Original subtitles

This programme contains some strong language.

Several years ago, I discovered a bacteria

that had the potential to replace fossil fuels.

I secretly used DNA to make two samples.

I kept one and I gave the other to Vincent Mair.

Vincent told me it doesn't stack up.

He would've blown the whistle.

That's why you killed him.

What?! And you tried to kill me.

They told me no-one would get hurt.

We need to get you off Svalbard.

Not without my research.

We have a carrier in the area scrambling a helicopter as we speak.

This is the last copy.

Nato's over.

This is a different world we live in.

Just because Jia's off Svalbard doesn't mean she's safe.

Argh!

We start the COP31 climate conference in Glasgow,

which has been tackling the future of one of the worst...

DEMONSTRATORS CLAMOUR

It's a crucial meeting on the future of the planet,

involving leaders from all over the world.

The Prime Minister returned to Glasgow this morning

and has urged nations to...

RINGING TONE

This is DCI Amy Silva.

Please leave a message or call me back.

I can't get through to DCI Silva.

Have you spoken to her?

I'm sorry, Kirsten.

Why, what is it?

Dashcam for you, ma'am.

Has the driver said anything yet?

He's still being treated.

What about Cunningham?

Not talking.

CHANTING AND CLAMOUR

Yeah?

I've just reviewed the dashcam footage.

DCI Silva and Shen Jia managed to get away.

Where did they go?

I don't know.

They made it out of the car. That's all I can tell you.

That's not good enough.

If they got away, why haven't they been in touch?

Find them and find out who did this.

I want a list of every officer who knew about the transfer.

You think this could be a leak from us?

Can you rule it out?

No, but I doubt that...

Doubt won't cut it.

I want certainty.

I have to take this meeting now.

I'll join you when I'm done here.

Apologies for keeping you.

You have our scientist.

Which scientist?

Shen Jia.

The...

The woman who went missing on Svalbard?

Not missing.

Taken.

By you.

That's a very serious allegation.

Truthfully...

...I don't know where she is.

She is here.

You'll return her to us...

...or face retaliations.

Your sea-bed mining isn't ready.

You will need Chinese rare earth metals from us

for at least the next decade.

All your solar panels,

your wind turbines,

and the batteries -

they rely on our raw materials.

And of course...

...we choose whether or not...

...we sell them to you.

Isn't the whole point of-of-of

being here at COP, to work together to beat climate change?

You know, how will it look to the world if China makes...

...you know, if China makes progress with clean energy

next to impossible?

That's a problem for you.

Not us.

Thanks.

You should eat something.

I need to know what happened to Mark.

Let me call him.

I can't let you do that.

Did you tell anyone about our movements?

No.

I've been with you the whole time.

I left my phone on Svalbard.

I don't have anyone to contact.

Well, someone knew how to find us.

Maybe someone on your side leaked.

It could be China.

I'm a defector. A traitor.

Don't worry.

I'm going to keep you safe.

I won't be long.

Have you heard from her? No.

How did this happen, boss? Who did this?

We don't know.

DI Longacre, Robertson.

Right away, please.

GUNSHOTS

Stop! Jesus! Jia, move now.

Go. Go. What about you?

Go!

Go. GUNFIRE CONTINUES

As you can see from the dashcam footage,

Amy and Jia survived the crash and escaped.

We need to know why Amy hasn't been in touch!

They could still have been caught.

How did this even happen?

We have a couple of theories.

PHONE RINGS

Robertson.

Sir...

...I'm...

I'm in a bit of trouble.

Amy, I'm going to put you on speakerphone.

With me in the room are

Sir Ian Downing,

Jasmine Kelly and DI Longacre.

Amy, how are you?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

So is Shen Jia.

How's Mark Cunningham and the driver?

They're both doing well.

Where are you?

We're safe.

Just give us your location. We'll pick you up.

Amy, we're going to get to the bottom of all this

but I'm afraid the wider situation with Shen Jia has changed.

Are you with her right now?

She can't hear me, if that's what you're asking.

China knows she's here in the UK.

They're accusing us of abducting her and stealing her research.

I've been keeping them at bay,

but there'll be nasty consequences if this isn't dealt with.

And what does dealing with it mean?

She has to go back.

You made a deal with her. She trusts us.

