All language subtitles for New Tricks - S07E07 - Where There s Smoke

HALFORD: You bring me
to the nicest places.

PULLMAN:
If this case is as open and shut

as Strickland thinks it is,

hopefully
we Won't be here too long.

HALFORD: So, this bloke Davies
wants to make a confession

25 years after the event.

Have we spoken
to his mental-health officer?

He does have a link
to the missing boy.

- He was a friend of the family.
-[ Sighs]

So, what, his conscience
got the better of him'?

Maybe he found religion
when he was inside.

Yeah, there's got to be
another reason for all this.

- PULLMAN: What?
-[ Doorbell rings]

Oi, oi, pedo!
Come out of your house, man.

What are you hiding
behind your door for, man'?

Well, for a start,
the local wildlife seems --

Oi!

[Laughs]
Let's get out of here, man.

Wait here.

[Tires squeal]

[Engine revs]

Are you Detective Superintendent
Pullman?

She'll be here in a moment.

She's just doing a bit
of community policing.

YOUNG MAN:
Oh, shit, man!

I've just had
this jacket cleaned.

I'm arresting you
for assaulting a police officer.

# It's all right, it's okay #

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

# It's all right,
I say it's okay #

# Listen to what I say #

# It's all right, doing fine #

# Doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine #

# It's all right,
I say it's okay #

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

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Come on.
Right this Way.

Sandra'?

Take them to the interview room.
I'll be down in a minute.

Anything I should be aware of'?

We think they may be
part of the reason

why Davies decided to confess.

How so'?

He's had to move four times

since he was released
from prison.

So'?

That's four times
in the last six months.

Every time he settles in,
someone tips off the locals,

and the next thing he knows,
there's pitchforks and torches

as far as the eye can see.

Again, so'?

So maybe he feels safer
in prison

than he does
back on the streets.

I'm afraid my concern is
for the safety of the streets,

not of a convicted pedophile,
especially one who's confessing

to the kidnap and murder
of a 5-year-old child.

Yeah, and I feel
the same way, too,

but I would like
to get to the truth

before I hand things over
to the CPS.

And that's what I want you
to do, of course.

PULLMAN:
For the tape, Mr. Davies,

can we remind you that you're
entitled to legal representation

but you've decided
to waive that right'?

I just want to get on with this,
okay?

Fine.

I want to confess to the kidnap
of Yasser Gorton-Blackledge

in 1985.

It was me.
I took him.

Okay, but why are you
confessing now, 25 years later?

Because it's the right thing
to do.

I realized that
when I was in prison.

I realized I had to pay
for what I'd done.

Then why didn't you confess
when you were still inside?

- I wish I had.
- PULLMAN: Really?

'Cause according to your file,

you applied for parole
at the earliest opportunity.

You were released
because you'd shown willing

in all the psychiatric treatment

and rehabilitation opportunities
you were offered.

Mr. Davies,
you Wrote a 10-page statement

in support
of your parole application.

Listen, I don't belong
on the streets.

You need to put me away.

Just put me back in prison.

Surprisingly,
it's not as simple as that.

We need to know Whether
you're telling us the truth.

I am.

All right, let's start
with what happened to Yasser.

He was taken from his parents
at a protest march

and never seen again.

Where is he'?

All right, where's his body'?

- It's gone.
- PULLMAN: Gone Where?

You don't have to give us a map
reference, just a general idea.

- We'll find him.
- No, you Won't.

I dumped the body at sea.

Really'?
- Yeah.

And how did you do --
Did you hire a boat'?

How did you get him from London
to the coast?

Did you have a car'?

Come on, just provide us
with some details?

How long did you have him'?

Could anybody have seen
the two of you together?

Look, I've confessed.

Isn't that enough for you'?

STANDING;
Well, isn't it'?

No! Because he didn't
bloody do it, Gerry.

Yeah, but he did plenty
of other stuff.

You've seen his file.

I have,
and this crime doesn't fit.

She's right.

Davies used his position
as a teacher

to groom adolescent lads,
not little children,

and he never kidnapped anyone.

- He was cleverer than that.
- Cleverer'?

Well, okay, sly, mendacious.

He was a different kind
of predator,

and he never used physical
violence on his victims.

Yeah, well, that doesn't make me
feel any more comfortable

about him being
back on the streets.

Davies would agree with you.
He doesn't want to be out.

That's why he made
the confession.

He'd rather see out his days
in a safe cell on D-wing

than live in fear
in a council flat.

- So, what do we do'?
- Well, he's not going anywhere.

Let's just read the files
and take it from there.

[Sighs]

LANE: April 20, 1985,
there was a demo

against Israel's treatment
of the Palestinians.

And in attendance
was the lslington branch

of the Free Palestine Coalition,
leading lights of which

were husband-and-wife team
Anne Gorton and Fred Blackledge.

Accompanying them
was their young son, Yasser,

named after --

Well, it's obvious, isn't it'?

Now, the last reported sighting
of him

was on the north side
of Westminster Bridge.

The marchers were crossing
the bridge from the south

towards
the Houses of Parliament.

This was at 2:00.

Hold on, hold on.

The kid wasn't reported missing
till 8:00 in the evening.

Well, that's how long
apparently it took

before the parents
realized he was missing.

What? God, some parents
don't deserve to have kids.

HALFORD: Which is exactly
what the press said.

Yeah, well, they were
very sympathetic at first,

you know, playing up
the victim angle...

until this came to light.

Yeah, look at them.

LANE: And then journalists
started asking

very awkward questions,
and answering them.

They said that Anne and Fred

were dangerous
left-wing activists

too obsessed with politics
to care for their own kid.

They were particularly hard
on Anne,

saying she'd failed as a mother.

Maybe she did.

ANNE: Yes, I had a call
from DAC Strickland.

He said that Davies had finally
done the right thing.

PULLMAN:
Finally?

Well, it was all fairly obvious

once we found out
about his history.

He lived locally. He'd been
to meetings in our home.

Yasser knew him

and must have trusted him enough
to go with him.

It all makes sense, doesn't it'?

We'll still have to do
a proper investigation.

Wouldn't be a problem for you,
would it'?

"Miscarriages
of British Justice."

"Rough Justice
in Modern Britain."

"Are We Living
in a Police State?"

