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Take your hands off me! You had your hand around his neck, Michael. It's not

Annie. I don't want anyone. In fact, I don't want anyone here.

We need to discuss Dylan's academic work. So does this mean I can't play in

the match?

25 grand a year. And for what? They're punishing you! I'm angry because of you!

Have you seen it? Bradley family claims no new lead in over a decade and never

feeling like Tina is the priority.

I think about it every day. She was my friend.

If you were going to find her, you'd have done it by now.

Did you kill mum?

Can you just let her go?

No wonder people are pointing fingers.

No wonder everyone's gone.

I wanted to ask him, to his face, if he killed your mum.

He didn't say anything.

Just to be clear, you think he did it?

He didn't deny it. He just had the look on his face like everything was over.

And? Him saying nothing.

That was his way of saying that you were right.

No.

No, that's how we got here in the first place. He's not capable of saying

anything.

Ma'am, incident at the school.

Ambulance is called.

Annie?

Thank you so much.

I've been talking to the people here. They got to him just in time. And

there's this.

It's addressed to you.

I am to blame for the death of Sarah Polly.

Not even the death of my wife.

Sarah Polly. Why is she someone who lives down the road?

There's a separation there. It's not a confession.

It's a tacit confession.

It's an admission he wasn't enough. That's what he's been saying.

He blames himself for her death, not her murder.

Annie, you know, sometimes the most obvious thing is the thing that's

happened. More often than not, in fact.

So once the psychiatrist says we're allowed in, we put this to him again.

What he meant by this, Noel?

If he killed Sarah?

I don't think he did.

Then you need to find a way to eliminate him. That's a load now, is it? I'm back

on the team.

You were never off the team. I was litter picking. Mogging. Litter logging.

What I'm saying, Annie, is if you're so sure that he's innocent, get out there

and prove it. OK.

No, Victor, not yet.

Dad!

Please move away!

Dad, please! Please! Please keep away from the door!

I need to know why you did this!

Dad! Dad, please! Please go back!

You sit down.

Despite what some of you might have heard, there will be no changes to

today's timetable.

Tomorrow, we will host the final rugby game of the season, as planned.

Your attendance at that, especially at a time when we could all benefit from

pulling together, well, it's positively encouraged.

Whatever's happened over these past few weeks, however awful, I want you all to

remember, it is not the fault of any of you here.

Okay, here's one for you.

If he murdered her, Michael, what about his car?

Fine, thanks, Annie. How are you? He'd have had to move the body to the woods,

wouldn't he? So unless he gave her a piggyback down there, he would have had

to drive.

So what did forensics say they found in the car?

Nothing.

Nothing. Nothing incriminating? That's what I thought. Only because they shared

it. Forensics find plenty of evidence that they're a present in the car, but

you'd expect that. It doesn't prove anything either way.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I don't think he did it.

I've gotten to know him, Duncan.

Spent a lot of time with him.

I don't think he's the person who killed Sarah.

I'm worried we're going to end up charting the wrong guy here.

So you want to show he couldn't have done it?

Exactly. Because if he can't have done it, he can't have done it. Even if he

said he did?

Yes.

Let's look at it all again.

Thank you.

Not so much the car as the boot.

You'd better put the body in the boot.

So we're after blood, saliva, hair, anything that indicates that she was

made to line the back.

Well, there's no blood. Okay.

Nothing here about any saliva.

Mm-hmm.

Or 21B and the head hairs belonging to V1.

Sarah Polly.

Still doesn't mean he, um... Doesn't mean he did anything, does it?

There could have been hair. There could be hair on the collar of her jacket, and

she put the jacket in the boot. Yeah, exactly. There could be hair on the

jacket, on the collar.

That would explain it, yes.

It would, yeah.

Like you say, it doesn't prove anything either way, does it?

Does he not want to see me because of what he did to Mum?

Or because of what he tried to do in the woods? That's what I can't work out.

He told you he did it.

That's what you need to keep in the front of your mind.

He sat in that car and he admitted it. No, he didn't deny it.

And that's different.

Well, why would he write that note?

Or he hadn't read any notes. Or do what he tried to do in the woods. Because his

wife has been murdered and his daughter has accused him of doing it. So deny it.

He's not like that.

Why not? Because he's not programmed like that.

He's not a violent man. He is, according to Puddy and Rory and the detective he

was fighting with outside.