We can negotiate with China

to limit the consequences for Jia.

The men that attacked us - are they working for China?

Quite possibly.

Well, then, there's your answer, as for the consequences.

I'm sorry, but we need to defuse this.

You're obviously compromised.

The Home Secretary has pre-authorised her deportation.

This is out of my hands.

And yours.

Look, you can't send her back.

They will execute her, and you know that. I don't know that.

Where are you? We'll send a car.

Jia isn't coming back.

Not until I can guarantee her safety.

Amy, you have to bring her in.

Nobody likes it but it's been decided.

CALL DISCONNECTS

What the hell is she doing?

Refusing orders, sheltering a foreign national.

You need to put a warrant out for their arrests.

Fuel To The Fire by Agnes Obel

♪ Do you want me on your mind

♪ Or do you want me to go on?

♪ I might be yours, as sure as I can say

♪ Be gone, be far away. ♪

VOCALISING

Sorry.

Is Mark all right?

Yeah, he's safe.

They want to send you back to China.

Vincent always had doubts about the UK government

and how genuine their offer was.

He thought we should take the samples to COP.

Hand it to anyone that wanted to develop.

Maybe you should just let me go.

We made you a promise.

I'm not going to hand you back to be murdered.

I don't have a sample any more.

I don't know why they're still trying to kill me.

Your research?

Hardly anyone knows about it.

Maybe I should put it online in case something happens to me.

Yeah, I could get you somewhere safe to do that.

We're going to need some help.

Come on.

Mitchell.

Look-out request on DCI Silva and Shen Jia.

Shen Jia's a Chinese national, female, mid-30s.

Suspected of espionage.

I think you can manage a description of Amy.

She's wanted for obstruction of justice.

Are you serious?

Any updates, no matter how small,

you let me know straight away.

How are you doing?

We have no choice about the arrest warrants.

I understand that.

If you want to go up the road... No.

No. I mean, there's work that needs doing.

I'm going over the Vincent Mair case

but nothing's moved on.

Where are we at with Chloe?

She's still unconscious.

Everything on her came back completely clean,

according to the security service.

What, you think too clean?

What are you saying, boss?

What, do you think it's a cover-up?

I don't know. Er...

We follow the evidence. That's all we can do.

Given Amy's situation,

our friends in intelligence will likely tap your phone.

Aye.

Aye, I thought that.

At least she called you, though. Not me.

Aye.

She had your best interests at heart.

We all know oil's on the way out.

Yeah. The sooner the better.

We don't have much choice, do we?

I guess it's about what comes next.

Like your deal with the Chinese.

We both need rare earth metals.

That's what the future's being built on.

Is that a fact? Mm.

I heard rumours about a Chinese scientist

who's got an oil and gas killer in the pipeline.

Now, you can see how that'd make folks in Washington

a little nervous.

Is there anything you want to tell me about that?

No-one tells me anything, Teddy.

PHONE RINGS Excuse me.

Teddy Ward.

Can you talk?

Yeah.

They got away.

You didn't tell me they had help from special forces.

I didn't know.

They injured on of ours, so we had no choice and had to pull out.

We need a lead.

Sit tight and I'll get you one.

Try not to fuck it up this time.

So, you didn't try to follow Jia?

It's in your interest to talk to me.

That depends on what you ask me, now, doesn't it?

Have you had any contact with Shen Jia since she went missing?

No.

Do you have any idea what she might be planning,

now that she's in Scotland?

I imagine she might try on a kilt,

maybe treat herself to something deep fried.

You know, the usual highlights.

I'm trying to protect Shen Jia.

Don't you want that as well?

Yeah.

They'd both be dead without me so, yeah, I do.

Just, I'm not sure that you're the right person for the job.

I'm no lawyer but...

...I think you're going to have to arrest me for something,

otherwise, I'm off home to make a brew.

Er... Ma'am...

I... I don't know what we're doing here.

I...

I just... I want to let you know,

if there's anything that I can do to help you or DCI Silva, I'm here.

Thank you.

Mitchell?

There is something.

The documentation on the university lab bombing.

Inventory files are marked "update pending" -

can you find out what that's about?

Will do. I'll get those updates sent over to you.

PHONE PINGS

Gran! Mum's home!