I work for a civil-liberties
campaign group.

That's Where
the real battle lies now.

The day's coming Where
we Won't be able to go anywhere,

meet anyone, say anything

Without it being recorded and
noted down by those in power.

CCTV, internet monitoring,
illegal phone taps.

But if you haven't
done anything wrong,

you haven't got anything
to worry about.

Well, it depends who's deciding
what's right or Wrong,

doesn't it'?

But still, if there'd been CCTV
on Westminster Bridge...

Oh, I'm aware
of the double-edged sword.

But if my son's disappearance

had been properly investigated
in the first place --

You don't think it was'?

I think you let the press

do your job for you
the first time 'round.

Well, there'll be
no press involvement this time.

But we will need you
and your husband to cooperate.

Ex-husband.

Fred and I separated after...

...after Yasser.

I'm sorry to hear that.

We'd been on different paths
for a longtime,

emotionally and politically.

In short,
feminism is a fascist movement,

hell-bent on reducing men to the
rank of second-class citizens.

Just as the Jews
were demonized by the Nazis,

so the feminazis
have waged a propaganda war

against a whole gender.

We are violent in the home,
according to the social workers.

We are obsolete,
according to the scientists.

How long before this fascism
is pursued

to its inevitable conclusion?

Gender cleansing?

We'll expand on this theme
next week.

Please do the reading.

Thank you.

That's quite a theory
you've got there.

FRED:
Not theory, fact.

- Can I help you'?
- My name's Halford.

I called your office.
I'm from UCOS.

You're here about Yasser.

HALFORD: I'd like to talk to you
about the day he went missing.

And about John Davies.

Anything you can tell me.

I can tell you the poor bastard

was as much a victim
as Yasser was.

Oh, really?

You don't think he did it'?

You heard what I had to say

about the feminist
propaganda machine.

For the last century,

we've been told over and over
that men are predators,

just interested
in violence and sex.

And some men have chosen
to believe this,

to allow themselves
to be debased by it.

Davies was one of them.

Okay.

Professor Blackledge,

you were the last person
to see Yasser alive.

Yes. I didn't know that
at the time.

Yasser had been with us all day.

He was riding
on people's shoulders,

banging his drum,
shouting all the slogans.

When we got to Westminster tube,

Anne decided
she wanted to go home.

She had a headache.

I thought
she'd taken Yasser with her.

Yasser was having
such a good time.

I didn't want to take him home
and spoil it.

Did you say that to Fred'?

I said, "Yasser will be okay?"

And he nodded.

But he thought I meant
Yasser would be okay with me.

I suppose it was an easy mistake
to make.

And then you just went home?

I took a couple of aspirin,

made some food
for when they got back,

and sat in the garden
with a cup of tea.

Then Fred came home.

I thought she was joking
at first.

I thought he was upstairs
in his bed.

I even went up to check.

But then...

it felt like the bottom
had fallen out of my world.

So you called the police?

FRED:
That's when it got real.

First few days,
we thought of him as just lost,

that he would turn up
one way or another.

But then the police
started talking about him

as a missing child.

Not lost, taken.

The river police trawled up and
down that part of the Thames.

They handed out photos
in the area.

Nothing.

Then they advised us to involve
the press, get the word out.

But, of course, that backfired.

We've seen the coverage.
It was pretty damning.

Not until Jamie Peters
sold them that picture.

Hold on.
Who was Jamie Peters?

A comrade, or so we thought.

He'd been part of the campaign
for years.

Totally dedicated to the cause.

I'd like to know how much
the press paid for that picture.

And why didn't he sell the one
of Yasser on Fred's shoulders

or holding my hand'?

I think you know the answer
to that.

The journalists spoke
to our friends, our family,

trying to find some dirt on us.

And when they couldn't,
they made it up.

They crucified us day after day.

How long after that
were you and Fred divorced?

About 18 months.

We were so careful
with each other at first,

Walking on eggshells.

And then one night, the dam
broke, and it all came out.

I blamed him.
He blamed me.

We threw in a few other issues

just to make it hurt
that little bit more.

And then it was over.

And he left.

FRED:
I learned a valuable lesson --

Men are always to blame.

Just pick up a paper.

We cause war, famine,
economic meltdown

While Women are blameless.

Well, that's all we've been told
over and over again.

Yes, well,
there's probably a reason.

FRED:
Take the global-Warming myth.

They call it
man-made climate change.

Man-made, as if a Woman never
drove a car or took a flight.

You see, this is what
we're fighting against.

It's a Woman's world,
and we just live in it.

You do realize that, don't you'?

What a load of bollocks.

I can't believe
they let him teach.

And write books.

Loads of them about Soviet
Russia, China, Fidel Castro.

Then he goes all Middle Eastern,

publishes a couple about Gaza
and the Zionist conspiracy.

Ooh, then it's all about
those pesky feminists.

How's this for a title?

"The Secret War on Modern Men."

[Chuckles]
Sounds good.

Stick to your cookbooks, Gerry.

Yeah, you'd like that,
Wouldn't you'?

Me tied to a kitchen sink,
seen and not heard.

I'm not sure I buy
all this misunderstanding

on Westminster Bridge.

Nah, one of them
would have said goodbye,

told him
who was looking after him.

I think one of them's lying.

Or both of them.

A very convenient way to provide
each other with an alibi.

You think they killed their son'?

Maybe not on purpose,

but I don't think
we should rule it out.

Has anyone considered
that little unsupervised Yasser

might just have wandered away?

I know they trawled the river,

but that was
at least six hours later.

LANE:
I've been thinking about that.

I've been on a few demos
in me time.

Have you'?

Oh, yes, when Esther and I
were courting.

She was quite the
ragged-trousered philanthropist

in her day.

Anyway, those demos
were always heavily policed,

especially around Westminster.

Tell me about it.

You went on a demo?

I can believe it of him.

STANDING:
No, in uniform.

Yeah, keeping the peace.

Actually I spent the whole day

being called a pig
or a capitalist running dog.

"Kill the police!"

Yeah, they're all the same,
that lot.

Who do they run to
when their bikes get nicked'?

Well, just to be sure, I looked
up the Met's policing guidelines

for demos at the time.

