's pocket.
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00:16:20,239 --> 00:16:23,440
That's the four survivors
when they were young.
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- It looks like it's from a magazine.
- There's a date on it.
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00:16:29,359 --> 00:16:33,080
January 1980...
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It's smudged.
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00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,320
Why would Frankie have this
in his pocket?
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00:16:37,359 --> 00:16:39,560
I dunno, ma'am, but I think
I recognise the typeface.
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Sunday Times Magazine.
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An accident doesn't mean
it's not murder.
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So let's go into
murder inquiry mode.
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- Background on the victim - ASAP.
- Ma'am.
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Can you get me more on this?
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Well, ma'am,
I'll have to go to the...
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Yep. Take a walk on the wild side.
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How long had Mr Marsh lived here?
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About three years.
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This apartment cost 900,000 quid
and it's been paid off.
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00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:48,679
Sorry, ma'am...
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Did you see much of Frankie?
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No. He kept himself to himself.
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A bit of a loner if you ask me.
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00:18:01,081 --> 00:18:03,560
But he was friends
with the four residents upstairs?
260
00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:04,879
Was he?
261
00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:10,399
Ma'am, Mr Marsh's occupation
is listed as minicab driver.
262
00:18:10,439 --> 00:18:11,800
Really?
263
00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,119
- Why don't you check
with his employers? - Yeah.
264
00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,159
And he's got no mortgage.
265
00:20:10,199 --> 00:20:12,800
His place is filled
with all this expensive equipment
266
00:20:12,839 --> 00:20:15,320
and he is a self-employed
minicab driver
267
00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:16,960
who hardly ever shows up to work.
268
00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,960
Frankie Marsh just doesn't compute.
269
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,720
Well, they're certainly an
interesting group of people, ma'am.
270
00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,480
Our four balloon crash survivors
271
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,919
also shared a house together
in London,
272
00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,159
in Notting Hill,
in the mid-1980s.
273
00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,760
Oh, yes, they were quite a fast set.
274
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:38,320
The Sunday Times Magazine describes
them as the "creme de la creme..."
275
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,919
That's French, ma'am.
"..Of cool, hip London."
276
00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,839
Cool, hip? Them? Really?
277
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,919
They just look rubbish
and annoying to me.
278
00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,960
Sorry I'm late,
Detective Chief Inspector.
279
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,520
I, er, took a left
instead of a right at Chew Magna.
280
00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,199
I was halfway to Wales
before I realised.
281
00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:00,960
No worries, Mr Gilbert.
282
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,639
OK, what have you got?
283
00:21:02,679 --> 00:21:04,679
This is from my phone.
284
00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,520
It would appear
my initial diagnosis is correct.
285
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:13,639
Carabiner snapped.
286
00:21:13,679 --> 00:21:18,720
We use four of these, double roped.
2,500kg carabiners.
287
00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,439
That's more than enough
to take the stress
288
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,159
of an 80,000 cubic feet balloon.
289
00:21:22,199 --> 00:21:24,399
Plus five passengers,
plus fuel tanks.
290
00:21:24,439 --> 00:21:26,879
We screw-locked all four. 100%.
291
00:21:26,919 --> 00:21:30,839
OK. I'm counting five people.
Let's see him come out.
292
00:21:30,879 --> 00:21:33,800
Uh, we don't have that.
We lost them in the trees.
293
00:21:33,839 --> 00:21:36,800
When we get them back, there's only
four people in the basket.
294
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,800
The man who wasn't there.
295
00:21:49,879 --> 00:21:50,960
Hm?
296
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,919
That's a poem
that my old auntie used to say.
297
00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,960
Yesterday, upon the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
298
00:21:59,159 --> 00:22:01,439
He wasn't there again today...
299
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,199
...I wish, I wish he'd go away.
300
00:22:08,679 --> 00:22:10,919
So why didn't one of you
take 'em up in the balloon?
301
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:11,960
Because Mick Elkins
302
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,839
is an experienced balloon
and glider pilot.
303
00:22:13,879 --> 00:22:16,399
And we checked and double-checked
his pilot licence,
304
00:22:16,439 --> 00:22:18,839
medical certificate
and certificate of test.
305
00:22:18,879 --> 00:22:19,960
It's there.
306
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,560
Elkins has over 60 flying hours
in balloons.
307
00:22:22,599 --> 00:22:25,119
A couple of hundred in gliders.
That's very impressive.
308
00:22:25,159 --> 00:22:28,199
So if he was so experienced,
when the carabiner thing snapped,
309
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:29,720
why didn't he get a clear path,
310
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,919
or why didn't he turn around
and land her back here?
311
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:36,280
Detective Chief Inspector, it is
impossible to turn a balloon round.
312
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:41,119
In fact, a pilot can't guide
a balloon anywhere, specifically,
313
00:22:41,159 --> 00:22:43,320
so you are at the mercy
of the winds.
314
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,159
And that's why we were tracking
them in the recovery vehicle.
315
00:22:46,199 --> 00:22:49,119
So, when you go up in a balloon, you
don't know where you are gonna land?
316
00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:52,960
Exactly. The only agency
a balloon pilot has is his burner.
317
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,800
Now, we use the burner
to generate hot air.
318
00:22:55,839 --> 00:23:00,119
And hot air,
Detective Chief Inspector, it rises.
319
00:23:01,879 --> 00:23:04,199
- Really?
- Oh, yeah.
320
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,399
Forcing the craft
to a higher altitude
321
00:23:06,439 --> 00:23:10,919
and, effectively, prolonging
the duration of the flight.
322
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:16,159
How much fuel did Mr Elkins have
at his disposal?
323
00:23:16,199 --> 00:23:17,800
One of these.
324
00:23:17,839 --> 00:23:19,679
Enough for about three hours.
325
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,639
Plus a reserve, if he needed it.
326
00:23:23,679 --> 00:23:25,439
Three hours?!
327
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,919
But they were airborne
for less than one hour.
328
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,280
So why didn't he fire more hot air
into the...
329
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,720
- Envelope.
- Yeah, envelope,
330
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,399
and get clear of Bath
before he landed?
331
00:23:39,439 --> 00:23:41,439
Good question,
Detective Chief Inspector.
332
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,199
We don't know
what happened up there.
333
00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,280
All right, well, I will need
to conduct a formal interview
334
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,159
with Mr Elkins,
standard procedure, pilot debrief.
335
00:23:51,199 --> 00:23:53,960
I'll get that set up, Mr Gilbert.
336
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,760
I might be, er, overstepping
the mark here, Sergeant, but...
337
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,560
am I right in thinking
you suspect foul play?
338
00:24:07,599 --> 00:24:09,879
Well, sir, we do have an anomaly.
339
00:24:09,919 --> 00:24:12,599
Mick Elkins is coming
to the station at 3 p.m., Mr Gilbert.
340
00:24:12,639 --> 00:24:14,520
You should get your ducks in a row.
341
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,679
Roger, Detective Chief Inspector.
342
00:24:18,599 --> 00:24:22,000
- Right, your new friend there...
- He's not my friend.
343
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,679
Takes me years
to make a friend, ma'am.
344
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,560
Whatever.
He's civilian support,
345
00:24:26,599 --> 00:24:29,119
so you do not share murder inquiry
information with him
346
00:24:29,159 --> 00:24:30,760
without my say so. OK?
347
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,679
But he's...
He's on our team, ma'am.
348
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,960
No-one's on our team except us.
349
00:24:38,399 --> 00:24:39,639
Oh, and another thing,
350
00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:42,720
this is obviously low level for the
Air Incident Investigation Agency,
351
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,399
which is why they've sent us
a semi-retired local inspector.
352
00:24:45,439 --> 00:24:47,399
So I want him in and out quickly.
353
00:24:47,439 --> 00:24:49,919
Then we can get to the bottom
of what really happened up there.
354
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,359
This Mr Gilbert strikes me
as over-fussy, too.
355
00:24:53,399 --> 00:24:55,760
But don't worry, ma'am,
I'll keep him on track.
356
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,760
It'll be like talking to yourself.
357
00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,560
Sorry?
358
00:24:59,599 --> 00:25:02,720
Well, friend or no friend,
he is like you, isn't he?
359
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,399
W-What?
360
00:25:04,439 --> 00:25:07,040
What, that chap?
He's nothing like me, ma'am.
361
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,639
And, er, I'm a tad put out
you'd even think that.
362
00:25:13,199 --> 00:25:15,480
Quite a large tad, in fact.
363
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,199
I thought tads were small.
364
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,879
Not always.
365
00:25:18,919 --> 00:25:20,280
Sorry.
366
00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,119
My boyfriend keeps telling me,
"Think it, Lauren, don't say it."
367
00:25:24,159 --> 00:25:26,639
- Are we good?
- Yeah, I suppose.
368
00:25:26,679 --> 00:25:28,280
Are we funky?
369
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,159
No, no, no, ma'am.
We're not funky.
370
00:25:32,199 --> 00:25:34,159
- Not at the moment. No.
- Well...
371
00:25:35,439 --> 00:25:38,280
...it's something to aim towards.
372
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,960
But this...
this is really weird, isn't it?
373
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,280
The four of them
lived together in 1985.
374
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,359
And now, 35 years later,
they're living together again.
375
00:25:48,399 --> 00:25:51,080
I know, ma'am.
Even I think that's weird.
376
00:25:52,879 --> 00:25:56,080
We were just up there
having a lovely time.
377
00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,280
Then something snapped.
378
00:26:01,439 --> 00:26:03,199
This.
379
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:08,080
Now, that is a 150kg carabiner,
380
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,439
which is too small, too light
for a balloon of this size.
381
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:11,599
Now, the Magnificent Men,
382
00:26:11,639 --> 00:26:16,000
they say they use
four 2,500kg carabiners.
383
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,720
Well, there you go,
it's criminal negligence, right?
384
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,439
The balloon hire boys,
see, they cut corners.
385
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,919
And this proves it.
Case closed.
386
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,080
Not really.
387
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,560
Well, unfortunately, that evidence
has been in your possession
388
00:26:29,599 --> 00:26:31,359
for over six hours, sir, so...
389
00:26:31,399 --> 00:26:35,000
It's compromised. Raises issues
of preservation and continuity.
390
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:36,159
What about the fuel tanks?
391
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:39,560
What about 'em?
392
00:26:39,599 --> 00:26:41,399
We're coming down on top of Bath...
393
00:26:43,599 --> 00:26:46,199
And I'm thinking, what if one of us
fall out over a built-up area?
394
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,320
So I tried to get some height,
get to a field.
395
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,720
But the, er...
the burner wasn't working.
396
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,960
In what way not working?
397
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,639
It fired up for a couple of seconds,
then the bastard thing cut out.
398
00:26:56,679 --> 00:26:59,560
If we could keep our language
respectable, sir.
399
00:26:59,599 --> 00:27:01,280
We are recording.
400
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,199
What about the, erm,
reserve fuel tank, sir?
401
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,080
There was no time to switch tanks.
402
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,639
And you didn't see Frankie jump out?
403
00:27:10,679 --> 00:27:12,599
No.
404
00:27:13,679 --> 00:27:16,800
- Why?
- Who does this belong to?
405
00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:21,720
Yeah, it's mine.
406
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,439
Authentic Bomber Command,
Number 8 Pathfinders Force.
407
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,159
- If you say so.
- I mean,
408
00:27:27,199 --> 00:27:30,320
Pathfinders flew ahead of
the main formation on night raids.
409
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,879
Dropped flares on German targets.
410
00:27:32,919 --> 00:27:35,359
- Bravest of the brave, those boys.