Hi!

Oh, my God, Mum!

Hello, darling.

Oh, hi.

I've missed you. We've missed you, too.

Oh, I got a message from the office that you called.

Mum dropped something off for me at school

but it's for you. it's got your name on it. For me?

Did you see her?

No, but this is what she left.

What could this be?

RINGING TONE

Hey, love.

Oh, thank God.

Are you all right?

Am I all right?

We've just put a warrant out for your arrest!

Are you OK? Yeah. Yeah, I'm OK.

Just trying to figure out how to fix this.

Do you think I'm doing the wrong thing?

No.

We don't know who to trust, so...

...no, we can't hand Jia back.

Tell me, what can I do?

No, Kirsten.

One of us has to have a job to come home to.

Couldn't give a shit.

How can I help?

Well...

...Jia wants to get her research out into the public domain,

so I'm going to help her with that.

OK. I've been reviewing the lab explosion files.

I think I might have something.

Erm...

Mitchell sent me an updated inventory of the lab explosion.

It seems Gordon Laity made a claim

and collected a personal item -

a carving found in Vincent Mair's lab.

Said he lent it to the professor

but I don't think the team thought anything of it.

A carving - do you know anything about that?

Yeah. It's what I hid my sample in for Vincent.

Has it been found?

If the carving wasn't damaged,

then we may still have a sample.

I can talk to him - work out if he has the sample.

No, no. You leave that with me.

They'll shut you down if you try.

But you could find out who's trying to kill us.

Look into Chloe again. She's got to be our best lead.

OK.

I'll talk to her doctors.

See if she's expected to recover.

Speak to you soon.

OK.

Bye.

PHONE RINGS

PC Marks.

Marks, this is DI Longacre.

You've been assigned protection duty for Chloe Ackroyd - is that right?

Yes, ma'am.

Are you looking to visit her?

Visit her?

I thought she was in a coma.

She's been conscious for 48 hours, ma'am.

I'm looking at her now.

Has anyone been to visit her?

Uh...

A Jasmine Kelly came in yesterday.

CLATTER

DOOR OPENS

Sasha?

How did you get in?

I broke a pane of glass in your back door

but, look, I can pay for the damages.

Why didn't you ring the bloody doorbell?

No, cos there's a camera there,

and I didn't want to give you the chance to call the police.

Aren't you the police?

I want this conversation to be private

and, given what I know about you,

I'm guessing you will, too.

DI Longacre, we spoke on the phone.

Good to meet you, ma'am.

And you. Thank you.

Hello, Chloe.

My name's Detective Inspector Kirsten Longacre.

I'm with the specialist crime division.

How are you doing?

Well, if you don't feel like talking much, that's OK. I understand.

You've been through a lot.

Now, this is just an informal conversation, OK?

It's not an interview.

How's your voice holding up?

Cos I know...

Well, if you've been intubated, it can mess up your vocal cords.

I've been there.

I can speak.

Well, that's good.

That's a start.

But I've got nothing to say.

I've read DCI Silva's report

on the day you got shot

and about the bomb that you planted

that killed Professor Mair.

Now, DCI Silva, she has a very good read on people,

and she believes that you were telling the truth

when you said that you didn't know what would happen.

So, your best way out of this situation, Chloe,

is to help us find the people who did know what was going to happen.

I know I've ruined my life.

I can't do anything about that now.

Like, I really can't speak to you.

Is this what you're like with the intelligence service

when they come to visit?

Did they advise you not to talk to the police?

Cos, if they did, I wouldn't listen to that.

They're not above the law, and neither are you.

I take it you're speaking at COP?

Yes.

Not had chance to resign?

Been too busy?

"Having received a stellar report

"from the Independent Arctic Institute..."

There's nothing in here that says

you know that the report is fraudulent.

You've forgotten our conversation with Jason?

He had a fucking gun to my head, OK?

I was trying to keep him occupied.

I'm going to call the police.

What are you doing?

You authorised bringing Jia back to the UK.

You're involved in the decision to send her back home.

The carving that belonged to Vincent Mair, where's that?

I've got no idea what you're talking about.

The police recorded your request for it,

and its release to you.

Did my sample survive inside it?

I... I...

I can't tell you.

I literally can't.

Official Secrets Act.