And there's a memo
from the chief constable

a Week before the demo

suggesting that cover
was doubled

on Westminster Bridge
and around Parliament.

Not the best place
to snatch a child.

LANE:
Maybe he did just Wander off.

PULLMAN: In which case,
I think we need to track down

all the other people
on that march with Fred and Anne

and ask them
what they remember seeing.

There we are.

Well, what's the matter with it'?

No, nothing.
It looks lovely.

It's just...

I remember a time

when this was the last thing
you'd want to be doing.

What?

Getting the tea on the table

in time for your husband
coming home.

What was it you and your gang
used to call it'?

Domestic slavery.

Well, that was a long time ago.

You were gonna defeat
the forces of oppression.

That was it.

So, what happened'?

What happens to most people.

We got married.
We had Mark.

Real life.

Esther, you were gonna
lead a revolution.

No, I wasn't.

Well, you went
to all the meetings.

Yeah, along with
some student teachers,

an aging social Worker,

and that Woman who used to sell
woolly hats at Camden Market.

That's who I was going to be
manning the barricades with.

LANE:
Yeah, still.

We'd all have been dead
by teatime.

- MAN: Good morning, ma'am.
- WOMAN: Morning, ma'am.

PULLMAN:
Morning.

Mr. Davies?

Are you waiting for me'?

Yes. I was wondering if you were
going to be arresting me today.

Probably not.

Why not?

What do I need to do
to get you to believe me'?

Provide some evidence.

Tell us Where to find the body.
Give us some details.

Well, it's me own fault.

I've domesticated her.

Stolen her fire.

Oh, I don't know.

I think your Esther's
still got plenty of that.

Hello.
You, um, wanted to see me'?

- Gillian Withall?
- That's right.

I'm Jack Halford.
This is Brian Lane.

- How do you do'?
- Hello.

Were you ever a member
of the lslington branch

of the Free Palestine campaign?

Oh, God, in another life.

Um, 20-odd years ago.

We'd like to talk to you

about the disappearance
of Yasser Gorton-Blackledge.

Right.

- You better come through.
- Thank you.

I met Fred
at North London University.

You were a student?

No, no, no, I was a nurse
at the university health center,

dishing out pills,
pregnancy tests, and penicillin.

It was the summer of '84,

and the students had occupied
the building as a protest.

Protest about what?

They were going to occupy
the building

until Israel
stopped occupying Palestine.

Well, that worked.

I was there as a first-aider.

I had no interest in politics
at all.

And then I got talking to Fred.

Next thing I know, I'm going
to meetings and demos and...

Looking back on it, I think it
was all a bit of a distraction.

From what?

I'd just been through a divorce.

It was nice
to have some new friends.

You remember Yasser, do you'?

Of course.

Poor little thing.

How so'?

Well...it didn't surprise me
that he wandered off.

He never had any boundaries.

The house was always full
of strangers

for meetings and demos.

He went to all the rallies
and protests.

I mean, maybe it was
just a matter of time

before something happened.

So, you would agree

with what the press said
about Anne and Fred'?

They were negligent parents'?

I Wouldn't go as far as that.

HALFORD:
How far would you go'?

I just think they didn't realize

how lucky they were to have
Yasser until it was too late.

What about John Davies?

Do you think he showed
any inappropriate attention

-to Yasser'?
- No.

No, not as far as I remember.

To be honest, he was only ever
at a couple of the meetings,

and then I think he came
out of politeness.

What do you mean'?

Well, he was a teacher
at the local school.

Was he'?

GILLIAN:
It doesn't bear thinking about.

Anne was on the board
of governors.

I think she nagged him
into coming

to a couple of the meetings.

The thing about Fred and Anne
is they always assumed

that everyone was as committed
to the cause as they were.

They didn't realize
that some people

would just pick up a leaflet
or sign a petition

just to get them
off their backs.

And on this the demo,
was Davies there'?

Not as far as I remember, no.

After Yasser went missing,
how did Anne and Fred seem'?

I have no idea.

The demo was the last time
I saw any of the group.

It was sort of like
my leaving party.

Big party.
Where were you going'?

Sudan.

I'd volunteered to work
as a nurse in the refugee camps.

LANE: Wow, that was brave.
Very admirable.

I would never have dreamt
of doing it

if it hadn't been
for Fred and Anne.

I mean, they certainly
broadened my horizons.

How long were you there'?

Two hard, dirty, traumatic,
amazing years.

It was the best and Worst thing
I've ever done.

I still miss it.

Why'd you come back?

I wanted my son
to have a British education.

Oh, you have a son'?

Was he a friend of Yasser's'?

Did Davies ever talk to him'?

No, no, no, I didn't --
I didn't have him then.

So, you were pregnant

While you were working
in the refugee camps'?

That must have been hard.

I'm surprised
you Weren't just sent home.

No, you don't understand.

I adopted Will
While I was out there.

Quite a souvenir
to bring back, eh'?

Better than a stick of rock.

I'm hoping he might have
other pictures from that day,

crowd shots maybe.

Yeah, featuring your local
neighborhood nonce, John Davies.

Well, that would be
extremely helpful,

but I Won't hold my breath.

No, I'm more interested
in seeing

Whether that shot
was taken out of context

or Whether they really were
being negligent.

Yeah, that's the one there.
At least I hope it is.

He was living here in '85,

and I've got no record
of him moving.

You know howl love a long shot.

[Chuckles]

Hello. Detective Superintendent
Pullman.

Does Jamie Peters
still live here'?

Uh, he does, but he's away
with work at the moment.

Can I get him to call you'?

Yeah, thanks.
I'll give you my card.

Will he know what it's about?

STANDING: Yeah, it's about
Yasser Gorton-Blackledge,

who went missing in 1985.

Oh, okay.
He'll be in touch.

Cheers. Bye-bye.

- Thank you.
- Bye.

Long shot paid off.

We spoke to several members
of the Free Palestine group,

and they all said
pretty much the same thing.

- PULLMAN: Thank you.
- They Weren't bad parents.

STANDING: Just a bit distracted?
Yeah, we got the same story.

And as for Yasser, he was just
happy to go along for the ride.

- Very self-reliant.
- Maybe he had to be.

Gillian Withall described him
as lonely.

And?

Well, lonely boys are easy prey
for predators.