- Excuse me, Mr Gilbert...
411
00:27:35,399 --> 00:27:39,919
- Why were you wearing it?
- Just a bit of fun.
412
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,560
No fun now, sir.
A man dead.
413
00:27:42,599 --> 00:27:44,480
Look, it's my friend who's dead.
414
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,520
And it's your job to find out why.
415
00:27:47,839 --> 00:27:50,119
Now, are we done?
416
00:27:50,159 --> 00:27:51,960
Mr Gilbert?
417
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,599
Er... thank you, Mr Elkins.
This is very helpful.
418
00:27:54,639 --> 00:27:56,800
I'll get someone to show you out.
419
00:27:56,839 --> 00:27:59,359
A word, please, Mr Gilbert.
420
00:28:05,719 --> 00:28:08,079
Right, I think I'm gonna
have to set some ground rules here.
421
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,839
Oh, I'm a nincompoop!
422
00:28:11,399 --> 00:28:12,960
Exhibits!
423
00:28:18,679 --> 00:28:21,439
This is full.
100% full.
424
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,960
I'm sorry,
I'm getting dithery in my old age.
425
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,760
100% full?!
426
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:31,000
Yet Mr Elkins told us that he took
the balloon up to over 2,000 feet!
427
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,480
I wonder...
428
00:28:42,879 --> 00:28:44,439
Er...
429
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:45,960
Thank you, Sergeant.
430
00:28:58,879 --> 00:29:00,800
Huh...
431
00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:01,960
What?!
432
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,679
Sergeant Dodds, if you go in the top
left-hand pocket of my rucksack...
433
00:29:08,359 --> 00:29:10,520
Thank you, Sergeant.
Same as mine.
434
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:11,720
Yep.
435
00:29:16,639 --> 00:29:18,639
- Ah!
- What have you got?
436
00:29:18,679 --> 00:29:21,159
Have a look at this, Sergeant.
437
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,639
Have a look at that,
just behind the pointer.
438
00:29:30,679 --> 00:29:32,679
- Oh!
- What? What is it?
439
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,159
This pointer's been...
440
00:29:34,199 --> 00:29:35,320
glued.
441
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:54,359
The gauge on the balloon's spare
tank was also glued to full.
442
00:29:54,399 --> 00:29:58,359
Now, between them,
the tanks only have enough gas
443
00:29:58,399 --> 00:30:01,839
to get the flight
to a height of 2,350 feet.
444
00:30:01,879 --> 00:30:04,280
At which point,
the rogue carabiner snaps.
445
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,280
The balloon starts to lose altitude,
and when Elkins fires the burner...
446
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,439
...nothing.
447
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,040
There's no fuel in the tank.
448
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,359
Mr Gilbert,
I don't wanna rush you here,
449
00:30:19,399 --> 00:30:22,040
but do you think you might have
a conclusion for us?
450
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,280
Yes, I do.
451
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:28,000
I believe someone somehow accessed
the Magnificent Men's premises,
452
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,879
replaced a strong carabiner
with a weak one,
453
00:30:30,919 --> 00:30:35,320
emptied the fuel tanks
and they glued the gauges to full.
454
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,919
Detective Chief Inspector McDonald,
455
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:45,399
we are now investigating
a deliberate, meticulously-planned
456
00:30:45,439 --> 00:30:48,159
and fatal act of sabotage.
457
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,601
A premeditated act of violence
458
00:31:00,641 --> 00:31:02,560
directed at a group
of law abiding citizens,
459
00:31:02,609 --> 00:31:05,768
resulting in one fatality,
but could have been five.
460
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,720
I want you to assure the survivors
of our ongoing protection.
461
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,121
Yes, sir.
462
00:31:10,161 --> 00:31:12,441
I actually remember those people
from the '80s.
463
00:31:13,681 --> 00:31:15,601
I was a New Romantic, you know?
464
00:31:15,641 --> 00:31:17,601
What, like Boy George?
465
00:31:17,641 --> 00:31:19,480
I am choosing to ignore that,
Lauren.
466
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,361
Those four were celebrities
back then.
467
00:31:21,401 --> 00:31:22,480
- Really?
- Yes.
468
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,681
And they have obviously
weathered the years well.
469
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:25,681
Financially, at least.
470
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,560
Which means they're
well connected in Bath,
471
00:31:27,601 --> 00:31:29,441
- so tread gingerly around them.
- I will.
472
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:30,921
- But...
- But what?
473
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,000
- We still haven't explained the
scratches on the victim's hands. - OK.
474
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,040
But concentrate on the logistics
of the sabotage.
475
00:31:37,081 --> 00:31:39,800
How it was done, who had
the expertise and the opportunity.
476
00:31:39,841 --> 00:31:42,361
- That's your priority.
- Yes, sir.
477
00:31:42,401 --> 00:31:44,280
Got my A-team on it.
478
00:31:55,401 --> 00:31:56,800
Shush-shush.
479
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,800
Airbus... A320neo.
480
00:32:02,841 --> 00:32:04,960
Ah...
481
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,361
Best long-range single-aisle model
on the market.
482
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:11,800
I can tell by the engine note.
483
00:32:11,841 --> 00:32:14,320
It's a game I play with little
Georgie, my grandson.
484
00:32:14,361 --> 00:32:15,921
Ha...
485
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:20,800
You're... ex-military,
aren't you, Mr Gilbert?
486
00:32:20,841 --> 00:32:22,441
RAF.
487
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,641
Straight from school.
Like my father.
488
00:32:25,681 --> 00:32:29,320
I flew Tornado GR1s
in the first Gulf War.
489
00:32:29,361 --> 00:32:33,320
Hit the IRAF bases
and oil refineries.
490
00:32:33,361 --> 00:32:35,040
Hairy stuff.
491
00:32:35,081 --> 00:32:38,081
But they won't keep you on forever,
will they?
492
00:32:38,121 --> 00:32:42,040
So once they retired me,
I flew commercial for ten years.
493
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:44,760
Budget airline.
494
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,480
Course, cos of my age,
495
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:50,720
they put me on what's known
as a zero-hours contract.
496
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,280
Five times a week to Alicante.
497
00:32:54,361 --> 00:32:55,841
And the passengers...
498
00:32:55,881 --> 00:32:58,040
...holidaymakers.
499
00:32:58,081 --> 00:33:01,040
People are so uncouth nowadays,
aren't they?
500
00:33:01,081 --> 00:33:05,560
So I joined The Air Incident
Investigation Agency.
501
00:33:05,601 --> 00:33:07,000
Part-time.
502
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,841
- Maybe it wasn't put in the set-up.
- What was he doin' up there?
503
00:33:09,881 --> 00:33:11,800
- Explain!
- We always prep.
504
00:33:11,841 --> 00:33:13,401
Right. Come on, Sergeant.
505
00:33:13,441 --> 00:33:15,121
Crack this blasted case.
506
00:33:15,161 --> 00:33:17,121
Aye-aye, Captain.
507
00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:19,601
That's Navy talk, Sergeant.
508
00:33:19,641 --> 00:33:22,121
Oh, yeah, sorry.
I beg your pardon, sir.
509
00:33:22,161 --> 00:33:25,881
Sabotage? No way.
We safety checked everything.
510
00:33:25,921 --> 00:33:27,401
Double-checked.
511
00:33:27,441 --> 00:33:29,201
When did you do your safety checks?
512
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,601
Sunday night.
Finished at ten.
513
00:33:31,641 --> 00:33:34,081
We loaded the trailer
ready for Monday morning.
514
00:33:34,121 --> 00:33:35,841
We were back at 5:30 a.m.
515
00:33:35,881 --> 00:33:40,081
We've already established that the,
er, fuel tanks were empty.
516
00:33:40,121 --> 00:33:43,240
The fuel gauges were glued on full.
517
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:44,480
No.
518
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,681
Those tanks were full.
519
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,601
They felt full.
520
00:33:48,641 --> 00:33:50,320
What's the weight difference
521
00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:52,520
between a full tank
and an empty one?
522
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:53,760
10 kilos.
523
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,720
When Mick Elkins took that
balloon up, those tanks were full.
524
00:33:59,601 --> 00:34:02,601
This was taken by Barbara Graham,
Monday morning.
525
00:34:02,641 --> 00:34:06,520
Their arms are definitely
straining, ma'am,
526
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,240
it's obvious
they're lifting 20 kilos.
527
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,954
- You can't fake that, can you?
- No, ma'am.
528
00:34:11,956 --> 00:34:14,260
The balloon boys aren't lying to us,
are they?
529
00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:17,521
Why would they?
Why sabotage your own balloon?
530
00:34:19,681 --> 00:34:24,440
How on Earth could those tanks
weigh 20kg on the way up,
531
00:34:24,481 --> 00:34:27,760
but were empty on the way down?
532
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,001
That's up to you
and your mate Roy to figure out.
533
00:34:30,041 --> 00:34:32,880
- Mate?
- Sorry, colleague.
534
00:34:35,641 --> 00:34:37,440
As for Fleetwood Mac up there,
535
00:34:37,481 --> 00:34:41,440
we do as we're tasked and we treat
them as survivors and victims.
536
00:34:41,481 --> 00:34:43,840
But just because their balloon
was sabotaged
537
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,280
doesn't mean they didn't
push Frankie out.
538
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,440
That's difficult to prove, ma'am.
539
00:34:48,481 --> 00:34:52,240
Unless one of them breaks ranks
and turns witness.
540
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,920
So we drive a wedge between 'em.
541
00:34:53,961 --> 00:34:55,961
That's quite a challenge, ma'am.
542
00:34:56,001 --> 00:34:58,481
They are lifelong friends.
543
00:34:58,521 --> 00:34:59,840
Yeah.
544
00:35:06,161 --> 00:35:10,081
You must be the victim
of a few lifelong friendships.
545
00:35:10,121 --> 00:35:12,240
Oh, well, er...
546
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:16,641
there's Reg Cartwright,
erm, Soapy Carmichael.
547
00:35:18,521 --> 00:35:21,240
Oh, no, he passed away
last Christmas Eve.
548
00:35:22,561 --> 00:35:23,840
Eric...
549
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:28,240
always forget his second name,
he's got a wife.
550
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,641
And Stan, yeah, the sign writer.
551
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,601
He's dyslexic.
552
00:35:41,561 --> 00:35:43,800
Dyslexic sign writer?
553
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,681
Oh, yes, Stan.
He's got a system.
554
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:50,320
I don't see so much of those boys
these days. How come?
555
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:56,041
Well, ma'am, when men get to my time
of life, they isolate themselves,
556
00:35:56,081 --> 00:35:58,081
you know, erm, socially.
557
00:36:00,161 --> 00:36:02,161
Boyfriend's got himself
a five-a-side game.
558
00:36:02,201 --> 00:36:04,360
- Oh, right, good for him.
- Is it?
559
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,720
Not sure I want him
putting down roots.
560
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:10,561
It's not like we're planning on
staying forever, are we?
561
00:36:10,601 --> 00:36:11,961
Oh.
562
00:36:12,001 --> 00:36:13,561
OK, ma'am.
563
00:36:15,001 --> 00:36:17,360
I have to inform you that
we've established that your crash
564
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,681
was the result of a deliberate act
of sabotage.
565
00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:22,001
What? Not negligence?
The boys at...
566
00:36:22,041 --> 00:36:25,561
No, sir.
Planned, pre-meditated sabotage.
567
00:36:28,521 --> 00:36:30,400
Ha!
568
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,440
Sorry, we're all a bit stressed.