So, you do have it.

The sample.

And you're going to develop that, in secret, without her?

So, you just take what she's given you, and then...

...then send her back to China? Look...

...we are in an impossible situation.

In terms of you being here,

things have become extremely difficult with China.

I'm sorry, but that's just the reality.

We're in an energy security crisis.

We rely on Chinese exports,

so we need to keep them onside.

Stealing my bacterium sample doesn't sound like the best way to do it.

It was never meant to belong to one country.

That was agreed!

Yeah, well, things change.

OK?

I have to look after the UK's interests.

We've all paid a price for this.

What about the price you're asking Jia to pay?

Let's just...

Let's just take a seat and we can work something out.

He's tripped an alarm.

I'm sure this is... We can...

We've not got long.

Let's go.

No, I'm making a citizen's arrest.

No, look... Look, Jia has to go back China.

For all of our sakes.

Including yours.

HE GROANS

Fuck!

I think I know where they'll be developing it.

Shit. Go, go.

Did you know much about Vincent Mair?

Before he died,

he was doing his very best to help other people.

And how about you?

What made you decide to do the things that you've done?

SHE SIGHS

You were shot

and very nearly died,

and nobody protected you from that.

How are these people worth protecting, Chloe?

KNOCK ON DOOR

DOOR OPENS

Evening.

I'm PC Gregory. I'm here to start my shift.

I'll need you to clear the room.

Oh, it's OK. No. I'm a police officer.

I have to do my checks.

Aye, well, go ahead.

Ma'am, I'm not being funny,

but protocol is that I do the checks without other people present.

Oh, right. OK.

I'll tell you what,

give me five minutes and then the room's all yours.

I'm going to have to ask you to find me Chloe's doctor, though.

I have a few questions.

I'm a Detective Inspector.

That's an order.

Do you know him?

CHLOE WHIMPERS

RINGING TONE

Control. Control, this is DI Longacre.

I'm going to need you to patch me through to PC Marks, please.

Connecting you now, ma'am.

This is PC Marks.

Marks, this is DI Longacre.

Did you just hand over to a male officer - PC Gregory?

No, it should be PC Angie Lossiter on duty now.

OK, can you send a rapid-response team here straight away, please?

I think we've got someone impersonating an officer.

We need to go.

We need to move.

What... Wh-What are you doing?

Come on.

This is your fault.

They'll think I talked to you.

Right, quick.

Now stay quiet, OK?

Please, Scott. I didn't say anything.

Scott, no, please!

HE GROANS

Don't move.

I'm not going to ask you again.

Stay there...

Call the police! Call the police!

I am the police!

Control, this is DI Longacre.

I need an update on the rapid-response unit

requested at Queen Anne's Hospital.

You just called him Scott.

You're going to have to tell me who he is.

Well, Chloe, he just tried to kill you.

Who is he?

He's my handler.

He works for the UK intelligence services.

His name's Scott Matthews.

What, you work for them as well?

Oh, Jesus.

Well, they've decided to kill you,

so telling me the truth now is the only thing

that's going to keep you safe. OK?

I sell information to China.

A couple of years ago, I was in a lot of debt.

And then this guy, who was over here from a university in China,

asked me to talk to him about the activist scene.

It didn't seem that bad to begin with.

But then I...

I...

I did more things for him.

Oh, yeah?

And I assume you got caught?

My flat got raided by the intelligence service.

They...

They knew who my Chinese contact was.

They... They knew what I'd been doing,

said I was looking at ten years in prison for spying.

So...

...after that, I...

I had to keep working with the Chinese...

...and I had to report everything back to Scott.

Jasmine Kelly was here yesterday.

Has she been involved in running you? No.

That was the first time I've met her. I...

I didn't tell her anything.

And Jason?

Scott told me to make friends with him.

To stay in with the activist movement.

That's what China wanted as well, but I...

I really liked him.

That bit wasn't fake.

And what happened with the bomb?

Oh, God! I didn't know it was a bomb!

I swear! My...

My Chinese contact said they needed Jason's laptop, so I...

I just thought they were looking for information,

so I took it to them while he slept.

The day he went off to see Professor Mair,

he had it in his backpack.

How much of this did you report to Scott?

All of it.

What, you told Scott this before the explosion happened?