A few kind Words,
a bag of sweets.

But hardly any of them
even remembered Davies.

And those that did
don't remember him

being particularly interested
in Yasser.

Of course they Wouldn't notice.

I mean, what did you call him'?
Mendacious'?

I mean, these blokes are smart.

They know how to keep
under the radar.

I mean, how long
was he a teacher

before anyone knew
what was going on'?

Best part of 10 years.

Yeah, and that's why we've got
this surveillance culture

that Anne Gorton
campaigns against.

Some people need to be
under surveillance.

What now'?

He says he's got
some new information for us.

Go on.

Yasser had a toy car with him
when I took him, a red one.

And where is it now'?

I don't know.

You don't have it'?

No.
It must be with the body.

Which is at sea.

Ask Anne Gorton about it.

Ask her.
She'll tell you.

I'll be at home
when you're ready to arrest me.

Sandra'?

Are you here to talk
about John Davies?

Actually, I'm here to ask why
you were knocking on the door

of an Ml5 safe house
this morning.

I wasn't aware I was.

You asked for a Jamie Peters?

That's an active alias
for one of their agents.

Oh, is it, now'?

LANE: Ml5.
Who would have thought?

[Chuckles]

Mind you, I've always
fancied a look inside.

Yeah, it'd make a nice change to
interfere in one of their cases

instead of the other way 'round.

I expect there'll be
some serious security, though.

Retina scans,
full-body metal detectors.

Come on, let's get on with it.

There you go.

Thank you.

Is that it'?

Yes. Uh, Richard
will take you down.

This way, gentlemen.

After you, Miss Moneypenny.

You see, that's a mistake
a lot of people make.

STANDING; What?

LANE:
James Bond was actually MI6.

MI6 are the spies.

Ml5 are the spy-catchers.

STANDING; Oh.

We've given you
temporary low-level clearance.

So, I am able to tell you

that Jamie Peters
was an operative in the '80s,

tasked with
intelligence gathering

within fringe
political organizations.

Anne Gorton, Fred Blackledge,
and the Free Palestinian group

were placed under surveillance

because we believed at the time
they had links

to other less benign groups
in the Middle East.

Did they'?

Probably not.

They did have an unusual amount
of contact

with foreign nationals,

but they were usually
just overseas students

they'd taken in as lodgers.

Fred Blackledge
did visit a few hot spots --

China, Cuba, East Germany,
the Soviet Union.

Yeah, well, he was writing books
about those places.

And what happened to our man
in lslington'?

Jamie was reassigned
after the boy disappeared

to avoid his becoming embroiled

in the Metropolitan Police's
investigation.

To explain the sudden Withdrawal

from the Gorton-Blackledge
social circle,

we released some photos
to the press in Jamie's name.

And made it look like
he'd sold them down the river

and couldn't face them'?

Dirty trick.

Unfortunate
operational necessity.

So, these are the surveillance
files and Jamie's notes.

Take as long you like.

Nice piles, neat piles.

Anything else'?

Yeah, you couldn't point us
in the direction

of the nearest tea machine,
could you'?

Afraid not.

Classified.

Thank you.

Did Yasser have a favorite toy'?

Yes, a little red car.

His granddad gave it to him.
He loved it.

PULLMAN:
Who else knew about it'?

No one.

Do you still have it'?

ANNE: No.

No, he must have sneaked it
into his pocket

before we left for the march.

It was a couple of Weeks
before I realized.

I wasn't able to go
into his room at first.

I didn't want anyone
to disturb it in ca-

I just wanted everything
to be as he'd left it

when he came home.

Of course you did.

When I did finally go in,
I realized that it wasn't there.

Did anyone else know
it was missing?

No.

Just me and Fred.

Aren't Laurel and Hardy
back yet'?

No.

Well, you can call them and tell
them to stop wasting their time.

- I'm bringing Davies in.
- Sandra.

No one else knew about the car.

He didn't do it.

I pulled his
Education Department record.

On the day of the march,

he was in a school
disciplinary meeting,

accused of inappropriate
behavior towards a pupil --

a boy of 15.

And he talked his way out of it'?

He claimed the boy
made the accusation

because he'd put him
in detention.

The headmaster gave him
the benefit of the doubt,

but I don't think he was
too comfortable about it,

'cause Davies was persuaded
to move on.

To another school?
Great.

That's why Anne and Fred
didn't see him again.

No, our first instincts
were right.

He had nothing to do with it.

But why make a false confession?

And how the hell did he know
about this little red car'?

Well, he knew about it today,

but his memory wasn't so sharp
yesterday.

Yeah, so, where's he getting
his information from'?

Come on.

[indistinct talking]

MAN: On me, then.
3, 2, 1.

DAVIES:
You should have arrested me.

PULLMAN: No, I shouldn't.
We know you didn't do it.

We know you were at a school
meeting on the day of the demo.

However, I am thinking
of charging you

with wasting police time.

Anything to say'?

Look, if you just wanted
to be relocated --

What would be the bloody point
of that?

- He'd just find me.
- Who Would?

Anthony Vernon.

HALFORD:
And who is he'?

I don't know.
Just some nutter.

I don't know how he knows
who I am, but he does.

And wherever they put me,
he's there.

He talks to the neighbors,
tells them who...

what I am.

So, you thought you'd confess
to Yasser's murder

and get put out of harm's Way.

No, that was his idea.

Anthony Vernon
told you to confess?

I confronted him.

I asked him why he was
doing this to me.

He said he knew
that I'd taken Yasser.

I told him
it was nothing to do with me.

He was having none of it.

Threatened to make the rest
of my life a misery

if I didn't hand myself in.

After six months of him, I just
wanted to be somewhere safe.

I thought you'd jump at the
chance to put away a pervert.

He went mad when I told him
you Weren't interested in me.

That's when he told me
to come back

and tell you about the toy car.

He fed you that information?

Yeah.
And when that didn't work...

And I assume
that this young lady

is here to take your statement.

- Yes, I am, sir.
- We'll be in touch.

[Footsteps depart]

STANDING: Blimey, I thought
being a spy would be exciting.

LANE: Can you imagine five years
of going to boring meetings,

pretending to be interested?

Making note
of everyone who turns up.

He even goes on about
who brought the biscuits

in this one.