569
00:36:32,481 --> 00:36:35,041
If you see anything unusual
or suspicious,
570
00:36:35,081 --> 00:36:37,320
give us a ring directly
on this number.
571
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,001
Don't hesitate. OK?
572
00:36:39,041 --> 00:36:42,440
Can you think of anyone who might
be holding a grudge against you?
573
00:36:42,481 --> 00:36:44,641
No. We've only been in Bath
for a few years.
574
00:36:44,681 --> 00:36:46,840
I don't think any of us
have had any problems.
575
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,880
Maybe further back.
As far as 1985?
576
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:52,481
Why would you think that?
577
00:36:52,521 --> 00:36:54,961
We found this in Frankie's pocket.
578
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:58,800
Why do you think
he was carrying this?
579
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,280
No idea.
580
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,440
- How long have you known Frankie?
- Since the mid '80s.
581
00:37:04,481 --> 00:37:07,880
- Yeah.
- So, when this was taken,
582
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,800
he shared the house with you
in Notting Hill?
583
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,161
Uh, no.
It was just the four of us.
584
00:37:12,201 --> 00:37:14,561
Frankie didn't move in until...
585
00:37:14,601 --> 00:37:16,041
- '86?
- Mm.
586
00:37:16,081 --> 00:37:20,041
Sorry, Miss Somner, when you say it
was just four of you in the house...
587
00:37:20,081 --> 00:37:21,561
What's this got to do with anything?
588
00:37:21,601 --> 00:37:24,001
Surely you should be trying
to nick whoever it was
589
00:37:24,041 --> 00:37:26,481
who messed with the balloon?
That's who killed Frankie.
590
00:37:26,521 --> 00:37:29,400
Actually, Mr Marsh killed himself,
according to Ms Graham.
591
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,961
Obviously, I'm putting everything
into the sabotage investigation,
592
00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:35,601
but I do have a duty
to Frankie's family.
593
00:37:35,641 --> 00:37:37,121
He didn't have any family.
594
00:37:37,161 --> 00:37:39,760
OK. Was there a reason he jumped?
595
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,481
To save us.
596
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:44,360
If Frankie hadn't jumped.
597
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,081
The basket would have gone
and we'd all be dead.
598
00:37:47,121 --> 00:37:48,400
He was... devoted to us.
599
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:52,440
And I suppose that's why he carried
that picture in his pocket.
600
00:37:52,481 --> 00:37:54,601
He lost his keys last week,
601
00:37:54,641 --> 00:37:58,240
and rather than wake any of us up
to let him in,
602
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,840
he spent the night in a hotel.
603
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,561
How can you be so sure that he
jumped to save your lives?
604
00:38:03,601 --> 00:38:07,161
We were all up there
clinging on for dear life.
605
00:38:07,163 --> 00:38:10,537
Mick, remember?
You shouted, "There's too much weight."
606
00:38:10,538 --> 00:38:12,601
- Yeah.
- He smiled at me.
607
00:38:12,641 --> 00:38:16,280
That lovely, sweet smile of his.
608
00:38:19,001 --> 00:38:20,240
And then he jumped.
609
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,280
Can I just get this clear,
Mr Elkins?
610
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:30,800
So, Mr Marsh realised that to save
your four lives, he had to go?
611
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,121
Yeah, I guess so.
612
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,201
And when he jumped, did he grab hold
of anything, Miss Graham?
613
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:39,720
I'm sorry?
614
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,360
- As he jumped to his death...
- To save the rest of you.
615
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,561
- ...Did he grab hold of anything?
- Or anyone?
616
00:38:46,641 --> 00:38:48,440
No.
617
00:38:48,481 --> 00:38:52,121
I don't believe this!
You think one of us pushed him?
618
00:38:52,161 --> 00:38:53,561
We have evidence to suggest
619
00:38:53,601 --> 00:38:56,521
there might have been
some kind of struggle.
620
00:38:56,561 --> 00:38:58,400
What evidence?
621
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,280
Look, can we just
all be honest here?
622
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:02,961
Good idea.
623
00:39:03,001 --> 00:39:06,601
We are, none of us,
shrinking violets.
624
00:39:06,641 --> 00:39:09,601
We've had success, we've made money.
625
00:39:09,641 --> 00:39:13,521
- There are a lot of, of...
- ..frenemies out there.
626
00:39:13,561 --> 00:39:16,641
Yeah, we'd be happy to give you
a list of all those who hate,
627
00:39:16,681 --> 00:39:18,561
despise and envy us.
628
00:39:20,121 --> 00:39:22,440
Why not? It might be fun.
629
00:39:31,521 --> 00:39:34,320
You know, it's the curse
of the modern world, ma'am.
630
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:38,161
How to a affix the optimum amount
of butter on my chips
631
00:39:38,201 --> 00:39:39,440
when the butter's frozen.
632
00:39:39,481 --> 00:39:42,240
I mean, you wait for the butter
to melt, then the chips are cold.
633
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,240
What matters more,
the chips or the butter?
634
00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:47,961
I feel like it's the butter.
635
00:39:48,001 --> 00:39:49,521
Yeah, that's true.
636
00:39:49,561 --> 00:39:53,760
Then... a cold chip?
That's a crime against nature.
637
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:57,481
Right, what have we got?
The carabiner thing snaps...
638
00:39:57,521 --> 00:39:59,961
Mick Elkins realises
there's too much weight,
639
00:40:00,001 --> 00:40:02,840
and Frankie jumps
to save the lives of his friends.
640
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,760
Because he's so devoted to them.
Convenient, huh?
641
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,081
But the scratches on his hand
642
00:40:07,121 --> 00:40:09,121
don't necessarily prove
that he was pushed.
643
00:40:09,161 --> 00:40:11,320
Yeah, but they do prove
that they were lying
644
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:12,601
about what actually happened.
645
00:40:12,641 --> 00:40:15,201
- Don't lick your fingers!
- Sorry, ma'am. Oh, OK.
646
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:18,521
So, why was Frankie carrying this?
647
00:40:18,561 --> 00:40:20,880
And why did it make them all
so paranoid?
648
00:40:39,439 --> 00:40:41,600
London, 1984.
649
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,000
At 19, Frankie Marsh was the drummer
650
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,879
in what was known
as a new wave band,
651
00:40:45,919 --> 00:40:47,680
The Key Marginals.
652
00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:49,200
They didn't last long.
653
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,839
He worked as a road person
for a group called Japan,
654
00:40:52,879 --> 00:40:55,319
but they sacked him
for stealing their equipment.
655
00:40:55,359 --> 00:41:00,239
He moved into 15, Faraday Square,
Notting Hill, in October 1986.
656
00:41:00,279 --> 00:41:02,399
And this is him in 1992.
657
00:41:02,439 --> 00:41:07,239
Four arrests in six years for breach
of the peace, drunk and disorderly,
658
00:41:07,279 --> 00:41:11,480
assault, possession of amphetamine
sulphate with intent to supply.
659
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,319
Three months' incarceration.
660
00:41:13,359 --> 00:41:15,759
The creme de la creme
of cool, hip London,
661
00:41:15,799 --> 00:41:18,200
and they let this little hooligan
into their lives?
662
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:19,439
Right.
663
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:23,279
Everyone, you all know the
approximate route the balloon took,
664
00:41:23,319 --> 00:41:25,799
from Clutton Hill
to Royal Crescent Meadow,
665
00:41:25,839 --> 00:41:27,319
about eight miles or so.
666
00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:29,839
We're canvassing for eyewitnesses
and/or phone footage,
667
00:41:29,879 --> 00:41:31,480
dashcam footage, CCTV.
668
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,680
Anybody, anywhere, that saw Frankie
Marsh come out of that balloon.
669
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:36,839
I'm still not ruling out a push.
670
00:41:36,879 --> 00:41:38,200
That's hard to prove.
671
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,879
I mean, shouldn't we
be concentrating on the sabotage?
672
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:46,879
As SIO, I make the operational
calls here, Mr Gilbert.
673
00:41:46,919 --> 00:41:48,520
The rest of you...
674
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,759
Jackie Somner, Barbara Graham,
Gordon Elmwood and Mick Elkins.
675
00:41:51,799 --> 00:41:55,799
We don't know who, outside the
group, sabotaged that balloon,
676
00:41:55,839 --> 00:41:59,480
but did they grab this opportunity
to get rid of Frankie Marsh?
677
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,560
Are those four murderers,
as well as victims?
678
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:03,959
Get 'em talking.
679
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,160
The more they talk,
the more they'll lie.
680
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,520
And the more they lie,
the more mistakes they make,
681
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,200
and the closer
we'll get to the truth
682
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,239
of knowing what really happened
up there.
683
00:42:12,279 --> 00:42:13,799
It's a four-way marriage.
684
00:42:13,839 --> 00:42:15,839
Let's break it up.
685
00:42:15,879 --> 00:42:18,480
Well, of course
I had enemies in the '80s.
686
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:20,480
I mean, you should start
with the board of Virgin,
687
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,959
cos when I jumped ship to EMI,
I took Sade with me.
688
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:29,040
Norman Foster, because I loved
to call him Richard Rogers.
689
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,919
The record business?
Dog-eat-dog.
690
00:42:31,959 --> 00:42:35,279
Richard Rogers, because I loved
to call him Norman Foster.
691
00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:36,439
Deranged wives?
692
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,319
I've always preferred married men.
693
00:42:39,359 --> 00:42:43,319
I wrote for the fanzines,
the NME, The Face,
694
00:42:43,359 --> 00:42:46,520
but I was promoting the bands
and the whole scene.
695
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,279
When Elton and John Reid
had their tiff,
696
00:42:48,319 --> 00:42:51,080
I was there to catch Elton.
Old Reidy was threatening a hitman.
697
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,279
Once I got my column
in The Telegraph,
698
00:42:53,319 --> 00:42:55,200
the old comrades weren't happy.
699
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:56,399
Billy McKenzie.
700
00:42:56,439 --> 00:43:00,399
You know, wonderful singer,
but I... I stood on his whippet.
701
00:43:00,439 --> 00:43:02,839
Although I suppose we should
rule out the dead, shouldn't we?
702
00:43:02,879 --> 00:43:05,720
Along comes COVID,
I switch all my money into Perspex
703
00:43:05,759 --> 00:43:09,080
and I pick up bankrupt restaurants
at basement prices.
704
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,600
Gordon, he calls it
vampire capitalism.
705
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:13,799
Twitter.
706
00:43:13,839 --> 00:43:14,959
Young people.
707
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,080
We're asset rich.
708
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,879
And there's a whole storm
brewing over this!
709
00:43:19,919 --> 00:43:21,359
The way you look at us.
710
00:43:21,399 --> 00:43:22,839
Resentful.
711
00:43:24,919 --> 00:43:26,879
And now, if you'll excuse me...
712
00:43:27,919 --> 00:43:29,200
...I'm grieving.
713
00:43:30,959 --> 00:43:32,439
You're wearing black cufflinks.
714
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,520
What is this place?
715
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:38,959
I've always been rather partial
to a private club.
716
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,399
I was a founding member
of The Groucho.
717
00:43:41,439 --> 00:43:43,959
What's that, a lap dancing club?
718
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,759
Fascinating.
719
00:43:45,799 --> 00:43:47,399
Thanks for these.
720
00:43:47,439 --> 00:43:50,200
You guys have given us
over 500 leads.
721
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:52,680
Enemies are the price
of selfishness.
722
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:54,200
What made you so selfish?
723
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:56,359
Well, I blame Mrs Thatcher.
724
00:43:56,399 --> 00:43:58,520
What made you so wholesome?