I never did anything without running it past Scott first.

He even had me show him the laptop before I took it back to Jason's.

Well, what did he do with it?

He... took it off me...

...said he needed an hour

and then gave it back to me. He said it was fine.

He had it for an hour?

Well, then, he would've known exactly what it was.

Yeah, but I didn't!

I didn't, all right? I had no idea.

God, I just...

I want this to be over.

SHE SOBS

Mitchell, it's me.

I'm going to need you to run a number for me.

It's a burner phone.

CAR LOCK CHIRPS I'll send it over.

Can you get me its last known location? OK.

And put this on another case file.

Running the search now.

Mitchell, are you still there?

I think I'm being followed.

Shit. Should I call for back-up?

No.

Run the numberplate.

Delta Alpha 75

Zulu Delta Hotel.

Just checking now.

It's a hire car.

Put out an alert out

and get them on the ANPR.

I'm going to lose them. Copy that.

Breaking and entering, assault,

damage to my property, my phone screen got cracked -

this is a vendetta.

Can you give us a moment, please?

Sir.

I gather you've been paid a visit.

Yeah.

I want to see her face the consequences of her actions.

What did she want?

To grill me on the environmental report.

And what did you tell her?

Well, that she's got nothing - which is true.

Ah, Jesus.

My nose is killing me.

You know, I haven't taken payoffs or bribes.

I've worked bloody hard for this country.

Asking me to request that stupid carving...

The police had it.

My options were limited.

Everyone has to do their bit.

You didn't tell them anything about the biofuel...

...did you?

What did you tell them?

RATTLING

Can you hear that?

Get behind there. Stay quiet.

Fuck.

Ah! Jesus.

How did you find us?

I got Mitchell to trace your burner.

What? Don't worry, she'll keep it off the system.

Amy, I'm sorry, but I needed to see you.

Oh, Jia.

I think I was followed, but I lost them. Fuck.

What...?

Are you sure? Yes. I was careful.

I brought food.

Someone just tried to kill Chloe.

She recognised him.

Said the guy was her handler from our intelligence service.

They've been running Chloe ever since she got caught

selling information to China,

and we know that China rigged Jason's laptop with explosives.

UK intelligence knew about the bomb.

Listen, Amy, this is bad.

I want you to call your mum.

I don't want the kids staying at home. Aye.

I'll call as soon as I have signal.

Shit...

They're not going to stop until Jia's dead.

Anyone who's connected to it is a target.

That's why the killed Vincent Mair!

Vincent and Jia were going to share her discovery at COP.

They were going to give samples to dozens of scientists

from different countries.

Then, once everyone has it,

no one single country can be in control of its development.

But without the bacterium to hand out...

Gordon Laity pretty much confirmed

that they're developing it in secret.

About a month ago,

they sent pictures to Jia of a lab they were setting up for her.

At the science park, east of the city.

It's called GenFusion.

And it's where we're headed.

They stole it from her.

We're going to take it back.

What do you need from me?

I need you to get in touch with Mark Cunningham.

I think we're going to need him. I can do that.

You've got to go.

Stay safe, OK?

I love you. And I love you.

Stay safe.

Hey, come here.

Mark!

Shall we talk?

I can't see any extra security.

How long do you need?

I don't know about the condition of their specimens.

I'll only know when I get inside.

We'll give you as long as we can.

Let's crack on, then.

You don't have to do this for me.

Yeah, I do.

Why didn't you tell us that Chloe was awake?

You're no longer part of this investigation.

I am.

When you visited Chloe yesterday,

what did you discuss?

She refused to answer my questions.

Well, she answered mine.

But only after one of your colleagues tried to kill her.

That's nonsense.

Scott Matthews.

I don't know him.

Well, he's been Chloe's handler for a while now.

Chloe believes your department knew that a bomb was being taken

to Vincent Mair's lab.

She's making things up.

I mean, you're accusing us of turning a blind eye

to the murder of a British citizen.

And failing to disclose your involvement.

Obstructing our investigation.

On the word of one person.

Someone who's already looking at prison.

Someone you say is working for a hostile power against our interests.

What else have you got?

So nothing?

I've asked Sir Ian to explain the situation.

I'm sure he'll do that.

Then that's all.

For now.