Yeah, I don't remember that bit
about custard creams

-in "Goldfinger," do you'?
-[ Chuckles]

I mean, most of this
is just gossip.

There's quite a bit about
Fred and Anne's marriage.

Well, she was knocking off
the lodgers, Weren't she'?

What?

Yeah, here, in this one.

There.

Mind you, it is 1981,
so it's hardly relevant.

It's got to be more interesting

than another discussion
about Zionism.

I see.

[Laughs]

So, While poor old Fred

was freezing his Baltics off
in Moscow,

she found another way
of keeping Warm.

Gives a whole new meaning
to bed-and-breakfast.

Doesn't it, though?
- What?

Well, I was just thinking,
it wasn't just Davies

who had the chance to get
to know Yasser, gain his trust.

What, the lodgers, you mean'?

Well, it's the most interesting
thing in these files,

unless you consider the
very nice garibaldies they had

on the 13th of November.

I don't know.

I found a familiar name here.

Whose?

No, I don't think
I should show you.

Why ever not'?

According
to what I've just read,

you're a potential
security risk.

What, there's stuff
about me there'?

Brian, how well
do you know Esther?

I'm married to her, Gerry.

It's called deep cover.

Where'?

It's just more stuff
about these meetings, innit?

[Laughs]

That's not amusing.

Oh, I don't know.

I Wonder how Esther would feel

about you being so quick
to believe she's a double agent.

Right, come on.

Let's go and see
this lusty landlady, eh'?

Mr. Vernon,
I'm sure you're aware

that perverting the course
of justice is a serious offense.

Of course.

PULLMAN: Then perhaps
you'd care to explain

why you forced John Davies

into confessing to a crime
he didn't commit.

I didn't.

We have a statement
of that effect from Mr. Davies.

Oh, right, and that's Davies
the convicted pedophile?

His previous convictions
have no bearing on this case.

Yeah, and I'm a sure a jury
of my peers will agree.

I mean, everyone knows you can
always trust a kiddie fiddler.

What about doctors'?

How do you think they go down
with a jury'?

Because the facial injuries
that Davies is recovering from

tell their own story.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

See, what I don't understand is,
why this particular case'?

Why did you want him to confess

to the killing
of Yasser Gorton-Blackledge'?

[Sighs]
As I told you, I didn't.

I've never even heard of --

PULLMAN: Do you have any links
to the family, Mr. Vernon'?

Because you passed on
some details

that only somebody close to them
would know.

- Care to explain why'?
- No.

- PULLMAN: Sure about that?
- Yeah, positive.

[Door opens]

Chief Superintendent?

Davies has dropped
the assault charge.

Why'?

It was an accident.
He fell over his cat.

Shit.

[Sighs]

You're free to go.

ANNE:
Am I supposed to be surprised?

Of course Ml5 were Watching us.

It must have been a very dull
assignment for Jamie.

All we did was talk.

They were very interested
in your lodgers --

you know, the foreign students
you had staying with you.

We were on a digs list
at the university.

For the most part,
they were nice boys

who needed a bed
and a friendly face.

You were a little bit more
than friendly.

It was a complicated time
in our marriage.

Fred was overseas a lot.
I got lonely.

Yeah, I think
we can understand that.

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure
what this has to do with my son.

We didn't take in students
after Yasser was born.

We didn't have the room.

Did you keep in touch
with any of them'?

The odd postcard.

One or two stayed in the U.K.

after they finished
their courses.

They'd pop in.

Well, thinking back,
would you say that any of them

may have posed a danger
to your son'?

No.
Why would you --

Because they were foreign'?

Dear God!
Some things never change.

No, because they had access
to your home.

They were almost part
of the family.

You're barking
up the wrong tree.

There's absolutely no need

for you to start disrupting
their lives.

Just a line of inquiry.

Well, it's offensive.

And I'd like you to leave.

STANDING: Typical bloody lefty
to play the race card.

I mean, I don't care
if her lodgers are foreigners.

I don't care if they're
extraterrestrials.

And I don't think
that's what it was all about.

She was covering?

Well, she seemed
very uncomfortable

about us contacting any of them.

Why?
'Cause of the affairs?

STANDING; No.

Once she and Fred got divorced,
that's water under the bridge.

Yeah, but at the time,
maybe it all boiled over.

So, you think
things got violent?

I don't know.

Fred does have strong opinions
about domestic violence.

I just think it's another thing

to add to their list
of distractions --

politics, broken marriage.

It's like Jack said
from the off.

I mean, this story
gives a very convenient alibi

for the both of them.

All right, well,
go back to Gillian Withall.

She seems to have known them
the longest and the best.

Would anyone
be surprised to hear

that Anthony Vernon
has got a history of violence?

Not really.
Go on.

His ex-wife has
a restraining order against him.

He's not allowed within 20 feet
of her or the children.

The kids, as Well?
That's unusual.

Do you think she'll speak to us'?

We can but try.
But why should We'?

Well, I've got nowhere
with the man himself.

And I really want to know

why he wanted Davies to confess
to this case specifically.

PULLMAN:
Karen Vernon'?

Detective Superintendent
Pullman.

This is Jack Halford.

- Come in.
- PULLMAN: Thank you.

HALFORD:
Thank you.

It's not the first time I've
spoken to the police about Tony.

PULLMAN:
I'm sorry.

It's okay.

He can't touch me now -- not
physically or in any other Way.

I'm glad to hear it.

It's when he threatened
the boys.

It was like he switched
something off in me.

He said if I ever left him, he'd
kill me and make the kids watch.

It took me three months
to save up enough money

and then find a place to run to.

We haven't seen him since.

He's tried.

He dragged me
through the law courts.

But it's his temper.

Punched his solicitor
the last time.

Not a smart move.

KAREN:
The thing is, he's not stupid.

He used to be a journalist.

He kept losing it
with the editors,

so he never made it
to the nationals.

So, he worked for a local paper.

Which one'?

Oh, different ones.

In 1985'?

Uh...

lslington Gazette, I think.

He only lasted about a year
on that one.

Did he ever work on a story

about a little boy
who was abducted?

Nasser Gorton-Blackledge'?
- PULLMAN: Yeah.

Is that what this is about?

He was obsessed with that story.

He was the first on the scene.