725
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:02,160
Back in the '80s, Frankie was
this vicious little thug.
726
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,359
How come he got to be
in your exclusive...
727
00:44:04,399 --> 00:44:05,439
No, Frankie was one of us.
728
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,959
We all come from
very modest backgrounds.
729
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,040
My father was a postman
in Milton Keynes.
730
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,040
That's what it was all about
back then.
731
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:14,680
You know, chancing your arm.
732
00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,399
Inventing yourself.
733
00:44:16,439 --> 00:44:18,680
Grabbing opportunities.
734
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:20,000
Do you see?
735
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,520
But you had to be brutal.
And we were.
736
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,720
And it was thrilling.
God, it was thrilling.
737
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,560
Thrilled myself into a stupor.
738
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,959
Being cool looks rubbish.
739
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,399
- We all loved Frankie.
- You do "love"?
740
00:44:39,439 --> 00:44:43,200
And Frankie loved us,
which is why he gave his own life.
741
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:45,359
That is bullshit and you know it.
742
00:44:45,399 --> 00:44:47,200
Should I stay or should I go?
743
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:48,919
Did he jump or was he pushed?
744
00:44:48,959 --> 00:44:52,839
I can't prove that he jumped,
you can't prove that he was pushed.
745
00:44:52,879 --> 00:44:54,720
Unless one of you confesses...
746
00:44:54,759 --> 00:44:56,200
or breaks rank.
747
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:58,480
Go on. Be selfish.
748
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,680
Chuck the others out the balloon
and save yourself.
749
00:45:02,279 --> 00:45:06,560
We are a group of firm,
fast and famous friends.
750
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,879
None of us would dream
of breaking ranks.
751
00:45:08,919 --> 00:45:10,239
That's what they all say.
752
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,879
You're trying to get us
to turn on each other.
753
00:45:14,919 --> 00:45:17,040
But we're the victims here.
754
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:18,680
You know, somebody tried to kill us.
755
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,359
And they succeeded
in killing poor old Frankie.
756
00:45:22,399 --> 00:45:24,520
Well, you certainly have given us
757
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:27,080
a comprehensive list
of potential culprits.
758
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:30,160
But, erm...
which of them did you tell?
759
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:33,319
It was you who organised
the balloon trip, Mr Elkins,
760
00:45:33,359 --> 00:45:34,879
as a surprise for your friends.
761
00:45:34,919 --> 00:45:38,200
That's what Miss Graham and
Mr Elwood and Miss Sumner told us.
762
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:40,000
He's doing it again.
763
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:41,359
Trying to split us up.
764
00:45:41,399 --> 00:45:45,080
You, sir, were the only one who
knew that the trip was happening.
765
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:48,040
So, did you tell anyone else?
766
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,239
- No!
- Why the surprise?
767
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:54,279
It's what I do.
768
00:45:54,319 --> 00:45:57,080
I do what I do for my friends
because I love 'em
769
00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:58,759
and they love me.
770
00:45:58,799 --> 00:46:03,319
And we loved Frankie.
Frankie, he loved all of us.
771
00:46:03,359 --> 00:46:04,759
We are unbreakable.
772
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:07,520
Now deal with it.
773
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,759
Unbreakable? Nah.
No-one's unbreakable. Not to us.
774
00:46:13,799 --> 00:46:16,640
We just need more leverage.
More leverage gets us more pressure.
775
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,399
More pressure gets us a confession.
776
00:46:18,439 --> 00:46:21,720
Sorry to chuck my tuppence worth
in again, Detective Chief Inspector,
777
00:46:21,759 --> 00:46:26,319
but shouldn't we focus on the
other culprit's modus operandi?
778
00:46:26,359 --> 00:46:29,560
I mean, how did he get access
to the Magnificent Men's equipment?
779
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:30,919
Well...
Or she...
780
00:46:30,959 --> 00:46:32,560
Good point, Sergeant,
781
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,200
there's no telling what
ladies are capable of these days.
782
00:46:36,759 --> 00:46:38,000
Thanks for that, Roy.
783
00:46:39,399 --> 00:46:42,640
So, if the trip was a surprise,
who else knew about it?
784
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,959
Well, Mr Elkins told us
that he didn't tell anyone.
785
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:46,759
So, is he protecting someone?
786
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:51,040
Ma'am?
Looks like you were right.
787
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:52,640
I know.
About what?
788
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,759
PolSA search team
just recovered this...
789
00:46:55,799 --> 00:46:57,439
ten metres from the body.
790
00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:58,799
Steel wire fixing.
791
00:46:58,839 --> 00:47:01,000
Explains the scratches
on the victim's fingers.
792
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:02,600
That's from Jackie's coat.
793
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:03,919
Come on.
794
00:47:07,439 --> 00:47:08,720
I wonder...
795
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,680
No compromise, no platform!
796
00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:18,080
No compromise, no platform!
797
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:20,359
Cancel Culture.
How original.
798
00:47:20,399 --> 00:47:22,160
Have you read the book?
799
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,319
Posh, privileged,
800
00:47:24,359 --> 00:47:28,720
middle-class women claiming
they speak for half the population.
801
00:47:28,759 --> 00:47:30,959
What happened, Jackie?
802
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,160
30 years ago, you're the face
of radical feminism.
803
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:35,680
What changed your mind?
804
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:38,239
Life.
805
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:53,680
Sabotage and the push are connected.
806
00:47:53,720 --> 00:47:56,239
And Mick Elkins is behind both.
807
00:47:57,839 --> 00:48:00,040
Ooh, publishers are
gonna love you.
808
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:02,600
Barbara?
You said that when Frankie fell,
809
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:04,799
that he didn't grab onto anything
or anyone.
810
00:48:04,839 --> 00:48:09,040
But we've just recovered this,
ten metres from Mr Marsh's body.
811
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:10,919
This matches the buttons
on your coat, Jackie,
812
00:48:10,959 --> 00:48:12,439
which I can see you've replaced.
813
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:14,319
Are you sure
there wasn't a struggle?
814
00:48:14,359 --> 00:48:17,040
Look, Frankie's dead
because some psychotic maniac
815
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:20,160
- sabotaged that balloon...
- You, Mr Elkins...
816
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,959
...to give yourselves cover
to murder Frankie.
817
00:48:26,359 --> 00:48:27,520
What, are you nuts?
818
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:30,720
- You have the capabilities.
- Get this clown out of here.
819
00:48:30,759 --> 00:48:32,879
Clown?
820
00:48:32,919 --> 00:48:34,399
You think I'm funny?
821
00:48:34,439 --> 00:48:37,520
My father flew
those Pathfinder missions.
822
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:40,439
- Excuse me, Mr Gilbert...
- We lost a lot of good men.
823
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:43,359
Decent men,
who fought for your...
824
00:48:43,399 --> 00:48:47,359
My whole childhood, military bases
in Germany after the war,
825
00:48:47,399 --> 00:48:50,799
Gutersloh, I hardly saw anything
of England
826
00:48:50,839 --> 00:48:55,080
because we were making sacrifices
for the likes of parasites...
827
00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:57,120
Outside!
Now, please, Mr Gilbert.
828
00:49:04,319 --> 00:49:06,799
Out of order, Mr Gilbert.
829
00:49:06,839 --> 00:49:09,000
Look, I've been thinking.
830
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:14,040
Mick Elkins has over 200 hours'
flying time in gliders and balloons.
831
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:15,160
Get real, mate!
832
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:17,759
If he wants to kill Frankie,
there are easier ways.
833
00:49:17,799 --> 00:49:20,160
If you know the dimensions
of the envelope.
834
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:22,200
The approximate weights
of your passengers,
835
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:26,680
the basket and the fuel tanks,
you can calculate it.
836
00:49:26,720 --> 00:49:30,200
Yeah? Factor in the tensile strength
of the cables,
837
00:49:30,239 --> 00:49:32,839
the load-bearing capacity
of the carabiners.
838
00:49:32,879 --> 00:49:35,279
If one carabiner breaks,
the other three
839
00:49:35,319 --> 00:49:38,160
are not strong enough
to support five people.
840
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:41,120
Mick Elkins took
a calculated gamble.
841
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,480
You can tell he lifts weights.
842
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:47,879
He gambled he could hold a bent
carabiner in place for two minutes
843
00:49:47,919 --> 00:49:50,480
while one of his friends
pushed Frankie out.
844
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:56,120
And then they tell us
that Frankie jumped to save them.
845
00:49:58,279 --> 00:49:59,759
Go home, Mr Gilbert.
846
00:49:59,806 --> 00:50:01,246
Cool off.
847
00:50:01,279 --> 00:50:03,439
There's gonna be
repercussions over this,
848
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:04,799
serious repercussions.
849
00:50:18,409 --> 00:50:20,168
Ma'am, look, I'm not saying
850
00:50:20,208 --> 00:50:22,409
that Mr Gilbert is the most
tactful individual,
851
00:50:22,449 --> 00:50:24,768
but he's only trying
to help us get to the truth.
852
00:50:24,808 --> 00:50:28,768
I know, but Mick Elkins and his
mates sabotaged their own balloon,
853
00:50:28,808 --> 00:50:31,648
risked plunging a couple of thousand
feet to their certain death,
854
00:50:31,688 --> 00:50:33,608
just so they had a cover story
to kill Frankie?
855
00:50:33,648 --> 00:50:36,288
It does explain the known facts.
856
00:50:38,688 --> 00:50:40,849
I know, but it's still
just a theory.
857
00:50:40,889 --> 00:50:42,889
Where's the hard evidence
that Mick Elkins...?
858
00:50:42,929 --> 00:50:44,929
Where's the hard evidence
of a push?
859
00:50:44,969 --> 00:50:48,369
Jackie's missing button
is only circumstantial.
860
00:50:48,409 --> 00:50:50,569
It's leverage
for a confession, though.
861
00:50:50,608 --> 00:50:53,128
Or it was until Roy stormed in
and blew it.
862
00:51:02,409 --> 00:51:03,969
Er...
863
00:51:06,328 --> 00:51:10,608
...what did the zebra say
to impress his new girlfriend?
864
00:51:12,969 --> 00:51:14,569
It's a joke.
865
00:51:14,608 --> 00:51:19,328
What did the zebra say
to impress his new girlfriend?
866
00:51:19,369 --> 00:51:20,849
I don't know.
867
00:51:20,889 --> 00:51:23,009
"I used to play for Juventus."
868
00:51:27,248 --> 00:51:29,889
- Juventus play in black and white.
- I know.
869
00:51:29,929 --> 00:51:31,208
But it's not funny?
870
00:51:32,409 --> 00:51:35,569
No, it is funny,
Detective Constable Craig.
871
00:51:35,608 --> 00:51:37,929
I have a very obnoxious laugh.
872
00:51:37,969 --> 00:51:40,089
People find it disturbing.
873
00:51:40,128 --> 00:51:41,768
Even my parents.
874
00:51:48,529 --> 00:51:51,089
Erm, ma'am, I've, er, sent a copy
875
00:51:51,128 --> 00:51:55,409
of Frankie Marsh's financial
profile to your tablet.
876
00:52:00,969 --> 00:52:02,168
Well, I'm not gonna say
877
00:52:02,208 --> 00:52:05,529
that this means Mr Gilbert's right,
ma'am, but... Maybe he is.
878
00:52:05,569 --> 00:52:07,849
Maybe the whole thing was
a conspiracy to kill Frankie,
879
00:52:07,889 --> 00:52:09,569
led by Mick Elkins.
880
00:52:09,608 --> 00:52:11,208
Well...
881
00:52:11,248 --> 00:52:12,688
This is motive.