That's us.

Kirsten? Mm? The car you asked me to put on the ANPR system,

the one you thought followed you,

it has just been flagged.

Where? Last known location - Glenfinnan Road.

Glenfinnan Road?

That's the east side of the city?

Yeah.

They're heading to the GenFusion lab.

Amy's there.

Oh, my God, they're going to kill her.

Get Robertson! Shit.

Over there. Right? COCKS GUN

It'll be this one.

Yeah? How do you know?

Bruce was an Arctic scientist.

He worked in Svalbard in the 1890s.

Could you all gather round?

I'm a police officer.

Unfortunately, there's been a security breach.

We're going to need to see your phones.

Can you step forward and hand them into to him, please?

Who's in charge?

I am.

My colleague will be running through your operations.

I need you to co-operate.

You're Shen Jia, aren't you? I know your work.

What's going on?

It's my cyanobacteria that you're developing here.

No, that's not what I was told.

Have you managed to replicate it?

What are you planning to do?

It's a matter of national security.

It's not up for discussion.

Could you show us where the samples are being held, please?

I am sorry, but the person you... Shit.

How much longer?

Nearly there.

You've got five minutes.

Do you want to go and check we're clear to exit?

Take the paperwork.

It's proof they've been working on it.

Do you work here?

Aye. I'm a lab technician.

Have you seen these women?

Yeah. They're up in the Fleming Lab. Thanks.

SILENCED GUNSHOT

Argh!

We have to go.

SILENCED GUNSHOT

HE GROANS

SILENCED GUNSHOT

We're clear. Let's go. Now!

Here. Take this.

Out the back. Jesus.

Go, go, go. Get down.

Cunningham.

Stay down. Cunningham! GUNSHOTS

Get her out of here.

What about you?

Just go!

No, we can't... Come on. Let's go! GUNSHOT

Let's go!

GUN CLICKS

Oh, fuck.

Amy? Amy!

Are you OK? Mm-hm.

Where's Jia?

She got away.

She'll have gone to COP.

How did those men know you were at the lab?

Gordon Laity could have put it together.

He might have realised that Jia could recognised the lab.

I can't see him hiring mercenaries.

The police report said

Sir Ian visited Gordon's house after you left.

He's the only other person who knows about the biofuel

AND your movements.

Now, he's been telling us to stay away from Jia.

Look what happened with Chloe.

He won't send her back to China now she knows about their lab.

It's too risky.

They're going to kill her.

NO SOUND

DEMONSTRATORS CLAMOUR

OK, received.

I don't see how we're getting you in here.

I have no choice.

Jia took some samples with her.

I don't know what she's planning to do with them.

She wants everyone to have it.

That was her agreement with us.

That's what she'll try to do.

I think she'll come to COP.

Send a team here now.

Sir, I still want to follow up on Chloe Ackroyd.

We'll deal with that later.

Hey, You need to get behind the barrier.

No, I'm a keynote speaker.

Really? What's your name?

Donald. Donald? Yeah.

Donald Duck.

Get off! Hey! You see what they're doing? You see this.

Typical.

Absolutely fucking typical!

Hey!

Shen Jia.

Amy! There!

Stop! DI Longacre with Special Crime Division.

This is my witness.

You're not going anywhere.

What the hell do you think you're doing? Go.

Get in the car.

Have you gone completely mad?

Where are you taking her?

Contravening a direct order from the Home Secretary

on behalf of a foreign national is treason.

That'll put you in jail for a very long time.

Yeah, well, I don't expect that the Home Secretary

has all the information. You've made sure of that.

That's not true.

We went to the lab.

Yes, I'm aware.

So, you and Gordon Laity are developing Jia's biofuel in secret?

The Home Secretary knows that.

Oh, does he know that you broke the law to make it happen?

We recovered these papers from the lab.

You started developing the biofuel the day before Vincent Mair died,

so you stole that sample from his lab while he was still alive.

The only reason that Gordon Laity requested that carving

was to get rid of any evidence of the sample

if the Chinese came looking.

Vincent and Jia wanted to share the biofuel with the world,

so it suited you to have Vincent out of the picture.

Exactly like you're doing with Jia now.

Kelly!

Finally! Call the police and have these two removed

and let's get Shen Jia out of here as well.