He had a contact at the police
station that tipped him off.

He doorstepped the parents and
sold the story to the nationals.

He thought
it was his big chance.

But it wasn't'?

No, they just paid him
for the first report

and then sent in
their own hacks.

He tried to follow up the story,
though.

He did an interview
with the dad.

Uh, Fred'?

Yeah.
When was this'?

'95.
It's the year we left.

PULLMAN:
10 years later?

KAREN:
A sort of anniversary piece.

Couldn't sell it, though.

No one was interested.

He must have been bitter
about that.

Yeah.

I had two black eyes
and a broken rib to prove it.

Oh.
What have you got'?

Look at me there.

Oh, this brings back
some memories.

Oh, there's Jane Longthorn.

Oh, I Wonder what happened
to her.

Who knows?

Might be married,
couple of children.

Yeah.
Probably.

Or she could be under deep cover
in a former Soviet state.

Depends
what her next mission was

and if she chose to accept it.

[Chuckling ] What on earth
are you talking about?

Infiltration.

You do realize that any
of your so-called sisters

could have been working
for the security services?

Reporting your every move
back to the powers that be.

Don't be so ridiculous.

They Wouldn't have been
interested in me.

That might be, but you remember,
you dragged me along

to a couple of those meetings
and some marches.

Me, a serving officer
of the law.

Yeah.

Well, they probably thought

you were trying to turn me
into a sleeper,

a Manchurian candidate.

Brian, have you taken
your tablets today?

They might still be listening.

You're still an activist,
aren't you'?

You went to a political meeting
only last week.

Yes, about the closing
of the post office.

- Well, even so.
-[ Laughing ] I do remember --

There was some talk
of bringing down the government,

stringing up a few royals
from the lampposts.

This isn't a joke.

Oh, I know. I know.
That's what worries me.

I'm going to bed.

Don't be long.

Yes, and I'm going to bed now
myself and all.

It's not just the potential
invasion of my civil liberties

or my rights
as a private citizen.

I can't stop thinking about
how being an enemy of the state

might have held me back.

What lists
has my name appeared on,

and what opportunities
have I missed as a result?

I'm telling you, I could have
been held back all this time.

Held back from what?

Promotion!

I might have been commissioner
by now for all we know.

I don't think it was the Secret
Service that held you back.

No, that was, "the Longthorn
of the global Longthorn

oppressing the male

and allowing him to deny his
natural position of authority."

What the hell are you reading?

One of Fred Blackledge's books.

I mean, it's well over the top
in places,

but there's a lot he says
rings a bell with me.

I mean, I've spent my whole life
being told what to do by women.

Yeah, wives, daughters,

Detective Superintendent
Sandra Pullman.

Hold on.
I'm reading that.

HALFORD: Yeah, I know.
That's the problem.

Gerry, with me.

I rest my case.

FRED: Yes, I was aware
of my wife's behavior

While I was away.

I found out when I returned home
a day early

from a trip to Havana.

She was in bed with her latest.
Quite the cliche.

Still upsetting.

At the time, yes,
but now I understand.

Understand what?

The myth
of the biological imperative.

- Are you familiar?
Refresh my memory.

We are told over and over again

that men
are the promiscuous gender,

that we're driven by sex.

The fact is that both genders
are driven by sex.

The difference is
that Women out off that drive

when they've secured what it was
they were looking for all along.

- PULLMAN: Which is'?
- A child.

The truth is that Women
do not have sex for pleasure.

The truth?

Now, I understand
if you find that distressing,

but that's only because
you're conditioned

to believe that you
actually enjoy sex.

Conditioned by who'?

Capitalist forces, the market,

the pharmaceutical companies

that make you reliant
on the pill,

the cosmetic companies that say
that you have to be desirable,

the Longthorn magazines

who peddle the lies
of Dr. Grefenburg and his ilk.

- Doctor...
- Grafenburg.

The inventor of the G-spot,
and I do mean inventor.

Okay, let me see
if I've got this right.

When Women don't
enjoy themselves in bed,

it's not the fault of the man,
it's social conditioning?

Exactly.
Well done.

So, when your wife
looked elsewhere

because you Weren't satisfying
her, that wasn't your fault.

Maybe you haven't
completely understood.

Maybe not.

All I know is
that once my wife had a child,

she lost all interest
in anything sexual.

She had no desire.

For you.

FRED:
For sexual pleasure.

It simply wasn't on her list
of priorities anymore.

- Governor.
- I see.

- Governor.
- What?

Oh, everyone knew
about the affairs.

Anne didn't do anything
to hide them.

I think it was her way
of getting back at Fred

for leaving her alone
for Weeks on end.

So, they were
just casual affairs?

It was sort of like
a holiday romance,

only Fred was the one
having the holiday.

She could get quite intense
about her young men,

but then as soon
as Fred came home...

Were the young men
as intense as she was'?

What do you think?

There was one
that went a bit puppy dog.

Harry actually
was pretty smitten,

and I -- I did think she might
do something stupid with him.

Like leave Fred'?

GILLIAN:
Maybe.

But then Fred came home
and caught them at it.

He went mad and threw Harry out,

which was obviously exactly
what Anne wanted all along.

Really?

She might have been a feminist,
but she still wanted a caveman.

She just wanted him
to show her that he cared.

After that,
it was all happy families,

especially when Yasser
came along.

She didn't know how lucky
she was to have all that.

Still, she didn't deserve
to lose it.

- No, no, of course not.
-[ Knock on door]

Mum, can you come
take some blood'?

Sorry, I didn't realize
you had visitors.

Oh, that's okay.
We're just about to leave.

- You must be Gillian's son.
- GILLIAN: That's right.

Dr. William Withall.

But most people
just call me Will.

+11.
- Right, m.

Oh, you're quite
a medical family, aren't you'?

Is your brother a doctor,
as Well?

I don't have a brother.

My mistake.
Sorry.

- Shall We'?
- Why not'?

Far be it from me
to not be politically correct.

I think I know what you're
going to say, but go on.

Well, when you adopt
from Africa,

don't they usually give you
a black baby?

So, what is it
about Fred Blackledge

that you find
so damn fascinating?

You Wouldn't understand.

PULLMAN: Why?
'Cause I'm a woman?

Yeah.
Yeah, that is exactly it.