882
00:52:14,849 --> 00:52:17,529
Frankie's financial profile.
883
00:52:17,569 --> 00:52:19,728
You bought him
the apartment downstairs.
884
00:52:19,768 --> 00:52:24,288
Jackie pays him 25k a year
for "consultancy services".
885
00:52:24,328 --> 00:52:26,089
Ditto Gordon and Barbara.
886
00:52:26,128 --> 00:52:28,489
Yeah, well, we loved Frankie
like a brother, you know?
887
00:52:28,529 --> 00:52:31,089
That's a lot of love for people
who are supposed to be selfish.
888
00:52:31,128 --> 00:52:34,168
Ah, that's just a pose.
Live Aid was the '80s.
889
00:52:34,208 --> 00:52:36,089
I helped Bob and Midge make it work.
890
00:52:36,128 --> 00:52:38,808
Bob and Midge?
What's that, kids' TV?
891
00:52:39,849 --> 00:52:41,808
- Henry Howard.
- Sorry?
892
00:52:41,849 --> 00:52:45,369
You know, I've been thinking
about enemies, you know?
893
00:52:45,409 --> 00:52:47,529
This guy called Henry Howard.
894
00:52:47,569 --> 00:52:50,569
He got it into his head
that me and him were like mates
895
00:52:50,608 --> 00:52:52,929
cos we're both balloon pilots.
896
00:52:52,969 --> 00:52:56,929
Anyway, his restaurant goes bankrupt
and I swoop in.
897
00:53:00,288 --> 00:53:02,409
Was Frankie blackmailing you?
898
00:53:02,449 --> 00:53:04,449
All four of you?
899
00:53:04,489 --> 00:53:06,089
Is that why he had to go?
900
00:53:08,248 --> 00:53:11,929
Excuse me, sir, but what were you
doing between 9 p.m. on Sunday night
901
00:53:11,969 --> 00:53:14,489
and 5:30 a.m. on Monday morning?
902
00:53:14,529 --> 00:53:16,168
I was here.
903
00:53:16,208 --> 00:53:18,608
Hm... Henry Howard.
904
00:53:18,648 --> 00:53:21,449
We'll certainly take a look at that,
won't we, ma'am?
905
00:53:21,489 --> 00:53:23,049
Thank you for your time, sir.
906
00:53:30,849 --> 00:53:34,208
Right, what's happening?
You just pulled a Roy Gilbert on me.
907
00:53:34,248 --> 00:53:36,929
I had him in there. I was right
about Frankie blackmailing him.
908
00:53:36,969 --> 00:53:40,128
Yes, ma'am, you are right,
and so is Mr Gilbert.
909
00:53:40,168 --> 00:53:43,728
I think that I can prove that
Mick Elkins sabotaged that balloon.
910
00:53:45,009 --> 00:53:50,328
Now, two weights were missing
from Elkins's rack up there.
911
00:53:50,369 --> 00:53:53,969
Two 10kg weights.
912
00:53:54,009 --> 00:53:55,529
See? See, there now.
913
00:53:55,569 --> 00:53:59,849
It looks like they're shifting
two full 20-kilo tanks.
914
00:53:59,889 --> 00:54:02,688
But we know those tanks were empty.
915
00:54:02,728 --> 00:54:05,808
Ma'am, there is a 10kg difference
916
00:54:05,849 --> 00:54:08,049
between and full tank
and an empty one.
917
00:54:08,089 --> 00:54:09,728
Look. Look, now, see.
918
00:54:09,768 --> 00:54:13,208
The tanks, they're kept
in weatherproof bags.
919
00:54:13,248 --> 00:54:15,208
So, what exactly are you saying?
920
00:54:15,248 --> 00:54:18,569
Mick Elkins, he breaks into
the Magnificent Men trailer
921
00:54:18,608 --> 00:54:22,969
on Sunday night, he empties
the tanks of 10kg of fuel,
922
00:54:23,009 --> 00:54:26,608
then he inserts his weights
into the bags to compensate
923
00:54:26,648 --> 00:54:28,409
and to fool the Magnificent Men.
924
00:54:28,449 --> 00:54:32,889
Then the balloon, it takes off
with his weights in the bag.
925
00:54:32,929 --> 00:54:36,089
Then the balloon crash-lands
with his weights in the bag.
926
00:54:36,128 --> 00:54:39,089
And our people,
they secure the crash scene
927
00:54:39,128 --> 00:54:43,328
and they seize the tanks
in the bags as exhibits.
928
00:54:44,369 --> 00:54:47,688
Ma'am... the weights'll
still be there,
929
00:54:47,728 --> 00:54:50,208
at Exhibits, in the bags,
930
00:54:50,248 --> 00:54:53,808
with Mick Elkins's trace evidence
all over them.
931
00:55:07,728 --> 00:55:10,049
DC Craig said I could find you here.
932
00:55:10,089 --> 00:55:16,128
They've removed me from the inquiry
after my outburst.
933
00:55:16,168 --> 00:55:18,089
I'm sorry about that.
934
00:55:18,128 --> 00:55:20,049
- It was unprofessional.
- OK.
935
00:55:20,089 --> 00:55:23,728
I just wanted to say how much
I've enjoyed working with you,
936
00:55:23,768 --> 00:55:26,728
both of you.
It's been a privilege.
937
00:55:26,768 --> 00:55:28,089
Thanks, Roy.
938
00:55:28,128 --> 00:55:30,688
Well, we couldn't have done it
without you, sir.
939
00:55:32,449 --> 00:55:35,569
A few of us inconsequential fellows,
940
00:55:35,608 --> 00:55:38,128
we meet up on the last Friday
of every month
941
00:55:38,168 --> 00:55:42,369
at the Sunne Rising
on Upper North Street.
942
00:55:42,409 --> 00:55:45,728
A couple of cleansing pints of ale
and some idle chat.
943
00:55:45,768 --> 00:55:47,969
You're quite welcome to join us.
944
00:55:50,208 --> 00:55:53,369
I just might...
just might take you up on that.
945
00:55:53,409 --> 00:55:55,688
- Thank you, Sar...
- Ah...
946
00:56:01,648 --> 00:56:04,849
Right, let's get
those weights, ma'am.
947
00:56:35,328 --> 00:56:36,529
It's empty.
948
00:56:48,808 --> 00:56:50,128
There's no weights.
949
00:56:54,569 --> 00:56:56,089
Where are they?
950
00:56:57,288 --> 00:57:00,969
Barbara Graham has raised an online
complaint of harassment.
951
00:57:01,024 --> 00:57:04,743
- Jackie Somner's doing a BuzzFeed article.
- BuzzFeed?
952
00:57:04,768 --> 00:57:07,929
On her personal experience of
the West of England Constabulary's
953
00:57:07,969 --> 00:57:10,608
- structural sexism.
- That's rich, coming from her!
954
00:57:10,648 --> 00:57:12,648
Do not interrupt.
955
00:57:12,688 --> 00:57:15,409
I'm not one of your suspects.
956
00:57:15,449 --> 00:57:17,648
Gordon Elmwood's asked
the CC's wife...
957
00:57:17,688 --> 00:57:19,328
Oh, yes, he's her friend.
958
00:57:19,369 --> 00:57:21,288
...To have a word
in her husband's ear.
959
00:57:21,328 --> 00:57:22,929
Mick Elkins's London solicitor
960
00:57:22,969 --> 00:57:25,889
is demanding a Professional
Standards Investigation.
961
00:57:25,929 --> 00:57:30,728
All because you allowed
this Roy Gilbert...
962
00:57:30,768 --> 00:57:33,248
I didn't allow anything.
He gate-crashed.
963
00:57:33,288 --> 00:57:35,929
- He overstepped his remit.
- Well, he's gone now!
964
00:57:38,089 --> 00:57:41,608
This has become a multi-pronged
attack on me, Lauren.
965
00:57:41,648 --> 00:57:43,328
What are you gonna do about it?
966
00:57:45,929 --> 00:57:48,449
Uh, well, er, we believe, sir,
967
00:57:48,489 --> 00:57:52,688
that weights were used
to fool the Magnificent Men.
968
00:57:52,728 --> 00:57:54,889
What is he talking about?
969
00:57:54,929 --> 00:57:57,288
Forget about the weights.
If Elkins was behind it,
970
00:57:57,328 --> 00:58:00,569
he wouldn't leave the weights in
the bags under our nose, would he?
971
00:58:00,608 --> 00:58:02,369
They'd be in the Avon by now.
972
00:58:02,409 --> 00:58:03,648
Honeymoon over, Lauren?
973
00:58:03,688 --> 00:58:05,569
I don't do honeymoons, sir.
974
00:58:06,808 --> 00:58:08,648
OK.
975
00:58:08,688 --> 00:58:10,569
Let's kick the tyres on this.
976
00:58:11,889 --> 00:58:14,049
These guys have been lying to us
from the start.
977
00:58:14,089 --> 00:58:16,529
Considering their financial
relationship with the victim,
978
00:58:16,569 --> 00:58:18,049
I think he was blackmailing them.
979
00:58:18,089 --> 00:58:20,369
Over what? I don't know,
but look at the pattern.
980
00:58:20,409 --> 00:58:24,009
In 2016, the four of them move
to Bath to share an apartment block.
981
00:58:24,049 --> 00:58:26,529
A year later,
Frankie turns up and moves in.
982
00:58:26,569 --> 00:58:30,369
Go back to 1985, the four of them
buy a house in Notting Hill.
983
00:58:30,409 --> 00:58:33,089
- A year later, Frankie moves in.
- Not four of them.
984
00:58:33,128 --> 00:58:36,648
- What?
- What, er... 1985...
985
00:58:38,049 --> 00:58:41,009
...I think there may have been
five people living in that house.
986
00:58:43,688 --> 00:58:45,969
So, if you can just enlarge that
for us, please,
987
00:58:46,009 --> 00:58:49,889
Detective Constable Paciorkowski?
Just on the mirror there.
988
00:58:51,849 --> 00:58:53,369
Can we make that clearer?
989
00:58:58,449 --> 00:58:59,849
So, who's he, then?
990
00:59:01,768 --> 00:59:03,288
Mick Elkins?
991
00:59:03,328 --> 00:59:05,248
Nah, that's not Mick, is it?
992
00:59:05,288 --> 00:59:06,969
No. Definitely not.
993
00:59:07,009 --> 00:59:08,569
They did tell us
that were four of them
994
00:59:08,608 --> 00:59:11,089
living in that house in Notting Hill
in 1985, didn't they?
995
00:59:11,128 --> 00:59:12,728
Yes, they did, ma'am.
996
00:59:12,768 --> 00:59:14,569
Well, he looks right at home to me.
997
00:59:14,608 --> 00:59:16,489
Could be a boyfriend
or a mate, but...
998
00:59:16,529 --> 00:59:18,849
Drill down hard on that house
in Notting Hill.
999
00:59:18,889 --> 00:59:21,049
Ownership, tenancies,
anything and everything.
1000
00:59:21,089 --> 00:59:23,208
When'd you find out about this?
1001
00:59:23,248 --> 00:59:24,929
When I went to the library, ma'am.
1002
00:59:26,049 --> 00:59:28,369
- On Monday?
- Yes, ma'am.
1003
00:59:28,409 --> 00:59:30,049
Why didn't you tell me on Monday?
1004
00:59:30,089 --> 00:59:31,808
Well, I just...
1005
00:59:31,849 --> 00:59:35,288
I didn't think that it was important
at the time, ma'am.
1006
00:59:35,328 --> 00:59:37,808
I decide what is
and isn't important.