You didn't kill Vincent Mair,

but you let it happen!

Kelly?

I was wanting to speak to you alone, sir.

Have you been looking into what I told you?

I spoke to Scott Matthews.

Look, Kelly, we...

Let's discuss this later.

So, he IS one of yours?

You didn't know?

Can you explain?

There's nothing to explain.

Well, why was he working off the books?

Because Sir Ian knew he was breaking the law.

Chloe told us that Scott Matthews examined the laptop himself

AFTER it came back from the Chinese

and before it went to Vincent's lab.

Matthews was reporting directly to you,

so you knew that laptop was rigged with explosives,

and that Vincent Mair was the target.

Kelly, look there are always difficult choices

that need to be made.

Everything I do is for the best interests of our country.

You stood by while a British citizen was murdered

and then you tried to cover up your own involvement in it

by having Chloe killed.

There had to be another way to do this.

This country is on its knees.

We have an energy crisis that is completely unsustainable,

and we're at the mercy of three superpowers

who don't give a shit about us.

We need energy autonomy or we're going under.

Oh, it's very easy for people to play the White Knight...

...but you need someone making the hard choices

or we won't have a country left!

Now, Vincent Mair - he put all of that at risk!

You knew about the bomb

and you let him die.

Was that in the best interests of this country?

Can you give us Scott Matthews' location?

Let us bring him in. Don't do it.

Now, I know this isn't easy, but nobody is above the law.

Yes.

I'll do that.

The men at the lab - who were they working for?

They must have got its location from either you or Laity.

It'll be the Americans.

They just decided to invest in the sea-bed mining.

There was a memo sent out an hour ago.

Sir Ian Downing, you are under arrest

for accessory to murder, attempted murder,

and conspiring with a foreign power.

Put your hands behind your back.

Is that really necessary?

It's not a suggestion.

You've broken a few laws this week yourself.

Yeah. Only I'm prepared to face the consequences.

That's the difference between you and me.

So, as many of you know, Britain will be going ahead

with sea-bed mining off the coast of Svalbard,

and this will provide us with all of the rare earth metals

that we need in order to revolutionise

our green energy sector.

We've proven that this can be done

in an environmentally responsible fashion.

What'll happen to Shen Jia now?

My bosses need to speak to the Home Secretary.

They'll send me back to China...

That's out of my hands.

What about Gordon Laity?

Stay away from him for now.

They're very clear on that.

They'll deal with it behind closed doors.

Do you really believe that?

Those are the orders.

And just this afternoon, our friends in America

have pledged to make a $10 billion investment

in this enterprise.

Thank you.

Now, our green energy plan can...

I... I'll try...

I'll deal with any questions in the next breakout session.

Gordon Laity, I am arresting you

on suspicion of fraud and conspiracy to murder.

We haven't got long.

My name is Shen Jia - a microbiologist.

I've been working on Svalbard in the Arctic Circle.

A few years ago, I made a discovery

that I think might change the world.

The UK, the US

and my own country have done everything in their power

to take it for themselves.

And if they can't have it, destroy it.

During my time researching on Svalbard,

I discovered a bacterium

that, under the right conditions,

consumes carbon dioxide

and produces high volumes of clean biofuel,

producing only water when burned.

Someday it might replace fuel used in transport and heavy industry.

So, I must ask you for your help.

I have with me live samples of the bacteria.

If you would like to help develop it, please come to the stage...

...because, together, we can make it happen.

We will help.

DELEGATES CLAMOUR

Shen Jia, when are we going to be able to use this?

Let's go outside.

This is unbelievable! How long have you had this?

Sir Ian Downing and the Minister for Green Transition

arrested within half an hour.

You can imagine the calls.

Yeah. No sweeping things under the rug this time.

And Shen Jia, they'll have to hear an asylum claim from her.

Good.

Are you going to arrest me now?

No. I don't think there'll be an appetite to bring charges...

...provided...

Provided I resign?

You've given them a lot of ammunition.

I don't like it...

...but I don't want to see you in prison.

It's been a privilege to work with you, sir.

A wise colleague of mine once told me

to never make this job personal.

She sounds like she doesn't know what she's talking about.

KIRSTEN CHUCKLES

I don't regret any of it.

Neither do I.