You haven't been oppressed.

You don't know what it's like to
live in a world of emasculation

created by feminism.

- PULLMAN: No, I suppose not.
- Fred has.

He understands, you see,

how the system
is weighted against us now,

how the pendulum
has swung too far.

He understands
because he's experienced it.

He has experienced the loss
of a child.

Yeah, but the way you lost
your children is very different.

I told you.
Don't understand.

Apparently not.

So, wasn't Davies
part of the brotherhood'?

You tried
to pin a murder on him.

- Because he did it.
- No, Mr. Vernon.

Yeah, Fred told me
about his suspicions in '95.

The anniversary interview?

Yeah, the interview
that changed my life.

See, he was just developing
his theories,

his philosophy back then,
but what little he told me

set me free from my guilt,
from my torment.

Ever since, I've been --

well, been finding a way
to repay the favor.

Then I heard
that Davies was out.

How did you hear'?

I was a journalist.
I have my contacts.

You know that he only served
half of his sentence?

- He was a model prisoner.
- He's a sick bastard.

Maybe, but he's not a murderer.

Looks like you'll have to find
some other sacrifice

for the master.

This is --

Oh, for God's sake.

Have you read any of this crap'?

Well, you know me, Governor --
not a big reader.

It's one thing to hear him
spouting the rubbish,

but to see it
in black and white...

Listen to this.

"In divorces, the father

should get automatic custody
of their sons

so that they are not exposed

to the gender-war propaganda
of their mothers."

No Wonder he was able
to recruit Anthony Vernon.

I still don't think

he put Vernon up to framing
John Davies, though.

No, neither do I.

Vernon's just an extremist

who wanted to show devotion
to his hero,

and I also don't think
he had anything to do

with Yasser's death.

HALFORD:
You're right about that,

because we don't think
that Yasser is dead.

Okay, there is no record
of an official adoption.

That doesn't mean anything,
Jack.

But there is a record
of another child --

born to Gillian December 1980,
died February 1981.

STANDING: Three months?
Cor, poor cow.

She did say she'd been
going through a bad time

before hooking up
with Anne and Fred --

a marriage breakup.

Sounds like we've found
the cause.

And the name of the child
that died was William.

So, a couple of days
after Yasser goes missing,

Gillian goes to Africa

and comes back two years later
with a white son.

She kept saying
that Anne didn't realize

how lucky she was
to have Yasser.

Maybe she decided to prove
her point and take him away.

All right, We'll pursue
this line of inquiry,

but I want to handle it
with kid gloves.

I don't want to confront
a bereaved mother

until we've done
a bit of digging.

We should talk
to the ex-husband,

see if they kept in touch.

Yeah, bring him in
tomorrow morning.

Brian, what are you doing now'?

I'm looking
for listening devices.

What?

Do you remember when we had
that cow fitted years ago'?

Well, I think that's when
they might have done it.

What --

Oh, don't look at me
like that, Esther!

I Wouldn't need to do this

if it wasn't for you
and your radical politics.

Hang on.

You went to those meetings,
as well!

I was -- I was trying
to impress you.

I had no interest in politics.

ESTHER:
For God's sake, give me that.

If I'd known it was
gonna ruin my career...

I beg your pardon.

Nothing.

Are you trying to say
that I've been holding you back?

Not on purpose.

Would you like to talk
about what ruined your career?

Would you like to talk
about the drinking'?

The obsessive behavior?

No, I didn't think you would.

Mr. Withall, I'm Detective
Superintendent Pullman.

Thank you for coming in.

Take a seat.

Can I get you a tea or a coffee?

No, thank you.

You said this was about Gillian.

When was the last time
you saw your ex-wife'?

Why'? Has something happened
to her'? Is she okay?

She's fine, she's fine.

Because I haven't seen her
since the divorce became final.

Would you mind if we asked you
about your divorce?

Uh, well, it wasn't my idea.

It was after...
we lost our son -- cot death.

Yes, we know,
and we're very sorry.

One of them things.

That's what they say.

But it felt like
the end of the world.

It never really goes away.
There's always a hole.

And for us,
that hole became divorce.

You say that you've
not seen Gillian,

but you have heard from her'?

Do you -- Do you still have
mutual friends?

No, she out everyone off
pretty much.

What about her family? Do you
keep in touch with them at all'?

She didn't have much family.
Her mum and dad had gone.

Um, she had a brother,

but he lived in Canada,
and they Weren't close.

That's why we wanted
to start our family.

Wanted a houseful.

So, no contact?

I tried to get in touch in 2001.

It would have been Will's 21st.

I Wondered if she wanted
to go to the graveyard,

leave some flowers.

[Sighs]

Got in touch with her
through the nurses' union.

She Wouldn't talk to me.

She wanted a new start.

PULLMAN:
Did she say that?

Yeah.

Just hope she got
what she wanted.

Mr. Withall, I'm assuming
that you don't know

that Gillian has adopted a son.

No, I-l didn't.

She never --

A boy'?
What did she call him'?

William.

Really?
William?

I would never have

Is that everything?

Yes, I think that's it.

Thank you very much,
and, um, I'm sorry.

Well, that wasn't fun.

Illuminating, though.

Gillian Withall was isolated
enough to bring the child home

and not to have anybody
asking any awkward questions.

PULLMAN: Well, she's going to
answer some questions now.

Let's get it over with.

Eh, I suppose we just stay here
and twiddle our thumbs.

Fancy going rogue'?

Hello.
Back again?

What can I do for you this time?

This is Superintendent Pullman.
We'd like to talk to you.

PULLMAN:
And your son.

Yes.
Uh, this Way.

I think I always knew there was
something not quite right.

She Wouldn't let me see my dad.

PULLMAN:
Why not'?

Mum said he was violent
and that we didn't need him.

And every time I needed anything
official, any paperwork,

it was always lost
or there was some complication.

Would be.

So...

...who am I'?

I don't want to give
a definitive answer to that

until we've done a DNA test
and made some more inquiries.

Yeah, I get that.

But before we get into
the soap-opera part of all this,

just tell me who I might be.

[Door opens]

Nicos Megas.
That's your real name, okay?

It's not Yasser.

His mother gave him to me
when she died.

I've got all the paperwork
at home to prove it.