1007
00:59:37,849 --> 00:59:40,089
That's how it works here.
You give me information
1008
00:59:40,128 --> 00:59:41,529
and I turn it into knowledge.
1009
00:59:41,569 --> 00:59:44,409
But I do need the information
as soon as we find it.
1010
00:59:44,449 --> 00:59:46,089
- Ma'am.
- Yes, ma'am.
1011
00:59:46,128 --> 00:59:47,489
All right.
1012
00:59:50,089 --> 00:59:52,529
- Yes?
- Message from Roy Gilbert...
1013
00:59:53,849 --> 00:59:55,969
...for Sergeant Dodds.
1014
00:59:56,009 --> 00:59:57,808
He wants you to meet him
at the crash scene.
1015
00:59:57,849 --> 00:59:59,608
He has a theory about the case.
1016
01:00:00,648 --> 01:00:02,409
Well, no stone unturned, ma'am.
1017
01:00:02,449 --> 01:00:05,449
Yeah, OK. Fine. Go get your
weird little friend's theory.
1018
01:00:05,489 --> 01:00:07,248
Well, that's not fair, ma'am.
1019
01:00:07,288 --> 01:00:09,768
Roy Gilbert's a good and decent man.
1020
01:00:47,202 --> 01:00:53,762
This is paradise.
This is the end of the journey.
1021
01:00:53,802 --> 01:00:55,762
The destination?
1022
01:00:56,946 --> 01:01:01,258
This is a place called happiness.
1023
01:01:02,762 --> 01:01:04,923
And cut! Really well done, Barbara,
thank you.
1024
01:01:04,963 --> 01:01:06,722
Thank you.
1025
01:01:09,563 --> 01:01:13,043
Oh, for God's sake...
1026
01:01:15,083 --> 01:01:16,762
I didn't know you were an actress.
1027
01:01:16,802 --> 01:01:21,523
I'm not. I'm an '80s icon,
as you know.
1028
01:01:21,563 --> 01:01:26,122
Clickbait for the equity release
demographic. You know...
1029
01:01:26,162 --> 01:01:30,202
"Sign your house over to us, boys,
and... you get me."
1030
01:01:31,603 --> 01:01:34,722
Who's this?
There, in the background.
1031
01:01:34,762 --> 01:01:37,762
- I don't know.
- Really?
1032
01:01:38,762 --> 01:01:41,802
He's in your house.
In Notting Hill. In 1985.
1033
01:01:41,842 --> 01:01:43,043
Looks right at home to me.
1034
01:01:44,603 --> 01:01:48,083
I'm sorry. I don't know.
1035
01:02:05,363 --> 01:02:07,202
Sergeant Dodds.
1036
01:02:08,443 --> 01:02:12,282
I hope I haven't dragged you away
from anything important.
1037
01:02:12,322 --> 01:02:13,842
No, Sir. I, er...
1038
01:02:13,883 --> 01:02:16,322
I seem to have
become, erm...
1039
01:02:17,603 --> 01:02:19,242
...superfluous.
1040
01:02:20,923 --> 01:02:22,682
Join the club.
1041
01:02:24,083 --> 01:02:27,162
If you'll indulge me a little,
this is what I'm thinking.
1042
01:02:27,202 --> 01:02:28,883
If I'm correct,
1043
01:02:28,923 --> 01:02:31,842
and Mick Elkins did sabotage
his own balloon trip...
1044
01:02:31,883 --> 01:02:34,122
It's all about the fuel tanks.
1045
01:02:35,842 --> 01:02:37,682
You took the words
right out of my mouth.
1046
01:02:37,722 --> 01:02:39,963
Yeah, I believe it is
all about the fuel tanks.
1047
01:02:40,003 --> 01:02:44,003
But the question is, how did Elkins
fool the Magnificent Men
1048
01:02:44,043 --> 01:02:46,923
- into thinking they were full?
- Weights.
1049
01:02:48,322 --> 01:02:51,162
Sergeant, I'm beginning
to feel superfluous myself.
1050
01:02:51,202 --> 01:02:53,483
Well, when I went
to Mr Elkins's apartment,
1051
01:02:53,523 --> 01:02:57,363
I noticed that two ten-kilogram
fitness weights were missing.
1052
01:02:57,403 --> 01:02:59,083
That's it.
1053
01:02:59,122 --> 01:03:02,122
That's the missing piece
in my theory. That's the proof.
1054
01:03:02,162 --> 01:03:04,563
Only if we can
recover those weights.
1055
01:03:04,603 --> 01:03:06,963
And that's my problem, sir.
1056
01:03:07,003 --> 01:03:08,762
I know they went up
with the balloon,
1057
01:03:08,802 --> 01:03:10,483
I know they came down again,
1058
01:03:10,523 --> 01:03:13,322
but when I went to Exhibits...
nothing.
1059
01:03:13,363 --> 01:03:14,802
Gone.
1060
01:03:14,842 --> 01:03:17,043
So where in the blazes are they?
1061
01:03:17,083 --> 01:03:18,963
What did Elkins do with them?
1062
01:03:21,122 --> 01:03:22,963
Unless...
1063
01:03:25,322 --> 01:03:27,842
Unless he smuggled them away
from here?
1064
01:03:29,363 --> 01:03:30,842
From under our noses?
1065
01:03:33,043 --> 01:03:35,483
How could he? The place
was crawling with police
1066
01:03:35,523 --> 01:03:38,043
when they landed,
the Magnificent Men were here,
1067
01:03:38,083 --> 01:03:40,483
- I mean, how could he...?
- No, you're right. Of course not.
1068
01:03:45,282 --> 01:03:46,563
Unless...
1069
01:03:47,603 --> 01:03:51,963
The only other possibility
is that... someone else...
1070
01:03:52,003 --> 01:03:53,523
removed them.
1071
01:03:53,563 --> 01:03:58,043
No. I don't think
that is the only other possibility.
1072
01:03:58,083 --> 01:04:01,403
Sergeant,
I believe Elkins dumped them.
1073
01:04:01,443 --> 01:04:03,563
I think he threw them overboard,
1074
01:04:03,603 --> 01:04:05,802
just after they'd thrown Frankie
overboard.
1075
01:04:05,842 --> 01:04:08,403
Elkins couldn't risk landing
with them on-board.
1076
01:04:08,443 --> 01:04:10,603
I mean, what if we searched
the fuel tank bags?
1077
01:04:10,642 --> 01:04:12,162
He'd be caught red handed.
1078
01:04:13,242 --> 01:04:14,923
That's it!
1079
01:04:14,963 --> 01:04:18,363
That's exactly it.
Brilliant, sir. Quite brilliant!
1080
01:04:18,403 --> 01:04:22,242
Sergeant, standard Air Incident
Investigation Agency practice.
1081
01:04:22,282 --> 01:04:24,883
We recreate the flight.
1082
01:04:24,923 --> 01:04:27,322
So, same type of plane,
same weather, same altitude,
1083
01:04:27,363 --> 01:04:30,883
same flightpath. Now, mostly,
we're looking for evidence.
1084
01:04:30,923 --> 01:04:33,923
So, debris, missing parts.
1085
01:04:33,963 --> 01:04:39,003
But perhaps, you and I, in the air,
working together,
1086
01:04:39,043 --> 01:04:41,883
might spot the missing weights
on the ground,
1087
01:04:41,923 --> 01:04:43,722
bang Mick Elkins to rights.
1088
01:04:45,563 --> 01:04:48,242
- Something wrong, Sergeant?
- Well, sir, I...
1089
01:04:50,563 --> 01:04:53,563
...I suffer from vertigo.
I really don't like...
1090
01:04:53,603 --> 01:04:55,883
As I used to say
to my nervous passengers,
1091
01:04:55,923 --> 01:04:58,122
it's the air that holds you up.
1092
01:05:01,883 --> 01:05:05,603
Nope. Sorry. No idea.
1093
01:05:05,642 --> 01:05:10,483
A lot of people came and went.
Who didn't wanna be in our gang?
1094
01:05:10,523 --> 01:05:13,122
Normal people?
Take a proper look.
1095
01:05:15,043 --> 01:05:17,202
What's your Achilles heel, Jackie?
1096
01:05:20,443 --> 01:05:21,923
Like seeing a ghost, eh?
1097
01:05:24,403 --> 01:05:29,282
We keep coming back to Notting Hill,
1985. That time, that place.
1098
01:05:29,322 --> 01:05:30,642
YOU keep coming back to that.
1099
01:05:30,682 --> 01:05:33,083
As far as I'm concerned,
the past is another planet.
1100
01:05:33,122 --> 01:05:36,923
Actually, that's a rather good line
for my funeral oration for Frankie.
1101
01:05:36,963 --> 01:05:40,242
Which, if you don't mind,
I'm trying to prepare.
1102
01:05:40,282 --> 01:05:43,162
Gordy, time to go.
1103
01:05:43,202 --> 01:05:46,363
Who's this, Mick?
Notting Hill, 1985.
1104
01:05:46,403 --> 01:05:49,563
I was on tour a lot back then.
'85 to '90,
1105
01:05:49,603 --> 01:05:50,923
it's all a bit of a blur.
1106
01:05:50,963 --> 01:05:54,202
Come on, Mick. Let's go home
and Google ourselves.
1107
01:05:54,242 --> 01:05:57,043
Took you 35 years
to get rid of Frankie.
1108
01:05:57,083 --> 01:06:00,403
Why'd he keep following you lot?
What did he have on you?
1109
01:06:00,443 --> 01:06:02,603
There were four of you
up in that balloon.
1110
01:06:02,642 --> 01:06:04,242
One killer, three witnesses.
1111
01:06:04,282 --> 01:06:07,242
So, how long until one of you cracks
and gives up the killer?
1112
01:06:08,642 --> 01:06:10,403
It's only a matter of time, boys.
1113
01:06:12,923 --> 01:06:15,642
Weather conditions
similar to last Monday.
1114
01:06:15,682 --> 01:06:18,202
Now, we know Elkins'
point of origin,
1115
01:06:18,242 --> 01:06:20,363
we know where he crash-landed.
1116
01:06:20,403 --> 01:06:22,802
I reckon I can
shadow his flightpath,
1117
01:06:22,842 --> 01:06:24,802
at a lower altitude, of course.
1118
01:06:24,842 --> 01:06:26,242
Shall we?
1119
01:06:32,563 --> 01:06:34,202
Right. What have we got?
1120
01:06:34,242 --> 01:06:36,363
First. That house in Notting Hill.
1121
01:06:36,403 --> 01:06:38,802
It's how those four
made their fortune.
1122
01:06:38,842 --> 01:06:41,923
They bought it in November 1986
for 30 grand.
1123
01:06:41,963 --> 01:06:45,443
Sold it three years later
for 1.5 million.
1124
01:06:45,483 --> 01:06:46,883
Split the profits four ways.
1125
01:06:46,923 --> 01:06:49,842
30 grand? Bloody hell! That's not
even a deposit in my world.
1126
01:06:49,883 --> 01:06:52,842
But the thing is, ma'am, in 1985,
1127
01:06:52,883 --> 01:06:56,003
there were five people resident
in the house.
1128
01:06:57,443 --> 01:06:59,083
The man in the mirror?
1129
01:07:03,122 --> 01:07:06,762
John Malcolm. We can place him
in London between March 1984
1130
01:07:06,802 --> 01:07:09,282
and September 1985.
1131
01:07:09,322 --> 01:07:11,083
He absconded from his home
in Germany
1132
01:07:11,122 --> 01:07:13,762
on the military base in Gutersloh.