You suspected him too, remember?

I'm trying to work it out. Well, don't.

I'm telling you I'm not sure, so just support me.

OK?

Visitor.

I thought you said you wasn't allowed to be here anymore.

She's not.

I need to speak to you, Alana.

I know what people are saying.

What are people saying? That he attacked one of the boys.

Is that what they're saying?

He was never like that with us. With me growing up, he...

He loved her.

He loved her.

And I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I never came to you. But now I'm not sure that he won't talk to me.

Don't be sorry, Alana, please.

Because I don't think your dad did it either.

I really don't, okay?

Now, the problem I have is that I think he wants people to think he did it.

Michael, we need to talk to you.

But we can't do that here.

It has to happen at the station, so we need to arrest you.

Do this properly.

Come on, now.

Tell us what you meant in that note.

And then you can tell us what you did to Sarah.

When you did it.

We need your help with that.

When did you move her body, Michael? Was it in the knife?

During the day?

Which day? We need that for the CPS.

I can't remember.

Alana came to us, Michael.

If you want to do it for us, do it for her.

Explain.

Wednesday. That's when he thinks he did it.

I need you to go through his diary with his secretary.

There's a gap on that Wednesday. We're close.

But it cuts both ways. If there's no gap, we rule him out.

Not necessarily.

Ivan, why confess to murder and give the wrong time?

Let's just check, OK?

I'll ring you back when I know.

Lessons are blue. Staff meetings, red.

Anything else is green.

And it's been the same routine for years.

There. Wednesday the 25th. It's the same as every Wednesday. There's always a gap

at four o'clock in case we need to put something in, like a meeting or if it

needs to pop out.

Why?

Only you and Michael have access to this.

Michael never looks at this.

Michael keeps it all up here.

But if you do need to put something in something last minute and he never looks

at this, where does that go? That goes in his diary.

His diary? On his desk, normally.

No good with technology.

I know the one you mean.

Oh, found it. Got it.

23rd, 24th, 25th.

And?

It just says keep clear.

Is his handwriting yours?

His. Definitely his.

His.

Sorry, what does this mean?

It means I'm going to need to take this with me.

For the tape, I'm Detective Constable Neera Barker, also present.

Detective Inspector Ivan Pemberley. Kyra Doyle, appropriate adult.

Michael, you have been arrested for the murder of your wife, Sarah.

You've been offered a solicitor, but you've declined.

Is that correct?

Yes, Michael?

Yes, that's correct.

Michael, I want to be clear.

Nothing you have told us outside of this room is on the record.

So now is your chance, given what you've wrote in your note to DS Cassidy, to

explain everything that has happened.

So why don't we start with...

The Monday, the day of the rugby match.

Then let's talk about Wednesday when you set aside time in your diary.

We do this once, Michael.

Then it's over for everyone.

Okay.

Do you understand what we're saying, Michael?

Yes, I understand.

Never work, Lee?

Of course.

You better have some massive fucking bombshell from me. You can't continue

that interview. No? Why?

Why? Look at him. He's not okay.

Well, a psychiatrist would disagree with you. This has all been done the proper

way. Next.

Next? Next question.

Would you listen to your father? Well, if you don't have a next question, I

wasn't going back. He doesn't know what the psychiatrist is. He's in there with

an appropriate adult.

He's about 15 years old. I mean, look at him.

Look at him with your own eyes, for Christ's sake. Look at the state he's

in. He's carrying a lot of guilt. He's suffering.

He needs support, protect and serve. Do you remember that? Protect him. Then if

he's done it, we won't get to that.

What's wrong?

He wants honey.

Interview suspended at 1344.

There's a great cafe across the street.

I wouldn't go there, you know, if ever there's a half an hour where I'm not

needed.

When we sat here two weeks ago, when you insisted on seeing a

detective, turned out to be me, I thought straight away he's the man who's

most likely killed his wife.

He knows he needs to come and talk to us before we go and talk to him.

And then there were times where I was certain you hadn't done it.

Now, I don't know what to think.

I tell you who deserves to know the truth.

Alana.

Alana.

I can't.

You owe her that.

She's lost her mum, Michael.

Please don't let her lose her dad.

Because she loves her dad very, very much.

He wants

to talk to you.

None of this is admissible. It's not even being recorded.

You're at the top there. I wouldn't.

It's a job.