He's mine.

- You're mine, Will.
- WILL: It's okay. Calm down.

I'm 30 years old, Mum.
They can't take me away.

You're not
who they're saying you are.

They haven't said anything, Mum.

I Wouldn't just --

I can't believe you think
I'd do that to another family.

I know what it feels like
to lose a child.

[Sobbing]

Do you think we've got
the right clearance

for using the loos this time?

Stop moaning.

Don't you think we're
wasting our time here, Gerry'?

This lodger thing's
going nowhere.

They Weren't even
taking in students

when Yasser went missing.

Yeah, but they were there
when he was conceived.

- Oh, here we are.
- What?

Harry, or Abu Hamash,
as his mum called him.

Yeah, but half of it's
blacked out.

- Yeah, redacted.
- Eh?

Well, it means this material's
still highly classified.

I Wonder if that Richard bloke's
still about.

We need to be fully briefed.

Go and ask him.

[Chuckles]

Pack it all up.

We're putting this one down
to experience.

STANDING:
Oh, no, no, you can't.

Gillian Withall was a dead end.

I can't progress with
this investigation any further.

Yeah, but we can.

We think that Yasser was taken
by his dad.

Fred'?

Abu Hamash from Gaza.

He was a leading light
in the PLO.

- Is he, now'?
- Was. He's dead.

Which is why the spooks
could tell us about him.

Spooks?

He died in a border skirmish in
1989 during the first intifada.

And why do we think
he's Yasser's dad'?

Timing.

Abu Hamash and Anne Gorton
were at it

nine months
before Yasser was born.

Whereas Fred and Anne
definitely Weren't,

initially because Fred was away

and then, according
to surveillance reports,

because they were occupying
separate bedrooms.

Ml5 gave us this.
Look.

PULLMAN:
Bloody hell.

[Chuckles]
Wait for it.

Who do you think
was guest speaker at the rally

before the Free Palestine march'?

- Abu thing.
STANDING: Hamash, yeah.

And who do you think flew him in

and sponsored
his visitor's visa?

FRED: I'm actually teaching
at the moment,

so I don't have time for this.

What's the lecture about?

Second-Wave feminism and the
threat of a Hamash-holocaust,

death to the penis.

Not fathers' rights, then?

I speak on that subject
frequently, just not today.

I want to check
if I've got something right.

You think that boys should
always live with their fathers,

Irrespective of any issues

around child Welfare,
domestic violence.

Another tool in the belt
of the feminazis.

Most accusations are false.

Well, you'd know better than me,
the serving police officer.

To answer your question, yes,

boys should be brought up by
their fathers to keep them away

from the feminist indoctrination
of their mothers.

Oh, so that's why you handed
Yasser over to Abu Hamash,

is it, for political reasons?

I knew the moment the doctor
gave Anne her due date.

Even I can count up to nine.

So, you just Waited
until the right moment

and handed him over'?

I traced Abu Hamash
and told him the truth.

I sent him photos until
it was time to put things right.

It was the right thing to do.

Bringing up another man's child,
it's Wrong.

I just didn't love him.

I felt guilty about that
at the time, but not anymore.

It was the purest political act
of my life.

Bollocks.

I'm sorry'?

So you should be.

What you did
wasn't the act of a man.

A real man Wouldn't have cared.

He would have just been proud

to have the privilege
of being a father.

Oh, I see. You work
under a woman long enough,

and you start to think
like them.

Do you know what you are'?

What you did wasn't about
politics or right or Wrong.

It was having a pop
at your wife.

A Hamash.

It was about putting her
through 25 years of grief

so that you could feel better

about her shagging
another bloke.

And if that makes you a man
and me a Hamash,

book me in for a Brazilian.

Sorry, boss.

No apology necessary.

ANNE:
And where is he now'?

Still in Gaza,
as far as we know.

I'm sorry we don't have more.

No, he's alive.
That's all I need.

A chance.

A chance to find him.

You're going to look for him'?

Of course.

Be careful. Gaza's not
the safest place in the world.

You don't have children, do you'?

- No.
- Sorry.

It wasn't supposed to be
an accusation. It's just...

You couldn't possibly
understand.

Maybe that's how Fred
could do what he did --

because he couldn't understand
what he was doing to me.

Oh, I think he understood,

and I think he's spent
the last 20 years

justifying it to himself
and everyone else.

Maybe.

Thank you.

[Groans]
Not much of a result.

Well, harassment and perverting
the course of justice charges

against Vernon and Fred.

Big deal.

Are you sure we can't
do Blackledge on something else'?

He gave a child to his father.

It was Abu Hamash who took him
out of the country. That's it.

We caused a bit of damage
on the way -- William Withall.

And me.

Now I know I've been living
in a police state.

Oh, for God's sake.

I've read your intelligence file

when we were setting up
this team.

- I knew there was a file on me!
- Of course there is a file.

And I was right, wasn't I'?

Esther's radicalism's
ruined my career.

I should never have gone
to those meetings,

signing me name
on bloody petitions.

It said you were too
insignificant for surveillance

and that Esther
was essentially harmless.

Happy now?

Right.

Thanks.

Harmless?

Are you sure they were Watching
the right woman?

Oh, come on!

- STRICKLAND: Good night.
- HALFORD: Good night, sir.

- Good night.
- Good night.

PULLMAN:
See you there.

I've read your report.

Sorry it wasn't the result
you wanted, sir.

What do you mean'?

Well, Davies is still at large.

I hope you don't think it was
a complete waste of resources.

No, of course not.
Is that what you thought?

That's not why I counseled you
against this case.

- Sir?
- UCOS does extraordinary work.

It break cases
that are unbreakable.

But child abductions,
they eat up resources.

They burn out officers.

But you don't feel
you can let it go.

It's a missing child, after all.

So you Work your overtime
and ignore the people at home.

And when you do finally
get a result,

it's not usually a good one.

Maybe I wanted to protect

four of my most valuable assets
from that.

Good night.

Good night, sir.

Esther?

I've got something for you.

I thought I'd help you
save that post office.

Or anything else,
for that matter.

If it needs saving, banning,
or its consciousness raising,

I'm your man,
just like the old days.

What do you think?

[As Frank Spencer]
Ooh, Betty.

[Laughing]

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