1133
01:07:13,802 --> 01:07:15,282
Whoa!
1134
01:07:15,322 --> 01:07:17,276
What was the name
of that military base?
1135
01:07:17,277 --> 01:07:18,282
Gutersloh.
1136
01:07:18,322 --> 01:07:20,883
That's where Roy Gilbert
was brought up.
1137
01:07:22,242 --> 01:07:24,242
So, what does that mean, ma'am?
1138
01:07:24,282 --> 01:07:28,483
It means he has the expertise,
the capability...
1139
01:07:30,483 --> 01:07:33,322
...and the motive.
Where's Dodds?
1140
01:07:33,363 --> 01:07:35,842
He left a message, he's...
1141
01:07:48,322 --> 01:07:50,682
Climb aboard, Sergeant Dodds.
1142
01:07:54,883 --> 01:07:57,162
Are you sure
we're gonna be OK up there?
1143
01:07:57,202 --> 01:08:02,363
Sergeant... I've rattled through
Iraqi ground barrages unscathed.
1144
01:08:02,403 --> 01:08:04,162
I reckon I can handle this fella.
1145
01:08:09,322 --> 01:08:11,282
Whoa...!
1146
01:08:11,322 --> 01:08:14,603
You're fine, old son. We're still
tethered to the ground, see?
1147
01:08:14,642 --> 01:08:16,642
- Ah...
- Are we ready, chaps?
1148
01:08:16,682 --> 01:08:19,202
Just checking your gas, Mr Gilbert.
Obviously.
1149
01:08:47,243 --> 01:08:50,123
All right, Sergeant? All set?
1150
01:09:02,682 --> 01:09:06,042
Get my gubbins from the car,
and we'll get ourselves started.
1151
01:09:12,443 --> 01:09:15,523
Two ten-kilogram weights.
1152
01:09:21,203 --> 01:09:23,483
Damn! I forgot my binoculars.
1153
01:09:27,682 --> 01:09:31,563
Whoa... Argh!
1154
01:09:35,123 --> 01:09:36,922
- Shit!
- Bloody hell!
1155
01:09:40,802 --> 01:09:43,563
No! Hold on, bro...
Hold on to me, Ollie...
1156
01:09:44,722 --> 01:09:45,762
What do I do?!
1157
01:09:45,802 --> 01:09:47,363
- The vent!
- The what?
1158
01:09:47,403 --> 01:09:48,682
Pull the bloody vent!
1159
01:09:55,762 --> 01:09:57,082
What vent?!
1160
01:09:57,123 --> 01:10:00,002
Come on! Help! You need to help us,
Mr Gilbert!
1161
01:10:04,443 --> 01:10:06,922
He's gonna go up, Ollie,
he's gonna go.
1162
01:10:11,603 --> 01:10:13,123
Bloody hell.
1163
01:10:17,922 --> 01:10:20,042
Aaargh!
1164
01:10:30,523 --> 01:10:33,762
The red line! Pull the red line!
1165
01:10:35,283 --> 01:10:37,842
Do what you're told!
Pull the red line!
1166
01:11:00,403 --> 01:11:01,802
What happened, Roy?
1167
01:11:01,842 --> 01:11:03,762
I don't know.
1168
01:11:07,842 --> 01:11:09,603
I think I owe you an apology.
1169
01:11:09,642 --> 01:11:12,603
I've come round
to your way of thinking.
1170
01:11:12,642 --> 01:11:15,203
Mick Elkins did this.
1171
01:11:15,243 --> 01:11:17,163
I'd appreciate your help
in proving it.
1172
01:11:17,203 --> 01:11:18,842
Of course.
1173
01:11:18,882 --> 01:11:22,922
I'm so sorry, Sergeant. My mistake.
1174
01:11:22,962 --> 01:11:27,163
My daughter, Victoria, she says
I'm getting older and dithery.
1175
01:11:27,203 --> 01:11:28,563
Are you OK?
1176
01:11:28,603 --> 01:11:30,842
He's OK.
Sergeant Dodds,
1177
01:11:30,882 --> 01:11:33,403
I'm bringing Mr Gilbert back
onto the inquiry.
1178
01:11:33,443 --> 01:11:37,010
He's gonna help us nail Mick Elkins,
aren't you, Roy?
1179
01:11:37,011 --> 01:11:38,159
Yeah.
1180
01:11:39,403 --> 01:11:40,563
It's my call.
1181
01:11:40,603 --> 01:11:43,882
And you need to decide which side
your chips are buttered on.
1182
01:11:49,922 --> 01:11:52,642
It's great to have you
back on board, sir.
1183
01:11:56,722 --> 01:11:59,563
Right, now,
let's get a chopper up...
1184
01:12:01,563 --> 01:12:04,123
- ...and see if we can find those weights.
- Good idea, Sergeant.
1185
01:12:04,163 --> 01:12:06,722
Mick Elkins has taken us all
for a ride.
1186
01:12:06,762 --> 01:12:10,363
- He's been laughing at us.
- Yeah, well. That stops now.
1187
01:12:26,002 --> 01:12:29,363
- Are you OK?
- Ah, yes, ma'am. I think so.
1188
01:12:29,403 --> 01:12:31,882
Apart from Roy Gilbert
trying to kill me.
1189
01:12:33,802 --> 01:12:36,523
Don't worry about him,
I've got a plan.
1190
01:12:49,523 --> 01:12:51,323
Who's John Malcolm?
1191
01:12:51,363 --> 01:12:53,922
The man who wasn't there.
1192
01:13:49,289 --> 01:13:55,529
We gather here today to
lay to rest Francis Edward Marsh,
1193
01:13:55,569 --> 01:14:01,329
beloved friend of Gordon, Barbara,
Michael and Jacqueline.
1194
01:14:09,888 --> 01:14:12,128
If you think
you can stop the burial...
1195
01:14:12,168 --> 01:14:15,128
There's no point. We can't prove
that Frankie was pushed.
1196
01:14:15,168 --> 01:14:19,008
But we CAN prove that Mr Elkins
sabotaged that balloon.
1197
01:14:19,048 --> 01:14:21,329
- Oh, not this again!
- Mr Gilbert?
1198
01:14:24,848 --> 01:14:29,449
Last Sunday night, you broke into
the Magnificent Men trailer.
1199
01:14:29,489 --> 01:14:34,409
You inserted two ten-kilogram
weights into the bags
1200
01:14:34,449 --> 01:14:36,248
to fool the balloon boys.
1201
01:14:36,289 --> 01:14:37,649
DC Craig?
1202
01:14:39,888 --> 01:14:42,329
These are the weights you used.
1203
01:14:42,369 --> 01:14:44,529
Recovered from a field
where you dumped them.
1204
01:14:46,449 --> 01:14:48,329
But missing from your weights rack.
1205
01:14:48,369 --> 01:14:50,249
- I noticed they were missing.
- I noticed, too.
1206
01:14:50,289 --> 01:14:52,928
Only one set of prints on them,
Mick.
1207
01:14:52,968 --> 01:14:54,409
Yours.
1208
01:14:54,449 --> 01:14:57,928
You replaced a strong carabiner
with a weak one...
1209
01:14:57,968 --> 01:14:59,769
This is bullshit!
1210
01:14:59,808 --> 01:15:03,449
You calculated the load bearing
capacity of the balloon
1211
01:15:03,489 --> 01:15:06,569
so, when the weak carabiner snapped,
1212
01:15:06,609 --> 01:15:10,289
the basket couldn't support
all five of you.
1213
01:15:10,329 --> 01:15:11,529
Mick...?
1214
01:15:11,569 --> 01:15:14,769
Very clever, Mr Elkins.
1215
01:15:14,808 --> 01:15:17,928
You forced your friends
to get rid of Frankie
1216
01:15:17,968 --> 01:15:19,409
without you lifting a finger.
1217
01:15:19,449 --> 01:15:22,529
Say it, Jackie.
Say what you're thinking.
1218
01:15:30,808 --> 01:15:33,088
- Did you set us up?
- No!
1219
01:15:33,128 --> 01:15:35,248
Come on, Jackie.
1220
01:15:35,289 --> 01:15:38,928
- Gordy?
- I should talk to my lawyer, Mick.
1221
01:15:38,968 --> 01:15:40,808
You're kidding!
1222
01:15:41,848 --> 01:15:45,409
I did NOT! This is crap!
1223
01:15:45,449 --> 01:15:46,529
Barbara?!
1224
01:15:46,569 --> 01:15:49,329
I don't know, really...
I don't know.
1225
01:15:49,369 --> 01:15:51,649
- You set us up!
- No, I didn't!
1226
01:15:51,689 --> 01:15:55,489
- They're chucking you out
the balloon, Mick. - You set us up!
1227
01:15:55,529 --> 01:15:59,168
It was your button, Jackie!
They found your button!
1228
01:15:59,208 --> 01:16:01,409
Cos Frankie pulled it off!
1229
01:16:09,449 --> 01:16:12,449
Let's just take a step back here.
1230
01:16:12,489 --> 01:16:14,689
I didn't set anyone up.
1231
01:16:14,729 --> 01:16:17,128
I'm the innocent one here.
1232
01:16:17,168 --> 01:16:19,569
I was trying to save everyone!
1233
01:16:24,168 --> 01:16:25,609
They did it!
1234
01:16:27,128 --> 01:16:28,289
They did it!
1235
01:16:53,808 --> 01:16:55,609
I don't blame you.
1236
01:16:55,649 --> 01:16:58,848
35 years, sex on tap.
1237
01:17:00,329 --> 01:17:02,808
Frankie liked you on his arm,
too, didn't he?
1238
01:17:02,848 --> 01:17:06,449
Took you down the pub...
impressed the lads.
1239
01:17:10,048 --> 01:17:11,848
You pushed him, Barbara.
1240
01:17:13,569 --> 01:17:15,689
And I'll swear to that in court.
1241
01:17:18,888 --> 01:17:20,128
OK.
1242
01:17:22,048 --> 01:17:23,649
You're going for murder, Barbara.
1243
01:17:25,689 --> 01:17:29,048
You two, accessories to murder.
And as for you, Mick...
1244
01:17:30,208 --> 01:17:32,449
Mr Elkins is innocent.
1245
01:17:32,489 --> 01:17:33,729
What?
1246
01:17:33,769 --> 01:17:35,449
Sunday night.
1247
01:17:35,489 --> 01:17:39,048
It wasn't Mr Elkins who broke into
the Magnificent Men trailer.
1248
01:17:41,008 --> 01:17:45,848
That was you, Mr Gilbert.
1249
01:17:46,928 --> 01:17:49,449
It was you
who sabotaged the balloon.
1250
01:17:49,489 --> 01:17:51,248
Changed the carabiner
1251
01:17:51,289 --> 01:17:54,729
and slipped Mr Elkins's weights in
with the fuel tanks.
1252
01:17:54,769 --> 01:17:56,888
Then, later, after the crash,
1253
01:17:56,928 --> 01:17:59,928
it was you who cleared
the crime scene of our people
1254
01:17:59,968 --> 01:18:02,128
so that you could smuggle
Mr Elkins's weights out
1255
01:18:02,168 --> 01:18:08,088
from under our noses and use them
to frame Mr Elkins.
1256
01:18:08,128 --> 01:18:13,449
But I'm afraid that your trusty
rucksack gave you away.
1257
01:18:13,489 --> 01:18:15,928
The first time you met us.
Do you remember, sir?
1258
01:18:15,968 --> 01:18:17,409
Do you remember what happened?
1259
01:18:17,449 --> 01:18:19,609
Good morning,
Detective Chief Inspector!