Family liaison officer.

There's a difference, isn't there?

Between feeling responsible for a crime and actually committing it.

That's what Alana deserves to understand, Michael.

It's better to know her father killed her mother than never to find out.

Please, Ella.

It's all right, Dad. Tell me.

You remember, I... I told you about my

predecessor.

How he told me not to let the job overwhelm me.

Well, it didn't just overwhelm me.

It defied me.

What group?

When parents are thinking about sending their children to the school.

I'm the person they look to.

Represent the sort of man our school creates.

Serious and strong.

A leader in charge.

But in the end, that's all I was.

Batman.

And it wasn't just at school.

It was my whole life.

At home.

So that when your mum needed me, she needed me too.

To admit that things were going wrong.

That she needed change.

I wouldn't.

And I wasn't there for her.

I wouldn't.

Even when we were in the same house, same room.

And in the end she was trying.

I knew what was happening and I didn't... I didn't do anything.

I didn't let it happen.

I didn't know the words, I didn't... I

didn't know how to let her see me.

And that's not strength. That's not winning. That's just defeat after

defeat.

I failed.

I failed as a husband.

And as a partner.

And I failed as a teacher. And I failed you.

I failed.

Hello? That gap on the Wednesday.

He was interviewing a teacher for a languages job.

You sure?

Yes. Because I asked him to keep it clear.

Are you 100% positive?

Yes. Because she stormed off. It was a total bloody disaster.

That is not you.

That is the school.

And we have been making these boys... For all the years, we've

been... We've been wrong.

We have been wrong.

and the damage I've caused is still happening.

And Dylan came to me and he was so angry.

He was angry at me and the affair and the adults who should know

better. We just fucking up his life.

And what I did... What I did, I can't...

I can't forgive myself for what happened.

For what happened to who?

Dad. For what happened to Mum?

You promised.

And you did.

If it wasn't you, you must have. My dear, who would be this angry with her?

Who would do that to her?

Dylan.

What if it's Dylan?

We need to tread extremely carefully.

We work with the school and we are light touch.

Annie, given how you know the staff and Ivan as FIO, you go down there.

But that is it.

This stays amongst us.

No-one breathes this to anyone.

Yeah. It's a theory.

Nothing more.

And Annie's right.

It's no-one's idea of a good result.

We need to have a conversation regarding one of your pupils.

Are you the teacher in charge here?

No, but I'm head of the sixth form. Who is the teacher in charge?

That's Mr Bowman now.

But he's popped home to get a trophy for the end of the match.

It's the trophy we were given when I was a boy at school.

Last team to go, Invictus, back in 96.

I thought at the final whistle, if we've won the game, I could present it there

and then.

Where in the hell have I... Rory, I'm here because I need to talk to you about

Sarah's murder.

I want to ask you about Dylan Cedric.

Have a look at his timetable, ask about his behaviour, how they've changed in

recent weeks.

Obviously, this is... A very sensitive subject, and nobody's pointing the

finger yet, but we just... Well, we're asking for your help. No, no, no, of

course.

I mean, I can't believe I'm saying this, but he's had his problems, Dylan,

aggression issues and so on.

Oh, sorry.

I could barely... It's OK, you can take a minute.

That Sarah had an affair with his father. Awful, slimy guy.

Oh, Christ.

He's playing a rugby match now, yes?

We can let them finish. He's not playing now. He fell behind academically. Like I

said, he had his issues.

I think we go back at the game finish, let our visitors go, and then we talk to

him and his parents together.

How does that sound?

That sounds great, yes. Thank you.

Give it a slam.

It doesn't shut otherwise.

Annie? Annie?

Annie, are you in here?

Annie, I can explain.

Okay, good.

Explain.

You might have misunderstood what's happened here.

Tell me what's happened here.

I was in those woods. I went there, yes, but afterwards, after Sarah's body had

been found.

You went there?

To look.

And that's where I lost it, the key.

This is about the key?

I'm just pleased you found out. I've been wondering where on earth I could

have... Why did you go to the scene and not tell anyone? That's a bit odd, isn't

it?

Or maybe it's all in my pocket.

Just...

I'm

not calling anyone.

No one's coming. There's no backup.

I've just switched that phone off. Look.

Just you and me.

You're upset about Sarah.

Look.

She clearly meant a lot to you.

Did she mean

a lot to you?

We'd known each other for years.