1260
01:18:21,409 --> 01:18:24,128
It snapped...
1261
01:18:24,168 --> 01:18:28,128
because you were carrying those
two ten-kilo weights in it
1262
01:18:28,168 --> 01:18:31,048
that you'd stolen
from Mr Elkins's apartment.
1263
01:18:31,088 --> 01:18:32,968
You little shit.
1264
01:18:33,008 --> 01:18:37,329
Apart from that, it was all
planned and executed
1265
01:18:37,369 --> 01:18:39,769
with military precision.
1266
01:18:40,928 --> 01:18:42,329
There's too much weight.
1267
01:18:42,369 --> 01:18:47,168
If they don't lose someone from
the basket, then they'll all die.
1268
01:18:47,208 --> 01:18:51,489
There's no time to draw lots,
no time to discuss it.
1269
01:18:51,529 --> 01:18:54,928
But you knew exactly
who they'd choose to lose.
1270
01:18:58,128 --> 01:18:59,329
Frankie Marsh.
1271
01:19:04,689 --> 01:19:07,689
It was genius, Mr Gilbert.
1272
01:19:07,729 --> 01:19:12,769
You were the invisible hand
that modelled the perfect,
1273
01:19:12,808 --> 01:19:16,769
murderous, now-or-never moment.
1274
01:19:16,808 --> 01:19:19,968
The killer who wasn't there.
1275
01:19:21,569 --> 01:19:23,689
So, it wasn't really murder.
1276
01:19:23,729 --> 01:19:26,329
Of course it's a murder!
She pushed him!
1277
01:19:26,369 --> 01:19:27,888
I didn't have a choice.
1278
01:19:27,928 --> 01:19:29,569
Frankie would have died anyway.
1279
01:19:29,609 --> 01:19:35,088
I mean, yes, I did push Frankie,
but I didn't actually murder him.
1280
01:19:35,128 --> 01:19:40,569
Did I? When you think about it,
Barbara actually saved four lives.
1281
01:19:40,609 --> 01:19:43,248
How uncharacteristically selfless.
1282
01:19:44,609 --> 01:19:49,289
You can't arrest me.
It won't stand up in court, will it?
1283
01:19:49,329 --> 01:19:50,569
No.
1284
01:19:54,649 --> 01:19:58,529
Stop it! Stop laughing.
You think...
1285
01:20:00,409 --> 01:20:04,848
People like me, you know, ordinary
people who just live in the suburbs
1286
01:20:04,888 --> 01:20:06,649
and don't make a fuss
about everything...
1287
01:20:06,689 --> 01:20:08,848
You think we're funny?
1288
01:20:08,888 --> 01:20:11,968
We're dull? We're boring?
1289
01:20:12,008 --> 01:20:14,248
We fought!
1290
01:20:14,289 --> 01:20:16,409
My father fought!
1291
01:20:17,649 --> 01:20:20,329
Good men... died.
1292
01:20:20,369 --> 01:20:24,888
Gave EVERYTHING for England!
1293
01:20:24,928 --> 01:20:27,329
We fought for...
1294
01:20:27,369 --> 01:20:30,449
So, is that it, mate?!
We don't wear a poppy, so...
1295
01:20:30,489 --> 01:20:31,689
John Malcolm.
1296
01:20:34,329 --> 01:20:36,609
Go on, Roy.
Tell them why you did it.
1297
01:20:48,609 --> 01:20:53,569
Mr Gilbert grew up in Gutersloh
in Germany.
1298
01:20:53,609 --> 01:20:55,769
On an RAF base.
1299
01:20:55,808 --> 01:21:00,128
Next door to his best friend,
John Malcolm.
1300
01:21:07,289 --> 01:21:10,888
John ran away from home.
1301
01:21:10,928 --> 01:21:13,128
To London.
1302
01:21:13,168 --> 01:21:17,329
He was 16. I never heard from him.
1303
01:21:17,369 --> 01:21:22,208
He cut off all contact.
With me, with his mum and dad.
1304
01:21:22,248 --> 01:21:26,409
They went looking, but gave up.
1305
01:21:26,449 --> 01:21:29,248
I went looking.
I came to your house.
1306
01:21:29,289 --> 01:21:31,848
Notting Hill, 1985.
1307
01:21:31,888 --> 01:21:34,088
Frankie answered the door.
He laughed.
1308
01:21:34,128 --> 01:21:37,888
Said John just up and gone,
didn't know where. I searched,
1309
01:21:37,928 --> 01:21:41,128
but I never found him.
Police never found him.
1310
01:21:41,168 --> 01:21:43,689
It was the end of his mum.
1311
01:21:43,729 --> 01:21:48,369
Not knowing.
Never knowing what happened to him.
1312
01:21:48,409 --> 01:21:53,128
We found no trace of John Malcolm
after 1985.
1313
01:21:53,168 --> 01:21:55,569
It seems he disappeared.
1314
01:21:56,928 --> 01:22:03,168
And then, 35 years later,
you run into Frankie here. In Bath.
1315
01:22:03,208 --> 01:22:05,729
You approach him.
1316
01:22:05,769 --> 01:22:08,569
What DID happen to John Malcolm?
1317
01:22:08,609 --> 01:22:12,329
Frankie laughed at me again.
He was drunk...
1318
01:22:12,369 --> 01:22:14,489
started rubbing it in my face.
1319
01:22:19,729 --> 01:22:21,248
So I got him more drunk.
1320
01:22:25,248 --> 01:22:27,369
He started ranting about you people.
1321
01:22:27,409 --> 01:22:30,928
About how you excluded him,
but you couldn't get rid of him
1322
01:22:30,968 --> 01:22:34,449
cos of what he knew.
He knew what you did.
1323
01:22:50,048 --> 01:22:52,369
He lost his keys last week,
1324
01:22:52,409 --> 01:22:54,888
and rather than wake any of us up
to let him in,
1325
01:22:54,928 --> 01:22:57,329
he spent the night in a hotel.
1326
01:23:05,449 --> 01:23:08,569
What did Frankie tell you?
What did they do?
1327
01:23:09,888 --> 01:23:13,489
You paid Frankie...
to kill my friend.
1328
01:23:19,208 --> 01:23:24,729
In 1986, you four bought the house
in Notting Hill for 30 grand.
1329
01:23:24,769 --> 01:23:29,088
30 measly grand, on the basis
of a legal entitlement to purchase,
1330
01:23:29,128 --> 01:23:31,649
because you squatted there.
Three years later,
1331
01:23:31,689 --> 01:23:33,968
you sell the place for 1.5 million.
1332
01:23:34,008 --> 01:23:36,769
But John Malcolm was
the original squatter.
1333
01:23:36,808 --> 01:23:39,968
He had first entitlement to buy.
Until you got rid of him.
1334
01:23:40,008 --> 01:23:43,128
You didn't pull yourselves up
by your bootstraps.
1335
01:23:43,168 --> 01:23:46,888
You took the life of an innocent,
expendable young man.
1336
01:23:48,529 --> 01:23:50,008
Greed was good, eh?
1337
01:23:51,609 --> 01:23:53,329
Where's the body?
1338
01:23:55,928 --> 01:23:59,208
Right now, I have a 20-man
specialist search team in the Met
1339
01:23:59,248 --> 01:24:02,128
waiting to pull your old house
apart, piece by piece,
1340
01:24:02,168 --> 01:24:04,888
brick by brick. It's gonna take time
and it's gonna take money.
1341
01:24:04,928 --> 01:24:06,529
When it comes to sentencing,
1342
01:24:06,569 --> 01:24:09,888
judges tend to get angry
about things like that.
1343
01:24:09,928 --> 01:24:11,888
And let's face it...
1344
01:24:11,928 --> 01:24:14,449
none of you are bright
young things any more.
1345
01:24:14,489 --> 01:24:16,609
Where's the body?
1346
01:24:23,449 --> 01:24:27,609
Life... your lives...
1347
01:24:27,649 --> 01:24:30,048
changed when you killed my friend.
1348
01:24:30,088 --> 01:24:31,248
Was it worth it?
1349
01:24:32,569 --> 01:24:33,729
Was it really worth it?
1350
01:24:35,489 --> 01:24:37,088
In the wee small hours?
1351
01:24:46,088 --> 01:24:49,689
They always land on their feet.
That's what Frankie said.
1352
01:24:51,329 --> 01:24:54,048
And I thought,
"Not any more. Not this time."
1353
01:24:54,088 --> 01:24:56,248
You couldn't prove
they murdered John Malcolm,
1354
01:24:56,289 --> 01:24:57,968
so you forced them
to murder Frankie.
1355
01:24:59,289 --> 01:25:02,888
You know, Sergeant, in another life,
you and I could have been friends.
1356
01:25:02,928 --> 01:25:07,168
You took advantage of me, sir.
Then you tried to kill me.
1357
01:25:10,769 --> 01:25:12,928
A man spends too long alone,
1358
01:25:12,968 --> 01:25:15,489
he ends up blaming everyone
but himself.
1359
01:25:15,529 --> 01:25:17,928
I lost my bearings.
1360
01:25:17,968 --> 01:25:19,848
Time to go, Roy.
1361
01:25:22,289 --> 01:25:24,128
'Ghosts'
by Japan
1362
01:26:44,529 --> 01:26:47,569
They've found a body under the house
in Notting Hill.
1363
01:26:47,609 --> 01:26:51,529
Met have confirmed dental records.
John Malcom.
1364
01:26:53,088 --> 01:26:55,208
Very good, ma'am.
1365
01:26:55,248 --> 01:26:56,289
Hey!
1366
01:26:57,489 --> 01:26:58,928
We've clocked off.
1367
01:27:04,248 --> 01:27:07,689
Do you know, ma'am, I live alone.
1368
01:27:07,729 --> 01:27:10,208
I'm not complaining.
1369
01:27:10,248 --> 01:27:13,329
That's my bed and I'll lie in it.
1370
01:27:13,369 --> 01:27:15,088
But...
1371
01:27:15,128 --> 01:27:19,649
we go through winter,
and it's dark and it's wet and cold
1372
01:27:19,689 --> 01:27:25,048
and... the streets are empty
and we're all stuck in our houses.
1373
01:27:25,088 --> 01:27:28,088
Sometimes, you think
the sun'll never shine again.
1374
01:27:28,128 --> 01:27:29,769
And then...
1375
01:27:31,409 --> 01:27:34,048
...then the Mayday weekend comes.
1376
01:27:35,369 --> 01:27:38,609
Every year, I look forward
to the May weekend.
1377
01:27:38,649 --> 01:27:41,289
Cos that means
that the summer's here,
1378
01:27:41,329 --> 01:27:44,529
and all the people, they come out...
1379
01:27:48,289 --> 01:27:50,248
I don't like empty streets, ma'am.
1380
01:27:50,289 --> 01:27:53,008
Roy hated crowds and tourists,
didn't he?
1381
01:27:54,968 --> 01:27:58,609
So, it pains me to say it, but...
I was wrong.
1382
01:27:58,649 --> 01:28:00,968
You're nothing like him.
1383
01:28:01,008 --> 01:28:05,289
- If I don't lose my bearings.
- Yeah, well, you won't.
1384
01:28:07,329 --> 01:28:10,489
Would you like another Old Peculiar,
Sarge?
1385
01:28:10,529 --> 01:28:12,088
I would indeed...
1386
01:28:13,649 --> 01:28:15,609
...Detective Chief Inspector.
1387
01:28:15,649 --> 01:28:18,048
Yeah, right!
1388
01:28:18,088 --> 01:28:20,449
Hey... Funky.