He was not what she deserved. Michael?

I tried to kiss her once, made a move after a night out with the teachers. She

said she couldn't and she mustn't.

And she was right, because she was married.

Otherwise it would have worked out.

Between us, you know, that's the tragedy.

And when the crap started, you know, she looked after me, Sarah.

What crap?

Teachers, female teachers, one of them accused me.

I never did anything.

But I'm a single man.

And if I like someone, why can't I try and... How else did anyone make their

feelings known?

They said it wasn't the only occasion.

And that there'd been a complaint that the school might get a reputation of

female teachers.

It might not apply.

And she convinced Mike.

To give me a final chance.

She was very important to you.

Yes. Yeah.

Yeah.

I've never told anyone that.

And then I noticed the affair.

That was me, not my coup, spotted it.

So I confronted her about it. I made her text him, Sedgewick saying it was over.

I forced her to do that for her own good. If she can't be with you, a good

man like you, she can't be with Sedgewick. And if you have an affair

with a parent and that gets out... Well, she'd have to leave.

Well, they both would. The school would have suffered.

My school.

And she lied to me, said it was over when it wasn't, said she'd ended it. So

I kept telling her she should stop it for the sake of the school. For the

school. But she kept... She kept shouting and shouting.

And I... I wanted her to

stop shouting.

That's what I wanted.

I needed to stop.

I never... I'm the last person in the world who'd ever want to do anything

like that.

I really am.

God, sorry.

Sorry.

Rory, from what you're saying, it sounds more like an accident.

Yeah.

You know, stuff goes wrong.

People have arguments and things just... They just get out of hand, don't they? I

mean, I've seen it. I've seen too much of it, but... You know, I've also seen

men like you, good men like you, have their lives absolutely ripped to shreds

when it's not their fault.

It wasn't my fault.

We need to talk about this at the station because I know that you're going

to want to explain this to them, too. No, I can't.

I can't do that. I understand that this is very scary.

But you have my word you are going to be looked after.

I'm not ready.

Listen to me. I'm not ready. Rory, you might even find it a relief just to tell

the truth just the way you have with me. That's a brave thing to do.

And you are a brave man.

And it is the right thing to do for Sarah.

And do you know what would be a good way to tell your story at the station? Is if

there was some way we could prove that you didn't have any kind of problem with

Sarah personally.

I didn't. I know. I loved her. I can see you loved her very, very much. But if we

are going to show that, it would be good if we could find some sort of way to

prove that you were close.

How do we do that?

Hold on, hold on.

Here.

I have photos.

I could bring these.

This is my first year as a teacher here.

And this is us at the pub, laughing.

And that's me and Vera together.

And that's Juliet.

I could show you all these.

Ruth.

Ruth.

You know none of what happened is your fault.

But it's okay to be angry, you know? We're all fucking angry.

If you want, we can talk.

I don't want to talk.

Well, I know you don't want to talk.

Come on,

you're better than that.

Sitting in here all pent up.

Go out there and watch the game.

If they're going to lose, then stand there and lose with them.

Go on.

Go and do it for yourself.

Two weeks since the disappearance of the teacher, Sarah Polly,

and tonight, a major update.

a man known to Mrs. Polly for many years, arrested on suspicion of her

murder.

With more updates promised in the coming hours, sources close to the

investigation describe this as a significant step forward.

Craig. You're gonna have to find a way to tell him, honey.

Not long after your mum and I met.

She invited me to a concert in Edinburgh.

This is a recording of that concert.

I've been listening to it.

That's beautiful.

Yes.

Yes, I always thought so.

Afterwards, we went for a drink.

And your mom said she thought we were at the start of something.

She said she thought life was about to change.

She was right.

I could feel it.

Was that exciting?

I was terrified.

Because I didn't know what was going to happen next.

I always get frightened when I don't know what's going to happen.

The cellist.

Hey. How are you?

Well done on the case.

So here it is.

The full report on the Tina handbag.

The database searches, the forensics. There's so much new stuff in here,

Annie.

Very excited about where we're going to take this next.

Go on.

Come on.

This is a long and complicated case, isn't it, Craig? You're telling me.

This stuff might help, might not, but... But we won't be

doing anything next.

What? Me and you.

Not the Tina Bradley case.

Not on anything.

Honey. We will not be doing anything next.

It's over, Craig.

So long.